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Evening star., 1918-05-17
Miserably Paid Teachers,

To the Editor of The Star:
I noticed in the Treasury Depart-
ment estimates recently published
that the minimum salary for labor
ers In this department shall be $3.50
per annum. Compared with this,
what should the minimum salary for
teachers be? At present it is $500
per annum. but we shall soon be
raised to the laborers' class and be-
gin with $3.50 per annum. The new
bill puts about nine hundred teachers
in the $3.50 class. Let us see what a
teacher is expected to do with this
salary of about SIS a week. She must
live, dress we'll, subscribe to profess
sional magazines and books and pro-
vide certain pictures. plants and other
material for making her schoolroom
attractive or her lessons successful.
She must take summer or winter
courses of study, travel and attend
lectures and symphonies for cultural
purposes. A summer course costs
from $125 to $3.50. Do YOU see how
she does 1t? She does. She is called
to many teachers meetings requiring
extra carfare. She responds liberaTfy
to calls for charity. She buys liberty
money to the Red Cross. These she
does gladly, but. oh, how 1t stretches
her pocket book! And her work is
never done. No eight-hour law could
affect her. She must burn the mid
night oil. be her school hours long or
short. Don't ever accuse her of hav-
ing short hours and long vacations.
Such an idea may be the illusion Of
those who mete out the salaries, but
only the initiated know the weary
hours spent on lesson plans, reports
progress books, charts, etc, not to
speak of actual study for self-im-
provement. Why teach?
LILLIAN o. BURROUGHS.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
BO[SHENK OPPONENTS
GAINING NEW COURAGE
Breach With Brother Socialists in
Russia; Czech-Jugoslav Prison
ers Fight Germans.

The breach between the bolshevfki
and their brother socialists in Russia
Is widening. An official dispatch from
France says the adversaries of the
bolshevik government are beginning
to lift their heads, and quotes a mes
sage sent by the central committee
of the social revolutionary party to
the national council of the French So
cialist party and to the parliamentary
socialist group.
Czechs and Jugo-Slavs taken pris-
oners by the Russians while fighting
with Austro-Hungarian armies have
organized an army which now is re-
siSting the Teutonic invasion Of Rus
sia. the Serbian legation here is in
formed in cablegram from London
quoting Capt. Lukich, an officer of
the corps, who has arrived there.
Capt. Lukich said part of the corps
had reached Japan through Siberia
and planned to join the allied armies
at Sakoniki and on the western
front.
Germany's violation of the Brest-
Litovsk peace treaty by arbitrarily
invading Russia has created deep
feeling. Capt. Lukich said, and Rus
sian army (the red guardo is fever
ishly being organized despite the
civil war that is being waged with
the utmost violence. The Russians
have arms. equipment and ammuni-
ton for an army of 1.J00.noO men,
the officer was quoted as saying.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
FOUR HIT BY AUTOS.
Woman, Boy and Two Children in
Street Accidents.

Running from behind a street car at
Delaware avenue and c street yester-
day afternoon Kenneth Burch. four
teen years old. of 513 Sd street north
east, was struck by an automobile and
one of his legs was injured.
John Lippold. four years old. of 1912
7th street. while playing at 7th and T
streets yesterday. was struck by an
automobile and one Of his legs was
injured.
Struck by an automobile at Georgia
avenue and Upshur street yesterday
Mary Taumaro, twenty-three years
old, Of 1926 Illinois avenue, was in
jured about the legs. She was taken
to Garfield Hospital.
Thomas Marsha. three years old, of
3421 Georgia avenue. was struck by
an automobile at Georgia avenue and
Park road yesterday and his head.
arm and hand were injured.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
MRS. LAURA C. o. BEACH DIES.
Funeral Services Held at Sons
Home in Newport.

Word has reached here of the death
at Newport. RI, of Mrs Laura Col
ton Osborn Beach. mother of Mrs. T.
F. Schneider of the Cairo apartments.
this city. Mrs. Beach. died after a
brief illness at the home of her son,
Capt. Edward /. Beach. T. S. ", COM
mander of the naval torpedo station.
Funeral services were held at the
quarters OF Capt. Beach with Rev.
Robert L. Barbor of the First Presby-
terian Church officiating. The body
was taken TO Toledo, Ohio. for burial
Mrs. Beach was seventy-eight years
old and the widow of Joseph Lane
Beach of Toledo. Her father. Judge
John Osborn of northern Ohio. was
the law partner of Chief Justice
waite of the United States Supreme
Court and former President Hayes.
Mrs. Schneider. whose husband is a
Washington banker and real estate
man. went to Newport for the funeral
and accompanied the body to Toledo.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
CHANGES MEETING NIGHT.
Rosedale Fairgrounds Club Also
Elects Officers.

