Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1929, Page 17

Washington News NATIONAL MUSEUN RECEIVES BONES OF CIANT ANIMALS Brought Back by Dr. Gidley After Summer’s Work in Snake River Valley. BURIED IN SANDS ABOVE LAVA FLOOR Collection Includes Musk Oxen and Several Species Probably Unknown to Science. Nearly three tons of bones of gian creatures which roamed over the West- ern United States about 10,000,000 years ago have just been brought back to the National Museum by Dr. James ‘W. Gidley of the department of verte- brate paleontology after a Summer's ‘work in the Snake River Valley of Cen- tral Idaho. These fossils, Dr. Gidley explained, are all mammals who thrived in the geo- logical era just preceding the present, when the climate of the country was strikingly different. He found the re- mains of a strange medley of animals buried in the sand above a floor of lava, showing that they existed after the last great volcanic eruption in that part of the Rocky Mountain area. Giant musk oxen, whose relatives to- day are found only on the tundra above the Arctic’ Circle, mingled with el phants and camels, now tropical ani- mals. The collection probably contains several species hitherto unknown to science. Musk Oxen Much Larger. ‘The musk oxen of that day, Dr. Gid- ley said, were nearly twice as large as those now found in the Arctic, which have declined in size, due to their harsh ‘environment. The disappearance of the stronger creatures in a land of com- parative plenty while their relatives in the Far North lived on, he explains, is an interesting example of the adaption of a creature to its environment. The smaller animal, which had developed a thick coat of fur and an appetite for the lichens of the Arctic tundras, was able to adjust itself to its living con- ditions while its gant relative, probably not so well protected and requiring more food, was unable to survive severe cli- matic changes. Great herds of buffalo probably roamed the Western plains in those days, but they were much larger crea- tures than the bison of today, with far longer horns. They were not ancestors of the present bison, Dr. Gidley says, but must have represented a collateral branch, since they were more specialized | in structure. The animal whose body is intricately adapted structurally to live in a certain environment, he points out, never can be considered the ancestor of a similar ainmal which is not so highly specialized. The fate of animal families, say National Museum paleon- tologists, is to become more and more adjusted to certain living conditions, so that they can survive in them with a minmum of effort and hardship. But the better they become adjusted to one set of conditions the more they depend upon them. They seldom can endure a change and die in the effort to ad- just themselves to different climate or different food. Find Elephant Bones. Dr. Gidley found bones of both the mastodon, a giant relative of the ele- phant, and of the mammoth, which was a true elephant. Museum collectors have hunted for years to secure enough bones of the mammoth to reconstruct a specimen for exhibition here. A com- plete specimen never has been found and it is necessary to pick up the bones plece by piece. The great elephants, Dr. Gidley says, probably existed in large numbers all over the United States, and may even have been co- temporaries of the earliest men, but the skeletons disintegrated rapidly. Among other bones found, besides those of camels and near relatives of creatures now existing in North Amer- ica, were those of a strange animal, the megolanyx, whose nearest relative is the sloth of South America. The paleozoic creature, however, was much larger, lived entirely on the ground, and prob- ably presented a much more frightful appearance. DK excavating these ancient lava beds Dr. Gidley kept a close watch for evi- dences of early man to supplement those he found in Florida three years ago and which precipitated a long scientific controversy. The only human artifacts he found in Idaho were far advanced and probably do not date much beyond historic times. ‘The Snake River Valley, Dr. Gidley's excavations showed, has been covered with two great volcanic eruptions, Each lava flow has been covered in the course of centuries by drifting sand, giving a sort of sandwich effect. Only a few mammal bones were found between the two lava sheets, but on top of the last one there was a great wealth of them. ‘The country probably has been well tered for millions of years and would form & natural congregating place for eat herds of grazing animals, such as gzou in the collection. Tee Destroyed Pastures. The period represented by these ani- mals came before the last ice age, which swept over much of North America, when the climate in the Northern United States was much warmer, and the creatures probably did not become ex- tinct until the advancing ice destroyed their stures, Then the larger ani- mals d off over the course of cen- turies, leaving the country to their smaller and weaker relatives better adapted to endure the long years of scant pasturage. Much the same is sup- to have happened millions of years earlier still when the giant rep- tiles, which were abundant in the same area of North America, died off in favor of the tiny mammals and birds. i The