Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1922, Page 23

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. DECEMBER 10, 1922—PART 1. ; * " WILSON AGTIVITY | IS NOW PREDICTED Leaders of Both Parties in Congress View Him as Political Factor. CHALLENGE BY PRESIDENT Unwarranted Statements Made About Clemenceau Visit. Foch “Snub” Denied. BY JOHN EDWIN NEVIN. Woodrow Wilson is exp ed to be- come a very active factor in national affairs long before next summer rolls around. That was the decl terday of repul ation here yes- and democratic congressional leaders alike. It fol- lowed carcful anal of t! tdress of President Warren Harding to Cong 1 which he dealt with more “live dynamite” than any other chief executive in the nation’s history. The President threw down the the former administ art o his own . insisted that, inasmuch Mr. W health is vastly im- " proved, h be relied on to ac- cept the cf : C 4 Nir. know just what him- he o one mits is a w ItimoTe on ¢ jubile probably a score s whether M Ao Sraned |SEEK EXGOVERNOR Down Avenue| [N RUSSELL TRIAL Cranked while in reverse gear, a automobile owned by Johm C. Schneider of 2309 Wisconsin avenue northwest started on a spectacular, driverless run backward down Pennsylvania avenue from 15th to 14th streets about 8 o'clock last right. Policeman E. K. Shelton of the firét precinct jumped to the running board and stopped it. Experiencing self-starting trouble, S proceeded to turn the ne over by hand, forgetting to the gear-shift lever in “nmeu- The engine started and im- mediately the automobile began nz backward in a remarkably stralght line down the Avenue, at- taining a speed of about fifteen miles an hour. bad example of ‘automobile courtesy,' " remarked the policeman as he turned the subdued car over to its putling owner. I T. G. Bilbo Wanted by Plain- tiff in Miss Birkhead’s Suit for Damages. OXFORD, Miss., December 9.—Inter- est in the damage suit instituted by Miss Frances Birkhead against Lee M. Russell, Governor of Mississippi, cen- tered tonight in efforts being made to locate Theodore G. Bilbo, former gov- ernor, and wanted as a witness by the plaintifr. The case was halted late today when attorneys for Miss Birkhead exhausted avallable witnesses to be called in re- | buti and asked a continuance until MEETS DEATH N RAD continuance was ordered over the pro- test of the defense. The defense completed the p Alleged Moonshiners Accused in Kentucky Fight—Federal Troops Asked to Be Ready. i tion of evidence at the morning sssi of court and the plaintiff exhausted its December Duff, federal prohibition | Witnesses after an hour of the plauned afternoon session. Mra. Russell Testifies. i ntest for th the last defense wit- Schauber told of money ernorship, were Mr. nesses, Miss Birkhead. He explained that friends of the governor made up a fund ©f $600 to be given her when it was re- ported that she was planming to ma allezations against the sovernor publ ocinted Press. NT STERLING, Ky Robert E a was shot from ambush by al-1 Mr. also declared tnat Miss leged moonshiners fn the hills of ! Birkhead had threatened to Kill the Fov. Menifee county, ernor and, after a storm o in the on agents from variou sections of the state were being a sembled here tonight to join a posse which was belng formed to go to the | scene of the batt! office of the governor at the capitol, she Bained possession of a pistol, but she was disarmed. F. R. Ross, assist of Jacksen, one of ant chief of police w ever azain would become an x the witnesses call- active candidate for the presiden A telegram sent by United jed in rebuttal, could not recall that Like the diplomat that she Is, she |States Commissioner W. H. Wood to | Miss Birkhead ever had been arrested tery smilingly cvaded direct re- | the Secretary of War, asking that the jin Jackson. piy. e inding officer at Fort Thomas Say Misn Birkhead Fainted That is where the 2 tructed to hold troops in read-; - : i > 3 ne of the| Several witnesses testified in denial “fuurteen so far Vs refused t see what is in_ his mind >t though his Ith i ng better daily there s not come i manner en a sugzestion t s ready to take a public po: events, always, of course ddress he has sent to on why he be- his 1t and of | to entrain for the s of defense evidence that the young |woman, while at a dance had been drinking and “fell out” on the floor of the dance hall. According to the rebuttal testimony, Miss Birkhead bat { “Details of the battle, brought here Ly Duff's