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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13
HOOVER s CAMP
IS.DE LUKE
AFFAIR
By GEORGE e. DURNO
international News Service staff
Correspondent

Correspondent
Almost every Friday. Mr.. John
Public picks up his newspaper and
reads a short item to the effect
President Hoover and small party
Of friends have retired to the presi-
Dental fishing camp on the upper
reaches Of the Rapidan River for
the weekend.
Immediately there springs to his
eye q CLEAN of longing and OF envy
particularly so IL he be a disciple
OF Isaak Walton. He Visualizes for
himself a rugged mountain stream,
a rough shack to which he may re.
tire at the end of the day. the siz-
zling Of his catch over smoking
fire and all the other glorious pleas
ures of lust roughing 1t.
Nine.MiIe Road
Imagine, then, what would be his
surprise should he be permitted to
penetrate the nine.mile stretch of
private road that connects Camp
Hoover with the outside world and
take a look around.
For when the Chief Executive
goes a.fishing, he does 1t in de luxe
fashion. Electric light and refrigera-
ton, hot and cold running water
telephone, real beds. plumbing, se-v.
few features of the Blue Ridge fish
ing camp. Airplanes drop the daily
papers.
Right on the edge OF the stream
stands a cabin reserved for the
President and Mrs. Hoover. Two
commodious screened.in porches
flank its front and side. Inside are
a living room, two bedrooms and two
bathrooms. The furniture is
severely plain.
Guest Cabins
Along the banks of a little fork
of the Rapidan which verges at the
camp site stand six guest cabins Of
similar build save that they con-
tain one bedroom and bath each.
Adjoining, are four guest tents
commodious, affairs built on stills
and installed with running water.
To the rear of these tents" are
two completely equipped bathrooms.
Near the center of the camp
stands the mess hall. large enough
to accommodate about 10 persons,
and the kitchen. Back of that are
three cabins for the servants.
All cooking is done on an electric
stove. A chief petty officer who
used to be aboard the presidential
yacht Mayflower presides over the
kitchen. assisted by six Filipino
conlpatriots of less rank.
When it comes to fishing. how
ever. MIR. Hoover takes his stand
with the experts of the rank ana
file. In wading boots he shuffles
along the stream bed with the best
| of them. and few can cast fly or
play a trout better than he.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13
Swiss Women Adopt
Sans-StOckings Idea

GENEVA. Aug. Is u.N.sJ.-The
intense summer heat is compelling
even Serious Swiss women to i.dopt
the sans-stockings fashion. Nearly
all of them around the city are ais
cardlng them even with evening
dress.
Just how the idea will be accepted
by the general public remains to be
seen. A few years ago stenographers
and secretaries in the League OF
Nations were informed that they
were not to bob their hair or wear
very short skirts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13
Massed Auto Lights
Guide Plane tn Land

HAGERSTOWN. Nd. Aug. Ia
w. H. Hooker and wife. Spring.
field. Ohio. flying from that city to
Long Island. were saved from i'm.
pending disaster last night by at.
tendants at the Hagerstown airport.
who turned on the headlights of
every available automobile.
Guided by the lights. Hooker
made a perfect landing.
The filters became lost in a storm
coming over the mountains and en-.
countered a low ceiling. Hooker
located Hagerstown on his chart and
headed in this direction, but could
not locate the field. The roar Of
his motor. heard at the field, saved
them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13
Robin Endurance Filters
GOdfathers to Twins

81. LOUIS, Aug. IS u.N.s).-
Because OF the close union between
the two famous flying pals Dale
c'Red'H jackson and Forrest o'Brine.
holders Of the worlds endurance
flight record. in their IA days of
aerial seclusion together twins were
named for the filters the day the st.
Louis Robin fluttered down to fame.
The new Dale" and Forrest"
who dropped down into this world
the same day that the sviators de-
seconded are the infant sons of Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel J. Meyer, of st,
Louis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13

70 sheets OF exceptional quality
Vellum finish stationery with so
envelopes to match. A real bargain
at this low price.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13

