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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-28
new SCHOOL To
BE DEDICATED
TONIGHT
Building Open to Inspection by
Public After Formal
Exercises.

Appropriate exercises will be held
tonight at the new Eastern High
School when the building is formal
ly dedicated at s o'clock. Follow
ing the exercises, the building will
be open to the inspection of visitors.
DR.. Abram Simon, president of
the board of education, will pre-.
side. Commissioner G. L. Keller
will make the formal presentation
to the, board of education. Daniel
j. Callahan, vice president Of the
board, will make the formal accep.
lance. DR. Frank w. Ballou, su.
perintendent will speak as will
Charles Hart, principal of Eastern
Greetings will be extended by
Evan III. Tucker, president of the
Northeast Citizens Associations; A. G.
Hermann. president of the South
east Citizens Association; G.. l..
Jameson, president of the Lincoln
Park Citizens Association; DIR. c.. NJ.
Emmons, president of the East
Washington Citizens Association;
Arthur Robb, president of the Home
and School Association, and B. G..
Foster, president of the Eastern
High School Alumni Association.
DIR. John Paul Tyler, pastor of the
Epworth> NJ. E. Church will deliver
the invocation and DIR. James e.
Freeman, rector of the Church of
the Epiphany will deliver the ad.
dress. q
The Eastern High School orchestra
will give a program and Durwood
BowersoX will give violin selections.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-28
MRS. SPIRR|ER
IS GRANTED
DIVORCE
Misconduct Charged in Suit.
Husband Is Now Under
Indictment.

Mrs. Nellie Spurrier was yester-
day granted a final decree OF
absolute divorce from Frank B.
Spurrier by Justice Siddons, of the
District Supreme Court, on the
ground of misconduct. Spurrier
was indicted April 5, 1920 on two
charges of grand larceny in con.
nection with the alleged theft of
two automobiles owned by Russell
Mcdonald
The request of Mrs. Juliet
O'Briant for the appointment of a
sequestator for her husband s
property to insure payment of her
alin1ony claims was yesterday
denied by Justice Siddons. Mrs.
O'Briant recently filed suit against
John r. O'Briant for absolute di-
vorce and was granted $50 monthly
alimony. O'Briant Is reputed to be
the owner of an apartment house
at 1866 Columbia road.
Mrs. Maude H. Speake, wife of
Walter r. Speale was awarded
an interlocutory decree Of absolute
divorce by Chief Justice Mccoy.
The couple were married June II,
1916, and lived together until
March, 1922. There are no chill
dren.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-28
SCHOOL NAMING
BLOCKED BY
DISPUTE
Commissioners Object to Sc
lection Made by Board of
Education.

The Board of Education will con
slider the question of naming four
schools at it's meeting on April II
according to DIR. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent of schools.
At this meeting the board will
also discuss the objections made by
the District Commissioners to the
four names suggested by the Board
of Education. The Commissioners
are anxious that the schools be
named after former Commissioners.
Both school officials and District
Commissioners today declared that
there is no controversy over the
naming of the schools.
The names suggested by the
board, which the Commissioners did
not approve. follow:
Ingleside school, John 3. Hender.
son, school to be erected in Tenley-
town, Bernard T. Janney; school near
Spring road. Joseph J Darlington,
and old Eastern High School,
George A. Bancroft.
In lieu of these names, the Com.
missioners suggest:
Ingleside. Garrett J. Leydecker,
former Commissioner; TenleytoWn,
George Truesdale, former Commits
sioner; Spring road. Charles Ray
Qlond Walker, former Commissioner,
and old Eastern High School, Lemon
G.. Hine, former Commissioner.
The Commissioners declared to-
day that they did not intend to
start a controversy and said they
felt the differences could be settled
in a conference.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-28
COOLEY-McCULLOUGH
POST TO HOLD DINNER

At a meeting of the Cooley.
Mccullough post, No. % American
Legion, held last night in the
Board of Trade rooms, plans for a
benefit dinner to be given in the
near future were discussed. Com.
mander r. NJ. Zacharias appointed
James F. Pierce chairman of a
committee to arrange for the af-
fair
William F. Franklin. chairman
of the department committee in
charge of entertainments, outlined
the program for a ball to be held
ut the Willard Hotel April 16. the
proceeds from which will go to the
department welfare and relief bu
reau.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-28
FRENCH MAILS SPREAD
GERMAN PROPAGANDA

