Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1930, Page 17

. i Washington News SOVIET CAMPAIGN: B AT MEETING HELD Business High Student Is Among Youths Arrested for Giving Out Literature. GIRL LIS'i'ED AS MEMBER OF COMMUNIST LEAGUE Dr. Walsh Says Anti-Religious Drive Is Aimed at All Religious Beliefs, After speakers had voiced opposition t0 a widespread anti-religious campaign in Russia at a meeting yesterday in Constitution Hall, three boys and three girls were arrested for distributing Com- munist literature among the audience as it dispersed. The leaflets distributed by the young Communists referred to the speakers as “the enemies of the working class” and charged the gathering was supported by “the American capitalist class.” Those taken into custody by police of the third precinct, all of whom later were released on posting collateral of 810 each, were: George Reed, 25, of the 400 block Irving street: Burton Henry Williams, 17, of the 1200 block D street: ‘Thomas Holmes, 18, of Baltimore; Sarah Deskin, 21, of the 2800 block Georgia avenue; Ruth Reese, 17, of the 600 block Allison_street, and Annette Kol- lodny, 17, a Business High School girl, of the 3400 block Water street. In Police Court today Reed, Williams and Holmes were fined $10 or 10 days in jail each. The charges against the rls were dismissed. Williams paid his e, but early this afternoon Reed and Holmes announced that they would serve part of their sentence. It is un- derstood that the Communists will hold & meeting tonight to decide whether the two shall remain in jail. 'Dr. Walsh Attacks Communism. of Georsuiomn Dntvessity, the wrincipal ywn University, the principal speaker, attacked Communism for de: man abolition of all religious lefs. said efforts would be made to extend the anti-religious program throughout the world should it become ‘well established in Russia. the names of religious leaders ho had been s, punished because “they believed in God and taught His revelation.” The speak- er contended such tactics on the part of the Soviet Ooaemm!nt constituted jon. Ceglonue persecution. 'he drive to abolish religion in Russia Suceiens every home in America and 15 an ‘“international menace,” Dr. Walsh asserted. He added his co-reli- onists could only be convicted of be- e in God. He said it was esti- mated that 6,000 persons had been because of their beliefs. Soviet Government,” he de- clared, “by its deliberate choice has transferred its belliges heart and home, and ace which strikes at the very founda- tions of Christian civilization, “It is intellectual suicide for any man, whether he be a prime minister, 8 paid propagandist or a Senator of the United States, to avert.his eye from the ice now so abundant, and keep repeating stale platitudes about ‘keeping hands off a o}mnly domestic tion.” In the face of the established , it becomes moral cowardice to remain dumb. Archbishop Buried Alive. “The Archbishop of Perm was buried alive after having his eyes put out. A lest of Tcherdin was stripped naked the cruel Russian Winter and sprin- kled with cold water until he became & statue of ice.” In introducing Dr. Walsh, Bishop James E. Preeman of the Episcopal Church, termed as “reprehensible” any intrusion of the church on the domain of the state. He said it likewise was reprehensible for the state to intrude on the domain of the church. “It is to register our unfailing sym- pathy for our persecuted brethren in Russia that this meeting is called to- day. It is a happy and significant ecircumstance that the representatives of great religious bodies in America fing here an opportunity for fellowship in an_ appealing and compelling cause.” Rev. Joseph R. Sizo0, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, offered the invocation. Rabbl Abram Simon of the Washington Hebrew Con- gregation, read a Scripture lesson. The benediction was given by Rev. Frederick C. Reynolds, pastor of the Wesley Meth- odist Church. Arrests Include Student Communist. Annette Kolodny, one of those arrest- ed, recently signed one of the pledge cards used in the District public schools to determine student membership in various student organizations. On the card Miss Kolodny stated that she is a member of the Young People’s Com- munist League. Allan Davis, principal of Business High School, where Miss Kolodny is a student, it was revealed at Franklin Administration Building today, about a week ago sought advice on the girl's status as a student. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent in charge of high schools, declared that although the Young Communist organization “may be unapproved in our personal thinking,” and is one of the organiza- tions which the schools should oppose, school officials are not justified in using itive measures on its members who appen to be enrolled in high schools, since the Young People’s Communist League is a political organization in which membership does not depend upon enrollment in the schools. “I am of the opinion that this organ- ization should be regarded as a poiitical organization and ought not to be con- strued in the light of a school fraternity as it has no relation whatever to the pils school life,” Mr. Kramer advised cipal Davis. “This organization may be umplroved in our personal thinking, although I regard it as one of the regrettable things which it is the main business of the public schools to coun- teract, but I do not believe that we are Justified in classing it with those or- tions forswhich a pupll is exclud- odufrom umnm-mmm," ¥ lembership “unapproved” organ- izations of high school studenur‘are punishable at present under the rules of the Board of Education only by ex- cluding offenders from the extra-cur- ricula activities, such as high school cadets, dramatics and the various club activities of the schools. Mr. Kramer explained that there are three general types of organizations which may have wple of high school age as members: jose which receive the approval of the Board of Education, those which are disapproved, and those bodies which function outside of school life, such as political and religious organizations and others which the Board of Education can have no jurisdiction either by giv- ing its approval or disapproval, Girl as Balloon Explodes in Hands Police Quiz Vendor, but Other Toys Prove Non-Explosive. Police began an investigation yester- day afternoon of a large red balloon which exploded with a loud report and flash of flame in the hands of Cath- erine Plerce while the 13-year-old girl was playing m_the living room of her home, at 3034 Rodman street. Her parents believe that Catherine was saved from what might have peen serious injury by the fact that she was holding the balloon extended at arm’s length when it blew up. She was frightened, but unharmed. Father Alarmed. Alarmed by the force of the ex- plosion, Catherine’s father, G. B. Plerce, telephoned a complaint to the Police Department and an officer was ed to inves! . The balloon had been purchased near the corner of Eighteenth street and Co- lumbia road, where the policeman found the vendor and tested several of the toys with tches. They were found to be non-i xY.lollve, however. While a fire regulation bans inflam- mable balloons at public gatherings, there 1s no restriction on their sale. According to the fire marshal’s office, most of the toy balloons now sold here are inflated with helium gas, which will not burn, although a few contain ‘hydrogen. Suspect Hydrogen Balloon. The latter gas explodes violently un- der certain conditions, and it is be- lieved a balloon filled with this gas found its way into the child’s hands. Catherine’s parents, both of whom were present, could not account for the explosion. Mr. Pierce was smoking a cigarette in another part of the room, but there was nothing else to explain the mishap. Mr. Pierce told police he expected to continue the investigation on his re- turn from a business trip. D.C. WOMANKILLED IN AUTO COLLISION rency to every enlarged a do- | 537 O] Mrs. Yetta Genderson Balti- more Victim—4-Year-0ld Near Death in Hospital. A Washington woman was killed in Baltimore and a 4-year-old child lies near death in the George Washington University Hospital ‘as the result of traffic accidents yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Yetta. Genderson, 38.years old, of 327 Allison street died instantly when an automobile driven by her husband, Rubin Genderson, 41, proprietor of a local dyeing establishment, crashed into another machine in the Maryland city. The husband escaped with minor cuts and bruises. The youngster suffering from crif is Gilbert Bean itical of 1227 N street, who ran into the side of a rated