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Evening star., 1924-05-10
CARD PARTY INCREASES
GERMAN RELIEF FUND
Gen. Miles and DR.. John Ryan Dev-
ereux Explain Plight of
Children at Gathering.

The local campaign fund for relief of
German children was swelled by more
than $500 yesterday, the receipts of a
card party given for the drive at the
home of Mrs. Christian Heurich, 1907
New Hampshire avenue.
Germany were made by Lieut. Gen. Mel
son A. Miles, chairman of the Washing
ton committee, and DR. John Ryan
DevereuX.
The affair yesterday was the first of
a series planned by women interested in
the local campaign. The second Will be
a musical at the home Of Nine. Won
Lewinski, BIAS 10th street, tomorrow
night.
Mrs. w. A. Rodenberg. wife of former
Representative Rodenberg, was, hostess
of the party. Those present included
Countess Szechenyi. Mrs. Morris Shep-
pard, Mrs James A Reed, Thomas p
Gore. Mrs Richard Yates, Mrs. Carl
Chindblom, Mrs. Ernest r Ackerman,
Mrs. Cleveland A. Newton, Miss Flora
Wilson, Mrs. E. Hart Fem, Nine. Won
Lewinski, Mrs. Carl Droop.' Mrs. Thomas
Madden Foley. Mrs. Hannis Taylor, Mrs
James Pryor Tarvin, Mrs. Gaien l.. TAFT,
Mrs. Joseph Keyes, Dr.. Margaret Eek,
Mrs. Elliott Woods, Miss Sophie Levin,
Mrs Vernon Knox Mrs. Edward e. Mil
ler Miss Clara SprouL Mrs. Paul Book
Mrs Martin .Wiegand. Miss Augusta
Keyser, Mrs. Shuey, Mrs. Moeler, Mrs.
Heinz, Mrs Schmidt, Mrs. Zimmerman
Miss Neuland and Mrs Heurich.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
RIVAL G. O. P. FACTION
ELECTS DELEGATION
Will Contest Seating of Other Lo-
cal Representatives at Repub-
lican National Convention.

At a meeting in G.. A. r. Hall, 1414
Pennsylvania avenue, last night of
local Republicans opposed to the
methods adopted by the Republican
state committee of the District of
Columbia last week in selecting dele
gates and alternates to the Republk
can national convention a rival dele
cation to go to the convention was
elected.
To contest the seating of the dele
gates elected by the credited Repub-
lican organization of this city, last
nights assem- mblage elected Aaron
Bradshaw and John T. Rhines, the
latter colored. Albert E. Steimen and
Miss Pauline Marshall, the latter col
ored, were elected alternateS.
Before deciding to oppose the seat
ing of delegates elected by the reg
ular organization of the District the
gathering last night listened to Mr..
Bradshaw and Julius Peyser. and
others express resentment at the
manner in which the Republican state
committee called it's convention and
the manner in which delegates were
chosen. insufficient pulicity, bad faith
and violation of the rules of the
national committee were among the
charges made by the speakers
The meeting adopted resolutions
presented by Mr.. Bradshaw, con-
demning the manner in which the
Republican state committee acted
and indorsfng the administration of
President Coolidge.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
HEAR POLITICAL REPORTS
Woman's Committee Addressed by
Mrs. Sally H. Burch.

