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Evening star., 1924-04-08
TWO MEDICAL BILLS
ARE GIVEN APPROVAL
Dentistry and 0ptometry Regu-
). lated in Measures Before
Senate Subcommittee.

| A bill to regulate the practice OF
dentistry in the District of Coiumbis
and another to regulate the practice
of optometry were ordered favorably
reported TO the Senate District com.
mittee by a subcommittee on public
health, headed by Senator Copeland
of New York, at a meeting, of the
subcommittee today. 1t is expected
that the full committee will approve
the recommendation of the subcom-
mittee and that these bills will be
reported to the Senate and placed on
the calendar.
| Senator Copeland's subcommittee had
before 1T also today various proposals
| for the regulation of the practice OF
medicine in the District of Columbia
| At the suggestion of Senator Copeland
| it was decided that the various schools
of medical practice should be requested
| to unite on general bill relating to
the practice Of medicine and the heal
! ing arts which should be submitted to
session of Congress next December.
Christtan SMence Exempted.
Senator Copeland gave assurance
attention. Senator Copeland made it
clear that the bill should cover the
ialopa thic, homeopathic, osteopathic and
! the chiropractic schools of medicine,
and that there should be nothing in ii
which would interfere with the prac-
] tice of Christian Science.
DR.. j, d, Thomas of the Medical So
ciety Of the District of Columbia and
DIR. j. C. BirdSali and Phillip King
who spoke for the Christian Science
amendment, were among those heard.
The representatives present agreed
to follow the suggestion OF Senator
Copeland and to draft a general bill
satisfactory to all.
Amended Dental Bill.
The hill for the regulation of the
practice of dentistry was amended in
certain administrative particulars SO
as not to interfere with the practice
| Of Christian Science.
The bill provides for a board Of dem
| tai examiners, specifies the require
ments necessary for the practice OF
dentistry in Washington and provides
| for the issue of licenses.
| The optOfqetry bill was reported
without amendment.
Senator COPELAND, chairman of the
subcommittee is himself u doctor Of
| medicjne and was before coming to
the Sc nate public health, commissioner
of Ney York. Senator Ball, another
member of the subcommittee and
| chairman of the fun committee, q
ealso a doctor OF medicine
Evening star., 1924-04-08
10000 ON RAILROADS
TO GET PAY RAISES
Terms Virtually Agreed Upon by
Thirty.0ne Western Lines and
Union Negotiators. =.
By tho Associated Press.

BY Tho Asaociated FreA9. 's
CHICAGO. April 8.-Wage increases
of approximately 5 per cent, less
certain concessions and compensa-
tions to the railroads. were reported
today to have been virtually agreed
on by negotiators representing thirty
one western railroads and their sub
sidiaries and the Order Of Railroad
Conductors and the Brotherhood Of
Railroad Trainmen.
Approximately $4,000 men would
be affected and tho railroads annual
pay rolls would be increased about
$5,000,000 If the terms are incor-
porated in the nnaf agreement
Representatives of the negotiators
said earlier reports exaggerated the
increase granted, as part Of the s per
cent would be offset by revision of
rules eliminating some overtime pay
now received.
There was a possibility that the
final agreement would be reached this
afternoon.
BY the reported basis of settlement
passenger trainmen will receive an
increase OF "a cents a day; freight
trainmen, 30 cents; conductors, 80
cents: brakemen, 26 cents, and switch
, tenders, IS cents, 1t 10 reported. Other
employees affected viii receive co1re-
spending increases.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
MOTHERS AID BILL
APPROVED FOR D. c.
Commissioners Send Pro-
posed Measure to Budget
Bureau, Asking s1Oo, 900.

