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Evening star., 1925-05-18
NEW ATTENDANCE
OFFICER REPORTS
Miss Bentley Makes Plans
for Taking Annual School
Census.

Miss Fay Louise Bentley, recently
appointed director of the new depart
ment of school attendance and work
permits, reported to Supt. of Schools
Frank W. Ballou today for active
duty. She Immediately began prepara-
tions for organizing her department
for its first big and important task
the taking of the annual school census.
The school census enumeration will
start July l. Five enumeratorS will
be appointed through competitive ex-
animation for this work. The IL pub
lie school attendance officers also will
be pressed into service as enumera-
tors. A complete census will be taken
Of every child in the District between
the ages of 3 and 1S years. Miss Bent
ley hopes to have the results tabu-
lated for the information of school
authorities and the Board of Educa-
ton before the beginning of the new
school term in September.
The first reports of the census emu
merators, Miss Bentley pointed out,
will be of great value to school Off
Gals in planning accommodations for
pupils who will enroll in the public
schools in September. They will show
accurately, she said. how many addi-
tional children will enter the schools
information long sough by school au-
thorlties in organizing the schools for
a new term.
Cleveland's department of school
attendance has been studied carefully
by Miss Bentley since her appoint
ment by the school board and she
plans to adopt the best of it's admin
1strat1Ve ideas for her new depart
ment.
Miss Bentley comes into the public
ScnooI service from the children S
bureau of the Department of Labor,
where, as a special agent, she be-
| came qualified for her new position.
She joined the department in 1920 to
| issue Federal certificates under the
provisions of the child labor tax law.
After an experience Of six months In
issuing Federal work permits in 20
or more counties in Virginia, she was
promoted to the rank of inspector
, which brought her in touch with the
| local officials who issue working per.
mits, and with school attendance of.
| ficers in the various States where she
| worked.
In May, 1922, when the child labor
| tax law was declared unconstitu
| tional, Miss Bentley became a special
| agent in the children's bureau of the
! Labor Department and made factory
| inspections in Georgia, Washington
North and South Carolina, Mississippi
| Alabama and Florida. In addition
she studied the administration OF
| child labor and State school attend
| ance laws in Ohio, Pennsylvania
Massachusetts, Oregon. Indiana, New
Jersey. New York, Minnesota anc
California. She also made various
statistical studies for the Children's
Bureau in different States and has
directed the work of other agents o1
| the bureau.
| Prior to her Federal service Miss
| Bentley was connected with the As
sociated Charities of Chicago and the
| American Red Cross. She holds &
Phi. B. degree from the University OF
Chicago.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
LOCOMOTIVE BLAST
KILLS |, INJURIES 3
Brakeman Hurled 20 Feet by Ex
plosion While Train Is
Pulling Grade.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May IS
Cecil M. Burkett, a brakeman, was
killed and three other seriously in
jured. one perhaps fatally, when the
boiler of a Missouri Pacific freight
train exploded about one mile south
of Jerome, Ark, at o'clock last
night. The injured are L. c. Cobb,
fireman, badly scalded about face and
body and not expected to recover; J.
A. Anderson, conductor, deep cash
above the left eye and scalded, and
Cliff Taylor, engineer, scalded about
body. All of the injured men were
badly bruised.
The explosion occurred while the
train was pulling a grade, blowing
out both ends of the boiler. Burkett
and Anderson, who We're riding on the
pilot. were thrown more than 20 feet
by the force of the explosion.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
Nev Machine Viii Tell Subjects
Just Ho,U Long They Are to Liue
Also Capable of Advising Students to Whethe,
They WiI Be Able to Be Graduated -InrolUes
La,U of Possibilities.