Reports on woman's political ac-
tivities in the several states occupied
the attention of the national confer
ence, of the Woman's Committee for
Political Action in Hotel Washington
today. The only speaker was Mrs.
Sally H. Burch, acting chairman of
the the committee. Her topic was on
the proposed plan of action of the
organization.
Every trust in the United States
owes it's existence to the private own
Lership of railroads, George L. Record
of New Jersey told the national con-
ference at it's opening session yesterday.
Speaking on THE Public Ownership
of Transportation" Mr.. Record sug-
gested that Congress appropriate S20,-
600, 100000 and buy the national rail-
roads "at the top price, if necessary" F"
save that much in few years by
the reduced price at which it could
haul it's supplies.
Representative Edward r. Browne
of Wisconsin said he would like to
see the telephone and telegraph COM
panies nationalized.
Stating the purposes of the meeting,
Miss Isabelle ,Kendig, executive secre-
tary of Washington, declared the dele
gates hoped to help in the evolution of
a real liberal party this year." Other
speakers included William Colver,
editor-in-chief of the Scripps- Howard
newspapers and Western Star, who
spoke on public control of the nations S
money. The meetings will continue
through today and conclude with a
mass meeting in the Belasco Theater
tomorrow afternoon,
Evening star., 1924-05-10
RICHMOND BLUES
ENTERTAIN GUARDS
Connecticut and Virginia Gov
ernors Unite in 1s5th An
niversary Celebration.
snecial nisna.ch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, May 10.-The Gov
ernor's Foot Guard of Hartford, Conn.,,
and Gov. and Mrs. Charles E. Tenn
pleton of Connecticut reached here
last evening. Gov. and Mrs. Temple
ton are guests of Gov. and Mrs. E. Lee
Trinkle at the mansion, with the
members of the staff and the officers
of the two companies at the Jefferson
Hotel, and the soldier boys are guests
of the Blues.
The celebration OF the anniversary
of the Blues-the 135th-began this
morning and is to last until Monday,
the Foot Guard coming here to cele-
brate the event. These two old COM
mands have been frequent guests of
the other, and there has sprung up a
warm friendship between the men
and the officers Last night there was
a reception at the mansion for the
visitors, followed by dance at the
armory. 49,
Today there is much to keep the
visitors and the Blues on the jump
with dinners, luncheons, inspections,
reviews and all sorts of functions
lasting to midnight. Tomorrow the
two. commands will attend church
services, escorting the two govern
ors to hear Rev. John Y. Downman of
All Saints Church deliver the annual
address to the Blues.
Many of the business houses and
homes of the city. honored the day of
the Blues and the presence of their
guests by decorating their homes and
displaying flags.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
$4,000 Central american Plant
Specimens Brought to Capital
900 Orchids of Virid Co0ring, Among Collection
Made by Paul C.. Standley of Smithsonian
Institution in Tropical Jungles. :

nraCtice is more notable when it is
considered, Mr.. Standley says. that the
trees of San Jose are not of trop-
ical nature, but more similar to some
oF those found in New England
town. This area, he said, reminded
him more of the BerkshireS in MasSa-
chusetts than of anything else south
OF New England. The comparison
continued even to the temperature, all
the nights being uncomfortably cold
There is none of the night life
in San Jose that you find in every
other American city, said Mr
STANDBY. 1T IS too COLO LOT the
natives to stay out of DOORS
Dairy Industry Strong.
The number of small landowners
who cultivated their own farms and
the predominance of the dairy indus
try also reminded him of the Berk-
shires, he said.
Mr. Standley climbed the great vol
cano of Poaz. one of the most notable
in the world, with a great crater
1000 feet deep. at the bottom or
which is a boiling lake, from which
come frequent eruptions.
In Panama Mr.. Standley spent great
deal of his time in the great orchid
garden at Balboa, where more than
400 species of native orchids are cul-
tivated. In ten years c. w. Powell,
who conducts the garden, has discov-
cred 400 of these in the neighboring
jungleS.
STANDBY collected. in all. about
1000 plants in Panama. The expedi-
tion was undertaken in the interest
of an exhaustive catalogue of Cen
trail American vegetation now being
prepared at the national herbarium
here. The orchid collection will be
sent to Boston, where it will be studied
and catalogued by Oakes Ames, fore
most American authority on orchids.
The remainder of the collection will
be catalogued here and afterward a
Zone, where a complete collection of
the native plants is being assembled
under government supervision.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
TWO BOYS KILLED
IN WRECKED TRUCK
Father of One Seriously Injured
When Electric Train Hits
Vehicle in Virginia.

