Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1929, Page 17

PLATOONYSTEH- OPPOSTON S LAID TODRF W BALLOY Park View Citizens Present Statement to Board on Su- perintendent’s Stand. PLAN FOR OUTSIDE STUDY| IS APPROVED BY GROUP Reply to School Head Augmen(efl‘ by Records Dating Back as Far as December, 1924. Declaring itself “in hearty accord” with the school superintendent’s pro- posal that an outside agency study and report on the organization of the Park View Platoon School, the Park View Citizens' Association, in a statement it is placing before the Board of Educa- tion at its meeting this afternoon, dis- putes Supt. Frank W. Ballou, who had said that, contrary to popular belief, that he is opposed to the platoon sys- tem of education, he actually had “initiated or indorsed several proposals looking toward the improvement” of that type of organization at the Park View School. i The statement, over the'signature of Fred S. Walker, president of the Park View Citizens’ Association, was framed in reply to assertions of Dr. Ballou at the October 16 meeting of the school board in connection with the Park ‘View-Monroe controversy to the effect that any administrative move of his involving the Park View School is in- terpreted by the Park View citizens as evidence of his alleged antagonism toward the platoon system. It was be- cause of this feeling against him and “as evidence of my sincere and honest desire to create at the Park View School and in the proposed school in divisions 10-13 schools which shall represent the best ideals and the most efficient and approved organization of a platoon type school” that Dr. Ballou proposed the outside agency study. Ten Bases Cited. The Park View Citizens’ Association 1s augmenting its reply to the super- inte! t of schools with an array of copies of various documents dating back as far as December, 1924. In addition to presenting several administrative actions of school officials in a different light than that in which Dr. Ballou presented them in his own review, the Park View citizens cite 10 specific bases for their conviction that the .superin- tend:nt is antagonistic toward the’ pla- 1oon # In recommendation of the out- side -lgflcy study of the Park View Schoo! Dr, Ballou suggested the Fed- eral Bureau of Efficiency or the office of the United States Commissioner of Education. The school quently favored the education office and at the outset ofits reply to Dr. Ballou the Park View mld :&ol:heexprhumk prn:t only hearty accol who! - poud' project, but d(echm? “We ht.‘e: t:x:‘;. ‘making (same) reques e ations o the Park View ng were tompleted.” Early in_the statement the assccia- t'on finds Dr. Ballou's statement—that the platoon school was transferred to the fifth school division in 1923 “in order that the Park View B(:ho:)l {nlg‘):l e supervising principal who B e mast ympathétic toward the platoon system of organization”—at variance with the testimony whicn the supervising ' referred to gave in January, 1925. before a subcommit- tee of school board members which was studying the platoon question. Principal Is Quoted. e assoclation quotes Selden M. Ely, nupervlsinu principal of the fifth division, as telling the board members on January 23, 1925, that “in order to he just, I must now make a frank col fession—that from my limited knowl- edge of the platoon school, both in ‘Washington and elsewhere, sion was then (in 1923) not favorable the system.” w'r::e -ysmcllunn included in its “ex- hibits” a copy of the complete state- ment by Ely at the board committee meeting nearly five years ago. Al- though not quoted by the Park View citizens in their statement today, the full text of his testimony shows that Mr. Ely explained to the board in l‘BIJ that his approval of the platoon system came with study hsnn;fide after the 's assignment m. "“‘l‘J‘:’ llou’s claim that ais adoption of the “unusual” procedure of appoint- ing “any principal which Mr. Ely would recommend” to head the Park View School following the death of its former principal was further evidence of his fairnesg to the platoon school, 18 dismissed by the Park View Associa- tion with the contention that Miss FEmily Scrivener, the new appnintee, “was the logical person for the posi- tion.” Asserting that the people of Park View “regret exceedingly that the super- intendent of school feels that he has been unjustly regarded as unfriendly or opposed in the past to the platoon sys- tem,” the mssociation enumerates in its statement to the bord “a few of the many reasons why we have believed him to be opposed to the system. Reasons Are Given. As contalned in the statement, these ollow: w: ! “]. The present superintendent was at the head of our schools several vears before his interest in and friendliness to the only platoon school in the Dis- trict of Columbia induced him to visit the school and observe its operation. And this visit was the result of a public invitation by the president of the Park View Citizens' Association. “g, Superintendents of schools of other cities have declined invitations from civic organizations to speak Washington on the platoon school, stating that it would be ‘unprofes- lloh. Miss Alice Bnrmw‘.:‘ Wlts not p:':- to speak in Washington on the r}:‘lfi‘l‘;fin mh’:fl in 1924-5 until the sit- uation was exposed, then she was given 15 minutes to explain the system to the school board committee appointed to tudy platoon schools, while no limita- tion as to time was placed on the long written statements of numerous school officials opposed. to the system, who ob- viously knew nothing of the subject from actual experience or observation. “4, Miss Frances S. Fairley’s speak- ing on the platoon school was opposed. in 1924-5.” The late Miss Fairly, it is explained, was principal of the Park View School and in response to an in- vitation from the Parent-Teacher