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- WAS HINGTON he Sundiny St WASHIN GTON, D. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 19: PAGE B—1 e DRAFTING OF D.C. SUPPLY BILL DUE AFTER CITY TOUR House Committee to Study | Schools and Streets Tomorrow. SUBJECT FVOR SPECIAL SESSION UNREVEALED Auditor Called for Additional Facts; Making Up of Measure to Sift Each Item This Week. Drafting of the District’s appropria- tion bill for the next fiscal year Is ex- pected to get under way this week, fol- Jowing & tour of the school sites to- morrow by the House District Appro- priations Committee. A budget of $47.000.000 was suggest- ed to Congress and the process of con- sidering the suggested appropriations for each of the municipal departme will be undertaken during the week according to members of the commit- tee. Ytems to Be Trimmed. It has been said repeatedly that mo fncrease will be approved in the budget estimate unless the members are con- vinced an emergency requires a slight boost. It is expected some of the items will be trimmed by the committee in preparing the supply bill for presenta- tion to the House The committee tomorrow also plans to visit a number of streets that are scheduled for repair, Although formal hearings on the bill ended Friday, the committee convened again yesterday to questicn Daniel J. Donovan, auditor of the District Gov- ernment, regarding an item in the budget. The nature of the discussion 'was not disclosed. Marking Up to Begin. Chairman Clerence Cannon committee expects the group to begin this week warking up of the bill. a process preparatory to final drating of th~ meesurc The members will examinc ¢ ommended appropria- tion in turn and determine whether it shall be approved, altered or eliminated. PRATT TO REST YEAR | ON LEAVING NAVY: For\;_ard to Tlme: He Can Take Up Wood Chopping. | of the | { | | s than a year to serve before the retirement age of 64 | Admiral William V. Pratt, chief al operations, is looking forward e time when he can return to the of his native Maine and take up wcod-chopping. He expects to settle down for a rest of at least a year on the seacoast. Admiral Pratt passed his 63rd birthday February 28 The highest ranking officer in the Navy anticipates that his successor will be Rear Admiral Joel Roberts Poinsett Pringle, now commanding Battleship Division 3 of the Battle Force. This has not been officially decided upon, but the | naval authorities must make a selection | s00n | | Admiral Pringle is a native of George- town, S. C., and has had a distinguished career in the naval service Under plans recently announced by | the Navy Department, Admiral Pringle | is slated to become commander of the battleships of the Battle Force in Au- gust with the rank of vice admiral. FOR CONGRESS AGAIN ‘Withdrawal of 7th Virginia Legis- lator Clears Field for Tucker. By the Associated Press. Representative John W. Pishburne Charlottesville will not seek the| tic nomination in the mnew | Virginia district e Henry St Lexington, who also valley district, formed by the old seventh and | iy has announced of Democ seventh Rey the George | is in | White House. |COL. OSMUN LATROBE ASSIGNED TO DUTY WITH Former Aide to President Coolidge to End Tour in Cavalry Chief's Office. Colorful O White House After Meeting Executive in West. Washington soon is to miss the pres- ence of one of the Army’s most Dic- turesque “old timers. Col. Osmun Latrobe. military aide at the White House during the latter days of the Coolidge administration Since Mr. Coolidge took the cavalry- man from his Western post and estab- lished him in Washington, Col. Latrobe has been holding down a desk job in the office of the chief of Cavalry at the War Department. Army orders esterday assigned him. effective April to duty in connection with the Organized Reserves at the Tth Corps Area headquarters in Omaba. Back in 1927, when President Coolidge set up the Summer White House near Rapid City. S. Dak. Col | Latrobe was moving at the head of the 4th Cavalry D. A. Russell Wyo. to take Fort Meade, S k. President Coolidge went out to see the Cavalry pass. Probably it was the first time he had scen a mounted command undér field conditions, trudg- ing through the dust to the squeak of saddle leather, and the trampling of shod hooves. Invited to Dinner. Mr. Coolidge, released from the drudgery at his White House desk, got such a “kick” out of it that he went on that night to visit the command in its bivouac under the stars. There he met Col. Latrobe, a Beau Sabeur of the modern days of horse soldiery sat up late, listening to Latrol tales of early days in the West. Beneath the prim