Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1930, Page 17

- Washington News CHILD HEALTH DAY 1S OBSERVED HERE WITH MANY CLINICS Program Also Includes Activi- ties on Several City Playgrounds. SCHOOLS ALSO TAKE PART BY TRAINING CHILDREN| Beginning of Work Preceded by Presentation of Flowers to Mrs. Hoover. May 1, officially set aside by a joint :ml\nyfion of Congress and designated by proclamation of President Hoover as “Child Health day,” is being widely observed throughout the National Capi- tal with programs designed to render direct aid to promoting the health of | individual children and to educate both | arents and children how to promote | fm\m throughout the year. Nearly 100 per cent of the school children of the District are participat- 4ng in games and other activities of a health educational nature, while hun- dreds of children were treated during the morning at the various Health De- partment centers and at several other Centers, with & number of the latter also holding clinics this afternoon. In addition to the operation of the health centers, 85 dentists of the Dis- trict of Columbia Dental Society, un- der the direction of Dr. James Brown, chairman of the society’s oral iene committee, are treating white children at their offices, through appointments arranged in co-operation with public school nurses. Likewise 25 members of the colored dentists organization are treating colored children at their of- fices. Playground Programs. An extensive program of May day activities has been arranged for the 44 playgrounds here, under the direction of Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, director, while a number of lu]hoow ;:Ill:r ions have special pra 3 - ‘Ig:ugl&no;moul the activities of the day. . Linking in with the child health activ- fties of the day is the meeting of the committee on recreation and physical education of the White House Con- ference on Child Health and Protection, ‘which convened in its second meeting in the Interior Department Building. The group had -assembled many facts pertaining to child welfare which it deemed appropriate to report on at to- day’s sessions. - Col.. Henry Breckinridge of New York, Assistant Secretary of ‘War under President Wilson, president of the National Amateur Athletic Fed- eration and president of the Amateur Mume‘ome of America, is chairman of the ittee. Silonng yesterday afternoon carried a basket of flowers %o Mrs. Hoover at the White House, and in presenting them wished her a speedy recovery from her iliness. Children at White House. The children delivering the flowers and greetings to Mrs. Hoover were Joan | C0! and Jewel Davis, daughters of the Sec- retary of Labor; David Witcover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Witcover; Bob- by Kaemmerer, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. A. Kaemmerer, and Jack Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Baker. They were accompanied to the White House by Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, chair- ‘man of mt:gemlosu Children’s San- jum 3 nnl‘;‘r. J A. Murphy, chief medical examiner for the public schools, chair- man of the local Child Health day com- mittee, re] nting all the various health and educational groups of the city, in an official notice of the day's activties, declared: “The keynote for May day, 1930, is rent co-operation in community child 5:-1&1 andnpvrmcmn.';ldddlnx:r};l:ogl‘z logan is, “I rent and ev - united for health for every child.” The schedule for treatment of chil- dren at the health centers and hos- itals was outlined for the day as fol- Children’s Tuberculosis Clinic, 512 1 stree from 1:30 to 3 pm. Chil- dren to be given complete examination, including X-ray of the chest. Plans for Clinics. Child Welfare Society clinic, Chil- dren’s Hospital, at Thirteenth and V streets, for white children, 10 to 12 noon, with Dr. Edward B. Brooks, Dr. Joseph Greenlaw and Dr. Robert Bier in charge, Afternoon period, Dr. Eliza- beth Chickering and Dr. Bernard Notes in charge. Social service department, Children’s Hospital, Anna B. Hunter in charge, open from 9 o'clock in the morning until 3 in the afternoon; Dr. P. A. McLendon, physician. ‘The following Health Department centers were open until noon, with phy- sicians in charge as follows: Georgetown Hospital, Dr. R. L. De- Saussure, Dr. Thomas Linville; 2304 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, Dr. C. H. Hixson, Dr. William F. Burdick; 330 C street northwest, Dr. Margaret Nicol- 3 B. Conklin; 588 M street northwest, Dr. M. T. Rosser, Dr. G. W. Heltmuller; 5827 Georgia avenue north. west, Dr. Preston Haynes, Dr. A. Nimet, Dr. R. H. Ford; 900 Maryland avenue