companions, were to the effect that the agent was leading the group of raiders in an advance on a| 2 | fainted. cay where indications pointed to 2 the existence of a still, when a volley | _3Miss Birkhead, the final witness et L today, declared untrue testimony of | was Iseveral witnesscs that She at one jtime made charges of seduction POSSE RECOVERS BODY. [ .00, ("® (i8S of, Sauction ia state institution. In December i leged misconduct tes dents of al- MOUNT STERLING, K % & ok ¥ d 1o by other HSwRuaan S ot ous Federal prohibition agents and|witnesses, were declared “absolutely a E ! ossemen tonight recovered the body |untrue” by the youns woman. Unwarranted Statements. of Agent Robert C. Duff, fifty, killed Birkhead took issuc with st ertain who med | tyaay in a skirmish with moonshiners | made by Mr. Schauber that to his i who were barricaded in a cave in the | Russell knew mnothing of any * Stood. | hiils of Menifee county, east of here.!money payments made to her. She ;anbers of the band had fled farther |#sserted that one payment of $40 on from him. this, various staten regarding rges Clem- au to the former Pre . Most of as a matter of fact have been rranted. The quarter-hour chat was ex- tremely personal, in that it dealt with the men themselves instead of with the subject dearest to their minds. World problems but M. Clemenc, humorous episode in France, and Mr. Wilson “Tiger” a far as M. Clemenceau was con- cerned, he was disturbed by the sug- ions that Mr. Wilson did not de him to v him. This feeling intensified by the declaration when Marshal Foch tried to the ex- ident a vear ago, the progress of the naval he was snubbed. act truth was that visit during armament conferenc ing the now world-famous was obtained vesterday. Noth- ing took place along the lines that were broadcast at the time, but far per- sonal reasons no effort ever was made by Mr. Wilson to set at rest the un- true report. It can be stated that there was Mr. d Mrs. Wilson did expect to receive - allied commander-in-chief, but they d_to set any date for the ex- pected visit, When Marshal Foch reached Wash- ington he told 2 member of his party one morning that he wanted to go out and visit Mr. Wilson immediately. The individual consulted ordered the automobiles at the disposal of the French commander-in-chief around to the Willard Hotel and a start was made for the S street residence. Had Indigestion Attack. About an hour earlier M had been seized with an | neither snub nor thought of snub. an i Wilson tack of indigestion and his physicians were alled in. When the Foch party reached the S street house there w. nobody downstairs but a_secretary | and member of the Wilson household When the door bell rang it was| epened by the secretary, who does | not speak French, Marshal Foch and two members of his party presented their cards. They were told that Mr. Wilson was indisposed. Cards were have been made! into the Lills when the officials and)}‘{':’ Klll\‘en her in the presence of Mr. ell. She said she understod paid her was from the governor. “Otherwise, 1 would not have ‘ac- cepted,” said the plaintifr. possemen arrived. Hringing word of the battle here, Duff's companions obtained reinforce- ments and returned to the scene of the fight. Entering the deserted cave, they found evidences of moonshinin but the plant proper had been re- moved. The dead agent had been stripped of his arms and ammunition. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Miss Janet Richards will speak of NEW YORK REPUBLICANS p.m.. at new Masonic Temple, for bene- | } fit of poor churches. the $600 Declaring the republican party in W":‘l"ifl?::*g;h:;f';f?;'}fifi:‘::: New York appears to have “lost con- home of Mrs. E. A. Le Lacheur, Ma. | tact with the people.” Representatives gruder avenue and Columbia Toad. | Luther Mott and Hamilton Fish, jr., All interested n the welfare of the |of that state, announced last might sub division are invited. sio that a letter was being drafted to Reintrict Soclety, Soms of American |Republican State Chairman George p;}u I::orta;a\*e:?:efloté. "t’ss:r-:;xellx. Morris, requesting him to call a Herrick will speak of “Our Public | conference of their party, with a view Domain.” Charles B. Hanford will|to lining it up behind “certain pro- §ive readings: | 8Tessive measures.’ j_The two representatives said a Vincent B. Costello Post, Ameriean | number of their colleagues in Wash- Legion, will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., | ington had indicated & desire to sign in boardroom of District building. { the letter, which would suggest that |.