Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1923, Page 23

' MRS, WOODHOUSE SPURNS 12500 Baim Suit Plaintiff Wants Whole $465,000 or New Trial, She Says. $5pecial Dispatuh to The Star. |WESTFIELD, Mass, Februury 1. -—-Mra Dorrit Stevens Woodhouse, who was awarded a verdiot for §465.- 100 by a jury In her sult against Mr. snd Mrs. Lorenzo L. Woodhouss of ow York and Burlington, her par- nts-at-law, for allenution of her iusband's affectione and yesterday J was given ten days tu acoept an award of $125.000, declared tonight that she had no intentivn whatever uf accepting the reduction and would welcome u new trial. “One thing! is to bring sult, another is to secure an award, but the hardest part seemd to be to collect the award atter {t s rendered,” declared the oung woman when Interciews r mother’s home here this evening. | i Doean’t Need Ten Dayw. \‘Judge Moulton need not wait the e days, a3 fur us I um concerned,” declared. “To even suggest th [ awooept a cut from $485,000 to $1 900 {8 quite ridleulou 1 am perfectly willing to have the *ase tried again, either on its merits 'T to determine the umount of dam- ges due me, and T doubt if Judge Moulton will find a jury in Chitten- don county that will lo: T the sward me bit. “The deciston came as o great surprise to me Mrs. Woodhouse udmitted that she | ad not heard f or with her counsel regarding as yet. { In his judgment the pres tice ruled that the plu t remit o, S or the former verdict v t aside and a new 1 order To Determine Damage This trial, it wus explained. would be for the purpose of detarmining the amount of dumages only, Counsel for the defendsnts asked for tim *which to file exceptions and aranted until tomorrow. Judk~ Darling of counsel for the dat ants waid that the case would | Tied to the Supremo Court aven In the motic it was @ cta in_the courtroom at e trial had applauded points 'unsel for the plaintif n suid that at the time ators applauded the judg. and the jury th handelapping bud DISCOVER DANCER N DUSTOF CHALK Believing that thousands of ch dren in the Washington schools are having thefr heal jeopardized through infectlon of the lungs by vhalk dust, representatives of the Congress of Mothers and Furent- Teacher Assoclations will meet af the New Ebbitt Hotel ‘Tuesday morn ing at 10 decid course of action danger. s, Giles Scott ¥ the mothers’ congress, declured ve ferday that reports have {rom numerous parent-tes ations to the effect that being done by chalk dust. Will Study Reports. Reports from the United States pub- lic health service and the children's bureau have been requested by the mothers and will be studfed at Tues- day's meeting. Beginning at 10 o'clock {n the morning the meeting will continue until $:30 in the afe noon. The will be devoted principal nee of presidents of the her as- Sociations. At 1 ecting will adjourn to lun, y afternoon + session will be given over to dis- ssfon of the preschool age of the hild. Dr, Hugh J. Davis of the Child Welfare Association will be the prin- cipal speaker. i Wl Show Movies. Following Dr. Davis' address repre- rentatives of the Child Welfare As cfatlon will exhibit moving pl(llnnflll vortraying methods of child care, Ar- | ngement has been madn to have the | noving pletures sturted ut 8 injury is to enuble teachers from the gra £chools to attend i One of the most important sube- pects the mothers will consider s an leventh-hour campalgn to bring pres- sure to bear upon House leaders 60 as 1o fet a vote on pending school legis- lation. Parents in all sections of the city, according to leaders in the par- ent-teacher associations, are aroused at the delay to which the school bills Lave been subjected. A commit- tae of mothers will bs appointed to 11 upon the District Commissioners nd ask their support in getting the legislation through Congrens. BISHOP T0 PRESIDE AT ANNUAL SERVICE The annual church service of the Sons of the Revolution in the Dis- trict of Columbia will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon at St. John's Church, 16th and H strects north- west, to commemorate the 191st an- niversary of the birth of George ‘Washington. President Harding is be present. The list of those to at- tend includes the following repre- #entatives of the diplomatic corps. The Brazilian ambassador and Mme, s Alencar, the Peruvian ambassador and Senora Pezet, tho Holivian minis- ter and Senora Ballivian, the Nica- raguan minister and Senora Cha- morro, the minister of Panama and Henora Alfaro, the minister of the Herbs, Croats and Slovenes