Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1923, Page 11

NATION MAY HELP PRIVATE SHIPPING Does Not Want to Drive Craft Under U. S. Flag Out of Business. i | BY DAVID LAWRENCE. America’s decision to maintain merchant marine at all costs may mean a working arrangement with that small group of private ship owners operating under the Amer- fean flag which would naturally be affected by so large a competitor as the United States government itself. The dio has not it was learned today, without taking account the competitive effects that will naturally flow from « govern- ment engagod 4BETESSIVE opera- tion of its own xhips and with all the financial essary for the enterprise Although the entire merchant floct will be offered for sale and the gov- ernment would he glad to sell them, nobody seriously expects the bids to come anyvwhere within reach of the price considered justifiable by the President and Chairman Lasker of the Shipping Board. This is because the pricate owners cannot afford to maintain unprofitabls routes and the nt is determined not to split . but to operate all or none. tion of this policy, the President has been told by the Ship- ping Board that to give a “the cream routes.” while maintaining the others at a loss. would be unfair to the American taxpayers, who would foot the bill and who would be en- titled to have the profits of the good routes used to offset the losses onf the routes to remote parts of the globs which do not pay for ther selves, but which enable American shippers to zet satisfactory rates for thelr cargoes. Will Go Whole Way. As a matter of fact the entry of| the government into the shipping business is considered a foregone con- olusion because the bids probably will mot be high enough to justify sale Under the circumstances then the government will then “go the whole hog,” abandoning the previous prac- tice of operating some ships through agents who received a commissiou plus the cost of operation This agency method has Leen one of the most disadvantageous practices set up since the famous “cost plus 10 per cent” of war contract d: at least this is what the administration says about it now that it has had a chance to observe the practice under peace time conditions Tt is interesting to learn that 51 per cent of America’s foreign commerce handied by the American ships to- About 34 per cent consists of oil tankers in the Caribbean, and the Great Lakes traffic, neither of which Would be affected bi government com- etition because of the short hauls nvolved. May been cast, into rees i { Ask for Help. Of the 3t-per cent, private enguged transoceanic trade about thirty ships. Eig operated by the Harriman about fifteen by the International Mercantile Marine me of the called ustrial operating on specific routes by industries that own them. such as the Steel Corpora- | tion, will naturally keep on operating | their own vessels, but by and larke 11 gets down to about thirty hoat which will feel the competition of th government if unaided. Some of these owners are said to have applied already for forefmn registry. They can also, to be sure, always go into the coastwise trade if they desire, but the probubilities are that thos already engugzed in bustuess will ask the government to ¢ perate with them in preserving the bhusiness they have built up and a sympathetic ear will be given to their case There are many such problems yet 10 be worked out, as only the funda- nientals have been agreed upon. The United States shipping fleet consists of about 1,500 vessels, only 300 of which are Leing operated. If 400 co be kept going the board would feel that it was accomplishing a groat deal. The remaining eleven hundred ships are not all suited for forelgn | trade. During the war the demand was for vessels of very few types and it was easier to standardize tlem for war purposes Now, however. the government feels the nced of xp ized types to com- | pets with the fleets of other countries and a special appropriation will have to be authorized by Congress for new construction as u natural corrollary 10 the government's new policy of public operation. It's just as if a rallroad had built all day coaches to carry troops and found after the war that it needed slecpers, refrigerating cars, flat cars, oil tankers, ete. The American_government will set out compete for the trade of the world and will need all the types that other companies abroad now maintain. The new policy r s a turning | point in the histor American merchant shipping. The war claims and attendunt confusion has about been cleared up. and by July 1. when | the present fiscal vear ends, Chair- man Lasker hopes to turn over to the President a com Iy reorganized service ready for the aggressive com- petition which the next few vears will require. In his placc he will no doubt recommend that u practical shipping nan be appointed. President Harding | simself has hinted that one of the | >ficers of the Fleet Corporation { would be promcted, for it is no longer A question @i = policy—Chairman t.asker has worked that out for his successor—but it is a matter of op ation along the lines of policy already established. owners in have lines and ships the to { (Coprright, 1 4 VIRGINIA TOBACCO MART. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, April 16.—Dark loose leaf tobacco sales on the open market here last week aggregated 37,800 pounds, a further .indication inat the 1922 crop has about been sold. The market will close with the breaks of next Friday. PRESBYTERY TO MEET. Special Dispatch “o The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. April 16.—The spring sesslon of the Montgomery presbytery will meet at Westminster Presbyterian Church here Wednesday morning for sessiogs to continue through Thursday. The opening ser- mon will be delivered by Rev. A. B. Bowman, pastor of West End Presby- terian Church, Roanoke. LINEMAN INSTANTLY KILLED. Special Dispatch to The Star. MORGANTOWN, W. Va. April 16.— Gall Lytle, aged thirty-four, a line- man for the West Penn Power Com- pany, was killed at Point Marion when he came in contact with a high- tension wire and was thrown to the street. His wife and child survive, CUMBERLAND SNOW THAWS, speetal Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md. April 16— Snow averaged in depth from lwo to six inches, and temperature ranged Dbetween 26 and 34 degrees in this section early Sunday morning. After sunrise the temperature began a gen- eral rise, and the snow soon thawéd. CALLED ABROAD BY DEATH. ‘Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ' FROSTBURG. Md., April 16.—Thom- as Lloyd and his niece, Mrs. Thomas JoMorran, have been summoned to E d by the death of Mr. Lloyd's sister, Mrs. Matthew Evans, mother ¢ Mrs. McMorran. Their destination “~ Careau, Sowth Wales, | | K Dusty Letters in Sea Lodging Bare Many a Sailor’s Heart Special Bispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 16.—Many a fantastic sea yarn has been spun around the little egg stove in Paddy | Keane's Seamen's Hall, near the docks at the foot of Broadway. But better stories by far than all hese yarns| combined are buried away in the| heaps of uncalled-for lugguge in a durk little storage room in the rear of | Paddy's office. and many a heart- | throb is sealed in the hundreds of un- | read letters stufied in the plgeon-‘ holes around his office. | These letters come from all over | the globe. Some are so yellow with | 1e that the handwriting is scarcely | discernible. | “Here is an interesting story,” re- marked Paddy as he reached up to one of the pigeonholes and took out « dus envelope. 1t was po: Dunscansby, Secotland, July and read in part: | “Muz, Lillian and myself are only ones home now since Stephen | left for England last Wednesday. Muz | POLITICS BEGIN TO STIR ARLINGTON Women Show Lively Interest as| Candidates Toss Hats Into Ring. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, April 16.—Al- though election date is nearly seven months the offing politics is a| leading topic in the county, and can- didates are numerous. The principal concern of many civie organizations and voters is to wake up the residents of the county who are to vote. Women are especially active. Their organi- zation, with Mrs. C. M. Rogers as president, has appealed to the sex as follows: “Every woman is expected to do her part in determining who shall administer our county affairs. It is f to elect the best and most honest candidate and to have no com- nt to make in the future. Women who do not exercise their privilege citizenship by paying poll tax. registering and then voting in the comiug election have no possible ight to criticize the act of an offi- cial whom they did not help to elect. Membership Urged. e puper urges feminine voters join the woman's organization in order that they may be informed on the character, record and platform of all candidatés. The ecircular also th that poll taxes must be May 1 in order to vote in » and that other informa- regarding the election can be obtained from Mrs. F. M. Mabry of Arlington district and Mrs. H. P. Simpson of Washington district. With the exception of the office of of court, which is an eight- ¢ elective berth, all county officers to be contested for. The super- visors, considered by many the most important of oflices in the election in pite of the fact that the compen- sation