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Evening star., 1925-05-07
URGE LARGER STAFF
Of SCHOOL DOCTORS
Association Pledges to Work
for Increased Medical
Examinations.

A resolution pledging the support of
the District Public School Associs-
ton for an increase of medical inspec-
tions of school children was unani-
mousiy adopted at a. meeting in the
District Building last night. The asso-
cia ton authorized Mrs. l.. r. Kahn
bach to represent il at a special meet
ing of the health committee Of the
Council of Social Agencies this after
noon. at which the question Of more
physicia ms and nurses for the public
schools is to be discussed.
The resolution was adopted follow
ing an address by DR.. Joseph A.
Murphy. chief medical and sd nitarv
inspector of Washington schools. in
which he told of the need Of more
than doubling the present number of
medical inspectors. Examination of
800 first grade pupils in the District
recently proved that only 14.6 are per
feet. DIR. Murphy declared The pres
ent force of - medical inspectors dur
ing the last year made a total Of
1872 visits 10 the schools and in
spected 3,l00 pupils, he said. but EN-
pha sized the work thai ought TO he
done with more adequate force.
Need Three Examinations.
DR. Murphy said that three medical
inspections should be made oi every
pupil in the presence of the parents.
The first inspection should he made
when the child enters school. the sec
ond when he reaches the third grade.
and the third when he reaches the
eighth grade. The necessary increa Sc
of inspectors to accomplish this was
outlined In part a $ follows:
The staff must he increa sed TO -
, To accomplish the inspection Of each
| child upon entra AT school: J | more
! 10 enab bIe The inspection Of all children
when they reach the third grade and
still further increases must be made
| to inspect all eighth grade children,
/ he said.
He empha sized the importa nee Of
| inspecting all children when they en-
! ter school in order that any physical
! defects might be corrected. and stated
! that the other inspections were essen
| tial in order 10 carry on corrective
! work and TO catch physical defects
! which develop in children after they
! have entered school.
Says Requests Denied.
! In conclusion. the speaker declared
| that requests for funds for more
adequate medical inspecting staff by
! the Board of Education had been turn
| ed down without due knowledge on
/ the part Of the citizens.
| The meeting called by the Council
! OF Social Agencies for this afternoon,
/ il was pointed out. is to discuss the
matter of securing funds for the next
| school appropriation for an increased
! number of medical inspectors and
nurses for the public schools, and also
J TO take up the matter Of an adequate
hospital for conta sious diseases.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
IL BABIES STARVED
TO DEATH, CHARGE
Woman Proprietor of Home Held
for Alleged Substitutions
and Cruelty.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May Mrs. Helen
Auguste Geisenvolk. who conducts a
baby home on East Eighty-sixth
street, was held in $35 900 bail in Pc.
lice Court today on charge of sub
stituting children placed in her insti-
tuition. Assistant District Attorney
White. who appeared against the
woman in court. said numerous COM
plants had been made against her by
mothers.
The prosecutor said it had been re-
ported to him that II children starved
to death in the wOman's institution in
one month. a former nurse in the
baby home. he said. had told him Mrs.
Geisenvolk was cruel to all her
charges"
The specific compla int on which the
woman was arraigned was made by
William Angerer of Manhattan. who
said he placed his four -month-old son
in her care an that another child was
returned to him. The prosecutor said
the returned child was positively iden-
Titled as not being the son of Angerer.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
PERSIAN PREMIER BANS
ALL TITLES IN ARMY
Abolition of Custom of Bestowing
or Assuming Titles Among
All Glasses Seen.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TEHERAN. Persia, MAY Pre-
mier Ria Khan of Persia has re-
nounced the title Sardar Sepah, or
commander in chief, and abolished
all titles in the army.
Parliament has passed a law
4 abolshing civil or military titles for
people who do not possess social
position compatible with such titles"
The Persian governments decision
as outlined in the above dispatch
apparently is aimed at abolishinS the
curious custom of bestowing or as
suminS titles among all classes. In
the past a soldier. whatever his rank
might be given such a title as CON
queror of the country" while an
obscure peasant might be termed
owner of village Such titles,
however inappropriate, were handed
down from father to son.
1t is noteworthy that Premier Ria
Khan himself was awarded the title
Sardar Sepah long before he was
actually placed at the head of the
army, while the title of khan. or duke,
has become as common in Persia as
mister"
Evening star., 1925-05-07
WRIGHT Determined
TO SEND PLANE AWAY
Word Is Pledged and Craft Will
Go to Britain. He
Says.
Rv the Associated Press.

