Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1922, Page 26

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, WTOF QLD SALT * IS WORTH MILLON | Gave $5.000 for Wrecked! Ship No One Else Would Buy! and Will Salvage Her. ! if . becember wherein the iles of fictio of the § tar hero Ilion dollars. R al life here in the salvagiv » bic oil tanker L.y 'nan Stewart. -s hard and a3t aground u el Tocks oIX the famous old Clff of San mpany l s on an efivrs to pull her e engi- company m the told there that vorld to fou age offercd. t ng her M ship icuhttul, )y every up its the s 1 Les noun. any sul L difticuls, i rdou promis ha and No One Would Bid ny rep olfers 2ht wa tanke e shed nffered el e ngE to do. other offers, he veieran 4 been n pted. marine sal- \PROGRAM OF CAROLS | BRITISH RADIOGRAM | AT CONCERT TONIGHT: 1S PICKED UP IN D. C. iwer immediately set to work. | First, e secured a half dozen biz nollers and engines and set them up f the siranded tank.r s unde water. Next he lowered a fifteen- sl square sheect of steel over th sde of the vessel. zap i i s Bole in her side. and halneeot® | Free Community Entertainment | Underground Antennae Used by 1o place. Pumps. worked hy Scheduled at Central High School Center. Franklin Kral to Get For- eign Stations. nes on deck ter-logge i the tened next pumped tanher. and. nizht concert. Central munit Sunday High Co night. 8 fre for a diver to ently with heavy Captain Springs Surprise. By the Associated Press. HARTFORD. Conn.. December { A radio signal sent by an amateur | wireless station in Manchester, knz- rd Tast night by A B rhead, N. Y., and . gto! D. C.. the Amer- gue announced today. snal sent in Lurope to have | s Center. 1o H b | e (h) Puxolo; yrill_of T Kral of Washi i Relay as the first ateur station en heard by an anuouncement said. ignal was sent r Wireless Societ Kral, High conld N ™ not <ufficient Pla i by va) “hy - ey Ola Folks Annic 1 Welcome nE onn wi Aerfol winches ww plans (o have »ull herself into deep wa id of giant steel Iy off shore Wk Heold) Acels by the Man- nerhea Music School Brass Quar- Charles F. Waddington, eighteen-vear-old hool student, the | _ Franklin Central Today the white-haired 2nd v William B. Spantenberg. Antti Younz man referred to in the above sahvager of ships bids fa'r 10 reali: A tinen. Carl J. ehisngman Hil te the son of Joseph J. Kral smething S iomily Lot 1814 bourne place northwest. an cmploye of the Department of Com- merce. ast night yvoung Kral, who is de- d to be the first amateur radio in the District to have an un- his what e ngenuily and for that ix still il All Ye Faithful.” erybody. the Worth aint-Saens Zht » Keyes. harpist. werial, got England, and he A Keyves. violinist ks France, through his set. Joy to the World. = Finding the crisp air of last night Little Town of Bethlehem propitious. Kral tuned in so well that Children's Carol Chorus, he easlly got the signals from the Helen Burkatit. director. Manchester. England, amateur, wl > el seeceiiiisol Adam sent Christmas greeting to his radio r Powt bert Lawrence. baritone. brethren in the United States. piehaale Assisted by vocal quartet Mr. Kral also got other messages “Scotland’s Burning” (round). from abroad, having every reason to Ntk A Yoy Biger | | Delieve that for a flush he nanaged icies. i <h s ade & nd Salvation Ariny are sending | s St N to “listen in” on a French station. but » d'Arte” from of this h S itive. out baskets tomorrow. and under th o] f n o s odpusitive : g ... Puccini Kral. whose call number is 3HS, got ;l::z'f‘lfls’?f llll:_ Alexandria ’1.nzl'l'n soprano. the Manchester message at 10:22 last s ets o fl~|o| ing and toy w i1l be | George Wilson at the piano. night. He has been interested in radio Jemt out from the Youn People’s Women's City Club Chorus. for the past five year: 11lding tomorrow evening. . Stahl. director. The Christmas spirit will prevai institutions of the Me. ¢+ varjous i At the eity ranged T eight Recreatio) singing directed @y Robert Lawrence, assisted at the piane by Miss Burkhart. THIRSTY GOTHAMITES jaion. and Sn Je Sherwood ] ! l@s provided a special dinner for the RN S P R i i \r" ‘llmt'," “al‘ 0‘,:“,:;— announces a beautiful carol concert Way Empicyes. to serve for the #S the eighth event of the Sunday =8 “ar follow F con- night series of