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The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Writer Would Rebuild
Monument

A proposal to down the Washington Monument and
rebuild it. stone, in the right place is made in
the of article by IL G. Dwight the history OF
the obesk and severe criticism of its placement and the
destruction the original Enfan plan for the Mall IN the
April number of Harper's Magazine. s&Ys
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Score One for JoIlnny
She Found $50 In His Pocket
els the teacher here?.
eNo. ma,am 49,.

the lcdCItCEE
No. mann
Score One for Johnny
81 can't convict Johnny without
the teachers testimony. Children
in this court are entitled to the
same protection that their elders
have in their courts. You must
bring the teacher here as wit
ness. So Johnny went to school
that afternoon, Of his own accord?"
Yes ma M
You lost forty-one dollars. you
say. and the teacher found twenty
on him.
''Yes'm.'s>
What was your SAL ing'
I'm - box"s
NO. mol mean what kind of
money!
'fWllat kindl American money
You don't understand. What
denomination were the bills?"
Six Months.
Denomination. Bills. Deed I
don't know. I'm a Baptist myself
] didn't know money mad any.
thing TO do with religion t%
II want TO find out how the Sal
was made up.
:. SIT hasn't been made up yet
I've got s21 coming to me. -
Oh! You mean what were the
bills like?,'
That's 1T"
Three tens. a five and six
ones
And. the teacher found two of
the tens on Johnny, you say?"
What did you do with the other
Fl, johnny"
A Child's.Eye View
Il didn't have any $21. Aunt
Maggie came into the room. and
the teacher called me up 10 the
desk and took all my stage money
away from me. and told Aunt
Maggie she got $50 off me-
Stage money! Where did you
get the stage money!
"Out Of the box where Aunt
Maggie keeps her lip stick and
powder-puff.' .s.-.-.
And. that's how it was made
up. What led you to think. it was
stage money?'
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

Because there was so much of
1T. You couldn't have all that
money. except in stage money"
How old are you?"
Eleven
Well continue the case two
weeks. so your teacher can come
In and testify, and you can go TO
the Board Of Children's Guardians
until your mother gets we'll
sHonest 10 goodness.
ee6 II & IN thy exaggerated suE-
gested By the foregoing.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Georgians to Dance

A dance and card party in honor
of the Georgia Congressional delega-
ton will be given by the Georgia
State Society at 2400 Sixteenth
Street this evening.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Aged Couple Die Same pay

SEA CLIFF, N, r. March 2O.s
After fifty.six years Of married life.
Charles Wood and his wife, aged
"A and 70. respectively, died within
eight hours Of each other
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

him two months on the road, but
hasn't 81 an disrupted the course.
Enrolment iii the institute. organ
ized by the National Aesociat ton Of
Real Estate Boards. Is now drawn
from Al States.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
clearing Iouse statenellt

NEW YORK, March 20. Clearing
house statement:
Exc Il anges, .O46. 900 900: baI+
ances. 310A 00O. 900: Federal Reserve
Banks credit balance. $4,000, 900.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Vesper Concert

The l9th Vesper Concert to be held
at. First Congregational Church,
Tenth and q SITS. y. w, sun
day March II. at 4:45 D. m.
Arranged by Ruby Smith StahI,
Organ prelude, Funeral March"
MendeIssohn
Contralto solo. My Heart Ever
Faithful ............B Bach
fMiss FIehr)
nloIin Air.-.,,...,...G luck- Elman
(Mrs. carter)
Baritone solo, Open the Gates
OF the Temple" Knapp
(Mr. Carbaugh)
Organ offertory. Evening Song
Contralto solo, He Was De-
spised and Rejected" CTha
Messiahl Handel
tMiss Fiehrb
Violin. "Adagio." g Minor Con-
ctrto ..-.,............. Bruch
Il tMrs GaPterD
Baritone. solo, II Is Enough"
s. (The Elitahl ....,.. Mendelssohn
(Mr. CarbauRh)
Organ postlude. March Solen-
nsiIeY .,.,..,. Mailly
Marguerite Carter, vioIinfst: Earl
Carbaugh. baritone; Mabel Flehr.
contralto: Charles r. Ferry, organ
tSt.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
DOTTNGS rom
ALEXANDRIA

