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SOVERNMENT MEN OFFERED COURSE niversity of Maryland to Hold Night Classes in Physical Chemistry. elal Dispatch to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., September —The department of chemistry of fhe University of Maryland will give an ng graduate course in physical hemistry for men in the Government ice, it has been announced by Presi- ent Raymond Allen Pearson. ‘The course was outlined and sug- ested by Dr. L. B. Broughton, head of department of chemistry, who aiso State chemist. ‘The course will be given on Monday, Vednesday and Friday nights through- but the school term, with the classes peginning at 6:30 o'clock. It will be der the direction of Dr. H. M. Har- ng, professor of physical chemistry. It will be a strictly graduate course, ing five credit hours per semester d consisting of five one-hour lectures d six hours of laboratory work a eek. The first session will be held Wed- uy, October 1, in the new chemistry It 1.- ‘expected that this course will In rate a series of evening courses fTering m.m for the dqrn of master f hnn doctor of phneuvhy. ILLING OF RAVINE RAPIDLY PROGRESSES Ifforts Expected to Be Made to Run Philips Avenue to Maple, Hyattsville. pecial Dispateh to The Star. - HYATTSVILLE, Md., September 6.— ollowing installation of culverts across ravine at the north end of Philips venue the ravine now is being filled ith dirt and concrete made available connection with the widening of ‘Washington-Baltimore Boulevard ugh Hyattsville. Later it is ex- d that efforts will be made to have Philips avenue cut to )nplc venue and then have the Improved from Franklin street to v& venue, It is expected that the ravine lkbe filled by the middle of next Except for some work to be done on veral streets in the Fourth ward and e resurfacing with ch!El and tar o( e upper part of Park avenue council, is in charge, is virtuall h'&d“‘ rge, ly pompleted. Recently Guy avenue was resurfaced ith chips and tar and sidewaiks on Columbia avenue were repaired. O0YT FORGERY CHARGE TO BE HEARD TUESDAY [fale Graduate and Temporary U. 8. Employe Given Delay in Census Bnrnn Case. A. Winne besides by forging Winne's man, who lives at the Y. M. B. A. here, gave Heightstown, N. J,, as ENERABLE BANK HEAD MARKS 89TH BIRTHDAY Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, VA., September 6.— james B. Russell, probably the oldest AN vre-ldentmtnesoummwh p{ service, and one of the few Con- . veterans now livi ‘who was nt when Gen. R. E., surren. NEST i YOUR visit 1 EASURABLE _an this ¥UI o — Dr. FREIOT Phone National 0019 407 7th St. N.W. Enfrance Next to Ka Make Paby Comfortable use Cuticura Talcam Arrer his daily bath with Cutieura Soap shake on some Cutienra Talemm. Pure and medicated, it soothes and comforts his tender skin and also vents chafing and irri Cowboys Lneking Police Corner Eight Steers in Garage By the Assoclated Press. bovine charge. Street cars and automobiles were brought to a halt. Two brawny policemen finally corralled the steers—in & garage. a man of 50, and the only reason he rides in an automobile is to save time. He has seldom required the services of a physician, and has never felt the or- deal of a dentist’s chair, every tooth in his mouth being as sound as when first formed. Mr. Russell has been a director of the Union Bank of Winchester since it was organized in 1870, and has been its president more than 50 years. He served on the staff of Gen, Ramseur in the Confederate Army. and is an elder of the Presbyterian Church. Washin THE TEN-DAY DRIVER'S PERMIT ABOLISHED Traffic Director Harland Ad- vises Against Present Regulation. The District Commissioners yesterday officially put an end to the practice of issuing 10-day temporary drivers’ per- mits by adopting an amendment to the traffic regulations striking out all the language in the present regulation re- lating to the temporary cards. The actlon was taken on recommendation of Traffic Director William H. Harland. | The action was, in effect, to restore the old procedure under which a per- son, desiring a permit to drive an automobile. lpphed for it at the Traffic Bureau and was given his permit as soon as he posud exnmmnnon nnd $3. permits good three years, lt the end of "hlth pel'!od %I they must be renewed for anothes $3 for three years more. The comml.nionmm also calling for the removal of three traffic signals at Rhode Island avenue and T street. The reason assigned was that the making of T street a one-way street within one block of the intersection has satisfactorily solved the traffic prob- lem at that point. WASHINGTON RESIDENT SOUGHT FOR ASSAULT A. W. Auth Said by Police to Have Cut Wife's Throat in Altercation. A lookout was broadcast from police headquarters tonight