Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1923, Page 16

SEALS' ECONOMIC | VALUE RATED HIGH Lives Saved in D. C. by Tu- berculosis Campaign Held Worth $1,000,000. ‘A saving of over one million dol- lars last year is declared to be the value in cold cash to the city of Washington of the fight the Tuber- culosis Association has been waging against disease and for health. That this is a conservative esti- mate is asserted fr comparison of the death T st year in the District of Columbia as compared with that of twenty ) go from tuberculosis. Thi: n show- #d a proportionate & over the year 1900 of 687 1i A one who has ad tuberculosis in h the eost of wai Tuberculosis T ected hun two and ol Taking t ings of the individual at allowing for medical care ment in anitorium or elsewhere at least , the saving of over a million dollars is apparent Much Suffering Saved. But this is held to be the least of the savin - more than this pe- i a t of the matter is the mental suffering both to amds of other cases by the ed- fonal work of the Tuberculosis ciation. sent loss, it is declared, much further red if wor! ins with childre eing that | by a Iy just as one d periodically mingham experiment. where ypical community was studied and 100 per cent eficient prog control of the how i ery a casy which was discovered amination there were present iu the communi The prob- S 1o find these cight others when they could be ar- *Case of Mathewson. When_ Christy Mathew the fa- mous pitcher of the Gfants, finally xave up and went to Lake o take the cure the doctors found Scarcely and strength of will that n has shown in his fight After two and one-half that time has be oston Braves. Now of the scason, he goes the winter with Mr: and Christy, = progress and :If to be physically fit for_another season. Health yourself and for your oved ones is promoted by the liberal buying of ciation de nas letter or package e of and triumph and when tubereulo: imed pne person of the entire population, little known as smallpox and diph- fa_and typhoid. This is the n iom is trying 1o place | : people. from scal headquarters, i1th street northwest, sh ipts from the on today of app ately §2.000, epresenting the sale of 200,000 of these Christmas tokens. MEDICAL SESSIONS LARGELY ATTENDED Society of Virginia, Maryland and D. C. Opens Discussion of Varied Topics. The Medical Society of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Colum- bia met this morning at the Ar- lington Hotel with an attendance of several hundred prominent sur- geons and physicians. An interesting program, which be- zan at 10:30 o'clock, was Interrupted for luncheon and continued again this afternoon. A paper of Dr. Thomas M. Foley described an opération that had re- sulted in extreme flatfoot being cured. A _patient’ on whom the operation had been performed was used to demonstrate ‘the complete- ness with which the cure had been «fiected. . Dr. Curtis Lee Hall described a case of osteitls filbrosa . cystica of the femur; Dr. Edmund Horgan, an operation for gunshot wound of the lung, with thorapotomy for removal of the bullet, and a cancer was dis- cussed by Dr. J. A. Gannon. This afternoon the speakers will include Dr. J. Russell Verbrycke, Dr. James A. Cahill, jr., and Dr. Willlam B. Marbury. * Dy the Associated Press. MOBILE, Ala, December 5.—Mel- vin Brantly{ nineteen. an employe of & turpentine cup manufacturing plant, missing from his place of employ- ment after receiving his pay envelope en November 24 last, was found dead in a marsh seven miles north of here late yesterday. Two holes found in his head are belleved to have been made by bullets from a riffe. Leon Layfleld, seventeen, a ocom- panion of the boy, has been identified by several persons as having been with him on the, day he disappeared and was seen to' g0 into the marsh with him_ and then come out alone with a rifie. Layfield is held here by police on suspicion and was ques- tioned by detectives last night. Lay- denies he wa® In the dead bov's wmpany. N THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.- C, WEDNESDAY, 'DECEMBER_5, 1923. e e e et e et REPORT ON AMNESTY [¢i° fuztisn ofsigmenes ror vioators| GOURTESY WINS REGARD. | 35kue S0 ot e re°80.2n, 8 o1, ot | WREATH FROM COOLIDGE s sermoon. Brown, ormers st | caeyand rarons were fuiousies D. of a negro paper here, died suddenly n | today. The “trimming off" as fthe and Saturday morning he was res the employ of the federal government |€T2l throughout the system, but the with an annual salary of $5,500. | reduction m the force will be negli- The report was sent to Mr. Daugh- e e was arrested in Pennsylvania be- ’ Washi: Friday. Hi A GOES TO DAUGHERTY |5y from the Whitsouse, whers ¥ | colorea Prispmer's Girt Betokens|£ore bt ctsswas cuted tor trixt herei| GOES ON NEGRO’S GRAVE| tiiveeias, ey, 00 3ty isputed | shop ofcate termed 1, wiil be geu- Special . Attorney Baker, former Secretary of War, who leased. with Maj, Gen. James G, Harbord, Gratitude to C. E. Warfleld. mittee, however, that prompt &ction by the|inlaid jewel box made by the pris- President was expected as soon as|oner while serving & term in the s S General Daugherty took |the Attorney General’s views are be. | Northampton county, Pa., prison. Never fear to bring the sublimest |of Labor Davis were among those ! — under consideration today_ a report|for him. Should clemency be decided| The negro, Otto Hall, was indicted | motive to the smallest duty, and the |placed on the grave of P. H. B Warfleld, representing the bonds-|Secretary Davis and Senator Mc- 3 3 b : retired, and Bishop Brent, of the| Courtesy shown a colored prisoner | man, took charge of Hall when he |- o A Jetter to Brown's widow from the | &' Committee Named by | Episcopal Church, composed the com- | 1y Charles E. Warfleld, child labor yas discharged i bmi Pending review of the report by |!nspector, who served in Inspector|the officers kindness President Suhmits Resits = | e e Ior s by | e oiaa =t police headquarters | him to see his relatives in Philadel- of Survey of Cases. mendations will nat be revealed. It|a number of years, won for him a|phia and not using frons on him that | BY the Associated Press. % was said at the White House today, [reward in the way of a beautifully | he made the presentation. President said: “I wish you to know of | _This was made possible because of prison and Cormick Also Honor my conviction that the country and the | the manufacture of steel cars ai the It was because of P. H. Brown. public service have sustained a very | local and Port Covington plants o permittin . H. . Teal loss In your husband’s death.” the company, giving the men at both g the Gull monthe, ‘A Falng of 57 HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., December 5.— 16 L months. alling off of HOPKINSVILLE, Xy, Decomber &— | SHOP WORKERS DROPPED, | Bisineas over the™ sisekin seas ator_Medfll MoCormick and Secretary Special Dispateh to The Star. Those to whom labor is unknown . “Brown, : by the special committee designated|upon, it may take ‘the form of!in this city on a charge of having|most infinite comfort to the smallest , negro, & commissioner of concillation in HAGERSTOWN, December 5.—| cannot enjoy the exquisite delight of 3 > t by President Coolidge to inquire into Christmas.pardons. picked the pocket of another individ- ' trouble. e Bepartment of Labor, here yester- Thirty shop employes of the Western|a well-carned rest. HALF-PRICE SALE Silk Lined COATS FOR WOMEN Made by | HART SCHAFFNER & MARX Opens Tomorrow Morning at 9 A. M. %45 Coats now . R~ u 50 Coats now . . %25 %60 Coats now . 30 75 Coats now . . 37" #This is the greatest chance to save money on fine coats that Washington women have ever had. Here are the latest styles shown in the ateliers of Paris; models for motoring, sport wear, afternoon wear and fur trimmed garments for evening and dress. 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