Evening star., 1923-01-10
SAYS SHRINE NEEDS
AID OF ALL CITIZENS
Oliver A. Phelps Addresses
Lincoln Park Association
n On Convention.
TEACHER BILL PROTESTED
Call Issued for Donation of Books
to Southeast Branch
Library
TEACHER BILL PROTESTED

The corporation of every citizen III
Washington will be needed to handle
the crowds attending the Shriners
convention here next June. oliver A
Phelps a member of the Shrine pub
1icity committee. last night told the
Lincoln Park Citizens Association at
meeting in Bryan School
After detailing advantages to Wash
ington of entertaining the convention
here, Mr.. Phelps pointed out that il
the convention here were handled
successfully it would be big step
toward attracting other conventions
here. rising vote of thanks was
extended Mr.. Phelps for his address
1t was moved to send a protest
10 the District Commissioners against
the parking of street cars at 14th
and East Capitol street and several
other points, on the ground that they
blocked traffic.
Elect Financial Secretary.
John B. Kern was elected financial
secretary following an amendment to
the constitution to include that office
Extracts were read from the Capper
teachers salary bill by George Judd
who criticized the bill for it's methods
of awarding salaries to the teachers
below the rank of superintendent
saying that the increase in salary
was not sufficient, and disapproving
of the slow increase of the salary
OF teacher year by year and stop
ping the increase at the end of five
years. The matter was referred TO
The committee on schools
A resolution was passed to call upon
the people of Washington to donate
books to the southeast branch of the
public library. Ii was stated that
an additional 10000 books will be
needed to fill the shelves of this
The Commissioners will be asked to
have the following streets repaved
18th street from & TO Maryland ave
nue. northeast; 18th street from u
10 Emerson northeast; COrbin place,
between and u and 18th and Ten
neSSee avenue; Kentucky avenue
from South Carolina avenue to 18th
street southeast; 18th street between
East Capitol and A streets northeaS st
Massachusetts avenue from 18th to
nue. from 1lth to eth southeast:
Kentucky avenue southeast. between
East Capitol and streets aud A
street southeast. between 18th and
sidewalks was included in the petit
rion to the Commissioners.
New Committees Appointed.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
Streets and avenues. NJ Crown,
J. C. Kern and Brooks Cross
Buildings and ZoneS-W. c. Furr, J.
{. Kern, William r. Whip, Charles
w. Schneider. A. Oehman. Emmett
Hamilton and Matthew A Drapp.
House-John d. Armstrong, F. W.
Woodward. Mrs. B. Walls. G.. n. Hell
Ter, Mary Riley and ]. r. Meloy.
Entertainment-Rob J. O'NeiIl
and Miss NJ. E. Newcomb.
Law and legislation-W. f. Hum
mer, G. w. Gliding. w. G. Leapley,
Mrs j. Arnold and p. a. Simpson.
Public health-Dr. j. F. Vivian and
G. w. F. Boyd
ducation-Elizabeth Hesse, Miss
Arnold and Robert ]. ONeill
Constitution and bylaws. r.
MacKessy, S. F. Macauley and W. H.
Newcomb.
Membership-Jame S. Merritt. Mrs.
3. Bauer, Miss Catherine Boyle and
Charles Haws.
Rivers and harbors-James Z. Nc
Keever, Mrs. w. A. Greer, l.. w.
Schroeder, F. H. Reckweg and W. A.
Simpson.
New members were elected as fol-
lows: Walter J. Frick, f. S. Whit
son, Philip a Simpson, Matthew 4.
Drapp, Miss Marie NJ. Peters. Miss
Mamie B. Paulus, John A. Hefrer, n
". Lozenby, John c. w. Bean, James
r. McKeever. Miss Emma Gardner
r. s. Chase, f. ]. Kaiser. r. c. Car
penter, A. L. Oehman and Rev. John
Paul Tyler.