As- sociations of the Reservoir and Con- duit Road School she wrotte that Dr. Ballou had “disapproved” the talk on the ground that at that time “it might jeopardize his five-year building pro- fram.” In the same letter Miss Fairley wrote that she believed the superin- t-ndent was correct in his fears. An cxcerpt from Miss Fairley's letter is ‘'way of the need of certain develop- The Toening Star Society and General WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1929 BIOLOGIST GOES TO LOUISIANA PLAYGROUND SUPERVISOR ASKS " “COL. GRANT'S AID FOR FUNDS Mrs. Susie R. Rhodes Makes | Plea at Columbia Heights Citizens’ Meeting. Head of Park Commission Discusses Needs Along Upper 16th Street. Characterizing the playgrounds in the District as “shabby and worn-out” and asserting she is ashamed of them, Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of playgrounds for the District, made a direct plea to Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, to seek additional funds for play- ground purposes, at a meeting of the Columbia Heights Citizens' Association in the Columbia Heights® Christian Church last night. Mrs. Rhodes’ plea was made from the platform at the meeting with Col. Grant seated next to her. It followed an ad- dress by Col. Grant, who, as superin- tendent of public buildings and public parks in the National Capital and the executive officer of the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission, had told of some of the problems of those organizations and mentioned some of the handicaps due to lack of appropria- tions. A few minutes before he had presented certificates in behalf of the Columbia Heights Citizens' Association to the winners of a better lawns con- test conducted by that body during the Summer. Stresses Playground Needs. After expressing approval of efforts of Col. Grant in the past to obtain ap- propriations for playgrounds and de claring she believed she has alw: P proved of everything he has done, Mrs. Rhodes took occasion to stress the need of additional appropriations for play- ground purposes. “We haven't as many playgrounds as we need and we haven't opened some we have. There are not any in Colum- bia Heights. The playgrounds are shabby and worn-out and I am ashamed of them,” Mrs. Rhodes said. She then told of the operation of playgrounds as well as can be done under the circum- stances and stressed their advantages. Mrs. Rhodes also stressed the n of more swimming pools and suggested that swimming be made compulsory for graded school pupils because of the physical benefits to be derived from swimming. Col. Grant had spoken in a general ments along upper Sixteenth street and some of the difficulties encountered. He declared the Piney Branch Valley “offers a real hydraulic problem,” pointing out that more and more wal is drained in to the valley faster than before as additional streets are paved, developed and drained into the valley. Some work will have to be done in the valley, he said, to keep it from being washed out. . Col. ' Grant also asserted that the lack of adequate crosstown streets in the Columbia Heights section offers “a real traffic problem” in the section. Prize Winners Rewarded. ‘The following winners in the better lawns contest, in charge of a committee - w board subse- | of the association headed by c.:[cm-wn ciation, presided. Hiatt, were. ted the Fool " Grant: of award by First award, J. L. Grand, 1301 Har- vard street; second, John Crilly, 3: Thirteenth street; third, Louls P. Gatti, 3517 Sixteenth street; fourth, John Kalivretenos, 1341 Girard , and h‘l:h.t M. J. Silverman, 1300 Randolph street. ‘The committee also reported that the entire stretch on the south side of Spring road between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, schools, lawns and Meridian Hill Park were deserving of special mention. The association adopted a resolution urging that one of three methods be employed in the transfer of real estate with a view to preventing loss to “inno- cent purchasers” of securities where overcapitalization ard excess values have been brought about through cer- tain real estate operations. The three recommendations, as made by the association’s committee on tax- ation, Harley V. Speelman, chairman, were as follows: 1. That the assessed value with date —eeeeeee to the board today. Talk Is Canceled. “5. Mrs. Willlam T. Bannerman was asked to speak on the platoon school at a parent-teacher meeting. A day or two before the meeting she was called and asked if her feelings would be hurt if she didn't speak, since the principal of the school feared the administration would look upon it with disfavor. “6. On two occasions the superin- tendent of schools and on another an assistant superintendent quoted a para- graph from an old 1917 report on the Gary - (Ind.) system as an argument against the platoon organization. Mr. Henry Clark was suspicious of this argument and secured a copy of the report elsewhere. On the page op- posite the paragraph quoted by the superintendent he found the following statement: ‘Therefore, if this report should operate to retard the progressive movement of which the experiment at Gary is an expression, he (the author) would feel that a very great and need- less injury had been done American education” Mr. Clark found the au- thor of this report to be Dr. Courtis of Detroit, one of the strongest pro- ponents in the country of the platoon schools. He wrote Dr. Courtis about | this experience and received in reply exhibit D, attached heréto.” The copy | of Dr. Courtis’ letter confirmed the Detroit educator's views approving the platoon system. “7. An assistant superintendent of schools in a public meeting spoke °! the platoon school as a ‘sausage mill and all that was said in its favor as ‘propaganda.’ This could hardly be re- garded as a friendly or sympathetic act. Specialists Transferred. “8. In the early years of the Park View platoon system many specialists were developed by the organization. Many of these were transferred to other city-wide positions, greatly handicap- ing the work at Park View until new specialists could be developed. “9. A fourth-story addition to the Park View building as proposed by the superintendent would never have been roposed by any one sympathetic toward the platoon organization as it is against all platoon school practice. * > “10. We have en told that the superintendent of schools has & com- pllation of data indicating that Park View pupils do not do as work in the high schools as pup! from the other schools, which he exhibits to se- lected persons. If there is such a com- ilation, why is it not published? Sure- ry other educators and the parents of Park View children are entitled to know if this data furnishes adequate proof. In conclusion, the Park View Asso- clation’s statement assures ithe School Bolflrd that “no animosity on our part exists.” “If there has appeared to be oppo- sition toward the plans or policies of the superintendent,” the statement concludes, “it has been induced by our MRS. SUSIE R. RHODES. be inserted in all deeds and securities of all kinds transferring or mortgaging real estate. 2. That the true consideration at which the property was sold be in- serted in the deed or other paper trans- ferring such property, to be recorded in accordance with law. 3. That the actual true considera- tion be mailed as & confidential state- ment, duly acknowledged, to the Dis- trict assessor for his personal informa- tion in order to assist him in making a proper assessment. Urge Capper Bill Passage. ‘The association also adopted a reso- lution urging the enactment of the Zihlman-Capper bill for an elective school board and another opposing any increase in the water rates in the Dis- trict. Other resolutions, as introduced by J. Clinton Hiatt, chairman of the public safety committee, included one urging the elimination as soon as possible of the grade, crossing over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad on Chestnut strest, Ta- koma Park, in addition to the ultimate elimination of all other grade crossings in the vicinity of the District; also for the placing of additional strezt lights at various street intersections, includ- ing lights on Fairmont street between Fourteenth street and University place, on University place from Fairmont street to Chepin street, an extra light on the southwest corner of Euclid and Fifteenth streets, and that stop signs T | be placed on Euclid street on the east and west sides of Fifteenth street. A resolution was adopted to carry on an intensive membership campaign by the association members, all of whom were declared temporarily membars of the membership committee. The reso- lution also carried the stipulation that every member of the association bring- in a new member will be awardcd half offthe membership fee, or 50 cents for each new member he brings in. Mrs. W. W. Adams, Thomas R. Dodd and Miss Martha H. Gould were elected to membership at last night's meeting. illiam W. Adams, president of the as- ¢ /HOPE EXPRESSED FOR PAY INGREASE Trade Bodies Indorsing Plea of Police and Firemen, As- sociation Is Told. The prospects for salary increases | for members of the Police and Fire Departments are brighter because of the backing which is being lent the | pending bill in Congress for the in- | crease by the Chamber of Commerce, my impres- | among the documents being presented | Board of Trade and other local civic organizations, Milton D. Smith, presi- dent of the general board of the Police- men's iation, told members of the board at a meeting in Odd Fel- lows’ Hall last night. The following officers were nominated for the ensuing year: For president, Detective Sergt. Frank A. Varney and Capt. F. 8. W. Burke of the first precinct; first vice president, W. H. McGrath of No. 6 and J. L. Billman of No. 14; second vice presi- dent, E. S. Waller of No. 2 and J. L. Patton of No. 13; presiding secretary, W. J. Kerns, No. 1 (unanimous re- nomination) ; financial secretary, J. P. Hendricks, No. 2, :nd G. H. Chrisman of No. 7; treasurer, W. C. Adcock, No. 12 (unanimous renomination); trustee for ensuing three years, W. J. Wagner, No. 10; for chairman of the general board, Otto C. Hauschild of Police Court. The following new members were elected to membership in the associa- lon: ‘Thomas Hayes of No. 11, John E. Glick of the same precinct, Willilam | ¢ v;renn. No. 7, and C. H. Gould of No. 2, PARK VIEW SCHOOL ADDITIONS ORDERED Formal Notification of Award of Contract Prelude to Abandon- ment of Potables. When the District Commissioners formally notify the Board of Education this afternoon of the award of the con- tract to build the two additions to the Park View School they will sound the requiem for the five portable schools now in use at that building. The two additions will be erected adjoining the present two wings of the Park View School so that they flank the central auditorjum section of the structure. Each will contain class- rooms and a gymnasium, one for boys and one for girls. ‘The new structures, which are ex- pected to eliminate not only the porta- bles but part-time classes as well, are scheduled to be ready for occupancy next September. The opening of these additional permament facilities will re- open the question of the continued use of the five released portables, for the School Board must decide whether they are to be repaired and removed to other sites for continued use, or whether they shall be abandoned. The officials al- ready have announced their intention of withdrawing from the service all portables as rapidly as they may con- sistently do so, and the frame structures DOCTORS 0 STUDY PUNTOESTABLEH DACHOTIC CLNC District Medical Society Will Discuss