Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1929, Page 12

12. = CHARGE PARK VIEW BODY REQUESTED PUPILS' TRANSFER PRESIDENT EXPLAINS | ACTION ON RESOLUTION Holds Only Official Move Was to| &sk Retention of Monroe as White School. Controversy over the transfer of 55 ¢hildren from the Park View School to the Monroe School centered today on contention over a resolution which the Risnroe Parent-Teacher Association Mmbers say was adopted last March by the Park View Citizens' Association and which asked for the transfer of certain pupils to the Monroe School, following the emphatic denial of Park View asso- ciation officers that any such action was taken by that group. Fred S. Walker, Park View president, said today that his association did con- sider the situation involving the two schools, but that the only official action which was taken was the adoption of a resolution asking the retention of the Monroe School as a white school “if it could be dgne without transfering pupils from the View School.” This ver- sion of the action at the meeting of March 13 last, was upheld by John S. Cole, secretary of the Park View Citi- zens' Association, whose duty in that office is the recording of the events which transpire at every session of the | ¥. Holds Resolution Adopted. However. the Monroe School Parent- | Teacher officers who vesterday charged Mr. Walker with having in effect repudiated the action of his own asso- ciation by upholding the parents of | the children who actually are involved in the transfer in their determination | to refuse to bow to the orders of the | school officials, were equally emphatic today that at the March 13 meeting of the Park View Citizens' Association, the resolution asking the transfer actually was adopted Mrs. J. J. Sanders, secretary of the Parent-Teacher group, recalled that a large delegation of the Monroe School pupil parents attended the Park View Association meeting as members and that when the vote on the resolution was taken, “two counts were made” and the right of every voting person there to a voice in the procecdings | were checked. In this connection the Monroe School | parents are supported by William J.| Kanof, 535 Irving street, who said to- day that he presented the original| motion for consideration. He admitted, | however, that the motion as finally | passed carried certain changes, but he | said he was certain the sense of the | final action sought the transfer of | pupils living in the Monroe School dis- | trict to_that building. | Mrs. J. R. L. Beane, former president | of the Monroe Parent-Teacher body, was the chief spokesman vesterday for that association, and in discussing her | charges today Mr. Walker said that Mrs, Beane was not present at the Park View meeting at which the action was taken and that she must have been mis-| informed. Mrs. Beane herself had said she was unable to attend the meeting, but that she was quoting other officers | who were present, among whom were Mrs. Sanders, secretary. Ready to Assist Citizens. In his statement Mr. Walker declared that the Park View Citizens' Associa- tion “is ready at all times to assist its members and the community to the | best of its ability, and even if a group | of parents had been able to force | through a resolution as indicated in yesterday's paper, the president of the association would be ready to act with parents of the community whose chil- ! dren had been ordered to attend school | in an undesirable neighborhood.” He explained today that at the March 13 meeting, a group of parents who were not. members of the association at all had attempted to push through a reso- lution similar to that which the Monroe | parent-teacher officers claim was passed, but that they were unsuccessful. The | resolution, which he says was passed, | was the result of a request by a commit- | tee of Monroe Home and School Asso- | clation members, signed by an official | of the association and two Monroe | School teachers, that enough pupils be ! transferred from the Park View School | to fill up the Monroe School. When | the parents in the neighborhood affected | heard of this request, Mr. Walker said, | they immediately secured signatures of | all parents whose children would be transferred, demanding that they be | kept in the Park View School. This | petition was indorsed by the association. | Text of Statement. In his statement, issued to news- papers, Mr. Walker declared: | “It is only reasonable to permit pupils | to attend the school selected by their | parents if there is room for them. I| agree with the superintendent when he often says that every community should have the kind of school it wants and is willing to pay for. But for a group of parents to demand that pupils four blocks away be sent to Monroe School over the protest of parents affected | seems to be a rather extreme method | of maintaining the complexion of an Isolated white school | “Park View, with the platoon organi- | ation, has accommodated as many as 1.100 pupils. Because many have been transferred to Raymond and Moanroe there are now only about 950. When the additions are completed, however,| ‘Washington's only platoon school will be able to take care on full time of close to 1,300 pupils. But if further inroads are ‘made on the enrollment .of the school by restricting boundaries the superintendent will not be able to carry out the intent of Congress and con- duct an adequate experimental platoon school.” “There is no dissension among_the parents of children attending the Park View Platoon School,” he concluded. hey are unanimous in their desire— yes. “their determination—that _their children must remain in the platoon | &chool. So-called economic necessities, such as the desire to keep teachers em- ployed in an empty school, should not be cited as the reason for shifting puplls against the wishes of their| parents.’ DR. SULLIVA-h.I TO PREACH. Guest Speaker Will Giv Final Ser- mon at All Souls’s Dr. William Laurence Sullivan, who has been occupying the pulpit of All- Souls’ Church, Unitarian, in the ab- sence of the minister, Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, will preach his final sermon at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow, taking “The Heart of the Christian Religion.” A bus service from Chevy Chase Cir- cle will be inaugurated for the church school. which started last Sunday morn- ing wit: a large attendance. The young people are planning their first get- together of the season for October 5. - Aeronautics Tutor Flies to Duty. BOSTON, September 28 (). — Prof. Hilding N. Carson of Boston University practices what he preaches. He flys daily 50 miles from his home on Cape Cod. He teaches aeronautics. ’ THE EVENING ! i | | Monroe Parent - Teacher, Member’s Contention Is De- | nied in School Controversy. | Delegates from Mexico who reached here this morning to attend the meet- ing of the National Council of Catholic Women. i Hernandez and Donna Juana Pitman de RECEPTIONS HONOR IAPANESE OFFICERS 'Members of Training Squad- ron Entertained Extensively r During Day in City. ‘ Vice Admiral K. Nomura, commander | of the Japanese training squadron of two ships now at anchor at Baltimore. and his party of ship's officers and | midshipmen on_cruise spent today in Washington seeing the sights of the city and attending social affairs given in their honor by American naval offi- cials and members of the staff of the Japanese embassy. | Admiral Nomura, the captains of the ships Iwake and Asama and other officers of the squadron were guests at luncheon of Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of naval operations, at his home at_the Naval Observatory. The 200 midshipmen were guests at the Japanese embassy at a_ buffet | luncheon given in_their honor by Am- bassador Katsuji Debuchi. Adams to Entertain. This evening Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams is entertaining a party of 12, including the Japanese | Ambassador and the ranking officers of the squadron at a dinner at his home, | at 2221 R street. Admiral Nomura will be the honor guest. Other guests will be, fa addition to the Japanese Ambassador, Admiral | Hughes, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke, Capt. Suzuki, Capt. Sakano, naval attache of the Japanese | embassy; Gen. Wendell C. Neville, com- mandant of the Marine Corps; Admiral | R. H. Leigh, Capt. Hibino, Comdr. Makayama, Capt. Alfred W. Johnson, Capt. George F. Neal and Lieut. Comdr. Okuma. Reception Is Held. This afternoon the naval attache and Mme. Sakano were holding a reception at the Mayflower Hotel in honor of Ad- miral Nomura, his officers and the mid- shipmen. | The Japanese visitors went today to all points of interest in and about the | Capital in the busses in which they | | came to Washington from Baltimore. Tomorrow a special party of officers from the two ships will go to Philadel- | phia on a sightseeing trip. A visit to | the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis will be made Monday, and the comander and his officers will be | guests of honor at an informal lunch- eon at the academy. They will be entertained aboard the battleship Texas that evening by Admiral W. B. Pratt. On Tuesday the Japanese will re- | turn to their ships and Admiral Nomura | will entertain Baltimore and Washing- | ton guests at a luncheon aboard the | Asama, Tuesday evening he will be at home aboard the Asama. Wedne: day the squadron leaves for New Yorl EPWORTH M. E. SOUTH. | | SERVICES ARRANGED | At Epworth Methodist Episcopali Church South, Thirteenth street and | North Carolina avenue ncrtheast, to- | morrow morning, Rev. William H.Ram- | sey will speak. The Sunday school will be open in all departments at 9:30 a.m. | The pastor, Dr. J. C. Copenhaver, is in Cumberland, Md,, attending the annual conference. At 8 o'clock Sunday evening a two- i act play entitled “When Sleepers Be- | come Pillars” will be given in the Sun- day school room. Miss Pearl Peverill will be the leader of the Epworth | League services, to be held in the league | room at 7 o'clock. + A committee has been appointed to arrange a program of activities for homecoming week, to be observed in the church October 11 to 15. The Ep- worth League announces that it has combined with the Young People’s Mis- sionary Society and will hold mission study class periods each Monday, be- ginning October 14, - continuing six