free musi s at Cen- ! e Cholyion: [ tral High Communip ll‘r-mvr i Two Bootleg Curb Markets Report- st 5 The pregram prepared is in ieepin; G5 1= Mavtin and W it trustees.; po featured by Gretchen Hood. so- | Aprointive ofti fireman L. T. Web T. Tait, brakeman The Scottish atld a Christn skildren at its club. Alred street nded. : C. R. Gle- Sheets. motor- motorman: L. Prices Range High. prano: the Women's City Club cho- \rus. a children’s chorus of 200 voice the Army Music School Brass Quar- | S ter Mary Keves in harp and violin numbers and | Robert Lawrence in a baritone solo. assisted by a vocal quartet Gretchen Hood's mppearance tonight comes as a pleasant surprise to her host of Washington admirers. The h 10 The Star. NEW YORK. December All ources of supply of liquid Christmas cheer reported today that the supply was well up to the demand despite the | strenuous efforts of the dry navy and the prohibition land forces to put the Stopper in the public bottle. For good liquors the prices hiked today, all toniz for the at Cameron and h was larzely a ifts r -hildre; = lored. of 616 South Washington street. for haif a century from an | American amateur, | Interests of Nation | | 1 BY COMMANDER NFORD JHOOPER U. S. N. Radio will this vear carry beyond the confifies of our places of Christian worship ‘the melodics of the Chris mas: cargls which for centurics have iblended \with. the music of human jvolces in the jovous celebration of Yuletide. These melodies will thus be car- Iried to. many radiomen and others at sea and similarly to isolated radio istations and other isolated points on {1and. 2 Many radiomen of the Navy will he {at their posts of duty on board ship land on shore on Christmas day. as jwill also the radio operators of the commercial radio. concerns. Radfo has become of such impor- itance to the nation and tg#the na- {tional interests that its scr¥ee can- {not be suspended in observance of Christmds or for any other purpose c. | |about twenty-five vears radio has {become one of the comparatively few {services now rezarded as being in- dispensable to all mankind. To be effective. it must be capable of func- tioning day and night throughout the Year. Its services are essentinl and al- will be £ to all those who zo down to the sea in ships. It is an beolute necessity in our present-day al defense. As @ relations and . it_is rapidly becoming indispensable. Tts ultimate status as an agency for radiophone ing cannat he ‘predicted and it is not impossible that. eventually, it will be regarded as' indispensable as a me- dium for radiotelephonic transocean conversations. With the possible cxception of broadcasting. the existing service of radio cannot he halted. or its state of readiness cannot be impaired. even for a moment. except for one reason —and that reason is war or threat- ened v Tn sich an unfortunate contingeney lall radio” services would operate {Jointly in the interests of the na. 'l"nHfl defense excepting those which iwould cease to function altogether. The resourceful American boys of our extensive radlo syatem which i serves our first line of defense then must usually remain on duty at thelr { POSte at Christmas as well as at other { times | The oniy men of our ships their home ports and Pacific co holidays. it which put intc along our Atlantic = for the Christmas Have ol ¢ radio men and others of ese {ships wi serviees can be spared are usualiv zrarted leave, if desired, 50 that they muy spend Christmas and New Year iu their homes, Many ships of the Navy and auxilinries find themselves on the hizh seas in_foreign ports on Christmas dav. however. as do al<o vessels of our merchant ma- | H ¥ Plans, its Christmas to the radio men of these other day of the wear. | Radio men of the Na partak of a speciaily prepared Christmas dinner. including the proverbial tur- | key. or they may not. depending on | circumstances | Sometimes. aithough very seldom, it is not feasible for ships of the Navy to prepa in advance for their Christmas menu on the high Seas. and fn such cases Christmas to the radio man and others on board is a drab| occasion, indeed. | Radio men on ships at sea may not | even exchange Christmas gree:ingsl 1 GARY WOULD ADLLST ALL PRCE LEVES Feasible if Other Wages Be in Proportion, He Says. | | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December