Two colored boys were killed and
the father of one was seriously, in
jured last night when an electric
train bound toward Washington from
Bluemont, Va, crashed into truck
in which they were riding near We'd
derburn. Va
The dead boys Were Walter and
John Brent, both twelve years old
The injured man, Logan Brent of
Merrifeld, Va, was the father of Wal
ter and the. brother of John He
was taken to Georgetown Hospital
and is in a critical condition.
Brent had come to Washington on
business and brought the boys with
him. Returning home, he was driv-
ing south near Wedderburn when he
came to a grade crossing. Failing to
hear the approaching train, he crossed
directly in it's path Walter was
killed instantly, but John lived long
enough to reach Georgetown Hos
pital. s.
Evening star., 1924-05-10

More than $1,000 specimens of
Central American plants have been
brought back TO Washington this
week by Paul c. Standley of the
Smithsonian Institution after d five
month exploration trip in Costa Rica
and Panama. These include 1000
orchids, some Of a very snowy ma
ture, with which the Central Amer
lean jungles abound.
The search for orchids led Mr..
Standley into the interior of the
swamp jungles in eastern Costa Rica
and the arid, semi-desert region of
the Pacific coast He also combed
thoroughly the volcanic mountains
which rise above the capital. san
Jose, and was in the midst of this
search when the country was snakeh
by 1900 distinct earthquake shocks
in rapid succession during 1e"
days. :
Costa Rica, Mr.. Standley says, is
the most notable orchid country In
the world, the blooms ranging from
some of the largest known TO tiny
flowers hardly percept1ble except un-
der close examination. Many OF these
nlants grow with their roots 1ast-
ened into the messy bark or the Tan
Jungle trees amidst tangle OF ierns
and other growths, each tree III IL.
sert se1t of loFRyns sRy sscraping apartment house
for vegetable life. In the entire area ed
of the republic, about the size ooa oa
West Virginia, there are ABOUT i'0''
distinct forms of orchld.
Make Villages CoIorfui.
This, Mr.. Standley says, lends OF
unique coioring to the villages ano
TO the single notable city, San Jose.
The townspeople collect orchid plants
from the forests and transform them
in great clusters onto the trees IN
their yards and along the streets.
tving them in place until the eager
roots find lodgment in the bark. This
Evening star., 1924-05-10
lHiLD DRAWINGS SHOWN.
Exhibit of Vienna School at Ma
tional Museum.

An interesting exhibit of draw
engs of Viennese children. al the
schools of Prof. Cizek. in Vienna, is
being shown at the National Museum
sn this city. The exhibit, which is
fr charge of DR.. Kollar, will continue
Through May 49,
The School of Arts and Crafts, as
Il is known, is a free institution
for the development Of children from
the age of six to sixteen years. 1t
Sas been in operation for more than
twenty years.
The system of training is said to
BE unique. No attempt is made to
snstruct a child in what he should
Graw. He is left to his own initia-
five, and the results, as shown in
rae exhibition, are products of the
: 3ontaneity which only child Dos
s4sses.
The exhibition is divided into sew
sra1 parts, according to age of the
children making the pictures. The
a6ore advanced classes are said to
cal with the futurists' cubist work
nd several of these paintings are
Z atures of the exhibit.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
INCREASE IN POWER
OF CITY HEADS HIT
Brookland Citizens Oppose Meas
ure - Declare Proposed
Changes Unnecessary.
PROTEST INDUSTRIAL ZONE
Charge Present Ruling on Business
Property Ample.

