Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1931, Page 5

ELFCTIVE SCHOOL [ e ™ POOLS AREIENORED BOARD BILL DEAD Reid Subcommittee Discards |ro Measure—Teachers Win Jobs Guarantee. The elective school board bill, which has been a bone cf contention for many years, was thrown in the discard, the school teachers won their fight with Superintendent F. W. Ballou for an amendment guaranteeing them their jobs | on return from sabatical leaves of ab- | scence, and four other bills were ap- proved at a meeting of the subcomm.t- tee on education of the H:-use District Cecmmittee yesterday. ‘There was a spirited hearing on sev- eral of these measures, with the Wash- ington Board of Trade vigorously op- posing the elective school board bil, with members of the Board of Educa- tion, representatives of the American FPederation of Labor and officers of parents and teachers' associations crowding the commitiee room. Reports to Committee. The favorable reports from the Reid subcommittee are to the full committee. There is also one adverse report to be made and several other bills were either Withdrawn by their sponsors or tabled The Reid subcommittee on education cleaned its slate of all pending s that have been referred to it. The bill for sabatical leave of ab- scence for educati-nal purposes pro- voked a rather sharp clesh betwcen Dr Ballou and Miss Selma Borchardt, rep- resenting the American Federation of | days, | Christmas. IN GAS CO. SERVICE CHARGED IN REPORT (Continued Prom First Page.) are incorrect and unsatisfactory for present pressure conditions. It is im- rtant that these be thoroughly checked and altered as and if necessary to meet requirements of definite pres- sure areas which should be-established.” Some Can Be Corrected. Unsatisfactory _conditions of two kinds were found during the survey These were described as conditions which might be immediately corrected, and others which will require time for correction. The causes of thase conditions, the report explained, lie entirely with the inadequacy of the transmission system to cate for present loads except in Wes- ley Helghts territory, where some de- ficiency of local distribution is indi- | cated. The rcmedy, it said, is addi- tional transmission main’ capacity, which may b2 secured by installing ad- ditional mains or additional district governcrs or a combination of both. In the Wesiey Heights section, however, the report said the remedy lies in im- proved distribution mains supplement- ing transmission improvements. Depends on Requirements. Service pressures, Mr. Peck #old the commission, are dependent upon the vol- ume of the gas required by consumers at particular times, and consequently upon the outdoor temperatures prevail- ing, since considerable gas is used for homes and general space heating. Gas requirements, he said, also are de- pendent on the days of the week, being at a maximum on Sundays end holi- particularly Thanksgiving and In spite of these requirements, Mr. Peck explained plant station operators are mainntaining generally uniform INFISCAL PROGRAN Capital to Go Through An- other Summer Without Proper Bathing Facilities. Washington ~ will apparently go through another Summer without the advantage of proper bathing pool fa- cilities, as the District Cammissioners failed to recommend any in their finan- clal pregram submitted to Congress for | the coming fiscal year and Congress has taken little interest in the proposal.- Lleut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director | of Pubiic Buildings and Public Parks, | | explained today that Congress has ! au’horized the construction of six bath- |ing pools. Two have been constructed. | that for white bathers at McKinley | High School, First sreet and Lincoln | road northeast, and that for colored bathers at the Francis School, Twenty- | fifth and N streets. Money for con- structing the four authorized bathing pool projects has not as yet been ap- | propriated. Estimates Submitted. urt in Plung [ LILLIAN LEITZEL IMPROVES AFTER TRAPEZE FALL. By the Associated Press. GOPENHAGEN, Denmark, February | 14—The beautiful and dainty Lillian Leitzel, noted circus performer, was much 'improved late today after a bad plunge Iast night when an_ iron | Col. Grant's cffice submitted an esti- be constructed in the coming fistal year, i which begins July 1, but the District | i Commissioners have failed to recom- mend them. F. W. Hoover, general manager of the | Welfare and Recreat.onal Association cf Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc., which operates the two existing swim- mate of two bathing pool profects to | failand trapeze ring broke in Valencia Music Hall and she was hurled head first to She shot from her high trapeze to| a hard floor protected only by a rub- ber mat, the crowds att'nding the show They breathed easier was uninjured and aken to a hospital. | mination reveal:d that red a concussion of the gasped in horror. she said protested bein A close she had su Teachers. The teachers asked that this pressures at the control stations located bill be amended so as to guarantee t0|throughout the distribution areas with- the absent teacher his or her return t | out regard to temperature, times of day, his or her position at the end of the|orqavi'of the week. sabatical leave. This amendment was | ” .J¢"3% certain» he declared, “that adopted by the subcommittee efforts directed toward a variation of Another bill favorably reported takes | hoze pressures to meet these governing care of 14 veteran retired teachers Who | congitions would result in better service had been retired before the retirement | o™t “00% NOICE TIRG n0 JHnE savings law was enacted. to the companies.” The subcommittee also ordered a fa- | “. 