Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1922, Page 2

SENDS CHRISTMAS TO50.C. HONES| Salvation Army Distributes Baskets of Food and “Good- ies” Among Poor. WEE FOLK ENTERTAINED Concert, Vocal Solos and Ex- hibition by Professional Juggler in the Program. where poverty had of Christmastide, sent heavily Inte 500 homes, dimmed the the Salvation Army to laden baskets of food to grace the Christmas tables of those unfortunate souls who have tasted only hard bread and milk for duys and spirit even weeks, : The 500 baskets. each containing enough fuod for a family of five. were ibuted from the former Knights of Columbus Hall, ai 6th and ¥ strects, at noon. Bach bas con- 1ter, a- free, appl and candy. tained a chicken, bread, w roni, bean potatoes, Heneficiaries File Into Hall ng before the hour scheduted for the distribution of the b of Christmas “cheer” desp ut- - = men. women and children to the hall with cards in their iands which entitled them to the food which wi ten their homes and relicve, rily at least, the r. As each basket was rs. Rudoiph Jose with v Christn a broad smile crept over the of the hungry ones and they departed with renewed hope ntertainment for Children. After the distribution of the bas- hets, the Army e ined about S00 dy children at ument in the au- a Christimas enterta; ditorium of the hall. and presented each of them with toys and candy The progr of ent < neert by sional jug, distribution direction of in charge of th Salvation Army Indu & David Stitt, w Distriet branch ¢ the s industrial at 1 Pennsylvania ave- nue. k this evening Ad- Paxton will give ixty inmates and pre- nd A pr 1 of enter- I be furnished by players Dramatic School. oth of the O Cuf _————— “AINTGOTNO STILLS," “JUST ONE” IS WORKIN Revenue Men Raid David Glover and Capture 160 Gallons of Corn Liquor. Revenue men and polic; today confiscated 150 gallons of corn i, oY liquor and between 400 and 500 lons of mash in a raid op the house of David Qloker! &t°624 “Deluware avenue southwest The olfactory organs of Frohibi- tion Agents Ruby d Fowler responsible for first hint of a They scented the fumes of cc said. in passing the hou nfirmed the their noses iin wof the « h Glover us and express roned Warrant Is Obtained. 2! i | . judgment -fto come from our r At 3 o'clock the agents went 1o the home of United States Commissioner MacDonald and obtained a warrant. | 2 ompanied by Lieut. Eremmer- man and _i'clicemen O'Donnell and Carroll of the precinei, the a went s house and | doing with those replied Ther. over Put Under Arrest. e of the w rest of « pufacturing rant followed nd 1. ion of liquor as th St stey fore Commissioner Macbonald Glover was held under for action of the gr. agents declare they stiils—one of fifty- the ather of twenty ton- which they seized with the mash and Hquor. MRS. HARDING MAY PRFSIDE AT DINNER (Continued from First Page.) will permit her to go to the dining room, unless there is some set-back. Wil Not Have Tree. Although no arrangements have been made to have a Christmas tree in the White House. it is known that the executive and Mrs. Harding antici- pate much joy in openng together the many gifts and cards that will be stacked high upon a large table in Mrs. Harding’s sitting room. The Christmas dinner has been heduled for Monday evening at the stomary evening meal hour—7 o'clock—and 1t is believed likely one or two friends will be present. All but two members of the Presi- dent’s cabinet will spend Christmas day with their families in Washing- ton. The family reunion at the home of Secretary Weeks will bring to- gether for the first time for Christ- mas all of the Secretary's grandchil- dren. and he said today when he closed his office at moon that he did not intend to return to it until Tues- day. Asked whether he would play Santa Claus, the War Secretary re- plied that he fully intended to “go the whole route.” Mellon and Fall Away. Secretary Denby will take part in a Christmas celebration of the Ma- rine Corps tomorrow at Quantico, Va.. but he plans to return here to- morrow night and be with his family over the holiday. Attorney General Daugherty, who has been at the bedside of his mother in Columbus; Secretary Davis, visit- ing his parents in Sharon, Pa., and Secretary Wallace, now in the middle west, also are to arrive in Washing- ton before Christmas morning to join their family circles here. Secretaries Hughes and Hoover and Postmaster General Work have made no holiday plans and do not expect to leave the capital. 