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~asDe Brodes told the police, they de- WEATHER. Fair today and tomorrow; some. what warmer; gentle variable winds. Temperature for twen ty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 83.4; Lowest, Full report on page b. 614, No. 951.—No. 28,901. SON KILLS MOTHER, FAILS IN' ATTEMPT 10 TAKE OWN LIFE George De Brodes, George- town Graduate, Also Planned to Kill Sister, He Says. SHOT PARENT TO KEEP HER FROM GRIEVING LOSS' Pair Had Just Reached Capital and Were Seeking Room When | Crime Committed. de twenty-five years | University Law School graduate, shot and killed his | widowed mother, Mrs. Frances Galitz- ina de Brodes, sixty-two years old, in | & boarding house at 117 € street ne lite yesterday afternoon, then missed taking his own life only because the revolver he held to his Niead did not explode when he pulled the trigger, according to his state- ment to the police. ieorge Brodes, old, Georgetown heast, cla he rcided 1 that 10 ot le Only was despondent and | but felt he | lent mother | pless an hour hefore her th, iy say, the mother had | vudly called the attention of an ac- | to her saying thag <o that is | take he a ¥ « dintance was * with me. son, happy now he Had Just Reached City. Mrs. de Brodes and her son arrived in Washington from New York eity at 2:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon. . The train was met by Miss Mary | Bayes, of 1759 P street. an employe ©f the Department of Justice and a, fricnd of the family, who later the known of traged After leaving the Union Station the three Late in the afternoon they arrived at the ¢ street house, and found no one| present. They entered a room on the ! second floor, Miss Baves told the police and were awalting return of the owner, when de Brodes suddenly | opened his brief case, produced a! revolver, and started toward his | niother. In the excitement, Miss ' Buves said, she could not tell whether e had possession of the revolver or | whether the mother had it. She! heard two shots she said, and ran from the house. De Brodes himself told Policeman | Lawrence H. Legg, who with Police- | man Irvin E. Bridges, first on the scene, that he had placed the re- volver to his mother’s head to make certain of her death. Policeman Bridges fell form of the man, his back, with his h. tearing at his throat, who was crying: i ‘Oh! My God! Is she dead? I'd felt | better if T knew she was dead and | not sufferi He wrested a revolver | from the n i was | onl switness the went looking for a room. was across the sprawling on nds Finds Woman's Bods. | Meanwhile, Legg had run into the| front room and found Mrs. de Brodes lying on the floor. He called for the! Casualty Hospital ambu and | could not get it. The Emergency | nce Hospital vehicle responded, and Mrs. : that the Davies were testifying she | was with Marone, so I sent her the! Brodes wi De Brodes pronounced dead. was taken to the ninth | precinct. where a charge of murder | was entered against him. In the pa-, trol, en route, he asked Policeman Legg, whether his mother was dead. lipon being informed that she was, he is reported have said: “I'm glad of it He is alleged to have expressed a desire to “put out of mis- ery” his sister Pauline, who is lying | in Providence Hospital today, wvalescing from a recent operation. ith precinet police obtained a de- tailed statement from de Brodes ad- mitting the shooting. Every precau-! _de also | con- | tion was taken to prevent an attempt’| at_suicide, After de Brodes was placed in cell police activities centered upon a | search for the only known eyewitness | —Mis Bayes. About 9 o'clock last night she came to the ninth precinet, | voluntarily. She said she had rushed 0 the home of a sister of de Brodes— Mrs. Percy Cox, at 60 Bryant street northwest—and found her not at! home. She then went to find Mrs. Philip G. Walker of 2236 Q street, another sister, and discovered that | she was in Alexandria, Va., at thej bedside of a sick child. She went tg Alexandria to notify Mrs. Walker. he said that she had known the family for three years. She was deep- 1y affected by shock and Dr. Herbert 3. Martyn, deputy coroner, did; not demand "her detention as a maferial witness. The body of the mother is :at the District morgue. An inquest ‘will be held early in the week. De Brodes gave an addregs of 228 ‘West 58th street, New York city. Po- lice obtained the address of 117 West 70th street, New York cjty, as the recent addr of the mother. e Brodes was a mepber of the Student Officers Trainipg Corps at Georgetown during the war, Police believe the reaton de Brodes himself is not dead fis due to a miscalculation in lgfading the .38- calibre revolver. here are five chambers- in the regvolver. In only four of them were, cartridges found. Police advance thy theory that when he placed the renolver to his head 1o take his own Ufe, as he stated, the empty gap in the ring of cartridge- filled” chambers, fell under ths ham- mer. a i FRIENDS ASTOUNDED. NEW YQRK, June 16.