Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1929, Page 17

Washington News PHYSICAL SURVEY OF D. C. HIGHWAYS IS NOW COMPLETE Engineer’s Report Will Pre- sent Composite Picture of Condition of System. RESULT HELD INVALUABLE IN FUTURE PLANNING Capt. Whitehurst Desires Main Ar- teries Be Improved Soon as Practicable. Completion by the Highway Depart- ment of an exhaustive physical survey of the District's 625 miles of traveled streets and subutban voads was an- nounced today oy Capt. H. C. White. hurst, chief engineer and co-ordinator of the Engineering Department. A compilation of th> data, together with maps and caaris now under prep- aration, wili present a comprehensive and composite picture of the condition of the entire highway system. It is the first {ime that such a painstak- ing and thorougn study has ever been made, and Capt. Whitehurst believes the results will be invaluable in pian- ning tuture fmprovements. The survey had a twofold purpose. Primarily it was designed to show what major highway development is necessary to complete the highway system and the order in which the work should be car- ried out. Secondarily, it was the inten- tion of Capt. Whitehurst to ascertain from actual conditions how much more money can be devoted annually to street improvements and where the funds can be mest effectively spent. Capt. Whitehurst is particularly anx- fous that all of the principal traffic arteries—the thoroughfares which carry the greatest volume of traffic to the outlying sections, such as Sixteenth * street, Reservair road, etc.—be put in first-class condition as soon as is prac- ticable. It is his theory that two high- ways with intermittent good and poor surface conditions are not as desirable as one highway with a continuous smooth surface. A report, outling the results of the physical examination of the streets and roads, with certain recommendations, will be completed by January 1, and submitted to the Commissioners, as well as the House subcommittee on appro- priations, which is expected to have under consideration at that time the District’s 1931 appropriation bill. The final major project in the Dis- trict’s current street improvement pro- gram, the resurfacing of Military road between Connecticut avenue and Rock Creek Park, will be completed this aft- ernoon, and the entire thoroughfare will be open to traffic at 6 o'clock. The last link in this improvement, in- volving the section from Daniels road to the park, has been closed for several weeks. Aside from-a new asphaltic surface, the improvements.on Military road con~ sist of concrete . eurbs and gutters, which have had the effect of widening the traveled surface by 6 feet. The surface division of the Highway Department established a new record for the current working season by sur- facing, resurfacing and otherwise im- proving about 33 miles of streets and suburban roads. It is estimated that the appropriations recommended for the 1931 fiscal year will permit the improvement of about 30 additional e TRAFFIC MISHAPS INJURE 4 PERSONS Colored Youth Seriously Hurt on Motor Cycle—Boy Breaks Arm. Four persons were injured, one proba- bly fatally, in a series of traffic acci-| dents reported to police last night and | early today. Charles R. Hill, 24 years old, colored, | ©of 4825 Jay street northeast, is reported | in a serious condition at Casualty Hos- pital as the result of injuries received | Jate yesterday, when the motor cycle he | was riding was in collision at North | Capitol and G streets with a truck | driven by Edward I Taylor of 636 H | street southwest. Joseph Thomas, 17 years old, colored, €07 Virginia avenue southeast, was | slightly injured last night when knocked | from the bicycle he was riding at Eighth and G streets southeast by an auto- mobile operated by Benjamin C. Car-} ter of 1129 New Jersey avenue southeast, | The boy was treated at Casualty Hos- | pital. Nineteen-year-old James Eckloff of | 1030 Eighth street was treated at Emer- | gency Hospital last night for a fractured | right arm, received when he fell from & bicycle on New Hampshire avenue near N street. Richard F. Murdock, 20 years old, of 320 Maryland avenue northeast, was| treated at Emergency Hospital for lacer- ations to the right side of the head sus- tained last night when the machine he was driving was in collision at First and B streets with an automobile operated by Nellie J. Voessler of Keyser, W. Va. He went home after treatment. HENRY ADAMS DIES AT BALTIMORE HOME 5rguniud Mechanical Engineering Division of Treasury Supervis- ing Architect’s Office. Henry Adams, organizer of the me- chanical engineering division of the office of supervising architect of the Treasury Department, died suddenly at his home, in Baltimore, last night while dining with his family. Mr. Adams apparently was in good health when he was stricken suddenly at the dinner table and died before a E{lys!clun living nearby could reach im. Mr. Adams was born in Germany, received his education there and came to Baltimore in 1880. He was head of the mechanical engineering division of the architect’s office here for 10 years. After giving up his position with the Government he opened his own busi- ness in Baltimore as a consulting en- ! gineer, in which capacity he supervised or designed the mechanical equipment in many of the largest buildings in the city. Mr. of the Adams was president board of managers of