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Evening star., 1924-04-15
Jeritzo Gives the
Oyster Credit for
Keeping Her Slender.

<Maria Jeritza gives the oyster
credit for keeping her thin and
said on sailing for Vienna that
her chief regret in leaving
America was in leaving Amer
lean oysters. The lovely prima
donna eats oysters just the
one way-on the half shell
and on bed of clear, sparkling
ice. April is the last R month
until September. Take Nine.
Jeritza'S beauty hint-eat raw
oysters and grow thin.
Pure, clean, sparkling american Ice
IS the ideal oyster bed". .American is
made from pure audter and is the safe
see to use for the table.
Evening star., 1924-04-15

In solving equitably our street rail-
| way problem the primary RESPONSE
bility for providing means of carry
ing long-haul passengers at a loss,
distinctly in the community interest,
falls upon those who have benefited
by this wise policy in the past. 1t is
just that they should first come to the
rescue.
The main loss is falling and will
inevitably fall upon the washingtn
Railway and Electric Company stock
holders. The common stockholders,
who have enjoyed increasing divi-
dends and for time great increase of
| stock quotation values through the
contributions of excessive electric
| light profits, and of savings through
low wages to workmen. and through
stock manipulations, are now called
upon to pay back some of their past
profits and to cease to enjoy present
and, for time at least, future profits.
Indeed, they have been threatened
with confisca ton of their principal
The Washington Railway and Elec-
trio stockholders have suffered for
errors of judgment of their agents
in handling a strike of their en-
ployes and in misjudging public SEN
timent. They have perhaps deserved
to pay and have certainly paid heavy
penalties; they have not, they con-
tend. deserved capital punishment
They urge that the company ought
not to be declared bankrupt or
forced into bankruptcy when its as
cat
recognized as of such great value, and
when the causes which compel it to
do an increasing business at an in
creasing loss are obvious, are not at
tributable primarily to 1t, and may
be corrected.
Another beneficiary of the wise
public policy of carrying long-haul
passengers at a loss is the suburban
1te. For many years these long-haul
passengers have been transported at
the same fiat rate as the short-haul
passengers, at loss, the Improbable
suburban lines of the w. Il. & E.
being carried by the urban trunk
lines and by the profits of the Poto-
mac Electric Company and by the
savings from low wages to employees
Now the wages of employees have been
enormously increased, the profits of
the electric company have been cut
down and the fiat rate to be paid
ny passengers TO pear the
whole burden of carrying the unprof-
liable long-haul traffic has reached,
of necessity, a figure which drives
passengers to the competing line if
which imposes an undue burden opon
the passengers of the other line
Qargely short passengers) if the
fiat rate is the same on both roads
The long-haul suburban passengers
have reasonably resisted a zone sys-
tenn, which multiplies the fare unduly
without meeting the deficit in full
the company claims) and without
Evening star., 1924-04-15
Greatly Reduced Round-Trip
FareS tn the West

Very low fares will be in effect this sum
mer. via the Chicago & North Western L nior
Pacific to Colorado, Yellowstone National Park
Salt Lake City. California, Yosemite, Mount
Rainier National Park and the Pacific North
west.
Drop a line indicating the places in which you
interested and will send you without
charge illustrated booklets and complete in
formation. Or. IL you desire. we will map out
an entire trip for you. Address r. o. Small
General Agent. c. n. W. Ry.. 18th and
Market SITS, hia.-Adyertisement
Evening star., 1924-04-15
Passing Fair.

A man met a fair maiden,
A beauteous miss was she.
He said, ITO kiss this maiden
Would be joy to me-"
He did.
He grew to know this maiden,
In fact, he fell in love.
He said, "To wed this maiden
Is what I'm thinking Of"
He did.
Once married to this maiden
She nagged his very breath.
He said, Il think this maiden
VIII worry me to death"
She did.
&C. M. Long.
Evening star., 1924-04-15
FIGHTS CATTLE PLAGUE.
Texas Places Further Quarantine
Against California.

AUSTIN, Tex, April 15.-Further
quarantine of Texas against California
in an effort to keep the foot and mouth
disease out of this state has been pro-
claimed by Gov. Neff. Hay, grain,
straw or similar fodder. and trees,
shrubs. vines. plants and flowers are
prohibited from coming into Texas
from California.
Evening star., 1924-04-15
Quality.