The District Commissioners today
get bureau for consideration the bill
TO provide home care for dependent
children. -...-
This is the second piece of legisla-
tion to come from the commission on
public welfare legislation, which is
now engaged in going over the entire
Held of welfare work in Washington
with view to improving it,
The purpose OF the measure is to
create a fund of 100000 to be used
TO enable deserving mothers to raise
when they are deprived of or unable
to obtain support.
Approve UtiIftiesaBfiI.
The commissioners also gave for
NAL approval today to the bill drafted
by Engineer Commissioner Bell for
| the addition of two new members to
the Public Utilities Commission. They
transmitted the bill to the Senate and
House District committees with a re-
quest for its early enactment
In the letter OF transmitta1 the
Commissioners explained that one of
the new members should be a lawyer
and chairman of the commission, the
other additional appointees to be an
engineer, taken either from the Army
or from civil life as Congress pre-
ferred
The Commissioners tell Congress
that the manifold duties now devolv-
ing upon them do not enable them to
devote TO public utility matters the
time the Importance of these matters
warrants. They say, however, that
they believe the three District Com
missioners should continue as mem
bers of the proposed new commission
because of the many problems that
arise in utility regulations affectings
the operation of the municipal service
In transmitting the mothers aid
bill to the budget bureau, the Com.
missieners say the proposed Iegisla-
ton, is in the public interests. The
hN, places the mothers aid fund in
nc hands of the proposed new board
OF public welfare, and provides that
before granting aid that board shall
ascertain the following facts:
Whether the mother is a proper
person to have custody of her chill
dren, whether the home is satisfac-
tory place for the rearing OF children.
what other resources may be avail
able, whether legal steps have been
taken to compel the father to- provide
support and what amount of money
is needed to enable the mother to
keep the child in her own home.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
2 KILLED, 4 HURT
!. IN TROLLEY CRASH
By the Associated Press.

By the Assecia ted Press.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, April s.-Two
men were killed and four others in
jured, two of them seriously, about
/ o'clock this morning, when street
car of the Pittsburgh Railway Com
pany jumped the tracks at a curve
and crashed into a brick garage. The
accident happened near Verona, on
the line running between Wilkins
burg and Verona
The men killed were Charles Beisle
of Pittsburgh, motorman, and Will
liam sherwood OF Verona, Pa, q pas
senger. William Blair, conductor, of
Pittsburgh, and James Wilson of
oakmont were seriously injured and
taken to a hospital in Williamsburg,
and Samuel Roep of Verona and John
Gordon of Oakmont were slightly in
jured and treated at the scene of the
accident and taken to their homes.
The street car was demolished and
the front of the garage and seven
automobiles were wrecked.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
UNDER PREVIOUS CHARGES.
Both Slater and Benner Indicted in
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April S.-Al-
bert r. Slater and Hiram w Benner.
reported under indictment in Kentucky
for conspiracy in connection alleged IL
legal whisky Withdrawals, are under
Indictment in the federal court here on
charges of malfeasance in office in con-
nection with alleged illegal withdrawal
of liquor. Slater was secretary TO Will
liam c. Mcconnell, former federal pro-
hibition director for Pennsylvania, who
is also under indictment for alleged
malfeasance in office, and Benner was in
charge of the permit division under Nc
Connell.
Bsnner. Slater and Mcconnell with
forty-four others, have been twice
brought, to trial. The first trial ended
when jury tampering was charged, and
the second when the court dismissed in
dictmerts because the evidence did not
prove general conspiracy. Since then
the three men have been indicted again
this time on the allegation OF malfeas-
ance in Office.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
|PAY RAISE FOR D. c.
'POSTMASTERUR URGED
New Holds Conference on
CHASING Position With
Those Rated at $4,000.

Out of the confusion in regard to
increasing the pay of postal en-
ployes generally there arose today a
we'll defined movement looking toward
the raising of the salary of the post
master Of the National Capital from
Sc. 200 to $4,000 a year.
Postmaster General New conferred
| with Washington city post office Of
ficiaLs today in regard to this move
which would place the local post
office on a par with the Offices in
the other greater cities of the coun-
try, where the postmasters are paid
the maximum salary-sS,000 per year.
Efforts probably will be made to
incorporate the change, which would
also affect all supervisory officials of
the Washington city post office. in
the general increase for postal en-
ployes OF the nation which Congress
seems certain to adopt.
Amendment Changing Credit.
This can be secured by amending
the law SO that the Washington city
post office Is given credit for 15 per
cent OF the enormous amount of free
matter which il handles. instead OF
the so per cent with which it is cred
tied, as provided in the classification
act of 1920.
Washington is in the anomalous
position of actually handling mail
s12. 0oo. 900 worth Of receipts a year,
but its postmaster and other super
visory officials being paid as if the
office had receipts of less than $1,000
600 a year, which is the sum a city
must reach to entiue its postmaster
to the $4,000 salary.
During the calendar year 1929 the
washington city post office had actual
receipts of approximately $4,000, 900
year, and handled about $4,000. 900
OF penalty matter used by govern
ment departments and approximate
ly S2,000.000 in franked mail of men,
bers of Congress.
All this free matter is actually
handled by the local office, of course,
and receives even preferential treat
ment, yet not one cent does the gov
eminent pay for its handling.
Huge Aggregate Mail.
In the aggregate the Washington
city post office handles as much mail
as New York or Chicago, yet this fact
is never dreamed by the average per
son or are the post office salaries here
based upon the actual handling
J When a move was made along simi-
lar lines April year ago it was
point ont at that time that the actual
receipts of the Washington city post
office during 1922 were in excess of
the combined receipts OF Bridgeport
Conn; Mica, n. Y; Portland, Me.
and Norfolk. Va, yet the postmaster
of each of these latter cities received
$4,000 d year in salary.
BY inserting clause in any postal
increase bill which Congress may pa ss
1T would be possible to give credit for
20 per cent of the approximately
se'eoo.ouo penalty and franked matt er
handled here.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
WIFE SUES NAVY OFFICER.
Mrs. Natalie Warner Charges
Cruelty and Non-Support.

