Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1930, Page 17

@he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1930. Ll L PAGE B-1 TH SCHOOL BOARD MENBERS _ PPOSE HOUSE ANENDNENT Tell Senators New Proposal| on Placing Kindergarten Teachers Is Unsound. SYSTEM WOULD DELAY HIRING NEW GRADUATES Mrs. Doyle and Gilligan Ask Sub- committee to Restore 0ld Phrasing in Measure. Although the Board of Education as & board did not take up with the Senate subcommittee in charge of the District appropriation bill the new policy adopt- ed by the House this year with regard to kindergarten teachers, two members of the school board appeared individ- ually to appeal to the Senators to re- store the kindergarten teacher ilem to its original terms, it was disclosed in the hearings made public today. The House provision was that as teacher vacancies occur during the nex* fiscal year in the first four grades of the ele- | mentary schools they would have to be | filled by assigning teachers now in the kindergartens rather than by making | new appointments. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle and Henry | Gilligan, members of the school board, | ogpoud the House amendment before | the Senate subcommittee, Mrs. Doyle described the House amendment with regard to the kindergarten policy as a backward step. She sald “it is edu- cationally unsound” and ‘“penny-wise | economy.” Mr. Gilligan told the Sen- ators that under the House amendment 78 kindergarten teachers would have to be given positions before any of those who are graduating this year from the normal school are appointed. SANATORIUM BILL READY FOR HOOVER Measure Calling for $625,000 Ap- propriation for Institution Is Agreed to by Senate. ‘The bill increasing the authorization | for the proposed children’s tuberculogis | sanatorium from $500,000 to $625,000 is | is ready to go to the President for sig- nature, legislative action having been completed late yesterday. The final step at the Capitol came when the Senate, on motion of Chair- man Capper of the District committee. agreed to a House amendment to the | bill. The amendment provided that if | it should be found desirable to locate the institution outside the District the title to the site would be in the name of the United States, and the Attor- | ney General's office would conduct pro- | ceedings for the acquisition. The Senate at the same time com- pleted action on a bill authorizing the | National Capital Park and Planning Commission to make an exchange of land in the Klingle Valley par] rea by adopting a House amendment. POLICE PRIVATE GETS | DISMISSAL SENTENCE Accused of Having Threatened to Arrest Boys of School Patrol ‘Who “Told on Him.” B ‘The Police Trial Board today rec- | ommended the dismissal of Pvt. Ray- mond D. Padgett of the seventh pre- einct on charges of conduct prejudicial to the reputation of the police force. Padgett was found guilty yesterday on charges that he failed to report for patrol duty at Thirty-fifth and S streets on February 6, where the Gordon Junior | High School and Fillmore Grade School are located. When he was taken to task for this by Capt. Maurice Collins he is said to have accused six members of | the school traffic patrol of telling on | him and threatening to arrest them. ‘The members of the patrol, all of ‘whom testified at the trial, were Carlton Cooper, Charles Wells, Bradiey Killian, | Lenton Cushman and Elton Young. POLICE INSTITUTE HUNT FOR 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL Mary E.'Tomlinson Informs Mother She Is Going on “Long Journey™ in Letter. ‘Writing her mother that she w: going on a “long journey” Mary E. ‘Tomlinson, 13 years old, of the 2500 block of K street, disappeared and is being searched for today by police of | the Distriet and nearby States, with two local broadcasting stations aiding in the hunt. | Parents of the missing gir] discovered ! that their daughter had taken a suit | case containing several dresges and an extra pair of shoes from her room after they received her letter, written on the stationery of a downtown hotel. Mrs. Tomlinson described the girl as being about 4 feet high, with brown hair, brown eyes and weighing about 110 pounds. When last seen she was wearing a light gray topcoat, tan hose and brown slipper: H BIDS OPENED ON THREE HIGHWAY CONTRACTS Eighteen Offers Made on Sidewalk and Street Projects in District. Eighteen bids were opened vester- ' day for three highway contracts call- ing for repairs to sidewalks, fumhhms bituminous concrete mixture for “col patching” of streets, and surface treat- ment of gravel streets and roads with bituminous macadam. ‘The low bidder for the sidewalk job was E. B. Donaldson & Bro., $113.