Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1922, Page 22

i N ~ 99 TONEW TEAGHERS T0 BE APPOINTED Fifly for Graded and Twenty for High Schools Sched- ule of Additions. ELIGIBLE LIST FILLED Acting Superintendent Says Ex- aminations Will Be Unneces- sary This Year. Seventy additional teachers wili be sppointed by school officials before the opening of the schools for the new term next month, it was announced today by Stephen E. Kramer, acting superintendent of schools. Fifty U.l them will be assigned to the graded schools, and the remaining twenty to the high schools. Mr. Kramer said that there are 2 sufficient number of teachers whose names are on the eligible list to fl the vacanci and no examination will be necessary. Under the present system of making appointments, teachers who pass the requisite ex amination have their names placed on the eligible list, rankcd accord- ing to the percentage the in the test. As the teachers x they are drawn from the list of eli bles, those with tne highest exam nation ratings being called first. Poaitions for Forty. itions in the school system are e heing found for forly of the seventy teachers needed at the lvlu"ll- ing of the schools. Twenty-one va- cancies will be filled to the same number of young women who grad uated in June from the Wilson Nor- mal School. while the other nineteen will be filled by teachers returning from a leave of absenc “The school system is comfortably fixed as to applicants for teachmg positions,” said Mr. Kramer, “al- though there is always a shortage of teachers of abjects.” He pointed out tha is difficult to get such teachers because of the low wages paid In the school system, em- phasizing that a physicist or chemist can obtain work in private establish- ments at a much higher remuneration than paid by the public schools. Although only seventy teachers will be appointed within the next month for the new school term, officials be- lieve that many more will be needed soon after the schools begin opera- tion. An exact estimate of how many additlonal teachers will be required, is was said, would be difficult, as the number will be gauged by the in- crease in the school enrollment. 130 to 200 Normal Increase. Under normal conditions. it pointed out, between 150 and ditional teachers are required every Year to meet the ever-increasing en- Tollment In the schools. The appro- priation for the current fiscal year, however, will only ailow the appoint- ment of 108 additional teachers. The . restricted appropriation for teachers this year, according to offi- cials, will make it impossible to carry’ out their proposed plans for the extension of the physical training course In the high schocls.” One hundred and elght additional teachers, it was said. will not be sufficient to teach academlc subjects in the event the enrollment gain averages normal. As a result no physical training teach- ers can be appointed. Time to Consider Floral Planx for September weddings. Shaffer, 900 14th. —Advertisement 2 r Be Sure Before you lift your voice in song, be sure that you can sing, or neighbors, when you're going strong, all kinds of bricks may fling. For it is ill to slay a tune with voice that doesn't track, re- calling dogs that bay the moon until the welkins crack. The fake Carosos of this land much tribu- lation bring, when, with their maps ajar, they stand, imagining they sing. When I was young I thought my voice was like a seraph’s lute, designed to make the world rejoice, and bring me scads, to boot. And when I had the least excuse I'd lubricate my gears, and turn a flood of music loose to charm the peo- ple’s ears. I chanted luscious lays and sweet, of youth and love and home, and eggs that long were ob- solete were broken on_my dome. And chunks of coal that bruised fmy slats from windows high were thrown, and caulifiowers and crocks and cats and broken slabs of stone. And thus the truth, so ghastly raw, at last in pain I grasped; my voice was like a crosscut saw when it is rudely rasped. From that day forth I would not lift my voice in golden song; to sing when one has not the gift is villainously wrong. (Copyright) ~ WALT MASON. -STATUS IN COURT Thomas Howerton Denies Violating U. S. Law .in “Friendly Suit” Here. D. C. IS PARTY IN ACTION Judge Hardison Hears Complaint Against Practitioner and Re- serves Decision. S That the status of practitioners of osteopathy, and other professions that have to do with the treatment of the ills of the human body—its anatomy—through massage and sim- flar methods outside of the recog- nized medical and surgical schools, may be determined, a friendly suit has. been brought in the District courts. This suit is brought by the District of Columbia against Thomas TfiE EVEN NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1922. 