the Maryland | Institute. Besides his widow, Mr. Adams is sur- vived by three sons, Ernest Henry, © Eugene and Clarence T. Adams. jLeo A. Rover that his office does not | States attorney,” | The Foening Star Society and General WA LIBRARY OF CONGRESS EXPANSION STARTS U h land between Second, Third new budget includes estimates by the arel paring plans for this new annex. CHITE UNDER Aceuisimion ror LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ANNEX PmsT sTRIET av. Map shows, in the foreground, the present Library of Congress Building. pper left is the new building, designed and presented by Henry C. Folger to ouse his famous Shakespearean collection. acquired under $600,000 appropriation for acquisition of square and a half of and B streets southeast for a library annex. Upper right is site now being The ‘hitect of the Capitol for the cost of pre- ROVER REMINDS LEAGUE OF DUTIES Report to Anti-Saloon League Cites Facts in Han- dling Liquor Complaints. Reminded by United States Attorney make prohibition cases but prosecutes cases laid before it by the Police De- partment and the prohibition unit, the Anti-Salloon League of the District of Columbia last night at its annual meet- ing declared “common sense” requires that all policemen be empowered to en- force the prohibition laws. The league reaffirmed this position in lengthy resolutions formally adopted at meeting in the Friends’ Meeting House at Thirteenth and Irving streets, at which President and Mrs. Hoover wor.- ship. The resolutions indorsed the President's declaration on law enforce- ment in his message to Congress, ap- proved his recommendations for changes in enforcement machinery and express- ed “full sympathy” with his wish to make the District a “model” for law enforcement in the Nation, Wilson Is Re-elected. The resolutions, submitted by Charles 8. Easterling were adopted- unanimously after the League elected Andrew Wilson its president for the twenty-first time. Among those who voted for the expres- slon was Dr. Augustus Taber Murrary, minister of the church. In reporting to the League, Mr. Rover said he made no claim that the record of his office was commendable, but was interested in presenting facts. His of- fice has prosecuted 76 cases under the Jones-Stalker law, he said, and obtained convictions in 75. “In some of these cases there have been more than one defendant,” he sald. “There has been only ! clear acquittal in the 76 cases. I have two assistants at Police Court who give their full time to the prosecution of liquor cases. Assisting them are two full-time clerks. They are able, honest men, and if there has been any delay in handling cases, their’s is not the responsibilify. The records of prosecutions in Police Court speak for themselves. I can say that the outlock in that phase ol en- forcement is promising. “Regarding padlocks—there are two assistants before the Supreme Court who handle such matters exclusively. To date, about 50 padlock cases have been instituted and not one lost. In a hundred cases the desired results have lock proceedings. Owners of property where violations have occurred have been notified, and with the splendid co- operation of the Washington Real Es- tate Board recurrences of the violations e been guarded against. Rum Drivers Convicted. “We have made the experiment of having the driver of the ‘convoy car,’ the man who looks out for the machine actually carrying liquor, indicted in two cases and in both convictions were ob- tained. “Since T assumed the office of United Mr. Rover sald, “I have frequently’ conferred with officers |of the prohibition unit and the Police Department to bring about more effec- tive co-operation and co-ordination in law_enforcement work. “I make no claim that that record is creditable. They are the facts. I do not believe in sensational enforcement. I believe in enforcing the law in season and out of season, sanely and effec- tively, and I shall continue to do so.” Mr. Rover's statement that his office does not make cases and his reference to the Police Department led to dis- cussion of the machinery of prohibition enforcement. It was pointed out that only about 40 policemen are empowered to enforce the prohibition laws and this number was held to be inadequate. Addressing the league upon taking { office as president, Mr. Wilson expressed | the opinion that law enforcement con- ditions in Washington and the District are better today than a year ago. “On the whole,” he said, “the work of the Metropolitan Police Department in that ?er:?d has been commendable and ef- ective. Have Confidence in Doran. ‘The resolutions adopted expressed | confidence in Dr. James M. Doran, | commissioner of prohibition. “We re- | joice,” the document set forth, “that | the matter of law enforcement, and es- | pecially the enforcement of the Federal | prohibition laws, had so large a place {in the last annual message of the Pres- | ident of our Republic. “Our Atlantic and Great Lakes sea- boards have been almost, some of them entirely, rid of alcoholic smugglers, whose boasted prowess was a short while ago head'ined in the newspapers. “We are in full sympathy with the 1 | been obtained without resorting to pad- | D. C. PROBE COURSE 10 BE DETERMINED Action to Be Decided at Meeting of Sackett Sub- committee Tomorrow. ‘The senatorial subcommittee handling | the police resolution for an investiga- | tion of the District government, includ- ing