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PLAN ABANDONED : TO CUT SCHOOLS Prince Georges Board of! Education Meets Conditions. I TY CEOJtGE PORTET?. Staff Correspondent cf The Star. rrrER MARLEOKO, Kd.. May 17. I Definite d-'isicn concerning the pro- ! pes'd closing cv reducing of teaching , pcrsonn-1 in several Prince Georges j County schools has been reached by the 1 Board of Education, Supt. cf Schools > Nicholas Orrm announced today. Plans for the closing of the Fair; j Spring, Croomc and Hickory Grove on<- J teacher schools because the prospect!. c | enrollment, for next year was less thtv. ; that required by law, have been aba;.- j doned. the board having been assured | enough pupils will attend to meet the legal requirements. A proposal to reduce the teaching - force of the Woodville School from two ! teachers to one has also been aban- 1 doned, unless the enrollment actually drops below the legal standard. The principal of that school has assured the board, however, that attendance next year will in all probability be suf ficiently great to justify the retention of two teachers. Seat Pleasant Decision. The present two-teacher force at the Beat Pleasant School was ordered kept i if the enrollment at the opening of L school justified it. Upon report of the ; principal that the Surratsville School j would have an enrollment of over DO pupils next year, the three-teacher staff there was also ordered retained. Only in the case of the Hall School has the board failed to reach at least a conditional decision. Insufficient data having been presented to it regarding this institution's enrollment outlook, Su perintendent Orem was instructed to gather additional information on the matter for final action at the next board meeting. Special Conference. Having agreed with the owners of the John P. Riley farm or the purchase of five acres for the new Bradbury Heights School, the board of education will hold a special meeting and confer ence with the county commissioners May 28 to complete financial arrange ments for the construction of the school. The land selected is on a high eleva tion about half way between Bradbury Heights and the Marlboro pike. Both the building committee of the school and the county board of education be lieve the location admirably fitted for school purposes. It will be necessary to lay a sidewalk to it, and this will be done, it is announced. Upman & Adams have been retained as architects for the new building. At its last meeting the board de cided that, because of the present con dition of the money market, bonds for the construction of Bradbury Heights and other school buildings, which the board has been authorized to issue after June 1, will not be sold immediately. It was deemed advisable to defer sale until Fall, when it is believed the bonds ran be disposed of more favorably. Al together $207,000 worth of bonds are to : b? issued. This postponement of the sale of 1 bonds will not delay the building of the Bradbury School, however, if the plans of the Board of Education are approved j by the county commissioners. Proposed Plans. These call for the commencement of 1 operations on the Bradbury School through r-“ of $30,000, which the board now has on hand for other projects, j The commissioners will be asked to al- j low the board to temporarily shift this ; $50,000 from the other projects, upon - which, it cannot be spent at this time, with the assurance .that the amount will , be credited to the items from which it . is taken as soon as the bonds are sold. The board feels’ justified in making ! this request, it is said, as the new Brad- I, bury Heights School is the most urgent , building need of the svstem at present. Several high schools, to bs constructed with the money derived from the bonds, are also badly needed, but even if those were started now, they could not be fin ished before December, according to Supt. Nicholas Orem, who declares it is Impossible to organize a new high school in the Wihtfcr time. PHYSICIAN PLANS DIPHTHERIA TESTS Semi-Annual Examinations Begin Next Week in Ar lington Schools. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE. Va., May 17. —Determined to maintain the record that he has set in stamping out diphtheria in the county. Dr. P. M. Chichester, county health officer, has completed plans for the semi-annual Schick diphtheria tests, to b* hpld in the various schools during the coming week. The tests are held primarily for chil dren and adults who took the toxin and antitoxin treatments six months ago, but will not be available- to any pre school child who has not previously taken the treatments. According to Dr. Chichester, a pe riod of six months must elapse after taking the treatments before they be come fully effective. At the end of that time an examination will deter mine whether the person who took it has been completely immunized or whether another treatment is necessary. After having gotten a complete nega tive report, he declared, the matter may ' b“ forgotten by the person taking the treatments, since it is seldom that diph- j theria ever develops after complete im- j inertization. The tests arc fre- and are available I: to any one residing in Ihe county. They ar® nrincipally administered to pre- 1 schorl and school children, there hav ing b'en 1,434 children given the tests during the week drtoted to this work last Fall, or an average of nearly 300 daily for the five days in which the tests were completed. In the rr.