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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
MENAGERIE BOAR RUNS
WILD; MANS LEG BROKEN

READING. Pa. May 5.-A boar
belonging to a menagerie exhibiting
in West Reading ran wild and the
entire borough assisted in the
.i Sc the animal was finally trap
ped. but not before Joseph Woods
worth, a citizen, had his leg broken
when his horse ran away to escape
the boar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05


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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05

Hoekee 6ekI0u8 oetect II UT while
tSs1GwGdS Of these boards in labos die.
putse go made obligatory upon the
eGrxsGtss no such Obligation o placed
upon ne employeeA Il the SesultA 81.
ArNieraeion. arS pleading - The IatteP
they may accept them: buE u nOeaAay
can es9u6O %. b bound b. !@eu1 Tor
the bun specifically provides tha8 96th-
thg In e "Shall 10 construct tp' EaQd1rd;;
an sndividual employee Or tuA6rdI6atA
omdaI 70 render labor or sergicA with,
out his consent, NOE shall anything 1ns
this acG b construed to make thA -Quit.i
ding oe bis labor or seegice' By any
empleyss or subordinate o@ciaas san
illegal aet."
+ TIE rainoad eompanIes:- WNteA 1ed
90 .-sery' amicablo terms with. chotE
employees; generally adjusting chair
differences By conferences. object % Cain
bin a. bsing SCactlcnnry and. Ikalv q
increase their burlenN, with no ouc0pan.
Sa:ing advantage. Certainly there seems
to bsDiOthing in II for the general pub
lie. 1Only the 16 national organizations
OF railroad Employee. -anpeRs. likely. 70,
~ A. AoA~a.4..so. N9fTsh l. q. "a - NM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
Mellon Campaign Cost Nil

HARRISBURG, May 5.--Andrew
w. Mellon, Secretary Of the Treas
ury, and rated the third or fourth
richest man in the United States,
neither received nor spent any
money in his campaign for election
as delegate-at-large to the Repub-
lican National Convention, his ex-
pense account, filed with the State
Election Bureau showed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
ADVERTISEMENT
Fred AIbrecht Was Con-
fined to His House BY
Rheumatism - Tanlac
Proved Effective From
First Dose.

THE Tanlac treatment brought
me relief from three years pain
and suffering and don't believe
it has an equal in the world" Is
the appreciative statement made by
Fred Albrecht. well-known retired
business man, residing at 1472
Newton st. N. W., Washington,
D.. c.
During those three years. said
Mr.. Albrecht, II was so helpless
with rheumatism that I was con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
N. Y. WOMEN VOTERS
TO DISCUSS EDUCATION

ALBANY, N. Y. May 5.-The
League Of Women Voters, holding
it's annual national conference at
Buffalo, April "a to 26. will devote
an entire afternoon to the subject
Of education.
Evening star., 1924-01-20
LAUDS GROUP WORK
IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES

"Group..; SERVICE is the Keynobs;, OF
success of .modern library work., DIR.
Arthur L. Bostwick. author. and
librarian Of the st. Louis public
library, declared. in addressing the
annual meeting of the District of CO.
lumbia Library Association at Grace
Dodge Hotel Friday ,@yening. DR..
Bostwick, ;Tw he. has been trayeiing
through the east addressing libra
rians. said that t'Books and People"
is the slogan which should be. adopt
ed by librarians. and there aTetTrob-
ably very few librarians in sthe,coun-
try thoroughly furnishing. all the
groups of their communities.
Dorsey w; Hyde, tr,; the retiring
president of the organization, pre-
sented the report of the executive
committee. Chairman Frederick W.
Ashley OF the nominating committee,
presented the following list of Of
f1cers for 1924, who were, unanimous
ly elected:
President, Miles o. Price. librarian,
patent office: vice president, Miss
Clara w. Herbert. assistant libraria n
of the Public Library; secretary, Miss
Robina Rae. Librarian of the Red
Cross, treasurer, Miss Sarah Abbott,
of the bureau OF foreign and domestic
commerce. The executive committee
Is composed ofsLuther L. Dickersorl,
library specialist of the War De-
partment; Miss Mary G. Lacey. Ii
brarian of the bureau of agricul-
tural economics. and John r. VOL
colt. librarian of the bureau of edu-
cation
Evening star., 1924-01-20
PULPITS TO SPREAD
THRIFT MESSAGE
Pastors to Discuss Topic in Every
Church Of Washing
ton Today.

