Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1929, Page 17

MMELLON SAYS TWO FEDERAL BUILDINGS WILL START SOON Archives and Extensible Proj- ects to Be Under Construc- tion in Near Future. CONDEMNATION ACTION i BRINGS SITES TO U. SI Move to Enlarge Program for D. C. | and States Outlined in An- nual Report. Construction of both the Archives Building_and the extensible building for the Department of Agriculture here will start before long, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon today told Congress in his annual report. ‘The sites for these two projects a being acquired by condemnation pr ceedings, he said, explaining, “It is ex- pected that title will be vested in the Government within a few months, so as to permit commencement of construc- tion work within a reasonable time thereafter.” Under the Government's building program, Secretary Mellon told Con- gress that in the District of Columbia nine projects had been authorized, in- cluding the purchase of the Economics Bullding for the Department of Agr culture and the Supreme Court Buik ing site, or a net total of seven “build- ing projects.” Five Under Contract. Five of the building projects, the Secretary reported, had been placed under contract, of which two of the largest are the Department of Com- merce Building ($17,500.000) and the Internal Revenue Building ($10,000,000). | This work, the Secretary said, “is pro- gressing rapidly, and it is expected that the buildings will be completed six months or a year in advance of the contract time.” The Economics Build- ing, he explained, already had been purchased, leaving the extensible build- ing for the Department of Agriculture and the Archives Building yet to be placed under contract. The job of safe- guarding the dome of the New Na- tional Museum had been completed, the | report said. While the Secretary did not spe- cifically present to Congress his hope that the public building program will be extended by $100,000,000 in the field and $75,000,000 in the District of Co- lumbia, he did include in his report a | detailed statement on two special meet- ings held by the Treasury Department in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, where members of Con- gress and the entire administration were presented with the x eity” | model of the proposed triangle develop- ment in this city. Further Funds Required. To carry- forward this ‘development further funds would to be au- thorized and appropria addition to the $248,000,000 publie building pro- gram, already approved by Congress. For country at large, outside of the District of Columbia, Secretary Mel- lon reported that 334 projects had been authorized, including 8 projects for sites only, making a net total of 326 building projects. Of these, 84 have been placed under contract. he said, and the drawings are in various stages of completion on 66 others, aggregating & total limit of cost of $80,916,000. “Of the 189 new cases where sites| and additional land were appropriated for by the acts of March § and May 28, 1928, and March 4, for projects outside of the District of Columbia (un- der the $200,000,000 thorization), 78 cases have been closed,” he said, “in- volving an expenditure of approximately | $14,519,000; in 37 cases proposals have | been accepted for land in amount nf‘ $2,835,000, and selections made in 23| cases involving nearly $5,600,000 and referred to the Department of Justice for institution of condemnation pro- ceedings. From time to time, as the title | is vested in the United States to the 60 | in pending site cases referred to, the drawings, etc., for the buildings to be placed thereon will be taken up and contracts for construction let at as early | 2 date as possible, with due Tegard to| JOE MIKULEC. ~—Star Staff Photo. Autograph Seeker Cannot Rest While Pages Remain Blank Joe Mikulec Has Traveled Globe to Secure Signa- tures of Great Men. Life for Joe Mikulec is mostly a mat- ter of the 1,033 pages which remain in his book. When they are filled Mikulec can rest. He admitted today he would like to rest, but 1,033 pages are blank and he must go on. ‘The book itself is the biggest Mikulec ever attempted. Almost a foot thick, the weight of it has bent him somewhat. Mikulec knew what he was about, however, when he ordered the book, with its 2,000 pages. Those 2,000 pages. he estimated, would keep him busy while his strength remained. Already Mikulec has filled 967 pages with the signatures of great men. He has lugged the book all over the globe, intent on the sort of autographs that come hard. Mikulec has cajoled men in 10 lan- guages, making them sign. He has waited in outer offices, on the street corners or about the homes of the He has stalked men for have made their mark in Mikulec's book, his third and last. Men like Mussolini, Ford and Edison have found time to scrawl something in the huge leather-bound volume. But '1,033 pages are blank. They worry Mikulec and he must fill them. Well past middle age, he feels there is scant time. This morning he scarcely could spare a moment to talk. “There’s a lot to do around Washing- ton,” he said by way of good-bye, and Mikulec hoisted his book to his