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Organized labor has lined up solidly behind the Howell-Barkley bill which | proposes to abolish the United States | Railroad Labor Board*and substitute | for it a board of mediation and con- | citiation. | Friends of President Coolidge have been saying in the last few days | that he would veto the bill, but there is a general misunderstanding about its provisions and if it should pass both houses of Congress a veto may be said to be doubtful. Misstatement Made. The writer erroneously stated a few days ago that the Howell-Barkley plan would eliminate the representa- tives of the public and leave railway disputes to be decided by the inter- ested parties. The truth is the rep- resentatives of the employers and em- ployes will alone constitute the mem- bership of the four national adjust- ment boards which are to settle grievances and conflicts of interpre- tations on rules. But the principal | body, to be known s the Board of | Mediation and Conciliation, will con- sist of five membe: all of whom will represent the This i | recommend Harding. Labor B sentatives of the labor and thre in line with the tion of the late President nt, the Rallroad of three repre- railways, three of of the public. This In ns that three men, representing the ‘puhnc usually have the deciding vote, as almost invariably the parties at influence the votes of their representatives. To cure this weak- ness, the representatives of the em- plovers and emploves will appear ]M‘furo the board of mediation as advo- cates and pleaders for their respective causes, and the judgment will rendered by five impartial judges. The four national adjustment boards are mot to assume jurisdiction over disputes unless the émployers or em- plyes make ca This means ed company unions |and the railway employers can adjus working conditions and wages betwee: | themselvi tment boards will | not come to the picture at all. | _There are certain company unions | which are objecting to the Howell- | Barkley bill on the ground that it is | unnecessary, but advocates of the | measure say that a long list of labor | organizations do want such tribunal and the bill proposes to give them the machinery for adjustment which they seek. | interest be ‘What Bill Comprises. The Howell-Barkley bill combines many of the features of the Newlands act, the Erdman act and the present transportation act. It has, however, introduced ome important change which has been the basis of opposi- tion by railway employers. It pro- hibits the employer from interfering in the selection of representatives or from controlling the organizations of employes $0 as to dictate the selec- tion of employe representative This has been inserted to over- come the embara °nts encounter- ed by the present United States Rall- road Labor Board in detéermining exactly who actually represents | employes on certain railroad tems. It is the outcropping of the old cht as between national labor ore zanizatices like the American Fed- eration of Labor and such unions as have been fostered by the Pennsyl- vania railroad for its own employes. On the Pennsylvania nobody can rep- resent the workmen in a dispute ex cept persons actually on the ennsyl- vania’s pay roll. The cips present transcportation act has been the failure of the parties at interest to form the local adjustment boards provided by law. These organizations were left to voluntary action by the emplovers and employes. Undert he Howell-Barkley bill the adjustment boards would be govern- ment institusions, and, therefore, the | minor grievances and disputes which piled high the cases before the United States Railroad Labor Board yould | be diminished because they would. so to speak, be settled by the lower tribunals. Chief Objection to Bill. yne of the objections to the bill &a?dne(on amunlg from the White House is the appropriation of $500,000 for the expenses of the new machin- ery. The proponents of the bill point out that $400,000 is now being spent under the transportation act, and that the additional $100,000 is good insur- ance against another railway ‘s(rlk particularly since the last = is esti- Mmated to have cost the government about $2,000,000, while the railroads are known to have spent many times that sum themselves in fighting it The proposed bill provides about $100,000 for the maintenance of the bhoard of mediation and_conciliation, thus saving between $250,000 and $300,000 over the cost of the present Labor Board, which saving would be cxpended in the expenses of the four national adjustment boards. Fully $5,000,000 is appropriated an- nually by Congress for the Interstate | Commerce Commission, so, relatively speaking, the amount needed to keep peace between ailways and their em- ployes is not as large as the sum needed to regulate disputes between the railways and shippers. Several of the railroads are luke- warm in their opposition to the bill, ich have always fought the present Labor