Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1923, Page 3

SR | GREATER SAVING THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGION, D. C, MONDAY, LAST-MINUTE RUSH |100 CHILDREN CONFIRMED 1 DOORKEEPERS CELEBRATE JANUARY I 1923. FOR AUTO LICENSE Archbishop Curley Officiates at St. Two Veteran House Employes Are Anthony’s Catholic Church. More thati 100 children at Bt Anthony's Catholic Church, 12th and l\‘(‘mmfl &, . Monroe streets northeast, were con- [both on the old soldiers’ rol firmed yesterday afternoon by Arch- |each with a distingulshed civii bishop Curley of Maltimore. Before |service record, arc today celebroting administering the sacrament the |thelr seventy-ninth birthday 1o archbiship dellvereé & sermon to the gether, Their fellow doorkeepérs a ehildren: b giving them & shower of New Year 'The prelate went to the Brookland |and birthday greeting card ver church from Hyattsville, where he |ty-nine to each had attended another religious gath | The men, who are having ering. The men at St. Anthony's |birthday party are James Li parish met the archblshop's auto- 502 B street northeast, and Capt moblle at 12th street and Mlchigan [C.'Allen, 1035 New Jersey avenue, It avenue and marched in front of It |Is in the home of the latter that tha to the church. They were. accom- |celebration is being held. The par nied by their pastor, Rev, P, De | was arranged by M. 8. Amos, 125 street. a wefcome i which 'old John Bariey- | WEES corn had very little part, despite the o mzm— . Our Woodley Park Homes the police. It was # dry midnight, | although later on a dewnpour 6f rain | made the Distriet wet In another| sense. | At Wardman Park Hotel more than v Located in the 2800 block of Connecticut Avenue—just over the bridge—have been constructed throughout with only the highest grade of materials and finished with every possible convenience that will appeal to the discriminating home-seeker. 79 Years Old Today. Twe old door keepers of th House of Representati TAGS IS EXPECTED Aitcther big day is in store for the District license offiee tomor- FoW; ivhen bkeores of last-minute automobile {ag buyerd are ex: pected to call for their 1923 num: ber piates: Arter 18 o'clock tomorrow night the police will begin extending statlon-housy invitations tu mo- Mark in Ushering torists Who venturé forth upon in 1923. thie highways with 1924 tag | Hence, If you don't get your new mottow youw'll have to leave MANY AT.WATCH PARTIES . the famlily fllvver In the garage until you do get it: i Church Services Also Feature Cele- bration—Hotels Entertain Happy Throngs. Na URGED RY MELLON, Treasury Sesretary Warns |t Would Be “Calamity” to For- W ar’s Thrift Lessons. fjoisemakers Clalm They Set thig 1, W NEED S TILL AS GREAT i *s to Administration's Record " as Example to All Citi- zens of the Nation, ¥ .<er saving among the American /bp2¢’ 1s recommended by Secretary Lellc 1 his New Year message to- a4y, toakther with the warning that 1t would be little short of a national ilamity if the lessons of thrift and ound investment, learned during the should be lost in these days of ; : % cconstruction, when the need of 4 k ; A i . || and extravagance 1s - ; 1 . y Such a nolsy welcome to the New Year @s burst forth through the| length und breadth of the District | last midnight has not been heard here | for many moons, according to those | who helped make It and of many| lothers whe were forced to listen to t Whistles, horns, sirens, drums and every other varlety of nolsemaker Iseemed to be In use when the clocks | of the eity Indicated that 1923 was ended and 1923 had entered upon its Independent carcer as a brand new year in the eternal cycle, reat whisties, which no one be- fore ever heard, burst upon the mid- inight alr, vibrating from the far sections of the eity, while in be- tween the plercing,” blasting of the whistlos was & conglomerate mix- ing of tones, There Were Volces ralsed in song; there were horns und ratchet de- ! vices; there were drums And cow {belle;’ there were automobile horns. !1ire engine companies pretended to |belleve they had an alarm, und “cyi loose” with their big sirens for & | while, | This which issociates and | continued for many minutes, dving itswear farm away by degrees, had its counter- L at noon, at|part on a small scale in every hotel 3 |in the city and in countless homes in celebration | where partles were in progress. tured by| At the same hour- worshipers hold- ducts of Mr.