{ ALEXANDRIA. Va. March 20
AT the annual meeting Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce last night tribute
was paid to the late Kenneth w.
Ogden, who died last summer while
president Of the chamber. Presi-
dent Claude w. Fletcher outlined
the accomplishments Of the past
year, which included appropriating
$ll5O for advertising the city;
improvement of the credit bureau:
consolidation OF the almshouses Of
the Eighth Congressional District,
and Of the new bridge over Hunt.
ing creek.
Directors elected were Robert S.
Jones. r. Al. Feldtke1ler, Harry
Hammond, Carroll Pierce, w. al.
Moore. jr., o. III. Kirk, G. b swan,
Cameron Roberts, Urban S. Lam
bert. j. 7. Williams: Paul Morton.
.c. w King, Thomas Chauncey and
Johp Graham.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

According to DR. i. j. Carney
who Ii sponsoring the project for
municipal swimming pool. its con.
struction Is practically assured.
Several attractive propositions are
under consideration and 1t Ii pro-
posed TO have water In the pool
BY June /
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
Canadian Wheat

WINNIPEG. March 20.--opening
1.46ss. up Is and October. l,29&
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

The Rev. Ernest NJ. Delaney, Of
the Second Up Presbyterian Church,
will address the annual missionary
meeting OF the Central Presbyterian
Church in Washington tomorrow
night. The Rev. w. II. Darby, of
the Federal Council of Churches.
win occupy Mr.. Delansy's pulpit
The Washington times., 1926-03-20
TURKS FIND II HARD
To SCI THEIR PAL ACES

e,oNgTANTINoPLE March 20
que to the acute economic crisis
prevailing In Turkey, some mem.
beers of the imperial dynasty have
been unable To dispose Of their
palaces and other private property
within the tlIne fixed by the gov
Medjid was depoAed
Four large palaces. with their
extensive grounds many large
farms and other properties ha -
been seized by the Turkish govern
nent ana allocated 10 the ministry
OF national lands as q result
IN the building and real estate
field III Washington and outlined
70 the Baltimore board the great
advantages 0f living ir the Capital
and also the various plans under
way for IT. beau ification.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

Troop 126, Boy Scouts, will give
It's annual supper Tuesday night
In the Westminster Building. Pro-
ceeds will be devoted to the troops
share IN endowing a room In the
Alexandria Hospital.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

With the election Of the city
COUNCIL two weeks away, many
meetings are being held III the
interest Of the candidates. The
incumbents, Mayor w. al. snoot.
Robert s. Jones. Thomas j. Fan.
non and r. IT. TIGER, are being
opposed by Harry Kennedy. Frank
w. Latham, j. r. w. Tfmbernlan
and Robert III CoIvin, The Demo.
cratic primary viii be held April s.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

Carpenters and Joiaers Local No.
1865 has chosen as delegates TO the
Virginia Federation OF Labor con.
veltion In Roanoke May To 81,
y. e. Wells, =. w. Stone and G. e.
Clark.
The Washington times., 1926-03-20

City Manager Paul Morton has
been working overtime getting the
budget ready to present to the city
council at It's executive session
next Thursday. 1T Is expected that
taxes will be slightly lowered.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
CALIFORNIA CREWS
IN EAST FOR RACES
Hy the Associated Press.

