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A—16 * - FURTHER HEARINGS EXPECTED ON BILL COVERING PARKWAY Question of Power Develop-| ment May Extend Senate Ac- tion on Cramton Measure. GRANT ASKS FOR TIME TO ANSWER SOMERVELL Problem of Great Falls Bridge Also Delays Action on Pro- posed Project. Further hearings by the Senate Dis- trict committee on the Cramton park- development bill before a decision is reached appeared likely today, following yesterday’s meeting, at which witnesses debated vigorously the effects of com- bining hydro-electric power with a park on the upper Potomac. As passed by the House the bill pro- wvides for purchase of both sides of the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to Great Falls as a George Washington memorial parkway, leaving for future determination by Congress the question of hydro-electric power de- velopment. Elisha Hanson, attorney for the Poto- mac River Corporation, one of the ap- plicants for a power project on the river, urged the Senate committee yes- terday to settle now the question of whether power development is to be per- mitted, declaring that if his company is given the power permit the people would get a park along the river immediately without the expense of buying the land. Mr. Hanson recommended an amend- ment to the Cramton bill which would permit power development, the project to be approved by the Park Commis- sion and the Fine Arts Commission. See Difficulties Ahead. Members of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, who [CHURCH DRIVE Washington Made | | The church census of the population |of Washington, conducted under the | direction of Rev. A. Earl Kernahan, na- tional church organizer, was officially concluded last night at the Calvary {Baptist Church, when reports of 12 convassed districts were reviewed at a dinner gathering of clergy and laity. The report revealed that 58,039 Prot- estants, or more than a third of those listed, with or without definite religious preference, are unaffiliated with local churches. During the week more than 4,000 vol- unteer census workers, representing the 125 co-operating Protestant churches, submitted family survey cards to the following church groups: Protestant, 50,062; Catholic, 13,200; Jewish, 2.673, and foreign-speaking, 111. Allowing average of four persons to a family, the survey theoretically interviewed in the neighborhood of 275,000 people. 160,581 Protestants. According to Protestant cards sub- mitted to survey headquarters last night, the canvassed Protestant popu- lation is 160,581, with 50,238 of this total enrolled in Sunday schools and 110,343 not in Sunday schools. Of the adults included in Protestant pop- ulation 36,673 expressed a definite THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SHOWS 160,581 PROTESTANTS IN 12 DISTRICTS Final Reports on Religious Census of at Dinner Meet- ing Last Night. church preference, 8,984 expressed no church preference and 12,383 are af- filiated with other than local churches. These total a Protestant evan- gelistic responsibility of 58,039. Survey cards reporting Catholic, Jewish and foreign speaking non-at- tendance will be forwarded to church ‘“lt’?l(:’::lut% t&m respective K!DI;DS- an! e proposed campa to enlist non-mm"’zdphowshn'zs fi local churches, which will be inaugu- rated next week, the meeting was con- cluded with the distribution of survey cards to pastors of the 12 surveyed qutritt& Workers Meet Tomorrow. Under the direction of Dr. Kernahan, organizer of the local survey, ho will soon establish a residence in Washing- ton, the initial instruction meeting for campaign workers will be held tomor- row afternoon in Constitution Hall. Rev. C. O. Morong and Rev. L. E. Ripley, survey fleld directors, made the official report of tabulation and classi- fications. Rev. J. R. Duffield, chairman of survey organization, read an item- ized report on each surveyed district. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, chairman of the survey committee, presided. PARK BODY 10 FIX INCINERATOR SITE Municipal Center Street Grades Will Be Referred to Architect. The question of the location of the m«:mer:wr facilities for the District was scheduled to be taken up today by the stressed the unusual scenic advantages of preserving ihe valley of the Upper Potomac in its natural state, denied that purchase of the area at this time for park purposes only, as proposed by the Cramton bill, would preclude the power project later on if Co should at some future time see fit to allow the power development. Maj. Brehon Somervell, Army engl- neer for this area, explained in detail to the committee a modified power ject worked out by his office, which, g? sald, would preserve Great Falls and allow for a park along the river, although not a low-level park, since the wer dams would raise the elevation hind them. Maj. Somervell emphasized that he ‘was not appearing in opposition to any plan for the adequate development of the area around Washington, but mere- ly to give the committee information all phases of the Upper Potomac including navigation, flood control, power development, water supply and Tecreation, and to point out how the nver‘ew!'g be “”u?y to greatest advan- tage for the country. He showed the committee first pic- of how the :h:rhwn:lld lonkdfl preserved for a parl ithout power de- Velopment and then its