Board and its decisions are working tooth and nail to beat the bill or force a presi- dential veto. It looks as if some action will be taken on it before ad- journment or 4 filibuster against ad- journment may be started, for the Democrats and insurgent Aepublicans are in the main in sympathy with the proposal. (Copyright, 1924.) ——— OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY. of the is! Dr. Drew Married and Minister for Twenty-Five Years. | The twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordination in the ministry and the marriage of Rev. Simon P. W. Drew was observed by the congrega- tion of National Cosmopolitan Bap- tist Institutional Church, of which Rev. Drew is pastor, yestérday. A letter from C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to President Coolidge, was read, extending the Executive's good wishes and congratulations upon the anniversaries. Rev. Drew will commemorate the anniversaries by launching a drive tonight at the church for employment for 10,060 colored persons in the Dis- trict, who he says are out of work, Senator Magnus Johnson is scheduled to speak. The campaign to secure employment for these colored people will be continued until June 5. It is under the auspices of the American White Cross Free Labor National Federation, of which Rev. Drew is president. Canadian Postal Head Here. ,Charles Murphy, postmaster general of Canada, who has been spending several weeks at Athens, Ga., re- cuperating from an illness, conferred here today with Postmaster General New regarding Canadian and United States postal relations, and was pre- sented by Mr. New to President Cool- idge. ey “A wildflower on the Wash ig worth ten in the tonneau.”—President Thomas ¥, Henry of Association. the American Automobile e THE _EVENING 4 ) S Sk WANTS O KNOWDO? HE HAVE TO EAT ALL HIS SPINACH DECIDES TO EAT EVERY - LEAVE SPINACH TiLL. THE LAST TAKES A LARGE FORK: TUL MOST OF WHICH SPILS ON PLOOR WELL, | GOOD ANYWAY TRAPPER GIVES CLUE IN MARTIN SEARCH (Continued from First Page.) and no sign of life. If Maj. Martin did not fly north, where the natives say they saw him headed, he ought to be somewhere in these islands or in the coves on the south shore of the Alaskan peninsula. Up to to- night most of these obscure places have been visited by some kind of craft, without a sign of the flyers. Weather Mild and Warm. Meanwhile the weather continues mild and warm, with the thermometer drop- | ping below freezing after nightfall. We | have learned that four natives are on their way across the Alaskan Peninsula from Chignik, forty miles to the Bering Sea. If the fyers are not found down | at Chignik Lake two of the natives will [ return to Chignik, and the other two will proceed to Black Lake. The jour- ney as far as Black Lake is being made on the water in bidarkas, as the river and the lake are now free of ice up to midnight. Last night the Algonquin met the geo- detic survey schooner Pioneer at Jacob and Paul Islands. A conference was held on board the Pioneer. Capt. Lukens, a college classmate of Maj. Martin, id that he had steamed into every bay and cove on the south shore up to the head natives who had mushed across the Chignik_Peninsula looking for the lost fiyers. This neck of land is only five miles wide, and there are no mountains upon it. Across this stretch of land the three other flyers flew several weeks ago to shorten their route to Unalaska. Ship's Fuel Getting Low. The Algonquin has been searching so long that the oil fuel is now get- ting low. Capt. Daggett is running up to Chignik to look further for the major and to see if everything is being done to expedite the search through the snow forty miles north to_the Bering Sea. The cannery boat at Port Moller is exploring all the bays and inlets on the Bering Sea side of the penin- sula up to a point 100 miles north, where Maj. Martin should have come out, if he continued in that direc- tion Ice Blocks Vessels. The motor boat dispatched by Supt. Nichols from the cannery at False Pass to Port Moller on the Bering Sea has not yet reported to the Al- gonquin. Thee Port Moller boats have reported that they could not get farther than twelve miles off ck Hills because of the ice. They are now trying the other direction. ‘They have seen nothing of the flyers. At the invitation of Maj. Martin I had lunch with him and his mechanic, Harvey, ashore, just before we raised anchor to proceed down the Alaskan peninsula to be stationed about half way to Unalaska, where he woyld pass over us. Maj. Martin had prom- ised to fly over the Pioneer at Kings Cove and then over the Algonquin at False Pass, landing near us, if he could not go on, and dropping a note for our boats to pick up in case he was proceeding to Unalaska with- out stopping. Of course, he never flew over either ship. When I got ashore Harvey had fin- ished chopping the ice from the pon- toons and the major had gotten his gas drums ready, to refill. They were both in the best of spirits at the prospect of an early hop to join their waiting comrades at Dutch Harbor. Shows Good Luck Pieces. “David,” said Maj. Martin, “I want to show you how superstitious some people are. Here are a few of the many kinds of lucky omens my friends have given me to assure my safe flight around the world. I ce: tainly appreciate their good wishes.’ First, he showed me a rabbit's foof with the seal of California attached; then there was an ivory walrus tusk, presented by the Hudson Bay Com- pany at Seattle. “They said, in pre- senting it, continued the major, “that they had done so much ex- ploring in the north that good luck would surely go with me if I carried it” On it was inscribed a motto of Magellan, when he sailed around the world, which read: “It matters not; God hath many things in store for us” A fellow ought to go a long way on a faith like that, remarked the major. There were a dozen other gifts, a wrist watch from the Douglas Airplane Company; a five-dollar bill, containing the signature of two friends who promised to redeem it at twice its face value if he brought it safely back to them: a silver plate, with the figure of St. Christopher, présented by Rev. O'Connor of Chicago; a handful of coins and lucky pennies; several pennants from clubs and organizations, and a Bible from Mother Thus of San Francisco, known to all air pilots of the Pacific coast. Doesn’t Believe in Luek. “Personally. T don't believe luck,” concluded the major. “But you can say this for me; T am confident that 1 will be able to lead this flight around the world to a successful con- clusion.” “I'll do that,” I replied. The major's words after he had made that won- derful flight from Kanatak to Chignik through a blinding snowstorm, a few days before, came to my mind: “I prayed, and I belicve in prayer—" The simple statement of a brave gen- tleman. “Good bye, Harvey,” I called to the mechanic in the plane. “Harvey never says much, but he_is always on the job,” smiled Maj. Martin. “Good-bye, Major, Tl shake with you in Unalas- ka,” I added. “T hope David,” was all he said as I pushed out to the coast guard cutter. As he faded out of sight I thought of the note in my pocket which he had given me to from the Alg < in of Kuiukta Bay. There he met the two | ~ S U G‘D.é‘g)‘» O ASKS WOULDN'T IT BE THING ELSE FIRST AND ALLRIGHT TO LEAVE JUST FATHER'S ORATION ON HOW HE USED TO EAT SPINACH AS A BOY- YES THAT MUCH o: o GETS TO DAY DREAMING ABOUT HOW HE'LL NEVER MAKE HIS THAT'S SO MUCH TO THE CHILDREN EAT IT WHEN HE'S GROWN UF | | distribution, . STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SNAPSHOTS OF A CHILD EATING SPINACH. —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS.| PIRATES KILL SKIPPER. 7, : @; SisHS AND GLOOMILY SURVEYS PLATE & DECIDES TO GET SPINACH OUT OF THE WAY TIRST AND QUICKLY TAKES A BITE WITH MILK CHASER MONDAY, THINKS IS ABOUT TIME TOR MOTHER TO BEGIN HER UTTNLE TALK ON HOW GDOD| SPINACH 15 FOR CHILDREN. VES, THERE SHE GOES <) LISTENS DUTIFULLY #AND LIKE IT TOO ~ MENT THAT 1P (T ENGINEER SUPPORTS FORD SHOALS OFFER Wants Plant Used Primarily for Fertilizer and Not Power Production. Arguments favoring acceptance of Henry Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals were resumed by W. G. Waldo, en- gineer employed by the Tennessee River Improvement Association, at today's hearing before the Senate agriculture committee Waldo denied there was a shortage of waterpower for industrial pur- | poses in the southeast and declared that Muscle Shouls represented only a small part of the power resources of the southeastern section and should not be compared with the | eat power available at Niagara Reiterating his contention that Muscle Shoals be used primarily for fertilizer manufacture and not power he told the committee a decision must first be reached as to waich of the two uses the prop- erty should be put. “Under the Ford offer the power at Muscle Shoals will be employed pri- marily in the public iterest and primarily under public control,” the engineer said. FIRM SUBMITS NEW BID. Union Carbide Company Guaran- tees $120,000,000 in 50 Years. The government has received from | the Union Carbide Company of New | York a substitute bid offering a| minimum guarantee of $120,000,000 | for a fifty-vear lease of all of the Muscle Shoals properties. The orig- inal carbide company offer dealt with only a part of the project. Under the new offer the company would agree to manufacture on A cost-plus basis 40,000 tons of fixed nitrogen in the form of “urea,” & fertilizer which the company claims has been indorsed by the Department of Agriculture. It also would ugree to observe the federal waterpower act and distribute throughout the south power for Industrial, agricul- tural and home uses ‘The company also offers to develop a manufacturing center at Muscle Shoals to turn out other produets. | The bid would stipulate that 50,000 | horsepower would be reserved for the | manufacture of fertilizer at nitrate plant No. 2 at cost plus & per cent. One-half of the 5 per cent profit would be used in research work to improve and cheapen the fertilizer processes. To Make Fertilizer. 