—Acquaint- ances herg of George de Brodes were astoundeq when informed _tonight that he ‘had killed his mother and then atfempted suicide in Washing- ton. 7hey said de Brodes, an em- vloye of the legal division of a fed- cral gepartment, showed unusual de- Votiah to his mother during the three weeks she lived in a rooming house lcre, taking her to dinner every «vening, for motor bus rides and to the picture theaters. iton as Mrs | sage Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. 792 ARE PRO CHARGES IN 505 Lawyers and 287 Doctors Aid, Sen- ators—Reed De Be W hitewashing. A regiment of lawyers and physi- ns is alding Gen. O'Ryan, counsel for the special Senate committee ap- pointed to investigate the Veterans' Bureau, in running down charges of graft and inefficiency in the bureau, Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, chatr- man of the Senate committec, vealed yesterday. The lawyers now rendering this serv- ice, located in all parts of the country, number 505 the physicians, 287. They are ng as investigators for the com- mittee, srving without pay, although in some instances where they have to travel their are paid. They have been selected with great care, as able and impartial investigators. The lawyers have been designated by the presidents of the state bar associations. Hundreds of complaints against SORRY FOR CROKER re- ans, ac expenses WIDOW, CLEARS HER Mrs. Kays Cables to Ireland She Was Mystery Woman Figuring in Will Case. By the Associate BLAND, Mo., June 16.—Mrs. R. B Kays, wife of a telegraph operator of the Rock Island, staying tempo- rarily miles from Press, here, late today told the Associated Press she was the myster- ious Mrs. Guy Marone, mentioned prominently in the Richard will case. Mr. and Mrs. Davil will contest hearing Mrs. Bula Croker, widow of the for- mer Tammany chieftain, was the woman known to them in Northamp- sr. testified at the Dublin that this identification was unsubstantiat- ed in returning a verdict in Mrs, Croker's favor. Married and Divore Mrs to Gu Kays stated she was married Marone in 1911 and they were divorced in 1913, but refused to say in what city the marriage was per formed where the divorce was granted. She asserted she and Marone rented an apartment from Mr. and Mrs, R. C. Davies in Northampton, Mass., for six months in 1911 Mrs, Kays today sent Mrs. Croker a cablegram, declaring she was the Mrs. Marone referred to. The mes- read: “I was the Mrs. Marone who lived with Davies, Northampton Tositive proof.” ‘I merely sent that cablegr cause I felt an injustice was done Mrs. Croker, and I felt sorry for her,” she emphasized. “1 never met Mrs. not Kknow any members of the Crocker family,” she said. “The only thing I know about the will case is what T read in the papers. I felt so sorry for Mrs. Croker when I read or m be- Croker and do cablegram merely to let her know that the former Mrs. Marone was still alive, and to clear her.” Mrs. Kays says she does not know where Marone is at present. Mrs. Kays refused to discuss fur< ther her married life with Marone. “I do not believe that's any of the public’s business,” she said. RAILROADS BOOST WAGES, LABOR BOARD NOTIFIED Three Cents an Hour Additional Compensation Two and Given Employes. By the Associated Press. CHICGAGO, June 16.—Three rail- roads today notified the United States Rallroad Labor Board that wage agreements have been signed with certain classes of employes in- creasing thelr wages 2 and 3 cents an hour, estimated to involve an additional annual expenditure of 4189,972, and affecting 2.750 men. The New York, Chicago and St. Louis and the Lake Erie and Western increased the wages of their 2,280 mechanics, helpers and apprentices 3 cents an hour, effective June 1, while the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass! boosted the wages of its mechanics, helpers and hour and its car cleaners hour. apprentices 3 cents an 2 cents an Sofia Revolt Robs W ashington Of Its First Woman Diplomat By the Associ LONDO! June 16.