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FIGURES ARE GIVEN ON UNEMPLOYMENT Jones Sees Relief From Gloomy Situation When Weather Settles. Painting a gloomy picture of the em ployment situation in Washington, and describing it as the worst m at least two years. Director General Francis I. Jones of the United States Employment Service today held out hope that as ' soon as the weather settles a material decrease in the number of unemployed persons in the Capital will take place. Mr. Jones has just completed a survey Os the unemployment situation in Wash ington. This survey revealed the fol lowing facts: The enrollment, of job-seekers at the office of the employment service in the 1400 block Pennsylvania avenue is much larger than at this time last year. Opportunities for placement of job seekers are not as many as at this time last year. More people are being handled by the local office on search of jobs, but there are fewer jobs for them. An abundance of common labor | awaits the opening of the Spring sea son for road and building construction work. Skilled Workmen Idle. Many skilled workmen, including car penters and bricklayers, are out of work and unemployment extends to all lines of skilled workers. The largest surplus of clerical help and clerks in many months exists Vday in the District of Columbia, w ith bile likelihood of absorption by the 4b»yemment and private business. MS'. Jones’ statement came on the %c*els of a declaration by directors of charitable organizations affiliated aruh the Community Chest that they having 'great difficulty in caring lor all the cases of need arising from unemployment.” These groups warned that some way must be found to keep non-residents in need of relief away from Washington and the same warn ing was given today by Mr. Jones. ‘‘Washington seems to be suffering from a situation which is certain to bring about much unemployment,” Mr. Jones said. "I mean that m&ny people come to Washington expecting to get jobs immediately, and are disappointed in their efforts to find work in the Government service or in private em ploy. They tha nare thrown on the mer cies of the charitable institutions and come to us seeking positions. Nor mally we have been able to maintain a reasonable balance between employment opportunities and applicants seeking jobs, but this year the number of jobs is smaller and the number of applicants greater—a situation that seriously ag gravates conditions here. Sees Relief for Laborers. “As soon as the weather opens up I have every hope that most of the com mon laborers now walking the streets j will be absorbed in the enlarged road i building and road maintenance program < which I understand will be intsituted 1 in Washington with the coming of j Spring. Although this program may I not reduce the number of unemployed j among clerical workers, it will be of great benefit to those who can be placed. I also believe that when the weather settles, much of the present surplus of workers in the skilled trades will be ab sorbed in construction activities.” Mr. Jones said he did not wish to make public any figures on the in creased number of unemployed workers over those at this time last year, stat ing that an untrue picture of the sit uation might be presented if he did so. He added that the local employment office undoubtedly does not reaeh all the applicants for jobs in Washington and that on this theory figures might be misleading. He was emphatic, how ever, in his declaration that the num ber of jobless here is greater than it has been during last year and the pre- ' vious year and that opportunities for jobs are fewer. GEN. FOSTERHEADS VETERANS’ COUNCIL G. A. It. Commander-in-Chief Elect ed Chairman of Body That Represents All Wars. Gen. Edwin J. Foster, commander-in chief. Grand Army of the Republic, was yesterday elected chairman of the Per manent National Veterans' Council, consisting of the ranking officers of the G. A. R., the United Spanish War Vet- i ans, Veterans of Foreign War? of tne j United States and the Disabled Ameri- j can Veterans of the World War. The council is to co-ordinate activities of these organizations. Other officers elected were William J. Murphy, D. A. V.. vice chairman, and Edwin S. Bettelheim, secretary. SENATORS TO ADDRESS SCHOOL OF POLITICS Senators Grundy of Pennsylvania. Watson of Indiana and Herbert of Rhode Island head a list of speakers who will address the Fourth Republican School of Politics, to be held at the Willard Hotel April 7 to 12 under aus pices of the League of Republican Women Plans for the school are moving for ward rapidly, according to Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Republican national com mitteewoman for the DLstrict of Co lumbia. 