The bill to extend the powers of
fhe Commissioners was disapproved
3'r the Brookland Citizens Associa-
Won at a meeting in the Brookland
School last,night
The association also adopted a
resolution, offered by Marvin NJ. Nc
Jean, vigorously protesting against
G. petition now before the Zoning
Commission to establish an industrial
zone in the community.
The resolution set forth that the
property sought to be changed. along
s h street from Hamlin street 10
Jffchigan avenue. already is zoned
second commercial. making ample al
I"wance for its use for business pur-
roses. Speakers pointed out that
I:rooklaad is a suburb of detached
j ONES and that the proposed change
would permit establishment of fac
tory structures at the entrance to the
entire section. y committee was ap-
pointed to attend the hearing before
'e Zonin% Commission at the Dis
t"ict building Thursday morning,
hen the proposed change will be
considered.
To indorSe Mrs. Morgan.
Il was voted to write to the JUS
tiCcS OF the District Supreme Court,
i"dorsing Mrs. Laura d. p. Morgan
for appointment as member OF
III" board of education.
The association will endeavor to
bsVe the Senate restore to the Dis
t''ict bill The item for the paving of
eection Of 18TH street. stricken from
tie bill in the House.
Several of the members who op-
p ,Sed the bill to extend the powers of
trn Commissioners said they could
% u see the necessity for many of the
CAangeS suggested. Others favored
considering the matter later after OBJ
I; ming more information, but it was
d ALLY decided to disapprove.
\. II. Fast, who recently succeeded
y w. Turner as president, presided.
Bad Lee +. Wilson acted as secretary.
H L. Staclhouse presented d number
p new members. including the fol-
k.wing: 7. V. Hutchins, George F.
German. Simon klosky, w. NJ Ran
hin, DR.. Douglas A. White. Joseph f..
p.borne, Martin 7. Costello, John L.
j Illivan. George +. Stokes, John T.
lsherty. William Jones, Mrs. E. Zim-
} erli, g. w. Smith and +. Z. Driscoll.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
LABOR LAWS URGED.
Representative Fitzgerald Saws
Workers Need Protection.

Modern conditions in industry and
the many so-called forms of danger
Gus employment make special ,1egis-
lation necessary to insure protection
of employees and to keep them from
becoming probably a liability to the
community, Representative Roy G..
Fitzgerald of Ohio told the fifth dis
trict conference of Associated Chari-
ties at SIG Eye street northeast yes,
terday.
conditions today" he said, ..are
not like they were about twenty
years ago. A great separation be-
tween the employe and employer has
taken place."
The District of Columbia needs
special legislation to protect en-.
ployes against accidents, he said,
and pointed out that most of the
states now have some form of spe-a
cial legislation for the protection of
employees.
A discussion of special cases with
which the conference has had to deal
occupied the rest of the meeting. Rev.
C. r. Stauffer, president of the con-
ference, presided.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
M'NARY- BILL
DECLARED A MENACE
Four on House Committee See
Calamity if Measure Is
Enacted.
CALLED PRICE FIXING"
Once Enacted, Must Be Permanent,
... Fear of Minority. =

Four members of the House agricuI-
ture committee - Representatives
Clarke. New York, and Voight of Wis
consin, Republicans, and Aswell of
Louisiana and Kincheloe of Kentucky.
Democrats-joined today in vigorous
condemnation of the McNary- -Haugep
farm relief bill, which a majority of
the committee has approved.
In minority report the four repre-
sentatives said the measure, which
would set up a corporation to sell
surplus farm products abroad, was un-
workable, would not do what its
sponsors claim, would heap a great
calamity not only on the farmer but
the nation. and would result in placing
ernment pay roll. No greater blow
could be dealt agriculture, the report
added, than the enactment of the bill
The minority contended the bill was
prce-hxlng measure and that ele-
Vator men, merchants. millers and
SPECTATORS would Suddenly be made
richer by operation of the law.
Discussing the provision for the es-
adjustment of ratio prices the four
members contended it would be neces-
sary once the system is put into force
to continue it indefinitely
II we were to reach a point close
70 tne end Oh the nve-year period under
this bill who would buy commodities at
a ratio price unless Congress extended
the act?" it was asked. IF Congress
did not do so would there not be a
stagnation of business giving rise to a
panic?"
''The truth is that if this system is
put in force it must be continued. Sec
retary Wallace frankly told the COM
mittee that it would probably be neces-
sary to continue the proposed act"
The minority expressed doubt as to
the constitutionality of the bill, basing
their view on Supreme Court decisions
on the child-labor laws.
In supplementary statement Voigt
said that the scheme embodied in the
bill with some notifications might and
should be applied to wheat. He offered
bill applying the McNary-Haugen
scheme to wheat alone, but the commit
tee declined to give it's approval.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
Fess-Moore Bill Favored.

