The Washington Times (Washington [D.C.])
January 1, 1925

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UNCLE SAM’S PRETTY WORKER PAYS WAY OF IMMIGRANT GIRL TO LAND OF HER GOLDEN DREAMS aR a BL t^ U..f i frffik, X -/.'XkZ ■Bk g 111 1 IMKB nTA^'fWOTO' Miss Emily Golding (left), pretty little English girl who wrote to President Harding for funds to come to America, the land of her dreams, and Miss Catherine Shea, 317 F street northeast, the fairy godmother who advanced enough money for Emily to come to this country. GIRL AIDS LETTER CM Miss Shea Brings Miss Cold- “I wanted to help a fallow hu man being attain the ambition that seemed foremost in her li/e.” This is the reason Miss Cath arine Shea, a stenographer in the Bureau of Immigration, gave to- day so? sending enough money to Miss Emily Golding, who lived in England, to come to this country. During President Harding’s Ad ministration a letter was received; at the White House from Barrow, in Furness, Lancashire, England, in which Miss Golding asked that enough money be sent her by the United States Government to en able her to come to this country. Took Letter Dictation The Government, of course, was Unable to comply with this urgent request, and through the proper channels informed Miss Golding of the conditions here. The letter was dictated to Miss Shea and, becoming interested in the case, Mieg Shea wrote the same day as did Mrs. Pauline Munford, nlso an employe at the Bureau of Immigra tion. They told her not to be dis couraged at the tone of the letter sent by their great Government but to wait for further develop ments. Months past and the women, one separated from the other two by thousands of miles of ocean, cor responded in most friendly terms. It was Miss Golding's ambition, •he wrote, to bring her mother to this country with her when she »me, .but the unbending oars of the immigration laws forbid the mother entering because of a malig nant lung disease. Nevertheless, Miss Golding did not tose heart but continued reading books on America which had first prompted her to write to the Presi dent Then* last April, her mother died, and with the lifting of this bar rier Miss Shea prepaid passage to the United States and sent it to the lit tle English girl. “It is all so wonderful—so beau tiful—so inspiring'—-th U wonderful country of yours,” said Miss Golding today when interviewed in Miss Shea’s office. Delighted With U. 8. “For years I read about the great cities and it seemed so grand that such an immense country can be covered by these cities filled with English-speaking people. It is dif ferent from England, but I love it and am going to work hard and study shorthand and typing, so that I may get a job. Miss Shea has been wonderful to me, as has Mrs. Mumford, with whom I now live at 8224 Northampton street, Chevy Chase. “She has seemed more than a fairy-godmother to me. and I am grateful that she took this Interest M the case.” •Yes, I think it's wonderful too," echoed Miss Shea, “and we are go jpg to have a party at my house today as a kind of a celebration. thFweather Unsettled tonight; tomor row unsettled, with probably tain or snow and not so •old; lowest temperature about 25 degrees. Scientists Urge Year of 13 Months of 28 Days Each The resolution of the economic and political science section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science advocat ing a new calendar year was ap proved by the general council of the association today. The changes proposed in the resolution would create thirteen months of 28 days each, making the first of each month fall on Sunday. The last day of each year would be known as “Year Day,” and wouMybe added ,$o the last week as Jfty new graphic resea rdr*work mapped out by the Navy Department to be conducted during peace time. FEPCOWS TOSTARTIN GMONTHS Court Sets Time Limit in Approving Compromise on Rates First checks to consumers from the $2,950,000 Potomac Electric Power Company impounded fund must be distributed within six months, Justice Wendell P. Staf ford, of the District Supreme Court, directs in his decree ap proving the compromise between the electric company and the Public Utilities Commission. All claims not properly pre sented and authenticated within three years are barred, the de cree declares. The company is ordered to es tablish and publish within thirty days reasonable rules and regula tinos with which consumers shall be required to comply in order to get their portion of the impounded fund. Rules Are Necessary. The rules are necessary, the de cree says, so that the company shall be furnished as promptly and as economically as is consistent with accuracy and justice, suffi cient proof of the identity, as well as the authority to collect of all claimants, the justness of their claims and the amounts paid by them in rates. The money left over from the consumers’ fund will be accounted (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) PROGRESS /The Prosperity of Washington I Are bracketed The Growth of The Tinies J squarely together The prosperity of Washington in 1924 is reflected in the fact that in the year The Times has printed A Half Million More Lines of advertising than in the previous year. Immense gains were recorded in local display, classified and national advertising. (Times Advertising Makes Business! They grow— (Business Makes Times Advertising Together I t

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Throngs at Coolidges’ Reception MAN DIES IT WHITE HOUSE S. D. Boss, Veteran Employe of P. 0., Stricken While Standing In Line Standing in front of the White House awaiting his turn to grasp the hand of President Coolidge, Samuel D. Boss, 3312 Eighth street northeast, veteran Postoffice De partment employe and member of the Oldest Inhabitants Association of the Districts df Columbia, dropped dead shortly before noon -today./ Mr. Boss, who is about slxty-five years of fLge.. Was talking jovjfrily with other members of the Oldest Inhabitants Association, who were scheduled to meet the President as a delegation at 11:30 o'clock today. Suddenly his face was creased with wrinkles of pain. He fell out of line and found a seat. His com panions, believing that he wns merely momentarily incapacitated, left him behind. Mrs. George C. Smith, a trained nurse, who was also standing In the New- Year Day reception line realized that Mr. Boss needed help. She went to his assistance. Ambulance Called. In the meantime. Policeman F. L. Rawlinson, of the First precinct station called an Emergency Hos pital ambulance. When it arrived, a surgeon pronounced the man dead, and his body was taken to the morgue. ,The physician who examined Boss’ body said that he thought he had died of apoplexy. An hour before he dropped dead Boss was present at the annual New Year meeting of the Oldest Inhabitants’ Association held in the Union Engine House, Nineteenth and H streets northwest. Mr. Boss is survived by his wife who resided with him at the Eighth street address, a son, Ernest M. Boss, who lives »t 2029 North Capitol street and a married daughter, Mrs. Jessie Saunders. Friends say that he has been in fairly good health. News of his death came as a distinct shock to his wife who was in the act of pre paring his New Year Day dinner. COOLIDGE TO PROMOTE JUDGE C. E. MOORMAN President Coolidge has definitely decided to elevate Federal Judge Charles H. Moorman of the West ern District of Kentucky to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. He most likely will appoint Charles L. Dawson, of Louisville to fill the resulting vacancy, it was learned at the White House today. Duke Shoots Rhinoceros NAIROBI, British East Africa, Jan. I.—The Duke and Duchess of York returned today from a big game hunting expedition. The duke shot a hrlnoceros after, an exciting chase during which the rhinoceros charged the duke. r ?’p. w r BEEniniii i 1 Mui 1111111 i/'WpipWyW fw >-<4l L .-m.iA-jimrfrwjwwrg—-C jBBHbFW VlllllJL,'\ First Baby of ’25, Boy, Gets Rich Gifts Here’js the winner of the thrilling New Year race for the babies—the prizes going to the first-born reported in 1925 in Washington: A boy, born at 1:10 o’clock this morning in Sibley Hos pital. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dowd, of English Vil lage, Bethesda, Md., and weigiis seven pounds and nine ounces. A lucky, bouncmg younster I Both doing well, thank you. Lucky? We’ll say he is, for the' New Year’s Baby Association is going to endow him with all sorts of gifts because he drew his first tiny breath while the New Year whistles were still blowing. Look at this Inventory of what this baby is going to get from rhe Cross-word Puzzle on Page 9. association and see if you lon’t agree that he is in luck: A payment of S2OO on a lot In Eee Heights, Va., from Ruby Ixfe Minar. A lamp from C. A. Muddiinan, Inc. Roses from William F. Gude. Twenty per cent payment on a lot, from Herald Harbor/ A $5 bank account an£ a coin bank, from the I <an and Trust Company. A $lO building account from the WALTER JOHNSON BEGINS TELLING LIFE STORY NEXT MONDAY WALTER JOHNSON, greatest present-day figure in base ball and one of the most notable in the history of the game, will tell the readers of The Washington Times the entire story of his pitching career from the day he came to Washington up through the recent world series. The first chapter of this absorbing course will appear next Monday and will run well along into the coming champion ship season. It is Walter’s own life story, the only recital of the important things of his baseball life that he has author ized and which really represents his impressions and experi ences. Remember, the first chapter appears in The Washing ton Times exclusively next Monday! District Building and Loan Com pany. Other gifts were contributed by large number of Washington hutd ness institutions, Including Erwin's, Needlecraft Shop, Glaser Milliner Company, Castleberg’s, Peoples Drug Company, Brunswig Baby Store,' ■f~ 1 ilSSs' B Ofc £4. lEi&sO*. R? I hHIIIK EDITION ~v a ggggggggg. "1 Oppenheimer and Shaw, A. Kahn, Inc., J. E. Henderson Cpir.pany, Clinedlnst Studio. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Radio on Page 15. DIPLOMATS GARBEDIN COLORFUL NIK President and Mrs. Coolidge Rectiffi ‘♦Wlghg/-ups”—Citi JEA the most nio inO^TpMaigSwaits House functions—thsir annual New Year Day reception. After receiving the diplomatic corps and Government officials in the mon ing hours, they are greeting this afternoon the hundreds of citizen lined up to wish the Chief Execu tive, “Happy New Year* For hours they have been in line, many of them. Smart look ing women. Men in shabby over coats—or none. Little boys warm ing blue fingers in worn pockets, mothers with children hanging on their arms. Professional men, taxi-drivers, newsboys—a motley throng, but merry and submitting good naturedly to the long wait and to the close scrutiny of secret service men, scanning all and sun dry with a careful eye and pre pared to make the women take their hands, out of their muffs and to confiscate anythingJn the nature of a bundle. Follows Old Custom. In democratic contrast, all thia, to the official reception of the morning hours. In accordance with the precedent which dates from the early days of the Republio, the diplomats were the first to be greeted by the President and Mrs. Coolidge— save only the Cabinet group. They had previously been received upstairs In the Coolidge’s private apartments—and it is inter esting to note that this time “the director of the bureau of the bud get,*’ Brigadier General Herbert M. Lord, with Mrs. Lord, was included in the President’s- “official family.” Play "Hall to the Chief" At the hour of eleven, with the scarlet-coated Marine Band in the corridor breaking into the familiar “Hail to the Chief!” the President {and Mrs. Coolidge came down the stairway, the Cabinet officers and I their wives following In a stately I little procession and passing ,nto the flower-decked Blue Room I through a doorway flanked by two I great banners, the Stars and Stripes and the President’s flag, the one borne by a stalwart infantryman and the other by a marine. As the President and Mrs. Cool idge took their stand by the door, the Cabinet broke up into small groups, ready to extend personal greetings to the diplomats, the Senate and the House and others of the official world after they had passed “down the line.” The custom of having all the Cabinet officers and their wives in line at this re ception and the other State levees was done away with In Mrs. Hard ing’s regime and the Innovation was found to so greatly expedite the greeting of several thousand people that the President and Mrs. Coolidge have regularly followed her lead. Aide Makes Presentations. There was, therefore, only an aide to make the presentations, Colonel Clarence O. Sherrill and Capta|ri Adolphus Andrews alternat ing in this role. With court dress the order of the day and many picturesque uniforms worn by the younger attaches, the diplomatic group was, of course, far and away the most picturesque. The familiar scarlet coat of Constantin Brun, who has been Denmark’s m-n --ister here for nearly twenty years, the beautiful native dress of the little group almond/ eyed ladies with the Japanese embassy, the hori zon blue of flying corps uniforms, the glitter of decorations on broad, bright colored rthhnpe—— ch high

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2 BRILLIANT UNIFORMS BRUSH SHABBY CLOTHES AT WHITE HOUSE THOUSANDS GO TO PAT DESPECTS (Continued from Flrat Page.) Befits as these could find no counter part In any of the other groups. Each had its special interest, how* •Ver—the Judiciary, headed by genial Chief Justice Taft and all the grave and reverend seigneurs of the Su preme Court Bench, the Senate and the House, the huge group of execu tive assistants, the army, the navy and the marine corps—all In uni form —the members of patriotic or ganizations, and the rest. Jusserand Heads Envoys. As dean of the diplomatic corps, the French ambassador, M. Jus serand. was the first to shake hands wth the President and Mrs. Coolidge, shepherding .the attaches of his embassy and presenting them for the last time. He has offered his country’s greetings—and his own— to eVery President since Roosevelt, but when next New Tear Day rolls around his familiar figure in gold laced uniform, his head cocked bird-like on one side, wll be missing. Th«f Italian ambassador, Prince Caetanl. too. Was making his last appearance at a New Year recep tion. A most distinguished figure in uniform —tall, unusually dark but w'th a definitely British air. Dr. Weidfeldt Popular. latter came Germany’s ambassa dor. Doctor Otto Weidfeldt, like wise making his adieux. Quiet, capable, somewhat professorial in his aspect, he has none of the pic turesque qualities of his predeces sors. Count von Bernstorff, or dash ing Spec von Sternberg, who was Roosevelt’s favorite playmate. But the State Department bewails his go ng and officials there proclaim that never was ’an envoy more diplomatic, more fair and friendly than Doctor Weidfeldt. The appearance of Viscount Cecil, winner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation peace award and a visi tor for a short time in Washing ton. with the British embassy grot p created a little flutter of in terest: and another distinguished Briton to pay his respects to Presi dent Coolidge was Lord Thomson, toa seej-ejary.jn Ramsey Macdonald’s cabinet. Sir Esme Present. The British envoy. Sir Esme Howard, was making his first of- i tidal appearance as an ambassador at a White House reception, al though he had attended several New Year leavees back in Roose velt’s day when the late James Bryce was ambassador and he a youthful counselor of embassy. Al though Lady Isabella Howard is kept at home these days by the ill ness of her son, she was present on this occasion and went on with the ambassador to the Secretary of State’s diplomatic breakfast an other traditional New Year fixture which sent Secretary and Mrs. Hughes hastening away from the White House in order to reach the P»n-American Union by noon. Two nations have established diplomatic relations with the United States since last New Year I>y—Egvpt and the Irish Free State. The Irish minister. Professor Timothy Smiddy, was absent, hav ing been called home to Dublin by an economic crisis. But the minister of Egypt, S. Yousry Pasha and Mme. Yousry were present, with Miss Lutfia Yousry and the members of his staff. One of those stimulating anomalies, Yousry Pasha—a good Mohommedan who brought a priest of his own faith far his retinue yet who plays crack polo and speaks English like the Oxford graduate he is. His wife, who is Princess Zenab, niece—or Is it cousin? of King Fuad of Egypt, but who prefers in a demo cratic country to be known as “Madame,’’ is an accomplished hostess, speaks English and French, rides, dances and plays bridge—all wall. Yet in her own country she is quite beyond the reach of social relations with men of an alien race. New Dominican Minister. x Other newcomers pointed out with interest were the dignified new minister from the Dominican Repub lic, Senor del Carmen de Ariza—a man of vast wealth and tremendous Influence all through the Caribbean Islands—with Mme. del Carmen Ariza; the minister of Ecuador, Senor Ortiz, and Kasys Blsauskas, now minister of Lithuania instead of charge d’affaires. Among those absent were the Chilean' ambassador, Don Beltran Mathieu, who is not well and is spending this month in New York for treatment; Doctor Honorio Pueyrredon. ambassador of Argen tina now in Buenos Aires with his family after spending several months in Europe, and the Cuban Ambassador, Doctor Cosme de la Torriente. who left immediately after Christmas with his womenfolk to pass the rest of the holidays in Havana. The Minister of China ind Mme- Sze are abroad —he's a dele gate to the opium conference in Geneva —and thus a picturesque figure was missing, for dainty Mme. Bze always wears her native dress, with the smartest of French milli nery and shoes to complete her cos tume. Man> Women Present. Although the directions issued from the White House to the news paper read ‘‘gentlemen’’ will do thus and so. women were numer ously present. A real astonishment to those whose memory goes back to McKinley’s time, or Roosevelt’s, to say nothing of the days of John Adams, who held the first New- Tear recertion in tha present White Houss. Even at the official reception in the morning the ladies were much |B evidence. AU the diplomats had brought their womenfolk-—a. cus tomary thing—and although the Su jreme Qoiirt, tha Senate, tba House. Births, Marriages, Deaths Phone Notices to Main 5260, Obituary peek MRS. KATE R. HOLT. Requiem mass will be said at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church at 9:30 o’clock tomorrow morning for Mrs. Kate R. Holt, seventy, who died Tuesday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Wilder M. De Neane, No. 823 Randolph street, northwest. The Reverend J. M. McNamara will officiate and burial will be at Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Holt was the widow of R’chanJ Holt. She had lived in Washngton about ffty years.. She is survived, besides a daughter Mrs. De Neane, by three sons, Doctor. A. J. Holt, Frank Holt, and Carroll Holt; and three I rOthers, William Manyett, James D. Manyett, and New Manyett. BIRTHS. Michael aqd Rowe Kapneck, girl twins. Walter B. and Rose E. Vogelsang, girl. Joe M. and Ethe! M. Thompson, boy. James L. and Irene Cotton, boy. John A. and Helen J. Smith, boy. Bernard and Fannie Goldstein, boy. Albert C. and Blanch V. KidwolL girl. Joseph M and Margaret S. Arthur, girl. Michael and Matilda Riedle, ooy. Earl C. and Edith A. Rlidlger. boy. Erhest A. and Sarah C. Silvian, boy. David McG. and Frances O. Speed, girl. Carl H. and Freda L. Stewart, girl. Lewis M. and Lucille A. Mcßride, girl. Joseph J. and Ethel M. Gutkowsid, girl. Samuel G. and Maty L. Flatherty, boy. Henry and Lottie Chara, boy. Donald F. and Helen S. Carroll, boy. Paul J. and Margaret M. Mueller, girt. Alfred T. and Anne L.' Weser, girl. Reginald D. and Florence L. Ban croft. girl. Arthur J. and Marfa Fallansch, girl. Samuel and Ruth Komar, girt Benjamin H. and Hasel M. Hitch- Ins. boy. John F. and Margaret M. Mewshaw, girl. Paul 8. and Mildred Yogis, boy. Bernard S. and Mary A. Spalding, boy. Benjamin A. and Blanche Walla, boy. Samuel and Ida Kravits. girl. Karl G. and Gladys Wassaman, boy. William M. and Paulino Auerham«r. boy. George and Blanche T. Elliott, boy. Samuel and Ida F. Goldstein, boy. William J. and Katherine Long, boy. William and Agnes G. Cameron. gliL Ernest L. and Alice V. Wilkinson, boy. Bernard T. and Mary A. Caruso, boy. Harry and Rebecca Underberg, toy. Raymond and Leona Harrison, boy George W. and Lottie Swann, boy. Charles and Lueile Fuller, boy. Joseph C. and Elonor Allison, girl. John W. and Cora Johnson, girl. Derate and Maria Shall, boy. Richard S. and Carris L. Coates, girl. James R. and Florino Winters, toy. Robert E. and Anne Baughen, girl. George W. and Jennie Smith, girl. MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following persons yesterday wore licensed to marry. Unless otherwise noted the contracting parties reside m the District of Columbia: Thomas S. Boar, 26, and Emila Pesl saro. 22. The Reverend H. B. Smith. Frederick Stebbins. SC, and Carolina Gayle, 41. The Reveretd H. M. Hen nig. Howard Hathaway Hash, 26. and Myrtle Anna Gray, 21. The Reverend J. E. Briggs. Leon Hsrold FHschknecht, 24. of Newark. N. J., and Marietta Alleta Andrews of New York. N. T. The Reverend T. W. Cooke. Charles H. Brower, 30, and Patience Stanley, 33. The Reverend J. C. Palmer. Stanley R. Darcey, 22, and Hasel P. Harrison, IS. The Reverend F. R. tmac, Jr. Morris Handle, 26. of New York city, and Babette Henrietta Hopfenmaier, 11. The Reverend A. Simon. Percy A. Freeman. 40, and Ethel Aline Dooley, 26. The Reverend J. H. Randolph. Joseph A, Voyce, 30, and Myrtle Hollins, 30 of Baltimore, Md. The Reverend T. E. Davis. Eldridge L. Darts, 31, Beatrice E. Anderson. 10. The Reverend J. A. L. Wuhlnyton. James H. Greene, 34. No. 3237 Fif teenth street northwest, and Pearl Qulller, 10. No. 3237 Fifteenth street northwest. Reverend T. J. Brown. Joseph Martin Munroe. 32, No. 1238 Maryland avenue northeast, and Elea nor Turner Barnhart, 20. No. 67 W street northwest. Reverend F. X. Cav anaugh. Dudley jamee Vaughn. 36. No. 100 Fifteenth street southeast, and Ruth Margeretta Galleher. 36, No. 3031 Flag ler place northwest. Reverend Fran cis X. Cavanaugh. Robert James Stevens. 86. Janesville. Wls.. and Margaret J. Mentsel, 33, No. 4*03 Fourteenth street northwest. Reverend Henry Mankon. Carl Zobel. 87. No. 701 Rock Creek and the various other groups were received in bodies, sans wives, a rather imposing group of women, some from official life and others from resident society, had been bidden by Mrs. Coolidge to the Blue Room. Supreme Court Circle. There one found Mrs. Taft, wife of the Chief Justice, with the *>tber ladles of the Supreme Court circle; Mrs. Gillett, wife of the Speaker; the Cabinet families, the wives «f some of the members of the Senate and the House, as well as the wives of sundry army and navy leaders and a little group from resident so ciety. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, jr., were with Secretary and Mrs. Hughes. Mrs. Coolidge wore a severely simple gown of flat crepe in one of the new shades Between a straw berry and rust. It was made with a low waist line and a tunic skirt and was guiltless of trimming. Her shoes and hose were of cocoa brown. Mme. Jusserand, who accompanied the French ambassador down the line, was in black velvet, with a sable scarf and a small black tailored hat trimmed in feathers. Mrs. Hughes In Satin. Mrs. Hughes wore reseda green satin, trimmed in marabou, the drapery caught at the low waist line with a beaded ornament. Her hat was of black and gold. Mrs. Stone, wife of the Attorney Gen eral, was tn black and Mrs. New, wife of the Postmaster General, wore a becoming costume of brown satin with a brown satin hat. Always smartly gowned, Miss Aiisa Mellon had on a lovely black velvet costume, the tunic bound with silver and built over a slip of silver cloth and made with a tunic bound with silver. She had on a small black hat and wore a fox scarf. Os course precedent is followed from year to year and last year’s program serves as a guide tor the arrangement of this year’s .*ecep tlon. But it must have taken the proverbial Philadelphia lawyer to arrange the “line up” when Pres ident Harding resumed the New Year reception after the war—so tremendously had Government activ ities grown and s» enormously had its personnel increased. Whax to do THE WASHINGTON TIMES The National Daily THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925. FLORISTS APPROPRIATE Funeral Tokens Gude Bros. Co., 1212 F St. N. W. Arti*tio—Expressive—Inexpensive. Prompt Auto Delivery Service. Church road, and Kathryn Harris. 37. No. 1605 Lamont street northwest* Reverend G. M. Diffenderfer. Fred Hoffman, 36, and Grace A Freeman. 35, both Os Culpeper, Va. Reverend Hugh T. Stevenson. Thomas 8. Bear, 26. No. 1230 Fair, front street northwest, and Emila Pez uro, 22. No. 1836 Mintwood place northwest. Reverend Harry Baker Smith. Frederick Stebbins, 66. No. 323 O street southwest, and Caroline Gayle. 45, No. 323 O street southwest. Rev etend H. M. Hennig. Howard Hathaway Nash. 25. No. 1634 A street northeast, and Myrtle Anna Gray. 37. No. 1110 Fifth street north east. Reverend J. E. Briggs. Leon Harold Frischknecht. 24. New ark. N. J„ and Marietta Alleta An drews. 80. New York. N. Y, Reverend Thomas w. Cooke. Charles H. Brewer, 30, No. 407 Elev enth street northwest, and Patience Stanley. 23, No. 738 Seventh street northwest. Reverend John C. Palmer Stanley R. Darcey, 83, No. 1348 Thir ty-first street northwest, and Hasel P. Harrison. 18, No. 1806 Thirty fourth street northwest. Reverend Frank R. Isaac, jr. Morris Handle, 26. Now York, N. Y., and Babette Henrietta Hopfenmaier, 18, No. 2135 Wyoming avenue. Rev erend A bran Simon. Foray A. Freeman, 49, No. 1310 R street northwest, and Ethel Aline Doo ley, 28, No 767 Girard street north west. Reverend J. H. Randolph. Eldridge Davis, 21. Box 49a Fiftieth street northeast, and Beatrice E. An derson, 19. No. 6369 Gay street north east. Reverend James A. Washington. Jesse T. Francis, 85. No. 1136 Cor coran street northwest, and Callie Clora, 19. No. 1810 3 street northwest. Rev erend W. A. Taylor. Sam Ben, 38, union. Miss., and Bet tie Wilson. 86, Tulsa. Okla. Rev erand James E. Arnold, William Ralph Davis, to. toseataway, Md.. and Ella H. Clagett. 19. Acco keek. Hd. Reverend John E. Horst kamp. Pierce Kline, 37, No. 3301 H street northwest, and Margaret Mitchell, 24, No. 1633 Sixteenth street northwest. Reverend Joseph H. Cassidy. Andrew Ross Foil In. 26, Cherrydale, Va., and Louise Marie Burke, 23. No. 3118 M street northwest. Reverend L W. Ketchum. William E Gross. 83. No. 1304 Thir tieth street northwest, and Rose L. Jones. 38. No. 3338 O street north west. Reverend I. W. Ketchum. Richard Wilbur Westwood. 28. No. 3381 Cathedral avenue northwest, and Edna Ines Edwards, 37. No. 170 Bry ant street northwest. Reverend W. a. Lambeth. 8. L. Ledman. 40. Norfolk, Va.. and Ethel Clyde Thorn 37. Richmond. Va. Reverend E. V. Regeeter. Joseph A. Vajee, 39, and Myrtle Hol lins. 30. both of Baltimore Md. Rev erend T. E. Davis. George Revell Coleburn. 36, and Her mine Houser Kadrabok. 86. both of Baltimore. Md. Reverend T. B. Davis. Gny V. Lewis, 86, and Lottie Maud Mainhart. 38. both of Soilman. Md. Reverend T. E. Davis, Charles W. Trodway, 36. No. 1338 Corbin place northeast, and Mary E. Boltin. 46, No. 1333 Corbin place northeast. Reverend John 81 Martin. Cortes W. Peters, 18. Ne. 1115 Third street northwest, and Ida Nelson. 18,* No. 79 O street northwest. Rev erend Benjamin* H. Whitney. Charles E. Francis, 34. No. 6W New York avenue northwest, and Louise Williams. 31, No. 898 K street. nerth west. Reverend Benjamin H. Whiting. DEATHS. George Adams, 66 yearn. Emergency Hospital. Catherine Sheedy, 88 years. No. 3816 Georgia avenue northwest. Howard W. Steel, 14 years. No. 33 T street northwest. Robert A. Doan, 48 years, Emergency Hospital. Lehman T. Markley, 84 years, IT. 8. Veteran Hospital 82. Katherinw B. Harkins, 70 years, No. 4830 Sixteenth street northwest. Emily 8. Brainerd, 76 years. No. 2686 Garfield street northwest. William C. Cadwallader, 60 years. No. 1526 R street northwest. James Beall. 82 years, Georgetown University Hospital. Edward Whitcomb, 46 years. No. 8189 Twenty-fourth street northeast. Fenner Bateman, 80 years, St. Elisa beths Hospital. Algernon Magruder, 83 years. No. 39 L street northwest. Zealy 8. Leitner, M years, No. 8004 Eleventh street northwest. Charles Cfisp, 64 years, Freedmens Hospital. Jennie Barnes, 17 years, Georgetown Hospital. Lucille McKee, 7 years, Freedmens Hospital. Thomas Brady, 87 years. No. 809 North Capitol street. George Wilson, 60 years. Casualty Hospital. Holland Powell, 70 years. No. 949 8 street northwest. George Johnson, 8 years, Childrens Hospital. Vashti 8. Mann, 16 years. No. 886 C street northwest. with the »irector General of the Pan American Union? Tuck him in on the end of the diplomatic group. The Librarian of Congress? Let him follow the House. The Chief of the Bureau of Efficiency? The Director General of Railroads? The Alien Property Custodian? The Public Printer? The president of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb? Place had to be found —and was found —for all these and for the members of the scores of boards—the Shipping Board, the Farm Loan Board, etc., which now play so important a part in the ad ministration of the country. Pershing Absent. General Pershing, a conspicuous and popular figure at last year’s reception, was absent this year, being on his way back from South America. But there were many notables in the military group— Major General John L. Hines, chief of staff, and Admiral Edward W. Eberle, chief of operations; Major General John A. Lejeune, comman dant of the marine corps; the "fly ing general,” Billy Mitchell, and others. The last of "their official guests received, the President and Mrs. Coolidge slipped away for a few moments rest and a bite of lunch, after which the reception of citi zens began. $15,000 DAMAGES ASKED AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT Two damage suits, totaling $15,- 000, have been brought against David L. Riordan by John and Ellen Foley, 718 Fourth street northwest, as the result of an auto mobile accident last May. Riordan is alleged by the plain tiffs to be near-sighted and incom petent to drive an automobile. The plaintiffs say they have sustained permanent injuries as the result of the accident. AOVERTfSEMENT r For Colds, Grip or Influenza. and a« a Preventive, take Laxative BROMO QUININE Tableta A Safe and Proven Remedy. The box bears Um Vivian Steves, seven years, signstare sf K. W. Graves, |9e. SOBER CAPITAL MAKES BOW TO 'KID 1925’ Snow and Radio Keep Many in Homes, Away From AIL Night Revels Cramped in its outdoor greet ing by a heavy blanket of snow and checked in its indoor welcome by the scrutiny of prohibition eyes, Washington at midnight waved a nonchalant hand to 1925 and went home to bed. According to police blotters, street cleaners and bootleggers, the welcome given to 1925 wks the quietest ever, accorded a new year by the Nation's Capital. Many Stick By Radio. Cabarets, restaurants, theaters, and hotel dining rooms were crowd ed to the usual limits and food checks were on the same scale aa those of other post-prohibition New Year celebrations, but the entire evening, according to one maltr? d’hotel was strictly one-half of one per cent and absolutely kickless.” The lure of the radio was given as a third devastating influence on the ordinarily riotous inclination., of the Capital’s citizenry at New Year Eve. According to officials of WRC which broadcast a special prognun, Including the watch services at Trinity Church, New York, and the Trinity chimes at midnight, telephone calls to the station indi cated an unusually large audience for the radioed entertainment. Radio listeners themselves re ported an exceptionally noisy bar rage of squeals, further indicating a sold-out sign at the radio box office. Churches WeU Attended An Increased interest In the watch bervices at the city’s churches also was reported by the vestrymen in charge. Following the midnight hour and the customary din of bells, uirens and whistles, the city settled down quickly to its routine life. At a few minutes pwt 12 o’clock a couple were married. An hour later a baby was born. The wedding was celebrated aU the ‘conclusion of a watch party in the Metropolitan Memorial Meth odist Church. The bride was Mins Jpanette L. Defendaugh, of Arn audo, Ohio. The bridegroom la Al len B. Harrison, of Bedford. Pa. First Baby At Sibley. The baby who was the flrat 19?5 arrival in the District family, was born to Mrs. Borghild Dowd, of Bethqsda, Md., at the Sibley Hos pital. While church and hospital stood by for the marriage and birth, rev ellers at the cabaret celebrations considered their leave takings. By 8 o’clock practically «very dance floor was empty and the hotek lobbies deserted. Bootleggers Left Cold. Prombition chief Harry Luckett was Satisfied. Policemen were pleased. Bootleggers shivered in the cold. Nineteen Hundred and Twenty- Five was off to a promising start. Among the dance floors that drew capacity audiences last night were those of the New Willard, Ebbitt, Wardman Park, Hamilton, Shoreham, Raleigh, Franklin Square, Washington and Powhatan. Among the cabarets, special performances at special prices were offered at Le Paradis, L’Aiglon, Le Java and Harvey’s. CABMEO BANK INTO ICY WATER Two Young Children, Injured in Auto's Plunge, Are in Hospital Skidding on the ice-glazed road to Alexandria, near the hy draulic brickyard, shortly before midnight, a high-powered auto mobile bearing Alexander Steves, of New Haven, Conn., his wife, and seven children, plunged down a twenty-five foot embankment into the icy water. While members of the party were shocked and badly bruised and the two youngest children are at Georgetown University Hospital, none was seriously in jured. Ambulances Sent Ambulances were sent from Emergency and Casualty Hospitals and the patrol from the Fourth precinct station. The two injured children at Georgetown are Irving Steves, two years, and Lydia Steves, four years. Mr. Steves and his son were given lodging at the fourth precinct station for the night while his wife and daughter were taken care of at the House of Detention. Were On Auto Tour. Mr. Steves said today that he has been touring with his family in the south »nd was on his way back to his home In New Haven, Conn. The car turned over on its side and is said to be partially demolish ed but Mr. Steves said toqay that he is going to attempt to salvage it. The uninjured children in the automobile are: Lillian Steves, nine teen y*MM, Louis Steves, seventeen years; Minerva Steves, fifteen years; Vernon Steves, elevsn years And FIRST 1925 BABY BORN HERE

