Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1923, Page 11

~~u, %o S —— GONDITIONS PLEASE LAND BANK CHIEFS Voice General Farm Prosper- ity at Conference Here ° With Loan Board. Agricultural prospects were de- scribed generally as satisfactory and conditions throughout were regarded as presidents of the twelve federal land banks. who con- cluded a conference vesterday with Federal Farm Loan Board. The bank heads based their views | subsequent report to the board made by their agencies every section of the with only a few ex- statements were op- cconomic farming hopeful areas by the land 1 surveys in na scattered country. coptions timistic omme together fsfactory a ing that the reports taken obviously revealed unsat- conditions in some locali- ties, Commissioner Cooper of —the board declared the statements of the bank presi clearly demonstrat- ed*the generally sound and improv- ing conditions n_Ameriean agricul- ture”” The comm i believed the farmers on_their feet to stay The reports. summarized board. follow First district (New Yor New ' Jer liquidating short-term in good shape. Labor shortage is their most serious problem, but thix condition appears temporary Second ‘districe (Maryland, Deiu- arc, Virginia, West nia and fi>cnnsylvania)—Crop conditions gen- irally good; some labor shortage. but 10t serfous. Prices of wool, hogs and otton have gone higher, and general foncouragement has followed. Boll Weevil Damage! ’ distrlct (North _Carolina, eon i Carolina, Georgiu and Florida) ‘onditions much better than last vcar, although recent rains have faused heavy damage, and the boll \eevil has damaged the cotton erop. Tobacco prospects, both as to the rop and prices, are satisfactory. “oliections have been good. The armers are turning strongly to di ertificution of crops, and this has holped many to make money this var. ) Fourth district (Ohio, Indiana, Ken- ucky and Tennessee)—Crops on the iverage very good und general Jnditions have improved. Collections auve been good ifth trict | (Louisiar \pi and Alabama)—Of the four > crops. rice and sugar give most \mising outlook. Corn has suffered L terially from heavs rains, al- | Plough the crop prompects justify the elief that a sufficient amount” will e raised to supply home require frents. Rains, I'kewise, have dam- god cotton, while the ravages of the | boll weevil have caused damake in the cotton belt there in the third istrict Sixth district (Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas) — Generally ' good erop prospects reported throughout the district. The Illinois farmaps still are suffering from the inflated land val- ues eral ye Arkansas cotton late, but prices appear reas- surinz Prese I rimers and indebtedness Missis- x Dificult Problem. orth Dk and Michigan) orth Dakota roblem to T three states Seventh dimcult tarmer, but in the ot bonditions are very - satistactory orth Dakota greatly dam- biack rust and this, coupled | low price, wil make a profit apossible on most farms in the state uriey, oats, flax, corn and hay ar Jood on an average and the produc fion on these crops will do much to ake up loxses in wheat " iEnth | aistrict | (Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming)—Price on farm products are generally sat factory, uside from wheat, and the district i rapidly recovering from the depression Crop con- ditions are factory. Ninth distriet nsas. Colorade New Mexico and Oklahoma)—Corny and cotion crops generally satisfac-| tory. but the iwheat farmers have| suffered heavily. The unusual con-} dition of droughts and floods in the same district have combined to pro- duco substantial losses Tenth district (Texas)—Wheat generally good, but cotton crop cut ‘*short in last sixty days by ravagea of boll weevil and drought. The army worm has becn active in some sections. Collections. however, have been ratisfactory eventh district (Utah, Nevada Arizona and California)—Crop condi- tions are satisfactory. Cotton in Arizona is good and the sugar beet Bituation. both as to acreage and con- dition, is better than last vear. The fruit ‘market is depressed and the cattle industry of the range country has not fully recovered from the de-| pression of several vears ago. H Twelfth dietrict (Washingfon, Ore- Tdaho and Montana)—The great at crop. the largest ever known he district, is being harvested tl:e low prices have not made it highly tive as pos- | Aible. however, will be| able to liauidate considerable of the | debt burden as a result of the bounti- ful harvest. Severe conditions of the Past two years have left big holes in the reserve resources of the district and it will be some time before normal conditions obtain. The cattle industry is at a standstill, but the sheep men are prosperous ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., Augu: clal) —The season for killing squir- rels in Montgomery