by Miss Hilda K. Mullins of 1724 Seventeenth street, while at On Way to Washington. £ o W Ml?xi;wn frer a w ity as after a week en > Ball o m Mrs, Gender- son's mother, 3 on Krupsitsky, when their car collided at Pulaski and streets with a machine driven by Dr. Willam K. Skilling, 45, of the 4100 block of Liberty Heights avenue, Baltimore Baltimore attached to the n believed Mrs. Gender- attempt to escape injury. They point- ed to the fact that Mr. Genderson, who yed in the car, was not badly hurt, while Dr. Skilling escaped injury. Mrs. Genderson was rushed to the West Baltimore General Hospital and was pronounced dead on her arrival there. The husband and Dr. Skilling were held by police for Dr. Geranus Prance, automobile coroner, but were released after Dr. France made an in- vestigation of the accident. Mother of Three Children. Mrs. Genderson is the mother of three children. Police of the second precinct station said that no charges would be pre ferred against Miss Mullins in the cident which sent the Bean youngsi to the hospital. Miss Mullins told po- lice she was driving along slowly when the boy suddenly ran from the pave- ment and was struck by side of her car. In the only other traffic accident re- to District police y Les- ter Williams, 26 years old, colored, of 1637 Fourth street, received minor lacera- "znmcm tgg Bf.we ‘when s%mc:nn“lg:m street an place by - bile driven mw.uum M. Davis of 1408 S street. Williams was treated at Freedman’s Hospital and discharged. i WAITER KNOCKED DOWN AND ROBBED BY WOMEN Employe of Hotel Loses $35 to Pair, Who Leave Him Lying Un- conscious on Sidewalk. Attacked by two young colored women, he said, as he was on his way home, Stephen_Terrell, 45 years old, a waiter at the Raleigh Hotel, was beaten and robbed of $35 in the 400 block of Rhode Island avenue shortly before midnight last night. Terrell, who lives at 1718 Pirst street, told police of the second precinct that he noticed the two women walking to- ward him ‘but paid no attention to them as they did not act suspiclously. Just as they walked past him one of the women wheeled and felled him with several blows of a blunt instrument. They then searched his clof , Ter- rell said, and took $35 in bills from a trousers’ pocket. A passing motorist saw Terrell lying on the sidewalk and carried him to Freedmen’s Hospital, Terrell told police his assailants 8p- peared to be about 20 years old. —_———— BACK INJURED IN FALL. Fear that Miss Loulse G , 26- year-old stenographer, of 1843 Irving Street might have been seriously in- jured in her fall from a horse in Rock dc‘reelil :-rk ye:trdny afternoon _was spelled today by Emergency authorities, who announced that Miss Grogan suffered only a wrenched back in the fall and was considerably im- proved. Miss Grogan fell when her horse stumbled yesterday. ing motor- ist, Miss Janette took T (and Annapolis, respectively. ’@Th;z Foening Star w ASHINGTON, D. C, SERVICE OFFICERS | SUSTENANCE MADE . ISSUE IN PAY BILL {Bureau of Efficiency Admits Error in Recommendation to President. ‘VALUATIO-N OF BENEFITS TRIED IN ARGUMENTS Officers in Service Under Five Years Are Paid Less Than in 1908. This is the ninth of a series of ar- ticles on_ the proposal, now pending be- fore President Hoover and Congress, to revise and increase the pay schedules of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Pudlic Heaith Service and Coast and Geodetic Survey. The tenth ar- ticle whl appear tomorrow. BY DONALD A. CRAIG. In one instance the Bureau of Eff- clency has admitted that an error has crept into the data which it has sub- mitted to President Hoover by way of comment on the recommendations of the Interdepartmental Pay Board for pay increases in the Army, Navy, Ma- rine Corps and ‘allied government serv- ices. The Army General Staff was quick to pounce uj the mistake, and the bureau replied that the error had no effect on the comparative tables and charts cubmitted with its report to the President. In pointing out that its figures show- in the several services and in civilian life “do not exhaust the benefits re- ceived by the personnel of the commis- sioned services in the nature of com- pensation,” the bureau added: “For Instance, they do not take into account the value of subsistence and quarters furnished in kind to officers at their posts of duty on ship