New England ex- terfor of President Coolidge there un- doubtedly existed a boyish thrill for tales of adventure and danger. At any rate. he invited Latrobe back fo luncheon the next day at the Summer Correspondents from the Summer camp wrote that the com- mander in chief of the Nation's land and sea forces sat spellbound as the colonel drew on his book of memory to sketch- picture after picture of thrilling evisodes of the out-of-doors. from Fort station at fficer Brought to ; SEVENTH CORPS, COL. OSMUN LATROBE. CAPPER PRESSES LD AGE SECURITY LAWINRADIO PLEA Declares Home for Infirm at Blue Plains Is Really a Poorhouse. JANUARY RESIDENTS LARGEST IN HISTORY |Senator Expresses Hope That All! Interested Can Agree Upon Single Plan. Col. Latrobe stayed on for dinner. and the next that Washington heard of him he had been detailed to this city as the President’s military aide. While desk duty in Washington was far different from the active military duty Col. Latrobe had been accustomed to for years, he never lost his picturesqueness. He has say, no patience with “swanky’ forms and military “dandyism.” Has Had Colorful Career Col. Latrobe has had a colorful career since he ran away from his home in Baltimore to join the Cuban Insurrection, long before the Spanish- American War gave him his first taste of soldiering under the Stars and Stripes. He was a captain of artillery in the Cuban Army, aide to Gen Calixio Garcia, and still later an officer of the 4th United States Volunteer Infantry. He served through the Porto Rican campaign, being commended for gal- | lantry, and in 1916 was back to join Gen. Pershing in the dash into Mexico ! after Pancho Villa. Col. Latrobe was the kind of officer who would risk his life to save one of his enlisted men, which he did in pulling Pvt. James Lee out of Morman Lake in Chihuahua uni- | During the World War he went to|? France with the 82d Division for hort period, but was returned to the | United States to command the 42d | Infantry at Camp Devans, Mass 30 MORE WORKERS TOBEPUT N PARKS Seasonal Employment, How- ever, Will Leave About 60 Out of Jobs. _Although 30 additional regular per diem workers, laid off last Fall because of the lack of sufficient funds to pay them through the Winter, will be em- ploved again by the middle of the month in the parks, there will still be about 60 former workers in this class that will be unable to secure work un- der the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. To replace men who have retired. died or resigned. 10 gardeners are be- ing added to the horticultural section of the park division, and these are be- ing supplied by the Civil Service Com- mission and arriving 1n Washington from various parts of the country. 150 Men Laid Off. Toward the end of last per diem workers, many of whom were colored, were officially furloughed by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. director of Public Buildings and Public Parks. due to a diminishing treasury. Some 60 of these were taken on again in the middle of last month, and now that the Spring work in the parks is open- ing up, about 30 more will be taken on by March 16. Col. Grant said today that these are seasonal employes. who were laid off last Winter, because he has insufficient funds for the whole fiscal year. ‘While regular governmental appro- priations have fallen below the needs of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, the “unemployed” men have been given work in the parks since the end of the year, under a roating program devised by the District Em- ployment Committee and the Com- munity Chest. Next Monday. | pected that 275 “unemployed” will be supplied, through this arrangement, but { funds for this work are rapidly disap- pearing and by the middle of next { month this service to the ,Government will likely be stopped altogether. Will Clean City's Parks. The per diem workers will be engaged | on cleaning the parks and getting them retire to the practice of law when his term ex- pires on Mar 1933 ARLINGTON C.HEST CLINIC WILL BE HELD THURSDAY County Health Officer Announces Examinations at Virginia Highlands Center The St 3TON COUNTY Va., Ma COURT | Ct nnounces HOUSE, chester that the AThingtc ginia H t be held ai v is Health Center Thurs- to1 pm. Dr. H A the clinician. This is for adults as well m states &s children Funeral Services Held. HYATTSVILLE. Md. March 5 (Spe- services for Oscar R who formerly was in N hington for a number rs, and who died Thursday at his were held there this after- onic honors. Rev. D. pastor of the Hyatts- Presbyterian Church, officiated Interment was in Fort Lincoln Cemetery Heads Collieries