northeast, Dr. A. J. Steinberg, Dr. Harry . Ong; Rhode Island avenue northeast, Dr. William G. Meiman, Dr. E. 3. Coole; 1205 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, Dr. E. E. Chickering, Dr. J. 8. Arnold; 1201 Talbert street south- east, Dr. B. Notes, Dr. W. F. Greeaney; 480 E Street, Dr. W. G. Symmonds, Dr. R. McNitt; Preedman’s Hospital (col- ored), Dr. J. E. Trigg, Dr. A. Carr and | iss| ed Dr. R. Cook. Dr. Rebecca Stoneroad, physical training director of the public schools, as chairman of the committee on school May day activities, said that teachers in all the schools h‘ld.lhken keen ltx‘;:!ré:: in preparing special programs dlypln which health is stressed as part of the regular program. The programs include short speec! compositions, drawings, readings, exhibits, plays and outdoor sports. ' Many of the schools have planned outdoor festivals with dances, games and exercises to which parents and friends are invited. Health Plays Planned. Similar activities are reported by Miss Anita Turner, physical training director of the colored schools, with special pro- grams at the Miner Normal School, in- cluding health examinations for the -school children and fleld sports in afternoon. Also she notes special health plays at the John F. Cool 1, J. C. le, principal; at the ilitary Road School, Miss R. E. Tulli- at . the :‘lev Bell pupils held their health round: AIRPORT LACK HERE DELAYS AIR BEACON Washington Only Station on Coastal Route Still With- out Plane Guide. -up. Lack of a permanent municipal air- port is holding up the establishment here by the airways division, Bureau of Lighthouses, of the Department of Com- merce, of radio range beacon service on this section of the Atlantic coastal air- way.une-:‘on ll".::.‘:m are under eu'x; struction at al er necessary point along the airway, but so far no site has been selected for the National Capital's beacon station. The radio range beacon's function is to lay out a directive radio beam along the airway to guide the from air- port to through fogs or storms which prevent him seeing the ground. In order to function properly, the bea- con station must be placed on the line of the airway, preferably close to the airmal Bol is fiel be transfe tional Capital’s municipal air- d when this airport is estab- hed. e of the first radio range stations in the country was constructed at Had- ley Field, Newark, N. J., the New York terminal field of the Eastern Air Trans- port line. The beacon station at Rich- a month, an ns - struction at Greensboro, Spartanburg and Atlanta, leaving the National Capi- through fogs or storms operate by “dead reckoning.” Radio range service, it is believed, would of u:ep&ruun benefit to them and than other pilots who must fly the route. SPEED LIMIT URGED FOR BOATS IN RIVER Ten Miles an Hour Maximum for Craft Is Suggested by Maj. Pratt. A speed limit of 10 miles per hour for water craft in the Washington Channel, the Georgetown Channel and the Eastern Branch was suggested to ioners yesterday by Maj. Pratt, superintendent of police. ‘This matter was considerably agi- tated last Summer, when Roland M. Brennan, chairman of the District’s wharf committee, charged that the waves set up by speed boats was dam- aging the District’s wharf property and endangering other craft.. At the time the corporation counsel wrote an opinion that the Commissioners had power to impose the speed limit, but 8] boat interests arranged a “gen- tlemen’s agreement” that no speeding would be done in the channel, and the regulation was not adopted. ‘The matter again came to the fore this Sprlng, ‘when Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public arks, inquired whether the harbor po- fice were given power to enforce speed restrictions in the Washington and Anacostia Channels, Maj. Pratt rec- ommended that the following order be sued : “No vessel, boat or water craft of any description shall be propelled at a greater rate of speed than 10 land miles r hour on the waters of the Wash- ington Channel or the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River between the docks and a point opposite to Hains Point or on the waters of the George- town Branch of the Potomac River above the Memorial Bridge.” health parade for little children will be staged. A song and dance festival will mark the day at Hoover Playground. Rosedale Playground will have com- munity singing to follow the athletic program. Virginia Avenue Playground will have health exercises and a posture class for young ones, the older ones hav- ing sports and games. Folk dances will be conducted on all the playgrounds, S o, S B at ce January, 3 buttons will be presented. At both Neighborhood