|ing watch parties in the churches v Montsweag | knelt in prayer, while high over their | it in officlal, heads resounding church bells added | I circles of thelr clamor to the general wavety. | among the'! It was a royal welcome which the National Capital gave the New Yea .500 guests helped 1023 make its en- trance. Downtown at the New W 1-‘ lard, " Washington, Shorelizm, Ralelgh | and ‘other hotels similar scenes were enacted, 'The cafes were filled w! patrons, the fun reaching Its clima: at the midnight hour, | The great whistles aforementioned gave the city notice when 19 ofll- clally_arrived. — Thelr blare cut th midnight alr iike a~ knife, and 1o sooner had they begun than other noises swelled the sound. leepers In their beds were awak- enod, as the shouts, cheers, horns and bells rent the air. Every nelghbor- hood seemed to have lts own nolse makers, the general whole saturating | the ity with vibrations and waves | reaming in every dire ming- | ling confusedly, then sorting them- selves out to go tearing on their way into the windows of those who fail- ed to have the proper respect for the Naw Year, i e BETTER BUSINESS TALK. The first lecture on bettering busi- | ness will be delivered to the Optimist | Club by Dr. John M. Gries of the De- partment of Commerce and formerly of Harvard Univer- 1y afternoon at 12:30 the regular weekly meet- n the City Clu The lecture will mark the inltlation the latest plan of the organization ducate its members. in scientific s and profe: 1 lines while ying a lunche dditien to | tha address of D) re will be | a concert by a and other | jgs Features & war. Two stories, attic, breakfast porch and sun room (or sleeping porch), three baths, two showers, maid or chauffeur’s room with bath, and many other features. voiding waste 15 great as ever “Let make 1 iore prosperous vear ald Secretary Mellon. “It can be done| f all of us will unite to save more und waste less. The federal govern- ment will take the lead in saving. it is cutting expenditurcs to the lmit order to balance its budget and the burden of taxation. For completed fiscal year it shows a reduction of about one bil- lion dollars in the gross debt, a balunced budget and successful Te- ling operations which have re- i the 1y maturing debt to| geable proportions. | A s Have Bix Sums to Fay. 12,200 Persons Attend—Hazel But much still remains to be done. : January 1. 1923, about $625,000.- Eiantington, Mopesen, Bye- 100 of 1918 war savings stamps come due and must be paid or exchanged | nto other government securities; and | May 20, 1923, tf remaining vic- ory notes, amounting to about $850,- 00,000, will become payable, while victory notes, called for redemption n December 15, 192 still remain outstanding to the amount of about £230,000,000. Tt is a matter of thei first importance that these g rities, representing largely the &s of the uld not be dis- hated in Steful expendi- u or in securitle and the Treasu according bending | every effort encourage the rein- stment of these funds in sound se- urities, particularly those of the zovernment itself ! AS" 0t ‘special " interest f maturing war savings is offering the new cortificates ¢ isis. in the belief us better and than 1922 a The price is most reasonable, with especially attrac- tive terms—as low as $2,000 and $150 per month, in- cluding all interest. where he ix en Kingshurg, U. S. First phos Left to right: to the Secrctary’s office i NINTH SUNDAY CONCERT DRAWS BIG AUDIENCE f the Navy made s ood hunting. are attached ERTAIN CAST OF PAGEANT 