received by its members is probably the lowest paid of any offi- cials, ar Although a num- ber of nan been mentioned for a place on the board no definite annouticements have been made and the present members of the board have vet to declare publicly their intentions. Oftices, and those who aspire to serve them for the coming four years, are as follows: For treasurer, I W Ball (incumbent), Charles R. Tavlor and Stuart F. Thompson, all of Clarendon; for sheriff, A, C. Clements (incumbent) of Clarendon, Howard Fields of Ballston and C. H. Wibert of Arlington: for commonwealth at- torney, Judge William (. Geoth of Arliugton and George D. Lee of Rosslyn. the Tatter's candidacy, it is d. being subject to a democratic primary; for commissioner of Tevenue, in eligible us arce lmve | Harry K. Green of Clarendon (incum- bent) and . H. Bowbeer of Ballston. Possible New Vacaney. The election of Judge Gloth as com- monwealth attorney would make a vacancy in the county police court. Tt is said on good authority that if such a vacancy arises the office, which is an appointive one. would g6 to either Blake nes of Clarendon or Harry Thomas of Ballston. Voters of the county are not ex- clusively “interested in filling local offices. ‘They will also play a part in selecting men for the general as- sembly, a the county in the house of delegates and another to represent the eighth district, of which the county is a part, in_the' state senate. To date the former is a three-cornered race, with Parke Payne and E. W. Jordan, one of which will be eliminated at the democratic prir ary, and Thomas W. Baille, republican, toeing the mark. For the state senate Frank L. Ball, commonwealth attorney for Arlington county, is opposed by Walter T. Oliver, the incumbent, and {James Sherier, both of Fairfax county |DEATH IN DENMARK SHATTERS ROMANCE! Girl Waiting in West Virginia| Grief-Stricken by News Lover Was Killed. Special Dispateh to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va.. April 16.— Death has broken a Danish romance which was planned to have its cul- mination in this city this spring; and today the expectant bride sits at the home of friends here, burdened with grief. Miss Grets Holdt of Copenhagen, photographer to the King of Den- mark “and his royal family, after months of special work in pursuance of her commission, came here on @ leave-of-absense early this vear. In her heart was the memory of Axal Marrinussen, a Copenhagen merchant, formerly a’ member of the king's guard, membershin in which requires that the soldiers be six feet or more in height. vigorous of body and ex- emplifying all the finest qualities in manhood. They were engaged to be married. They had been children together. He was to joln her here in May, they were to be married and to make their home in this country. Hecenuy came the news thai he had been killed in a railroad accident, and with the news her hopes fell in ruins. She remains here a guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. Rann, friends whom she knew in Denmark when they lived there. What she will do she has not decided. BOATMAN IS DROWNED. Waves Swamp George Marong at Petersburg Gap, W. Va. Special Dispateh to The Star. PETERSBURG, W. Va. April 16.— George Marong, aged about twenty vears, was drowned in the south branch of the Potomac river at Pe- tersburg Gap yesterday. He was crossing in a ferryboat while the water was high. The waves splashed in and sunk the boat. His body was recovered in several hours, and was sent to.his home in Virginia, He was employed by Chandler & Stover, state road con- tractors, between Moorefigld and Petersburg Gap. - | seamen’s n to represent solely | | worries about him. She was saying when we got your money order the other day that she wished you were home. tephen wrote a letter home yesterday saying that he was well.” 1t was an_echo of war, coming from a little Scoteh family, upon which a greater grief than the departure of a son may have descended in the seven years since the posting of the letter. Storage Grows Higher. As the years pile up, so, too, does the uncalled-for or forgotten luggage in Paddy's storeroom. Paddy reluc- tantly is forced to dispose of some of it to the junk dealer. Before doing this, however, he goes over each par- cel, carefully removing whatever ar- ticles of value may be contained in them, in the hope hat some day the owner will come back to claim them. Wood carvings of curious design wrought during idle hours at sea and delicate needlework, the product of calloused” fingers, curlos from the orfent and other little odds and ends which would provoke won- der in the eyes of the landlubber Paddy pa over with unconcern, for