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traps DISMISSAL
| Of AGING WORKERS
Secretary of Labor Calls
Practice "UnsociaI and
Unsound" in Article.

The growing practice Of arbitrary
discharge of workers when they reach q
certain age. no matter what their skill
and their value to the industry, Is un-
social and, from an economic stand
point, unsound, according to an article
by the Secretary of Labor in the June
issue of the Monthly Labor Review
The age limit beyond which a worker
may not retain his employment is set
in some plants at so and in other cases
the limit is even lower.
While there might have been some
reason for this practice in former years
when many occupations required great
physical strength, with the present
mechanization of industry and the con-
sequent tightening OF the physical tasks
there seems to be no Justification for
the arbitrary discharge OF workers at
an age when through their acquired
skill and experience they should be OF
most value to their employer, he be-
lieves.
with the infinite number OF our in
dustrial operations coming to be done
by machinery ever more automatic and
easier for human hands to rum" Sec
rotary Davis says. the reasons Tor mr.
ing the older workers fade to almost
nothing. Where machines do so much
and the worker so little. the worker OF
so becomes as able as one of 20. with
the added value of tendency to stick
to the job"
An investigation by the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics of the extent to which
apprenticeship is a factor in the build
ing industry shows that while appren'
ticeship by formal indenture between
employer and boy is not widely prac-
ticed, practically the same end is
achieved in a number of cities through
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COSTS IN BUILDING
CONTINUE STABLE
ssOciated General Contrac.
tors Report No Change in
Average Charges.

Construction costs continue 10 retain
stability they have possessed since
e opening Of this year, according TO
atisticg Just compiled by the Associated
sneral Contractors of America. No
ange in the average Of these costs was
dicated during May.
A single level has been held since
arch, with only one change being
led since November. This condition
lnds ccntrasted against the records
: corresponding periods during the
asor.ty Of recent years.
Comparative figures, showing the
nlDer Of fluctuations during the FIRST
months Of each year since 1920. fol-
" 1921, four: 1922, four: 1923, four:
"a, three: 1925, one; 1925, four; 1927,
rec.
The average Of construction costs for
e first five months Of the current year
slightly below the average for the cor
spending period Of 1927, when mark
.actly twice ss high as that registered
r the year 1913 was recorded.
The average Of wages paid in the
~incapal construction centerS Of the
,untry has remained unchanged since
ecember. A scale which places the
3lS average OF wages at 100 as ia
sEAE. shows the index figure for each
onth Of the present year TO be 226.
The prices Of basic construction ma
raals now are showing much less In
nation 20 rise or fall than IN pre-.
ding years, Only one change In tbs
yerage Of these prices has occurred
nee January.
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1LY MOUSE is GHOST
or YELLOWSTONE HOTEL
Rodent Coming in Contact With
Wire Rings Bell Regularly
at 8 Pm

YELLOWSTONE PARK, Wyo. D4p).--
II e O'Clock Of every cold, raw, Winter
yenlng bell In room 203 Of the old
fountain Hotel would ring,
Every night a. 6 O'Clock frightened,
ut conscientious caretaEer made his
sutaous way 10 room 203, only TO find
I empty.
Finally even the caretaker's earnest
less could not stand the spectral twl-
lgslt calls and he fed the hotel Ia the
company Ut park photographer,
The old hotel wag feInodeled the next
Spring. ard the workers found that q
mouse had made It's nest in the wall Of
room 203 over the wire leading 10 the
bell II had nibbleo of the insulation
SO that every time 1t touched it the bell
rang The regularity Of the gi10stly
rings testify 10 the excellent character
Of the rodent
Ever this explanation has not en-
tiFely put down the evil reputation OF
the hotel, and natives, park rangers and
general park employees have hGld s4pr 70
years TO their belief IN the hannt.
Demolition Of the building this Spring,
however, Is expected 70 lAy the ghost
fe1eycT.
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Feminine Million-Dollar Realty Co.
Now Link In Local Business Chain

