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locality. 1t was doubtless for this
reason and perhaps again out of
desire to give the closest possible
protection that this general provision
was put into the bill by the House
committee.
Although the bill was unanimously
reported by the House committee 1t
was amended before passage on the
floor of the House in two respects.
There has long been a controversy in
Alaska as to the comparative destruc-
tiveness of different kinds Of fishing
gear and the battle has been waEed
most strongly as between the opera
tors of traps and the operators of
purse seines, each accusing the other
of the responsibility for excessive
taking of the salmon, of waste of
fish, and of various other wrongdo-
ings. The House committee. perhaps
unable to decide the merits of the
controversy. wisely left the question
open, giving, however. to the Secre
tary of Commerce the power to pro-
hibit the use OF either apparatus
whenever and wherever 1t might be
found necessary.
Amend me nts Eliminated.
"On the floor of the House the
amendment to prohibit their use in
certain Alaskan waters, and the
enemies of the purse seines retaliated
with a similar amendment as to that
form of fishing gear: Both amend,
ments passed, so that under the bill
as it came from the House and went
to the Senate, fishing with either of
these forms of apparatus in these
waters was absolutely prohibited.
Inasmuch as the very great per-
centage of fish are caught by one or
the other of these methods, 1t meant,
of course, a very large and unneces-
sary reduction In the catch. When
the bill reached the Senate committee
81 af
the House committee and reported to
the Senate the bill in the form in
which II was presented to the house,
with the two floor amendments elimi-
mated The bill in that form Is before
the Senate today.
There is no time to quarrel about
the details of this legislation. There
is no opportunity for considering
whether or not this bill works with
absolute justice upon all of the in
terests concerned Whether or not
it is ideal legislation is beyond the
question We are faced today with
an smerseney: 1T The e., question th f.y, IS
disappearing food supply for the
American people shall be saved and
protected. or whether it shall be al
lowed to be entirely extinguished by
human greed and the desire for in
dividual gain. No other issue is pre-
sented to Congress.
considering the present legisla tive
situation and the short time remain
ing for the present session, if this
Legislation is to be enacted at all, 1t
must be in it's present form, in which
it has already received the unani-
nous appreciation OF the committee
of the House and the committee of
the Senate. To attempt to modify 1t
is but to attempt to defeat 1t under
the guise of improvement IL the
bill passes. the salmon of Alaska Will
be preserved for future generations.
If it is defeated. they will be still
further depleted and will continue in
grave danger of extinction. In such
Evening star., 1924-05-04
WALLACE PROTESTS
PARK BILL PASSAGE
Objects to Move to Put System Un-
der Jurisdiction of Chief
of Engineers.

Secretary OF Agriculture Wallace
yesterday sent to the District COM
mittee of the Senate an adverse re-
port on a bill introduced by Senator
King Of Utah TO place in the park
system of the District of Columbia,
under the Jurisdiction of the chief Of
engineers, that portion of the Mall
between 18th and 14th streets west
and B street north and b street south.
The King bill provided further that
all greenhouses, gardens and build
ings in this area should be removed
by the Secretary of Agriculture with
in three years from the date of the
passage of the proposed law. The bill
also would transfer jurisdiction over
the two inclosed spaces lying between
7th and 9th streets west and between
the Center Market building and Penn
sylvanIa ...enue to the chief of en-
gfneers.
Secretary Wallace in his report
said that such transfer of jurisdic-
tion would be to deprive the Depart
ment OF Agriculture of necessary fa-
cilities required for the effective
prosecution OF many features of its
research and unconstitutional work
which has been developed during the
sixty years of the departments life
He said, too, that the removal of the
greenhouses, etc, would result in
large expense to the government.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
TAkOMA TO ELECT
MAYOR TOMORROW
Voters Also Will Choose Three
Councilmen to Serve Two
Year Terms.