Save your hands in tn
kitchen, in the garden, Will
washing dishes and while clear
ing house with these strons
pliable rubber gloves. Wi
keep your hands from becomin
red and hardened.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13
Leesburg Electric Co.
Sold to Va. Company

LEESBURG. Va. Aug. 13.-The
Leesburg Electric Company which
was organized here about 20 years
ago. has been purchased by the Vir-
ginia Public Service Company whose
main office is Charlottesville. Va.
The newly, purchased heesburs
plant will be under the Alexandria
Division OF which M j. o'Connell Is
manger,
The officers OF the Leesburg Elec'
trio Company were Wallace George
president; Karl w. Hickman, vice
president; Thomas S. Whipple, ser
retary treasurer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13
QUARANTINE PLACED
sTAUNTON. ". a

STAUNTON. va, Aug. To-
Az a precautionary measure against
infantile paralysis, health suthori.
ties OF Covington and Allegheny
County. Va. have declared a partial
quarantine against Roanoke, Va.
and vicinity. where there is an
epidemic OF the disease. Trucks
loaded with fruit, vegetables or any
produce will not be allowed to enter
Covington IL they come from the
vicinity OF Roanoke. and families
with children under 16 years of
age will not be permitted to enter
Covington to stay for any length
OF time until the epidemic is de.
clared over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13
Leesburg Legion Post
Holds Annual Election

LEEsBURG. Va. Aug. Ia
Loudoun Post, No. "a, Of hts Amer
lean Legion, win meet wednesday
night for the annual election Of
officers.
Those nominated at the last meet.
ing and to be voted on are: Com
mander, Harry Breckenridge and
Frank r. Smoot; first vice com
nander, J. r. Hirst and Robert A
Riticor; second vice commander
Roland Cochran and A. S. Jenkins:
adjutant William C. whitmore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

school buildings In the District Of Columbia
Richard Wallach was then the mayor, serving
In that office from 1851 to 1867. He had been
great help IN the cause Of public education.
and 1t was deemed appropriate that the new
building should bear the name of "Wallach,"
for without his enthusiasm and assistance free
education would have dragged along perhaps
even until some years later.
When one reads about the way things were
done years ago he is frequently surprised at
the short-Sightedness of those who were sup
posed to look after our best interests and the
building Of the Wallach School, but brings to
mind one Of the many big mistakes then
made, and of which the present generation
knows little or nothing Of
Congress at various times I'D to the erecting
Of this school had given away to various
institutions Of the city public lots to the esti-
mated value of $4,000, of which two colleges
alone received $4,000 worth, and it so hap
pened that the ground upon which the Wallace
School stands had to be bought back from one
Of these for $1,000
However, it was an ideal situation for the
purpose, having a front on Pennsylvania
avenue Of 129 feet inches on street of
248 feet inches and on Seventh street of
S89 feet The whole tract contains 1918
square feet; the price paid being at the rate
OF about 6h cents square foot, which
some OF us would like to duplicate today. It
was indeed wise selection for the beginning
Of new era in local school construction,
which has continued even down to the present
day. At the time the Wallach, the Franklin
and the Jefferson Schools were new buildings,
they represented the highest types of school
buildings in the United States, If not in the
whole world.
THE Wallach was commenced in May 1868,
completed in June of the following year,
and dedicated July A. 1864. 1t was built by
w. H. Falconer, who, 1t is said, "cheerfully
and faithfully executed all the stipulations Of
the contract" The entire cost of the building
was only 304OO, though it was built at time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

