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MODEL BILL DRAWN
BY MEDICAL GROUP
Offers Measure to
States in Move to Halt
Diploma '“Mills.”
A model hill for the guidance of
Ftate legislatures in drafting legisla
tion to control the issuance of medical
degrees has been drawn up by the
legal department of the American
Medical Association, inspired partly
by fraudulent conditions, exposed last
year in the District of Columbia.
The bill, as drafted by William C.
Woodward and Goodwin L. Dosland.
would prohibit the granting of med
ical degrees except by institutions
chartered by special net of the legis
lature or incorporated with the ap
proval of some regulatory body or
individual, such as a State commis
sioner of education or a special com
mission appointed for the purpose.
Would Restrict Title.
It also would restrict the title
“doctor,” so far as the healing arts
are concerned, to graduates in medi
cine or dental surgery and prohibit
its use to "persons who are practicing
limited branches of healing such as
chiropody, naturopathy, chiropractic,
osteopathy or poropathv.'*
In this connection Dr. Woodward
says: “The degree of doctor of medi
cine is well established and should be
definitely provided for in any regula
tions which are promulgated. The
same may be said of the degree of
doctor of dental surgery, but the
initiative in this matter may be left
to the,dental profession. Whether
other more or less recent, and prob
ably ephemeral, so-called degrees per
taining to the science and art of heal
ing should be recognized by law is at
least questionable."
States Start Action.
Degrees in the healing arts, other
than those in medicine and dentistry,
it is pointed out, have no specific mean
ing based on law *nd tradition which
makes them serve as symbols of a
definite minimum of knowledge and
skill, and the meaning can be changed
arbitrarily without serving any notice
on the public.
Since the exposure here, the Medi
cal Association attorneys reveal, Cali
fornia, Missouri and lowa have started
to clean house and have enacted legis
lation to prevent the issuance of medi
cal and dental degrees by irresponsi
ble persons and corporations. Other
States are expected to take up the
matter in the near future and the
American Medical Association seeks
to have a uniform act which will
apply throughout the United States.
ROBiNHOOD CLUB
IS REORGANIZED
T. W. Brahany Named President of
Charitable Org&ni*
nation Here.
The Robin Hood Club, a charitable
organization which was formed here
three years ago and later declined,
was reorganized last night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Sullivan, Chevy Chase. Officers were
elected following a theater party at
Poli'a Theater, where Leon Errol, one
©f the charter members, is starring.
Thomas W. Brahany was elected
president. Other officers are: Leon
Errol, rice president, and J. F. N.
Bowie, secretary and treasurer.
Those who attended were: Mr. and
Mrs Errol, Mr. and Mrs. Brahany,
Albert Morgan, Jennings Bailey, Miss
Genevieve Wlmsatt, Maj. and Mrs
Julius I. Peyser. Mr. and Mrs. George
O Connor. Mr. and Mrs. Albert W.
Tox, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A.
Slaughter, Mr. and Mrs Frederick
W. MacKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
v MacKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
v Earl Rea<J y. Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. McQuade. Mr. and Mrs L. Bert
Mr. and Mrs. Wdfiam W. gpaid.
Col. arid Mrs. Robert N. Harper, Mr.
and Mre. John Poole, Mr. and Mrs
Levi Cooke. Martin Horne, Lieut.
Robert V.jmsatt, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles P. Light, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles A. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward F. Colladay, Mr. and Mrs.
Brooke V. Beyer, Dr. and Mrs. Je
rom* J. Crowley, Paul A. Sullivan,
Minn Martha Fitzpatrick, H«»nry B
Banco***, Jr ; William J. Hughes Jr.-
Dr. and Mrs. C. Augustus Kimpson,'
Mr and Mrs. J. F. jf. Bowie, Mr
and Mrs. E. J. Walsh, Mr. and Mrs!
Horace Duiln, Maj. Charles Trow
bridge Tittman. George Wilson, Mr.
end Mrs. R. Owen Edmonston, Jr.;
James McD. Shea and Mr. and Mrs.