officers elected at the last meeting
of the Reconstruction Club. recently
organized at the Rosedale play
grounds, were President. Mrs. r. /.
Essex; vice president, Mrs. N. Han
rahan; treasurer, Mrs. NJ Decker; in
charge of membership committee. Mrs
Allen Snyder; in charge of entertain
ment committee. Mrs. w. II. Kuyken-
dali: in charge OF purchasing commit
tee. Mrs. S. A. GRAHAM. The meeting
nights OF the club were changed from
afternoons to Thursday after
moons.
Reconstruction work. consisting Of
remaking and remodeling clothing. is
taught to members Of the club. Les
sons are given in cutting, fitting,
patching, darning. knitting and cro-
chetting.
A dancing club has also been or
ganized at Rosedale Fairgrounds. Of
ficers are to be elected at meeting
next week, when plans will be made
for weekly dances to be held at the
Fairgrounds Wednesday evenings dur
ing the summer.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
N. A. DEMPSEY DEFEATS
E. B. EYNON, JR., IN MATCH
Columbia Country Club Members
Opponents in Feature Golf
Event at Chevy Chase.

Norbert A. Dempsey of the Columbia
Country Club defeated his club mate,
Edward B. Eynon, jr., in the feature
match of the first round of the Chevy
Chase Clubs invitation golf tourna-
ment this morning.
Dempsey. with two down and three
to go. won the last three holes from
Eynon. Summaries of the first round
follow:
]. S. Barron defeated Percy r. Pyne.
up; Norbert A. Dempsey defeated
e. B. Eynon, jr.. l up; E. S. Barhan
defeated G. P. Orme, g. and 5: B. B.
Field defeated w. p. Cleveland. ! up.
Third fight-A. W. Childress defeat
ed F. NJ. Phelps. 8 and 6: Linn Haines
defeated w. P. Barr. up; A. B. Leech
defeated J. F.. Bennett, and 1: J. S.
Baines defeated H. King Cornwell. by
default; A. l.. Thurman defeated r. L..
Corby, s and 4 Emmons S. Smith. jr..
defeated L.. p. Ordway. and 3: John
c. Davidson defeated ]. J. Hamilton. 2
and /; Frederick l.. David defeated
Robinson White. l up in twenty holes.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
WAR TOPICS LEAD AT
SOCIAL CONFERENCE
Maj. r. n. Hutchings Of War De-
partment Among Speakers at Ma
tional Meeting in Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, May 17-War
predominated in today's sec
tional meetings of the national con-
ference of social work. in progress
here, such subjects as Should Sol
diers' Wives Work." THE Organiza-
tion of the Community Near Training
Camps" THE Moral and Social Effects
of Training Camps on the Local Com
munity'' being discussed. Other sub
jects not related directly to war con-
ditions included Current Tendencies
in Adult Probations." discussed by
Edwin J. Cooley. chief probation of
fcer, city magistrates court, New
York: Parole for Girls" by Edith n.
Burleigh. superintendent parole de-
partment. Massachusetts training
schools. Boston.
The health and mental hygiene sec
tion heard Maj. Richard H. Hutchings,
NJ. o. r. c.. of the War Department
at Washington, discuss preparing the
Soldier Incapacitated by Nervous or
Mental Diseases for Return to Civil
Life"
Evening star., 1918-05-17
CUT OUT ALL FLOWERS
TO AID SICK SOLDIERS

Following the suggestion Of the
United States commissioner of educa-
ton for simpler commencements,
graduates of the National School of
Domestic Arts and Scinece have turned
over the money which would ordi-
narily< have been used for bouquets
and flowers to a hospital for soldiers
suffering from shell shock. This was
announced at the exercises Wednes-
day. when >fifty-four young women
received their diplomas from the prin-
cipal of the school, Miss Mary Airline
Zurhorst.
Representative John Small in an ad-
dress tc the graduating class urged
the support of every American wom-
an to the cause for which the nation is
fighting. Surgeon General Gorgas could
not be present in person to accept the
gift of the graduates, but Col.
Vaughan of the surgeon generals Of
fee acted in his behalf Announce
ment was made by the principal that
the name of the school will hereafter
be the Mount Alto School for Young
Ladies'!
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Four D. C. Bills Passed
by House and Another
Is Laid on the Table

