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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
Articles Show Need of
Medical Regulation
To tho Editor of Tho St.r.

10 the Editor or The Star:
The admirable articles of Mr.. Nc.
kelway in The Star on quack doctors
are indeed timely.
1t is to be regretted that Congress
has not enacted into law the bill in
dorsed by the responsible members of
all schools of medicine for the practice
OF medicine in the District of Column
bia.
There also should be more strin.
gent law regulating the sale of stocks
and bonds in the District; and one that
would put the educational diploma
mills out OF business in the District,
Here in the Capital City of the Ma.
ton, the faker can, with impunity,
practice the arts Of curing the sick.
making the poor rich, and the ignorant
educated. Not only can these three
arts be practiced without let or him
drance, but the fortune tellers, OF
which there are legion. may deal in
futures" under the protection of the
law.
The fortune teller was brought to
my attention only recently by a retired
chief Of police of Western city
comparable to Washington in size. He
was astonished by the number of
gypsies in the fortune-telling business
on the main streets OF washington.
EIe said he saw four or five fortune
telling joints on Pennsylvania avenue
not far from the Capitol Building. And
he wanted to know if those joints
were there for the especial use of Con-
yress, since he felt assured the average
citizen had too much sense to waste
time on the takers. His last remark
was that takers could not get away
with that kind Of stuff in his home
town.
When I told him what haven this
Hitv is for all kinds of medical, finan-
cial and educational takers, he was
completely fiabbergasted.
GROVER w. AYERS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
The Districts Narrow Margin.

Perhaps the plight of the District of
tensions and improvements, due to
the discovery that the law, as now in
terpreted by the courts, will not per
nit procedure in condemnation be-
cause of the lack of detailed maps of
the projected works, will draw CON
gressional attention to the lamentable
inadeuuacy of provisions for the ad-
ministrative work of the municipal
government. There is not a sufficient
iy large force in the office Of the SUR
veyor of the District to prepare the
necessary maps in season. There are
no funds for use in the emergency to
meet the requirements as defined by
the court. The District is helpless be-
cause Of the meagerness of the ap-
preparations for personnel at the Dis
trict Building.
This condition is not peculiar to the
surveyors office. It obtains in prac-
tfcallv all other branches of the Dis
trict government. The fact is that the
Capital municipality has been operat-
ing for many years VITA force too
small to care for the routine of all
the different lines of community serv-
ice
a. few years ago shocking tragedy
occurred in this city in the collapse
ct a building used for public enter
Ainment. Investigation showed con-
Niusively that one of the contributing
causes was the lack Of an adequate
building inspection force and, further
more, the lack of proper pay scale
for the inspectors. 1t had been known
for a long time before that the in
spection service was not large enough
and that it had not been adequately
paid. Efforts to obtain more men and
to get larger appropriations for sal
aries had been fruitless. The trag-
edy brought about revision OF the
scale and an enlargement of the force.
But too late to save the lives that
g.. were sacrificed.
/. Now the District must wait for an
Indefinite period while the maps are
being prepared for the street improve
ment scheme, which is held up by
court decision. Probably at the next
session there will be an emergency
provision for this purpose. and per-
haps out of this will come a proper
annual scale of provision for the work
of the office that now faces an i'm
possible task.
It has been thus for many years,
the District getting it's advances In
money provision for municipal organ
ization and service by fits and starts.
as unusual occurrences have COM
pelled action. It will continue to be so
in the future unless the Congress
adopts a more liberal policy with re-
gard to District maintenance and re-
turns at the same time to the prin-
ciple Of proportionate contribution of
Federal dollars to the Capital main
tenance funds. The most urgent need
at this time Is fair survey of the
equities and needs Of the District. and
the present hope is that out OF this
particular case will come such an ef-
fort, sincere and considerate, on the
part Of Congress to do justice to the
(,anital community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
The Altitude Flight.