BY Mary Cullen.
Dorothy StuyveSant Latterbury
blushfnG deiicately. in filmy wedding
gown, came daintily down the aisle,
her gossamer veil floating like mist
above her head.
At the altar she stubbed her toe on
a potted lily.
Said she to the minister: That's a
deuce of a place for a lilyn
Evening star., 1924-04-15
The Fun Shop
Conducted by
MarSon ForhalI JudeY
The Inquisitive Reporter.

Our Inquisitive Reporter yesterday
asked this question of five people
chosen at random:
What invention, according to your
view. would contribute maximum Of
happiness to the well known human
racer"
H B. Warbruck, mailman: "A gag
for people who go around askin' fool
questions.
Mrs. Charles Brown, housewife; "A
fire-less cook"
Helen Martin, school teacher. "You'II
find an inforna ton bureau at the rail-
road station, SIR
Marian Francis dressmaker: well
hardly. but / understand skirts will be
much shorter this spring"
Louise Elliott, millioner: Now don't
you get sarcastic. young man."
Evening star., 1924-04-15
House to Honor Dead.

Memorial services will be held by
the House for the late Representa-
tives Sawyer. Arkansas, April 27;
Dupre, Louisiana, May If, and Tyson,
Alabama, May 18.
Evening star., 1924-04-15
Coolidge Delegates Picked,

fourth district republican convention
yesterday indorsed Calvin Coolidge
for President and elected two district
delegates.
Evening star., 1924-04-15
Justice.

He stole glance, glove a kiss
her heart;
Was caught and sentenced: "'TiII
death do you part"
Horace Liveright
Evening star., 1924-04-15
His Concern.

He: Il hope, darling, that your
father isn't anxious about your
future?"
She: "Oh, no! It's about yours.
Doris Barry
(CopyriShf 4
Evening star., 1924-04-15
Keeping Track of 1t.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Billings-What did Smiths wife dc
after he spent all his money on booze:
Jennings-Divorced him and mar
ried his bootlegger.
Evening star., 1924-04-15
A. W. O. L.

Who belongs to de army of de
Lawd?" shouted the colored preacher.
A man In the back seat jumped up
and said: II does"
ITO what branch OBJ de army do you
| belong?"
ITO de Baptist"
Get out, yo' don't belong to de army,
YOU belong to de navy"
Buster Keaton.
Evening star., 1924-04-15
HARD TO SOLVE OUR
STREET RAILWAY
PROBLEM JUSTLY
How Shall We Distribute
EquitabIy the Cost of Car
rying Long-Haul Traffic at
Loss?
THEODORE w. MOVES.

Editorial Correspondence of The Star.
This article is reprinted from The
Star of May 1920, 1921, as with slight
obvious notifications pertinent to-
day.I
Evening star., 1924-04-15

He had just kissed her No wonder
she felt a little down on the mouth.
Evening star., 1924-04-15
Taken In.

| begged she open up her heart,
And take in Love and me;
For she was sweet, divine, petite,
And gowned so charmingly.
Evening star., 1924-04-15

But now, alas, in later years,
l find to my chagrin,
That Love and l have cause to sigh
We both were taken in.
Glare NJ Carberry.
Evening star., 1924-04-15

The solution of the troublesome
street railway problem rests ulti-
mately upon the Public Utilities COM
mission and Congress, representing
all of us. By action Indirectly affect
ing wages and concerning directly
working conditions and services to
be rendered. they have determined in
effect the roads money outgo. There
is no escape in equity from a CORE
spending obligation in respect to the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
La Toilette and. His
Supporters Get Warm
Welcome in the Senate
BY WILLIAM *. HUTCHINSON

With political war clouds looking
over its future, the Senate con.
yened today for the short session
Of the Sixty.eighth Congress.
A tremendous throng of visitors,
headed by the First Lady Of the
Land, attended the brief session,
during which three new Senators
were sworn into office and adjourn
ment taken in respect to the MEM
DRY Of three members who died dur
ing the recess.
The session was crowded with
drama, for it marked the first APP
pearance of the four Senatorial
outcasts-Lthe La Toilette insurgents
who were read out of the Repub.
lican party by their colleagues.
All four were present. Senator
Robert M. La Toilette IT Wisconsin,
the leader, made an unexpected APP.
pearance and his advent was the
signal for an audible, murmur to
run through the ranks Of hts col.
leagues.
He took his old seat in the front
row of the Senate and moment
later he was deluged with hand.
shakes from his colleagues.
The legislative veteran smiled
broadly when Senators Smoot (Repl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
ARMOR SCARCE,
COLLECTORS
FIND
Steel Worked Over Largely
Into Fine Tools and
Ornaments