shoul- | ders and dashed for the door. PROBEOF HOSPITAL SOUGHT BY HEFLI Alabama Senator Asks Thati St. Elizabeth’s Administra- | tion Be Investigated. Two resolutions by Senator Heflin, | Democrat, of Alabama, seeking to bring about investigations of St. Elizabeth | Hospital and of the operation of the | apportionment law in civil service ap- | pointments, were among several meas- ures affecting the District introduced the Senate yesterday. Both of these resolutions are a re- vival of questions raised by Senator Heflin in the last Congress, and follow- ing their reintroduction yesterday they were referred to the committee on audit the restrictions placed by law upon the amount that may be expended annually | in carrying the present authorized pub- | lic-building program to completion. | In Negotiation Stage. | “The remaining 51 site cases are| either in the advertising or negotiation | stage, and definite action in the major- | ity of these cases will be taken before | the end of the calendar year. The| amount which will be required to ob- | tain the necessary land in these cases| will probably exceed $10,000,000." { Representative Elliott of Indiana,. chairman of the House committee on | public buildings and grounds, has in-| dicated he intends to ask Congress to authorize $100,000,000 more for the field and $75,000,000 more for the Dis- trict of Columbia public building pro- am. To date, Secretary Mellon explained, $189,226,010.89 has been authorized for | rojects outside of the District of Co- | lumbia and $47.968,741 for projects lni | the District of Columbia, or a total of $237.194,751.80. Of this amount, $58,- 142,526.87 has been obligated. During the fiscal year 1929 contracts were made for 37 buildings and major extensions to buildings. involving obli- gations of approximately $30.000,000. A large volume of work on projects “not properly part of the public building | program has been performed,” the Sec- | Teary said. COL. STALLMAN DIES. Retired Officer Succumbs in San Francisco Hospital. Lieut. Col. George E. Stallman, U. B. Army, retired, died at the Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, No- vember 30, according to War Depart- ment advices. A native of New York, Col. Stallman entered the Army as a dental surgeon in April, 1911, and was retired for disability in the grade of lieutenant colonel, March 4, 1918. His widow, Mrs. Carrie B. Stallman, who resides at 2040 Alameda Way, Jose, Calif., was with him when died. he —taeis PLAN “LADIES’ NIGHT.” #Y’'s” Men's Club to Have Infor- mal Program at 8 O’clock. The “Y's” Men's Club will celebrate “ladies’ night” with an informal pro- gram of entertainment tonight at 8 oclock in the assembly hall of the Y. M. C. A, 1736 G _street. Dr. William Knowles Cooper, former general secretary of the Y. M. C. A, will speak. Hai J. Miller, president San | and control for report. One resolution would create a special | committee of five Senators to inquire into “the administration of St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital, particularly with respect to. alleged mistreatment of patients in such hospital and illegal commitments thereto.” The other resolution also would cre- ate a committee of five to investigate alleged illegal appointments and dis- missals in the Government, departments in Washington since 1910. This reso- lution is based on a contention that Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia have more than their quotas under the apportionment law in the civil service and raises the claim that | persons from States whose quotas are | in arrears have been dropped from the service. Senator Fess, Republicah, of Ohio, vice chairman of the George Washing- | ton Bicentennial Commission, intro- duced a resolution to expedite con- struction of the memorial boulevard from the Arlington Memorial Bridge to | Mount Vernon by giving ‘" e Govern- | ment an improved procedure for con- demning necessary land in Virginia. School Supervisors to Meet. Rural school supervisors of the South- ern States will meet at Peabody College, | Nashville, Tenn., December 16 and 17 | to discuss several problems of super- visory practice in the South. Dr. Wil- | liam John Cooper, United States Com- | missioner of Education, and Miss Bess Goodykoontz, the assistant commis- sioner, will be among the participants. | Ct The Foening Stap WASHINGTON, D. C, PLAN OF COLISEUM IN ROOSEVELT FUND PROJECT IS STARTED Drawings of Architectural Body to Be Used to Fur- ther Idea. DEFINITE STEP TAKEN BY BOARD OF TRADE Study to Be Made for Vast Sports Arena at Eastern Entrance of Capital. At the behest of the Washington Board of Trade, the Allied Architects of Washington have decided to begin work immediately on plans for a gi- gantic coliseum at the eastern entrance to the city in the hope that the di- rectors of the Roosevelt Memorial Foundation will agree to the monu- ment proposed for erection here as a memorial to the former President taking that form. ‘This is the most definite step which has yet been made by the citizens of Washington toward securing a great athletic arena and forum for the Dis- trict. For some time the Board of Trade has been trying to persuade