In death-defying flight early to-
day, Lieut.. Carlton c. Champion, jr.,
Of the United States Navy, projected
himself through space at a height
| which may prove to have broken
every existing record for altitude
flying. When the Paragraph is off,
cially calibrated by the Bureau of
Standards it may show that this dar-
ing flyer scared more than $4,000 feet
in the sky, exceeding by 1000 feet the
record held by Lieut.. Calico of France,
of 4o,S2O feet.
If this new record is verified, Lieut..
Champion is the undisputed premier
altitude flyer Of the world. On July
last, with the same type of plane
and the same motor, but equipped
with pontoons, he broke the seaplane
altitude record by approximately one
mile and a half.
The flight today, however, ex-
ceeded in thrills any Of the previous
trips into the sky Of the Navy flyer.
Due to faulty fabrication his motor,
the pride of the world in engine de-
sign, tore itself to pieces, causing
the ship to catch on fire. The oxygen
tank tube slipped out Of his mouth
due to the excessive vibration ana
for a time he almost lost con-
seriousness. When he landed on the
edge Of Boiling Field he found that
one Paragraph was demolished and
the other was so damaged that the
record may be inconclusive, that
pieces of the engine had torn holes
| through the ship, that he had lost
seven cylinder heads, and the other
two were cracked, that his oxygen
tube was on the floor Of the cock
pit and what was left Of his motor
hung by thread to the plane.
There are four major airplane rec
ords which nations strive to attain.
They are speed, altitude, endurance
and distance. If today's flight is Off.
cially established at the expected
height, America now holds all Of them,
except speed. and this record is divided
between France and Italy, France for
land planes and Italy for seaplanes.
The most satisfying part of the
records created by Lieut.. Champion
is that they have been made with a
strictly standard ship and engine,
while stunt planes, especially built,
were used in other cases. The
Wright-Apache plane and the Pratt
and Whitney air-cooled motor are
products of American ingenuity and
are standard with the Navy. In other
words, it was an everyday. all.
around airplane that Lieut.. Cham
pion piloted to new records.
AS a matter Of fact, both plane
and engine have been developed
under Navy supervision, and it is a
source of satisfaction to all Amer
leans that the persistence and skill
of service engineers and flyers have
made such triumph possible.
America is proud of its daring avn
ators and equally proud Of those who
have labored in silence to give them
the ships in which to thrill the world
with new records.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

One of the achievements Of aviation
is to revive Tennyson to attention as
a prophetic poet. With all his vision
he could scarcely foresee that some
of the costly bales dropping down
through the purple twilight might
contain ruddy liquids. whose prohibi.
ton was foreign to the calculation
of his time. A great seer Is forced
to generalize. and he invariably dis.
closes unfamiliarity with complexities
of minor detail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHMANDER JOHNSON,
Glimpse of the Future.

Glimpse of the Future.
One o. these days We'll be flynn high,
Forgettin' the earth, while we love
the sky;
And Wen sail away from the ancient
fuss
Bout the trolley car an the motor bus.
One O. these days, near a cloud We'll
stop,
All free from the fear Of a motor cop.
Wen hurry, regardless Of blame or
praise,
To the end we have chosen-one O.
these days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

but because no one succeeded In
reading the numbers on the plane it
may be a futile inquiry. Smart
aleck flying has no place in the
glorious chapters that are being
written in the book Of aviation. And
aviators of this type should be COM
PEELED to efface themselves from public
attention, as there are few who care
to see or read about their exhibit
tons in the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

Aviation theorists insist that If
there must be a next war;" it will be
fought in the air. If this is true, dis
cussions as to earth facilities amount
to little more than disclosures Of po-
litical purposes and temperamental
tendencies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

Of the complainant proved popular
with the people in the crowded court
room, as all had been impressed by
the dogs silent testimony.
The court evidently reasoned that
human witnesses might give false tes-
timony or be deceived in regard to
the facts. but that the dog could not
be wrong in his choice of names and
would not attempt to practice any de-
ception.
Domestic animals, when given prop
err treatment. under normal conditions
can be counted upon always to play
square with human beings. People
cannot always be trusted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