PARIS, March 2S.-French letter
carriers are distributing throughout
France tons of envelopes mailed IN
Berlin containing a French transla-
ion of the German chancellor
speech on the Rhur question In the
Reichstag on March 6.
The translation. in excellent
French, is in pamphlet form, with
the front page bordered in black as
an emblem of the grief of the Ger
man people. Appearance of these
pamphlets here is viewed by the
French as a startling operation of
an. extensive system of German
propa ganda.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-28
BELIEVES SoUEALING RAT
FRIGHTENED BURGLARS

NEW YORK, March 2S.-The
squealing of rat in a trap is be-
lieved to have frightened away bur-
glars who attempted to crack a
safe in the grocery store of the H.
c. Bohack Company, Brooklyn.
When Edward Carney, the man
ager, opened the store he heard the
rat and found a drill and can
opener on the floor in front of the
safe. Remnants of food also were
strewn over the floor, and it is
thought the yeggmen were work
ing Ieisurely, eating as they work
ed. until frightened away. The safe
Containing about $1,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-28

A Spring costume lis only half chosen until the
blouse has played its final harmonizing note. 1t
may carry out the exact shade Of a dark light
suit may strike brilliant contrast in number
of gay colors 1t may be an elaborate printed silk
or may adorn plain silk with beads, embroidery
endless little frils. These blouses are of fine
crepe de chine, in many effective styles.
+# GoconA EIoor
Palisadian., 1923-09-21
Notes From Late
Issue of School News

The interesting publication entitled
Cliffsde Park School News is out
again, dated September II, 1928, and
it contains much of intense interest
to parents and scholars alike.
Following are two clippings that we
thought might be of interest to our
readers:
Clean Up Club
The Clean Up Club is very useful
because it helps keep the school clean
We have club in our class, and
every night the captain of each row
looks under the desks to see if there
is any dirt This helped the janitor
clean up more quickly and get to the
other classrooms.
Sometimes the principal takes the
Clean Up Club to clean the school
yard
To keep the school ground clean
prevents diseases. The flies come to
the scraps and carry germs to the
Palisadian., 1923-09-21
WELL DUG BY WASHINGTON
IN USE after 167 YEARS
Water Still Being Taken From
Hole He Drilled in 1856.

Winchester, Va.-Washington's well
in the four-month drought that threat
ened such serious consequences to the
Shenandoah valley did not fail in
the mission intended for 1t by the then
Col. George Washington, constructor
and commandant of Fort Louden,
Winchester. In 1856, with the French
west, Winchester, then an outpost Of
English civilization. was threatened,
and Colonel Washington, afterward
general and President of the new re-
public, was ordered by General Lou
den, commander-in-chief of the Eng
fort.
A portion Of the embankment
thrown up by Washington is still In
tact, and the line of the fort is trace
able. Within the boundaries are situ-
ated the Fort Louden seminary and a
number Of private homes. In the yard
of home next to the seminary Is the
Washington we'll. No greater monu-
ment to that American hero can be
found.
The well Is 1873 feet deep. drilled
through solid rock. It Is about 3h
to 4 feet in diameter and every inch
done by hand; not even an explosive
was used. So much trouble did the
engineer have in obtaining the right
temper for the steel that he brought
from his old home at Mount Vernon
his private blacksmith. There Is no
record Of how long 1t required to dig
the well-not more than three or four
months at the most.
The history of Winchester records
that for 167 years the old we'll has
continually functioned and has never
been polluted. A short time ago, in
placing concrete cover over the top
Of the well during the excavation.
there was dug out four-inch solid
cannon ball Of charcoal iron. AS the
Principle Furnace at Principle, Md,
was the only furnace making this class
Of metal prior to the Revolution, 1t Is
reasonable to suppose that Washing
ton obtained his armament from this
place, owned by his two uncles, where,
as young man, he had studied the
manufacture Of iron.
Palisadian., 1923-09-21

food that we eat, and this makes us
sick. 1t we would pick up the papers
that we see, the school grounds would
be clean. Eugene Abrams, Alb,
Grantwood School.
Grantwood School Notes
Grade 5A in the Grantwood School
has the honor of having the best at
tendance for the term February to
June. Their percentage of attendance
was 81, with only one tardy mark.
Grade 6B in Grantwood School has
no tardy marks for the second semes-
ter.
Only ten pupils in the Grantwood
School failed being promoted, from an
enrolment of 497, in June.
An average of 110 pupils bought
milk during the past year. Free milk
was given these pupils during the last
two weeks of school, using the surplus
money.
Considerable interest in wild flow
ers was shown in Grade 6B; during
the spring 106 varieties were brought.
A prize was awarded John Dickinson,
who brought thirty-seven different
flowers.
Palisadian., 1923-09-21