weeks, Registrations are now heing made. ‘The weekly prayer meeting will be held in the church Thursday evening at 8 o'clock and will be conducted by the pastor. e Mountain Shadows Hamper Work of Air Photographers Shadows thrown by the moun- tains hampered the work of the naval aviation expedition which has just completed an aerial sur- vey of Southeastern Alaska, the Navy Department was informed vesterday. The few hours while ihe sun is high in the heavens made a short working day for the photographers, but, nevertheless, new forests were discovered, new sources of waterpower were lo- cated and road and trail building activities were aided. Under the immediate com- mand of Lieut. Comdr. Arthur W. Radford, the four Loening am- phibian, Wasp powered planes were assisted by the U. S, S, Gannet, a Navy tug, which had a covered freight lighter in tow, for use as a floating barracks. The work first was undertaken in 1926 and the present expedition left San Diego, Calif, in May. ‘Wild, mountaindus country was explored from the air and one of the interesting features of the work was the location of a hitherto unknown lake, capable of a hydroelectric development of about 45,000 horsepower, on the eastern shore of Taku Inlet, between Greeley Point and Jaw Point, about two and one-half miles from the beach. The fall from the lake level to the sea is so abrupt, the department was told, that dam construction will be unnecessary., ARRIVE HERE FOR CONVENTION | foreign countries to attend | England and prominent ‘as a member of | | at the Shrine of the Immaculate Con- | | entertain iss Maria, Luisa ar Staff Photo. Left to righ Labarthe. WOMEN'S COUNCIL VANGUARD IS HERE Mexico Leads Big Delegations to Catholic Convention, Starting Tomorrow. The vanguard of delegates coming irom all parts of the United States and the ninth annual convention of the National Council of Catholic Women arrived in Washington today. Donna Juana Pitman de Labarthe, Miss Maria Luisa Hernandez and Miss Adelaide P. de Espinosa, delegates from xico and prominent in the social and i v, arrived | s morning. are staying at the Lee House. Others from Canada, Guate- mala, Porio Rico, Philippine Islands, Hawaii and England are expected to arrive between now and tomorrow, when the convention will open formally at | 10:30 o'clock with a pontifical high | mass at the National Shrine of the Im- | maculate Conception, Catholic Univer- sity. The business sessions start at the Hotel Mayflower at 9:30 Monday mom- ing. The convention ends Thursday. | Mrs. John F. Boland, delegate from | the Catholic Evidence Guild of that country, will not_arrive until Tuesday. Accompanied by Mr. Boland, she is no; en route from London, and is expected to arrive in New York Tuesday morning, | coming directly to Washington. Right Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bishop | of Cleveland, who will officiate at episco- | pal chairman of the convention, and who will be the celebrant of the mass | ception tomorrow morning, also arrived | in_Washington this morning. It was expected yarious groups would | informiMy today and visit| ‘Washington's places of interest. An in- formal reception will be held this eve- ning for advance delegates and visitors at the Mayflower, and tomorrow Mrs. W. E. Montgomery will have as her guests for luncheon Bishop Schrembs, Right Rev. Christopher Byrne and all the members of the board of directors at_her home, 1743 Rhode Island avenue. Three important subjects will be dis- cussed at the meetings to be held next | week and will be the outstanding fea- ture of this year's convention—educa- tion. child welfare and social service. An address which is expected to be of particular interest is one to be made Monday evening by Dr. Fulton J. Sheen. Department of Theolog¥, Catholic Uni- | versity. | Immigration and international ques- | tions will also be discussed at meetings Donna Juana Pitman de Labarthe will speak on the Mexican settlement, and | an address, “International Relations— Doctrines and Deeds,” will be delivered by Dr. Parker Thomas Moon, Colum- bia University, at the closing meeting Thursday evening. CAPPER INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT| Senator Invites Suggestions De-| signed to Promote Prohibition in District of Columbia. Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis- | trict committee will welcome any sug- gestions that may be made to his com- miftee for new legislation to improve prohibition enforcement in Washington as a result of the discussion that has been going on during the past week. Senator Capper said he was glad Senator Howell, Republican, of Ne- braska raised the question of improv- ing law enforcement conditions in ‘Washington and gave assurances that the District committee would give care- ful consideration to any bill which may be drafted to supplement the national prohibition law in the District. Sen- ator Howell is preparing such a bill. Senator Capper said that he also would be glad to consider any recom- | mendstion that officials in charge of enforcement here may have to submit. “G0OD GROUND” IS TOPIC OF MINISTER’S SERMON Dr, Frederick Brown Harris, pastor | of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, will