Proposal at Session Tonight. MOVE IS TO HELP CUT COST OF TREATMENT Increasing Charge for Diagnosis Is Held Chief Item to Be Solved by Profession. Proposals for a diagnostic clinic in Washington, formulated this Summer by a voluntary committee composed of some of the city's foremost physicians working independently. will come before the Medical Society of the District of Columbia at a meeting tonight for official action. ‘The voluntary committee, represent- ing various viewpoints, has conducted an investigation of diagnostic clinics conducted in other cities, such as the Johns Hopkins University Clinic in Baltimore and the Cornell University Clinic in New York. The tentative proposal put forth was for the establishment of a clinie, equipped with all desirable scientific apparatus, in some central location in ‘Washington, the staff to consist of the city's foremost specialists assigned by the Medical Society. These men would serve for a moderate compensation and complete diagnoses of the condition of patients referred to the clinic by family physicians would be made at cost price “the idea being to apply the principle of mass production to diagnosis. Attack on Costs of Service. ‘This was an effort on the part of local physicians partly to solve the problem of the Increasing cost of medical service to families in moderate circumstances, unwilling to accept the charity service of hospitals and unable to pay the fees of high priced specialists which ~ their condition called for. Analyzing this situation, members of the committee concluded that the chief item in medical service which had in- creased markedly in cost was diagnosis, due to the growth of the specialist sys- tem, the increasing cost and complica- tion of scientific apparatus, and the advances of sclentific medicine in specialized fields. ‘Thus, it was explained at the time, the patient first goes to the family physician, who either makes a hit-or- miss diagnosis or refers the case to a specialist. Treatment on the findings of the first specialist may not prove successful and the patient goes to another specialist. In the end, four or five specialists may have entered the case, each working independently, be- fore the final correct diagnosis was ar- rived at. At the proposed diagnostic clinic everything would be handled co- operatively in one place, experimental treatment would be reduced to a mini- mum and the family physician would the first complete data on hicl base his treatment. It was estimated that complete diagosis could be provided at a minimum price of around $25. Committee Is Divided. ‘The committee was not entirely of one mind on this proposal, however, and some took the position that the “spe- clalist” system was a passing obsession with the medical profession; that such a diagnostic clinic would be only a temporary expedient, which would not affect the fundamental problem of in- creasing medical costs, and that the real answer must be found in better trained general practitioners qualified to treat e.c‘:; patient as a medical and physical unit. ‘The committee held several meetings during the Summer, Dr. Benjamin F. Weems acting as chairman and Dr. Coursen B, Conklin as secretary. At the last of these voluntary meetings, which was attended by Dr. William Gerry Morgan, president-elect of the American Medical Association, this reso- lution was adopted for presentation to the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. “That it is the consensus that there is a need for a diagnostic clinic which would tend to promote team work in ascertaining the underlying causes of the patient’s illness, and that further it would reduce materially the costs to the patient of making a diagnosis.” Dr. Morgan, as leader of the organ- ized medical profession of the United States, is advocating that medical men in each locality solve for themselves, as far as possible, the problem of medi- cal costs to offset various moves toward “State medicine.” He also is convinced of the extreme importance of diagnosis in medical practice and of the neces- sity of placing this within the means of the average family. He has not committed himself to any specific plan, such as is proposed in Washington, but holds that the problem should be treat- ed everywhere in accordance with local conditions. Arguments of Committee. Among the arguments advanced by the committee, as stated in the notices of the meeting tonight, are: “The United States Government has shown unmistakable signs of a tendency toward State medicine. It is believed that State medicine does not afford the best opportunity for the distribution of skilled medical care. The humanitarian aspects of a clinic operated by organized medicine should appeal as a deterrent factor toward the establishment of Gov- ernment diagnostic clinics. The clinic, it established, should redound to the credit of the profession. “Such buildings as proved necessary for the maintenance of the clinic should be erected and furnished entirely by lay funds. The personnel operating the clinic would be obtained from the so- clety’s membership. The services would be rotating, so that a relatively large number of physicians would participate and no one member would suffer any hardship. An honorarium would be given for services rendered. “All patients examined would be re- ferred by practicing physicians. No treatment of any character whatsoever ‘would be given at the clinic.” ‘The committee also concluded that no move should be made without ex- haustive examination of all phases of the question and without practical unanimity of opinion among District medical men. The Medical Society tonight will pre- sent framed resolutions to Dr. Joseph 8. ‘Wall for his services in the campaign which resulted in the present medical practice act. Dr. Wall was chairman of the so- clety's committee which investigated conditions and furnished congressional committees with information as to the vast amount of quackery in Washington, ‘where hundreds of practitioners of vari- ous healing cults were operating with no regulation whatsoever and no quali- fication requirements, and with several diploma J,n,, lis in the Capital desire to retain_the qhm 8] the Park View School and not by any inchination merely to embarrass him. were inspected twice during the last six, montfi”: to determine fitness to house pupils. 