\'ew York republican congressmen. Parkyview Citizens’ Ansociatioin will | legislators, county chairmen and meet Tuesday night in Parkview School for election of officers. Albert J. Jones will entertain with leger- demain. Congresas Heights Citizens’ Asxo- ciation will meet tomorrow evening. Telephone demonstration. Piney Branch Citizens’ Association will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., at Iowa state committeemen be invited to at tend the meeting and consider the i advisability of urging the state leg- islature to support “the statewide Pprimaries, reorganization of the state government and genuine home rule measures, with reference to the t situation, etc.” ‘The younger element in the party will not follow or remain in if the old reactionary ‘Wilmarth Brown Unit, American deposited and the party left. More than an hour afterward Mr. | Wilson issued orders that should the ¥rench marshal call he would receive n in his droom. But it was not until forty-eicht hours later that it was learned that the party had been there and had departed. “That is the only basis for the snub report, it was explained sterday ‘The real facts were that both the former President and Mrs. Wilson had expected to receive the French hero in the most informal fashion, but this was made impossible by the failure of those in chargze of the visit to consu!t any one in authority at the Wilson home. The Clemenceau visit, following on Mr. Wilson's Armistice day address, has served to emphasize that in any plans or preparations for the next national campaign the attitude of Mr. ‘Wilson himself will have to be taken into consideration. With returned health he must be consulted by the party leaders, it is declared. (Copyright, 1 ) ACGUSED IN DEATH 1 OF CLOSEST FRIEND Ry the Associated Press. BAY CITY. Mich., December 9. —Ar- raignment of Harold H. Mendell, fortv-two, charged with the slaying of his closest friend, Rollin Morgan, thirty-five, whose body was recovered from the Kawkawlin river August 9 last. was posgnoned late today until Jonday. Mendell is being held in- communicado at the county jail. An admonition to investigate Mor- ®an's death, received at the sheriff’s office from an unidentified woman, led to the charge against Mendell, according to Sheriff Theodore Tru- dell. The sheriff said the woman called_while he was absent and told Mrs. Trudell Morgan’s death might not have heen accidental. Morgan's body was _disinterred. Physicians said he had not been drowned, but that a blow on the tem- ple had rendered Morgan unconscious and that he had died from suffoca- tion. That Mendell was in love with Morgan’s wife is an angle of the case the prosecutor's office is_investigat- ing. it was announced. The Morgan and Mendell families are said to have been much together. IMrs. Morgan Jeft here shortly after her husband's funeral and is said to have joined her parents in Albuquerque, N. M. Morgan was the father of three children, the eldest seven years old. . A commission to study a system of workmen's compensation will be raméd by the Quebec government shortly. e § | to Great Fans. ‘Women's Legion, will meet tomorrow, | 8 p.m., with Mrs. D. W. Brown, Clifton | Terrace South. The Men's Club of St. Mark’s Parish will have its annual turkey dinner Thursday, 6:30 p.m., in the parish | hall, 3d and A streets southeast. One-carat blue- white absolutely perfect diamond. Guaranteed Value. The Women’s Club of Bethesda, will | meet Tuesday, 2 p.m., at the home of : Mrs. L. W. Glazebrook, 2022 P street. Mixs Janet Richards will begin a | series of eight lectures under_aus- | pices of business department, Y. W. C. A.. tomorrow, 8:15 p.m., at Church of Our Father. i The nationnl executive board of the | League of American Pen Women will § meet tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., at the| clubhouse, with Mrs. Louis N. i Py Geldert, national president, presiding. | carat, in white gold Luncheon will be served-in the club | mountings. dining room following the meeting. | ‘Guaranteed Value. The free lobby concert at the Cen- | tral Y. M. C. A. tomorrow night will | begin at 7 o'clock sharp. The public | is invited. Those to take part in the | program will include Miss Hl.llle' Herfurth, Miss Margaret Cook, Miss | Jindra Mala, C. A. Pendleton, Miss | Josephine Leonard and Miss Marjorie | G. Davis. | ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TODAY. The Red Triangle Outing Club will meet at 36th and M streets, at 2.15 o'clock, and start from Prospect Hill Chicken dinner at Dickey’s. Mr. Greenley will lead. H Blue-white Dia- ntond about %- All-platinum _Wrist Watch, surrounded by blue-white cut dia- monds. 