Washington's first 1925 baby, bom at Sibley Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dowd, if English Village, Betheeda, Md. The picture shows the baby in the arms of the nurse, Louise Higinbotham, and the physician* Dr. William H. Littlepage, of the Alabama Apartments. t FIRST ’25 BABY IS FINE BOY (Continued from First Page.) They include: photographs of the baby, silver cup, baby cap. baby pic ture book, hand-made dress, sponge, water bottle, talcum powder, brush, ring, gold pins, bootees, shoes, stock ings, diapers, bands, sacque, kimona, petticoats, flannels, dresses, wool blanket, sheeting, shirts, soap, olive oil, towels, teething ring, rattles, milk bottle, toys and baby food. For the mother are provided gar ters, house apron and other gifts. For the physician, a box of cigars. For the nurse, garters and hand kerchiefs, and other gifts. For the father, cigars, SCIENTIST HIPS INIS Cupid Must Be Fettered to Curb Divorce, Avers Dr. Kirkpatrick Divorce laws not only demand ‘‘enormous time and effort in framing and executing,” but largely have as their object the restriction of individual choice, and therefore are not ‘‘in the in terests of race betterment,” Pro fessor E. A. Kirkpatrick, of Fitch burg, Mass., declared today before the social and economic sciences section of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science in Corcoran Hall. Laws to Aid Mating. “Permanency in the family until children are mature cannot be brought about by divorce laws.” he said. “Could not this effort and ex £ense be better spent on marriage iws, working toward the mating of the right sort of persons to pro duce children and maintain a de sirable family life? “Why not work toward the pro tection and permanency of marriage laws rather than toward legally dis rupting them?” How science can help the State in this matter was shown by Doctor Kirkpatrick in the statement that “science knows enough of biology, anthropology, sociology, and psy chology” to be of inestimable ‘value. Licensing Too Easy. “It cannot be denied,” he said, “that laws covering the granting of a marriage license are far less rigid than those granting licenses to op erate engines, moving picture ma chines, or for selling drugs and practicing medicine." Recent legfslaiton concerning marriage of deficient and diseased persons is a step in the right di rection, said Professor Fitzpatrick. “What individuals shall live to gether,” he granted, “is chiefly a matter of Individual decision, but what sort of children shall be bom and how they shall be given a chance for development is chiefly the affair of the State.” Frank M. Phillips, of the Bureau of Education, revealed that approxi mately 12.000,000 school children in th£ United States —one-half of the present enrollment —are housed In make-shift buildings, including at tics and basements 2,000,000 Seats Needed. “On the traditional plan of having a seat for each pupil,” he said, “building space is needed for about 2,000,000 children. "This means an estimated ex penditure of 1600,000,000 —which represents only about one-half of our annual ice cream bill—yet it must be taken annually from our taxpayers’ pockets. Further, there is the rising cost of building con struction.” The most expensive method of meeting thq problem is that con- REFUNDS SHU INGMONTHS (Continued from First Fags.) for after three years by the elec tric company as Income from opera tions. Reduced Rates Effective. The reduction of rates from 10 to 7% cents per kilowatt hour, pro vided in ths compromise, becomes effective on all meter readings made after today. This reduction will mean a saving of about |l,- 250,000 to the people of Washing ton during this year. In his decree, Justice -Stafford in dicates that, if necessary, he will step in and settle any disputes aris ing over the distribution of the im pounded fund and of the carrying out of the compromise. Work Is Begun. With the decree 4n their hands, officials of the Potomac Electric Power Company tomorrow will ac tually begin the task of distribut ing the $2,950,000 fund. Special of fices will be opened next week at the Washington Railway and Elec tric Company offices, Fourteenth and East Capitol street. Efforts are being made to get the first checks out within the six months provided in ths agreement. Falling, the court will be asked to extend the time. talned in the slogan, “A seat for every child.” Another, said Mr. Phillips. Is that adopted tn various cities throughout the country of having a shorter course, reducing the usual twelve years to ten. Napoleon made a bright remark some years ago to the effect that “An army moves on its stomach” or maybe it was General Coxey. Food a ClviUser. The statement, it appears, seems very conservative in the light of modern science. Rudolph M. Bin der, of the department of sociology, New York University, told the members of the social and econo mics sciences section, American As sociation for the Advancement of Science, today, that human civiliza tion itself “moves on its stomach.” Not that we’re a race of crawl ing reptiles—no, no! The point is that we depend upon food for our progress. “While it is plainly shown that food is not by any means the only cause of the rise of civilization, yet it is largely responsible for the surplus energy so evident, and which is a direct result of proper food,” said Dr. Binder. He said that science disclosed that food, corectly balanced, is di vided into 10 per cent proteids, 30 per cent fat and 60 per cent carbo hydrates. “Any serious deviation from these percentages,*’ he declared, “is bound to show abnormal results, LdU I

such as short stature, brittle bones, nervoasness or some other de ficiency.” People nowadays are certainly better off than their ancestors in physical make-up, and probably in mental nature, Doctor Binder stated. Doctor of Tufts College, stated that “the three most Important centers of business research activity are the Federal government, business itself and universities.” The Government’s business re search, he said, has reached “stag gering proportions.” ,He Illustrated this remark by pointing to the ex tensive service of the Department of Agriculture. Many large corporations are sup porting special research depart ments, he said, and universities are constantly in the public eye for their achievements in this field. -A Jlapp? s?car to all DULIN MARTIN 1115-1117 1 Street and 1114 to 1118 G Street sum WIDENS ■GES 11 ■GE Congressman Quotes Secre tary as Baring Wife’s Affair* ALPENA, Mich., Jan. I.—Thei di vorco trial of Congressman Frank D. Scott and hi* wife la suspended unto Friday following testimony by the Congressman that the cashier in a hotel tn Washington was ac customed to wake Mrs. Scott with a kiss when he stole into her apart, ment purposely left unlocked at late hours of the night. The cash ier and Mrs. Scott used a loro code, and the cashier helped Mrs. Scott select her gowns, the Congressmen said. All those occurrences were related to him by his secretary, June Ken nedy, who learned them from Mrs. Scott, the Congressman swore. According to Scott Miss Kennedy told how Mrs. Scott called the cash ier on the telephone, and spo’e to him about “bringing up some bills.*' "That is lust a code so that people who might be listening In on the wire will not know what we really mean." Scott testified Miss Kennedy quoted his wife as saying. “When I ask him to bring up bills that means I am alone," Mrs. Scott told Miss Kennedy, the Congressman swore. The cashier. was insanely jealous of her other admirers, including an army captain, Scott declared, and expostulated with her because other men came to see her alone and drink in her apartment. "She (Mr*. Scott) often urged me to go over to Fort Myer with her and meet the captain for dinner," Mis* Kennedy told him, Scott de clared. "She said she wanted me to help to got from him sbme of the dainty French underwear he brought back from overseas to give to the women whose hearts he captuied here.” MEXICO SENATE CONFIRMS TELLEZ AS ENVOY TO U. S. MEXICO CITY, Jan. I.—For the first time since the outbreak of the last revolutions in Mexico the Sen ate today had a special meeting on a holiday. The purpose was to confirm the nomination of Manuel C. Tellez as Mexican ambassador to the United States.