Judge El- bert H. Gary. head of the United States Steel Corporation. declared today that | if he had the power to readjust all, price levels in industry, reasonably, he | could ipstall the eight-hour day In steel manut€cturing without hardship to any one or increasing the price of steel. died Thursday., and his| Adjustment was necessary, he said. oted soprano. who is now starring v York in one of the season’s pepular operettas. is spending holidays with her fam ifrmont_ street and w upon to feature tonight concert. She will be heard in Bizet ' Spanish erenade” and the aria, ;i Art from “Tosc by with George Wilson assisting no. Songs for the Aud ~ for the audien the well £00ds in case lots being quoted on th. two bootleg curbs at from $15 to a case higher than prices prevailing two weeks ago. TIndications were, however. that where Christmas liquor | spirits prevailed there was no short- age of money, and that as much or more liquor and money would change hands this year as last. ‘Sure T get all the stuff T can | handle. id a broker on the bootleg jcurb market todav. “Just s ow me | where 3 can sell it all. thats sil 1 want. 1f vou've got a good customer patriotic } Who will take, say 100 cases, I will r of thelhave the genuine stuff, imported or shave the ggenuine stuff, imported or domestic, for $115 flat. Another broker was offering what he assured prospective custome '8 was 'good stuff” for 5 a cas This class of goods Is understood to be 8\212‘ o \:;hi.'l;]_\' artificlally colored an lavored and concocted on a i i alcohol basis. St i Considerable New Jersex moonshine. jor corn whisky. was offered at $100 E) jease to $115 a case. el e 1 FREE AFTER 28 YEARS. iGov. Sproul Gives Pardon to “Lifer” as Christmas Gift. SPHILADELPHIA. December 23 “Sunny” Pete Webber of Reading, ake place a o'clock ternoon from Roberts omorrow hapel Roth “publ Re closed “hristmas holi Een until i The boa r and privats schools of for thei not v cill of the Cit ce. 0 e will in- known . pavable cent uf The sum of I to the sur- 000, 1 es by t vopu Tiome The {ehestra olua fund, invr Che deg ronferred ui Reyval Arcanum dzZ might ar Matters relatin € the grand o« i thi. ¢ next ight Community Or- with the com- ging. which will, as usual, | ected by Robert Lawrence, as- | sted at the piano by Helen Burkhart. he concert will begin promptly at with doors opening at 7 o'clock. —_—— {ACTRESS PLANS U. S. TOUR | Noted British Artist Will Arrive in January. LONDO:. December 25 — Mis: layds Cooper. one of England's sading actresses and reputed to be ! { the country’s most beautiful woman. after twenty-eight years in the east. [arn penitentiary, today stepped I will eail for the United States on |through the prison gate a fres man {January 10.-aboard the Olympic. Miss jCooper, upon the invitafion of the into the brightest sort of Yuletide {atmosphere. iking and queen, recently visited Not_only. had he a pardon from i Buckingham Palace, where she re- |¢eived the royal congratulations for Gov. Sproul. releasing him frem his lite sentence for murder, but in hi SEeriff and Posse Investigate Pind- her performances in Pinero's, “The ! Second Mistress,” and “The Second ) pocket there was $200, a Christmas gift toward which every one of the ing of Skeleton in 2 Mrs. Tanqueray, which the royal family Florida. ‘alle:ded etoe times. . i The sale of post card portraits of My the Associated Press. { . ORLANDO, Fla, .December 23.—Ex- | Homsasaer ang mane tho hundred ¥, 0 rsons at. s poon othe Pregging the belief that loton found { girls throughout the United King. |!Fibuted. And. beyt (of all. hix mother. j e Springs Thurs- [dom copy her style of clothes and | SIERty-five vears old, who hiswiibeen, ay by hunters wis that of an Army | hairdressing. SEae o vielt him for vears becaune wviator, who fell w'th his plane, Sherift TIE to spend Chrisimas it - Webber has & wife in Harrisburg and a daughter whom he has not seen Kirel announced tt‘night he would lead SPANISH BANK FOR U.S. I : since she was a hab « darty of twenty-fi'c men to the swamp Institution in New York to Join DRY SUBCHIEF TO MOVE. ‘omorrow to search for the machine or Reserve System. HIGH POINT, N, C., December $3. ome_evidence to show how the man met_death. MADRID. _ December 23.