bones collected by Dr. Gidley will be cleaned and unpacked during the ‘Winter and those which can be recon- structed into complete skeletons may be used as exhibits. Others will be used to patch up nearly complete skeletons obtained by other expeditions. Although much later in time, it is explained, the age of the giant mammals in North America is not so well represented by skeletons as the age of the giant reptile. Deaths R.eported. The following deaths have been reported to the Health Department in the last 24 hours Jane R. Greene, 88, 3319 Wis. ave. Charles H. Mixer, 82, 1860 Columbia rd. Jeannie Winston, 80." Garfleld Hospital. Charles Russell, 74, Sibley Hospita Rlice Rigeold, 67, Home for Aged and In- rm. Hassler, 60, 36 Pranklin st. n.e, .'Marrny lA Collins, 55, 718 Jefferson st. Maria Dex. 47, 1407 Belmont st. Aenes T Fritter, 35, 2008 10th &t ne. !Mulll Remillieux, 9 months, Children's ostital. jerrie Minor, 70, Casuslty Hospital, larah _Johnson, 52, Gallinger fwim. ula Hawkins, 36, 951 Gol a8 Clovia. is, 308 9n a it Old Flint Quarry Should Be Marked Col. Grant Avers. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, is interested in having the flint quarry in Piney Branch Valley, where the Indians secured their appropriately know about it, is developed for park purposes. Col. Grant pointed out today that there are many places of Indian interest around Washing- ton, the proper preservation of which is being studied. “It is not generally known that Washington was quite an industrial center for Indians, with soapstone quarries, where they manufactured great quan- tities of household utensils, and fiint_quarries, from which spear- heads, hatchets and other sharp tools were .turned out to supply a large number of the neighbor- ing South Atlantic Coast tribes,” Col. Grant said. ELECTRIFIED LINE 10 REACH CAPITAL Pennsylvania Railway Proj- ect Also Includes Two New Baltimore Tunnels. Complete electrification of the Penn- sylvania Railroad from New York to ‘Washington, including the Baltimore tunnels, is now in sight as the result of an agreement just reached between the railroad company and the City of Baltimore, according to_an announce- ment by the railroad officials today. Between five and six years are al- lowed in the agreement for the com- pletion of the tunnel work and other improvements in Baltimore. It is ex- pected that before the expiration of that period the electrification from New York to Wilmington will be completed. The new agreement, according to the railroad company, will have far-reach- ing effects upon the operation of both passenger and freight trains on the company's eastern lines. It will make possible the extension of the New York to Wilmington electrification to include Baltimore and Washington and the Washington terminal area for both passengers and freight. Work to Start at Once. ‘When the project is completed on this enlarged scale it will giye the Pennsylvania System a total of 799 miles of line and 2,759 miles of track electrically operated. Under the agreement, which has been under consideration between the rail- road company and Baltimore for several years, there will be extensive station and track improvements in and through Baltimore, and two new double-track tunnels will be constructed in the city limits. Actual work on these improve- ments will be started at once, the rail- road annournces. Second in importance to the exten- sion of the electrification as a whole will be the electrification of the Balti- more tunnels and the consequent im- provement in passenger comfort, says a statement by the railroad company. One result will be to increase greatly WASHINGTON, D. C, @he Foening Star TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1929. E3 Society ‘and General AS INDUSTRIAL CITY 6,000 Attend Formal Opening of Display at Audi- torium. DARR PICTURES STEPS TO BUILD UP BUSINESS Printing Craftsmen Present Fine Points—Model Office Is Shown. Typists in Speed Test. Formally opened last night with an attendance ol more than 6,000 persons, the Capital's Fifth Annual Industrial Exposition, sponsored by the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce, today swung into the afternoon and evening presen- tation of the industrial assets of the National Capital, with large crowds on hand, in spite of the inclement weather. The doors of the Washington Audi- torium, where the show is being held, will be opened at 2:30 o'clock for the afternoon show each day this week, and the evening show will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Charles W. Darr Speaks. ‘The exposition was formally opened last night with an address by Charles W. Darr, president of the chamber. He said, in part: “It is with a feeling of the utmost pride in our National Capital and in all that is making it one of the won- der cities of the modern world that the Washington Chamber of Com- merce welcomes you to its fifth Indus- trial Exposition. “Early last Spring, far in advance of the date upon which plans for pre- vious industrial expositions have been formulated, the chamber’s Industrial | Exposition committee, of which Mr. Rudolph Jose is chairman, began pre- paring for this event. “Upon the two floors of this Audi- torium you will find exhibits which are truly interpretive of the manner in which Washington is taking