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Evening star., 1924-10-30
CITES SCONDEMNED
SCHOOLS IN USE
A. L. Harris Declares Isl
Dangerous Buildings
Used Since 1908.

Fifteen school buildings condemned
in 1908 still are in use in the Dis
trict school system, A. l. Harris. mu
nicipal architect, declared today in
an address before the Cosmopolitan
Club at the Franklin Square Hotel.
Mr.. Harris further declared that
Washington stood ninth from the bot
tom in list of 80 cities with a popu
lation of over 100000 in the amount
per capita per student expended on
local school systems.
The schools named are as follows:
John F. Cook, s rooms; Threlkeld, 4
rooms; Webster, IL rooms; Abbott, 8
rooms; Berret, 9 rooms; Lincoln, -
ROOMS; Force, IL rooms; Adams, s
rooms; Bradley, rooms; Jefferson, 20
rooms: Hamilton, rooms; Chain
Bridge. / room; Bell, rooms; Ten
nelly, rooms; Smothers, rooms.
: The first two buildings were recon-
mended for immediate abandonment,
eight for early abandonment and five
are now unfit for use.
Appropriations Too Small.
Mr. Harris stated that with the ap-
propriation of 100000 allowed by
Congress for the upkeep of the
schools they were breaking down
faster than they could be re-
placed. He explained that this amount
allowed by Congress. was only IL
per cent of the total valuation of the
buildings themselves, which is an en-
tirely inadequate percentage for the
upkeep of these buildings.
: He said the school system was a
number of years behind the construc-
ton and that it would take a long
while to check up with the normal
increase and the replacement. Out
Of total Of 242 buildings, the school
system of the District has only "a
third-class buildings, 130 second-clas
buildings, 10 frame buildings and IS
portables. The municipal architect
declared that the District officials
were helpless unless Congress ap-
propriated more money. He pointed
out that the same Congressman in
their own. home towns appropriated
money for their cities far in excess
of what they will allow to- pass the
congressional committees to provide
the District with proper schools. He
added that the citizens ought to have
some means of expressing their school
needs more forcibly than in the past
Evening star., 1924-10-30
URGES END OF BLOC
CONGRESS CONTROL
Moses Pleads for Reliable Repub-
lican Majority in House
-,
and Senate. ..--

"Sma shing of bloc control in Con.
gress is urged by Senator Moses OF
New Hampshire. chairman of the
Republican senatorial committee. az
one reason why reliable Republi.
can Congress" should be elected. IN
statement made public by the Re-
publican national committee.
Analysing political conditions as
he saw them, Senator Moses declared
a Democratic majority in the Senate
was an impossibility. and that 1T was
Of paramount Importance" to elect a
reliable Republican" majority in
that body. .-. r. -@----., -- :.
To elect Coolidge statement
said, "and to leave him in the White
House with a Congress" "unresponstve
to his policies. either through hostile
Democratic control, or, what Is even
worse, through control of the bloc,
will be to defeat the purpose of the
country at the outset.'~-~,.zese.- ...-- -
There is. little reason to believe,
Senator Moses asserted, that any
sitting Republican would be dis
lodged. and he also said Rhode Island
and Connecticut would choose Re-
publicans to fill the vacancies in
those States. - ~ - =
The Democratic seats upon which
the Republicans are concentrating
their campaign" he said, ARE. in
Massachusetts,, Montana Colorado,
Ok ahoma, Kentucky and Tennessee.
| In addition, most vigorous and
promising campaign is being made
by the Republican candidate in
Minnesota against Magnus Johnson,
one of the two Fa-mer-I.aborite
| Senator's
Evening star., 1924-10-30
HUNDREDS ATTEND
WALLACE FUNERAL
Secretary Buried at Old
Home-Thousands Pass
Bier in Capitol.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Assoc .ated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa, October So
While all Des Moines paused rever-
eltly in his memory, the late Secre-
tsry Of Agriculture, Henry c. Wal
lie. was buried in Woodland Gene
tery here yesterday.
Officials of the Government IN
Washington and of the State, together
with countless friends of the Secre-
tary here, were present at the SIM
pie services at the Wallace home on
Lynde road and at the family plot in
woodland, where the final rites were
spoken.
Throughout the morning Mr.. Wal
lace's body lay in state in the rotunda
of the State Capitol Building. and
there several thousand people of all
walks of life filed silently by.
Rev. W. p. Mccormick of Storm
Lake, Iowa, former pastor of the
Elmwood Presbyterian Church of Des
Moines, where the Wallace family
worships, conducted the services at
the home and at the grave. Prayer
was offered by Rev. j. A. Jameson of
Monmouth. Ill. and the sermon was
givenkby Rev. Fred Elliott, who spoke
of Mr.. Wallace's, lasting contribu-
tions" to the State and Nation.
Secretary of the Interior Hubert
Work, the personal representative of
freSlQent COOllOSe at the funeral,
was an honorary pallbearer together
with United States Senator A. B.
Cummings, Gov. n. f. Kendall, Act
ing Secretary Howard S. Gore of the
Agricultural Department and State
Secretary of Agriculture NJ G. Thorn
burg. The active pallbearers were
officials of the National and State Ag-
ricultural Departments and members
of the Wa1lace's Farmers Union Staff
publication, of which Mr.. Wallace
was editor.
Among those who attended the flu
neral in addition to the Government
and State officials. were E. T. Mere
dith, Secretary of Agriculture in
President Wilson's cabinet: Charles A.
Rawson and Clyde L. Herring, Re-
publican and Democratic national
committe emen for Iowa: James c.
Davis. director general of railroads:
DR.. Joel T. Boone, the White House
physician who attended Mr.. Wallace
during his final illness, and Maj.
James F. Coupal, also of the White
House staff.
Evening star., 1924-10-30
SHRINERS PLAN RECORD
CHRISTMAS PARTY HERE
Almas Temple Members to See
That Every Poor Child Re-
ceiyes Present.