appearance if | the modified combination power and park project should be carried out. Maj. Somervell told the Senators it was for them to decide whether the former pic- ture would be worth $100,000,000 more the latter. The major testified t adoption of a low-level park plan mean a waste of that amount and that an excellent park could be Explains Estimate. ‘When Senator Tydings asked him to development, the free bridges on top of the dams in the power project, the cost of navigation dams that might be built in future, taxes, advantages to the city's ‘water supply and estimated conserva- tion in coal and labor. J. C. Nichols and Frederick Law members of the Park and Co , in advocating immediate purchase of the banks of the Upper Potomac to preserve its natural appearance as a park, told the com- mittee that the main fear of those who the power question settled now seems to be that an artificlal park is to be developed down in the valley that would make it impossible to get a pow- er development authorized in future. Both men declared the Park Commis- slon has never discussed converting the valley into an artificial park. Further answering the power ad- Yocates, Mr. Nichols told the committee that “two dams and two large lakes do not make a park, as has been sug- gested here.” He said he could under- stand that the demand for power might ‘become great at some time, but that it could be developed then with a mini- mum sacrifice of the park possibilities. After Maj. Somervell had outlined the modified power and park proposal, Representative Cramton recalled that the Secretary of War had approved the amendment in the House bill, reserving to Congress for future determination the questions of power and navigation improvements on the river, and cross- examined the major as to whose views he was presenting. Grant Ask for Reply. Maj. Somervell said they were his own views as he had given them ¢ the chief of engineers, Gen. Brown. He said he read them to Gen. Brown and the chief of engineers told him they should be made public. The witness added that he was not advocating de- feat of patks for Washington, but was pointing out that it is a question as to whether all the resources of the river should be developed. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d., sald be hoped the committee would allow time for the Park Commission to reply to the testimony of Maj. Somervell. Asked by a member of the commit- tee if the hydro-electric power needed in Washington now, Maj. Somer- vell answered, “Not so much here, but in this area.” Mr. Nichols said the park commission members were not certain the hydro- electric power would be cheaper, but that if it should be it would tend to at- tract industrial development. The committee devoted part of yes- terday's meeting to the problam of what should be done with regard to the con- struction of a bridge near Great Falls. ‘The Great Falls Bridge Co. was given a permit to erect a toll bridge, but the House amended the park bill to prohibit a toll bridge. Norman Landreau, repre- senting the company, told the committee yesterday of the extent to which the company has gone in making arrange- ments to carry out the projecs. It was suggested by Senator Tydings that Mr. Landreau submit at the next meeting a ‘written statement of the terms on which the Government could take over the structure if the company bullds it. WAR ON RATS AND CATS. LIBSON, March 22 (#)—This city, somewbat noted for its battalions cf stray cats, now is suffering from a National Capital Park and Planning Commission which entered upon the second day of its March session. The commission has taken under ad- visement the question of the street grades with reference to the new Dis- trict municipal center and this will be referred to the commission’s staff for study in conjunction with A. L. Harris, municipal architect, the District Com- misioners and other interested officials of the municipality. The Commission of Fine Arts at its meeting Thursday ve this question some attention and is working on it in conjunction with the District authorities and the Planning Commission. ‘The report of the recreational com- mittee, designed to co-ordinate the ac- tivities of various agencies relative to playgrounds and other facilities in the city, was laid before the commission yesterday. The commission unanimous- ly a resolution thanking the committee for its work and directing that the report he submitted to the Dis- trict Commissioners, the School Board and the trustees of the Public Library. The report, which was not made pub- lic, was prepared by Maj. L. E. Atkins, Assistant Engineer Commissioner; Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian; S. E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools, and Mrs, Susie Root Rhodes, superintendent of playgrounds. WIFE, ASKING DIVORCE SAYS SHE’S STRANDED Mrs. Jennie Eliasson of Brooklyn Alleges Husband Draws Salary of $500 a Month. Asserting that she, her daughter and a granddaughter are stranded here without funds or carfare to return to her minor children at Brooklyn, N. Y., while her husband draws a salary of $500 a month as superintendent of con- struction for an elevator company and has been intimate with a Washington ‘woman, Mrs. Jennie Eliasson of Brook- lyn yesterday filed suit in the District Supreme Court for an absolute divorce from Gustaf