Rr the Associated Press.
DAYTON. Ohio. May THE orig
insl Wright flying machine will go
TO England despite the possibility of
congressional investigation concern
ing his charges involving the Smith
sonian Institution. Orville Wright said
last night. Efforts of a dozen cities
and half hundred museums to obtain
the machine will only prove futile, he
said
The machine will be shipped to
Science Museum, South kensington,
within two months. Mr.. Wright ampli-
fed
II is pointed out that persons in
terested in the movement to keep the
machine in this country hoped that he
would delay action until a resolution
could be introduced in Congress pro-
vidinS for an investigation, but Mr..
Wright said that his word was
pledged, and would be kept.
The decision is unalterable, even
if | wanted to change it, he declared.
Il have pledged my word and will
keep it,
Evening star., 1925-05-07
OF FLEET
RECEIVED BY RADIO.
Seven Pictures Are Flashed
From Honolulu to New York
in 20 Minutes.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 7.-Photographs
transmitted through the air most of
the way. traversed 5000 miles over.
land and sea today. completing a his
tory-makinS journey from Honolulu to
New York in 20 minutes
Seven pictures of persons and events
concerned in the sham warfare that
the United States Army and Navy
have been carrying on near Hawaii
were transmitted in the series of ex-
periments. Twenty minutes after the
negative of each picture had been
placed In the transmitting apparatus
at Honolulu the completed picture was
in New York.
Radio Men Pleased.
The experiments were conducted by
the Radio Corporation OF America
with the cooperation of the United
States Army. Radio officials declared
they were elated with the achieve
ment.
Those in charge of the tests also
pronounced the transmission a great
curacy. asserting that excellent re-
productions had been obtained
The pictures transmitted included
portraits of Maj. Gen. John l.. Hines,
L. =. A.. and Rear Admiral Robert f..
CoontZ, L. :. N. who were umpires
in the war maneuvers' Gov. Wallace
X. harrington of the Territory of Ha.
wall. Mayor Wilson of Honolulu and
three action pictures of war
game scenes; the iagship Seattle Of
the attacking feet, Army troops at
mess and Coast Guard defense gun
in action.
Three Jumps by Wire.
Three stretches Of telegraph wires
and two wireless jumps were utilized
in the 5,G60-mile transmission. The
hrsi wire jump was from Honolulu to
the company's sending station at
kahuku, a distance of % miles. Al
kahuku the pictures took the air for
a 2.372miie ride to Marshall, Calf
from where they took short wire
Night to the companyS Bolinas Bay
station, where they again were wire
lessed., making a 2,640-mile flight to
Riverhead, Ions Island. From River
head the pictures were transmitted by
telegraph wires 16 miles to the radio
compa ny's offices in New York City.
Radio officials said that 20 minutes
from the time each picture started to
trickle into the receiving apparatus
here the completed photographs had
been received
Evening star., 1925-05-07

to be limited TO 10 minutes and The
entire program will he cornp.et "a
WITHIN less than two hours
Under these circumstances, l. viii
be impossible to delay the Opening OF
the meeting or to have il hated bv
late-comins members of the audience
Therefore, no reservations for seats
will be good after s O'Clock. Further.
more. ticket holders who wan. To he
certain that they will get seats should
not make the mistake NJ timing their
arrival so that they will be ,t on. near
the Auditorium exactly at Y O'Clock
If several thousand people make
that mistake they will congest the en-
frances to the building. so that they
viii prevent one another from getting
to their seats before the zero hour for
reservations. which Is s O'Clock NV
advice to ticket holders is that they
time their arrival at the Auditorium
so that they will be there by 7:40 at
the latest. If l were giving advice to
very close friend / would say Not
later than 7:30.' Every effort will be
made to take care promptly of those
who have tickets and are a little ahead
of time, and persons merely in the
general vicinity of the Auditorium
right on the zero hour or shortly
thereafter need not be surprised II
they tind'that they cannot get seats.
Delays to Be Banned.
"A meeting OF this kind cannot be
interrupted or DELAYED by late arri.
vals. In the case of regular CONNER
cial entertainments the ticket holder
has perfect right to expect that a
purchased reservation be held indefi
pitely to suit his convenience. In the
case OF meeting Of this kind. how.
ever. the rights OF the contestants
must be given the first consideration.
] am certain that the general public
which has shown such an inspiring in
terest in this contest. will, once the
urgency of the matter is understood.
be glad to cooperate with the young
orators and the management by being
not merely on time, but ahead OF
time"
Saturday, Sunday and Monday the
contestants will be the guests Of The
Evening Star on tour Of Washington
and points Of historical interest near
by Monday they will be given a trip
down the Potomac River on the Sylph,
Yacht of the Secretary of the Navy
and upon completion of their stay
here each will be presented a photo
graphic story of their activities, a
gift from The Star.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
Special Rules Applied to Prevent
Traffic Jam at OratOricaI Contest