The Mobiles of Almas Temple are
laying plans with the view that every
poor child in the District shall receive
a visit from Santa Claus.
I'VE are going to hold the biggest
Christmas party ever seen in Wash
ington," Harry F. Cary, illustrious
potentate of the Temple. declared to-
day. There will be gigantic
Christmas tree and a big entertain
ment appropriate to the occasion and
all sorts of eats and candies and pres
ents as we'll as games and famous
band, will be there. In addition there
will be all sorts of useful presents,
such as shoes, warm clothing, etc.
but we also shall give to each child
some of childhood's luxuries-toys,
candies and similar delights
The Christmas party, Mr.. Cary ex-
planned, will be financed from the
proceeds of the Shriners' exposition
and fashion revue, to be held in Con-
vention Hall, from November II to %
Mr.. Cary said this support has been Sc
cured of many of the leading merchan-
disc firms in the District, who are
aware Of the purpose of the show. Four
teen committees are dealing with the
advance arrangements, while more
than 5000 members are pledged to
dispose OF the tickets already on sale
Evening star., 1924-10-30
STORMS ENDED OR RAIN CAUSED
BY PLANES SCATTERING SAND
Army Armen Also Able to Destroy Fog by DiscFarg-
ing Particles Charged With Electricity.
Experiments Made at Boiling Field

sand at the rate of 100 pounds per
minute. With the planes as they now
are, we can release only 30 pounds
per minute. The small planes with
their light weight are all right for
fog and all right for flirting with
clouds, and have at least proved be-
yond doubt that the principle is cor
rect and practicable, which means
that a celestial epoch has been
reached in the affairs of man.
Rain-Making Possible.
Commercial rain-making now lies
within the grasp of man. and he can
employ to this end one of Natures
cheapest commodities, namely. COM
mon or garden silica at a. cost of
about So per ton, which, outside of
maintaining the equipment and oper-
ating the planes, will be the only
charge.
'.Two of the larger planes would
be quite sufficient to squelch entirely
a dense fog covering III square miles
or more Gan area equal to that OF the
City Of London), or fog covering the
city and harbor of New York. The
London Chamber of Commerce has
estimated the cost to the city of each
24-hour dense fog at 100000, or
about $5,o00,o0o.
The Eastern farmers should not
lose sight of the fact that this devel-
opment is not restricted to the dry or
semi-dry sections, since during the
past summer the East suffered from
lack of rain to a point where, IL 1t had
not been timely bestowed, there
would have been little or no corn
crop. 1t must be borne in mind that
in a section which has a mean an
nual precipitation of, say, 40 inches.
considerably over one-third Of the
rainfall is due to local showers. In
dealing with rainfall the wiseacres
seem to have lost sight of this fact.
It is from this one-third that we
should get our best results in the
East.
Look to Industrial Feature.
From the outset this undertaking
has been industrial rather than mill
tary, but, as the country is organized
at present, since we are forced to en-
ploy aircraft, it was inevitable that
the Army Air Service should CO.
operate.
SHOULD the Government provide the
money and facilities to perfect, install
and operate the process for large
scale work, with hundreds of planes
designed and built to carry 5000
POUNDS OIL SdHu " hei6HlS SdTyluS
from 1900 to $4,000 feet, it will have
at it's command the means of remov-
ing fog over its harbors, leading cit
les and elsewhere, and the power, fur
ther, to ca1se rainfall as when and
where needed, both in the East and in
the dry and semi-dry sections Of the
country-provided, of course, that
there are rainclouds present, local OF
otherwise, and that the air between
the earth and the clouds is saturated
to a degree beyond the point of evap-
oration-that is to say, at times when
it sprinkles and does not rain"
Evening star., 1924-10-30
CHARGES27E ENJOYS.
HOME TO AID G. O.P..
Shaver Asks Republicans Ex-
plain Why Officials Called
From Posts.