preach tomorrow morning on the theme, “Good Ground.” At the evening service his subject will be “Keeping Step.” - RD."y day exercises will be held in all | departments of the church school be- ginning at 9:30 am. The Epworth League will meet at 7 p.m. ORGSR DR. HUNDLEY TO PREACH. At both the morning and evening services tomorrow aé the Vermont Ave- nue Christian Church Dr. J. T. F. Hundley, president of Lynchburg Col- lege, will preach. The Woman's Council will meet Tuesday, with Mrs. Fannie M. Foster, presiding. Following the mid-week meeting Thursday evening, the board of officers of the church will meet, G. H. Hack- worth, chairman, presiding. PLAY THE MAN.” B. Wooding, pastor of the byterian Church, North Capitol street and Florida avenue, will| speak tomorrow morning at the 111 o'clock service on te theme “Play the Man,” and in the evening at 8 o'clock on the theme “A Purpoun_xl Life.” Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the Sunday school house the pastor will commence & “mk! ‘of‘ Efld-waek ad- dresses on the Book of Acts. Rally day exercises will be observed in the Sunday school tomorrow at 9:30 o'clock. program will be given. Rev. Henry Eckington Pres| STAR, WASHINGTON, SEPARATE ZONING | BOARD OF APPEALS 10 BE PROPOSED Builders’ Association Wants! Agency Distinct From Existing Commission. COLLECTED BY LUSKj Declares It Would Place Legality of Ordinance on More Sound Basis. A deflnite proposal for the creation | of a separate zoning board of adjust- ment, distinct from the existing Zoning | Commission, will be laid before the zoning body shortly by the Operative Builders' Association. This will be one | of & number of recommendations from the builders, based on information | gathered by Rufus S. Lusk, secretary, | during a recent extended tour of East- ern cities where he surveyed zoning | codes and their application. i le recommendation for a separate d of adjustment, or board of ap- peals, goes & step farther than the | advice of the zoning advisory com- mittee, composed of Tepresentatives of local trade bodies, realtors, architects and bullders, which urged that either B €, | Both we: “DOING THEIR BIT” IN ARMY SHOW SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1929. g ! -k P BRI, 3041 oot e Upper: “Aunt Mary” Billings and Mrs. II. I. Smith, veteran members of the Salvation Army “doughnut team,” get in their hund ln preparation for service at the Army carnival at the Army War in the lines in the Argonne d of the outstanding features of the Army Lower: Miss Katherine Berry, one the carniv: College, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. rive, a reproduction of which will be one show. of the young women who will assist In a board of appeals or an alternative |~ plan be instituted here. Just a few days ago it was revealed | that S. G. Lindholm, engineer of the Zoning Commission, had presented to the commission & recommendation that the existing zoning body be empowered officially to act as a board of adjust- ment, 50 as to grant relief to property owners in specific cases where the com- mission does not feel justified in mak- | ing a radical change in zoning. Lind- | holm, however, opposes a separate | board of adjustment. i Arguments Presented. | In presenting arguments for & sep- arate board of adjustment, Lusk de- clares that the legality of the zoning ordinance will rest on a more sound | basis if provision thus is made to give | relief in deserving cases. He points | out also that an adjustment board | would have a control over the charac- | ter of buildings to be erected on a site | where the commission has granted an exception from the strict interpretation | of the zoning rules. The present com- | mission, he declares, is denied this | “bargaining” power. Lusk today made public the state- ment of the position of the Operative Builders' Association: | “When the zoning law was passed by | Congress in 1920, $5,000 was appropri- ated for making the original studies and the employment of experts; from that day to this not one cent has been spe- cifically appropriated for carrying on the zoning office. Since zoning vitally affects the value of every piece of prop- erty within the District of Columbia and since it also affects the health of | all its inhabitants, there should cer- | tainly be enough money available in order to conduct a zoning office in a proper manner. There should be a permanent zoning engineer, an assist- ant and the necessary clerical help. To | do this we estimate that at least $15,000 | a year must be made available. Set Up in Other Citles. | “To supplement the work of the pres- ent zoning commission there should also be set up a separate board of zoning adjustment, such as practically every large city of the country now has or is in process of obtaining. The legality of the zoning ordinance rests| on a more sound basis if there is a zoning board of adjustment. There is always the right to appeal to this board without obtaining the permission of | other property owners; and appeal can be made not only for the granting of | an exception, but for an interpretation | of the regulations or their enforcement. | Such a board handles individual cases | in