17-jewel guaranteed ‘movements. ‘Washington Wanderlusters will meet at 15th and H street northeast at 2:30 o'clock, and hike to Carters lane and East Riverdale. A short! walk, campfire and music. Bring lunch. Walter W. Paige will lead. Prof. Garnet C. Wilkinson, assist- ant superintendent of public schools, will speak at 12th street branch, Y. M. C. A, 1816 12th street, at 4 o'clock. Subject: “Our Responsibility to the Boys.” Mrs. Lora La Mance will speak at | 3 o'clock in Westminster Presbyterian Church, under auspices of Southwest W. C. T. U Dr. W. A. Howard of the New Era Church wiil give a free illustrated lecture on astronomy. at 3 o'clock, Musicians’ Hall, 1006 E street. The Aurora Social Club will meet at 5 o'clock, 504 H street northeast. All Jewish young men invited. TONIGHT. Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch will speak on protective labor laws for women at 25 1st street, Woma Party headquarters, at 8 o’clock. Th! will be in place of the usual Sun. day tea. All - platinum = Dinper Rings. 9 full cut blue- white diamonds. $100% FORMERLY WITH' A. KAHN Kevin Barry Council, American As- sociation for Recognition of Irish Re. public, 8 o'clock, 1006 E street, The | payments alleged to have been made to A Women in World’s Affairs Various Préblems to Be Taken Up in Conference. |Y.W.C. A. Officials on Program-—Plans Three Meetings. Mrs. Robert E. Speer. president of To Be Subject of Lectures Here the national boanl of the Y. W. C. A, of America, and Miss Mabel C general sccretary of tiat board, [be I Washington three {week to address the women of Wash- ington on the problems of women} Hocally, nationaily and international- | They are coming at this time {under the sponsorship of many lead- ling women of local society who feel MRS, REEER i that there a need to discuss and ' e, understand the. - probiem: of these mectings on {ifferent phases S coting held on Wednes- | 9] Vomen in the World's Recon- Vaane Gratimastag ol onipys struction.” Miss Cratty, who accom- i e T panied John D. Rockefeller's party on Friday afternoon at the home of sent (o the orient to study economic Robert Woods Bliss, will he r apcial Jcontitions) Famonegifhe 1o those women whio receive o y i Cwill s on the 9o AL vakening of Public Consciousness Eollow by the bonor | Among Oviental Womens R atveirs On " Thursday afternoon at 2:30 SRRl DY j ol pthier meeting will be held Christ in 4 € will be onen to all women of the s city who interested in these sub- i tine will b d in of iphany Church. will talk on the his meeting that g12 (00 00BLAZE LAID T0 FIREBUES 2,500 Homeless in Astoria, Ore.—Relief Work Begun. 14 Looters Nabbed. 1o W M L 1 Press Ore, Dec yed 100,000 fire which ¥ centy-four blocks of the city’s bus und set on foot measures | to re the 2,500 ms made | S0 homeless by the conilagration. Mayor Bremi yesterday the opinion the fire w r could be charged to wdical Chief st Police Carlson concurred in this be- & ex en um certain that radicalism is re- | residential sect Rain fell today on th ins, help- ol ing the firemen quench the smolder- ! ing remnants of the I One report was that out in a poniroom at one side of the | Beehive dey hent store. and short- |y 1y afterw. nother fire was d covered on the other side of store. Investigators tod might be accounted for | spreading under the piling on which the building was erecte. “If the fire was of inc it was a pure of Dewitt Gilbert, Astoria Budget. ¥ origin jme . said J. R feve HLO: ne do not be \\\\\\\\‘.HHHHHH///////// Diamond Specialists For Over 30 Years A diamond bought at our prices is not an expenditure but an invest- ment. anteed. Prices and values are guar- WHY WONDER WHAT TO GIVE? Give Jewelry, the everlasting present. Our stock is complete. 