police affairs, has been called to meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning by its chairman, Senator Sackett, Re- publican, of Kentucky, to decide what ' its future course of action should be. Senator Sackett said the mesting to- morrow was to consider how the sub- committee wishes to proceed. This will| be the first opportunity members of the | subcommittee have had to discuss the inquiry since the Senate recessed last month at the close of the special ses- sion. Senator Sackett reiterated today the personal desire he expressed several days ago to conduct the investigation along constructive lines to find out if there are conditions in the local gov- ernment that could be improved by action of Congress. The resolution sponsored by Senator Blease requests the committee to in- quire into reports of alleged corruption and inefficiency in the District govern- ment_generally, It also listed certain specific questions to be gone into. Among the particular matters an in- vestigation of which was sought in the resolution were: The reasons for the| suspension of former Policeman Robert J. Allen following the investigation he made into the McPherson case, an in- quiry as to whether there was delay in the district attorney's office in re- turning indictments in connection with the death of a Chinese last Summer and a report as to the number of per- mits issued in Washington to carry| concealed weapons. The subcommittce | has received written statements from various local officials regarding these particular questions, but has not yet made them public. WEST TO FIGHT PLEA FOR CAR FARE RAISE | Lynch to Assist Him in Defense of Public Utilities Commission Against Move. ! The petiticns of the street car com- | panies asking Equity Court to raise the carfare in the District to 10 cents have been referred by Corporation Counsel Wllhlvm W. Bride to his principal assist- ant, Vernon L. West. Mr. West will pre- pare the defense for the Public Utllfilu Commission against the petitions and will conduct the case in court. Mr. West will be assisted by Assistant Corporation Counsel Robert E. Lynch, as 500 as the latter has completed his du- tles as prosecutor in the case of In- spector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly before the police trial board. Mr. Lynch was present during the public hearings on the Capital Trac- tlon Co.’s application for an increase in fare and is familiar with the entire pro- 2‘:"3.‘31‘&&3&33’“ :uu general charge s ers in i coflmlg 1?;””. the corporation r. Bride was at home i1l yes A and has not yet studied the m’m.iii.‘fny- petitions. He said that as soon as he has an opportunity to go over the case with Mr. West and Mr. Lynch the corporation counsel's office will be ready to oppose the companies’ petitions in court. unctions of detectfor and to a considerable degree of pun prosecution, which are now withj purview of the Prohibition Bure:u":)el thew1YzI;ury l?’eplrtment. “We demand strict an enforcement of the D!uhdlb\:;‘gglrlun.d‘ kindred statutes and, to this end, that all officlals, including policemen fn the District of Columbia, all the forces in the United States, attorneys and Unitea States marshals and all the Judges of the United States’ courts hereafter ap- pointed be in sympathy with the law and be competent to understand a to do his part in such law enforc e league unanimously ado, report, of its nominations chn'f:xltt!r;: and in naming Mr. Wilson president selected the followms additional ot~ ficers: Charles S. Davis, secretary. Charles S. Easterling, treasurer, ana President in hic efforts to secure the !transfer to the Department of Justice Albert E. Bhoemaker, executiv tary and attorney. TR SHINGTON, D. TU CONGRESS LIBRARY GIVEN ADDITION BY LAND AGQUISITION More Adequate and Much! Needed Quarters Are Prov- vided for Institution. DR. PUTNAM DESCRIBES PROGRESS IN REPORT ., Additions to Collections and En- dowment of New Chairs Are Reviewed by Director. ‘With acquisition of the square and a half of land to the east of the present Library of Congress Building for con- struction of an annex, to the north of which is another half square upon which Henry C. Folger is erecting a monumental building for his great col- lection of Shakespeareana, and with ad- dition of four floors at the top of the east and southeast stacks now under construction, the Library of Congress is being provided with more adequate and much needed quarters. Gifts of money amounting to nearly $500,000, accessions of 180,802 books and | more generous governmental appropria- tions for the various collections and service have made the year just closing | a record-breaking one for the national library, as is shown in the annual report of Dr. Herbert Putnam, submitted to Congress today. ‘The additional floors now under con- struction will add 35,088 square feet of floor space and 22,259 linear feet to the shelf spaces, bringing the total shelving in the building up to 162!, miles. It will provide 26 additional study rooms and two conference rooms. ‘The Library of Congress now has larger holdings in the various collec- tions than any other library in the world, save perhaps only the Biblio- theque Nationale in Paris. It includes 3,907,300 printed books, 1,117,200 maps, 1,045,400 pleces of music, 495,000 prints and countless manuscripts. Wilbur Left Library $100,000. Among the contributions enlarging the resources