-.e of those who have never received th" treatments it is hardly nec essary to give the tests. Dr. Chichester j said, since hardly one person out of a hundred will reveal a negative condition. The following is a schedule of ihe time and places at which the tests are to be held: Monday, May 20—Saegmueller. 9 am.; John Marshall, 9:30 a.m.; R. E. Lee, 10:15 am ; Irmgston. 11 am : Woodmont, 1:30 pin.; Clierrydale, 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 21—Stonewall Jackson tßon Ain, 9 a.m.; Ballston, 10 am.; James Monroe, 1:30 p in.; Woodrow Wit son, 2 p m. Wednesday, May 22—Mount Vernon, all day. Thursday, May 23 —Hume School, 9 am.; Nellie Custis. 9 30 a.m.; Jefferson, 10:15 am.; Glenearlyn. 1:30 p.m.; Bar crcft, 2 p.m . Kemper. 2 30 p.m. Friday, May 24—Clarendon. 9 am.: Henry Clay (Lyon Park;, 10:30 a.m., - Patrick.. Hemy, I:3ojxna. SUBURBAN NEWS/ MARRIED FIFTY YEARS # .. MR. AND MRS. E. B. FITZGERALD, SR.. Who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary recently at the home of their daughter, Mrs. O. S. Ramsay, at Front Royal, Ya. A celebration In honor of the couple was given by friends and relatives. SCENIC BOULEVARD FROM D. C. IS URGED Possibilities of Road to Bal timore Told Maryland Woman Voters. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 17.—A scenic boulevard connecting Washington and Baltimore was advocated by Miss Har lean James of Washington, secretary of the American Civic Association, in an address before the convention of the Maryland League of. Women Voters here yesterday: Miss James spoke of the possibility lof a boulevard connecting Baltimore and the Capital City similar to the Roosevelt boulevard between Philadsl- j phia and Trenton I —a 200-foot rlgnt- \ es-way, with trees ' wT and shrubbery. sidewalks, lanes for fast traffic and a large central space SvdlF The present JRm, jjy. : route, she said. falls to pass lig'V through the beau tiful scenery so &y§i Wsk near at hand. vIS -If She stressed the p * anning commls- j MI« j.mes, inroads. the state parks, forests and j rural districts, but also to co-ordinate ; all of these. For example, she said, the State parks should be related to the State roads. California Development Cited. The speaker pointed out that the State of California preserves a fair pro portion of its water front for the recrea tion of its citizens and - suggested that Maryland follow this example. “Maryland has a large mileage of water front,” she said, “and, while it's perfectly proper that there should be some private ownership for industry and homes, the people deserve public access to a series of parks on the Chesapeake Bay and the rivers of the State. “Maryland, too,” she went on, “has a neck of land across the mountains, j There is an Inestimable opportunity to I provide a public park in that area that would prove enormously useful. With the proper boulevards connecting these parks, Marylanders would have access to both water front and mountain public parks.” Yesterday’s session was devoted to re ports of committees cn “Women in In dustry,” by Miss Gertrude McNally, vice president of the Washington Federation of Labor; “Child Welfare,” by Mrs. Moss and “Education” by Mrs. John Stowell, Officers Elected. Mrs. Charles E. Elliott was re-elected president of the league, and other of ficers were chosen as follows: Mrs. St. George Barber, first vice president; Mrs. Calvin N. Gabriel, second vice presi dent; Mrs. L. Emmett Holt, jr.i third vice president; Mrs. Charles S. Wood ruff, treasurer: Mrs. Charles F. W°lls, recording secretary. District leaders were named as follows: Mrs. James Bayard Noble, first district; Mrs. David B. Ellicott. second district; Mrs. John P. Guckert. third district; Mrs. Ralph Bonwit, fourth district; Mrs. Arthur Dowell, fifth district, and Mrs. B. Ashby Lcavell, sixth district. The enactment of legislation to remedy conditions in the marriage mills in the State was recommended as the special undertaking of the league by Miss M. Lavinta Engle. „ , j "It is no longer possible, Miss Engle declared, “for us to evade the responsi- | bility of conditions at Elkton. Ellicott City Rockville and other marriage mills in the State. They are a disgrace to Maryland. If you will follow these runaway marriages, you will find that more of them wind up in the divorce courts than in happy homes. “We must find out what other States are doing along this line and we must j dpvise some remedy for the disgraceful condition here. We must endeavor to j make it a