or at stations, but include only allowances for those purposes computed and paid in cash. value of subsistence and quarters fur- nished in kind cannot readily be com- puted from available data, it is obvious that it would represent a substantial sum in addition to the figures given.” ‘The “figures given” refer, in part, to such benefits as retirement and medical and dental care received by the officers of the Army, Navy and allied services, which the Efficlency Bureau has at- tempted to evaluate and add to the actual pay and allowances received by the officers. “Misunderstanding” Is Seen. “This statement is apparently based on a misunderstanding,” lied the assistant chief of staff of the Army. “A portion of an officer’s compensa- tion is designated as ‘subsistence allow- ance,’ which is paid to him in ca: and has been included in the compen- sation as shown in the exhibits. Com- missioned officers: are mever furnished subsistence in kind, even in the field in time of war, without paying for it. “Another part of an officer's com- pensation is designated as ‘rental allow- ance,’ and is pald when he has to house himself. When he occupies Govern- ment quarters the rental allowance is deducted from his compensation. An officer receives no benefits as to sub- sistence and quarters, which have not been included by the Bureau of Effi- ciency.” The Bureau of Efficiency readily ad- mitted the error, at least in part, when it appended the following note to its tention has been called to the fact that the reference in paragraph 14 to sub- sistence, as distinguished from qu ters, was in error. The error, however, had no effect on the accompanying tables and charts.” “Another fact of some significance.” continues the Efficlency Bureau, “is |found in the so-called commissary | privilege accorded the members of the commissioned services, entitling them to purchase articles of food, clothing and fuel at cost from Government distributing agencies. No attempt has been made to place a valuation upon this privilege. Educational Advantages Cited. “An additional benefit of importance, which is shared by a considerable pro- portion of the personnel of the com- missioned services, is found in the edu- cational advantages furnished free to cadets and midshipmen at West Point Based upon the average minimum cost of tuition, board and lodging at recognized colleges and universities, taken as $400 per annum, plus pay at the rate of $780 per annum, this amounts to an aggre- gate ot approximately $5,000 for each officer graduated from the academies.” For the purpose of “amplifying” the information submitted by the Pay Board in comparing officers’ salaries and allowances in 1908 and at the present time, the bureau offers a table comparing, by length of service in five~ l};::: (‘;‘roupl, tlheda\{’erage annual com- ation receive Army officer: 1908 and 1929. y i e Commissioned officers with service from one to five years are shown in this table to be receiving now an average of $250 less annually than they were in 1908. In all other groups the table shows increases over the 1908 compen- sation, ranging from $630 to $2,020 ln’;l-:lllg‘.n e erence between the compari- son made by the Pay Board and Dt‘hn made by the bureau, the latter explains, is that the board’s comparison 1s based :&)en. u':omriflione& 3rrudes and the length of service wi "K‘NYd % sl‘fifle. 14 ervice without “Necessarily, any compariso; should take account of th'; taczn Lh’nnl..?; the Army there is today a considerably larger percentage of officers in the higher ranks than in 1908, adds the Efficlency Bureau. “It is fo be noted that while during the first years of service officers were paid more liberally in 1908 than at present, during subse- r than the same length of urv!ce."m pige Instructors Given Benefits. ‘The bureau admits also that *‘there is today an increasing tendency to pro- vide retirement benefits for college in- structors,” and that this fact should be taken into consideration in studying the comparison it has submitted—and in an article in The Star yes- terday—between college instructors’ sal- aries and the pay of service officers. The bureau says it has no data as to the present extent of the practice with respect to college instructors, and for that reason could not give it considera- tion, as In the case of service officers, but