Limitation should be placed on the
use of titles of nobility in Italy, &C.
cording to Mussolini. A number of
rich American fathers will be inclined
to agree that the Duce has some
fine ideas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

: The word "aviatrix" has been es-
tablished in usage by Fraulein Rasch.
Fame has tended to disregard dis
tinction as to sex. The word author
ess" may yet be revived in literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

1t is an axiom Of history that big
boys arise to meet big emergencies.
Mussolini has met an emergency,
which he enlarges from time to time
until it may possibly become too large
for a one-man, job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

Objection is offered to public de-
scriptions of sanguinary details Of
prize fights. A case Of harmless nose
bleed, however induced, should per.
haps not be regarded as a matter Of
national solicitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

Motion pictures have been called in
to assist in determining whether MIR.
Dempsey fouled Mr.. Sharkey. The
cinema may yet enable every fight
fan to be his own referee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

Rumania affords another example
of the difficulties which may arise
when strictly family matters may as
sert themselves in connection with
world craftsmanship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

The Associated Press ls exclusively entitled
70 the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to II or. not otherwise cred
tied in this paner and also the local news
of speciai dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

Comparisons Of Alaska and Florida
reveal the fact that popular magma
ton discovers possibilities Of wealth
at both ends Of the thermometer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
Pride of Authorship.

"Did you sign that apology volun.
tarily?"
"Of course I did," said Mr.. Dustin
Stax. "And I'll say that as a contri.
button to modern literature it is one
Of the best apologies ever written"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

President Coolidge has evidently re-
sponded to a genial discipline which
reveals an engaging smile every time
a cameraman draws near.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

The Japanese beetle is unwelcome.
The Department of Agriculture ex.
tends no hope that he will grow home.
sick and depart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

Osteopathy has it's uses, but 1t will
never bring relief to two statesmen
who have political "bone to pick"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

Geneva will be admired as the scene
Of great work so long as it can keep
nations arguing instead Of fighting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

The really big evening Of radio en-
tertainment was given by Tex Richard
land his gang"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
Something to Talk About.

This game of pugilism gay
That agitates a Nation
Is only just another way
OF making conversation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

The Evening star with the Sunday morn
ing edition is delivered nv carriers within
the city at 80 cents per month; daily only.
as cents ner month. SUNDAYS only 20 cents
per month. Orders NAV I've sent nv mail or
telenhone Main 5000. Collection Is made by
carrier at end of each month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
A Persistent Echo.

Fom the Buffalo News.
Only Fundamental things survive
and the only war slogan that remains
alive is when do we eat2"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
A Solution.

Fom the Arkansas Democrat.
One way to "tri-sect" a domestic
triangle" is to put all three Of them
in Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
Fancy Bait.

As Jonah sat inside the whale,
Said he: II will affirm,
When l go fishin', without fail,
Next time I'll use a wormv'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
'Nuther Accident.

'Nuther Accident.
We've put the flivver in the shop
Because we are compelled to stop
BY reckless demonstrations.
Which call for nurses and police
To solve the problems that increase
'Mongst traffic regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
Historical Haircut.

"Peopls do not appreciate the i'm.
portance of my profession" remarked
the barber in confidential tones.
"You surely have a great deal to do
with the appearance of society in gen.
eral." agreed the man who for the
moment hesitated to defy opinion
backed by razor and a pair Of scis'
sors.
81 do not speak modernly. The his.
tory of the human race would be diff.
ferent il Samson had said to Delilah,
I refuse to have my hair cut. You
go ahead IL you like and get a boyish
bob of your own"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
Discretion.

Discretion.
Don't you think it desirable to in.
troduce a little touch of humor into
your speeches."
NO." answered Senator Sorghum.
"a statesman had better let the joke
stuff alone for the present. There's
too much professional competition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

Jud Tunkins says it's less dangerous
to be envied by a wavering friend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
Another Angle to Georges Fame.