little more difficult for people to be casually married when they are j drunk and don’t know what they re j doing. Undoubtedly we will meet with j a great deal of opposition, but it’s up \ to us to take up the fight.” Other Recommendations. Miss Engle recommended also careful | study of the reorganization of the State j poor farms, the control of billboards, the ; State parks, restoration and the need j of a State planning commission and a , State planning act. Zitkala Sa. or, as she is known to j many. Mrs. R. T. Bounin of Washing- j ton. addressed the women on “What it Means to Be an Indian Today.” Mrs. Bounin is a member of the Sioux tribe, a granddaughter of the famous chief j Sitting Bull. She is a graduate of the old Carlisle School and the wife of a United States Army officer. Since taking up her residence in the Capital j city she has been an ardent worker for legislation in behalf of the Indian. Others who spoke were Miss Beatrice Pitney of Washington, Miss Ruth Morgan of New York, chairman of the | national league's committee on foreign ! affairs, and Drew Pearson, Washington j newspaper correspondent. More than 200 delegates from all sec- | tions of the State are in attendance. • Mail Carriers Meet. FAIRFAX, Va., May 17 (Special).— The local branch of the Stale Associa- j tion of Rural Mail Carries, meeting at tlie home of Frank Swart of Fairfax, made plans to entertain the State car riers’ convention, which will be held in Alexandria in July. Over tiOO carriers are expected to attend, nine-tenths of the men on active service in the Slat? belonging to the association. This week's meeting was attended by prac- I tically all the men from Fairfax County, j with representatives from Arlington and I Prince William Counties, and Alexan- j xiria City. THE EVEXiyH STAR, TTASHTXGTOy. H. CV FT?THAT. MAY 17, 1020. FOUR BADLY HURT IN MACHINE CRASH Two Men and Two Women Injured in Marlboro Pike Accident. By a Staff Correpsondent of The Star. FORESTVILLE, Md., May 17. Two men were injured seriously and two women slightly hurt in a head-on collision oil the Marlboro pike near here late yesterday. James F. Wheeler and William H. Wollett were brought to Casualty Hos pital. where it was found Wheeler had a possibly fractured knee-cap and severe cuts on his chin and lower lip. Wollett was treated for injuries to his ‘ knees and left leg. Miss Gladys Moore of McLean, Va.. and Miss Grace M. Foltz, 1400 block | of W street. Washington, were treated by Dr. Paul C. Van Natta of Forest ville for cuts and bruises. The women were passengers in a car said by Maryland State Policeman L. E. Dutrow to be operated by C. E Sullivan of the 5100 block of Seventh street. Washington. Wollett was reported to be the oper ' ator of the other car, which belonged ; to the Consolidated Gas, Electric, Light <fe Power Co. of Baltimore. The acci dent occurred almost in front of the entrance to the Club Marlboro. Both machines were demolished. FAIRFAX COURT CONVENES MONDAY Juries Are Summoned—Sev eral Important Cases on Docket. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., May 17.—The May term of the Circuit Court will open here Monday morning under Judge Howard Smith. The civil jury sum moned by Sheriff Kirby includes L. A. Popklns, George M. Craig. H. G. De Butts, J. W. Foster, Early M. Robey, Raymond L. Demory, L. T. Dowden, Samuel Beach, B. F. Davis. No grand jury list has as yet been summoned. F. W. Richardson, county clerk, states that it will be chosen from those in attendance, if ordered by Judge Smith. The felony jury includes C. C. Dailey, Cassius Henderson, W. L. Clark, C. S. Jenkins. James M. Hummer, Malcolm Matheson, W. G. Shreve. W. Y. Kirby, J. M. Barbee, E. W. Daniels, C. A. Lane, J. Bradley Thompson. C. E. Pearson, J. D. Wells, C. W. Defter, H. A. Weaver, N. G. Daavid, C. T. Farr, E. J. Nevitt, J. O. Dodson, Henry W. Casey, V. C. Donaldson and Don L. Rcse. Among the 22 prisoners now' in the county jail either awaiting indictment or serving sentence are the five Negroes from Washington arrested 10 days ago on the charge of passing forged checks amounting to approximately $250. Offi cers who have examined them at the jail here state that they are wanted for silimar charges in Maryland and in Fredericksburg. Va. A. Lester Gruber, indicted for mur der at the March term of court and for, whose arrest a capias was issued at that time, will be brought, to trial at this term, according to Commonwealth Attorney Wilson M. Farr. Gruber was the driver of the automobile in W'hich young Bernice Gard of Washington was riding on July 14 of last vear. The party was proceeding to Washington on the Richmond highway, in the early I hours of the morning, e.t, an allegedly high rate of speed. In rounding a curve near Pohick Church Miss Gard w'as thrown out of the car, and the indict ment alleges that Gruber ran the wheels of his car over her body. She died later in Alexandria Hospital. J. A. BAKER LEAVES MORE THAN $500,000 John A. Baker, retired