1|0STEOPATH SEEKS [[AROUND THE TOWN | | At a point during the course of an|munity “Arlington” means the townl address before members of the Caravan | Of Arlington, located ‘o, Columbla Club the other day, RepresentativeDite: Where the Tort Myer-Mauok William D. Upshaw of Georgla had oc- | ginia rallway line intersects. Here casion to be “reminded” of a certain |!S located Arlington post office, and vaudeville performer whose Imitation of ""H ;0 !I\!!f nelghborhood, BGVE]:‘I: miles distant fr th tery, that dogs, comprised the chief feature of e oo Y his act. tourists are often directed. They usu- ally proceed algost to Barcroft, where “On his way to the theater In the | the concrete road ends, before finding small town where he was appearing,” sald the congressman, “the actor was out thelr mistake from residenty accosted by a youth who wanted to| along the pikae. know if ‘he wasn't the man down to Last Sunday a family living at the end of thls concreto stretch sent back the Palace theatyter who barked like a dog.’ seven “lost” automobile parties in- “ ‘Yes,' replied the imitator, rather side of two hours. In each instance the driver reported that he had been complimented on being recogniszed. Gee,’ laughted the boy, ‘I got ya told that Columbi pike would take him to “Arlington. beat when it comes to makin' nolses like a dog.’ ‘That may be true,’ snapped back the performer, ‘but then you must re- member I had to learn it " There's a window dresser on D street, between 9th and 10th, who must have a sense of humor. Glimpse this line-up in the show window of the second-hand store: At the extreme left, looking in, is an array of musical instruments. ~All right! But next these is a select line of dice, genuine bone cubes, and also poker dice. Nestling beside the dice is a police whistle group and a nice, shiny nickled pair of handcuffs. Next in line is a fanfare of revolvers, with their muzzles stuck into prongs of a sort of a sunburst stand. Darvin, and evolutionists, ought to see that collection of implements. George O'Connor, local songster, Is noted for his ready wit, and he is therefore in demand at all business men's functions as an insurance against “shop talk.” Once in a while, however, George forgets himself. At the recent luncheon of the Washington Real Estate Board at the Lafayette Hotel a bellboy burst into '):P banquet room, paging “Mr. Weschler.” "As the auctioneer excused himself and wended his way down the hall to the “doorway, O'Connor irre- A crowd of sightseers went to [ samp cowcemms. | The following is a schedule of the band concerts to be play- | ed in some of the parks under the charge of the office of pub- lic buildings and grounds dur- {’nz the week commencing Mon- ay: Monday—Washington ' Circle, Navy Yard Band. Tuesday—Garfield Park, Ma- rine Band. Wednesday —Logan Park (Anacostia), Army Musie School Band. Thursday—Lincoln Park, Ma- rine Band. Friday—Judiciary Park, Com- munity Center Band. Saturday—White House Grouhds, Marine Band. The concerts from Monday until Friday, inclusive, are to be given from 7:30 to 9 p.m.; that in the White House Grounds from 5 to 6:30 p.m. By the United States Marine Band, at the White House, at 5 p.m.. Taylor Bragnson, second leader. March, “The Rifle Regimen Sousa Overture, “181 Tschalkowsky Serenade, “Spring Morning,” ' Lacome “Entrance of the Gods in Wal- halla,” from “Rheingold.” Wagner Scenes from “Ruddigore,” Sullivan A ...Liszt “The Star Spangled Banner.” pressibly gxclaimed, in, stentorian tone: Mount Vernon the other day on one of the ‘“rubber-neck” wagons that hold forth in the vicinity of every lirge hotel, and for a consideration oing, going, gone!" OPOSESILSADIG THEATER VTN Senator Myers Denies Gov- ernment Responsible in Knickerbocker Crash. ASSAILS DAMAGE CLAIMS Ashurst and Robinson, However, Insist Congress Liable for “In- competent” Inspectors. Proposals that Congress appropriate money to aid the vietims of the