- 800.75; for the *“cold patch” work, Brady Bros. of Strasburg, Va., $84.800° for the macadam, Bituminous Earth Road Co.. Raleigh. N. $16.200. Some of the bids contained alternate o) Is, which will be studied by the E]lgl'ly department before the con- tracts are let. speak at Church at 7 o'clock. St. Patrick’s will hold services at 8 o'clock, with Mgr. C. F. Thomas preaching. FATHER, BROKE, BURIED NEAR Second Death in Two Months Hits Hard Blow to Tourists. Transfusion Failed to Save Life of Youth, Stricken on Trip Here. It seemed to Earl Walker that they ought to be together now, the mother and son who worked shoulder to shoul- der when the Walkers were trying to get a start on a meager truck farm in Central Florida. This conviction dawned on the hus- band and father early -today while he stood awkwardly in the dim light against a corridor wall in Emergency Hospital and thought about word a doctor had just brought him. Fifteen-year-old Howard, his father learned, had falled to respond to a transfusion. He was dead after every effort had been made for a week to save him. Farl Walker felt he could not leave his son buried in a strange place only a few weeks after the pinch of cir- cumstances had forced the family to put behind them the palm-fringed cemetery where the mother was buried two months ago. Lacks Funds to Ship Body. He explained this in halting words to hospital attendants. Their sympathetic questioning drew his story from him, and uncovered the fact that he did not have enough money to take his son’s body back to Florida. ‘The Walkers had been drawn to Florida during the days of the boom, when their future seemed assured. The farm did not pay as they had hoped, however. although every one worked longer hours than they had known before. ‘Two months ago the mother died, and with her died some of Walker's bhope for a future on the truck farm. Part of the time afterward he spent | converting the family automobile to| WANTS HIS SON WIFE IN FLORIDA | | EARL WALKER. | —Star_Staff Photo. a house on wheels, with the assistance of Howard and his sister Edna, 14. Earl, jr., was 3 years old and unable to help much, ‘When the machine was complete and Walker’s affairs at Center Hill, Fla., put in order the father and his three children set out to make a new home in the East. Howard, however, fell ill on the way, and Walker decided to lay over in Washington to let him recuperate. He and the family took up quarters at the Tourists’ Camp. A week ago Howard became so il he had to be taken to the hospital and provided with two nurses. ‘Wants Burial in Florida. Walker had something over $100, much of which was expenced for ex- penses of the filness Now there is scareely enough left to buy & single railroad ticket, aside from ihe funeral expense. The father, a large, square-shouldered, slow-spoken man, was still unshaken in his resolve to bury the youth beside his mother, although puzzled and be- side himself with worry to kncw where the money was coming from. CHURCHES OBSERVE MAUNDY THURSDAY Special Exercises Will Be Held Tomorrow in Celebra- tion of Good Friday. Capital churches today are commem- orating with special services Maundy | Thursday, marking the nineteenth cen- | tennial of the institution of the Lord's | Supper. observance services of holy communion in houses | of worship of other denominatfons were largely attended this morning. Mass in Catholic churches in of the anniversary and | Tomorrow, Good Friday, will be widely observed, with devotional services com- memorating the crucifixion being held | in practically every church. | ‘Tenebrae services will be held tonight | in virtually every Catholic_church in ihe city. At St. Matthew's Rev. Joseph F. Thorning of Georgetown Uhiversity will speak at ceremonies, beginning at 8 o'clock. Dr. George Johnson of the C holic University of America will services at Sacre Heart Hold Devotional Periods. ‘Three-hour devotional periods, com- memorative of the crucifixion, will be held in the churches tomorrow, with radio broadcasts from some of the churches. Celebration of hqly communion at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow will be the first of a series of services at Washington Ci hedral, which will culminate with | the three-hour service from 12 to 3 o'clock, with Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Bichop of Washington, conduct- | . . Evening rayer will be held at | inlp.m, wlt!l Pfigv. Dr. William L. | De Bries, canon and precentor of ‘Washington, officiating. Special services will be conducted lcm(p)'l':flvl at the Mount Carmel Bap- tist Church, Third and I streets, un- der auspices of the Baptist Women of the District of Columbia. The services will last from noon to p.m. Three ministers will preach on Rev. W. H 3 the following subjects: . Jernigan, “The Crucifixion”; Rev. G. Z. Brown, “The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem,” and Rev. J. L. 8. Hollo- = man, “Our Hope of Life Everlasting Through His Resurrection.” Broadcast Catholic Service. “Three-hour devotional services will be coducted at Immaculate Conception Church, beginning at noon tomorrow, and for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church in Washington these services will be broadcast. Serv- ices will be under direction of Rev. Father Francis J. Hurney, pastor. In the Episcopal churches Maundy Thursday is being observed and special services will commemorate Good Fri- day. St. Paul's Church will conduct a special three-hour devotional, starting at noon. At All Souls’ Memorial Chuich morning prayers and address will begin at_11 o'clock. Holy communion and special services will take place at Metropolitan Baptist Church tonight. Other Baptist churches are conducting similar services tonight and tomorrow. Church of the Epiphany, will conduct | the three-hour service tomorrow. Other services at Epiphany tomorrow will be: 10 a.m,, Litany and address; 4:45 p.m.. Young People’s service and address by Rev. Alvin Lamar Wills, and 8 pm., sacred cantata, Dubols’ “Seven Last Words."” Pistol Taken From Armory. An automatic pistol, valued at $25 was stolen from the National Guard Armory, at Sixth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, yesterday by some one who forced his way into the build Rev. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rector of the | COMMITTEE HEADS FOR BOARD NAMED Newly Elected President of Trade Body Appoints New Chairmen. Members of the executive committee and chairmen of the other committees of the Washington Board of Trade were announced today by George Plitt, newly elected president of the organi- zation. At the same time Mr. Plitt called a dinner meeting of all officers, directors and committee chairmen for April 28 | in the Willard Hotel to lay plans for the year's work. The activities of the board during the past year will be re- viewed and the problems confronting the District discussed and analyzed. ‘The appointments made public by the president follow: Executive committee—Ben T. Web- | ster, chairman; Jesse C. Adkins, John | T. Bardroff, E. C. Brandenburg, E. F. | Colladay, J. Harry Cunningham, Frank | S. Hight, Frank P. Leetch, George | Miller, George W. Offutt, George Plitt, Samuel J. Prescott, George C. Shinn, Odell 8. Smith. Committee chairmen—Aviation, Law: rence E. Williams; charities and cor rections, Walter S. Pratt, jr.; com. munity affairs, A. K. Shipe; industiial interests, C. Phillips Hill: insurance | and fire protection, David M. Lea; law, | Joseph A. Burkart; membership, Jerome F. Barnard; municipal art, T. A. Mu lett; municipal finance, Joshua Evans, ks and reservations, Charles F. ul; public and private buildings. Robert F. Beresford; public health, D. Percy Hickling; Public Library, Stephen E. Kramer; public order, Odell S. Smith; public schools, Thomas P, Littlepage; river and harbor improve- ment, Prank P. Leetch; sewerage, Rufus 8. Lusk; streets and avenues, George V. Graham: traffic, Theodore Noyes; universities and private schools, Willlam Knowles Cooper; water supply, Wilberding; zoning, Harry = Blake; American ideals, A. J. Driscoll; military and naval affairs, Gen. Anton Stephan; national representation, Theodore W. Noyes: municipal survey, W. W. Ev- erett; shad bake, Herman F. Call. SPELLING BEE WON BY ALICIA MOONEY 13-Year-0ld Central High Fresh- man New Champion of District. Con: Competing with more than a score of adults, Alicia Mooney, 13-year-old Cen- tral High School freshman, last night won the District championship in a | spelling bee sponsored by the Capital | City Spelling Club in the Mount Pleas~ ant Library. The last two persons remaining in the contest with the girl were Mrs, | Mary E. Cowell and Clay G. Walker, former District title holder. They fell on “orangeat,” which means candied | orange peel. Among other spellers de- | feated were Miss Sarah C. Waterman, | former intercity champion. and Miss | Elizabeth Dulin, former Washington champion. The contest lasted more than an hour. Mics Mooney was awarded a copy of Roget's “Thesaurus.” ‘The next spelling bee will be held | May 21. A list of the first 300 words | may be obtained by mailing a self- | ;tlidrr:wfl envelope 1o J. F. l{;a\'erly, 65 a. | One of the early official acts of Com- | missioner Herbert B. Crosby, who took | office last week, bore fruit today when | plasterers invaded the press room, vhich is the headquarters for reporters as- signed to write the news of ihe Dis- trict Government coming from the Dis- trict Building. Gen, Crosby's office is immediately next to the press room, and shortly after being sworn in he ca the press L GEN. CROSBY ORDERS PRESS ROOM IN DISTRICT BUILDING REPAIRED ! Ancient Holes in Wall Are Being Plastered and Painters and Carpenters Are on Way. dissatisfied at the prevailing dinginess and sought out Assistant Engineer Com- missioner Layson E. Atkins, instructing him w spiuce the room up. Ancient holes in the wall are being filied up with plaster. The painters are on the way and carpenters and wood Anishers will follow. “No wonder those fellows write ter- rible stuff about the Government in a room like that,” Crosby observed to At- CONSTTUTON O HELD INERTANCE FROM INDIANS Ethnologist Reveals Degan- awida, Iroquois Statesman, Formed ‘League of Nations.’ PLAN SEEN AS POSSIBLE ROOT OF PRESENT LEAGUE Great Tribesmen Planned Sister- hood That Eventually Would Include All Nations. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘The United States probably inherited the central idea of its Constitution—a federation of independent States—f{rom the Indians. Back in the sixteenth century, amid a Stone Age culture and cannibalism, the great Iroquois statesman and prophet, Deganawida, established a suc- i cessful “league of nations,” whioh he intended to embrace all peoples on earth, and his ideas, passed on by Colo- nial officials to the framers of the Con- stitution and then, through Woodrow ‘Wilson, to the world, may be the roots of the present League organization. ‘The world’s greatest matriarchate, or overnment of mothers, at last has allen after nearly 500 years. Such are the conclusions of J. N. B. Hewitt ‘of the Bureau of American Ethnology, who at last has completed the collection of every available scrap of evidence concerning the League of Iroquols, which, he believes, will be a noteworthy addition to the political his- tory of the world. Officials Absorbed Principles. ‘There is abundant evidence, Mr. Hewlitt