5 Two cabinet absentees over the holiday will be Secretary Mellon, who left today for his home in Pittsburgh, and Secretary Fall, who departed for Port Conway. Va., to be present at a Christmas reunion at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Brant S. Elliott, 7} | i ! | | Court Confirms Ouster of Gould :W YORK, December 23: appellate division of the supreme court has con- firmed a lower court decision handed down in July, 1919, re- moving George J. Gould as trustee and ex- ecutor of the estate of his father, Jay Gould, whose will left § 000.000 to his children. The court held that Mr. Gould GEORGE J. GOULD. ~ Was unfit to act at a trus- tee. charging that he had ma large profits out of the handling of funds of the estate. The court also sustained a decision restrain- ing Mr. Gould from collecting $644,904, which he claimed was due him from the estat The specific transa which based the making profit out of Mr. trusteeship was th of 210,000 shares of Western Union stock be- longing to the estate, on which he » have made $3735.000 snting opinion action on the pend- - determination of an admin- istration action brought by Gould to secure audit and approval his accounts. The two dissenting judges sald he should have been temporarily suspended, but not removed. SCORES LIFTING - OF ARBUCKLE BAN |Secretary of Church Council Writes Hays of Impression of Financial Pressure. [ Associated Press. " YORK. December Rev. Charles S, MacFariand, secretary ¢ fed . {the Church of Christ in Ameri madé public 'a letter to head of the motion pic calling for an cxplanation a member of M on public relations.” was not consulted about the reins ment of lescoe Arbuckle, film dian. who figured the part that resuited in the th of Virginia Rappe. f the chur s and civie o 1 in putting the ane. Hiots at Financial Pressure. His letter ng the point of why he was n ted. declared fortuna impression d_ground that this is due to \ interests invest- - picture rland quot from the -d_in Mr. ion of Churches rch peopir are incersed over the proposal of Will I Hays on behalf wving picture interests to bring - baek inte.the films. Strong Jutions will undoubt- t. Louis by denom- by min- 1 by council taking close merely T th, mi telegram,” his letter an indi general expressions d will continue ligious and moral which are - | forees relative to your decision in the | Arbuckle matter. ! ir “May ise the question as to why there no consultation whatever in this matter with persons represent ing th whose co-operation vou h v A. Official Protests. “It would seem as though this would have been a matter on which o wanted co people who repre- " hodies reflecting so ide an area of pub! opinion.” Dr. J. Tote. i al secretary of ne national committee of the A. of North America, has 1 his protest to the wave that His telegram to indated Hays. s follows: rember of the committee of enting 1 do the CAs @ twenty, and repr stian associations havirg in their s of thousands of growing boys, now at the age’of hero worship (not to mention hun- dreds of thousands of young men), I nd | deplore the action reinstating Roscoe Arbuckle. ould be encouraged in every possible to return to a useful but not by the path of motion pictures to be viewcd by the youth of the land, to whom the sight would recall memories of widely reported orgies of less than two years ago.” PROTEST FROM BOSTON. Church People of Massachusetts Against Arbuckle Films. By the Associated Press BOSTON, December 23.—The voices rafsed in protest against the rein- statement of Roscoe Arbuckle as a moving picture star ‘“express the overwhelming sentiment of the church people of Greater Boston and Massachusetts.” according to a state- ment issued last night on behalf of the Massachusetts Federation of Churches and the Greater Boston Federation of Churches. Of Arbuckle the statement says: “He cannot be allowed to figure on the sereen without saying to the im- pressionable youth of both sexes who throng the picture houses that moral- ity and law count for nothing in comparison with having a good time.” COUNTER REVOLT BREWS IN ATHENS By the Associated Press. MALTA, December 23.—Information just received here from a reliable source in Athens is to the effect that trouble is brewing there with un- mistakable signs of a big counter revolutionary movement. The population of the Greek capital is said to be at a highly nervous pitch, with many of the prominent par- ticipants in the late revolution leav- ing the country. The movement, it is stated, is mot against King George, who continues in popular favor, but against the militarists. Malta is the cable station first re- ceiving cable dispatches direct from Athens to outside points and is in a position to be well advised con- cerning developments at the Greek capital. . From Trasteshin RJSS N1 RELEF church fed- f cation, in my | " | ing in Dubli EXTRA WORK MIFFS Threaten Strike Because Hours Are Lengthened in Feeding of Hungry. |DEMAND UNION RULES Soviet Liaison Officer Denies Smug- gling, Charged Against American Agency. By the Associated Press. I MOSCOW, December 23.