—Nego- tiations for the formation of a Span- |According to announcement be e will as; which will meet April. will be both eutgoing viest ording to Postmaster Clinton vax pract il toni Ansed _all asual — BELIEVE U. S. AVIATOR MET DEATH IN SWAMP The authorities have identifled bits of clothing and other apparel as parts of a uniform. The man had been dead nrebably a year. o h bank {n New York have been vir- | here today bv Postmaster O, R. Yorl . o - mpleted, according to the|Hi&h Point ia to be made headquar- ‘BEAN KING" CONVICTED. | tuslly completed. sccorging to ihe for the fifth divisional chief pro- GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. December | stitution, the paper says, will be|hibition agent, department of the in- "3 —Ernest L. Wellman, Rap- | named the Spanish Trans-Atlantic |ternal revenue. e local postmaster .4r grain brpker. known the { Bank and will work under American |recoived word te this effect from R. Michigan bean king.” was convicted { laws In connection with the federal|B. Bams, head of the division, which in federal court here today on a| reserve system. 1s now stationed at Norfolk, Va. The arge of forging bills of lading.| The majority of the capital ix to be | office, which will have entire control Forgeries sald to amount to $80,000 rurumlued h‘)h fih;flL‘man‘h Tyr-n: 3.".1.“i%:‘.."..fi:";':’"‘&"&:fl:l‘{'i‘.‘.’x‘l o e e nco Espanol de T T riad o | it e B Tl o gt | e o hev ef the s the lonial. while the balance will be pro- | vear. The office will have a staff of Jsnuary. ~ Wellman was tried on Xided DX SA-Ameriesn finsneisl group, ' nineteen men. ~aunix alleging forgeries ameunting 10 §15,090. 1 an interview authorized. by him, be- use-he said steelworkers were get- | ting no more than they should, while carpenters, bricklayers and plasterers | were being paid $14 a day up, and that | those wages were helping to kecp up | the cost of necessities for which the | laborer must pay. H “Our workmen are not getting any | more than they need. and it would be | 3 hardship to cut them, either by re- ducing wages or hours,” hae sald. “Some workmen are getting more than their ! <hare, | Germany and France are gelting back to the twelve-hour day, becauss | they must produce and compete with us, and there i» agitation In England to the same end. it comes down to thia: | The price of an_eight-hour day would | be more than business would pay Within an interval of time of only | broadcast | exceptions are the radio-! 4 Merry Christmas THE Hofiman Company ex- tends to all greetings.and best wishes for a Merry Chris_ tmas. Closed All Day Christmas D. O, DECEMBER 24, 1922—PART 2. . APPEARING TONIGHT IN COMMUNITY SONCERT/RADFOMEN TO SPEND YULE : - : ON DUTY IN MANY CLIMES Call for Service on Ship and Shore, Though Some Will Get Leave for Holidays at Home. tions. because “conversation” in the ether between radia operators is strictly forbldden. in the interest of decreesed interference. 3 If a Navy radio man departs from the conventional radio signais au- thorized for the exchange of official communications and engages in per- sonal conversation, he is subject to RADIO NEWS ‘Washington's “radio Christmas’ will be ushered in torzight by station WPM of Thomas J. Wililams, Inc, with special Christmas mugic. From 11 to 11:30 p.m. this “stétion will broadcast a program of Christmas musio and from 11:30 to 12 midnight it will send out a special chimes re- cital of Christmas carols from the Church of the Epiphany. Something novel in entertainment during the Christmas week will be offered in the way of a radio concert and nce in the auditorium of the Cleveland School building, 8th and T streets northwest, Tuesday at 7:30. p.m. ‘This affair is being arranged by Mr. J. Tandy Brown, recently appointed director of Boys' Achievement Clubs, under the community center department of the public schools. The purpose | , merry Christinas and leaves this little | Banizations were busy on similar mis- SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS DESCENDS UPON HIGH AND LOW IN GOTHAM i By the Associated Press. to the quarter-billion-dollar Christ- NEW YORK, December 23.