says, that Colonial officials of New York, Massachusetts and Virginia had come in contact with the Iroquois League and, at least unconsciously ab- sorbed some of its principles. They con- ducted their negotiations with the tribes under the league constitution. It is known that as early as 1758 the Iro- quois council suggested to Sir Willlam Johnson, Colonial agent for the North- ern Indians, that the British colonles adopt their form of government to put an end to squabbles among themselves. When the Constitution actually was adopted it embodied principles similar to those of Deganawida and without precedent elsewhere. The connection between the two sys- tems, Mr. Hewitt says, appears to be more than a mere possibility, although it cannot be actually proved. When the Constitution was written its framers had before them something unknown in the Old World—a_ group of inde- pendent political organizations wrought into a secure whole without sacrificing their independence. Deganawida’s con- cept of a blood “sisterhood of tribes” was transformed into a sympolic sis- terhood of States. Essential principles of the British political structure were incorporated in this framework. The borrowing from the Indian Messiah, if it actually took place, was unacknowl- edged and unconscious. The principal evidence of the debt to Deganawida is proximity and similarity of ideas. Planned World-Wide Sisterhood. Deganawida, says Mr. Hewitt, organ- ized the five warlike Iroquois-speaking tribes into a sisterhood, so that there |was a real or assumed blood relation- ship between all individuals. His idea was the gradual adoption of other tribes and peoples—eventually the whole world—as sister poeple. Each tribe was ruled by the women. men holding only appointive offices. rom which they could be removed any time by their mothers. Govern- ment was vested in the firesides. The women. This organization, he points out, was very successful for several hundred years and until four years ago still was ‘the basis of Iroquois govern- ment in Canada. But through the centuries the sym- bolism which Deganawida had embod- led in his system was lost sight of, the women tribal heads began taking their trusteeships as actual ownership and the whole organization ceased to func- tion. It was finally discontinued, so far 2s it has any official significance, by the Canadian government. The difficulty was, Mr. Hewitt says, that the complicated system had to be passed along without being written down, since the Iroquois had no written language. Natyrally it was greatly perverted from its original meaning. The idealism was lost and the system of nternal government broke down. A ew years ago the five nations sent a delegation to Washington in an effort to recover the original rituals from the Bureau of American Ethnology, but it was too late to put them into effect again, ‘Written in Poor English. One of the Mohawk chiefs worked for 20 years in an effort to gather up the rituals of Deganawida, but made the mistake of writing them down in poor English. The languages are not parallel and, Mr. Hewitt says, to preserve the original meaning is very difficult. More- over, the chief, Seth Newhouse, incor- porated some interpretations of his own which had no place in the original. The Council of the Six Nations refused to accept his compilation, Mr. Hewitt persuaded Newhouse to translate his English material back into the original Mohawk and will undertake himself the difficult job of retranslation into English again. ‘Then he will com- | pare it with other records which he has i recovered and discard what seems to | have been incorporated by the chief himself. Deganawida, says Hewitt, was certain- ly n historical figure, although so much supernatural legendry grew up about him after his death ‘that it is difficult to determine the actual facts. Among the Indians he was a prophetic figure, but actually appears to have been a genius at statecraft. “The founders,” says Mr. Hewitt, “did j ot limit the scope of this federation to {the five Iroguoian tribes, but proposed for themselves and their posterity the greater task of gradually bringing under this form of government all the known tribes of men. not as subject peoples but as confederates, This is the more re- markable in view of the fact that this was an age of flerce tribalism, whose creed was that no person had any rights of life or property outside of the itribe to whose jurisdiction he or she belonged. It was the central teaching of Deganawida that out of the union of a common motherhood &and a common fatherhood arose a common daughte: ship of all women and sonship of all men and the rich fellowship of all mankind.” FONS S 8 Printing Plant Damaged. Fire starting in a pile of greasy rags m the basement of Judd & Detweiler's yinting plant, at Florida avenue and wckington place northeast, caused $500 damage yesterday afternoon before fire- men could put the blaze under con- trol The covered by insur- ance. property of the tribes was held by the | LA UARDIA GALLS LOAN SHARK BIL OUTRACEDUS PLA Declares Proposed Measure Would Legalize Interest Rate of 42 Per Cent. ORGANIZED LABOR URGES APPROVAL BY COMMITTEE New Yorker Says Consequence ‘Would Be to Leave Poor Debt- Ridden for Life. Representative La Guardia, Repub- lican, of New York, today attacked the Bowman loan shark bill to regulate | the business of