Knickerbocker Theater disaster were {flayed in the Senate yesterday after !noon by Senator Myers of Montana, democrat. The senator was speaking in_opposition to the soldlers’ bonus ill. and declared that if that measure ‘was put through “we shall soon pass on the demands of some other organ- ized minority. “I have been literally astounded.” said Senator Myers, “to read in the newspapers within recent weeks that the helpless victims of the Knicker- bocker Theater disaster in Washing- ton are organizing to come to Con- gress and demand that Congress ap- propriate money out of the federal Treasury to compensate them for suf- ferings and damage which they sus- tained in person in that frightful catastrophe or incurred from the death of relatives.” i Government Not Responsible. Senator Myers declared that the { federal government could*not be held responsible. He said: “it was an awful catastrophe: but {why on earth Congress should be ask- led 'to appropriate money to compen- sate the sufferers from that catas- trophe is more than 1 can understand. I cannot see why Congress should be icalled upon to compensate them any {more than it should be called upon to | compensate the living victims or sur- !viving relatives of dead victims of a railroad disaster or of an explosion in factory or any other calamity i J. Howerton, an osteopath, who has been practicing his profession in this city for the Past twelve yéars. The information against Mr. Howerton charges him with violating an act of Congress known as “an act to regu- late the practice of podiatry in the District of Columbia. At a speclal afternoon session of the District of Columbia branch of Police Court having jurisdiction in such cases, Judge Hardison presiding, yesterday, on the statement of facts, as agreed upon by Assistant Corpora tion Counsel Frank W. Madigan, rep- resenting the District of Columbia, and Charles S. Baker, for the defend- ant, the case was argued and the papers were taken by Judge Hardison for consideration. He will later hand down an opinion, Provisions of Law. The act of Congress, under which the suit is brought, provides tha and after the date of the passage of the act, approved May 23, 1918, it shall be unlawful for any person, for compensation, to practiee podiatry in the District of Columbia without firs successfully passing an examination concerning his fitness as the health officer of the District of Columbia may prescribe, who shall personally conduct the examination. A clause of the act provides that “non provisions of this act shall apply to regular practicing _physicians or surgeons” nor “shall it apply to podiatrists who have been practicing podiatry in the District of Columbi: for one year previous to the passage of the act” “Podiatry chiropody. surgical, medical or me chanlical ‘treatment of any ailment of the human foot, except the amputa tion of the foot or any of the toe: andgalso, except the use of an anes thetk, other than local. The penalt is a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100, or imprisonment of not le: than thirty days nor more than 100 days, or both fine and imprison- nent. Assistant Corporation Counsel Mad- | igan opened the argument, reading the act under which the charge had been made, holding that as there was no act enabling, authorizing or re ognizing osteopathy or other similar treatments, save that as provided for in the act recognizing and authoriz- ing the practice of podiatry, that the practice of osteopathy, - which in- cludes every part of the anatomy in its treatment, was illegal; that th practice of osteopathy is, in a sens the practice of medicine and surgers Mr. Madigan pointed out that th practice of medicine and surgery is authorized and regulated by law, and the practice of any other profes sion, under any or whatever name it of the | is defined as | The lack of a suitable sign pointing the wiy to Arlington cemetery at the fork in the military road at the southeast end of the government's ex- perimental farm is sorely felt by au- tomobile tourists, Despite the fact that the cemetery can be plainly seen while rounding the curves of the farm, numbers of tourists fail to take the right fork leading to the cemetery and continue under the railroad viaduct along the Mount Vernon boulevard, sometimes going miles out of the way before discovering their error. The difficulty appears