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Evening star., 1925-11-17
DIPHTHERIA SHOWS
SLIGHT INCREASE
Eleven New Cases in Entire City
Reported by Health Officer
Fowler.

Eleven new cases of diphtheria, from
all sections of the District, were re-
ported to the Health Department to-
day, but none of the additional cases
was from the Elizabeth V. Brown
School. The reporting of seven cases
from that school a few days ago
caused Health Officer Fowler to take
the cultures of all the other children
in that building, merely as a precau-
ttonary measure.
The new patients reported today are
not in any one locality, but represent
the total days report for the entire
city. While this is more than the
usual number of cases, DIR. Fowler
said cases occasionally come in groups.
DIR. Fowler will attend a meeting of
the Chevy Chase Citizens Association
at the Elizabeth V. Brown School to-
morrow night and outline to the resi-
dents of that community what the
Health Department is doing to pre-
vent the spread of diptheria.
Evening star., 1925-11-17

ers, said that the helpers when re-
quired to fill the positions of their
principals during absences of the lat
ter should receive the principals rates
of pay He was followed by John NJ.
Gouthler of the Washington navy
yard, who said that there was a great
trouble in the gun factory in getting
this increased pay.
Ed Murray, representing the engine
men and other trainmen at the Phila-
derphia yard, cited specific instances
where men working in the navy yard
for private contractors and doing the
same work as yard employees working
alongside of them were paid consider
ably more money. In some ins ,ances
he said, the difference was between
S3 cents an hour for navy yard work
ers and s1.30 an hour for private con-
tractors employees in the navy yard.
Data was submitted to the board to
show that the coppersmiths and sheet
metal workers at the Washington
yard were recommended for So cents
an hour, whereas similar workers at
private establishments in this city
were receiving $1.31A an hour.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
MANY TO ATTEND DINNER
FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES
More Than 1000 Guests Expected
at Mayfower Hotel Evening of
November 90.

More than 1000 persons are expect
ed to attend the annual dinner of the
Catholic Charities of District of Co.
lumbia at the Mayfiower Hotel on
November %. At a meeting of the
various committees at the Mayflower
last night it was announced that more
than 500 tickets have already been
sold and that number of additional
requests have been made for tickets.
D. j. Callahan. supreme treasurer
of the knights of Columbus and for
merly chairman Of the school board
of the District of Columbia, will be
the toastmaster. The principal speak
ers will be Most Rev. Michael J. Cur
ley, archbishop of Baltimore; William
McAdoo, chief magistrate of New
York City, who will speak on THE
Church and Delinquency" and Miss
Mary Mattingly, president of the So
dality Union of the sDistrict of Colum-
bia, who will speak on What the
Volunteer has to Contribute to Catho-
lie Charities" The dinner will be pre-
ceded by u reception by Archbishop
Curley.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
COOLIDGE OPPOSES
MARINE SUBSIDY
Will Not Ask Congress to Au.
thorize Movement, Believing
1t lmpracticable.

President Coolidge gave the impress
sion to callers today that he has no
intention at this time of urging Con
gress to authorize a ship subsidy in
the interest Of the American mer-
chant marine. 1t has been intimated
and predicted by number of per
sons who have given the impression
that they were speaking for the Pres
ldent that he. would appeal to Con
gress for legislation OF this nature,
but the President made it very clear
today that such is not the case.
While discussing the subject with
callers today the President explained
that he had, in the past, looked IA
Vorably upon some form of subsidy.
but he had practically come to the
conclusion that it seems to be imprac-
tfcable at this time.
1t Is thought likely that the Presi-
dent. while discussing the Shipping
Board and the Emergency Fleet, in
his annual message he is to submit
to Congress next month, will touch
upon the subject of ship subsidy and
will make plain his ideas concerning
this proposal.
The report made to the President
several days ago by H. C. Dalton,
shipping and transportation expert of
Cleveland, Ohio, who was appointed
by the President to make a personal
inquiry into the affairs of the Ship
ping Board and the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, will be made public in
the next day or so. The report made
by the special commission appointed
by the President to study the Muscle
Shoals properties and to recommend
the best method of disposing of the
properties. also will be made public
shortly. The latter report, however.
is not a unanimous one and attached
to it will be the recommendations of
the minority members Of this com
mission.
Evening star., 1925-11-17