Company. NEW rch § (& H N Taylor the board of the United Electric Coal Companies, has been elected president and a director of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Col- leries Co. Mt is calculated that a single flash of whole of New York City for some five minutes. in more presentable shape for the crowds expected here for the Easter cherry blossom season and the Bicen- t al celebration. Some of these per diem workers will be used in construct- ing the new road in the northern sec- tion of Rock Creek Park, to link up with the development of the valley in Maryland. e 10 gardeners coming here for the T horticultural section will be utilized in 1imaum_vmg the flower beds in the parks. FARM GROUNDS SCORING T0 START THURSDAY Brentsville District Improvement Contest Event Is a Bicenten- F Special Dispateh to The Star. NOKESVILLE, Vi, March 5—Pirst scoring in the farm grounds improve- ment contest being held in the Brents- ville District as a Bicentennial feature of the Civic Committee of the Brents- ville Community Association, will be done Thursday, according to announce- ment by P, LaPoint Trenis, chairman. Miss R. Belle Burke, district home demonstratiodn agent for Northern Vir- ginia, and W. C. Shackelford, district arm agent, will come to the county to it the properties of the contest en- | trants, and on Thursday will make the first ratings. Another judging trip will be made in the Summer to make final rating and announce the prize winners. WASHINGTON HONORED nial rture. = | | | Special Dispateh to The Star LA PLATA, Md. March 5—At the merting of the La Plata Woman's Club held this week a Bicentennial program was rendered. It consisted of a song by the club members, a sketch of the life and character of Washington by Mrs. F. Bernard Gwynn, planting of a Japanese elm tree in the court yard by Mrs. Houston Motris i Tobacco.” composed and read by Mrs. George A. Wade. it is ex- | TOLERANCE IS A OF CHURCH PARLEY Catholics, Protestants and Jews to Participate in Meeting Here. Religious tolerance will be sought by several hundred churchmen, educators and laymen in a three-day discussion of “religious liberty and mutual under- standing” by the National Conference of Catholics, Jews and Protestants be- ginning tomorrow at the Willard Hotel. Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, for- mer Secretary of War, will be the con- ference chairman. He declared the or- ganization “associates a number of thoughtful and earnest people in an| effort to analyze and allay the preju- ces which exist between Protestants, Catholics and Jews, The conference seeks to moderate id finally to eliminate a system of | e ces which we have in part in- | d and which disfigures and dis- | our business, social and political ! will be made at the opening | morrow by Right Rev. James | Freeman, Bishop of Washington; Francis J. Hass, director of the al Catholic School of Social and Dr. Abram Simon. rabbi ashington Hebrew Congrega- E Rev Nat | Sery of the tion Other participants in the three-day | program will include Rev. Russell J | Clinchy of the Mount Pleasant Con- gregational Church; Byron Price, chief of the Washington bureau, Associated Press. Prof. Willlam H. Kilpatrick, College, New York: Dr. Cyrus sident of the American Jew- mittee and president of the ogical Seminary; Dr. Henry Boston School of Theology; -a, principal of Lincoln | I, Syracuse, N. Y.. Mrs. Sternberger, National Coun: Jewish Women; Dr. Robert L Kelly. exccutive secretary, American As sociation of Colleges; Rabbi Morris | Lazaror Itimore Hebrew Congrega- | M. Cohen, president of | and Roger W. Straus of | American Hebrew Con- TREASURER REMOVAL | BILL GIVEN APPROVAL Va. House Passes Measure Giving Governor Authority to Sus- pend County Afficials. High s Estelle M cil of Byas of The Star. March 5.—Their been demonstrated the patron, two bills treasurers were passed today by the House of Delegates One of s will give the Gov- ernor the right to remove from office or suspend any county or city treasurer whose accounts thought to be or | found to be short. The old law on this subject was last year declared to be unconstitutional because it did not pro- vide that such suspensions or removals be preceded by a hearing. ‘The other bill will make it a misde- meanor and malfeasance in office for Ean_\' treasurer to omit any delinquents from delinquent tax lists. The prac- | tice of “holding out” tax tickets, it was | declared by Delegate Wilbur C. Hall, | patron, has gotten more treasurers in | trouble than any one other thing. | WILL DISCUSS FLOWERS By & Staff Correspondent of The Star BETHESDA. Md., March 5.