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Two pierced Her- gentiment that reconstruction on a!ran's hody and he died almost in- lagger, and finore substan : One of the bullets wounded would start as soo : of 1t mediate relief needs we pplied. iIsaac Houch, a farmer, forty years 1 Blanton ran a few yards and sur- i to the town marshal. He hed to the A few min- ter the grand jury, which was returned an indictment murder. shot at Wil- A crowd of v and Warner sheriff, attempted The prisoner re- =y st degre father ws Creek on Ju en hecame disord anton, a deputy make an arres o leaders and policies here is any ground for attributing and, according to testimony TSRSt e are &y gominate” sald a_statement|{hfire th ralicals The' Iusirial | omered at the trial, Herron and others Walter S. Adams. acting director | 0U€d Dy the two representatives. | jryation at Astoria not been dis- | o & of Mount Tvilson Observatory, will | “Some of the party leadors are under | jusred. There hive becn some. meiias | L00K I - ‘;‘. non S give an illustrated lecture on “The | the suspicion of being controlled by|{ors here, but there had been no|to the as o sonyihey Motions of the Stars” Tuesday, 8:30 the corporations and this influence strike.” deputy, d several shots were fired p.m., in administration building of | Must be wiped out before the party — sing his death. Carnegie Institution. Open to public. | SN Tegaln the faith of the voters. . e b - = | The party must make every effort to| I believe a man should give his wife| Iierron and three other men were The Sixteenth Street Heights Club | Show its good faith by supporting | plenty of rop: e - ltried for the killing. All were ac- will meet Tuesday afternoon. with | broressive leglslation at Albany and | “That's what I did with mine, and| *€C ©0 Mrs. Dantzig, 7000 Blair road, Ta- | Washington. Lshe skipped hange. b koma Park. i SNURLZ = = 7 Blue-white Dia- mond slightly less than one carat. Guaranteed Value. 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Lasky for the match. Mme. Negri and Chaplin, it w 84id, held a conference in Los Angele Thursday as to whether they should make any announcement concerning their reported marriage, but <ecided Special Dispatel to LOUS ANGELES —Pola Negri insists that there bars in the way of her n Charley Chaplin and, like the of tragedy she is, she tells the she has the “papers” to prove it ie Star. Calif., December 9 are no rrying que world the two draw- A cable from Berlin was responsible for N wh ri's rending the veil of silence h she has enshrouded herself mors of ey betrothal to Chaplin began to be bruited about, and when the meaning of the in sizzling and as convi i o cand the mavor. “Of course, | Fison Blanton, twenty-four vears old, | 1 1 be horeugh investiga- | Shot and killed Herron on the ! tion than has been possible. When it js | cOurthouse sty & few over, I am sure it will De established jminutes after Herron had been acquit- | that the fire was [t of Killing the former's father. i The town of Astoria grew from piles; William Blanton : | built far out into the water. The piles| Sheriff's deputies were guarding th Vot o1 Ao the o 1il tonight, as the cons originally were he 1 Water o fecommo quence of reports tha effort would otherwise would hay { be made to Iynch the vounger Blanton. i | The inx of Herron was wit- chine gun in its rapidit After the first fires spent the tempo of her modulated and she relapse lish. ) e pers to prov ¥ decree - depo and 1 2 ave a letter from my r which I received when T w Berlin, telling me 1 nad b my divorce.” was her empha ment it’ Isn’t that e pared to re way you'd li ing that you It had | would | to let matters stand as they were. | 1 Before you know PLANES SCOUR BORDER | SENATOR EDRE OFF FORLOSTU. 3. OFFCERS| o HONEYMOON Mystery Still Surrounds Disap- pearance of Col. Marshall |Leaves With His Bride for aaiflaEnt PV ebher: Canada Prior to Sailing the Associated Press, for Europe. DIEGO, cCalif., December 9.— | A most comprehensive aeronautical ; Imuch by the government was put | By the Associated Press. into effect’today in an effort to clear | BATH. Me, December 9—Un': lup the mystery surrounding the dis- | States Senator Walter E. Edgc appearance of Col, Francis H. Mar- of New Jersey and his bride, for: .. rly 1l and Lieut. Charles I Webber. | Miss Camilla Sewall, daughi - of As dusk )proached, however, no|Harold M. Sewall of this city, left definite word regarding the fate of |}ate today for Canada on their honey- {the two officcrs, who left Rockwell |Mmoon. Their plans, o far as was for Fort Huachuca, |KnOWn here tonight, provided for viland airplane, with spending a few days in Quebec be- fore sailing from New York next Sat- Ariz, in a de ¥ | Webber as pilot, had been received, E {and another dus's search was planned. | Urd2y for England. Their stay in At noon today five more airplanes, SUroPe, it was sald. would be over from Fort Bliss joined the Rockwell | the Christmas