south. making his next entry at GIG
Girard street northeast, once more
through rear window, ransacking
the first floor of the home of Richard
E. Oliff, but taking nothing.
What was probably the last house
entered was the home of Oscar Lloyd
around the corner from Cliffs, at 2119
Sixth street northeast. where Mrs
Lloyd, arising at o'clock, caught
sight of a man with a flashlight, who
was frightened away when she ap-
peared. Mrs. Lloyd said she was I'M
able to identify the man.
Police believe that this last happen
ing convinced the burglar that it was
getting too late for further opera
tions, and that he stopped at this
point.
Three other housebreakings In this
route, it is believed by police, were
perpetrated, but not reported. De-
tective Mansfield is rounding up ad-
ditional reports this morning.
Police recalled a similar series in
the Brookland section approximately
year ago when a hobo working his
way South made q series of such
visits. They are inclined to believe
that the same sort of a person is re-
sponsible here because of the facili-
ties for hopping off freight trains as
they pause in the night in the north
Brooklaod> 6ections
Evening star., 1925-11-17
Hand Grenade Cap.
War Relic, Bursts,
Boy Badly Injured

Explosion of the percussion cap
of the trigger of "A hand grenade,
souvenir of the World War, in
fiicted serious injury 10 the left
hand of Malcolm Gerry, is years
old, 3646 Thirteenth street. yeSter-
day afternoon. The thumb and
index finger were blown off and
a third finger severely Iacerated.
Gerry, son OF Charles +. Gerry.
an assistant chief examiner in the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
recently returned with his mother
and sister from Branford. Conn.
and yesterday afternoon he found
the grenade trigger in the base
ment of the new home of the fam
lily. 1t probably had been left
there by former occupants of the
house
1t was while the Young man
was examining the trigger that he
exploded the cap and received the
severe injuries. DIR. Gregg Custis
Birdsalls rendered first aid and
had the patient taken to Homeo-
pathic Hospital. He probably will
have to remain in the hospital for
q week or more.
Evening star., 1925-11-17

gave helpers in particular trades
higher rate of pay than the mechanics.
The board, he said, determines rates
of pay for three Of four classes of
navy yard workers from the rates of
pay of one certain class on the out
side. AS to this feature, he saio, he
had been unable TO get any satisfac-'
tory explanation from the local boards
as to why this was done, and he did
not believe that the general board
should permit it to exist.
The local boards, he said, should be
composed of at least one man who is
familiar with industrial methods and
management, and he pointed out that
under the present organization of
these boards entirely of naval officers
there is not on them one man expert
enced in the mechanical art,
Data Available.
He cited numerous alleged instances
where the boards had failed to COM
ply with the rules in figuring the aver
ages on which to base the rates of
pay and showed the board what he
contended was evidence that full data
could have been obtained by the local
boards.
Mr.. Davis said that he felt that the
boards should get the rates of pay,
strike the average and pay the ward
workers on this basis. These averages
for the boilermakers and their sub
sidiary classifications would show
from 95 cents to 81 an hour, he said,
and the least the board should have
recommended was 95 cents an hour
Robert S. Hopkins, representing the
boilerrnakers of the Philadelphia
yard, said from the data at hand it
appeared that some one was not tell
ing the truth. pointing out that the
Philadelphia board recommended SO
cents an hour, notwithstanding the
fact that information collected from
the large Philadelphia plant showed
they should have received at least Sc
cents. He cited figures to show that
holders-on were recommended for So
cents an hour, while the weighted
average showed that they should get
70 cents.
WeIders Often Disabled.
Serious occupational diseases are de-
veloped among the welders, Mr.. Davis
said when he returned to the stand.
These men lose much time, and some
OF them have been pronounced men,
tally and physically disabled; and for
these reasons, he said they should
be given much consideration in fixing
their pay.
j. y. Tobins of this city. speakine
Tor the heats S. helpers and hammer.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
NAVY YARD BOARD
DECLARED |NEXPERT
BoiIermakers' Representa-
tive Says Body Fixes Wages
Without Trade knowledge.