—The Bulgarian revolution will rob Washington of its first woman diplomat from Eu- rope. She is Miss Nadejda Stanciof, who is acting minister of Bulgaria to Great Brftain. Former Premier Stamboulisky, slain two days ago, had picked the talented young woman to represent Bulgaria at Washington as first sec- retary of the legation. Miss Stanclof, who is just passed twenty-five years of age, is one of the most striking figures ropean diplomatic life. She is al- ready well known at all interna- tional conferences and all European chancelleries, where she acted as personal representative of Stam- boulisky. This week she became the ated Pre: n the little town of Bell, eight' Croker, | Marone, but the jury held ; hmn&'I in Eu-| he Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, BING GRAFT VET BUREAU nies There Will the bureau and its past and present administration are being run down under this plan and the committee is compiling a vast amount of valuable information. Many of_ the charges are found to be without basis by these investigators, it is said. On the other hand, some of the investigations have turned up serio cases and | these cases are being reserved for further investigation when the com- mittee meets next fall. Will Study Charges. Practically the whole of October| |and November will be given over,| Senator Reed said yesterday, to hear- ings by the Senate committee. At the hearings those charges and com- | plaints which appear to have real SEZURE IN RUHR TOFORGE FUELTAX French Will Take Coal or| Coke and Raw Material Unless Payment Made. 1 | By the Associated Press. { DUESSELDORF, June 16.—Plans to | take control of the coal and coke | | and raw material supplies of all the factories in the Ruhr were announced at the French headquarters The occupation authoritie to adopt this method to enforce {payment of the coal tax, which alll except few of smallest plants have heretofore refused to pay. i Gen. Degoutte, the allied ! mander-in-chief. issued a decree an- | nouncing the military’s intention to take charge of all overhead con- | veyors and all rail lines leading from the coal mines to the factories. The French and Belgians will mmll guards along all such lines and when- ever a plant director refuses to pay the coal tax to the occupational au-| today here cide a the com- | | | thorities his supplies of coal, coke and raw materials 1 be immediately cut off, thus causing the shutdown of the plant as soon as the stocks are exhausted. The Krupp works at Essen, employ- ing 520,000 men, and the Stiines works at Muelheim, with 40,000 men, will be among the establishments af- tected { | [ d by the military as a require a large force | of troops and time to make | completely effective control of | the plants will be taken over progres- vely. DIRECTORS ARE SENTENCED. {task that wil some as Get Prison Terms and Fines for Refusing to Deliver Coal. By the Associated Press. BERLIYN, June 16.—Five German mining directors were found guilty of refusing to deliver coal to the oc- cupational authorities by a French court martial at Werden today, ac- | cording to -messages received here. and were given sentences of five years' imprisonment each and order- | ed to pay fines aggregating 1,431,- 1000.000,000 marks (about $14.310,000). The convicted men, none of whom were present at the trial, each rep- resented a different mine in the Ruhr. Limited State of Siege. BRANDENBURG, June 16.—A lim- ited state of siege has been proclaim- ed here because of the fear that dis orders may follow the strike of the metal workers. The police today dispersed several demonstrations. - In one instance they fired a volley in the air before order was restored. —_— MAUGHAN IN NEBRASKA. Army Record Flyer Preparing for Day’s Flight Across Country. NORTH PLATTE, Neb., June 16.— Lieut. Russell L. Maughan, who is locating the route for his proposed four-stop daylight flight from New York to San Francisco, landed here carly tonight. The trip from St Joseph was made without incident, Lieut. Maughan declared upon his arrival. He will leave here at 6 a.m. Sunday for Salt Lake City. { | focus of all eves because of the up- | heaval in Sofia. In the absence of her father, Dr. | Dimitri Stanciof, who is at Lausanne, | she has been called upon to handle the difficult questions arising from the dramatic collapse of the govern- ment. _“I should like to remain in Eng- land.” sald Miss Stanciof, “but I am afraid the revolutionary government will ask my recall. It is true that I ‘Was secretary and confidant to Stam- boullsky, but that did not prevent me from observing a strictly neutral | attitude on all questions congerning my country. After all I am only a girl and I did what seemed in the best interests of Bulgaria. If I lose my poeition I may turn my hand to writing for the American and British newspapers. | one D C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1923. -NINETY-FOUR PAGES. THE CLASS VALEDICTORITAN. CREWS QUIT SHIPS AT BY DRY RULE British Line Makes Bermuda Dumping Port for Liquor Supplies. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. June 16—With the announcement today that Bermuda would be made a parking station by Lamport and Holt liners plying be- tween New York and Buenos Aires. rumors were revived that British and French transatlantic liners might use a Canadian port of call as a liquor depot. Halifax was mentioned in connec- 4onzavith the British liners and it was stated that French liners plying between Havre and New York might drop ‘and take liquor by tender at of the French islands off New- foundland. Steamship officials couid not be found at their offices to com- ment on the reports. Take Firat Step. “The Lamport & Holt Line's action making Bermuda a liquor station was the first step taken by a eign steamship line to slack pas- sengers’ thirts since the latest Treas- ury Department ruling. The plan becomes effective July 14. Some members of the crews of the Homeric and Carmania. which sailed for England today, declared they would not return if they had to work on ships affected by the dry ruling. Officers said forty sailors of the Ho- meric and three coal passers on the Carmania had deserted. in Desertions Reported. Desertions from the crew of the Celtic also were reported, an official of the White Star Line attributing the situation to the fagt that land jobs were paying better wages than the steamship companie: ing a on oil burners. The Holland-American terdam, been crippled by desertions, got away on schedule today after the chief offi- cer had succeeded in rounding up a liner | full complement last night. Tales of high wages in factories of the middle west, spread along the waterfront by agents of industrial plants, the line ['officials said, were held responsible. ENGINEER A SUICIDE; BODY FOUND ON GUN The body of Stafford Reid, thirty- five, an engineer at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, was found yesterday after- noon, near Fort Stanten, Anacostia, Ilying on top of a shotgun, the dis- charge from which had blown away the face and part of the skull of the dead man. Thirteen-year-old James L. Small- wood, colored, of 1611 1lth street, made the discovery. He, told Sergt. Ryan of No. 11 precinct and an in- vestigation was started which culmi- nated with the pronouncement of sui- clde by Deputy Coroner Herbert E. Martyn. Hcadquarters Detective Mansfleld, who was put on the case, found that the shotgun had been purchased at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon from B. Rosembloom, at 719 H street southeast. The purchaser gave the above name, but the address of Gainesville, Va. Ask The Star Information Bureau ‘Whatever You Want to Know The Star Information Bureau, under the direction of Frederic J. Haskin, is prepared to answer all questions for the Washington public. Replies will be sent direct to the in- quirers. s There will be no charge for this special service except the actual postage. - A few of the answers of gen- eral interest will appear each day on the editorial page, be- gioning Monday. June 18. Coal lrurn-: ps were affected more by the rtion than oil burning vessels, it| was said, because of the easier work | Rot- | the crew of which also had; TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—42 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. Fraternities—Pages 24 and 25. New Ideas in D. C. Schools—Page 25. Schools and Colleges—Page 26. { Financial News—Pages 30 and 31. Radio News and Gossip—Page 32. Classified Advertisements—Pages 32 to a1, PART TWO—16 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. | wash'ngton and Other Society. | Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 13. ! Trade Union Activities—Page 13. | Veterans of the Great War—Page 13. |D. A. R. Activities—Page 13. ! Army and Navy News—Page 14. | Aviation Activities—Page 14. The Civillan Army—Page 14. | Girls and Their Affairs—Page 15. | Reviews of New Books—Page 15. | Spanish War Veterans—Page 15. Boy Scout News—Page 15. JBART THREE—12 Pages. | Amusements—Theaters and the Phto- . play. | Music in Washington—Page 4. * Around the City—Page 4. | Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to 10. | Serial, “The Mystery Girl"—Page 10. Boys and Girls’ Page—Page 11. J PART FOUR—4 Pages. | Pink Sports Section. | PART FIVE—S Pages. | Magazine Section—Features and Fiction. ROTOGRAVURE=-8 Pages. World's Events in Pictures. 1 | for- | | COMIC SECTION—1 Pages. [ Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers Mr. and Mrs. Y. W.C. A BUILDING i i Boston and D. C. Interests Purchasers—New York Firm to Open Store. Sale of street. the property at 1333 F owned and. occupied since 1319 by the Young Women's Chris- tian Association. to “Boston and Washington interests” for the sum | of $425,000, was announced last night Kb," the association. * The actual transaction was car- ried out between George W. White, president of the National Metropoli- {tan Bank and a member of _the board of trustees of the association, and Albert O. Hager, a Boston real estate man: n or persons learned. business. also was not disclosed. 