Those planning to attend the
National Ora atOrical Contest finals
at the New Washington Audi
torium tomorrow night need have
no fear of being caught in traffic
jams, police officials announced to-
day. Inspector Charles A. Evans
announced that regulations in ef-
feet at recent affairs will be con-
tinued.
The traffic regulations for the
guidance of drivers of vehicles ap-
proaching and leaving the big
building are as follows:
F street-East from Nineteenth
to Eighteenth street, south to f
street below Rawlins Square, west
to New York avenue to Auditorium.
then west on New York avenue or
south on Twentieth street.
F street-West from Nineteenth
street to Twentieth street, south
on Twentieth street to e street,
east on e street shove Rawlins
Square to Eighteenth street, then
Evening star., 1925-05-07

Continued from First PageD
Elicrophones would not be total
strangers tomorrow night
Many times accomplished speakers
have found themselves emba IRA ssed
upon facing the microphones for the
first time. and those who have the con
testants in charge are taking no
chances of their charges being handi-
capped by possible stage fright
when the supreme test comes. The
speakers tomorrow night have faced
not only two microphones that will
hurl their voices out over the coun-
try through the telephone company's
more attached to the Auditorium am.
plifierS as well.
Instructors With Orators.
Miss Longenecker is chaperoned by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward f.
Longenecker, and Allen l.. Sisson,
who was her instructor in public
speaking at the Ilion High School.
Young McElmeel is accompanied by
his father, Owen p McElmeel, and
A. F. Blanks. his instructor. and a
Los Angeles Times. G. w. Whitaker
is with Kroloff as his instructor.
All of the contestants expressed an
ardent desire for an opportunity of
testing the acoustic properties Of the
Washington Auditorium, and it is
thought the hall will be placed at
their disposal for a short time tomor-
row morning. In a contest with so
much at stake they are anxious to
TRY their voices" from the stage so
they NAV know beforehand exactly
how loud they must speak to make
themselves heard in all parts of the
hall.
Randolph Leigh. national director
of the contest, announced today that
persons who hold tickets for the final
test tomorrow night must be on time
or their reservations cannot be held.
He strongly advised those possessing z
reserved seat coupons to be at the
Auditorium by 7:40 o'clock at the
latest, and urged 1880 as an even bet
ter hour. No seats will be held longer
than 8 o'clock, and that means ticket
holders must actually be in their
places at that hour.
Urges Early Arrival.
1.-THE contest will be conducted on a
schedule which will permit no DELAYS
Mr.. Leigh declared. President Cool
Iidge is to begin his address within a
few minutes after the meeting opens.
The program is to be broadcast by
wCAP under arrangements which
make it imperative that we begin on
time. The contestants themselves are
Evening star., 1925-05-07
OIL FIELDS RACE CLASH
RESULTS IN ONE DEATH
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
ELDORADO, Ark, May 7.-One
negro was killed and eight white men
were wounded in fight last night
in the oil fields, eight miles north of
here. Approximately 100 shots were
exchanged between white and negro
iii workers.
The shooting is said 10 have started
when 200 white men demanded that
foreman discharge group of
negroes employed by the Standard
Oil Company in laying pipe line
from the oil fields to the Mississippi
River.
After the foreman told the white
men the negroes would be sent away
today a shot was fired from ambush
into the group, it is said. The
negroes. numbering about 90, fed
rom the scene shortly after the
Ihooting occurred. They took refuge
in wooded section nearby
The wounded white men were
brought to Eldorado last night
in ambulances and their wounds
dressed.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
Count of Aut0s Parked Downtown
Sho,os 10 Per Cent Drop First Day