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CONG. KELLY FLAYS “BUREAUCRAT” STEWART, POSTAL PAY ENEMY MIL COST REPORT IS SCOHED executive Assistant to Post master General Trying In timidation, Says Legislator By CONGRESSMAN M. CLYDE KELLY. (la an Interview with William Hard.) The Postoffice Department has conferred almost magical benefits upon the American people, but, Hke every other Government de partment, it is constantly threat ened by the paralyzing evil of bureaucracy. In Joseph Stewart, executive assistant to the Postmaster Gen eral, our present Postoffice De partment has produced the master bureaucrat. It happens that in legislative fact there is legally no such posi tion as executive assistant to the Postmaster General. Bureaucracy Made Post. Congress has never made any ouch position. The bureaucracy has made it.. Mr. Stewart occupies it, and, occupying it, he proceeds to try to wield more power than the representatives of the people assembled in Congress. His latest feat, at the peak of his career as the Master Bureau crat of all time in the United States, is his Postoffice Depart ment “Cost Ascertainment’? report, ta logical deduction from which there would be promiscuous gen era] increases of rates spread over Virtually all users of the mails in order to make them carry—or in order to make them oppose—the Bow prospective increase of $68,- •00,000 a year in the pay of postal employees. Mr. Stewart has long been de termined that there shall be no in crisase in the pay of postal employees except in accordance with the Postoffice Department’s own plan as favored and sched uled by its own bureaucracy. Congress Opposed. Such a plan, so favored, was brought forward. Congress re jected it and enacted a plan of its. own. The Department wanted the pay of the employees increased in a certain manner. Congress pro ceeded to increase the pay of the employees in another manner. Mr. Stewart and the department thereupon produced technical argu ments which led to the veto of the bUL The validity of technical argu ments by the Postoffice Depart ment's bureauracy may be estima ted by examining the arguments which it brings forward in its present “cost ascertainment” re port. Let us look for a moment at the method used in calculating the relative coats of delivering the sev- oral different classes of mails to people in cities or to people ou rural free mail delivery routes. Method of Finding Cost. This method consists of making i these costs depend upon the num- I bar of stops made by the carrier. 1 Apparently if he made no stops at all and just kept on walking or driving, there would be no costs, However, as soon as he stops moving and halts, the costs be gin. Now note how those costs are "allocated” between and among the several different classes of mail matter. If hs carrier brings you twenty five letters and one newspaper, half of the expense of his stop is allo- i cated to first class mail, which carries letters, and half of it is j allocated to second-class matt-dr, which carries newspapers. If he additionally and at the same time, brings you one circular, one third of the expense of his stop is allocated to first class mail, one third to second class mail, and one- third to third-class mall, which car- ries cliculars If he, in addition tc these things, j brings you also one parcel post package of bird-seed, then one-fourth of the expense of his stop is allo cated to first class mall, one-fourth to second class mall, one-fourth to third clars mall and one-fourth to fourth class mail, which is the par cel post. Thus, no matter bow uneven the amounts may be of the several classes of mall delivered at a stop, the allocation of the cost of the ■top between and among them ’s always even and equal. Time Makes No Difference. And thus, even if the newspaper and the circular and the package of bird-seed are delivered tardily, and even if the twenty-five letters are delivered promptly, It turns out, under the rule of bureaucracy, complicated by accountancy, that it costs the Post Office Department three times as meh to deliver the newspaper and the circular and the package of bird-seed, put together, aa it costs It to deliver the twenty-five letters. This is perfectly typical of the bnreauacracy at Its summit of development. It spends one Billion dollars putting billions of flnitesfmal details into a “Cost Ascertainment” report and gets TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats QSEMAN’S, 7th F Gets 10-Year Sentence For Stealing Fifty Cents HARLAN, Ky.» Jan. I. Ward Lankford, a mountaineer, has just been sentenced to ten years in the State penitentiary for stealing 50 cents from vis itors at the jail. The case at tracted unusual lattention be cause John Wyatt, another mountaineer, convicted of mur dering Mrs. Lena Gurley, re ceived a similar sentence for his crime. It is reported that an effort will be made to obtain clemency for Lgnkford. Wyatt is quoted as saying: “I am well satisfied with my sentence and think I will get out in three years if my record is good—and it sure will be good.” so drowned In them that it can not possibly wade out of them long enough to see the plain, simple, broad common-sense fact that the equal allocation of costa between unequal amounts of mall matter and of delivery-speed Is just plainly contrary to reason. The Bureaucratic Mind. This saftie bureaucratic mind, I with this same Mr. Stewart at the forefront of it, invented the idea of sorting mall standing still in large central “terminal” buildings Instead of sorting it moving on railroad cars. That little invention saved some pennies and has done more to re tard and slow down the transit of the mails than any other device since the Postoffice Department was founded. Equally •characteristic of bureau cracy was the zeal with which Mr. Stewart opposed the bill signed by President Taft for allowing postal employes to petition Con gress regarding the terms of their employment. The postoffice bureaucracy, typi fied and led by Mr. Stewart, does not Want the postal employee to have any contract with the repre sentatives of the people and it does not want to have the pay of the postal employes raised except in the manner which the bureaucracy itself has- invented and suggested. The Postoffice Threat. If Congress dares to raise the pay of the postal employes in any other manner, then the postoffice bureaucracy cornea forward with 11,000,000 worth of statistical 1 absurdities under which it threatens virtually all users of the mails with additional charges for the use of the mails If they in their turn should dare in newspapers or else where to support the Congres sional postal pay increase plan. That is the root of the present postal pay and postage Increase situation in Congress. Mr. Stewart, master mind of the Postoffice bureaucracy, is going to have the postal pay increase settled his way or else he is going to try to Intimidate all the users of the mails. There Is no reason why they should be intimidated. As has been shown, and as will further be shown, their rates, except in one instance, need not on any ground of good reason be put up at all. Rival Polls of Senate On Postal Pay Increase Result in Conflicts Two rival polls of the Senate on President Coolidge’s veto of the postal wage increase bill were made public today. The Senate Is sched uled to vote on the veto Tuesday. Senator Sterling (R.) of South Dakota, a consistent Administration supporter, announced that his poll indicated the veto would be sus tained by a margin of at least two votes. Representatives of postal em ployes, on the other hand, disputed Sterling’s figures and said their count of Senatorial noses showed five votes more than necessary to defeat President Coolidge and Ad ministration forces. "We have enough votes pledged to sustain the veto,” was Sterling's laconic statement. "The worry is all over. We have just completed a thorough canvass of the Senate and have secured pledges of sufficient votes to over ride the veto.” declared Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary-treasurer' of the National Federation of Postoffice Clerks. Sterling Bill Attacked. Flaherty and Edward J. Gai nor, president of the National Associa tion of Letter Carriers, Joined in a statement attacking the Sterling bill increasing postal rates. "That bill is a fraud and a deception upon the American people,” said Flaherty. “It was conceived by the Post Office for the express purpose of killing the salary increase measure. The figures of the pepartment, showing a loss of approximately $74,000,000 in second class mail, newspapers and magazines, are erroneous. That reputed deficit was shown to solidify newspaper editors against the salary bill.” Report Being Prepared. Meanwhile, the Senate postal committee, done with open hear ings on the Sterling bill, pressed forward privately today with its report on the measure. Senator Moses, (Republican,) of New Hampshire, chairman, said he hoped to be able to present the report to the upper chamber before the veto vote Tuesday. Several members of the com mittee, it was learned today, are endeavoring to have brought in a i eport recommending temporary postal increases for one year. In the meantime, Congress would have an opporunity to study fully the whole question of postal rate revision and recommend permament legislation. LEADER OF MACEDONIAN GUERILLAS ASSASSINATED BELGRADE, Jan. I. Misoff. leader of a band of Macedonian i guerillas, was assassinated by a Bulgarian agent. It was learned here today. The assassin escaped. THE WASHINGTON TIMES TAe National Dail* THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925? ROCKVILLE BUSY ON HOLIDAY EVENTS Churches, Schools and Clubs Give Many and Varied Entertainments ROCKVILLE. Md., Jan. I. Watch-night service* in the Baptist Church here last night were con ducted by the pastor, the Reverend P. Rowland Wagner, who preached a sertnon. Refreshments were served by the members of the B. Y. P. U. An Interesting part of the program was the burning of the mortgage on the church parsonage, the entire indebtedness of $5,500 having been canceled. A large crowd attended the an nual New Year eve dance of the Rockville assembly at the Mont- Igomery Country Club here. It was in charge of committee consisting of Miss Rose K. Dawson and Messrs. George and Vinson Peter and J. Harry Gormley, and the chaperons were Mrs, F. Bache Abort, Mrs. Charles A. Beard, Mrs. F. Hazel Cashell, and Mrs. Harry A. Dawson. I Licenses have been issued here for the marriage ‘of James Wilfred Broadhurst, twenty-two, and Miss Ella Elizabeth Mansfield, twenty, both, of Bethesda, Md.; Harold Kams, twenty-five, and Mrs. Elsie Caskey, thirty-one, both of Wash ington; William E. Suddath, twenty two, of Clarksburg, Md., and Miss Sophie A. Davis, twenty, of Ger mantown, Md.; Elmer L. McCauley, twenty-two, of Herndon, Va., and Miss Saiye V. Testerman, twenty, of Sterling, Va.; Charles R. Foster, twenty-three, and Miss Sarah E. Fischer, eighteen, both of Bethesda, Md.; John H. Mack, thirty-five, of Fairfax, Va., and Miss Dorothy V. Wilson, thirty, of LaPlata, Md., and Herbert L. Johnston and Miss Louise Clark, both of Arlington, Va. The $7,000 addition to the Metho dist Church at Potomac has been completed pnd special services will be held next Sunday. In the mom- i Ing the Reverend D. L. Blakemore, of Washington, will preach, and at night the pulpit will be occupied by the Reverend William B. Waters, of Rockville. Special music will be rendered under the direction of Professor J. W. Walker. The pastor of the church, the Reverend W. L. Wittig, will also take part. The annual Christmas entertain ment of the Sunday School of St. Mary’s Catholic Church here was held in St. Mary’s Hall last night. A program of recitations and music was rendered, a number of the 1 tots presented the comedy "The Crouch,” gifts were presented to all and refreshments were served. Misses Helen Kirkland and Jessie Fisher were in charge. Charles H. Vlett, of Rockville, has sold to Lewis N. Henley, of Damascus, Md., a six-room bunga low on the Rockville pike, near Rockville, the consideration being announced as $6,000. Mr. Henley and family are occupying the home. Tha class of 1024 of the Rock ville High School held a reunion and entertained at a dance at the high school building Tuesday night. A Washington orchestra furnished the music and during the evening refreshments were served.. OfifEST Est IS NEW IEII REPBRT Prohibition Agents Make Only Three Arrests as 20,000 Revel in City If police records can be accepted as a true picture of conditions In Washington last night, the Na tional Capital had the dryest New Year eve In the history of prohibi tion. The roving eyes of several dozen revenue agents scanned some 20,000 revellers last night, but only three liquor arrests were made. "It was the quietest New Year eve in my memory,” Harry M. Luckett, divisional chief of prohibi tion, declared. "We expected several score viola tions of the prohibition laws would come to the attention of our men last night. I myself spent most of the night waiting at the First pre cinct for reports from my squad. But the reports never came tn. "My agents declare there was lit tle open drinking in cases. I admit that their report dumfounded me. I fully expected the agents would find it necessary to make arrests every few minutes in the various "Conditions in Washington are improving dally. Last night is an example. Here was one night when I thought many arrests would be made. The fact that our agents found it unnecessary indicates Im proved conditions.” “Lone Wolf” Asher, acquitted re cently on a charge of manslaughter, led the revenue agents. He arrest ed William B. Kerns, of 921 Ninth street northwest, and Benjamin H. Smith, of 247 New York avenue northwest. They were charged with illegal possession. A total of 185 arrests were re ported during the twenty-four hours ending A 8 o’clock this morning, this number Including twenty-four arrests for Intoxication. CONGRESSIONAL COUNTRY CLUB GREETS 1925

■IIJI'L.,! bM Ik'® /wtiiflSlßl Juf« KBr HibM'S 1 Iggßrl r I 0 Bp/lEa I ‘IBS' R S -v. r JBBIBHHHBBBHSIIB9BBHBHBBBi sb BB a* F IBPi al gaHBI y mb BRy an* as z fa-- h BAPTISTGHUHGH OEGLAHENDON ELECTS Arlington 1. O. 0. F. Degree Team Will Install Officers for Washington Lodge CLARENDON, Va., Jan. I.—At the annual business meeting and election of officers for the ensuing year, held at the Clarendon Baptist church, the following were elected: deacons, J. D. Gallaway, M. W. Bowen, W. P. Wiltshire; deaconesses Mrs. A. L. Kelley, Mrs. J. M. Conner, Mrs. J. H. Criswell, Mrs. J. R. Stewart, Mrs. George H. Rucker, Mrs. M. R. Robinson, Mrs. W. P.- Wiltshire, Mrs. B. B. McNeeley, Mrs. R. P. Hough, Miss fl. Lancaster and Miss Bertha Horner; finance committee, J. J. Me Neeley, chairman, F. L. German, Ashton C.- Jones, W. H. Leigh, Miss Audrey Hough and Miss Bertha Horner; missionary cpmmittee, B. F. Wiltshire, G. L. Chander, N. A. Rees and Miss S. Lancaster; usher ft, L. S. Smith, Ashton C. Jones, jr., J. D. Galloway, Elmer Stark, Lyman M. Kelly, William Lancaster, Vernon Wilt, Howard Atwood and A. Caldwell; president, Women’s Society, Mrs. Ashton C. Jones; treasurer, B. B. McNeeley; executive committee, A. L. Kelly, A. B. El sea, F. W. Brown and Mrs. M. W. Bowne; music committee, H. A. Hutson, Eloulse Hough and H. E. Steele: chuch clerk, R. H. Sampsell; premisa committee, E. T. Cole. A. C. Priest, George T. Stone, H. W. Cauffman and Mrs. N. A. Reese; floral committee, Mrs. E. L. Wilt, Mrs. H. W. Cauffman and Mrs. R. P. Hough. The results of the election were announced by the election com mittee, consisting of R. H. Sampsell, J. D. Galloway and Lyman Kelly. Police court yesterday, on the «ve of the new year, was unusually quiet, with only one case, tMat of F. S. Swindell, who was charged with speeding. A fine of $5 and costs,* totaling $9.25, was placed against him by Police Judge Harry R. Thomas. The degree team of Arlington Lodge No. 193, I. O. O. F., will to morrow night visit Federal Lodge, No. 20, of the District of Columbia, where they will install the newly elected officers. The team will be in charge of the District Pa«t Deputy Grand Master C. Eugene Doyle as degree director. The members of the team will meet at their lodge room at 7 o’clock from where they will leave for Washington In automobiles. Much progress is being made on the home of Arlington county's new banking house to be known as the Trust, Company of Northern Vir ginia, which is located on Halow avenue, Rosslyn. The officers of the institution are R. Colton Lewis, president, and trust officer, and Russell A. Lynn, secretary and treasurer. The direc tors are R. Colton Lewis, Russell A. Lynn, Frank Lyon, Mrs. Fulton and Ro» Delaney. With the coming of this company to Arlington county, a great need is being supplied, that of aiding the home builder in raising funds to build his home. THIEFSNATCHES POCKETBOOK DFWOMAN Miss Lonia Wathen, Knocked to Street During Robbery, Is in Hospital A thief last night snatched the pocketbook of Miss Lonia Wathen, fifty-four years old, of 112 Fifteenth street northeast, while she was walking on Florida avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth >tr«*ta northwest. The man jumped In front of the! woman from a dark spot In the street. In snatching the purse, the man’s grip on Miss Wathen’s wrist was so tight that she stumbled, falling to the ground. She wa« removed to Emergency Hospital In an automobile and found to be suffering from a fractured left shoulder and shock. Her con-, dition is not serious. Two dollars and a gentleman’s watch were In the pocketbook. Almas Reception The New Year reception for Al mas Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., is being held this afternoon at the New Willard, beginning at 3 o’clock. Harry F. Carey Is at the head of the receiving line. A dance will fol low the reception at 6 o’clock. Gayety reigned supreme (be faehlonsNe CongreMionel Country Club leet night and early today. Top: a group of merrymakero"**, Mrs. Agnes Raver, Mrs. Helen Breerton, Mrs. Hasel Stanley, Mrs. George P. Mrs. Harry White* Fred Starek, Major Stewart Stan ley, George P. Lynde, Jameo Ryan and Harry White. Bottom: a eroea section of the celebration, aa bells tolled the advent of IS2S. FORMS FDD TIX ON INCOMES MAIEED Period for Filing Returns Be gins Today and Ends March 15 Uncle Sam did his best today to i lend a spirit of gloom to the end of I New Year celebrations today by mailing 1924 Income tax forms to all who made returns on their 1923 Income. The period for filing returns be gan today and ends March IS. Money spent on New Year cele brations Is not exempt from taxa tion, it was announced by the Bu reau of Internal Revenue. Single persons must file returns on annual income of SI,OOO or more. Married persons living with hus band and wife and heads of families are allowed an exemption of $2,500 but they must have been In that state during the entire year. W. G. Kent Retires The retirement of William G. Kent, advertising manager of the Palais Royal, is announced. He has been in the local advertising field for forty-six years. INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN Sons _ Eatablithed 1861 Furniture Ltnana Carpet* F Street and Eleventh Uphoi»t*ry A Most _ I Happy and Prosperous NEW YEAR

To All is Our Sincere Wish IP INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN t JOHNSON GUIS ram wt MEETING Plant for Convention An nounoed—Many Organizes tions Invited to Attend By KENNETH CLARK, I- W— t Interasweaai xwewi wrrice* The formal call for the annua convention of the Conference for Progressive Political Action, in Chicago, February 21, was issued today by William H. Johnston, chairman. The meeting was called for the express purpose of deter mining whether a new third party io to M created- in the United States. All organisations which sup ported the La Follette-Wheeler campaign were invited by John ston to send delegates io the meet ing. Unions Arelncluded- Included in the list were the rail road brotherhoods and the Ameri can Federation of Labor, though both organizations already have an- nounoed they would have nothing whatever to do with the launching of a now political movement. Farm groups also wore invited, though they, too, have indicated they did not favor a third party at thia time. The call was issued at the direc tion of the conference’s executive committee, which last month over rode objections of labor representa tives and voted to go ahead with the convention. Socialists Accept. Thus far only one national ofrgan! ration, the Socialist party, has no titled Johnston it would send dek g&tM. The call was addressed -to /ns tional and International organize tions of labor, farmers, cooperativ societies and progressive parties. AU of those were rwpreenetad o' the convention in Cleveland las June which Indorsed the indepeiw ent Presidential candidacy of Sen ator Robert M. La Follette. Prominent among the organize tions Invited were: The American Federation of Labor, brotherhoods, boards, districts of the WMtod Mine 1 Workers, State allied printing trade I councils, joint boards of adjust ment in needle trades, general city central labor unions, building trade councils, organizations of farmers, local co-operative societies, the So- Mallet party, and State committees of the La Follette-Wheeler cam paign- JULES MASTBAUM NAMED HEAD OF EARLE OFFICIALS Jules E. Mastbaum, president of the Stanley Company of America, has been elected president of the local Cosmos Theater Comply, which operates the new Earle 'Theater, A. Julian BrylawsM was chosen vice president and general manager of the Earle and aiso was made the directing head of the Company’s branch In Washington. Alexander Wolf was elected Mere tary and Robert N. Harper, of the District National Bank, was made treasurer. J. J. McGuirk, A. Bablosky,_E. G. Lauder, Roland S. Robbins, Robert N. Harper, Alexander lawski and A. Julian ®rylaws were elected members of the b ata of directors of the Earle Theater. 3

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4 JEAN ELIOT’S NEWS AND GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY DIPLOMATIC BREAKFAST PICTURESQUE FEATURE OF NEW YEAR Secretary and Mrs. Hughes Are Hosts to Diplomatic Corps; Pan-American Union Scene of Delightful Entertainment. By JEAN ELIOT. THE DIPLOMATIC BREAKFAST, ♦as traditional a feature of New Year Day as the reception at the White House was given today at the Pan American Union, with the Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes as hosts, history repeating itself with enough variations to- be interesting. With the diplomatic corps now numbering over 400 persons, it is almost impossible to entertain the entire corps in a private home. But the Pan American Union is a perfect place for such a party. And a diplomatic breakfast a pejffect party for such a place—a Chummy sort of gathering with most of the guests already well acquainted and everybody ready to extend a warm welcome to the and Mrs. Hughes’- guests were limited to the diplo rnats, State Department officials their official family, as it were— With a few such outsiders as the Cabinet, the Supreme Court,, the speaker of the-House, the president pro tem' oi the Senate, the chair man of ths Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee and the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Com mittee, the Solicitor General, and a little group of former officiate of the department and of men who have previously represented the United States abroad—all with the ladies of their-families. Secretary and Mrs. Hughes Received At of the Americas. Secretary and Mrs. Hughes re ceived their guests at the door of the beautiful Hall of the Americas, gay in its. .dress of Christmas green K and down one side of the room a Jung table was laid from which a delicious buffet breakfast was served. The -orchestra from the Marine Band; stationed on the broad landing overlooking the patio, played during the arrival of the guests and their music made a rich back ground for-the, hum of voices— French and Spanish being spoken as freely as English—while the breakfast was in progress. Although the guests were not re ceived by embassies and legations as at the White House, and no order of precedence was followed, many of the diplomats arrived in. small groups.-- As at the White House, the French Ambassador end Mme; Jus •erand were continuously sur rounded, and Secretary And Mrs. Hughes found it difficult, when the formal reception was over, to draw themdwhy to the little table’ in the corner at which luncheon was served for them —as dean and I doyenne of the corps—and their r hosts, wfttk two or three of the ranking state .Department officials. The buffet which the rest of the guests were served wit* decked out with great plaques of ■darlet poinsettias. _ Mrs. Hughes wore a becoming gown of soft reseda green satin, made on straight lines and banded about the decoltage end the hem of the skirt with brown marabou. Her black and gold hat was trimmed with vlum6»7' .7.1 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, jr.. who are visiting Secre tary and Mrs. Hughes, and will be their guests until Sunday, were •lying those at the breakfast. Miss Elfcabeth Hughes having them under Her wing. Miss Hughes was most becomingly gowned in a straight, black satin frock embroidered in i a peacock design in rich shades of blue and green. She wore a hat cf silver cloth and fur.

Viscount Cecil in Wake of British Ambassador and Lady Howard. The Spanish Ambassador, Don Juan Riano, .who will succeed M. Juaserand as dean of the diplomatic corps, was present with Mme. de Riano. The Ambassador of Belgium and Baroness de Cartier were among the de Cartier as usual one of the best dressed women in the room —and others in the Ambassadorial group were Sire Esme and Lady Isabella Howard, with Viscount Cecil in their wake; the Ambassador of Peru, Doctor Hernan Velarde and Doctor Otto Wtedfeldt, Ambassador of Ger many. Every nation maintaining an embassy or legation at Washington was, indeed", represented by its chief ©f mission, with the members of his Staff standing by. Robert Lansing, Secretary of State under President Wilson, and Mrs. Lansing were the center of an interesting—and Interested group, hobnobbing with such for mer State Department officials as Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Breckenridge Long. The group of former repre sentatives of the American foreign service included Henry White, •ometime Ambassador to France •nd member of the Versailles peace oommission; Colonel George Harvey, kite Ambassador to Great Britain, with Mrs. Harvey; Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Haipmond, Mr. and Mrs. John-W. Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. Hampson Gary and numerous others. Among the State Department folk aiding Secretary and Mrs. Hughes in dispensing hospitality were the I ndersecretary of State and Mrs. Grew. Mr. and Mrs. J. Butler Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr. Mr. and Mrs. John Van A. Mac-Murray and Leland Harrison.

TO ENTERTAIN FOR BRITISH VISITOR. The British Ambassador and Laxly Isabella Howard will be hosts to a distinguished company at dinner to night in honor of Lord Cecil, who arrived in Washington this morn ing from New York.

Lord Thompson, of England, who la visiting Mrs. Borden Harriman, will be the guest of honor at a dinner which Mrs. Harriman will give tonight for a company of Sixteen.

Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson, wife of the Assistant .Secretary of the Navy, who has been in New "York the past week, is expected to return Monday. Miss Careau Turner is spending the holidays with Miss Martha Stuart in Winchester, Va.

The Speaker of the House and Mrs. Gillett are receiving. -WASHINGTON' STAYS AT HOME Official Washington is taking a day off to greet its friends, fellow countrymen, snd guests from foreign shores, and to wish them happiness in the New Year. The President and Mrs. Coolidge -were at home this morning to all wf>o ca’-ed to call. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes took the early morning hours for their an nual breakfast in honor of the mem bers, of the Diplomatic Corps, given at the Pan-American Union build ing, and pie other Cabinet members are receiving at their homes from 3 to 6 o'clock. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr,. Mellon, and his lovely young daughter, Miss Alisa Mellon, are receiving in their apartment at .1785 Massachusetts avenue, and have assisting them Mrs. Eifot Wads worth and Mrs. Charles Dewey, wives of assistant secretaries of the Treasury. The Secretary of War and Mrs. Weeks have assisting them in re ceiving in their home at 2100 Six teenth street the following wives of army officers: Mrs. Dennis No lan, Mrs. Charles McK. Saltzman, Mrs; John Hull, Mrs. Jonathan Wainwright, Mrs. John W. Davidge, Mrs. James A. Thomas, Mrs. George Preston and Mrs. Conger Pratt. The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur are receiving at their home at 1731 N street and have as sisting them Mrs. Eberle, wife of Admiral E. A. Eberle, chief of naval operations; Mrs.- Lejeune, wife «f the major general, commandant of the marine corps; Mrs. Benjamin •F. Hutchison, wife of the com mandant of the Washington Navy Yard, and their daughter. Miss Edna Wilbur, who has with her Miss Laura Lejeune, Miss Eugenie Lejeune and Miss Mary Stitt. The Attorney General and Mrs. •Stone are receiving in their apart ment at Meridian Mansions and have assisting them Mrs. Grosvenor H. Baku s, Mrs. Augustus F. Sey mour, wife of the Assistant to the Attorney General, and Mrs. Bernard H. Snell, wife of the Congressman from Potsdam, N. Y. The Postmaster General and Mrs. New will not receive today due to the recent illness of Mrs. New from which she has not entirely recovered. The Secreetary of the Interior, Doctor Hubert Work, is in n-.ourn nig for his wife, who died last spring, and consequently he will not receive. He is spending the holidays with his son-in-law and daughter in Chicago. The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Gore, who is a widower does not maintain an establishment, having rooms at the Harrington Hotel, and so he will not receive today. The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Hoover are receiving in their home on S street and have assist ing them the heads of the various bureaus and divisions of the Depart ment and their wives—an official family party. 4 The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. James J. Davis are receiving in their apartment at Wardman Park and have assisting them Mrs. E. J. Henning, Mrs. A. H. Vestal, Miss Dorothy Vestal, Mrs. Henry Watson and Mrs. Adam M. Wyant.

Chief Justice Taft Receives With Associates. Perhaps the largest number of callers will be at the home of Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft, who have assisting them the associate jus tices and their wives and their daughter, Mrs. Frederick Manning, formerly Miss Helen Taft, who, with her small daughter, is visit ing her parents. Major General and Mrs. Hanson E. Ely held their reception this morning for the officers and their families stationed at the Army War College and the Washington Bar racks—but the army proper dele gation wil pay its respects this afternoon when the Chief of Staff, General John L. Hines, and Mrs. Atmosphere— P NOVEL B PLEASANT EXHILARATING [A TEN-TEN FOURTEENTH Next Franklin Square Hotel Dancing Nightly at 10 T Boernctein’s La Java Band PETE MACIAS, Directing r Miss Helen Jane Marr rP Dancing at 11:30 and 12:30 Phone "Hidceri,” V Main THE WASHINGTON TIMES The National Daily THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925. “Leading Ladies” in Holiday Festivities Ku R fc, W/I 9H llpAl Ji Vw* w II fl ilk® r F w R IF 9 Ml ra H t 1 w W K K Ji 19 n Bi» I li 1 9k llk fna -1b -wmaa w H /l XA. 9 F* 9 MISS CAROLINE StWIFT, A Bryn Mawr student, who is having a taste of the season’s gayeties under the wing of her aunt, Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke.