county opens urday and continues until October and “opens again November 10 and | continues until January 1 The law ! limits the number to be kiiled by any | one person a day to twenty-five. and ced by ith a 31 (Spe- | est grade {lowed the provides heavy penalties for viola- tions. The law also prohibits shoot- ing on Sundays, For the last week or more the an- nual res hunting licenses has been on here and the clerks in the of. fice of the clerk of the circuit court here have been kept busy issuing such permits. At the close of business to- day 400 county licenses, forty state- wide licenses to residents of the state and ten non-resident state-wide li- Arrest Merchant For Painting His Roof on Sunday Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., August 31.— A. M. Schewel, a leading Hebrew merchant here, has been summoned to the muvicipal court to answer the charge of working on Sunday. The specific charge is that he painted the roof of his residence Jast Sunday. The case will come up shortly 'in the municipal court. CUBAN LEGATION IS MADE ENBASSY! Envoy, to Be Named, to Have Rank of Ambassador—Spec- ulation Keen Here. By the Associnted Press, - HAVANA. Augus 1.—President as has signed a bill elevating the n legation in Washington to No mention who is likely an made as to to be named ambassador. Local oftic showed in and est L liplomatic circles Ay in the report m Havana that the President had roved the gct of the Cuban con- gress raising the grade of the diplo- matic representation of the republic to the United States from a legation to an embassy, thus putting it on a par in that respect with the principal nations of both hemisphercs. Gossip was rife as to the identity of the first Cuban ambassador and specula- tion seemed to be equally divided between the. probable appointment of Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, who bas held the office of minister pleni- potentiary here since July, 1914, und Dr. Cosme de la_Torriénte, distin Euished member of the Cuban senat Who headed the Cuban delegation in the league of nations conferences at Geneva. Still Recognized Here. Dr. Cesvedes has been serving a the Cuban secretary of state about a vear, and, though recorded as “ab- sent,” in the State Department dip- lomatic list. i« still officially reco- nized ae the Cuban minister to the United States. Since Dr. Cespedes went to Havana to enter the cat Dr. Arturo P'adro, counselor of Cuban legation. has been acting charge daffaires ad interim. Tn raising the rank of its repre stnative at Washington to the high- the Cpban republic has (o action of the United States several months ago In raising its legation at Havana to an embassy and appointing Muj. Gen. E. C. Crow- der of the Army as its ambassador There is every facility for the estab- lishment of the new emba \ the fine, large building at 2530 16th street, recently constructed Dby the Cuban government for its diplomatic_repre- sentatives at the National Capital Counting Cuba, fourteen nations will have embassies in this city. That list includes Russia and Mexico. but the status_of the first named in some- what unsettled at present TEN PILOTS OF AIR MAIL GOING TO ST. LOUIS MEET Men in 3,000-Mile Transconti- nental Flight to Be Honor Guests at Aero Congress. An honor xquadron, composed of ten pilots of the air malil, eight of whom made the record-breaking night flights in the recent four-day test of 3.000 miles through service, and two of whom stood by in reserve on that route, will fly to St. Louis in.forma- tion for the opening day of the nal Aero Congress. October 1 The Post Office Department neither medals nor money for rds. so Postmaster General New decided to send a corps of the air mail fivers to the national air meet, there to recelve in the entire service the praise of the most in American aviation postal plune pllots are the invi of the National Aeronautic tion, which is directing th Aero Congress. A special air mail race for a trophy provided by the Detroit ws has been ligted in the program for the Na tional Aero Congress. The names o the pilots who will take part in this race will be announced ut a later date. has Te- fore- The Associ National name of the! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, ‘AUGUST 31, Burned_DRESIDENT IS GVEN GOVERNORS ORDER ITRY T0 CLOSE BARS INHARD COAL AREA‘ State and Federal Authori-| ties Serve Orders on Saloon- keepers in Five Counties. By the Associated Press, | PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August 31— ! Federal and state governments have {united in an effort to close saloons in the wet spots of Pennsylvania's anthracite coal reglons. Plans form- ulated at the New Vork headquarters of the bureau of investigation of the Department of Justice were put into effect in five big counties of the state vesterday with the assistance of Penn- sylvania authorities. The five coun- ties visited were Carbon, Lackawan- na. Luzerne, Northumberland and Schuylkill, in which more than 90 per cent of the anthracite coal produced in the state 18 mined. Whether the | action was taken in anticipation of the threatened mine suspension be- {ginning at midnight tonight or whether these counties were found to be the wettest, federal and state officials would not say Department of Justice agents and | | state policemen visited approximately 11.000 saloons in these counties and {ordercd them to clos They left I notices bearing the names of United | States Attorney General Daugherty. ! State Attorney General George W Woodruff and John N. Lnglish. deputy attorney. general of Pennsylvania The notices commanded the saloon { men to remove all bar equipment and desist_from keeping or selling liquor in_violation of the prohibition laws. Failure to obey, the notices sald, “will be_followed by application to a court of competent jurisdiction for injunctions to abate said nuisance and jto compel you to desist under penal- ties of contempt of court should you fail to do so.” Reports from Scranton, Wilkes- Barre and Pottsville the largest citles in the anthracite regions visited in dicated a disposition generally of saloon men to obey the order. STONEHAM INDICTED IN FULLER PROBE | Part Owner of Giants Must Answer to Charge of Per- Jury. Associated Press. NEW YORK. August 31.—The fed- grand jury which has been in- vestigating the affairs of the bank- rupt brokerage house of E. M. Fuller |& Co., today indicted Charles A. Stoneham, part owner of the New York Glants, on a charge of perjury. Stoneham was immediately ar- raigned and entered a plea of not guilty. Bail was fixed at $5,000. The court gave him until September 10 to change his plea If he desired. FIREMEN OF ROCKVILLE DECIDg TO BELD HOME al Dispateh to The "KVILLE. Md. August 31.—At regular monthly meeting of the Rockville volunteer fire department. held in Seco Hall here and presided | over by the president, Mayor Otis M Linthicum, it was virtuaily decided to erect a building for the uge of the department. The proposition ‘was considered in great detail and a building committes { was finally named at follows: Wilson |S. Ward, chairman: W. S. Belt, John I. Lambert, E. Preston Ricketis and Frank H, Higgins. This committee will carefully consider location, cost, etc., and report at the next meeting of the department Tt is hoped to crect a building for use as an engine house and meeting place of the department and possibly as a headquarters for the mayor and | town council = LOCKHART STILL FREE. SPRINGFIELD, Mo.. August 31.— Ofticers at Hollister, Mo.. announced {today that neither of the two men | {taken into custody there yesterday {afternoon was Ed Lockhart, wanted |for crimes in Oklahoma and Arkans | The two men have been identified as men wanted for the alleged theft of n automobile and on a forgery |charge. Their names have not been learned. eral r the Child Is To Death on Pyre Of Own Matking Special Dispatch to The Star. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va. August 31.—The seven-year-old son of Dan Sifers, living here, was burned to death yesterday morn- ing on a pyre, which he made him- self in a hayshed near the town. Anxious, according to his own statement before he was burned, to see the people run to answer @ fire alarm, he tore off a hoard from the hayshed of James Mess- ner, crept inside and lighted a match. 1In less time than he took to do it, he was enveloped in a raging furnace, and, unable to es- cape himself or be rescued, was consumed In the flame: AMERICAS' WOMEN PLAN FETES OCT. 12 Simultaneous Columbus Day Events to Be Held in West- ern Hemisphere Capitals. | The Charles ‘an-American 1 committee, of which Mrs. | Evans Hughes is chairman, will hold simultaneous meetings in | the capitals of North, Central and South America on Columbus day, October 12, to discuss what women can do to creato m better under- standing between their respective countries. The meeting of the United States section of the committee will be held in the Pan-American Union building. The members are Mrs, Robert Lans. ing, chalrman; Miss Gracs Abbott, Mrs. Willlam C. Gorga: Mrs. Philip North Moore and Mrs. Glen Levin Swiggett. Educational rnational | institutions, women's nation: and state organizations and other associations are sending repre- sentatives to the Washington con- ference. Men, as well as women, prominent in pan-American matte will attend. The meetings will open to the public. ‘The interna! al committee is composed of ‘distinguished women, prominent in official and soeial life, in educational and club circles, in social welfare activities, and in the flelds of sclence and literature, in twenty out of the twenty-one publics. The purpose of the com- mittee is to further the