After passing the House District
committees revise of the Salisbury
joint resolution Wednesday the House
passed three other District bills and
laid fourth on the table
The measure postponing for one year
after the war the operation of the
so-called alley law, passed two years
ago and which was to have been in
force after July l. was passed. This
will prevent further housing conges-
tion, 1T was explained on the floor of
the House. through allowing contin-
ued occupancy of alley buildings as
dwellings for the stated period.
The Graham bill, supported by rep
resentatives of the Audubon and wild
life conservationfsts., was also passed.
This measure prohibits killing, trap
ping. netting. ensnaring. hunting or
having in ones possession in the Dis
trict any game bird. Licenses for the
taking of these birds will be issued
only in the interests of scientific re-
search.
A bill to license "podiatry," mean
ing the art Of doctoring corns, was
also passed.
The House ordered the bill to fncor-
porate the Medical Society OF the Dis
trict laid upon the table Members
expressed a desire to know more
about the purposes of such society
before granting it a federal charter.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
BIBLE DEFEATS LONG PANTS
Fifteen-Year-Old Volunteer Bows
to Family Record.

CAMP DIX. N. j.. May 17.-An older
brothers long trousers served as
such excellent camouf1age suit for
Gilbert D. Werner Of Harrisburg. Pa.
that he succeeded in enlisting In the
312th Ambulance Company now sta
toned here. but, confronted yesterday
with the family Bible. which showed
that he was born only fifteen years
ago, he was forced to return home
with his mother, just as he was be-
ginning to win praise from his Of
ficerS.
The lad has five brothers and sis
ter in service. After he disappeared
suddenly from home his sister, who
now Is serving as a motor messenger
at Spartanburg. S. c.. learned that he
was quartered here. His mother ar
rived today with the Bible proof of
his youth.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
ORDNANCE PRODUCTION
RATED SATISFACTORY
Senate subcommittee Reports on
Progress at Bethlehem and
Midvale Plants.

Army ordnance production at the
Bethlehem and Midvale. Pa, plants Is
proceeding satisfactorily. according to
members of the Senate military sub
committee, who returned today from
an inspection trip.
There has been much delay. due
to several causes. but the STACEY of
large quantity production has been
reached" said Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska. chairman of the subcom-
mittee. I'VE are much encouraged
over the outlook"
Changes in ordnance specifications
recently stopped-coa1 and material
shortage and lack of machinery we're
among the causes of delay given the
committee members. Some of the
Army contracts, it was said, still are
three to four months behind schedule.
but production has been speeded up
until the future outlook is said to be
promising.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Jury TO TRY ACCUSED
DENTIST COMPLETED
Chum Weeps on Witness Stand as
She Is Telling Of Death Of De-
fendant's Bride.
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Va, May 17.-After
four venires had been summoned be-
cause many of the men had formed an
opinion in regard to the case or are
opposed to capital punishment. the
jury to hear the trial of DR.. Lemtel
]. Johnson. the young dentist of Mid
dlesex. n. c.. charged with numbering
his bride, Mrs. Alice Knight Johnson,
was completed In the hustings court
this morning and the examination of
witnesses started shortly before noon.
AS soon as the jury was completed
Johnson was ordered to stand UP. in
order that the indictment against him
might be read. The defendant was
slightly nervous. biting his lips and
pass upon his fate. He seemed in a
more serious frame of mind than on
previous days while the jury was be-
ing selected.
dead girl. was the first witness. She
told of being Slightly i'll herself on
the night of December Is. in the home
of Mrs. B. F. Stutz. where Mrs. john
son took a fatal dose of poison. 1t
was while telling of her regard for
the dentists bride and their friend
ship, which was formed in the medi-
cal college of Virginia, where girls
were employed, that Miss Taylor hid
her face IN her hands and wept.
Judge Richardson had cautioned the
counsel against any unnecessary Sc
we're questioning.
Miss Taylor was allowed five min
utes in which to resume her testi-
mony. She told how she herself had
taken some medicine on the night of
the tragedy and how Mrs. Johnson
had later removed a capsule from a
package. Mrs. Johnson had told the
witness that the drug was very cost
ly,
Evening star., 1918-05-17
P.o. BILL IN CONFERENCE.
1881 600, 600 Measure Includes
Wage Increases for Postal Clerks.

