Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1930, Page 5

INDIAN- SCHOOL PROBE FRUITLESS Senators Argue as Charges of Mistreatment of Chil- dren Are Heard. By the Associated Press. ‘To the accompaniment of a serles of arguments among Senators, a Senate committee today took up charges that Indian children have been mistreated w Government school at Phoenix, John Colller of the American Indian | Defense Assoclation was the first wit- mess, but_he had little opportunity to festify. Between interruptiens he did say the records showed that the situa- | tion had become such at Phoenix that | three employes were discharged, an- other transferred and a student ex- pelled. Senator Ashurst of Arizona said none at the hearing, including himself, was in a position to say what the facts really were; that Colller had “nothing But mountains of ignorance” on the subject, and that he wouldn’t “hang a yellow dog on such evidence.” Senator Hayden of Arizona -declared the complaints came from disgruntled employes and the hearing was “merely to_get newspaper public} ‘When Senator Pine of Oklahoma sug- ested that Indian Commissioner Rhodes Be permitted to testify, Ashurst asked: “What does he know about it?” Hayden presented a resolution signed by 104 employes of the school denying charges that students had meen mis-| treated, and - Chairman Frazier re-| marked: “It has been my experience that an employe who complains gets fired. In order to hold his job he has to sign resolutions.” Both Ashurst and Hayden main- tained that the place to hold the inves- tigation was in Phoenix, and Frazier said the committee planned to go there this Summer. INQUIRY INTO ACTRESS’ DEATH IS REQUESTED Took Six Medicine Tablets, Al- though Directions Prescribed Only Two, Friends Say. ®y the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 23.—Jean Farrel, an mctress, who police said appeared in “Rose Marle,” died in Grant Hospital today under circumstances which led the attending physician to ask for an inquest. Accordlng to Barbara Bossie, another sctress, Miss Farrel recently had been unable to sleep. Last night, she said, Miss Farrel took six medicine tablets, although the directions on the bottle prescribed only two. MUSIC “THE STUDIO SKETCH BOOK.” ’I'lm King-Smith Studio School pre- sented its final and most preten- tious production of the season, “The Studio Sketch Book,” last night. The 10 skits, which made up this program seemed remarkably fresh and entertain- . The sketch book itself, which proved to be the scenic buck(round serving as mute Introduction for each uew character, was designed and paint- ed by Robert Byrne. Eleanor Swain, girl, was the’ young lady whou was responsible, sup- posedly, for the various scenes. She ‘made I.II .mnctlve figure perched . high on a stool during the entire production. Problbly the most original act of the evening was the “Mechanical Dance” done by Ji Arendes. Recruiting her theme froth some German pantomime, she made a striking figure in her mask and weird costume. The potential start of the evening wved to be Rebecca Tarwater. Lend- ing her talents to a variety of the skits, she nevertheless managed to outshine herself in the episode entitled “Experi- ments.” With just a touch of the Ruth Draper about her, she possesses the rare 't of being able to hold an audience n the palm of her hand while she does her impersonations. Her “D. A. R.”| number is one of those things that should weather many a year. ‘The other scenes were devoted to va- rious phaises of the dance. Three poems somewhere near the middle were dis-| tinctive and charming and the *‘Paris” episode most delightful musically, It proved to be, altogether, a collection of sketches done by young people who have ‘the faculty of proving the cleverness of | Sheir mettle, . de S. M. MOTOR-MENTAL-RHYTHMICS. Ethel Hoffman Kane gave two pri- vate school demonstrations of her *“Motor-Mental-Rhythmics” this week, one on the hilltop lawn at' the home of Mrs. C. C. Glover, jr., Massachusetts avenue extended, where the girls of Gunston School gave a rhythmic dance program yesterday afternoon; the other on the lawn of the Stanwood Cobb School, at Chevy Chase, by the stu-| dents of the Cobb School. These classic dance programs, de- signed for health as well as a funda-| mental music knowledge in accurate | bodily “reading” of the music, are col- | orful and imaginative. Mrs. Kane's work with children is; unusual. Spontaneous group work it is, that yet holds a definite order of tech- | nique that brings to her slightest com- mand an immediate response, The| reason would seem to lie in the fact: that the best of music is known by the | children and is the guide to their seem~ ing improvisations of the dance. They; use a lift of the body for the hign| notes, or bring it near the ground for| low notes, showing that they hear the | CASUALTY HOSPITAL Watson, Pratt and Kramer Discuss Plans to Stimu- late $50,000 Drive. Plans for stimulating Casualty Hos- pital's campaign for a $50,000 building and equipment fund were discussed this morning at a meeting attended by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, chief of police; Fire Chief George A. Watson and Assistant Superintendent of Schools Stephen E. Kramer, all of whom are directors of the hospital. Chief Watson and Maj. Pratt, whose office