those at the head of the memorial foundation to alter the original plan for the placing of a fountain in Po- tomac Park in memory of Roosevelt and agree to the idea of a coliseum, but o far little has been accomplished. The foundation is in the course of raising several million dollars, and al- ready has a million in hand. It has not yet decided what form the me- morial will take, and the action of the Board of Trade, and the Allied Archi- tects is calculated to turn the directors of the foundation to a more favorable consideration of a coliseum, instead of & monument without utilitarian value. Deeide to Go Forward. The decision to go forward with plans for the coliseum was reached | yesterday at a conference of Board of Trade and Allied Architects represen- tatives with Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and grounds; Irving Porter of the local chapter, American Institute of Archi- tects, and Charles Eliot, 2d, city pla ner. The meeting was arranged by Claude W. Owen, chairman of the spe- clal subcommittee of the board's col munity affairs committee, and was at- tended by Frank Upman, president of the Allied Architects; Louis Justement, vice president and assistant production manager; Nathan Wyeth, production manager of the Allied Architects, and Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary of the Board of Trade. - As an outcome of the conference, the Allied Architects authorized a special group to confer with Mr. Owen with a | of the leading architects of the city, many with national reputations, who are organized to act in an advisory capacity on buildings here of a monu- mental character, designed for public or semi-public use. The body has been given the work of designing the new $7,000,000 House Office Building, in c operation with David Lynn, the arc| tect of the Capitol, and a special com- mittee from this group is serving with Albert L. Harris, the municipal archi- tect. in designing the new Municipal enter development. Project Is Indorsed. Indorsement of a coliseum here as a memorial to President Rooseveli has been received by the Board of Trade in formal resolutions from more than 100 local civic bodies. Last year a special committee, of which Mr. Owen is chairman, accom- panied by Col. Grant, appeared before officials of the Roosevelt Foundation and urged the project. Since that time the board has been consulting various | influential persons and after several weeks' preliminary discussion has suc- ceeded in enlisting the aid of the al- lied architects. 1t is planned to place the coliseum | at the eastern end of the city on a direct line with the Capitol, the Wash- | ington Monument and the Lincoln Me- | morial and equidistant with Lincoln Memorial from the Capitol. This location would be at the junc- ture of East Capitol street and the Anacostia River and has been approved | by the National Capitol Park and Plan- ning Commission, Thus the great na- tional memorial would form a gateway to Washington corresponding to the Lincoln Memorial on the west. Facilities Convenient. The board points out that railroad and river facilities are convenient to this location, and a new bridge across the Anacostia River at this point was recently approved by the Park and | Planning Commission. It is proposed that 75 acres of land be used for the coliseum, which would seat 100,000 persons. There would be ample parking accommodations and proper landscaping. The Board of Trade feels that a monument of this kind, in which na- tional celebrations and events similar to the receptions to Gen. Pershing and Col. Lindbergh could be held, aside from athletic contests, would not only typify the spiri® of Roosevelt, but would give the Nation a great forum that it sorely | needs. Sergeant Is Retired. First Sergt. Charles Fisher, 24th In- fantry, at Fort Benning, Ga., has been | placed on the retired list on his own application after more than 30 years' active military service, | Despite the present cold wave and {out ice skating, and prospect for this sport is far from bright at this time. | This is the word sent out by officials ot the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital today in response to queries and com- plaints that the Lincoln Memorial re- flecting pool is dry and there isn't any water in it for Jack Frost to work on. The officials explained today that the little pool adjoining Seventeenth strect has water in it, but there is only a thin, skim of ice. and not encugh to beay weight. The temperature of the water bas been from 33 to 35 degrees, just above the Fahrenheit freezing mark. Colder weather is promiscd by weath- er prognosticators when Washington is enveloped in the cold wave from Ohi- of the club and lleutenant governor of the club's interstate organization, will gnsldm ‘The club is composed of mem- of the Young Men's Christian Ac- sociation, Friday and Saturday, and it is possibl that then skating “may come,” the of- ficlals said. In support of their pogition that even it the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool o~ Skating Is Still in Dim Distance, Despite Cold Wave, Officials Decide ! icicles on the trees, Washington is with- | | had water in it there would be no skat- ing, the officials say that Rock Creek has not been frozen over, that there is no ska'ing at the Soldiers' Home, Chevy Chase or at the favorite skating spots in Rock Creek—at the north portal at I.