Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1929, Page 17

Washington News 130,000 A OTTED 10 STUDY BASIN OF POTOMAC RIVER Power Development, Avia- tion, Irrigation and Flood Control Data Sought. PROTECTION OF CAPITAL WILL BE INQUIRED INTO Great Falls Area to Get Attention. ‘Work Probably Will Be Started on Shenandoah River. . ‘Maj. Brehan Somervell, District en- gineer of the War Department for the ‘Washington area, announced today that Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of Army engineers, has allocated $150,000 addi- tional for a further study of the Potomac River basin. This action fol- lows & preliminary report recently sub- mitted by Maj. Somervell A more extensive and detailed survey will be made with regard to power development, aviation, irrigation and flood control. This investigation will be | started immediately. as soon as survey- ing partiés can be placed in the field, Maj. Somervell said. The whole in- vestigation will take from one to two years. he said. Embraced in this important inquiry | will be flgod studies to be made for the protection of the City of Washington, when the Potomac River goes on a The study will have par- danger to Washington’s water front and | the backing up of the water into the city. Protection of Washington. E. J. Merrick, jr., associate engi- neer of the United States engineers of- fice, explained that the program will be organized, as a result of the study, so that on short notice, levees can be thrown up and emergency work done hurriedly to protect Washington com- pletely. The Great Falls area will be studied as part of the whole general plan, nut as this has already been gone into ezhaustively in conjunction with the application of the power companies for preliminary permits, ‘requested of the Federal Power Commission, it will not be necessary to deal in a detailed way with this phase of the subject. * Maj. Somervell's report on the Great Falls area, with reference to the tions for preliminary permits for the ulti- mate development of hydro-electric power there, is now before Gen. Jad- win. Later, it is expected that it will be transmitted to the Secretary of War and the Federal Power Commission. In the survey of the Potomac River | basin about to be undertaken, from ; 1,000 miles of main river and tribu- taries ‘Washini xtending back hm mun? I:k velan Vir= fmh. with the four- | virtual expulsion, since he is a fourth- | lvania and Mary- | The The Foening Star ORDER SUSPENDING SCHOOL STUDENTS ‘Board Committee to Report Findings in Central High Controversy. TWO BOY FRAT MEMBERS ACCUSED OF FALSIFYING Ballou's Mandate Continued Until End of Term if Recommenda- tion Is Approved. Joseph M. Neale and Joseph S. Coch- ran, suspended Central High School students. whose expulsion was urged by Dr. Frank”W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, “for their deliberate falsifica- tion” in ccnnection with their mem- bership in an unapproved high school | fraternity, will be suspended for the re- mainder of the current school vear if the Board of Education approves the ! recommendation its personnel commit- | tee was expected to make at the board | meeting late this afternoon. | Both boys were suspended March 28 | after school authorities had learned they had asserted on their pledge cards that they were not members of any un- | approved orgafization, while, in fact, both were known to be members of the | local chapter of Pi Phi. Suspension for | Neale, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. | James F. Neale, 1324 Emerson street, is | year student who was to have been | graduated in June. He has been en- rolled, however, at the Devitt Prepara- tory School since the Easter holidays, and he plans to attend Summer ses- ;ion.s in order to enter college in the 'all. Cochran, the 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Cochran, 2049 Newark street, a third-year student, gl;lllls to remain out of school until the Dr. Ballou Favored Expulsion. Dr. Ballou strongly recommended the expulsion of both boys at the| meeting of the board April 17, at which time, he declared, he sought that| punishment for them not because of | their membership in an unapproved | fraternity, but because of “their| deliberate’ falsification of written | statements to the principal of their school.” -Asked subsequently, however, | if he proposed to recommend expulsion for every student who makes .false statements, Dr. Ballou replied in the negative, explaining that “surround- ing circumstances” would have to be considered in each case. At the April 17 meeting of the board, Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president, n&d 