Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1929, Page 17

ASTRONDMERSFACE . FOURBUSYYEAR * VATGHNGECLPS City Will Be on Edge of Total Obscurity of Sun in 1932. LOCATION NEAR BOSTON CHOICE FOR OBSERVATION Moon Plays Havoc With Calcula- tions by Being Off Six Seconds at Times. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Astronomers have four busy years be- fore them, according to calculations of { coming celestial events made at the Naval Observatory. ‘The principal event will be a total! eclipse of the sun on the morning of August 31, 1932, with Washington in the fringe of its path. This will bring to the United States the International Astronomical Union, which® will include in its delegations most of the foremost European astronoraers. The exact path and, route of the eclipse has been calculated four years ahead by Prof. James Robertson of the Naval Almanac Office. It will start as a partial eclipse over British Columbia | early in the morning and sweep east- ward. The sun will be totally eclipsed from 7:27 to 8:24¢ am. and just north of Boston there will be a totality of five minutes and three seconds, probably affording the finest opportunity for cb- servation modern astronogny has known. His four-year forecast, Prof. Robert- son admits, may be off a fraction of a second, since absolute accuracy is de- pendent on the behavior of the most un- | predictable of all heavenly bodies—the | moon. The eclipse is due to the moon | getting between the earth and the sun. The moon never has been known to keep her dates with the sun exactly on time. This is one of the mysteries of the skies | which Naval Obsgrvatory astronomers are trying to solve. Check Time of Moon. At ‘present a new catalogue is being | made of the zodiacal stars to get a more exact check on the movement of the moon. These are the stars, about 14,000 in number, which lie within eight de- grees on each side of the ecliptic or annual path of the earth around the sun. The moon also lies in this zodiac. By securing exact positions of these stars more exact positions can be cal- culated for the moon when it hides any of them by coming between them | and the earth. Calculations of {he moon are out at | the most about six seconds and all sorts of theories are being advanced to ex- plain this. It does not, according to Prof. Asaph Hall of the Naval Observa- tory, fulfill exactly the inverse square ratio equation of Sir Isaac Newton by which the* movements of all celestial bodies are calculated, and some have pointed out that this condition could be met by adding one minute factor, which would be practically the same as' apply- ing_the Einstein theory. During the present year, according to Prof. Robertson's calculations, there will be two eclipses of the sun. A Naval Observatory expedition will study the | first of these on May 9 from one of the smaller islands in the Philippine group. It will be total over Sumatra, where European astronomers and representa- | tives of various American universities are now gathering. The second will be a partial eclipse over South Africa. Two Eclipses in 1930. Next year there will be two eclipses of the sun and two of the moon. Only one of thesep a partial lunar eclipse on April 13, will be visible over Wash- | ington. There will be a total eclipse of the sun on April 28 which will start as an annular eclipse over the Pacific Ocean, achieve totality over parts of | Canada, and pass northeast over Hud- son Bay and lose iisel! over the Atlantic. Another total eclipse will start over New Guiana and proceed eastward across the Pacific with the sun finally shaking off the moon over Patagonia. ‘This eclipse will cross the International Date Line, so that it will occupy part of two days, October 21 and 22. There will be two minutes of totality but the Naval Observatory staff has been unable to | locate a single island in its path appro- priate for an observation post. The fourth eclipse will be a partial one of the moon on October 7. ‘There will be five eclipses in 1931. ‘The first will be a total lunar eclipse April 2, passing over the center of India and the Gulf of Hindustan. Northeast- ern South America will be in/the fringe | of this eclipse. The second will be a partial eclipse of the sun on April 18, passing over the Pacific Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere. Another partial solar eclipse will occur from 4 to 5 p.m. on September 12, starting over Alaska and proceeding across