08 PRI LS, o o o onths the ming pools, s2id today that the pools umgmfely be opened about the middle (Prain and spinal injur and this vill be |MOTNing her condition . was considered §F fume and,that night Tehuing WAL be | Hical” Her Hinbnd, o Mexican pere former named Alfredo Cordona, took Attendance Doubled. |an airplane from Berlin to rush to her During the past Summer, Mr. Hoover | bedside, but she was so much improved snid:l !hg lttegdnnce of the McKinley tonight he returned to his troupe. High School pool practically doubled | Miss Leitzel was born in Breslau, but but this was accounted for, in part, by ‘ss[::r;!. her childhood the United es. in vorable report on the bill to amend the teachers’ pay act so as to take care of vocational teachers. The bill authorizing use of the old Business High School for Americaniza- tion work was also favorably reported. The bill sponsored by Mrs. Medill McCormick providing for a branch library in Georgetown was ordered fa- wvorably reported. The Zihlman bill providing for hu- mane education in the public schools was ordered adversely reported to the full committee. ‘The Cramton bill authorizing the Becretary of War to convey a plot of land in McMillan Park to the trustees of Howard University was laid on the table at Mr. Cramton's request. The Bowman bill to zmend the teachers’ salary act as a result of the Beard of Education denying employes the right to meet and petition Congress ‘was withdrawn. Henry Gilligan was present, repre- senting the Board of Education. Robert Cottrell accompanied Mr. Littlepage, representing the Washington Board of Trade. J. G. Yaden testified on behalf of the Federation of Citizens' Associs tions regarding several of the bills on the subcommittee program. 2 Other witnesses at the hearing were A. C. Hayden, representing the Central Labor Union: Mrs. Charles Wagner the Parent-Teacher Asso- W. W. Keeler, Central Labor can Federation cf Teachers; Miss Mary C. Dent, president of the Wash‘ngton ‘Teachers’ Union; 3 y Jones, president of the Colored Teach- ers’ Union; Mrs. Daisie 1. Huff, presi- dent of the High School Teachers’ As- sociation, and Miss ;May Marsden, vice chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Teachers’ Union. Opposes Measure. ‘The members of the subcommittee present were Representatives Reid, Illi- l'mi.:’i Hall, Indiana, and Palmer, Mis- souri. e Opposition to the so-called “elective school board bill” was voiced at the hearing by Thomas P. Littlepage chairman of the Public Schools Com- ?‘::m of the Washington Board of de. “The first effect of the b'll under con- | sideration,” he said, “is to legislate out | of office the present School Board. | Whether this is a primary object cf | the proponents of the bill or rot is| immaterial. but this result we consider at the outset.” ESTATE NEAR $1,650,000 Charles W. Braznell's Will, Filed | in Miami, Names Family. MIAMI, Fla, February 14 ().—The | personal estate of Charles Wesley Braz- | nell, who died last November 27 at his | Miami Beach home, was valued at| $1,145,287.75, with additional real estate Dade County and Pennsylvania | valued at approximately $500,000, in an | inventory filed in Pr-bate Court today. Mr. Braznell came to Miami Beach | from Pittsburgh in 1926. | Under the terms of the will the en- | tire estate will be held in trust, with| the income to go to the widow. Mrs. Mary J. Braznell. At her death the income would be divided equally be- | tween two sons, Carl W. and Scott H. Braznell, and one daughter, Mrs. Mal- vine B. Conwell, all of Pittsburgh. | $5,399,420 in Gold Arrives. NEW YORK, February 14 (). —The Guaranty Trust Co. of New York today Teceived $4,289,420 in gold from Ar- gentina and $1.110.000 from Uruguay | on the steamer Northern Prince. report stated, “the companies have added about 1,500 house-heating cus- tomers and conducted several intensive campaigns for appliance sales. Transmission System Burdened. “While the house-heating business has been remarkably distributed over the city. it and other increased load has burdened the transmission system as a whole until pressures have necessarily been carried exorbitantly high with the resulting customers pressures indicatcd. These high pressures have generally been necessary in order to prevent un- duly low pressures at customers’ prem- ises. Even under these conditions, how- ever, onz section