3 e f:llr‘m in mind—navigation, ir- rigation, power development and flood | the contral. survey will be mainly con- cmkl'fl;sr?’: the head waters of the Potomac. Work in Shenandoah Valley. bled on Sme e reseivation of the Baty survey preservation o resources of this area, as far as hydro- electric development is concerned, s0 that the dams will not be placed at points so as to impair ultimate devel- opment of the streams. Maj. Somervell presented a prelim- fnary report on the Potomac River Basin to Gen. Jadwin in January and upon the basis of this report the chief of Army engineers has decided to au- thorize an nditure of $150,000 for a more detailed investigation of the whole problem. Report on Rappahannock. The report on the Rappahannock River has about been completed, Maj. Somervell explained. He plans to go to that area next week to aid in whip- | ping the report into shape for presenta- | tion to the chief of Army engineers. | Investigations of the Patuxent River in | Maryland and the York River in Vir-| ginia are part of the first programs of | Maj. Somervell's office. | The Potomac River survey and the preliminaty surveys being conducted on the rivers in the Washington area are part of a nationwide study authorized under House document 408. This con- templates a comprehensive study of all waterways in the United States, from the angles of flood control, navigation, irrigation and hydroelectric develop- ment. CHIEF JUSTICE M’COY HONORS KROLL’S MEMORY Expresses in Open C;rt Deep Re- gret of Members for Death of Assistant Clerk. Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy of the District Supreme Court today announc- ed in open court the deep regret of the | justices of the court at the death of | William A. Kroll, for 18 years assistant clerk of the court in charge of the issuance of marriage licenses, whose funeral took place from his late resi- | dence, 122 Maple avenue, Takoma Park, Md.. this morning. “The highest praise to be accorded any man,’ said the chief justice, “is that he has been found faithful. This quality was shown in a marked degree by Col. Kroll throughout the 18 years he was in the employ of the court and | was exhibited by his attention to busi- ness almost until the end. He testified in this court last Thursday and was at his desk all day Priday. “He had won and retained the re- spect and affection of all the justices of the court, who considered his death a distinct loss to the court. WANDERERS SENT HOME. Two Newport News Boys Tried Touring on 10-Cent Fund. Two wandering boys—Vincent Ellis, 15, and William Morisette, 13, both of New- port News, Va.—were taken in tow by headquarters detectives last night, who bought the wayferers a square meal and put them aboard a train for the return home. Detectives M. J. Dowd and James Springman weve told the youths left home Friday with 10 cents between them and a knapsack partly filled with food, arriving in Alexandria Saturday night, where they spent several days and then left for New York. They made the mis- board , which then had been in effect for three weeks, to remain in force until a definite action could be upon by the board. CHEN APPROVAL CAPITAL BUS DEPOT WASHINGTON, D. C, Laurent. CHILDREN WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1929, OF CAPITAL JOIN IN 4 \ ‘i e Upper: Five youngsters who marked the official opening of the exercises by presenting a basket of flowers to Mrs. Hoover. Jacqueline Krah and Mona Laurent stand with the flowers, and the small bo; is Bobby Kaemmerer. MAY DAY OBSERVANCE On either side of the First Lady are (left) Rosamund Krah and Mona PAGE 17 RAIN BARS CAPITAL MAY DAY PROGRAN ON PLAYGROUNDS Child Health Activities Are Conducted by Physicians Despite Weather. | 1 BASKET OF FLOWERS GIVEN MRS. HOOVER First Lady Receives Five, Who Bring Gift, Presented for Children of Nation. Rain this morning spoiled the May day festivities which had been planned for the school children of Washing- | ton, but the activities in connection with the more serids side of May 1— | child health—went rapidly ahead in | various hygiene centers throughout the city. In keeping with a May day custom, five children called on Mrs. Herbert Hoover at the White House this morn- ing and presented her with a May | basket of flowers. Years ago it was customary for children to hang the basket of flowers on the door and run, leaving the recipient to guess the identity of the donor. The five chil- | dren who went to the White House this | morning, however, were received by Mrs. Hoover, the First Lady thanking them | corafally for the gift which was pre- | sented in behalf of