he was sailor once himself. In one package were bread and cheese. Gypsy Beggars In Automobiles Clash With Law Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., April 16—A band of gypsies passed through here Saturday in automobiles. Women and children in the party were seen | beggIng en route. They had camped at Phoenix, near Festernport. Offi- | cers arrested their leader, charged with camping in the state without a Jcense. He was fined $20 They said they did not know they l § tiona fon TWO IN RADICAL RAID ASK §25,000 Rosenberger and Smelzer Charge False Arrest Against Lawrence 0’Dea. Clarence B. Rosenberger and Wil- liam C. Smelzer, two of the seven men arrested in the so-called radical raids last week, filed suits for $25,000 damages against Detective Sergt. Lawrence J. O'Dea in the District Su- preme Court today. Attorney Selig C. Brez appears for the plaintiffs, who charge false arrest and imprison- ment. The men assert that they were illegally arrested by O'Dea April 9§ and were imprisoned for two days in cells infested with vermin. They | were not given water with which to wash themselves, they toll the court, and wero furnished insufficient food. As their money had been taken from them, they were unable to buy addi- food and weroe required to sleep iron cots so that they suffered great mental anguish and bodily pain. As u result of the alleged {llegal ar- rest, the men declare, they have lost their employment. Native Americans. Mr. Bres, attorney for the plaintiffs, issued the following statement: “Both of the men are native-born American citizens, whose familles have lived in the United States for many gen- erations. Mr. Rosenberger's ances- tors came to the United States in 1726. Neither of these men is in any way connected with the communist party or are they afMliated in any revolutionary movement. They went to the Typographical Temple to hear an advertised lecture and when they arrived at the hall were arrested and confined until April 11. “Mr. O'Dea is quoted in the press as ‘stating that ho released six of were in Marviand and were zolng to | Pennsylvania. Justico Wiseman or- |dered them to leave the state and {they at onco broke camp | At an oil-filling stution here they {stopped to replenish und ono of the queons induced an attendant to have his fortune told. He later reported to the police that $10 was missing. BOULDER TO MARK HISTORIC HOME SITE Unveiling April 20 at Georgetown Pike and Urbana High- way, Maryland. <patch to The Star. SRICK, Md. April 16.—The jancestral home of the Dennis family is to be marked for future genera- tions by a native boulder, pluced at the intersection of the Georgetown pike and Urbana highway, and to be unveiled April 20 to the memory of Col. George R. Dennis, father of State Treasurer John M. Dennls Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, United States Senators O. E. Weller and W. |C. Bruce and Representative Fred- jerick N. Zihlman will participate in | the ceremonies. Addresses will be delivered by Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, { Baltimore, state roads commission chairman: John N. Mackall, Balti- | more. and former State Senator Frank C. Norwood, Frederick, Little Miss Barbara Brooke Denni daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Dennis, jr.. Frederick, and a grand- daughter of Col. Dennis, will unveil the memorial. Willlam J. Grove, Lime Kiln, Md., under whose direction the boulder was put into position, will preside. The boulder also marks the point where Gen. Washington was met in 1791 by a body of cavalrymen, headed by Col. John McPherson, and later in 1821, where a committee of citizens of this city met Marquis de Lafayette on his visit to this city from Wash- ington. BIG COUNTRY CLUB GOES TO VIRGINIA Prominent Washingtonians Said to Be Among 500 Charter Members. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. April 16. —A charter has been applied for by the Chesapeake Colonfal Country Club to acquire property and develop a club with golfing, bathing, boating, fishing, horseback riding and other sports in Westmoreland county. 