Margaret Candida, agen twelve, OF
PA Carlton avenue, Brooklyn, to
whom two women and two children
owe their lives. When an oar broke
and the 12-foot rowboat in which she
and her four companions were, in the
middle Of Long Island sound, Mar
garet dived overheard and swan for
two hours until she reached the shore
at Northport, where she told Of the
accident. An alarm was sent out and
the boat was sighted. after having
been tossed about in the fierce gale at
night, before all were saved. Margaret
Oandela's feat, according to the au-
thorities, would have challenged the
best powers of adult expert swimmers
even by day.
Palisadian., 1923-09-21

Twelve Women for Each Man.
London.-m Russia there are esti-
mated to be 1928 women to every 100
men. Germany comes next with LOO
and Austria 1,O69.
Palisadian., 1923-09-21
crawIs From Crib to Death.

Buffalo, N. Y.-Crawling out Of his
crib at his home in this city, two
year-old Patrick Salisbury climbed to
the railroad tracks and sat down on
rail. He was run over by train Both
legs were cut off, and he died a few
minutes later.
Palisadian., 1923-09-21
Humpbacked Salmon
Run Breaks Records

Bellingham. Wash.-Humpback
salmon have become so abun-
dant here that the Gamers are
refusing to buy them of indie
pendent seiners. The price has
declined to 10 cents apiece, from
"a cents. Not anticipating such
a large run as has appeared,
most Of the canneries did not
put all Of their machinery into
working order. and did not pro-
vide nearly so many cans as
would be required to take care
Of the fish offered.
Palisadian., 1923-09-21

Woman Judge In Washington.
Washington.-Miss Mary O'Toole,
one Of the five judges Of the municipal
court here, first became interested in
the law while employed as court re-
porter in New York city.
Palisadian., 1923-09-21

Doing and Being Done.
1t is all right to do for your friends,
but 1t is all wrong to be done by your
] friends
Evening star., 1923-05-01
SEEKERS OF U. S.
JOBS WAIT ALL NIGHT
1000 in Line at 8 O'Clock, When
Doors Open to Give Out Ap-
plication Blanks.

Several men and women sat up all
night to be In line this morning at
$3.50. when the Civil Service Commits
sion began handing out application
blanks for positions as laborer (male)
and charwoman in the government
departments.
A few men and women took up po-
sit1ons at 1 o'clock this morning in
front OF tine commissions headquar-
ters. on F. street between 18th and
18TH streets, and sat on boxes to keep
or the cold ground.
After the sun came up a woman
with a steaming coffee pot did a
thriving business along the line.
which by o'clock approximated 1000
people. When the commission opened
Tor business at $50 O'Clock that num-
ber OF persons received blanks.
After the long line had dwindled,
IL taxing only about half an hour to
distribute the blanks, late comers be-
gan to arrive. The commission at
noon had given out 500 more blanks.
Oficials said the rush for the appli-
cations was not as heavy as had been
expected.
The applicants, in the majority of
cases. filled out the blanks on the
commission. As they were received,
the blanks were stamped in order,
and when appointments are made the
early numbers will be called first.
There is no mental examination, it
only being necessary that the appli-
these applicants that the large corps
OF workers which clean the depart
ments before the clerks arrive each
day Is recruited
Evening star., 1923-05-01
SPECIAL NOTICES.

MR. 3. l. YOWELL, FOR MANY YEARS
connected with the Allegheny Coal Co., is now
associated with T. P. Steuart & Bro. coal:
he glad to hear from his friends and patrons.
Telephone Lincoln 1903 -1204.
ROOMS PAPERED WITH DUPLEX OAT-
meal, Sc to $40; 40c and 50c papers same
price. Col. 2354. Sc
THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS
and directors OF the Washington Six Per Cent
Permanent Building Association Will be held
st the office. 800 F at. NV. on Wednesday.
May ., 1923. Polls open from 10 am 10 3
pm. J.. G. OSTERMAYER. Secretary.
$50 REWARD FOR INFORMATION As TO
the party who broke in my house Saturday.
WILLIAM PFEIL. 8l5 22nd st. 2s
ONE OR TWO TO ACCOMPANY GENTLE
man automobile trip to California. starting
july 1st Address BoI Up Star Office. u
FREE PLANS AND ESTINATES-CARPEN-
ter. builder. general contractor. alterations
repairs. store fixtures. garages HARRIS,
4nO hth at NV. franklin 61Is. may1s
DUMP TRUCKS. 2h TONS CAPACITY. So
per hour or by contract; dependable. Phone
Main 923. 27s
VICTORIA LOUISE MULLER. FORMERLY
designer at Erlebac hers has opened an e1clu-
sve millinery shop at 515 11th ct. NV. 6s
HoUsEKEEPERS WHY HAVE DIRTY.
faded out rugs. when Cyclone will wash and
restore rugs to their original colors: 3 gallons
1925 Protects from moths. PROGREsSIvE
SALES CO.. COS st. NV. 22s
Evening star., 1923-05-01
WESTERN HIGH SENIOR
WINS YALE SCHOLARSHIP
Franklin T. Bigelow Awarded An
nual Prize Of d. C.. Alumni
Club for Merit.