Fulton Lewis.
CharJesviJle, Xd., Home Barns.
Dtspso-h to Tfc* Star.
CHAKLKHY'ILLE, Md., January 5.
—Fire of undetermined origin yester
day destroyed the bungalow home of
Isaac Binder. M«ml/*rs of the fam
ily escaped injury, but lost ail furni
ture and clothing. J/aek of water pre
vented neighbors from extinguishing
th blaze. It is thought an over
heated stove started the blaze.
THREE FROMS-4
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4 NAVY FINGERPRINTS
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the judge advocate, that the coast
pilots' guide 'ailed attention to the
»übfj,ar:n«9 trial range at the entrance
to i'rovin" town Harbor.
Lieu* V> ord«-n said he, had not
notified any submarine ag <-tn y of the
Government that he was going to
operate in ’no vicinity of Province
town.
“Do you ever notify toe Coae* Guard
*'s’lone when you ate going to operate
In a certain vicinity?'*
"I have never done so '*
To Coir* Joseph V. Ogan, a member
of the oou»t of inquiry, the witness
said he believed that if the Paulding
had approached on t>ny otr.er course
she probably would have been sighted
star Her.
Rear Admiral Julian L IsrUmer, a
member of the court, questioned
J,lslit Worden »* length on derails of
his previous ten mory, especially je
gar ding met nods f supplying air *o
submarine* To Admiral f.* timer the
witr.ee* s«jd he <nd no* consider the
duty a* Brovin* down unduly hazard
oue There was only one foggy day
during the trials, arid on that day no
runs were made
Pear Admits) Richard If Jackson,
pree.'ifcnt of tr* court, took the wit
nest,. J,i*ut. Worden told him that
tie fairway leading into Province
town could not be <on*ideied a
st earner lane. htevmers, he said,
rarely used P, and these probably
would go out beyond the buoys mark
ing the trie! course
The range, he said, was regarded as
the b*s! on the '.oust Its only d n
advantage being the weather
The wit ru es euld that einca JiM)l,
when the prsctPe of t.riving a warning
flag displayed by an accompanying
vessel when a eubn.etlne was op*r*t
ing submerged wc.> inaugurated, de
veiopmer,'* In tier sjhri.urma had
r« t.dared *l»e pru* t ( <« of little value
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The Fact Story of American Aviators in the World War
This b the second t , iMMlmfnt r't tht»
thrilline narrative. . h tr minV
scribed U»ut. Luke » bojhood. h-s uruininx
as a flyer aiui Ins departure fur * ■
CHAPTER 11.
LlFl”r LUKE vanished into the
mvstery w hich surrounded
tcoop movements to Y i a■»';■«•
YVe next hear of him in W•»»
Department records at Blois, m
France, on March 25. 1918. "here he
reported after a hazardous voyage
through submarine infested seas lhe
Ist of April *rt' v him at lssomlun,
France, for advanced training in
aerial combat work. The daily report
of this training, in the hand"thing
of his instructors, is reproduced here
Hist ns it was written during those
Spring days when Ludendorff’s great
drive was forcing the battered English
armies back toward the Channel ports.
The reports of Lukes flying in
structors gave no indication that he
was to develop any unusual flying
ability—in fact, a close study of them
offers distinct evidence to the con
trary. Though once sent hack to re
peat part of his Instruction. Luke
at last won through the several stages
of his training and on July_22. 11M8.
he was assigned to the 27th Aeio
Squadron of the First Pursuit Group
at Saints, near famous Chateau
Thierry.
Heavy l osses.
The American Air Force on this
front was engaged in a desperate
struggle against a greatly superior
arrnv of German aviators. Every day
furious battles were fought thousands
of feet in the air as the Yanks tried
to penetrate the German aerial da
sense and make observations of the
great German retreat from the
Marne Salient, which had begun July
18. The losses of the American fly
ers had been heavy and Luke was
one of the fledgling flyers sent up from
the training camps as replacements.
Another was First Lieut. Joseph
Wehner of Boston, of whom we shall
hear more shortly.