children the coun- try over. The children were Rosamund Krah, Mona Laurent, Jacqueline Krah, David Barker and Bobby Kaemmerer. They were accompanied by Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, chairman of the flower com- mittee. Playgrounds Too Wet to Use. Although rain ceased falling shortly after 9 o'clock this morning, the play- grounds were so thoroughly scaked that those in charge of the outdoor program were unwililng to jeopardize the health jof the youngsters by carrying out the festivities as planned. It had been hoped to have 100,000 school children take part in an elaborate | program of games to demonstrate the value of outdoor play in the life of the growing child. ‘The only place in the city where out- ) The children then went to the Tidal Basin, and started the swan boat on its Summer rounds. Lower: The swan boat making its frst trip, and (right) a scene at the health center at 2012 Rhode Island avenue northeast, where. repeating a performance that was general over the city, Bobby Haines, 4, and Peggy Gammon, 5, were ‘examined. One doctor is having a look at the inside of Peggy’s ear, and the other listens to Bobby’s heart. —Star Staff Photo. door play was indulged in was at the Allison Health School, Thirteenth and Allison streets, where children who are below normal vphysically are given MEETING IS CALLED Subsequentiy the board’s personnel committee met in executive session to consider the case of the two boys. Athose who attended were Mr. Mrs, Phillp S. Smith, Dr. rned, Isaac one be suspension for the remainder of the school year. Fraternities Long Under Ban. Fraternities among high school stu- | dents heve catised storms on Washing- | ton’s public education horizon for more | than 10 years. As early as January, | 1916, the Board of Education under- took to eliminate the Greek letter or- gan.zations, and in November of that year the board, having forbidden high | school students to belong to such fra- ternities, provided expuision as the | Subsequently, at the recommendation of Dr. Ballou, expulsion was discon- tinued as the penalty for membership | in unapproved bodies. and prohibition from participation in extra-curricula activities was provided. This penalty, in effect since June 1, 1921, declares that unapproved fraternity members shall not hold a commission or warrant in the cadet corps, and shall not hold any position, either elective or ap- pointive, on any school publication. Such & student disqualifies himself further “PFrom representing his school on any tfeam in competitive athletics, rifle matches, interscholastic debates or dra- matic performances: “From holding any position in any “From heing certified as eligible to stand for election to any class office; “From holding any office in any or- ganization, club, or activity which comes under the direction of the school; “From receiving any form of honors other than those awarded for scholar- ahip attainments, and “From holding any position as rep- resentative of his school.” i DRIVER HELD BLAMELESS | IN FIRE TRUCK CRASH Evidence Clears Eldridge Wood of | Reckless Driving Charge in Traffic Court. A charge of reckless driving lodged ageinst Eldridge Wood, 600 biock of | Massachusetts avenue, a driver for the | Washington Railway & Electric Co., was dismissed by Judge John P. McMahon in Trafic Court yesterday. Testimony revealed that a bus oper- ated by Wood collided with No. 5 fire truck, operated by Fireman Valentine Scott of No. 5 Truck Company, at Thirty-third and Q streets. Capt. S. M. Gould of the truck company was an occupant of the vehicle. Evidence showed that the fire truck was returning from a fire, and although the regulations stipulate that such ap- paratus must obey traffic signals, the truck passed a stop sign. Judge Mec- Mahon ordered the case dismissed. Park Employes to Dance. Employes of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks will hold a dance and card party Friday night at the Interior Depariment. Several millions of dollars have been realized from the sale of property be- longing to Michael Karolyl, Hungary’s first President, who is now an exile take, however, of coming through Wash- ington. { financed and operated. | Office, but since his retirement has re- Utilities Commission Sets May 15 for Conference With Operators. The Public Utilities Commission will hold a conference in the board room of the District Building at 10 o'clock May | 15, for the purpose of obtaining the views of the owners and operators of | interstate bus lines regarding the usage | of the centralized bus terminal. | ‘The commission also is inviting to this conference certain individuals