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FATEOF PANTERS STRKE N MEETIG Employers Split, But Hope Is Held if Union Accepts Compromise. h the resignation yesterday of T. Shannon as director of the controversy for the master painiers, contractors and opera builders, those interested in settling the controversy are looking with hope to the action of the special meeting of the union painters at the Knights of Columbus Hall tomorrow night. The union painters will vote on the $9.60 compromise offered by the mas ier painters for ng the strike. The special committee of the employ ing painters voted, 10 to 8. mit the compromise the master painters sentiment was about ganization with respect to’ the com promise suggested. However, offi cials believe that if the union men act favorably on the offer most of the dissenting members would be inclined to accept the proposition Mr. Shannon’s resignation m that he will cease to be 1 dombined forces mentioned above. He will, howev president of the Oper- * Associat continue to combat in of the builders to prevent in sed wages at this time have been ed, but have not. been made veads as follows: fair-wage comm which there was 1 resentation of th sociation, the Of sociation, the loc: sociated General dea, and the tion, I w employer: f the As- of Amer- ter Painters’ Associa pointed director of the o in the painters’ wage controver It was distinctly under- stood and agreed that no action could be taken except with my consent and approval “Relfable information h come to me that on ¥ the Master Painters’ without my knowle 1 “In view of t continued servi wage controvi and 1 he effective The (¢ Labor now established a fair profits com mittee which will invest e profits zs and other in on the ¢ of A sales as distinguished of mechanics in Union has these c EXEMPTION (.)ONSIVDERED. Proposal to Lift Income Tax From U. S. Business Men Abroad. The White House intimated today that President Coolidge will favor the enactment of legislation which would relieve American business men in foreign count from pz g income taxes to thi vernment. In doing thig, it is explained that the President would be taking the broad view that the exempting of these business men from paying taxes to their mother country would tend to greatly in crense our foreign commerce and at thd same time would be making it possible for these Americans to com- pete with business men from other nations who might not be so heavily LIFE’S DARKEST MOMENT. _— & il L GET THIS STRAIGHT, YA GREAT, Bic Bum- TH NMEXT TIME OME OF YoUR CHICKEM S COME 5 'N MY GARDEM 't GoMMA KL 1 v! THEM 't GoMma CLEAR VOouU! For Two CEMTS .\—‘;—_yump THIS FEMCE An' TAKE A POKE ATCHA MOW ! An' YA Krow ! Z 01T Too! YA GREA &z w-\ THE Roy WHO HAS ALWAY CONSIDERED HIS DAD THE K FIGHTER IN THE WORLD S |Building Permits For April Break of the c: mately for the fis Extract Month’s List of $6.334,- rate of activity should continue the annual repos All Records Here establish a new annual record. coloring matter of medicine in treati THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., TUESDAY, MAY 12 —By WEBSTER. AR ANDY Y20 % wns ¥ T, s ING OF BIPEDS DI1SCOVERS THAT HE "1 SN'T THE BRAVEST AMO WONDERFULE S™ ! Copr. 1925 (N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co. endar year is now approxi |'—-‘_‘—‘— 000,000. If the present | $3.50 Philadelphia % - $3.25 Chester | $3.00 Wilmington And Return of the building office cal year ending July 1 may of chlorophyl, or the green 000 Shows Healthy Growth of District. All records for monthly building per- mits were broken in April, when the District authorized construction proj ects aggregating $6.334,000, Buflding Inspector John Oehmann announced today. While this figure includes repair jobs, the bulk of it represents new construction and is taken by city offi- cials as evidence that a substantial growth is still going on in Washing- ton. The month’s business included per- mits for 270 brick houses at an aver- age cost of 85 frame buildings, May 17 Similar Excursion Sunday May 31 SPECIAL TRAIN . Washington.......7.20 am. Standard Time Returning . Philadelphia v. Chester ... . Wilmington . Consult Ticket Agents Baltimore & Ohio RR. | STUDENT STRIKE INTENSITY GROWS Blockade of Howard Build- ings Tightens—Police Action Threatened. The student strike at Howard Uni- versity against compulsory physical 1923. attitude of revolt, ‘a meeting was called this afternoon by President J. Stanley Durkee to discuss the strike situation. The strikers, at the same time met in the Dunbar Theater to plan a continuation of their cam- paign WANTS GRAVES OPENED IN BABY FARM PROBE ociated Press. YORK, May 12.