admits that “the average annual value of retirement benefits is un- doubtedly an appreciable amount in the case of this group”—the civilian college instructors. As heretofore pointed out in this series, the bureau’s table of comparison 'hf'lgg that enlle'te = 0:;0:;. are re- celving on an average n Army officers with. short periods of service, and less than'’ Army with longer periods ef service. v ing comparative rates of compensation | While the average annual| “Since this report was submitted at- | 4,00 VOLUNTEERS START RELIGIOUS SURVEY OF CAPITAL Capacity Crowds Three Instruction Meetings Held Sunday. EVANGELISM CAMPAIGN TO FOLLOW IN 2 WEEKS | day School Memberships and Pref- erences of Washingtonians. Four thousand volunteer workers, representing more than 125 churches of various denominations, began this morning the city-wide religious survey which 1i; to precede the Kernahan evangelistic campaign. Capacity crowds attended large meetings yesterday at the Ingram Memorial Congregational, Pirst Congregational “‘fl!lmnm instructions for the work. Rev. L. E. Ripley, who is directing the survey, attended all three meetings |and personally instructed the volun- teers. He was assisted by Rev. C. A. Morong and Mrs. Mabel McCroary Rip- ley, who will act as office director of the survey, with headquarters at Calvary Baptist Church. Two Objects in ‘Survey. Dr. Ripley, who has had several years’ | active experience with 3 Earl | Kernahan, who will conduct the evan- gelistic campaign, explained that there are two objectives in the present sur- vey—to assist the churches in discov- erm, their entire evangelistic respon- sibility in the city and in enlisting, in- structing, assigning and supervising the workers” who will make the visitations, }uglnnxng March 30, under Dr. Kerna- han. The information received from the 4,000 workers within the next fortnight will be tabulated according to (1) per- sons having church membership in re- mote cities, (2) persons without church membenh:&:ut with definite church or denominational preference, (3) persons without membership and without pref- erence, (4) persons of all ages enrolled in Bible or Sunday schools and (5) per- sons of all ages not enrolled in Bible and Sunday-schools. Report cards will be classified accord- ing to the total number of persons hav- ing definite church membership in erel'.e'r W‘:lhlnl'md.emu'nm ln‘:lmbel: of persons having & local churc] preference, the total number of persons having a definite denominational prefer- ence and the total number having no preference at all. Spiritual Life to Be Shown. It is felt by the general committee and all co-operating tors that the ‘results, which are to announced on Priday, March 21, at an evening meet- ing, will be a complete, analytical report of religious interests in the Capital City and will aid greatly in the interpreta- tion of its spiritual life. . Brief devotional services were held at meetings were held, in charge of pastors of the three churches. Kyle Booth, Rev. Jason Nible Pierce and Rev. A. R. Bird. Dally reports of the progress of the survey will be made through the 11 dis- trict headquarters to the city headquar- ters at Cal Baptist Church. All rsons are asked to rate in giv- Fl:q information to the workers who call u) them. | "PThe headquarters of the 11 districts are as follows: Metropolitan Presby- terlan Church, Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church, Mount Pleasant Congrega- tional Church, St. Paul's M. E. Church, | Ingram _Memorial _ Congregational Church, Brookland Baptist Church, | Pilgrim’_ Presbyterian Church, Wesley | M. E. Church, Anacostia M. E. Church, | Clarendon Baptist Church and North- | minster Presbyterian Chapel, Kalmia road and Alaska avenue. SUSPECT ATTEMPTS TO FIGHT OFFICERS Seven Are Held in Investigation of Theft of Automobile Supplies. ‘With the arrest of seven suspects. among them two women, and the re- covery of $1.000 worth of brake lining reported stolen several days ago from the Bearing Sales Co., at 1907 Four- teenth street, headquarters detectives were confident today of solving the theft of automobile supplies from that establishment. One of the suspects. Francis Hazen, 28 years old, of 1731 Twentieth street. was overpowered by four detectives yesterday afternoon when he attempted to fight his way to freedom