Northern Japan and disappearing in Siberia. A total lunar eclipse is calculated by Prof. Rob- ertson for September 26, 1931, visible over the great part of Australia, Europe and Africa and touching Eastern South ! America. The fifth will be a partial eclipse of the sun on October 11, visible over the Indian Ocean. Eclipse Inaccessible. On September 14, shortly after the total eclipse partially visible in Wash- ington four years hence, the moon again will come between the sun and the earth over Patagonia and the Antarctic Ocean. Due to the inaccessibility of the territory to be covered, the eclipse will be practically worthless for obser- vation purposes. Besides the busy eclipse program, Naval Observatory astronomers are awaiting the forthcoming occultation of Eros, a tiny planet with a very eccen- tric orbit, which at times approaches the earth to approximately 14,000,000 miles, the nearest celestial body with the exception of the moon. Accurate - observations of this tiny star are of ex-{ treme importance, because they. afford a measuring stick for the whole uni- verse, Because of its near approach Eros cep »a accurately triangulated with vhe earth as a base and the star in the apex of the triangle. - The angles are large enough so that very accurate estimates of the distance can be cured. O eaenly b 1 obtained: Brot one ol L Hall e: the distance of 4 @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, GROWING DOGWOOD TREES Arthur Orr of Lyon Park, Va., Garden Club is seen lhnwl‘n‘ his 4-year-old son, Donald Robert Orr, one of the litt raised to beautify home sites in the community. le dogwood trees out of a number being These small yearling trees in the box are ready for transplanting for nursery treatment, but are too small yet to be put out on lawns. —Star Staff Photo. POTOMAG OYSTER BEDS EXHAUSTED Survey Shows Bars So De- pleted Continued Use Is Not Warranted. The patient oyster of the lower Poto- mac is at the end of its patience. For centuries it has endured uncom- plainingly its fate of being eaten and | year after year has left behind its thou- sands of lusty sons and daughters to be eaten in turn. Now the Potomac oyster beds, from which Washington receives a large part of its annual supply, are exhausted, ac~ { carding to a survey just completed by |Dr. R. H. Luce of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. All but two of the oyster bars which year after year have poured a seemingly endless stream of the bivalves into the Washington and Baltimore markets, says Dr. Luce, are in such a condition that they cannot continue as a source of supply without extensive artificial plantings. Even the two exceptions, he says, are 50 depleted that their continued use is not warranted. The rebuilding of the beds, he insists, will require about five years of well directed effort. It has been a case of working a willing horse to death. There still are thousands of oysters on the exhausted bars, but the point has been reached where the death rate exceeds the birth rate. The oyster not only is subject to the same popula- tion laws which govern higher forms of life, but becomes a rather tempera- mental animal when pressed to the limit. He is fussy about his food, the temperature of the water and the amount of salt in solution. Urges Closing Bars. ‘The extreme upper limit for the mol- luscs in the Potomac, says Dr. Luce, is Popes Creek and the beds continue down the river to Chesapeake Bay. The rehabilitation of these beds, he says, requires that they be treated as barren for the time being, that a spawning bed of large oysters be put down in shallow, quiet water on each bar and that clean shells be planted about these spawn- ing beds at the rate of about 1,000 shells to the acre. In addition, he urges the planting of seed oysters on the remaining portions of the beds and closing the bars to dredging for three years. At the same time the oyster popula- tion of Chesapeake Bay below the Poto- mac also is decreasing. This is pointed out by R, V. Truitt of American Uni- versity, as the result of a survey. The production has dropped from a peak about 15,000,000 bushels annually to zlslplg:fly more than 2,000,000 bushels in ‘The reascn for this, it is pointed out, is found in the general biology of the oyster. Under ideal conditions, Mr. Truitt says, the oyster should . be an extremely productive animal, a' single female examined in the laboratory ylelding approximately 48,000,000 eggs. Between the egg