O. Eliasson, 1200 block of N street. ‘Through Attorney David Aiken Hart, the wife says her husband announced March 1 that he would no longer con- tribute to the support of his family, and unless he is required immediately to furnish her money, she, her child and grandchild will become objects of charity. ‘They were married at Brooklyn April 15, 1903, and have seven children. n came to Washington 12 years ago to accept a position, and has vis- ited his family only at intervals, the wife says, but cont.figuwd to their sup- port until his recent statement. Non- support and infidelity are alleged against the husband and a corespondent named. IOWA STATE COLLEGE FOUNDING CELEBRATED Washington Alumni Association Commemorates 72d Anniversary at Annual Dinner Meeting. Marking the seventy-second anniver- sary of the founding of the Iowa State College, the Washington chapter of the general alumni association of the insti- tution held its annual dinner meeting at the Cosmos Club last night. Dr. R. A. Pearson, president of the Univer- sity of Maryland, was guest of honor. Dr. Pearson, before he became head of the nearby university, was connected with the Iowa State College. Mrs. Pearson and their daughter Ruth were also present at the dinner. Maj. W. A. Danielson, Quartermaster .| struction of an underpass at Fern Corps, who has been transferred to the Third Army Area, at Governor’s Island, 15 | was succeeded as president of the asso- ciation by L. R. Ender, Bureau of Dairy Industry. Mrs. Harold E. Pam- mel was elected secretary-treasurer at the meeting. CROSSING PROTEST WILL GO 70 SENATE Tydings Support Encourages Takoma Club to Fight Raijlroad Peril. Assured of the support of Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland, the North Takoma Park Improvement Club de- cided last night to carry to the Senate its fight for retention in the 1931 Dis- trict appropriation bill of the item for eliminating the deadly Chestnut street grade crossing. ‘The club adopted a resolution em- bodying its position, copies of which will be sent to interested Senators and clvic groups. The Takoma Park Chamber of Com- merce and other organizations in that community are planning a series of meetings to protest the action of the House subcommittee on appropriations in removing from the appropriation bill the item of $211,000 for eliminating the grade crossing over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad track. At the meeting last night it was de- cided not to take the matter up with the House committee again, but to wait until the bill has reached the Senate. The only explanation for the sub- committee’s action in striking it out was given by Chairman Simmons, who saild “The project is not necessary at this time.” The plan for removing the grade crossing contemplated the con- street. ‘The resolution adopted by the club pointed out that the construction of this viaduct has been discussed and urged for the past 10 years, and that there is complete harmony }n-!cl.u location and main plans there- or. Lisle Morrison, president of the club, presided. FIVE BIDS PRESENTED | ON MEMORIAL WORK $2,334 Lowest Offer for Construc- tion of Titanic Foundations at River, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, had before him today for consideration the proposals of five contractors who are seeking the job of constructing the foundations for the Titanic memorial, to be erected at the foot of New Hamp- shire avenue on the banks of the Poto- ac River. ‘The five contractors, with the price they set for the work are John Olcott of Alexandria, Va., $2,626; Prin- gle Construction Co., h $2,334; Fred Drew Co,, $2,590; C. H. Tompkins Co., ton, $2,740, and M. Cain Co., Wasl ington, $3,500. The contractors submitted additional bids for work contemplating the use of rail steel to reinforce the concrete foundation. It is expected that the low bidder, the Pringle Construction Co., will get the authorization to proceed with the work in a few days. SIBERIA ADDRESS GIVEN BY CLIFTON WHARTON Boston University Graduate and Consul to African Republic Speaks to High School Group. Speaking on Liberia at a special as- sembly held in the auditorium of the Armstrong High School yesterday, Clf- ton Wharton, consul to Liberia, sta- tioned at Monrovia, addressed the stu- dents and teachers of that school. Mr. Wharton is a native of Boston and a graduate of the Boys' English High School of that city and of Boston :’miveult)ux tromswmch he rzcflvelq: téle egrees of A. B. magna cum laude, LL. B. and LL. M. He entered the diplomatic service in 1924 and was go- moted from secretary to consul in o ruary, 1930. In Mr. Wharton’s address he gave the students an exposition of the govern- E;xexth life, language and customs of ria. Policeman A. H. Poole’s running in- vestigation would have been rather sketchy but for a bump near Niath and Longfellow streets. The policeman was at No. 13 precinct yesterday when the telephone rang. “A fellow just tried to steal my mo- tor cycle,” cried Kenneth Moore, 17, of 512 Longfellow street, “and I'm holding e policem "tbgal:e: into @ o man an auto- ped on it. Meanwhile difficulty pestilence of rats. Since the cats are increasing and do not justify their existence by keeping the rat total low enough, the city gov- gpflngtcle':fln' é ?