—Mrs | Theodore M. Knappen will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the Bethesda Community Garden Club, to be held | Friday morning, March 11, at the Bat- | tery Park Clubhouse. Her subject will | be “Wild Flowers,” and her talk will Mrs. P. C. Alexander, president of club, will have charge of the meet- house | be illustrated by Eied d by slides. lightning, if harnessed, would light the | original poem entitled “Colonial Port | the ing, luncheon, his {riends | Enactment of an old-age security Jaw for Washington as a substitute for | the poor house was urged by Chairman | | capper of the Senate District Commit- radio speech from Station last night. He spoke under the Washington Chamber erce ng tc the District’s Home for Aged and Infirm, at Blue Plains r Capper said Board of Public Welfare oper- ome at Blue Plains. I am | board does its very best to| make the lives of the residents as| | peaceful and carefree as possible. But | however well you may run such an in- stitution, and whatever you call it, it is nothing more or less than a poor house.” The Senator said that in January of this year the average number of resi- ents at the District Home for the Aged i vas 545, “the largest number in the| history of the institution.” From 1916 to 1927, he said, the home was caring for an average of about 330 perso 1d in 1928 the number went up to 407 Current Appropriation $133,900. After stating that the current ap- propriation for the Home for the Aged i Infirm is $137.900, and predicting it will increase as time goes on, ¢ Senator continued “I think the good people of Wash- ington would be willing to pay the cost of setting up a really humane plan for taking care of the indigent poor, rather than perpetuate the poorhouse with its history of misery, loneliness and shame.’ Describing the bill which he has in- troduced in the Senate for an old-age security plan here, Senator Capper said “By old-age securities T mean money. paid from public funds, to old residents of the District who otherwise would be forced to go to Blue Plains. Under the terms of this bill the Commission- as == old age i additional com- | tee, in a pensation, $9 a Week for Needy. “A claimant f: old-age would present his application board or its representative. The claim would be investigated. If the person should be found to be really in need, he or she would be paid an amount which, together with any other income from private sources, would total not more than $9 a week. I know that $9 a week is not much, and it may be found that a higher amount should be authorized.” Senator Capper emphasized that he is not insisting upon his bill without change, and expressed hope that per- | sons interested in the subject will study | the bill and make suggestions. He said | he would welcome assistance in trying | to draft a model law on the subject for ‘Washington. Laws Enacted in 17 States. While proposed Federal legislation on this subject has not made much head way, Senator Capper said that sinc 1914 old-age pension laws have been | enacted in 17 States and in Alaska. The | Senatpr said the legislation he is ad-| vocating is not intended to take the place of employes’ retirement funds. The chairman of the Senate Committee con- cluded as follows “As I have said before, T am not committed to any one particular plan of administering this law, and I will be glad to receive any ideas that you have on the subject. In the meantime the District Government authorities are making a study of the bill. I hope that it will be possible for all those interested to agree upon a single plan, so that we may enact it into law, padlock the de- seried poorhouse and throw the key into the Potomac River.” " security to the BETHESDA WOMEN’S CLUB Dean Wilbur Will Discuss Brown- ing's “The Ring and the Book™ on Tuesday. & Staff Correspondent of The Star BETHESDA., Md. March 5—Dean William _ Allen Wilbur. provost of George Washington University, will be the guest speaker at the regular pro- gram meeting of the Woman's Club of Bethesda Tuesday afternoon at the club house at Alto Vista, Md. Dean Wilbur will speak on Brown- ing's “The Ring and the Book." a subject which he has taught for many years at the university. Mrs. E. M Willis. president of the club, will have charge. Mrs. Ford E. Young is chair- man of the hostess group for tea fol- lowing Dean Wilbur's address. ITraffic hfiicer Gets 3 Speeders With One Arrest| By !Policeman Hite Testifies Against Drivers of Two Autos and Truck. Policeman J. O. Hite went the old adage one better Friday when he “killed three birds” with a single stone, by ar- resting a trio of speeders at one time. One of the men Hite arrested was behind