Charging that 81 American ambas-
sadors and ministers drawing salaries
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000 an
nually "are in the United States being
used to do political work for Presi-
dent Coolidge" Clem L. Shaver, the
Democratic national campaign man.
ager. demands that the Republican
explain why" to the
taxpayers.
Secretary Hughes" said Mr.. Shaw
er in a formal statement, said in his
Baltimore speech and elsewhere dur
ing the campaign: We have a s2len-
did foreign service and well defined
foreign policy
"If this be so. to whom has he en-
trusted the work of carrying it out,
in view of the fact that 27 of the
leading ambassadors and ministers
are in the United States being used to
do political work for President Cool
idge?
"will the following roll call meet
with the approval of the taxpayer
who, when the service was reorgan-
ized at great expense to his pocket
was informed that as a result of this
loudly heralded achievement of the
administration he would enjoy hun
dred per cent better protection for his
ventures, personal as well as COM
mercial, abroad"
Names Envoys At Home.
The Democratic chairman then
named the following as having done
political work" for the administra-
tion. while carried on the foreign
service pay roll:
Ambassadors Herriek, France;
Fletcher, Italy; Houghton. Germany;
Collier, Chile; Warren, Mexico; Kel-
logg, Great Britain, and Morgan, Bra
zil.
Ministers Prince, Denmark; Geiss-
ler, Guatemala; Morales, Honduras; !;
Blanchard. Haiti; Schurman, China;
Cook, Venezuela; South, Panama;
Jay. Roumania; Ramer, Nicaragua;
Bliss, Sweden; O'Toole, Paraguay;
Grew, Switzerland; Schuyler, San
Salvador; Kornfeld, Persia; Bren-
tano, Hungary; Coleman, Baltic
States; Einstein, Czechoslovakia, and
Tobin, The Netherlands.
High Commissioner Wells, Santo
Domingo, and Minister Resident Hood,
Liberia.
OF these. Mr.. Shaver said, Ambassa-
dors Kellogg at London and Poindex-
ter at Lima had not returned to the
United States, Mr. Kellogg staying
away "at the emphatic request of
the Republican State committee at
Minnesota" and Mr.. Poindexter "at
the insistent demand of the Repub-
lican State committee of Washing
tom" All the others were declared to
have been in the United States doing
work for Coolidge" during the pres
ent campaign.
Evening star., 1924-10-30
Airedale Pup, Pet
OF Mrs. Coolidge,
In Dog Hospital

There is gloom at the White
House, despite optimistic cam
paign reports. Paul Prye, the
playful Airedale pet of Mr.. and
Mrs. Coolidge, is in the veterinary
hospital.
The dog, a constant companion
of Mrs. Coolidge on her frequent
strolls about the city and about
the house, has been operated on
for a cold abscess.
The frisky Airedale, just past
'puppyhood," is a familiar figure
about the White House. When
separated from Mrs. Coolidge he
has taken it upon himself several
times to slip into the Presidents
room in the executive office, and
his absence is noticeable there
abouts. Reports from the hospital,
however, say Paul Prye soon will
be out again.
Evening star., 1924-10-30
p the Associated Press