-m the o men; cap! of both cats and rats, with his_captive. He held on, though, until the police car hove in sight. At the same moment o gy lor mt 'c] lest started it. » - Young Moore, shouting to the police- POLICEMAN SAVES STOLEN CYCLE, BUT ONLY WITH AID OF BUMP Officer Was Losing Distance in Running Investigation When Spill Ends Chase—Thief Escapes. man to hurry, followed and leaped into the saddle behind the tive a mo- ment after the motor cycle got under way. “Whose motor cycle is that?” shouted the officer. 2 “It’s mine,” both boys called back, kicking wudlgu:l- the machine got up to 50 miles an Ir. It looked to the policeman, who was losing distance, as if the case were going to out of his jurisdiction. simplified matiers by tpping’both boys ma y 8 into the street. 4% ‘When the policeman arrived only Moore was there, and the motor cycle. Policeman Poole is still looking for the other youtia A H.| covering with grease the bottom of the CELLS OF SPONGE, CUT APART, REJOIN IN NEW ANIMAL Dr. Galtshoff Describes Phe- nomenon of Resurrection in Academy Lecture. ORGANISMS ARE REVIVED IN SALT SOLUTION Result Seems to Reopen Old Ques- tion of Vitalism and Mechanism in Process of Life. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A remarkable phenomenon of resur- rection revealed in recent experiments with sponges was described before the Washington Academy of Sciences by Dr. Paul H. Galtshoff of the Bureau of Fisheries.. ‘The work, Dr. Galtshoff explained, may shed light on some of the most fundamental problems of the nature of living organisms. The sponges, it was explained, are living organisms distinctly on the an- imal side of the line, and they appear superficially to be very loosely organized collections of cells, apparently lacking a central nervous system. In the experiments a sponge is cut up 1ato its separate cells, the units of protoplasm making up the body struc- | ture of both animals and plants. These are comparatively large in the sponge, so that they can be separated with com- parative ease. Then the disjoined cells are mixed up and placed in a solution of sea water. After about two weeks it is found that the cells have rejoined and redistributed themselves into another complete animal, every cell in its right place. There has been literally a resur- rection of an extremely complicated in- dividual out of its-units df living matter. Seven Distinct Types of Cells, This is the more remarkable, Dr. Galtshoff explained, because the sponge is not so simple a creature as it seems. Seven distinct types of cells enter into the make-up of an individual, such as the cell bodies with flagellae or fibrous arms, which form the outside layer of the sponge and sweep food particles from the water into the “canals” which run through the body; the unflagellated cells which line the canals, and the cells which produce the skeleton ma- terial of various varieties. The sponge is far from an undifferentiated accumu- lation of cells. Dr. Galtshoff described watching his resurrection process from hour to hour under the microscope. When first placed in the sea water the cells start to move around with comparative ra- pidity and when two happen to collide they remain together, gradually pick- ing up more recruits by collision until after a few hours the chaos has been resolved into four or five masses of cells, Then these move about very slowly, but eventually come together into a single mass in which, at first, the separate cells are not distributed according to their function. From then on the process proceeds very slow- ly, the cells apparently migrating in the mass itself until finally they are distributed just as they were before the sponge was cut up. Every cell seems to know its place in the organism and seek it out. Moreover, Dr. Galtshoff said the cells cannot be tricked into an unnatural combination. When cells of two va- rieties, one colored red and the other brown, are mixed together in the same solution, each variety will join only with mates of its own kind, so that finally two separate individuals are formed. Under the mircoscope it is seen that when a red and brown cell meet each other they seem to repel instead ot attract. Reopens Question of Vitalism. ‘This result, Dr. Galtshoff said, seems to reopen the old question of vitalism and mechanism in the fundamental re- actions of matter which constitute the processes of life. Superficially, at least, it seems as if an outside intelligence was directing the orderly rearrangement of the destroyed individual, or that there was some mystical consciousness of position in each cell body. On the other hand, he pointed out, the result can be ued by those upholding a mech- anistic philosophy of life in so far as the havior of the cells can be shown to depend on physical and chem- ical properties of themselves and the surrounding medium. The latter view, he said, is upheld by sea water container over which the cells must move, for they sink to the bottom by the force of gravity and spread them- selves out very thin before they start to combine. When this is done the cells do not come together. The “resurrec- tion phenomena” seems to depend on a smooth, hard surface for the cells to move upon. Furthermore, he pointed out, the fact that cells formed for one function, such as producing skeletal material, seem to find each other out may indicate a complex chemical affinity between them, so that the seemingly miraculous can be