Lieut. Paul C. Warner. u. s. N,
stationed at the Navy Department, is
named as defendant, in a suit for a
limited divorce and alimony filed to-
day in the District Supreme Court
by his wife, Natalie A. Warner, who
charges cruelty, non-support and ha-
bitual use of Intoxicating liquors.
While her husband has a salary and
allowances of $40 a month, the wife
tells the court she is 'penniless and
secured permission to file her suit
without prepayment Of costs.
Through Attorneys Levi H. David
and Harlan Wood, the wife says they
were married in Boston, Mass. in
October, 1920, and have one child,
whose custody she seeks. After mar
rating number of occasions in
which she says her husband became
drunk and treated her cruelty, Mrs.
Warner declares her husband drove
her and their child from their home,
at 3o22 Q street northwest, March 13
last and she has since had to seek
shelter with friends
Evening star., 1924-04-08
PRIZES IN ADVERTISING
CONTESTS ARE CLARIFIED
First Winner Gets 500, Not $500
as Some Readers Seemed
to Understand.

A recent announcement by the Ad-
taken idea" as to the prizes offered
in ADVERTISING week for the best let
ters on Washington advertising, the
club stated today.
Contest No. offers for the best let
ters on What Think of Washington
Advertising," s100 for the frst prize
$50 for the second, S25 for the third,
five $40 prizes and Ave SIS prizes.
Contest No. offers similar prizes
for the best letters on What ! Con-
slider the Best Advertisement Run
During the Week, and why"
Contest No. g.. is taken care OF by
individual stores making their own
rules and Offering their own prizes
through their daily Newspaper adver-
ItiSing.
The former announcement gave the
drst prize as $500
Evening star., 1924-04-08
SCRUTINY OF SHIP
/ BOARD IS PRESSED
Mistakes in Policy Admitted,
| But Economies Being Ef-
I fected, Says 0'connor.

he House committee Investigating &
The Shipping Board called upon Chair
man o'Connor again today for further
Information relating to the policies
and plans Of the board bearing on
operation Of tho government mer-
chant fleet
Mr.. O'Connors testimony yesterday y
covered wide range, and included
advocacy OF direct government opera
ton Of tho feet II Congress would
assure some degree Of permanency
To Cleh a project He agreed that the
present managing operators contract,
under which the fleet is being operat-
ed. needed adjustment and admitted.
under Questioning. that at present
the agents hold the string at both
enda"
Some EconemfeS Effectrd.
Managing operators contracts and
consolidation of freight services both
arc being studied by the board, he
said. adding that much saving has
been effected by elimination Of opera
tors found guilty of making over
charges and through reductions in
cOhLlaCl allowances
At the beginning of today's session
Mr.. OConnor said he thought it
would be wise for the entire manage
ment of the merchant marine to be
turned over to the direction of one
man. with a board Of directors over
him.
would the abolition of the Ship
ping Board as supervisory body be
"a mistake?' asked Represe ntative
Rankhead. democrat. Alabama.
IF was of the board tomorrow.
would say it would be a mistake"
replied the witness.
Admits Mistakes MADE.
Asked If the present management,
was an ideal one, Mr.. O,Connor said
he thought it was working into
that"
There probably have been some
mistakes" be added, but 1 hope the
committee will cooperate with us to
eliminate them
Mr.. Bankhead wanted to know if
Coolidge had suggested Leigh c.
Palmer to head the Fleet Corporation
and Mr.. OConnor said he didn't be-
lieve they had.
Representative Davis, democrat,
Tennessee, committee prosecutor. yes
terday tried to bring out that certain
foreign influences had attempted to
bring pressure regarding the selec-
tion of the head of the corporation.
and cited REPORTS that Matthew c.
Brush. head of the American Inter-
national Corporation. had been active
in this respect.
Neglect Is Denied.
Mr.. O'Connor said he could not
conceive that we neglect to solicit
freight when asked regarding COM
plants of interior shippers that they
had not been approached by Shipping
Board agents.
Representative Lineberger. republi-
can. California. took over the QueS-
tioning and got from the witness that
lit would be utterly impracticable"
to recondition any of the 400 steel
ships lying idle in the James river.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
WOMAN IS MURDERED
IN Her APARTMENT
Police Find Evidence of Desperate
Struggle for Life in Room
of Victim.
Rx the Associated Pren.