merchant, who j died May 0. left an estate valued in excess of $500,000. The petition for probate of his will was filed by the National Savings & Trust Co. and Mary G. Baker, widow of his son, Brooke M. Baker, who are named as executors and trustees. He owned real estate of the assessed value of $369,983 and his per sonal property was estimated at $203,825.95. Attorney H. Rozier Dulany, jr., represents the estate. Under the terms of the will, his granddaughter, who is legally adopted as his daughter, Eliznbrth Baker Kemp, is given the use of the home property, 1819 H street, and title to all its con tents in addition to title to the property known as Grasslands, near Nebraska avenue. The Washington City Orphan Asylum and the Little Sisters of the Poor are each given $2,500. Tlie remaining estate Is to be held in trust by the National Savings & Trust Co. and Mary G. Baker, witli directions *o pay certain lile annuities to Eva Nelson Gilbert, John W. Daniel and Sallle W. Fretwell. Three-fourths of , the remaining income is to be paid to tiie adopted daughter and one-fourth to Mrs. Mary G. Baker. At the expira tion of 31 years after the death of the adopted daughter, three-fourths of the estate is to go to her issue. Forty-four columns of the new Lon don telephone directory are devoted to ihe “Macs” and “Mcs.” TARIFF HEARINGS ARE NEARING END Republicans in Congress Seeking to Adjust Differences on Pending Measure. the Associated Press. Supplemental hearings looking to the elimination of many of the differences between Republicans over the pending j tariff bill were continued by Republican ; members of the ways and means com- | mittee today, with indications that they would be concluded tomorrow. With conclusion of the hearings. Re publican leaders expect, much of the op position to a special rule laying down the procedure for consideration of the measure for amendments will have been dissipated. Among requests for higher duties laid before the committee of Republicans to day was one by Representanve Dickin son. Republican, of lowa, for a tariff of $3 a ton on crude gypsum, which the pending measure retains on the free list. Representative Dougjgs, Democrat, of Our Fourth 4 nnuaI^SSSSS^^SSSSSBR • * ' *' 1 i . . s Trade-in Sale , I ... r Tires at lowest prices ever ; There's a Reason for Our Record-Breaking Business • * * • Hundreds of car owners are taking on Generals we have made a cus advantage of this special oppor- tomer for life, tunity to get started on Generals. t> • , The reasons are many. Bring y°. ur car around today. Let us take off your old tires— Full allowance on your old tires pay you liberally for them—and regardless of make or length of equip your car with brand-new service. Generals. The saving will amaze » The added opportunity of buying ou anc^_! :^ie satisfaction will keep now at prices figured before the you on Generals always. recent 40% rise in crude rubber. ' Not only the big first cost saving, but the assurance of the longest, safest and most comfortable mile age you’ve ever known. JmFm The assurance of permanent value through General’s policy of never * jEß* tampering with quality. JH Protection now against any future rise in prices. 3IXIy TflOll^TWi^^ An Annual Event t=r::: ~ -——” this year bigger than ever This year’s Trade-in Sale is the Tjigfr biggest in our history ... Never before have so many factors com- ’ ER AL bined to the advantage of tire n __ "O buyers. With summer just ahead, O' nOW IS the time to equip for the Greater mileage at regular mote chance of a puncture year-to get started on Generals p o [m uced to the vanishin * and enjoy the finest mileage and o„ r Trade-in sale include* the biggest mileage ever known. pressure in tires. the regular super-lines of 9 It introduces a new perma- 4-ply, 6-ply and 8-ply • Q | • . | e • \ point where you Tra<Je in now for Generars in Sale is to make new friends rubber To P -ouaiit y that means by making it cost SO little to get the necessity of running on trouble-free*driving and the r ~ 1 1 ~ « , T Vs rl » at wear P rematurel > economy of the longest, Generals on your car . • . We bald. safest and most comfort knnw that r\nr**» vmi roll awov Inpuncturefreedom.too.it able mileage you have ever A. 11UW nidi once you roil away is far ahead. Even the re- known. , * . . -x * "‘3 Special Bargains In Used Tires Thg used tires go on sale as fast as we take them in. Many are ■ . T only slightly worn and many are brand-new tires of standard makes. All sizes,all makes, all kinds goon sale. Select yours early. COME EARLY—BRING YOUR CAR J WASHINGTON’S LEADING TIRE STORE GENERAL TIRE CO. (OF WASHINGTON) 13th and Eye Sts. N.W. National 5075 and 5076 OPEN A CHARGE rr Weekly Payments toe ACCOUNT OP,, ft! Sr* JL : dCP,,r IT'"!:m V n« PAYMENT PLAN ■ ? r , JL l It eliminate, eiorbl leading merchants. tant interest and eztras. ~goes a long way to make friends Let Us Tell You HOW EXTRA HELP AND TO GET GENERALS SERVICE FOR ALL OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK DURING SALE ON YOUR NEW CAR AND SUNDAY MORNING liliuld'lliirinill * | ■ *l^ss^s - .