and Mrs, Pavichich; the Venezuelan minister vand Senora _Arcaya, the charge [ d’affaires of Latvia and Mrs. Seya, and the counselor of the Polish legation and Mrs. Kwaplszewski. The sermon be preached by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Frank Gallor, Bishop of Tennessee. Tho service will be conducted by Rev. Thomas Fdward Green, chaplain of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia, assisted by Rev. David Ransom Covell, Rev. Robert Talbot znd Rev. Robert Johnston. The order of service was prepared by the late Rev. Randolph H. McKirh, somewhila chaplain, Sons of the TRevolution, and set forth for the pur- pose with the approval of the Blshop ‘of Washington. ‘The commemoration covers the lives of the deceased members, including the services of their revolutionary ancestors, and will be_conducted by Brig. Gel George Richard: the president of the society. BLAND'S WIDOW DIES. DENVER, Col., February 1 -Mrs. virginia_Bland.’ widow of Richard (“silver Dick") Bland, former Missour{ rapresentative and originator of the tres silver movement, dled here to- day_after & short illness. A son, E. *C. Bland, s judge of ths court of appeals, Eansas City, Mo, expected to No longer n part of the residence, now under direct Baldinger, White House ald VETERANS' BUREA METHODS ASSALED Witnesses Heard and Com- mittee May Propose New Inquiry by Joint Body. {HOSPITAL SITES RAPPED Excessive Price for One Near Hud- son River Suggested—Poor Location in California. 1 new j ;. sional committee to investigute af- fairs of the Veterans' Bureau after Congress adjourns will be recom- mended to the Senate week, it was suld yesterday b nators the s commi eaded by ator rland. Virginia. after they had the preliminary inquiry mpleted ordered by sentative Culifornia, and Acting Director ljams of the hu- rean., Representative Fish is under stood 'to have testified regarding pur chase of a hospital site near the Hud- son river, which, he said, was bought by the bureau for $100,000, although it hiad sold shortly before for §26,000. He also sald that the site was ex- posed. wind-swept, situated near brickyards and totally unsuitable for a hospital tion tepr s of hospital sites in Cali- foruta was discussed by Representa- ‘e Lineberger, who sald that in one site 150 miles from adequate congnunication was chosen Members of committee said that Col. Tjams insisted he had found noth- g to justify charges recently mude agalnst the bureau in Congress. 200 SHRINE AUTOS T0STARTFORD.C. Two hundred automobiles, most of them painted white, are expected to leave San Francisco May 1 for Wash- ington, D. C. They will form the nucleus for the 123 transcontinental Shrine motor caravan. Others of the caravan will be picked up en route and the entjre number will arrive June 4, in time for the Shriner convention, which is to be held June 5, ¢ and 7. Dr. 8. M. Johnson, representing the Secretary of War, 18 now on his way to the Pacific coast to make arrangements for the establishment of milestones in Oakland and San Francisco, The cara- van_will leave these cities immediately on dedication of these mileston On its arrival in Washington, the zero mile- stone, on the Ellipse near the White Housé, which marks the beginning of ail highways radiating from the District, is to be dedicated by President Hard: ing in the presence of thousands of Shriners. Capt. Bernard McMahan, manager of the National Shrine Touring Club and organiger of the Shrine motor caravans, with his big white pilot car, will lead the caravan across the continent. He is arranging for cars not situated on the transcontinental route to join the caravan temples through which the main caravan passes. Washington will witnens the largest assemblage of motor cars in the history of the world. The caravan will be filmed along the entire route in the form of a travelog and for highway development work, by the American highway ~educational bureau and will be released in Washington dur- ing the Shriners’ convention. Start a Rose Garden This Spring-and Start it Right It is casyto hi My belulif\llly *‘Fairfax 128 kinds of Roses grown in my nurseries, where every condition of etrapolitan poli trol of the Whi charge of the fore ve magnificent flowers all summer, and every summer, when you start with the right kind of Rose plants. My Fairfax Roses, grown in your own climate, are vigor- ous, thri17. sturdy — wintered out-of-doors and full of vitality. Plant them this spring and enjoy—this summer— cut-flowers worth many times what the plants cost. re o MOTHER