1. oo ‘We have been consistently offered $200 per month as rental for these homes. in reduce the last Visit our model home at 2822 Conngcticut Avenue, open for inspection from 9 till 5:30 daily. Furnishings by courtesy of Mayer & Co. Middauéh & Shannon, Inc. Builder—Exclusive Agent—Owner. Woodward Building, 15th & H Sts. Main 6935 . Is Host at fast. local lawyer, | “Farm" Breal - GIVEN HIGH PRAISE 00 music lovers in attend- ance, the ninth Sunday concert was given at Central High Community Center last night Particular interest wa the program of Hazel Hunt prima donna soprano of the of American Singers, now touring puntry in Mozart's gpera-cor he Tmpr " Other features o gram were Elena de Sayn, v ind Cecelia O'Dey and Henr spar, in piano duets, all of whon were forced to return for extra num- bers Owing to the New pervaded. much zest usual recreational «d by Robert Lawrence the old folk songs were The new now numbering ns, played. tenth concert Sunday night will inciude’ Beatrice Wain- soprano; T. H. Barritt, in “a musical treat,” and reproduc- of the playing of Paderewski Sivinski in Chopin numbers. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. . s gether with others who s The will have holid: ¥ evening s Henry Butler) cliy-enveloping noise, talped w group of friends today at w Mo bri which begas 1 street northwes The breakfast, staged of the New Yes Qishes de from Rutler” country farm. Men pr business and | the National Capital w guests, tures Program. Wit on m; to Management of “The Word| and the Way” Highly Com- | mend Players for Work. °! s displayed in | [ | | a the third presentation Friday | the ! the W peopls idle or ¥.” opinlons of many | s that | ear spirit that was given to the nging, conduct- director, and frequently community or- fourteen t¥pe offered ton inm Before we move to 1310-1312 F Street los the was more evio ¥ At the last per- nd ual- nced than in the Out , Hart Schaffner & Marx Overcoat and Suit at Greatly Reduced wance, viri to holders | Sl certificates | ™y Treasury sav- | poxy an attractive | tyres that those who | wright aved during the war will wish to { unigt » th money invested in g tions ernment s “urities of the same gener- | anq charac but in more conve rm . pron pre will / be when the given fea- Ing Every s impre the story. s Schre who t rrest anged geant dra om Bible, nt under | re the ad- desirous that ed youns churches for forth Moore ¥ was p nted Tssues Warning. Arkansas _Soeicty ¥ meeting Wednesd, shington Club “The new nation certificates are nough issued in to meet of all of In- be purchased up to of any person; vield an interest and are ! from the normal federal in- tax and from all state and ocal taxes (except estate and inherit- ance taxes) During the world war we learned » save, and the liberty loan and war savings campaigns created a great body “of investors in government securities. It would be a little short of a national calamity if the lessons of * thrift and sound investment carned during the war should be lost in these days of reconstruction, | when the need of avoiding waste and xtravagance great as ever. ‘reasury sav certificates will help the government to finance the iebt left by the war. But they will | do more than that; they afford an opportunity to the people of the country 1o save from their income and, by investing regularly in gov- rnment securities. to build the toundation for future financial dependence and success MUST FACE FIRING SQUAD. Ity the Associated Pross. WARSAW, January 1.—Death at the ands of a firing squad will be meted at on January 10 to Niewadomski, the assassin_ of President _ Narutowic: Niewadomski was tried Saturday and wentenced to death, but the mode of cution was not determined until asterday. SPECIAL NOTICES. 