Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1930, Page 11

BLO0D 15 SOUGH FOR PSITTACOSIS Physicians Scour - Country for Serum From Con- valescents. Two Tublic Health Service physicians now are scouring the country for the blood of persons convalescing from par- Tot fever. With eight workers at the hygienic laboratory here still sick of this mys- terious disease for which a serum pre- pared from the blood of convalescing patients has proved helpful, Dr. R. R. Spencer and Dr. L. F. Badger have been assigned to visit persons on the Eastern Shore and in Annapolis, Baltimore, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and Ohio. One of the men left for Con- necticut last night to secure blood from & patient there. Desire Enough for Epidemic. ‘The Public Health Service wants to secure enough serum to supply State and city health departments in case of & new outbreak. From each person enough is taken at a bleeding to make three doses. Because of the widely scattered sources of supply the two doctors have worked night and day since the latest outbreak at the hygienic laboratory. Recovering victims, still weak from the devastating disease, are showing a fine spirit of co-operation, the phy- sicians report. They realize that at present only parrot fever victims can be of much help to others in the same predicament. Several have been bled several times at their own request. Dr. Charles Armstrong, the second of the hygienic laboratory staff to become sick, is now recovered sufficiently to g’: two supplies of blood. Blood also been supplied by Robert Lanham, laboratory watchman, whose condition is greatly improved. ‘There are no new cases and all the patients are doing well today, it was reported by Dr. George W. McCoy, di- Tector of the hygienic laboratory. Most. of the work at the laboratory is atill going on after the fumigation, only the ‘work with sick birds having been tem- porarily suspended, Dr. McCoy said. Cockroaches Suspected. ‘The board ted by Surg. Gen. + NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ( MAN WHO INSISTED UPON GOING TO JAIL WILL STAY FOR 40 DAYS Two Confessions of Drunkenness Not Enough, So He Hits Clerk A persistent tleman who wanted to be locked uflupll’ police wishes that he go free, was sent to jail for 40 days from Police Court today. “Arrest me. I'm drunk,” ordered ‘Thomas Moore, colored, upon strolling into the sixth precinct station house last night. “No, home,” replied the “blue- coat” behind the desk. Moore obligingly left, but returned a few minutes later. “I still want to be arrested,” he ln-] formed Clerk J. K. Baker. at Station. “Get out of here.” ‘Whereupon Moore walked behind the brass railing and struck the police clerk with his fist. Baker, much to his visi- tor’s tification, marched him be- hind the bars. Moore sald that he did not remem- ber the incidents when questioned in court today. “So you want to be locked up. eh?” asked Judge Isaac R. Hitt. “I'll ac- commodate you. Thirty days on the usmi(lt charge and ten for being drunk.” GEN. PERSHING ENDS FLAG TALK SERIES Granddaughter of Francis Scott Key Describes Writing of National Air. Gen. John J. Pershing and Mrs. Ar- thur Tilghman Brice, 70, a grand- daughter of Francis Scott Key, last night described to a radio audience the scenes that inspired the patriot to write “The Star Spangled Banner.” from Station WRC, Gen. Speaking Pershing concluded a series of talks on the flag sponsored jointly by the United States Flag Association and the Nation- al Broadcasting Co. Addréssing himself to children particularly, he described the national anthem as “a battle epic, a song of victory, a thanksgiving pray- er, and a patriotic expression.” Mrs. Brice, whose mother was a daughter of Francis Scott Key, sald she could remember the storirs her mother related as having been told by her father about his experience the night he was inspired to write the anthem. She was introduced by Gen. Pershing. o Oyster and Spaghetti Supper. An oyster patty and spaghetti Ital- ienne supper, under auspices of the men members of the St. Francis De Sales Church, Rh¢de Island avenue and ‘Twentieth street northeast, will be given tomorrow evening from 4:30 to 8:30 o’clock in the social room of the church. Donvt Tirow Awax - Your O Marmresst We will make it new ding is paying special attentios. to the theory that the micro-organisms of the disease are carried in some way by cockroaches. In the country at large the psittacosis outbreak aj to have died dn';n no new cases having been reported for sev- ;r;l’ 'wry ikl no:e%hm would ra have been assumed that infection could come onl from contact with sick birds. VEILED .PROPHETS’ HEAD TO VISIT SAMIS GROTTO Approximately 300 members of Kal- Hpoils Grotto, Velled escort E. W. Libbey, grand of the order in North Americs, on an offi- cial visit to Samis Grotto in Richmond, Va., Saturday. 