scientists expect the machine will give
the extent of the mathematical re-
lationship between college board eX-
aminations and academic grades, so
that, knowing the examination marks.
the most probable future term grades
can be predicted within known limits
of error" The machine also will give
evidence as to whether a student is
working to his full capacity and will
be helpful in determining whether a
student is actually capable of doing
college work.
Explained by Inventor.
Here is the rather complicated ex-
planation of the complicated machine
issued by it's inventor:
THE purpose of the machine is to
indicate how much one set of facts
is the cause of or is necessarily re-
lated to another set. 1t takes two
sets of numbers as they are punched
in and gives the algebraic sum of the
deviationS from the average up to
date for both variables, the sum of
the squares of the deviations, the
algebraic sum of the cross-products
(the deviation of one variable times
it's paired deviation in the other va
riable) and the number of cases
These six sums are the ingredients
that make up the formula for the
correlation coefficient. The machine
also calculates the averages and the
standard deviations and other statis
| tical indices as by-products. Despite
| it's capabilities, the correlation ma
chine has fewer parts than the sim
plest typewriters."
Mr.. Dodd, the inventor, has been
experimenting in psychological tests
for some time on a grant from the
National Research Council He work
ed on the invention for about a year
| in the Palmer Physical Laboratory al
Princeton
Evening star., 1925-05-18
400 NURSE GRADUATES
HEAR BACCALAUREATE
Members of All Hospital Training
Schools in City Attend Service
at Calvary M. E.

Four hundred nurses of the gradu-
ating classes of all hospital training
schools of Washington gathered last
night in the Calvary Methodist Epis-
copal Church to hear the annual bac-
caIaureate sermon which was delivered
by Bishop William F. Mcdowell.
The bishop pleaded with the nurses
to keep an abiding companionship
with Jesus, whom he pointed to as
their living example and inspiration.
Nurses receive but a small salary.
but the service they perform could
never he fully paid, Bishop Mcdowell
declared.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
Special Dispatch to The Star.

PRINCETON, n. J., May 18.-A
correlation machine, said to be capa-
BILE of solving such vital problems as
how long a man is going to live and
why, and whether a student will be
able to be graduated from college, is
the latest wrinkle in the field of
education and science.
1t is announced by Princeton Uni
versity as the invention of Stuart G.
Dodd, a student at the graduate col
lege. The machine is said to have
met with the approval of the Ameri-
can Psychological Association.
This machine, credited by scientists
with superhuman powers, is expected
to prove a time saver. not only in
the field of psychology, but in the
realm of education, economics and
agriculture. In 15 minutes, accord ing
to those who have studied the ma
chine, man can, by consulting it
determine just how long he has to
live.
Aid For Insurance Concerns.
For instance. the length of life car
be Correlated" with the average
amount of tobacco smoked per day
the average weeks per year in which
people are sick and the average blood
pressure of a human being. If the
statistics are obtained from a large
number of people. results will make
it possible to determine with a high
degree of accuracy the probable
length of life of any individual-thus
facilitating the work of insurance
companies.
In agricultural research the ma
chine will simplify the method of de
termining to what extent various
crops are dependent upon rainfall OIL
fertilizer in any locality.
In the field Of educational research
Evening star., 1925-05-18
TWO DEAD, ONE HURT
IN LIQUOR BATTLE
Justice of Peace and Driver OF
Auto Fall Bullet Victims
at Galax, Va.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GALAX, Va, May 1S.-Two men
were killed and another wounded here
yesterday morning in a gun battle
when officers attempted to arrest the
driver of an automobile said to have
contained five gallons of whisky. The
dead are NJ. G. Combs, justice. of
the peace, and Joe Delp, driver of the
car. Frank DotSon. prohibition en-
forcement officer, received a shot
through the leg.
officers who investigated the shoot
ing say that Delp fired first, wounding
Dotson and killings Combs. and that
Dotson, lying where he had fallen,
shot Delp through the heart.
The shooting was near Delp's home.
A corners inquest will be held to-
day.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
BARRING OF MEXICAN
FROM CEMETERY FOUGHT
international Complications Feared
When Salt Lake City Bans
Executed Murderer.
BY the Associated Press.


SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May IS.
Action which, it is said possibly
may lead to international complica-
tions between the United States and
Mexico looms here as the result Of
the refusal of the Salt Lake City COM
mission to issue permit for the burial
an city cemetery of the body of Pedro
Cano, Mexican, executed here Friday
for the murder of June st. Clair.
Carlos lara, Mexican consul here,
declared yesterday that he will fight
the issue on the ground that it is un-
warranted discrimination against a
Mexican national.
The refusal of the permit was based
on an opinion by City Attorney w. H.
POLAND, which found that an old city
ordinance forbidS the interment in any
public cemetery within the city limits
of the body of any person executed
for the crime of murder.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
School Heads to Meet.