and the edible oyster, however, there is a time of great mor- tality. The temperature must be just right, 67 degrees minimum, before the eggs will hatch. After hatching the oyster is a_tiny, free-swimming animal for from 15 to 18 day: this time, when it is about one-seventy- fifth of an inch long, it decides that the time has come to settle down and be- | me a salid citizen of“its community. Grows for 10 Years. So it attaches itself to a clean, hard surface by means of lime secretions from its body and never moves again, depend- ing on the tides and currents to bring it food and oxygen essential for life. grows rapidly and in two years reaches :an edible size, but continues to grow for about 10 years if left alone. During the second year extremely few eggs are de- ited, con: the slight chance for hatching and the heavy mortality of the young, so that the likelihood is remote that an oyster sent to market in its second year has left any successors. Once oysters are “set” the death rate among them is very low if the colony is left undisturbed. Growth is ‘The oyster is a glutton for food. In fact during its sedentary life it is little more than an eating machine, taking in food , almost xplains, thegother lanets can be calculated by Keppler's W, _ Former Washington Aviator Lands Here With Two Passengers. Herbert J. Fahy, former Washing- ton aviator and fiying instructor, who At the end of |' It LYONPARK PUSHE DOGHODDPROERAY Intensive Plan for Growing| New Trees Is Sponsored by Garden Club. An unusual program of flowering dog- | wood tree development is.under way in | | Lyon Park, Va. | Not only is this community, under {leadership of the Garden Club, of Lyon | Park, interested in the preservation of | | dogwood, but it has gone intensively into a plan for growing new dogwood | irees. Arthur Orr, chairman of the dog- | the moving spirit behind the campaign | and has personally taken it upon him- | |selt to carry forward the program, which so far has met with enthusiastic Tesponse. On the grounds of his home at 455 | South Spruce ‘street, Mr. Orr has 500 ‘dogwood trees of varying ages. Phase of Conservation, He Says. “We are covering a phase of con- servation which we think is unusual,” | declared Mr. Orr today. “It has for its | aims not only.the beautification of our | home sites in Lyon Park, Va., but the | replacement of old trees of dogwood | which are naturally destroyed in the course of building development.” At his home today Mr. Orr displayed a number of small trees which he has | been nurturing since he took them }lrnm the woods as tiny seedlings last | year, to raise into larger trees. These | small trees have been transplanted to a large box of loose soil and are ready now for transplanting to the nursery. ‘The Garden Club, through Mr. Orr’s | efforts, now has ready for distribution among the home sites of Lyon Park, to members of the Garden Club, about 100 larger trees. Agreement Outlined. As a part of the program of develop- ‘ment. each person who receives one of | these advanced trees for planting on | his home grounds, agrees to receive, and to care for 25 or 50 much smaller trees, which will need special care be- fore they are. old enough to be planted out in the scheme of landscaping among the home sites. In this way a large number of smaller trees will be developed through their tender age to a more hardy con- dition where they will be ready to plant out in the lawns. Mr. Orr is also raising some dogwood trees from seed, although he reports that special treatment had to be given the seed by planting in sand, with alternate freezing and thawing, in order to get them to yerminate. Last Fall members of the Garden Club gathered about 3,000 dogwood ber- ries, Mr. Orr said, and these were planted in sand in -stratified layers. Many of them have come up this Spring, he reports, and more are expected fo grmlnlte next Spring after the freez- g and thawing has cracked the hard shell around the seed. Mr. Orr Urges Development. Mr. Orr is an enthusiastic conserva- tionist, but he is e more eager to promote the constrictive program of adding new dogwood trees to his com- | munity. He expects to see the time, not {far distant, when every lawn in Lyon | Park, Va., will have one or more dog- | wood making a beautiful display {not only for each place but for the en- tire community. Mr. Orr is assistant clerk of the House committee on appro- pmuag‘a and his interest in dogwood is i ' 1 | i | wood committee