—A Sal-| j1as blll that the merchants reported vation Army lassle climbed the rick- | alrendy pi e ke N i ety stairs of a tenement in the lower | Salvation Army workers distributed East Side today to & room where an|3bout 25000 Christmas bags of food, aged blind woman sat alone. fiothing, Koodies and e . “The Saivation Army wishes you a S Rpthn et | Knights of Columbus dist: | baskets. and workers for other or. gift to help you enjoy the spirit of | "ON% the day.” she said, placing a huge| : v 3treet venders did a heavy bag in the old woman's lap. in cedar trees, holly, to: cards and About the same time, on upper 5th|other Yuletide miscellany. The Hu. avenue, an indulgent father was try- | Nane Society had a Christmas tres e for dogs at.its headquarters. On !t ing to sneak a $15,000 silver-trimmed v rosdster into the garage, to help hia| [er® hung fancy neckbands and dow biscuit and sweet cakes gal oy only daughter “enjoy the spirit of the | cvery scroot that lc.:‘;aemtr‘ou:; ¢ | Woman workers from the Humany Society stopped eve: team thas Humane Soclety Acts. busivesy Descends Early. severe naval discipline at the hands of his commanding officer. If & civilian radio operator similarly offends, his commercial radio license is subject to cancellation by the De- partment of Commerce, and in this cvent he automatically becomes in- cligible for emplovment as a radio operator. 1 milar regulations apply with re- o radio operators of all na- tionalities. in_the interest of de- creased interfcrence- in the ether throughout -the world. 1t is a singular fact that radio op- crators are prome to be loquacious 1n the other trough the medium of dots and dashes of their radio code, and this characterigt applies even to those who normally are of a taci- on. versation | | is the conven- signal broadcast by the flag- f a naval radio man is heard & in personal conversation in ffending operator does not re- iquire sccond warning. Instead h becomes at his wits' cnds in endea- voring to form an alibl in preparation for the time when he is “called to the mast,” or. in other words, when he ia ¢ s commanding offi- cer to explain his infraction of naval regulations. H Curistmas for Radio Men. | Radiomen of the Navy at radio sta i tions on shore may spend Christmas in climes ranging from those of the frozen north up near the arctic circle in Alaska to those where the luxuri- ous growths of the tropics prevail. such as in the Philippines and the | West Indi i They. too. nerform their usual tasks at Christmas time, the same as the { operators at sea. h They are more fortunate Wwith re- spect to their living conditions, how- {ever, and also with respect to the facilities available to them for the observance of the Christmas holidays when not actually engaged in active radio deties at their stations. ! Living quarters are provided for tle {married operators and their families, and bachelor quarters, or “barracks. for the unmarried men at virtually all of the statione. i The radiomen at these stations are {granted a designated “subsistence a lowance” which averages about $1 per man per day. i They are granted the privilege of | maintaining their own messes and they therefore arrange their menus 10 Suit themselves. . A more or less claborate Christmas nd New Ycar menu. depending on the number of men assigned to the | station and the conseauent amount of | funds available. is customary at all | of the larger atations. Artistic menu cards are obtained “hrough the local stationery concerns for these occasions. and they are re- tained by the station personnel as! souvenirs. In the event of the general mess fund being insufficient to meet the holiday requirements the nacessary amount is made up by contributfons ships is virtually the same as any from the operators from their per-!ing firm. sonal funds. The greater number of the Navy's shore stations being located at 1 lated points along our coasts and in our outlying possesslons. it frequent- 1y happens that fish and wild game peculiar to these regions are to be had in the general vicinity of the sta- tions. The radiomen are usually able. therefore. to provide through their own efforts. during their spare time, various delicacies for their Christ- mas and New Year dinners which are not available to the average person in more settled regio: (Copyright, 1922,y BY RADIO TODAY Schedule of Local Wireless Entertainment. N al Radio Statien, Radio, Va. 10:30 a.m.—Meteoralogical report on 950 meters by arc transmitter. 