The legal voters of Takoma Park.
Md. tomorrow will elect a mayor
and three councilmen to serve terms
of two years each. commencing June
l. The polls will be open from an
until pm. in the Takoma Presby-
terian Church.
The only candidate in the field for
mayor is Fl. +. Taft. the present in
cumbent. who for the past year has
been filing the unexpired term of
James l.. Wilmeth. former director
of the bureau of engraving and print
ing. who resigned to accept d posi-
ton with large concern in Phila-
delphia.
The candidates on the ticket for
councilmen are Fred D. B. Austin
Joseph 4. Griffith, William A. kroll
c. V. Johnson and Lloyd W. Biddle
the present council. These candi-
dates We're nominated at a caucus
held last Monday night at TAX oma
Park
The judges Of election tomorrow
will he L. VI. Mooers, ]. H. Ellsworth
and Mrs Madge Nelson Mrs. Bryan
Davis will be clerk OF the election
board
The terms Of the councilmen expir-
ing on jun | are w F. Fischer. who
ton of superintendent OF. public
works of the town; Joseph A. Griffith
and William \. kroll
Ben 9. Davis, town clerk and
treasurer, has been presented with a
resolution expressing regret at his
forthcoming retirement from office
and commencing him for his courte-
Gus and efficient services rendered
during the past twenty-five years he
has served in his official capacity.
Mr.. Davis leaves June / to accept a
position at Havana, Cuba. where he
Will have charge of the disburSing
office in the United States embassy
At the present time he is chief clerk
of the State Department. having oc-
cupied that position for number Of
years past.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
CONCERT FOR TWAIN FUND
Program to Aid Plan for Memorial
Park to Humorist.

A memorial concert is to be held at
Memorial Continental Hall next Sat
urday night, TO raise the Districts
contribution toward establishing d
memorial park to Samuel l.. Clemens
Mark Twain Americas great hu-
morist, at Florida, Mo.
Nine. Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch
daughter of the author, and a tai
enter concert artist, is coming here
to give a recital and place her ap-
proval on the proposal to erect a lit
erary shrine at the birthplace of her
distinguished father
President Coolidge has written
hearty inforsement OF the Mark Twain
memorial park idea. and Mrs Cool
idge gives it her active support by
heading the list Of patronesses for
the Washington concert. George
Harvey, former ambassador to Eng
land, will be the presiding officer and
Irwin Cobb will be here to voice his
tribute to an author who helped max"
the world happy.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
URGES PLAYGROUND
IN EACH LOCALITY
Mrs. Rhodes Wants Realtors to Set
Aside Acre in Every
Subdivision.
HOLDS PLAN PROFITABLE
Says Property Values Would In
crease From Move.

Dedication of a playground site In
every new subdivision that is opened
was proposed last night by Mrs. Susie
Root Rhodes. supervisor of munich
pal Fairgrounds, as an effective
method of providing ample recrea-
ton for the children of Washington.
Mrs. Rhodes believes such a plan
would prove advantageous to the de-
velopers of real estate as we'll as to
the public by attracting home buyers
to localities equipped with recrea-
tional facilities.
Benefit to Property.
The old idea was that Il play
ground injured property values in a
neighborhood," said Mrs Rhodes,
but people are beginning to realize
that on the contrary, a supervised
playground is an advantage.
In new section. where lawns and
flower beds are the general rule.
children are bound to run across the
grass and impair the appearance if
they have no place but the street on
which TO play. If they have a play
ground within reasonable distance
they will get more enjoyable recrea-
ton and the lawns will not be in
Jured."
Could Probate Costs.
Mrs. Rhodes suggestion is that the
real estate men leave an open space
for playground when they map nff
a new subdivision If they regard
the plan as too costly a venture. they
could. Mrs. Rhodes points out. pro-
rate the cost of the playground site
on all of the lots in the subdivision.
The supervisor thinks that one
tenth of every subdivision should be
set aside for neighborhood recreation.
Occa sionally the District is offered Il
small piece of ground for playground
purposes. but Mrs. Rhodes said II is
hardly worth the expense of elu:p-
ping them with apparatus and pro-
Viding personal supervision unless
they are large enough for the athletic
games that normal boys and girls
like to play.
Need At Least Acre.
"A playground she continued,
should be at least an acre in size.
which, it is estimated, viii enable 800
children to take part in games and
contests"
The Commissioners yesterday au-
thorized Mrs. Rhodes to accept an of
fer from the management of the Ma
tional Theater to give the play
grounds department the privilege of
selling 1000 tickets for the motion
picture to he shown there on May l.
and Is, the department to keep half
the proceeds from the tickets for
playground work.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
MINING TOOL COMPANIES
CHARGED WITH MONOPOLY
Four Western Firms Named De-
PENDANTS for Price-Fixing
on Machinery.
By the ASSocia ted Press.