"Who built that?" asked the out
of-town newspaperist as he gazed on
the Washington Monument.
George Washington inspired 1t and
many contributors aided in it's COM
plction."
"Humph! Some 'columnist'!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25

mo man." said Uncle Eben, SIS as
wise as he sounds whw he's got a
voice big enough to slap de CONVEX
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
Not Spelling Reform.

From the Wall Street Journal.
Trouble with present-day marriage
crops Is that they are too divorcified
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-25
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The Washington times., 1927-07-21

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LANCELOT JACQUES OWNER
Evening star., 1927-04-14
DIVORCE GRANTED
|. TO COUNTESS SALM
Paris Court Also Complies
With Husbands Plea
for Separation.
nx the Associated Press.

+ ~ the ASsoCihkeu EEbsb.
PARIS, April I4--Countess Salm
formerly Miss Millicent Rogers of
New York. is now freed from her mar
riage ties with Count Salm-Hoog
straeten.
A decree of absolute divorce has
been awarded to the countess, with the
custody of their son Peter, while the
court complied with the counts re
quest for a separation She asked for
the divorce on grounds of non-support.
His application was based on deser.
ton. AS Austrian law does not pro
vide for full divorce, he petitioned for
a separation.
Speed Surprises Lawyers.
The case, as is usual with affairs of
that nature in Paris courts, where the
Judges hold that divorce is nobody S
business but the parties concerned,
was heard in private. The procedure
was more or less perfunctory. as both
the count and countess had assured
the court there was no chance for
reconciliation and they were deter
mined to live apart. Paris lawyers eX-
pressed surprise today over the speed
with which the case was settled, as
under the usual course it would have
taken at least month longer.
At the nnal nearing MOnudy, dt-
tended by both parties, there was no
sign of bitterness. They merely went
through the formalities, and when
the verdict was announced the coun-
tess cast her eyes in the direction of
the count and smiled. When the pro-
ceedings were concluded, to the evil
dent relief of all concerned, Count
Saim returned to the Riviera, where
he spends most of his time on the
tennis courts. The countess remained
in Paris.
Will See His Son.
BY the court ruling. Count Salm is
to have the right to see their son, in
the United States at the present time,
at certain periods, which may be made
longer as the boy grows older. He
is to have a voice in arranging for
the boys education, 1t having been
agreed that Peter shall study in Eu.
ropean schools for at least two years.
Salm and Miss Rogers eloped in
New York three years ago. Her
father, Col. H. II. Rogers, never re-
ceived her husband. After a honey
moon in Europe the colonel brought
hts daughter home. Salm's suit for
separation in New York was with
drawn suddenly in March, giving rise
to surmises that there had been a
monetary arrangement.
Evening star., 1927-04-14

beautiful land covered with fine trees
and vegetation, said Mrs. Griggs, but
is now absolutely barren and filled
with gaping fissures, through which
live steam escapes.
Mrs. Griggs went on many explora-
tons with her husband. who was with
the first National Geographic expedi-
tion to Alaska. The valley was discov-
cred in 1916.
DIR. Stephen r. Capps, photographer
and explorer for the United States
Geological Survey. gave an illustrated
lecture on Mount Mckinley and the
Mount Mckinley National Park. He
described the first Russian expeditions
Evening star., 1927-04-14

to Alaska, made at the behest of Peter
the Great in which Bering sailed
through the straits and saw Alaska,
but did not land. He told how Cook
explored the land around Mount Nc
Kinley and claimed to have climbed
the mountain, and how later his claims
were proved false, and how three sour
doughs climbed the mountain and
placed flag pole at the top in 1910.
Miss Maude Francis of the Mount
Vernon Schools presided.
Evening star., 1927-04-14

are Elton j. Layton, House Office
Building, as captain in the finance de-
partment; Ernest II. Greenwood, 2148
Florida avenue, as captain in the mill
tary intelligence division; Van Writ
Roberds, 1705 Irving street, as cap
Evening star., 1927-04-14

tain in the finance department.; Paul
H. Judy. 1929 Park place northeast,
as first lieutenant of Infantry; Louis
G. Carmick, 302 Hammond court, as
second lieutenant in the Field Artil-
lery.
Evening star., 1927-04-14
WOMEN HEAR TALK
ON ALASKAN VALLEY
Mrs. Robert Griggs Gives Address
Before City Club
Group.