to be that on sing“the fork the tourists stop at a colored settlement just beyond the bend and inquire the way to “Arling- ton." To the residents of this com- CUTINGASOLINE, - | SENATE FORECAST Crude Oil Reductions Seen by Committee as Gauge to Future. {SMALL PRODUCERS HIT ! —— i |Stock Control by Larger Concerns | May Mean Disaster, Says ; Report. { | The preliminary report on gasoline iprices, submitted to the Senate yes- iterday by Senator McNary, acting {chairman of the committee on manu- by the pushed forward and begged for the priceless treasure, DISTRICT MURDER of $1 or 80 passengers may view the places of interest in out-of-the-way sections of the city. The garralous guide accompanying the party, continuing in a monotone a line of information which could or could not pointed to a stump on the premises as the remains of the famous vherry tree and handed to a small and in- quisitive girl a seed, sured her, was from the identical tree chopped down by the truthful father of his country. be taken for granted, hich, he as- “There is only one left in exist- ence,” he added. ‘Three young things yet enthralled romance of honeymooning TOLLIS SMALLER But Suicides Show Increase During Year, Says Cor- oner’s Report. A falling off in murders and an in- crease in the number of suicides dur- ng the last twelve months, as com- pared with the preceding fiscal year, is shown by the annual report of Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. For the fiscal year just ended there were 58 homicides, against 63 the pre- | vious year. 68, as compared with fore. Suicides last year totaled the year be- Automobiles killed 33 persons last vear, whiie only 8§ fatalities were caused by street cars. killed by automobiles and 3 by street Twelve persons were {factures, forecast a further reduction. | cars just outside the District of Co- {The Senate committee based its pre- |1 ion on the recent cut in the price | lof crude of i At the same time the committee held that small oil producers and refiners were getting the worst of | {it under the present organization of | the industry because of violent price fluctuations which have followedcon- | itrol of a large percentage of stocks! umbia. The collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater, killing 97 persons, brought the total of accidental deaths for the 3 up to 356. ar Some of the causes were Overcome by gas, 16; falls from a planes, 3; steam railroads, 4: elevators, 4; dr wning. 37; by lightning, 4; burn- ng buildings, 4. Of the 68 suicides, more than half CITY NEWS IN BRIEF The Oldest Inhnbitants’ Association (colored) will meet Monday evening at the Y. M. C. A, 12th street north- west. Annual general meeting of the Con-, cord Club will be held Monday, 8 p.m. at clubhouse, 314 C street. tion for officers, Nomina- The Wanderlusters’ hike for tomor- row will start from Georgia avenue and the District line at 2:30 p.m. Miss Hill will lead. Schedules for the next :1“ months will be ready for distribu- on. ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TONIGHT. Ladies’ Auxiliary to National Capi- tal Post, Daughters of Veterans, will meet, § o'clock, at Pythian Temple. Community service dance. 8 o'clock, Pythian Temple. Class, 7:30. The girls of R-S building, Govern- ment Hotels, will give lawn carnival at 7:30/ o'clock, Union Station plaza. East Washington Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold an open meeting in Northeast Masonic Tem- ple. Representative Lamar Jeffers of Alabama, former service man, will be a speaker. Musical program. Salva- tion Army doughnuts. G. A. R. Spanish War Veterans and ex-service men invited. TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. RRICK—"A Successful Calam- by Garrick Players. Perform- s at 2:20 and 8:30 p.m. B. F. KEITHS—Lionel Atwill vaudeville, at 2:15 and §:15 p.m. YETY—Sam Sidma: Show, :15 and $:15 p.m. RIALTO — Houdini (personal ap- pearances), 4:30, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. “The Man From Beyond,” photoplay, 11:30 a.m. and every two hours there- after. METROPOLITAN — “Rose o' the Sea,” 11:35 and every two hours ! thereafter. COLUMBLA—"Her Gilded Cage, 10:35 a.m.. 12:30, 2:10, 4:07, 5:52, 7: and 9:42 pm. PALACE—' So.