its right- ful place in twentieth century America. We are also increasingly mindful of the fact that Washington is a city of homes and families. “Now it is because of the overwhelm- ing importance of the family and the home that we must understand that ‘Washington is something more than the seat of the Federal Government and a collection of magnificent buildings and beautiful parks and street vistas. It is absolutely necessary, therefore, that the city shall be productive of something more than beauty. “Washington is well aware of this, and the phenomenal increase in indus- trial and commercial activity in recent years is proof that it“is finding a proper solution.” ¥ Progress Is Portrayed. Visitors at the exposition found spread before them an instractive picture of ‘Washington's industrial and commercial progress. In addition to the individual displays by local manufacturers and dealers there were several large group the capacity of both passenger and freight lines. o s ‘Will Rebuild Calvert Sfation. One of the new double-track tunnels to be constructed in Baltimore will 8"- allel the existing union railroad tun- nel east of the Pennsylvania Station, and the other will approximately par- allel the existing Philadelphia, Balti- more & Washington tunnel southwest of the station. Calvert Station will be rebuilt and nearby will be constructed two large freight warehouses, The completion of the Baltimore tunnels and improvements- and electric operation all the way through from New York to Washington represent an im- portant enlargement of the railroad ocmpany's program of electrification on its Eastern lines, as the result of which better passenger and freight service is predicted. Another important result will kbe the elimination of locomotive smoke, BRYLAWSKI FUNERAL SET FOR TOMORRO Pioneer Motion Picture Man to Be Buried in Hebrew Ceme- tery Here, Funeral services for Aaron Brylawski, 78 years old, ploneer in the motion- picture industry in this city, who died at his home, 3513 Reno road, yesterday, will be conducted at the residence to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock. Rabbi Abram Simon of the Washington He- brew Congregation will officlate. Inter~ ment will be in the Washington Hebrew Cemetery. Mr. Brylawski was for many years general manager of the Cosmos Theater Co., a subsidiary organization of the Stanley Co. of America. He continued actively in the capacity of 1ianager until his recent illness Affectionately known as “Daddy B,” displays. Notable among these was the model home front elevation constructed of numerous kinds of building material now obtainable in the local market, dis- played by the Builders’ Exchange. Another important group display was the graphic arts show, In which the printers and allied craftsmen of the city joined in presenting Washington's greatest single industry. A model office was the nucleus of the first business show ever neld in con- nection with the exposition. Several Government departments and bureaus contributed instructive dis- plays illustrative of their activities, as well as local public and civic under- takings. Model Plane League Exhibit. An exhibit which commanded atten- tlon throughout the opening hours was that of the Model Airplane League. It wa3 announced today by Alfred L. Stern, director of the exposition, that & special model airplane contest will be held in the Auditorium Friday. Mr, Stern will go on the air from Sta- tion WMAL at 5:45 o'clock this after- noon to describe the show, and indi- vidual exhibitors will follow him. One of the big drawing cards of the opening evening was the typewriting speed contest for novices. Out of a field of 30 young men and women, who have been operating typewriters only since st of last year, flve wrote at a speed which makes them eligible for the finals, to be held Thursday night. ‘The highest speed attained last eve- ning in the 15-minute test was in ex- cess of 58 words per minute. The five finishing first in this elimination con- test are Miss Ethel Mintz, 1622 Allison street; Miss Bernetta Derrick, 14 Poplar avenue; Takoma Park; Miss Eva Cath- erine Koday, Benning station; Miss Helen W. Petrie, 3921 Fifth street north- west; Miss Virginia Munroe, 817 Duke street, Alexandria. ‘This evening the junior class elimina- tion trials will be run at the Audi- torjum. The following will compete: Jenny Brace, Clarence Lease Bussard, George A. England, Mildred Catherine Goheen, Margaret Hackett, Ethel Marie Mr. Brylawski nad iade many con- tributions to charitable organizations and individuals in need. DR. CHARLES E. MUNROE TO BE HONORED GUEST Explosive Chemist Will Be Enter- tained by George Washington University. Dr. Charles Edward Munroe, inventor of TNT and chief explosives chemist of the United States Bureau of Mines, will be the guest of honor at the George Washington University alumni luncheon at 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Hotel Lafayette. At _the luncheon Dr. Monroe, who is an alumnus of the university, will talk on “Some of My Experiences in the University.” He is professor emeritus in chemistry and dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Letters and Scl- ences at George Washington. Dr. Oscar Benwood Hunter, president of the General Alumni Association, will preside. Arrangements are