ITHACA. n. Y, June "A husky
contingent of 81 oarsmen from the
University of California have invaded
Ithaca to train for the intercollegiate
regatta AT Poughkeepsie. n. Y.
They are accompanied by Varsity
Coach G. NJ. Enright. Freshman Coach
r. A. Nagler and two managers. The
crews are ouartered at Cornell fra
ternity houses.
The coaches said the men were In
good condition. despite their long trip
East. The varsity crew. a. heavy boat
load. averages about 17S pounds, with
the freshmen even heavier.
Coach Enright. former Washing
ton crew man. said that his original
varsity crew had heen defeated sew
eral times by >the Junior varsity boat
In time trials before coming East. As
A. consequence. he said. he has not
definitely chosen the eight which will
race as a varsity entry at Poughkeep-
sic. and may not do So until he
reaches the Hudson
The final selections. Coach Enright
added, will depend largely on the show
ing Of the two varsity crews In prac-
tice and in the races here with Cor
nell eights on June II.
The crews will remain here until
June IL. when they will entrain for
Poughkeepsie.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
WOMAN'S NET EVENT
STARTS TOMORROW

The Women's Tennis League cha m
pionship tournament gets under way
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock on
the Y. W. G. a. courts at Twentieth
and f streets. with more than IS Of
the leading local racketers entered.
Entries will he received until s
o'clock today. and those desiring to
compete will call the tournament
chairman. Florence Poston. at lin
coin 1885 before that time.
Those who already have fled en-
tries are Mary Hall. recent winner
Wardn,an Park singles: G. r. Moore
head. Corinne Frazier. Frances Walk
err. Frances krucoff. women's District
singles cha mpion: Ruth Curran. Clara
Cook. Helen Johnson. Katherine
John Mrs. Duffy Gilfond,- Flor
ence Poston. Adeline Alexander. Mrs.
Phillip Fleming. Jennie noolittle.
Marjorie Wooden. Florence Sewa rd
Virginia Olmsted and Ruth Martinez
Evening star., 1926-06-04
TULANE GRID COACH
COLLEGE MADE STAR
BY the Associated Press.


Clark Shaughnessy, head foot ball
| coach at Tulane University. which
hwent through the 1925 season withotft
defeat. is one of the small group of
athletes who had no athletic training
before entering college.
Shaughnessy went from his Eirth :
place in st. Cloud. Mimi, to the Uni
versity of Minnesota. At Minnesota.
doc" Williams did not overlook men
who weighed 1870 pounds and could
run. Shaughnessy came out for the
team to find out what it was all
about
A typewriter list Of players who
were to make the first trip to play
Michigan was posted and Shaugh
messy decided that he was an added
starter when he saw his name at the
bottom. written in pencil. He played
every position on the team except
center, making his most sensational
record at fullback.
His basket ball career was showed
upon him. He was sitting in class
when a note was handed him from
the athletic director, asking him to
hurry out and Join the basket ball
team on a trip to play the University
of Illinois. Shaughnessy had never
played basket ball and knew nothing
Of the rules.
The procedure was almost the same
In track. He was pressed into service
to take the place Of an unavailable
halfmiler when he did not own a pair
.,f spiked shoes and had never worn
them.
Staughnessy became a member Of
the st. Paul Boat Club. although he
had no previous experience in a boat.
With this club he went to Canada.
for the A. A. L. races to decide the
four Dared championship. At the start
the st. Paul club got ahead Of the
line and was ordered back. AS they
were backing up. the starting gun
sounded and all the boats raced past
them.
What's the use Of rowing II out p
despa ringly asked one Of the men.
"I'll not train all Summer and then
not row" yelled Shaughnesey. "Cut
into It," They did and won.
Philadelphia, Pa, has 80 golf courses
within a 25-mile radius of the city.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
injection ouig Mentor Quits Sport He Lore to Take Vacation
WILL STAGE
BIG MEET June 19