1f a commercial fertilizer process is developed that is adaptable to plant No. 1 the company would guarantee to manufacture fertilizer at that plant at cost plus 5 per cent. Of this profit it would spend one-half in further experimental work or for the amortization of the investment of the government in nitrate plants No. 6, 1 and 2. Should the bid prove unacceptable, the company would undertake to manage the entire property for fifty years, excepting the navigation facil- ities, and sell the hydroelectric power and pay the government the revenue from three-fourths of all the power. The company's reward would be the use of one-fourth of the hydroelec- tric energy developed. In addition, the company would lease nitrate plant No. 2 at a yearly rental of $150,000 and nitrate plant No. 1 at $25,000, and pay a rovalty on the Waco quarry. 1t would un- dertake to make fertilizer at plant No. 2. The proposal is signed by E. F. Price, president of the Union Carbide Company, 'a Virginia corporation, subsidiary of the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. FIGHT MODIFICATION OF CONSENT DECREE The Farmers' National Council and the Peoples’ Reconstruction League filed a brief in the Court of Appeals here today against any modification of the packers consent decree. Contentions of the California Co- operative Canneries that they had been damaged illegally by the decree were contested in the brief, which also set forth that contentions by packers that the court had no juris- diction to enter the decree were not well taken. n, Master John Robert Martin, in fan Francisco: "Birthday greetings, from Dad, at Chignik.” N (Cop; t, 1924, in United States, Canada and Y ’(;'IEI Br“lll’!l by North American 4 Newspaper Alliance.) DOISY REACHES CALCUTTA. CALCUTTA, May Lieut. Pelle- tier Dolsy arrived here at 1 o'clock this afternoon in his flight from France to Japan. -He covered the latest 750 miles of his journey in six and one-half hours. He probably will remain here two or three days for repairs to the wings of his airplane. Portuguese in India. LISBON, May 5.—The Portuguese aviators, Britto Paes and Sarmento Beiros, reporting their arrival yes- terday at hi, British India, on their way to o, China, said ‘two days would be required to repair the radiator of their machine, l 15 BROUGHT BACK TO HARD PACTS BY ANNOUNCE = ™ <= SCRUTINIZES MUG AND BUTTER PLATE T SEE 1P THERE ISN'T ANYTHING LEFT T EAT BEFORE TACKLING SPINACH HEAVES DEEP SIGH AND GETS DOWN TO WORK. = ISNT GONE (N TWO MINUTES THERE'LL BE NO DESSERT GLIYAS WILIAHS HULL SEES APATHY IN RANKS OF G. 0. P. Declares Primary Figures Indicate Many Republicans Will Vote for Democrats in Fall. Chairman Hull of the Democratic national committee in a statement issued here asserted that Ohio Eave President Harding a larger vote in 1920 than the total vote in the primaries of South Tlinois, Wisconsin, Michigan Dakota, Ohio and New Jersey. he inferences to be drawn from these primary returns,” the state- ment said, “are that the Republicans are indifferent or are with the record their s made during this national stration; that they are not enamored of Mr. Coolidge, been a continuous part of it, and are not sufficiently interesied’ in h acy to take part with the Re- n in obtaining his nomination.” Chairman Hull predicted that many of the Republicans who had shown their “indifferenc for the Demacratic didate LIBERAL COALITION ASSURED CONTROL Dakota; presidential can- IN NEW REICHSTAG| (Continued from First Page.) Russian affairs on the United Militant Figure Returned. “Black Jac! of the new Gern social < party threatens to become one of the most militant figures in the new Reichstag, not only because his sobriquet was earned through his habit of black- jacking his political opponents, but so because he is making the cam- aign on an ultra-radical platform whosc chief planks consist of anti- semitism. a demand for the redistri- bution of agricultural lands and closer surveillance of banks and banking methods. Kunze's German social phrty offshoot of the party headed by Ludendorfl. Kunze is an effective man on the stump and is expected to distinguish himself as a noisy ob- structioniist in the new parliament. Ludendorft May Withdraw. Although Gen. Ludendorff continues to make positive denial of the report that he will decline a reichstag man- date, in the event he is elected, there is a strong belief that he will ul- timately decline active public partic pation in party politics, as even his closest friends realize that he would not only constitute a permanent mencce to his party and the Reich- stag proceedings in general, but would also be taking a great personal risk in venturing into the open as a deputy for so pronounced an anti- Republican organization as the Hilter-Ludendorft ultra-Nationlistic party. Admiral