being com- pleted by Lyman Dishman of the ex- ecutive committee. Other alumni luncheons will be held at the same hour November 20, Janu- | ary 25, March 29 and April 26. Health :;f Weight Clubs Meet. ‘The Health Club and the Watch Your Weight Club of the Columbia Heights Community Center will hold a meeting in the Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets, this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Miss Betty Doyle will preside at the meeting, which will be to all who sre interested hm and diet xout Harrison, Gladys Myrtle Haynes, James Wolford McBee, Irene McCarthy, Mary Florence Monroe, Helen Mae Neuroh, Anne Louise Pallas, Leah Frances P: tison, Esther Anne Rosenberg, M: Scarlotta, Mary Virginia Shafferman, Helen L. Walter, Helen Wertman, Maxine Mable Wetherbee and Kath- arine Custis Hillyer, SCHULTEIS FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TODAY Banker and Civic Leader Was Resi- | EXPOSITION SHOWS [STRICT VAGRANGY | CAPITAL'S ADVANCE| LAW FOR DISTRICT |[*= PROPOSED IN BILL Would Enable Police to Pick Up Any Person Without Reputable Trade. BLEASE MEASURE SENT TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Makes Wanderers, Gamblers and Fortune Tellers Liable to Prosecution. A new vagrancy law for Washington, which would enable the police to pick up any person without a reputable means 3¢ making a living, was proposed today by Senator Blease of South Caro- lina. Senator Blease introduced a bill for the District modeled after the South Carolina vagrancy law and had it re- ferred to the Senate judiciary commit- tee for its report. The bill would apply to all persons wandering from place to place without a known residence, or no visible means of making “a fair, honest and reputable livelihood.” It would apply also to sus- picious persons, “going out about the District bartering articles or things with no established business.” All persons who make a living by gambling in any form would fall within the provisions of this bill. Another pro- vision in the bill would make fortune- tellers liable to prosecution, Another clause provides that “all persons not following some handicraft, trade or profession or not haying some known or visible means of livelihood who shall be able to work and occupy- ing or being in possession of some piece of land shall not cultivate such quan- tity thereof as shall be deemed to be necessary for the maintenance of him- self and his family” would fall within the terms of the measure. The bill provides that all persons connected with public entertainment would have to be licensed. ‘The bill fixes a maximum penalty of $100 or 30 days’' imprisonment. Senator Blease said that he has been informed that the present vagrancy law here is not adequate. He said that after a per- son had served 30 days the police could check up and see if such persons ob- tain a fair means of livelihood. gt WATER EXECUTIVE ASKS RETIREMENT J. S. Garland Began Service | in Department Here 38 Years Ago. J. 8. Garland, superintendent of the District Water Department, has applied for retirement, effective November 1. His letter is before Engineer Commis- sioner William B. Ladue, and it will be brought before the Board of Commis- sioners at an early date. Mr. Garland has for many months oeen in Iveble health, although reporting to his office as usual for work. D. W. Holton, &s- sistant superintendent, is viewed as & likely successor. Mr. Garland reached the retirement age of 70 last Pebruary. Owing to the many serious problems confronting the department, great care will be taken in the selection of a suc- cessor to Mr. Garland. The depart- ment now faces a five-year expansion program. Mr. Garland began his service as an inspector October 27, 1891. He was pro- moted to permit clerk April 24, 1893, and to assistant engineer July 1, 1893. He was made a full engineer July 21, 1914, and was promoted to his present position of superintendent of the Water De- partment March 26, 1915. He draws a salary of $5,600 per annum. Mr. Gar- land is married and resides at 2017 N street. Mr. Holton came to the department from the University of Vermont in 1899. e Marriage Licenses. Guido Pizzaro, 45, and Giovanni Morelll, 46; Judge Rcbert E Mattingly. r Yowell, ‘28, and Mary J. Baker, 16; Rev. James H. Miers. Stephen Muchic. 30, and Irene B. Tice, 22; Rey. Patrick E. Conroy Walter Jenkins, 30, and Agnes Ferns, 21. Both of “Barberfon,” Ohlo; Rev. John E: riges. Joseph C. Crigler, 28. Madison, Va, and Virginia E. Rose. 32, Twyman's Mill, Va.; Rev. H. M . H. M. Hennig, Marshall Kemp. 28, and Camilla Griffins, 9; Jam, 19; Rev. h cmas M. Faudree, 21, Richmond, Va., and Dorothy’ C. Tillman, 18, Preston, Md. Rev. Allan F. Poore. pGeorFe Leak, 37, and Bessie F. Davis, 35; o D_ Jarvis. Joseph N._Gilfoil. 33, Philadelphia, Pa. and Anne 'B. Roach, '19, Fredericksbu Rev. C. Ernest Smith. mes R. Cole, 23, and Lydia A. Gaylor, . 8. Reed McAlpin, ng, Jr. 23, and Nancy L. A o Saunders, Rev. William D. Charles A, R. Briggs, 20; Re es L. Garfleld. 5. and Anita R. i e ng. Leroy McRa d Kazee Caple, 23; Rév. William D. Jarvis. Jidson F. Heflin, 28, and Virginia L. La; 22, both of Midiand, Va.: Rev. J. E. Joseph son, 23; Buford, nd Carrie A . Bauserman, 32, ai 4 Burner, 22, both of Luray, Va.; Rev. Charles er. = John J. Migane, 21, and Louise E. Herman, 20, both of Atlantic City, N. J.; Judge Rob- ert E. Mtatingly. John Antram, 26, Hibbs. Pa. and Edvthe Cowell. 