PITTSBURGH, April. S.--Mrs. Fern
Thase. aged thirty-siN years, was
murdered in her apartment here
shortly before noon today. Her body,
with a bullet hole in the chest and
cuts on the face. was found in the
bathroom by the police who were
summoned by neighborS when they
heard what they believed to be a. pis-
tol shot.
A thorough search failed to disclose
a pistol in the house. The four rooms
of the apartment bore evidence of a
struggle. The floors and walls were
spotted with blood. The police are
searching for a man who. neighbors
reported, left the house shortly after
the shot was fired.
Charles Thase, the husband, hoist
ing engineer, reported for work at
$50 am. and did not leave his post
until told that his wife had been
killed.. his employers reported. Money
and other valuables in the apartment
were not touched by the murderer.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
ASK FUNDS FOR PROBE.
House Committee Would Continue
Bribery Inquiry.

Representative Theodore f. Bur-
ton of Ohio, chairman of the select
committee Investigating charges of
bribery against Represe John
w. Langley of Kentucky and Fred y.
Zihlman of Maryland. both republi-
cans, by resolution asked the House
yesterday for $4,000 to continue the
investigation. in addition to $1,000
previously authorized.
The committee examined several
witnesses from Baltimore yestG rday
in continuing it's inquiry into charges
involving Representative Zihlman.
Among those questioned were Charles
i. Weygand. formerly deputy collec-
tor of internal revenue. and George
w. Rhein, an income tax expert 4.
UNDER PREVIOUS CHARGES.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
NEW ENGLAND HIT
BY S2,O00,o)D FLOOD
Three Rivers on Rampage
Spread Ruin-Massachu-
setts Suffers.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
BOSTON, April S.-Swollen by hours
of rain and melting SHOWS, rivers
throughout New England had over
flowed their banks today, causing one
death, bringing injury to score OF
persons and doing property damage
estimated at s2,00o,000. The Con-
necticut, Merrimac, Nashua and other
rivers continued to rise through the
night. In the Springfield-West w estfield
river valley Yesterday, conditions
were reported 10 be the worst since
1878. With large districts inundated
the Connecticut food waters are ex-
pected to reach their peak today or
tomorrow.
One Man Drowned.
Transportation lines were seriously
affected throughout New England
The situation was most acute in the
Springfield district of the Connecticut
Valley. AT westfield an unidentified
man about twenty-five years of age
was swept into Powder Mill brook
and drowned, when he attempted to
ford a flooded section of the Spring
field road.
Floods poured into Easements and
first floors of factories in this see.
tion, causing them to shut down.
school Ii Maro0ned.
At Claremont. N. H, a country
school was marooned yesterday by
the flood, the pupils being removed
over hastily constructed bridge A
woman and her five small children
were rescued in boats from Groux
Island in the PiscataQuog, in New
Hampshire, when rising waters in
vaded their home.
Floods at several New Hampshire
points forced lengthy detours by the
Portsmouth and Concord divisions
of the Boston and Maine railroad.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
U. S. RHINE ARMY COST
SETTLEMENT APPROVED
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April S.-The foreign af-
fairs committee Of the chamber Of
deputies unanimously approved today
the report of Deputy Farges recon-
mending the ratification Of the conven-
ton signed in Paris in May, 1928, con-
cerning the repayment of the costs of
the American army of occupation in the
Rhineland. The committee, through
it's president, NJ. Leygues, will ask
the chamber to ratify the convention
before parliament adjourns for the
elections.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
ALExANDRlAN NAMED
ASST. ATTY. GENERAL
Appointment Of Lewis H. Machen
to Succeed Hank at Rich
mond Announced.
Special Dispatch to Tho star.