Important questions relating to the
administration of the public schools
will lbe discussed by Supt. Frank w.
Ballou at his monthly conference with
administrative and supervisory Off
GERS and directors this afternoon at
the Thomson School. DR.. Ballou re-
turned to Washington today from
Pottsdam, y. Y. where he went to
visit his father, who is seriously i'll.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
SeUer, Men Unkissed
Among Graduates
OF Johns Hopkins
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, May 1S.-In the
Johns Hopkins graduating class
this year there are seven men who
have never been kissed.
Seventy-four admit they have,
but 16 say they have been disap-
pointed in love. Half the class is
willing to marry for love, and all
but five of the rest for love and a
little money thrown in.
The statistics are garnered from
questionnaires turned in to the edi-
tor of Hullabaloo, the campus pub
lication.
Forty-three of the 140 in the class
admit they use intoxicants, 80 say
they do not, and the rest fail to
answer the question. Seventy-four
use profanity. Forty use tobacco;
81 say they do not.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
WILL PRESENT COMEDY.
"The Shoemaker's Holiday" to Be
Seen at All Souls.

''The Shoemaker's Holiday" an
Elizabethan comedy. will be presented
by the Shakespeare Society Friday
evening at 8:15 O'Clock in Emerson
Hall Of All Souls Church, Sixteenth
and Harvard streets. The cast will
include Walter Beck, Mabel Owens
Wilcox, Arthur Rhodes, Lulu Adams
Clarence Ruebsam, Theodore Tenley
Rosemary Arnold. w. f. Bryant, j.
.. Porter Olyve Barbee and John
NcInerneX
Evening star., 1925-05-18
QUEENSLAND VOTES WET

BRISBANE, Australia, May 18 R)-
In the polling on the question of local
option in Queensland Saturday not
one of the celebrates voted in favor
nf prohibition. a majority for prohibi-
ton was obtained at Ipswich, Bremen
and OXley. but not an effective
inaioritY.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
U. S. ARCHBISHOP NAMED.
Bishop Chartrand Chosen to Fill
Cincinnati Post.

By Radio 20 The Star and Chicago Daily News
ROME, May 1S.-Pope Plus today
named Bishop Chartrand of Indianap-
oils Archbishop of Cincinnati.
Mgr. MacNichols of Duluth was
named Bishop of Indianapolis.
Copyright 1925. by Chicago Daily News Co
Evening star., 1925-05-18
Famed Astronomer Dies.

LONDON, May 18 LP).-Rev. Fa-
ther Aloysius Laurence Cortie, famous
as an astronomer and director of the
Stonyhurst College Observatory. died
Saturday. He was &C years old.
Evening star., 1925-05-18

The apron worn by Gen. Lafayette
when he laid the corner stone for, the
Bunker Hill monument a century ago
is still carefully preserved by the
Masonic Grand Lodge Of Massachu-
SettS.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
CRUELTY TO BEARS
LEADS TO ARREST
Importer Accused of Keeping
21 in Pens Too Small
to Stand Erect.
Special Disnatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, May 1S.-The Amer{
can Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty 10 Animals announces
service of a summons on Ellis Stanley
Joseph. Australian importer of and
mails. for keeping 21 Polar bears con
fined seven months in cages 80 small
they could not turn around, and IN
many instances were unable even po
stand erect.
Officials Of the society declared il
was the worst case Of dumb-brute
mistreatment" handled by them in so
years, and asserted they would make
every effort to get both Il fine and
Jail sentence for Joseph. The case is
set for Long Island City Court We'd
nesday, and if the charge is upheld
Joseph may be fined from 81 to 800
and sent to Jail from one day to one
year.
Emaciated and Crippled.
According to Agent U. S. Westervelt
the bears, emaciated and crippled
from the cramped position they had
been compelled to hold so long, were
found in Louis Ruhe's animal park at
WoodSide, in the same heavy wooden
crates that housed them on the trip
here from Germany and England last
Fall.
These crates ranged from 81 inches
wide, feet high and feet long to "a
| inches wide, 80 inches high and 40
inches long
Westervelt and Agent Garrett How
| ard, who served Joseph with the sum
mons, supervised the transfer of the
| bears to larger cages. They said the
| animals had been compelled to crorIch
so long they We're unable to stand
erect when released and crept rather
| than walked into their new quarters
Pictures. of the old cages and cases
were taken as evidence.
| Slot Used for Food.
| Some Of the cases." the societv's
report says. were made of heavy
planks, alike on all four sides. witt
no pretense of the open-barred from
| of regular cage. Food for The i'm
prisoned animal was pushed through
a slot in one side of the crate"
! Many of the bears, Mr.. WesteryeIt
said, had done their best to gnaw tc
| freedom, with the result that thei,
board prisons were paper thin ir
places and at others had holes almost
large enough for the bear to get his
head out. The animals had also prac
! tically clawed away the board floors
of the prisons, he said
! Several of them had terrible sores
from being forced to sit in one posi-
ton all the time" he declared
Their cages were horribly filthy, with
millions of flies breeding there. 1t is
the most fragrant case of cruelty tc
animals l have ever seem
Evening star., 1925-05-18