24, Uniontown, Pa.; Rev. J. Har- vey Dunham. MAJ. WILLIAM M. DIXON dent of Washington for More Than 50 Years. Fureral services for Albert Schulteis, 63 years old, banker and civic leader, who died Saturday at his home, 3637 Patterson street, after a long illness, were held at 10 o'clock this morning at the Shrine of the Blessed Sacra- ment Catholic Church, Chevy Chase, Private burial was in St. Mary’s Ceme- tery. Mr. Schulteis had resided in Wash- ington for more than a half century. A resolution on his death was adopt- ed yesterday at a special meeting or the executive committee of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce, of whicn he was one of the founders and former presidents. Mr. Schulteis is widow, Mrs. Annie Schulteis: three daughters, Miss Rosa Schulteis, Miss Mary Schulteis ard Miss Marion Schui- teis, and a son, Herman A. Schulteis. o Births Reported. lowing births have been rej survived by his fol BT, ASSIGNED TO NEW POST Army Officers Change Duties With Added Personnel Coming to Capital. Maj. William M. Dixon, Finance De- partment, at Seattle, Wash., has been ordered to this city for duty in the office of chicf of staff, War Department; Maj. Herbert E. Pace, Finance Department, of the office of the chief of staff, War Department, has been assigned to duty in the Panama Canal Zone; Maj. Louls P. Patten, Infantry, from Brooklyn, N. Y., to Akron, Ohio, and Capt. Ira J. Wharton, Quartermaster Corps, from Fort Strong, Mass., to Brooklyr, N. Y. First Lieut. Percy E. Hunt, 6th In- fantry, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and First Lieut. John R. Vance, 4th Infan- try, at Fort Missoula, Mont., have been ordered to this city for duty with the American Battle Monument Commis- slon at the War Depastment. Capt. Paul W. Warren, Infantry, at Fort D. 1, Wla has been ‘plmd on on t of disability WORK ON APPROACH TO MT. VERNON HIGHWAY STARTS " Dredgl o ng began yesterday to fill in the Potomac for the approach from the new Arlington Bridge to the Mount Vernon Highway. Photo shows one of the dredges at work. Below: J. W. Johnson, engineer of the Bureau of Public Roads, in charge of the.construction of the highway. —Star Staff Photo. RECENER T0 TAKE ROOSEVELT HOTEL Wheat Reserves Naming of| Officer and Decision on Number. Declaring the board of directors of the Roosevelt Hotel Operating Co., which conducts the Roosevelt Hotel, at Sixteenth and V streets, to be lacking in accord and to be divided into two fac- tions on questions of policies and man- agement, creditors and stockholders to- day asked the District Supreme Court to appoint a receiver to take over the as- sets of the company. Justice Wheat, after hearing argu- ments of counsel, decided that a re- ceiver would be appointed, but reserved the announcement of the personnel and a decision as to whether there should be more than one receiver. Attorneys Michael M. Doyle and F. A. Thuee presented a suit for a receiver on behalf of Floyd E. Moore, Lillian Moore and Marie E. Maguire, two of whom are stockholders and one a cred- itor, asking only for a receiver of the contents of the hotel and not for the real estate. Through Attorneys Douglas, Obear & Douglas, J. V. Morgan and Daniel Thew Wright, the Wardman Realty & Con- structoin Co., holder of a third deed of trust on the real estate and all the personal property and equipment of the hotel, filed a separate suit for a receiver for both the real estate and the per- sonal property. ‘The Roosevelt Hotel Operating Co., by Attorneys C. A. Eby and W. C. Bal- derston submitted an answer to the first suit in which it expressed its willing- ness to have a receiver appointed for the personal property only. Through its counsel it resisted the naming of a receiver for the real es- tate, which it claimed to be ample se- curity for the three deeds of trust secured on it. Judge Wright for the Wardman com- pany, pointed out that there is a first trust of $900,000 on which interest of about $25,000 is overdue; a second trust of $783,000, on which $22,500 is due, and the Wardman blanket trust for $254,000. Taxes also are due and unpaid, he said. On behalf of the hotel management, it was pointed out that the assets of Tsonality amount to $128,000, and the iabilities are only $55,586.96. Names of prospective receivers were submitted to the court by counsel. BUDGET MEETINGS AT NIGHT PLANNED First Session to Be Held Tonight to Conmsider District Estimates. Night sessions of the Board of Com- missioners will be instituted tonight owing to the large amount of time the District Commissioners will be_called upon to spend at the Budget Bureau, going over the detalls of the District's 1931 estimates. The first meeting has been set for 7:30 o'clock tonight in the office of Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty. ‘The Commissioners made’ their first visit to the Budgst Bureau for the current discussion today accompanied by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor and budget officer; Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the board; Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the Engi- neer Department and Assistant Engi- neer Commissioner Layson E. Atkins, who has