1t was stated last night-that Mr. | Hlager was the purchaser early in January of the Ibbitt Hotel and several pieces of adjoining property. Will Vacate on July 1, - The building will be vacated by the Y. W. C. A. on July 1. It was purchased by the association during the war, after the headquarters over the Federal National Bank building, at 14th and G streets, had been va- cated due to enlargement of the bank. With the aid of $100,000 from meT.'.. tional board of the Y. W. C. A., the F street property was purchased, The " directors of the assoclation always have felt that the F street building was not suitable for Y. W. C. A. activity, it was pointed out. It is of the office building design, {Las an approximate frontage of eighty-five feet and depth of 120 feet, and is four stories high. An oppor- j tinity arrived -about three months 2g0 to dispose of the structure at a profit, enabling the association to square its ‘building ‘fund’ debts and inaugurate plans for a model Y. W. C. A. administration bullding here; Several sites for this building are now under consideration, and it is known that one has about definitely been decided on. No action toward immediate purchase has been taken, however. Pending _the establishment of a |states \(Cuntinueu oi Fage -2, Coltmn 6.) SOLD FOR §423,000 | jand twenty G. A SCULDT MADE NEW POLICE JUDGE Former Assistant Corpora tion Counsel to Succeed Hardison on Bench. Gus A. Schuldt, a native of this eity, and for some time an assistant cor- poration counsel of the District of Columbia, was appointed a judge of the Police Court by President, Hard- ing last night, to succeed Judge Rob- ert Hardison, whose term expired some time ago. Mr. Schuldt is well known in legal circles in the ‘District and was the recipient of many congratulations last night upon the announcement of his appointment. It is expected he will be sworn in and assume his duties shortly. He was born here January 18, 1878, the son of Prof. Henry-Schuldt and Minnie Shaw Schuldt. He was edu- cated in the public and high schools and Columbian and National univer- sities. He has practiced law here for many years and when assistant corporation counsel was In charge of {the Police Court and later the Juve- nile Court Mr. Schuldt has taken much inter- est in civie years ago was associated with the late Dr. Robert Reyburn in the first organized suffrage move- ment for the District. He is prominent in fraternal cir- cles, being a Mason. Elk and Knight of Pythias. He is president of Mu- nicipal Council, National Union, and past commander, Loyval Guards. He was formerly secretary of the Society of Natives of the District of Colum- bia and is a member of the Board of Trade. Mr. Schuldt was the organizer and has been the secretary of the League of Republican State Clubs for twenty years and has been active in repub- lican politics. Has Jobs to Distribute. The appointment. of Attorney Schuldt carries with it the appoint- ment of half of the employes of the | court. None of these positions is under the classified civil service, and while they do not pay attractive sal- arles, the passing of Judge Hardison, & democratic appointee, and tiie com- ing in of a republican appointee, will interest a large, number of repub- lican: place seekers. About half of the present person- nel of the three police courts—Dis- trict of Columbii and United States The name of the per-|pranches and the traffic branch—are representing” the | pergonal friends of Judge Hardison, “Washington Interests” could not be| who is to retire, and the other half were appointed. by Judge John F, The property is to be remodeled | McHahon, the other democratic judge and will be occupled by a New York | of the courts. business firm, but the nature of the| word from Judge Schuldt that he ‘While there is no will make any changes in the force, his friends beileve that he will re- plage the _democrats with repub- licans. 5 Frank, Sebring. tie veteran chief (Continued on. Page 2, ,Column 4.) Fossil Forest 300 Million Years Uncovered in Catskills Of Age Special Dispatch to The 8tar. . NEW YORK. June 16.