Special Dispatch to Tho star.
RICHMOND. Va, April S.--Attor-
ney General Saunders last night an
nounced appointment of Lewis HI.
Machen of. Alexandria. as assistar
attorney general succeeding Josiah d.
Hank. IT,, now engaged In private prac-
tice here.
Mr.. Machen will take the oath Of
office today and enter actively on his
duties.
Mr.. Machen for many years was en-
gagged in law practice in Fairfax
county. affiliated with R c. S. Mon
cure. Later he opened an office in
Alexandria, where he continued his
practice until about ten years ago.
While in Alexandria he held an ex-
tensive criminal practice. He is a ma
tive of Fairfax Court House, and was
graduated from Episcopal High School,
near Alexandria
Evening star., 1924-04-08

tContinued from First Page)
kins. candidate of the La Toilette
bloc in Washington.
In the democratic senatorial con-
test the fight is clean cut between A
A. Sprague, the Brennan choice, and
former Stare Representative William
Mckinley, carrying the McAdoo ban
ner.
Wet Makes Campaign.
Five candidates, four of them open
ly battling against the regulars -
seek the democratic nomination for
governor. Light wine and beer has
complicated the contest by injection
of a second important issue for the
voters. Lee O'Neil Browne, twenty
three years q member of the state
Legislature, waged a state wide cam
paign as the only avowed wet in
the bunch
Full state tickets and convention
delegates will be selected in the
major parties, and minority eroups
will name candidates for scattered
posts, principally in the Legislature,
More than 1.200 candidates are listed
on the state ballots, and in Chicago
more than 100 additional are entered
in contests for county posts and
places on the municipal bench.
Evening star., 1924-04-08
LETTER CAUSES INDICTMENT
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star. ?
RICHMOND, Va, April S.-Bernard
Gould of Petersburg was indicted in
United States court here today oa d
charge of sending a threatenins
Khan letter through the mail to Nick
Sideris of Petersburg. <-
Evening star., 1924-04-08
PREPARATIONS BODY
TO CONSIDER DAWES
REPORT TOMORROW

CONTINUED from First Paxe.)
Evening star., 1924-04-08
COOLIDGE IN SWEEPING
MICHIGAN VICTORY OVER
SENATOR HIRAM JOHNSON

iContinued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-04-08
BOWIE ENTRIES
FOR ToNoRRoW,

FIRST RACE-Claining; purse, ST. 200;
saiden tvo-year-olds; four furlongs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-05-02
Notice To Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Montgomery county, Md. letters
OF administration on the personal estate of
ALFRED j. SCHILLER,
late of MONTGOMERY county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the said de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof, to the
subscriber, on or before the 4th day Of
September. 1924 they may otherwise. by
law, be excluded from all benefit of said
estate. All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 4th day of
March. 1924.
NETTlE S. ELLIS,
Administrative,
2l7 Willow Ave. Takoma Park, Md.
mar l4.6t
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-05-02

tIeOleu III tnree years.
The trend toward Stude-
bakers has become a SEN
sation.
Last year 145,167 peo-
pie paid $2o1, 100000 for
Studebaker cars.
Back of this car is an
honored name, which for
IL years has stood for
high ideals.
Behind it are $o0,000,-
600 of assets, staked on
pleasing you better than
others.
4 Il X
Before you pay ST., 900
or more for a car, these
are facts you should
know and compare. You
owe that to yourself.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-05-02
Your Next Car
Will be this Light-Six, if you learn the truth

1t is designed and superintendent
by an engineering department which
costs us $5oo,OoO yearly.
Each steel formula has been proved
the best for its purpose by years of
tests. On some we pay 1871 premium
to makers to get them exactly right.
Each car in the building gets $4,000
tests and inspections.
Il +
The crankshafts are machined on
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-05-02

able you to look at any car and tell
whether it's been cheapened to meet
price or offers true quality.
1t will tell you why some cars rat
tie at 10000 miles and others don't.
1t shows one single point in a closed
car which measures whether you're
getting top or medium quality. The
book is free-clip the coupon below.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-05-02
Save 5000 TO $500

Studebaker builds 1907
900 fine cars yearly. It
builds in model factories,
modernly equipped. 1t
has spent $38, 900, 900 in
the past FIVE years on
new-day plants and
equipment.
By quantity and up-to-
dateness it saves large
sums per car. A car like
this Light-Six, built I'M
der ordinary conditions.
would cost $500 to $500
more.