OF all craftswork of past times
none has disappeared to such an
extent as armor, and the reason
for this is well known. The steel
and iron of which 1t was made was
of such fine quality that 1t could
be used to the greatest advantage
In making tools or ornamental
metal work, and after every war or
in long periods of peace much
armor was sold for these purposes.
For instance, 1t is a generally
accepted story that the world-fam'
Gus metal gates Of the Botanical
Garden in Munich were forged from
Gothic armor Of the Fifteenth Cen.
fury which had been distracted
from the attics of palaces of that
CITY, AS suit of armor has
brought fifty thousand dollars in
recent years; the intrinsic value
OF that gate would run into. a
large figure. At the time Of the
French Revolution ancient armor
was sold by weight and converted
into horseshoes and pike-heads.
There is in the collection in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York a headpiece that was
found in a little grocery shop in a
town on the Rhine where 1t was
used to measure meal. Another
reason for the disappearance of
armor, apart from its natural
enemies, rust and erosion, is that
many casques and buckles enriched
with gold were broken UP for the
sake of the trifling sums received
for the precious metal. The real
causes for the disappearance Of ar
NOR in the mass, however, were
its abandonment by armies in the
last two centuries and discourage
ment of it's use in modern war;
fare up to 1914.
Arnor has a symbolism touched
by charming fanc., Thus the he'll
met is the symbol of wisdom. the
breastplate, Of virtue; the back
Plate, of prudence; the sword, Of
valor; the spur, of diligence, and
the gauntlets, of friendship. There
Is a touch OF humor in connection
with the baclSplate symbolizing pru-
dence. particularly when it is re
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
WOMAN KILLED,
SCORE HURT
IN WRECK
Two Pennsylvania Railroad
Trains Collide in Suburb
of Chicago

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-One woman
was killed, a child was probably
fatally injured and more than a
score of other passengers were in
jured today in rear-end collision
of two Pennsylvania railroad pas
senger trains at the Engleyood
station, near here.
One of the trains in the acct
dent was a Columbus, Ohio, ex.
press. The other. it. is believed,
was local.
The accident occurred as the Co.
lumbus train slowed down for the
Englewood station, the other train
blowing into it's rear.
Emergency calls were sent to all
hospitals in the district.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01

.duce railroad freight rates, espe-
ciaily those rates affecting agri-
cultural products. This resolution
is before the Interstate Commerce
Committee, but its recall is threat
ened. It was presented last ses-
sion, when the farmers were in the
depths of depression, and the de-
mand was general for freight.rate
reduction.
One important right that may
engage the attention of the .coun.
try-and of the world as wells
promised in the Senate over the
plans for strengthening the Navy.
Senator Hale (Rep) of Maine, de-
clares that he is going to renew
his efforts at this session to get
through legislation for recondi.
tioning and reconverting coalburn.
ing battleships into oil burners, and
the construction of eight new scout
cruisers and two airplane' carriers.
This legislation will be staunchly
opposed by the little navy" people
and by those who believe that It
violates the spirit, II not the letter,
of the Arms Conference Treaties.
Reports On Probes.
a oozen or so investigating com
mittees will make reports to this
Congress, their findings representing
the weeks of digging and burrow,
ing into many phases Of govern.
mental life during the last session.
Two money bills Of major impor
lance failed at last session and
stand in position for immediate pas
sage. One Is the Second Deficiency
bill, carrying total Of $786 1888 ,28S
OF this amount SITS ,00O, 900 is fol
immediate use in paying the sol
diers' bonus and supplying funds fol
the coast guard service in harassinp
rum-runners. The other bill pro
vides $26 ,357.767 for salaries in the
Government field service classified
| ton.
All told, thie dying session of the
Sixty eighth Congress will be one
Of recrimination and procrastination
The Democrats and the insurgents
will try to get what they can, as
against the Republican policy oi
holding tight and awaiting the as
sembly OF the Sixty-ninth Congress
wherein they have control in fact
AZ well an in naY1nn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
0ANT9AW
NEWS