Incompetence of Navy Yard Wage
Board to consider wage data and rec
ommend wages for navy yard work
erS, constituted at present entirely of
naval officers, as they are, was point
ed to ,by representatives of the en-
ployeS today at the hearing before the
Navy General Wage Board of Review
at the Navy Department. There is
not at present on the board any one
who knows anything about industrial
management or is versed in the me-
chanical arts, said J. n. Davis, who
was presenting the plea of the boiler
makers for an increased pay.
The Wage Board of Review is con-
ducting hearings of the employees on
the recommendation Of the local
boards of the Washington and other
navy wards and naval stations for the
wages of navy yard workers for the
year 1926. The law requires that the
wages of these workers be based an
nually on the rates of pay given by
private establishments carrying on
similar work in the vicinity of each
yard.
Says Data Is Ignored.
Mr.. Davis charged that the local
board absolutely ignored the weighted
averages as shown by the data collec-
tor, and recommended rates of pay 10
cents an hour less than the averages
call for.
The data collected by the workers,
he said, showed much higher aver
age than that collected by the boards
of naval officers, but even accepting
the boards data, they recommended
less. He contended that this was not
only an injustice to the workers, but
was not intended by the trainers of
the law.
In many cases, the data on which
the boards base their recommendation
Evening star., 1925-11-17
ONE DEAD, THREE HURT
IN GUN FIGHT IN HOME
Police Chief. of Pittsburgh Subur
Shot in Face in Effort to
Arrest Men.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, November 11.-One
man was killed and three others. in
cluding two Cleveland men and the
chief of police of McKees Rocks, a
suburb, were wounded seriously last
night in a gun battle in Joseph Che
offe's home. The shooting, it is be-
lieyed, was done by persons who
sought to avenge the wounding of a
friend.
Cheoffe, whose life had been threat
ened since he wounded Patsy Vail
cent? two months ago. was killed by
a party of gunmen who drove up to
his house in an automobile bearing an
Illinois license. Edward Reider, the
police chief, who attempted to arrest
the assailants, received a load Of
buckshot in the face.
Samuel Mincatto and Samuel Fog
lilo of Cleveland were shot in the alb
1omen. The police expressed the be-
lief that Cheoffe shot the Cleveland
men before he dropped.
Two of the gunmen, armed with riot
sllotguns, escaped after shooting Che
offe IN the chest,
Evening star., 1925-11-17
Philadelphia Seeks
"Baron'' on Charge
OF $1,000 Swindle

Baron" Beaverbroolle. man of
many aliases, wanted by the po-
lice of this and other cities to
answer charges of having courted
and married numerous women and
disappeared with their cash and
jewelry, was mentioned as John
Victor Weidemeir, alias Frederick
B. Stanley, in a message received
from the Philadelphia police last
night.
Caleb J. Brinton, chief of detec-
tives of the Quaker City. asked
for his arrest on u charge of grand
larceny of jewelry and cash to the
amount of $1,000. No particulars of
the affair were given, but Inspec-
tor Grant takes it for granted that
it resulted from one of the alleged
swindler's whirlwind courtships.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
BISHOP ATTENDS
DIAMOND JUBILEE
Historic Grace Episcopal
Church Celebrates 18th
Anniversary.

Before an assemblaEe of more than
300 members and former members OF
the parish, Right Rev. James +. Free
man, Bishop of Washington, last
night led the Grace Episcopal Church.
Ninth and d streets southwest, il
celebrating the diamond jubilee o.
the founding of the institution. BiShop
Freeman, while congratulating tn"
historic church on it's growth and or
its maturity, urged it to continue its
efforts toward the greater upbuildin@
of the Christian faith and the eX-
pansion of the service of the Episco-
pal Church.
Taking as his text the words OF
st. John, Rise, and measure the
temple of God, the altar and them
that worship therein" he declared the
acid test of the efficacy of the faith
of a Christian lay with ''his power Of
winning men to the standard of our
Sovereign Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ"
Test of Members.
II care not" Bishop Freeman de
Clared. nearly so much how great
are the numbers, nor how great the
actual growth of an institution. If its
members measure UP TO this test as
seen in the words of St. John the
Divine, that they grow so In grace
and power of the Lord.
This test requires that we give.
not of our means, but of our lives.
Bishop Freeman praised the Episco-
pal Church upon the great advances
it has made in the last rs years. This
little church." he declared, has seer
rb,rr-pb CROW from q DOSitlO0 in
which it was almost persona non grata
in a position in this part of the Coun-
try in which there was not kindly
feeling toward uS-to Il place today
where we have assumed q prominent
position in the lives of the people and
in some parts of the world are u:'-
paralleled in Christian influence.
Incentive to Zeal.
This should be an incentive to great
err zeal, greater activity and greater
efficiency, he soid. He denied the
statement of one critic that the mod
ern pulpit was an anachrontsm.
There never was n time" he said
when opportunities Of the pulpit
were greater"
Bishop Freeman was assisted at the
religious part of the service by Rev.
Meade Bolton MacBryde. rector o.
Grace Church. Visiting clergy pres
ent included Rev. c. X. p. Cogswen.
assistant rector of the Church of the
Nativity, who was rector of the Grace
Church II years ago; Rev. William
Bishop of st. Thomas Church. Rev.
Calvert Z. Buck OF Christ Church, and
Rev. Enoch NJ. Thompson, vicar of
the Church of the Nativity. George
Anderson. tenor, and Thelma NJ. Rice
soprano, gave special solos at the serv-
ice.
Following the hour of worship, the
congregation adjourned to the parish
hall adjoining the church, where a SO
cial entertainment was held.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
PHYSICIANS TO MEET.
Medical Society Holds Annual Ses-
sion at Raleigh Hotel Tomorrow.