1 pass out “docf to any wpuul::i at a moderate fee. These operated in competition with r physicians, | goose. TO STUDY LIFE OF BLUE GOOSE Bands Will Be Used in Ob- serving Habits of Little- Known Fowl. Game Birds Believed to Make Non-Stop Flights South From Islands. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Prepared to “band” the blue goose to learn more of this little known spe- cles of North American water fowl, Frederick C. Lincolr, associate biol gist, division of biological investig: tions, of the Biological Survey, is leav ing today for the Paul J. Rainey Wild Life Refuge, at Abbeville, La. Mr. Lin- coln made prelimirary. investigations of the blue goose “fields,” in Louisiana, last Janufry and February, but it was too late in the season to trap the fowls for subsequent barding. A tele- gram received by Mr. Lincoln within the past few days stated that at least 10,000 of the geese had arrived in the Louisiana territory. The blue goose is one of the least known of the American water fowl and it was not until the Summer of 1928 that the breeding grounds of the specics was discovered by a biologist of the Canadian department of the interior on the western side of the Baffin Islands, north of Labrador. The methods em- ployed by the Canadian, J. Dewey Soper, necessitated daring and hardships as to reach the grounds in time to observe the birds during the nesting period, he had to _cross over the ice fields to the Baffin Islands before the Spring thaws. Goes to Nesting Place. Accompanied by two Esquimo in dog sleds, carrying supplies for several months and a boat by which to return, Soper arrived at the Baffin Islands in the late Winter of last year. By doing so, he discovered the nesting place of the Blue Geese for the first time known to science. After concluding his in- vestigations, it took Soper 28 days to travel from the Baffin Islands coast to his supply base. Due to melting ice, he was only able to cover 40 miles a day. The investigations of the Canadian biologist contributed the first definite knowledge of the habits of this species of water fowl. Mr. Lincoln hopes to add further knowledge of the fowl to science by his visit to Louisiana. Defi- nite plans for the banding of the birds have not as yet been concluded. “I will have to experiment,” said Mr. Lincoln, “but at present I am contem- plating 'trapping the birds at night by means of torch lights, driving them into large nets.” After the fowl has been trapped, small metal bands will be placed on the bird’s leg. These bands bear a serial number and the inscription “notify Biological Survey, Washington, D. C.” Banding New Method. ‘The banding of birds is a compara- tively recent method of investigating bird life and habits, having been insti- tuted in this country in 1920, but not actually adopted by the Blological Sur- vey until about six years ago. Since that time vaulable knowledge has been obtained by the banding methods. Birds found in the waters of Louisiana and Texas at one season of the year, are often found at other times almost as far north as the Artic Circle. Re- ports of findings often come from {llit- erate Eskimos and Indians, who, seeing the band, carry it and the bird to the nearest mission station, the Northwest- ern Mounted Police or the trading sta- tions of the Hudson Bay Co., who send the report to Washington. It is believed by scientific authorities that the blue goose makes a non-stop flight from James Bay to Louisiana, as little is seen of the fowl after it leaves James Bay in large flocks until it ar- rives in Louisiana. The fact that the bird is not seex in other parts of the country leads scientists to believe its journey from the breeding grounds in the North to the Wirter “resorts” of the South is a non-stop flight. Mr. Lincoln descrbes the fowl as slightly smaller than the “Canada goose,” a blue-slate color, with a white head. and very good eating, although not considered as good as the Canada | It offers excellext hunting for | Louisiana sportsmen, the open season extending from the middle of Novemi- ber until January. ‘The work: which is being undertaken by Mr. Lincoln for the Biological Sut- vey is in co-operation with the Amer1- | can Wild Fowlers, an organization of sportsmen. PROTEST CONDITION OF FOXHALL ROAD Village Association to Voice Appeal | for Improvement at Meeting Scheduled for Tonight. ‘The condition of Reservoir road will be one of the questions discussed by the Foxhall Village Citizens' Association at its monthly meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in St. Patrick’s Hall, corner of Reser- vior and Faxhall roads. Residents of this part of the District have been pro- testing against the holes and generuily poor condition of Reservoir road for some time and urging that it be re- surfaced. Lucien H. Mercier, the new president of the association, will an- nounce the committees for the ensuing year. The Friendship Heights Citizens’ As- sociation will hold its regular meeting tonight at the Janney School. who must pass a rigid examination be- fore hanging out their shingles and must maintain a high ethical standard and assume legal responsibility for their treatment. Legislation Credited to Him. It was due largely to Dr. Wall's efforts that a law was passed which requires the passing of a rigid “basis science” examination showing at least an ele- mentary knowledge of the