~ of some ST our portable school build
ings, which have served their pur-
pose by carrying the public through
q crisis, and no doubt should be re-
placed as soon as possible with the most
modern and up-to-date structures, neverthe-
less, reminds an old-timer that some Of the
District school buildings of his boyhood days,
and even before his time, were not quite SO
good as some of the portables now being COM
planned of.
OF course that Is no reason why these make
shift buildings should not be done away with.
At the beginning of the Civil War, when
some Of our fathers and mothers were obtain
ing their education, there were just 81 build
ings in the city being used for public school
purposes. OF these, IL were regular school,
houses, churches, dwelling houses, l
library building, public halls, I an engine
house, 8 indefinite, and, lastly, the Old Capitol
Building at First and streets northeast, where
in 1860 Miss Ellen S. Hawkins taught primary
school No. z, continuing to do sc for short
while in 1881, even after she has become through
marriage Mrs. Ellen E. Jensen.
Soon after the beginning of the Civil War
this old building was taken over by the Gov
eminent and used as a prison for political
offenders, and, Of course. as in a number Of
similar incidents just about this time, the
School Board had to look elsewhere for
quarters.
A list Of names Of those who attended this
school at this time is not available, but the
names of those who received premiums in 1860
are still preserved, and include Anna Car
penter (medalist). Julia Buckley, BEDFORD
Bean, Elizabeth Miller, Rosanna Brown, Eliza
beth Craig, John Carpenter, Michael Fleming,
Frederick Stewart Francis Meal Kate Dipple,
Mary Carpenter, Mary Craig, James BaSsford,
Mary Herbert, Edmund Kane and George
BivanS.
The following year those who attended this
school and who received honorary mention Of
some sort were Elizabeth Wright, Dorbetta
Golf, Edmund Kane, Mary Herbert Washing
ton Wright, Roseanna Brown, Catherine
Buckley, Louisa Kraft, Charles Burns, Francis
Meade, Julia Hurley, Wilton Griffin and
Louisa Kraft.
These names should prove especially inter-
esting now since this Old Capitol will soon
be thing of the past and the site occupied
by the United States Supreme Court Building.
ONE might well judge that the children who
attended the Old Capitol School were
surrounded with better conditions than those
who were forced to go to school elsewhere.
An idea Of the prevailing conditions existing
here in 1863-1864 can be best had from q
part of the report Of the committee on school,
houses and schoolrOoms. And here Is what the
committee had to say:
THE question with the trustees Is,
usually. where can any room at all be
procured for the location of q school,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

PERHAPS good illustration of the real con-
ditions to which some of the wartime
children were subjected may be had in the
crowded condition of a schoolroom on K street,
between Second and Third streets southeast,
which though only 16 by 10 feet, yet had an
average attendance for the year of 43 boys
and girls and closed the year with 81 pupils,
81 Of whom took the examination Surely
We have nothing today quite so bad as this,
and none Of US would care to have it So
It was soon after this report was made
that plans were laid for erecting in the
third school district the first of the modern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

and not whether 1t Is suitable. Hence
the committee found the schools located
in the damp and dark Easements of
churches, in buildings originally designed
and constructed for stables and car
penter shops, in the ill-arranged halls
over blacksmith shops, market and
engine houses, in the chambers and halls
Of private houses. and, in short, in such
buildings or rooms as could not be adj
vantageously used for any other purpose
There Is not a schoolroom in the
third district At for the purpose for
which 1t is used. In the first, second
and fourth districts there are a few
rooms that are very well adapted to the
wants Of school, but the large ma
jority are altogether unsuitable. To de-
scribe in detail their faults would be an
endless and a useless task as the only
remedy consists in the erection Of suit
able buildings, to be owned, with the lots
on which they are situated, by the cor
poration.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

THE war did not help matters any, but Il
possible, made things even worse, for the
Government through necessity rather than
choice soon found it necessary to take ovel
for hospital purposes all available buildings II
the city. and of this phase the board regret.
fully speaks as follows in its report:
I'm the first district the sub-board
has been greatly embarrassed in its
operations by the loss of several of the
schoolrooms formerly used. The various
churches having been taken possession
Of by the military authorities for hos
pitfalls, the schools were obliged for some
months to vacate Union Chapel, but
they have lately returned to the base
ment of that church The convenient
and suitable room occupied by the
Female Grammar School in Corcoran's
building having been taken by the War
Department for a surgical museum, eff
forts were made to obtain permission
to construct a temporary edifce on
Franklin Square. Although the earnest
recommendation of this project was
made by the commissioner Of public
buildings, B. B. French, ESQ.,, who takes
a lively interest in our schools, and the
President of the United States gave his
consent, the Secretary Of War interferred
and prevented it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
Prophet Sac School Future in W'allarh Dedicution