who sub- mitted propositions to the commission for the erection of a suitable terminal. The public notice of the hearing issued today says that information re- ceived irom numecrous cities indicates that the city of Washington compares unfavorably as to proper terminal facilities for interstate bus lines. Officials of the lines entering Wash- ington are urged in the notice to be prepared to submit such information as will enable the commission to aid in every way possible in obtaining a modern terminal that will be suitable for use by all interstate motor carriers. Earl V. Fisher, executive secretary to the commission, is visiting other cities | where terminals are in operation and | will be prepared to answer any ques- tions as to how such terminals are built, | | YOUNGEST SON OF LATE Heart Disease Fatal to Resident| of Washington for Many Years. Funeral Tomorrow. Yvan Pike, youngest son of the late Gen. Albert Pike, and for many years a resident of this city, died from heart disease at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Spencer Bass, in Tarboro, N. C., last night. He had been in ill health | for several years. Mr. Pike was born in Little Rock, Ark., September 10, 1849. His father was Albert Pike, distinguished lawyer and Confederate soldier and noted also | for his Masonic work. He was a grad- uate of the Washington and Lee Uni- | versity and married Ella Paxton of | Riverdale, near Lexington, Va., shortly before moving to Washington. Mr. Pike was for many years in the General Land | sided for the last 20 years in Leesburg, Va He is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Yvon Fike, and six childre Albert | Pike and Miss Mary H. Pike of this city, Mrs. R. M. Packard, Mrs. A. T. Smith, Miss Dore Pike and Mrs. Spencer Bass of Tarbero, N. C. Funeral services will be held tomor- row at Oak Hill Chapel at 4 o'clock. ASKS CO-ORDINATION. C. of C. Committee Head Wants Health Work Report Published. A plea for greater co-ordination of all public health activities in the Dis- trict was voiced by Wallace Hatch, chairman of the public health commit- tee of the Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting yesterday. The committee voted to request the proper authorities to publish the com- | Washington recently complied by the Bureau of Efficiency, which has not yet been made public. Dr. Viola Russell prehensive report on health work in! D. C. MEN TO DIG IN ALASKA FOR STONE AGE EVIDENCE| National Ruins for Early His- tory of Tribe. Elaborately Carved Bone and Ivory Objects Indicate Race of Culture. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The early stages of an advanced stone age culture, the existence of which was unknown until three yvears ago, is the object of a Smithsonian Institution ex- pedition to the Northwestern coast ol Alaska this Summer. Henry B. Collins, assistant curator of of the division of ethnology of the Na- tional Museum, and Herman E. Brandt, a Washington engineer, will leave to- morrow for the scene of this mysterious semi-civilization which flourished in the icy mists of the Bering Straits region long before the discovery of America. Its remains are found in the ruins of houses buried from 10 to 15 feet under accumulated deposits and in some cases several fect below the sea level due to the sinking of the land. Collins and Brandt will first search the coastline for more sites of this na- ture and may even explore parts of the Arctic coast. Then they will re- turn to St. Lawrence Island, where they will make their headquarters for the, sSummer, and conduct excavations on smaller islands in the neighborhood. This culture, says Collins, hardly dates back more than 1,000 years and was produced by the ancestors of the pres- ent Eskimo, who probably spread from | this center over Northern Canada and Greenland. Etched on Ivory. With their crude implements thsse ancient people produced etchings on ivory which show artistic genius. They lived in substantial houses of wood and whalebone and made boats which are marvels of mechanical ingenuity. Some of their descendants are still found in the neighborhood, but the art has de- generated and the customs are forgot- ten. Special efforts will be made to find the earlier phases of this culture to throw light on the origin of the Eskimo. ‘They are, says Collins, a race of Mon- golian origin, related to the American Indians, who crossed fram Siberia. Some, believe that they are an offshoot of the Indians, while others hold that they represent a considerably later migration of Siberian aboriginals, who were pre- vented from turning .southward by the hostile Indians. As their numbers grew