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE meeting of the eholders of the ational Bank of Washington, D. C. for the election of directors and the tran as may come before t the banking house , 1923, The poils will emain open from 11 o'clock a.m. unti 12 velock noon. R. V. FLEMIN IF_YOU ARETRUN DOWN PHYSICALLY nom small demands re- fety will meet Satur- i he Club. IMus- | I Reinhard stors; may ion maturity by any sitract g rate of £3.000 one put maa succes wonderfully | “Thos, usuzl thur and Vernon Baile; making t All the 1 taken, The Wapiya will meet at luncheon | were Wednesday, 12.45, at University Club. Roe Fulkersom will speak of *The Business End of the Medical Profes- sion 2 i xempt a statement with more than Abraham, by E. C ¥ Lyeth uth; Da re Thre. Swett ; Carolir lurice H Harlan Vincent B. Coxtello Post. the | American Legion, will meet tomorrow, 4 King 8 p.m., in District building rre Anthropological Society will meet tomorrow, 4:45 p.m., in New National Museum building ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TONIGHT. Women's City Club: dance, 9:30 o'cloc Eckington Union, W. €. T. have charge of the evening at Central Union Mission. Virgin Maud 1d Al- were the ior their perform- niling characters “David be " were Judy Lyeth David, Katharine Gault as Mic Albert | Parr as Saul, Victor Russell as Jacob, 1 Dorothy Cable as the messenge The pageant music was rendered | by Paul Fishbaugh. organist-director; Helen Gerrer, violinist; Kather 3 harpist, and the St. Andrew irch choir under the direction Marguerite Allen Ross. Mrs. Forrest's roline McKinley as direc: of symbolic scenes; Harold Snyder, d rector of lighting; Denis Connel, di- rector of make-up, and Victor Ker: director of properties and manager. OWN IN SHIP CRASH. | 11 Smith bert Parr as subjects of praise ar The outst in the interlude Isaial alse New Year U., will service The Red Triangle Outing Club will i dance in Blue Triangle Hut, o'clock. Admission chargeil. of xteenth Street Highlands Citizens' Association will meet, 8 o'clock, in Sixth Presbyterian Chureh. ssistants ingluded NEW YEAR DAY FATALITY. RICHMOND, Va., January 1.—Mrs Peter Trafieri was shot and killed early today by a stray bullet from a gun in the hand of some one celebrating the advent of the New. Year. SPECIAL NOTICES NOTICE 1S UEREBY GIVEN THAT THE annual meeting of the stockholders of the Capital Traction Company, for the election of & board of directors for the ensuing year and | igentified members of the erew of a| the transaction of such other businces as may | i be brought before the meeting, will be held .'11‘\\'0'"‘415"‘"1 schooner were drowned | the offce of the company, 36th and M st | s night when the ker No n Wasbington, DL ET on THUREDAY, | Saturday night when the tanker Nora, Janiiery 11, 1023, 'at 10:48 o'clock a.m, Thé |bound from New York to Tamplco, polls, will be oven from 11 o'clock a.m. until | Mexico, ran down and sank the ship | CRAMPTON, off Barnegat, N. J, it was reported at Quarantine last night by officers H. D. Secry L MEETING OF THE STOCK- {of the tanker Harold Walker, arriving | from Mexican ports. Lincoln National Bank for the glection ot dimctore, "and wich other business as may properly coms hefore the meeting, will | 1O 7alker "bro be held at the banking house Tuesday, January | The Walker brought 9, 1628, between 12 . and 1 pm. Jooks for | members of the crew jeraft {"Her office | sion occurr. | v, | stage '2 DR Tanker Rescues Rest of Crew as Other Vessel Sinks. NEW YORK, January 1.—Two un-| on_ Tuesday, January Prices YLDE] 1 meeting of the stockholders of he Wasiington Lean and Trust Company r the clection of directors and for the pur- | e of g such other business as sy lawrfully before the stockholders general meeting, will bo held at the main ofice of the said company, Bth and F streets w.. . D. C., at clock noon, Tuesday, January 9, The polls will 5 to receive votes for such election tween the hours of 12 o'clock noon and 2 lock p.m. on that date, HARRY G. MEEM, Treasurer. TON, D. C."JANUARY 1, 1923, esident and a majority of ‘the trus- 4 of The Real Estate Title Insurance Com. } 0y of the District of Columbia, do hereby € rijfy that the capital stock of said company 200,000 and is fully paid up. and that are 1o existing debts of sald company. JAMES J. BECKER. President. WILLIAM D. HOOVER, GEO. W. BROWN, in_ surviving of the sunken the transfer of stock will be closed from De. cember 20, 1922, to January 10, b ALBERT 8. GATELY. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS ARE THE ONLY authorized eolicitors for the Ameri dren’s Ald Soclety, 320 C st. n.w.: Mrs Gans, Mrs. N. Howsen, Miss M. McCarthy, Miss 'C. McDonald, Mr. 7. Wade. . MRS. JOHN SMALLEY. Matron, } THE ANNUAL MEET OF_THE holders of the General Auto Truck Company for the election of trustées will be held nt iy office, 21st street and Virginin avenue nw., ington. D. C., on Junuary 17, 1923, ‘at 4 o'clock p.m. CHAS. L. PARDOE, ¥t ice b WANTED—_TO BRING A LOAD niture to Wi s revealed that the colli- | d during a dense fog. RITES FOR G. B. MULLIN. at! Every Overcoat and Suit in this store is in this sale—all our REGULAR Stock— Crombie Overcoats— Ulsters—Silk-lined Suits—Blues—Grays—Fancy Patterns— Tuxedos—Full Dress and Four-Piece Golf Suits. Services Tomorrow Morning Church of the Nativity. there oF I Shington from Taitimors. delphia and New York eity, I FER AND 81 E A New Roof With a Brush | Let me apply one coat of Liquid Asbestos | Roofing Cement to any kind of roof 1 guaran- e . SON LAt Hiw la- SMITH'S TRANS. | ARMSTRONG, NSTOY, R. PEAK. ON TORRINER, i Siandard of High Work for generation Get Our Bstima Beautiful Floors 014 floors made new: new floors laid. Main 16751 or lnkvl_ln 6347, Heating Plants Repaireci Cosl 18 too high to waste. Get the fun ! amount of heat from your plant by having ns_put it in perfect condition. R. K. GUSON, Inc, | Heating Dept.. 1114 0th st._Ph. M. 2i00.2491 ® srrion] 1-€t us estimate on | Na | your 1923 Printing Requirements, :The National Capital Press ‘ 3210-1212 D st. a.w. Now For 1923 B o e ™ OTler (oo Mg o High-grade—but not high- THE SERVICE SHOP, BYRON S. ADAMS, FaT " 512 11th 8t We Do Quick Work | —as well as rellable work, so Auto 1758 o0 Cepeived of the vee Tops to 1. GEORGE G. McELWEE, secretary Teal Estate Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, do solemnly swear that the facts coptained in the foregoing cortificate are true to’the best of my knowledge and be. Tier. GEORGE G. McELWEE, Secretary. Subseribed and sworn to before me this frst dus_of Januars, A.D. 1923, (Notarial Seal. M. L. MILLER, Notary Dubl No Chdrge for Alterations Clothing Held on a Depo;it the president f The Colum| » District of ( nd a majority of the trus Title Insurafice Company nbln, do hereby certify the capital stock of sald company is is fully paid up and that there 9% debis of sald company. JAMES J. BECKER, President, HENRY K. WILLARD, ALLEN ¢."CLARK, SPENCEI_ARMBTRONG, ©E. EDMONST JORN EDMUND CAMMACK, WM FLATHER, JR. WALTER T WILGOX, 1OUIS R. PBAK, JAMES B, NICHOLSON, MYRC WILLIA CHARLES B, MARSH, Trustees, GE G. McELWEE, secretary of The tle Tnsurance Company of the Dis- “olumbta, do solemaly swear that the ained in the foregoing certificate are v the best of lnu"T:d‘t and bolief, ORGE G, McELWEE, Becretary, 4 sworn {o Wefors me this first | A, 102 i WM. L. MILLEI l Notary Fublic, D, i | G, B. MELLY Funeral services for George B. Mullin, president of George B. Mullln( & Company, contractors, who died Saturday-at his home, 1290 Crittenden street, will be held tomorrow morn- ing at 9:30 o'clock in the Church of the Nativity, where requiem mass will | be celebrated. Interment will be in Mount Olivet cemetery. Mr, Mullin, who was fifty-seven years old, had been engaged in the of your car very long, when Order, contracting business for thirty-five {vears. He is survived by his wife, it comes here for repairs, R. McReynolds & Son Mrs. Mary A. Mullin. and four ch painting, etc. FAIR PRICES. Specialists i inting, Slip Covers and Tops, | dwen. George B. jr., Bernard J.. -Phillip I8 L st aowe . Main 5225 L. Mullin and Mrs. Joseph Maiier, aleigh Haberdasher 1109-1111 Pennsylvania Avenue 1. GEO) Columbia w Submerfbed 1 4