I.nke’s Reception.
The 27th was a veteran squadron.
Most of its members had been born
to a background of the Social Regis
ter and were familiar with the paths
on historic Eastern college campuses;
they were none the worse fighting
men for that. Luke was from the
free and easy West and his collegiate
social experience had been limited to
fraternity parties at the high school
in Phoenix. He had always enjoyed
prominence and leadership at home,
his progress through the training
schools had been too rapid for much
persona! contact ajjd at Saints he
found himself for the first time in
his life a person of very little im
portance.
It is on record that he made some
efforts to assert himself. Driven by
the urgency of their daily fighting,
his older squadron mates somewhat
hastily decided that “the kid was
‘fresh’ ” and left him largely to his
own devices. He did not improve
this condition by a tendency to leave
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of the great air fighter just before lie was sent to tho battle, front. Note
the Improvement shown over the previous report.
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lone cruises without orders. Home of
bis impatient messmates even sus
pected that he was “yellow” and did
not bentste to say so. Maj. Harold
E. Us it ney, the squadron command
er, was almost alone in his confi
dence in the fighting ability of the
new recruit.
War is a hard master of men's lives.
Only a few days had elapsed when
an event occurred which began the
almost incredible serl'-s of air vic
tories which eie'tritled tho allied
armies and brought disorganization
and the first hint of panic Into the
German ranks.
I.tike’s First Victory.
The ?7th Aero Kqusdron was
ordered on a patrol flight on August
iti to protect a French Halmson ob
servation plane -a routine flying Job
with no particular prospect of battle
unless it was forced upon them. I,et
Luke teJl his own official story, as
it stands on record in the archives of
the War Department, of the part
lie played in the day's events:
“My machine was not. tt-.u<ly so left
an hour after formation, expecting
to pick them up on the Jlin-s but could
not fir id formation. Haw Jiun forma
tion and followed, getting above Into
the sun. The formation was strung
oii* leaving one machine way in th«j
rear. Being way above tbe formation
I cut my mo'or and dove down on the
iear man, keeping the sun dlieefly be
hind Opened fire, at about J OO feet,
keeping both guns on him until within
u fey, feet, then zoomed away.
"When i next saw him, he waa on
ids ba' k but looked as if he was
going to com* out of it, so f dove
again, holding both guns on him.
instead of corning out of it, he side
Slipped off Use Opposite side much like
a fallen leaf and went down on his
l/a'-k
My last dive carried me out of
teach of the other machines that had
lUr tied about They gave ci, U ee f,„
about five minute* and then turned
I/a'k because f was leading therm Aty
Jaet look at the plane shot down con
vlno-d me (hat he struck the ground
for ne was still on Ids hack at J &()<)
mete, S below Gil coming borne above
our lin<» saw four L. A lummy eh
< iafi). (Parted Co get above and Into
(be sun but they saw me and dove
toward rn* I packed for horns.
This* turned back and tbs other came
on f kept out of lange by peaking
slightly and ha followed nearly to
f ofney where fi« aaw one of (he »t)i|,
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that |t waa an PI A.
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Northeast «,f Holesons In the vl'lnlty
of Joul and VallJy. Do not know Die
exact loialioii a* Uda being my fiist
comhst did not noth-* ciosaiy but
know that >1 was som* distance within
German territory, for archie* (anti
aircraft cannon) followed me for about
'ten udnuira on my way back My
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training as a pursuit pilot at the American training school at fssoudim,
France. It gives no indication of the real rapacity of the to he American
ace of ares. Notice that on April 23, 1918, that Frank was sent hark to
I). which means dual control. In other words, lie wss required again
to fly with a more expert pilot. But when lie reached the front!!
with gas ami oil. Also found out
that our formation had been hold up
by the Halmson that it was to escort
and had just started, so left the
ground to find them. Flew at about
fi.ono meters from Poissons past Fis
mes, but did not see the formation.
Saw one Salmson but no E. A. Re
turned home.”
LIEUT. FRANK LUKE, JR.
Credit Not Allowed.