(nsémbi:t vrlrmi. trln1oer\h of Blagdon avenue, een cant; - vine foot bridges. Seyiaciiestve With reference to the Lincoln Memn- roal Reflecting Pool, the offictals point- ed out that the work of repairing the bottom is now about 80 per cent com- pleted, but that the recent cold weather has preveniod the contractor from pour- EA"“e‘n‘: to [;u!h éhe work to completion. of good weat! P GRS her are needed to evented fce forming of water in the Dis- abia, the officlals asserted, ©Old Man Winter has a long way to go yet to equal his record of 1917-18, when the Tidal Basin sported 2 feet of ice. The Winter of 1921 was good from & skating v t - R g viewpoint, the offi VAST AREA IN HEART OF THE CAPITAL OUTLINED FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS wom 1, parkway extension of Capitol Grounds; 2, new Supreme Court Building, 3, new House Office Building annex; 4, new site for Botanic Garden; municipal center. A, new Department of Commerce Building; B, new Internal Revenue Building. The new avenue from Union Station to Pennsylvanis also the extension of B street from the Lincoln Memorial pitol from Delaware avenue to the Bureau of Engraving an teenth street, which is designated in Elliott bill as new area, any part of which is authorized to be purchased as sites for Federal buildings. The proj y along Madison place from the Treasury annex to H street, occupied by the Belasco Theater and the Cosmos Club, is also specifically set aside. authorized to be acquired under the $25,000,000 appropriation made in the last session of Congress, known as the Mall Triangle, with the addition of four reserva- Second eet is marked in, the new area southwest of the C: tions, along the Mall west of the present WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ~e Botanic Garden. 4, 1929, i ast the north front of the : Printing, and between New Capitol. Roman numerals I and I show York avenue and B street west of Seven- The lined surface is that EXTENSIVE INDIAN MINING IS BARED Soapstone Pits in Blue Ridge Area Were Operated by Early Tribesmen. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Extensive mining operations were con- | ducted in the Blue Ridge Mountains | long before the discovery of America. Matthew W. Stirling, chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and Neil Judd, chief of the section of American archeology, have just returned from the mountains above Charlottes- ville, where they inspected the largest of these mines yet discovered. This was a soapstone quarry. It cov- ers approximately 3 acres with about 30 large pits, 15 feet.deep. The pre- historic miners, they report, first re- moved about 5 feet of soil and loose rocks to reach the first grade soapstone which lay underneath, which they then removed in large blocks. Surface Stone Is Inferior. The soapstone which crops out on thé surface, Mr. Stirling said, 1s brittle and of inferior quality, a fact which the Indians appear to have recognized. With their primitive implements the digging of these pits must have been ajor engineering opérations, requiring arge numbers of workers. Around the mine are scattered large numbers ‘of broken pots, cooking ves- sels and various utensils, leading to the belief that the country above Char- lottesville not only was a mining. but a manufacturing center. Apparently, many artisans were kept at work there | turning the soapstone blocks into fin- ished articles as soon as they were re- moved from the mine. In the immediate neighborhood, Mr. Stirling said, extensive soapstone quar- ries now are operated. The market for the aboriginal handicraft remains a mystery. Thus far, according to Stirling, none of the finished soapstone articles has been found on any village site or burial place. ‘Who the miners were is not known. The country around the headwaters of the James and Rapidan Rivers, Mr. Stirling says, was known as the Monican country, the headquarters of the pow- erful Monican confederacy in the sev- enteenth century. This consisted o* feur tribes, the Massinacae, the Mohe- | menicos, the Monahassanos and the Monasiccapanos. 100 in Chief Village in 1669. Their chief village was known as Monicantown, about 20 miles above Richmond, and consisted of about 100 persons in 1689. They were a settled agricultural people, who disappeared shortly after the coming of the white men. It is doubted, however, if these were the soapstone artisans and an effort will be made to determine who preceded | them in this part of Virginia. They evi- dently were a people well advanced to- ward civilization. | The soapstone mine was discovered by David I. Bushnell of the staff of the Bureau of American Ethnology, who (sl continuing his investigations on the spot in search of a clue. Mr. Bushnell is | engaged in checking up Indian-village | sites and tribal distribution mentioned by early Virginian writers who actually | came in-contact with the redmen, but who did not realize the value of