The message Of thrift is sexpeef ed
to be delivered from every pplpit.
in every church, OF every denoHifsra-
|tion. in the city today. The: day; has
been designated Share With:Dthers
Day." in the thrift week campa4gn.
= In Sunday schools. in the young
peoples meetings and at the evening
prayer meetings the topic: will he
Thrift according to the local thrift
committee. 80.
Rev. Jeson Noble .Plsrce of the
preach a thrift sermof at 1.-The rndfnr
ling service, which will be sent by
radio;. and in the afternoon Bishop
flames E. Freeman will talk an thrift
at st. Alban. This, also. will be
|. How often you hear it said that
many successful business men never
I,go to church. that business does
not mix with religion. and that there
are more hypocrites inside the church
than outside, said DR.. ": L. Darby; by;
chairman of the Share with others
Committee. why, then, should you.
If you seek to succeed, spend your
Erime. energy and money in the
church?
r How long would you care to live
in community without a church? How
much, would you be able to earn in a
tchurchIess town? How safe would your
property be in a place with no religious
1T would be bad enough II all the
churches closed, but what would civil
ization be like if we never had church
All education has its beginning In the
church. Literature was bred in re-
ligton. Art centered originally about
ihe church. Business receives its ideals
from it. Law is founded upon it Mod
ern democratic government with its
principles Of liberty and equality, is
traceable directly to it. All important
civic and social reforms have been
Initiated in the church, or by those
trained by X. .'...
Whether you recognize it or not,
you are deeply in debt to the church
The only fair, honorable, and decent
thing to do is to try to pay your
share of the debt by Investing your
influence for the support of organ :
fsed religion. You can't get rid OF
the hypocrites by standing on the
sideiines and knocking. Rather you
must get into the game and lend
your efforts there for the elimination.
What is more, church membership
will give you a fine fellowship, high
ideals and moral strength to make
you a better and bigger man."
Evening star., 1924-01-20
:. 9. = > 9 q
CLAIMS ClTY NEEDS
,,!8:|Np|RE.PREC!NCTS !. E. ! |! g!
0ysterssays 300 Additional
Policemen Are Essential.
for District.

Eight more precincts and 800 addi-
tional patrolmen are needed to put
the Washington police force on an
an adequate basis, is the opinion Of
Commissioner oyster.
=. Although the. Commissioner does
not hope to. get. such a program
through att this, session Of Congress,
he nevertheless believes 1t to repre-
sent an urgent need that should be
The estim atestfor next year as ap-
nroved bv the budget bureau, and on
which hearings will begin at the
capitol within a. week, proyide for
only twenty new policemen The Com
missioner will endeayor to have that
increase in personnel approved.
."We should have. twenty precincts
instead of twelve said CAPT: oyseel
when asked what .he thought OF
proposal to make the Tenleytown
substation an independent precinct.
AT present the TenleytoWn station is
a branch Of the seventh precinct,
with lieutenant in charge.
Covers 12E-Mile Aren.
The Tenleytown substation covers
an area of twelve and one-half
SQUARE miles, embracing rapidly
GROWING SGCllOIl ilCIudihb pol 70
of. the. busy thoroughfares-Con
ticut and Wisconsin avenues.
With suburban sections rapidly
growing, problems Of the outlying
precincts are increasing.
Prior to the recent completion of
the new twelfth precinct station at
18th street and Rhode Island avenue
northeast the tenth precinct covered
almost the entire north end of the
District. :,
The opening Of the twelfth greatly
reduced the patrol areas of the ninth
and tenth stations. The establish
IneiIt of additional new stations
would make possible similar reduc-
tions in other large precincts.
Mai. Sullivan pointed out last night
that if>the proposedtbill to give each
one day off a week Is en-
"a cited, provision should be made at
the same time for 1873 additional pri-
Yates to avoid reducing the number
of patrolmen on duty every day.
Evening star., 1924-01-20
OLGA CUMBERLAND
HELD BY POLICE
No Charge Placed Against
Girl Who Lays Her Trou-
bIes to Hoax.