of the city (Wesley Heights and adjacent territory) has suf- |fered from low pressures, which has | meant practically the depriving of con- sumers in this section of servic: at cer- |tain hours of the day under severe | weather conditions.” “It is respectfully urged that, if com- ‘mission requirements ars to be met or | even present infractions not exceeded, immediate measures are necessary. Conditions next Winter may be antici- pated as materially more burdensome than now prevail and plans to be made effective against that time must be consumated in the very immediate future.” Changes in fundamental conditions influencing pressures, Mr. Peck pointed out, indicate the desirability of a some- hat higher pressure than prescribed in the existing regulations, and he sug- | gested a range from three inches mini- i‘mum to eight or nine inches maximum, which he sald would better serve the ccnsumer than the present two to six inch limitation. This recommendation is predicated upon the assumption that gas appliances are adjusted properly to the general pressure conditions prevail- ing in the respective distribution areas. GEORGE BUTT EXPIRES | AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Engraving Bureau Employe for Last 15 Years Was Native of Washington and 55. George Butt, 55 years old and a native of this city, died Friday at his home, 3115 Mount Pleasant street, following a brief illness. Mr. Butt was employéd for the past 15 years at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. He was a member of the Stansbury Lodge F. A. A. M. - Funeral services will be held at 2- o'clock tomorrow afterncon from the residence of his sister, Mrs. A, C. Gra- | valles, 1818 Vermont avenue, Rev. G. Lanski, pastor of the Grace Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be in_Glenwood Cemetery. Besides his widow, Mrs. Mary W Butt, he is survived by five sisters and four brothers. DIAMOND TO MARK SPOT Will Be Base Point for Cuban Reckonings of Distances. HAVANA (#)—One big diamond in the world has work to do. When this island republic dedicates its new capitol building February 24, it will put to practical use the 20-carat stone jmbedded in the structure’s main floor just beneath the mast of the capitol dome. After that date all dis- tances in the island will be reckoned from that point. The diamond, valued at $15,000, was purchased by public contribution, n bly by workers on the building. EISEMAN'’S Figures compiled by Mr. Hoover's | office show that for 1929, when the | ance for the entire season totaled | 38,775, while last year the attendance | aggregated 72,605 The Francis swim- ming pool, opened in 1928, brought a total attendance for that year of 27,902, for 1929 a total of 23,143, while for last year the attendance was 23,438, IDEMO_CRAT URGES REWARD FOR LOYALTY Wants One cf 1932 Nominees Be Selected From States Which Gave Party Majority. By the Assoclated Press. GRIFFIN, Ga., February 14.—Quimby Melton, a member of the Georgia Demo- cratic Executive Committee, today made public letters written to two members of the Democratic National Committee suggesting that “one of the two stand- ard bearcrs in 1932 ccme from one of | the eight States that remained loyal in 1928 and cast their electoral vote for the party nominees.” The letters were addressed to John J. Ragkob, chairman of the National Com- mittee, and to Maj. John S. Cohen editor of the Atlanta Journal and na tional committeeman from Georgia. Mr. Melton's letter to Chairman Raskob read in part as follows: “It seems to me that the time has come when our party should give some tangible evidence Qf gratitude to those States that ‘stay hitched’ to the party in and out of season, refusing to wan- der off into strange lands following queer doctrines hatched in queer minds. “During the campaign of 1928 loyal Democrats in eight States not only went the inauguration of night swimming. | i ow T o i =, B¢ 51 DGE CAYTON GIVEN ANOTHER TERM 0. K. Senate Confirms Municipal Court Appointee by Unanimous Action, The Senate late yesterday confirmed Judge Nathan Cayton for another term in the Municipal Court of the District. | Favorable action was taken unanimously |and without debate. Judge Cayton is a native Washing- | tonian and one of the youngest men to hold a judicial post in the District. He | was born January 22, 1899, and attended | local grade schools and Central High School before beginning the study of law. | " His first appointment to a_ judgeship |in Municipal Court was made by for- | mer President Coolidge in 1927, and he was recently reappointed by President | | Hoover. | A Senate subcommittee composed of Senators King of Utah and Blaine of Wisconsin meets tomorrow to consider the nomination of James M. Proctor, | local attorney, to be a justice in the District Supreme Court. ‘The reappointments of Judge John P. | McMahon and Judge Issac R. Hitt to | the Police Court bench also are await- ing Senate Committee action. |EX-STATE SENATOR SEES PROHIBITION CHIEF ISSUE By the Assoctated Press. TSV LE POWER ISSUE FIGHT Democratic