House and Friendship House children of the kin- dergarten classes will g:uent plays. Miss Jeannette Holt will have charge at the former and Miss Alice Byars at the . | latter At the Jackson School the Associa- tion for the Hard of Hearing, under the direction of Miss E. E. Sargent, is @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, HEALTH DAY TEST HELD Little Marilyn Blanken, 415 years old, was one of the first to appear at the Health Clinic, 5327 Georgia avenue, this morning, where the George Truesdell —Star Staff Photo. MOTHER JONES, 100 TODAY: CELEBRATES Officials and Friends Are Guests at Home in Chillum, Md. American labor’s Joan of Arc, Mother Mary Jones, was honored today on her 100th birthday anniversary at a mam- moth celebration at the home of friends near Chillum, Md. Numerous ranking officials of the American Federation of Labor and-other friends of the flery organizer gathered at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burgess to participate in the exercises, informal in nature. A large throng milled around the front of the home as Mother with Amer- bunting and several score nged in rows in the yard. Numerous floral offerings were deposited on the porch. Music was furnished by the Soldiers’ Home Band which played patriotic airs. Gov. Albert E. Rif of Maryland, Secretary of Labor James J. Davis and erred | Willlam Green, president of the Ameri- B, e ve laf icf in _the reception. par Mother Jones was in the best of humor as she shook hands with the 9 rinds who passed acroms e omes: L T—— legrams an of the world conj he organizer on her the home all day. Attacks Prohibition. Speaking for a “talkie” news reel, Mother Jones made a bitter attack ml.n.lt' prohibition, appealed to the country's women to be more active in xo:;t’l:g:l affairs and criticized the use “Prohibition has done more harm anything else that ever happened since this country’s birth,” Mother Jones declared. “What it,” she de- 'd much ra beer than water.” s Mother Jones declared it had been “a great privilege to live a hundred years and see progress American labor has made. You must remember that America was not founded on dollars, but on the blood of brave men, men who gave up their lives for your bene- fit. Our lives are in the hands of labor. There is no movement with the great power of labor, but we must use it.” Comment to Friend. After she continued speaking when the movie apparatus had ceased operat- lnld. Mother Jones turned to a friend said: ‘What in hell's the matter? Did you ever hear a woman say enough?” Among those in Mother Jones’ audi- ence were E. N. Nockels, secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor; Charles E. Young, executive secretary of the Washington Building Trades Council, and William M. Leath, president of the Columbia Typographical Union. SHORT WEEK GOES INTO EFFECT HERE Building Trades Workers Start Today on Five-Day Program. arts tulating the labor irthday, poured into The five-day week for building trades workmen, one of the favorite objectives of organized labor, went into effect in ‘Washington today on a scale that is universal in the industry here for all practical purposes. Short week agreements obtained re- cently by the bricklayers’ and the car- ¢ unions became effective with m% of May 1, thus hnngmf into the five-day haven virtually all the branches of the building irades. Builders point out that now it will be impracticable for any work 1o be done on the sixth day, since workmen in all major lines now are on the short week The plasterers, plumbers, steamfit- ters and electricians w“hh:nweg the - Tvi s few cities of one 'h‘: thus es of THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1930. * IMOORE'S MARKET PLAN IS EXPECTED 10 BE APPROVED Hall Indicates Favorable Re- port Will Be Made Soon on Proposal. TREASURY BUILDING PROGRAM IS CITED Operators Crowd Subcommittee Room at Hearing, With Sev- eral Testifying. After a brief hearing this morning before the Hall subcommittee of the House District committee, Chairman Hall announced that a favorable re- port probably will be made as soon as possible on the Moore substitute for the Smoot resolution, which passed the Senate last October, providing for con- tinuing Center Market until the land is needed for a Federal building. Mr. Hall announced the Treasury offi- cials have told him it has been defi- nitely decided to erect the Archives Building instead of the Department of Justice Building as heretofore scheduled specifications for the foundations are being worked out with the prospect that building operations will start in the Representative Moore of Virginia ex- plllngd his substitute, which besides providing