Hines will receive in their quarters, at Fort Myer. Colonel and Mfr-s. Hamilton Hawkins, of Fort Myer, received from 1 to 2 o’clock this afternoon. The clergy are represented in the New Year receptions by the Bishop of Washington and Mrs. Freeman, who are receiving at the Bishop’s House in Cathedral close; and Dr. Robert Johnston, rector of St. John’s Church, and Mrs. Johnston, who are keeping open house in their place on Massachusetts ave nue; and Doctor William Pettus, of St. Mark’s. Various organizations are enter taining this afternoon. Among them are the Congrsinnal Club at Naw Hampshire avenue and U streets, the Y. W. C? A., the Almas Temple, and the Women’s Christian Tem perance Union raception, beginning at 5 o’clock this afternoon, adn last ing until 9 o’clock tonight, in their headquarters at 522 Sixth street, to which the public is cordially In vited.

BUTLER GIVES ANNUAL BREAKFAST. Another outstanding event, typ ical of New Year Day, is the break fast, which Charles Henry Butler gave today, an entertainment which he always gives on New Year Day. It was a stag affair and everything furnished came from Montsweag farm in Maine, Butler’s summer es tate. Mrs. Butler asked a few ladies to help her receive before the breakfast.

Mrs. Albert L. Mills has gone to New York, where she will be the guest of her brother and sister in-law, Bishop and Mrs. R. L. ,Paddock at 28 West Fifty-fourth street, until after her marriage to General Samuel Warren Miller, U. S. A., retired, on Saturday. The ceremony will be performed in the chapel of St. Columbia in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Mr. and Mrs. William Stokes are in Baltimore where they attended a dinner given by Miss Helen Gatchell last evening in honor of Mr.* Stokes' sister, Miss Beatrice Dunderdale Stokes and Lieutenant Walter 8. Keller, whose marriage will take place on Saturday at Emmanuel Church in Baltimore. After the din ner the company attended the second German of this season given in Bal timore. a Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, jr., wife of the former Assistant Sec retary of the Navy, is at the Hatn ilton Hotel while in Washington for a brief visit. —13 We Sincerely Wish You A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year and Thank You For Your J Friendship and Patronage I During The Past Year. »—p; 9| 1 Bk S

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RIANOB WERE GUESTS OF THE WARDMANS. The Spanish Ambassador and Mme. de Riano were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wardman last night at the supper dance at Ward man Park Hotel, remaining to dance the old year out. Others in their party, seated at a table gay with balloons, flowers and festive holiday favors, were Senator and Mrs. thur Capper, Congressman and Mis. Fred Britten. Mr. and Mme. Hugo de Pena, of the legation of Uruguay, and Mr. and Mrs-. Frederic D. Mc- Kenney.

Doctor and Mrs. Walter Wells gave a small dinner last evening at Le Paradis for their daughter, Miss Eleanor Wells, the party going afterward to Mr. And Mrs. Edward Beale McLean’s ball.

COUNTESS GIZYCKA ENTERTAINS MISS HARD. Countess Glzycka entertained at dinner last night at Grasslands for Miss Eleanor Hard, taking her guests later to the ball of Mr. and Mrs. McLean. The guests included Senator and Mrs. Henry Shipstead, Count and Countess de Rosen, Miss Natalie Hammond, Miss Elizabeth Hitt, Miss Louise Ireland, Miss Margaret Dows, Miss Laura Bryn, Miss Caro line Swift, Miss Violet Spencer, Miss Eleanor Wilson, Miss Elizabeth Parker, Miss Elizabeth Ives, Miss Virginia Mason, Miss Mary Mason, Miss Ellen Blair, Miss Virginia Blair, Miss Carolyn Chamberlain, Mr. John Balfour, Mr. J. T. Mariner, Mr. Benjamin Thoran, Mr. Lauris ten Hardin, jr., Mr. Taylor Hardin, Mr. Charles B. Williams, Mr. Con rad Treverso, Lieut. William D. Thomas, Mr. Olin Dawes, Mr. Ger hard Gade, Mr. James Seymour, Mr. Parker Grenshaw, Mr. George H.- Chace 3d, Lieutenant C. D. Palmer, Lieutenant L. J. Tracy, Mr. Mannix Walker, Major Theo dore Barnes, Mr. Pendleton Turner, Mr. Deering Davis, Mr. Robert Pat terson, Mr. Elmer Schlesinger and Drew Pearson, both of New York, and guests of the hostess. <r= —t __ I !3OE9OC==SIOE3O Announcing U OUR! ONCE I A YEAR FUR! I clearance} |SALE!!| S YOU WILL BE AMAZED at the unusual price o reductions which are now prevalent on our stock. SUCH REDUCTIONS ARE ONLY OC CASIONED BY OUR POLICY TO REDUCE g OUR STOCKS BEFORE INVENTORY —no fl matter what the loss. You will do well to anticipate your later Requirements in advance— I DON’T MISS THESE "extraordinary [SPECIALS!! 1° $425.00 Hudson Seal Coat—self trimmed J 2 II $475.00 Hudson Seal Coat—self trimmed J 2 $465.00 Hudson Seal Coat—self trimmed $255.00 U $450.00 Hudson Seal Coat—self trimmed $265.00 O $485.00 Hudson Seal Coat—self trimmed 2 60.00 $495.00 Hudson Seal and Kolinsky Coat $295.00 O $445.00 Hudson Seal -and Kolinsky Coat $265.00 Q $495.00 Hudson Seal and Mink Coat $295.00 O $650.00 Alaska Seal and fcfink Coat $445.00 11 $465.00 Hudson Seal and Natural Fitch Coat .$265.00 $395.00 Hudson Seal and Havana Brown Fitch U Coat $265.00 2 $345.00 Hudson Seal and Havana Brown Fitch U Coat $245.00 U O $395.00 Hudson Seal and Beaver Coat $275.00 $445.00 Hudson Seal and Beaver Coat $295.00 $235.00 Hudson Seal and Beaver Coat $145.00 $325.00 Hudson Seal and Beaver Coat $195.00 $375.00 Hudson Seal and Skunk Coat $265.00 $375.00 Hudson Seal and Skunk Coat r $275.00 $395.00 Hudson Seal and Skunk Coat $285.00 n $425.00 Hudson Seal and Skunk Coat $285.00 H $395.00 Hudson Seal and Skunk Coat $275.00 q $350.00 Hudson Seal and Skunk Coat $195.00 $295.00 Near Seal and Skunk Coat $195.00 $195;00 Bay Seal and Skunk Coat $95.00 $475.00 Hudson Seal and Black Lynx Coat $295.00 $475.00 Hudson Seal and Natural Lynx Coat ...$295.00 $495.00 Natural Squirrel Coat $345.00 $495.00 Viatka Squirrel Coat $345.00 O jj $550.00 Beaver Coat $345.00 Q q $395.00 Black Caracul and Black Lynx Coat .$265.00 O $475.00 Persian Lamb and Kolinsky Coat $295.00 $495.00 Persian Lamb and Mink Coat $325.00 $475.00 Mole and Viatka Squirrel Coat $275.00 $465.00 Mole and Natural Squirrel Coat $275.00 $265.00 Brown Caracul and Fox Coat $195.00 $465.00 Hudson Seal and Natural Squirrel Coats. $275.00 O $445.00 Hudson Seal and Natural Squirrel C0at.5255.00 m Q $375.00 Hudson Seal and Natural Squirrel C0at.5245.00 U O $500.00 Hudson Seal and Natural Squirrel C0at.5265,00 $450.00 Hudson Seal and Natural Squirrel C0at.5275.00 $465.00 Hudson Seal and Beige Squirrel Coat... $275.00 $425.00 Hudson Seal and Beige Squirrel Coat... $275.00 $475.00 Hudson Seal and Viatka Souirrel Coat. .$285.00 $485.00 Hudson Seal and Viatka Squirrel Coat. .$265.00 $465.00 Hudson Seal and Viatka Squirrel Coat. .$285.00 S? $425.00 Hudson Seal and Viatka Squirrel Coat. .$255.00 H U $145.00 Brown Caracul-Fox Trimmed Jacquettes.. $95.00 g- 5195.00 White Caracul Jacquette $95.00 $225.00 Hudson Seal Jacquette $155.00 $225.00 Mole and Squirrel Jacquette $125.00 $175.00 Black Caracul and Fitch Jacquette $125.00 $395.00 Natural Black Northern Muskrat Coats— trimmed with Beaver, Raccoon, Hudson Seal and self trimmed $195.00 O Raccoon Coats 1-3 to I*2 Off f| JJ Marmot Coats 1-3 to 1-2 Off O Fox Chokers SIB.OO and Up EXTRA SPECIAL- All of Our Remaining T f\£C g I CLOTH COATS g 11 CLOTH SILK $10.95 DRESSES Groups $18.95 Hi U J Every Hudson Seal Coat advertised is guaran teed finest quality Northern Pelts (dyed musk- rat). FRANCKE LUSTICK F-U-R-R-I-E-R-S 1328 G St. ycoi==iot=oi==3oi— -T-73o=aoi===ioga J Are You Keeping Up With The Times'?

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1 YOUTHS BREAK JAIL, STEAL CAR, AND FLEE MOBILE. Ala.. Jan. I. Three, youthful highwaymen were in city prison here today charged with a series of hold-ups staged in Mobile St an early hour. The toys ga.ve their names and addresses as Frank Skalley. seven teen, Chicago: Robert Ryan, six teen. Grand Rapids. Mich., and Joseph Nolan, sixteen, of Chicago. The boys pleaded guilty in police court and were bound over to the i -I. Start the New Year Right By Riding in a RED TOP CAB We Wish You a Happy and Prosperous New Year RED TOP CABS West 84 rtflffllfcl 'h Kg i 'III f n ;il Mwl H Uli k W 8 Ilk yi® i J \i Kink li L- X> s IL ffilLJhsß Hfe iki MIIII'WiT c^ rei *7 "7J>, 'l'jXflfo 1 HappyNewYm shone 2012 grand jury, charged with highway robbery, breaking jail and burglary. The trio, according to police, con fessed that they broke jail at Magnolia, Miss., by knocking out a deputy in charge, stole a car and came to Mobile. Press Club Installation New officers of the National Press Club will be installed next Monday night at the annual meeting of the chib. Several amendments to the club’s constitution will be consid ered. THE WASHINGTON TIMES Tft« National DaUy "THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925. SCHOOLS m TOD MUCH, HESAIS Scientists Are Told Children Should Attempt Less But Master More Guide children to attempt less but master more, was the advice given the education section of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science, today by Garry Cleveland Myers, of Cleve land. The speaker showed that errors made by children in arithmetic, spelling, oral English and other studies are difficult to eradicate. These mistakes may disappear but, it was pointed out, they are likely to return at other times. “Tn learning fact material.” the speaker said,' “a wrong answer is worse than no answer, although our prevailing school practice in marking accredits a wrong answer and no answer as equivalent.” Data collected by the Cleveland expert showed that the present method of correcting errors is in effectual. “This calls to question our mania for speed,” the psychologists were told, “and the tendency to hurry children on to new increments of work before earlier ones had been mastered, and the obvious ’moossi bility of correct learning of the mass of facts which the average child is supposed at any stage to learn.” GOSPEL MISSION WILL BE OPEN TO PUBLIC Gospel Mission, 214 John Marshall place northwest, will hold open house from 2 to 5 o’clock to day. The main building on John Mat shall place and the children’s de partment, at 326 S street north west, will be open to public in spection. Savings That Have Created a Sensation Throughout the Entire District! 5 Remember the Address Remember the Address j 919 F St. N.W. 919 F St. N.W. Miracle Sale!

Drawing Thousands of Thrifty Shoppers Like a Magnet! Z" —and no wonder! We’ve applied the IRRESISTIBLE Hudson, nineteen-store BUYING POWER to the nth degree—with the vesult J" that the VALUE-GIVING is making Merchandising History! Only when you come and EXAMINE these wonderful Coate and Dresses will you FULLY REALIZE that such values are possible. Don’t let your judgment of the qualities be influenced by a mere reading of the amazingly low prices. COME AND BE CONVINCED!—as we have already convinced thousands of Women in the past few Hp days. READ OUR GUARANTEE—and ask yourselfi “CAN I AFFORD to miss this Sale”! Among the Dresses, many advance ■J Spring Styles are included—and the Coats are all strictly this season’s. ■I Hundreds of New Garments Coming In Daily With Every Express Shipment! B GUARANTEE********** 4 f oca ■J j We guarantee the price of any garment purchased in this t B to be the lowest in the city! If within 3 days it can be B duplicated for less money, we will refund the difference or re- r T Jl JWLm t your money! IT* il h "’"il f® t Lovely, Styleful Silk and Cloth I- JHB DRESSES DRESSES WWI I Think of it! Beautiful ~J\ Nw pX'S A- T H B Wool Dresses. Dresses, in (I Jti t/Solir l vBBWiMky in fin. Hair* f W .tries that are .*JvF i™ strip... w- «.p«i.iiy at. y (TFseirti s Compare tractive and Compare 2 yQWa Poplin., and V becoming. All TSfl'Mf Serges—in Ist- the the wan ted tlie NH(|Uk|N\ e«t styles. AH Values shades. AH W Values i W sizes for worn* sizes for worn* tv en and misses. en and misses. f■ Silk andtloth New Spring S 1® DRESSES DRESSES |_- ill-1 Remarkably fW Advance attractive VI Spring models VI models-es- V of beautiful M V- S cl7 I r CntonCropcß SiU. Moufflon stripedErem-h Compare in eve ry Compare llu D«w. a" Trimmed I Flannels. All W wanted shade. em ne i the favored the Sleeves and the ZJg women and fiK Women’s and [j gp B misses. JHBV misses’ sizes. r ”Hl Miraculously T\DI7QQirQ Miraculously I _ f a; 48-Inch Length IJ Priced at J j Priced at 48-Inch Length Sealine Smart mod els Rep reductions French CoilCy B (Dyed Coney—*Selectsd f()r gtreet or eve _ ejJS of the most Stun- jO ®95 Fur Coats nin s wear Geor I I nin s new s P rin s I/I q«p— Fur Coats 5 ■Z Cz*o gette, Flat Crepe, J J the creations made ■mm "Z VMcompare Canton Crepe and v.iu..! finest silks v*h»e.! .rd Satin-faced Can- in the favored 5, kind: imed with rich ton; all wanted shades. Womens shades. Beautifully trimmed. Worn- Beautifully »nk uned and headed Mma." an( j g j ze& an(J tote, hoed Miracle Prices on CO A TS! S Fur-Trimmed COATS Fur-Trimmed COATS A/In A\l \\\l A phenomenal offer! 11 |Z Coat maJe of lu«trou« UC. I' xX/lX R W Wonder W Values I B y \1 y(\ values in good, warm coats. I COATS x II COATS wB j A rr inter Miraculously Priced at j /lWl\V\ A wonderful dg _ r I s Z/ll''-/ J- W#'WW\ -au d.Xop f 1 PAAT 1 p. 95 hIM Inj/ 1 11/I' II ed of excellent Com- E B I beautiful Bry- B a/11f nr a B B JHli I iJ quality mate- B par, •-S ton ia and BB B Com- I'j JI i l? I*. Z J/ I rials and trim- th'’ v 1 c 11* a crushed plush, MO Par* AM g| I 'Z" 'v\K l l med with fine Values Formerly Selling at trimmed with t he fOfJ/ 1 I fur co,,ars e "d cuffs- All sizes. $75.00 to $89.50 rich collar and u K It 11 1■" PO'*' I cuffs. Handsomely lined through- P 1, /a gg H B fe'j! hl Your Choice at out All sizes for won,en and VUv /I I misses. B- Mr coats Priced at 9Q.50 coats 10.95 ou “-.£94.95 f. trimmed with B, fnm. most desire. aaMi Com- Moufflon fur collarsand BOS Jr P»re These coats trimmed with Qf so f t suede Pare J I Trimmed, M I ’“ria, attZ X very fme Sqmrrel Mar- doth, with fur 'he U oc S' ■_ \j VA have fur col- f Value. X ,l,d S collars, cuffs I alum /W $24.95 t_l lars only. Size* for women and and borders, in light contrasting g misses. fur. All sizes.

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6 1 BANDITS ROB ‘CAS’ MAN AT EUN POINT Hold Up H. H. Blunt Near Alexandria and Escape in Racing Car Looking up from his work of Closing the year’s accounts last eight Herbert H. Blunt, part owner Os a gasoline filling station just be yond Alexandria in Fairfax county, found himself looking into the muzzles of four automatic pistols in the hands of two young men. “Hand over all the cash you have in the place,” one of the men commanded Blunt, who, help less, complied. The men then backed out of the office, ran to a I BERTRAM COHN COMPANY LEASE EXPIRED I EVERYTHING MUST GO! I WE MUST SELL OUR I STOCK AT ONCE!! NOTHING MUST STAND IN THE WAY OF AN ABSOLUTE CLEARANCE—EVERY ITEM AND GARMENT MUST BE SACRI FICED. Former values, prices and EVEN COSTS HAVE. BEEN DISREGARDED—BECAUSE—after 10 years in this location, we ARE MOVING. WE ARE OFFERING UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE IN THIS— REMOVAL SALE!! Sale Starts EXTRA SALESWOMEN will COME.EARLY! ■t. be on hand to serve you. THE a_i A Starts Tomorrow! ENTIRE LIST OF ITEMS BE- btartS at LOW IS REGULAR STOCK Tomorrow T Ift A.-M. —GENUINE REDUCTIONS! 10 A. M. Hudson Seal Coats SALESLADIES Mnskmo DRRSSFIS I WANTED Contrasting collar and cuffs I II I I S MQ4 95 r>-Se. s^‘ sq.9s 9A. M. Friday long; for- ITf former price, (Tomormr) meriy WOO.. V »M»i now I II Nort DRESSES (Dyed Coney) Y brown 48 and 50 inches long; t n n an j Hair line cloth, beautiful mod- 98 black; 48and £4 Jfa AC cantons 8 SQ.9O els, nicely lined; 50 j nfc heß A y coat,! sfi-95 WK! sll-90 HE* 110 V Ssr’now.'.. 11 Northern Seal Coats COATS 1 DRESSES (Dyed Coney) Afternoon and I Contrasting collar and Fur trimmed: Evening cuffs of squir- all sl,k lined; Qg Dresses; for- JC Q.JJq rel; 48 and 50 V* 5 were $45.00 J.hO mer prices, T I JR inches long; for- Ort and $55.00; $29.50 and IV merly $l5O- now 535; now I ABBBSSHSBBBHBBF coats DRESSES Fox Scarfs With fur col- Beaded Even- (Animal Effect) QC lar and cuffs; Cftaxv JC ing Gowns; 7S Fur both sides; ▼U**'** were SIIO.OO were $69.50 formerly $15.00 to to $125.00; and S7O-50: $25.00 now now a COATS I Ensemble Costume Suits Short Fur Coats I trlrnrned c 7C Os the better kind with wc| p 0 d> Assorted Furs; A/v CA collar, cuffs 25,452,000; from livestock loan companies, $18,975,000; from co operative marketing asociations, $1,221,000. There are attached to this report, as exhibits A and B, tables showing in detail the operations of the War Finance Corporation under the agri cultural credits act of August 24. 1921. Loans Made to 4,317 Banks. In all. the corporation has made advances for agricultural and live atock purposes to 4,317 banking and financing institutions in thirty seven States. Os these 674, or 15.6 per cent, were national banks and 3,643, or 84.4 per cent, were State banks. Os the State banks, 213 were members of the Federal Re serve system. The loans to national oanks, amounting to $33,744,000, I constitute 19.5 per cent of the whole, and the loans to State oanks, totaling $139,106,000, equal 50.5 per cent. On November 30, 1924, 3,003 Oanks (558 national and 2,505 State), which a total of $117,849,000 was advanced, had completely repaid the corporation. In other words, 70.9 per cent of the banks to which the corporation made loans, includ ing 82.8 per cent of the national and 68.8 per cent of the State 'brinks, have liquidated in full their indebtedness to it. The remaining banks, numbering 1,254 (1 16 national and 1,138 State) had repaid $29,- 549.000 out of total advances to them amounting to $55,001,000, leav ing a balance outstanding on No vember 30. 1924. of $25,452,000 ($2,711,000 to national banks and '522,741,000 to State banks), which .represents 14.7 per cent ot the a mount originally advanced to all banks. 526 Banks Paid Up. During the year 526 banks, to which a total of 7,709,000 was originally advanced, repaid in full, lor completed the repayment <-f, I fheir indebtedness to. t the corpora tion. The act of August i!4, 1921, was aesigned to meet a 4condition prevalent agricultural distress coupled with a seriously extended condition among many of the banks serving the agricultural communi ties. The deposits of country banks had declined, their reserves were depleted, they could not collect on their loans and their correspondents were not in a position to extend further credit. In many cases the correspondents were compelled to press the coun try banks for liquidation, and the country banks in turn were forced to press the farmers. The most effective way to render assistance was to advance funds through country banks, which, while per haps extended and low in reserves, possessed sound assets and security in sufficient amount to warrant .advances, thus enabling the coun try banks to carry the farmers for a longer period and to make such additional loans as the needs of their communities justified. Even where a bank, because of adverse conditions, ultimately closed, It is still possible in a large majority of cases to obtain repay ment of the advance out of the orderly liquidation of the collateral. Other Bank Loans. Os the 4 t 817 banks to which the Corporation made advances, 6xo have subsequently closed. Os this number, 116 have since repaid the.’r indebtedness to the Corporation in full and seventeen have re opened or have had their obligations as sumed by solvent institutions. In addition, repayments, totaling $9,- 820,000 have been received upvn closed bank loans not yet fully paid. The Corporation still has outstand ing loans to 447 closed banks ag gregating $8,669,000, in addition to loans aggregating $106,000 to six banka, which, while not technically closed, are temporarily suspended and under the supervision of State banking departments. Repayments of these loans is proceeding in an orderly manner. In addition to the loans to banks, 114 livestock loan companies in twenty States have received ad- THE MT. VERNON a A v i N G S BANK ,T—. Iu L .IW..JIL .1. I The officers and directors of the Mt. Vernon Savings Bank join in wishing you a year as happy and as prosperous as you could possibly desire for your self and for those who are near and dear to you. I OFFICERS: I I R. GOLDEN‘DONALDSON, Chairman of Board WM. MUEHLEISEN, President WM. H. JOHNSTON, Vice President E. C. DAVISON, Vice President WILLIAM R. BAUM. Vice President and Cashier ROBERT T. HIGHFIELD, Assistant Cashier HAYDEN JOHNSON, Counsel BOARD OF DIRECTORS: JAMBS K. BADEN HAMY W. HAJKN WXX.X.XAM XVSXUBK* WXXXiXAM R. BAUM BAMUBL J. MIMXT K. GUMT ntBXM ALBERT J. BEIULES MBWITT 1. BXWWMMT G, M. BUGNTAZET HAYDEN JOHNSON OATT. W. X. STAYTOM B. C. DAVISON WM. H. JOHNSTON A. S. TOTGEHEM. GODDBN DONALDSON DR. B. T. HOSS M- S. WAXOOTT nwlß p. YORD HENRY O. MOB3S O. B. SAMTSXBGBB MT. VERNON Savings Bank and Massive Cyjbjjosite the Public Library s c H R I S T M A S c L <1 BFOR 1 9 Vances from the War Finance Cor poration. On November 30, 1924, fifty-eight loan companies, to which a total of $19,770,000 was advanced, had completely repaid their indebt edness to the corporation; and the remaining companies, numbering fifty-six, had repaM $47,814,000 out of total advances to them amounting to $66,789,000, leaving a balance outstanidng on November 30, 1924. of which represents 21.9 per cent of the amount originally advanced to all livestock loan com panies. Altogether the corporation, since the passage of the agricul tural credits act of August 24, 1921, has provided financing for approxi mately 8,600;000 head of livestock through livestock loan companies. Church Notices. Tonight 8 o’Clock THE SALVATION ARMY AUDITORIUM 606 E St. N. W. Special New Year Day Rally COLONEL R. E. HOLZ From New York City Music by Songster Brigade Brass Quartette 75 Visiting Officers ALL WELCOME r RlCt2 Church Notice*. Church Notice*. I Im The Board of Directors 2 The Ministerial Council 5 The Women’s Guild snd M Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bennett 2 of the Central Union Mission g At Home g Thursday Afternoon, January Ist 2 From Two Until Five O’Clock 622 Louisiana Avenue 9 (The New Bui’ding)