* 10:40 a.m., 12:28, 40 and 9:40 p.m. I. C. C. HEARING SEPT. 26.] a at 5 You Believe It, It's 4:08,.5:50, Efiim 911 H Street N.E. LEAH BAIRD, in THE DEVIL DRIVES." ' Also_Episode No. 2 of “PERILS OF YUKON' T (Matinee Only). Also EMPIRE'S GR! SURPRIsE Mot s AMERICAN 1=t 5t. and B. 1. Ave l | “WHEN JACK HOLT and BERBE DANIELS, in “NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE.” uBER" North C: ! ond P Sta “THE N FROM HOME,"” with JAMES KIRKWOOD and ANNA Q. NTLSSON. PRINCBS 1119 H st. N.E. BETTY COMPSON and TOM MOORE. in “OVER THE BORDER.” ClR 2105 Pa. Ave. Ph. W. 953 ZANE GREY PICTURI “WHEN ROMANCE RIDE Larry 8emon Comedy, ‘‘The Sportsman.' HOME 1230 C Street N.E. JACK HOLT, in “THE MAN UNCONQUERABLE." Eum J4th Street. amd R. I Ave. ANITA STEWART, “THE WOMAN HE MARRIED. ALL-COMEDY 1GH’ SOUTHEAST GARDENS 1= 2 Ave. SE BILLIE DOVE_ and ALL-STAR CAST, in “AT THE STAGE DOOR."™ ALSO CONTEST NIGHT. METROPOLITAN 10th . “ROSE And BUSTER KEATON, in “THE FROZEN NORTH. TOMORROW—MILTON WINDSOR, HENRY WALTHALL a numerous others. in “ONE CLEAR CALL"™ CRANDALL’S T™eater.oth & £ Sta. DAY—ANITA AL FEATURE, CLAIRE 8 “RED_HOT “THE MAN WITH TWO ."" _And BUSTER KEATON, in *THE_BLACKSMITH." CRANDALL'S *A%G¥ Tmaren ,“.R TOMORROW—DOROTHY ~ PHILLIPS, ““HURRICANE'S GAL." LAST TIMES TODAY THOMAS N ““If You Believe It, It's So” Beginning Tomorrow CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG In “The Hands of Nara” NOW PLAYING GLORIA SWANSON In the most gorgeous ro- mantic drama of her career. In “HER GILDED CAGE” With DAVID POWELL Herald Beauty Contest | ws — Overture Special Film Features AVENUE GRAND CRANDALL’S A¥=rveE, cx MAT. 2 P.M. DAILY; 8 P.M. S TODAY—CONSTANCE 'BINNEY, in VALK And * COMEDY, P ADDED MATINEE KIDD . 14, CRANDALL'S APOLLO T.IEATER o AND GAI'DBY 624 H St. N.E, SATURDAY, 2:00. NE_ GRIFFITH, E__COUPONS." And “*TIS THE ADDED COM Gn.Ave.&Quebee St SATURDAY, MAY, in OF A SHEIK TRACTI TOMORK( in “HE 1481-35 U Street. NOVAK and NOAH in “THE BELLE OF ALASKA. And SNUB POLLARD. in “THE DUMB- bt TOMORROW —Revival of the MIRACLE MA N CHANEY and JOSEPH J. DOW CAROLINA “THE_GLORY OF CLE: Pathe News and Aesop's Fal 1349 Winconain Ave. ALL-STAR TRIGGER CASEY. Dth&N.Y.Ave. N, HIPPODROME °;% &7 “FINE FEATH RAPHAEL #® =t o Famous, I A D T NEW STANTON . tizons fru 2 o1, OVER HEELS POL._in_C. : |u:ri'6‘i3}mn LAST DAY A. M. TO 11 P. M. First Anita Stewart In a Romance Beach a: Broadway ROSE 0’ THE SEA —AND— Buster Keaton In His Lutest Fun-Fest The Frozen North Newa—Symphony—Tepics NEXT WEEK, JOHN M. STAHL'S Sensational Production ONE CLEAR CAL! E TR H St. at t Presents swett GARRICK meame William Gillette's Greatest Comedy “A SUCCESSFUL CALAMITY" Garrick Players Score Hit—Post. HELD FOR AUTO THEFT used, revolvers and illuminating gas to end their lives. Only five persons hanged themselves. may be called, if it has to do with | the treatment of the ills of the hu- man body, is a violatfon of the med- iby the larger companies. A continua- tion of this system, the report sald, {must “spell disaster” to the small in; which might occur in any private en- terprise. The Knickerbocker Theater NEXT ';_ BOOTH TARKINGTON’: Mileage Ticket Law Provisions WITH TRIO HE ACCUSED | Jacksonville Youth and Com panions He Charged With Rob- bery to Go Back to Florida. Three men were arrested in Bal more yesterday afternoon and re- turned here to answer charges of having robbed Leonard M. Branch, a| companion. of $56 and several articles of clothing. the money and clothing, Branch reported, having been taken from his roome, at 350 Pennsylvania avenue. Later Branch also was a rested and held for investigation in connection with the reported thef! of an automobile from Jacksonville, Fla. The trio registered as Martin W. Boyd, twenty years, Winthron, Ma: Lester Denmark, twenty-two ye: Savannah, G and Robert Leroy Lewis, twenty-two years, Savannah Ga. Branch said he resided in Jack- sonville. After the return of the trio from Baltimore, Inspector Clif- ford L. Grant, chief of detectives, re- ceived a message from the Jackson- ville, Fla., police asking that the men be held. The car was stolen 1 Jacksonville, according to the mes- sage, and it was said an officer would be sent here for the men and car. It appears that the four men : reached this city late Thursaay night and rented two rooms at 350 Fenn- saylvania avenue. FEarly terday morning Branch reported that his money and clothing had disappeared, and asked the arrest of his com- panions, who were captured in Bal- timore. Branch