they were forced to turn westward along the desolate Arctic Circle, carry- ing their culture with them. This de- generated, due to the hardships of life. Some of the story can be traced in the abundance of elaborately carved bone harpoon heads, ceremonial objects and trinkets, the purpose of which is unknown, which can be recovered from their buried houses. high water mark of their artistic pe- riod has been touched. For the most part the etching is freehand, made with stone XmPlement.s by men of high artis- tic talent. Later on, says Collins, there is evidence from the geometrical fig- ures that such implements as compasses were in use, and also that iron tools were employed. How the natives ob- tained iron is a mystery he will seek | to unravel. It may have come from Europe by way of Russia, through the medium of Siberian tribes, long before the discovery of America. A few wood- en images are similar to those still in use in some of the native religious ceremonies, which are gradually disap- | ber pearing in the face of missionaries and Government schools. ‘This culture of the Far North, says’® Collins, was far simpler and cruder than Anderson told of the work of the new purposes. The funds will be used for eduutlcnllj clinic for tubercular children recently seablished herey that found by the white men in Mexico and Peru, due partly to the Jack of leisure and the extremely Museum to Search! Thus far only the | HENRY B. COLLINS, | | democratic form of government among | the carly Eskimos. They had no priest- | craft or caste systems, such as obtained |In nearly all the Indian tribes, | probably each man made only what he | wished for his own uses. Much of the work this Summer will be done at an ancient village site on Punuk Island, which appears as a 6- foot mound rising from the level sur- | face of the land and filling the entire space between a narrow neck of the island. Snk into its top are the square pits of the old houses, constructed of drift wood and whale bones. and the underground caches. in which whale bones alone were used. The entire mound is a natural accumulation of refuse, built up by, slow degrees by gen- erations of Eskimos who lived on the site. This mound was found to extend several feet below the present beach, glvlng it at one point a height of 16 eet. A short distance from this “Ritchen midden” are a few detached houses, probably belonging to the same period, and toward the end of the island are ruins of several later houses, abandoned about 50 years ago. The sloping parts of the mound are buried bencath sev- eral feet of sand and rocks washed up by the sea. When the houses were built, Collins says, they must have been well above the reach of the sea and their present location. is evidence of geographical changes which show con- sidarable antiquity. ‘The antiquity of the Punuk village, he says, also is shown by the enormou accumulation of refuse, by the filled-in appearance of the house-pits and the thousands of articles not used by the present-day Eskimos. With the possible exception of the upper level, he says, the village is prehistoric. The art con- sists of dots and gracefully cut lines, straight or slightly curved, into which red ochre has been rubbed. An even larger ancient village site will be visited on the southeastern end of St. Lawrence Island, where iron, glass beads and a modern type of har- poon head are found to a depth of 8 feet. Below this everything was pre- historic. “The beginnings of this ancient Es- kimo culture remain to be traced,” said Collins. “If the .Jower levels of the middens reveal no evidence of its early development this will very likely be found to have taken place in North- eastern Siberia, in a region occupied at present by the Siberian Eskimo. The modern_St. Lawrence Indian and Si- herian Eskimo are closely akin, speak the same dialect, and maintain trade and social contacts. The old style of art is perfectly represented on a num- ber of specimens from Northeastern Si- i, “That this early Alaskan culture exerted a strong influence eastward. is shown by recent finds of the Thule ! culture in Northwest Greenland and Baffin Land. It is clearly derived from Alaska, from where it seems to have spread at a comparatively late period.” and | f | heard no mention of a strike. PAY ON U. 5. JBS NOT YET INCREASED |Question of Walkout at New Buildings Will Be Decided Tomorrow. Demands by building trades’ employes for wage increases, effective today, May | SWANBOAT BEGING - [T§ SEASON TODAY Children Who Remembered Mrs. Hoover Are First Passengers at Basin. The Swan Boat of the Child Welfare Society started its Summer season today 