— The soviet {oMeial daily newspaper. Laboring I Moscow, calling attention to the posi- tion of the Russian employes of the American organization, says that they are .working seven hours daily, in- istead of six, stipulated Ly the labor {code. The articie says that the em- ployes are not paid for the extra hou and that, furthermore, they work on helida and sometimes on Sundays without additional compen- sation, The newspaper asserts that {the American Relief Administration disregards the regulations o the union of the government employves in various , and that if the dis- general s continues, a i vtrike may result relief ppreciated. but rkers must insist the 1 laws, journal adds thoroughly regarding intimations that the A A. officials might be compelled to ltogether if inter- < continued. n Relief Ad- operations erence from the Ak of th rati €0 (tions, explained t - they had had s ith the unions, but i differen I been adjus Smuggling by Individuals A statement liaison officer published in the 1 fvestia with reference to the article ntly printed in the journal charg- that members of the American 2elief Administration were smuggling ssia, de- article was mislead- necessary to signed by a soviet clared that the ling and that he felt it present cortain fa ¥ are supposed to have led to - publ »n of the article, the offi- cer’'s statement says i t clear that in this 1 - We ciled to 1 with { the actions duals, but to jcuse the American Rellef Admini tration as 2 whole is quite impossible. On the contrary. the higher off- s of the administration, par- tly Capt. Cyril Quinn (it directer) met all the soviet de sgarding the opening of mail identifying of persons re or misuse of their trust. The indi- iduals who vio ed the agreement nd the cus s regulations will be cailed to trial and will be deprived of the right to continue the American { Relicf Administration’s work. 264 IRISH REBELS ARE TURNED FREE {Republicans Sign Allegiance to Government and Quit Mountjoy Prison. nds nd the ponsible i By the A<sociated Press. { DUBLIN. December 22—Two hun- fdred and s four republicans, held | prisgner in Mountjoy prison, were released today. having signed a dec- aration of allegiance Lo the Free Four of those released were There was considerable street fight- last night. A patrol of | national soldiers was attacked in the {midst of Christmas shopping crowds. {One soldier was killed and another {soldier and a woman wewe wounded. | The government buildings were at- {tacked by rifle fire, which the occu- | pants returned. i { MIDNIGHT MASS BANNED. i Ulster Refuses to Lift Curfew. Cardinal Logue Defiant. By tie Associated Press. . BELFAST, December 23.—On learn- ing that the northern government re- | fused to relax the curfaw restrictions i%0 as to enable the people to attend the customary midnight mass in Ar- magh Cathedral Christmas eve, Car- | ainal Logue, primate of Ireland, told {the government that the refusal au- gured badly for religious liberty in the six counties. He added that he intended to hold mass, despite the restrictions and would warn the public their attend- lance would be at the risk of arrest. Previously the government had re- fused to relax the regulations in fa- vor of Protestant night services and ! Protestants who wished to sing carols for charity. WILL SHOOT ON SIGHT. Irish Takes Drastic Action to Pro- tect Railroads. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 23.—In view of constant train wrecking in Ireland the Irish government will establish along the railroads a system of block- houses similar to those erected by the British during the South African war, according to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Dublin. The blockhouses will be a few miles apart. Each will be garrisoned by from 50 to 100 men, who will patrol the territory intervening between them. The dispatch adds that orders have been issued that henceforth any unauthorized persons in the neighbor- hood of the railways shall be shot on sight. —_— “C” CLUB HOLDS BANQUET AND ELECTION TONIGHT Officers for 1923 will be elected by the “C” Club, an association of Central High School alumni, who earned letters for athletic prowess while at the insti- tution, tonight, at its fourth annual meeting, at the Racauet Club. A dinner and entertainment also will be held. Ex-Central boys in college, now home for the Christmas holidays, will be guests of the “C” Club. GUN CLUB TO MEET. ‘Washington Gun Club will hold its annual meeting and election next Wed- nesday night at the City Club. A wild duck dinner will be served. In the last twenty-six years only 2ix ounces of radium have been pro- uce Upper—Ingrahan Both xides street northwest, f the street built up with IDANGER TO TRAFFIC AND PERSONS LURKS