Washington financial circles latest
feminine invasion is being led by Edith
Mae Cummings, real estate operator of
Detroit and Dearborn, Mich, who has
opened Offices through her fiscal agents.
the Farmers Mortgage Bond Corpora
ton, at 1880 K street northwest
The Edith Mae Cummings Co., of
which Mrs. Cummings is not only the
nominal but actual president. has been
very active recently in developing resi-
Dental districts of Dearborn-"the town
Henry Ford made famous
Mrs. Cummings. whose sensational
ascent from telephone switchboard to
the presidents Office of her own mil
ion-dollar company is one of Detroit's
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success sagas. has achieved wealth
through her real estate operations.
Six years ago. so the story goes, she
sat behind switchboard in the Detroit
Stock Exchange and said. Number,
please" in sweet tones for SIC week.
In less than four years she was estab-
lished behind her own mahogany desk.
saying. Sign on the dotted line" in
just as sweet tones, for 100000 a
year.
When her husband died in 1919. 1t Is
reported, he left her a legacy of two
dependent children. an invalid mother
and $1,000 insurance. But So remained
after the last bill was paid. She secured
work as telephone operator. A news
paper advertisement for an assistant to
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joint apprentice committees composed
of employers and workers cooperating
with local school boards under the
Smith Hughes vocational education
act. The bureau study covered 10
representative cities in which 12,10O
trainees were actually indentured or
under some form of contractual obli-
CATION to learn one Of the building
crafts.
A study of productivity In hlast-flr-
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naces in the United States at different
periods from 1850 to 1925 shows that
the output per man per year increased
from % tons in 1850 to 1857 tons in
1925. the increase being practically con-
tinuous except for the years immedi-
ately affected by war conditions. Dur
ing this time the output increased more
than 1000 per cent, while the number
OF employees in the industry increased
only AZ per cert.
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$4,000 Claimed for Iniuries.

Mabel Darte, 1920 Newton street. has
filed suit to recover S25 900 dama1eg
from the Independent Taxi Owne$g
Association for alleged personal inEi-
ries. She says she was struck by a cab
Of the corporation October 10 last at
Fourteenth street and New York avenue
and was injured. She is represented BY
Attorney James T. Crouch.
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BURLINGAME, Calf, June % (P).-
Moses A. Gunst. IS, millionaire to-
hacco merchant and former Republican
national committeeman from Califor-
MIA, died at his home here today of
heart disease
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Continued From First Page.)
then pulled down rin front of No.
Truck Co., at Fourteenth street and
Ohio avenue, and looked in to see
whether that apparatus had left the
quarters. Upon discovering that the
house was empty he proceeded to the
regular stop, in front of the Potomac
Electric Power Co., at which point five
people alighted, the two last ones being
the young women who were struck by
the car.
Didn't Hear Siren.
Preceding Henage on the stand were
Mrs Marie B. Stephenson of Seat Pleas
ant, Md; Mrs. Mary B. Kiester of Fair
fax, Va, and Mrs Susie A. Gormley of
Branchville, Md, all employees of the
Potomac Electric Power Co., of which
the Washington Railway g. Electric
Co., one of whose street cars Henage
was operating, is q part All testified
they did not hear the siren of the ap-
preaching chiefs car, or of the fire
department rescue squad which fol-
lowed but a short distance behind It
was also testified by all of them that
there were several windows open in
the car, two Of which were on the rear
platform, from which direction the
apparatus was approaching.
Mrs. Stephenson said that she turned
around from her position on the plat
form and saw the foremost car as it
swung to the right of the street car
She screamed and the door was i'm
mediately closed, she said. More than
10 minutes of time was taken up by
Coroner hewitt and attorneys in per-
suading her to differentiate between
minutes and seconds. She at last de-
cided that the minutes she had used
all through her testimony were meant
to be seconds.
Mrs. Stephenson and Mrs. Kiester
both testified they were experienced
drivers. The former stated the auto
mobile was going at between 40 and
so miles an hour Mrs. Kiester did
not attempt to fix the speed. saying
only that 1t was going very fast"
Henage has been operating a street
car for the past IL years, he said.
WOlter Describes Crash.
Wolter was among the number of
witnesses who described the accident
to the coroners jury yesterday. He
told how his car. operated by Pvt.
William Jaeger, was on the way to a
fire at the Department of Agriculture
and struck the two young women as
the speeding machine swerved around
the left side of the street car because
the way to the right was blocked.
Other witnesses who saw the crash
said the two girls stepped in front of
the fire apparatus when it was so close
that it was impossible for the driver
either to stop or swerve.
Technical experts who made measure
ments stated that the young women had
been thrown for distance of 152 feet.
Jaeger Is under technical arrest. He
await the outcome of the inquest. He
is represented by counsel as are the
families of both Miss King and Mrs.
Connick. An assistant district attorney
and assistant corporation counsel are
also present at the hearing.
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ARMY FLYERS FAIL
OF HEIGHT RECORD
Test of Barograph Shows Al
titude Reached Was Only ,
1854 Feet.