making small loans in the District of Columbia at a continued hearing before the judicary subcom- mittee of the House District committee. He called the measure “outrageous” and said that it is “camoufiaged” legis- lation because it would immediately legalize a 42 per cent rate of interest against poor people who cannot afford to pay it and in consequence would be debt-ridden for the rest of their lives. Representative La Guardia declared that the bill would never pass the House. Representative Dyer of Missourl, a member of the House judiciary com- mitee, called attention to the present loan shark bill enacted in 1913, which | he sponsored when he was a member of the House District committee at a time when he said loan sharks were gripping thousands of Government em- ployes and a scandalous condition ex- isted in the National Capital. The existing law sets a 1 per cent a month rate, which he believes is not sufficient to encourage small loans to the really needy people, and asked that he be allowed to' advise with the House com- mittee in any proposed amendment to the existing law. Favorable Report Urged. Three representatives of organized labor urged the committee to report favorably the Bowman, bill because they said some properly regulated business for making small loans to working peo- ple in necessitous circumstances was imperatively needed. Leon Henderson, a director of the remedial loans division of the Russell Sage Foundation, defended the proposed measure and said that the experience in 25 States which have similar regula- tory laws has shown that 3'; per cent a month is the best working rate. He told the committee that the question before them was what is the rate that will get the loans. The representatives of organized labor who spoke in favor of the bill were Frank J. Coleman, secretary of the Cen- tral Labor Union, who said that there are thousands of “bootleg” lenders in Washington, many of whom operate in Government departments. He advocat- ed a graduated scale of rates and that 0o license be granted to any concern ex- cept one acceptable to the District Com- missioners after a rigid examination. W. C. Huckins, legislative representative. and W. C. Roberts, chairman of the lej islative committee of the American Fe eration of Labor, also indorsed the bill. Presents Veto Message. Representative Lampert of Wisconsin read into the record the veto message of Senator Blaine of Wisconsin when he was Governor, on this same meas- ure, in which he declared that it would legalize usurious rates of interest to four times the lawful rate. At the close of the hearing Ralph Gilbert, a former member of the com- mittee from Kentucky, who has since been working for the Russell Sage Foundation to put through such small loans legislation, suggested that the commitee compromise on graduated rates of interest for various classes of | loans. ‘The hearing will be continued for op- ponents of the measure on April 28, with Representative Lampert in charge of the opposition. FISH PROPAGATION BILL PASSES HOUSE White Measure Provides $3,335,000 for Five-Year Program Af- fecting All Sections. | i ! | i ‘The House yesterday passed the White bill providing a five-year expansion program for the United States Bureau of Fisheries carrying an appropriation of $3,335,000. This bill takes care of every section of the country for the propagation and distribution of fish The measure, sponsored by Repre- sentative Lehlbach, New Jersey, has been before Congress for several years. It sets aside $1,835,000 for new construc- tion and $1,500,000 for maintenance | and additional personnel in a five-year program. It provides for establishment of fish culture stations at sites to be selected within the five-year period as follows: New Mexico, $50,000; Idaho, $60,000; Southern Wiseonsin, $50,000: Montana, $35,000; Colorado, $35,000; New Hamp- shire, $25,000; Indiana, $50,000; Penn- sylvania, $100,000, including a substa- tion: Texas, $35,000; New York, $35,000; Maine, $50,000: Minnesota, $50,000 | Guif Coast of Texas, £75,000: Nevada, $60,000; Tllinois, $75,000: New Jersey, $75,000; Ohio, $35,000; Kansas, $35000; North Dakota, $35,000, and Alaska, $50,000. YOUNG GIRL INJURED IN FALL FROM ROOF Two Others Suffer Hurts, One in| Plunge From Porch and One From High Chair. Mary Stevens, 16, of 2111 Eighteenth street, leaned too far over the edge of the roof of her home vesterday after- noon and tumbled to the sidewalk, re: celving a possible fracture of the hi and contusions of the back. She "t‘n1 trea at the Emergency Hos- pital. The girl was looking into the street below when she suddenly was seized with a dizzy 11 and fell. Rolling his kiddie car off the second- story porch of his home, Domonic Maraisso, 7. of 232 F street northeast, sustained lacerations and contusions of the scalp, He was treated at Casualty Hospital and returned to his home. Burtona Satterwaite, 4, of 511 Seventh street northeast, fell from a high chair while eating yesterday and suffered severe contusions of the shoul- de She also was taken to Casualty removed to her home after re- ceiving treatment. JABBING BOY'S HAND WI BRINGS TEACHER REPRIMAND Board of Education Takes Action Against Mrs. Laskey Johnson. Committee on Complaints and Appeals Recom- mends Measure. Jabbing a 10-year-old boy’s hand with & pen point as punishment for ina tention in class brought public