Without charge placed against her.
police last night were holding Miss
Olga Cumberland, -four-year-
old girl who created a sensation by
denying she was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Johnson of st. Louis,
after they identified her photograph
while Detective Sergeant Vermillion
was running down angles of an al
legged fraudulent check case.
Miss Cumberland was sent to the
house of detention late yesterday
after Being interviewed at police
headquarters. Inquiry was being
made into an alleged purchase at the
Stetson Shoe Shop on + street near
14th street. Miss Cumberland denied
any knowledge of a transaction that
was not completely legitimate.
Runlmaging through her effects,
however, detectives had run across q
letter written in Hungarian, which
is believed TO have come from her
parents in Garfield, y. j. It was
signed by a person bearing the last
name of Petre. Police are endeavor
ing to establish whether this is her
name, and the name Cumberland
pseudonym.
It was learned yesterday that
documents Were on Ale III court
where she had sued her husband some
time ago for non-support.
Deserted by Husband.
After coming to Washington III
1920 she was married to d man who
deserted her short time after the
wedding She claimed in an exclu-
sive interview to The Star yesterday
that this man had taken all OF her
money, $500. leaving her destitute.
She maintained to detectives yes
terday that she was innocent OF any
blame in the alleged fraudulent
check, case at the shoe shop.
Police We're given a bit of a shock
yesterday when they learned that
she fatty denied the identifcatton OF
her photograph by MIR. and Mrs.
Johnson, explaining that the reason
the Johnsons had identified 1t was
that she had sent one to them pre-
viously as a joke, when answering
an advertisement for missing girl
Hazel Johnson.
1.-The whole thing was hoax" she
said yesterday.
Evening star., 1924-01-20

maintain all the records of its pres
ent employees, the government is re-
jecting the protection afforded by
such records and Is even incurring an
ever increasing additional expense by
deferring the inevitable task that In
creases in difficulty with the age of
the data left uncollected. The pres
ent practice of operating the system
without records until the employe
presents a claim is held indefensible.
In it's contention that the present
system does not operate fairly as be-
tween employees. the board of actuar-
les gives Congress the following rea-
son for this conclusion:
/. The benefits SHOULD be based on
the same salary as that on which the
contributions are paid, or they should
be related directly to the amount OF
the contributions.
2. The ages fixed for retirement on
account of age should be adjusted so
that the distinction made between
groups would be more nearly con- :
conditions of an object that would
seem TO be attained if the. normal
percentage cost were made more
nearly the same for all eoccupationaI
groups.
Would Repeal Section.
3. The section of the law providing
for increases in annuities on COM
pletion of terms of service. which are
multiples OF three years, should be
repealed.
4. The law should be amended to
provide for greater safeguards on
disability retirement; to give author
ity to a member to nominate a bene-
ficiary to receive the amount OF his
accumulated contributions; to require
the head OF each department or inde-
pendent bureau to furnish annually
the information necessary concerning
the employees under his supervision.
for the use of the commissioner of
pensions.
The actuaries also will call the at
tention of Congress to the following
/. The retirement law does not
provide method by which an en-
ploye' may be eliminated from the
service at whatever time his separa-
tion would increase the efficiency of
the service.
2. The benefits provided are so low
for employees In responsible positions
that they cannot afford TO give up
Evening star., 1924-01-20

respect to the many proposals for
change.
Z. The board is of the opinion that
1t Is unfair to the taxpayers to per-
NIT this liability to continue mount
ing up as an obligation to be met
through taxation without any knowi-
edge or record of its magnitude and
that 1t should be at least duly re-
corded on the books of the Treasury.
Supporting it's contention that the
records now maintained are not ade-
quate to furnish knowledge as to the
condition of the fund or to protect
1t against abuse. the board of actu-
aries presents the following:
No Accurate Lists Kept.
I. No accurate record of the men,
bership is maintained. Notwith-
standing the fact that the retirement
law itself gives each employe in the
service valid and inevitable claim
against the assets of the fund there
Is no agency of the federal govern
ment where a record of even the
aggregate number of contributors car
be obtained.
2 There is no basis available for
actuarial Investigations and valua-
tions. The law makes provision for
a board of actuaries to make the
needed periodic valuations of the
fund. but 1t does not require the
maintenance Of the records necessary
to make such valuations. Despite re.
ports of the board of actuaries rec
ommending the establishment of
proper records. such records have not
been established except in the case
OF the pensioners.
8. The average liability OF the gov
ernment to each of the contributors
to the fund is probably larger than
the average liability of the typical
savings bank to each of it's depositors.
No savings bank would undertake to
operate without an account for each
depositor, yet the administrative au-
thority of the present system is with
out record even as to the number of
depositors.
Cost More I'm the Future.
4. The Expense of establishing the
needed records is not being saved
and cannot be. Every record required
must eventually be prepared in the
course Of the administration OF the
present law or of any retirement law
that is likely to be enacted. Failing
to bring up at once the past, and
Evening star., 1924-01-20
URGES EDUCATION
AS LABOR'S WEAPON
Senator Copeland Says Unions
Must Work Out Salvation
by This Means,