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Capitol “Fur “i Shop* I WPP Dew I I To our many pat rons and friends we take this opportunity S to wish a New Year brimful of health and success. Charge Accounts Solicited g I 1208 G St. N. W. I FRIDAY-BARGAIN ANNEX SALE OF 2157 Pairs Women’s SHOES ‘V.’’ 4 s

613 E STREET I 1 J| 613 E STREET ONLY I 1 ONLY 1,800 pairs of women’s I 357 pairs of women’s high shoes for cold B low shoes—many wintry days B smartest styles to come at B worth very an unheard- B much of price more No more fitting place for this wonderful collection of shoes than the Bargain Annex. For here is a sale fully comparable to the previous his tory-making events held there. A fl High lace shoes, perfect i n ever y respect Built of tan calf, gun- /wSBJ metal calf, brown V /WO 1 kid and black kid. wW Z| Wl/ la Gore pumps, ox- W fords, strap pumps, J I opera pumps in J I many, many varia- -J tions. Choose 1 from black vel- B vet, black sat in, patent colt, ,k H t i ki sh p es t as i gunmetal calf One o/ the low sketched. Practical shoes. Sizes for military heels and and SmartHCW evervbodv in th. .n Goodyear welts. Sizes everybody tn the en- 2y z to7.. Widths COmDinatlODS. tire assortment. Heels /LA to D. of every height. 613 E ST. I O THE HECHT CO. V" I 613 E ST. N. w. OARGAIN ANNEA. N. w. BLIND ORGANIST TO BE HEARD HERE Dr. ’Adam Geibel, Noted Com poser, Will Conduct Na tivity Cantata Doctor Adam GeibeJ, blind mu sician, lecturer and composer, of Philadelphia, will conduct the Na tivity cantata, "The Incarnation,” which will be presented at the Cen tral High School Tuesday, Janu ary 6. The Highlands Community chorus will sing the cantata, led by Mrs. Henry Hint McKee. Doctor Geibel will give an open ing recital on the high school organ immediately before the cantata. For. jnany years he has been organ list and choir director of the Stetson Church in Philadelphia, and has composed a number of pieces of church and Sunday school music. Twenty years ago Doctor Geibel composed "Sleep,” but he thought the piece had no merit and threw It aside after signing the name of “Lebleg” to It. A few years ago the leader of Waring’s Pennsylvania Orchestra found the manuscript and used it in his orchestra, until now it has gained wide popularity. Doctor Geibel will give a few small recitals op the organ before he leaves the city. THE WASHINGTON TIMES Th» National Daily THURSDAY, JANUARY 1,1928. Woman’s Place in Own Home, Jurist Declares JERSEY CITY, Jan. I—A wife cannot spend all her time with her mother “back home” and refuse to rejoin her hus band after he has pleaded with her to return and expect to find any sympathy in a divorce court, according to a ruling made by Vice Chancellor Fielder. Mrs. Beula Wood is the wife. The husband is George L. Wood, a marine engineer, of Jersey' City. He told the court his wife had' returned to her folks in Newburgh, N. Y., and that try as he did she refused to return to Jersey City. The vice chancellor granted Wood a decree and dismissed a cross petition for divorce filed by Mrs. Wood. EIGHT FORCED IN VAULT; BANDITS GET SII,OOO KANSAS CITY. Kan., Jan. I. Five bank employes and three cua tomers of the Kaw Valley State Bank were forced into a vault yesterday by three bandits who obtained >II,OOO loot, including the personal cash of their victims. Married in Rockville Herman P. Jones and Miss Laura E. Jarboe, both of Washington, were married in Rockville yester day by the Reverend P. Rowland Wagner, of the Baptist church, trie home of the minister being the scene of the ceremony. REALBLACKFOOT IS U.S. REPAIR MECHANIC First One, Now 53, Works at Forge Daily in Glacier Park First One is one of the few Indian blacksmiths of the red race. He is a full blood Blackfoot, fifty three years of age, and he works daily at his forge in Browning, Mont., the agency town of the Glacier National Park Reservation. First One never went to school but he studied nights and learned the "three R’s” while serving his apprenticeship as .A blacksmith. He makes nearly everything that can be pounded out of red-hot iron. His chief source of living comes from repairing farming implements, since so many of the Glacier Park Indians took up farming, and he also shoes the Indians’ farm horses. During the last few years he has had to learn what’s under an automobile hood and the journey from “quiver to flivver’* was a long shot for this Indian black smith to take. However, no auto mobile tourist need be hung up long for repairs when they break down on the Glacier Park Reser vation, for First One now has an "Auto Repair” sign swinging be neath the huge wooden horse shoe over his door. ASKS CONGRESS FOR MORE POLICE Maj. Sullivan Expects to Get Men to Curb Reckless Driv ers—Fire Needs Cited An increase of the local police force, designed especially to curb reckless driving, appeared likely to day to -be provided for in the Dis trict appropriation bill, following a plea put before the subcommittee of the House District Committee yes terday by Major Dartlel Sullivan, chief of police. After presenting his arguments to the members of the committee, Major Sullivan indicated that his requests for. money to provide the enlarged personnel may be granted. In addition to the police Items cf the appropriations bill, the House Committee yesterday heard Fire Chief George S. Watson and J. S. Garland, superintendent of the Dis trict Water Department, who stressed the desirability of the full allowance of their requests. Fire Chief Watson especially stressed the need of the appropria tion for additional fire apparatus. Mr. Garland also asked increased funds for the furtherance of the work of his department. Tomorrow the subcommittee is ekpected to resume the hearings on the water items. Save SSO to SIOO On Your LIVING ROOM, H 0/1 DINING ROOM, *P I Tn^ES 1 urloua ptoc ’’JT fully made mahogany frame and velour suite, with long bed. estry. Consisting of large mas cut velour, with spring edge and Large Davenport that opens go win* chair and arm. spring bottom. Both chairs have full-size bed. Large club chair slT «®ttee, wing chair and arm upholstered baAks. Davenport opens and high-back chair or rocker. chair. Also bridge lamp and Th s Ui s® Bhad end tabl port table, bridge lamp and shade, Bpring ®dsre and is beautifully notable value specially mahogany end table and room size made. Chairs are upholstered all rvK A rug. over. reduced Was $219 Oft Was $219 (hl QA Was $lB9 (hl QA Now sl39 Now sl39 Now sl39 REMEMBER $lO SENDS ANY SUITE TO YOUR HOME! I m hIIjM Save S9O Save SBO Save SSO 12-piece Queen Anne 9-piece Walnut Veneer 8-piece Genuine Walnut Dining Room Suite Dining Room Suite Dining Room Suite Consisting of 60-lnch buffet, large china cabinet, closed door A SUl that Wlll add charm server, massive oblong table, 6 to any dining room Consisting lrati at w tho chairs with genuine leather of handsome 60-inch buffet, mas- “i the new Tudor design, seats ’in beautiful oak finish slv china cabinet, attractive Con at 1 of buffet oblong table, aSo handsome buffet Sr oblong table and 6 handsome cupboard server, china cabinet ‘;x h £d seat c uUrs BD taUy eba JTSh' 1 11’ 1 ther Beit gain. ituuLou. £”sl39 n.‘- k1 °..5139 THESE PIECES CAN BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY IF DESIRED j lUlssSl Save S6O Save SBO Save $56 9-piece Queen Anne 4-piece Walnut 4-piece French Walnut Bedroom Suite Bed Room Suite Bed Room Suite Os walnut veneer, gracdfully Consists of large three-quarter The price does not show what designed. Consisting of bow-end four-drawer vanity, spacious good material is in this French bed, semi-vanity, chifforette and man’s robe with chest of drawers, walnut suite, which comprises attractive dresser. Also guaran- generous size dresser and bow- large dresser, full four-drawei teed spring, 50-pound mattress, end bed. A truly handsome man F°* and bow-end 2 pillows and chair or rocker. suite, at an unheard-of low price. bed. To see 1S t 0 buy S M 5139 y~”?..5139 A We deliver Six .XL our auto tilled with JBp trucks within niture bargains. 50 miks of This the Washington; time to buy (Between furniture ship- your home fur- H and Eye) ped anywhere nishing needs. with all charges Careful atten- prepaid. 829 SeventhSt.N.W. We Welcome Your Account illllHlilH Good Furnitirfe Is Not 7

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8 PRINTER SUED FOR SIO,OOO OVER COOLIDGE DRAWING Alleging infrlngment on his copyright of a drawing entitled “Keep Coolidge,” Theodore G. Thomas yesterday filed suit in the District Supreme Court against the Quality Print Shtfp and Thomas I*. Moore Son. Hutchins building for SIO,OOO damages. Plaintiff, represented by Attor ney John D. McLeran, alleges that the drawing in question was pro tected by copyright for twenty eight years and that he had plates made for it costing him $250. Plain tiff claims that he delivered the INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN 35. 3Uoses Sons Furniture Established 1861 Linens Carpets F Street and Eleventh Upholstery ANNUAL January Linen and White Sale The Merchandise Is All Fresh, New Stock, and All Specially Priced. Many of the Items Are Our Own Direct Importations. Each and Every Article Faces a Substantial January Reduction Moses* “De Luxe” Cotton Cases and Sheets 42x36 “De Luxe” Cases, January Price, -43 c 45x36 “De Luxe” Cases, January Price, 45c 72x99 "De Luxe” Sheets, January Price, $1.75 ea.. 81x99 “De Luxe” Sheets, January Price,* $1.90 ea. 90x108 “De Luxe” Sheets, January Price, \52.20 ea. $6.75 Pure Linen Table Qoths, size 2x2 yards, t January Price, $4.75 $8.50 Pure Linen Table Qoths, size 2x2| yards, January Price, $6.50 $8.25 Pure Linen Napkins, size 22x22, January Price, $6.25 Dozen Mohawk Cotton Sheets and Cases 42x36 Cases, January Price, 39c 45x36 Cases, January Price, 43c 63x99 Sheets, January Price, $1.40 ea. 72x99 Sheets, January Price, $1.55 ea. 81x99 Sheets, January Price, SI.BO ea. $6.50 All-Linen Table Qoths, size 70x70 inches, $5.00 ea. SB.OO All-Linen Table Qoths, size 70x90 inches, $6.50 ea. $9.00 All-Linen Table Qoths, size 7 Ch? 106 inches, $7.75 ea. SB.OO All-Linpi Napkins, size 22x22 inches, $6.25 doz. Hemstitched Pure Linen Huck Face Towels 50c All-Linen Face Towels, 39c Each 59c All-Linen Face Towels, 50c Each 75c All-Linen Face Towels, 60c Each SI.OO All-Linen Face Towels, 75c Each Bleached Turkish Bath Towels 55c Bleached Turkish Towels, 45c 75c Bleached Turkish Towels, 60c 79c Bleached Turkish Towels, 70c SI.OO Bleached Turkish Towels, 79c All-Wool Plaid Blankets for double beds, SIO.OO Pair $3.00 Silver Bleached Pure SB.OO Silver Bleached Pure Linen Table Damask, four beau- Linen Napkins to match above tiful patterns, damask, $2.25 Yard $6.00 Dozen Purchases Forwarded Prepaid to Any Shipping Point in the U. S. INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN _ _ 1 plate to the defendants January 15, last, to print for him 6,500 “Keep Coolidge” fans and that he thereafter requested the return of the plates, which, he alleges, de fendants refused. Thomas says that defendants without his permission printed 10,000 fans from his plate and therby infringed on his copy right. SOUTH AMERICA MECCA OF WORLD HOME SEEKERS South America with only eight persons per square mile, is able to provide the new homelands needed by the crowded millions of Europe THE WASHINGTON TIMES TA« National Daily THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925. and Asia. William A. Reid, foreign trade adviser of the Pan-American Union, told the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Sci ence yesterday. Migration, which is greater now than ever before in the world’s history is bringing many millions to South America. Australia and New Zealand, Reid declared. “From Japan,” said he, ‘,’a steady flow of natives is moving to South America and especially to Brazil. The Italian population of Brazil is also very large, numbering about 2.000.000. One-half the population of San Paulo alone is of Italian blood.” FORMER SENATOR SAYS MOSQUITOES ARE HUSKY •FRANKFORD, Del.. Jan. I. Former State Senator Asa Bennett, who has just returned from a duck ing trip on Assawamon bay, near the Delaware-Maryland line, says that, despite the cold, the salt marshes are swarming with husky winter mosquitoes and that gun ners are being bothered beyond description with this usual sum mer pest. In one day he killed forty ducks and during the season has bagged nearly 300. JNTIOOE CHINA FOR TEA 111 lENIANO i Collectors Seeking Examples of. Colonial Times. Growth of Use i A recent notice in the Science Service Bulletin says that the Ger mah Institute for Research In Hu man Food has reached the conclu sion that beer is not nearly as effective a stimulant tea. Tea. coffee, wines, liquor and otherAiqulds have brought into the world of art many beautiful sped mens of drinking vessels of allj shapes and made from all kinds of t metals, porcelains, woods and other materials and designed by some of the greatest artists. There -is no well-appointed collec tion of art objects or antiques that does not contain one or more speci mens of rare old objects of this character and connoisseirs are con stantly on the lookout for them. Tea and coffee, accompanied by porcelain from which to drink it, and sometimes lacquered tables to serve it on, began to make some figures in the houses of the colonial gentry early in the eighteenth cen tury. Before 1725. tea —“green and bo hea”'—had not only become estab lished in the larger towns, but had found a secure lodgment among the I country gentry of Virginia and the I Carolinas. I In North Carolina the ‘'better sort” early showed a preference for such "sober liquors.” When "beaux” were announced in 1 the afternoon, Virginia young ladies were 'accustomed to go out Into the hall and pour tea for them. The Dutch of New York became very fond of the new beverage. They drank it after a fashionX of their own, laying by each cup a lump of sugar, which they ppt Into the mouth and held there while they sipped the tea. It is significant that the famous well from which pure water was carted Into New York, to be sold In the street, was known as the. "tea-water pump.” Tea made its way into New Eng-1 land much more slowly than else- where, and was not in general use until about the middle of the cen tury. There is a pretty well authenti cated story of some young ladies in Connecticut who in their eagerness to test the new drink boiled it in a kettle and served it like broth with 1 the leaves for thickening. Coffee was never so generally drunk as j tea in any of the colonies. The excessive use of strong liq- 1 uors attracted less attention than 1 the rapid advance of tea-drinking, which excited many fears among conservative people. It was urged tn lhe New York Gazette of 1730 Ehat tea produced l fatal effects on the health, and was especially injurious to the mind. The frequent loss of teeth in America was set down to the ac count of tea, when it had hardly been in use for one generation. “Our people,” says the colonial his torian of New York in 1756, "are shamefully gone into tea-drinking.” Abbe Ronin attributed to tea the ability of the Revolutionary soldiers to endure the military punishment of flogging. THE CONNOISSEUR. BIGHAM FACES FINAL FIGHT FOH LIFE Alleged Slayer of Four Pro tests Innocence —Wife Says She “Will Stay to End” By International New« Service. COLUMBIA. S. C., Jan. I. Edmund Bigham, thrice convicted of having slain a family of five persons, will soon know whether his three-year- fight to evade the electric chair has been in vain. His case is to go to the supreme court for the fifth time. Should the supreme court fail to reverse the dechWon of the lower court Bigham automatically will receive the death sentence —for a j fourth time. Three times he has heard the words of judges con demning him to death, and for nearly two years he occupied a death cell in the State penitentiary. Bigham was convicted of having killed his mother, brother and sister, and two young children Who had been adopted by his sister. He has maintained from the first that his brother, Smiley Bigham, shot the four and then killed him self. The crimes occurred almost I four years ago at Conway, S. C. Bigham has dramatically pro tested his innocence in court on each of the occasions when a jury found him guilty. Bigham’s wife and daughter re main loyal t the condemned man. “I shall stay with him to the end-—whatever that may be!” his wife said after his last conviction. PLANE DIVE TEST FAILS TO CURE MAN’S DEAFNESS NEW YORK, Jan. 1. —Joseph Kling. f 328 South First 'street, Brooklyn, who thought that a ride In an airplane might cure the deaf ness with which he has been af flicted almost twenty years as a re sult of thickening of the eardrums,, made his flight at Mitchel Field, L. 1., and landed as deaf as ••ver, ineligible for the army. He had i been trying to enlist for ten years. Army physicians had warned him that ids hope of a cure in the air. was without foundation scientically, and persuaded John Gill, of Spring-, field. Mass., another victim of deaf ness who had come to join in the flight, to remain on the ground and see what the result was in Kling's case. II Here Again—Friday Our End-of-the-Week Bargain Day Trimmings w Domestics -Short lengths of trim- JaiHlßrV SftlCS i ns? 2 K yard^ wide?of I mings and ornaments J heavy round thread of wool t and silk in Wlfll muslin. Friday, while a I sA’VA" Kegin with n 0.,. LINGERIE Linens —With unusual prices jfre- I -Pure Linen ou.»t vailing and a generalclear- Wash Fabrics Towels. 14x22lnch sis. an ce of stocks the object, aswrtmSt thia saie K« ts a ysssf&sarsm ders hemstitched start today with the two gu L a n r m w^kic C l u i^B ß ends, special, big Sale groups shown .be- Madras, rilk and cotton each l O w. The co-operation of suitings, etc. Regularly Kann -Street Floor. manufacturers akes i t “X possible to include much Friday, a. yard.. Luggage new merchandise at spe- Kann’s—Street Floor. ——Uig Burly Trav- (•ini urices I Ing Bags, of hand- tiai P nces boarded cowhide. Leath- UIHDrCiI&S er lined, sewed in frame. -Women’s and misses’ A J PA-r sun and rain Silk Um- g ilo’nA I brellas, 10-rib club style. Special, $12.00 HL OJ7C with neat carved wood —s—Regular f $24.45 h e s Trfinm^l with 25 White Sateen Petti ±1 SI9.W «>ats. shade.. spe- Mqr —ls—Regular $4.95 Hat 79 c 1,49 Knee ctol Boxes, in round shape. Bloomers. Kann’s —Street Floor. Fioor samples. MOK —Bsc to $1.25 Corset Covel's Special an< Marcella Drawers. ni’u xxr Kann’s—Third Floor. _ 9sc White MuaHn Gowns. Children So Wear I —9sc Two-Piece Pajamas. At SI.OO. Ml Brushed Wool —9se' to 11.25 Step-ins. -AiUnl,’ Knitted TT Drawer Leggins, in Hats 5 blue only; $1.95, values. —Brushed wool Sport Special, Frl- (M AA Hats for the young A A- B day, each.... v girl to wear skating, /A B AA —I nfan ts Knitted II or for other winter KJ tJ t Toques, in all the pretty sports. Spe- djl AA shades. $1.50 and $1.95 cial, each.... —51.49 to $1.95 Nainsook Cbs- values. sae SI.OO Kann»—Street Floor. tume Slips. -InftX’ bath Robe. —51.49 Two-Piece Pajamas. and Buntings. Slightly Blankets y*'- 49 95 Sate i'.’™ —72x84 incr. Esmond In Costume blips. each $l«00 dian Blankets, regulasty —51.49 to $1.95 Gowns —Children’s Cloth Tam $5.50, special, 0M |*A novelty materials. o’Shanters; $1.95 val Friday, each. $1.95 English Satinette Petti- ue Special, ei AA —Single Blankets, of coatg each dJi.W good weight cotton, —Childrens Dresses size 64 by 76-inch; 36 English Sail nette an< j Creepers. Odd lot I only, regularly $1.50, Bloomers. o f all new goods, 1 1 sl-00 Kann’s—Street Floor. —B Kann’s —Second Floor r ll 1 I No Odd Lots, Busy Corner AU Merchandise or Remnants SpCCI RJ. S Moment Kotex, Special SI.OO Iron Trains Floor Brooms Assorted Candy 38c Box 69c 65c 25c Lb. —Kotex sanitary —These are the pull —High-grade floor napkins, one dozen kind and consist of brooms, made of ex- uencious bon packed in carton. three passenger cars cellent quality corn chocolates ana jelly These usually sell and one cast iron en- stock, with polished candies at this JP e for much more. gine and coal car. handle. clal P ric e for Friday. Street Floor. Fourth Floor. Third Flo»r. Street Floor. Palmolive Talc Stamped Gowns Toilet Paper Sash Curtains l#c 59c Ea. 1® f° r *7c 29c Pr. —Regular price is —“10 rolls of Snow- —s9c Mar qu i sette 25c; palmolive after- —Womens ready- drop brand toilet pa- half sash curtains, shaving talcum pow- made and stamped per, for only 3?c. Be plain or with hem- der, splendid for gowns of good quai aure to or d er y Our stitched, borders, keeping the skin white material, supply, early tomor- Complete with head smooth-looking. ln simple design. row j ng at top- Street Floor. Fourth Floor. Third Floor. Third Floor. Fountain Pens Writing Paper 81x90-Ini 75c and SI.OO 98c 29c Box Bleach sL Sleels Sc^ sors —Plain Mack, band- —Splendid paper put </t)C DvC ed and colored pens, up in boxes that are —All perfect dtieeta, —Excellent qua lity suitable for women slightly soiled from made of an excellent steel scissors, in and children, a'.l handling. Paper is quality muslin. The lengths 3% to 6 in complete with ribbon perfect. price is very special Buy several pairs at to match. Main Aisle—Street for Friday. this special price. Street Floor. Floor. Street Flooh Street Floor. Creme Au Citron Window Shades 59c Printed Rayon Hosiery 49 C 55c Ea. Sateens 85c p r —69 c perfect quality 47c Yd. —Women’s full sash —Regular price is opaque vJndow t ioned Rayon hosier”, $1; a lemon cream shades, mounted on —36-inch printed perfect quality, with that will bleach ami good spring rollers; sateen linings in mercerized tops, soften the skin and complete with fix- pretty light and dark soles, heels and toes, cleanse the pores. tures. In various col- colors for lining in .black and colors; Will not grow hair orSi size 3x5.9 ft. dresses, coats, etc. sizes 8% to 10. Street Floor. Third Floor. Street Floor. Street Floor. u. Felt Slippers Seconds 85c $7.50 Part Xfool Ostrich Edge KAz» Turkish Towels Blankets Trimming anf-bbu. 49c Ea. $5.95 $1.59 Yd. dren’s felt slippers, —Full size, extra —7oxßo in. site, —This attractive with soft soles; in heavy run-of-the-min plaid designs, ;in trimming is in a va- red and blue; all novelty Turkish pink, blue, rose, riety of pretty colors sizes from BV2 to 11, towels in pretty brown and lavender; and is used exten- and 11% to 2; 79e check patterns and neatly bound to sively as a finish on value. in all colors. match plaid. evening clothes. Fourth Floor. Street Floor. Street Floor. Street Floor. $6.95 Grass Cottage Set Sleeping $5.00 “Lady Rugs at q*i Garments Ruth Girdles $4.00 _ 25 .p0 7X« ,ei. SI.OO $3.95 Imported Kooltex of plain white porce —Children’s s|;2s —These excellent stenciled grass rugj; lain, subject to im- and $1.95 girdles are made of size 9x12 ft., in blue. perfections. Six each sleeping garments,!in brocaded pink coutii, green and brown of teacups, saucer.-., pink and blue strips; have lace fronts; me colorings: Chinese dinner plates, bread sizes 2 to 8. viiti» dium bust and are me<ia!lion and allovei and butter plates and feet. “Billie Burfce” trimmed with fancy effects 1 nieat dish. style; sizes 8 to 14. ribt/on. Third Floor. Third Floor. Second Floor. Second Floor. Children’s $2.00 38c Madras $2.95 Rayon I $1.49 Bird Umbrellas Shirting Scarfs Playmates $1.69 28c Yd. $2.37 i 98 Fruit of-the-Looin These are in Rayon —Beautiful scarfs}’ in umbrellas in fast col- striped designs, in a pretty bright Rqrtian —Cut-outs of land ors of black, red. variety of colored s’ripe effects, j fin anf j water birds col- green niui blue with stripes on white ishe<l with doe p jp their true carved wood handles, grounds. A splendid fringe. These Rie plumage. Two charts, painted to match material for men's lovely worn under silk shirts. the coat. Downstairs Book- Street Floor. Street Floor. Street Floor. store.