IN THESE TWO STREETS, IMPROVEMENT OF WHICH IS BADLY NEEDED. looking west w homes. from Georgia avenu of heavy, sticky clay. Lower—Ninth street northwest, between Crittenden and Decatur streets, a thoroughfare fn a new section, impassable in wet weather. PRESIDENT FREES 3FOR CHRISTMAS Pardons Granted Two Slay- ers and Forger on Clem- ency Pleas. President Harding vesterday ¢ muted the sentences of three federal! prisoners to expire at Christmas time. This Christmas clemen. it announced by the Department Justice, was extended to Thomas Parker, convicted of manslaughter in T and serving his sentence at Leavenworth penitentiary; John Wil- lard Delaney, convicted of conspirac: to forge and pass United States curities in praia, MeNeill 1sland penitentiary. and John Carl, con d of murder in the sec- ond desree in Alaska and serving at Lea nworth Killing Otitcome of Abu Parker, the c announced, would have completed his term August 1 “He was a brother-in-law the sed,” the official statement of as ry dey and of abuse ing was the outcom mistreatment of his sister. He con- tributed largely to the support of h as very much maintenance ter. and his release needed to assist in h and that of her little bo dent, acting on the strong recom- mendation of Judge West, who pre- sided at the trial, commuted the sen- tence to expire December 25, 1922." Served in Army. Delaney. the department’s statement said, “was convicted in the United States district court for the southern district of California of conspiracy to forge and pass United States securi- ties and was sentenced April 14, 1922 to imprisonment for thirteen month: n the McNeil Island penitentiar: His term, it was said, with allow ances for good conduct, would expire February 21. 1923. The official state- ment set forth that Delaney had Served during the world war., had been discharged from the Army in 1919 for “valvular heart disease.” and had been hospitalized at numerous government hospitals, including one at Baltimore. His_sentence was commuted to ex- pire December 24. John Carl, the department's state- | id, “was convicted in the ates district court for the ment s United second divis in the second degree and was sen- tenced October 23, 1912, to imprison- ment for thirty years. On November 26. 1915, he was transferred to ‘the penitentiary at Leavenworth, where he is now confined. His term, with the allowances for good conduct, would expire December 13, 1932, “Carl was the warden's first choice for Christmas clemency. He is a Canadian, seventy-two_vears of age, and since August 19, 1318, has been am outside trusty, faithful to the prison authorities’ and obedient to discipline. He claims that the killing. was done in self-defense. DR. WORK MAKES REPLY TO DAWES’ STATEMENT | In connection with a statement of Gen. Charles G. Dawes, former di- rector of_the budget, alleged to have been made by him in Chicago Friday night, in connection with certain workings of the Post Office Depart- ment, Postmaster General Work yes- terday afternoon {ssued a statement. He said as follows: “In 1921 Mr. Hays and Gen Dawes. with some ad- Visers they brought in, I helieve, in- stituted inquiry among the records of the Post Office Department looking toward a stock accounting or balance sheet, perhaps. Nothing has come to me since indicating that anything had been accomplished. - “I would welcome such a suggestion, of course, in connection with the post office -service, particularly from such distinguished sources as Gen. Dawes and his associates at that time.” was | Department of Justice ! “and the kill-! The Presi- | on of Alaska of murder| ICITY HEADS TAKE i ACTION ON TRAFFIC Chief George Watsor ctor Alber J. Head! f of the traffic bure stant corporation nt. engineer of high- g ad ashington Safety Council ", Price, expert adviser to the council | | | | | This committee was appointed on I motion of Col. K and carries with it authority for Mr. Eno to ap- I three more members if he so { The committee is instructed by the | Commissioners a compre- {hensive plan solution of all jof Washington's strest traflic prot jlems and to look ahcad to difficulties {that may arise in the future as the | city grow {CHRISTMAS CRUSH AT UNION STATION (Contmued from First Pa~r.) handled expeditiousiy, and con plaints have been remarkably faw, consider- |ing the amount of hasiness the rail- | road employes have to handle. : ransportation of the Christmas mail this year has been the most monumental task that has cver « ifgonted the railway mail service, [ Pdstmaster General Work declared | today. “That the job has heen successfully accomplished is due to the splendid efforts and indefatigable energy of the workers of the railway mail serv- ice.” continued Dr. Work. “It should be mentioned, too. that | notwithstanding