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T is'n Cutler ano his six men, who ha ' brought us out on the three-day patrol, were nowhere in sight. “Mac,” the photographer, was either asleep or unconscious in the bunk opposite mine and the cook's galley was clattering like an army of skeletons drilling on a tin roof. I decided it was no place for me. After three false starts, crawling back each time to the bunk to recuperate. I lurched through the galley and gained the steps to the deck. A cool breeze I whistled down and after some effort I poked my head above deck just in time to be soaked by a big wave. It was clear, but a mild gale was blowing. Three brilliant stars shone directly over the mast on the pilot house. I looked at them, envying their complacent domain in a universe that seemed fcept on destruction. It was a pretty silhouette. Suddenly the stars gleamed without the foreground of the boat’s super structure. That was lying next the sea and the starboard rail was dipping up the Atlantic! I reeled. Then the mast resumed its position pointing at the i stars. Agan it rocked, it plunged and the mast swung to port. Thus was re peated until the i r.st became a metro nome, the wind a siren and Neptune a ma musician who tore his hair and raged at my indifference to his tune. A glance convinced me that it would be suicide to attempt passage along that half-submerged, pitching deck. There was nothing to do but go back to.my bunk and pray for calm daylight. Aij hour or so later somebody came into the galley. It was Northam. His eyes were bloodshot and protruding. He was ghastly. “I got it, too, tonight,” he said. “It's a- ful up there. Can’t see ahead.” He fished around and foupd a can of pickles, eating two. ‘‘Fix your stomach up.” he explained. ‘Have one?” I couldn't go it. “Seen anything?” I asked. ‘ Nothing but a couple of steamers.” Vaguely I thought of a smuggler’s ship we had seen two days ago lying so smug on a calm sea. What I did not krow was that a Coast Guard iestroyer al.eady was cutting the waves south ward, trailing, t: iling. . . . Comes the Dawn —At Last. Morning came at last. Froha the j bunk I heard the men discussing the I j night’s patrol learning that it was bad j I for only an hour or so. “You fellows ! 1 should have been along last time,” they i | said. Breakfast odors drove me on deck. I j It was bright and sunlit, and to my de- | light the snow-covered shore line was drad ahead. I choked down a bowl of cereal and joined the group forward. | There had been no contact with I smugglers. Two beats had loomed in | the darkness, but neither had appeared i suspicious. Either the prey had es caped detection or had moved on be fore we arrived. We rounded Cape May Point and pro ceeded into the calmer waters of Dela ware Bay. It was a great relief. I ate some pickles and they helped, "Man overboard!" The call brought all hands to at tention. It was “Mac,” preparing for pictures- The crew joined in the drill enthusiastically, and if the "man” was only a life ring, the lifeboat was I launched w’ith dispatch, and the drill, even to the “resuscitation,” came off with eclat. At half speed we scoured the bay, moving up to Port Norris, N. J, and the anchored oyster fleet. There was ice in the river; we cracked our way through, turned about and started out into the bay again. The oystermen waved. Following the steamer channel down the bay, we passed Miah Maull and Brandywine Light’s dull maroon towers ' thrust out of the bay to warn of shcals I The keeper at Miah Maull came out i and waved—sight of the patrol so close i apparently made him think he was about to have a guest. There was dis appointment in his- features as we watched him through the glass, for our boat was already heading southeast, j “There isn’t much chance of meeting BURGLARS FAIL TO OPEN MOTOR COMPANY’S SAFE Thieves Succeed, However, in Driving New Automobile From Display Room. Using sledgehammers and crowbars, burglars made an unsuccessful attempt early today to open a safe in the office of the R. L. Owens Motor Co. at 6323 Georgia avenue. The burglars succeeded, however, in driving a new automobile away from the display room. Detectives learned entrance had been gained through a window, but found no clue to the ident ity of the thieves. CREWS FACERUM TRIALS. 