for continuance of Center Market, directs that the Secretary of Agriculture shall ‘lve 90 days’ notice to occupants of the intention of the Gov- ernment to the market when the date for construction has been decided upon. Mr. Moore emphasized that the market property has been operated with an excess of receipts over expenditures to the extent of $117,000. He called attention to the importance of continu- ing the market, not only to those who have stands leased in the structure, but :gr the farmers who bring their produce ere. Several score market operators crowd- ed the committee room, several of whom testified to their interest in having the market keg: open until there is some definite determination as to when the %éler:lmltl d‘h‘xu require the site for the eral building program. Joseph Wells, wi’.., said that he repre- sents the man holding the largest space in the present Center Market, stated that last night in New York he signed the contract for a new center market to be built here by private capital to the extent of $2,500,000 on a site within five squares of Eleventh and F streets and holds an option on that site. His statement was challenged Os- car D. Roberts, vice president of the Association of Center Market Dealers, who declared that this and other at- fiem{m were being made to force out the dealers in the interest of other market enterprises. ‘The Center Market dealers declared their satisfaction with the Moore sub- stitute and Chairman Hall said that this legislation was satisfactory to the Treasury officials in charge of the pub- lic building program. ‘The hearing today was short on ac- count of the session of the House start- ing at 11 o'clock. TWO RIVERMEN HELD FOR ILLEGAL FISHING Pair Picked Up in Oxon Run Early This Morning by Harbor Patrol. by Revealed in the powerful rays of the harbor patrol boat’s fl!‘hfi" cutting across the waters of Run early this morning, two Alexandria rivermen were arrested on charges of fish- ing with nets in District waters and their boat, three nets and 25 fish seized. men were taken to the harbor precinct, where they gave their names as William Henderson, 37 years old, and George Bashford, 49, both of Basfords lane, Alexandria. They were to face arraignment in Police Court today. The arrests followed the discovery Monday of elght heavily loaded nets in the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River and the order of night patrols by Lieut. Edward T. Harney, commander of the harbor station, to stamp out illegal fishing. Sergt. J. T. Haugley and Pvts. Theo- dore Crow and M. D. Harbaugh came upon the men in Oxon Run just below the National Training School for Girls at Blue Plains about 3 o'clock this morning and took them into custody when they are alleged to have caught the fishermen in the act of hauling in & net loaded with carp. Police said Henderson and Bashford scrambled for their oars when the pa- trol boat’s light picked them ur. but so quietly had the police craft slipped up on them that they were halted before getting under way. The officers searched the water nearby and found two other nets. Bashford and Henderson were fined $25_each at Police Court today. “In this case I will sentence you to pay $25 or serve 30 days,” Judge Ralph Given said. “If the fish were anything but carp you can bet the sentence would be much ‘heavier.” HOLD WOMAN ON CHARGE OF ROBBING BENEFACTORS Taxicab Driver Tells Police She Stole $100 Necklace and $45 Worth of Clothing. Mrs. June Meyer, 22 years old, of New York City, was arrested by De- tective Sergt. J. E. Kane early today and charged with the theft of a $100 necklace and $45 worth of clothing from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mond A. Truitt of 733 Thirtysecond street southeast, who had befriended her. She will be arraigned in Police Court tomorrow morning on & grand larceny chary Mrs. Meyer was arrested on a war- rant sworn to by Truitt, a taxicab driver, who told police that the took the clothes and necklace and broke into his child’s bank and stole several dollars in change during absence of his family several days Truitt also told officers tha Meyer, a 3 npmue for help, stranger, about a week ago th | arrived here from New Yorl titute state. He obtained a position in a downtown he and his wife took her home to live. on the Center Market site, and that | board has VOCATIONAL BOARD SUGGESTS PLAN FOR D. C. SCHOOLS Urge Caution in Preparing Program to Avoid Destroy- ing Previous Progress. TRADE EXPERIENCE HELD REQUISITE OF TEACHER Suggest Mill Type of Building as Most Valuable and Efficient Structure. A general review of the occupational situation in Washington and a list of suggestions and