the great Christmas mails this vear, the postal employes ‘have met the issue succes v, and {the boys will all eat their Christmas dinner at hom | Postmaster Chance declared today, {as he presided over the feverish ac- i tivities of more than 2,000 employes, {that the pcak of inoming and out- jgoing mail had been reached, and | that_every one will get their parcels i by Christmas day. “The Christmas mail is home,” de- clared Sccond Assistant Postmaster General Paul Henderson, in charge of the railway mail service of the nation, ng reports showing that car's Christmas mailings were 40 per cent greater than last year Parcel post ington city post office will run until midnight tonight delivering parcels coming In today, and tomorrow morn- ing bright and early will go at the task again. Trucks wili be run all v rrow and all day Christmas Ary. There will be but of letter mail by car- n- day if n one delive rlers Monday. Postmaster Chance has the delivery situation well in hand, and unless very inclement weather should strike the city tomorrow or Monday, will be able to get all parcels and letters to the destinations, he said. A. A. Fisher, superintendent of the third division, railway mail service, with headquarters at Union station, partment that the malls reaching the District this Christmas season ha tional detail of road clerks was nec- essary to assist the transfer clerks in unloading, separating and loading the big mails. ¥ 5 Box cars equipped for passenger servce were placed in use for loading to the larger cities of the country. Mr. Fisher said, in addition to the usual storage cars, packed solid wich parcels. No congestion has developed, he reported. Although trains continue to run late, and failures to connect are many, the mails are getting through in'remarkable shape, he con- tinued. ‘Washington indulged today in one of the merriest Saturdays before Christmas in its history. Under lowering skies great crowds thronged the downtown _streets, swarmed through Center and other markets and jammed the last inch of aisle spaces in the stores. With the letting out of the depart- mentdl crowds at 1 o'clock this after noon the streets took on the appear- ance of a fete, SUCEE e TR W r of the i n’ A O, n_Automo Ham. presi- | a xton 1 and Slislation to that effe: trucks of the Wash- | reported today to the Post Office De- | been extremely heavy, and an addi-| DOMESTICCOURT | Too Many Indictments forl Non-Support, Judge Seliers Informs Daugherty. | Boldly king the position charged with non-support !wives should have men their | of a Jurger opportu- {Dity to -defend themsclves, Judge {Kathryn Sellers of the Juvenile Court. | {in a report to Attorney reral Daugherty, urging enactment of leg- declared that lafter an experience of four vears in! the court that no man | ‘should be ind a grand jur: inon-support of wifé or child without {first having social investigation made of the ca effort made to | rehabilitate e through media- i tion. i i Advocates Wider Powers. port the enlargement of the [u)\\'ersl f the Juvenile Court, so that it would have concurrent jurisdiction with the iSupreme Court of the Distriet in cer- |tain cases relating to adoption, di- {vorce, maintenance and other related ! matters | There should be a court where do- mestic ¢ be heard without | expens, {Juage . the report ried, poor {man will be able to bring a civil suit {for maintenance agauinst him just jas the wife of the w can bring suit in the Supreme Court. H Under present conditions, of two {men equally guilty, one whose wife {has relatives to support her may |bring an equity suit for maintenanc lin the Supreme Court: the other. a| poor man, whose wife has no relatives {to bear the expenses, must prosecute !her husband as a criminal under the xnun-su]lpurl act.” i Parents May Ask Their Releane. . | | The proposed law would also pe i mit parents of children committed ithe Juvenile Court to the Board of | | Children’s Guardians to appear at any time in the Juvenile Court and file a petition for their release, and this at no expense. Another bill now pending in Con- | gress and advocated in the report to the Attorney General is one making it a misdemeanor in the District of Co- |lumbia for any person over sixteen {vears of age of suflicient earning ca- | bacity or income to fail to support his lor her parents in destitute or neces- {sitous circumstances. I’unishment for { violations is fixed by the bill at a fine of $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. ICOURT DECLINES TO ACT 'ON MORSE TRIP ABROAD ; Lacks Jurisdiction to Permit Ship- builder to Consult Former i Pope's Physician. { Justice Stafford, presiding in Crimi- nal Division No. 1, vesterday decided | that he lacked jurisdiction to permi Charles W. Morse, New York