There were no allied witnesses to
this fight in the air. It took place
far behind the German lines and the
only story of it to reach American
headquarters was the one I,like told.
Since It was his first combat, there
were those who dkl not hesitate to
pronounce the report a figment of hls
imagination told to account for his
absence from the squadron during the
patrol.
Controversy raged about him and
the victory was never officially credit
ed to Luke, although no one now
doubts that he told the exact truth In
his report. Hls position in Use squad
ron was not a pleasant one and might
have I>een even worse than it was If
the squadron had not been busy with
Its removal from Saints to Hember
court, south of Verdun, to rest from
active fighting and to prepare for the
corning attack on the St. Mihlel Sa
lient by Pershing'* newly organized
army.
At Rembercourt Hie days passed
swiftly In rehabilitating men and
planes for the coming offensive. Now
that the squadron was resting, Luke's
craving for tho sir became more
noticeable.
Lonimumler’s Story of Luke.
“He was ever a Hying enthusiast,"
says MhJ. Harold K. Hartnsy, Luke's
commander. “He never could get
enough time in the air. lie flew every
ship to the limit, fiver and over hs
landed only because lie had run out
of gas. He was ulways wanting to
borrow ships, to tlie annoyance of
other squadion officers, older in point
us service, imd who when Luke was
fitst attached to Hie 27th did not want
their ships flown by a pilot of whom
they knew nothing. He never flew a
straight course, was always doing
stunts and the mechanics who looked
after hls airplane were hard put to
It when )io i-aine bat |< from a flight
When a pair'd was ordered out and
Hat ships wcits drawn up imee to nose
with taxiing space between, Luke,
when It tame ills turn to Ink* off,
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would open up his engine wide and
taxi down the alleyway with his me
chanics hanging onto the wings, their
feet flying."
Luke had formed one close friend
ship among the flying officers of the
27th. He had met First Lieut Joseph
Wehner while both were training at
Issoudun and C'azaux. Both had
joined the 27th at about the same
time. Wehner’s German name and
ancestry had mado him an object of
suspicion to the secret service; a
slnnderous letter accusing him of dis
loyalty had been sent In by a stay-at
home resident of Dorchester, Mass.
While he was cleared of tho charges
in this letter, he was still under ob
servation and as a result was in much
the same position of loneliness as was
Luke.
Luke's Closest Friend.
The two friends spent long hours
talking and planning a Joint vindica
tion that should confound their critics.
From the conversation of their com
rades they had learned of the diffi
culties and dangers incident to attack
ing German observation balloons.
Both the contending armies made lib
eral use of these huge "sausages,"
which were tethered at the ends of
long steel cables at heights varying
from a thousand to three thousand
feet above the ground. Each balloon
carried one or two observers who
studied enemy activities in the range
of their vision and made constant re
ports to the ground by telephone.
They reported troop movements, lo
cated enemy batteries and directed the
fire of their own artillery.
These valuable “eyes of the army"
were protected by several rings of
anti-aircraft cannon and machine
guns; flights of guardian pursuit
planes constantly hovered above to
drive* off any attacking pilots. A
large ground crew stood always ready
to pull the balloon swiftly to the
ground with a huge winch in case of
attack.
Tho difficulty of shooting down an
observation balloon Is illsutrated by
the fact that the German Air Service
credited two victories to their flyers
for each balloon shot down. By com
mon consent, balloons were wo well
protected that they were practically
exempt from attack by airplanes.
Luke and Wehner had given much
thought to this matter of balloons.
They had evolved a new theory of
attack against these protected mon
sters. They reasoned that if they
flew far back over the German lines
and approached their intended vic
tims from enemy territory at twilight
with the snn behind them they might
be taken for German planes until it
was too late to prevent their attack or
draw the balloon to safety on the
ground. Their success depended upon
setting the balloon afire with the first
blast 'if their machine guns. The de
fenses were so eomplete that there
was little opportunity for a second
chance.
The time was close when they were
to try out their theory with startling
results.