1t is understood the club will start with approximately 500 members. The company {s under process of organiza- tion by Judge Alvin T. Embrey of Fredericksburg, general counsel, with local officers consisting of himself, as president; W. L. Burruss, jr., vice president, and E. E. Brooks, secretary and treasurer. The club membership | will be composed of men and women prominent in financial and social cir- cles of Chicago, Washington, Balti- more, Philadelphia and New York. The property proposed to be taken over consists of approximately 2,000 acres on the Potomac river, and plans have already been perfectéd for lay- ing off a golf course. Construction of a modern dining room, a clubhouse, with_individual cottages situated on commanding sites throughout the large reserve, connecting with one another and with the dining room by graveled and concrete walks, is planned. A private swimming pool and pond for fishing and boating will be constructed. Henry Bohmer. jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., has recently ‘acquired a consid- erable block of fine river bottom land, a portion of old La Grange farm, in Caroline county, on the Rappahan- nock river, about fifteen miles below Fredericksburg. FOUNDLING BEARS NOTE ‘HEART-BROKEN MOTHER’ Special Dispateh to The Star. EASTON, Md., April 16.—Henry Zelgler, a merchant of Longwoods, about 'seven miles from Faston, opened his store this morning and found In the vestibule a basket, in which was a boy about five or six days old. The baby was poorly clothed, with a few extra garments in the basket, also a note, which read as follows: “Dear, Friend: Please take care of my_baby. “From a “HEART-BROKEN MOTHER.” Mr. Zelgler's wife soon had the little one inside the house, where she made it comfortable until Miss Catherine Lee, public health nurse, and Dr. Wil- broken so as to admit the baby's head. The officers are investigating the case. COLLEGE ORATORS TO TRAIN. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, April 16— Lynchburg College will hold preltmina- ries next Saturday night to select repre- Sentatives to take part in the state ora- torical contests to be held at Washington and Lee University, May 4. tha meven men arrested on probation, which statement my clients resent. The truth about the matter iy that both of these men were releused be- cause the police had no against them and they were released only after I had obtained writs of habeas corpus for two of the men arrested. \ “The arrests were outrageous and my clients intend to find out whether the police have a right to destroy their constitutfonal guarantees.” MARRIAGES. WINCHESTER, Va., April 16.—Arm tead C. Rogers, United States Navy, and Miss Elsle Sterling, daughter of George W. Sterling, New York, were married New York city. MARTINSBURG, W. Miss Ida Roe, Gore, Va, and Harry Allemong, Winchester, Va., who was warded a distinguished service cross oon after close of the world war, were married here, Va, April 16.— Fredericksburg, V. nas B, charge | Berry of this city and Miss Mandy Pates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pates of Stafford county, were married here. BELATED SCHOOL REPORT IN. Special Dispateh to The Sta CUMBERLAND, Md., April 16.—The printed report of the Allegany coun- ty board of education for the yvear ended July 31, due to have been issued in November, in accordance with law, came out Saturday. It shows dis- bursements of $513,508.81, leaving a balance of $372.20. The total cost of control or maintenance of the super- intendent’s office w. $19,412.08. The items show the salary of the super- intendent as $5,000. | | | Floor Coverings of All Descriptions, Living Room, Dining Room, Bed Room and Cannot be fully appreciated without a personal inspection of the merchandise. We are confident that no similar opportunity to purchase goods of our high MONDAY, HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES (For Tuesday.) FIRST RACE—The Hartford junior purse; for twoesrolds; purte, $1.800; four furlongy; Close Work . 8 Bamra 15 | Frankman ...... 110 Donaghee . 110/ Jaokson ... [/ 110 June Flower .... 110 el Degi ... 107 iDamler 110 110 Sunayr .....00000 110 113 Idle Thoughts .. 110/ Hflo YAntiquity ...... 107 110 Impossible . Suppliant 50 eligible {Bramton - fAudley Farm entry; $Whitney entry; §Sal mon & Wilson entry; 'fL. W. Garth entry. BECOND RACE—Claiming; _steeplecha: for fouresrelds sad up (short course); purse, $1.500; about two miles. Overmatch . 143 Ormend . *tCavendish 130 Lemarsouin . 1Lusmore 132 Dr. Btevenson +Rummel 130 Teil Me .. 3 Bryan O'Lynn.... 141 *Distant Shore .. 133 7omart and ‘Ascot Artos stable entry. THIRD RACE—Claimi for three-year- olds and up; purse, $1,200; five and one-half furlongs. Dexterous Aiken . 108 Val *Leffare oiw Unole_John Wraith ... ... 108 sy Blossom Second Thoughts, 113 *Mustard Seed... 101 Raffles .. Bl T FOURTH RACE—The Yarrow Bras purse for thrse-yearolds; purse. $1.300; six furlongs. 112 tComiza . 103 103 iPennon ........ 108 108 St Lawrence ... 108 110 Mark Twain .... 108 198 Doughersan . 108 +McLean entry. FIFTH RACE—The three-year-olds; purse, seventy yards. ' Edgewood purss; for $2,000; ono mile and . 100 . 102 s 97 for three-year- ds and up; purse, $1,200; one mile and a sixteenth. 