of the Garden Club, is| LITTLEHOPEHELD FOR MERGER BILL Wilson Asks Capper to Act, but Senator Doubts Possibility. PLANS TO REINTRODUCE TEXT BOOK LEGISLATION 3 Changes Which He Believes Will Eliminate Controversy Will Be Made in Measure, There is little, if any, prospect for consideration of the local street rail- way merger plan at the special session, in the opinion of Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee. Senator Capper said Harley P. Wil- son, sponsor of the merger proposal, has been in communication with him to see if it would be possible to have the question taken up, but the committee chairman does not believe it can be done. The Senator said- his informa- tion is that the leaders are anxious to confine the special session to the main national issues. Chairman Capper is planning to rein- troduce the bill to furnish free text books to pupils in the District senior schools and in all grades of the junior high schools. He said he would intro- duce it in an amended form, which, he believes, will eliminate controversy over the subject. He indicated he would in- clude the amendment of Senator Hef- lin making it clear that the books are to be provided onily in public schools. call a meeting of the District committee within a week or two to talk over the local situation generally. The commit- tee would determine at that time wheth- er to seek action at this session on the textbook measure and also whether there are any other measures that could be considered now. Parent-teacher or- | ganizations made strong efforts to have the textbook bill enacted at the last session, but the Senate was not able to agree on amendments after the House had acted. Books already are furnished in the elementary grades, and it was felt that a hardship would be lifted from the parents of older children by making the practice uniform through- out the public school system. Senator Capper’s view of the situation is that any District matter to be taken up at this session would have to ibe ihave to be free from controversy. He pointed out that the form of the street | railway merger resolution is a contro- versial subject. Senator Capper, along with a m: | jority of the committee, made a favor- able report in the last Congress on a rewritten street railway merger plan, from which the fixed valuation of $50, {0000,000 had been eliminated and pro- | vision made for a new valuation to be started immediately following the con- solidation. Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin, however, filed a minority report advocating several other changes, | including the enactment of & new valu- |ation law for the District. These amendments, it is believed, would lead | to considerable discussion if the ques- | tion were taken up. There is no objection on the part of | the leaders to the introduction of bills ‘nnd the reference of them to commit- | tees, so that the merger resolution may be introduced. Senator Capper said he had not decided definitely whether he would introduce it prior to December. Senator Capper indicated he saw little on the merger at this session, since the ‘Houul Ddlstl'k‘,‘tu committee is not to be organized until the regular session in December. w3 . GALLAUDET STUDENTS ON WAY TO CAMP SITE Undaunted by Chilly Weather, 100 Leave City for Annual Five- Day Vacation. Undaunted by chilly weather, 100 | students from Gallaudet College began their trek to camp at noon today to begin their annual five-day Spring va- cation. s Fifty masculine campers, divided into five groups, each electing its own party leader, but all under leadership of Leroy Ridings, a senior from Missouri, are pitching their tents upon a hill near Great Falls on the Virginia side. The co-eds also are to enjoy the short vacation, but their haunts will be in Kamp Kahlert, on West River, Md, south of Annapolis. CANCELS ASSESSMENTS. Justice Peyton Gordon of the Su- preme Court of the District of Columbia yesterday signed a final decree caneel- ing a number of special assessme: levied against property along Bladens- burg road for roadway improvements. The assessments canceled amounted to approximately $20,000. Included among the taxpayers who succeeded in having the special assessments set aside on the ground that they were arbitrary, unreasonable, unjust and unfair, were Gude Bros.,, estate of Nicholas Augh/ Dickey Bros, James R. Durity, Eliza- beth McQueeney, William 'B. Kraft and 20 other property owners. Attorneys Fred B. Rhodes and Marcus Borchardt rcpresented all of the plain- tiffs in this proceeding. . D. 