re- primand by the Board of Education upon Mrs. Laskey Johnson, a fifth grade teacher at the Henry B. Cooke | School at the board meeting late yesterday. The reprimand for Mrs. Johnson was forthcoming when the board adopted the recommendation of its committee on complaints and appeals in connection with the corporal punish- ment inflicted more than a month ago upon Edward Good, 10-year-old son of Lieut. Comdr. Howard H. Good, U 8. N., and Mrs. Good of the Harvard Hall Apartments, 1650 Harvard street. ‘The nature of the punishment which Mrs. Johnson meted out to the Good ‘boy was not made known at yesterday's open meeting of the Board of Educi tion, but Comdr. and Mrs. Good ex- plained today that the teacher seized a writing pen with which the boy had been toying during recitation and bbed it into the flesh on the front and back of the child's hand several times with sufficient force to draw blood. The parents of the boy re- ported the incident to Dr. F. W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, im- mediately and left the matter of rebuke of the teacher in the hands of the of- ficials. Meanwhile, they withdrew their son from the Cooke School and placed him in the Sacred Heart Academy near there home, where they said today he will remain for the rest of the cur- rent school year. Committee Reviewed Charge. The decision of the board to repri- mand Mrs. Johnson, who had been found guilty of violating a specific rule of the Board of Education which for- bids the infliction of corporal punish- ment by a teacher upon any pupll, was based on the recommendation made by the complaint and appeals committee of which Dr. J. Hayden Johnson is chairman. The committee conducted a hearing at which Mrs. Phillip S. Smith, Dr. Abram Simon, Rev. F. L. A. Bennett, and Henry Gilligan, all mem- bers of the board; Dr. Ballou, superin- tendent of schools; Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent in charge of high schools, and Robert L. Haycock, assistant superintendent in charge of elementary schools. The formal report of the hearing which was presented at yesterday's meeting, set forth that: “It was brought out in the meeting by Comdr, Good, and readily admitted by Mrs. Johnson, that the ipil had been punished by the teacher in s manner which might have had serious results, because the pupil was inatten- tive in class. “After fully going into the case, the committee is of the opinion, which was concurred in by a majority of those present. that the practice of inflicting | corporal punishment in the schools, and | in particular the method used by this teacher, cannot be too severely con- demned by this board and all such cases will be promptly and vigorously handled. “The committee is also of the opinion EDWARD GOOD. —Star Staff Photo, that together with the transfering of Mrs. Johnson from the Cooke School, a letter should be sent to her by the resident of this board, reprimanding er for her actions and that this report be made a matter of pecord of this meeting.” Mrs. Johnson, the board was advised, was transferred from the Cooke to the new John Quincy Adams School, shortly after Comdr. Good's complaint had been received by Dr. Ballou. The Adams School is the finest and most elaborately equipped elementary school in the District. Commenting upon the incident today, Comdr. and Mrs. Good told The Star that the wounds which were inflicted on their son's hand by the ink-stained pen point caused severe swelling for several days and required the attention of two physicians in an effort to pre- vent serlous eonsequences from develop- ing. They said that while their friends had advised them to prosecute the teacher with a vicw to having her dis- missed from the system, they were satis- fied with the action taken by the boar since their sole motive is to prevent a reoccurrence of the punishment given their child to any other pupil. They added that their son has attended school under stern French brothers in China and in similar institutions of learning in other countries and cities and never before has the boy been in any trouble. Objects to Reprimand. ‘When the School Board undertook to vote on its committee's recom- mendation late yesterday Mr. Gilligan acquiesced in the report, with the ex- ception of the suggestion that a letter of reprimand be sent to Mrs. Johnson. He contended that the teacher had suf- fered enough “mental anguish” and that the publicity which he expected would be given the incident would in itself be sufficient punishment. Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the board, however, declared that, in his opinion, Mrs. Johnson was being dealt with very “mercifully”; that her act was one of seriousness which conceivably afforded narrow escape from ecritical consequences, and that, so far as he was concerned, any repetition of this act by Mrs. Johnson or any other of the guilty teacher from the service. ‘When advised today of the statement made by the parents of the boy to a reporter for The Star, Mrs. Johnson announced from her class room in the Adams Building that she did not wish to talk for publication. MOTORISTS ESCAPE DEATH IN COLLISION Automobile Carried 200 Feet by Electric Train—Three Are Injured. Three colored motorists almost mi- raculously escaped death late yesterday afternoon when a Washington, Balti- more & Annapolis electric train crashed into their machine at