Construction of 5000 miles of rail
road in Spain in IL program covering
20 years has been started.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
Me1, With Pistols
Rob 6 Passengers
Of Ne,U York Bus
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 1s.--A hold-up
reminiscent of the robberies of
stage coach days was committed
early today in Spring street, lower
Manhattan, when four men with
pistols stopped bus and robbed six
passengers of their money and
jewelry. The loot taken was of
little value. The hold-up men es-
capped on foot before police arrived.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
1100-Acre Ranch

Located near Boerne. about so acrfs
in field. part tillable, nice four room resi-
dence. Coos well water. windmill. tank.
wei fenced. two miles road frontage.
all stock. implements. feed. goes with
place. For further Information write.
HoIekamp Realty Co SIS Houston Bldg
Tr 1919.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Beacon Hill

Fine brick house, with extra large
living room, dining room. breakfast room
and kitchen downstairs and four rooms
and bath upstairs; furnace heated; LOT
is I60-feet: has garage for two cars,
and servants quarters above; situated on
a hill and on one OF the best streets 10
this addition. The price is $4,000 and
can be handled on good terms.
THE ". L. COLEMAN co.
SOC Moore Bldg. TT. 1905
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
BARGAIN for Quick Sale
The Gates Open
Walk In

and get this $50 acres Of land with 1876
acres in cultivation. house. barn, well and
windmill. Practically every acre Is first
class tiilable land. not far from Diliey.
Tex, and only s25 an acre. terms II
desired. This Is your opportunity.
THE W. J.. COLEMAN co.
ae9 Moore Bldg. Tr. 1905.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
200-Acre Farm
For Exchange

Good four-room bungalow with
four-piece plumbing, lights. gas.
garage. ETC.; chicken house. half
acre Of land. fenced chicken proof.
hard street, near car and good
schools. want small farm about
same falue. $3.50. in % miles San
Antonio.
j. /. LYLE REALTY co.
zoe Gibbs Bldg. CT. us.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

PLUMBING. repairs. gas fitting. water
heaters. gas radiators installed. cleaned
and adjusted; reasonable prices TT.
i56s-W.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Real Sacrifice

Real Sacrifice
Acre Of land. good macadam
street large city water main, cleo
tic lights. fine view. most new,
three room bungalow. furnished,
three-piscs plumbing. garage. own
e. moving out of state. Reduced
price from $500 TO $500. About
$500 cash.
J. L. LYLE co.
.1f Gibbs Bldg. CT. rs
FIYE-RooM COTTAGE.
Have nice fiye-room Gotta &c. lots OF
ngilt-ins. off 2. Prosz. take in good car
balance monthly. owner. Mis-. 307.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Notwithstanding

One of the things you'll never re-
gret-let us put shower in your
home today.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Irrigated Acre

ITTIXdIcU ACTE
Fronts good road, highly improved
vegetable land. close to many improve
ments. terms $40 down, balance $40 per
month.
Or. 1901. 537 Bedell Bldg.
WILL trade twenty acres, Rio Grando
valley farm, two miles from good town:
will take lots, car or house. Power. cr
201s.
NEW five-room modern bungalow in
San Jose addition. hardwood floors
double garage, beautiful electrical fix
lures. $500 down. or will take lot in
slightly used car as first payment, bal
ance monthly. zoe w. Harding Blvd.
SAN ANTONIO home, clear, to trade for
Rio Grande Valley land, other trades
considered. Z. 3. Pate, SOB Rissby Ave.
Mission eli.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Watch NV Ads

warren Street property. heart OF
city. 2-story residence. lot $4,000.
beautiful yard. flowers and shrub
berry. This Is north-side property.
think how valuable It will be TO
you some day.
Price $4,000. will take in bun
ealow as payment or Will make
easy terms
ErA c. Z. Byrns
Exclusive Agent
Rorers-Yiu Co. CT. so4l
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
ZEAL ESTATE
Houses for Sale
University Ave.

