Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1923, Page 3

b} { | | trict. § eveninz \ THE EVENING ASK FOR SHERRILL 70 SUCCEED KELLER Citizens Urge Superintend- ent of Buildings and Grounds for Commissioner. Col. €. O. of public as the mext for the Dis- urged in a adopted last night by the Mid-City Citizens' Association,” at a meeting hetd at the Thomson School, 12th and’ L streets northwest. The association expressed itself as considering Lieut. Col. Sherrill a “eminently gualified” to fill the va- ¥ ed by the r Charles Keller. laved T of execu- bility, with an intimate knowl- of the affairs of the city and the needs of its M. E. Dent. in lution, stressed the Col. Sherrill is a r erty owner in the T therefore, many interests in common Appointment of . Lieut. Sherrill, superintendent Luildi s and grounds, Commissioner Columbia, Lngineer trict of resolution was tiv ed is & ma are : the reso- that Lieut. resolution will be Tresident of the Sec of War United forwarded to the United States, the and the chief of States Army. Petition for New Zoning Polley. The District zoning commission will Pe petitioned by the ion to {naugurate some pe other than yequiring @ mere application in order 10 h: public hearing for single roning changes in residential se tons. It was pointed out that large number of applications for the establishment. of bus enterprises in residen v being given public ally ref: . the assoc desires to ellmina 4 by the establishment of an elimin tion process of some sort, rather than the giving of such ge number of public hearings on mere applications, the outcome of which, under the pol: dcy of the zoning commission, will more than likely result in a decision { &gainst the applicant. Plea for D. C. Franchise. Michael M. Doyle, former judge of 4he Municipal Court, and secretary of the board of children’s guardians dressed the association and urged a franchise for the citizens of the Dis- Mr. Doyle de that the V method of handling the appropria- tlons for the District with the period of “secrecy” attached to the pro- cedure from the time the estimates Jeft the Commissioners to £o to the Treasur: to await the opening of Congress, was in itself T on suf- ficient for the right of franchise. 1o problems hisement of not have to ht of the presidential elec- er and adequate declared red “If there are any in regard to the enf the District they s interfere citizens to vote in tions and have pro representation in Congres Mr. De Alds Public Utilities Fund; The association voted $40 to the fund s ralsed to retain the ser: . former cor- the_prosecution ric Power Com- pany valuation The entertai D Charlton Ward, Miss Josephine Crawford and a one-act FROM FROM FROM T FROM FROM FROM FRANKLIX WEEKLY SERVICE AND FROM BOSTON POINTS. THE BIG 4 1125 14 RS Don’t Wait For Cash Enjoy While You Pay CARPENTRY. REPAIRIN A FOR SMALL TOTS T0 AND INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER COMPANY, T T, N e, build under a 27+ North §036. ProtecTin ROOF PAIN .| st | You'll Gain Nothing —by postponing Heating pairs and installations until fall. Have us get busy now. The Biggs Engineering Co. W EN W, BI Re- apply it IRONCLA 1 oS A refin i’rintiné Individuality fhe kind that gets and holds attention The Nationa 1210-1212 n to your home, roof 10w Printing Service PG GravE HIGH I'RICED | BYRON S. ADAMS, /! ' Tin Roofs—Slag Roofs b REPAIRED AND PAIN Cail Main 760, Grafton&Son,Inc., Vi3 © I_Roofing_E: Rucker Electric Co, Contracting and repairin L1 reliable and eficient quality that i 5. gxcel: tse b Paint Your Roof To save it and trouble later, ' “Call L'R: OWENS 8036, ignation of | he resolution | = REMODELING. | i ! i | i iz = | i | 1 Capital Press : and Sprinting to Fire,| Hello! Hello! Knocks OverLamp Post; in Hospital Eagerness to be first on the spot at a supposed fire in Anacostia about 8:45 o'clock last night nearly cost Frank Stewart, a younsg colored man, his life, for in his mad dash after apparatus responding to a false| alarm he overlooked a- perfectly constructed electric lamp post at Nichols avenue and Morrls road and had to be rushed to| ing auto- « mobile. Stewart lives on 3 and | enjoying th nton roéd sweet spring | home wt »; Nothin than watching fire 1t was he on that he | obstruc- | WHEN AFPTER. \WAITING ROUND FOR THE MAN IN THE BOOTH TO GET THROUGH TELEPHONING The was shat- | tered. DAUGHTERS OF 1812 HEAR REPORT READ Message of President Gen- eral Outlines Progress of ! Society in All Activities. lamp, by AND STARING AT THE OTHER WAITERS TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE NEXT ON TS BOOTH The annual report and messa the president general, Mrs. Clarenc F. R. Jenne of the National ¥ Daughters of 1512, outlining marked Frogre: in