The Bureau of Standards today
announced that the altitude flight of
Capt. St. Clair STREET. and Capt. Albert
w. Stevens at Wright Field october 10,
failed to equal the world record Of
3S,4sl feet held by Lieut.. G. G. Cham
pion of the United states Navy.
The two Army flyers, however,
assembled to a height never before
reached by two men in an airplane.
Their offlcial altitude, as calibrated by
the Bureau Of Standards, was 1884
feet. On recent visit to washington
Capt. Stevens told officials at the War
Department that he believed record
would have been assured on the October
10 climb had Capt STREET. gone alone.
The two flyers were on q scientific
Photographic mission and were not
attempting to break the altitude. record.
Although their Paragraph showed an
unofi1cial attitudes OF 10000 feet after
their return to earth from an exciting
journey into the upper atmosphere
celebrations at the Bureau OF Standards
showed that reading was far too high
The two flyers were trapped in their
plane when it reached the height OF its
climb. the throttle freezing as the
thermometer registered rs degrees be-
low zero. They were forced to remain
aloft until they ran out of gasoline over
Indianapolis, Ind, In attempting to
glide back to their home field near Day.
ton. They landed in field near Rush
vile, Ind, without damage to the plane.
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MOTHER OF TWO BAlLED
ON PROHIBITION CHARGE
Third offense Illegal Possession Is
] Laid to Mrs. Tessie
Richards.

Mrs. Tessie Richards, 1900 block of
G street, said to be the mother of two
children, was remanded to the grand
jury under $4,000 bond today following
her arraignment before Judge John P.
Mcmahon in Police Court for third
offense Illegal possession Of liquor. Po-
lice say there are three other cases of
third-offense possession pending against
her.
The woman was arrested in raid
by Sergt. O. j. Letterman's vice squad
yesterday after Policeman M. A. Ander-
son obtained a buy" from here on
october 90.
Mrs. Richards was first convicted July
20, 1927, and fined $50 or 80 days. Her
second conviction, dated January 2,
1928, was followed by sentence of
$500 or 80 days. On the current charge
she pleaded not guilty. Attorney Ber-
trand Emerson appears for Mrs. Rich
ards.
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as TEACHERS COLLEGE
STUDENTS COMING HERE
Guests of Education Association
Will Represent Nearly All
Countries in World.