charge of acquisition of land for the new Munscipal Center, and oth- er projects. The budget under discussion calls for appropriations amounting to approximately $48,300,000, of which i‘u r:x'. $2,000,000 is in supplementary FORMER WASHINGTON GIRL WRITES NOVEL . Margaret Lee Runbeck, former Wash- ington girl, who was graduated from Eastern High School in 1919, entered the world of authorship this week with the publication of her first novel, “People Will Talk.” Now engaged in advertisement writ- ing in Boston, Miss Runbeck has laid the scene of her novel in Washington. ‘The family she has created in the pages of her book are typical of hundreds here. The father is employed in the Wi n Navy Yard, while he main- tains the family home on Second street southeast. Following her graduation from Eas- tern High School, Miss Runbeck spent one year in George Washington Uni- versity. Subsequently she studied at the University of Chicago and finally at the University of Boston. She en- tered newspaper work in the latter city, where she now makes her home. Discussing the gubllcanon of her first | novel, Miss Runbeck declared encour- | agement' is an enemy of potential | writers. “If people want to write,” she said, “they'll write in spite of everything, and encouragement is the worst help that could be offered to them. I've always been thankful to the teachers who tried to me from writing, for they made me di ined that some day I'd write a_book that they’d have to admire, After T've written it 10 more books, perhaps, I'll write one.” EDUCATION CHIEF IN CABINET URGED Scottish Rite Delegates Dis- cuss Creation of Federal Department. Addresses touching upon education and the proposed establishment of a national department of education, with | a Secretary in the President’s cabinet, the subject championed by Grand Comdr. John H. Cowles yesterday, fea- turing 2 session of the supreme council, Ancicnt and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Southern Jurisdiction, meeting in the Scottish Rite Temple this after- noon. Preparations were also under- way this afternoon for the nomination of those to receive the degrees of knight commander of the court of honor and the thirty-third degree. Miss Charl O. Williams, executive secretary of the National Education Association, speaking before the coun- cil declared activities in recent months toward the establishment of a Federal department of education have been greater than in any other similar periwm, Norton Addresses Delegates. ‘The assembly also was addressed by Dr. John K. Norton, director of research of the National Education Association, who expressed the opinion that educa- tlon should be conducted by some agency of the national government un- der public control. Such an agency, Dr. Norton explained, would serve as a check on the many private educational agencies. . Ahmed Mouhtar Bey, Ambassador from Turkey, active members of that Supreme Council from Turkey; W. M. Logan, active member of tie Supreme Council of Canada, and Mrs. Logan; Alfredo Tomayo, member of the Su- preme Council of Mexico, together with the active members of the Supreme Council and their wives, were presented by Grand Comdr Cowles to gucsis at & reception in the temple last night. The grand commander of the Mexi- can Supreme Council and Mr. Logan of Canada told briefly of Scottish Rite Masonry in their respective countries, after which the Turkish Ambassador to the United States delivered a short address, at the session of the council yesterday afternoon. ‘Witcover Makes Report. It was reported by Secretary-Gen- | eral Witcover of the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction, that many letters and telegrams from distinguished Masons in this and other countries, had been received, including two radio- grams, the first from .Bucharest, Ru- mania, signed by Grand Comdr. Pangal and Prince Bibesco. Another was from Zurich, Switzerland, signed by Grand Comdr. Junod of the Supreme Council of that country. ‘The council chamber where the meet- ings are being held is decorated with flags of the United States, Turkey, Mexico, Greece, Great Britain and Ru- mania. The representatives of the Su- preme Councils of the various countries named sat near these flags. These in- cluded Grand Comdr. Pro and Al- fredo Tomayo of Mexico, W. M. Logan of Canada, the Turkish Ambassador to the United States and Minister Carlos Davila and Georges Bonesco of Ru- mania. CAPITOL EMP.LOYE DIES ON WAY TO HOSPITAL Thomas A. Hughes Victim of Heart Attack—Aided by Repre- sentative Craddock. Thomas A. Hughes of 144 E street southeast, 56-year-old employe at the | Capitol, died yesterday in the automo- bile of Representative J. D. Craddock, who was rushing him to Providence Hospital following a heart attack. Representative Craddock was passing First and C streets southeast when the man was stricken and slumped to the sidewalk. He picked him up and placed him in his car. When they arrived at :ihedhosplul Hughes was pronounced ead. MEMORIAL I.S PLANNED. Exercises Will Be Held on Navy Day for John Paul Jones. In commemoration of John Paul Jones, the National Sojourners and the Military Order of the World War will hold memorial exercises at the John Paul Jones monument at Seventeenth street and the Tidal Basin at 11:30 o'clock on Navy day, October 