all activitie: ciety, was read to the a 220 members today at the thirty-first as- sociate council meeting in the small ballroom of thesNew Willard. Mrs. Jenne, in her mess: », stated that 472 new members had been re- ceived into the soclety during the past vear, bringing the total mem- bership up to 4,239. | Sum for Memorial Completed. Mrs. Jenne announced that the| quota for a room in the new Georse L e b | War Strength Platoon to Give Demonstration on Monu- | ment Grounds Tomorrow. (C) Wheeler Syn. Inc. EXHIBIT OF TACTICS BY CAVALRY TROOP | | | the valuable archives of the society will be perpetuated and a meeting place for all time assured . Today's s ion following the | H e of the commitiee on \-rml('n-‘ tials, ope k with the| e recitatioo | of the * the autno: report of last night's meetin n:ade_ by the recording Mrs. William D. Caldwell Tollowed by selection by M Dinner to Be ! The morning session adjourned for {1lunch at the conclusion of the various jreports by the officers of the so- including also the reports of & committees. t 8 o'clock, following 0, a dinner will be given | by the society. Honor s Jus- ries being 4:30 o the ven here will be tomorrow hington Monume grounds, with members of the Uni States Chamber of ., the Washington Chamber of Commerce and the Washington Board of Trade special guests of honor. The exhibition will be Troop G, 3d Cav Capt aniels, jr., commanding, Gen holtz announced today Mon One w will give an mounted and dismounted tactics illustrated held afternoon on t | andin given by Morris S, | ception Band- at the Willare r stren patoon | exhibition of combined | My Aber- | the National William nethy. MASONS HONOR PAST HIGH PRIEST i Vernon G. Owen Guest at Dinner| of Royal Arch at Columbia Club. be inst will L artillery, i division, guns under fire and, to tent, wrecked the obs will venting them m: suns The artillery ceases to fire when t ed cavalrymer to within 100 at this time > attack is : In honor of Vernon G. Owen. junior = past high priest of Mount Pleasant Chapter, No. 13, Royal Arch Masons. the officers and past officers of the chapter and several otk sembled st evening at the Columbia Country | Club for dinner as iHigh Priest L. Whiting Fulkerson, grand high pri al Arch Masons of the District Columbia and an honorary member of Mount Pleasant Chapter, officiated | toastmaster. absentee of | the invited list wa seph H. Milan i past grand high priest. who cause of illness antl of their dismounted mounted | men will charg > ‘enemy empla ment and deliver a mounted pistol at- tack. { The use of the horse 1o c; tacking force rapidiy across r used in the ia, and | communicz | phone and convey a cheering mess |" The table and other decorations| i were characte - of the chapter,| nd the host a 1 unanimous ad- | s | miration. | provided’ for | marks eulogistic honor and of the host we who were permitted by | Dulin, master of the first vail, to take | i the oor. i A diamond ted by an barbed auite pos- soldier as . wire or a deep ravine, it i ble to use the mounted ibove described. Upon the conclusion of the attack problem Troop E, 34 Cavalry, will giv an exhibition in_jumping, includin the celebrated fire-jump—which so many have seen at Fort Myer during the past winter. HONOR BUREAU HEROES. Memorial Services Sunday for En- ic 1 wou uable 11 in atte . Re-; of | made b | i | ! | ! ! platinum Mystic | | graving Plant Employes. nes R, Ge employes and printing, during the world the Bureau Post, No. May 29, in cording to e Apri! ting of the voted to appropriate n Legion grav the gra ¥ Memorial excreises for J gins and William P. of the bureau of engi i who lost their live war, will 'be held b B B. Gaston rner, o. Plank Charles and C. nton, H Stickeler Fred Cook. st. post 5 to the Amer dowment fund to endow Mr. Goggins at Chat The committee on arr ernoon. It;invite Treasury and bt ognition of | ing and printing offici: ilar to the Norwe- American Legion and ovakian treaties. |erans of the bureau. $10.00 for Your Old Coal Gas Ra , i This is the Smoothtop As smooth as a table. Nec burners exposed. It’s an exclusive feature of ‘VULCAN SMOOTHTO (22%2<r) GAS RANGES Greater cooking area in le over—More heat sels cooked over a remarkable feature: play rooms. | RUSSO-DANISH PACT SIGNED.; By the Associated Press. T0SCOW, April 24—A eement for a Ru sntion was signed this provides for de facto r Rus: i ian and Czechosl i reliminary + nish con- | u of engrav- aders of the <h war vet- i i | | & i | | i ingle burner—Some.of the e the ranges at our dis- 1305 = Mohs man 1032-3 FACTORY ' DSTRIBUTORS WASHINGTON BALTIMORE WAITING AT THE BOOTE. This | D. ., TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1923, e —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS S AND TAPPING YOUR TOE AND SNAPPING YOUR WATCH AND OTHERWISE REGISTERING EXTREME HURRY AND BLARING IN AT JTEN SECOND INTERVALS TO LET HM KNOW YOURE STILL THERE m - AND. TUINALLY RUSHING IN WITHOUT GIVING THE OUT- GOING TENANT TIME TO GET OUT OF YOUR WAY YOU TIND THAT VOU HAVENT GOT A NICKEL N CHANGE TO CALL THE OPERATOR. WITH GLuvas ] WILLIAMS | i Chokes to Death |CHILD-CARE SYSTEM On Meat Which | LodgesinThroat ' ........ weoem ot » read by Judge H holding the Juvenile Court and t board of children’s guardians, t West End Citizens' Association we on record last night as favoring continuation of these institution | “The present system the bett and no change should be made,” d clared Judge Webb, in his report | Substitution of a Parental Court, was pointed out. would be harmf: :Ain that it would give both judic jand administrative powers t body. A motion for the approval a acceptance of the report was made Herbst, president Harry C. Gossage, a sixty-four- Randall Webb, uj year-old painter of 3626 ambridge place, choked to death ye rday on a plece of beefsteak, which lodged in his windpipe, an autopsy by Deputy Coroner Herbert A. Mar- tyn He died at the breakfast tabe at his home ‘before medical aid arrived It w first i ed that the painter’s death was due to heart trouble, with which he was known to h Unable to defi- nitely + the canse, how- msay Nevitt or- . which was per- Dr. Martyn yesterday aft- Clement's undertaking is revealed sm of the lack of Americ; in the public schools was voic following a report of Dr. Herbst, th the cost of twer sociation provid the section. too. | board of education.” Dr. serted, “should provide of | every ‘classroom " at|_ Following the business session, M truscan city, of an: Mipa C. Van Winkle, i of t n theater of the second cen-|women's bureau, r trip tury after Christ which contains the |Europe and of the remains of beautiful statues. ing there. — ernoon establishment for the schools FINDS ANCIENT THEATER. 4y April 24.—Prof. Bartoli, the University the discovery an Heavsts hernational Magazine }vi_AY OUT NOW—35 CENTS Bookcases The office library has become an institution in most busi- nesses. Books of reference, technical works, directories, and catalogs of many kinds are a necessity. To properly care for such books and have them easy of access there is nothing so as Globe-Wer- nicke Sectional Bookecases. Equally adapted to few or maexg' books, sections added as needed, and t.fu_a convenience of arranging them in almost any available space, combine to make the Globe- ernicke Sectional Bookcase an ideal one for the office library. ‘We can supply them to harmonize with your other office furniture. Give us a call, or ask for our illus- trated catalog. PHONE: MAIN 7604 1 BACKED BY CITIZENS report, | a conditions exis Rr————1| LIONS CONVENTION TO OPEN TOMORROW Delegates From All Clubs in 22d| District to Gather at New Willard. With delegations from all clubs in the territory in attendance, the an- nual convention of the twenty-second district of Lionism will start at the ew Willard Hotel tomorrow morn- ing at :30 o'clock, Elaborate preparations have been completed by the local Lions Club for the entertainment of the visitors, who will represent the clubs located in Maryland and Delaware and Penn- d according to James P. Schick, president of the Washington Lions, who will preside, one of the most pretentious gatherings in the history of Lionism will be the result. A business s body will be eon. * During 1a of Lionism will be [ spots of int : annual ban- hotel. I repute, in- binet officers and rep- the Army and addresses, I ty. Okla.. Lionism, A ball will be the prin speaker. will follow MOVIE PIONEER DYING. ATLANTIC CITY, N, April 24— - u tion pie. ing from His family has been Beautiful Portraits, $20.00 Doz. CORD TIRES —ON— CREDIT Pay As You Ride A SMALL PAYMENT DOWN AND BALANCE MONTHLY WILL OUTFIT YOUR CAR WITH NEW CORD TIRES. s he h.-‘ nt| ol er ity ut | Guaranteed 8,000 Miles Free Repairs T.0.ProbeyCo. Phone West 133 2100 Pa. Ave. NW. FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS Service Charge Over $1.00 Remington Cash Registers Manutacturcd by Remington CashRegisterCo.Inc. Subsidiary of the Remington Arms Company, Inc. ILION, N. Y. ED and built to give il merchants accurate, visible, protective and fully detailed information about their business. Many shington merchants in varied lines of business have purchased and are now using Remington Cash Registers. Allowance made for other makes of Registers taken in ex- change. H. George Thyson, Jr. Sales Azent 431 11th St. N.W. Phone Main 2403 nd; by l‘ | of | he rs. | he | to | W, AR 218-1220 F STREET N. W. 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