Declaring that the government has
failed to safeguard the wage.earner
in the face of high prices of food,
clothing and common necessities Of
life, Senator Royal Copeland Of New
York last night told a group of New
York labor leaders who rendered him
dinner at Congress Hall Hotel, that
labor unions must work out their
own salvation through education. 3,
There must be a campaign of
education" Senator Copeland said,
"in order that our citizens may
realize that there can be no perfect
union until the general welfare has
been promoted to the point that every
family has. not. living wage-a
phrase I resent-but wage sufficient
to insure for the wives and the chill
dren of the workingmen of America
not only fair existence, but more of
the comforts of life.
Need of Housing.
We have great need of housing
In the cities of the Union. In my
own city there are 100000 more fami-
lies than there are houses. There
must be found some way to take out
from tax exemption the billions OF
dollars which lie there useless in
order that there may be 3 stimulation
of building activities in America. To
the needs of those who live in humble
homes must continue. L look for
ward to the time when every family
in America will live in it's own home
and that every baby may be born IN
q decent place.
"It is an unfortunate thing, and yet
] believe it to be a fact, that the frst
citizen of this nation to feel the eff
fccts of financial depression is the
workingman. 1t is likewise true that
I'm the rebound from depression, when
prosperity returns to the nation, the
last man to benefit is the working
man. If 1 am right in these state
ments, the conditions named indicate
q defect in the machinery of govern
ment.
Need of Adjustment.
"There should be such accurate
social adjustment in this country that
every group would share it's respon-
eibilities and its privileges in perfect
harmony with every other group.
When business is increased by reason
OF prosperity, the particular group
represented by labor shall benefit in
exactly the same proportion, as all
the other parts OF the social machine;
"Education of the public aroused
The sentiment in favor of proper re-
strictions on the great employers. AS
g. result they are not permitted any
longer to crystallize the sweat of the
Nvorkingman into diamonds and their
blood into rubies. No matter how
unwilling he may be the modern en-
ployer must observe the regulations
and laws imposed upon him by So
siety, in order that the working man
may be guarded against conditions
which sap his vitality, dwarf his in
tellect and leave him no better than
q serf,"
Evening star., 1924-01-20
CHARITIES APPEAL
CITES 10 REASONS
Citizens Urged by Chairman
Allies to Provide S55,O00
Relief for Poor. ... j..

Ten reasons why Washingtonians
should support the Associated Chari-
ties and Citizens Relief Association
are cited by Milton E. Allies, chairman
of the joint finance committee of
these family welfare organizations,
in AN Open Letter Addressed to
washington Givers," and which will
be put in the mails tomorrow.
These reasons are:.-: '"-n.,-
L. Because these associated chari
ties are carried on by voluntary con-
tributions, receiving no appropria-
tion from CongeSS.
p Because the work is community
wide and non-sectarian-
3. Because the folks whom the So
ciettes help are&your fellow towns
men. 49,.
A.. Because everybody's business is
nobody's, yet somebody must care and
. teamwork is necessary in aAlarge
city. @ :, =
5. Because the Associated Charities
has back of it"forty-two years OF
service. -: ~ q.
g. Because the society's workers
are trained to discover the cause OF
the trouble, supplying suitable RENE
dies and removing the cause, where
possible. .,EEI M
I. Because these workers are al
your service. p -. ~,
.. Because the children in these
broken homes must be given a chshce
for education, health. and happiness
3. Because these family welfare
agencies give both direct relief and
constructive home service.
10. Because the nations Capital
should be the city of goodwill as well
as the city beautiful.
Makes Widespread Appeal.
Mr.. Allies appeal is, addressed not
only to the regular constituents Of these
associated charities. those who have
not renewed their gifts for the current
year, but also to all former contributors.
Mr. Allies letter also makes special ap-
peal to those of limited means, who
may think it not worth while to give
because they are unable to contribute
large sums. He cites the fact that the
appeal is for their personal interest and
cooperation as well as for their finan-
Cial support
The committee is asking for the same
amount as in 1922 and 1928, namely,
$4,000 This is based on the carefully
studied budgets approved by the direc-
tors of the two organizations. or the
sum asked for S15,569 had been re-
Ceived up to last night, chiefly in re-
sponse to an earlier appeal issued dur
ing the first quarter of the fiscal year
of the societies, which began october 1.
Contributions may be sent to Ord
Preston, treasurer of the committee.
Social Service House., 1922 11th street
northwest, and will be personally ac-
knowledged.
Evening star., 1924-01-20
ACTUARlES FAVOR
Retirement AT go;
COMPULSORY At 70