told the detectives he and his companions were on their way to Boston, Mass., where Boyd expected to get $4,000 that had been left him. ‘When they reached the Pennsylvania avenue rooming house, he stated. his companions said they were goins out for a walk. He was tired, he said, and retired. When he was awakened, he said, he discovered his money znd clothing had been taken. —_—— RIDICULES TARIFF—BILL. Representative Garrett Designates It “Orphan” Measure. The “orphan” tariff bill is the nick- name given to the revenue measure | now in conference by Representative Finls J. Garrett of Tennessee, acte ing minority leader. He christened it_with these words: “To the very great regret of every member of the House. the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Fordney), whose name it will bear on behalf of the House, announced his voluntary re- tirement from Congress. The gentle- man whose name it will bear on the part of the Senate (Mr. McCumber) waas defeated in the primaries, and, therefore, the bill is an orphan before. it is bor: D. C. SCIENTISTS GUESTS. Herrera, Mexican Biologist, Is Host at Cosmos Club Banquet. Many prominent scientists of Wash- ington were guests at a banquet at the Cosmos Club last_ night, given by Dr. A. L. Herrera of Mexico City. Dr. Herrera, who is the director of the Biological Studies of Mexico, made an address, which brought forth toasts from his guests “for his knowl- edge and great help for the develop- ment of science.” TWO FIREMEN PROMOTED. Bergt. R. G. Anderson of the fire department was promoted to lieu- tenant by the Commissioners yesterday in of Lieut. W. W. Virts, who was ret! recently. Private S. E. Colvin was made a ot in place of Anderson, and ‘W, A.Colbert was appointed a private, to fill the vacancy left by the promo- conducted by private capital, by pri- vate individuals, for private gain; and I cannot see, to save my life, how on earth the government can be held, le- gally or morally, responsible for any | damage that ensued from that dis {aster. The owners of the building, |the contractors who erected it, the {architect who planned and supervised | itp erection, are the partles to whom victims who are living and relatives jof dead victims should look for repa- ration. Let them do as do the victim; (of railroad and steamboat disasters fas do the victims of street railway ollisions: as do the victims of explo- ions and other industrial disasters. Who ever heard of any of ‘them look- ing to reparation. They sue the responsible parties. The Knickerbocker victims, however, plan an organized raid ol the federal Treasury. The federal government is considered easy.’ Senator Ashurst of Arizona, demo- | crat, said that he had visited the scene of the disaster soon after the acci- | dent and had found the theater was built “in a most shabby, unsafe and i ingecure manner; that the iron beams | were put into the hollow concrete tile in such & manner that the astonish- ing thing .is that the theater stood {as long as it dlid. Share Inapectors’ Gullt. “I think Congress is to blame,” sald Senator Ashurst, “when it keeps on !its pay roll in this District bullding inspectors who would approve such a flimsy and dangerous structure. More- over, they are now about to rebuild ithe Knickerbocker Theater on the | same site, where the vibration of the icars at the corners of the intersect- ing streets is almost sufficient to |throw down the best-constructed {buildings, much less a flimsily con- | structed building such as the Knick- i erbocker Theater was. “It seems to me that if Congress and the committees of Congress sit jidly by and permit such poorly con- structed buildings to be approved, we cannot _escape some responsibility in the matter. I should like to have the senator’'s opinion as to that.” Sneator Robinson of Arkansas, demo- crat, also took the position that Con- gress was in a measure morally respon- isible, since it has exclusive jurisdic- ]llnn in the District, and prescribed con- ditions under which bulldings must be erected. He added, however, that he {did not think there was any legal re sponsibility on the part of the govern- ment. Senator Wadsworth of New York, re- publican, asked Senator Myers if ho knew of any instance where a city or a state had ever appropriated money in such a way as Is now suggestad here in_connection with the Knickerbocker