Von Tirpitz, former head of the navy, who was responsible for the ruthless submarine warfare in the great war, and the young Prince Otto von Bismarck, will be prominent new comers among the German Na- tionalists, Von Tirpitz. in accepting the nomination, announced that he would reserve judgment on his party’s extreme policies and permit himself to be actuated only by patriotic mo- tives sen. Former Heads Elected. The following former chapcellors were re-elected today: Philip Scheidmann, Hermann Muel- ler and Gustave Bauer. Socialists; Constantine Fehrenbach, Joseph Wirth and Wilhelm Marx, Clericals Gustave Stresemann, People’s Party All the parties returned their veterans, the Socialists re-electing Dr. Rudolf Hilferding, former mini- ster of finance; Wilhelm Sollmann, former minister of the interior; Arthur Crispien, Eduard Bernstein, Paul Loebe, president of the Reich- stag, Dr. Rudolph Breitscheid, Fred- ick ‘Stampfer, editor of Vorwaerts; Otto Wels and Wilhelm Dittmann. Clara Zetkin was among the com- munists re-elected. The new Reichstag will in all pro- ability contain two partis wedged in between the Socialists and the Com- munists, these being the Soclalist League, headed by George Lerebour, and the Independent Socialists, head- ed by Theodore Liebnecht, brother of Karl Liebknecht, who was assassi- nated in the 1819 revolution 497 TEXAS PRECINCTS CARRIED BY -McADCOO 92 Go to Underwood, While 333 Are Non-Committal as to Choice for President. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., May 5.—Of the 922 precincts reported today from Satur- day’s democratic precinct convention in Texas 497 were favorable to Wil- liam G. McAdoo for presidential nomina 92 were for Senator Underwgod and 333 were non-com- mittal. Virtually all the larger counties were represented in the County conventions to select the 1,256 delegates to the. state conven: tion will cld LOmOrrow, . MAY 5, 1924. Attack Motor Boat Bound for Can- ton and Kidnap Forty Passengers. By the Assoctated Press, HONGKONG, May 5.—The passen- ger motor boat Oporto, sailing for Can- ton from Kongmoon, was seized to- day by pirates, who killed the Portu- guese skipper and an Indian guard and kidnaped forty passengers. CADET REGIMENTS T0 COMPETE TODAY Drill One of Four Important Events on School Military Calendar. The regimental competitive drill, second of the four important events on the calendar of the Washington High School Cadet Corps, is being held in the Central High School Sta- dium this afternoon. The 3d Regi- ment, comprising companies at East- ern, Western and Business. High schools and the Columbia Junior High School opened the drill, follow- ed by the 2d Regiment of McKinley High School companies. The 3rd Regiment, composed of Central High School, will be the last unit to drill. Judges for the event are Maj. Ralph Kingsman, Maj. Jesse C. Drain and Maj. John Hester, all of the infantry of the Regular Army. These Army officers also were the judges at the battalion competitive drill last Thurs- day, which was won by the 3d Bat- talion of the 3d Regiment of West- ern High School, and will act in the | same capacity at the annual company competitive drill, the stellar event on the program of the cadet corps at | the American League base ball park next month | The annual brigade inspection and review of the cadets will be held in the Central Stadium Thursday after- | noon at 4:30 o'clock. Maj. Gen. | Charles H. Muir, U A., will be the official reviewing officer. CLASH MARKS FARE HEARING AT CAPITOL (Continued from First Page.) and Electric Company beginning next Monday. Senator McKellar said that he was perfectly willing that all should have a full and fair hearing, but he called attention to the fact that it is about four months since the | hearings on his bill had begun. HL‘ intimated that he d red action on his proposal at the present session 0!: Congress no matter how long the| for Coolidge | rth | C great body | who has | officeholders and officeseek- | would vote | Richard Kunze, head | hearings were to run In the discussion of the purchase of | hington and Georgetown | ny by the Rock Cr Railway | Mr. Hamilton said that the nds, then a repre- vadia and the late| - ada, had been in the Chevy Chase Land ympany; th they had scen the ne‘-: sity of transportat o that sec- n and that Congre: a I3 » charter for the Rock Cre y Compan: which ultima #d the Washington and George- Company Senator McKell. a senator and should District affair: would be another se | sation | gested that if | House selves there investi- Says Whole Deal Open. rilton replied that the jon had been open: had resulted in greatly | development of Washington, and that | Congress itself had authorized it. Zarly in his testimony today whole that it | Mr. by Conrad Syme, who was engaged as special counsel for the Public Util ties Commission in the street railway | valuation cases now before the court |to the effect that it would be im-| | possible for the street railway