him at the time he halted two cars in front The officer, who is assigned to the Traffic Bureau. told Judge Ralph Given he was pacing a truck going 34 miles an hour on New Jersey avenue, when iwo automobiles passed him and the truck Hite gave chase, passed the truck and finally stopped the cars which he said were “doing 38 miles an hour.” Judge Given ruled all of the arrests legitimate and fined each driver $10. He complimented Hite for his efficiency. The car drivers were Coy K. Gray, 1100 block of Twenty-fifth street. and Daniel L. Johnson, colored, 1200 block which will be followed by 8 |second street southwest. while Leonard ! readings Burke, colored, was operating the truck. Serenading Mr. Hoover at White House LOCAL BOYS AND GIRLS WIN PRAISE OF PRESIDENT FOR CONCERT. SCARLET - COATED _ military band, recruited from amorg the boys and girls of Washing- ton by the Fox Theater man agement, serenaded President | Hoover yvesierday at 1 o'clock on the south lawn of the White House. It was FEDERATION BACKS 0. C. VOTE APPEAL Reiterates Stand in Favor of | Representation for Na- tional Capital. The Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions last night, reiterated its stand in favor of national representation. Its Committee on Nationazl Representation came in for some chiding from two delegates for not being more active in support of the cause. ‘The matter came up on a report on four resolutions from member bodies submitted by Miss Etta Taggart, chair- man of the Committee on National Representation. The report voiced the federation’s opposition to a bill to al- low the Commissioners to designate a spokesman for the District on the floor of Congress and its support of nation- | al representation ! After the report had been presented, | William McK. Clayton, served notice | on the committees that the local suf- | frage followers had waited for eight years for the adherents of national | representation to achieve their objec- tive and that at the next sessicn of | Congress the local suffrage issue would be pressed. Impatient With Delays. “If this committee would get out and | get heerings before the Congress, in- stead of having us sit here year after vear adopting resolutions in favor of national representation, I think they would probably have achieved their ob- jective long since,” said Mr. Clayton Vice President George Sullivan of the | Federation, rose to defend the com- mittee, and also the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation, on which the Federation is represented He said that they worked energetically and faithfully, and were making prog- Tess. | James G. Yaden complained that federation delegates, when there were hearings on a bill to allow election of the school board before a congressional committee in a recent Congress, had ap- peared before the committee in op- position. The committee Teport was unani- mously adopted after the debate. Opposes U. S. Pay Cuts. federation adopted a report un-{ posing any cut in Government salaries, | “since the Government employe was | the last of all citizens to reap the monetary privilege during times of‘ recent prosperity.” An effort was made to have the federation disapprove any “‘general reduction,” thus leaving the way clear for reduction in salaries con- | sidered too large. John Saul of Bright- wood remarked that many of the em- ployes now getting $7,500 per annum were not worth $50 a month. The amendment, however, was defeated. ‘The meeting was enlivened by the reading of a minority committee re- port—the first time this has happened in the federation in many vears. The Education Committee made a report favoring transfer of the Americaniza- tion Scheol from the Webster School to the old Business High School. A mi- nority report, read by J. W. Townsend delegate from the Congress of Paren Teacher Associations. urged that the building be used in the day for other purposes in addition to the Americani- zation School. The minority report, however, agreed with the majority re- | port on the general question of the| transfer The majority report carried. The Federation again went on record as in favor of retaining capital punish- ment in the District, and of asking for an appropriation of $250,000 for con- struction of the Taft Junior High | School in 1933. Purchase of a play- | ground in the Petworth section, and | devotion funds available under the Cramton act | for playgrounds instead of parks was also recommended. | ‘The Havenner Given Thanks. The Federation opposed a resolution from the Columbia Heights Citizens' Assoclation suggesting that free text books be supplied to persons of school age attending night schools. A rising vote of thanks was accorded Dr. George C. Havenner, president of | the Federation, for his work in the ex ercises commemorating the 200th anni versary of the birth of George Wash- ington. SANDY SPRING WOMEN PLAN FOR ANNIVERSARY Accept Invitation to Hold Meet- ing at Cloverly, Where Organ- ization Was Founded in 1857. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. SANDY SPRING, Md. March 5— The Mutual Improvement Association met with Mrs. Joseph T. Moore and | her daughters, Miss Estelle T. Moore and Miss Beatrice Moore, at Wendover. Mrs. Herbert Adams presided. Mrs. John C. Bentley invited the club to meet at Cloverly for its 75th an- niversary in May, in the same room | in which the first meeting of this very | old woman’s club was held in 1857. It was accepted. original tributed Mrs. Allan Farquhar read an article, and other members cont Mrs. Henry Nichols will en- tertain the April meeting. |1 the proudest moment of their younz lives and, to_cap the climax, their hearts were cheered by the President’s own applause. The youngsters, who are making a real name for themselves in Washing- ton musical circles, stood In the sun- 'LEE DESCENDANTS MAY RENEW FIGHT TO RECOVER HEIRLOOMS BABY CORLLAILL OF PNEUMONIAIN CACE NEXT TONG 0’Kero, 2-Year-0ld Ape, Suf- fers from Same Ailment as Zoo Mate. EXPLORER WHO BROUGHT shine on the lawn bars of the nationa Chief Exec ve stood He nodded and smiled. comy them as the music halted added to their pride by them for a picture. and played a few limenting Then posing with Portrait of Mildred Childe Lee. Youngest Daughter of General, May Be Object of Suit. Efforts of the dscendants of Robert E.of the past attitude of the heirs under Lee to regain the family heirlooms taken by Union soldiers from Arlington House during a Civil War raid may be renewed again, this time over a por- trait of Mildred Childe Lee, youngest of the famous general's four daughters. Announcement was made yesterday that Mrs. Walter E. Skilton, Concord, N. H., had presented to the War De- partment the portrait her father, James A. Learned, of the First Massa- chusetts Artillery, cut from its frame when he participated in the Union raid on the Lee estate at Arlington, Va. The oil painting was turned over| Friday to Lieut. Col. Frank Edwin Davis, Quartermaster Corps, First Area, after Mrs. Skilton learned the Govern- ment had appropriated funds for the restoration of Arlington House. The gift was made with the understanding the picture would be hung again in| the house from which it was torn as the spoils of war. Since its confiscation the picture had hung in Mrs. Skilton's home for many years. While Brig. Gen. Louis H. Basch,| Quartermaster Corps, 8. S. A.. who is in charge of the Arlington restoration, said the gift “made in good faith would | | be accepted,” it was admitted the Lee heirs might be able to recover the por- trait if the theft could be proved in court. If the picture is returned to the fam- it probably will go to Mrs. Hanson jr., of 2026 Allen place. who is Gen. Robert E. Lee's granddaughter and the daughter-in-law of Maj. Gen. Hanson Ely. U. S. A., retired. Mrs. Robert E. Lee, 2140 Wyoming avenue, widow of one of the direct Lee descendants, expressed the opinion yes- terday that the portrait “is a family possession and should be returned to the estate, not to the Government.” Other Washington members of the fam- ily declined to comment when informed the picture ha: ppeared, but in view CAPITAL GROCERS F00D SHOW OPENS Exposition at Auditorium Rep- | resents Over 90 Local Store Men. | Culminating many weeks of prepara- tion, the first annual food exposition of the United Food Stores, Inc., repre- senting more than 90 affiliated inde- pendent grocers of Washington, opened in the Washington Auditorium last night. Several hundred people were on hand when the dcors were opened at 7:30 o'clock, and visitors continued to flow into the Auditorium throughout the evening. Honor guests invited to the formal opening exercises included Commissioner Reichelderfer, Acting Engineer Com- missioner Davidson, and other officials and civic leaders. Continues Throughout Week. The show, which is designed as a con- | structive and educational movement, will continue throughout this week, day. The more than 100 exhibitors in the exposition plan to distribute favors | and samples throughout the period of | the show, which is to be open daily from | 2 to 5 and 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Features of the Food Show include a series of contests, the first of which will get under way tomorrow. Prizes will g0 to winners. Every afternoon of the