'C,, ' WEDNESDAY, APRIL . ATEXTRASESSION It is Senator Capper's intention to| of an emergency nature and also weuld | to be gained by seeking Senate action | rits | clation of the Associated Charities for 17 Above: Interior view of an engraving workroom, 1702;1704 F street, after fire had swept the establishment early this’ morning. Photo shows Miss Marian Rouzee, press feeder at the plant, who arrived for work this morning to find the building gutted. Lower, left to right: L. B. Perry of Rescue Squad, No. 1, who groped his way through smoke to save Fireman Charles A. Wright of No. 16 Engine Com- pany after the latter had fallen through the burning roof. —Star Staff Photos. SURVEY OF RIVERS 1S BEING PUSHED Possibilities of Nearby Water- ways for Power and Other Projects Studied. Progress was reported today by Maj Brehon Somervell, United States engi- neer of the War Department for this | area, in the work of his office in mak- ing further preliminary examinations of rivers in the Washington area, from the standpoint of hydro-electric develop- ment, navigational facllities, irrigation and flood control. Maj. Somervell explained that irriga- tion in ‘this part of the country is of little, moment, but that this is part of | the practice followed. He declared that | the four-fold report on the Rappahan- . nock River is nearly completed. The | report on the York River is about half | completed. { | The latter part of this month, Maj. | Somervell said, his office expects to | undertake a preliminary report on the | | Patuxent River, which flows north of | | the lower Potomac River, in Maryland. | Each of the three investigationg under way or about to be launched is'in the | nature of a preliminary survey. | Recently, Maj. Somervell completed a report on a preliminary survey of the Potomac River from the angle of | hydro-electric development, navigation. irrigation and flood control. This re- port is now being studied in the office of Maj. Gen, Edgar Jadwin, chief of Army engineers, and contains views on the proposed hydro-electric develop- ment at Great Falls, The report is ex- | pected to be turned over later to the Federal Power Commission for action | on contemplated power projects in that reglon, the Secretary of War being one of the' members of that commission. AR CHARITIES CHAIRMAN LAUDS CHEST’S WORK Glover, in Letter to Delano, Praises Efficient Functioning of Unified Fund. The efficient functioning of the Washington Community Chest is praised in a letter to Frederic A. Delano, presi- dent, from Charles C. Glover, jr, in behalf of the board of managers of the Associated Charities, of which Mr. Glover is chairman. The letter reads: “The board of managers of the Asso- clated Charities has asked that I as Chairman of the board, should express to you and your colleagues of the Com- munity Chest the very sincere appre- 3 | i | the grants which are coming to us so regularly each month on the basis of the amounts approved by the budget committee of the.chest. “‘We assure you'that under the Com- munity: Chest form of .organization we are looking at our problems not simply from the point of view of the Associated Charities as a single unit, but also from the point of view of the community as a whole and the wholesome develop- ment therein of family life, especially among our own-clients representing an important cross section of the com- munity.” s 1929, * ’ Societ ENGRAVING PLANT WRECKED BY FLAMES Victim of Gas | ST QUESTIONNARE TOBEMVESTEATD | Association of Professors to Sift Missouri University Controversy. The celebrated sex questionnaire con- | troversy at the University of Missouri, which has resulted in the discharge of | one psychology professor and the sus- | pension of another for one year, will | be investigated by the American As- | zociation of University Professors with | headquarters® here. * A committee of the association prob- D | 2bly will go to the university early next JOHN J. O'CONNOR. COLLECTOR ROBBED AT POINT OF GUN Duplicate-Key Burglar Enter§ Apartment—Woman's Purse Stolen While Shopping. William T. Haynes, 119 Fifteenth street southeast, collector for the Mu- tual Life Insurance Co., was held up near Thirtieth street and the Chesa- peake & Ohio Canal by two colored men last night and robbed of between $30 and $40. One of the men was armed. Several months ago Haynes was held up and robbed by men who