com- | panies to live under existing condi- tions in the District on a j-cent fare. Mr. Hamilton argued that the Con- gress had set up the Public Utilities Commission as its agent to determine the fair value of public utilities in | the District and to fix rates: that it would be unfair for Congress now to | disregard the findings of this agency and arbitrarily cut the street car fare to 5 cents; that Congress has no right to destroy the property of the street car companies without providing due compensation—as Mr. Hamilton charged it would do if the fare was cut below a figure which would enable the companies to live. Cites Congress Power. Senator McKellar said that Con- had full power to amend or repeal the law creating the Public Utilities ssiony and that the Zency by Congress could be considered greater than the ated it. Mr. Hamilton ngress has power to law, but he in- had no right intends to compel the companies to give a ten-cent service for a five-cent fare.” Senator McKellar said: “Congress is not going to destroy ur property. If you go back to a S-cent fare in six months you will be coming around to thank Congress for bringing it about. The com-| panies in practically all the cities and towns in New Jersey have had this experience in going back to a cent fare.” Disputes Statement. Mr. Hamilton replied that the testi- mony given did not show anything of the kind. Replying to charges by Senator McKellar that the Public Utilities Commission had merely been a rub- ber stamp for the street car com- panies in matters of accounting and fixing the measure of depreciation, Mr. Hamilton said that this was far from the real that the com- mission had agreed to certain ac- counts of the/company. but only after carefully checking them over. He sa; that the commission had set a tentative measure of depreciation, #nd that it had modified this on sug- gestions_from the company. Mr. Hamilton will complete his testimony at the hearing next Mon- day their development of the copper industry, the Guggenheims have always employed the very pick of the world’s mining, engineering and metallurgical talent. Their successas been won by spend- ing—rather than skimping In the same way, the policy of Hearst’s Inter- national is that of em- ploying its huge financial sisting the} Hamilton referred to testimony given ASKS HOUSE ACCEPT GLOVER TRACT SOON Blanton, Once Opposed to Accept- ance, Declares Personal Study Has' Changed View. The earliest possible action by the House in accepting the tract of land offered by Charles C. Glover for park purposes was urged at a meeting of a subcommittee of the House Dis- trict committee today by Represent- ative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, Texas. Representative Blanton admitted that he had previously opposed this gift of Mr. Glover as a move to in- crease land values in that locality. Since then, however, he has made a personal investigation and finds that the tract is a very valuable addition to the city xvark%slum, He told the subcommittee that Mgs. Archibald Hopkins has agreed to ve additional parcel of land ex- ding from the Glover tract to the presentative Blanton urged that immediate action should be taken by the House on this matter. He offered & motion that the members of the District committee should wait en Speaker Gillett and ask that the biil be referred from the committee on public bulldings and grounds to the House District committee, in time for action at the meeting next Wed- nesday. Representative Rathone of linois and Representative Blanton were instructed to confer with the speaker. BOY, PROTECTING GIRL, _ KILLS ENRAGED FATHER | Parent Attacks Daughter With Knife for Attending Prayer Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., May 5—Enraged because his daughter refused to leave a prayer meeting conducted by mem- bers of the Church of the Living God at the home of a neighbor, General Washington Mabes, a teamster, at- tacked the girl with a knife. A youth in the congregation went to the girl's rescue, and in the struggle Mabes was struck on the head by a brick, dying from his injuries. The coroner’s jury exonerated the | young man, believing that he was justified in his effort to protect the Birl. Capital Student Honored. C. P. Proctor, Washington student at Carnegie Institute of Technology, has been elected to Theta Tau, the national honorary engineering fra- ternity the institution, a result of the cond semester pledges, ac- cording to word today from Pitts- burgh. He is a sophomore in the de- tment of civil engineering of the College of Engineering. His home address is 1 “Spare the dogwood. None of our native plants is subject to such ruthless destruction as the dogwood,’ statement on cards hande dogwood cambaign, “mostly by well- | meaning people who do not realize | that our country roads will soon lose | their chief spring attraction. The flowers wilt rapidly and are thrown away. 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