bE InH ANS-pcIa TED PTeSS.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. May 3-Four
machinery manufacturing companies
wire named defendants in suits in
equity brought by United States
District Attorney Benson W. Hough
here today, charging violation Of the
Sherman antitrust act
The s defendants, the Sullivan
Machinery Company, the Goodman
Manufacturing Company and the
rganGGrdner Electric Company,
all of Chicago. and the Jeffrey Manu-
featuring Company of Columbus are
alleged to have resorted to price fix
ing in obtaining a monopoly of the
manufacture of mining machinery.
A restraining order to enjoin
further enforcement of all contracts
now in operation between these COM
panies and other relief is asked from
the court.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
EX-SENATOR HAM LEWIS
BERATES DISARMAMENT
Says America Faces Doom in Let
ting Others Prepare for
War Unheeded.
BY the Associated Press

BY the AssOciated Press.
CHICAGO, May America faces
"a day of fierce reckoning and sleeps
in a paradise of Dreams former
Senator j. Hamilton Lewis declared
today in an address here. America,
he said. must prepare herself against
the threatening war. spirit of the
world" and added that when secure
in ourselves, it will be time to turn
our influence of religion and justice
to disarm the worlds hatred"
For America to disarm," he de-
clared, when all the world is armiEg
with newest implements of world
destruction. is to invite assault unon
us by every foe who from envy or
grievance would wish our destruc-
ton
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Alf Taylor to Speak.

Former Gov. Alf Taylor of Tennes-
see will address the Tennessee So
ciety Of Washington at meeting
in the Raleigh Hotel next Saturday
night. He will deliver his address
on up Salt River" The address
will be followed by dancing Dr.
f. NJ. Ellison, president of the So
ciety. will preside.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

immediate steps be taken by the
chairman of a subcommittee to ar
range, If possible. for piping the
water from a spring just west of the
old 14th street ravine on the north
side of PiEey Branch Valley down to
the creek bed of Pirey Branch TO
aid in preserving sanitary conditions
in the creek bed
Evening star., 1924-05-04
BACKS HOME LOAN BILL.
Senator Copeland Sponsors Pro
posal Urging Federal Aid.

Senator Copeland Of New York.
Democrat. yesterday introduced q
bill to encourage home ownership and
TO stimulate the buying and building
of homes. 1t provides for the -
tablishment of federal home loan
banks which make loans for the pur-
chase and construction Of homes. T.
creates d standard form of invest
ment based on building asSociati"r
mortgages. government depositorics
and financial agents. The bill VS.
referred to the committee on bank
ing and currency.
E.ngland's only woman master mosaj jr
worker is Miss Gertrude Martin. some
of whose work is to be seen in We>r-
minister Cathedral.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

a situation there can be no difference
OF opinion among those who have the
faintest belief in those policies of
conservation of our natural resources
which have become dear to the Amer
lean people"
Evening star., 1924-05-04
Radio Aids in Solving Mirare.

When approaching Sydney, Novia
Scotia, recently, Capt. Bauge of the
hospital ship st. Joan of Arc was
confronted by mirage which dis
torted the shore lines so they could
not be recognized. Calling his radio
compass into service, he took radio
bearings from North Sydney, Magda-
len Island and Canso, with the result
that he succeeded in locating his
position.
Endeavoring to find the proper
point at which to land in a fog, Capt.
Bauge and a native fisherman, who
was on board, were greatly confused
by a mirage which changed the ap-
pearance of the coast. They knew
they were not in front of Scarati, for
a steep cliff could be seen behind the
lighthouse, obviously not the gently
sloping hill of the Nova Scotia shore,
five miles distant from the light
house.
Standing by temporarily until the
sun came out, the skipper took an
altitude. which, plotted with his radio
bearings, intersected in a triangle of
error of less than three miles on
side He was eaSt-northeaSt of
Scarati. Soon the lighthouse ap-
peared in its natural place. The radio
compass proved correct, he states,
despite the evidence" of their eyes.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
Radio Conference Planned.