In report to Maj. w. f. r.
Covell VI the Public Utilities Com
mission today. Thomas r. Tate, in
charge of the transportation sur.
vey, gave the parking figures, by
hours, as follows:
Friday, May 1-At $50 am, 1852
machines; 1880 am, 6,066 cars;
2:So pm, 5,79s. and $3.50 pm, S 5.7ss.
Average for the day, 5,S35.
Monday, May AT $50 am,
4,2S9; 1880 am, 4,8I4; 2:30 p.m..
4,916, and $50 pm, 4,S41. Average
for the day, AIS. This made a
reduction in the average number
between the two days of l,120, or
10 per cent
These parking counts are only
part of the general study being
made to determine the advantages
and possibilities of msH
the public transpolnm
Evening star., 1925-05-07
WORLD FLYERS WILL
GET FRENCH MEDAL
Legion of Honor Decoration to Be
Presented Lieuts. Arnold
and Wade Friday.

Lieuts. Leslie r. Arnold and I.eiCh
Wade of the Army Air Service World
Flight Expedition will be decorated
with the French Legion of Honor at
ceremonies in the French emba ssy. .
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Amba :
sador Daeschner will present the
decorations in the presence of the
entire staff OF the emba ssr and Off
GERS of the Army Air Service. The ny
ers were authorized under a special
act of Congress to receive the numer-
Gus decorations offered them for max
ing the first flight around the globe.
The French government had author
lied decorations for the entire per
sonnel of the flight and the other
officers not now in the city will re-
ceive the French tribute AT later
date.
Evening star., 1925-05-07

east on New York avenue or north
on Eighteenth street.
f street-East from Twentieth
street to Eighteenth street. then
east on New York avenue or north
on Eighteenth street.
Twentieth street-South from F.
street, then east on E street.
Nineteenth street-No vehicular
traffic from f street to Z street.
except street cars and busses.
No parking on Nineteenth street
from F street to New York avenue.
No parking on E street from
Nineteenth to Twentieth street.
No parking on north side of New
York avenue from Nineteenth to
Twentieth, except for bus stand
near Twentieth street.
Inspector Evans promises that
there will be policemen enough on
duty to prevent any traffic incon.
venience. Cooperation by motor
lists, he said, should mea the han
ding of the thousan nds of spec
tators without the slightest fric.
ton.
Evening star., 1925-05-07

Automobile parking in the down
town congesied area was reduced
by 10 per cent on Monday, the first
day of the new restricted resula-
tions, according to a count made
by the engineers engaged in Sur
veying transportation conditions in
Washington.
The engineers counted an average
of 5,835 machines parked downtown
between $50 am. and $3.50 pm.
Friday, May /, under the old rule
OF one hour parking throughout the
day on all streets.
On Monday, May 4. with no park
ing permitted on certain busy
thoroughfares during morning and
evening rush hours, the engineers
counted an average of only 4,715
machines.
1t is planned to make another.
check of parking later, after
motorists generally have eecome
accustomed to th1 restrictions.
Evening star., 1925-05-07

thousa nds of soldiers in France. ne
said, and the war called by Lloyd
George "a race between Hindenbur9
and IWilson''-was won by hair by
Wilson because "a few Army and
Navy officers" got the Army in shape
lin spite Of the President.
Admiral Fiske said he was dis.
credited officially and personally, and
forced to resign my position, but
everything | told Mr.. Daniels would
happen did happen. and in more
extreme degree than | predicted. |
was so thoroughly vindicated tbN the
Navy AT leasD that | was eletced at
~ annual meetings in succession as
president of the United States Naval
Institute longer term than any
other president has ever served.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
PHONE CUT HINGES
ON RETURN GIVEN
Utilities Commission Enters
Into Final Study of Issue.
Company Asks 8 Pct.