113 *Lads Love...... 103 110 Antilles . 108 *Griselda . 107 Cork Eim . NTH RACE—Claiming; for thres-year- s and up; purse, $1,200; one mile and & teenth. Bammy Jay ... 108} Dr Chas, Wells. 103 Anoiversary ... 103 107 Galeta .. 103 2o 108 *Johnny Overten. politan *Apprentice aliowance of 5 pds. claimed. Weather clear, track slow. PLAN NEW BRIDGES ON VIRGINIA ROADS| Freight Traffic Increase to Bring{ Abolishment of Wooden. Structures. Giarre Flying Devil ka. hnn; 108 *Smarty ........ 108 Chateau-Gay .. 108 Citation Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., April 16.—0ld wooden bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio raflroad between Harrisonburg and Lexington, Va., are to be replaced at once with modern steel, iron and concrete structures, and bridges al- ready built between Harpers Ferry and Strasburg Junction are to be greatly improved and strengthened where needed, In order to meet necds of increased freight traffic, accord- ing to word received here today. on- tracts alread: have bheen let to a Cumberland, Md.. firm for masonry work, and other contracts are about to be awarded. Freight traffic_on the Shenandoah district of the Baltimore division Is increasing to such an extent, it was sald, that heavier engines are neces sary in order to handle the business expeditiously, and these will be placed In_ service as soon as new bridges are erected and other strengthened. Reports of the operat- ing department are sald to show a marked increase in the eastbound freight traffic, which represents o going products of various manuf; turing industries and also agricul- tural and horticultural crops. Until recently tha ecastbound movement was never equal to the westbound, or incoming, traflic. Now, it {= said, each is nearly equalized, and comparative- 1y few crews “dead-head” back to the freight yards at Brunswick, Md. 'APRIL {and held in bond of 16, 1923 Virginia Bootleg Fines Thrice Pay | Cost of Warfare Special Dispatch to The Sta; : RICHMOND, Va., April 16.—The re- rort of the prohibition commissioner for the first uarter of this year shows that 299 persons were arrested, 205 stills were taken, 116,000 gallons of mash_seized, 2,407 gallons of liquor destroyed, 31,000 gallons of beer poured out, eighteen automoblles con- fiscated, six horses, two buggies and three wagons seized and confiscated; the total property seized for the state | reaching $55,000. | At this rate the expenses of the de- | partment will be more than three | times repaid to the state in the way | of fines and confiscated property. | ——— | FIND ALLEGED LIQUOR. | With Larceny Warrant Charge Additional Offense. Special Diepatel to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md. Thursday night Willlam headquarters detective, Washington police, on duty at Unlon station, tipped County Officer Conners of th place that there was a search war- rant for premises 137 Maryland ave- nue, alleged to be occupied by Fd- ward C. Berdelle, The latter was charged with the larceny of property belonging to William simpson, 1% Carroll avenue, consisting of bed clothing, linens and other household Boods. Armed with the search warrant, and accompanied by Detective Owens, Mr. and Mrs, Simpson and the prohibition officers, County Officer Connors searched the Maryland avenue house. Twenty-seven bottles of Scotch whisky, eight gallons of pure grain alcohol and a quantity of chemicals and apparatus were selzed. On_ the vath of County Officer Connors Ber- delle was arrested, charged with the possession of more intoxicants than allowed under the county prohibition aw of 1917. He was brought before Justice of Peuce Herbert J. Moffat $500 for his ap- the October grund jury the charge of violating the county prohibition law, and alsu under bund of $500 that he would not violate the law until the meeting of the grand Bond in both cases was fur- | | April 16— C. Owe [ pearance at TWO SEEK DIVORCE. Spectal Dispateh to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md.. April 16 Rosa Mae Rhoades has entered suit for divorce from Ewing Shipley Rhoades, whom she married in June, 1918, at’ Washington, Pa, and now charges with desertion and infidelity. | Walter Herboldshelmer has sued Catherine Herboldsheimer for divorce, charging infidelity. They were mar- ried in December, 1821 Mrs. Ethel M. Rice has been allowed 340 counsel fees and $30 a month limony pending her sult against “harles E. Rice for divorce. She al- | leges cruelty and infidelity, and asks | for the custody of their three chil- dren. Mrs. Olga Pabst, formerly of Detroit, Mich.. now a resident of Cumber. and, has been granted absolute di- vorce from Frank E. Pabst. Mrs. Hazel Rosenthal, daughter of George oves, was granted a divorce from Sidney Rosenthal on the grounds of infldelity NOTE THREATENS TARRING. ! Special Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va.. April 16.