28. Capt. George Unmacht, president of the Sojourners and commander of the Military Order of the World War, will preside. ‘The memorial address will be delivered by Capt. A. C. Abele, United States Navy. COL. GILLEM. IS RETIRED. Col. Alvan C. Gillem, United States Cavalry, who has been engaged in re- cruiting duty- at Chicago, has been placed on the retired list on account of age. He is from Tennessez and served as a_major of Volunteer Infantry in CAPPER FAVORS VOTE FOR DISTRIGT !Senator Asserts Citizens | Should Have Right to Bal- lot for President. | National representation for the Dis- | trict of Columbia, along with the right of citizens to vote for Presidert of the | United States, and & more liberal policy regarding the expenditure of funds here, were urged by Senator Arthur Capper, chairman of the Senate Dis- trict committee, in an address at a meeting of the Monday Evenirg Club in the Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation Buudin% Seventeenth and K streets, last night. After stressing that -the citizers should have the right to vote, Senator Capper, while stating there are gooa schools here, las ‘school plant is inadequate, “There 18 something wrong when a city like Washington has 72 portable schools and a number of part-time classes.” Urging a more liberal policy for spend- ing the surplus, Senator Capper sald that much of the $8,000,000 District surplus should be used for better | schools, more adequate playgrounds ana | parks, General Topic Outlined. ‘The general topic of discussion at | the meeting _was “Planning a Sani- | tarium for Washington's Tuberculous Children,” with Mrs. Ernest R. Grant program’ chairman. The toplc was touched upon by local officials ana health authorities. Maj. L. E. Atkins, Assistant En- gineer Commissioner, stressed the neea of such a sanitarium being located where it will have plenty of room outside the crowded section of the city. A. L. Harrls, municipal architect, in a brief address suggested that & mea- ical director for the institution be ap- pointed in time to consult with the municipal architect regarding the plan- ning of the building. Dr. E. J. Schwartz, assistant District health officer, stressed the importance of proper care being given children suffering with tuberculosis, even though those children are not a menace o other children. Dr. Joseph Winthrop Peabody, superintendent of the berculosis Hospital, told of the work of that irstitution, and stressed the need of a sanitarium. Other speakers were Dr. Viola Anderson, medical director of the Children’s Tuberculosis Clinic, ana Theresa Dansdill, who stressed the im- portance of educating parents regara- ing tuberculosis. Ballou Talks of Health Schools. Dr. Prank W. Ballou, president of the club, in a brief address told of the health schools, declaring that the health of the individual child attend- ing is considered of first importance, with education coming second. ‘The club adopted a resolution urging the enactment of legislation making it compulsory for physicians to report all cases of tuberculosis in the District to the District Health Department. The motion was introduced by Mrs. E. R. Grant. Present legislation provides for a de- tailed study of plans for a sanitarium for tuberculosis children and authorizes the Commissioners of the District to re- port on the matter at the next session of Congress. Club Enrolls New Members. drus, Mrs. Davis Leute, A. H. McCor- mick, Miss Beatrice Merritt, Mrs. Alber- tine Osgood, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Persons, Miss Helen Swygert, Miss Frances Torian, Mrs. Douglas Whitlock, Miss Prances Bensinger, Rev. Henry Menken, Miss Florence Phillips, Miss Ruth Isbell, Miss Charlottee Hassel- busch and Miss S. Westenberger. PILOT BRAVES STORM. During the height of this morning’s rainstorm a cabin monoplane of the Eastern Air Express passenger line from New York to Miami, the only plane to break through the storm up to that time, put in at Bolling Field, the pilot choosing a forced landing there rather than an attempt to locate Hoover Field, the regular stopping place, in the Spanish War of 1898, and as a|the blinding rain. lieutenant colonel of Infantry in the The plane was flown by Charles National Army during the World War. | Stoffer, chief pilot of the line, and car- He received a silver star cilation for|ried two passengers bound for Raleigh, personal gallantry in action in France. |N. C. Og’nx&wd & fll‘xrfl leutenant of Cav- 8 Regu 1901, he reached the P Stoffer made the trip here from New York on schedule time. He ran in February, |into bad weather at Philadelphia, con- of colonel in | ditions growing steadily approached this worse as he The following new members of the | tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. m club were installed at the meeting: San- | Of activities for the season will be out= ford Bates, Lisle Burroughs, A. G. Lan- | line PAGE 17 WORKIS STARTED FOR MT. VERNON BOULEVARD FILL Dredge Talcott, From Hamp- ton Roads, Operating Off Gravelly Point. SAND AND GRAVEL CARRIED BY PUMP Public Roads Bureau Men on Hand in Preparation of 100-Foot- Wide Surface. ‘The United States Engineer Office, under direction of Maj. Brehon Somer=~ vell, started active work on the $1,000,000 hydraulic fill job, as one stage of the construction of the