Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1930, Page 6

CHANGES RGED INERODM SOOLS More Convenient Arrange- ment of Buildings Wil Be Recommended to Board. A resolution to recommend to the Board of Education that certain changes be made in plans for the new so-called four-room expansible schools, with a view to developing a more convenient srranyeent dn their structure, was adopted by the Misizict of Columbia Public School Association, meeting in the Pranklin Administration Building last night. ‘The recommendations will include requests that two doors be included for each school room and that arrange- ments for hanging hats and coats be made more convenient than they are in the Fréncis Scott Key School, a school of this type. A request that an indoor play room be included in all four-room expansible school buildings erected in the future also will be included in the recommen- dations. An address on child study courses at Vassar was delivered by Mrs. Avery Coonley, a member of the Progressive Education Association and trustee of Vassar_College, who spoke in place of Miss Harriet Sawyer, executive and educational secretary of associate alum- nae of Vassar College, who was unable to attend. Herbert S. Wood, president of the Public School Association, | presided. MRS. FRANKLIN DIES; |54 NOTED AS EDUCATOR| 3 Wife of Author, Editor and Mathe- | o matician Did Much to Advance Cause of Women. By the Associated Press. NEW YORE, March 6.—Mrs. Chris- tine Ladd-Pranklin, 82, educator, logi- cian and psychologist, and wife of Dr. Fabian Franklin, author, editor and methematician, died yesterday &t her home on Riverside drive. Born at Windsor, Conn., she was grad- uated from Vassar in 1860. Her career did much to open higher education to ‘women. She was one of the first women admitted to study in Johns Hopkins University, taking special examinations aven by her future husband in order work for the de of doctor of phil- osophy. She also studied in Berlin, She is survived by her widower and a daughter, Margaret , author of “The Case for Woman Suffs s PARENTS ARE ACCUSED OF KILLING DAUGHTER Towa Couple Indicted on Murder Charge as Result of Death of Girl, 14. By the AssoclatedePress. DECORAH, Iowa, March 6—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Casten were indicted by the ‘Winneshiek County grand jury yester- day on murder charges in connection with the poisoning of their daughter Romelda, 14, last November. They are alleged to have sought to collect a $5,000 fi:{sur-nce policy carried on the girl's e. Judge W. L. Eichendorf this after- noon set bail at $20,000 each, which the couple at gnce ‘'went about obtaining. They are to be arraigned today. A coraner’s. jury. has been conducting & secret investigation of the case for three months. ‘The stomach was sent to the Unis y of Iowa, and Dean Tilber - J. , State toxicologist, ttpol'wd!t contained -traces of poison. Marfiage Offers Swamp Bachelor Home Prize Winner Contest Victor Breaks Down and Confesses He Is to Wed Scotch Lassie. B the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, March 6.—G. Cecil Co- vill, bachelor, whose winning of & $20,~ 000 “ideal home” at a real estate ex- hibition brought him condolences be- cause he had no wife to make a real home for him and flooded his mail with offers from unmarried ladles, broke down and confessed yesterday that he is engaged to be married to a Scotch lassie, Miss Margaret Graham, who lives in St. Thomas, Ontarin. Covill announced he became engaged more than a year ago before coming to Detroit from St. Thomas. He said he made the announcement to stop the fBow of letters. ‘When he was awarded the ideal home, Covill sald he “didn't even have a girl friend.” “Whgt a pity,” said every one. But {Jks in St. Thomas knew better, and yesterday, confronted with their version, he said, “We will be married some day. Maybe saying that will stop this flood of letters.” Covill is a compositor. THE EVENING STAR, CEREMONY STRENGTHENS BELIEF| AMUSEMENTS COLUMBUS OWNED ANCIENT PIPE Frank E. Bell Seeks to Basei Claim on Recent News Dispatches. Legend Has It Ancient Pipe Once Was Possessed by Famous Discoverer. A recent news dispatch describing the | erection of a tablet to a member of the | crew of Columbus, who was supposed to have introduced smoking to Spain has | strengthened Frank E. Bell's belief in a family legend to the effect that an an- cient pipe which he inherited from his father once was in the possession of the | famous_discoverer. | M. Bell, a United States deputy mar- shal attached to Municipal Court, first | heard the story as a boy seated on his father's knee in_ Augusta_ County, Va The elder man, the late Dr. William J. Bell, told his son that the pipe had been acquired by the Bell family in Ireland | several hundred years previously. | Handed Down to Sons. | ‘The father related how his father and | his father’s father had cherished the pipe and handed it down, each time fo the youngest son, firm in the belief that the ‘piece had once been presented to Christopher Columbus after his last voy- age to America. | Mr. Bell was unable to say how the pipe was acquired by his family, adding | that neither his father nor his grand- father had known. The deputy marshal admitted that the as & great smoks once a member of his crew deshed a| bucket of salt water over him because mou'm his commander was on fire. | People say that Sir ter Raleigh | | March 15, All Models was the first to introduce tobacco to Europe, but they never could get me to Delieve it.” ‘The news dispatch, by which Mr. Bell sought to confirm his story, de- scribed the erection of a tablet at Ar- gamonte, Spain, to the memory of Rod- 0 de Hertz, a member of Columbus’ crew. ‘The inscription on the tablet related how Hertz was seen by the inhabitant o “swallow fire and exhale smoke. The natives, according to the story, upposed that the adventurous seamai s “possessed of the devil” and had him thrown in prison. WEST POINT GRADUATES PLAN ANNUAL DINNER ‘The Washington section of the Asso- States Military Academy will hold its annual dinner at the Willard Hotel Maj. Gen. 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In this play Shakespeare deals with the lighter side of life, taking his theme from the day-to-day comedy of life in an English town of his time. The company as a whole entered tho: oughly into the spirit of the theme and gave an excellent and highly enjoyable | applause from an enthralled audience | B! If any should be singled | out for special praise it must be Roy performance. Byford as Sir John. The light story deals with his misad- STRATFORD PLAYERS IN “JULIUS CAESAR.” “The Ides of March” were appro- priately resurrected yesterday afternoon at the National Theater, when the Stratford Players presented “Julius Caesar.” It seemed as though the uncrowned Caesar had never met death with more cleverly executed vividness then when, with immortal words “Et tu Brute,” he received his fatal wounds, and fell a martyr to ambition’s crown at the feet of his conspi 3 Nor can there be remembered more that followed the stirring funeral ora- tion delivered by Wilfrid Walter. This was indeed the high mark of a more than commendable production. The WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH § 1930. lines, which from the first, “Friends, Romans, Countrymen,” are always look- ed forward to as one of the most bril- liant displays of oratory to be found in Shak were treated by Mr. Wal- ter with positive genius. It was really difficult to proceed Sometimes as’ though sl that follows might be superfluous, and the real ending of the play seems but shallgw anti-climax. The point may well debated. But the players never lagged nor made it ap- parent that interest should wane before the final curtain. T’ha Pl-:l;: eonrd;hu- ippl found them as vigorou: vor -D'Dm!y had been amid the more urban complexities of Rome. ‘With all Brutus’ fine qualities, he has never been able to appeal to the masses as does the unfortunate Caesar. That perhaps is why the first part of “Jultus Chesar” appears more vigorous and dra- matically emotional than the last. This was certainly evident in yesterday’s per- formance. Although the role of Caesar is considerably smaller than that of Caesar, nevertheless, ever tow- el ve., Kenne:ll:‘ Wicksteed's por- trayal emphasized s. 'I}"he ent‘l’re cast, however, played with splendid ability, even if one or two of with the trageq: effort. gedy | Brul scene in which the conspi foned thelr villsiny at the BENZINE TAX INCREASED. Action of German Cabinet Hits Exporters in U. 8. BERLIN, March 6 (#).—The German cabinet yesterday approved an increase in the tax on berzine of 4 pfennigs a liter, bringing the tax to 10 pfennigs. It also voted for a tax of 4 pfennigs on benzol. The bill will be submitted first to the federal council and then intro- duced in the Relcnstag. ‘The measure was drawn to cover a deficit of about $19,200,000 in the Reich tax budget. The increase on benzine would chiefly affect exporters in Amer- ica, as most of this country’s supply of product comes from the United States. 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