Twelve of the twenty-one American
republics expected to take part in
the lnter-American Electrical Com
munication Conference in Mexico City
on May q have indicated their inten-
ton to send delegates, and six have
appointed their representatives, ac-
cording to the Pan-American Union.
The six countries which have for
warded the names of delegates are
Brazil, Guatemala, Paraguay, Uruguay,
Peru and Salvador
The United States government as
yet has not named its delegates, but
it is understood that three represen-
tativeS, the maximum permitted and
the number selected by Brazil, will
be selected as soon as the joint reso-
luton passed by the Senate and
House is signed by President Cool
idge 1t is thought that the Presi-
Secretary of State Leland Harrison,
who has been handling the matter, or
Assistant Secretary j. Butler Wright
as chairman of the United States
delegat ton.
For the past five months the United
States departmental committee of
communications has been working on
agenda, including a definite radio pol
icy. and preparing an exhaustive re-
ence in Mexico City. The problem is
said to be that of establishing an all
American policy for radio, telegraph,
cable and possibly telephone commu-
nications along progressive lines. The
resultant inter-American policy will
undoubtedly be carried abroad to the
international conference when that
meeting is called.
It has been suggested to the State
Department that the United States
commissioners include representatives
OF the State and Commerce depart
ments and an "outsider'-that is,
spokesman for the public and COM
mercial interests. At least six addi-
tional experts and technical advisers
will be designated to accompany the
three United States commissioners as
provided in the joint resolution, which
carries an allotment of $4,000 for
expenses. Members of the commui-
cation stats of the Army, Navy and
Commerce departments will be Sc
1ected as assistant commissioners, 1t
Sc reported-
Evening star., 1924-05-04
New Naval Radio Chief.

Capt Ridley Mclean, U. s. N, for
merly in command of the battleship
Arkans sas, has been designated to re-
lieve Capt. o. p. jackson as director
of naval communications. Capt Jack
son goes to command the training
station at Newport, r. I. =
Capt Mclean, who is we'll trained
to handle naval communications, is a
graduate of both the Naval and Army
War Colleges, has served as Judge
advocate general of the Navy, and is
a gunnery expert. He reported to the
Navy Department at Washington re-
Gently, and is understanding Capt
jackson. whom he relieves June l.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

broadcasting stations. Their call
letters, location, power owners and
wave bands on which they transmit
follow:
KF'PY, Svnons Investment Com
pany. Spohnrr, Wash, 2sS meters, 100
watts.
WDRA, ~. d Ray, Columbus, Ga,
236 meteis d watts.
WDBB, A. H. White & Co. Inc,
Taunton, Mass, 229 meters, 10 watts.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
Three New Stations.

1nFec view SI4tIOnSs
The Department OF Commerce last
week issued licenses to three new
Evening star., 1924-05-04
Improved Set for Infantry.

The most difficult problem of the
Army Signal Corps has always been
to keep headquarters in close contact
with the troops advancing in the field
of battle, and during the world war
this means of radio communication
was found inadequate, according to
officers of the Army. Recently signal
experts have developed a satisfactory
portable field radio set for infantry
hattalions. with the result that pres
emily an improved set will be placed
in operation.
The modified io-telegraph trans
hitting set for infantry field use.
known as S. c. II, has been modified
ing it an increased range and better
stability. The set complete now
weighs only seventy-five pounds, and
is a '-two-man'' set-that is, one man
can carry the batteries and another
operation and improvements so that
any VII tube will operate satisfac-
torily in the oscillator socket have
been achieved. The set box, known
as BC-9 A, has been redesigned for
carrying the apparatus in the field.
The sending key is arranged to
short a large resistance in series with
the plate circuit.
When the sending key is depressed
the set operates at full power with
full plate voltage. When it. is re-
thereby inserted, causes a large re-
duction in the effective plate voltage,
so that the set oscillates weakly.
when receiving, therefore, it causes
but slight interference to a nearby
set, receiving on the same tuner
(wave length) setting. 1t is then
possible for all the stations in net
TO use common tuner setting. The
other tuner settings may be assigned
to adjacent nets, which may then be
operated at one time. Electrical con-
stants of the oscillator tube circuit
in the modified sets have been
changed SO that the operation is less
critical
Three New Stations.
Evening star., 1924-07-07