after being trapped in a garage, in which police had been “tipped off” they could find the stolen brake lining. H ‘The detectives Sergts. Charles Mansfield, Theodore Nally, Arthur T. Fihelly and . Benjamin G. Kuehling, were forced to batter down the door when they were refused admittance to the garage, and, as they walked into the place, Hazen rushed the group and endeavored to escape. The man’s rush was repelled and Hazen struck several futile blows, but was felled and subdued by a blow struck by Detective Mansfleld in the tussle that ensued. The brake lining, approximately 2,000 feet, was found in e building, mlca SaY. Hazen was ked at the third pre- cinct for investigation after bel treated at Emergency Hospital for cut above the left eye. Shortly after Hazen was taken into custody, the detectives arrested four men and two women, but refused to divulge their names or their connec- tion with the case. . AIRMAIL “PICK-UP” TESTS NEAR COMPLETION ‘The last of g serles of 150 official test landings' and pickups of mail sacks by an airplane in flight will be made today at ' Hoover Field. The tests, being checked by tal officlals, were post- poned Saturday because of heavy rains after five days of flying. Yesterday 25 picku) were made with Earl perintendent of the contract air mail service, Post Office Department, and Frank E. Smith, assistant su, tend- ent of the service, checking the results. ‘The pickups are being made from an llrplnfl rlloul ‘Trowbrl Sebree, chief pilot for the Clifford Ball mail and o T R 3 V4 ¥, up device. and deliveries Attend | | Reports to Show Church and Sun-| Presbyterian Churches to receive final| all three churches where yeuurdn&‘: test. Rev. H. | rid! . Wadsworth, su- | pi MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1930. —Edmonston Photo. B W, U GLEE CLUB WINS IN CONTEST Robert Howe Hermon Leads Group to Victory in Inter- collegiate Competition. Before a group of renowned judges of music in Carnegie Hall of New York City Saturday night Robert Howe Har- mon, 32-year-old interne at George Washington Hospital, directed the George Washington University Glee Club to victory in the fourteenth annual intercollegiate glee club con- st Only through the efforts of Mr. Har- - | mon was the victory attained over such schools as Yale, Dartmouth, Pennsyl- vania State College, New York Univer- sity, University of North Carolina, Ohio State, Fordham, and Princeton. ‘mon Geo Washington with his wife to take up medicine at the university. Despite the entensive study required to complete the course in medicine, Mr. Harmon to find time to train the glee | managed club for six years, and on February 25 it succeeded in winning first place in competition with Catholic University and Johns Hopkins. Its victory in this Middle Atlantic contest gave it the privilege of competing in the inter- collegiate series for the first time. The musical career that fitted Mr. Harmon for his the glee club was received primarily in the small Mississippi college where he received his academic training. His first lessons were taken at his home in Guifport, Miss. Mrs. Grace Ruble Harmon, his wife, is accompanist for the George Wash- ington University Club, but was unable to mmfihfl as the provide the contest must be strictly an inter-collegiate function. As a token of appreciation for the ef- forts of Mr. Hatmon and his wife, the alumnae of George Washington Uni- versity presented the couple with a silver bowl at the June convention last year. YOUTH ARRESTED HERE ON BALTIMORE CHARGE Arrested in Anacostia last night in an alleged stolen automobile with a com- panion and two girls, Charles A. Burgee, 23, recently paroled from the Lorton Reformatory, where he was serving a sentence for joy-riding, was being held today for Baltimore authorities, who four days ago reported stolen the au- wn‘lobue in which the young man was ng. . The arrest was made by J. E. Ben- nett, eleventh precinct motor cycle po- liceman, who said he learned the car had been stolen from Charles A. Portner, 5406 Cleveland avenue, Baltimore. After ing questioned Burgee's companions were released, About three years ago, police say, Burgee was convicted of joy-riding fol- lowing his arrest at North Beach, Md. Wesleyan, Columbia | position as director of | t in Carnegie Hall | Brig. $¥e IPOSTPONING OF DAY Bottom row (left to right): Richard Killstein, Douglas Taylor, Robert Gfluée:lr':r" DGIIAII. Stewart, Henry Amos and Thomas Crigler. 