Memorial Highway to Mount Vernon, Va. The dredge Talcott is taking sand and gravel from the bed of the Potomac River near Gravelly Point and by & series of large pipes depositing this on the roadbed of the future highway. The Talcot, recently reconstructed and modernized for the United States Engineer Office and brought to Was] ington from Hampton Roads a few days ago, is stationed off Gravelly Point In- let. This craft, which is painted red, with a black smokestack, bearing the insignia of the United States ineers, can be seen by Washingtoniarls from Hains Point and East Potomac Park generally. Measurements Are Taken. Men from the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture, are period= ically measuring the height of the sand and gravel being pumped across Grave elly Point Inlet to make the roadbed of the highway. The sand and gravel is forced out by the dredge through tI connecting pipe lines, mixed with @ large volume of water. J. W. Johnson, engineer of the Bu= reau of Public Roads, who is in direct charge of the construction work for that office, explained that the highway will be about 100 feet wide on top of the fill now under construction across Gravelly Point Inlet. With other offi- cials of the bureau, he was at the river= side today to watch the progress of operations by the United States Engi- neer Office. The water, he explained, averages from 9 to 10 feet in depth at that point, although there is one spot where it is 28 feet deep. ‘The Bureau of Public Roads has been at work since late in September super- intending the placing of the rock fill southward from Columbia Island. The Smoot Sand & Gravel Co. has the con- tract for this phase of the work. Route of Highway. ‘The Mount Vernon Highway will pass from Columbia Island southward under the Highway and Railroad bridges, across Gravelly Point Inlet, and on to Alexandria and the home of George Washington. The highway will be linked up with Arlington Memorial Bridge, now under construction and scheduled to open to traffic by next Summer. The Mount Vernon Highway is expected to be ready for use by Feb- ruary, 1932, in conjunction with the celebration in honor of the bicentennial of the birth of George Wi n. A line of stakes set across Gravelly Point Inlet marks the future course of the highway in that vicinity. The Bu- reau of Public Roads and the United States Engineer Office are constructing a large ditch across a section of Grav- elly Point to enable the tide to come into the Tidal Basin that will result from the filling in of the roadbed across the inlet. R. E. Toms, engineer of the Bureau of Public Roads, is in charge of the design of the highway, which will in- clude a number of bridges. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Rev. Cyrus Johnson, Mount Rainier, Md.,, will have charge of the devotional period this evening at the meeting of the Business Women's Council, Church of the Covenant. Miss Jane Ash and Miss Fannie Buck will give illustrated talks on “Mediterranean Memories.” A musical concert, under the auspices of the Washington Chapter of p‘u:e Ploneer Women'’s Organization, will be held tonight at the Jewish Community Center auditorium. The Washington organization invited to membership all Jewish v{fmen who wish to aid in the construction work on the Chal in Erez Yisroel, EHD “The Old-Fashioned - Album,” to- gether with special features, will be gl’esenud this evening at Hamline M. . Church, Sixteenth and Allison streets, at 8:15 in the social hall of the church. Benefit of the building fund. A bridge party will be held tonight :t ‘1..‘;: rlmgecolflum- Joseph H. Ratner y the Iof ter of Pi Ej i p! 'psilon Tau Columbia Chapter, D. A. R., will en- tertain the national and State omceel:\- of the N. S. D. A. R. and representativeg from sister chapter tonight at the Roosevelt Hotel. Mrs. Roy A. Porter- field, regent, is in charge of the pro- gram, which will include -an address by Senator Henry Allen of Kansas and musical numbers b, Y hryn Hertzburg, 7 R “Regional Planning for Was! will be the subject of an address by Charles W. Ellot, 2d, city planner wif the National Park and Planning Com- mission, at the meeting of the Washe ington Society of Engineers tomorrow night at 8:15 at the Cosmos Club. Connecticut State Society members will meet at the L'Aiglon Club, Eighteenth street and Columbia road, Progral » d. All natives of Conn i ecticut are Young Men's Club of St. Paul's Church will hold its opening dance at St. Paul's Auditorium tomorrow night. The auditorium is on V street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth. Card party for the benefit of the temple committee, Gavel Chapter, No, 329, Order of the Eastern Star, will be hnldhcme'flloundqy! — n’tghfi at 8 z;clock at the . Florence ‘Lippard, East Capitol street. ’ s Sodality of Holy Name will give a card party at Holy Name Hall, 916 !fi;znm street northeast, tomorrow night. A “novelty dance” will be given by the ways and means committee of Brightwood Chapter, No. 42, O. E. S., Thursday night at 9 o'clock at Bright- wood Masonic Temple, Georgia and Colorado avenues. Prizes. Ladies’ Auxiliary of Northm Presbyterian Chapel, Allsklor “Ix:uler and Kalmia road, will present a n entertainment in the chapet tomorrow and Thursday nights: “Kitchen Sable Band, embers from Park, Md.