Sixty-first and Dix streets northeast and dragged the vehicle 200 feet before coming to a halt. Emma Armstrong, 23, suffered in- ternal injuries and was taken to Freed- men’s Hospital, where he condition was reported as undetermined today. James Armstrong, 57, driver of the car, and a third occupant, Ottway Armstrong, 16, received shock and bruises, and were also treated at Freedmen's. All three people live at Fairmont Heights, Md. The_electric car, operated by Motor- man John Johnson of Baltimore, with Conductor Jacob Wintering of Balti- more in charge, was traveling west on Dix street when the crash occurred. The automobile, police reported, was proceeding north on Sixty-first street. Walking across the intersection of Thirteenth and Clifton streets with his parents yesterday afternoon, Franc Layman, 9 years old, of 1420 Chapin | street, was struck and injured by an automobile driven by Walter C. Prentiss, | 20 years old, of 1206 Lamont street. The boy was removed to Garfield Hos- pital in Prentiss’ machine and treated for minor lacerations of the head and | FORMER CAPITAL MAN | DIES IN COLLISION Henry Brock Killed as Auto Crashes With Motor Bus in Minnesota. Henry Brock, 59 years old, formerly of Washington, was killed late yester- day in & head-on collision between a motor bus and his automobile about 100 miles north of St. Paul, Minn, where Mr. Brock now reside here. He visited them frequently and was well known in the Capital. During the period between 1885 and 1900 he lived in Washington and was actively connected with Masonic and National Guard affairs. He was a former member of Naval Lodge, No. 1, and of Almas Temple. During recent years he had been manager of the Tri-State Telephone & g:lzlmph Co., with headquarters in St. u Surviving him are a son, Henry Brock, J a daughter, Mrs. Charles Berry, both of St. Paul; & brother, Paul |ago during narcotic raids on lower TWO IN GHINESE RAIDS HELD OVER U. S. Commissioner Sends Wassue and Poy to Grand Jury—Three Released. Two Chinese arrested several weeks Pennsylvania avenue were held for ac- tion of the grand jury today following a preliminary hearing before Commis- sioner. Needham C. Turnage. Three were released. Sixteen other Chinese taken in these raids will be arraigned before the commissioner at a later date. The two men, Frank Wassue and Lee Poy, were held after two police testified they saw them throw a quantity of nar- cotics from a second-floor window of 318 Pennsylvania avenue to an areaway below. Thomas Shea, Lee Pong and Lee Park in testimony by Defense Attorney Rus- sell Kelly that the men were visitors at the premises and that no narcotics were found in the room in which they were arrested or on their persons. An effort is Being made by Kelly to quash the warrant w} used in where the tody. Attorney hich was the raid on the premises five men were taken into cus- The defense contends search was illegal, Ao i since testimony by Narcotic Agent C. D. Fortner, to whom the warrant was issued, revealed that he was not present to serve the paper at _the raided premises. Fortner testified that he turned the warrant over to Agent B. M. Martin and then conducted a raid on a neigh- boring house. A hearing on the motion o quash the warrant will be held in the near future. INJURED BY ELEVATOR Man Sticks Head in Shaft for Serv- ice and Is Struck. George Suthford, 44, of Alexandria, Va., was cut about the scalp this morn- ing by a descending elevator in a build- ing at 916 G street when, police were informed, he unlatched the door and stuck his head into the shaft to call for service. Suthford was removed from the fifth- floor corridor, into which the glancing :{m )u!,urll;d him, to Emergency Hos- e ambulance. not b;lleved serious. L uthford is an employe of the Con- Solidated Gas Iron Co. and lives at 212 South Pitt street, Alexandria. - “DRILL IS POSTPONED _— Cadets Will Compete Afterncon of April 28, The annual regimental competitive drill of the Washington High Schoo! G. Brock of Washington, and three sisters, Mrs. E. H. Thompson of the Panama Canal Zone, and Mrs. H. C | Rakemann and Mrs. W. O. Gilbert | both of this city. | Funeral services will be held at the | home of daughter, 2505 Dayton street, St ul, Saturday morning. Cadet Corp today was postponed from 3:30 o'clock this afternoon t'(’)olhe same hour Monday, April 28. It was the third time in two weeks that a cadet teacher would merit immediate dismissal | were released when it was brought out | | D pamvanpSCH00L PRINTING SHOP POLICIES HIT IN UNION REPORT Committee Charges Extrava- gance in Use of Power and High-Speed Machinery. PUPILS’ COMPETITION WITH WORKERS CHARGED Typographical Members Hold Methods Are Far Beyond Needs of Instruction Purposes. Criticism of the public school print #hops for their “extravagant” equip- ment and their policy of doing finished work which otherwise might be executed in commercial shops, is carried in the report of the Columbia Typographical Union’s committee on vocational edu- cation which has just been compiled following & study of the school shops. In the report, copies of which have been sent to the members of the Board of Education, it is pointed out that there are in the school shops power machines which “can be justified only by the necessity for rapid production” and which, in the opinion of the commit- tee, have no place in the schools where equipment