which some hardship might be work- ed or injustice done if the zoning | ordinance was strictly interpreted and | an_exception not granted. “Tne adjustment board cannot change the zoning; it can only grant exceptions for a particular owner to do a particular thing. An exception is granted only when the owner is ready to go ahead in accordance with plans filed and which he must follow. The board con- trols exactly what is to be built upon that lot. Builders submit plans of what they intend to do to our commission, and the commission may grant & change in zoning based upon the plans and elevations submitted, but the commis- sion cannot compel the builder to carry out his submitted plans. Naturally, the commission is reluctant to grant a change in zoning based upon a proposed building operation, which in itself is highly desirable, when they do not have any means of making the builder com- | ply with what he has promised to do. But a board of adjustment can compel him to build just what the submitted plans call for or the right to build that structure lapses after a short time. “Most zoning changes concern indi- vidual cases. At the last hearing about 20 ot the 30 cases concerned individual lots which should have been heard by a board of adjustment and not by a zoning commission. I doubt if any city has so_many cases coming before its zoning body as Washington. Function Is Defined. “It is the function of.a zoning con.- mission to zone large areas," and then when the necessity arises for a_change in one lot, the matter should be handled by an adjustment board. That the need of making exceptions is constantly oc- curring is demonstrated by the almost appalling _number of requests for | changes that come before our com- | mission. “The board of adjustment in mosts cities is composed of men outside of the city government, such as architects, builders, lawyers and business men. There often are city officials on the board, too. We feel that the board here should be composed of both city and Federal officials together with certain civilians having outstanding talent in the fleld of architecture, building, etc. “Practically every board in Washing- ton, such as the School Board, Wel- fare Beard and Public Utilities Com- mission, has on it men who hold office by reason of appointment to that spe cial position and not because they hap- pen to have some other District actlvity. They are usually appointed to the par- ticular job because they are fitted for that work. “The addition of men familiar with the problems involved might be of as- sistance in solving the difficult questions that continually come to our Zoning Commission.” “HUMAN VALUES.” Dr. J. R. Sizoo will preach at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church to- morrow at 11 o'clock on the subject “Haman Values.” . Beginning October 6, the evening church services will be resumed. Dr. Sizoo is planning to begin these services with a series of Sunday evening medita- tions on his experiences abroad, dealing in particular with the religious signifi~ ‘ Church ELEN M. TREUDLEY. —Harris-Ewing Photo. LIFE ADJUSTMENT GENTER T0 REOPEN Institution to Be Ready for Service Again on October 7. Miss Helen M. Treudley, director, will | reopen the Washington Life Adjustment Center October 7 at 7 o'clock, under the auspides of the Mount Pleasant Congre- gational Church, 1410 Columbia road. Miss Treudley has been identified with | social service agencies in Cleveland, New York and Washington and will give full time to the work. ‘The center will offer to the public without charge advice in the meeting of the ordinary physical, mental, home and religious problems encountered by average men and women. The plan involves the presence at the church on each Monday evening of ph: sicians, psychiatrists, a lawyer, a psy- chologist, spiritual adviser, director of religious education, a general (‘4’)\1\'\56\(‘:!’i and financial adviser, a dietitian and social workers, each prepared to give individual and confidential advice to any and all who bring their perplexities. Appointments may be made through Miss Treudley for consultation with these various specialists. A laymen’s committee to assist in the project comprises the following: Chair- man, Dr. Edwin E. Slosson, director of Science Service; vice president, Mrs. W. W. Husband, wife of the Assistant Secretary of Labor: treasurer, John A. Massle, a local banker; secretary, J. E. Jones, president of the United Pres Association.. Other members of the committee are: Miss Hettie Anderson, general secretary of the Y. W. C. A. Dr. William Knowles Cooper, Percy H. Russell, president, of the Percy H. Ru sell Co.; Mrs. O. L. Veerhoof, Vice pre: ident of the Social Hygiene Societies: Willard C. Smith, president of the Washington Council of Social Agencies; Mrs. George A. Ricker, civic leader; Mrs. Edna L. Johnston, vice president of | the League of Women Voters; . George R. Mansfield, United States Geo- logical Survey; Mrs. Phillips S. Smith, member of the Board of Education; Miss Sibyl Baker, director of comm nity centers; Dr. William A. White, st perintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; Mrs. Mark Lansburgh, secretary of the | Council of