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Integrity Drive up and away Without delay— day or night. Attendants are nimble of foot and finger—they give you the oil and gas you order in the exact Quantity you want. This is service you can depend upon. Back of every gallon of motor fuel sold, every quart of oil supplied, is the integrity of the most progressive organization serv ing motorists locally. The Winterfront V£ ?a ?v more easily, relier- II I FSr the strain on fl I aSv' your battery. Ixflhwser Free Service *Il ySlß«ir Hare h r dr I zIIIMIIIIf ZtTtWsX meter test your al- U cohol solution to |g"SF i Iv/gr-jfry xW make sure it’g \B WF /A freexe-proof. This /zul fe- /t service is free at

i’w3B^-y ,CEstation For satisfaction and C/ltick KLLAN E. WALKER, PRESIDENT Georgia Ave. and Penna. Ave; and Upshur St. 21st St. N. W. 10th and E Sts. N. W. Linworth C Sts. S. W. 17th and L Sts. N. W. 1705 L St. N. W. |iaaaßß(jißßaaaG«»aj| 5 Two-Day Clearance H Sale of Fur Coats JWJ Hudson Seal Coats (dyed Brown Caracul Coats— muskra» finest northern Ful i Length with Brown SXS skins Full Length with i|| newest effects in Dyed Fox Collar- (lACyk Sqwrrel Collar and Clearance Price •ItO Clearance Price Special lot of Hudson Seal Silver Muskrat Coats— Coats (dyed muskrat). Full Fox Length- SIQC Clearance Price V Clearance Price |haksJfnr®& g FO third or A K6lO Twelfth St. —Just Above F Bt ITTFI UmMljjgggm Hb THE WASHINGTON TIMES The National Daily THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925. H IS INSANE, SPOUSE SAYS, IN SUIT Milton E. Lowe Asks Marriage Be Annulled—Army Sur- I geon Faces Divorce Alleging that Mrs. Lucille Bur nett Lowe is confined in St. Eliza beth for observation, and that she was suffering from mental diseases at the time he wedded her, Milton Eugene Lowe, through his father, Ebgene W. Lowe, yesterday filed suit in the District Supreme Court for annulment of the marriage*. The plaintiff, represented by At torney Earle B. Wood, says that prior to his marriage to' the de fendant, July 12, in this city, she had been confined at the Gallinger Hospital for mental disorders and deficiency of intellect, and that from there she was taken to St. Elizabeth's. They were married in thia city, the defendant’s name then given being Lucille Burnett New ya-hr. _ Robert Henry Duenner, an offi cer in’ the medical corps of the United States army, was named de fendant in a suit filed yesterday by his wife, Mrs. Winifred Randolph Duenner, for maintenance alleging cruelty and Inadequate support. Mrs- Duenner represented by At torney William Warfield Ross, al leges that while she and defendant were living together at San Anto nio, Tex., she was forced to sepa rate from him on acount pf his inhuman treatment of her. The defendant, according to the plaintiff, is now temporarily sta tioned at Brooklyn, N. Y., with the rank of major, revolving a monthly salary of |4OO. Mrs. Duenner also asks the custody of their two children. They were married in this city September 20, 1910. DEADLY ACID IN HER CANDY CAUSES ARREST OF WOMAN SHENANDOAH, Pa., Jan. I. Mrs. Anna Witkowski, of East New York street, was given a hearing before Justice Mernicki and held in $2,000 bail for court, charged with sending poisoned candy by her little son to Mrs. Stanley Witkow ski, her sister-in-law. The latter detected the odor of carbolic acid in the candy before eating any. When she had a local expert examine it, he pronounced it poisoned. I HERE IT IS! I "gßp I FtA Pl Mirier ,i H il r*| I i Rpq |MBpTT ■|pj WBHnTKiM —rßWH— l—® Fi I B BL. I I I I 1- I I B I- m—LJI JH—b I i fTBFI h wß| ■pa ||TBr| ■BBBmmmMBMBBaBBBn|MgriHp"HHLsHLmJsaaAsUBBHB r t i Submitted By Bessie S. Cheatham. THE NEW YEAR BELL

HORIZONTAL. j 1. Exclamation. 2. Merry. r 6. Chinese flower. i 9. Christmas evergreen. g 13. A famous old canal. 15. New (a Latin form). 10. Verb. 17. Young. t 18. Parent (colloquial). 2Q. ChHstian name of former Ohio Senator. i 23. Japanese city. 25. Freedom from pain. 26. Half. 27- In the year of the reign (abbrj. i 28. Chemical symbol for sodium. 29. Verb. 30. Another parent. 32. Pastoral poems. i 35. What Father Time does. 37. Girl'B name. 38. Achieve. 39. Highest legislative body in the land (abbr.). I •1. Pronoun. 43. Heavenly body. 44. Chemical symbol for tungsten. 45. That is (abbr.). 46. Interjection. i 47. A gas (abbr.). i 48. What kind of man Solomon was. 51, Short poem addressed to some one. 54. Large woody plant. 55. Hall. 56. Knelled. VERTICAL. 1. Opera (abbr.). 2. Scotch for have. 3. Article. 4. Philip (abbr.). 5. At a distance. 6. Time past. i 7. Place of Abraham’s birth. 8. Exists. 1 10. Unbound. 1 )S* J 1 W 3j I Ha ppy I New Year '8 We wish all of our friends ft; o and patrons a very Happy New |J Year—and of course we can- not help being happy because we know that ft; 1925 Will Be Another jj Studebaker Year! S Jos. Mcßeynolds 14th and R Sts. N. W. I W. B. HIBBS CO. I H MEMBERS 1 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE F! WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE S NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE S NEW YORK CURB MARKET HIBBS BUILDING S 725 15th Street WASHINGTON, D. s' illlllllllllllllllllliiiillllllllllllliillllliliillillllilllllllllllilillllilllllllH 11. Fifty-five. 12. Jewish day of atonement. 14. Period of time. 16. Western State (abbr.). 19. Associate of arts (abbrj. 21. ’Musical note. 22. Evenings (poetic). 23. A river. 24. Verb. 37. Help. 31. Beast of burden. 33. Girl’s name. 34. The New Year. 36. A Jewish' queen. 37. Neuter pronoun. 40. Priority in office. 42. To steep flax in water. 48. The sun. 44. Happy expression. 47. A Christmas and New Tear drink. 49. Chemical symbol for strontium. 50. Engineering degree (abbr.). 52. A continent (abbr.). 53. Verb, neuter (abbr.). Solution To Tuesday Puzzle. Frl fU4|e|etnlM bl 1 XT PAYS TO AT 1 Goldenberg's BOTH SIDBS OF 7™ AT K ST "THE 25c, 50c and $1 Sale! Saturday is the day when we put forth extra efforts to give thrifty shoppers sterling values in wanted merchandise. So shop here tomorrow and save. Every item listed is a bargain—and a rare one, too. No mail or phone orders filled. Boys* 50c Leather Belts Boys’ genuine Leather Belts of cowhide, with metal buckle. Sizes 24 to 30 25C inches. Boys’ 35c Cotton Hose Boys’ wide and medium rib bed Cotton Stockings, in the well-known “Boy Hiker’s” Brand; all perfect qual- 25c Women’s Cotton Hose Women’s Cotton Stockings, seam back, in black, cordovan and white; all perfect quality Children’s Knitted Waists f (Seconds of the 39c Grade) Children's Knitted Waists, sizes 2 to 12 25c years —w 19c Tea Towels, 2 for Part-linen Hemmed Crash Tea Towels, finished with tape 25c hangers 39c Barnsley Crash Fine grade warranted OKp All-Linen Barnsley Crash 25c Stamped Towels 2 for Stamped Glass or Tea Towels, neat designs 50c Art Crash 20-inch warranted All-Linen Art Crash, cream color, for scarfs or centers. Limit, 25c 3 yards.... 50c Change Purses Leather Change Purses. In frame and envelope styles; substantially made. a*t/v 20c Marquisette, 2 yds. Sheer quality White Curtain Marquisette, 86 inches wide; any quantity cut from full OKp rolls. 2 yards for 48c Cretonnes Yard- heavy-weight fast color Cretonnes, light and dark floral, bird, foliage and tapestry designs, for draperies, 25C etc 50c Felt-base Rugs 24x36 Durolin Felt-base Rugs, neat figured centers, with artistic borders" uv First Floor—Bargain Table. 50c Felt-base Runner 22-lnch Durolin Felt base Runner, for stairs and halls; S to 8 yard lengths, plain brown or neat figured centers, with borders Men’s Cuff Links Men’s and Boys’ Cuff Links, in pearl and enamel effects; assorted styles and 25C colors 19c Hose Supporters, 2 pairs Hickory Hose Sup- 25c porters, two pairs for.. 25c Sanitary Aprons, 2 for Sanitary Aprons, white 25c and flesh colors a; and orchid Children’s Handbags Children’s Handbags, choice of beaded, silk or leather styles. Very pretty colors and CAp styles; some with mirrors. $1 Waving Irons French Marcel Waving 50C Irons 79c Cooking Kettles Aluminum Cooking Kettles, 6-quart trade size; no £iAp covers 69c Window Shades Perfect quality Opaque Cloth Window Shades. 3 ft.xs ft. 9 in. size; guaranteed spring rollers; white and greens; complete with ring and all fix- tufes vvv 79c Jap Grass Rugs 27x54 heavy double-warp Jap anese Grass Rugs, green, blue and brown stenciled .Oriental and medallipn de- £»Ap signs MW First Floor —Bargain Table. 79c Crib Blankets 30x40 Crib Blankets, blue or pink, with various nur- KAp sery design borders Uxj 70c Double Curtain Rods Klrsh double Curtain Rods, 28 to 48 inch extension; stipplo tone brass finish; guaran teed not to tarnish or sag u Boys’ 79c to $1 Blouses Boys’ School Blouses, of neat striped percales, plain tans and khaki, with attached collar and double yoke back. Perfect qual ity. Full cut sizes from 8 to 16 'years; also gray flannel blouses: slight seconds; PjAp sizes 8 to 15 $135 Floor Mops Sqiibeze-Ezy Self-wring- (PI ing FlOart. Mops $1.50 Dress Shields Naiad Brassiere Dress Shields, sizes 34 to 44.... Boys’ Union Suits (Seconds of the 51.5 V grade.) Boys’ Ecru Fleeced Cotton Union Suits, high neck, l|png sleeves and ankle pants; <tl sizes 4 to 16 years Wonien’s Vests, 3 prs. (Seconds of, the 50c grade.) Women’s Fine Ribbed Gauze Vests, low neck, no sleeves eland bflStlt-up -shoulder (PJ straps. Woniffi’s $1.25 Vests Women’s Medium Weight Cotton Vests, double extra size, |pw neck and no sleeves; (PI sizes 52, 54 and 56 Women’s $1.50 Hose Women's. Thread Silk Stodk- inther chiffon weight, in black and wanted street shades; made with the three seam back. Every pair perfect (M quality in sealed package. vx Women’s $1.25 Sport Hose Women’s Ribbed Wool Sport Stockings, in the heather mix tures, in blue and brown; <1 all perfect quality Coty’s Perfumes, Ounce Coty’s Perfume, including L’Ortgan,.' 'Chypre. Parts and Jacqueminot Rose. .Sold regu lanly at $2.50 an £1 ounce V Double Compacts Double Compacts, containing compact powder and rouges rrtirror and puffs; gold or 6*l silver finish px Men’s 29c Handker chiefs, 5 for Men’s Plain White All Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, with hemstitched borders; per- (PI feet quality v $1.50 Console Mirror Cords Console Mirror Cords, with four-inch silk tassel, in copen, rose, mulberry and <1 gold px First Floor Trimming Dept. $1.50 Kimono Silk 36-inch Kimono Silk, a pure silk quality, in a large assort ment of beautiful designs (PI and color combinations.... $1.29 Pongee Silk 32-inch Ponjorient Pongee Silk; new styles and colorings, *_ in beautiful stripes and (PI checks; fast colors _sl Pearl Bead Chains (Manufactured). 60-inch Indestructible Pearl Bead Chains, evenly matched in very small pearls as well as larger ones; oeautiful (PI finish and color <px Men’s $1.50 Night Robes Men’s Faultless Night Robes, fine quality cambric; V neck style and extra full cut body; trimmed with washable (PI braid- Sizes 15 to 19 px Men’s Half Hose 3 prs. (Seconds of the 75c Grade). Men’s Thread Silk Half Hose, high spliced heel, double rein forced sole and toe and seamed back; black and (PI plain colors Tots’ $1.50 Dresses Little Tots*Dresses of fine, sheer shadow batiste, in pink, blue and honeydew. Narrow net ruffle around neck and sleeves: deep hems. Sizes (Pl 2 to 6 years x Infants* $1.50 Dresses Infants’ Long Dresses of soft nainsook, with lace and em broidery panel front, lace (PI trimmed ruffle.. Infants’ $1.25 Sacques Infants’ All-wool White Knitted Sacques, trimmed (PI with pink or light blue.. x Babies’ $1.50 Caps Babies’ Wool Knitted Caps, all white; beautiful loose stitch, with k rtf 11 e d tie (PI strings X $1.49 Wash Boilers Heavy Tin Wash Boilers, witn cold wood handles; (PI size No. 4 <PX $1.50 P. N. Corsets P, N. Corsets of fancy pink material, medium low bust, long skirt, wide front clasp and four garters. Sizes 23 to Brassieres Popular Rubber Lined Bras sieres of pink, fancy striped material: deep cut, with hook hack or sMe. All (PI sizes x Goldenberg’s—Second Floor. 9

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10 CLOSE LISTS ON BLADENSBURG GROSS Amount on Hand, $2,200, Dis appointing to Legion Post Erecting War Memorial HYATTSVILLE, Md., Jan. I.—To Ulan the wind-up of the Campaign, a meeting of the committee of Sny der-Farmer Post No. 3, American Legion, of Hyattsville, in charge of the campaign to raise funds with which to complete the memorial cross at Bladensburg in honor of Prince Georges county men who died in the World .War, is to be held Monday night at 8 o clock in the post clubrooms. It is announced that about 12,200 lias been raised, and while this is understood to be rather disappoint ing, it is planned to make the best use of this amount in carrying out the project and to close the cam paign, although for the time being contributions still will be received. These officers for 1825 have been chosen by the Sunday school of the Hyattsville Baptist Church: J. A. Crawford, superintendent; Doctor. J. B S. Norton, first assistant super intendent; S. W. Crosthwalt, second assistant superintendent; E. M. Pet titt, secretary; Remey Pottlnger, as sistant secretary; C. F. Glass, treas urer; Matthew Thompson, chorister; Mrs. J. A. Crawford, pianist. Department officers chosen are: Primary, Mrs. J. T. Payne, superin tendent; Mrs. J. B. S. Norton, as sistant superintendent; Mrs. H. E. Davis, secretary; Miss Frances Nor man, pianist; Miss Frances Norton, assistant pianist. Home, Mrs. E. M. Pettltt, superintendent; E. M. Pettltt, assistant superintendent. Cradle roll: Mrs, R. C. Eaton, superintendent. Addresses by Joseph C. Cissell, •t Silver Spring, vice-commander of the Maryland Department of hte Legion for the Southern Mary land District, and others, music and refreshments will be features of the ceremonies incident •to the ihiiiiHiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiminiiiiiniiiHiimiiiHHniiHiiiimiiiiimiiiHiii FREE! SATURDAY (January 3,1925) AT THIS STATION ONLY Connecticut Ave. St A Clothes Brush of ex cellent quality to every purchaser of 5 gallons r- or more of AWIOCO-GAS or AMERICAN-STRATE gasoline. Useful in the car or at home and worth going out off your way to get. This Filling Station was formerly conducted by the Connecticut Ave. Accessories Co., Inc. but is now being operated by— LORD BALTIMORE FILLING STATIONS,'"'- fllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllWlilililllM With Amazing Speed It Stops That Tough Hang-On Cough That Racks Your Whole Bod USE BRONCHULINE For cough, any simple .weet sugary cough syrup will probably do. But when you want to throw out of your system one of those old timers, that ■imply won’t be conquered, but lingers on and on causing sleepless nights and days of torment then you’ve just got to gave a real cough medicine. Then you must ask your druggist for a bottle of Bronchuline Emulsion for the harder and tougher and tighter they some the mor. joy Bronchuline gets In knocking them out. Bronchuline isn’t a cheap cough con queror, mind you, for first raters are ■ever cheap. But if you are one of the t-lnrky ones that a persistent, health USE BRONCHULINE Brothers United After ■l7 Years By Story 1 In Newspaper PROVIDENCE, R. Im Hugh Bogel, of Kingston,, N. Y„ and William Bogel, of this city, brothers, met at the latter s Nome for the first time in seven teen years. The reunion was brought about through a story in today’s newspapers and Hugh’s efforts to find his brother. Hugh Bogel, on a business trip, stopped off in Providence Sat urday, visited newspaper offices and told how his brother, Wil liam, had left their boyhood home in Glasgow, Scotland, about years ago to come to •this city and enter the plumbing trade. For three years, he said, they maintained a correspond ence across the Atlantic, but for about fiften years each was lost to the other. installation of newly-elected officers of Snyder-Farmer Post No. 3, American -Legion, of Hyattsville, which Is to take place January 7 at 8 p. m. Colonel James Abbott, of Annapolis, commander of the Maryland Department of the Legion, and others also have been invited. Newly-elected officers of JP rlO1 Lodge No. 47. I. O. O. F., of Hyattsville, will be installed Janu aray 8 at 8 p. m. In Odd Fellows hall here by the District Deputy Grand Masters’ association. The association also will install officers during the next several evenings as follows: tomorrow, Capitol Heights; Saturday, Forestville, Monday, Mount Rainier; Tuesday. Poolesville. January 12 the associa tion will conduct Installation at Indian Head; January 15, at Wash ington Grove and January 17, at Scotland, St. Mary’s County, Md. ROLLING STOCK SEIZED BY CHINESE TROOPS PEKING, Jan. I.—Traffic is being hampered seriously. by troops seiz- L ing rolling stock at will. A movement is on to bring before s the existing government a formal i demand that foreign concessions be s recognized. _ destroying cough is pushing towards the grave, get a bottle today and notice bow the first dose takes right hold and soothes the terrible soreness. Often three or four doses brings blessed relief and half a bottle forces the most stubborn cough into submis "A bottle of magic” one old man calls Bronchuline Emulsion. He was all worn out and ready to give up when a friend brought him the good news about Bron chuline. Don’t let a cough hang on—ft's dan gerous company—Get rid of it quick. Ask Peoples Drug Stores or any up to the times druggist for a bottle of Bron chuline Emulsion. It’s a good medicine to have around the house because it contains no chloroform or dope and often two or three dose* will atop any ordi nary cough. THE WASHINGTON TIMES 71ie National DaSy THURSDAY, JANUARY 1,1928. SNOW RESULTS IN TOAFFIG DEATH Benjamin Tenn, 15, Coasting on Sled, Hits Motor Car and Is Killed Washington’s first downfall of snow this season brought one traffic death and numerous acci dents throughout the city. Benjamin Tenn, fifteen, of <OO Irving street northwest, was one of the thousands of Washington boys who ventured into the streets last night to ride his sled. Just before the old year passed out, the young boy was struck by an automobile operated by James A. Flynn, twenty-four years old, of 654 F street northeast. The boy was coasting near Columbia Road and Warder street northwest, when his sled ran into, the motor car. Flynn rushed the boy to Garfield hospital where he died at 11:05 o’clock. His death made the ninety-first traffic fatality of 1924. Flynn was taken into custody In the Annual Clearance Sale of Our Bargain Basement, We Are Offering at Radically Reduced Prices, Hundreds of COATS and DRESSES at Astonishingly Low Prices—All Practically New and Very Desirable Garments I /ssl 1 Jußt 37 luxuriously ("i /A 4ip Q fP J| Retail 1 Befurred \J XX X O V|k /H r W Originally jnAl wTvHr Fashioned of some of the season’s finest fab- %IJ F I |1 rics—trimmed in the season’s most fashionable y enqKft* I Vll\ furs, including Beaver, Squirrel, Muskrat, Mar- gg. I v! 1 m °t an d Monkey. All shades and sizes. A. Richly Furred VZ 21 AkJ F Originally i I i Beautifully tailored models in high, lustrous I J at 1 I Bolivias, Brytonia, and many novelty fabrics, in- $45.00 JMMIMk I L eluding suedines and velours. Trimmed with a and f I variety of fashionable furs. All popular shades $49.75 1 an( s zes About 7s pn A TQ i Fur-Trimmed V/ XX AkJ r W Originally TI f Including Suedes and Lustrous Pile H I 11 Fabrics. Beautiful Collars and Cuffs of Z $24.75 I JJII various long haired furs. All popular $29.75 AM shades and all sizes. I And About 200 O A HP Q Them Were Fur-Trimmed \J XX AkJ M W Made to Z Sports models, fur-trimmed or plain, heavy or <Lj Z eh. light weight materials —a general utility coat SI 975 B shades and in regular and extra sizes, for and $24.75 juniors, misses and women. I i dresses 14 W 111 Dresses Dresses Dresses Hl F IM” In Sports Flannels, showing In high-grade silks, long 1 11 1. BSIO an array of the newest cheeks and short sleeves. Made 00n—bU w P originally I r |*3.19 12 lB f B J/ Palais Royal—Bargain Basement 4 a. Boy’s ‘Tummy” Plays Host To Electric Bulb TRENTON, N. J., Jan* I. Surgeons in the Princeton Hos pital have removed from the stomach of Herman Scherer, eight, of Clarksville, an electric light bulb made to illuminte a Christmas tree. The boy swallowed the bulb on Christmas Day but did not tell his parents until it was missed. He suffered no ill effects. Mrs. Nettie Hammon, of North Willow street, swallowed a pin when identifying stolen clothing at police headquarters. Physi cians believe she will not suffer ill effects. and released on personal bond for appearance before the coroner’s jury tomorrow. Motorists have just as hard a time as pedestrians on the streets today. The snow, beaten down hard by the traffic during the night and frozen by a cold wind that swept over it, is a solid mass of Ice. The principal cause of accidents was skidding. On the main thoroughfares, especially Sixteenth street, automobiles could be seen every Tew blocks, resting on the pavement with one wheel gone, where the machine had skidded and hit the curb. 3 H KILLED! in msT IN IK Spark From Telephone Wire Is Believed to Have Cost Coal Workers* Lives VASPER, Tenn., Jan. I.—Three men were dead here today, the re sult of a gas explosion at the Vasper Coal Company’s mine. The dead are: Clayton Miller, twenty; Tom Sims, forty-two, and Charles Woods, fifty-five, foreman of the mine. The blast occurred about 1 p. m. yesterday, when the three men entered the workings, preparatory to put the pumps in operation. The mine had been idle for several days and gas had apparently ac cumulated. It is thought a spark from the telephone battery, located near where the bodies were found, caused the explosion. The three victims were the only persons in the shaft. To See Fighting Army Pjcturee Official motion pictures of the American arm, to action to Fraaoa Chevrolet j will be seen at the University Qub Saturday night. Comment will be made by Captain 0. C. Lowe. A talk on firing line memories I 1 'J"" will be given by Genwal Hugh A. Dnim, chief of staff of the War Department, and chief of staff of the rirzt Army In France.