pan-American ideal of human interdependence and mutual co-operation and service, and its efforts are based upon the bellef that the contribution of women in each of the American repullics along economlic, intellectual and cultural lines forms a basis for increasing international friendship. —_——— FILES CROSS BILL. Malcolm Carter Asks for Absolute Divorce. Malcolm Carter today filed against his wife, Mrs. Madeline r. allexing misconduct and nam- ing a corespondent, and asking for an absolute divorce. The bill is in an- swer to a suit for a lmited divorce filed by his wife August 18. Carter denied that “for the last three years he has been continuously under the influence of whisky.” and declared that “he has n. Leen un- der the influence of whisky or any other intoxicant in his life,” or that he ever was cruel to his wife, or call- ed her vile names or struck her, as alleged by his wife. The husband, represented by Chap- man W. Fowler, declared that his wife deserted him February 21, 1922 with- out cause. He geclares that his wife is not in need of any allowance from him, since she is employed in the gov- ernment service at a salary in excess of that received by him Carter asks that his wife dismissed and that he be gi absolute divorce. LEAPS TO DEATH. NEW YORK. August 31.—Arthur McGraw, fifty-eight, of Detroit, today leaped to his death on the New York Central railroad tracks, from the top of the stone entrance to the tunnel, at Park avenue and Ninety-second etreet, which takes trains of that line into the Grand Central Terminal. be a cross i Car s xuit be anted an | NARCOTIES REPORT Representative Porter Gets Final Orders for Attending League Section Session. Representative Porter, chairman of the House foreign affairs committee and chairman of a special commission appointed by President Harding to negotiate with representatives of foreign countries regarding suppres- sion of the international traffic in nar- cotic drugs, conferred with President Coolidge today. Representative P'or- ter reccived from the President final instructions for attending a meeting of the fifth section of the league of nations in Geneva next month. Mr. Porter will be accompanied by the other two members of the special commission, who are Bishop Charles H. Brent, Episcopal Bishop of west- ern New York, and Dr. Ruppert Elue, former surgeon general of the United States public health service. Representative Porter, who has been devoting considerable time for the last two or three to a study of the narcotic evi that some agreement may be reaches by the nations interested. by which a decisive step will be taken to reduce the evil President Coolidge today accepted tentatively an invitation to witness the annual base ball game play teams of the police and fire depart- ments at tha American League park on Labor day. An especially engraved invitation was presented to the Presi- dent today by a committee composed of Odell S. Smith, chairman of the committee on arrangements; Harry F. Allmond, secretary of the committee, Maj. Daniel Sullivan of police, and Timothy Sullivan, acting chief of the fire department. 2,000 DEFY MICHIGAN ANTI-MASKING LAW Gather in Field Near Detroit and Light Huge Cross of Flame. By the Associated Press DETROIT, August the new state law, wearing of masks in public, a crowd estimated at 2,000 persons, Wearing robes, gathered in a field near Monnier and Snyder roads, late last night squad of deputy sheriff: who attempted to press tarough a cordon of robed and cowled men guarding entrances to the fleld was turned aside. A huge fiery cross lighted the assem- bly. One of the men at the entrance to the fleld informed the deputies that the meeting was being held on leased ground and was not subject to the pub- lic-masking law. The deputies returned to Detroit without making any arrests. SHOT BY MISTAKE WHILE 1.—Regardless of which prohibits DIGGING FERNS FOR GRAVE | Special Dispateh to The Star. BERKELEY SPRINC gust 31.—Mistaken for a woods where he was the grave of a friend, aged about fifty, wus Shot. possibly fa- tally. a half-mile from here yesterday by Winton Unger. a neighbor. Barne ix at his home here in a critical con- dition. Unger says he saw the object moving and thought it was a groundhog, and, without hesitation, blazed away with his shotgun. Va., Au- groundhog in digging ferns for A Al Joshua Barney, | 1923. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., August 31. —Two thrashing machine explo- sions within two days and within fifteen miles resulted in the wreck- ing of both machines and in Charles C. Seymour, sixty-five years old, of Seymour, W. Va., six miles south of here, along the Potomac river, being in a hospital here with a fractured skull and one, eye blown out. His head and face are badly lacerated. He was feeding sheaf of oats vesterday morning when the explosion occurred. thought to have been caused by | dynamite concealed in the sh NEGRO ON RAMPAGE SLAYS 2 AND DIES Runs. Amuck on ‘Moonshine and Fires on Officers Sent ’ to Quell Him. the machine a By the Associated Py JOHNSTOWN, Pa., August 31.