AND 3 CHILDREN ARE BURNED TO DEATH | | Father and Husband in Critical Condition As Result of Rescue ' Attempts. | STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, February | A mother and her three children | were h here tonight when fire destroyed the home of | Mux Korniuk. Mre Korni Fred, zed seven Helen, uged three and Max, jr., uged four months, were the vietims Korniuk is in a eritical condition fn a hospital. He s burned when he tried to rescue his wife and the children. ORLD SPEAERS | LAUD EDUCATION ned to d vears vears Tie onward march through democratic systems was stres Ly akers from Europe, ISouth America and the United States at o meeting of the federated com- mittees of Teachers' Union of the | District of Columbia at the Women's | City Club last » Outlining the 2 made by her country in this Mme. Alois Stangler of the Czecho- |slovakian legation gave many inter- ng illustrations of the wonders worked In the newly formed republic since the great war. Mme. Stangler emphasized the per- fect equality the women of her land enjoved since its freedom from Aus-| trfan rule and said that they had plaved no small part in the great growth of the public echool systam | that s now well established through- out the country. | Tribute to Government. | She dwelt at length on the various! requirements domunded of students, said that compulsory cducation was in force for children between the ages of six and fourtcen yvears and paid high tribute to the generosity of her government to further any move- ment along educational lines. She sald that at present there wera 15,000 primary schools, high schools, colloges and universities for an up- proximate population of 14,000,000 people. In conclugion. Mme. Stangler pressed appreciation to American workers for the splendid co-operation oftered her people since the close of the war. Dr. Frank W. Ballou spoke briefly on the educational program now ing outlined for the public schools the country and said that more plan- ning was necessary to cope with the requirements of vears to comec. de- claring that otherwise ecducation would become stagnated. He sald that all public school schedules in the larger cities were carrying on extensive educational classes for workers, and detailed the various methods adopted at night schools and other extra-hour classes He gave an interesting analvsis of the part-time schools und s workers to be found in different s tions of the country, and declared that the continuation-school system now beiug adopted in almost all indus- trial centers was proving most pop- ular. of education trem < strides | respect, Colombia’s Schools. Senora Maria de Coronado of Co- lombia told of work now being ac- complished by the public schools of that country, and expressed her ap- preciation of the friendly feell that are being cemented between the workers there and in the United States. Others to address the meeting wore Dr. Richard Hogue of the workers' education bureau, who took a3 his theme “Workers' Education and the International Question”; Frank Mor- rison, secretary American Kedora- tion of Labor, and Dr. Brodus Mitch- ell, instructor at Bryn Mawr summer school for women. Mrs. Edith C. Paul, chairman of the federated com- mittee, presided. illustrated book, " describes fully the i so1] Roses’ and climate helps to make the plants truly superb. It shows how to care for the bushes so they will give you pe: hy ect blooms, It tells, too, about my dahlias, chrysanthemums, ferns and hardy flowering plants. Yourname on po’nul brings the b’oot—wriuwd-y. ms of the President, his family and offieial 3 wn here in their brand- s shown, center, front row. w uniforms. Maj. O, M. THE SUNDAY STAKR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FEBRUARY 18 1973—PART T Citizens Start Fund Drive to Keep Thomson Playground Open Despite the fact that the Congres- alonal appropriations for maintaining the playgrounds connected with the Thomson School, 12th and L streets northwest, have been used up, which means the closing of that yard, the parents and citizens of that locality have determined that the children ot the neighborhood shall not be forced to play in the streets and have taken the matter Into their own hands. With this {n mind, it was determined at the last meeting of the Franklin- Thomson Parent-Teacher Assoclation that the cltizens of that part of the city would be canvassed for & fund for running the playground. In Congested Area. As it was brought out at the meet- ing, the Thomeon fchool, with its ad- jolning