Wage increases for postal employees
and the federal acquisition of pneu-
matte mail tube systems in six cities
are provided for in the post ONCE ap-
preparation bill of $3s1.0oo.000 as 1t
went to conference today afters ap-
proval by the Senate yesterday. The
bill as passed by the Senate carries
an increase of s4..300.o00 over the
House draft.
Supporters of the amendment GUS
pending for a year the Increase IN
second class postal rates gave up the
plan when several senators question
ed the legality of attaching the
amendment to an appropriation bill.
the publishers. was attacked bx;ssy-
xral senators - -
Evening star., 1918-05-17
RAYMOND BROWN is
CLEARED OF CHARGE
Declared Not Intentionally Guilty
Of Causing Death of Paul a.
Moreland in September, 1917.

Raymond Brown was acquitted to-
day, by jury in Criminal Division 1
OF charge of manslaughter. in caus-
ing the death of his friend, Paul H.
Moreland. Brown wanted Moreland
to go to the movies Sunday afternoon,
September % last. and when More
land objected friendly scrap ensued
and Brown. more than six feet tall
and weighing over 200 pounds, slap
ped at Moreland and knocked him to
The fall caused the death OF More
the ground.
land, it was claimed
Former Police Judge James L. Pugh
and Attorney Alex. Wolf represented
the accused. 1t was the first appear
ance Of Judge Pugh in the Criminal
Court since retiring from the bench.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Russ Envoy Defies Kaiser.

GENEVA, May 16.-Adolph Joffe. the
bolshevik ambassador to Germany,
continues to defy the German emper-
or and the government, according to
a Berlin dispatch received here. In
spite of every warning the red flag
of Russia is still flying over the en-
bassy and diplomatic etiquette is still
ignored by refusal to pay the usual
visits of ceremony.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
OLD ACADEMY BUILDING
is DAMAGED BY FIRE

Fire started shortly before 2 O'Clock
this afternoon in the old Holy Cross
Academy. Massachusetts, avenue near
Thomas Circle. which is being fitted
up for a branch of the shipping board.
Firemen confined the blaze to the rear
of the first floor where it started.
About ten employees of the shipping
board We're on the second floor when
the fire was discovered. Henry Eantl
roy. janitor. giving the alarm. Fant-
roy said he saw boys playing in the
yard back Of the building this morn
ing. The damage was slight.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
lNTERNED GERMANS RAVE
ON HEARING OF REMOVAL

: Almost a mutiny broke out among
the 200 interned Germans at Hot
Springs. N, c-~when they learned of
the governments plan to move them
before July to Army posts At Fex.>
oglethorpe and Mcpherson. oa. =
was necessary to increase the guards
to preserve order.
Many OF the interned aliens had in
vested their savings in improvements
on their cottages TO make them more
comfortable. thinking they were per-
manently located for the period OF
the war. s.W
Evening star., 1918-05-17
HAS ALLEY vACAT1NG BILL.
President Is Expected to Sign
Measure Extending Time.

President Wilson has before him
today for signature bill to defer
vacating of alley dwellings. as was
made compulsory after July of this
year in bill for which the first Mrs.
Wilson was the most active leader.
To prevent further complications in
the already congested housing situa-
tion in Washington both the House
and Senate have passed this bill to
extend the time for vacating alley
houses for one year after the war.
The President is expected promptly to
sign this measure.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
French Academy Elects Cambon.

PARIS. Thursday. May 16.-Jules
Cambon. former ambassador to the
United States; Francois De Curel,
playwright, and Rene Boylesve. au-
thor. were elected members of the
French Academy today. succeeding
Francis Charmes. Paul Herbcu and
Alfred Mezieres. respectively. Twen-
ty-seven members Of the academy.
the election.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
PORTO RICAN LABOR COMING.
Will Be Employed on Farms in the
Sonth and Shipyards.

Porto Rican labor is to be trans
ported to the United States within
a month to be employed on farms In
the southern states and in shipyards
and other war industries along the
Atlantic coast.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made by
the Federal Employment Service with
the War Department to utilize re-
turning transports, which will carry
supplies to the $4,000 drafted Porto
Ricans at the Army cantonment al
San Juan.
Recruiting of Porto Rican labor
has been going on for several months
Employment for 10000 has been ar
ranged and more can be used as last
as they can be transported.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
YEow0MEN MUST SALUTE.
Officers Also Required to Acknowl-
edge Salutation, Admiral Rules.

BOSTON. May 17.-Rear Admiral
Spencer S. Wood, commandant of the
First Naval District, has ruled that
yeowomen should salute naval off,
GERS and that officers must return the
salute. Some of the yeowomen had
complained that salutes were not ac-
knowledged by officers. and today
committee waited upon Admiral Wood
in regard to the matter.
Admiral Wood was inclined to
think it was not necessary for the
young women to salute, but they in
sisted that as regular members of the
naval forces they were required by
the regulations to salute their su-
periors and that they were entitled to
have the salutes returned.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
HARVEY PICKED FOR FIELD.
Kansas City Man One Of Joint
Agents for War Labor Board.