—The city of New York is digging out of its new storage reservoir at Gilboa, in Scho- harei county, what Prof. John M. Clarke, director of the state museum in Albany, says Is the oldest fossil forest in the world. Forty of the stone tree butts, esti- mated to be about $00,000,000 years old; are' now being arranged in the state 'museum, and more are being added as, ‘the blastérs encounter them in the.rock at Gilboa. One of the petrified trees ision exhibition at the Grand Central Palace. . Dr. Clarke says these fossil trees belong tg the - Devonian period: “The rivers of the Devonian time, which tore their westward way down the wooded slopes of the old land, where the 'southern New England and their buried Atlantic neighbors now*lte,” said Prof. Clarke affairs of the District, | “From Press to Home e Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers sity block and the regular edition 1y delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. . FIVE CENTS. TEACHERS PRESENT NEW PAY SCHEDULE ASKING INCREASES Recommendations Based on Capper Bill, With Objec- tions Eliminated. Baldwin Urges U. S. and Britain Act Together By the Assaciated Pres OXFORD, June 16.—Responding to the toast “The British Empire and the United States” at the annual din- ner of the Rhodes scholarship trust tonight, Premier Stanley Baldwin | emphasized the need of Great Britain {and America joining hands where | justice called them throughout the world. “We see the seventeen-centuries- | old civilization of western Europe |cracking today.” he said, “and the | whole world, consclously or uncon- clously, 18 looking for salvation ot the British empire and the United States.” “If there is building up to do in the | world,” continued the premfer, “it is we in the long run who will have to |do it, and the men whose task that will be will need the courage of a Pitt and the faith of a Lincoln.” | Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbla University, responded for UNLIMITED PROMOTION, NO DEMOTIONS, ASKED Salaries on Basis of Ability Rather Than Grade Taught Are Also Urged in Listing. the United States. GONSTABLE SHOOTS BAILIFF BY ERROR Two Others Wounded When Officer Turns Gun on Bladensburg Crowd. A new teachers' salary schedule based on the Capper bill which failed of passage in the last Congress, but stripped of the features found jectionable by the teachers, was suh- mitted t» Superintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou yesterday by Mrs Edith C. Paul, president of the High School Teachers' Union. The revised schedule was drafted by the legislative committes of the High School, Grade School and Prin- cipals’ Unions, and was unanimously indorsed by these organizations I'ri- day. It the hope of the union teachers that Dr. Ballou will embodyv the recommendations in the |legislation he plans to send to gress at the forthcoming session, ot is | | | ala ‘on- Three men are at Casualty Hospital suffering from gunshot wounds, as the result of a disturbance at a col- ored carnival at Bladensburg, Md., last night, when Constable Andrew Gasch attempted to take a prisoner frow the frolicking crowd. £he wounded are: Bailiff James A. Leebruck, white, twenty-five vears old, shot in the stomach, condition | serious: Lawrence Dunnington, col- ored, twenty-eight, of Bladensburg, and James Tyer, colored, twenty, of | Brentwood. Nine Recommendations. Outstanding the new schedule are 1. Equal pay for equal qualifica- tions regardless of the subject or grade taught. recommendations in 2. Promotion on the basis of in- crease of professional Guulifications. 3. Various methods of promotion instead of the single system now in use. A plan modeled after the Chi- cago system whereby teachers promoted either by examination, lexnibiting college credits, or ior an {original thesis, is suggested. Trailed Across Street. Constable Gasch is said to have fired the shots when the throng of merry- | makers left the carnival grounds and trailed him and his prisoner across the street. Just before he was placed on the | operating table at the hospital Bailiff Leebruck said he went to the car- nival grounds with Constable Gasch | about 10 o'clock to make an arrest. | The constable spotted the man he 4. No limit to the number of teach- ers that may be promoted yearly Under the present system only seven teachers are promoted annually for supericr work. The unjons believe that all teachers who qualify should be promoted. Demotions Opposed. 5—No demotion. At present if a was seeking and started to. fake | [S3CREF Bets an unsatisfactory rating Mt | she loses her longevity pay. The new Their attention attracted by lhe‘srhedule recommends that the teacher arrest, the entire gathering moved | With an unsatisfactory rating be in the wake of the officer and Lee- | Placed on probation and supervision bruck said he mingled in the crowd |and be given professional advice and as 1t advanced. then if her rating remains unsatis- Tace tel Tatersane factory she should be dismissed from » '!hc service. The bailift said he saw one col- ored man make a menacing move | as though about to throw something | at the constable. He attempted to intervene, he said, when the con-| stable, ‘Lelieving he was about to be attacked, fired. | The bullet struck the bailiff, passed through his stomach and lodged in Lawrence Dunnington's hip. Another shot lald James Tyer low. Gasch is believed to have fired three times, but the third bullet did not strike in the crowd. The bailiff and the two colored men were placed in a passing automobile and driven to Casualty Hospital. There it was found that Leebruck was seriously wounded, and Dr. Wil- liam P. Reeves immedlately prepared to operate. Thomas Garrison, constable at Hyattsville, was notified of the af- fair and went to Bladensburg to in- vestigate. 