explained as an intricate chemical process. The experiments also reopen the old question, he said, as to whether the complex living organism, from sponge to man, is fundamentally an enormous “state” of hundreds of millions of in- dividual citizens combined for mutual benefit, with specialization of labor and function, just like the citizens of a political organism. Going back to microscopic forms of life, there are found a multitude of animal organisms, the protozoa, which never have more than a single cell, which looks very much like the separated cell of a sponge. ‘These one-celled organisms multiply by simply swelling and split- ting in two, each half becoming a new individual. The body cells behave in the same way, growth being a process of the distension and division of cells. Two Schools of Thought. Under the theory that the most com- plex organisms are enormous accumula- tions of protozoa-like individuais, Dr. Galsthoff explained, biological evolution would have been a process of constantly finer and finer specialization of the function of dividuals within the group, such as brain cells, epidermal cells and blood cells. Another schoal of biologists, he said, holds that the pro- tozoa are not actually individual cells and that the apparent similarity is superficial. This school holds that the “organism-as-a-whole,” man or sponge, comes first and that the differentiation of the cells for their distinct functions follows. It is the old argument of which comes first, the hen or the egg, into Which the sponge experiments are in- truding. Under the second theory the individual cell presumably would be a functionless thing without the pattern to fit into which it was created. Apparently the behavior of the sponge cells, Dr. Galtshoff said, lend weight to the ‘“cell-state” theory, since the units jvidual ey show the capacity of the of protoplasm to act as indis when cut out of the pattern in which the{ were created. The resurrection individual is hromc about by the com- bination of smaller individuals rather Epectlact e " pAEg . o ¥ r e u'::u is nopx::ultlpnc-mn of cell indi- viduals but merely combination. " Further su of the “cell-state position, he said, seems to be given by the behavior of cancers and which are cells which have control of the “organism-as Is | or six months after being ‘PLANE DIVES 4,000 FEET WITH 1,000-.POUND BOMB CITY HEADS ASK PARK BILL CHANGE Commissioners Feel They Should Have Definite Control Over Land Purchases. The District Commissioners advised the Senate District committee today they are in favor of the Capper-Cram- ton park development bill, but with an amendment to give them a more definite voice in the selection of lands to be acquired for playgrounds or other essentially municipal projects. As the bill passed the House, it pro- vided that the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, before pur- chasing playgrounds, would request the Commissioners for a report. In their letter to Senator Capper today, the Commissioners made this sug- gestion: “The Commissioners feel that they should be given a more definite con- trol over purchases of land for strictly municipal purposes, and they, therefore, recommend that the bill be amended by inserting after ‘playgrounds’ in the next to the last line of the bill, the words ‘recreation center, community center and similar municipal’ (purposes), and by changing the period at the end of the bill to a comma and adding the words ‘and no land shall be purchased for such purposes without the approval of the said Commissioners.” The city heads pointed out that they feel they should have this voice in se- lection of the playgrounds because of their responsibility in connection with financing District projects generally and in fixing the tax rates. Of the $16,- 000,000 to be spent under the bill for park extension within the District ap- proximately $6,000,000 will be for play- grounds and recreation centers. COL. RALPH S. PORTER DIES AT WALTER REED Former Member of General Staff Had Long and Distinguished Army Career. Tl more than two months of heart disease, Col. Ralph S. Porter, 54 years old, former member of the War De- partment general staff, died last night in Walter Reed Hospital. Col. Porter had a long and distinguished career in the Army, including service in France during the World War. Col. Porter made his home at 204 Cedar avenue, Takoma Park, Md., and his headquarters were in Baltimore, where he was attached to the 104th Medical Regiment of the Maryland Na- tional Guard. Born in Towa in 1875, Col. Porter was a graduate of the Rush Medical College, Northwestern University, the Leaven- worth Army School and the Army War College in Washington. He served on the War Department general staff from 1924 until 1928. On leaving college he joined the 2d Tllinois Voluntary Infantry in 1889. He served with the 31st Volunteers in the Philippines and was appointed a surgeon in the Regular Army in the same year. He was wounded in action as a member of an expedition to the Southern Philippines in 1900 and 1901. Serving in France throughout the time this country was in the World War, he returned home as g lieutenant colonel. He was promoted to the rank of colonel ago. = (};”r Po‘fm is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jane Kilgore Porter, and a_ son, Francis Porter, of the Marine Corps. Funeral arrangements. remain to be completed. BANKER KILLS BANDIT. CHICAGO, March 22 (#).