Extensive experiments in the de-
struction of fogs and clouds by the
use of electrified sand are to be car
ried out. under Government super
vision, at Boiling Field Army air
planes equipped with the device pat
ented by DR.. F. Francis Warren of
Harvard University have been de-
tailed exclusively to that work, and
daily flights are to be made during
the next six weeks to determine both
the peace and war value in connec-
tion with aviation.
The two aviators who conducted
the attack yesterday obtained a fair
bag" despite the extreme height of
the clouds over the field. A group of
officers and civilians from the ground
could. follow without difficulty the
cutting off of a cape or penin sular
of cloud and it's subsequent disin-
tegration. Larger masses were criss-
crossed with lanes through which the
suns rays shone to accelerate evap-
grafton.
DR.. Warren described the work at
Boiling Field as a mere continue
tion of the invariably successful ex-
periments of the past three years.
Tells Basis for Work.
I'VE have had nothing happen in
the past three years." he asserted, "to
make us change our claims or our
minds. We based our work on the
assumption that visible forms of
moisture in the air, like mists, fogs
clouds, etc, were a form of colloidal
suspension in gases and that they
should be governed by the same gen
eral laws that prevail in colloidal ac-
tion in liquids and solids.
1--WE fill the sand tanks on the
planes with 120 mesh silica sand, the
planes being equipped for charging
the sand either positively or mega
lively by the turn of a lever; the
sand impinging upon charging plates
or falling through charging nozzles
and being scattered by the air, driven
back by the plane propeller. When a
cloud lis found to have a positive
charge, we scatter negatively charged
particles at the extreme top; when IL
is found to have negative charge
we scatter positively charged parti-
cles at the top; and when it is found
without any charge we first charge il
as we like and then bring it down by
again scattering the opposite charged
particles, etc.
Storm Is Ended.
These tests have resulted in some
cases in uncanny manifestations Fol
example, on July 8, at about
o'clock of the afternoon, fright
fully heavy thunderstorm with almos,
continuous lightning lay to the south
of Phillips Field over Chesapeake
Bay. At 2:30 we attacked a small
corner of this storm with a quantity
of negatively charged sand-less thar
10 pounds-and coincident with its
application there was no more light.
ming and no more thunder. There
followed a slow, gentle rain Of about
four hours duration. No claim Is
of course, made that the rain wa.
caused by US, because 1t would have
rained anyhow, but the rain would
have been attended by constant thun
der and lightning and the suddeI
bursts of downpour so familiar to us
This experiment was intended to tes
an opinion expressed by Mr.. Edison
in an interview in which he was re-
ported to have stated that we should
be able to upset the electric chargt
of a tornado or a cyclone.
"a much better showing coult
have been made IL we had planes
that could widely scatter electrifet
Evening star., 1924-10-30
Pistol Is IStOIe1,
From Room Used
As Police School

The precincts of the schoolroom
for young policemen at No. 6 sta
tion house were invaded yesterday
by a thief who gave practical
demonstration of larceny in the
matter of one revolver, issued
original to Private, Meyer w.
weinberg, attached to the eighth
precinct.
AS a demonstration of practical
detection of crime. police immedi-
ately sent a description of the re-
volver to every precinct in the
hope that students of criminology
among bluecoats may be taught
that there are methods of appre-
hending such a thief.
Evening star., 1924-10-30
FRATERNITY ELECTS.
Alpha Delta Phi Annual Meeting
Is Held Here.

The Washington Graduate Associa-
tion of the Alpha Delta Phi Frater-
nifty held its annual meeting at the
Madrillon Cafe, 1904 G street, Nom
day night. Forty-one members were
present and the following were elect
ed officers for the ensuing year:
President, Lieut.. Col. Robert V.
Patterson; vice president, Rev. DR..
George F. Dudley; secretary treas
urer, Paul c. Harding; corresponding
secretary, Rev. DR.. John S. Moses.
and executive committee, Matthew
Trimble and William L. Clarke
Evening star., 1924-10-30
YACHT OFFICER DIES.

George H. Hayden, so, first officer
on the yacht Kehtoh, owned by
Arthur H. Marks, New York City,
died yesterday afternoon while being
taken from the yacht anchored in
Channel to Washington
Sixth and N streets
His death was due to an
attack of heart disease. Relatives of
the dead man residing in Brooklyn,
NJ. Y, have been notified.
Evening star., 1924-10-30
ENVOY VISITS COOLIDGE.
Sir Esme Howard Presents New
Australian Commissioner.

Sir Esme Howard, the British Am
bassador, called at the White House
yesterday to pay his respects to Presi-
dent Coolidge upon his return here from
a Summers vacation. He presented
J. A. M. Elder, the new Commissioner
for Australia to this country, and
Gen. Sir John neutrality-suspicious.,
marshal of the diplomatic corps in
London.
Comdr. Walter M. Marks, a member
of Parliament of Australia, also call
ed on the President.
Evening star., 1924-10-30

see At to reflect upon the presiden-
tia1 candidate Of its party. In the
statement issued by that committee
there is deplored the fact that some
members of the diplomatic service
are at home on leave and the charge
made that they are indulg!ng in
political activity in behalf of Presi-
dent Coolidge. This reflects very
severely upon John w. Davis, who,
when Ambassador to Great Britain in
1920, was In the United States on
leave during the. whole campaign and
took part therein"
Evening star., 1924-10-30
Awards for Girl Scouts.