The semi-annual meeting of the Vir-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Columbia
Medical Society will be held tomorrow
at 1890 o'clock at the Raleigh Hotel.
The feature will be a symposium by
specialists on diseases of the gall blad.
der, at which DR.. Oscar Hunter, DIR.
William Mallory and DR.. Charles STAN
ley White will be among the speak
ers.
DR.. ]. W. Bird of Sandy Spring will
be in the chair. After the meeting a
luncheon will be served, at which
there viii be special entertainment
,featursA
Evening star., 1925-11-17

Gold production in South Africa re.
Gently has been handicapped by a
shortage of 1000 native laborers In
the mines.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
AUDAC|OUS THIEF
ROBS Z HOUSES
Series of Thefts in BrookIand
Last Night Nets Little
in Loot.

operating boldly and skillfully, a
burglar entered approximately q
dozen houses in the Michigan Park
and BroolIland sections between mid
night and o'clock this morning, get
ting little loot but leaving alarm and
apprehension in his wake as discov-
cries of his visits began to pile up this
morning.
For almost the entire morning one
report followed another into the
twelfth precinct station, each marked
with some detail similar to the one
that preceded 1t. The same system
was used over a route. In many
cases the entry was made through un-
locked windows.
Nine reports had been made to the
police up until 10 o'clock today, but
Detective Oscar Mansfield reported
that there were a few houses believed
TO have been entered which were not
reported to the police.
Police believe that the series of
houSebreakings started at the home of
John d. Degendorf at 1906 Twelfth
place northeast, which was entered
through the rear window. At this
address the burglar furnished himself
with $50 overcoat. after ransac cking
fhe first floor
Gets Little Loot.
The second house to be entered was
just around the corner, in the opinion
of the police. where it was definitely
established that the burglary took
place at approximately 1890 o'clock
this morning. This case was the house
of Robert Y. Montgomery at 1907 Tay
Tor street northeast. Entry was
through rear window. A So bill was
stolen from the Sideboard. The first
floor was ranSaCked.
The burglar then, it is believed,
wended his way down to Newton
street, entering the home of James w.
Damerou at the corner of Sixteenth
street northeast he got in by the side
window this time and ransacked the
lower floor. Nothing was stolen. Only
IL few doors away, at the home of
Lewis f.. Thomas. 1913 Newton street
northeast, the next robbery was re-
ported. Here also entry was obtained
ny the rear window; the first floor
was ranSackad and s. in change was
stolen.
The burglar then evidently skipped
two blocks and made his next entry
nt 1910 Newton street northeast, once
more through the rear window, ran
sacking the lower floor of the home of
Fred Tannell. but taking nothing with
lin.
Takes $50 and Watch.
Here again was a hiatus. The
huusebreaker's next scene of opera
lion was at 1928 Jackson street north
east. the home of Mrs. Fred j. Tryon,
where a pOcketbook containing $50
stud an open-face watch was taken.
This house was about four blocks
south and two blocks west of the
previous one. The fixing of approxi-
mately 4 o'clock this morning as the
Time of entry enabled police to infer
the relative position of this house on
the route. The burglars continued
west a block and entered the home of
Mrs. Robert l.. Trainer, 1245 Jackson
street northeast. through a side win
dow, ransackins the ground floor, but
g.. king nothing.
Then the burglar swung tar TO the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-22
MACON'S GOOD WILL TOUR
WAS WELCOMED AT DAWSON
Short Speeches Were Made and Visi-
tors Served With Refreshments.