—Efforts to two small unmarked graves opened are being made by Assistant District Attorney Willlam P. Ryan in search for evidence against Mrs. Helen Augusta Geisen-Volk, owner of a baby home, where 23 deaths have been recorded in the last 16 months. NEW have * 11 bed the.next morning. Death was re-|bounced the infants up down on beds; corded as due to mastoiditis. Ryan wants the body of this baby Wi humed as well as that of another’ about which information has been given the prosecutor. Mr. Ryan said that another n had told him that Mrs. Records children d; from mal and table e tardy in p: 1t hosp! »wed all were suffering because their parents their bills. where 10 of the is _in bstitution jail on PIN LER 801 11th St. NN\W. Main 2704 LEAN and PRESS S| training became more intensified to- day as a result of the prompt rejec- ton by the faculty of the new de- mands of the student council. told Mr. against the wall. A former nurse at the baby home Ryan that one baby was seized by the heels and its head dashed It was found dead in Strikers tightened their blockade around the stairways in the academic buildings in an effort to prevent stu- dents who have not joined their ranks from attending classes. The univer- sity officials, however, have given warning that order will be maintained, even if police reserves have to be called. The faculty now has assumed an attftude of “watchful waiting,” san- guine that the strikers will return to their classes while their grievances are Ironed out in conference with the student council representatives. The strikers, on the other han re not in favor of such a proposition, and have served notice that the strike will be continued indefinitely unless their de mands are met. A fresh supply of placards were posted about the university campus today by the striking students, as a means of notifying the faculty that the walkout will not he abandoned. “Strike while the iron is hot” read one. Another bore the following in- scription: “The 20 cut rule wins the brown derby.” Although the faculty not to consider further the demands of the students while they has decided Appertaining to Quality Laundering IT WAS the belief in quality in its broad- est and fullest sense that aided Tolman Laundry in perfecting such a high stand- ard of laundering as is displayed in Tol- manized table linens. This is -made possible by MacKenzie Sizing, the per- *fected laundering ingredient used only by Tolman Laundry. By this process your dinner linen will drape in smoother, more even folds, and the snow-white face of the fab- ric will have the pattern re- displayed clear and fresh each time it is returned from its trip to Tolman. 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Leave Washington by bus to Baltimore—making connection with Merchants and Miners Steamship to Jacksonville, Flor- ida. This water trip includes the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th of May. At Jacksonville, the tour continues along the East: coast of Florida, affording inspection CKLEDGE, COCOA, MIAMI, y COCOANUT GROVES and riving in HOLLYWOOD. S on May 22nd return trip is the same. econd on May 29th Reservations Must Be in May 17th and 24th, Respectively, as Number Will Be Limited 3 PAINT restfulness into your bedroom BEDROOM should be a rest room — entirely devoid of disquieting colors and patterns. Loud wall paper or woodwork colors clashing with one another—are certainly not conducive to sleep. First of all choose a lovely mellow Kno-Gross Flat Wall Paint for the walls. Then & quiet toned SO-E-ZY Finish for the woodwork —in harmony with the walls. Finally a subdued shade of SO-E-ZY Finish for the floor. 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This trip affords you a wonder- ful opportunity to “See Florida” and its wonderful business and investment possibilities! 8-DAY RAILROAD SIGHT SEEING TOUR ON MAY 28th or 29th our next rail and sight-seeing tour starts, offering you the same BUS trip along the Dixie Highway as in the water trip—PULLMAN SERV- ICE substituting the water way. All ex- penses are included. All Expenses Included Get color cards and informiation from these convenient dealers : Mitchell Hardware Co. Bass & Jones 5000 Wisconsin Ave. 4011 Eldridge Ave. N.W. Brentwood, Md. Morgan Brothers J. R, Lawrence 3001 PSt. N.W. Clarendon, Va. South East Hardware Co. Berwyn Hardware Co. 611 Penna. Ave. S. E.. Berwyn, Md. E. B. Rector Leon Angerman 5443 Conduit Rd. Takoma Park, Md. C.W. Hartman Suitland, Md. Standard Plate Glass Company 719.721 Seventh Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 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