The scholarship committee of the
Yale Club OF Washington has an
nounced that the Washington Yale
alumni scholarship for this year Is
awarded to Franklin Thomas Bige-
low of the senior class Of the Western
High School. The successful candi-
date is the son Of the Rev. F. L. Bige-
low. pastor Of the Cleveland Park
Conversational Church
;. BY the terms of the scholarship the
incumbent receives $500 year for
the first two years and $500 year for
the second two years of the under
graduate course at Yale. 1t Is sAaward-
ed on the basis of high scholarship,
sound character. general ability aid
future promise. The first award was
made last year to Willis F.. Kern.
central High School. '22, who is now
finishing the freshman year at Yalo.
The scholarship committee making
the selection is composed OF DR.. I. *.
Phelps. "a, chairman; Charles Cheney
Hyde, jr.. '9o; w. c. Miller. II; d. Is.
karrick, II, and w. B. Vandevan-
ter, 10.
Evening star., 1923-05-01
As Fresh As a May
Morning

That's the way everything
should look and taste that
comes from your refrigerator
cooled with sparkling, crystal
clear American these gla d
spring mornings. The milk
and cream may have travelled
all night in an iced car, but
they're as sweet and fresh as
if old Bossy had delivered the
goods at your back door. The
Honeydew melon has come
from South Africa-but comes
to your table apparently
picked before sun-up and with
the sweet dew really on it.
The butter may have come
from Denmark-but ice has
given it the freshness Of having
been churned on the back
porch.
And american Ice is as clear and
sparkling as May moming-Gnd de-
lia'ered aVith uniform. regularity.
Evening star., 1923-05-01
SOCIETY TO PLANT
/ FORTY TREES HERE
Lieutenant Governor and
Mayors of Massachusetts
to Take Part.