show a baby contest will be held, start- ing tomorrow with infants 1 to 6 months of age. Tomorrow night's fea- ture will be a “largest family” contest. In addition to the contest prizes, the | sponsors of the exposition have an-| nounced that more than $2,000 worth of | awards are to be made each night, in- cluding an automobile, electric re- frigerators, radios and foodstuffs. Displays Attract Notice. The Department of Agriculture dis- plays, which included a 6-foot talking hen, and a telephone company exhibit, attracted much attention. During the week demonstrations and talks from the stage in the center of the auditorium floor will be made by authorities and experts in domestic fields for the benefit of housewives. CLUB LE ADERS TO MEET Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., March 5.— A demonstration meeting will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the office of the home demonstration agent, Miss Ethcl M. Jqy, at the court house. This meet- ing for the leaders in the various who are training to give the flower project in thefr re- spective districts this year. 1 | 1 jand le similar circumstances, the possibility of concerted action for recovery imminent. No heirs could be found who remembered any communication ever had been received from Mrs. Skil- ton regarding the portrait A large number of the relics taken from Arlington were at one time pre- sented to the Smithsonian Institution. Miss Mary Lee, daughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee, promptly sued for their re- covery on behalf of the heirs. The suit was successful, and the possessions were divided among members of “the family. When the redivision occurred Mrs. Robert E. Lee of Washington received for her share a silver coffee urn, two silver trays, a Sheraton knife box and a silver castor. Most of these relics traced their his- tory to Mount Vernon, as Arlington was owned by George Washington Parke Custis, who was the grandson of Mrs. George Washington (Martha Custis) and the father of Gen. Robert E. Lee's wife. Arlington, therefore, came into the Lee family through marriage, Strat- ford-on-the-Potomac being the ances- tral Lee home. A Union soldier, who said he “wanted to clear his conscience before he died,” |and incidentally make a little money put Mrs. Lee in possession of another bit of the Arlington booty. This was a hatrack. battered and nondescript, which he said he took when soldiers stripped the place. He offered to exchange it for $25, and it was bought in. The vet- eran gave an affidavit to prove he was one of the raiders and that the relic was authentic A second compensatory suit was con- ducted against the Government suc-| cessfully by Gen. Custis Lee, son_ of Gen. Robert E. Lee. He obtained $150.- 000 in payment for Federal confiscation of the Arlington estate. Members of the family have estimated the value of the place as high as $2,000,000. Will Lecture MAGAZINE CO-EDITOR TO SPEAK. ASIA MISS GERTRUDE EMERSON, Co-editor of Asia Magazine, who will deliver the third lecture on art and of a greater proportion of | ending with a carnival night Satur-| architecture in the series being held under the auspices of the District sec- tion of the National Women's Commit- tee for Washington Cathedral. She will speak PFriday afternoon at the Hotel Mayflower. Mrs. Frank B. Noyes is chairman of the group. Miss Emerson will lecture on “Oriental Temples,” illustrating her talk with | lantern slides. An authority on Asia. | Miss Emerson is well known as a writer urer. She is the author of “Voiceless India” and is one of the founders of the Society of Woman Geographers. Her home at present is in New York. Miss Emerson has spent a number of years in the Orient, traveling exten- sively in Japan, China, Indo-China, Siam, Dutch East Indies, India, Egypt. Persia and Turkey. Since the maga- zine Asia was organized, in 1916, she has been a member of its editorial stafl Her book recounts her experiences of a year spent in an Indian village, where she studied rural conditions. Last Summer she spoke on India at the Wil- liamstown, Mass., conferences. COMPLETE WORK RECORD Special Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., March 5.—The boys in vocational agriculture classes in’ Marshall and Upperville Schools have completed the records of last year's work. Twenty-five boys tended 56 acres in crops, 75 farm animals and 875 fowls, making total profit of $2,.