preserv- ing exact, information. ‘The prehistory of Virginia, says Mr. Stirling, is practically unknown in spite | of the fact that the territory has been longest inhabited by white men. Rich in Archeology. It must be entirely reconstructed from archeological evidence. The State, he says, is exceptionally rich in archeologi- cal material that not only will add greatly to the antiquarian interest of | the territory, but will shed new light | on the migrations of tribes and the cul- | tural developments among the Eastern | Indians in the long period that elapsed | between the scttlement of the Atlantic | seaboard by human beings and the com- ing of the first white settlers. As soon | as Mr. Bushnell has laid the foundation for the work, it is likely that an ex- tensive program of research will be en- tered by the bureau. The mine above Charlottesville was | an_unexpected discovery, because the Indians, with plenty of rich lowland about them and with no crowding of population, seldom ventured into the mountains except on hunting expedi- tions, and the rough Blue Ridge country would he the last place the archeologist would look for remnants of a prehis- toric eivilization. ‘The prehistoric miners, he points out, apparently still were living completely in the stone age, making all their tools and household utensils of polished soap- tone, but they had reached a very igh level in this stage of human cul- ture. Such operations required a well organized society, with expert workmen in’ various crafts, which could come | only after a tribe had settled down to an_orderly community life. There is the possibility that this site | above Charlottesville was the industrial center of a large territory, the finished goods being distributed for considerable distances. Efforts will be made to find | other sites, especially in the Shenan-) doah National Park area, where, up to| the present, Indian remains have been d'sappointingly scarce. Royal wills are never made public in | taineer families in that vicinity. He|asked police to investigate ti Britain. They are kept in a special room | used a movie camera to supplement his|a Central High School cl of Somerset House and not even the officials see them. Army Pilot Sideslips As Two Craft Come in to Land at Bolling An Army pilot and a Navy pilot re- ceived the shock of their lives yesterday afternoon when the Army man unwit- tingly rolled his landing wheels over the top of the Navy pilot's plane as they were coming in to d at Bolling Field. Beyond the damage to their nervous systems the pilots came out unscathed. | The Army plane was undamaged and the other, a commercial cabin plane, escaped with a bent wing spar and a dislodged wing fuel tank. The brush occurred when Lieut. Carl B. Harper of the Navy Bureau of Aero- nautics came in for a landing in a new type commercial plane now under test at the Anacostia Naval Air Station and Lieut. Harold Clark, Army Air Corps, sideslipping into the field in an Army pursuit_plane, dropped on top of the ]?l:r ship, which was hidden from his sight. Lieut. Harper, though startled by the impact and unaware of what actually had happened, completed a. normal landing. The pursuit plane bounced off and Lieut. Clark made another circuit of the field and landed. YOUTH NIURED WHLE COASTIG Sustains Possible Skull Frac-f ture When Struck by Au- tomobile Last Night. Russel Spargo, 14 years old, of 1226 Irving street northeast, re- ceived a possible fracture of the skull and numerous cuts and bruises lasi night when the sled on which he was coasting was in collislon with an automobile at Twelfth and ~Maling streets northeast. The automobile was being driven by Willlam W. Coleman ot 2713 Twenty-fourth street northeast. The boy was taken to Sibley Hospital by a passing motorist. Dr. Howard Smith, who treated him, said his con- dition was serious. Coleman went tw ;IO.QIZ precinct and reported the acci- ent. While crossing Pennsylvania avenue at Madison place early last evening, John H. Gray, 70 years old, of 1323 Jackson street northeast, was struck by the automobile of Charles T. Penn, 4442 Hawthorne street. He was trea.- ed at Emergency Hospital by Dr. Francis Gilfoy, who found he was not seriously hurt. John C. Cornelison, 28 years old, Naval Hospital, was knocked down by a Capital Traction car near Seventh and L streets southeast last night about 10:30 o'clock and cut and bruised. Robert Brierton, 23 years old, of 311 South Royal street, Alexandria, Va., also was knocked down by the car and simi- larly hurt. The injured men were taken to Casu- alty Hospital and treated by Dr. Louis Jimal. H. D. Brooks, 1616 Twenty- seventh street, was motorman on the car. J. C. Vaughn Todd, colored, 52 years old, of 947 S street, was knocked down by an automobile near Iowa Circle about 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was taken home and treated by Dr. P. W. Price of 1224 Maryland avenue northeast for bruises. DETECTIVE VARNEY HEADS POLICE BODY Defeats Capt. Burke in Spirited Contest—Other Officers Named. Annual election of officers of the Po- | licemen's Association held yesterday re- sulted in the selection of Detective Frank A. Varney to serve as