1, had not been met, so far as could be ascertained, but rain had the effect of | postponing for 24 hours the determina- | tion of whether certain types of work | May day as Child Health day by pre- | | would be shut down on the Govern- | ment building projects. in the Mall. Re-enforced concrete rodmen and | hoisting and excavating engineers, who | are seeking an increase from $1.12'; to $1.3712 an hour, were comparatively | inactive today because of the weather. | Ross H. Johnson, secretary of the| | Builders and Manufacturers’ Exchange, | 1smd he was not advised that an agree- | ment had been reached. ! The demand of the rodmen and engineers, expressed through Frank M. | Biggs, their business representati was that the increase be made effective May 1. Other groups seek increases at later dates. In the absence of a state- ment from Biggs, Clarence M. Young, | executive secretary of the Washington | Bullding Trades Council, with which the un?on is afliated, said he had The rodmen and excavating engineers, numbering about 300, have been en- gaged for the most part in work on the Internal Revenue Building, the Com- merce Building and Arlington Memorial Bridge. The opinion was expressed by Mr. Johnson that builders would be able to “carry on” in the event the union men decided to stay away from the jobs, probably through the employment of non-union workers. Some projects, however, would be shut down, he said. Increases in wages, and readjustment of working hours, have been effected between builders and unions in some instances recently, although three as- sociations have recorded their opposi- tion to demands which develop out of the expiration of wage agreements ef- fective for the last three years. The | Builders and Manufactures’ Exchange, | the Washington Operative Builders’ As- | sociation, and more recently, the Master | Builders’ Association, have announced | they will not grant wage increase de+ | mands made by several workers’ groups. |BRIG. GEN. LENIHAN CLOSES LONG CAREER| | Active Army Service of Nearly 46 Years Ends With Retire- ment Tomorrow. Brig. Gen. Michael J. Lenihan, in command of troops at Fort Lewl:,. Wash,, and now at 1834 I street on leave of absence, today closed an active | career of nearly 46 years. He will be transferred to the retired list of thei Army v.gfiormw morning, on his sixty- fourth hday, by operation of law. A native of Massachusetts, he entered West Point Military Academy in July, 1883, and, graduating four years later, was assigned to the Infantry, in which he served until his premotion to the grade of brigadier general, in October, 1925. He was graduated from the Army War College in this city in 1917 and from the Naval War College at New- port, R. I, in 1921, During the World War he served as 2 brij F general in the Natlonay Army. by taking on & trip about the Tidal Basin the group of children who a few minutes before had formally opened senting to Mrs. Herbert Hoover at the | White House a huge basket of flowers. The boat, which has been repainted and repaired for the new season, took off from its wharf, at the foot of Sev- enttenth street, about 10 o'clock and maneuvered about the picturesque body of water for some time, giving the chil- dren the first ride of the season. Craft ‘Benefits Clinic. It was peculiarly fitting that the first passengers of the year should be the children who had opened May day with simple festivities at the White House, as the Swan Boat is operated during the Summer for a purpose which is identical with the meaning of May day —child health. ‘The craft sails the waters of the Tidal Basin for the benefit of the clinic of the Child Welfare Society, located n'h;!hlldren's Hospital, where a far-reaching program for child health is carried on daily. This society originated child welfare clinics in Washington, most of which were latef taken over by the District of Columbia Department of Health. But the big clinic at Children’s Hospital is main- tained and operated by the Child Wel- fare Society. with a staff of nurses and doctors and dietician to administer a many sided program, which is leaving a distinct impress on the record of | child health in this city. Patronage Is Growing. Proceeds from the operation of the Swan Boat, which was donated by The Evening Star Newspaper Co. to the so- ciety, The craft, which each year draws an increasing number of passengers, will make its excursion trips daily about the Tidal Basin from its boat house. be- ginning at 10 o'clock each morning and continuing as late into the evening as there are passengers. The children who had the honor of opening the season for the Swan Boat {this