Jewish Women; Mrs. George F. Bowerman, president of the Twenti- eth Century Club; Claud Livingston, president of William H. Saunders Co.; Dr. Henry D. Hubbard, assistant to the director, Bureau of Standards; Dr. Charles G. Abbott. secretary, Smith- sonian Institution; Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of George Washington Univer- sity; Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the Bethesda Women's Club; Mrs. Will C. Barnes, Mrs. Frederick A. Hol- ton, principal of Holton Arms School; A. O. Tingley, treasurer of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. FILM TO SHOW GAINS IN MISSIONARY WORK Seventh-Day Adventists’ Secretary Returns From Orient With Pictures of Progress. With sixteen thousand feet of cinema film to {llustrate his journey, C. K. Meyers, secretary of the General Con- ference of Seventh-day Adventists, has just returned from the nt. The film shows places of scenic interest and customs of the people as well as the progress made in mission work during the past three years. Pictures were taken in the 105 churches, 8 hospitals d 50 schools operated by the denomination in China and Japan. When fully edited, the film will be screened in the city and S | mind, spirit, soul, principle, life, truth, CHRISTIN SEENCE VALUE DISCUSSED Lecture Given at First Church| by William W. Porter | of New York. | A lecture on “Christian Science: Its Value to Humanity” was delivered last night in First Church of Christ, Scien- tist, by William W. Porter, C. S. B of New York City. Mr. Porter is a member of the board of lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. He was introduced by Wilbur E. Yocum, first reader of First Church, under whose auspices the lecture was given. The lecturer said in part: “A little over half a century ago an unusual woman appeared upon the highway of human endeavor. She saw | about her humanity's sins, sufferings | and sorrows. A night of terror seemed | about to engulf her. | | “She turned away from earth and | looked toward heaven and God. | Through the mists of earth the woman | saw a beckoning path and into this | path she turned her footsteps. As she | journeyed her vision grew and she saw | exceedingly near those many mansions | ! which are spofen of by the Master in | the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel| of John; she learned that these man- sions are mansions of health, mansions of happiness, peace and prosperity; she found her own confidence and cour: ever mounting to meet opportuni there came to her unbounded and un- expected ability and success and & higher sense of life as God. Launched Undertaking. “This woman was the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, the author of the Christian | book “Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures’ In_ the year 1866 Mrs. Eddy was brought back almost from the grave through her spiritual understanding and pure de- sire. Following her remarkable healing Mrs. Eddy launched forth upon an un- | dertaking which was destined to become her crowning life-work, the demonstra- | | tion of Christian Science, and its pres- | {entation in such a way that humanity { could not fail to understand its mean- mngs and receive its benefits. S “Mrs. Eddy tells us in her writings | that in the demonstration and estab- lishment of Christian Science she had |no other guide than the Bible. This | was her only text book. 5 “In the orderly process of arriving| |at the correct statement of the problem | of bejng, one finds himself confronted with the question, What is God? We | are told by Mrs. Eddy that one of the chief difficulties encountered in her early writings was that of finding words | or language which would adequately ex- | |press the spiritual ideas which she | sought to impart. Today when one re- fers to God a generous part of one's | listeners is found to be more or less | in harmony with the definition in the | Christian Science text book that ‘God | is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite love.” Healing Power Described. “Christian_Science shows that spirit jand spiritual ideas are not intangible, | but that these are certain and real. Indeed, unless spiritual values and wer may be apprehended and en- Jjoyed in the everyday walks of life, then spiritual things have no significance with respect to daily existence. “Christian Science denies the psychol- ogy of theh uman mind as a healing factor. The mortal mind which pro- duces disease cannot be the healer of disease. In Christian Science all heal- ing power is understood to belong to God, and it accompanies alw: the divine, or spiritual, idea of God.” ‘DIVINE DISCONTENT' T BE SERMON TOPIC, Dr. Samuel Porter to Preach of “Most Gracious Imitation™ in Evening. Dr. Samuel J. Porter will preach at First Baptist Church tomorrow morn- ing on “The Divine Discontent,” and | in the evening on “The Most Gracjous | Imitation.” Al the church meeting Thursday eve- ning officers were elected as follows: Treasurer, T. Temple Hill; financial sccretary, Warren E. Miller; clerk, James R. Vassar: B. Y. P: U. director, T. Edgar Petty; Sunday school superin- tendent, E. H. Hutchins; trustees, C. P. | spates, Moncure B. Berg; deacons, Wil- !liam A. Dayton (life), C. B. Mclnnis, Louis Lawrence, W. Luke Woodward, Dr. W. M. Splawn. ‘The Sunday school will meet tomor- row at 9:30 am, and B. Y. P. U. at 6:45 pm. Prayer meeting, Thursday at 8 pm. Dr. Martin :o—s—pe_li@ Dr. William E. Martin, president of Sullens College, will address the A A. cance of various phases of English life.! Takoma Park Adventist Churches and | Pugh men’s Bible class at Mount His first_sermon subject of the series later at the General Conference session, Vernon Place M. E. Church South, at will be “The Homes of England.” to be held in San Francisco, 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. 