—Three years ago E. J. Eckman, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Riverside, concealed in his cage & high-powered rifle. Yesterday he used it, shot one bank Tobber, captured an- other, and recovered $2,000 in cash that had been taken from him. ‘Walter Young, who said he was from Kansas City, was wounded, perhaps fatally. Ben Howard, his companion, was captured. get along very well as individuals, and may cause the destruction of the “state” from which they have broken loose. He also pointed out recent re- markablé experiments in keeping ag- gregations of cells alive outside the whole of whicly they formed a\ part. ‘Thus the heart of a , in the proj solution, has been kept alive for ‘E):: the animal. A human arm u’:o as been kept alive for months after ampu- tation. comj organ- isms the cells are so speci d that they cannot live outside the whole, and in the higher animals if a le group of “specialists” fail to function the death of all usually follows. But the sponge is almost at the foot of the ladc>r of animal evolution, where the specialization process has not proceeded far, so thatdn an mem each may be t unto SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1930. This plane, demonstrated yesterday at the Naval Air Station, dived more than 4,000 feet, carrying a 1,000-pound bomb, and straightened up successfully. Below: William McAvoy, the test pilot. -—Star Staff Photos. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT URGED FOR GAPITAL Delegates to A. A. A. Voice Sentiment as Four-Day Conference Closes. With Congress preparing to assist civil aviation through mail contracts with passenger lines, it is almost im- perative that the Nation's Capital should have adequate airport facilities and particularly a municipal field, in the opinion of numerous delegates to the annual conference of the American Automobile Association, which closed a four-day session here today. ‘The A. A. A. now has air travel bu- reaus in more than 200 affiliated clubs and many of the delegates have been active in securing airports for their home cities. ““Although the eyes of the air-minded have been on the Capltal since the Army first accepted the plane, more than a quarter of a century ago.” says a statement in this connection issued by the A. A. A. Air Travel Division. “there have been 475 municipal and 512 com- mercial airports built throughout the country, while the fate of a municipal airport in the Capital is still unsettled.” The surprising thing, says the state- ment, is the fact that a large number of conference delegates have assumed that the Capital has a municipal air- port. Capt. Eddle Rickenbacker, vice presi- dent of the Fokker Aircraft Corporation, addressing the conference yesterday, expressed regret that there is not a municipal airport in the District of Columbia. He pointed out that weather conditions make the Capital the ideal spot for dirigible lines, which will cross the Atlantic regularly within the next five years, to land in the United States. ‘While the conference came to a formal close today at noon, many of the 600 delegates will remain in the Capital over the week end. A banquet with elaborate entertain- ment features was held last night. Al Stern was the master of ceremonies. MRS. MARY E. BRENNAN DIES AT AGE OF 64 YEARS Sister of Lieut. Edward Kelly Had Undergone 20 Blood Transfusions. Mrs. Mary E. Brennan, 64 years old, wife of John Brennan, who was at- tached to the sixth police precinct for 20 years, and a sister of Lieut. Edward Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, died early today in Providence Hospital. Death was due to pernicious anemia for which she had undergone 29 blood transfusions in the past eight years. Mrs. Brennan was the daughter of the late Lieut. John F. Kelly, who was commanding officer of the s precinct for 20 years and also served as_chief of detectives. Besides her husband aend brother, Mrs. Brennan is survived by two sons, John F. nan, an attorney at the Veterans’ Bureau, and Joseph B. Bren- nan, connected with the Southern Rail- way here, and five sisters, Mrs. Annie C. Barrett, Mrs, Reed, Miss Alice G. Kelly :‘!:d Miss Elizabeth A. Kelly, all of this 24 Funeral services will be conducted in the Holy Name Catholic Church Mon- day morning at 9 o'clock. Interment will be 1n Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Brennan had long been an active member of Liberty Council of the gnthollc ‘Women'’s Benevolent Associa- ion. i WALTER BROWNLEY RITES WILL BE HELD TODAY Confectionery Store Operator Will Be .lerled This Afternoon in Congressional Cemetery. Funeral services for Walter Brownley, president and treasurer of Brownley's, Inc., operators of candy and confection-~ ery stores, are being conducted at the V. L. Speare Co. funeral parlors, 1009 H street, this afternoon, with Rev. Dr. Charles T. Warner, rector of St. Albans Episcopal Church, officiating. Inter- ment is in Congressional Cemetery. Mr. Brownley, who was 53 years old, died of a heart attack at his home, 1210 Massachusetts avenue, Thursday. He {ll;,e been in failing health for some LECTURES TO BEGIN A course of seven lectures dealing with “National Psychologies” will be given by Dr. Alexander (oldenweiser, the anthropologist, formerly of Columbi University and the New School for