The first open track meet ex-
clusively for women IN the Districts
athletic history will he held in the
Central High School Stadium Sat,1r-
day afternoon June ~. under the
auspices of tho combined Carital
Washington and Princess Athletic
Clubs.
Ten events will make up the pro
gram. There will he 50 ~ and ION
yard dash. p 220-yard run and =
220-yard relay. There ais" is 50
yard low hurdle race
The field events wiz comprise run
ming high jump. running and stand
ing broad Jumps and u base ball
throw.
a 25-cent entry fee should accom-
pany all entries sent to Louise Gr1Ibb.
1872 r street southeast. not later Than
Saturday. June -.
A cup will he awarded the team
scoring the highest number of
points. while the highest individual
scorer will receive gold medal.
Ribbons will be awarded first. SOC
and third places in each event
Jack Haas has been appointed roc-
cree. J. r. Gibson and r. NJ Cohen.
Judges, and NJ. r. Popp. clerk "f
course.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
EUROPEAN NETMEN
IN CUP SEMI.FINALS
Rv the Assort tated preas

Bv the Asaoctated Press.
LONDON, June with the VIC
tory of Sweden over South Africa in
the Davis Cup competition. the play
In the European zone of the interna
tional tennis tournament has reached
the semi finals.
OF the four surviving nations Spain
is bra acketed, now with Great Britain
in the upper half while Sweden is
paired With France in the lower half
They will meet some time before July
13 to decide the f1nalists.
France. victor for the past two
years, is ia avored to come through
again and earn the right to invade
the United States. first to meet the
American zone winner and then. II
triumphant. to oppose America in the
challenge round at Philadelphia Sep
tember lib
Sweden yesterday eliminated South
Africa when s. Malstrom won the
first of the final days singles from
r. u. r. Spence, Sc, s3 6-l.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
BASE BALL SECRET';

Every hall player has 10 get the
feel Of n fat-that is. hold II SO
II seems balanced in his hand.
Few of them use heavy bats. Very
few of them grip a bat down At
it's end, as is the player on the
right i'm the illustration. The
preferable grip Is that used by the
PLAYER on the left. His lower hand
is or ) inches from the end
of the bat. Usually a bat bala ances
better when so held and unless
YOU have the feeling of balance
when holding the bat you can't
hit effectively.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
7 OU were told at the beginning
7 of these swimming articles

of these swimming articles
4 that"every one had certain
amount of natural buoyancy, which
when aided the least bit would en-
abe the individual to float. whether
they were able to swim or not.
As far as safety in the water is con.
cerned. floating is an invaluable aid
tance from the shore, suffers an at
tack of cramps. the current is too
swift to overcome. he is accidentally
cast into the water or in any other
way faces danger from drowning, and
turns on his back and floats he can
usually collect himself. recover from
the cramps or store up enough energy
to start going again.
There is mistaken impression
prevalent that clothes are weighty in
the water and have a tendency to
drag a person under. AS matter of
fact, they increase buoyancy. There
are always air pockets hidden away
in the clothes that aid in the lift. OF
course, they do impede swimming
progress, but as far as floating is con-
cerned they are an aid.
The beginner should practice float
ing by all means during the swim.
ming nOvitiate. After one finds how
easy 1t is to float he feels little
more secure IN the water. a great aid
10 his swimming education.
To practice floating, stand In a pool
over waist deep. lean gradually hack.
ward. and. as the body overbalances.
spring lightly from the bottom Of the
pool. bringing the feet to the surface
and stretching out fat. The arms are
Evening star., 1926-06-04
Ube Gbening 5tar
BOYS CLUB
Conducted by ROBERT C. MCCLELLAN