holidays, but the | aircraft forces at Tucson, un- [1¢REth of the tour would depend upon Capt. Lowell 11 Smith. This | the course of events at Washington. rnoon nine military airplanes, ex- | The bride wore a traveling gown cnding in & lme estimated to e | Of black velvet with a jacket of white nearly ten s wide, swept south- (ur #nd a black velvet hat with t from Extrella, Ariz, where the |€rMine talls. Grace Episcopal Church : ¢ reported seen, | W3S filled to capacity at noon for the wedding, the guests including | searching territory that had not yet | men and women prominent in the of- der a mil ¥ | been covered ficial life of the state and nation. “ i - After the ceremony, which was per- i capr. eported o 3 ApL- Smith reported by telesraph f o, 0o . The. rector, By, Chmries that Licut. Webber's plane had circled | M, Tubbe, the wedding party and Buests were entertained at 2 wedding breakfast and reception at the old colonial home of the bride’s parents. istrella at a low H sevidently alti to check h then had v de Thursday, bearings, and ered off to the southeast, : Although President Harding jin the mon ns of that section. junable to be present, owing to tl recent illness of Mrs. Harding, the { White House did not overlook the event. Senator and Mrs. Edge re- ceived a telegram while they were in the receiving line at the reception extending the congratulations and best wixhes of the President and Mrs. Harding. Numerous other messages [from friends at home and abroad reached the bridal couple during the day. i FIVE DIE IN AUTO CRASH. i Three Victims Children—Five Others Are Injured. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., December T 9.—Five ms were killed, three of | { g vas made known to her Jiuhein etillases. analixe [thers Nin® | i SRR ool VAR mtLon MO derstood that it being (jdured. when @ motor car ran off @ yice President and Mrs. Coolidge, left till the wife of Courd culvert 1 fell into a ditch of water |, o checial train for Portland en route 2 o 4 near here tonight. A man named Gib- | % SRS T i, she commented widely, {tone and his wife were drowned as = ‘ 1d o the point. But, au. e t eplldren. & aictiiha o s e A sirea* Tuo of"ine | DEBATE FLOOD CONTROL. to Polish, a language which is not be The children be- e o ing generally spoken by news seribes and Howell. Legislation affecting flood contr:l 8 0 t this season, they were ot recorded Dere sestcrduy” by, ireciors. of the i P E vesterd: y tors of o for the edification of film fans, TRAIN KILLS PRIEST. | Bioe ey o e reiror A Suflice it to say her statement was it Kas, December ‘The | Sociation preparatory to the appei i ance of spokesmen for the organt romas MeNieve, siXtY,) ion before a House committee th.: arish priest at St Marys, Kas., was | wok. 1o wos feciged o e o antly Killed and William Ryan,| pending Humphries-Wilson bill th. ris-one, @ lay brother. was fatally | basis for discussion before the con mittee. Aside from the flood control que tion, the House committee will tai up navigation on the Mississippi a: the Ohio, with particular referer to the maintenance of the barge lin: established by the federal govery ment. This matter will be discuss. its| by representatives from Pittsburg + and other mid ern cities affect | wh by the Rock jurs automobile was | Island _passenger a mile north or Topeka to- —_— in the fourth century, have been the first city attempt to light s Christmas! what you say every year? And witha kind of undertone of regret because you aren’t pre- member your friends and family the ke to. There’s no need to feel that way. You can wel- i come the ap proach of December next year, know- will have a big fat check to spend over and above all ordinary expenses. Our 1923 Christmas Club will open tomorrow for the enrollment of members. Join now and learn the pleasant feeling that comes from the bank.” Sc Club—Membe fay “ money in Here Are the Clubs: ng Sc and increasing Sc each week for 50 weeks will reccive $63.75 and snterest. $25 Club—Members paving 50c a week for 50 weeks receive $25 and interest. $30 Club—. Mewmbers paying $1 a week for 50 wecks receive $50 and interest. $100 Club—Members paying $2 a week for 50 wecks reccive $100 and snterest. 250 Club—Members paving $5 a week for 50 weeks receive $250 and snterest. $500 Club—Mecmbers paving $10 a week for 50 wecks recesve $500 and interest. 3% interest will be paid on all accounts where payments are made regularly i ' MT. VERNON Savings Bank N.E.Coro®5t. M and Mass.Ave ‘Opposite the v