- 473.16. This year 28 boys are ,\g\demldnx vation, 81 the care of 50 acres in cul animals and 1,850 fowls. he | HIM HERE IS NOTIFIED Confined to High Mountains of Bel- Belongs to Species gian Congo. O'Kero, 2-year-old gorilla at the tional Zoological Park, has bron pneumonia. This is the malady from which N'gi, the 6-year-old gorilla in the next cage, has been suff from the past th ch he has been at t The baby ape ws ning nose yesterdas worse du t of death with a run- He grew rdt, child sp the case as bronchial pr ing the lower two-thirds of the right lung. The left lung was clear of ine fection. An X-ray photograph taken last night showed also a well developed case of emphysema, or liberation of air into the soft tissues of the chest. It is an obscure condition which was quite fre- quent among the apes following th 1918 “flu” epidemic. It is not ne sarily serious, but is an alarming symptom because, in human beings, it frequently indicates a punctured lung. It might also be caused by a gas bacillus. Mann Notifies Explorer. Dr. William M. Mann, director of the Zoo, at once called on the long-distance telephone Martin Johnson, famous Af- rican explorer, who brought O'Kero from the Belgian Kongo last Summer. Johnson promised to fly from New York to Washington this morning. O'Kero was purchased by Johnson from a native of the Belgian Kongo when he was in very bad condition and was nursed back to health by him. For months he reared him as a child. It was thought that Mr. Johnson’s presence might help to keep up the little fellow's morale. O'Kero belongs to the species of mountain gorilla which is confined to the slopes of the high mountains of the Albert National Park in the northern part of the Beligan Kongo. He is one of the two mountain gorillas in cap- tivity. N'gi belongs to another species which inhabits the jungle country of West Africa. | Since O’Kero has been at the Zoo he { has shared his cage with Teddy, a 2- year-old chimpanzee. As soon as the little gorilla’s condition was diagnosed the chimpanzee was removed from the cage. %’he two apes have been inseparable companions since they have been in ‘Washington. Epidemic Among Apes. An epidemic of colds appears to be running among the apes at the zoo. Jojo, the chimpanzee in the next cage, had a cold yesterday. It is approx mately the same condition, it was ex- plained, as the epidemics of colds and whooping cough affecting children in many Washington neighborhoods. Close watch was kept on O'Kero last night. Today an effort will be made to determine the type of the pneumonia organism with which he is infected. N'Gi has what is known as Type 4. This is the most common type of bronchial pneumonia, and there is no | serum which acts upon it. If O'Kero has any of the other types, a serum treatment may be attempted. N'Gi was operated upon Thursday night and nearly a quart of fluid drained from his pleural cavity. He was | reported as contirtiing to improve last | night. DELEGATES APPROVE NEW CHARTER BILL Virginia House Passes Measure to Amend Falls Church Corpora- tion Law. | | | By a Staff Correspondent of The Sta; | RICHMOND, Va., March 5—The | Falls Church charter change bill was among 83 bills that were passed today by the House of Delegates in an effort to clear its calendar prior to Monday, the last day upon which the House can | act upon its own measures. As passed, the bill contains an amend- ment striking out the clause that would have prohibited Arlington or Fairfax County to lay a fire levy within the town's limits. The bill was introduced by Delegates Hugh Reid of Arlington County nund Hallen of Fairfax County the request of the Town Council permits the town to lay a separate fire levy for support of the fire department and for the installation of fire plugs. The section which would have prohibif ed either Arlington or Fairfax County from laying a fire levy in the town was cut out, because it would have deprived the Falis Church firemen of the benefits of the Arlington-Alexandria firemen's relief act. BRANCHVILLE ROAD ASSOCIATION GROWS Increase to 475 Members Is Re- ported at March Meeting. By a Staff Corresgondent of The Star. GLENN DALE. Md, March 5.—The Branchville-Glenn Dale-Defense High- way Road Association has increased to 475 members, it was reported at the March meeting of the organization in the fire house here last night. Former County Commissioner Wil- liam A. Duvall spoke on the need for improvement of the road this year. Road development in Europe was dis- cussed by D. N. Hoover, vice president Dlehe association. eports were submitted by O. C. Berkley and Joe Cipriano. ¥ Girl Scouts to Meet. CHERRYDALE, Va., March 5 (Spe- cial) —The district meeting of the Arlington County Girl Scouts will be held Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at Washington-Lee High School. Mirs. Stanton C. Moore will conducé the meeting, A