,HoRSE-Bay mare; found.
18TH ST., S. E,-Three furnished
rooms; h. H.; sink, gas,
electricity.
CHAUFFEURS wanted. Apply
with Identification cards.
FRATERNITY PIN lost; Greek let
ter; on F st., Saturday afternoon.
Reward offered.
18TH ST., N. W.--Unfurnished q
room apartment, $40 per month
FORD 1-ton truck; perfect condi-
ton. $3.50 cash.
9TH ST., N. E.-Three outside
rooms; private bath; $45.
FRANKLIN sedan; style OBJ; re-
conditioned; reasonable.
SALESWOMEN wanted;' expert
enced in selma SHOES.
GREY Angora Cat lost. Reward
offered.
FOR FU4THER DETAILS TURN 4,
HEfCLASS1FIED SECTION.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
NOTED ARTIST
FOUND DEAD
FROM Gas
L. H. Gerhard, Painter of Ju-
dietary Members of D. c.,
Expires in Studio
Continued from First PageJ

Continued from First Page.)
Of the Masonic fraternity for his
portraits of their high officers.
Paintings OF Admiral Dewey,
Admiral Sampson and Major Archi-
bald Butt. military aide to Pres
ident Roosevelt, were a few of the
well known figures Of American
life whose portraits Gerhard had
painted and whose friendship he
cherished.
Besides paintings from sittings
given him by famous people, Geb-
hard did considerable work for
local Photographic studios, painting
from photographs, and those who
gave him this work declared he
was one of the best artists on this
type Of work in this section Of the
country.
A painting of George Washington,
for the Masonic Memorial near
Alexandria, also came from Geb.
hard's brush.
Gerhard lived with brother,
George, and two sisters at 1925
Sixth street northwest. The sis.
tiers are Miss Mary Gerhard and
Mrs. A. S. Odell. Another sister,
Mrs. Joseph Bischoff, Of 1889 H
street northeast, and brother,
Fred, Of Boston, also survive.
Had Not Been Home.
1t was stated at Gebhard's home
that he had not, been home since
yesterday morning. He frequently
did not come home.
Gerhard was born In Washington
and was graduated from the old
M street high school, now Central.
He was described by those who
knew him as a natural born artist.
With little formal training he
worked his way by sheer ability to
the front rank Of artists Of this
CocfiOu
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called that Alexander the Great
recommended the abandonment of
the backplate in order to discour-
age the cavalry from turning its
back to the enemy.
When painters dress characters
In armor they occasionally present
curious anachronisms. 1t has been
pointed out that Raphael, Man
tegna, Titan and others saw moth.
Ing wrong, if they understood what
they were doing, which is probably
unlikely, in attiring Saint George
In suit of Milanese armor or put
ting a fluted breastplate of Nurem-
berg make on a Roman soldier In
the first year of the Christian era.
THE CONNOISSEUR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
PUCC|N| GIVEN
GREAT STATE
FUNERAL
Premier MussoIini Orders
Highest Honors Be Paid
Composer

ROME, Dec. Premier Musso-
lini last night ordered that the body
of Giacomo Puccini, famous conf
poser. be conveyed to Italy for a
state funeral. The italian ambas.
sador at Brussels has been dele.
gated to represent the Italian gov.
eminent at the funeral services
to be held there.
Puccini will be buried in, his
native town, Lucca. In all proba.
bility, it is said, his unfinished
operate, Turnadot, will be com.
peted by Mascagni,
Honors were paid the dead com.
poser by Premier Mussolini and
the Chamber of Deputies. The
opera house was closed out of re.
spect to the Milan composer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
La Toilette Returns
Ill and His Program
For Senate Is Halted

Silent as to his future course Of
action and contemptuous of his be-
ing read out" Of the Republican
party, Senator Robert M. La Fol.
lette returned to Washington today
for the opening Of Congress.
The policies to be pursued by thu
insurgent group in Congress will
not be mapped out, the Wisconsin
leader sid, until he has had an op-
portunity to confer with his SUP.
porters and acquaint himself with
conditions.
The Wisconsin Senator only
smiled sardonieally and waved a
depreoatory hand when asked to
comment on his beng expelled from
Republican conferences.
La Toilette returned to the Cap
ital with a heavy cold which may
keep him inactive for a week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
Man WhirIed to Death

WOOSTER, Ohio, Nov. willis
Keller, 05, was whirled to death
on a farm near Creston this morn
ing when his clothing caught on
the shaft of milking machine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
BEVERIDGE IS COMING
AS GUEST OF COOLIDGE