recommendations for the setting up of an efficient vocational education system in the public schools is contained in a 50-page report made by the Federal Board for Vocational Education to the Board of Education’s special citizens’ committee on vocational training here. Copies of this report have been sent to John B. Colpoys, gg;lr{‘rz&n ggl tl"\le committee, for dis- ution and subsequent sti his associates. e In offering recommendations for the improvement of the National Capital’s vocational education system the Federal treated the occupations in three general classes—home economics, trade and industrial, and commercial. fie Jgu&h vflcdiy :“edm.du.bn uniger the ion: luca voca- tional rehabilitation. In treating the trade and industrial portion of the vocational program, the Federal board urges extreme caution in dealing with the program in order to avold destroying the progress, which already has been made. Its very first suggestion is that the improvement policy should be “one of constructive changes rather than ill-advised attempts to accomplish everything at once.” It is suggested further that vocatlonal schools be relleved of the handicap of being expected to receive troublesome and sub-normal puplls who have failed to make good in other schools; that a probationary perlod should be set up for prospective vocational pupils to make certain that they will profit by the specialized work, and that it should be made clear to all school officials that vocational schools are in no sense to be regarded as the “last resort,” be- fore sending puplils to ungraded schools. Qualified Instructions. In this same line and under the general review of the vocational situa- tion here the Federal board declares that the first requisite of gompetent in- structors in the vocational schools should be the instructor’s own employ- ment record, which before he be ap- pointed, should prove th compe- tency based on trade or field experi- ence. Besides the actual teachers, the Federal board insists a successful vo- cational program must be headed by an equally qualified supervisor working immediately under the superintendent otl;c‘.lzoohlh building ussing bul and e ent, the board asserts thlnt the lcgo“lmmmtlm - tions for vocational and trade schools should be suitable for the work to be rformed. The loft or mill type of ilding, with partitions which can be easily and inexpensively moved or taken down, is urged as a valuable and effi- cient trade school building. It is rec- ommended further that vocational schools should be located in the down- town district. Cites Over-Equipment Danger. Great care is urged in the selection of equipment, and it is pointed out there is danger of over equi new institutions. S Recognition of the nsibility of a vocatjonal school for placing students in employment in addition to giving them the training they need, also is urged by the board. Under general comments, the Fed- eral Board declares that in Washing- ton “there seems to be undue reverence Colege preparatoey Baining i the e g in h ‘The board points out erlll"lser the lack in the Washington school system of proper provisions “for ad- vising and for readjusting the school careers of active, ener‘etfc youths to whom the routine of the traditional school program does not appeal.” The board strongly recommends ade- quate training in “vocational, commer- cial education and sets forth in its re- port a list of fundamental requisites. It points out that there is occupational needs for such fields as telegraph mes- sengers, office boys, sales girls, wrap- pers, store cashiers and other junior office and store workers under 13 years of age. Part-time class training urged for this group. Evening Classes Advocated. Evening classes are advocated for small store managers and salesmen, of- fice clerks in traffic, crediting and pur- chasing departments; operators of office appliances, stenographers, bookkeepers and general clerical workers, Full-time schooling is recommended for those who want to prepare for a ific kind of office or store employment or to gain fn r kno of some particular kl.n'd‘ of %mmhmr& work. To pro- mote_sucl e E‘N recom- mends a plain bufld\n which ac- tual workin e&uipmen. such as store of m :nd even show win- This report is based on an actual sur- vey of working conditions, occupational flelds and vocational education - modations in the District of Columbia. The survey was made by the Federal board at the invitation of the Board of Education through its secretary, Harry O. Hine. In his invitation, Mr. Hine suggested the report be made to Mr. Colpoys, as chairman of the special cit- izens committee. With coples of the report now in their