Forty-five students of the Interna-
tional Institute of Teachers College,
Columbia University, will be guests at
the headquarters of the National Edu-
cation Association, 1901 Sixteenth
street, tomorrow morning.
The students of the institute, under
DR.. Milton c. del Manzo, will make
their annual pilgrimage to Washington
to observe conditions at educational
institutions here.
The students will arrive at the Ma
tional Education Associations head
quarters at $3.50 am. and remain
there In group conference until 10 am.
The members of the institute represent
practically every civilized country on
the face of the globe.
Among those making the trip will
be representatives from England, PaleS-
tine, Japan, Haiti, Germany, India, the
Philippines, Latvia, China, Korea, West
Africa, Bolivia, France, South Africa,
Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Chile.
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greatest following of any man in Ne
braska.
I'm the main, am one of his fol-
lowers" he continued. I'VE agree on
the agricultural and power questions.
But 4 do not agree with him on doing
away with parties"
Concerning Hoover's stand on agri-
culture Gov. McMullen declared: Il
had "a conference few weeks ago with
Mr.. Hoover I wanted to know whether
he meant business about doing some
thing for agriculture. For an hour we
talked over the table alone.
He said he contemplates, II elected,
calling special session for the sole
purpose of taking up the agriculture
question. He said that If special
session was not called 1t would be a
year before the question could be taken
up and another year before any kind
Of legislation could be put into opera
ton.
There is quite a difference" the
governor asserted between taking the
agricultural question up before q spe-
cial session Of Congress and a con-
ference as Gov. Smith proposes. Gov.
Smith would still be a private citizen
when he called his conference, which
would be powerless. If Gov. Smith
knows what he proposes to give the
farmers he would not need q confer
ence."
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INTERNATIONAL LIONS CLUB
LEADERS MEET HERE TODAY
Expansion and Policies to Be
DiScussed-CooIidge
Visit Planned.
Dedication of Plaque on Un-
knoWn'S Tomb Will 0C-
cur Tomorrow.

International leaders of the Lions
Club movement convened here today to
consider plans for extension of Lionism
into the main streets" not only OF
America, but of many other nations as
we'll
A score of prominent business and
professional men from far-f1ung parts
of the United States, comprising the
administrative board of Lions Inter-
national, otherwise known as the Inter
national Association Of Lions Clubs,
met in executive session at the May
flower Hotel this morning to discuss
future policies and lay plans for a
broadened scope of activity.
The program for the two-day con-
ference, according to Melvin Jones of
Chicago, international secretary gen.
eral, calls for consideration of plans for
foreign extension work, Americanization
boys work, community welfare, care OF
handicapped children, uplift of youths
morals, aid for the blind, etc.
The international officers represent
nearly $500 clubs in five countries, with
an aggregate membership of 81 600.
There are Is clubs in Canada, 2 in
China, each in Mexico, Cuba and
Alaska.
The board meeting was called to
order by Ben A. Ruffin of Richmond,
Va. international president, who has
Just completed swing through several
Southern and Midwestern States in the
interest of the Lions 'bulwark of good
acknowledgements of the right to
vote. He will make report to the
meeting on the results Of this trip.
To Visit Coolidge.
Sessions will be held this afternoon
and tomorrow morning at the May
flower Tomorrow at noon the visitors
will be received by President Coolidge
at the White House, where a photo
graph will be taken.
An impressive phase of the program
will be the dedication in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock of a bronze plaque in memory
of the Unknown Soldier. Delegations
Of Lions and their families from num-
Der Of nearby States and the District of
Columbia will join in the pilgrimage to
the tomb. Robert L. McKeever, presi-
dent of the local Lions Club, will pre-
side. The plaque, designed by Arthur
B. Heaton, local architect, will be
placed In case in the memorial room,
through the courtesy of the War De-
partment.
The visiting officers will be guests of
the Washington Lions Club at ban
quet tomorrow night at 1880 o'clock in
the Mayhower. Thomas w. Brahany
will be postmaster. An entertainment
program will be provided.
Arrangements for the meeting are in
charge of local committee consisting
Of DR.. George T. Sharp, chairman; Mr..
McKeever Secretary Leonard w. De
Cast and Past Presidents Prahany and
william G. Miller.
Those here for the meeting include,
in addition to Mr.. Rufiin and Mr.. Jones,
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D. c. WORKERS FACE
RETIREMENT QUIZ
Canvass Information to Be
Considered at Conference
IT,. ,t s tr ,a ttltf
November 10.