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$12.95 Over-night Suit Cases, Fri. Only, $6.50 Fitted with white everoid fittings, con- slating of comb, brush, mirror, soap dish, tooth powder, talcum powder, tooth brush and holder, nail file and button B hook. Silk moire linen, with key lock. Main Floor

100 Wonderful Friday Bargains! DRESSES (12) $25 Dance Frocks Friday Only, sl2 In the pastel shades of georg- ette, taffeta. Trimmings of B silver lace and ribbons. Sizes 15, 16 and 18.—Third Floor. Z (15) $25 and $29.50 Dresses Friday Only, sls Os cloth, crepe satin, twill and georgette. Colors navy, _ brown, black, copen and maize. Sizes 16 to 38.—Third Floor. Z (26) $lO Jersey Dresses Friday Only, $8.75 In navy, brown, cocoa, rust, green, heather and tan. Sizes 13 to 20.—Third Floor. $2.50 to $3.50 Cap and Scarf Sets, Friday Only, $1.98 Os angora wool, bright sport colors. Third Floor $2.95 Bath Robes of Beaton Robing Friday Only, $2.29 Practical dark colors, ribbon trtm- med collar. Sizes '6 to 12. B Third Floor

SI.OO Cocoa Door Mats Friday Only, 72c Each Os extra quality imported cocoa fiber. B Palais Royal—Second Floor. _ 'ST 2 “Hit-and-Miss” Rag Rugs, Friday Only 95c Each 27-inch by 54-inch size. The better grade only. Palais Royal—Second Floor.

Z Children’s $1 Rayon Hose, Friday Only, 75c Ribbed stockings, full length silk B with Rayon thread for weight and service. Colors —black, white and beige. Sizes 6to 10. B Palais Royal—Main Floor. Women’s $1 Silk and Rayon Hose, Friday B Only, 89c B First quality silk and Rayon mixed hose. Seamed back, mercerized garter tops; black and good color assort F ment. Palais Royal—Main Floor.

Bargain Basement Friday Bargains Bargain Basement Friday Bargains 89c Seam Sheets Friday Only, 69c 72x90 medium weight- Perfect quality. Bargain Basement

25c to 39c Odd Center Pieces, Friday Only 20c Each g Also Dresser Scarfs and Hem stitched Tray Cloths. Bargain Basement

r $2.98 Cotton Blankets Friday Only, $2.69 pair Size 70x80. 39 pairs of Beautiful Plaid Blankets. Extra weight and well napped. First quality. Bargain Basement 15c Unbleached Mus- Uns, Friday Only, 11 Yards, SI.OO 40 inches wide. Long lengths, 4to g 6 yards. For general home use. Bargain Basement

Boys* 25c Hose, Friday Only, 2 for 25c Heavy Rib Cotton Hose. Gray or green with figured roll cuff top. g Sizes 6 and 7%. Irregulars. r Bargain Basement ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a

79c Vacuum Bottles Friday Only, 63c Body of black enamelware, shoulder and cup of aluminum. Keeps hot or cold. Pint size. Main Floor 75c and $1 Corset Covers, Friday Only, 69c Dainty styles, lace and embroidery trimmed. Slightly mussed. Third Floor $1 Dressing Sacques Friday Only, 88c Os flannelette; light and dark colors; one-half or long sleeves. Sizes to 53. —Third Floor Percale Aprons Friday Only 39c Good washing colors. Some with bibs. Palais Royal—Third Floor. Women’s $1.75 Rayon Envelope Chemise, Friday Only, $1.59 Full cut; in pink and peach; good heavy weight. Sizes 36 to 42. Main Floor Women’s $1.75 Rayon Bloomers, Friday Only, $1.59 Full cut; in good weight Rayon; with shirred cuffs. Colors pink or- chid and peach. Main Floor Children’s 50c Vests and Pants, Friday Only, 45c Fleeced-lined Vests; high neck, long sleeves; ankle pants to match; 2 to 16 years. First quality. Main Floor 59c and 69c Printed Sateen, Friday Only, 53c Yard Splendid color combinations and assortment of colors. Palais Royal—Second Floor. Women’s $1.95 and $2.25 All Silk Chiffon Hose, Friday Only, $1.79 Fine sheer full fashioned all-over silk —to erarter top—hose. Colors black, gunmetal, peach, nude, maur esque, albino, tan, beige, alredale; oil nprfpct Palais Royal—Main Floor. Women’s 79c and $1 Silk and Sport Hose Friday Only, 72c First quality Silk and Rayon Hose. Seamed back. Colors —beach, tan, gray, nude, peach, sand, thrust, Jack rabbit, beige, sombrero. Also Rayon and mercerized English ribbed Sport Hose. Colors—black tan, gray, nude, beige; all perfect. PalaiS Royal—Main Floor. i $2.95 Stout Model Corsets, Friday Only SIJ9B Including “May-O-Belts,” P. N„ practical fronts and other good mokes of firm coutil. Well boned, medium and low bust. Long hips, reinforced over abdomen. Sizes 24 to 38 in one model br the other. Bargain Basement Women’s 59c Rayon Stockings, Friday Only, 44c With long boot, seam up the back. Colors black. gray, nude, beige. Sizes 9 and 9%. Bargain Basement Children’s 19c Stock ings, Friday Only 2 pair 25c English Rib Cotton Stockings. With roll cuff top. Black or brown. Sizes 6 to 9. Irregulars. Bargain Basement Men’s 25c Linen Handkerchiefs, Friday Only, 3 for 66c Os plain white linen. Full size, with narrow hemstitch. Excellent quality. Bargain Basement

■■■■■■■■■■■■■l x THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thu National Daily 3&PUAiSRdVAL G and 11th Sts. Service and Courtesy Established 1877 One day each week—Friday—The Palais Royal shares profits with its customers. On this day every drticle ad vertised is 10% or more lower than the price for which it sells on other days. In this way we demonstrate our ability to sell merchandise at consistently low prices. It is an invest ment with a safe and sure 10% or more on your money. SILVERWARE Odd Flatware Friday Only, 25c _ Odds and ends of several patterns of silver-plated tableware; cream ladles, sugar spoons, butter knives, etc. Main Floor Sterling Salt and Peppers, Friday Only, $2.95 Set Individual salt and peppers—set of six in velvet lined box. Main Floor Silver Plated Salt and Peppers, Friday Only, 79c Pair _ Three pretty patterns. Bright or butler finish. Main Floor Women’s SL9S and $2.25 Carter and Athena Suits Friday Only, $1.79 Good Weight Cotton Suits; high neck and long sleeves. Dutch neck, elbow sleeves or low neck, sleeveless. Ankle and knee length. Mostly all sizes but not in all shapes. Regular and extra included. Main Floor

Women’s 59c Union Suits, Friday Only 49c With low neck, tight knee and um brella style; also popular closed suits with wide leg. Regular, extra and extra stout sizes included. Palais Royal—Main Floor Window Shades Friday Only, 35c Each In various grades and colors. Just a limited lot sold “as is.” —Second Floor. $2.75 Tapestry Friday Only, $1.65 Yard For furniture coverings. 50 inches wide.—Second Floor. 50-in. Drapery Reps, Friday Only, 65c Yard A heavy grade. In green and tan only.—Second Floor. 39c Rubber Aprons, Friday Only, 29c With shoulder strap. Bright col ors, in red, green or blue. Bargain Basement $2.25 African Cape Gloves, Friday Only, $1.69 Gauntlet style, with wrist strap and embroidered back. Brown or tan. Sizes 6 to Bargain Basement Children’s 49c Shirts Friday Only, 3 for 99c Heavy Fleeced-llned Shirts, with high neck and long sleeves. Broken sizes, 2 to 14 years. Bargain Basement Boys’ $1.25 Union Suits, Friday Only, 99c Heavy Fleeced-llned Cotton Ramon Union Sults; high neck, long sleeves, and ankle length. Size 6 to 18 years. Bargain Basement Women’s $1.25 Union Suits, Friday Only, 99c Heavy Fleece-lined cAtton Union Sults, with high neck, long sleeves, and ankle length. Sizes 42 and 44. Bargain Basement ■o Upholstery Specials $3.75 Couch Covers Friday Only, $2.85 Os striped tapestry. Extra quality.—Second Floor. “Rayon” Drapery Materials, Friday Only 65c Yd. In all the wanted decorative -shades; 36 Inches wide.—Second* Floor. $4J95 to $5.95 Quaker Panel Style Curtains Friday Only, $3J95 Each With bullion fringe bottoms. —Second Floor. 89c Taffeta Cre tonnes, Friday Only 52c Yard Extra heavy quality. In floral, bird and verdure pat terns. Good for slip covers, hangings, cushions, etc. —Sec- ond Floor. Women’s 39c Extra Size Burson Hose, Friday Only, 3 Pair 95c Cotton Burson Hose. Full cut; ex tra size. Colors —black, white and brown. Palais Royal—Main Floor. $5 to S6J9B Bath Robes Friday Only $3.98 Qt genuine Beacon robing. Several models, in floral and Indian patterns. Palais Royal—Third Floor. Toilet Dept Specials Angelus Demon Cleansing Cream; 4-ounce size, Friday only, 39c. 10c Turknit Wash Cloths, excellent quality. Friday only, 3 for 22c. 95c Red Rubber Hot-water Bottles, all guaranteed. Friday only. 83c. Palais Royal—Main Floor. Irregulars of 10c Handkerchiefs Friday Only 12 for 50c 5,000 Men’s Handkerchiefs. 5,000 Women's Handkerchiefs Irregulars Men’s are plain white, with narrow hemstitch. Women’s are sheer lawn, with narrow hemstitch. White or colors, with colored embroid ered comer. Bargain Basement 1,000 —$1.29 Rayon Step-ins, Friday Only, 95c With elastic band at waist Colors peach, flesh or orchid. Sizes "6 io 42. Bargain Baseinent Women’s 79c Sport Hose, Friday Only, 59c Rayon Wool and Cotton Sport Hose, with double heel, toe and sole. Black only. Sizes 9 to Bargain Basement Children’s Gloves Friday Only, 27c Gray Wool and Cotton-mixed Gloves. Sizes 4 to 10 years. Bargain Basement

JEWELRY Novelty Jewelry Friday Only 15c Odd pieces of bar pins, brooches, cuff links, tie clasps, earrings, neck* laces, scarf pins, bracelets, cuff pins, and many others. Main Floor Odd Necklaces Friday Only, SU9 Novelty (manufactured) Pearls, crystals in all colors. Long chains, metal mounted necklaces and other odd pieces. Main Floor I Women’s $1 Wool Unda Hose, Friday Only, 89c Flesh color wool, with feet; ful* length; fine light weight. Palais Royal—Main Floor. Boytf and Girltf Sport Hose, Friday Only 2 for 89c Choice of length—English rib bed hose. Self color or fancy roll tops; medium and heavy weight. Sizes 6 to 10. Palais Royal—Main Floor. $1.75 Knit Drawer Leggins, Friday Ovdy, $1.39 Link stitch. White only. Palais Royal—Third Floor Tailored and K Trimmed Hats (75) Tailored Felts and Hatters? Plush Hats Friday Only, $2.95 In small close-fitting shapes. Black only, tailored with gros grain ribbon band.—S eco n d Floor. Metallic Trimmed Hats, Friday Only, $3.95 In gold and silver. Some flower trimmed, some combined with folds of velvet. An ideal hat to wear with fur coats. Palais Royal—Second Floor. Women’s 59c Under wear, Friday Only 2 for 98c Medium Weight Cotton Underwear. Cream color with Rayon stripe; Shirts are low neck and sleeveless. Bloomers have strong elastic bands at waist and knees. Sizes 36x38. Bargain Basement 59c Chamoisette Gloves, Friday Only, 44c Real Chamoisette Washable Gloves, with wrist strap and Paris point back. Gray or brown. Sizes 7 to 7 1 Bargain Basement 25c Rayon Lace Hand kerchiefs, Friday Only, 2 for 39c First quality. Colons Nile green, copper, Indian red, maize, Copen hagen. navy and white. Bargain Basement Children’s 85c Gowns Friday Only, 74c Made of heavy flannelette. Double yoke. Sizes 4 to 8. Full cut. Bargain Basement ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■l $2.95 Drawstring Bead, Bags, Friday Only $2.19 Made of colored crystal beads, neatly lined with several loops of beads. Main Floor Infants? 85c to SI.OO Knit Bonnets and Toques, Friday Only, 69c White with dainty borders. palais Royal—Third Floor. 25c to 40c Lisle Socks Friday Only, 19c White with colored borders. Rtoes 4 to Palais Royal—Third Floor. China and Housewares $5 Electric Heating PaJ,B— Only, $3.48 4 only of these serviceable pads. Complete with cord and Plug. S4M Hampers— Friday Only, $348 Made of galvanized Iron, white enamel finished, narrow shape; will fit in small space. Gray Enamelware Friday Only, 39c Th'ese are slightly imperfect, but will not hurt their useful ness. 6 to 8 quart stew pots, 2-quart coffee and tea pots, 2-quart water pitchers. $249 Table Tops— Friday Only, $1 White enamel, size 24x40 Damaged little more than usual. Bread Cake Boxes. Friday Only, 69c White and brown japanned finished, in square shape bread boxes, .white cylinder cake boxes. Damaged from han dling. 75c Bud Friday Only, 39c Each Colored glass, in assorted shapes. 75c China Vases— Friday Only, 49c Imported china, decorated in various designs. 50c Candle Shades— Friday Only, 19c Each Parchment paper, neatly dec orated. 35c Cake Plates— Friday Only, 11c Each Decorated with floral and fruit patterns. 20c Odd Sugar Bowls. Friday Only, 8c Plain glass, with light cut design. $1.50 Console Sets— Friday Only, 98c 2-piece sej. Bowl with candle sticks attached. -Black stand. Green only. Palais Royal—Fourth Floor Children's 29c Bloomers, Friday Only, 4 for SI.OO Os flannelette. Elastic knee and waist band. Pink and blue stripes. Bargain Basement Women's 75c Bloomers Friday Only, 64c Made of excellent quality flannel ette. Elastic waist band and knee. Floral .designs. Regular and extra sizes. Bargain Basement Misses 9 SI.OO Knit Princess Slips Friday Only, 88c Fit the figure perfectly and insure smooth fitting dresses. Easily laundered. Sizes 12 to 16. Bargain Basement Maid 9 8 69c White Aprons, Friday Only, 59c With bjb and shoulder straps. Bargain Basement $1.79 Baby Bunting Friday Only, $1.67 Just the garment to keep baby warm on its daily outing. Closed bottom and hood attached. “.c:. I $5 Leather Bags Friday Only, $4.29 Made of genuine pin seal, beaver calf, morocco and patent leather. Styles are flat, underarm and pouch; silk 0* leather lined; fitted with mirror and purse. Maia Floor B

Men’s and Young Men’s S34JO and $39.50 Overcoats Friday Only $27.75 Fine quality Winter Ofer- coats from dur regular stock reduced to the season’* lowest price. Excellent all-wool fab ric, in the popular box; also some Chesterfield models; most* ly one-fotlrth lined with Skin B net’s satin. Colors—gray, tan, brown and heather mixtures. Sixes 85 to 42 —Main Floor. B Young Men’s $34 JO and S39JO Two- Trouser Suits, Friday Only, $26 JO Small sizes 34 to 36 only. V In extra fine grade all-Wool cheviots and cassimeres; light and medium patterns. The B lowest price in a long time for two-trouser suits of this qual- ity.—Main Floor. Men’s Top Coats Friday Only, SI9JO For the conservative dresser. Z- Tailored df all-wool dark gray unfinished worsteds. In staple Chesterfield models. Full lined. Sizes 37 to 44, Including regu- B lar and stouts. Mostly th* larger sizes. Greatly reduced.— Mata Floor. B Babies* 59c and 69c B Flannelette Garments Friday Only, 50c Gowns, petticoats and Wrappers; all white or with dainty borders. Palais Royal—Third Floor

Boys’ $3.98 Suits Friday Only, $2.98 Navy serge trousers and blue linen waist, with button. Sizes 3 to 5. Palais Royal—Third Floor.