15 From Schooner and Motor Boat Charged with Conspiracy. NEW YORK. February 26 OP).—Fif teen members of the crews of the schooner Isabel H., of the Bruns wick, Nova Scotia, and the mo torboat Mohawk, which were captured early Saturday in Long Island Sound, a the crews were alleged to be unload-1 ing 2,000 cases of liquor from the < schooner, were arraigned Monday be- I fore a Federal commissioner. The cap- ! tain of the schooner, Stanley Fisher, and two others gave $5,000 each; four of ficers gave $2,600 each, and eight sea men, SI,OOO each. All are Canadians. Charged with conspiracy to violate the I Federal prohibition and revenue acts, they will be given a hearing on March 10. Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.. Febru cry 25.—Wc got Calvin talking at a chamber of commerce dinner. He attributed California’s climate to the fact they hart insurance companies. But, as usual. “Gracious Grace" pulled the evening out of the fire. She was sea ter! next to one of those things they call “the speaker of the evening.” While he was trying to ♦ell “why 1930 would be greater than any other 1930 we had ever en joyed,” he had laid his watch on the table, you see he was speaking against lime and not ideas. She copped the watch and hid it in her New England grouch bag. With the watch gone the poor fellow couldn’t tell when he was through, so Mrs. Coolidge wiU go down in history as being the only person that ever got anything out of a chamber of com merce speech. \ Yours, L I WILL ROGERS. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C„ WEDNEIST)A"r, FEBRtTATtr up with a smuggler in daylight,” we observed. “Not unless he has been de layed by the weather and has had to anchor," said the skipper. “But mostly we don't see them during the day. Sometimes, when the water is calm, we just drift, unless ordered to patrol somewhere.” S Summer, the men said, is most pleas ant on the patrols. Then, lying on deck, ' —for when things are shipshape only one or two men are needed—the crews I enjoy a yachtman's life, and only Willie, in the galley, suffers. “It gets powerful hot down here,” : he said. ' "Come below. I’ll show' you the equip ! ment," said Cutler From a small cubby room aft, which opened into the quarters where "Mac” and I spent the night, the bos'n brought forth a Lewis machine gun with several car i tridge clips. “These boats are capable of only about 15 knots, or around 18 miles an hour.” he s>gid. "So w’hen we spot, a suspicious boat and w'ant to look her over we fire a shot across the bow If : she fails to heed a signal to heave to. If she wants to give fight, or run. we have the machine gun to show them we mean business.” Arms and Ammunition. There also were quantities of am munition for the one-pounder, an auto matic pistol for each of the crew, hand cuffs for possible prisoners and various other equipment convenient in the handling of recalcitrant suspects. According to the Coast Guard of ficers, there is little trouble once a suspect boat is ordered to heave to. The patrol runs alongside, lines are ; made fast and the boat searched. If liquor, dope, aliens, or any other con traband is found, the crew of the cap tured boat is brought on to the patrol and put under guard, and the patrol reports by radio to the base, with the result that either she tows her prize in, or the stand-by patrol, a sort of substitute held in readiness for emer gency, goes out to take charge of the captives. The stand-by boat also answers emer. gency help calls,, if a patrol becomes helu’ess in a sea or something else goes 1 wrong. Likewise, the radio com munication makes It possible for pa trols to rush to each other’s aid. Thus, should a suspect succeed in eluding one patrol, others will be summoned until several are circling the area. This method was responsible for driv ing a recently captured smuggler to j shelter on the lower New Jersey coast, | where other Coast Guardsmen, antici- j pating his destlnat on. were waiting for him on shore. Although the crew es- j taped, the boat and contraband were captured and sent to customs head quarters in Philadelphia. We. next went through the engine room, observing the especially designed Sterling Coast Guard motors, which, lo cated amidships, drive the boat through the water. The minimum of strain is put on the small craft by having these | engines so placed. They are beautiful : machines, and the engineers take great pride in displaying their various ad i vantages. Oil and gasoline are