7 Below: R. H. Harmon, the leader. ubrey Minor, Charles Bucl ham, Ra, nd Coe, Hardl Seay, George Roth, Nevin Smoot, Carroll lluhl:h:.u Frank ’!‘:orlnm. ma; . Top row: John Perry, George Wells, Daniel Beattie, Crocker, George Jarvis, Erith Smith and James Smith. Samuel Detwiler, ROBBERIES YIELD MUCH SMALL L00T Two Filling Stations Robbed While Managers Wait on Customers. Cash registers in two filling stations were looted of a total of $71 yesterday agers were serving customers. Police failed today in their efforts to arrest the thieves. ‘William B. Crouch, manager of a sta- | tion at 16 Massachusetts avenue, re- ported the loss of $50. Philip Schriver, manager of a station at 1338 G street | southeast, told of the theft of $21. | Robbers also attempted in vain last night to crack a safe in the office of the Essen Auto Supply Co., 801 H street. The safe contained several hundred Jones, a night watchman, Theodore fired a single shot to frighten away an unidentified man who eniered & beauty yesterday. The burglar rified a pay station telephone cash box bofore being discovered. ‘Wearing apparel, an umbrella, and a camera were stolen from an automobile near the State, War and Navy Building | yesterday. The property was owned by Marion Eaton, Doris Church and Grace Sullock of Baltimore. A pickpocket relieved Robert F. Deck- ham of the Southern Rallway Building of a billfold containing $20 while he was sianding in front of an F street theater, Josepn Lustus of Amherst, Mass., reported the theft of a pocketbook con- | taming $50 from his room in a house xzu“mmchuum avenue and Third streef A robber entered the home of Frank A. Robey at 2921 Tilden street last night and stole a watch and chain ‘worth of garage 'mhlnm yesterday by Nellie Wood- o S AR T AT I LECTURES ANNOUNCED. tional Series for Free Classes. An elaborate geries of lectures is be- ing conducted by the District of Co- lumbia Chapter of the American Red The program of the lectures for the “staff assistance class,” for which | ter, as indicative of the educational pro- gram of the organization. Twenty-three lectures are on the scheduled from March 6 up to April 17, which will be graduation day, for award of certificates in this work. Among the lectures for this month was one today, at 1730 E street, by . Gen. F. R. Keefer, chairman of the District of Columbia Chapter, illus- trated with tures, on * Cross Service in War.” This was followed today by another lecture, “Post War Service,” by Miss Bessie Craney, di- | rector of home service of the local chapter. Thursday there will be lectures on “Domestic Disasters,” by A. L. Schafer, director of fleld operations disaster re- lief, and one on “Foreign Disasters,” by Col. E. P. Bicknell, vice chairman of foreign operations. Lectures continue on each Monday and Thursday throughout the course up to graduation. JUDGE COBB GIVEN 0. K. Renomination to Municipal Bench 3 Approved by Committee. ‘The Senate judiclary committee today approved the nomination of Judge James A. Cobb for another term in the Municipal Court of the District. Judges Cobb, the only colored member of the bench of the M Court, was re- appointed last week by President I-louvl;r.un.vu‘ Cobb was |lgex}:\eh dflnt appointment four years sident. Coolidge. i “COMBINATION WILLIE” LAUN&HES NEW RACKET IN “Tip Sheet,” Giving “Winning Figures,” Is Published‘. Weekly, Customers Are Advised. They've been telling for a long time, with varying success, |these tipsters, who'll win this or that horse race, and the “bookies” have reaped handsome profits, but it remained:for one who styles m.mul(h“cambhnbn ‘Willie” to k from his noodle the difficult 5';:“'. that spell fortune in the “willie” has come out with a weel tip sheet for the “numbers” romises that, provided his are followed , “that new car” will be a fixture of the household in & rt while. . mfic»mblnnuon Willie,” whose speclalty is the fimlnl that, ite eumzznble lice interference, “numbers” | of NUMBERS GAME ‘ erous. For a dime he offers no less than 48 number and combinations thereof, which, he assures, will corner the cash in this week’s “numbers” play- ILLITERATE ADULT LEARNS RAPIDL Write in Six Months’ Period. _ BY THOMAS R. HENRY. by thieves who worked while