disaster, and called attention to the fact that all cities have buflding codes. States’ Obligations Compared. Senator Myers replied that he had never heéard of such an instance, and said: “And if such an obligation, moral or otherwise, does not apply to New York city or Chicago or the state of Massachusetts or the state of Ohio, I do not see how the principle could apply to the District of Columbia, for which IConsTelu legislates.” Senator Wadsworth also wanted to know if Senator Myers believed the federal government should be held re- sponsible for railroad accidents on trains moving in interstate commerce whose equipment has been inspected by agents of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, and whether the federal gov- ernment should be held responsible in the case of an accident.on a steam- boat that had been inspected by the federal steamboat service. Senator Myers replied he had never heard any one advocate the 'govern- ment's being held responsible in such cases. Senator Heflin of Alabama, demo- crat, however, suggested ‘that there ‘would be a certain moral responsibility on the part of the government. was a private enterprise, which was | the federal government for | H i ! ical and surgical practices la and the health officer of the Distri practice. Attorney Baker in making hi argument admitted that there was no law that authorized the practice of any system of treatment for the pains, aches and ills of the human body except the law authorizing the several standard and accepted schools of medicine and surgery and the law providing for the practice of podiatry, “that there was no enabling act for the practice of osteopathy, that it was not legally recognized by any legisla- tion, nor was there any law forbid- ding its practice or regulating such practice. For that reason, he argued, Congress having failed to enact legis- lation penalizing the practice of osteopathy and similar professions now popular and extensive, it was not the intention of the law-making powers to prohibit such practice which is, he said, recognized and pro- tected by legislation in practically all of the states, under the practices act governing the old schools of medicine and surgery. He pointed out that one could not, by any long stretch of imagination, make the practice of osteopathy the practice of medicine or surgery for the reason that the principal form of treatment is massage, it being neither medical nor surgical, nor mechanical. Growth of Osteopnthy. Mr. Baker sald that the first col- lege of osteonathy was founded May 12, 1892, at Kirksville, Mo., and that the practice of osteopathy since had been growing by leaps and hounds all over the country: that Mr. Howerton. the defendant. was a graduate of that college, and has been practicing his profession in this city for the past twelve years, success. He said that all the states now recognize the profession of oste opathy, most of them providing rigid examinations admitting to practice, a condition the practitioners in Wash- ington would welcome as a test for qualification. The definition of osteopathy, as given in the states that have enacted laws for the regulation of osteopathy, Mr. Baker said, was: “Osteopathy is the name of that system of the heal ing art which places the chief em- phasis on the structural integrity of the body mechanism as being the most important sipgle factor to main- tain the well-being of the organism in henlth and disease.” The Medical Practice Act, 29 United States Statutes at Large, 198, passed in 1896, makes no provision for the licensing of osteopaths. n concludink, Mr. Baker held that ifiasmuch as the practice of osteopa- thy was not authorized by law, the natural assumption and conclusion would be that Congress did not see the necessity to prohibit its practice by passing legislation authorizing and regulating its practice. Inasmuch as the act of Congress authorizes the practice of podiatry, that part of the anatomy below the ankle, said Mr. Baker, it does not seem reasonable that Congress intended to prohibit an osteopath to treat that part of the anatomy above the ankle. ASSIGNED TO EDGEWO00D. Capts. Albert C. Gale, 5th Fileld Ar- tillery, and John F. Roem, 17th Field Artillery, at Camp Meade, Md., have been ordered to take a course of in- struction at arsenal, Md., prior to returning to their regular sta- tion, Camp