year included Rosamund Krah, Mona Laurent, Jacqueline Krah, David Barker and little Bobby Kaemmerer, SHOW FLYING FILWS. Bureau of Standards Club to See Air Corps Pictures Tonight. Historical aviation films, prepare - der direction of the Arm§ Apxr" gox"l;?s, will be shown in the lecture room of the Bureau of Standards, at 8 o'clock to- night, for members of the Bureau of Standards Flying Club, composed of employes of the bureau who are in training for pilots’ licenses. The public is invited. Eight reels will be shown, including the film “Wings of the Army,” tracing | the evolution of the Air Corps from the Wright brothers’ flights at Fort Myer to the present day; “Parachutes” and “Flying Calisthenics.” Several members of the club, of which C. 8. Bruce is president, are taking dual fiying instruction at the Mount Vernon Airways Field. near Alexandria, and have advanced to ti e of taking off and landing. K - go toward the support of the ! | clinic of the society. special treatment. Regulated outdoor play is one of the essential features of this school, a par- i tially inclosed court being provided for this purpose in inclement weather. City Dentists Aid in Plans. ‘The health examinations, which for the past five or six years have been the most important feature of May day in ‘Washington, were conducted under the supervision of Dr. E. J. Schwartz, assist- ant health officer of the District. Dr. Joseph A. Murphy was in charge of the physical examinations at all health centers and Dr. Stephen C. Hopkins, chairman of the committee on oral hygiene and public instruction of the District of Columbia Dental Society, supervised the dental examinations. Members of the Dental Society con- tributed generously of their time to this work. More than 100 dentists volun- tarily served in examining the teeth of the children at the clinics and have agreed to extend this service in their | own offices to the children assigned | them. Approximately 500 children will | receive this service. The physicians who conducted the medical examinations were as follows: Georgetown University Hospital, Dr. E. { M. O’'Brien and Dr. Harry Ong: 330 C street, Dr. M. T. Rosser and Dr. Mar- j garet Nicholson: 900 Maryland avenue northeast, Dr. 8. P. Porton and Dr. J. !'S. Aol 5327 Georgia avenue, Dr. Preston Haynes, Dr. A. Nimetz and Dr. { Thomas Linville; 2012 Rhode Island avenue northeast, Dr. A. J. Steinberg and Dr. Edith S. Coale; 925 Twenty- second street, Dr. Grace Stone, Dr. Richard and Dr. DeSaussure; 480 E street southwest, Dr. Russell McNitt and lDr. George Heitmuller: 1204 Pennsyl- | vania avenue southeast, Dr. William J. jDuncan and Dr. William F. Greane: | 1201 Talbert street southeast, Dr. Bere nard Notes and Dr. R. H. Ford: Freed- men’s Hospital, Dr. Frank A. Cook and Dr. Joseph E. Trigg. Parents Hear Lectures. Other doctors lectured to parents | who brought their children to the | health centers. Proper food. sunlight n"nl‘:& play were stressed in all of these | Dr. Viola R. Anderson of the Asso- ciation for the Prevention of Tubercu- losis visited the health centers, partic- { ularly those where tubercular children were examined. MUCH-OPERATED-ON BOY SLEEPS AS DOCTOR SEWS | Jack Richardson, 3, Has Had Much | More Than His Share of the Mishaps of Childhood. | | | The usual string of accidents be- setting the small boy's path have mul- tiplied for one particularly active young- ster—Jack Richardson. 3 years old, of 4418 Chesapeake street. In fact. Jack has become so accus- tomed to hospital treatment he went to sleep yesterday afternoon while Dr. J. E. Lewis of the Emergency staff was stitching a scalp wound—the result of his latest mishap. ‘This time one of Jack's playmates had accidentally struck him with a small hoe. On Monday Jack was on the receiv- ing end of a blow with a toy pick. which rated his scalp. He made several trips to the hospital with his mother, and just as the first wound was heal- ing Jack turned up with a second one. On another occasion_Jack swallowed an open safety pin. The presence of mind of his mother, wno extracted the pin with her fingers, saved him another trip to the hospital BRUEN DIVORCE DENIED. On the husband’s plea that his wife had not been legally divorced from her former husband, the District Suprems Court has dismissed a suit for absoluie divorce brought by Mrs. Ella K. Bruen against Charles P. Bruen, foreman of an engraving plant, who was arrested in a police raid in company with Betty Proctor, sister of John C. Proctor, one of the men executed for the killing of Policeman Leo W. K. Busch. The husband was represented by At- torneys Saul G. and William R. tenberg. |