the man- ¢ Red Cross Is Conducting Educa- 8 | Cora Wilson Stewart, founder of the | famous moonlight schools of the Ken- tucky mountains and member of the technical committee of the National Ad- visory Committee on Illiteracy. She insists she has seen it done many times with a special system devised for | the mountain illiterates. All that is | necessary, she says, is to have a skilled 'tglcner 'filng’ l- un:n%t wdormfl intelli- ce, learn ordinary experi- ence in mastering other difficulties. Other members of the committee and professional admitting educators in while Mnnut'md“nh done in & short time with the ‘more shop at 817 Fourteenth street early | methods, ican educators now must turn to China, language, the problem of ove: illiteracy is vastly different. pho Devised Simplified Language. ate of Yale, was sent to Fran Y. M. C. A. the various armies. of his countrymen | students in Shanghai |of age. Of these 900 . I:‘ -bout‘ ut.}x& only hvhale‘ue effort. | wipe out T 5] me! that knowl'lw’—-nmiy el “not an {lliterate”—able to more than the simple the Federal census. Not given an in this do ents of can sons be incentive for & grown man to progress few adults 'tmldp have the such a process. . ' The puj learns how to read afterward. of .that now used in public Adult Learns to Write Easily. Special textbooks are devised adapted to \n being taught. The farmer learns the 'm'dl“‘lgr various farm W, tural %pfimeflu and crops used necessary }:wne.. m:-nmflm-. l'rbe wldle;“flnt arns words a tary life and the mmfipflwuym :o iy to his trade. In intensely relizious illiter- ing, and to prove his devotion to these numbers he assures the buyer of his tip sheet that he has his money on those same numbers. in his ty‘. " of He goes “The Lady of ) Master Mind” and rs noted in the selection of lucky “numbers.” “Combination Willle's” tip sheet is printed much after the manner of scores of horse race tip sheets. There is number of spe- clals, “my bests” and otherwise desig- nated numbers. ‘The t, the buyer is advised, is issued week, for “numbers” ending play | deal depends, of course, repare e may e Sbie (o say Bow manch Lhen ordinarily should be required to mmuztomm;nu. Am of literacy.” "Alan | x e n | a result of several Can Be Taught to Read and|* where, owing to the difficulty of the In 1918 James Yen, a Chinese gradu- | ice the toula be Chinese labor battalions He there completely illiterate. and rimented with them to devise ways o:xg:ueomm‘ six weeks nestly | ESGAP, en William tm.sh::rr.t l‘r:: .v:n L. Rockford of station, when The same is true with |as a pil reads first and tiary described on a lookout recently re- The | ceived he an extension, especially for| Sheriff J. L. to | Afternoon when he CENTER MARKET T0 BE CLOSED SOUGHT Smoot Plan, Pending House, Would Oust Deal- ers on July 1. in THREE REPRESENTATIVES APPEAL TO TREASURY Move to Replace Mart by Private Enterprise 8till Is Under Way. Developments Lacking. The closing date for Center Market S goveral developaments o the Federal building 3 der ideratic appeal from consideration an Re) resentative R. Walton Moore of Vl.'l": at July 1, by & requested by the itatives, and it was un- derstood it Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Heath, in charge of the public building , was planning reply some today. A resolution, introduced by Senator Smoot, chairman of the Public Build- has passed the Capper Bill Hearings End. Meantime, hearings were completed last Friday on the bill by Chlg'flllfl the Senate District com- e . | mif to authorize the Government to replace Center Market elsewhere in Washington by public funds. The Senate Dhmatmmmi;fiemmtmmde a ury today swer might be ing as to the plea for postponement, but it was un- | derstood the whole situation was con- | sidered_somewhat complicated by dif- ferent factors. ED LIFE-TERMER CAPTURED IN CAPITAL to Prison After Local Men !cwtuu Fugitive. icems V. the third fugitive from the Augusta peniten- re. ‘Watkins of Augusta took ito in the prisoner custody later and left for the He m Andnmnwhld . 18 months of his life sentence before mak- ing his escape. CHILD, 2, IS DROWNED IN PUDDLE AT HOME Trips While Playing, Palling Into Pool of Rainwater 10 Inches Deep. A 2-year-old colored boy drowned in the back yard of his home day tripped w at and fell into & puddle of rain 'lul'l.’h’