So- cial Research, on seven successive Sat- urday evenings, starting tonight, at the Jewish Community Center. Dr. Golden- weiser will disc 'The Problems of Race and Culture” tonight. In the lectures following, the national traits of the Russian, the French, the German, the English and other nation- alities will be analyzed. GOOD CITIZENSHIP- DEFINED IN TALKS Representative Ketcham and Dr. Havenner Address Glover Park Body. ‘The benefits of organized -citizenry were. outlined last night in speeches by Representative John C. Ketcham of Michigan and Dr. George C. Havenner, ptesident of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, at a meeting of the Glover Park Citizens’ Association in the In- dustrial Home School. Representative Ketcham told how cit- izens’ associations bring about improve- ments and solve neighborhood prob- lems. He pointed out examples of the good work done by the organizations in communities and section he had visited and urged the continued co-operation of the citizens in this great movement. ‘Touching on the various forms of government in existence in the District from 1802 to 1874, Dr. Havenner cited the abolishment of suffrage in the Na- tional Capital and the origin of the citizen movement, briefly depicting the advancement made along this line, There are now 62 citizens’ associations with an Advisory Council and a feder- ation. He also stressed the improve- ments brought about by these organi- zations and pointed out the requisites of a good citizen, namely, being well informed and interested in neighbor- hood problems. Protests against the location of stores or other business establishments in Glover Park were made in resolutions adopted by the civic body. Gen. H. Oden Lake, president of the association, presided. WEEKLY DRAG HUNT T0 HAVE BIG FIELD Event This Afternoon Will Be Run Over Course on Cy Cum- mings’ Estate. One of the largest fields of the season was expected to turn out this afternoon for the weekly drag hunt of the Riding and Hunt Club, to be run over the course on the estate of Cy Cummings, in Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. F. M. Andrews, daughter of Gen. Henry T. Allen, and Miss Winifred West are acting as whips, Thomas Cook as huntsman and Maj. W. M. Grimes as master of hounds. Among those expected to participate are Maj. and Mrs. George Patton, Mrs. Preece, Miss Louise and Percy Myers, Mrs. Arthur _ Snyder, H. T. Cole, kson, Miss Elizabeth Martin, Melvin C. Hazen, Miss Winifred West, Chester Ryan, jr. . Following the hunt a breakfast is planned at Congressional Country Club. CLUBBED BY BANDITS, MAN SERIOUSLY HURT Hold-up Pair Knock Victim Uncon- scious and Rob Him of Cash and Check. Stopped and asked for a match by two colored men at Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue early today, How- ard O. Rol n, 32, of 33 Alleghany avenue, Takoma Park, was struck over the head with a club as he complied with the request. The blow knocked Robinson uncon- scious. When he conscious- ness _the hnldAug.men had disappeared and his pockets had been rifled of $18.80 in cash and a check for $1.70. Police failed to find any trace of his assailants. Removed to Emergency Hospital, phy- sicians sald Robinson suffered a possible fracture of the skull. They expected he would recover. RITES FOR H. P. PHIPPS Son of Civil War Veteran Died Thursday of Apoplexy. Funeral services for Henry P. Phipps, 60 years old, oldest son of the late Gen. Frank H. Phipps, Cival War veteran who died Thursday at the Blackstone Hotel of apoplexy, were held at noon today from the residence of his sister, Miss Anita Phipps, 3023 P street. gton Barracks ia | here, Mr. Phipps during the military service of his father, traveled exten- sively among the posts of the country. Six years ago he moved to Annapolis from Morristown, N. J., where he had resided a number of years. Besides Miss Phipps he is survived by a daughter and a brother, Louisa Phipps and Frank H. Phipps of Tuxedo Park, N. Y. COURT CALLS DOCTOR TO EXPLAIN ILLNESS OF TRAFFIC DEFENDANT Judge McMahon Satisfies Himself and Holds Over Case Until Next Week. When a certificate from Drs. A. M. MacNamee and E. L. Morgan, both of 1800 block I street, stat! that a da!enfl:.nt was ulnlnd nnll;c “&: ;tg- pear in Police Court yesterda: - sented to Judge John P. McMahon, the e T o ihe Wiines ns -lfinna, where they were both questioned a i Some time ago mnt ‘McMahon ‘was arrested driving while drunk and opera his machine with- out a permit. He demanded jury trial and the was set for yesterday. ‘When a court attache ordered witnesses | Gen. to come forward yesterday a bonds- ;n;:e presented the certificate to the Jue 3 He refused it and ordered the doc- ftors to be brought to court. When they larrived Judge McMahon questioned them at length about the completeness of the examination. Fin: Jurist ‘was satiafle case neld over next week, .. .