(Copyright. 10US 1
Tomorrow—Read Luke’s own
story of hls first attack on a
German balloon and the part
that Wehner played In (lie re
sultant tight.
DRAFT LAW PROPOSED.
The drafting for military service In
time of war of men between the ages
of 21 and 80 years, without exemp
tion for Industrial occupation would
be provided under a bill introduced
yesterday by Chairman Johnson of
the House World War Veterans’ com
rnlttea.
The President in war time also
would be authorized to stabilize prices
of necessities and place all resources
needed for war service under Govern
ment control.
VARIETY TO MARK
HORSE SHOW HERE
Drill and Stunts Among Fea
tures of Exhibition Tomor
row for Army Club.
An exhibition drill by Fort Myer
troopers, exhibition jumping by the
famous horse, Sllvercrest, and rid
ing and jumping by llttio Lille Wood
Keith, 6-year-old equestrienne wonder,
will he among the special features
of tho Society Horse Show at the
Hiding and Hunt Club, tomorrow
afternoon and evening.
The show Is being given by the Wom
an's Army and Navy League of Wash
ington for the benefit of the Enlisted
Men’s Club of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
is honorary president of the league
and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis and Mrs.
Curtis D. Wilbur are honorary vice
presidents. Mrs. Charles P. Summer
all is president.
Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, chairman of
the children’s performance at 2:15
p.m., announces the complete pro
gram of events.
Class I—Best rider under 11 years.
Family Feature.
Class 2—Family; any number of
entries from same family, including
father, mother and children under 16
years. Best appearance of group and
riding to he considered.
Class 3—Best rider; children be
tween 11 and 16 years.
Class 4 —Pair saddle horses; appear
ance, manner and way of going as
a pair to be considered.
Class s—Saddle horse; to be ridden
by child under 16 years. Manners
and way of going to be considered.
('lass 6 —Pony; for ponies 12b, hands
and under; to i>« shown under saddle.
Manners, performance and conforma
tion to be considered.
<'lass 7 —Pottv; for ponies over is’s
and not over i» hands; to be shown
under saddle. Manners, performance
and conformation to be considered.
Class B—Jumping;B—Jumping; . hlldren below 13
years to jump 3 feet; children between
13 and 16 years to jump 3 feet 6
inches.
Class 9—Touch and out; jumps to
be 3 1 ? feet; riders under 16 years.
Class 10—Parade of winners in pre
ceding classes.
Program for Evening.
Mrs. Richard M. Cutts, chairman of
tho show, has arranged an interesting
program for the evening performance,
which will h x»*n at 8 o'clock.
Class 11 —Jmt rider; debutante sad
dle chuxa.
Clas* 13—Often jumping class; four
jumps, 4 feet.
Class 13.—Open saddle class. Per
formance, manners and way of going,
60 per cent; conformation, 40 per cent.
Class 14 —Ladies' hunters; four
Jumps. 3 feet 8 inches; performance.
60 per cent; confirmation, 40 per cent.
Class 15—Best rider; members nnd
families of the diplomatic corps Open
to all foreign embassies and legations
and to members of the State Depart
ment.
Class 16—Ladies' saddle horse; ap
pointments and general appearance
only to count.
Class 17 —Triple liar; two jumps, 4
feet and triple bar, 4 feet.
Class 18—Hunt teams; appoint
ments, 10 per cent: performance. 50
per cent; confirmation, 40 per cent.
Silver cups prizes and ribbons will
be awarded in all events, many of
them having been donated by local
concerns interested in tho benefit.
275 Entries Received.
More than 275 entries have been re
ceived to date by the committee, the
largest number ever listed at a local
show. Many out of town stables will
be represented, among them North
Hock stable, Warrenton; Mrs. Arthur
Lee’s. Warrenton, and Sllvercrest,
which, though now retired, will bo put
through his paces by Fred MoElhome.
Judges at the afternoon performance
will be Mrs. William Donovan, Arthur
White, Fred McLlhome and Gen.
Frank Cheatam. In the evening Col.
Guy V. Henry of Fort Myer, Maj. C.