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Favorable report on a bill providing for the licensing ot real estate brokers and salesmen in the District and setting up a definite code of unfair practices under which licenses could be revoked was ordered today by the full House District committee at the con- clusion of hearings on the subject. | The action of the committee was | taken on motion of Representative | Lampert of Wisconsin, who had spoken | in favor of the bill. An attack on the proposed measure was made at the close of a lengthy consideration of the bill this morning by Representative Pat- man of Texas, who contended that the license measure would place a burden of taxes on the public rather than pro- tect them and that the criminal laws should be amended if they do not now cover crooked dealings. ‘The committee voted, however, for favorable report of the bill, with nine members favoring enactment of the law and five opposing. Witnesses Heard Today, ‘Witnesses before the committee today included Louis Rothschild, director of the Better Business Bureau; John A. Petty, executive secretary of the Wash- EUGENE.C. GOTT, President BILL IS APPROVED £ WhuNiSDAY, Real Estate Bosrd, and H. L. mm!n‘mntnfl, local real estate man and Mr. Rothschild submitted at the re- uest of Mr. Patman a statement show- that during the past year 214 com- laints relating to real estate practice ere had been 3!:! with the bureau: hat in 8 cases bureau co-opera vith Government officials in criminal actions; that in 20 cases the bureau assisted unofficially in civil suits. “The Better Business Bureau earnest- 1y urges that some legisaition providing for regulation of real estate business here be enacted,” he said. “While there may be sufficient law providing for criminal action in cases of i'~gal acts by real estate men, these laws do not prevent the shyster dealer from contin- uing to perpetrate- fraudulent acts. This indicates the need of & new law of the preventive type.” Rothschild added that his organiza- tion was not fostering any one particu- lar bill or any special details in the proposed legal machinery, but that they felt a licensing measure would protect the public. Mr. Thornten cited a num- ber of cases of unethical practice as a means of showing the need of the licensing measure. Opposes Realty Member. D. Edward Clark, a Washington at- torney, told the committee he was in favor of a law, but that he did not want any real estate man to sit as & member of the licensing commission. Representative McLeod of Michijgan, acting chairman of the committee, pointed out that the proposed bill. had been amended to provide that but one of the three real estate commissioners shall be a practical real estate man. Mr. Petty, who had appeared .\ num- ber of times at previous hearings on the subject, today answered a number of questions from members of the com- mittee as to the purposes and mech- anism of the proposed measure. Representative Patman, in an ad- MARCH 19, 1930. dress the favorable gflfu o4 report, would force the public to pay “tribute” to the real estate dealers, because it would force the buyer or seller of property to seek the services of a li- censed real estate man. He contended that by eliminating some of this busi- ness, all of those except the licensed dealers would freeze all the real estate business in the hands of the group who were licensed. Mr. Patman sald he would go the limit in amending the criminal code so as to strike more ef- fectively at the crooked dealer, but that he did not want to see a license measure which he contended would cost the public about $100,000 a year. Representative McClintock of Ohio pointed out, however, that there are many cases where the criminal statutes do not effectively strike at fraud. He declared that a similar real estate 1i- cense law in his State had worked very | effectively. 13 Amendments Added. The proposed measure is the bill as drafted for the Senate subcommittee headed by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin by Oscar H. Brinkman, with about 13 g{f:;nn% ’lmg'l‘mn nts ;n the bill as roduced in louse by Representa- s ——— e as amended. was approved members of * the Washingion Heel Estate Board. It would set up a com- mission composed of the District tax assessor, one member who had been in the real estate business for a period of | five years, and one other member no: | related to the real estate business. The commission would be charged with | licensing all real estate brokers and | salesmen excepting receivers, adminis- | trators and other persons acting under | orders of court, public officers while performing official duties, and attorneys at law in the ordinary practice of their profession. ‘There is set up & lengthy code of unfair. practices for which a dealer’s license could be revoked when he has been found gullty of such dealings. ‘The bill as and amended contains the much discussed clause making it illegal for any one to execute | & simulated real estate sale or mortgage | transaction with the intent and purpose of defrauding others as to the value of roperty. p'xgnes measure provides fdr a fine of | not more than $500 or imprissnment of a term not to exceed six months, or both, as penalties for violation of this | act by persons and for a fine of not more than $1,000 for violation of this | act by a corporation. 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