6—Full credit for years of experi- ence for placement. —Teachers now in the junior high school should not be required to take examinations for permanent appoint- ment. School librarlans should be classed according to their qualifica- tions with teachers and not restricted !to the grade teachers' group. The unions feel that the work of a libra- rian is as important in the educa- tional field as that of the teacher, and if a librarian has the same qualifica- tions as a high school teacher should be placed in the high group. she schooi Two Years' Probation. S—Two vears' probationary for new teachers instead of one, as at present. It is recommended that the probationary teachers' longevity pay increase become effective at the be- ginning of the second probationary tyear. The new schedule also carries sal- ary increases larger than provided in MRS. I. W. BALL ROBBED OF JEWELRY WORTH $617 | tny camper mil. - sor cxion 3. sroun A, the Capper bill contained a salary Theft from 711 G street northwest of ! schedule ranging from a minimum of Jewelry valued at $617, the property of | $1.400 to a maximum of $2,000, while Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, social editor | the union’s schedule provides a mini- of the National Tribune, was reported | mum of $1,500 to a maximum of to the police ‘of the first precinct last |$2500. For group B of class 1, the night. | Capper bill provided a minimum of The articles stolen were a presenta- | £2,100 to a maximum of $2,400, while tion badge for the Woman's Relief | the new schedule contains recommen- Corps, a solid gold piece set with twen- | gations for a minimum of $2,600 to a ty-lr;re;- dl:l‘monds, \;1:«(1;; $250; on:imnxim“m of $2,700, regulation Woman's Relief badge, carve: with a small book and pen across cen- | Exincipais;Heclammises; ter with one diamond, $150; one national| For class 2. group A, the Capper unior vice president’s badge, $10; one | bill provided a minimum <7-$1,800 to oval-shaped badge, valued at §75; a|a maximum of $2.600. The new sched- small oval-shaped pin set with small ule provides a minimum of $2,000 to black diamonds and pearls, $75; a topaz |a maximum of $3,000. For group B ring, valued at $25; a topaz necklace, | of this class the Capper bill provid- valued at $5 and a red velvet rug,led a minimum of $2,700 to a maxi- valued at $25 | mum of $3.000, while the new sched- | ule provides a minimum of $3,100 to |2 maximum of $3.200. Assistant principals of senior high chools are classed with principals of ! junior high schools in the new sched- iule. Some of the administrative offi- | cers also have been moved up In the . | unions’ schedule. today, “emptied themselves of a vast| In presenting the recommendations burden of sand. which is how pilea to Dr. Ballou the unions stressed | up in great thickness in: the Catskill | their desire to indorse and support | reglon of New York, the hills and|the efforts of the board of education valleys of which now bound what was | @nd the superintendent to secure the |the seaward edge of that ancient|much needed legislation for the land. schools, and pointed out that the new “This Schoharie forest, eurliest of | Schedule Is an expression of the all recorded forests of the earth, fs|t¢achers’ point of view on the subject of great Interest from a scientific | Of salaries. point of view, though we are puzzled to comprehend just their nature. ! “At any rate our anclent New York | raphy of' the western Catskills and ‘the Schoharie valley during the late Devonian period to which they be- long. The tree stumps were found in places. where they grew, and the shales under them are the muds in which they were rooted, and they are preserved at least two levels in the rocks, one sixty feet above the other. Not far under the lowest forest the rocks carry true marine fossils.” period i f | i | { | i | ] | | i t Salary Schedule. The salary schedule recommended by the unions follow: Class 1. Kindergartners and teach- ers in elementary schools: Group A —A basic salary of §,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for ten years, or until a maxi- mum salary of $2,600 per year is reached. Group B—A basic salary of $2,600 per year, with an annual in- crease in salary of $100 for one vear (Continued g€ 7, Couing exd