2 moon—Time signal, ship orders and weather report. 10 p.m.—Ship_orders, port and time signal. 10:30 p.m.—Naval press news (2,650 meters). 5. weather re- WIM—Church of the Cove: mecticut meters) 11 a.m.--Morning service; sermon by Rev. Charles Wood, pastor. 15 p.m.—Program of music. 3:30 pan—Afternoon service: ser- mon by Dr. Wood on “The Child of Bethlehem. 8 p.m.—Evening service; sermon by Dr. Wood on “Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh." Music by choir of 100 voices. WJIH—White & Boyer Company (360 meters). 8 p.m.—Services of Vermont Avenue Christian Church; sermon by Rev. Earle Wilfley, pastor; song service. WPM—Thomas J. Willlam: (360 Meters). hristmas music. 11:30 to' 12 midnight—Speclal chimes recital of Christmas carols from Church of Epiphan —_— Miss Jesals Pardoe, recentiv admit- ted to the Oklahoma bar, has served for twenty-two vears as deputy clerk of the supreme court of that state, ine. 11 pm.— of this and other concerts to be held in the various centers this coming winter is to create a fund for carry- ing on the work of these clubs. A number of local and out-of-town artists will broadcast vocal and in- strumental selections from a govern- ment transmitting station, and their friends may [‘listen in” by attending this affalr on the 26th. The radio set through which this concert will be heard was built by William Watkins, assisted by John Goins, two Georgetown boys who have achieved some wonderful results in the radio fleld and are now offer- ing iheir services as “leaders” in the boye' radio clubs being organized about the city. The first part of the program will come in at 7:30. and all persons are advised to be in licir seats at that time. at 9. Dancing will follo! stlr!ln[! Foreseeing millions of listeners. the bulk of them of college age. the Na- tional Radfo Chamber of Commerce i developing a plan to establish radio extension courses in American col- leges and universities. In radio. edu- cation has found a new and powerful ally. savs an announcement issued from the chamber's headquarters, 165 Broadway, New York eity. Lngland and German it was! stated, are planning to broadcast uni- | versity extenrion courses. ‘“Several prominent institutions of learning in the United States have made a be- ginning in this direction,” the an- nouncement continued. “and their re- ports of the encourag Ng succens at- tending their efforts show us that the possibilities of the new method are not underestimated. _“Sixty other educational institu- tions are broadcasting educational and musical programs. forty-seve of them being colleges and un versities. The combin-d area nom- inally covered bv these institutions has been estimated to be smeven or eight times the total area of the CTnited States. STINNES TOURS BALKANS FOR BUSINESS OPENINGS Negotiations Under Way in Hun- gary, Rumania. Jugoslavia and Turkey. Tir ti ed Pres BERLIN, December 2. —Hugo Stin- | mes is touring the Balkans for . thel purpose of extending his business holdings there. Negotiations are understood to be pending for a work- ing agreement between the Stinnes group and the British-Hungarian bank and large foreign firms relative to co- operation in Hungary, Rumania. Jugo- slavia. Smyrna and Constantinopl Germany's industrial magnate- fur- ther expanded his domestic enter. prises recently by purchasing an in- terest in a prominent Leipzig publish He is also negotiating for | | | | | | concerns there. an amazin to take pla by purcha ease. the shooting was accidental has been constantly maintained by friends. addition to being the head of & prom fnent insurance firm here, Mr. Buck- ingham w acquirement of stock in other printing rie‘nl of a leading bank. wil FEEEEEEEEEEEEEBEM Mark the Day— ' Tuesday, Dec. 26th ‘The Hecht Co. announces Those who get Christmas money can double their investment Evening’s Star The Hecht Co Somewhere in between these inc: dents perhaps lay the typical Christ- mas spirit. It is certain that the “spirit of the day” descended on New York early and with all its old-time fervor. Crowds swarmed through 5th ave- nue and the other shopping districts. intent on adding a few more millions | passed on Tth avenue and fed 1 { horses apples. Then they presente: | the drivers with gloves and hage " specially prepared feed for ti horses’ Christmas dinners. { Many organization=. in-luding « departments, gave Christmas part | for poor children. and many more a1 planned fer tomorrow and Mondas ARMY. b % = | Capt. Douglas E. Dismukes, Maj. “'“‘(-';m H-C:“’I‘“- f:’_".