'Comdr. W. W. Edel of United| | 9:30 o'clock in the tower room, and the | the slaying Thursday night of Mag- {school will hold Rally day with a spe- | practice PLAN T0 REVISE CONNECTICUT AVE. BUSANDCARSTOPS Capital .Traction Co. Maps Out Numerous Changes to Avoid “Bottle-Necks.” 1NEW PROGRAM ORDERED BY UTILITIES BOARD Police to Paint White Lines at Points Where Auto Parking Is Prohibited. Capital Traction Co. officials today prepared o make numerous changes in bus and street car stops along Con- necticut avenue, ordered by the Public Utilities Commission after a personal survey in which numerous improve- ments were found necessary. The order eliminates the widespread of permitting automobile: along Connecticut avenue to park di- rectly opposite street car stops, leaving only a narrow lane for use when street cars are at a standstill, Eliminate “Bottle-Nécks.” A spectal effort hias been made by the Commissioners W separate street car and bus stops. This was done in &n ef- fort w eliminate so-called “bottle- necks,” which have been found to cause much traffic congestion, especial- ly during rush hours in the morning and late afternoon. Arrangement also was made with Police Department officials to have white lines painted on the streets at points where parking is prohibited in order that motorists will have a warn- ing to supplement the customary no- parking signs. Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, en- ordinator and chief engineer of the engineering department of the District Tecently brought the situation on Con- necticut avenue to the attention of the Commissioners. He pointed out that the thoroughfare has been widened within the last two years at an ex- penditure of approximately $300,000. Congestion Continues, This improvement was undertaken i an effort to do away With traic jame which formerly prevailed during th peak periods, = Nevertheless. the ruch | hour congestion continued after the I street was made broader. The Com- missioners now feel certain, however, that the changes they have ordered | will speed up traffic immensely. One of the most important changes is hoped to eliminate a bad situation i at McKinley street near Chevy Chase CHAPLAIN TO FILL PULPIT AT CALVARY i States Navy Will Be Guest Preacher. Comdr. W. W. Edel, chaplain in the | United States Navy, will be the guest | preacher in Calvary Methodist Church, | Columbia road near Fifteenth street, tomorrow. He is stationed at the Naval | Air Station at Lakehurst, N. J. H At the evening service Dr. Mark Depp will preach on the theme, “The Worth | of Snobs.” | Promotion day will be observed in all | departments of the church school with a program in the church auditorium at | 9:40 am. { The women’s all-day meeting will be | Tuesday at the church, beginning at | 10:30 o'clock. Luncheon is served at | 12:30 o'clock. At the missionary service | at 1 o'clock, Miss Esther Van Dyne, missionary from Algeria, will speak. All women of the coneregation are invited. The mothers’ cla.s, Mrs. C. S. Bald- | win _teacher, will 'study “Everyday | Problems of Everyday Children,” by | Douglas A. Thom. under the supervision | of Mrs. Ross Dellett, at their monthly meetings. Al mothers of young chil- | dren are invited to attend both the | class, which meets Sunday mornings at monthly meetings. The first meeting this fall will be held at the home of Mrs. John W. Edwards, 1617 Hobart strect, October 9 »: 8 o'clock. The young people’s devotional meet- ings will be resumed October 6 at 7 oclock, in the guild hall. SUSPECTED SLAYER IS FOUND SUICIDE Finding of Man's Body in Anacos- tia River Ends Hunt for Woman's Killer. ‘While police were hunting him for nolia Richardson, colored, 35 years old, his reputed common-law wife, Ran- dolph Jones, colored, 26 years old, of 1216A Carrollburg place southwest, ended his life in Anacostia River. His body was found at the foot of South Capitol street southwest late yes- terday afternoon. His suicide did not surprise his rela- tives and friends, according to the police, some of them having suggested that he probably would kill himself. Jones, usher in a South Washington church, had been advised to leave the woman by his fellow churchmen, police learned. Thursday night he packed his clothes preparatory to returning to his mother’s home, and it was at that time the woman was stabbed. An in- quest was ordered today. Policeman Leroy Batchelor of the fourth precinct, one of several police- men responding when the body was sighted in the river, suffered a painful injury to his left foot when he struck