Near Bescon Hi school and car line;
dainty flve-roon cottage with big sleep
ine porch. pretty hath. many nice clos
eta paved street. This Ia q good buy for
fs5ot; easy payments c. X. jackson.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Lots for Sale

BARRETT AVE. Harlandaie Gardens.
4 acre in size, $1,000 down, $1,000 per
month, no interest. 2o7 Barrett avenue.
Phone Crockett s397.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Big Lots

The best buy Do lots at present IL on
h!ll between Cuiebra and Cincinnati ave-
nucz; beautiful location. overiooking
woodlswn Lake and other beautiful
spots. Look them over. Lacks g. Knight,
ownerz CT $50.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
5-Acre Sacrifice

Highly Improved fye-room and sleep
Ing porch, on highway. corner. electric
lighig' near car. double garage. out
can trees. real home for someone. Cash
or terms. Call oBuers CT. sss, for APP
pointment. LsComtes Realty Co.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

Business Property-Sale
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
WONDERFUL BARGAIN.
ef4 VAN NESS ST.

sif VAN NESS ST.
Army officers. do not fail 10 investi-
gate this opportunity. Five large rooms.
reception hall. extra kitchenette. can be
converted into duplex IL desired: gas in
all rooms: lot 55x1e1. and guns into Ord
st. Fig. peach. pecan trees: grapeyines
wAsh house with store room; 1sx20 dou-
BILE garage with concrete floor; over s1l0o
worth Of improvements lately: in delivery
zone for army. Owner must leave city
and viii sacrifice for $500. on easy
terms Property easily worth 5000.
MOORE & CONRAD REALTY CO.
3o1 Texas Bank Bldg.
Or 1g65
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

$4,000 for Three Houses
4 Blocks of Houston st.
on north side: located between Broad.
way ana the river: houses all rented;
a splendid gamble on the future. CT.
ii25. Sales Dept. Richey. Casey & GraEg
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

CHEAPEST ciose-in business property il
city, three blocks north Houston 81.
Brings good rent See me. 53f Moors
building.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Alamo HEIGHTS.

and telephone available; fruit trees in
back. Price sli50; terms. Mise Ruby
Mae Cochran Tr. 714o.
FENNELL DIBRELL. TEXAS LAND.
SO BRADY BLDG.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Medina County Farm

iO2 acres. located on Medina river. %
acres in cultivation; good house. barn.
outhouses, on hard surfaced road: VIII
exchange for San Antonio property.
CoNGER & HILL.
CT. 1907. 502-4 Gunter Bldg.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Five Rooms-S2500
I'LL N. Olive Street

NEAR S. p. AND ARMY POST
conveniently located comfortable
home IN a good neighborhooc. Just re-
modelled. has four rooms. sleeping porch,
sewers. gas. light. double garage. near
public school and car line, for quick
sale $3.50. small cash payment. balance
easy terms. will consider part trade.
Walter Lehr, owner, Or. le7.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

WELL located lot. s6Ti40. hsif BLOCK
or E. Presa, with all improvements
$500. Mission 2iss-W
WOODLANDS TERRACE lot for sale.
leaving city. bargain for cash. p. O.
Box 1879.
Business Property-Sale p
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04
Lots for Sale
For Sale

Wen located residence lot IN
South San Antonio. only one book
from Main street: easy terms. Box
III Light
The Washington times., 1925-10-28
WILD WHITE SWAN
SEEN ON CITY POOL

COATESVILLE, Pa, Oct. 28.-A
wild white swan, a very rare speci-
nent in this part of the country
has been seen on the city reservoir
several times recently. Persons who
: first noticed the snow-white bird
declared it looked more like a swan
than anything else, although others
thought it might be an albino wild
goose. Names for the bird have
run the gamut from a blue heron to
a full-fledged crane.
City officials who have been
watching the strange bird with
curiosity fear that someone may
try to shoot it. The bird is said to
have a neck at least eighteen inches
in length.