is supposed to be used for instructional purposes. It is contended further that motor driven paper cutters, presenting a con- stant menace to the students, have no place in the schools as long as the shops are designed only for the in- struction of printing. Do Finished Work. It is charged that “many of these school shops do work for the school in which they are located, for the Frank- lin School, for the parent-teacher as- sociations, citizens' associations and the Armstrong (high school) seems to make a practice of doing considerable work for the District Repair Shop.” This report is expected to be received with surprise in school circles, since it was through the activities of the Cen- tral Labor Union largely that the cur- rent exhaustive study of vocational training in Washington schools was in- itiated. The Central Labor Union, through its spokesmen at open meetings of the Board of Education, charged that the District had no vocational train- ing, but had tion” instead. Commenting upon the equipment in the schools, the report cites examples of what it terms extravagances. “In Tech High Schol.” it is pointed out, “the linotype machine is entirely superfluous, this fact being substanti- ated by the absence of an instructor competent to either instruct or operate the machine.” The report continues: “There is other equipment in Tech, the installation of which approaches extreme extravagance, Not only the proof-reading desk, but motor-driven | high-speed presses, linotype and motor- | driven cutting machine, goes beyond | mere extravagance into the realm ot !ignorance of what public money should | be used for.” In view of the situation it describes at | McKinley High School the committce declares in its report that the cne year's credit now allowed by the Typographical Union for three years’ work in printing at that school will be withdrawn unt] a course equal to the apprentice course of the International Typographical | Union is established. In this connection jit is contended that the best type of instructor for such a course would be a man drawn from the trade “if a salary for the school year could be provid equal to the wage scale in the trade.” Instructors of this type already are in the schools, the committee declares, but who are ineligible to teach at McKinley because a college degree is required. The repor includes the following general information: That printing is taught in 18 public schools, in- cluding three white high schools, seven white junior high schools, four colored junior high schools, one white vocational school, one colored manual training school, one white pre- vocational school and one colored trade school. Exclusive of McKinley High School and the Langley Junior High School, approximately 781 white and 543 colored students are receiving print- ing instruction. The report contends that the potential tradesmen as esti- mated by the various instructors ab:. to give figures from their observations total 98, including 55 white students and 43 colored students. The teaching of printing to so many students is seen as a menace to the trade by the committee. Trade Problems Differ. “Boys studying woodwork, sheet metal work, electricity, painting and auto mechanics can use the knowled; | gained to advantage in every-day uf:, | ‘their report declares,” while instrue- tion in printing, especially if improperly given, could easily result in a menace to the trade, creating a class of incom- petent workmen with a little knowledge of the trade and more of the so-called ‘bed room’ print shops operated after | hours spent at other employment.” The report concludes with the sum- mary “is merely the result of observa- tion of the chairman of the committee from the Typographical Union, and the father of five boys, all of whom will have taken printing instruction in the | schools. It is also the result of 15 years teaching experience from the fifth grade up (o college, including pre- vocational, vocational, junior high, i senfor high, and 38 years' trade ex- perience.” The chairman of the committee is Everett W. Lawrence, while the five members are Duncan McLaren, Kenneth M. Hawkins and W. W. Scott, all teach. ers in the schools at present, Frank B. Smith and Floyd C. Slauch. o Hurt by Falling Fixture, _Struck on the head when a combina- tion gas and electric fixture fell from the ceiling of her apartment, Margaret ixon, 32, colored, of 933 M Street, was taken to Freedman's Hospital last night and treated for minor lacerations of the scalp. A The fire rescue squad was called into service to_turn off the electricity and stop the flow of gas from the broken pipe leading to the fixture, Shopper’s Purse Disappears. Eva G. Sutherland of 950 Lo street, reported to n:uee of lg'e’em recinct station yesterday t she lost or was robbed of a purse containing $27 in cash and valuable pa- pers while shopping in a downtown de- partment store. o Lodge Cancels Outing. Because of an insufficient number of subscriptions to ‘guarantee the trip, the annual outing of the Temple-Noyes Lodge, scheduled for May 23 to May 25, | “vocational diversifica- | | | { function had been delayed by inclement weather, the annual battalion drill hav- ln, been scheduled three times recently before it actually was held. l has been canceled, it was announced yesterday by Bert Roberts, chairman of the entertainment committee of the ‘