William p. Harvey of Kansas City
today was appointed one of the two
joint field representatives of the ma
tional war labor board. He was Sc
lected by Frank P. Walsh, one OF the
joint chairmen of the board Former
President Taft. the other joint chair
man, will select the second field rep
resentatfve.
Mr. Harvey is publisher of the Amer
lean Oil Journal and formerly was
managing editor of the Kansas City
Post.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
COMMONS ADJOURN;
NO SIGN OF HOME RULE

LONDON, May 1.-THE house of
commons adjourned last night until
May % without any sign of the long
delayed Irish home rule bill.
Apparently the members of the gov
ernment have no idea when the bill
will be introduced.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
COMMITTEE WORKING ON BILL
To Provide Funds to Meet Housing
Measure Provisions.

The House appropriations commit
tee is drafting an urgent deficiency
bill to provide funds for carrying out
the provisions of the $4,000, 900 hous-
ing bill. s1O.000.00o of which is to re-
lieve the housing congestion in Wash
ington.
The House committee started work
on this bill yesterday afternoon with
the intention of reporting it to the
House as soon as possible.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Attempt to Standardize Wages.

Investigations disclosing discrep-
ancies in wages in different Industries
in various sections of the country, and
resulting in enormous turnovers each
week, has led to an attempt to stand
ardize wage scales. the Department
of Labor has announced through the
United States employment service
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Mr.. HOOVER SELLS CAR
so DRIVER MAY WORK

Food Administrator Hoover
practices what he breaches, not
only in food conservation. but in
other measures to help win the
war.
Today he sold his large automo-
bile, discharged his chauffeur and
began operating a small car him.
self.
II could not think of Withholding
a man from industry who should
be building ships" said the food
administrator.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Attacks Proposed P. O. Revision.

Attack on the executive order revis-
ing the method Of examining candi-
dates for postmasters under the civil
service was made in the House by
Representative Good of Iowa, repub-
lican, yesterday. That the order
would have the effect of putting the
postmasters back under the old po-
litical system was his contention,
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Senate Passes Hawaii Dry Bill.

Prohibition for Hawaii is provided
for in a bill passed by the Senate
without a roll call. 1t now goes to
the House. Senator Sheppard of Tex
as, in charge of the bill, said districts
in the islands not dry now by military
regulation were being flooded"
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Condition Of the Water.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings Of
the Thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at, 2 pm yesterday:
Thermometer-Yeste pm, 10:
pm. 6s; IL midnight, So; today. 4
am. SO; 8 am. 5s; IL noon. 70; pm.
"A. MAXIMUM. "a. at 2 pm. today: mini
mum. So. at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 70: minimum, 5s.
Observation-Disclosures pm, 30:35;
pm, 30.34: IL midnight. 30.05: today.
am. 3o.32: 8 am. 30.37; IL noon. 30.34;
2 Pm. 30.32.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Honor Degree for Lord Reading.

Lord Reading. the British ambassa-
dor. will be given an honorary degree
at Toronto University tomorrow,
The ambassador will deliver an ad-
dress on the war while In Toronto.
Evening star., 1918-05-17

At the South Carolina democratic
convention Wednesday resolutions were
adopted and several speeches made call
tng for q vigorous prosecution Of the
war,
Evening star., 1918-05-17
WEATHER.

The District of Columbia. fair to-
night; tomorrow fair, warmer; gentle
east to southeast winds.
Maryland, fair tonight. warmer in
west portion: tomorrow fair. warmer
in east portion; gentle east to south
cast winds.
Virginia, fair tonight. warmer in
northwest portion: tomorrow fair,
warmer in the interior: gentle to
moderate northeast to east winds.
West Virginia. fair. warmer tonight;
tomorrow fair.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey)
Today-Low tide, 8:56 am. and $50
p.m.; high tide. 2:19 am. and 2:37
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 9:52 am. and
1910 pm: high tide, 3:12 am. and
1888 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 5:55 am; sun sets.
Sis pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 5:54 am; sun
sets. 8:16 pm.
Moon rises. 12:4o p.m.: sets. 1926 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half after sunset.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Falls-Temperature
Sc: condition, 10. Dalecarlia reservoir
20; condition at north
16; condition at south con-
nection. 10. Georgetown distributing
reservoir-Temperatu 65; condition
at infiuent gatehouse. 16; condition at
effiuent gatehouse, II.