functioning of the human system before any one can engage in any therapeutic prac- tice. After passing this examination, candidates are examined in the science of the particular school of healing in which they desire to practise by sepa- rate examining boards of these schools. In working for this legislation, Dr. Wall encountered for several years' strenuous opposition frcm the leaders of various cults who feared that the medical profession would try to domi- nate the field and force them out of business, but he was aided by a growing | J. succession of scandals growing out of the diploma mill cases. . If the Medical Soclety.of the District of Columbia, which includes the great majority of all practicing physicians in Washington, should adopt the diag- nostic clinic plan tonight, it s pointed out by leading District medical men, a far-reaching precedent would be es- tablished in American medicine. Hither- to diagnostic clinics either have been adjuncts of universities or have been sonducted by small groups of specialists, working independently. ‘There have been none maintained by the organized medical practitioners of a community. FREDERICK C. LINCOLN. —Star Staff_Photo. CITY GROUPS PLAN FOR ARMISTICE DAY Woodrow Wilson Memorial Committee Leads in Per- fecting Program. | With the approach of Armistice day, | additional organizations were laying plans today to commemorate the elevinn plans today to commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the ending of the World ‘War, the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Committee being in the vanguard. Preparations are being made by the committee to lay a wreath on the tomb of President Wilson in Bethlehem Chap- el, Washington Cathedral, at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. Bishop James E. Freeman will conduct the service, mak- ing an address, and Rev. Dr. James H. Taylor of the Central Presbyterian Church will offer the prayer. The serv- ice will be broadcast by the National Broadcasting System. Announcement was made today that there will be no seats reserved except for the family of Mrs. Wilson. The committee arranging the exercises con- sists of Mrs. Blair Banister, Mrs. Huston Thompson, Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant, Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams and Maj. Oliver P. Newman. Mrs. Lewis to Direct Pageant. On Sunday, at Grace Episcopal Church, on Wisconsin avenue below M street in Georgetown, under the direc~ tion of the rector, Rev. M. Mills Per- kins, a special Armistice day service will be held at 11 o'clock. Dr. G. Free- land Peter, canon of Washington Ca- thedral, will preach the sermon. Mrs. Fulton Lewis will direct the pageant that will follow the memorial ‘ser\'lce. Mrs. Marietta Minnigerode An- drews has written the text and assist- ance has been given also by Rev. Henry J. Miller, rector of St. George’s Episco- pal Church in Clarendon, Va. Assisting in the presentation of the memorial pageant are: Col. R. Lee Longstreet, Miss Florence Berryman, Clifford K. Berry- man and Mrs. Eliphalet Fraser Andrews. Under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, the annual Armistice day ball will be held at the New Willard Hotel. Attend- ing this function will be high ranking sMicers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and other officials and prominent personages. Many features of entertainment from local theaters will be added to the dancing program, as will military drill and musical fea- tures. J. Allen Praether, junior vice commander of the order, is in charge of arrangements for this year's ball. Speeches at Y. W. C. A, Two talks on the care of the former service men will be given at the meet- ing at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, on Friday at 12:30 o'clock, when the speakers’ bureau of the Community Chest assembles. E. Claude Babcock, commander of the District of Columbia Department of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, will speak on “The Service of the D. A. V. to the ex-Service Man,” while Harlan Wood, past com- mander of the District of Columbia De- partment of the American Legion, will take as his topic, “The American Legion Looks Out for the Welfare of ex- Service Men.” Prof. Willard H. Yeager, Depew professor of public speaking at George Washington University, will be present and will analyze the talks of the two speakers, with Willlam C. Sullivan, the speakers’ bureau chairman, presiding. JUNIOR ORDER U. A. M. WILL MEET TONIGHT cils to Open Business Session in Temple Hall. The thirty-fourth annual convention | of the District of Columbia councils of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics will open tonight at 8 o'clock in he Junior Order Temple, at 808 I street. A. C. Columbus, District coun- cilor, will preside. < Committee reports will be submitted tonight, followed by the nomination of officers for the new term. The election of officers will follow tomorrow night at ;‘he concluding session of the conven- jon. Naional Council officers and executive boards from several States will attend tomorrow night's meeting, it is expected. THOMAS F. O:C_ONNOR DIES ‘Thomas Francis O'Connor, 57 years old, of 2316 Tunlaw road, an employe of the Washington Gas Light Co., died yesterday at his home after an {liness of two months with heart disease. Mr. O'Connor, son of the late Thomas and Catherine Cayden O'Connor, was born in Clarksburg, W. Va., June 7, 1872 He had been a resident of this wy vfl‘:r 40 years, moving from Salem, ‘The deceased, who was unmarried, is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Maurice . Colbert, Mrs. Annie Noone, Miss Bridget O'Connor and Mrs. Margaret Cunningham, all of this city. Funeral services are to be held to- morrow morning at 8:45 o'clock at the home. Mass will be said in the Holy Trinity Church at 9:15, interment fol- lowing in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Stefan Fodor, Inventor, Dies at 73. BUDAPEST, Hungary, November 6 (#).