—A let- ter received here by a well known resi- dent and turned over to the police threatens the resident with a coat of | tar and feathers if he does not p: more attention to his family. It w signed, “K. K. K.” The police are in- vestigating. W. & J.SLOANE 1508 H STREET, N. W. (Oppositejthe Shoreham) The Importance of Our Impressive Spring Offering of DESIRABLE HOME FURNISHINGS Including Summer Furniture standard at these prices has ever existed in this city before. All the merchandise will be found carefully arranged for your inspection on ‘the various floors of our establishment, and it will be a pleasure toshave you visit us whether or not an immediate purchase is contemplated. We are certain that a comparison of the'goods and prices with those offered elsewhere will fully repay you for the time and effort required. It should be noted that we have no connection with any other establishment in Washington, but are a representative branch of W. & J. Sloane, New York, founded in 1843, and today the largest institution of its kind. The stove will remain open from 8 A. M. to 530 P.M. Freight paid to all shipping points in the United States. IN'OLD DOMINION Shirley Says Highway Tax Distribution Will Be on Basis of Present. 35,000 Ways to Waste Money The35,000things sold that look like Brass, but are merely Brass-plated. They are imitations that tradeonfirstappearances. The plating soon wears off and rust consumes the base metal. Paper clips or lighting fistures -—dog collars, bag-frames or metal girdles, screws, building hardware. The list is 35,000 long. Every item can be had in solid Brass or Bronze. Brass and Bronze do not rust. Rust-proof pocket book. Insist on solid brass or Bronze hardware. Copper, Brass and Bronze ars cheaper becaase you pay for them only ONCE COPPER {s° BRASS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION 35 Broadway New York April 16.—Inter- i { i | cars a rxeon i | RICHMOND, Va., pretation of the gasoline tax law, as made by Highway Commissioner Shir- ley, 1s that each county will receive | from that fund its proportionate share of taxes on the basis of taxes that such county shall pay into the state treasury. Thus, whatever & county pays in taxes for all purposes, the gasoline | tax fund will be apportioned accord- | ingly, €0 that a county paving five times as much as another county will receive five times as much from the | gasolirie tax fund. That {s the basie of distribution of | the present fund for roads, and th 3 new distributfon specifies that the new fund shall be distributed as wi the cuse with the old fund T cities will pay nearly $0 per cent this tax and receive none in return DEATHS. FROSTBURG, Md.—Mrs. Magdaline Tighe, aged oighty-six, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Trappe, with whom she resided She Jeaves u great-granddaughter, |in- fant of Mrs. Mary Cannon, Midlo! LYNCHRBURG, V oy fifteen, gon of Jesse Reeves. hospital here Saturday night wecks' fliness. Dr. Saumuel Lil well know here, died sudde . Reeves died at a after for sician many and day mort STST 1 knowr AWVILL sel] as whare she was born was a village. Ter mother was ¢ the Wells sisters from whom Siste ville derived its name., One sister, Miss Catherine Russell, aged eighty- eight, survives. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va—News from Fort Myers, Fla., is to the effect that Catesby Woodford, husband of the former Miss Amelia Davenport of this city, died there last week. LYNCHBURG, Va—Relatives have been advised of the death Washington of I. S. Hall, formerly of this city, who for many vears was a locomotive engineer on the Pennsyl- vanta and who lived in Washingto: LYNCHEURG, Va.—Mrs. Alfred { Coffey, seventy-five years old, died last week at her home at Buena Vista, hav survived her husband four cars.” She was the mother of sixteen children. FORM SUGAR COMPANY. $3,500.000 Corporation to Operate in Virginia. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, YVa, April 14 corporation cominission today granted a charter to the Norfolk Sugar Refining Company, a $3.500.- G060 corporation, for the manufacture and sale of sugar, molasses, sirup, ¢te. The manufacturers ure John I Lenihan, N. Y., president; Stephen H. Dorr, New York, secrctary: H. Caldw John B. Morgan and R. b. Tucker of Norfolk. ESCAPES At the first sign of bleeding gums, be on yourguard. Pyorrhea, destroyer of teethand health, is on the way. 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