“::‘\,d:;"vnl"dlpg the battieslip Nevada artment: Capt. Charles E. 5 o EOYD! of Engincers, and Cap:. How. | been detailed as commandant of ard M. Randxll, Field Artillery, have|navy vard, Portsmouth, . M 1i. been retired on'account of disabilitiew | wili relieve Capt. Noble F. Irwin. w incident 1o the service. 5 | is transferred to the command of 1h. Capt. Paul A. Hodgson. Corps of En- | fiftcenta naval district gineers, at I'ort Blise, Tex.. has been | Comuander Charles . ordered to this <ity for duty in the|the na:y yard. Mare Island. Calif.. hax office of the assistant secretary of [ been placed in command of sibmarine war. | aivision 17 Capt. Floyd W. Ferrce. 12th Tnfan-| Comm: Nichols, attache! t at Tort Howard, Md.. has been|to the ". % S. Argonne, has hean 4 ordered to Manila, P. I.. for duty. | tailed as manager of the navy wvari Capt. William S, Dow, Medical Corps, | Charleston, §. (- at Fort Miley, Calif. has been as-| Lieut. Command William signed to duty at the Army Medical | Gresham of thie office of naval com School, this city. munications, Navy Department, ha: > Raymond O'Neill, air serv- | heen assigned (o the destroyer squad ice. at Scott Field, Believilie, 111, has | ron hattle floet becn assigned to duty in the office of | Lieut. Commander John R. Pete the chief of air service. this city. son has been transferred from &ar Brig. Gen. William R. Smith has Francisco to Hampton Roadr. been detailed as commandant of the | Lieut. Robert IL. Grayson, coast artillery training center, Fort| Navy Department, has been Monroe, Va.. and not of the Coast Ar- | to the Asiatic station. ullery School at that post, as originally | Lieut. Osborne B. Hardison has beer stated. detached from the naval vacht Ma: Capt. William C. Trumbower. ord- | flower and assigned to duty gt the nance department, has been relieved|naval air station. Pensacols, Fla from duty in the office of the chief of | Lieut. Gale A. Poindexter, attashed ordnance, War Department, and or-|to the U. . S. S-20, has been assigned dered to the proving ground at Aber- | to duty in the bureau of navigatien. deen, Md., for duty. Navy Department. Lieut. Fred M. con Kerrick. at at 1he smigne T o in this city, has bees pren DIES AS TRIAL IS NEAR. |to duty at the maval hospial Gren: l‘lke!A Ilk’ Aol E . Lieut. Malcolm D. Stuart, Suppl: MEMPHIS, Tenn. December | Corps, in the bureau of supplios Ba Miles G. Buckingham. forty-four years ! sceounts, Navy Department. hae berw old, insurance man who was indicted | relisved from all active duty. Jast -May in Madison country, Miss., | ut. Albert R. Parker, Chapla: on a charge of murder following S | Corpr, at the naval station, Tutuils ‘wife’s death from a pistor wound in- 1 Samoa, has been ordered to San Frar flicted while the couple were en route | ciseo. from Biloxi to Memphis by automobile. | “Gunner Joseph L. Marshall, at 11 and who was to have gone on trial| ecruiting barracks, Hamptor Roar- next month. died here today after an| ol ‘becn ordered to Auty. ar 1. iliness of two weeks. Close friends |waghington navy vard as the relief « f_ Buckingham said today that the | Gunner Earl G. Gardner, who is « ase against him was to have been|gurad to the naval torpedo stafi In nolteprossed hecause of lack of evi- ' Xewporr R 1. ence. Although Mr. Buckingham had |~ o P R T been ill for some time. the end came suddenly and. according to attendinz BUYS TAMPA BAY ISLAND. 2 was caused by heart dis- phsRicls = a"\ i TAMPA. Fia. December 23. v According to friends Mrs. Bucking. north end of the Island of Ann tragic death cast a shadow of Maria, a resort which lies at 11 over Mr. Buckingham's life and mouth of Tampa hay, has been moi he graduaily declined in health. That |for $150,000 by C. M. Roser to R. W Pillsbury, owner and publisher of 11 | Manchester Union and head of Woodmont Orchards Company of Ne+ | Hampshire. it became known her s at one time vice presi- |today. Development of the islai: The funeral |into a popular resort is said to planned. be held Sunda g sale of new dresses ce Tuesday, December 26 sing in this dress sale! See Monday 7th at F