the meeting was held, told Mr, Kramer, chairman of the men’s committee, that they are in full sym- pathy with Casualty’s drive for funds angufelt. it merjted the support of the ublic. B The drive has been conducted this week by & men’s committee of 30, a committee composed of 30 members of the board of lady managers of the in- stitution and a special gifts committee. The committee. of the board of lady managers is headed by Mrs. Martha J. Vaughan, while Arthur Carr is chair- man of the special gifts committee. Roscoe Fertich is chairman of the ex- ecutive committee in charge of the campaign. Casualty Hospital is seeking to raise $50,000, the money to be used in retir- ing part of the indebtagness on the new $200,000 hospital building and for the purchase of additional equipment. AUTO ENTERS HOUSE Stops With Radiator in Xitchen Door—Nobody Injured. BALTIMORE, Md., May 23 (#)—An automobile plunged through the front of a brick house here yesterday, and stopped with its radiator in the kitch- en door. ~The four occupants of the car escaped without a scratch, and a child and her older sister in the build- ing were uninjured. The driver was ar- rested by a policeman, who said he pre- ferred a charge of operating While Barges Dies in Paris. PARIS, lfl«l! 23 (#).—Charles Barges, 58, of Dixon, Ill, died yesterday n the Amerlcm‘Huplml here. “Don’t Get Caught” | Ppitch of the music. Mrs. Kane's two adult demonstra-| tions will take place at her studio Sat- urday evening of this week and Monday | evening of next week, when such ma- | Jor works as a Beetioven sonate md< the Schumann symphonic etudes will be_interpreted. The children’s studio recital is on the Tuesday afternoon fol- | fowing. J. MacB, i NEW FA(hUELTY MEMBER'S CAMPAIGN PUSHED ki in THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1930. ' DISCUSS CASUALTY HOSPITAL DRIVE EXPLAINS LOW PRICE FOR BUTTER IN MARKET Secretary of Margerine Manufac- turers Asserts Overproduction by Producers Caused Drop. Overproduction by butter producers, and not an increasing consumption of margerine, is the cause of the present surplus and low price level in the but- ter market, Dr. J. S. Abbott, secretary of the Institute of Margerine Manu- facturers, declared here today at the annual convention of the institute. Department of Agriculture showing that in the eight principal dairying States of the Nation an excess of 28512000 pounds of butter over the total for 1928 was produced. The States named were Towa, Wisconsin, Washington, Idaho, California, North Dakota, South Da- and Oregon. t was unfortunate coincidence A Bond *25 Specidl Plans for stimulating Casually Hospital's campaign for $50,000 were discussed this morning at a meeting attended by Chief of Police Henry G. Pratt (left), Stephen E. Kramer, assistant superintendent of schools (center), and Fire Chief Watson. Both Maj. Pratt and Chief Watson heartily indorsed the drive. men 's committee participating in the campaign. Mr. Kramer is chairman of the —Star Staff Photo. that butter production outstripped do- mestic demand at & time when an eco- nomic letdown and unemployment in the big cities were reducing consump- tion,” he declared. Mrs. Blair Asks Divorce. CHICAGO, May 23 (#).—Mrs. Mil- dred Marshall Blair, Chicago soclety leader, filed suit for divorce yesterday from Chauncey B. Blair, charging he ‘hurled a book at her on one occasion and choked her on another. wee Heaters NEW—First Quality—$5.90 6”4 C.Sta SW. S™&FlaAveNE 502! Ga Ave MW Il HIGH MORALE REPORTED | IN NAVY PERSONNEL Reduction in Courts-Martial Listed in Bulletin of Bureau of Navigation. | Despite the indictments leveled against the so-called younger genera- tion, the Navy Deplnment has ascer- tained that dhclp!ine the service, which is largely composed of young | men, is now better than ever. ‘The Bureau of Navigation, Navy De- partment, in its official bulletin, which is broadcast to the service, today, point- ed out that the record of courts-martial covering the six months ending April 30 of this year “are most gratifying. Throughout the Navy, the bureau said, there were 30.6 per cent fewer trials by general court-martial than ever before. There were also 11 per cent fewer trials by summary court-martial and 205 fewer trials by deck courts. The bureau asserted that there should be @ decrease in punishments, with a corrésponding improvement in the state of discipline, “The bureau believes that the interest of commanding officers in the educa- tion and training of enlisted persornel is reflected in the decrease of punish- ments for which the usual corrective measures indicated are courts-martial,” the bulletin asserted. SURROGATE .WILL DECIDE Suit for Share of Erlanger Estate ‘Will Be Tried Without Jury. NEW YORK, May 23 (P).—The suit of Charlotte Fixel for a common-law wife's share in the estate of Abraham L. Erlanger, late millionaire theater | owner, will be tried before & surrogate | pithott a Jury. it was determingd todsy by the appellate division of the Su- preme Court. FOR RENT Two Bed Rooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Reception Room. Electric Refrigeration. Reasonable Rental THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Road A rare group of medium-weight Worsted Suits with two trousers Grenade Blues . .. 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