president the coming year. His election resulted from a spirited contest with Capt. Frank S. W. Burke of No. 1 precinct, the successful candidate polling a ma- jority of 120 votes. Sergt. Milton D. Smith, retiring president, was not a | candidate, having refused to enter the contest. Others_elected were Pvt. W. H. Me- | Grath, detailed_at Police Court, first vice president; Pvt. E. S. Waller, No, 2 precinct, second vice president; W. J. | Kerns, desk sergeant in No. 1 precinct, | recording secretary; Pvt. J. P. Hen- dricks, No. 2 precinct, financial secre- tary; W. C. Adcock, desk sergeant in No. 12 precinct, treasurer, and W. J. Wagner, desk sergeant in No. 10 pre- | cinct, trustee. MOUNTAIN INHABITANTS’ LIVES TO BE PICTURED Primitive Conditions Near Hoover Camp to Be Described in Doctor’s Lecture. Primitive conditions among the moun- tain folk of the Shenandoah National| Park in Virginia will be described by | R. Lyman Sexton, local physician, | free {llustrated lecture Friday night | r. ina |at 17:15 o'clock in the lobby of the Young Men's Christian Association, 1736 | street. oM‘otlon pictures showing the simple mode of life adopted by inhabitants of the Blue Ridge country near President Hoover’s fishing lodge on the Rapidan River will be shown. Dr. Sexton has spent a number of Summers in the Skyland section and has made a close study of the moun- | observations an pertOnal oAl views of “Hill Billy s, ™any unus SHELBY-KELLY CASE STILL UNSETTLED Report From Special Board on Grand Jury Charges Hangs Fire. ‘The long-drawn-out deliberations of District officials over the grand jury charges that Inspector Willlam 8. Shel- { by and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly miscon- ducted the police investigation of the death of Virginia McPherson, eontinued to _hang fire today. Maj. Donald A. Davidson, who con- stitutes half of the special board ap- pointed by the Commissioners to see what should be done about the mat- ter, was unable to give attention to it today, because of other pressing business, viz, the coroner’s inquiry in- to_the McCrory explosion. W. W. Bride, who is the other half of the board, could not act without a “‘quorum.” man board would meet as soon as the McCrory inquest was concluded. It is understood the two officials have but a few preliminaries to complete be- fore beginning formulation of their written report to the Commissioners. On this report will depend official action cn the demands of Shelby and Kelly that they be brought to trial on the charges that they “bungled” the McPherson case. FRATERNITIES VIE FOR HONORS IN PLAY | Musical Comedy, Written by George ‘Washington University Stu- dents, to Be Presented. e, Members of the 22 fraternities at George Washington University are working for a successful production of the musical comedy, “Gyped in Egypt,” which will be presented by the Trouba- dours on the nights of Decenber 12, 13 and 14 at McKinley High School Audi- torium. The fraternity men and women are competing in the sale of tickets, while another contest is on to determine Wwhich society has the largest represen- tation in the cast of the play. Special sections of seats have been | reserved ‘for the fraternity members on | the opening night. which been designated “fraternity night.” Tickets went on sale today at the T. Arthur Smith Bureau, 1300 G street: the Editn Reed Song Shop, 606 Thirteenth street, as well as at the university. A souvenir program done in ultra- {uturistic style has been prepared for | distribution.” Like the show, the words, | music and costumes of which were de- vised on the campus, the program has been designed and printed by students. CHINESE OVERCOME. Len Hong, 18-year-old Chinese, is in A serious condition at Emergency Hospi- tal from the effects of illuminaitng gas, with which he was accidentally over- come last night while asleep in a rear room of his laundry, at 1237 First street His condition this morning was de- | scribed as “undetermined.” The Chinese was found by Myles Mc- Fields, who lives next door, at 1239 PFirs street. Col. Hammond Is Transferred. Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Hammond, United States Infantry, has been re- lieved from duty as an instructor at the Army War College, this city, and assigned to_the 16th Infantry, at Fort Jay, N. Y.; Lieut. Col. John J. Kingham, Corps of Engineers, at Milwaukee, Wis., has been granted leave of absence for three months; Maj. Paul J. Mueller, 38th Infantry, has been relieved from duty at Fort Douglas, Utah, and or- dered to this city for duty with the ‘ar Department General Staff. Maj. Noe C. Killian, Infantry, at Providence, R. I, has been retired on account of disability incident to the service, . Reports Apartment Robbed. Mrs. Mabel Yates, apartment 44, 1277 New 'Hampshire avenue, last night he theft of lass pin, wrist obtained | watch, bracelet, automatic pistol and $3 | white, as a cash from her apartment yesterdey. A It was expected the two- | CITIZENS INDORSE VOTE FORDISTRICT Southeast Washington Body Also Urges Voting Members of House and Senate. Voting members in the House and | | Senate, the right to vote for President ' | and Vice President and