perpetrated several hold-ups at traffic intersections, where cars were held by traffic signals. A duplicate key worker entered apart- ment 3, 1812 Vernon street, yesterday, according to a report to police of the eighth precinct. Wearing apparel val- ued at more than $150 and $12 in cash were reported stolen. The stolen prop- erty belonged to Mrs. Elsenia Hankins and Mrs. Rosa Diggs. Savinia Eshleman, 3621 Connecticut avenue, told police of the taking of $57 from a drawer in her desk in the In- vestment Building, Fifteenth and K streets, yesterday. Mrs. J. B. Walsh, 1013 Upshur streat’ northeast, reported the loss of a mesh bag containing $10 in cash, cards and keys while shopping yesterday. The bag was taken from the counter of a Seventh street store. A burglar gained entrance to the res- idence of George C. DeNeale, 3748 Jen- ifer street, Monday night through a win- dow. A purse conta! a small sum of money and Mrs. DeNeale'’s driving permit was stolen. Miss Margaret McCloskey, Lyon Vil- lage, Va., reported the loss of a pocket- book containing .$13 and a Christmas savings bank book, stolen from a desk in an office in the Evans Building yes- terday. B PRITCHARD YET LACKS . ~ HOUSE OFFICE QUARTERS North Carolinian, Who Declined Room Next to De Priest, Has No Comment on Matter. By the Associated Press. : Representative George M. Pritchard, 2 North Carolina Republican who re- that of Representative Oscar 50 rflm colored ican from Illinois, has no office at the Capitol. 5 ‘The North Carolina and his declined to talk about the itendent of the.oé- the n been occupied and no available, | month for this purpose, it was an- secretary of the association. Requests for such an investigation have been received from President Stratton D. Brooks of the university, several mem- bers of the faculty and students in the class of Prof. J. R. De Graff, where the questionnaire was circulated. Questions to Be Considered. The committee will consider both the question of academic freedom on one hand and that of the ethics involved in the proper use of questionnairees. It will seek particularly to determine the two professors ‘was taken because the questionnaire actually was demoral- 1zing or whether it resulted mainly from outside criticism. ‘The disputed questionnaire was cir- culated in the research work of a course devoted to family relations, allegedly in an effort to clear up some points on which there is no exact information. but a great deal of popular tradition. Regarded Extremely Personal. Some of the questions, it is reported, sented by some of the students. The university Betion followed an airing in the State Legislature. The attention of the university world has been drawn to the matter par- ticularly because of the position of the head of the department of psychology who was made responsible for the questionnaire because it was circulated from his department, although he actually had nothing to do with it. TUMBLING HONORS WON BY LANGLEY School Will Keep Trophy Offered by Rear Admiral Grayson Until Next Year. ‘The Langley Junior High School tumbling team of 19 boys was an- nounced today .as the winner of the first annual tournament in the junior high schools of the District. Defeating the Gordon Junior High School team in the finals of the four- school meet yesterday, the Langley team won the right to hold the silver loving cup, offered by Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, until next year, when the trophy will be competed for again. Although the cup will not be formally accepted by the Board of Education until its meeting late this afternoon, no serious obstacle is expected to confront meuhoox:zmmmmmm‘nw He came to Washington schools from the Naval Academy, where he had worked suc- among the midshipmen in in- the newer form of physical the first | In tumbling tournament the tGwdon Junior High School defeated |. he Stuart feam, while the x r‘wm.mnlm' School for the right to compete in y and nounced today by Prof. H. W. Tyler, whether the disciplinary action against| were extremely personal and were re-| General | PAGE 17 TWO FIREMEN HURT INF STREET BLAZE; PATIENTSALARMED Flames Discovered Early To- day in Building Near the Emergency Hospital. | i | | | | ENGRAVING PLANT ACIDS CAUSE FIRE TO SPREAD Occupants of Adjoining House Plze to Safety in Night- clothes. Two firemen were slightly injured, one in a 50-foot fall from a roof, and Emer- gency Hoepital patients were alarmed early today when flames