First of Modern Educational Buildings in Capital
Was Launched Under Mayor Whose Interest Caused
His Name to Be Adopted for tructure-Corporal
Punishment for Pupils Inspired Great Ingenuity in
DevSing Forms for Treatment for Ofenses-Old
Hotel Used for Dancing Assemblies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
By JOHN CLACETT PROCTOR.

!" lHE agitation regarding the conditions
of some ST our portable school build
ings, which have served their pur.
pose by carrying the public through
q crisis and no doubt should be re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
new BOOK ON JESUS
De Paw Professor Writes
Work on Bible.

sour Recovery of Jesus the new
book by DR.. Walter E. Bundy, De
Paw university professor, will be
released to book stores Feb. 81, the
Bobbs- Merrill Company, local pub
fishers, announced today.
DR.. Bundy's new study of Jesus
will be a companion book to 1.-THE
Religion of Jesus" published several
months ago by BobbS-Merrill.
AS professor of English Bible at
the Methodist institution, DR.. Bun
dy is widely known as q thorough
student of the Bible.
"Sir, we would see Jesus" taken
from John 1921 is the key to the
book. The author seeks to picture
"Jesus as he was" and has written
for the minister, layman, student or
teacher.
christianity must be more than
a Christ-cult, more than a powerful
and efficient organization. A Chris
tianity that is in any a~ppreciable
measure true to the Galilean genius
that gave it birth must be a spirit
ual movement that claims and
commands the hearts of men, that
supplies men as individuals and as
| groups with those inner resources
that are necessary for the living of
human life religiously," declares the
author in the introduction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
Can't See 1t
Delphi Jury Acquits Sell
er of Moon Eyed
Horse.

By Times Special
HELPHI, Ind, Feb. 16.-Even
- in this dry era, one can, IN
der certain circumstances, sell a
"moon-eyed" horse and be with
in the law.
This is gathered from a jury
verdict in Carroll circuit court
here in the case of the State
against Emmanuel Skies, charged
with selling the animal of bad
sight to Edgar Logan.
Evidence showed that Skies
guaranteed the horse at the time
of sale, and he convinced the jury
he believed it without a. blemish.
Logan said he did not notice the
moon eyes" for a considerable
length of time.
The jury was out six hours be-
fore returning a verdict acquit-
ting Skies to Special Judge Gus
A. Hall. The trial lasted three
Gays.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
LENROoT APPOINTMENT
DRAWS SENATE FIRE
Fight May Be Made on Nomination
to Customs Court.

Fight May Be Made on Nomination
to Customs Court.
By Times Special
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Ap-.
pointment- of former Senator Irvine
L. Lenroot of Wisconsin as associ-
ate judge of the court of customs
appeals provoked criticism among
some senator's today. Whether a.
fight will be made on his confirma-
ton has not been determines.
Criticism of Lenroot arose from
his employment by the joint COM
mittee of national utility associa-
tions to appear before a senate COM
mlttee when the power lobby sue
ceSsfully sought to have a pro-
posed senate investigation diverted
to the federal trade commission.
Lenroot served nine years in the
senate and after his defeat in 1926
by Senator John j. Blaine estab-
lished a law office in Washington.
According to testimony before the
senate, his firm received a fee of
$4,000 from the utilities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
Further Brake on Stocks

BIZ United Press .e..
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Unex-
pected action of the federal advisory
council in announcing its indorse-
ment of the federal reserve boards
speculation warning offered a fur
ther check today on the bull
market" of recent months.
Already hard hit by the boards
drastic warning statement Of Feb.
7. Wall Street faced the prospect to-
day of further action to restrict use
of reserve bank credit for specula-
tive purposes, going beyond its in
dorsement of the board, the advisory
council suggested:
That all member banks in each
district be asked directly by the
federal reserve bank of the district
to cooperate in order to attain the
end desired The council added it
thought beneficial results could be
attained in this manner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
SPANISH EXHIBIT SHOWS
PROGRESS SINCE 1892
U. S. Spends 100000 to Depict
U. S. History.