98c Velvet Corduroy Friday Only, 79c Yard Splendid assortment of the most wanted shades. This is the famous “Boyduroy” in much demand for robes, dresses and draperies. Palais Royal—Second Floor. B $1.98 Silk Face Duvetyn, Friday a Only, $1.68 Yard Very rich silk pile duvetyn. 36 B inches wide. In great demand for dresses and wraps. Shown in the fashionable shades, also black. Palais Royal—Second Floor. $2.25 All-Wool Jersey Friday Only, $1.95 Yd. •_ 54 inches wide and tubular. Colors, Calf red, tan, copen, navy, pecan Karnak, sandalwood, nut, powder, beige and black. Palais Royal—Second Floor. 49c Kotex r Friday Only, 39c 12 in box. 1 Palais Royal—Main and Third Floors. Children's $1.29 Dresses, Friday Only, SI.OO Just seventy-five Pretty Little Check Crepe Dresses. Trimmed in contrasttag colors. 2 to 6 years. g Bargain Basement Children’s SI.OO Bath Robes, Friday Only, 79c J Only fifty robes in this lot. Some slightly soiled. Light and dark shades. 2 to 3 years only. g Bargain Basement Infants 9 $1.98 Sacques Friday Only, $1.59 Warm, dainty little sacques for these cold mornings. White, trimmed in pink or blue. Bargain Basement Children's 79c and $1 Rompers, Friday Only, 69c Broken lot. In dainty patterns and shades. 2 to 6 years. g Bargain Basement

59c Dressing Sacques Friday Only, 49c Just 50 Dark Figured Percale Sacques. Size 38 to 44. g Bargain Basement

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12 Friday At 8 A. M. Annual Clearance of $300,000 Stock! X Sbelbon and 'II 4 P W* I SplL "W^ r 'li I MMnk II _-A A-- mn II ti ityy e II .Z\\/cS£ W&SWI IS A <wsfltosobn <K IB' „Lz XJZ TH II S J W Sheldon and M ■Slißi MI Z gi^ ni yJr Overcoats. II For Sheldon For Sheldon and Society For Sheldon and Society II Suits Overcoats Brand Suits Overcoats Brand Suits Overcoats II When it came to planning this January classic, it didn’t take us very long H to find out that we didn’t have enough merchandls V n l our^°f II the wonderful success of last year when we put on the clothing sale II in our history. Our stocks were low and clean and flex l ble a J 1 1 d f we were able to go to Society Brand and Sheldon and ask them if they 11 wanted to join in our annual clearance. H They did—with the best they had, and, as weU dressed men know, thetet 11 morrow you can have your choice (at tremendous reductions) of 5,355 suits fnSB& i and overcoats in which two famous manufacturers have contnbuted.pl |H very great portion of our own stock. tliF 11 3,141 Society Brand and Sheldon Suits. Blue serges, black suits, as well as every mixture and pattern you can think of. Worsteds, meres, rough cheviots, flannels, in the newest single a nd double models, and in every size that men come m. And our entire stock of full IMI dress suits and frock coats. We are also including a limited number of U I tuxedos. That’s the sort of clearance this is. UK 2 214 Society Brand and Sheldon Overcoats. Great coats, ulsters, tube S» coats, boxcoats, Chesterfields. Many British fabrics, but all American tailor- W I ing—the standard of the world. Coats for the evening, coats for dress, coats I for business, coats for the motor, coats for every purpose that have a pedi- \l I eree behind them and a future of two and three years good service. 11 M VJ-xvzBXA C4IAV. (First Floor, The Hecht CO.) IW mH I Alterations Will Be Made Without Charge Open at 8 A. M. bW I Note: Although we trfT 17 80 that men may select M are not quoting compar- f H Vs fljl before office hours our I M»i I n iSSI B has been drastically re- F Street at 7th open at 8 o’clock. H JmL duced. L—— C •r*.— flaifw THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925. THE WASHINGTON TIMES Daily —_

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AB! YOU KHPING UP WITH I THE TIMES? COURT LAGS FAR BEHIND ON TRAFFIC DOCKET _ Utilities Commission Faces Strenuous Year TO ACT ON TROLLEY FARES Seven Major Problems Must Be Met by Board—Phone Case to Come Up Seven major problems face the Utilities Commission at the beginning of the new year, Major William E. R. Covell, assistant Engineer Commissioner, revealed today. They are: 1. Settlement of the telephone case. The commission several months ago initiated move to lower the rates. 2, 3 and 4. Settlement by com promise or court action of the val uation cases of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Com panies. Capital Traction Company and Washington Railway and Elec tric Company. An increased street car fare may result. 5. Reorganization of transporta tion facilities to Georgetown, Bur leith and neighboring sections, in cluding the possible connecting of the Rockville line of the W. R. E. with the Connecticut avenue line of the traction company. 8. Additional bus service to Barry Farms, Garfield and other communities in southeast Wash ington. This line would be a feeder to the W. R. E. 7. A survey of the street car sit uation here, including a study of the reasons for a decline in pas sengers, rerouting of street cars and the possible formulation of a program of economy. Faces Busy Year. "A busy year faces the Commis sion. Major Covell said, “These many important matters should be settled within the first few months Os the year. “We are fortunate, however, in that the Potomac Electric Power Company valuation case is settled. This disposes of one of the biggest problems which faced the commis sion.” The first case to be taken up prob ably will be revision of rates of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. This corporation has jjust completed an inventory of its prop erty which commission experts are checking. Another public hearlngto consider lower rates probably will be held. The three valuation cases pending are important. Increased valuations Will undoubtedly be given the gas and street car companies. The boost ed value may result in petitltions to the commission for hgher rates. Two Settlements Possible. Two ways are open to settle these cases: one, compromise the same as the electric company, and, two, ngnt the cases out in the courts. Both the corporations and commission are said to be favorable toward a com promise. The subject of improved transpor tation to Georgetown, Burleith, etc., ramp up several weeks ago. Several plans are before the commission, as follows: Abandonment of the street car tracks on Wisconsin avenue from Georgetown to the District line. Opening of two bus lines, one run ning from the District line, down Wisconsin avenue, down Massachu setts avenue and connecting with street cars at Dupont Circle. Another would start at Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenue, traverse Burleith and other communities and end in Georgetown. The Washington Rapid Transit offered to run these two bus lines if it is also granted permis sion’ to establish cross town bus ser vice from Georgetown tb Fifteenth *nd Maryland avenue northeast. The petition for across town bus line will also come up for consideration soon. Connecting near the District line of the Rockville line and Connecti cut avenue car lines. Street Car Survey. When a public hearing was held recently to consider bus service to Good Hope and Hillcrest, D. C.. citizens requested that additional service be installed to Barry Farm and Garfield. Williayi F. Ham, presi dent of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, offered to investigate conditions in this terri tory and consider the extension by busses of Its Anacostia line. The street car survey, If accom plished. may improve car service generally throughout the city. “Passenger losses of the railway companies are reaching millions yearly,” Major Covel sad, "Conse quently v.arnut, And nighly kicking Old Orief out. The Column’s work ends not here. But in a mission of good cheer, 1 The sweets of love and laughter add. 1 Dispel the dark, make all hearts glad, 1 That there may be upon the Earth, 1 The joys of happiness and mirth. 1 Here's greetings to the bright contrlbs Os bon mots many and the squibs. Poems and pictures and other things, That make the hits, but leave no stings. Coined by minds that see things funny, That make dark places light n;>d sunny. Here's to the Column's friends and fans Who help to make Heard and Seen plans A public blessing day by day. And send Mlse Gladness on the way. To lift all grief from saddened hearts. In the city’s homes and busy marts. Here’s greetings to a few I'll namu: The "Man from Borneo." who is quite J tamo; Here’s to Joe Holman—Ho’s the hoy 1 Who never will with grief alloy. He seeks his friends among the kind That leaves Old Orouch and Blues behind. He also has a touch that's fine. Whene’er he hits the lyric line. "Unde Zeke" and "Arisma Ike." They do make gloom scoot up the 1 pike. 1 There’s "Charley Chink," the China- 1 man 1 "Sambo,” "Old Socks,” and “Also 1 Ran,” 1 "Ginger Jake," and "Slcero 81app,”.« They always have good stuff on tai'. There's "Slllcus,” a learned guy, i Who gets his fire from the sky. No brighter one in Heard and 3e-ei>. He's like that other genius, “Gene Blossom," who's a rare, rcih flower i That blooms with perfume, shine or shower. And "Florence H.” most dear and sweet, Whose lines are alwaya bright and neal. "Pansy Bush" and "Virginia Bright," j "Somebody Cares" for them all right, This trie strikes with heavenly fire. J When they touoch harp, or strum the Lyre. And scores of others I might name, Who'll yet get in the halls of fartie. They help to play the Coolumn’s J game. Kill Old Grouch, dispel despair. Roast blues to brown, give grief the air. They each and all cheerfully add Their bits to make our readers g'ad. A galaxy of shining stars, J Brilliant as ths planet Mars. And still I have not reached the end, I There's yet one more—A dear good J friend J The founder of the Column, you may depend, Had he his way, this Earth a para- dlse O’ joy he'd make—our editor, Bill Price He’d take from hearts their sordid care And fill the Earth with beauty rare. The world with happiness he’d bless. I pray his shadow ne’er grow les?. May he and all I’ve mentioned here, Each know the joy of the New Year. And may you all live, laugh and f thrive, Through nineteen hundred and twen- ty-five. f This Is the wish that I pass on— A Your Pal. the poet, fl CABIN JOHN. fl i PERSONAL MENTION. A lady inquired in a hardware etore for “a pair of cheap skates.” “Sorry, lady,” eaid the new clerk, fl the proprietor and manager are both fl out.” H. SMITH. THE REFORMER. J A reformer said to himself: "Now fl that we have prohibition, why not fl start on tobacco t". .Bo to the first fl man he met he said: “Old man, you fl smoke too much." The old man fl said: “I do amoke a great deal." fl “Do you mind tolling me how fl many cigars you smoke h day?” fl "Yes. I smoke about ten cigars a fl day." fl "How much do they coot yon?” fl "Twenty cents apiece." fl “My! that's St a day. How long fl have you been smoking?" fl "Thirty years.” fl "Two dollars a day for thirty years, X that is an awful lot of money." fl He turned around and said: Do a you see that residence on the cor- x ner?” X "Yeo." X "That is a wonderful house.” X ‘Veg a "And If yon had never smoked in your life, you might own that t-uiid- v Ing today." .J! The smoker turned and looked at (J his questioner and said: "Do you smoke?” "No; I never touched tobacco In q any form in my life.” "Do you own that house?” I) "No.” q "Well I do.” I ROSE S. STREET. SHORT STORY GROUP OF PEN WOMEN TO MEET The craft groups of the district League of American Pen Women will resume their sessions with the close of the holiday season. The short story group, under the leadership of Doctor Mary Meek Atkeson, will meet Monday night. March 1 is the latest date for submission of manuscripts to the contests committee. BRANDECEE EFFECTS TO GO ON AUCTION BLOCK The auction block will be the fate of the personal belongings of the late Senator Frank B. Brande gee of Connecticut, under an order issued by Justice Wiliam Hitz, in Probate Court yesterday. Personal property in the District belongings to the late Senator is valued at 318,731, while hip un secured debts here total >IBO,OOO. waWBHBREs i 2 THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1925. SECOND SECTION jjj BREEZY, BUT BRIEF ft' The “Standard Dictionary” fIX contains about 200,000 words. iu The Standard Oil Dictionary con tains but one: “Dividends.” The man who applies himself to his job isn’t always applying Ji for one. S “Brains must be systematically v exercised,*’ we read. Yes, study S' the dope sheets, work on cross word puzzles, and go crazy. FRED VETTER. 8 Mose What you say tub me J goeo in one ear an* out the other. Snm—Dot’s cause there’s no J brains there tuh stop it. TOM CULHANE. S VHY THEY ARE “POOR FISH.” TJxHtßshi HalDinnekl S Fohl THE MODEL HOUSEWIFE. v She gets up in the morning from a V dream of loads of dirt, J) It makes her cleanly conscience hum, J) the water she will squirt 0 And splash by means of garden hose fi and water buckets, too, And as she quickly comes and goes ft she finds a lot to do. ft There’s dust upon the picture frames, ft there’s grime upon the walls, ft And cleaning all her thinking claims, ft the voice of duty calls; ft She girds her trusty apron on and x grabs her faithful broom, x She throws the rugs out on the lawn X and makes the beater boom. She mops the murk up from the floors; the ceiling gets a swipe; She takes a duster to the doors and I 1 mends a busted pipe; J) She blacks the worn and rusty stove ft and shines the windows up; bl She nibblee on a soothing clove and ft sponges off the pup. ft She paints the house Inside and out; puts patches on the roof; ft She dean the old tin waterspout; X from dawn to dark she’ll hoof; x She ne’er runs out of things to scrub x and tidy up and clean; x She loves to polish and to rub and X show a shining scene. V And, oh. It seems she never tires, she keeps upon the Jump, 1) And every bit of her perspires as B happily she’ll hump, bl And when she dies and goes In grace bl to Heaven’s spotless hall, ft She’ll ask about the other place; ft she won’t feel right nt all. ft GENE BLOSSOM.

ft WRITING TO II AND S. ft “I SEZ-SEZI” sends a greet fl ing to the “contribs who are busy I 1 scattering sunshine in this col- X umn and he inclosed his mes- D sage in an envelope which he ad ft dressed this way, thinking that ft the postman wouldn’t know D where to deliver it: 0 MR. POSTMAN: ft Give this to my old friend Bill; X You know the one who works with a will X He may run out of rhymes X And put this in The Times, But 1 very if he will, I I wr/1 SOROPTIMISTS GIVE HOLIDAY LUNCHEON The Soroptlmists celebrated the holiday season with a luncheon at the Lafayette Hotel, with Mra. Marie Lawyer arrd Mias Charlotte Everett playing Santa Claus The Misses Margaret Gillespie and Helen Barnhart furnished a novel entertainment, and Miss Sadie Newell provided the Christmas music. Soroptlmists will be the guests of the Zonta Club next Tuesday afternoon from 5 to 7 o’clock. VALLEY OF “DRY BONES” SUBJECT OF SERMON “The Valley of Dry Bones” was the subject ’of a sermon preached by the Reverend S. P. W. Drew at watch night services in the Na tional Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, last night. A New Year dinner Is being served at the church Jxxlay. imGATION GAINED IN 1824 Court Cases Increased Both In Number and in Import ance During Year t Crime and litigation in the Dis trict of Columbia is increasing, ac cording to the business transacted in the year just ended by the va rious branches of the District Su preme Court and the Court of Ap peals, and according to the busi ness* Still on the dockets of the courts and of the office of the Dis trict Attorney, awaiting disposal and adjudication. Not only from a numerical view point was there an increase in cases coming before the courts, but also from a standpoint of impor tance, inasmuch as names of Con gressmen, Senators, former Cabi net officers, well-known financiers, oil magnates and others o 2 national -prominence, were mentioned in many of the cases. Teapot Dome Case Up. Os national and, therefore political importance the following cases were brought to the attention of the courts; alleged conspiracy in the famous Teapot Dome oil lease ques tion; contempt of the Senate. in refusal of certain witnesses to answer questions asked in the Teapot Dome case; conspiracy on the part of a Congressman to vio late the national prohibition act; the question as to the legality of publishing income tax returns and that of the Comptroller General of the United States to prevent pay ment of their salary to naval offF cers to reimburse the Government for disallowed payments to depend ents. Another important matter receiv ing the attention of the courts was the rent act question, the Court of Appeals declaring that the housing emergency had ceased and was a thing of the past. An end was also put by this court to officers of the law entering houses and making seizures without proper search war rants. The appellate tribunal re fused to enjoin Secretary Wilbur, of the Navy, from proceeding with the sinking of the battleship Wash ington. George E. Martin, formerly of the Court of Customs Appeals, succeeded the late Constantine J. Smyth, who died, as chief justice of the Court of Appeals. During the past year there wore more suits filed in the District Su preme Court than ever before. On the law side, 1,340 new cases were entered and 1,415 in equity; 116 applications in bankruptcy and 287 mechanics’ liens were recorded. There were 351 persons admitted to citizenship, and 828 filed their dec larations of intention to become citizens. Wills Filed for Probate. Altogether, 890 wills were filed for probate, involving property es timated at over $10,000,000. There was, however, a slight falling off in the number of marriage licenses issued last year by Colonel Kroll, who reported 5,478 permits, as against 5,860 for the preceding year. District Attorney Gordon accom plished a great deal during last year in “cleaning up” his office of cases which had been on the dockets for ten years and more, and in many of which the principals had died or had left town and in which witnesses had disappeared. More than 2,000 cases of this class were dropped, with the approval of the courts. The Court of Appeals rendered opinions in 297 cases and during the year 394 new cases were filed, mak ing it the highest number ever to be recorded within a single year. The January calendar shows that ninety-seven general cases are up for hearing, eighteen on the special calendar, four original petitions and ninety-three patent appeals. LEAP YEAR FAILED~TO INCREASE D. C. MARRIAGES Leap year failed to stimulate the marriage mart in the District of Columbia. A total of 5,483 marriage licenses were issued during 1924, according to the statisticians of the District court house, as compared with 5,83" 'in the preceding year. Women have rapidly become ac customed to taking the initiative In clinching the marital tie, but did not apparently take advantage of all I their Leap Year opportunities. tMftw is sm mS 8 -l n r 'KHM limi tMi E SSHm Ki f -1 MR HHt W' BE' wi bSSMBI jiß B jiMifch-j S Uli 1 H Mik HI BBS;B ft -I*. W Ksi IB- ofl iB W a gca i IfldK W® '-wL l u MSMMr IMMSWOOO A XMMMWOOtt Dish-washing is not the usiial occupation of a young debutante. But when the Junior League of Washington, comprising society’s younger set, goes in for something, its interest is certainly whole hearted. Left to right are shown Elinor Wheeler, Katherine Sutherland, Charlotte Clark.and Del phine Heyl at work in the diet kitchen of the Children’s HospitaL They are members of the leaguers Children's Hospital Committee. JUNIOR LEAGUE LENOS AID IQ HOSPITAL Committees Work In Nearly Every Department of In stitution for Children The question “Just what do’es the Junior League do?” is frequently asked. Here’s the answer —or more properly one answer. Under the leadership of Miss Eleanor Wheeler, chairman, and Miss Helen Towns ley, sub-chairman, the Junior League maintains a Children’s Hospital committee, which carries on a val uable work in an institution some what understaffed —as most hos pitals are. It’s honest-to-goodness work, to, in the diet kitchen, washing d'shes, scrubbing pans and cooking special dishes for the convalescent children; in the clinic, helping the nurses with the weighing and measuring and in the wards, keeping the children amused. The hospital au thorities are enthusiastic in their praise of the real devotion shown by the girls and their dependability even at this holiday season. The group, whose special province is the diet kitchen, includes Mrs. Lewis Arthur, Miss Eqgenie Le jeune, Miss Delphlne Heyl, Miss Helen Colbert, Miss Charlotte Free man Clark, Miss Harriet Love and Miss Eleanor Northrup. The dis pensary workers are Miss Peggy Edwards, Miss Nancy Hawkins, Miss Cecil Lester Jones, Miss Nor vel Mumford, Miss Corinne Stejh ens. Miss Laura Towne, and Mlns Helen Townsley. Miss Katherine Sutherland, daughter of former Senator Howard Sutherland, has re solved herself single-handed into an entertainment committee, keep ing the convalescent youngsters amused. Then there's the sewing commit tee, of which Mrs. Eustache Flor ance, jr., is chairman —a committee which has expended 31.000 for the hospital and produced 1,0000 articles —sheets, pillow cases, babies’ cloth ing, etc. Miss Lucille Johnson and Mrs. Edgar Allan Poe, usually do their work in the mending room at the hospital; and the girls who sew at home for the institution are Mrs. Florance, Miss Emily Chase, Miss Margaret Hicks, Miss Con stance Newell and the Misses Eliza beth and Margaret olnay. The various committees also have banded together to work for the annual ball for the benefit of the Children’s Hospital, which is to be held on Friday night at the New Willard Hotel, with the President and Mrs. Coolidge in attendance, and have contributed in no small measure to its already assured suc cess. seeksVreedom from WIFE, ALLEGED INSANE Alleging that his wife is of un sound mind. Milton E. Lowe, nine teen, is asking a divorce from Mrs. Lucille B. Lowe in the District Su preme Court. Lowe says his wife has b 0 11 a P H tient in the psychopathic ward of Galllnger Hospital and is now at St. Elizabeth’s. He had no knowledge of her condition at the time Tia WM married, be alleges. CONCERT Friday, January 9, 1925, 8:15 p. m., at the United Statea Marine Corpa Institute Hall, Eighth and Eye streets southeast, by the United States Navy Band Or chestra. Charles Benter, direc tor; Miss Gretchen Hood, guest soloist. Spanish march. “Vito’’.., Lope Overture, “Light Cavalry*’ Von Suppe Suite, "Caucasian Sketches’* Ippolltow-Iwanow In the Mountains. In the Village. In the Mosque. Procession of the Sirdar. Piccolo solo, "Thru the Air” Damm (John W. BAI.) Grand scenes from the opera, "Werther" Massenet Soprano solos— "Duna" McGill "Songs My Mother Taught Me." Dvorak (Mies Gretchen Hood.) Valse, "Kiss Waltz’’ Strauss Introduction to Act 111, from the opera, “Jewels of the Madonna" Wolf-Ferrari Excerpts from "Glrofle-Glrofla" Lscoq March. "Lure of Alaska". .Benter (Dedicated to the late President, Warren G. Harding.) Finale, “Star-Spangled Banner." DIVORCE SUIT FOUNDED ON MONEY-DIFFICULTIES Answering a suit for divorca brought by his wife, William Wy man, proprietor of an automobile accessories shop at 924 H street northwest, says she- was in the habit of abstracting money from the cash register while working with him in the store. The husband also charges his wife with conspiring to have him adjudged Insane. He asks for a limited decree. WIFE ASKS WRIT TO RETAIN MATE IN D. C. Determined to keep her husband in Washington, Mrs. Jessie J. Mc- Coy, 2106 G street northwest, has asked that a court writ of ne exeat be issued against him. She is suing Howard L. McCoy, former Department of Agriculture employe, for a limited divorce. She believes he will attempt to leave the city before the suit is ended. Ne'Sm SATURDAY J3D3 —_ ALL-WASHINGTON HOME TOWN PAGE Debs Refuse to “Come Out of The Kitchen” They Started To A,id Children's Hospital— Want To Stay. FIRST WEDDING DF NEW YEAR CELEBRATED Couple Wedded at Midnight At Close of Service in Me morial M. E. Church The first Washington wedding of the New Year was solemnized a few moments after midnight at the Met ropolitan Memorial M. E. Church, where Miss Jeanette L. Denfen *daugh, of Amando, Ohio, and Allen B. Harraison, of Bedford, Pa., were married by the Reverend Harry D. Mitchell. The .wedding was the concluding event on a special watch service at the'church, and was the outcome of a romance of the Capital that be gan during the war. The couple met at the Metropoli tan Memorial Church in the days when the doors of the building were opened to service men and clerks in the Government departments. At that time Miss Denfendaugh was employed at the Veteran’s Bureau and Mr. Harraison was a member of the marine corps. Eugen'e Scheele, secretary of the church, was the bridegroom’s best man and Miss Hermina Ellis, a mem ber of the church choir, was maid of honor. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Harraison left for Bedford, Pa., where they will -make their home. WOMEN SINGLE TAXERS TO HEAR MISS HALLETT The regular monthly meeting of the Woman’s Single Tax club will be held with Miss Hallett, 1811 H street northwest, at 8 o’clock next Monday night. “The Right of Property in Land” will be under discussion. FIVE MS HAT SPEED NOW Drunken Driving Cases Pend With Prospect of Trial Far in Future “At the rate we are going it would take over five years to dis pose, by jury trial, of all the cases of driving while drunk now docket ed, provided that no more arrests were made for that offense,’* said Assistant Corporation Counsel Ed ward Thomas today after an in vestigation of the cases pending. This information was included in a statement gotten up at the re quest of Judge McMahon, at Police Court, for use at the hearing be fore the House District Committee. 250 Trials Waiting. ‘"This Is purely an estimation,* declared Mr. Thomas, "but since June 22, 1923, when the court re quested that we separate the traf fic cases from all others, we have had but 97 jury days, resulting in the. trial of 105 cases, 95 per cent of which pertained to driving while drunk, We have .250 yet to try-* Statistics show that slightly More than one case Is tried every jury day, and with the use of a jury every nine days, during which time between fifteen and eighteen cases of driving-while-drunk are made, the court lags further and further be hind the docket. Besides the drlvingwhlle-drunk cases waiting trial,.there are fqrty five cases of reckless driving and twenty miscellaneous cases. A large percentage of the reckless driving cases are disposed of with out jury. In the twenty other cases are included violations of the phar macy laws, etc. 5,d00 Cases Heard. Since the beginning of the prac tice of holding a preliminary hear ing of colliding cases In the office of the assistant corporation counsel, more than 5,000 cases have been heard in which no "informations" were filed. The findings In about 900 cases, In a corresponding length of time, has resulted In sending the cases Into court. A total of 2,500 cases of colliding In which no preliminary hearings were held, 1,470 cases charging driv ing while intoxicated and 427 cases of reckless driving have been filed since June, 1923. Mr. Thomas estimated that there have been approximately 74,000 cases in all since that date Invol ving traffic violations, out of total number of 121,000 cases of all kinds heard in the District of Ccr lumbia branch of Police Court. D. C. RED CROSS AIDS WALTER REED PATIENTd Thirty bed-side bags for the new beds In Walter Reed Hospital bhvs been made by the hostess and recreation committee of the District chapter of the American Red Cross. These’ bags are filled with toilet articles, writing paper, pencils, and other things that help to ease the lot of the soldier invalids. The committee will resume its ministrations in the Washington service hospitals after January 15.

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