Continued from First Paxs.)
Evening star., 1924-01-20
PIPE FAILS TO BRING
MAETERLINCK S0LACE
Doctor Forbids Dramatist to Smoke
Cigarettes Any More,
He Declares.
By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune.
Copyright, 1924.

Nv Cable to The Star and New York Tribune.
Copyright, 1924
PARIS, January 19.-FriendS of
Maurice Maeterlinck, who always has
been noted for his distinct antipathy
for smoking anything but cigarettes,
were amused the other day to see him
sauntering down the Rue de Rivoli
sucking at an empty pipe: and looking
gloomy about it. 1t was such an ur-
usual sight that several persons
stopped the dramatist to inquire what
on earth was the matter with him.
MY doctor won't let me smoke
cigarettes any more" he lugubriously
explained, so I've tried this Don't
think for a minute 1 smoke this pipe,
but merely to hold it between my
teeth somewhat compensates for
losing forty cigarettes a day. 1t
isn't, a bad scheme"
Evening star., 1924-01-20

5. EXPERIENCES OF other systems
promises that the annual payments
required of the government may be
expected to increase ultimately to
over 20 per cent Of the pay roll II
they are not met as they accrue.
6. Without definite knowledge OF
the amount OF its lia abilities the gov
srnment has no means OF measuring
its present and future monetary obli-
cations. under the existing law or Of
determining it's proper course with
Evening star., 1924-01-20

their positions in favor of younger
or more competent employees.
8. The government is compelled to
help support the fund without re-
ceiving the full benefit to the service
which a sound retirement fund af-
fords -: -. > ..... -.' =, ~.
4. Employees are compelled to con-
tribute to the fund without receiving
benefits properly related to the con-
tributions made.
s. The ages for retirement are set
too high to serve to attract young
employees. ) = /.
Evening star., 1924-01-20
IA INJURED BY BOMB.

BERLIN, January 19.--Fourteen
persons were injured at Itzehoe, near
Hamburg, last night, when a bomb
vas thrown into a torchlight pro-
cession being held to commemorate
the foundation 81 tie :Reichs Several
arrests were made. --........-...
Evening star., 1924-01-20

- How LiabLhtieS Accrue.
H. A calculation made as Of June
80, 1891. showeds that annually the
government Is permitting a liability
10 accrue equal to 3.s7 per cent of
the pay roll OF members to provide
the Dement'S under the fund. This
payment, which amounts to upwards
Of S17,000,000 per annum, would, to-
eether with it's interest earnings and
with the employees undepleted con-
trtbutions at interest, just provide
and continue to provide the funds to
meet the benent obligations Of the
existing law.
q. Instead of making this contri-
button currently, or even Of setting
it up as a liability. the government
is annually diverting the contribu-
tions Of the employed to pay the BEN
efits of the retired, ana Is permitting
this depletion to continue not only
unaccounted for, but altogether dis
regarded.
5. Intimately 1t cannot escape act
ual appropriations not only Of this
367 per cent Of the pay roll OF each
elapsed year. but must also make up
the interest compounding on It at
per cent that 1t is also falling 70
credit, to the fund.
4. It is impossible under the exist
ing plan Of administration and record
to estimate with commensurate ac-
curacy the extent OF the liabilities OF
the government today.