U. S. History.
BIZ Science Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Tl1e de-
velopment of the United States
from the time of Columbus to the
present will be graphically depicted
by exhibits from tWenty-three bur-
eaus of the United States govern
ment at the international EXPOSE
ton to be held at Seville, Spain,
from March Is to Dec. Is.
The exhibits will be mainly of
scientific, historic and educational
significance, and are financed by q
congressional appropriation of $780,
900 granted by congress. All nations
colonized in whole or part by Spain
will be represented at the exposi-
ton.
Among the American exhibits will
be the most authentic and detailed
model of the Panama canal ever
constructed. Radio equipment cap
able of picking up and broadcasting
programs from the United States
will be installed in the American
buildings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
TEXTBOOK CHANGE
OPPOSED IN HOUSE
Dangers to Standardized
Course Are Seen in
Two MenaCes.

School book statesmen will scam
per from trustee to trustee through
out Indiana instead of c~entering
their visits on the state board of
education. if two bills now in the
education committee of the house
of representatives win passage.
Danger to standardized courses of
education in the state and probable
increase in text book prices were
seen in the measures by legislators
who will oppose them on the floor.
The bills were introduced Thurs
day by Representatives James H.
Lowry of indianapolis and Bertha
A. Zimmerman of Terre Haute. One
would increase the number of series
of grade school text books chosen
by the state board of education from
one to four. The other would make
a corresponding increase in text
books chosen by the board for high
schools.
At present the board selects and
approves one series in each subject
for grade schools, and one text book
in each subject for high schools. The
proposed change to four will permit
tc5.nship trustees and school boards
to select series or books from among
the four approved.
Provisions is made in the high
school text book bill to restrict the
state board to- changing two of four
previously selected books in any one
subject, when it meets to consider
books on that subject at fye-year
intervals.
Lowery said the bills we're
sponsored by the state board of ed
ucation, teachers and parent-teach-
er associations, trustees and ed
ucational associations throughout
the state. He said he had made an
investigation of the situation before
introducing the bills and was salts
fed they were not partial to any
particular text book publisher or
publishers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
PERIL OF COLD
TICHTENS Grip
OVER EUROPE
No Hope for Relief Room;
Meanwhile, Greenland
Complains of Heat.
BIZ United Press

BIZ UHited Press
LONDON, Feb. 16.-Suffering
grew more intense today as the
European cold wave, almost unpre-
cedented in history, frightened its
grasp on the continent and the
British Isles.
Coal riots were reported in Bres-
lau, Silesia, and food shortages were
admitted officially in Berlin with
predictions of rationing.
The death toll mounted to APP
proximately 200 today.
Eight aged people died in Sand
wich, England. from the cold, and
seven other deaths were reported
in the British Isles.
A bride was frozen to death near
Petrikov, Poland. while she was rid
ing with her husband in a farm
wagon, while going to celebrate
their Wedding,
Approximately fifty people coll
lapsed on London's streets during
Friday night because of the cold.
MeteorologiSts gave no encourage
ment to Europeans for warmer
weather.
Meanwhile, Greenland, Iceland,
and northern Norway complained of
the heat. Eskimos said SHOWS were
melting and they could not use their
hunting sledges.
Temperatures were so low in
Switzerland Friday that all ice sport
meets were abandoned for the pres
ent.
Emergency food measures have
been introduced in The Netherlands
where, for the first time within the
memory of the living, people could
walk from Enkuisen across the zui-
der Zee to the island of Urk, a dis
lance of fifteen miles.