obtained by the I Government from the lowest bidder. : Gasoline is bought for about 11 3 4 cents a gallon, oil for 24 cents a gallon. The | boats are protected against fire by an efficient sprinkler system which re leases gases. A tank containing 1.000 gallons of gasoline provides fuel for a cruise of about 700 miles. The only steel in a patrol boat is In the bulkheads. The CG-112, like all the ! others, is otherwise made entirely of ! wood. We were again nearing Cape May. To the south could be seen the beached Mohawk, Clyde liner which was run i aground while on fire several years ago 1 The wreckage of an old wartime con- j Crete ship, just off the Point, was also! pointed out. "When things like that begin to hap pen we all get orders to rush to the i rescue,” an officer told us. “Chasing i smugglers becomes secondary when life ! and porperty are in danger.” Both dere- j licts are grim reminders of battles in i which the men of base 9 took part. Having received permission over the j radio, Cutler put Into the inlet to send | us ashore. There was no more chance | to see a smuggler that night than the ; previous one, with chances that the sea would be even rougher and the night ! correspondingly so, Cutler added, so dis i cretion overcame our valor. We went 1 ashore, first resigning the log and i noting that for nearly 24 hours we had been on the briny deep. Land felt mighty good under our feet. Next (final chapter!: Running down smugglers only small part, of Coast Guard duties. BALTIMORE CHURCHMAN TO ADDRESS ALUMNAE Right Rev. Michael Curley, Arch bishop, Is on Program of Inter national Federation of Catholics. Right Rev. Michael J. Curley, Arch bishop of Baltimore, will speak at the ninth annual conference of the District of Columbia Chapter, International Federation ot Catholic Alumnae, which is to open March 8 at the Willard Hotel. The following schools are conference patrons: Georgetown Convent, St. Paul’s, Sacred Heart, Holy Cross, Immaculate Conception, St. Anthony's and the Sacred Heart of Mary. Mrs. Frederick J. Rice is chairman of the ways and : means committee. OFFERS SMOKE BILL. Senator Copeland Would Broaden Scope of Present Law. A bill to broaden the scope of the i District’s smoke law has been intro ! duced in the Senate by Senator Copeland i of New York and referred to the DLs- I trict committee for consideration. The | bill would cover the emission of thick , smoke from movable engines as well as j stationary heating plants, but would not apply to chimneys of private j dwellings. i With regard to locomotives and ; steamboats the bill provides that the Issuance of dense smoke for more than one minute In any period of eight min utes would be a public nuisance, jL The modern personal antiseptic , ACKERMAN GETS ICELAND STAMPS Special Issue Commemorates 1,000 Years of Parlia mentary Rule. Representative Ernest R. Ackerman of New Jersey, who is a stamp connoisseur and collector with world-wide associa tions, has just received the first cover to reach this country bearing a series of special issue stamps in commemoration of the 1,000 years of parliamentary gov ernment in Iceland, the oldest parlia- I mentary government in the world. These stamps are canceled on the date Jan uary 29, 1930. Iceland is a kingdom with a parlia mentary government. It has no king of its own, but is under the King of Denmark. The United States was invited to join in the parjiamentary celebration in Ice land on June 26, 27 and 28. Congress passed a resolution appropriating $55,000 to participate in this clebration and to present a statue of Lief Erickson as a token of good will from this Govern ment. President Hoover has appointed a commission of five to carry the ex pression of friendship from this Govern ment, all of whom are of Scandinavian descent and two of whom were born in Iceland. Senator Norbeck is chairman of the commission and Representative Burtness of North Dakota represents the House. The other members of the commLssion are Prof. Szeinbjon of Habana, 111.; M. Slojozbal, Detroit, chairman of the Na tional Organization of Maintenance of Way Employes, and O. B. P. Jacobson, St. Paul, who has for nearly a quarter of a century been a member of the State Warehouse and Railroad Com mission. OFFICERS TAKING COURSE ASSIGNED TO STATIONS Order* Given Army Men Who Will Complete Instruction at War College in June. Army officers who will complete the current course of instruction at the Army War College next June have been assigned to other duties and stations