Local civic and business organiza-
tions are cooperating with the Massa-
chusetts Society in arranging Tor the
fhree-day celebration to be held here
beginning Friday. the big event OF
which is to be the planting OF forty
trees by Lieut.. Gov. Fuller OF Massa-
chusetts and mayors of the state s
largest cities.
The trees are to be planted on the
Lincoln Memorial reservation. when
is to be known as the Massachusetts
avenue of memorial trees" The trees
will be planted in the. name OF the state
and the cities of the state.
Reception mt station.
The party will arrive Friday MORN
ing and at $50 will be rendered re-
ception at Union station by the mem
bers of civic and federal organizations.
together with the officers of the socie-
" and the committee members. The
official party will then proceed in auto
mobiles, decorated with banners snd
headed by a sixty piece band and a
mounted escort of police, to the Willard
Hotel. There will be a registration
of the distinguished party and also Oh
At 1880 the party will parade up
PENNSYLVANIA avenue past the White
House to Goth street and to the
plot assigned for the planting of the
trees at the Lincoln Memorial Lieut.
Gov Fuller, representing Gov. cox
will plant p tree In the name of the
state and each of the mayors VIII
plant one in the name OF his city.
There will be exercises and COM
munity singing. Directly after the
exercises the official party VIII be
guests of honor at a luncheon at
the Willard Hotel The lady men,
bers will he the guests of the ladies'
entertainment committee at luncheon
at the Ebbitt Hotel.
The entire party will be guests or
honor at a reception and tea at the
rooms of the women's national party
from 3 to .. Prominent and dis
tinguished women will be in the re
ceiving line.
Ball and Reception.
In the evening at s o'clock. in the
ballroom of the New Willard Hotel.
the elaborate function of the pro
gram Will take place, when a recep-
ton and ball will be given by the
society in honor of the party. Mayor
James Curley of Boston, president OF
the Mayors Club, will be the speaker
of the evening. On Saturday at l
o'clock the party will be received at
the White House by PRESIDENT ndTu-
ing Through the courtesy of the
Secretary of War drill will be
given by Troop F at Fort Myer. AS
an added feature a drill by the
Washington society debutantes may
be given.
Jpon their return from the drill
the official party will be guests of
honor at a dinner in the Willard Ho-
tel at 6 o'clock and the lady members
of the party will be entertained at
dinner at the Womens City Club at
the same hour. AT o'clock, in the
ballroom of the willard Hotel. an en-
tertainment program. consisting of
local professional talent and also
that from several theaters. will be
given.
Sunday will be given over to
special view of motion pictures taken
of the activities of the official party
from the time of their arrival and
tour of the city and suburbs.
Evening star., 1923-05-01
SPLIT NOT FATAL
TO THE ARMS PACT
Though Santiago ParIey
Fails, A. B. c. Republics
May Get Together.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO. Chile. May l.-Although
the collapse Of the negotiations for a
of naval armaments in
Latin America has caused a strained
feeling in the camps of the Argentine
Brazilian and Chilean delegations to
the Pan-American conference, the
opinion is expressed in well informed
quarters that there Will eventually be
post-conference conversations which
will result in an amicable settlement.
At the present time Brazil strongly
favors an A B 9 conference on arma-
ment, to which Argentina is opposed.
1t is believed, however. that there Is
prospect of separate treaties later.
one between Argentina and Brazil,
and another between Chile and Ar
gentina. Furthermore it is intima ted
that the Argentine delegation is dis
posed to negotiate with each OF these
nations separately, but not together.
Efforts Are Restricted.
The armament committee of the
conference finds itself only able to
recommend that the nations repre-
sented adopted a resolution affirming
their peaceful intentions and desires.
and that they ratify the Washington
conventions humaniZing warfare.
The breakdown is believed to have
been hastened by the disclosure that
Brazil notified Chile last December
that she would undertake to discuss
ornaments at Santiago only because
courtesy required such course.
L. 8. Declines to Accede.
The unwillingness OF the United
States to have the Monroe Doctrine
incorporated in pan-American
treaty because the United States has
maintained and will continue to main
tain the doctrine as its own policy,
was made clear by Henry p. Fletcher
in committee discussion yesterday Of
Uruguay's proposal for an American
league of nations and for the adoption
of the principle of the Monroe
Doctrine by all American states.
Evening star., 1923-05-01

ings and Autographs and completes
the cycle. leading up to the peacock
room. which is precisely as IT was
originally set up in London and later
in Mr.. Freers Detroit home. This
room must be seen to be appreciated.
no description sufficing adequately
to visualize it. over the mantel
hanks the painting, entitled The
Princess of Porcelain Land" On the
wall opposite is the decorative design
of peacocks, which is variously re-
peated on the shutters Of the win
dows. The walls are covered with
shelves, decorative in design. and on
these are a few specimens Of Japa-
nese potteries harmonious In color.
The Chinese and japanese works
of art. for which this collection is
most famous. are disposed I'm gal
leries at the east and west ends of
the building. The Japanese are at
the west end and adjoin the hall Of
screens In all instances more than
one form of art is simultaneously
cxhibited-that is. paintings and pot
terry are shown together. jades and
bronzes. sculpture and paintings. In
the japanese section there is a hall
In which are seen beautiful examples
of tho gray, green Korean pottery
and Korean bronzes with Japanese
paintings. In another gallery are
Japanese paintings dated from the
seventeenth century to the late nine
Buddhas and Budhisattva of the
twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Chinese Art Displayed.
The Chinese art. set forth in the
ea stern galleries, IS of earlier date.
One room shows scrolls. paintings of
landscapes. flowers. animals. particular
ly interesting and amazingly we'll pre-
served. though of the Ming and Sung
dynasties. One little gallery is given
up to a statue OF a Buddhdsttva Of the
stone lunette showing i'll line the Bud
dha Amitabha and attendant divinities
which is reckoned as being Of the
eighth or ninth century.
The corner gallery Of this series
shows carvings and sculptures, much
OF it polychrome. some from the ancient
temples. long hidden in the interior of
China.
Turning back along the north cor
rider toward the main entrance, one
finds galleries devoted to splendid
specimens of Chinese pottery of the
Sung dynasty. $50 to 1879 A. D.
Magnificent in color. fine in form
beautiful in surface finish. There is
Of Persia and AIesopotamia, which
is likewise colorful and superior.
A word as to the arrangement and
manner OF display. The walls of all
of the galleries are very light in tint.
not white or gray, but something
in between. No gallery is crowded
each exhibit has abundant space and
can be seen separately or collectively
to the best advantage. Such an ar
rsnRement sets a standard in the art
OF display for museums.