Bragg, N. C. —— '{ Rooms Like Mother Used unmolested and with | dependent concerns. which really pro- ; {duce more than half the nation’s crude {oil. i Referring to current gasoline prices, committee reported that an of the statements of wit- {ne would make it “seem reason- fable to expect a further lowering of the price of gasoline as/a resuht of icutting the price of crude from $2 {to $1.25 a barrel.” This expectation 2 base said the report, on ex- itions before the committee that the recent decline of 2 cents a gallon {in gasoline had resulted from a pre- ivious cut in the price of crude, and {further, that many of the refiners till were using stocks of crude | {bought at prices higher than the {present quotations. | The preliminary report explained {that “the full significance of the price {changes in crude oil as well as in {its products is reserved for further jconsideration” inasmuch as the com- Imittee has not completed its inquiry. t JEWS PARADE CHANGED. |' Palestine Mandate Celebrators to ! Start at Peace Monument. The starting point of the parade to !be conducted by the Jews of the Dis- ! trict on Tuesday to celebrate the Pales- tine mandate has been changed from !1st and East Capitol streets, as first { ennounced, to the Peace monument, ac- cording to word sent out by the com- mittee in charge last night.. This was {found necessary on account of the great number of automoblles enrolled for the demonstration. | Following the parade a mass meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Central High School, where Representa- ive Albert B. Rossdale of New York, Judge Bernard A. Rosenblatt and | Baruch Zuckerman will speak. ] Rev. J. Glushak, cantor, who formerly {occupled the pulpit of the Adath Israel 1,05; a messenger boy, day afternoon, as a result of a colli- sion between his bicycle and the auto- mobile of J. H, Richardson, 605 Acker Columbia | was formerl. York concern dealing in_che The coroner was called upon during he year to inquire into the deaths of persons, all of whom, it was found, ed from natural cause: ECEE e SEVERAL D. C. ACCIDENTS. Seventy-Year-Old Man Injured. Messenger Boy in Collision. George Brown, colored, seventy years old, 717 S street. was knocked down at 6th and U streets yester- day by a bicycle ridden by an un- identified colored man and painfully bruised about the head and left arm. He was given first aid and taken home. Joseph Howard, a Western Union was injured yester- street northeast, at 1st and K streets northeast. He was treated for an njury to his head. While crossing at 16th street and road yesterday morning, Philip Firmin, eix years old, 143 Harvard street, was knocked down by the automobile of Louis Parsons, 1455 Girard street, and painfully in- i Jured. Parsons took him home. Mrs. Laura McLaine, seventy-five years old, roomer, at 119 D street northeast, fell on the stairs at her home about 3:30 o'clock this morn- ing and received injuries to her face. A physician was summoned from | Casualty Hospital. The injured ‘woman declined to go to the hospital. —_— GIVEN COMMERCE POST. C. C. Concannon of New York city has been appointed assistant chief of the chemical division of the Depart- ment of Commerce, the Department announced oday. Mr. Concannon is a Harvard University, and Vv assoclated with a New graduate of { Synagogue in this city, will sing several selections in conjunction with a varied musical program. JE e — TUMULTYS SAIL TODAY. | Rush to Bedside of Daughter, Who Has Developed Pneumonia. Joseph P. Tumulty, former private secretary to President Wilson, and Mrs. Tumulty left last night for New York, from which port they will sall _today on the Majestic en route to the bedside of their daughter, Miss Mary Tumulty, who is at Oberamme: gau, suffering with pneumonia. The State Department received ad- i vices yesterday that Miss Tumulty ihad developed pneumonia. She was serfously injured in an automobile | 25eiint recentdy while touring in | that _section. DEVELOPING Let experienced photographers develop your films. We are experienced in all work per- taining to photos. OPTICAL Co. M. A. LEB 614 9th St. sranes 712 11th Street Store Stag Hotel, 608 9th SUMMER RATES Phone Main 8108 ':n wkki' toilet, tory, $10; 2 in nt more. X o Keep Stationery Our_stock_includes every possible kind of stationery. 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