The Alaskan Valley of Ten Thou.
sand Smokes was described in a lee
ture by Mrs. Robert Grlggs, wife of
the Alaskan explorer. at the dinner
given by the business and professional
women's section of the Women's City
Club last night.
The whole valley was formerly a
Evening star., 1927-04-14

May /. which is national moving
day. is likely to be date for a large
number of accidents, particularly falls
warns the National Safety Council.
Evening star., 1927-04-14
Get Reserve Commissions.

Five residents of the District of Co
lumbia have been commissioned by
the War Department as officers in
the Reserve Corps of the Army. They
Evening star., 1927-04-14

A.few corn borer worms in shredded
cornstalks do not spoil the food for
cattle. says the Department of Agri-
culture.
Evening star., 1927-04-14

Fancy safety pins made by crafts
men OF the bronze age sometimes
weighed half a pound.
Evening star., 1927-04-14

Fifty in the lot.
nat we just received.
II the newest styles
ith latest improve
tents. White enam-
with porcelain top,
axis and grays.
Wonderful bargains.
ee the special with
porcelain sliding top
" h c h is fully
,%ss, .aieed. $26.75
for.
Evening star., 1927-12-02
BANDIT TAKES DEATH SENTENCE
IN VAIN MOVE TO SAVE WOMAN
Bank Robber Bares Crime Only After She
Tells Story of Hold-Up From
Witness Stand.

testify in her trial He gave what he
said was a complete story OF the
hold-up.
He fell in love with Mrs. Black he
said. when he met her in Enid. She
exhibited a photograph of man
whom she declared to be her husband
This man, she said. was behind prison
bars for a s2,O0O,000 mail robbery in
Chicago.
Planned Bank HOld-Cp.
"She asked me II had >nny ,.erve,"
Brown told the jury. "Whea tod her
did. she telephoned to Paul Martin
az Shawnee. He,came to Enid and the
three of us talked about robbing a
bank"
Brown said that he did not know
which bank would be robbed until two
days before the event.
Mrs. Black admitted on the witness
stand that she sat in a parked car on
the Salt Plains. near Jet, while the rob
berry was in progress. This was the
car in which the robbers escaped.
An appeal in Browns case is pend
ing. He is the first person to be sen.
fenced to death in Oklahoma for a rob-
berry in which no one was killed and
no shots were fired. Martin is being
sought
Evening star., 1927-12-02
SHOWS AID GIVEN
IN CANCER CONTROL
Society Announces Informa-
ton Broadcast Through
Press Reaches 100000.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. December 3.-Helpful
Information on cancer, broadcast
through the Nations press, now
reaches 2o.00o,0 900 persons daily. 1t was
estimated by the American Society for
the C9ntrol of Cancer.
Combined circulation of newspapers
publishing daily cancer bulletins, the
snciety announced, is 6,700.000 1t
was ektimated that each copy Of each
paperas sread by three persons.
The plan of disseminating cancer
Information through the press began
last Spring with publication OF the
bulletins in New York newspapers.
Since that time the practice has eX-
tended 10 26 States from coast to
coast.
The movement became national
when newspaper editors throughout
the country learned of the part which
the great New York dailies were going
to play in the matter. Requests TO
be allowed to publish the bulletins
came to the society from many States
and additional copies of the bulletins
had to be hurriedly printed to supply
the demand.
The society now is engaged in an
intensive crusade of educational ac-
tivity in the form of lectures. radio
talks, display of posters and distrlbu-
tion of pamphlets on the nature,
causes and treatment of cancer.