—Stefan Fodor, 73, an electrical en- gineer, who invented improvements for the telephone, died yesterday. He was & friend of Thomas A. by whom he had been visited here. Representatives of District Coun- | Young German Pilot Who Made Long Hop On Visit to Capital “The Baron’ Comes Here Without His Famous Mas- cots for Informal Call. Minus his famous blue-eyed Persian cat, his two horned toads and the little German flivver airplane which carried him and his pets around the world (barring only the oceans), Baron Friedrich Karl Freiherr Koenig von und zu Warthausen, better known to his American friends as “the Baron,” arrived in the National Capital today by railroad for a brief visit before re- turning to Germany. The young German airman, only 22 vears oid, won the Hindenburg Cup and a 10,000-mark cash prize a year ago from the Aeronautic Union of Germany for a cross-country flight which es- tablished some sort of a record. So well did he like the experience that he decided to make an airplane trip around the world. Used a Klemm-Daimler. For his argosy he selected a little Klemm-Daimler low-wing monoplane powered with a two-cylinder Mercedes- Benz air-cooled engine, which is said to burn less than two gallons of gasoline per hour. This ship he christened Kamerad. The Klemm-Daimler now is being manufactured in this country as the Aeromarine-Klemm. It was devel- oped originally from a highly successful German glider and has a wing spread of 43 feet. Leaving Berlin more than a year ago, with no pets, the baron flew to Moscow and then turned southward. In Siam he received his first pet, a white china blue-eyed Siamese cat, presented to him, Ist‘ is said, by the Crown Princess of am. The baron continued with his cat to ‘Tokio, where the plane was loaded aboard ship for San Francisco. Arriving there two or three months ago, he be- gan an extensive and leisurely tour of the United States. His first accident during nearly a year of flying occurred at Sweetwater, Tex., when he landed in a storm, damaging one wing. A few days later, in El Paso, he was hurt in a taxicab accident, which put him in a hospital for six weeks. Met Cowboy-Artist. ‘While in the hospital he met a num- ber *of adventuresome Texans, among them Oscar H. Strobel,. jr., cowboy- artist, who “crashed” the front pages recently when he picked up the wrong suitcase when he got off the train and found himself in possession of $250,- 000 in securities and two bottles of liquor. Strobel returned the securities and received the two bottles by way of reward, it is said. The baron purchased one of Strobel's pictures and was so well pleased with the work that he sponsored an exhibi- tion which resulted in the Texas painter receiving a Berlin scholarship and a trip to Europe. The baron and his Siamese cat also received flying company while he was in the hospital when John Eichelberger, known as the “Horned Toad King,” gave him a pair of the little spiny monstrosities. ‘The visit to this city is informal and includes a luncheon at the German em- bassy and visits with Government aero- nautical officials. ANNUAL UM SHOW ATIRACTS THRONGS at Agriculture Depart- ment Exhibit. The twenty-eighth annual chrysan- themum show of the Department of Agriculture has already broken all at- tendance records. During the three and a half days that the show has been open 10,870 persons have viewed the morc than 800 varieties that are on display in a riot of colors. During the remaining days of the show the figures are expected to mount, because scores of schools are coming in large groups to see the Fall blooms, never before shown in such profusion. The various seminaries and colleges are sending busloads of girl students, who are making quite a celebration over this educational trip. Specialists in chrysan- themum culture are on hand to explain the method by which the department produces new seedlings and to answer all questions.* * * * Schools Favored Saturday. Because dozens of public school teachers have asked officials in charge of the show if it will be practicable to have the children in their schools Vvisit the show on Saturday, encourage- ment is given to as many other iarge groups as possible to attend on some other day and thus leave Saturday as free as_possible for all public school children, literally thousands of whom are expected. Today large contingents from the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing, the In- ternal Revenue Building, the Navy De- partment, the Chamber of Commcrce oi the United States and from the Li- brary of Congress are scheduled to visit the exhibition greenhouse, Attendance yesterday and today in- cluded groups from Holy Cross Academy. Trinity College, George Washington College, the Marjorie Webster School, Immaculata Seminary, Visitation Acad- emy, the Catholic School of Social Service and a number of business schools. % Feature Attraction Added. As an added attraction, to give the visit the Federal conservatories, the other houses have heen thrown open during the daytime to early visitors. These include the rose house, the carna- tion house, the cactus house and the cit- rus fruit house. The latter seems to be of the greatest interest, especially to the student groups. In this house is the original naval orange tree, parent of the great naval orange industry of Cali- fornia. Much interesting data is given by the guides, and the different kinds of citrus fruits are shown growing. Mrs. Hyde, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, entertained a large party of Washington social leaders at the “mum” show today. * OFFICERS TO BE SLATED. Officers will be nominated for the coming year at the luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis Club