The 100 or more citizens on Ma
cons Good Will Tour who visited
Dawson Tuesday were met at Bron-
wood by a delegation of Is or more
business men of the city and escorted
into town Mr.. R. L. Mckinney, OF
the Macon News, made a few appro-
pirate remarks to the audience at
Bronwood and the band which &C
companied the visitors rendered few
selections, after which the delegation
left for Dawson.
Upon reaching Dawson they were
given all the ice cold water and lem
onade they could drink, which they
appeared to enjoy They were welcom-
ed by Rev M. L. Lawson, president
of the Kiwanis club, and Mr.. Nc
Kinney again made a short talk, and
introduced Mr.. Lincoln Mcconnell,
secretary of the Macon Chamber OF
Commerce, who explained the purpose
of the tour and urged closer relations
between Dawson and Macon.
The party left for Sasser and Al
bany
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-22
w. S. Culpepper Victim
Of Stroke of analysis
Known and Respected Dawson
Man Passed Away Monday.

Mr.. w. S. Culpepper, respected cit
izen Of Dawson, died Monday morn
ing following a stroke of paralysis
that came Saturday at noon.
Early that morning Mr. Culpepper
arose and walked to the store of Mr..
Bony Johnson below the Central rail
road, where he chatted with Mr.. John
son until nearly noon, afterwards eat
ing a lunch which was followed by
extreme nausea. In few minutes he
fell on his face to the floor in an un-
conscious condition from which he
never reused, and was carried to the
homie OF Mr.. w. l. Miller, where he
had been stopping since returning to
Dawson from Smithville two weeks
ago.
Mr.. Culpepper was Tor many years
a popular grocer of Dawson, but re-
Gently sold his interests on account
of declining health. Since the death OF
his only child, Mrs. Rosa Lee More
land, three years ago, Mr. Culpepper
had expressed himself as having nc
desire to live, but patiently awaited
the end.
He had scores Of friends among al
classes of people, but was especially
devoted to little children.
Mr.. Culpepper was born in 1860 and
was twice married. His first wife was
Mrs. Matte Still, of Terrell county
his last wife being Miss Alma Smith
whose death occurred a number Of
years ago. OF large family of chill
dren only three are left to mourn his
Iloss-Mr. ]. P. Culpepper, OF Smith
vile, Mr. ]. B. Culpepper, of Harris
field, and one sister, Mrs. N. E. Nc
Cle1land, of Albany
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. w. L. Wright, assisted by Rev
C. L. Bridges and Rev. M. L. Lawson
at the Primitive Baptist church two
miles east of Dawson. lnterment toll
lowed in the church yard.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-22
HUGE STILL OUTFIT
7 FOUND BY OFFICERS
COPPER APPARATUS AND 500
GALLONS OF MASH TAKEN.
c. c. TURNER ARRESTED.

Friday officers located and brought
in the largest still ever captured in
Terrell county. 1t evidently had a
large patronage and supplied a large
clientele with the fiery juice as the
outfit was of copper, equipped with all
necessary paraphernalia and had a
capacity OF $50 gallons.
The still was ideally located and
evidently had been in operation long
time unmolested. 1t was in the north
ern past OF the county, far up Mule
branch between, the forks of Kincha-
ioonee and Bear creeks and was three
quarters of a mile from any settlement.
In the party who found il were Sher-
if Woods, County Policeman Jen-
nings, Constable Franklin Daniel Of
the Twelfth district and Vic Evarts.
! No one was at the still, and the own
er is yet unknown. A run had been
completed the day before, it is believ-
ed as the container was still hot.
! That the owner did large business
is shown not only by the size of the
outfit, but by the quantity Of material
for converting into shine which was
found which included between $50
and 500 gallons OF mash III barrels.
There were also near the still two
bushels of corn meal and a sack half
full of shorts.
On the same trip the officers search
ed the home and premises of c. c.
Turner, who lives near Kinchafoonee
creek on the Dawson-Americus road
and found in his yard two l0-gallon
bars one Of which WAS about half full
1of whiskey and the other contained a
gallon or two. He was brought to
Dawson and placed in jail, where he
is held in default of bail in the sum
OF $500. While he lives seven or eight
miles from where the still was found
the sheriff believes he could give some
information concerning it.
The still, kegs and other adjuncts
of shine were brought to Dawson and
placed on the court house square,
where they have been viewed by
many people.