L. Scott, Fred MoElhome, Arthur
White and Maj. Gen. Rols'rt N. Allen,
chief of Infantry, will judge.
The entire proceeds from the show
will go toward paying off tho sl7.tKlO
debt on tho clubhouse for tho soldiers,
sailors and marines at 3015 L street.
NEW COMMISSION URGED.
Couzens Propose* Federal Com
munications Board.
The creation of a commission on
communications to provide for regu
lation of all interstate transmission
of intelligence by wire or wireless
telegraphy, telephones and radio Is
proposed in n bill by Senator Couzens,
Republican, Michigan.
The appointment of a permanent
commission of rtvo members us the
Federal Radio Commission now is ap
pointed would be authorized by the
measure. All power and duties now
vested In the Radio Commission and
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
in so far as that power extends to
telegraph and telephone companies,
would be transferred to tho proposed
group.
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White ants, which cause so much
damage to wood, are plagued by mites
and other microscopic enemies.
Na/toleon
NAI'OU'ON had ii diatinct preference for
roant chicken—always three or four on
(he nplt, each to brown ait hour later
than the other, no that when he gave over bin
military problem* to enter bin tent nml eat. one
wan ready, l hin wan an evpenaive tante —now
Itn coat would he prohibitive. Today the wine
Itounekeeper nendn to the More for a bottle of
SIMPSON’S Mil k. She known a quart of
Sinipnou’n In equUalent hi nonrinhnieut. to two
pound* of chicken at one»fourth the coat. At
y our uahorhood grocer, ank for
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HICKMAN INDICTED
IN SECOND MURDER
Confessed Kidnaper-Slayer
Charged With Killing in
Attempted Hold-up.
By the Associated Pres*.
LOS ANGELES, January s.—Wil
liam Edward Hickman, confessed kid
naper atid killer of Marian Parker,
was Indicted for a second murder to
day, when the county grand Jury or
dered him to trial for the slaying of
C. Ivy Thoms. Kosehlll druggist, dur
ing an attempted hold up a year ago.
The grand Jury yesterday heard the
principal witness in the investigation
into the holdup by Hickman and
Welby Hunt, his 16-year-old accom
plice. which resulted in the fatal shoot
ing of C\ Ivy Thoms, Hosehill, Calif.,
druggist. Hickman detailed for the
second time the events of the holdup
of the drug store on Christmas eve.
1926.
Hickman, according to the jurors,
showed a remarkable memory for de
tails of the holdup. He drew a map of
the scene and told of how the pair
shot it out with a police officer who
opened fire on them while the holdup
was in progress.
Hunt Kefusea to Talk.
Hunt stood upon his constitution
al privilege and refused to testify be
fore the grand Jury- He previously
had onfe-ssed to participating in the
holdup, hut denied that tt was a shot
from his pistol which fatally wounded
the druggist. Although an examina
tion of the bullet which killed Thoms
showed It to he the same caliber as the
pistol carried hy Hunt.
The mu oh-discussed question of pro
cediire in the litcknmn case, inasmuch
as it involves as yet little-tested
I>hases of the new California criminal
code, has been cleared somewhat hy a
statement by Walter K. Taller, chair
man of the commission for tho revl
sion of tho code of criminal procedure
which drew up tho law.
Explanation of Pleas.
*'A defendant may plead ‘not guilty’
and ‘not guilty by reason of Insanity’
or may plead only ’not guilty by rea
son of Insanity,’ *’ Mr. Tulleroaplained.
"In the latter case tho law specifically
provides that he ‘thereby admits the
commission of the offense charged.’
This was Hickman’s plea.
"If it is determined that ho was
sane, he is to be sentenced as if he
pleaded guilty. If it is determined tie
was insane, ho is to bo sentenced (un
less tho court shall determine lie has
fully recovered Ids sanity) to the State
hospital, to remain there for life, un
less tho Superior Court shall sooner
adjudge and determine tils sanity lias
been fully restored.” Tuller declared.
Blast Kills 7. Hurts 20.