at the Hotel Wash- ington tomorrow. A president, two vice presidents, District trustee and seven directors are to be named. Warns of Counterfeit Note. Chief W. H. Moran of the Secret Service today warned the through formal announcement, against deceptive, declared 3 Moran, “and ma decelve the careless 3 handler of money.” | Attendance Records Brokent public the best show possible when they | @ new $20 counterfeit gold certificate; | he abai small “This counterfeit is fairly | and PAGE 17 SOMERVELL GETS LETTERSOPPOSIG ROSSLYN I TANK Lucian H. Greathouse, Part Owner of Land, Explains Waterfront Need. ANSWERS TO OPINION INVITATIONS RECEIVED Highway Plans Given by Col. Grant Among Chief Objections to Permit Petition, ‘While the office of Maj. Brehon B. Somervell, district engineer for the War Department for the Washington area, said today that he was receiving num- erous letters of opposition to granting @ permit for a wharf to the Sun Oil Co. of Philadelphia, on the Potomac River near Rosslyn, Va., Lucien H. Greathouse, manager of the Lee High- way service station and part owner of the land which the oil firm seeks for its tanks, explained his reason why the permit should be granted and construc- tion allowed to go forward. The United States engineer's office here, headed by Maj. Somervell, is charged with the duty of passing on wharfage and other permits which might have a bearing on navigation. Upon receipt a few days ago of an application from the Sun Oil Co. for a permit, “to construct a wharf located about 400 yards above the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Potomac River ex- tending 205 feet outside of the h water shore line” Maj. Somervell’s office wrote to interested Government :;pm;:aenu and agencies and persons ected. 2 Highway Plans Mentioned. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, an executive officer of the National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission, in opposing the granting of the permil pointed out that the Federal Govern- ment has tentative plans for a mar- ginal highway on the Virgiaia bank of the Potomac River at that poiat, reach- ing up to Chain Bridge and ultimately to Great Falls, Va. This project is part |of the Potomac Palisades development, which is under consideration by the Na- | tional Capital Park and Planning Com- | mission, is letter to interested parties to poll sentiment on the nppl!cp:uan for the permit to construct the wharf, Somervell pointed out that ticularly desired to see if any objec- aor;s exist rl:’s to the navigation.” This in accordance with hn;dbo’rs o the rivers and aj. Somervell said that present con- l‘dmons indicate that it wnvm not ‘I:e | Decesgary to hold a hearing on the Sun Oil application, as part of it has | been given widespread publicity and aired pro and con. He made it clear, t.::.v;eve:b:m&. unforeseen circumstances a t will make hearing Ifl;}’l‘lh]e. 2 e answer to Maj. Somervell's in- vitation for opinions on the lppllc!lfli::n of Sustice, whish hindies lang mement i andles lan e e lan being planned by the Federal Government, l'lnl:ted smc{ officials said, basing their contention on he decision in the Morris case, based on the 1791 shore line of the Potomac filhv:; Aerxll‘:lug’ on the Virginia side igton County w wT':“ iy 'y was ceded back e Federal Government is now lay- ing claim to the accretion during l‘t.t’:e years that have elapsed since 1791, it having been decided that the old Mary- land line out of which the District of Columbia was carved extended over to the Virginia side of the Potomac River, Engineers point out that the present shore line of the Potomac River near Rosslyn is further out toward mid- stream than it was in 1791, due to ac- cretion, the explanation being put for- ward that decaying vegetation gradual- ly assists in building out the shore line, " Facilities Are Sought. this disputed area the Sun Ol Co. seeks to obtain wharfage facilities, while the Federal Government has its eye on the property as potential park lon; ¥ up foward Great Balie r. Greathouse today said that his firm has been operating a business on a small scale during the past seven years such as the Sun Oil Co. proposes to conduct on a large scale, with the added feature of waterfront facilities. Mr. Greathouse explained that there Is a general saving of 1 cent a gallon on petroleum products by having water transportation facilities as compared with shipping them in rlglg)ld hg!s: ey e ground the Sun Oil Co. build on, Mr. Greathouse !xpll“ene:i!. z the only waterfront development ' in Arlington. County that is suitable for this particular purpose. He spoken to a large number of business people, Mr. Greathouse said, and his opinion is that the majority are in favor of letting the Sun Ofl Co. come in. ‘This is further evidenced, he said, by banks and industrial interests, While a title to the property has not finally passed to the Sun Oil Co. Mr. Greathouse preferred not to disclose the present status of the proceedings. DR. JULIAN E. INGLE BURIED HERE TODAY One of Oldest Episcopal Clergymen in U. 8. Native of Capital, Rests in Congressional Cemetery. Burial services for Rev. Dr. ian Edward Ingle, 91 years old, Epiuupl"“l.l clergyman, and native of this city, who died at his home, in Raleigh, N. C., Monday, were conducted here in Con- gressional Cemetery today at 9 o'clock. Bishop « Joseph Blount, assisted by clergymen of the Episcopal. Church, officiated at funeral services in Raleigh yesterday afternoon. Dr. Ingle, who was one of the oldest Episco) clergymen in the United States, was born in a house which oc- cl*kd the site of the present House Office Building here. il Liquor Runner Shot. SEBRING, Fla, November 6 (#).— Overtaken near here public, | sho . McWilliams, & cust t, as diomabile indoned a liquor-laden a fled e i Doctors expreased little hope for Hall's recovery.