The House committee On industrial
arts and expositions yesterday or
dered a favorable report on the Fess-
Moore bill to carry into effect the
recommendations of the Sulgrave In
stitute. authorizing appointment of a
special commission to consider and
report to Congress plans for a fitting
celebration of. the bicentennial of the
birth of. George Washington in 1892.
The measure carries authorization for
a small appropriation to cover the ex-
penses of the commission.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
HOWELL SEES PUBLIC
AID In COMPETITION
Senator Tells American Engineers
Omaha Cut Power Rates by
City Ownership.
SCORES COST IN CAPITAL
DR.. F. H. Newell of Pennsylvania
Pays Tribute to Profession.

Potential competition in all public
utilities when properly pursued will
have the effect of reducing the cost
to the consumer of any commodity.
Senator Robert B. Howell Of Nebraska
said at a meeting of the American
Association of Engineers in the Cos
mos Club last night.
The senator said he did not believe
in public ownership except as a means
10 an end and pointed to results at
tanned in his home city of Omaha
through the municipal ownership OF
electric plants, which resulted in the
competitors being forced to reduce
their rates from Il cents to 512 cents
a kilowatt hour. He said it is absurd
TO think of District residents having
to pay 10 cents per kilowatt hour.
Senator Howell said there never
were greater opportunities than at
present for the young man to loon
forward to a public career, providing
he has some business ability, as the
government is becoming more ana
more a business affair. He outlined
his public life and showed the hard
ships encountered in gaining admit
tance to the political. held He said
the law of the political machine Is |"
reward the fellow who delivers the
goods and squeeze out the one VINO
does not.
Engineer as Citizen.
Dr. F.. H. Newell, engineer for the
Pennsylvania water and power re
sources board. and a past president
of the National Association of Eng
neers, who spoke on THE Engineer in
Public Life called attention to the
duty as well as the opportunity OF
the engineer TO do his part as Cit
izen. He emphasized the fact tina
engineering is playing an increasing
part in modern affairs and that we
are dependent to a greater degree
than in previous generations on the
safe and efficient operation OF engi-
neering devices. The conduct of the
government, he said, is dependent for
its efficiency on greater knewIedge
and better application of The eng
neeriEg principles.
OF all the professions representa-
in Congress, Dr. Newell said engi-
neers are least represented numeric
ally and of the many questions hefore
Congress there are more hayfngsto dc
with engineering than with law. He
said that "it is possible the people
feel that the same thing applies to
congressman as to asjury-ignoranc
of subject best fits them for deci-
SionS thereon.
c. V. johnson presided and an
nounced the annual election of off
GERS would be held at the. next meet
ing.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
Drag River for Missing Man.