as follows: Lieut. Col. Harry S. Grier, In fantry, to the Philippines; Maj Albert jE. Brown, Infantry; Maj. Guy W Chip | man. Cavalry; Maj. Frank S. Clark, I Coast Artillery Corps, and Maj. Clinton | W. Russell. Air Corps, to the Naval War (College, Newport, R. I.; Lieut. Col. Lloyd : P. Horsfall, Coast Artillery Corps, and Maj. Henry S. Flynn and Maj. John B. Johnson, Cavalry: Maj. Horace P. Spur gin, Coast Artillery Corps; Maj. L. F. J. Zerbee. Chemical Warfare Service; Maj. Edward P. King. jr„ Field Artil lery. and Maj. Robert C. McDonald, Medical Corps, to Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; Lieut. Col. Albert L. Rhoads. Signal Corps, and Maj. Edgar B. Colla day. Coast Artillery, and Maj. Earl North, Corps of Engineers, to the office of the Assistant Secretary of War; Maj. Roy A. Hill, Maj. Ralph A. Jones, Maj Carlin C. Stokely and Maj. Charles H. White, to the office of the chief of In fantry, Maj. William J. Calvert. Quar termaster Corps; Maj. Junius W. Jones, Air Corps; Maj. Robert C. Williams, Corps of Engineers; Maj. Robert L. Eichelberger, Adjutant Generals De ■ partment. to the offices of the heads of their respective departments; Lieut. Col. i Joseph A. Atkins and Maj. A. S. J I Tucker. Infantry, to Fort Benning, Ga.; | Maj. Julian F. Barnes, Field Artillery, j to Fort Sill. Okla.; Lieut. Col. George | A. Lynch, Infantry, to Fort Slocum. N. Y.; Maj. William R. Nichols. Coast ! Artillery Corps: Maj. George W. Slinay. j Field Artillery, and Maj. Walter O. I Rawles, Finance Department, to Ha | waii; Lieut. Col.' Forrest F. Williford, Coast Artillery, and Maj. Charles P. ! Hall and Maj. Russell P. Hartle, Infan j try. to the Philippines: Maj. Charles F ' williams. Corps of Engineers, to the ! Panama Canal Zone: Lieut. Col. Robert i Blaine and Lieut. Col. Innis P. Swift, j Cavalry, to Fort Riley. Kans.; Maj i Oliver L. Spiller, Coast Artillery, to the Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md.; Lieut. Col. Arthur G. Fisher, Air Corps, to Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; Maj. Joseph T. McNamey, Air Corps, to Riverside, Calif.; Maj. Richard Park. Engineers, to Boston; Maj. Thomas C. Spencer. | Signal Corps, to Fort Monmouth, N. J., and Maj. L. McD. Silvester, Infantry, to the North Carolina College of Agri culture. WIN DIVORCES IN PARIS. ( Three American Wives Set Aside Their Marital Bonds. PARIS, February 26 (fP).—’ Three American wives were granted divorce? yesterday by French courts from their husbands. Barbara Hazel Guggenheim Walde- I man was given a divorce from her hus- : band. Milton Sylvester Waldeman. Marie Wiener Ball, known as Medea Derdzina, was granted a divorce from Theodore Ball. They were married in the United States July 3. 1919. Gertrude Munde Mausoll was divorced from Otto Harmann Mausoll. They were married in New York April 21, 1925. Sandino and Staff in Vera Cruz. MEXICO CITY, February 26 t/P). Press reports from Vera Cruz yesterday said that Gen. Augustino Sandino, exiled Nicaraguan insurgent leader, and his staff had arrived there and were stay ing at the homes of friends. They left Mexico City Saturday after a stay of several weeks and said they were re turning to Merida, Yucatan. ji ©yR AMIWCAf) II Ml AKMI Zachary Taylor, J GOOD bank account is youi II fll| if! SNfIR 12th U. S. President best friend in time of trouble. |«U m B °"> Nov. 24, 1784. I! "l|| R,e< * J ul V 9 > 18 50, of many a hole—making' the road I|||L -,||| Administration smooth, and free from the jars en- ||He Ml 1849-1850. countered by those without financial <ll "When Trouble Comes, Be Ready Don’t wait till old man hard jljjjy ill for It” comes knocking at your door to re- |||V ||| ' connecting yourself with a § live, j||lj ||| \£f V friendly bank like the Federal-Amer Fbperal-Ambrican I National Bank STAMPS MARK ICELAND’S I,oooth YEAR t ■ w 3nEJ BSTa f« twwityn »®<« i ■ --, t ■... ' 4M7 ; *i~ - I PARK RECREATION REPORT COMPILED Figures Show Large Numbers Took Advantage of District Play Facilities. Archery, reminiscent of the days of Robin Hood, is by no means a lost art in the National Capital, for the Office of Public Buildings and Public Park records officially that during 1929 ther-? were 3.340 players who used the arcn»‘iy greens located south of the White House. In Rock Creek Park and In the Smithsonian Institution Ground, as well as in West Potomac Park. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, to day made public the annual report vs the recreation section of the nark di vision of his office. This unit is the only one that, makes an annual calen dar year report. The report was signed bv Miss D. T. Mayfield, permit clerk; Albert Clyde- Burton, assistant chief of the park di vision, and Frank T. Gartside, chief of I the park division, and showed that hun dreds of thousands of persons took part in the various recreational features of the park system here during the year. Os other fields of sport provided base ' ball topped the annual list with an attendance of 343,490 spectators at the 27 city diamonds on which 70,366 players were engaged. So far as partic ipants were concerned, though, golf was far in front furnishing diversion for 321.099 players. Tennis, next In popu larity. drew 224.079 participants to the ; clay and concrete courts. 91.716 Egg Rollers. Encounters of 30,222 players on the 14 gridirons were witnessed by 186,500 foot ball fans. The music <>f the United States Army Band, the United States Navy Band, the United States Marine Band and i community civic bands attracted 107.- 420 listeners. Egg-rollers. 91,716 in number, sought. the destruction of the 1 expensive product in various parks and! or. the White House lawns. The polo : fields in West Potomac Park were used by 790 players whose activities were observed by 71.150 spectators. The cool waters of the pools at Mc- Kinley High School and Francis Ju nior High School provided recreation for 56,241 bathers while 11,520 follow ers of Isaac Walton sought to capture fish in the Potomac River, Tidal Basin. Rock Creek and the Washington chan nel The bridal path? of the parks were fiequented by 30,850 equestrians. Quoit playing engaged in by 11.850 players, ' was witnessed by 17,100 spectators. Thirty-five thousand three hundred ntmble-footed ice-skaters skimmed the frozen surface? ol the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Rock Creek. Tourists at Park. Automobiles, 19.419 of them, brought i 62,033 tourists to East Potomac Park, records show. Basket bail courts attracted 1.360 j Players and 2.500 spectators. The j Swan boat was ridden by 6,842 adults and 5.952 children. | Other activities, including bicycle, races, volley ball games, boat races, soc cer, croquet and whippet races, attract- I f d scores, of enthusiasts. Picnic grounds were frequented by' thousands, as were netoplane tournaments, the records re | veai. - i I “Say It With Flowers' ’* the language of FLOWERS Sympathy, Affection, Respect You can always depend on the Blackistone Blooms to be long lived, * Drop in and Enjoy the Flowers , or "H ire" Flowers Anywhere . T st of 14fn St. jr , * "/. ' ' Hr ' H Upper: Series of special issue by northern country. Just received by Rep resentative Ackerman of New Jersey. Lower: Mr. Ackerman. —Star Staff Photos. CAPT. BAIRNSFATHER LECTURES IN CAPITAL ; Draws Several Pictures of Charac ters He Has Created, Which Are Sold at Auction. Capt. Bruce Baimsfather, whose hu | merous sketches of soldiers became fa mous during the World War. drew sev j eral pictures of the popular characters I he has created before an audience last ■ night at Memorial Continental Hall, where he lectured under auspices ot the Wednesday Morning Guild of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Two of Capt. Bairnsfather's sketches in particular were received with en thusiasm by the Washington audience —one. the well known "The Better Ole,” and another of an American sol i dier at Verdun. At conclusion of the j lecture the drawings were sold at auc j tion. WILLIAMS 011-o matic •! 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The men want them considered separately from the pay measure, while Auditor Daniel J. Donovan made the arguments in favor of waiting them into the pending bill. Chairman Robsion asked Maj. Pratt if he thought the salary increases would improve the standard of service in the department. The major said that in recent years efforts have been made to attract to the police service men of higher educational qualifications, and he thought an adequate salary schedule would further this movement. Among those who appeared in sup port of the bill were Charles W. Darr, Chamber of Commerce; Dr. George C. H.'venner, Federation of Citizens’ As- i ZSZ STORAGE H Service "* Store Your Furniture in Our Modern Warehoute. tQUR service Includes the complete handling and safe storage of your furniture. We have pri vate. individual locked rooms where every precau tion is assured. Modern, fireproof warehouse. 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