Ex-senator Albert J. Beverage Of
Indiana will arrive here ton.gl. and
be President Coolidge's guest at
the White House for short time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
'HonOred BY Royalty.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 1.-If the
wishes of his admirers are carried
out, Giacomo Puccini will be buried
with public services. Eager to ac-
cord him honors are the humblest
of top balcony opera goers as well
as personages high in court, church,
diplomatic and public life.
When Puccini died, the Italian
ambassador to Belgium was at his
bedside. Sos was the papal nuncio.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, who
had kept in daily telephone com.
munication with the hospital, was
shocked by news of his passing.
None of his immediate family was
present.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01

GIFTS THAT will find favor
and gifts found at favorable prices
ARE in the christmas Gift Sug.
gestions."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
YIELDS
To BRITISH
DEMANDS
Carrying Out All Peacefully,
the Foreign Office Says.
Sudan Retaken

LONDON, Dec. Egypt has
formally accepted Great Britain's
demands and is carrying them out
peacefully, the foreign office an
nounced today.
British Regains Sudan.
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. Lord
Allenby, British high commissioner
In Egypt, was confident today that
the quiet which lay over the coun-
try would continue.
The negotiations between the
British and the new Egyptian gov
eminent, headed by Premier Ahmed
Ziwar Pasha, were proceeding
smoothly, he said. and the British
occupation Of the Sudan was estab-
lished, with endorsements steadily
moving into the territory.
The last Egyptian troops evacu-
lated it Saturday night.
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Of Utah and Watson Rep.) of In
diana leaders in the fight to Dust
him-were among the first to shake
his hand.
A moment later, all eyes were
turned on La Toilette when SEN
ator Burton X. Wheeler (Dem.j OF
Montana, his running-mate in the
recent presidential election, crossed
the chamber to shake Ills hand. 1t
was their first meeting since the
end Of the campaign.
La Toilette patted Wheeler on
the back and both smiled friendly
greetings.
Senator'S Ladd and Frazier of
North Dakota and Brookhart of
Iowa, who were read out of the Re.
publican party for following La Fol.
lette's leadership, also occupied
their old seats. They were likewise
warmly greeted by their colleagues
who were apparently attempting to
ease any personal wounds caused
by the custer proceeding.
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the
President, was an interested spec
tator Of the brief proceedings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01

them found the coal bin Yet running through the whole
affair the indifference of the Clarence who did
think worth while to inform Others he his MOTHERS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
BONE DRY CITY
CHRISTMAS IS
PLANNED
U. S. Agents and Police Map
Out Greatest Drive on Rum
in History

Every resource Of the Washing
ton division of general prohibition
agents. together with the police
department, will be concentrated on
the, exclusion OF liquor from the
District during the few intervening
weeks before Christmas. e. c. Vel
lowley. chief, announced today.
Mr.. Yellowley said he had re.
quested Harry Luckett, head of the
local division, to conduct an ex-
tensive survey under cave" to
determine the variety anu scope
OF sources of liquor supply.
This survey, 1t is believed. will
be completed in about a week, and
the prohibition unit plans to act
accordingly.
More Police Considered.
1t Is possible that a request may
be made Of Commissioner Oyster
that additional policemen be com.
missioned to act as revenue agents
for the time being, said Mr.. Vel
lowley. This prospect, however,
hinges entirely upon the contents of
Mr.. Luckett's report.
II confidently predict that this
will be the greatest prohibition
Christmas in all time" Mr.. Vel.
lowley added. with the assistance
of the District police. Mr.. Luckett's
large force of agents will be able
to keep large quantities Of poison
Gus bootleg liquor out of this city,
during time when bootleggers, as
a rule, usually aim to reap a
harvest"
Yellowley added that, inasmuch as
Luckett now has an adequate force
for the handling of the local liquor
situation, it is improbable that field
workers will be requisitioned to
Washington for Christmas ac-
Invites.
New Bootleg Tricks.
AS for recent reports of big rum
smuggling operations, Yellowley dis
counted them to a large extent.
Very little of this stuff is real. :"
he said. ION the other hand, a. con-
siderable amount of it is made to
look real. The big difference Is in
the effect, and often in the taste.
TITS a common practice among
hootleggers to sink a case Of boot
leg in Il briny marsh for a few
days, then haul it out to the rum
fleet and 'smuggle' it back
That's the kind of stuff that
people are buying for imported
liquor"
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FreIrht Cue plans.
Continued from First Page.)
his annual message on the state of
the nation Wednesday.
COOlidgaSa plans.

There is companion.piece to
This bill also in the House In the
Hoch resolution directing the Inter,
state Commerce Commission to re.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
British Regains Sudan.

ated IL Saturday MEL