Badges and special awards won
during the last six months by the
Girl Scouts of the District will be
presented at a court of awards" to
be held Saturday afternoon at
o'clock at Wilson Normal School.
Inspections for correct uniforms also
will be held at this time. Mrs.
Charles Lindsay will award the
badges, assisted by members Of the
council
Evening star., 1924-10-30
RADIO HELPS RAISE
CATHEDRAL FUNDS
Many Inspired to Send in
Money After Listening to
.-.
Bishop Freeman.

Radio is making it possible to build
. great cathedral in the twentieth
century in much less time than was
required in the Middle Ages, accord
ing to a survey made public yester-
day of the contributions to the Ma
tional Cathedral building fund re-
ceived from Bishop James E. Free
mans radio congregation
Hundreds of gifts from the deaf.
blind and invalided in many States
who hear Bishop Freeman preach in
the Bethlehem Chapel of the uncom-
pleted cathedral where Woodrow Will
son Is buried, and from visitors to
Washington and other Eastern cities
who listen in at hotel lobbieS and the
homes of friends, are being received
by the National Cathedral Founda-
ton. These contributions range from
one dollar to several hundred and are
Benefit to Religion.
The letters that accompany the
gifts show what the radio is doing
for religion. A typical one from a
man who has been an invalid for
years follows: ..
Now comes the radio, restoring
many of the blessings, long denied
through the tedious and suffering
process of this disability the joy of
the entertainment music, addresses,
games and, what I have missed more
than any of these, the services of the
churches. I am moved to make the
enclosed contribution to- the building
fund of the cathedral. 1t is a tiny
mite to be sure but given gladly in
a spirit of prayer for the welfare of
this great undertaking and a desire
to be ose of the 100000 others
sharing in the glory of this house of
God" ------ --. 70. ...,-
Another letter came from a blind
broom maker in West Virginia. He
sent the bishop whisk broom along
with his contribution and said that
his mother, who had been deaf for
years, also heard the sermon by radio
every Sunday. One man wrote that
he heard Bishop Freeman preach on
board the Leviathan going to Europe
last Summer, later in Paris and again
over the radio from Bethlehem
Chapel.
Groups Attend Services.
A crippled boy in southern Mary
land, who did not have an amplffier
wrote Bishop Freeman that he list
efled to the sermon and then repeat
ed it to the members of his family
and the neighbors, who came in fol
the service. Many such groups at
tend the service by radio. They Otter
take up An Offering and ask that it be
used to help build the cathedral
Bishop Freeman wrote in reply or
one occasion: "One of the most in.
spring aspects of the extension OF
my ministry made possible by the
radio Is the responses coming in from
over the country and helping to form
an image Of the vast congregation
worShipiuH in unity though sc
widely scattered. 1t is deeply graft
flying to me to find that this great
congregation is also responding &c
the vision Of the cathedral and dis
pesed to aid in bringing 1T to com
| pletion."
In a recent address Bishop Free.
man declared that the revival of the
prophetic ministry would result in a
great Fsawakening of interest in re-
Iigion and that the radio would play
an important part - &c..
Evening star., 1924-10-30
"Y" GETS 100 MEMBERS.
Success Of Drive for 700 Is Fore.
cast.

One numbered new members were
obtained in the Y. NJ. c. A member
ship drive yesterday, this number
having been enlisted by zoo minis
ters. doctors, business and profess
,sional men, who will meet tonight
at 6 o'clock in the auditorium OF the
Central "Y" Building, 1873 G street.
and report progress 80
Andrew H. Phelps OF the United
States Chamber Of Commerce. and
chairman Of the membership cam
paign committee declared the goal
of 700 new members will be reached
land we. will have a rousing -meet-
ing on the night of November 4.''s..
Evening star., 1924-10-30
Rail Worker Dies Suddenly.

Taken Ill at his post of duty,
Thomas Brashears, so, switchman
at First and B streets southeast
died en- route to Providence Hospital
yesterday afternoon. Brashears, who
lived at 11l7 B. street southeast, was
an employe of the Capital Traction
Company.
Evening star., 1924-10-30
REPUBLICANS REPLY.
Surprised at Democratic Reflection
on Coolidge.

In view of the claims outlined as
to the use Of members of the diplo-
matte service In the present cam
paign, James B. Reynolds, director
of the Washington ONCE of the Re-
publican national committee, said to-
day:
'It certainly is surprising that in
the last days Of the campaign the
Democratic. national committee should
Evening star., 1924-10-30

Austria is now enjoying summer
weather and reports say heavy raias
practically assure good crops this
season.