of the Library for mate- rial or service beyond the scope of appropriations alone, the first men- tioned is an additional endowment— $100,000 to the Library trust fund board—from the estate of the late James B. Wilbur, who died on April 28. He was, from its beginning, a member of the board, a suggestion of his as to the desirability of such an agency being influential in its creation five years ago. He gave the first endowment ($100.000). His interest in the library as a national center of historical studies also led him to provide contingently for delivery to the board of still other funds in case the “remainder man,” the University of Vermont, fails to limit its student body to 1,000 students in any one year. To the vacancy on the trust fund board, the President, in August, ap- pointed Mrs. Eugene Meyer of Washing- ton. The report deals, as usual, with no- table accessions of books, manuseripts, maps and music, including gifts from Edward S. Harkness of two collections of original manuscripts relating to the conquest of Mexico and Peru by Cor- tez and Pizarro. 1t deals in detail with the operations under the Rockefeller grants of $150,000 for this year, in particular with the re- markable activities of the director of the European mission, Dr. Samuel F. Bemis, who this year added to the col- lections 405,000 facsimiles of important original historical documents in Euro- pean archives relating to American his- tory. Dr. Worthington C. Ford, for 20 | years editor of the Massachusetts His- torical Society, now succeeds Dr. Bemis in direction of the project. The report notes a gift of 8!03001 from a member of the trust fund board toward the purchase of a notable Chi- nese collection of 135,000 volumes, in the first rank of those outside of China and Japan. A bequest of $5,000 from the Ilate Oscar G. Sonneck, for 15 years chief of | the division of music, an endowment in his memory from the Beethoven Asso- ciation of New York, and gifts from the newly organized “Friends of Music in the Library of Congress” are noted. New Chair Is Endowed. There alro is reported the gift of $140,000 from the “Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronau- | tics,” to endow & chair in that subject |and to provide liberally for the imme- | diate acquisition of books. This is the Library’s fifth endowed chair, the others being music, American history, the fine arts, and one still to be named. The chair of the fine arts. established in 1927 by the Carnegie Corporation, was filled in September by appointment of Dr. Leicester B. Holland of Phila- delphia, specialist in architecture and classical archeology. These chairs are in each case based on an endowment fund which enables an honorarium, in addition to the Government stipend, to be paid to the chief of an existing division of the Library, having considerable adminis- trative duties in the service of a col- Jection of material and directing a sub- ordinate staff. The resulting total com- pensation assures for the position a competent specialist with the qualifica- tions of & professor in a university. Distinct from these holders of chairs and from the regular technical staff of library experts, there occurred the idea, | quite new in_libraries, of employment of a group of specialists who, without administrative responsibility, — might Tender to the Library valuable aid in developing the collections, and to the public expert aid in the use of them. The general education board has pro- vided a ploneer fund of $75,000 for a demonstration of this plan during a brief perfod. Should the demonstra- tion prove successful, it is hoped that substantial and permanent funds for its continuance will be provided. Dr. Putnam states that, considering the departments of literature in which such specialists could render service, 15 such consultants should be the minimum. The ploneer fund now provides for six. “The plan, foreshadowed in last year’s report, contemplates the employment for this Interpretative service of schol- ars of high repute, including men who | are ready to hand over to their young- er colleagues the active conduct of an academic position, but who still retain their accumulated experience. knowl- edge and understanding of their spe- cialties. MAN AND WIFE BURNED. Grease Ignites While Couple Were Making Doughnuts. rease from a pan in which dough- | nu?x were being cooked in_the apart- | ment of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rogerson. 5425 Connecticut avenue, last night about 10 o'clock sprayed Rogerson's clothing and jgnited, inflicting burns to his hands and feet. Mrs, Rogerson, also was slightly burned. | Board of Education Gets $4.39 Pre- ESDAY, DECEMBER 1 DEALER SAYS U.S. SHOULD REPLACE CENTER MARKET Vice President of Association Declares Government Has Obligation to Act. RESOLUTION TO VACATE IS CALLED ILL ADVISED| Possibilities for Experiments There by Department of Agri- culture Cited, Declaring that the “Government has an obligation to replace Center Market,"” Oscar B. Robinson, vice president of Center Market Dealers’ Association, in a statement issued today presented arguments for the re-establishment of this market elsewhere at Government expense. From the standpoint of revenue, Mr. Robinson said, the market in the past has earned much more return on the money investment than the Government has ever derived from money invested | by the Government in “other direct