hands, the special committee will call a meeting in the near future for study of the document and further action in framing its own program. BENJAMIN F. ODEN DIES AFTER ILLNESS Clerk in Office of Senator Swanson Had Served at Capitol for Thirty Years. jamin F. Oden, a clerk in the of- Senator Swanson of Vi . d it at his apartment, 1900 8 street, following & brief illness. Mr. Oden been ill only a few weeks. tor Swanson, he was er Representative . _Mr. Oden was born in ville, W. Va., but had lived for a number of at_Appomatox, Vi ‘will be bus at Av?omwx tomor- is | back. TS_IMMONS TO BE ON AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE Head of Appropriations Group for District to Be Promoted. Under Seniority Custom Hola- day of lllinois Would Succeed Him. Representative Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska, now chairman of the sub- committee on District appropriations of the House appropriations committee, is to become chairman of the subcommit- tee on agriculture in the next Con- gress and will relinquish his present chairmanship. This was admitted yes. terday by Chairman Wood of the House appropriations committee. It was with this in view that Representative Sim- mons were recently made a member of the agricultural subcommittee. This is considered an important promotion for Mr. Simmons. Under the seniority rule usually fol- lowed Representative Willlam P. Hola- day of Illinois, who has co-operated closely with Mr. Simmons in drafting the District appropriation bill, would succeed him as cl an, being the next ranking Republican on the sub- committee. There is doubt, however, as to whether Mr. Holaday would care for the chairmanship. OFFICERS ‘EXPLAIN WAR-CAR TOLL DATA Purpose of Press Release Still Is Mystery as Ulterior Motive Is Denied. The horrid word “propaganda” crept into conversation among Army officers at the War Department today. Officers in and out of the Department’s greu section animatedly discussed one of the latest releases for press consumption which was issued yesterday under the succinct _heading: “Auwmobgu More Deadly Than Enemy's Bullets. While high-ranking officers in the Society and General GIVEN POST PAGE B-—1 PLANPOLE STODY I OBSERVATORY AT CATHERSBURG U. S. Geodetic Survey Will Re-establish Institution for Scientific Work. HOPE TO CHECK EARTH MOVEMENT EACH DAY SIMMONS Before his retirement Mr. Simmons would like to see work well started on the new Municipal Center for the Dis- trict, which has been one of the im- portant projects in which he has been particularly interested. He has been urging that the Federal Government purchase at once the present Municipal Building, so that the District could use the funds thus made available for erection of the first structure in the new municipal group. CROSBY APPOINTS DETECTIVE AS AIDE Frank A. Varney Designated as Commissioner’s Per- sonal Investigator. ve Frank A. Var- ney has been ted by Commis: sioner Herbert B. Crosby as His personal aide to investigate complaints that come to the Commissioner independently of '.lmle‘- regular police investigation chan- ne Varney took up his new quarters in the anteroom to ner Crosby’s office of the Assistant Secretary of War glanced over the release preliminary to what was suggested as further discus- slon, other officers denied that the mat- ter was issued with ulterior motive. The department's release projec the thought that in the case of Cali- e e Lot -t conaly automo less than the of le: ~ the District of A. A A Is Held Ally. It develo] today that the source of the fl‘\malped cited was two-fold, the last annual report of the of War, and the American Automobile Assoclation and it was sald by one officer that the A. A. A. had been “de- lighted” to get over the idea that auto- mobile accidents are terrible. “The release was a doubl proposition,” said the officer. “We were not trying to prove an ‘The res show that deaths figu: from auto- mobiles are terrible and the American Automobile Association was glad to emphasize that point. We sent the statement and table of figures to all corps areas and suggested the matter bedg:rlbuudmumpmunumu saw fit.” It being understood that the “terrible” Sdge ot The Goue-cdged propasition, of the double- I the officer was asked to describe the other edge. “Well,” he said, “the other 'Was that in view of the I number of trafic fatalities, the number of deaths in battle may not be so bad after all.” Doesn’'t Prove Anything. ;And what does that prove?” he was asked. “Nothing,” he replied. “We didn't anybody to print it. It is our function to give out information about the activities of the War Department. We have never asked anybody to print The officer’s