A canvass of the 3,o00 per diem en-
ployes Of the District government was
started today to determine whether
they desire to be placed under the pro-
visions of the retirement law.
The information will be compiled and
considered at a conference November
TO- between Daniel j. Donovan, auditor
and budget officer Of the District, and
heads of the various departments which
employ laborers on the per diem basis.
The original retirement law enacted
in 1920 failed to include the Districts
per diem employees in its provisions.
Sporadic attempts have been made
since to have its benefits applied to the
per diem workers. but some of them
have told the department heads that
the retirement law is not attractive to
them.
According to District officials who
have made a study of the retirement
act, it would cost the per diem en-
ployes generally between 5000 and $500
to come under Its provisions, and few Of
them, 1t was said, would be able to
raise this amount.
To reap full advantages Of retirement,
1t was pointed out, the per diem work.
ers would be required to make up In
cash the payments due since the law
became effective in 1920.
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Ray L. Riley Sacramento, Calf. first
vice president; Earle w. Hodges, New
York, N. Y, second vice president;
Julian c. Hyer, Fort Worth, Tex, third
vice president Irving l.. Camp, Johns
town, Pa; Benjamin F. Jones, Newark,
Del, and william A. Westfall, Mason
City, Iowa; Past Presidents DR.. w. B.
Wells, Riverside, CafSt, chairman of thu
board of governors; the following direc-
tors, Vincent G. Hascall, Omaha, Nebr.;
Charles H. Hatton, Wichita, Kans.; G.
H. Jameson, Tulsa, Okla; DR.. M. M.
Nelson, Salt Lake City, Utah; G. H.
Hastings, Winston Salem, N. c.; Hor-
ace s. Kerr, Columbus, Ohio; Arthur C.
Call, Anderson, Ind; Carl E. Croson,
Seattle, Wash, and Albert Thornton.
Tampa, Fla, and these district gov
ernors, Clarence w. Wheaton, Mary
Delaware District of Columbia;
W. T. Shepard, Virginia; Otis L. Gil
more, West Virginia; DR.. A. S. Haines,
Pennsylvania, and Albert e. Burling
New Jersey
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means that having once outstripped
such long settled Eastern States, 1t is
unlikely that we will ever again have
lesser population than do they And in
addition to this New Hampshire in 1920
had only $4,000. having gained $4,000
in 10 years. It seems very clear that In
1890 we shall exceed the population of
New Hampshire and Utah and will then
exceed in population nine of the States.
"Since we are putting up our share
Of the money, should we not have our
share of the decision as to how 1t b
to be spent2 The people of the Dis
trict are willing to assume their share
in the conduct of the Nations affairs.
Not only we, but the Nation, is the
loser because we do not help govern 1t.
LET us resolve not to let election day
come again without an effort to get
back our lost heritage of self Govern
ment. The citizens joint committee, of
which Mr.. Theodore Noyes is chairman,
will continue It's effort, and 1t solicits
the help Of all civic organizations OF the
District"
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0GAN ORDERED TO JAPAN.

Naval orders made public today an
nounce that Capt. Joseph v. Ogan, who
has been on duty in the Navy Depart
ment since August 20. 1927, will leave
Washington about the middle of No
vember to assume the post of naval at
tache of the American embassy in To-
kio, Japan.
Capt. Ogan has had several tours of
duty in Washington, having served in
the National Capital from 1916 to 1918,
and again at the department in 1928
and 1924.
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When Men Carried Muffs.

Until late in the eighteenth century
In England fully as many men as won-
en- carried muffs. The purchase Of two
handsome muffs and the prices paid are
found in the wardrobe account Of Prince
Henry of Wales in 1908.
During the reigns Of Charles and
Charles II a very curious double muff"
was worn. This provided a separate
covering for each hand and was taken
in the form of a long, loose cuff at
tached to the coat sleeves. With the
coming Of william of Orange, men car
ried small NUTS attached by cord to
a button on the coat or suspended from
a ribbon around the neck. About 1850
both men and women carried them gen.
orally, but IS years later the custom
was dead one as far as men were con-
cerned.