Official feet came humping down
from desk tops in the fourth precinct
police station shortly after noon to-
day when a voice screamed over the
telephone in spine chilling tones:
Help, 0 Help, Murder! Murder!
Please come quickly" In another
minute the patrol wagon, jammed
and overflowing with painting re-
serves, was changing it's way to 511
1st street.
With motor roaring and radiator
boiling, the vehicle camo to a stop
just two chugs ahead of another car
that had rushed the murder squad
from headquarters. AS an excited
crowd surged to the scene, police re-
serves and detectives leaped breath
less through the open door into the
silent house.
Only death-like stiffness greeted
the painting officers as they rushed
from parlor to dining room and final
ly into the kitchen. There, on hands
and knees, they found a bent little
old colored woman, with white hair
and wrinkled brow, busy scru bbing
her kitchen floor. Instantly the of
ficers recognized her.
She was Amy Herbert, who twice
before had called the reserves to
ghastly homicides that were found to
Evening star., 1924-07-07
TEN, DEATH TOLL
| IN STEAMER FIRE
Bodies of Five NeWsboys Re-
/ covered as Two InveSti-
1 cations Are Started.
y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July Tho bodies
Of five boys, members of the Balti-
more Evening Suns Newsboy Band,
p and that of negro, were found on
the hulk of the bay steamer Three
Rivers yesterday when the remains
of the vessel, which was burned to
tho water-line in Chesapeake Bay
early Saturday morning, were towcd
into Baltimore.
This brings the total number of
victims of the fire up to ten and ac-
counts for all those known to be
missing.
The boys were Nelson A. Miles,
Ashby Pilker. Vernon jefferson,
fifteen, and Walter Millikin, thirteen.
The body of white man, believed
to be James Truitt of Baltimore, was
found floating in the bay off Cove
Point late yesterday, and shortly be-
fore the body of negro, around
which was strapped a life preserver
ashore on Hoopers Island. The
bodies of two other negroes had been
found shortly after the disaster.
Two Investigations.
The steamer was en- route to Balti-
more from Crsfeld, Md, when the
fire was discovered on the saloon
deck, about midnight. 1t gained
headway rapidly. and the passengers
and crew were forced to take to life
boats and life prcservers. Several
passing steamers came to the aid OF
the burning vessel and picked up more
than fifty OF the survivors.
An inVeStiga ton has been begun by
the Baltimore. Chesapeake and At
lantic Railway Company. owner of
the ship. and the board of United
States steamboat inspectors in Ralti-
more will start an inquiry this week,
IL was announced.
Evening star., 1924-07-07
od-Curdling Cry of Murder
Brings Police Das1,ing to Rescue

exist only in her obsessed imagination.
After hurried consultation, the
police decided it would be safer to
have the woman sent to an asylum
for mental observation, but they
were faced with the necessity Of first
persuading her to come from her
home to the street
The law prohibits an officer from
making a N arrest fer any but a most
serious offense in a private home
without first obtaining a warrant,
Evening star., 1924-07-07

and the sanctity OF Amys kitchen
was as sacred in the eyes Of the law
as that of the most vaunted palace.
In vain the officers pleaded, cajoled
and enticed. but Amy just kept on
with her scru bbing. Steps will be
taken, however, to have her sent to
the proper institution for observa-
ton.
Evening star., 1924-07-07

Between 1000 and $4,000 barber
shops in the United States are oper
ated by women
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-03

Judges. A vicious thing has grown
up and these judges have become the
real strike breakers and they will
surely cause trouble in this country
if they are not checked or stopped"
Il don't aim to destroy the courts" "
said Klein, 81 want to put the judges
where they belong-they are just
moItals like any other citizen but
they act like super-gods. They Jail
people when the breakfast does not
agree or they don't feel right and
the people have no right to criticize
them. | believe in trial by jury IN
all contempt cases, in fact most
judges have put themselves in con-
tempt Of the people by their strike
breaking injunctions." The use OF
the injunction in labor cases has
grown up here since 1888 and now its
has become so that we are ruled by
Judges and We are cOWed by them.
People should have the same right to
criticize judges as other public Off
GERS. The man who fears this and
will not grant it should not be made
Judge by the people. / want to brin)
the courts to the people. | intend
to use my position and name both on
and off the bench to agitate against
this tyranny so we can right this
abuse. Klein has been labor's law
yer here for over IS years and labor
is making a real drive to elect him as
the first labor judge. Klein's plat
form is as follows:
1-AbOIish use of Injunction in