Fred Johnson, 1928 4th street" was
written on a piece Of paper taken
from the pocket of a coat found on
the steamer Charles MacaleSter's s
wharf, at the foot Of tn street
southwest, about 4:30 o'clock yester-
day afternoon by Peter Turner, 618 L
street southwest. Garment and note
were turned over to the harbor po-
lice, who learned that Johnson,
thirty-nine, had been missing from
his home since Wednesday. Police
dragged the river yesterday. but fail
ed to find any trace of the body.
ORA ggfng was renewed this morning.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
FIGHT BIRTH CONTROL.
Foes of Bill Before House Commit
tee-Plea for Measure. :

Hearings are being held by the
House Judiciary committee on the
Cummins- Vaile bill which would per-
nit sending contraceptive knowledge
through the mails.
Miss Sarah E. Laughlin of Phila-
delphia of the Alliance of Catholic
Women, Mrs. George p. Scriven of
the Washington Council of Catholic
Women and others argued against
circulation Of birth control literature
and putting Congress on record as
favoring 1t.
Mrs. Mary Ware bennett, director
of the Voluntary Parenthood League.
declared the large part of the opposi-
tion to the measure was irrelevant
and that present laws on the subject
were heterogeneous of liberty.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
EXHIBITS WATER C0LORS.
Work of Mrs. Florence Estabrook
Shown at Art Center.

An exhibition of water-color paint
ings by Mrs. Florence C. Estabrook
is being held at the Art Center, 1106
Connecticut, avenue and will continue
throughout the coming week.
The paintings are colorful land
scapes, painted by Mrs. Estabrook
of typical scenes in many different
parts of the country.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
Zayas Pardons American.

HAVANA, May 10.-Charles f. Fet-
ter, an American merchant of. the
Isle of Pines, who was serving a
ten-day sentence for refusing to pay
a $40 fine was pardoned by Presi-
dent Zayas yesterday. No action has
vet been taken in the case Of N. X.
Wiley
Evening star., 1924-05-10

Foreign delegates 10 Y. W. c, A.
convention visit Washington. They
came to Washington from New
York, where the international con-
vention was held. Left to right:
Miss Ting Shu Ching of China,
Mrs. p. Appasamy of south India,
Mrs. Humerson of Esthonia, Mrs.
Paul Bersin of LatvIa. Miss Hasa
gawa of Japan, Miss Helena Poid
of Esthonia and Mrs. Ii. C.. Mai,
president of the Y. W. C.. A. of
China. National Photo.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
Cuts Shoe Stitchers' PAY.

of conciliation and arbitration yester-
day announced a reduction of about
20 per cent in the wages of stitchers
employed In thirty-nine Lynn shoe
factories.
Evening star., 1924-05-10

During last year British aircraft en-
faged in commercial services flew
$4,000 miles. equal to thirty eight
circuits of the globe.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-07-11
WOOD DUCK NESTS
in MACPIE HONE

NJ ONTANA sportsmen who have
! MI been taking an active part in
~ the war being waged on mag
pies and crows, will be interested in
an extract from a letter written by
M. S. Carpenter, secretary of the
Montana Sportsmen's association, to
one of the officers of the Ananconda
Anglers club.
Anent the crow and maybe drives
he writes:
George E. Mushback, federal
anne warden, and myself recently Wis
tied some of the sportsmen's clubs
in Teton and Pondera counties
While driving between Conrad and
Choteau, we stopped on Muddy creek
about IL miles out of Choteau, to in
vestigate some magpie and crow
nests. After securing couple of
dozen eggs of these marauders of
our desirable wild life, and as we
were about to continue our trip, we
saw magpie's nest about so feet
from the road and investigated.
George did the tree-climbing stunt
and had just about reached the nest
when female wood duck made her
exit by the rear door, an occurrence
that rather amazed us. George look
ed into the nest and found four buff
fy-brown eggs-verifying our sur
mise as to the species of duck that
had appropriated the well construct
ed home of the maybe.
Looking about we discovered the
carcass of a maybe that had evil
IDENTIFY been killed some days pre-
vious. Being anxious to still fur
Their verify our guess as to the spe-
cies of duck that would rear FAM
lily in a tree, we secuted about the
locality for almost four hours, and
liked approximately seven miles, but
in vain so far as discovering the
male of the species or getting anoth-
er glimpse of the female duck. Dur
ing our wanderings we discovered a |
female mallard on her nest in the
brush a short distance from the
creek, and when she flew off we