extended at right angles to the shoul-
der, down along the sides Of the body.
Take a deep breath as the feet leave
the bottom Of the pool and hold It
until the face stops bobbing up and
down under the water, incidental to
the Strengthening out. Keep the
mouth closed, so as not to absorb any
water. II the lungs are full you will
suffer no Inconvenience.
After the body adjusts itself on the
surface. II YOU have enough natural
buoyancy, YOU can commence breath
ing regularly: If not, breathe in short
gasps. This keeps the lungs filled and
still permits You to breathe. If the
legs start sinking, move the arms up
above the head and separate the legs.
There are u few boys, md still
fewer girls, who find it hard To re-
main af1oat without moving. however
slight the movement might he.
A good remedy for this is to work
the legs In a miniature. effortless.
crawl thresh. while the arms push
backward toward the legs In an
hips and moving back for another
stroke. The movement is not in
tended for progress. but 1t Is so effort
less the most exhausted person can
make hea dway with It.
The folIowingf have applied for club
membership:
Charles A. Banks. jr. sol Twelfth
street northeast: Harold Mollohan.
3H0S Dewey street. wood Md.
Harry Doe, 30 Donaldson street,
Cherrydale. Va; Valentine johnson.
90s Thirteenth street southeast: John
Hggs. sl1 King street. Alexandra
Va: Ellsworth Bair. Rock Greet;
Church road: Wilson Pierpont Me.
Lean. Va: Thomas G. Miller, Kenda II
Green: Harry Poore, 3320 Dent place,
and William Ramsay. 224 Q street.
Evening star., 1926-06-04

(i1 failure to make record appnCatlo
World recorGe. the A. A. L. feels.
,ro not lightly to he considered ana
should PASS all tests before they go
down as marks for athletes TO shoot
at. Thus. and for the reasons noted,
more than IS per cent of the records"
given newspaper prominence never get
placed in the official lists.
A uuartering wind behind 2 run
ners back. for instance. may be CON
.trued as an aid 10 his performance
and sufficient cause for 1t to be dls-
regarded if any record claim is made.
There was a ripple in athletic CIR
Cles last November over reports that
Jackson Scholz had been credited with
- new 1OO.yard mark Of $40 seconds.
Later it developed the A. A. L. had
turned the mark down. II was made
in an obscure meet in which Scholz
participated as' Summer in Green's
horo. y. C.. and conditions governing
il were not regarded IS sufficient for
the stamp of approval.
Rarely does a record get on the
books if there is the slightest dispute.
Nevertheless. the present indoor record
of As second for 100 yards. set in
1924 BY Louis Clarke at Baltimore,
was voted approval by an A. A. L.
convention after its record committee
had rejected the mark.
The indoor half-mile. record of
154 3-5, credited to E. 3. Parson at
Buffalo in 1904. properly has no place
on the books. though time has appar-
entity resisted every effort TO wipe 1t
off until actually beaten in competi-
ton. 1t was made. A. A. L. officials
SAY, in a relay race. thus providing
an advantage which accounts for the
exceptional time. How it happened
to he accepted as standard is mys-
terry. If performances on any leg Of
a relay. where a running start pre-
walls. were accepted as. individual
records. Johnny Holden Of the New
York A. G.. would possess, the outdoor
half.mile record. He ran his $50 yards
in A two-mile relay last Summer In
1:5117, az compared with Ted Mere
dith's mark Of t.52 Is.
Occasionally an athlete may lose
credit for his performance by failing
to file a record application or filing
faulty one. Ivan Riley. Illinois A. G.
hurdler. for instance, stepped the 400
meters in 81 10 seconds in a Mid
west Olympic tryout in 1924, But
the mark never was applied for and
the record on the book now is half
second slower and credited to F. NJ.
Tayior. who made it in the final Olym-
bic trials.
Evening star., 1926-06-04


Last wear, feeling that his work was
about finished. he went to Seattle and
engaged Charles Logg to come East
and take hold Of coaching at Prince
ton. Logg had been captain OF one
of the great University of Washing
ton crews and his work thus far has
been quite experimental. he and DR..
Spaeth working together TO develop
a stroke suited to the material and
the conditions that obtain at Nassau.
Has Not Lost Interest.
This season. while Spaeth has been
at the Lake every day, he has left
affairs pretty much in Loggs hands.
his official position being chairman
of the Princeton rowing committee.
Now he is going away and the
announcement will he received with
regret not only by Princeton rowing
men past and present but by those
in other colleges who are interested
in a1uatics.
Or. Spaeth will deliver two com
mencement addresses. the first At
Reed College. Portland. Greg. on June
l. and the second at the University
cf Oregon, June IA. He will spend
the Summer teaching at the Uni
versity of California and In Septem-
her will go to Reed College az an
exchange professor for year.
DIR. Spaeth's success at Princeton
Evening star., 1926-06-04
GIRLS ARE STRIVING
FOR SPORT BADGES