for the arrest of Aloysius W. Auth, 38 years old, of 3220 ‘Twelfth street northeast, in connection with an assault on his wife, Catherine Auth, 30 years old, following an alter- cation in their apartment. Police of the twelfth precinct said that Mrs. Auth was cut on the right side ‘of her throat by her husband. She was treated by Dr. George W. Warren of the Twelfth street address. He said her condition was not serious. - |CAPITAL PROJEGTS WILL BE CONSIDERED Arlington Parkway and Tomb to Unknown Will Be Advanced at Fine Arts Meeting. Beveral projects of interest to Wash- ingtonians will be considered on Tues- day, September 16, at the meeting of the Fine Arts Commission, H. P. Caem- merer, its secretary, announced yester- day. Plans for the parkway extending from the Boundary Channel Bridge to the Memorial Entrance of Arlington National Cemetery, submitted by the Arlington Memorial Br Commis- sion; further studies on the completion of the Tomb of the Unknown loldkr to be submitted by Brig. Gen. L. Bash, chief of the construction dlvmlon of the office of the Quartermaster Gen- eral of the Army, the George Roger: Clark Memorial at Vincennes, Ind.; the George Washington ‘Bicentennial medal; designs for the new Standard oil Comp-x:r building, to be erected on the north side of B street, Northwest, between Second and Third streets, e 2 oAT UNE among the o8y projects to be given at- FINDS OWN CAR ABLAZE Fireman Responding to Alarm, Ex- tinguishes Spreading Flames. When. the gong in No. 15 Engine Company tripped for a fire at Fours teenth street and Good Hope road southeast last night, Driver Gordon W. Heigh little realized he was to find his own automobile ablaze. Arriving at the scene of the fire, how- ever, he was surprised to find flames spreading from his automobile while his wife, Mrs. Helen M. High, of 1409 S street southeast, stood calmly by await- ing the arrival of hubby anc his fellow firemen, The fire was quickly extinguished | and damage was estimated at only $18. A short circuit in the wiring system of | the machine is believed to have caused | will | the blaze, “|DEMOCRATIC TICKET 1(To Vote for All Candidates 28 Im- NEEDS MANY MARKS |, e o prints Must Be Made in Baltimore. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 6.—Demo- eratic voters at the primary election in | Baltimore Monday will be compelled to make between twenty and twenty-eight marks to vote a full ticket, but the Re- publicans have only a few contests and n no district will a voter be compelled to_make over ten marks. The fifth legislative district's ballot requires the greatest number of marks —twenty-eight. Every office in the dis- trict is contested, and the number of cross-marks will be necessary if the| voter wishes a voice in the selection of the party candidates for the office of Representative in Congress, State Sen- ate, House of Delegates, four clerks of | heriff /| judges of the Orphans Demo- | cratic Stats Oentral Committee and ! delegates to the State convention. The lowest number of mrn—-v.venn —will be required in the second legis- Twenty-one marks will vote a full tieket In the first, third, fourth and r cycle, ol i Soot- the ;mnmne But, it the handis bass, throwing Cummings off. and m\enl the mcmemlsuonmggg Killing !g foll “ I'l' h m 'A .'- ‘enormoes AR -, C. A.Vo-l.l.l..-m N| HOUSE HEATIN G FFECTIVE October 1st, & new low rate for gas used for home heating is made available to all customers served by the Washington Gas Light Company or The George- town Gas Light Company. The new low rate provides reductions as large as 46%, but the average home will get a cut of 25%: This means that thousands of additional Washington home own- ers may now enjoy the comforts and convenience of Automatic Gas Heating at a cost approximately equal to coal plus the ser- vices of a furnace man. Think of what this means in the way of richer and more en- joyable home life. Furnace tending is eliminated! No fuel to store, no ashes to handle! No dirt, soot, dust or oily vapors! Constant, uniform temperature! the reach of most home owners! Our Househeating Department will be glad to make a survey of your heating requirements and to furmish you with a depend- able estimate of the cost of heating your particular home with gas. Or, if you prefer, consult your heating contractor. And all at a cost well within To those Washington home owners who have had their homes surveyed during past months, we suggest prompt action. Just drop us a card and we shall be glad to givea revised estimate based on the new low rate. You do not mecotsn Bave o scrap your presemt ting equipment. our furnaes is in good condition it ecan be converted inte a bura- er at a very reasonable eost. For steam, vaper, heot m and warm alr houses and e m gton Gas Light