attention then was called to the fact that one of the infer- ences to be drawn ‘War Department was picturing war as not so bad. “That borders pretty close on propaganda, doesn’t it?” “Draw_your own inference,” he shot “If your inference is ridiculous, it's yours, not ours. We gave out the figurd In explanation of his contention that the department was not trying to prove anything, the officer pointed out that the table of figures accompanying the statement showed that in only 16 States was average monthly rate of auto fatalities greater than the average monthly battle rate. In the other 31 missing. the greater. “But where the battle rate is greater, the preponderance is small,” he add nd where the auto fatalities are greater, the number of auto deaths is much el "ghn does that prove?” he was “Nothing,” he answered. “But it is not propaganda?” Definition of Propaganda. “What the other fellow does is propa- ganda,” the officer answered. ng: “rhe Wit Denatt e War rtment’s press section published a definition of publicity and propaganda about three years ago. Publicity was defined as: = “The dis- semination of facts to spread knowled, and understan > 1 the definition, is “the dissemination of information and ideas to develop a favorable public opinion on some defi- nite subject or ject.” “The demu%;o of publicity,” sald that press section's treatise, “provides a valuable classification for Army news is, facts concerning men and events which pertain to knowledge and understanding of the operations and principles of the national defense.” The relation of automobile fatalities to death in battle, if any, proves noth- ing and was intended to prove nof 3 it was sald. It :m- the d&:a}_lc‘- “morz:r:md m‘: MISTAKES POISON carried headquarters detective, but has been relieved of all work in connection with the Central Detective Bureau to leave him free for it with his special | the the work in connection nt. H:! will be 7.:1.:" Commis- sioner’s personal representative. The Commisisoner will decide which of the complaints coming to him he wants in- vestigated th the channels and which 5 never done any in- vestigation work on members of the de- partment, such as is carried on by the night inspectors or the special investi- tion squad, more popularly known as Gen. Crosby said this last is one of the reasons Varney was chosen, as he wanted an independent man to whom he could refer matters as his personal Tepresentative. Will Be Instructor. “This must not be taken as a reflec- tion on the superintendent of police, or the regular investigation channels,” he said, “but being new on this job I felt the need of some qualified man to act 8s my personal representative in mat- ters where there might be some per- sl:nn} interest by the regular investigat- lorces. ment, with which I am not yet familiar. I hope the nublic will not take this as an invitation to make complaints to me, however. ANSWER TO CARFARE PLEA NEARLY READY on in ed, | ing the record with him. it | order compelling K.eech Expects to File Reply to Traction Companies Petition Tomorrow. People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech was busy today pul the finishing touches on the answer he is to file to- morrow to the petition of the Capital Traction and Washington Rallway & Electric Cos. for increased car fare. The case will be argued on its merits in District Supreme Court before Justice Alfred A. Wheat May 12, by arrange- ment of counsel. For the past five weeks Mr. Keech has been studying the 2.400-page rec- ord of the companies’ case before the Public Utllities Commission for many hours each da; Most of the time Vernon L. West, who will represent the commissf the case, has been study- Mr. Keech' answer, which will be separate from that of the commission, is ready in TO! draft, but will not be reduced to de- The present case in of securing an commission to raise the rates. ENGINEERS TO BE TOLD ABOUT TYPE OF MOTOR Four Washington Societies to Spon- sor Meeting Next Thursday Night. Addresses on Diesel engines of | Hubert Wilkins Mistaking a bottle of disinfectant for Miss Mary Netly, 28, of | Busch-Sulser Clevelana, Ohio, Grani tity leveland, a_quan the poison in a mmaeQ at last night before discovering h%m’fiommrmumnfl told other roomers what had haj J A taxicab was summoned and was 203 | Diesel 0ld Unit Will Co-operate With Three Other Widely Sep- arated Stations. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘The North Pole will not stay at home. The United States Geodetic Survey is to re-establish at Gaithersburg, Md, one of four observatories scattered over the world to find out why the top of the earth goes wandering in the Arctic nights, carrying with it the parallels of latitude and causing an astronol mess, Maj. Willlam Bowie of the Coast and Geodetic Survey told the American Geophysical Union meeting here The parallels of latitude, Maj. Bow! said, stray as much as 50 where they should be from the positions of the stars by which they are deter- mined. It is not known whether this is because the position of the earth changes in space from time to time, changing the theoretical position of the Pole, or whether the boreal point itself changes within the earth. Three stations now in operation are at Ukiah, Calif.; at Carleforte, an is- land off the coast of Sardinia, and at Mususiwa, Japan. An observatory at Gaithersburg was opened in 1900, but closed in 1014 when the war interfered with the work of other stations. It will be reopened and one observer sta- tioned '.harel, Maj. Bowle sai side of the earth from the Japanese station, so that the comparative records will be valuable. All in Same Latitude. If the earth itself tilts in space, he explained, it would shift the latitude at , Gaithersburg a few feet in one direction e, the stations are in latitude 39.8. Observations will be taken each night on the same stars from each of them, An explanation of the changing of parallels by tides raised the moon on the earth’s surface was pre- sented by Dr. Harlan T. Stetson, di- rector of the Perkins Observatory at Ohio Wesleyan University. Working partly with the old Gail itions and i3 : [3:14 the result of the gravitation the moon on the earth. exerted in different dkecfiomm moon its position. Dr. Stetson said, supports the theories of logists that the crust, far from being solid, rests mobile basalt layer overlaying nickel-iron core of the earth itself. If the theory holds up, it will be necessary for astronomers to correct their cal- culations, depending on the exact posi- tion of the moon. Sea Runs Uphill ! _There is increasing evidence, Ma; Bowie said in reporting the presen status of geodesy, that the sea in the Northern Hemisphere runs uphill toward the North Pole. Galveston, Tex., is con- sidered as absolute sea level for North America. There is a continual in- crease, as shown by beach marks, north- ward along the Atlantic Coast. The Pacific, whose mean sea level is 2 feet higher than the Atlantic, also slant upward. It is probable, Dr. Bowie said, that the southern oceans also slope up- hill toward the South Pole. The same slant found on the American sea coast also has been reported from England, France, Russia and Japan. The most probable explanation of the sea level increase northward, he said, is that it is due to the average barometric pressure or weight of air resting ‘lmn the water, the direction of prevt g winds effecting the tides and the differences in salinity and tem- perature of the ocean, which changes the weight of the water. Due largely to the interest of Presi- dent Hoover, Maj. Bowie said, a comlete map of the United States will be gfl- duced in the next 18 years. The al budget for geodetic work, he explained, was increased this year to $316,624, from $88,600 the previous year. This will per- mit about 2,200 miles of triangulation work this year. The completed first and second order triangulation, he said, will cost between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000. When the work is completed there will be arcs of triangulation and lines of leveling every 50 miles, and it will be possible to locate exactly in space any point in the United States. Explains Four-Season A proposal for changing the four seasons, to consist of 13 weeks each, s0 that the middle day of each will fall on an astronomical event—the Winter and Summer solstices and the vernal and autumnal equinoxes—was explained by Prof. Charles F. Marvin, chief of the United States Weather Bureau. This would facilitate international statistical work, he explained, and would make the week a more convenient time unit for scienific work. For most of the temperate zone it would place Spring in the middle of Winter and Winter in the middle of Autumn. Winter would always start on November 5 for the whole world, so that the central day, December 17, would fall exactly with the Winter solstice. It would end and Spring be- gin February 4 so that the middle day, March 22, would correspond with the vernal equinox. Ordinary weather con- ditions in the temperate zone, he said, would vary about a month from this arbitrary calendar. Dr. William J. Humphreys of the Weather Bureau insisted that the sea- sons as they now are dated probably re_too fixed in agriculture and firmly the traditions of the people to be discarded for scien con- Two celebrated polar e: ald . O Brer ShfE