ship-| builder, to leave the jurisdiction of | !the United States to consult ])h| | Machiafava, physician to the late| Pope Benedict XV. Morse is under $50,000 bond In the conspiracy cases in which he was indicted early this year by the District grand jury in| connection .with war contracts with the Shipping Board. The defendnnll claimed that it was necessary ‘or his heaith that he consult the Italian physician, E United States. Attorney Gordon pointed out to the court that this was a matter between Morse and his bondsman and that the court should not act on the petition. On motion of Maj. Gordon, Judge Stafford combined the two indict- ments against Morse and his associ- ates and they will be tried togethe: early in_Kebruary. y. Only hind That part 1 has g of sto bed « going praye b, ble Even been are since homes are being erected there on one | side. while on the other apartments|happy and prosperous new vear, o have been up for many months. ;‘“{‘:"fl“;}:‘ other members of tha Venturing off the sidewalk there in | 'desire to record sy mrocincs o wet weather means trouble. Sixteenth | the splendid activity and high type of and 17th streets between East Capi- | police service which have been rew oA DAt werw . 1y tol and A streets are in much the | 9°Ted by your department during tho same condition. and A street south-| 1ot only been performed v cast between 17th and 18th streets|and well, but special commendatios {m in @ very bad condition. dangerous | 1§ due for the energetic and very suc- to both pedestrians and vehicles | srascd avaiiet ne iamtore ot e |alike. 1t is full of deep ruts and|liquor, handbook and gamuling lavs miry holes, difficult for vehicles to|and I am genuinely glad to take Eet tirough without becoming | [ANIAE® of this ocrasion to congraty pialict have accomplished.” | Fifteent streci southeast from B| Mal Sullivan. superintendent of to E streets has a rock and mud | police, sent to members of his forc~ 4 od, sloppy and very bad in wet | the following: er. hard for traveling in freez- | “I am very gratified to know of the ther. Massachusetts avenue | sentiments of Commissioner Oyster cast of 15th street, where new homes las expressed above with reference 1o ameRbelng e d. many of them|ihe work of our department during now occupied. has practically 1o |tine year just ending. and in conve roadway at all. What is there was|ing ‘1o you my warmest Yulets {made by “vehicles hauling building | gréerings I want to add my own word Heult o met througn eSpand Jt it leplendid spirit of fdelity mnanifested C st very propriation these looked forward for years. street north as also is D street street. to ith street gres the same condition. On H street between 16th and 17th street which only on the sidewalks, as the roadbed is of {avenue from 18th street to Pennsyl- { vania avenue is another which needs resurfacing, as does 14th street south- east K str four blocks also needs attention. SK ROBBERS ARE ARRESTED for | Sextet Held in New Mexico—Balti- more Report States Stolen Bill Judge Sellers advocated in her re-{py tie Assoc SANTA FE. N. M.. December | six men with heavy suit cases who arrive mobile early this morning, are in the county jail pending investigation in [hour- Despite the pleas of the stu- connection with the robbery of the |dents, who vainly tried every pos« United States Federal Reserve Bank |Sible means of convincing the fira truck he hal tiary, during breakfast in a restaurant, took them STOLEN BILL PASSED. Five-Dollar Note Reported Disposed of BAL’ i Discovery has been made here of one of the $5 bills stolen by armed ban- dits in the raid of the United States Federal Reserve Bank trucks at Den- ver last Monday, police officials here | declared today. The restaurant last night, it was declared. RS 000 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.5.0.5.4 BAD STREETS MAR [D. . HEADS GREFT SOUTHEAST HOMES| FIRE, POLICE MEN as Paving on Many SOME ARE Eighteenth, C, A, Sixteenth and Other Important Arteries Street improvements in east section of the city are away be- Capitol street, ern improvements, There is considerable building now where no effort has been made to im- made 10 see the necessity ing these residentsy improved streets, in some instances it will be impossi- to in a repairing having been done to them Eighteenth street southeast Je- Greeting to Police Force. tween East Capitol and A streets| The ;‘mmv- sioner's greeting to s | in a de onditi Seos ce force reads in a deplorable condition. A\Q-\n: n extending 1o . received a tip from Las Vegas and Deputy Goutchey and Assistant | 11-to-do_man { Superintendent Dugan of the peniten- Clay and' Stone Serve|Members of Forces Thank< l ed for Efficient Services I and Loyalty. L Thoroughfares. IMPASSABLE |OYSTER SENDS MESSAGES Maj. Sullivan