re- turn activities.” He claims that a large bullding, with office space above the market, would prove of aid in the Gov- ernment housing problem, especially in affording space for the National Guard armory and for newly formed units of government, Government’s Obligation. “The Govcrnment has an obligation to replace Center Market,” said Mr. Robinson, “because it exercised the right to take over the establishment from its former owncir, the Washington Market Co., and in its successful T= ation for eight years should not seek to ruthlessly abandon it. The burden was voluntarily assumed, it has been a suc- cess not only financially, but in general satisfaction to the business people in it as well as the consuming public. Hence to replace it elsewhere is not establish- ing any precedent on the part of the Government or creating a precedent likely to be embarrassing.” The resolution which Senator Smoot first_introduced to close Center Market on January 1, 1929, was characterized by Mr. Robinson as “not necessary and ¥ 0, 1929. LUSK MISINTERPRETS TRACT, | SAYS MRS. RAFTER IN DEFENSE, P.-T. A. Congress President Upholds Her Action in Sending Pamphlets. Document Against Smoking and Drinking Was Given to Member Groups. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president of the Congress of Parent-Teacher Asso- ciations, criticized last week by Rufus 8. Lusk, president of the Filmore Par- ent-Teachers, for sending out to mem- ber assoclations a pamphlet containing propaganda against cigarette smoking and liquor drinking, today upheld her action and declared that Mr. Lusk had misinterpreted her action and state- ments in the tract. In a letter to the Filmore association head, Mrs. Rafter points out that the | tract, sent by her to all parent-teacher groups without comment, was written. | not by her, but by Miss Georgia Robert- son, and declares that the tract “givcs you no authority for saying that & child on seeing his parents smoke or drink might think they degrade themselves. “It does say that smoking and drink- ing may be injurious to body tissues,” Mrs. Rafter asserts. Lusk Protests to Carusl. Mr. Lusk last week forwarded his pro- test against the pamphlet to Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the Board of Education, and was assured that the literature had not been given to children in the public schools and would not be in accordance with the policy of the board to bar extraneous matter from dis- semination in the schools. Debate over the pamphlet, which was entitled “A Peep Inside Your Wonder- ful House,” and apparently addressed to children, centers principally around this paragraph: “We ought to take the very best of care of them (our bodies) and not degrade them in any way or injure them by smoking or drinking alcoholic liquors.” Mr. Lusk agreed that smoking and drinking would be harmful to chil- dren, but protested that “a child who reads that and belleves it will think, when he sees his mother or father smoking or taking a drink, that they thereby are degrading themselves. * * * ‘This sort of prog‘:l anda is bound either to make the child think his parents are wrong or the school is wrong in giving him this sort of literature.” Mrs. Rafter Replies. ‘To this Mrs. Rafter replies: “Although you seem to have misread the article and to have made hasty and unwarranted assumptions about the use of it, we were glad to hear from you and to learn that you feel that you ill advised.” The date of June 30, 1930, which now stands in a second resolu- tion passed by the Senate and sent to th - House, Mr. Robinson said, was “not warranted from the progress already made, or even contemplated by the building program.” The people of the city, he said, apparently “have not been stirred up over the possib'e loss of this old historic and useful place.” Market Place Old. “Center Market,” he said, “is prob- ably the largest old established public market in the United States. It has' been a marketing place for one and one - quarter centuries. Originally it was a gathering place for all sorts of bartering and trading not only in dressed animals and fowls and game, but in live animals, as well as other produce, including even live fish. It has long been recognized as a guide to merchants on prices; it furnishes a competition not only from the consum- ers’ and shippers’ standpoint, but from the dealers’ standpoint as well as of the soundest character. It entices enough patronage to warrant the handling of unusual items of food such as no indi- vidual merchant could afford to hazard the investment. The people have come to look upon the place as one where selection, quality and the uncommon product are made common. In Center Market can be found produce from nearly every part of the world. Visitors from other sections of the United States come here in large numbers, and thou- sands of them annually visit Center Market. . “The Federal Government up to date has maintained the institution in such A way as to be largely a local function, but it is believed that the United States Department of Agriculture has many research projects that could make good use of Center Market as a practical laboratory for the development and furtherance of such research studies, especially in matters affecting home economics, the carrying on of grading work in connection with meats, poultry, butter and fruits and vegetables, as well as the studying of the effect of cold storage on many items of foodstuffs carried from month to month that way, with a view of determining what effect the different lengths of time such stor- age would have on the various com- modities, especially so far as scientific or technical elements are involved. Also research and scientific studies as to the amount of energy the various commodi- ties would take out of the cold storage system with a view of determining pos- sible basis of charges which such com- modities should bear from the service rendered.” $207,000 BONDS SOLD IN PRINCE GEORGES mium on School Securi- ties Issue. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December 10.—The Prince Georges County Board of Education this afternoon sold its 1929 bond issue, amounting to $207,000, to Stein Bros. & Boyce of Baltimore, who submitted a bid of $104.39 for every $100 par value of the bond. Three other bids were received, all over par. The bonds, authorized by the last ses- sion of the General Assembly, could have been sold any time after July 1, but because of the unfavorable condi- tion of the money market the county board of education elected to withhold their sale in the hope. of securing bet- ter prices. The county commissioners set the in- terest rate at 434 per cent, the bonds to be delivered January 1. Their sale will make possible the inauguration of an extensive building program, which will include the erection of several schools and the building of additions to several others. According to Nicholas Orem, county superintendent of schools, quite a few inquiries have been received and a num- ber of bids filed since the date of sale of the bonds was announced. The bonds will be issued in denomi- nations of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, to suit the purchaser. They are exempt from all county, State and municipal taxation. The bonds are to be redeemed at the rate of $2,000 a year from the second to sixth year after is- were taken to Emergency Hos- | !;Efl;ln. Rogerson was able to return | ome after receiving first aid. It was| | said at the hospital y that the con- * dition of Mr. Rogerson was not serious. sue, 85,000 a year from the seventh to share in the responsibility of molding the influence which our organizations exert. “You were not expected to buy ad- ditional copies or to distribute them among school children. The pamphlet contains no information which is not already being given to children by their i teachers and with the approval of school officials. | | MRS. GILES S. RAFTER. —Harris-Ewing_Photo. “As far as I know, no investigations have been made which could be used to prove your statement that ‘practical- ly all able and successful men, whether engaged in a business or a profession, are cigarette smokers.’ These men might have been equally as successful or more so if they had not adopted the habit of smoking and drinking. “I want to call your attention to your interpretation of the last para- graph. It gives you no authority for saying that a child on seeing his gnr- ents smoke or drink might think they degrade themselves. It does say that smoking and drinking may be injurious to body tissues. It does advise the in- dividual to maintain the mastery of himself and not permit himself to be enslaved by bad habits. Cites Parents’ Example. “You undoubtedly will agree that the example of the parent is one of the strongest factors in character educa- tion. It is a sad day for both when the child learns that the parent is not all that he thought he was, but such ex- perience also is a natural one because the new generation, through the efforts of the older generation, has a greater opportunity. His mental, physical and spiritual needs are more clearly recog- nized and more intelligently supplied. Every right-mindeu Darent expects his child to progress beyond that which the preceding generation has been able to attain.” tue consists in using things properly and moderately’ should be left entirely to the parents. Children see their parents too infrequently. The parent- teacher movement grew out of the realization that only through the closest co-operation between the school and the home could that highest of purposes. the welfare of the child, be promoted. AUTHORITIES AGREE i { BUDGET IS LIBERAL Schedule of School Funds Schedule of School Funds Are Reviewed for Civic and Declaring _the 1931 mhoo}_mlb;:\d.n. now before Congress, as “generous the general outlook in the District p lic school situation as ‘‘optimistic, school authorities last night reviewed the budget at a meeting with civic and trade body representatives in the Frank- lin Administration Building. In the same conference support of the pending free text book bill was voiced unanimously by the District resi- dents in attendance. Dr. H. Barrett Learned, vice presi- dent of the school board, who presided in the absence of Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president, who had been confined to his home by illness, told the residents that “on the whole, the budget is very generous.” “We can and do regard the outlook as optimistic,” Dr. Learned declared. “We got a little more than we actually hoped for; ‘we have reason to believe the budget will be treated kindly by Congress, and next year we believe we may receive even more funds for our schools.” Reviews Budget Items. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, reviewed the budget items as requested by the Board of Education and traced the fate of each through the hands of the Commissioners, the Bureau of the Budget and into Congress. Comment- ing upon the building and ground items which the Bureau of the Budget in- serted in the list when other items had been deleted, the superintendent explained conditions which changed after the estimate prepared by the school authorities made the new proj- ects possible and desirable and that most of them were placed in the bud- get on the recommendation of school authorities themselves. Despite the fact that it had been an- nounced prior to last night's meeting that the conference was for the sole purpose of reporting back to the citi- zens on the budget and not to receive requests for school improvements, sev- eral delegates succeeded in placing be- fore the board their wants in connec- tion with school facilities. George A. Warren, representing the Midcity Citi- zens' Association, appealed for better facilities for the Abbott Vocational School classes. Dr. Ballou advised him that the Abbott students were being transferred as rapidly as practicable to the Columbia Junior High School Build- ing and that the best facllities possible at present are being extended to the vocational students. Other requests included a new 16- room elementary school for Brookland, a lunchroom for the new Congress Heights School addition, and the con- solidation of the Burroughs, Brookland and Langdon (elementary) Schools into a junior high school unit. Resolution of Support. Proposed by Edward R. Williams, delegate to the conference for the Langley Parent-Teacher Association, the North Capitol Citizens’ Association, the McKinley - Eckington Parent - Teacher Association and the Gage Parent- Teacher Association, the resolution ex- pressing support of the text book bill set forth: “That the school committees of the, citizens’ associations, parent-teacher as- sociations, civic and trade bodies and citizens of the District of Columbia, in meeting with the Board of Education on twelfth year after issue, $8,000 from the thirteenth to seventeenth year after is- sue and $10,000 from the eighteenth to thirtieth year after issue. December 9, 1929, through the repre- sentatives assembled, on record in favor of the Ise of House bill 1250 and Senate bill 230.” d | Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly in connection with their handling of the | OFFERS CHARGES ARENEARLYREADY IShelby and Kelly to Learn Basis of Trials Today or Tomorrow. Charges against Inspector William S. police_investigation into the death o! Mrs. Virginia McPherson will be com- pleted and served on the officers late today or early tomorrow. This state- ment was made by Robert E. Lynch, chief of the prosecuting staff, who will try the case before a special police trial board at the sixth precinct station, probably next Monday. ‘The charges are expected to follow drawn up by a special investigating board assigned by ine Commissioners to examine the part the officers played in the investigation. The handling of the case by the Police Department was the subject of severe criticism by the July grand jury, who said that the de- partment had made an unbusinesslike and inefficient probe. Will Not Be Identical. It is not expected that the charges to be filed on the officers will be identical | with those drawn up by the investigat- g board. comprised of Corporation Counsel William W. Bride and Assistant Eli:glnter Commissioner Donald A. Da- vison. Some of the charges reported by this board carried statements that although the charges were made by the gran jury the board had found no eviden to corroborate them. It is believed that these charges will be dropped, but there was no statement forthcoming on the subject. It appears now that all members of the grand jury which wrote the report will be summoned to testify. Henry I. Quinn, of defense counsel for Shelby, said today that he would undoubtedly subpoena some members of the grand jury should the prosecution fail to do so.” Since it was reliably reported that the grand jurors were divided in their opinion as to whether the report should be made, it is probable that all will| appear under subpoena from one side or the other. Merritt O. Chance, foreman of the grand jury, will appear as a prosecution witness, Mr. Lynch stated today. No Date Is Set. Thus far, the date for the trial has not been definitely set. Both sides have tentatively agreed on Monday, Decem- ber 16, but since the charges have not actually been drawn, it may develop that either side may require more time. Mr. Quinn said today that the defense was not only ready but anxious to pro- ceed next Monday. ‘Whether Policeman Robert J. Allen, dismissed from the force on charges of conduct prejudicial to its discipline, will be called as a witness, still remained problematical. Mr. Lynch said today that he would probably talk to Allen and might as a result of this conver- sation call him as a witness, It is understood that Allen is willing to tes- tify against his former superior. The accused officers are entitled to 48 hours after the charges are served before they are brought to trial, which would mean that unless this formality should be waived, the charges must be served on them by Priday morning in order for the trial to take place Monday. Sons of Revolution to Meet. The Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia will hold their an- nual