Having received the final brief OF
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co, the Public Utilities Com
mission is in session this afternoon
considering the question OF whether
any reduction in telephone rates is
ton placed on the company's prop
erty.
While = decision will not be an
nOunced today. the commission ia ex-
pected to make up it's mind on some
Of the main features Of the Sc. on
which the decision will be ba sed.
Depends on Return.
Whether there is TO be a cut in
rates will depend largely on the rate
of return decided upon by the com
mission.
The company's contention is that s
per cent is a rea asonsble return. Ac-
cording to officials 1T the District
Building the present earnings of the
company are equivalent to approx
mately az per cent
Should the commission sustain the
company's plea for per cent rates
would not be changed II the com
cent. slight cut in rates probably
would result
After The more impOrta phases of
the case are passed on today. II prob
ably will take several days 10 com
plete the decision
In support of the claim that II
should he allowed rates that will en-
able 1t to earn An per cent return
on the value of it's property. the Tele
sf,a.~ - g lAA IL
brief with the commission.
Attorney Dozier De Nane. for the
company. contends in the brief that
a reasonable return for the telephone
company should be per cent and cites
number OF court decisions in sup
port Of this claim
The company also declares that in.
come tax should be allowed as an
operating expense.
In discussing the recent court de
cisiOn in the Baltimore telephone case
which was referred TO by the com
mission when evidence was being
taken last week, the company takes
the position that the court in that
case was dealing with the question oi
confiscation and did not intend TO de
| termfne what was a fair rate of re
turn. In this connection counsel foi
the telephone company asked the
commission to distinguish between
what would be confiscatory rate
and what would he an unreasonable
| rate. Rates. the brief states. are mo-
necessarily reasonable because the,
are not so low as to he confiscatory.
The present inquiry to determin
whether telephone rates should be re
| duced followed the fixing by the com
! mission or new valuation for tn,
/ property Of the telephone compa n,
at s1S.57S.95S.
Evening star., 1925-05-07

came and were called Greeks They
spoke Greek and were superficially
HelleniZed. but they were not the kind
of Greeks whom Thucydides and De
mosthenes would have cared to own
as countrymen. Nor WIFI the new
Americans. a mongrel horde. be eX-
actly the kind of whom Washington
or Lincoln would have welcomed as
fellow citizens.
These thoughts are very distressing
10 an Englishmen. He has no feelings
about the War OF Independence. After
I'll. II the TWO countries were now un-
Ter one flag il is we who would be
the dependency. and we are too proud
70 like that idea. But when the Eng
iishmsn sees his kinsmen by blood
pushed out from their old homes by
aliens or taking the position of de-
tached and sterile aristocracy the
prospect of really losing America p"
comes home to him in an unplea 50 mt
way. The danger Is well known to
many admirable American writer's.
who have brought the facts before
their countrvmen. but the process of
elimination of the old American fam.
lilies still continues. and no remedy has
been found. The problem is not pc
culiar to America: everywhere alike
the ruling race tends to rule itself out.
Nothing falls nke success.
VIII BE Happiest Country.
But | do not wish 10 end with a
creak. Yours Is likely to remain for
some time the happiest country in
the world. the country where. patriotic
prejudices apart, one would perhaps
choose to live. American response
bilities are. of course, commensurate te
with American opportunities. There
can be no splendid isolation for the
most powerful nation in the world.
Ii there are. still any responsible
Americans who talk of leaving Europe
TO stew in her own juice their attitude
is ungenerous and out of date. AS an
Englishman | say; II you do not like
the League OF Nations give us some
thing better; we in England will back
up almost anything that you suggest
but do not waste time.
The Old World longs for rest and Sc
curity and breads intensely a new
epoch of competitive armaments, end
ing probably in another world war
from which Europe would not recover
Help US IL you can. We are not quar-.
relsome fools; but we cannot trust
each other: and, as distinguished
German publicist said to me in 1912
Where there Is fear, there is always
danger"
Our visit TO America has been tex
cept for the human mosquitoes, who.
hope, will forgive me for my little
squirt of irritation an unmixed pleas
ure. If l do not go home with a
swollen head 1t will not be the fault
of my hosts. Surely there are no peo
pie in the world so generous. kind and
warm hearted in their hospitality as
the citizens of the United States.
fear we cannot compete with you in
this respect; we are not forthcoming
with strangers. But I hope many
Briton is a. good friend when you gel
to know him.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
CAPITAL TRACTION
APPEAL is STUDIED
Judge Takes Plea for Five. Million.
Dollar Increase in Valuation
Under Consideration.

Justice Hoehling of the District Su-
preme Court has under eoHside ra ton
rhe appeal OF the Capital Traction Co.
from the decision of the Public Utili.
ties Commission which excluded from
the valuation Of the companys pro-
perty an item of s5 L so 900 paid by the
Rock Creek Railway Co. for the stocks
and bonds of the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad when the two
companies combined and formed the
Capital Traction Co. At the concIu-
sion of the arguments of Attorneys G.
Thomas Dunlop and George ". Hamil-
ton for the company and of Corpora.
tion Counsel Stephens for the COM
mission the court asked for state
ment showing the figures agreed on
between counsel and those in dispute.