and Chief Watson Join in Wishes for Joy and Prosperity. Need Attention. the south-| Thanking them for the loyal w2 faithful service during the year, Cor - missioner Oyster today sent to eve: 7y member of the police and fire depar ments Christmas greetings from hin - self and Commissioners Rudolph ard Keller. In transmitting the message ‘9 the fire stations, Chief Watson adde a word of commendation for the man- ner in which his men performed the e duty. The message from the C, missioner to the firemen follows On my own behalf and that «f the other members of the board of Commissioners, 1 extend to you ous kindly wishes for a merry Christmas< and happy New Year. It gives 1 L t pleasurn to be able to note t as usual the members of thy department have deported ther Ives. not only in the performar of fire duty. but in their general co o the ntire eatisfaction the Commissioners and the pub’. and to commend them for their 1 and efficient service, and for the « fidence it gives in their reliabiiis in the future.” the progress of home building. section lving south of East nd particularly the ving southeast of Lincoln Park, one on for years without mod- Only a mixture ne and clay serves us a road- rany of the streets there, 1 quite a few instances only the on that in tion on streets them, and unless Con 88 can of giv- » reach the homes in vehicles on streets where homes have up for many years the streets very bad condition, little they were graded Condition on Eighteen wishes for 4 merry Christ members fe: by the of the department \ and for the fearless and impartial manner in which they have performed the many duties with which the de- partment is charged.” Loyal Service Appreciated. “I desire at this time to express s you my deep appreciation of the loyal and efficient service which you haie rendered during the vear Which is now coming to a close,” Chief Watson told the firemen. y: “Your work and your deportment have been guch as to bring forth fre- quent expressions of appreciation and thanks from the citizens of the Dis- trict of Columbia whom we serve. [ assure you that it is now. as it al- ways has been, a source of pride and | } Bratification to me to be in charge of a department whose work has been £0_commendable. “It is my sincere hope that you and vour families will have a merry Christmas and a new vear filled with happiness, health and prosperi FIRE RULING ANGERS ' HiGH SCHODL PUPLS C Street Rough. reet from 13th to 16th street is rough and should have an ap- for surfacing to give people relief to which they have Sixteenth from Pennsylvania avenue is another needing attention, from 14th to 17th . Potomac avenue from 16th street needs a surface, having east of 16th as far as Con- onal cemetery is in practically there are many new homes can be reached in bad weather the sticky clay kind. Kentucky from Pennsylvania avenue to eet. K street west of 14th for —_— SUSPECTED MINT Ban on Movable Scenery Causes Dropping of Play by West- ern Students. Passed There. Western High School students. t was learned yesterday, are indignant over the action of the fire department. in refusing to grant them permis- sion to use movable scenery for their ¥ Christmas play, which was subse- {quently called off at the eleventh ed Press. 23— d from Los Vegas in an auto- marshal that the movable scenery ag the school is not a fire hazard, he ordered the settings condemned, it is stated. In frantic efforts to obtain the per- mission of the fire department to use the scenery some of the students ap- plied torches to it and demonstrated {that it would not burn. Other stu- | dents promised to stand in the wings, iarmed with fire extinguishers, if per= mission was granted for the use of the settings. It was pointed out at the fire de- partment that the scemery at West« ern was condemned and ordered re- moved early this year, following the Knickerbocker Theater disaster, and no permission would be given for its use. at Denver. United States marshal's_office after observing the suspects into custody. ’ in Baltimore Restaurant. TIMORE, Md.. December 23.— —_— Among the people of the Balkans it is believed that to die on Christmas { day is of ill omen as regards one's place in the after-death life. bill was passed at a downtown % q Continuous Christmas Bift What better bearer of your compliments to your friends out of town than a year’s sub- ription to The Evening and Sunday Star? Every day it will go as a renewal of your thoughtfulness—and keep the Christmas memory green throughout the year. MARYLAND and VIRGINIA ALL OTHER STATES One Year Ome Year Daily and Sunday..$8.40 Daily and Sunday. $10.00 Daily Only......... 600 Daily Only........ 7.00 Sunday Only....... 240 Sunday Only...... 3.00 9 3 s e e e e de e e vk e e e e e ke ke ok ok ok ok