meeting for the election of officers and transaction of other business in Mrs. Rafter added that “we do not | believe that ‘teaching a child that vir-| generally the outline of charges as| PAGE 17 11D. C. MOTHERS -DESIRE PILGRIMAGE T0 GRAVES IN 1230 Five Others Prefer Later Voyage, According to War Department Report. | TRIP IS AUTHORIZED BY RECENT LEGISLATION Similar Lists of Names From All Sections of Country Are Submitted. Eleven mothers of District soldiers buried in France have signified a desire to go on the pilgrimage in 1930 to the foreign cemeteries, in accordance with legislation passed by Congress early this year, according to a partial report sub- mit'.:d to Congress by the War Depart- ment. ‘The report also contains the names of five other widows and mothers in the District of Columbia who have ex- pressed a preference to make the pil- grimage in some later year and a list of others who either have decided against making the trip or whose plans are unknown. The report gives similar lists of names for all of the States of the Union. The list of those in the District of Columbia desirous of visiting the graves in France during 1930 are given in the report as follows: Desire to Visit Graves. Mrs. Maria Hamilton, 804 O street, mother of James Hamilton of the 369th Infantry; Mrs. Lorena Howell, 1724 Park road. mother of Arthur R. Howell of the 112th Machine Gun Battalion; Mrs. Florian Lampert, 344 Eleventh street southeast, mother of Lieut. Col. James G. Lampert; Mrs. Lavinia R. Grant, 615 New York avenue, mother of Felmon Rembert; Mrs. Noera W. Marshburn, 1125 Eleventh street, moth- er of Djalma Marshburn of the Navy; Mrs. William L. Meeks, 1232 Potomac street, mother of David L. Meeks of the 116th Infantry; Mrs. Gertrude L. Reed of Wardman Park Hotel, mother of James B. Reed, 165th Infantry; Mrs, Mary E. Simmons, 3917 Eighth street, mother of Arthur R. Lemke of the 58th Infantry; Mrs. Martha M. Smith, Bur- lington Hotel, mother of First Lieut. Clarence W. Smith of the Marine Corps; Mrs. Flavia Walsh, 2019 I street, mother of Willlam H. Walsh of the 103d Infantry, and Mrs. Bessie M. Wheatley, Cairo Hotel, mother of First Lieut. Eugene R. Wheatley of the 17th Airplane Squadron. Prefer Later Trip. ‘Those who signified a desire to make the trip at some time later than 1930 were: Mrs. Nancy P. Marsh, 1810 Belmont road, widow of First Lieut. Arthur H. Marsh: Mrs. Maude Wilkinson Parker, 900 Nineteenth street, widow of Lieut. Col. Henry W. Parker of the 138th Infantry: Mrs, B. C. Scordon, 1428 L street, mother of Gabriel Scordon of the 342d Machine Gun Battalion; Mrs. Mary L. Sewell, 625 Third street, widow of Harris Sewell, and Mrs. Mary M. Summer of 1316 New Hampshire ave- nue, widow of Capt. Allen M. Summer. The report was submitted in compli- ance with directions contained in the law providing for the pilgrimages. The letter of transmittal indicated there would be a supplemental report later. ASKS LIBERAL LAWS FOR FEMININE SEX Woman's Party to Seek Less Dis- criminatory Code at Hagve Inter- naticnal Conference. i i | | Acting On & suggestion given them yesterdas by President Hoover, a dele- | gation -epresenting the National Wom- en's Party is planning a call on Sec- retary of State Stimson to urge that American delegates to the coming Hague conference on codification of in- ternational laws be instructed to work for world-wide nationalization laws less discriminatory to women. President Hoover professed keen in- terest in the question when it was laid :e(ure him at the White House yester- ay. Representatives of the women's or- ganization object in particular to the requirements of some countries that married women assume the nationality of their husbands, regardless of their personal feeling in the matter. The conference will be called at The Hague in March, REPORTERS TO END JAIL TERM TONIGHT Times' Newsgatherers, Committed on Contempt Charge, Shorten Sentence by “Good Behavior.” After spending 40 days behind the bars for contempt of court, three re- porters of the Washington Times will be released from the District Jail short- ly after midnight tonight. Numerous friends of the trio, Gorman M. Hen- dricks, Linton Burkett and Jack E. Nevin, jr., will be on hand to greet the newspaper men. Justice Peyton Gordon of the District Supreme Court, who originally sen- tenced the reporters, today granted a recommendation of Col. William L. Peak, superintendent of the jail, that their 45-day terms be reduced 5 days for good behavior. Col. Peak declared the reporters, assigned to clerical work, had been model prisoners. Hendricks, Burkett and Nevin were sentenced after they refused to swear out warrants for certain alleged prohi- bition Jaw violators mentioned in stories they had written, FRONTIERSM.AN EXPIRES. Edwin A. Haymon, 85-year-old fron- tiersman, died Sunday in his apart- ment, at 1332 Massachusetts avenue, as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident two years ago. Mr. Haymon came to Washington in 1919, residing here continuously until his death. He was an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows for 45 years. Two daughters, N. m-ble and Edwina F. Haymon, survive m. Funeral services, conducted by the Willard Hotel tonight at 8:30 o'clock. Dr. Thomas E. Gresn is the sole nominee for the office of president. the Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. I O. O. F., were held at the residence,