— : — : ; : . ——.— : : . Arizona, recommended a duty of 7 cents a pound on long staple cotton of l a s ! inches and over and 3 cents a pound I on staples between 1 1 » and l inches, AH raw cotton is retained on the free list in the bill. Representative Parker, Republican, of New York, sought restoration of the present duty of 30 cents a dozen on col lars and cuffs of cotton not specifically provided for in th" tariff law' and which j is eliminated in the bill. A duty of 7 cents a pound on fresh I figs and'l4 cents on preserved figs was proposed by Representative Briggs, ! Democrat, of Texas. Sets His Own Signal. The criticism to the automatic traffic signals which arc in general use is that the traffic on a much frequented street is held up for a certain time at regular I I intervals when there may be no cars ; ! moving on the cross street. A signal; operated by the sound of the automo bile horn has been experimented with in Baltimore. The signal is set to ac- j commodate the travel on the main thoroughfare and the driver on the cross street has but to blow his horn in the direction of device conveniently located and the vibrations act to change the signal so that he can cross. After his passage, the signal automati cally returns to its original position. The only objection to this arrangement is on the part of the residents in the vicinity who are compelled to listen to the incessant tooting. PSIUPSILON HEARS CHAPTER REPORTS Routine Business Features Executive Meetings of Nine ty-Sixth Convention. Reports from the chapters of Psi Up | silon Fraternity featured the second day’s session of the ninety-sixth conven ! tion in the Hotel Mayflower today. The reports were mostly <jf routine I nature, it was announced. The fra ! ternity sessions are executive. I This afternoon the delegates are be ing received by Secretary Stimson at the State Department. Secretary Stim son is a member of 'he fraternity. Later this afternoon the delegates will hold a brief business session and tonight will be given a reception at the home of Ir win Laughlin. 1628 Crescent place. The delegates will be addressed at a luncheon in the Mayflower tomorrow at 1 p.m. by Chief Justice Taft, a member of the fraternity. C-ucsts at tomo tow’s luncheon will include Secretary Stim SUB URBAN NEWS."' son, Senators Bingham, Goff. Moses, : Sackett and Walcott; Representatives Douglas and Tilson, Assistant Secretary j of War Davison, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ingalls and Assistant Secrc- j | tary of Commerce MacCracken. The ! j luncheon will bring to a close the con- j ! vent ion program. At a business session late yesterday 1 | afternoon E. If. Naylor and A. Avery | Hallock. whose terms on the National 1 Council expired, were re-elected. Other members of the council, who automat i ically continue in office, are: Walter T. Collins. R. Bourke Corcoran. Edward L. Stevens. Herbert S. Houston, Charles P. Spooner, George H. Fox. Archibald Douglass and Leroy Jefferson Weed. The National Council will elect the na tional officers of the fraternity at its next meeting. A Roadside Barbecue. The “hot dog - ’ stands aiong the | American highways have a couu.'rnart j j in the ancient wayside restaurants of j ; Persia and some of the other countries of the Orient. It is no common thing to see a vender of food along the streets of the cities and on the more traveled highways. In Tabriz, for instance, there ; are many such. The “chef” has a metal pan about the size and shape of a dress j suit case and in it he has a small char- j coal fire, which he keeps alive by the | constant use of a fan. Over the tiny! fire are small pieces of lamb or mutton impaled upon skewers which are dealt out to such as can purchase. 11 E. H. BOGLEY ELECTED. Friendship Heights Citizens Eleqt Other Officers. I The annual meeting of the Friendship ' Heights Citizens' Association was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Emory H. Bogley last night and the following officers were elected: Mr. Bogley. pres ident: Dr. W. L. Kline, vice president: Frank B. Germon, treasurer; John A. 9, Farnham. secretary. The matter of encouraging an inter est in better lawns and gardens was dis cussed and a committee of three was appointed, with instructions to co operate in similar movements made by neighboring subdivisions. The following were named on this rommittee: Mrs. Kline, Grant Leet and Alfred G. Seiler. POLICE CUT* PROTESTED. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND. Md.. May 17.—Police Commissioner Herbert Lee Blye and Chief of Police Oscar A. Eyerman have protested the action of the mayor and council at a special session in reducing the Cumberland police force to 34 men, which is the number limited by the code. They declare it will work a further hardship on the police department, as they contend the force of 37 was n6t sufficient to patrol the city properly.