Georgetown playground is a beehive
of activity these days. with large
class Of girls under the direction of
Ahhie Green taking the athletic badge
tests, which will continue until July | .
Gold. silver and bronze badges are
awarded according to proficiency in
athletic ability, leadership and sports
manship.
Girls competing for the gold medal
the highest class are Dorothy Fling
Sadie kiatti and Mary King.
Silver badge aspirants are Rcna
Bran and Charlotte Henderson. and
girls taking their tests for the bronze
badge. which is the first step. include
Dorothy Whitaker. Winnifred Lyon.
Edna Mulligan. Marie Wilmer. Anna
Wilmer. Nellie Lydare. Catherine Ed,
wards, Emily Beach. Clara Wren.
Hazel Norris. Maude Allen. Mary
Agnes Hunter. Theresa Mcclellan.
Edna Grizzly. Virginia Ulrich. Lillian
Porrigson and Edna Mckinley.
In 1897 the Lancaster team of the
Atlantic League established a record
by winning II consecutive games.
Evening star., 1926-06-04

and the difticult1eS Wnlcn cdWaTu
stevens. former Harvard coach. en-.
countered at Cambridge call to mind
the fact that in all sports there Is
none that makes such pointed de-
mand as rowing for the injection of
a coach's personality into the men he
teaches.
Must Be n Genius.
There are times when it requires
a veritable genius to bring foot ball
eleven together 1t depends upon the
type and Intelligence Of the players.
But there is never time when the
problem Of co-ordinating an eight
Dared crew. no matter what the char
acter and mental ability Of the oars
men may I've, is other than delicate
and complex.
A crew coach will work for weeks
and weeks upon boatload of young
stalwarts. shifting men here and
there, taking oarsmen out Of the boat
and filling their places with men from
other boats. and still the spark Ia not
kindled.
Perhaps It never appears and the
crew goes on from failure to failure.
Or fire may he developed with the
first regatta. thanks. perhaps. to an
outstanding stroke oar. But 1t he S
to be nurtured lest 1t go ont mys-
teriouSlN,
Evening star., 1926-06-04
DECLARES
SHE'S AT HER BEST
BY tine Associated Press.

BY tine Associated Pres
PARIS, June 4.--Spectatore at the
international hard-court tennis cham
pionships today will see eight hours
Of continuous play, due to recent rains
which caused numerous postpone
ments.
Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills
are to be the particular stars of the
tourney. Miss Wills seemed today to
have been benefited by yesterdays
rest. Suzanne avoWed that she was
never in better condition.
Miss *. Bouman. the Dutch player,
by her defeat of Evelyn Collier, Eng
land. yesterday, was on the card today
to face Mile. I-englen. while Miss Wills
was due to have as her opponent Mrs.
Shepherd Barron of England.
Count Salm Ioogstraeten was to
make his first appeara nee in the tour
nanent, playing with Baron Won
Kehrling against the Dane Thalbitza
and the Finn GRAIN. Mrs. Marion Il.
.Iessup and Isabella Mumford, United
States, were to play their deferred
doubles match against Nine. Ganet
and Mile. Nlasto, France
Evening star., 1926-06-04
HAlNES GETS
G. W. CLUB TROPHY

The George Washington club cup.
awarded annually to the girl member
of the senior class of the university
who has accomplished most in ath-
letics and academic work during the
past four years. was presented to
Alice Haines a a banquet held At the
Chi Omega Sorority last night.
Miss Anna l.. Rose. dean nf women.
was presented with a gold basket
hall hy members Of the haskell hall
squad in recognition of the continued
and valued support given the tea
ny her.
Elizabeth Petie received the Zeta
Tau Alpha tennis doubles cup in be-
half 0f her partner, Eliza beth Chick
ering. at present in Honolulu, and
herself