access as indi- | | viduals to the Federal courts for citizens | | of the District were heartily indorsed ! by the executive committee of the | Southeast Washington Citizens’ Associa- tion last night at a meeting held in | the office of A. G. Herrmann, president |'of the association, 750 Tenth street | | southeast. The action of the executive commit- | tee will be reported to a special meet- ing of the association early in January and its approval by an overwhelming nlmj:ymy is regarded as a foregone con- | clusion. | No Local Interference. The subject was brought before the | meeting by President Herrmann, G. C. | Glick, secretary of the association, and | C. G. Degman, chairman of the com- | mittee on law and legislation, who read | the amendment to the Constitution of | the United States proposed by the ! citizens t committee for national representation and explained its pro- | visions. It was made clear that the | proposed amendment merely adds to the | powers of Congress by giving it the | power to grant national representation, | the right to vote in presidential elec- | tions and access to_the Federal courts to citizens of the District, and in no | way interferes with the exclusive juris- | diction of Congress over the District ?:r the local government of Washing- n. Mr. Herrmann explained that the Southeast Citizens’ Association had sev- | eral times gone on record before in fa- vor of this proposal, but he heartily advocated doing so again in view of the fact that it is expected to come up be- fore Congress this Winter. In moving indorsement of the proposed amend- ;int gd:llgegmlnl sldld ‘t'.haz best way to what the people desired was to ke on pushing it. i Proud of Record. ‘The Southeast "Washi n Citizens' Association is proud of mcord as the oldest of the present active citizens' as- sociations in the city. It is an out- growth of the East Washington Citizens' Association, organized about 50 years ago, which does not belong to the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations and no lrminr(ser takes an active part in civic af- airs. ‘The ""W December meeting of the Southeast Washington Citizens' Associ- ation was postponed by action of the executive committee last night on ac- count of the holiday season until a date early in January, to be announced by the President. The date of this meet- ing, at which the national representa- tion question and other important sub- jects will come up for consideration, will be announced to the members through the mail by Mr. Glick, .the sec- retary. PLEA FOR RESTORATION OF ARLINGTON MANSION Project Scheduled Topic Speakers at Arts Club Meet- ing Tomorrow Evening. | | __The proposed restoration of Arlington House will be discussed by four speak- ers at a meeting of the Arts Club to- morrow evening. L. Morris Leisenring, architect, will give an illustrated talk on the archi- | tectural features of the restoration of | the mansion. Following him will be | Representative Cramton of Michigan, Brig. Gen, Leo H. Bash, chief of the con- struction Service, office of the Quarter- master General, and Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham. ‘The mansion was built by George ‘Washington Parke Custis about 1803 and for many years was the home of Robert E. Lee. Under a recent bill passed by Congress the house will be re- stored to the condition it was in im- mediately prior to the Civil War, DR. WALDRON RESIGNS. | |, Dr. J. Milton Waldron, colored, for |22 years pastor of the Shiloh Baptist | Institutional Church, now located at | Ninth and P streets, tendered his resig- | nation last Sunday morning in a lengthy address. | _The members of the church, at a | meeting next Tuesday night, will take acmn on the resignation of Dr. Wal- ron. | Dr. Waldron said today he has re- ceived several offers of pastorates else- where and if his resignation is accepted he would probably go to one in the West. In the event the church members vote not to aceept his resignation, he said he would remain here. | | ! as of | Ordered to Paint Poles. The Public' Utilities Commission yes- rday ordered the Chesapeake & Poto- mac Telephone Co. to paint the lower ! tes PAGE 17 VOCATION SCHOOLS SYSTEM IN CAPITAL DRAWS LABOR FIRE Board of Education Getting Brief Today Asking Rad- ical Changes. DISTRICTWSTITUTIONS ARE CALLED “DISGRACE” Central Union Outlines Program of Betterment for Action of Officials. In an exhaustive brief pre| d for submission to the Board of Education this afternoon, representatives of the Washington Central Labor Union pre- sent severe condemnations of the sys- tem of vocational training in the Dis- trict public schools and advocated rad- ical changes which they contend would put trade education in’ Washington on & par with similar work in other cities. After characterizing the four voca- tional schools here as a “disgrace to the National Capital,” the brief outlines a program of 14 points, which it is as- serted is badly needed here. Washington, with an annual appro- priation of about $150,000 for all of its vocational work, it is stated, is spend- ing less per pupil than any other com- parable city in the United States. The brief points out that the