yard, {s In the heart of a congested area, there I8 no other playground accessible for the chil- dren, the traffic {s heavy along the surrounding streets, and it is vital that the children have some place that i safe to play. It was pointed out that there have been twelve ac- cldents to children of the school in Delfef of the meeting that that num- ber would be doubled without the avallability of the playground. The smail amount ullowed from the school appropriations to run the grounds gave out February 1, mem- Dbers of the association say, and there is no fund available for its mainten- ance until July, when the District fund is used for keeping the school playgrounds open in the summer. It was explained that the grounds could not be kept open without supervision, and for this the citizens have planned to provide, Team Captains Chosen. Tt is hoped to ralse $500 in the neighborhood, which would be ade- quate for continuing the grounds untit July. For this work team captalns were chosen by a committee of the association, and with the co-operation of the parents and friends in the vicinity, the movement is expected to be successful. Kobert J. Berberich was named general supervisor. with the following _aides: R. J. Taylor, Gordon Hotel; Mrs. J. V. Battle, 1330 Massachussetts avenue; Mrs. L. B. Castell, 1132 6th street; Mrs. G. E. Farrell, Tudor Hall; A. J. Driscoll, 1219 M street; J. M. Borders, recent months and it was the general (1228 1ith street; Mrs. E. Y. Stmmons, PROPOSES INQURY ONTANICABRATES Harrison Offers Resolution for Washington Compari- son With Other Cities. INCLUDES OTHER AUTOS Measure Provides for Report Be- fore Convening of Next Ses- sion of Congress. A full investigation of the rates of fare charged for taxicab service and for other automobiles for hire {in Wash- ington is called for in a resolution of- fered in the Senate late yesterday by ator Pat Harrison of Mississippl. The investigation is to cover rates charged in otlier cities of the country also, so that the rates here may be compared with those elsewhere. The Public Utilities Commission s directed to make the investigation and to report to the District Commissioners so that the latter may take steps to compel “reasonable” rates here. The resolution provides: That the Public Ttilities Commission of the District of Columbia be directed to make full and complete investigation of the rates charged by the owners or operators of taxicabs and automobiles for hire in other cities and in the Dis- trict of Columbia, and to recommend to the Commissioners of the District for action and enforcement such rates | as may be reasonable und which ma: compare with such rates as are per. mitted to be charged by the owners or operators of automobiles and taxi. cabs for hire in other cities of the ited States. hat the Commissioners of the Dis- trict ehall make full report of the in- vestigations and findings of the Public Ttilities Commission on or before the convening of the next regular session of the Sixty-eighth Congress.’ The resolution was reported to the Senate District committee. FOR FARM AND GARDEN. . BURLAP: GOOD CONDITION: R._DESIO. Jr.. 4838 Conduit road. ® PRIVET a fax Farms C orcamental plants. Fain Inc., Fairfax, Va. Phose Pair 4. HEDGES FURNISHED AND PLANTED. 14, Bedges cut back; apecial soll, la n class order. F. A. HERREI 10th st Lincoln 6837-J. - HOME GROUNDS —their planniug and planting, by L. H. Bailey. thority; free booklet “to ted in iandscape plating. raery, Rockrille, Growers of 360 varieties of everygreens, trees, shrubs_and_plants. . FREE GARDEN BOOK. Our 1023 catalogne containing everything necessary for the farm, garden and poult yurd s ready. Call or write. P. MANN ©0., 207 Tth at. nw, R. RODMAN, Successor LANDSCAPE GARDENERC AN Fhoue North o5s, oo AND FORESTER. e Big, Husky Chicks Better, stronger, with plenty “pep’’; chicks easfer to ‘s the kind our system produces. It will pay you to learn how it s dome. ‘Write today for free mew Bulletin T. 5. whike Oy 4,000 Give' you more choicer eggs. Hatched from eggs from exclu- aively our own hens— all with excellent rec- ords — Free Range reared—add them to your flock and double the lay. Write for -7 catalog, prices, dates, Day-old Chicke and eight-week Pullets. Dept. 23, Vineland, N. J. ERS Stop Hatching Weak Chicks With Cheap Incubators A Queen Costs But Little Mere and the Extra Chicks That Live and Grow Soon Pay the Difference Remember, 1t is not Bow many chicks you hateh that counts, but howsmany you Toiuo: Chicks, that hatch out weak