ItISRLIX. January & (*»>.—Seven
persons were killed and 20 injured in
a violent explosion which wrecked and
set tire to a house in the northern part
of the city shortly after midnight. It
was feu red other persons were burted
in the ruins of the Injured. 17 were
tenants of the place and ttie remainder
were firemen.
SOLUTION SOUGHT
IN AUTO TAG WAR
Local Interests Meet Tomor
row Night in Chamber of
Commerce Office.
Permanent solution of the automo
bile tap reciprocity question between
the District of Columbia and Virginia,
arising out of the provisions of the
new license tag law of that State
affecting Washington concerns reg
ularly making deliveries in Virginia,
will be sought at a meeting of local
interests tomorrow evening, under
auspices of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce, in the offices of the or
ganization in the Homer Building.
Enforcement of these provisions, re
quiring local truck owners to purchase
Virginia tags for all cars regularly
operating in that State, was ordered
suspended yesterday by Motor Vehicles
Commissioner Hayes, pending con
sideration of the matter by the Vir
ginia legislature this month, when
Washington groups will seek modifica
tions.
Decision to withhold present enforce
ment of the law as affecting District
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Paid on greatly increasing vour chances of
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Accounts Now, before the year is older, con
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3JBO CHARITY BALL
TICKETS ARE TAKEN
Children’s Hospital Commit
tee Hears Address by
Speaker Longworth.
Three thousand ticket* wer» taker,
by the members of the Children's Hos
pital business men’s committee at a
meeting held In the home of Mrs
James F. Curtis yesterday for discus
sing plana to further the sale of
tickets for the charity ball for the
benefit, of Children's Hospital. Nich
olas Longworth was the principa
speaker.
These tickets were taken as a re
sult of a resolution offered by Joshua
Evans, Jr., to the effect that each
member of the committee be respon
sible for the sale of a stated numb*.'
of tickets, which was unanimously
passed.
Present at the meeting were: Or.
Samuel S. Adams. Alexander Britton
Brown, Philip Coffin, Charts *.
Crane, George A. Garrett, Frank 8.
Hight, Arthur Brown, Richard W.
Hynson. Harry King. Cleveland Per
kins, Donald Woodward, William
Scully, Joseph Tumulty, M. A. Kurtz,
Donald McKnew. Dr. William J. Hale
and N. L. Burchell. E. C. Graham,
president of the Board of Trade, is
chairman of the business men’s com
mittee, and Mrs. Curtis is vice chair-
Mrs. Mary P,oberts Rinehart, who
for many years has served as chair
man of the ball committee, sketched
briefly the work done at the Chil
dren’s Hospital. -Last year
children were cared for at the hoc
pita!,’* said Mrs. Rinehart. ‘’The aft.
nual budget for the hospital is ap
proximately $250,000. Os this amount
the Board of Lady Visitors raise*
about one-fourth on this annual baU.
which is a real charity ball. It has
the unique distinction of netting for
this charity over 'J9 per cent of th#
receipts; in other words, out of ev
15 ticket sold, $4.35 goes direct# ,•+
the hospital.”
Mrs. Rinehart also emphasized
fact that this is the charity ball at
ail Washington; that it is democratic
In its character rather than exclu
sive, and that “the man in a business
suit is as welcome as the man in full
dress.”
Gives Salary to Library.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio.—Thomas
Conley, in charge of the law library
in the Wood County courthouse,
doesn’t keep a cent of his SSOO yearly
salary. He gives it all to the library
to buy new law books.
of Columbia residents was reached
following an appeal for delay in its
enforcement, laid before Gov. Byrd in
the name of the Washington chamber
by its vice president, Ivan C. Weld.
At the meeting tomorrow night,
which will be conducted by Jerome
Fanciulli, chairman of the chamber
committee on transportation, plans
are to be laid for an appeal for
modification of the Virginia Law and
for seeking enactment for ihe District
of an automobile title law designed,
in part, to prevent non-residents of
the District from obtaining D. C. tags,
which are much cheaper than Virginia
license plates.