swept the upper floors of a building at 1702-04 F street. Two alarms were sent in be- fore the blaze was quelled. The injured men, Charles A. Wright, Engine Company No. 16, who toppled four floors to the ground, and F. P. | Archer, Engine Company No. cut | about the face and hands by flying | glass, were reported out of danger today. _Both were treated at Emergency Hos- H)lml‘ Archer for lacerations thought to { have resulted when a skylight blew out, and Wright for a possible fracture of the ankle and internal injuries. The { former man was dismissed this morning. | while the latter remained for X-ray | examination. Acids Made Fire Spread. | The bullding was occupied by three | engraving companies—the Thornton- | Saffran Co., Webb & Co. and the South- | ern Engraving Co. Photographic acids ;l;d 0:2" ménbusumu caused the mes to spread rapidly thr is!ructure. pidly throughout the Patients in the hospital, located just | behind the damaged building, dxscjov- 12';;‘ mG;dflu ”l"‘d reported it to Dr. rdon, who tu galarm, rned in the first | . Occupants of the wards were thrown nto a state of consternation, whick: subsided when it became apparent *hat ;hremen had the blaze under control { Hospital authorities, however, were ;- | pared to evacuate the building at a i moment's notice. | | ) | Damage Not Estimtaed. No estimate of the fire and water damage to the upper floors could be nad today, although it was said to be con- siderable. A boarding house next door. 1706 F street, was damaged by water sproyed on the building when flames reached the roof, and several occupants fled the premises in their night clothing. | _The roar of flames and breaking glass | 3wakened Mrs. Carrie Presson, who lives | on the third floor with her 12-year-old daughter, Marion. She found her room filled with smoke, awakened her daugh- 1ter and the two of them went through | the house, rousing Yhe occupants. Oth- | ers who left the building were Harry | Houchen and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Co- imeau. The latter operates the board- | ing house. LILIE LEE AND MATE GO SEPARATE WAYS Blaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roosevelt Startled Capital by Elopement in 1926. | | | i | i | | Lilie Roosevelt Lee, daughter of Mr. |and Mrs. Robert Roosevelt, 2336 Cali- fornia street and cousin of Mrs. Nicho- |las Longworth, and heét husband, James Lee, Washington newspaper man, have decided, for the time being at least, to do their separate ways, it was learned today at the Roosevelt home, where Mrs. Lee is staying with thelir child. Mr. Lee is in New York. The eause of the separation has not been made public. In May, 1926, Lilie Roosevelt and Grace C. Waggaman, Capital debu- tantes, startled Washington society when they were married in a double elopement, Miss Waggaman marrying George Pulver, a Philadelphia bond salesman. Mrs. Pulver is the daughter of Mrs. Alexander Legare, prominent in Washington social circles. At the Roosevelt home today it was stated that Mrs. Lee has made no plans for the immediate future. HIGH SCHOOL CADET OFFICERS COMMISSIONED Ninth Brigade Ceremonies Held 8t Armstrong; Three Get Rifle Team. Medals. The ranking officers of the 9th Brigade High School Cadets received their commissions yesterday in the audi- torium of the Armstrong High Schook ‘The ceremonies were held in conjuné- tion with the second annual inspecti of Col. Clarence Deem§, jr., inspectdr of the R. O. T. C. units, 3d Corps Areh, who presented the commissions. Capt. Arthur C. Newman, head of tHe department of military science, division 10-13, presided. The principals of A;ss strong, Dunbar #nd Cardozo, the sch whose youths make up the brigade, were present on the platform together with Mrs, Mary Alice McNeill, member of the military committee of the Board of Education, who spoke briefly. Robert’ Williams, Nathaniel Wright and James Vass, members of the 9th Brigade rifle team, were awarded medals for their victory over the team of the O. T. C. unit at Howard University a match held in the Dunbar shooting gallery March 27. MACCABEES’ bONVENTION WILL BE HELD TOMORROW D.P. i‘rkzy, ‘Supreme Commander, ‘Will Re Honor Guest and Address Members. The District convention of the’ Mac- cabees will be held at the Powhatan clock B . Marhey,” suprerns. coon. mander of ihe Maccabess, will be honor it and will address the convention at business session. Mr. Markey has been at the head of the Maccabees for many years. Crouch is the