and 7 o sou but Houble and i, They Sing to you " They Boxke Sne dick of the Poultry business: Most of the chicks you lose in the first few weeks die because they did not have, ‘when hatched, enough -uvnftn or vitality e B0 ey et i e Rtehey O etron.” bealthy chicks' Gnat "live ead grow. Queen Imcubaters are net cheap, but they are cheap in the long run, They will be turning out good itches years after the cheap machines bave been junked. Catalog went free on request. SCHULTZ'S SEED STORE = | | i | l COURT SUSPENDS FIVE-YEAR PENALTY Charles Glaubach, Sen- tenced, Put on Probation. Others Get Clemency. Charles Glaubach, forty-three years old, of Newark, N. J., recently con- victed of assaulting his wife, Fannle, with a knife at her store on H street northeast, December 1 1 e Stafford, tenced yester by Jus — 1225 10th street; . IL _Achenbach, 1007 L. street; Mrs. W. Boles, Mag- nolla apartments; W, E. Johnson, 1223 12th street, and Mrs. O. Bowles, Aurora Hills, Va, ' Lieutenants will be chosen later. The collection of the funds will com- mence March 1. The final meeting be- fore the drive begins, to which all pare~ts are invited, will be held at the Thomson School, February 26 at 7:30 in Criminal Division 1, to serve five years in the penitentiary. On condi- tion that he return to Newark and keep away from his wife and family, not molesting them even by writing to them, the court ruspended the sen- tence and placed Glaubach on proba- thon. Probation was also extended to Nellle Dorsey, colored, who is in peor health. She was convicted, with sn- other woman and & man, of robbing Caleb Adamsr an old colored man, of $65 in his home. A sentence of three years in the penitentiary was imposed and suspended. Others given another chance by the court today on suspended sentences were Robert L. Smith, a young white man, whose term of three years was suspended on a charge of stealing an automobile; Kermit T. Schell, white, one year for non-support; James T. Hones, colored, making false state ment in reference to war risk insur- ance, two years, and Lottle Wright, colored, two vears for larceny. Cloyd Holmes, colored, was given & term of three years for stealing an automobile. Robert McCullough and Walter Hill, both colored, will serve six months cach at Occoquan for housebreakin DR. WILLIAM J. TUCKER ILL. HANOVER, N. H, February 17.- Dr. Willtam Jewett Tucker, president emeritus of Dartmouth College, ir seriously {ll at his home here, Dr Tucker, who retired from the active presidency in 1309, is eighty-three yoars old. I R T We Said Everything! —and Everything it IS—Nothing Reserved The Entire $200,000.00 Stocks of Both Our Stores Included in A Seli-made Sale Remodeling One Store, Moving the Other | With the Motive Power of Two Progressive Motives Remodeling and Refitting the i Original Man’s Store, 1005-1007 Pa. Ave. Hence a tremendous stock-reducing sale. Collars, ! i } 3,000 dozen D. J. K. 15c Stifi Collars, mostly small and large sizes, each.... 20c Biltrite Semi-soft 25c Lisle S0c White Fil 3¢ Socks . $1.00 Wool Socks . 5c 13c ‘Wool Socks . 1,000 Pairs Pure Worsted | Trousers, $4.75 Al Sizes, 27 to 50 ? ! $125 Summer Ath- tetic Union Suits 79c $130, $2.00 Grades, $115 75c_ Athletic Shirts and Drawers, garment 35c Pari Garters . T 581,30 $100 Silkk and Knit Ties, 3 for $2 l vy I | Shirts, separate col- All $2.00 and $250 Flannelette Pajamas, $1.39 I Extra Salespeople at Both Stores Insure Prompt Service ne Orders—But, as always, Money’s Worth or No. C. O. D.’s, Charges or Pho 1 Money Back 45¢ . 19¢ UNION button : $1.50 Grade.......$1.15 $2.00 Grade. . . $2.50 Grade. . .....$1.85 Others $2.15, $2.55, $2.85 $200 Winsted Wool Shirts and $1.15 Drawers, each Drawers, each D.J. 1005~7 PA.AVE AR $150 and $2.00 All Winter Underwear SUITS—Chal mers’, Duofold, Madewell, Cooper's and Tatch—one- $250 Winsted Wool Shirts and Selling Out the Stock of Man's Store No. 2, 616 17th St. before moving to a larger and finer home at 1724 Pa. Ave. ... 17c¢ ber . 29c¢ $1.00 Fancy Silk .'69¢ . 69c $1.15 Shirts —All Silk Shirts ..... # This Sale, Our Logical Route to Quick Disposal, Is Your Royal Road to Economy!—Here’s a Partial List of the Savings o ey =l G 85 —§300 and $350 So 5 st $2.50 All $3.50 Soft and Stiff Hats $1.85 All $100 and S150 Muslin _and Flannel- ctte Night Shirts...... $500 Felt and Velour Hats........ $5.00 to $9.00 AR $1.35 $1.85 Khaki 0dd Woolen Pants $1.00 Blue Chambray Shirts c.coovveienens 89¢ $2.65 e $1.95 69c Hundreds of Suits and Overcoats $19.75 & $26.75 Inc. 616 ~ 17td STREET