| progress . | from four-room units to the modern 16 INFORMED PUBLIC DECLARED GREAT NEED OF SCHOOLS Misunderstanding of Millions Held Bar to Progress by Maj. Atkins. TEACHERS MUST SPREAD FAITH IN NEW SYSTEM Takoma Auditorinm Dedicatory Speaker Regrets Many Believe Ef- ficiency Methods Merely Fads. A thorough understanding and com- plete sympathy must be had by the public if schools are to make further advances, or even if they are to hold the ground they already have gained, Maj. L. E. Atkins, U. 8. A, Assistant Engineer Commissioner of the District, declared in an address at the dedica- tion of the Takoma School’s new audi- torium last night. Maj. Atkins, who presented the build- ing to the residents of Takoma Park on behalf of Col. William B. Ladue, U. S. A, Engineer Commissioner, said that at present there is an antipathy toward school people generally. Millions Misunderstand. “There are literally millions of peo- ple in America today,” Maj. Atkins de- clared, “who do not understand why their children in the first grade are not taught the A, B, C's, just as they were taught them; who think that music, art, vocational training and the other new features of the enriched curriculum are fads and fancies; who firmly be- lieve that one reader a year is enough for any child in the primary grades and that the addition of other books is the result of good salesmanship on the part of book company representa- tives; who are positive that the vast in- crease in expenditures for public schools is the result of inefficient management on the part of school officials and teachers; who still believe that the “Blue Back” speller is the best text book ever published; who have no concep- tion of the additional duties and re- sponsibilities which society has loaded on the schools, and who are not yet convinced that the youth who went to the little red school house was not better prepared for life and had more useful information than does the mod=- ern youth wno is graduated from one of the institutional high schools. Such people think an activity program is play. They understand nothing of the spirit of freedom in the schools today.” The natural result of this lack of understanding, Maj. Atkins contended, is “a lack of sympathy because there is a lack of understanding.” Teachers, who rightfully have spent virtually all their time striving for professional ad- vancement and better provision for the children in their charge, have been too busy to inform the public just what is being done with the children. Teachers Must Inform Public. “If it i5 unwise or fmpracticable for a system, be it State o local, to de- velop a department whose duty it is {to give the public facts about the schools,” Maj. Atkins concluded, “it, therefore, becomes necessary for the school administrator, be he large or small, and in some measure for evcry teacher, to take on these additional dutfes.” | . Maj. Atkins traced the history of the Takoma school, showing it was erected |as a four-room structure in 1899 at a | cost of $23,004, that a four-room addi- !iton was built in 1903 at a cost of $23,399, and that another eight-room unit was added to it in 1921 at a cost | of $185,000. The combination assembly | hall and gymnasium, costing $37,103, . which was dedicated last night, togeth- er with the site of the puflding, for 11::?\ l’:s ?“tdh 812,2:2. brought the cost of the Takol 280700 ma school to Dr. Ballou Speaks. Dr. Frank W. Baliou, superintendent | 0f schools, also spoke.- He reviewed the in school buildings generally to 24 room structures of today. While buildings have changed materially, Dr. Ballcu made it plain that education it self-had progressed at an even greater rate of development. In former years schooling catered only to scholarship, While now it strives to develop phys- H ;:‘klf mental and moral life of pupils, he Other speakers on the program 'in- cluded Harry O. Hine, secrghry of the B?lrd of Education; ‘Miss Elizabeth O'Hara, principal of the school; Miss Sybil Baker, director of the Community Center Department, and Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, former president of the D. C. Congress of Parent-Teacher Asso~ ciations. VETERAN MUST QUIT SERVICE THIS YEAR Commissioners Decline to Ask Spe- cial Consideration for Dr. Wil- liam Tindall. . There is no legislation in prospect the Senate end of the Clprtol, .s: I:: as could be learned today. that would cover the case of Dr. Willlam Tindall, veteran District employe, who must be placed on the retired list this Summer under the existing Government retire- T "Bist e rict Commissioners, in a letter to the Senate District committee praised Dr. Tindall's long and efficient service, but said that after careful con- requesting s - slqg‘-ug in 'l;:u c:qu. oy e Commissioners told the commit tee that if neral law were passed authorizing heads of depart- ments in the Federal and District Gove ernments to extend special considera- tion to superannuated employes, 50 as to authorize their retention beyond August, 1930, the Commissioners un- doubtedly would look favorably upon extending the service of Dr. Tindall. Members of the Senate have learned that there are a number of veteran em- ployes scattered throughout the Fed- eral service who, because of age, can- not be granted further two-year exten-* sions after next August, but, so far as is known, there is no definite proposal pendl:;{ that would give further con- sideration to such cases. DE WITT TO BE HONORED Rainbow Veterans to Hold Special Meeting This Evening. A special meeting in honor of Maj. . J. L. De Witt, newly appointed general of the Army, will xbehg:,dl;u htltno'dockurlflnhr- ingte lotel, under auspiees of the Dis- trict chapter of Rainbow Division Vet~ erans. Gen. De Witt served with the divisi during the World War. Amo: thnum present_will be Mann, U. 8. A, ‘mander of the diy