Lawyer Consid- ered for Senate Counsel in Test Case. By the Associated Press. . John W. Davis, Democratic presi- dential nominee in 1924, may represent the Senate in its history-making court contest with President Hoover over the right to office of Chairman Smith of the Power Commission. Davis is being seriously considered by the Judiciery subcommittee, appointed to select counsel for the Senate and the committee is now negotiating with him, The former presidential candidate is only one of many nationally known lawyers who have been under considera- tion by the committee. Others Are Considered. Among the others were Chairman George W. Wickersham of the Law En- | forcement Commission, who was At- tcrney General under President Taft; Former Senator George W. Pepper of Pennsylvania and Willilam D. Guthrie, former president of the New York State Bar Association. These all indicated, however, that for one reason or another they were not available. Members of the subcommittee are desirous of obtaining a lawyer of out- standing distinction because they feel the issue involved in the proposed court | test is important over and beyond the | question of whether Chairman Smith should retain his office. See High Court Decision. ‘The issue is a sharply drawn conflict between the President and the Senate, which many members expect will be determined finally by the Supreme Court. President Hoover has refused to re- turn Smith’s nomination to the Senate, although the Senate has reconsidered the vote by which it confirmed him and finally rejected his appointment. ‘The President held that after Smith had been confirmed and had taken of- fice his nomination could not be re- considered by the Senate. Never before has a similar issue arisen, and many Senators belleve it will take its place in history with other famous constitutional conflicts between Mardi Gras Ball Reconstructs Days Of Renaissance Exclusive Mystic Club EventIs Tribute to Society Matrons and Debutantes. By the Aséociated Pre NEW ORLEANS, La., February 14.— The Mystic Club, most exclusive of car- nival organizations, composed only of social registrites of Song stdnding, re- created the golden age of the renais- sance tonight in its annual ball in honor of New Orleans’ society matrons and the season’s debutantes. At a cost conservatively estimated at $20,000 the organization duplicated and set down in the municipal auditorium a reproduction of the Florentine Garden of Lorenzo de Medici, “the Magnifi- cent,” and with a dazaling cast of richly costumed and heavily jeweled society folk enacted a Florentine festi- val which history says was given by Lorenzo for his brother Guileano, re- turned victorious from the tourna- ments. ‘The king of the ball was, as always, anonymous. Mrs, T. L. Alrey, wearing a bodiced gown of gold brocade studded with rhinestones, pearls and amethysts and a court train of royal purple velvet deeply bordered with ermine and rhine- stones, reigned as queen, attended by six other matrons. At the climax of the festival the | Mystic Club introduced an innovation by receiving the entire court of the ball of the Atlanteans, exclusive or ganization of the younger set, as special guests. Miss Adele Jahncke, debutante daughter of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke, the Atlan- teans’ queen, was led with hef® maids before the mystic court on the hand of Rear Admiral Harley H. Christy of the U. 8. S. Wyoming, official visitor in port. Admiral Christy was deco- rated by the mystic organization as “Duke of Orleans.” The Mystic Club's invitation list was the most limited of the year. The benefit of local resi- dents and thousands of visitors in the city for the grand carnival climax of street parades and masking on Mardi Gras Tuesday. A running description of the gorgeous ball was broadcast throughout the evening over one of the city’s most powerful radio stations. e . Two thousand young shade trees will the executive and legislative branches | be planted along streets of Richmond, of the Government. Va., this Winte: ondntial Splendid Opportunity for Patent Lawyer A well established manufacturing concern with highest ratings, located in a Middle Western city, desires to em- ploy a patent examiner who is thoroughly familiar with Patent Office proceedings. Must have been admitted to the bar and practiced as a patent attorney. A young man, aged 30 to 35, willing to move to home city of this concern is desired. Moderate salary to starf. Write, stating qualifi- cations, references and salary requirement. All communi- cations will be held confidential. Address Box 55-M, Star Office LEE D. BUTLER, Inc. announce the appointment of to the polls and voted for the party | [ FREDERICKSBURG, Va, February . | 14 —Former State Senator C. Conor Them and b\l::pz‘mex? Siates % the | Goolesck, a Democrat, today ssserted Democratic columns.” * * * | prohibition would be the paramount is- Mr. Melton said he would be a candi- | SU¢, in the next presidential campaign MR. J. H. 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