a nail on Martin's Wharf. He was given first ald at Emergency Hospital. —_— GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH WILL RESUME SCHEDULE Following the Summer recess, Sun- day's services will mark a resumption of a full schedule of activities at Grace Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and Varnum streets. The pastor, Rev. Ger- hard E. Lenski, will preach at the 11 a.m. service, having as his theme “My Neighbor as Myself.” The Sunday cial program by the officers of the Sun- day school board. Brief addresses will be given by George Emch, Miss Etta Preinkert, Miss Catherine Umhau and Leon Chatelain. In connection with this service a campaign in the interest of the work of the Sunday school will be inaugurated in the congregatios Leaders in this work are the H. S. Yohe, Mrs. John Tavenner and Earl Halslip. Circle. Under the nbw rules, the car stop sign will be moved to the south end of the no parking space and the bus stop sign to the north end. The bus route involved is the Chevy Chase coach line of the Capital Trac- tion Co. The changes are ®xpected to be completed within a day or two, PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN. The Rally day program of the Sun- day school of Gunston-Temple Memo- rial Presbyterian Church will be held tomorrow morning at 9:45 o'clock. A pageant, “Be Ye Transformed,” will be presented under the direction of Miss Jeanne Kitchin, director of religious education. All the departments of the Sunday school will be represented in the pageant. The subject of the sermon by Rev. Bernard Braskamp at the 11 o'clock service will be “The Man in Whom God’s Spirit Dwelleth.” The Christian Endeavor Societies will meet at 6:45 pm. HOLY COMMUNION RITES. Holy communion will be observed fo- mOorrow morning and evening at Me- morial United Brethren Church, North Capitol and R streets. New members will be received. The pastor, Dr. S. B Daugherty, will preach in the morning on “What Missing Souls Miss” and in the evening on “Our Abiding Posses- sion. i Promotion day will be observed and election of officers held in the Sunday school at 9:40 oclock. Special pro- grams will be rendered in the Christian Endeavor Societies at 7 o'clock. LUTHER LEAGUE The annual meeting of the Luther League of the District of Columbia will be held at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Eighth and B streets southwest, next Tuesday at 8 pm. The meeting will open with a devotional service, followed by a business session presided over by District League President Robert J. Volland. Reports of the various officers will be heard and the program for the year 1929-30 will be announced. In the absence of Dr. H. Dennington Hayes, pastor of the St. Mark's Church, due to illness, the following officers will be installed by Rev. Henry Manken, ir.. pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Incarnation: President, Robert J. Vol- land, Atonement Luther League; first vice president, Miss Virginia R. Wise, Incarnation; second vice president. Charles C. Weitzel, jr., St. John's (southwest) ; recording “secretary, Miss Marie Trede. St. Mark's; corresponding secretary, Miss Gladys Broeker, Zion's. The Third Annual Washington Lu- theran Training School will be eon- ducted at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Second and_ B streets southeast, November 11 to December 9 and January 6 to February 30—10 Monday evenings. Dr. J. N. Gould Wickey, executive secretary of tie board of education, the United Lutheran Church in America, will be the dean of this school; Dr. John Weidley, pastor of the Reformation Church, assistant dean: Miss Frances Dysinger, inner- mission _executive of the Washington Lutheran Churches, secretary, and Miss A. Barbara \Wiegand, missionary secre- tary of the Luther League of the Mary- land Synod, registrar. Other member: of the board of directors are Rev. Henr: Manken, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Incarnation: Rev. Charles End- ers, pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church; Rev. E. H. Meuser, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. and Pred L. Schickler, representative of the Washington District Luther League. “Christ in Africa” 1s the topic which will be presented at St. Paul’s Luther League tomorrow evening by Louis Hoover. At Zion's League, in conjunc- tion with the same topic, Miss Emma A. Holzer, missionary secretary of the Luther League of the District of Co- lumbia, will present the missionary ob- Jjective of the Luther League in Amer- ica—"$25,000 for a mnew educational building at Porto Rico.” ‘When the topic, “Plans for the Year.” was discussed at Zion's League last Sunday evening, Miss Gladys Broeker presided and the life-service program was outlined by Misses Frances Dy- singer and Clara C. Schickler, and the educational board program by Fred L. Schickler. District League President Volland spoke and Mrs. Barbara Trede, planist of the St. Mark’s Luther League, and Miss Marie Trede, newly elected recording secretary of the Luther Lea- gue of the District of Columbia, ‘were visitors. A meeting of the executive committee of the Luther League of the Maryland gyn&d sn held Friday evening at the