limited num- ber of teachers in local vocational schools prevents the development of a course of study in which the balance between technical and non-technical subjects is maintained. Fine Instructors Lost.” It is further said that the lack of adequate salary status has lost to these schools some of the finest instructors trained to this work, and the present salary status continues to fail to at- tract to the work many men and wom- en admirably suited for it, but for financial reasons cannot enter this fleld. Special emphasis is laid on the lack here of an advisory committee com- posed of employers, labor representa- tives and school people, which, it is sald, seriously handicaps the develop- ment of a satisfactory program of vo- cational education, and denies to the public the safeguard on expenditures of public funds. The labor union puts forward the proposition that “expenditures of this type (for vocational education) are a high public service as men and boy: not adjusted in industry cost the eity and State and national governments much more than the cost of proper industrial education.” The tendency in all modern educa- tion, the brief states, is technical training with general aca demic education. This has been sadl: neglected in the District schools and is essential to complete training in functional citizenship, it is charged. Cites Abbott, Phelps Schools, _The brief takes up in detall the con. ditions at the Abbott and Phelps Schools, The Abbott School Building is s city antique, built in 1875, and is not fire- proof, the labor union states, adding that a fire has occurred in it, that on several occasions it has been condemn- ed as unfit for school use, but was patched up and considered good enougi for vocational training. Its heating sys- tem is described as “antiquated” and so inadequate that on even moderately cold days it is impossible to heat th structure. In addition, the brief asserts, it is not large enough to house all the trades taught and some are compelled to use other buildings. The Phelps School, for colored chil- dren is said also to be badly in need of modernization. Neither the Abbott nor Phelps Schools nor the two vocational institutions for girls has adequate provision for - nastics and sports, an assembly hall or library facilities, the Board of Educa- tion is being told. Points in Union Brief. The “fourteen points” demanded by the Central Union follow: “1. The scrapping of the Abbott Vo- cational School and the immediate es- tablishment of a safe and adequately equipped vocational school for boys. *2. The comrleu modernization of the Phelps School. “3. The complete modernization of the Dennison and the Washington Schools to make them fit places in which to train our girls. “4. That there bes secured for the District of Columbia an advisory board for vocational education composed of employers, labor representatives and school people and that the advice of this board and the Federal board be sought. “5. That the course of study main- tain the proper balance between v tional and technical academic and non- technical academic work. “6. That provision be made for the expansion of the work so that in the near future every pupil may be train- a‘z 'el: the vocation for which he is best “7.'That the work of the school be differentiated to meet the varied and various mental and physical capacities and abilities of the pupils. Proper School Spirit. “8. That a pmrel’ school spirit be developed as in all other intermediate schools in the city so that the pupils wili be proud of the school and of its work, “9. That the generally recognized principle that no pupil below the seventh grade status be admitted to & vocational schoo) be strictly observed. “10, That in order that this highly specialized work, which is of such great importance to the community, be properly organized and conducted by those specially trained for this work and in the Atmurhen and cial sur- roundings which this work requires, that this work be maintained as a dis~ tinet unit in our school system. “11. That provision be made for physical training and physical educa- tlon in these schools similar to the pro= vision made for such training and edu~ cation in other intermediate schools. “12. That all vocational schools In the District of Columbia be provided with library facilities to meet their urgent needs. “13. That the educational status of Junior high schools be granted to all vocational schools. “14. That special qualifications be set up for teachers in vocational schools and that they be accorded the rank of junior high school teachers.” Plane Crosses Mountain. A seven-place cabin monoplane bes longing to the Cleveland News and carrying members of the staff of that per, with Robert Atwell as pilot, landed at Hoover Field today after one of the first flights across the moun- tains since’ the storms earlier in the half of their poles on Minnesota ave. | nue and Anacostia road between Penn- sylvania avenue and Benning road | safety measure pirnrn y ure for night | week, ‘The regular plane of the Clifford Ball line left l-roovgrl Field a little later for OCleveland after being held here seve’ 1 dovs hy bad mastmar