—Two detectives and one negro were shot to death and three police officers were wounded probably fatally early this morning when three automobile loads of policemen were answering a riot call to Rosedale, a negro section of where the coke ovens of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation are losated: All available Johnstown police were rushed to the scene of the ambush and a call for aid was sent to state police. The rioting which grew out of a quarrel among the negroes was quelled and fifteen negroes were ar- | rested. The assallants of the officers jare believed to have escaped to nearby hills . The dead men are: John A. James, a county Joseph Abraham, a constable private detective. tobert Youns, a negro. The three men, who were not ex-| ipected to live amd who were taken | to a Johnstown hospital, are Police Capt. Otto Fink, Lieut. William Ben- | der and Patrolman Joseph Grachen. | Three others suffered injuries less serious. As the officers were cli of their automobiles at Rosedale to investigate shooting there that had led to the riot call they were greeted by a volley of bullets from a road- side shanty, which has been unused for several months. Fink, who is in command of the Johnstown police force at night and who was leading the party, and the two dead men were in the first car and the first to fall The fire of the assailants was quickly returned, and one negro, shot through the abdomen. was instantly killed | The assailants then fled Reinforced by more policemen from the business section of the city all suspicious persons were rounded up and arrested. The dead negro. detective. and a bing out policemen declared | fter ‘an investigation, had been| razed by ‘“moonshine”’ liquor. and | had fired all the shots at the offficers. —_————— It has been proposed in England to extend free legal aid to POOT persons seeking divorce. D. G. S. Store In Every | held in conjunction with the Dynamite and Dust Explosions Wreck Two Thrashing Machines which had been brought to the thrasher from a point close to the Western Maryland rallway tracks. e was blown several feet from the machine. His condition is critical. The wrecking of the second thrasher, on the poor farm near Keyser, was caused by an explo- sion of dust and Robert Gerstell was injured on the shoulder by flying fragments. Remnants of the machine were scattered fifty vards, and although men were standing all about, Gerstell was the only one struck. One of the pipes that convey the dust had become clogged and the thrasher was run- ning idle_when the explosion oc- curred. Great clouds of dust arose as if from a volcano Coolidge Gets His First Pay Check A s Chief Executive Calvin Coolidge received his first pay check as President of the United States this afternoon. A Treasury voucher calling’ for the payment of $6,833.33, repre- ing remuneration for twenty- five days’ work as Chief Executive. Mr. Coolidge's pay started as President the moment he took the office. Mrs. Harding will President Harding's check for the first three days in August, up antil the moment of his death. The pay voucher was presented personally by Miss Katherine Shea, an employe of the Treasury Department, wio has had the dis- tinction of bringing Presidents’ pay checks to the White House for many years. Mr. Coolidge's first pay in_ his new office was nearly six times as great as that which he received each month as Vice President. —_— CARNIVAL AT CLARENDON ATTRACTS BIG CROWDS Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., August 31.—The third evening of the third annual car- nival of the Clarendon Citizens' As- sociation and fire department, which 1 of receive is scheduled to run up to and includ- ing September 10, was marked by a great Increase in attendance over the previous two evenings, accounted for by the big Improvement in weather conditions It is estimated that fully 5.000 per- sons, including many guests from Washington and other nearby points, visited the carnival grounds last night, conspicuous among them being “Misy Washington” (Miss Lorraine Bunch) and virtually all of the candi- dates who aspire for official recogni- tion in the coming November elec- tions. Miss Bunch will again visit the carnival Monday night Outstanding features were a con- cert by the Clarendon Community Band and_solo dances by Misses Margaret Jane Reed and Betty Rose Sutton. Dancing, which started at about 9:30 o'clock, as usual, proved another popular feature, the floor having been almost crowded to capac- ity until nearly midnight. The joint committee of the Loyal [ Order of Moose, composed of members. of Washington, Alexandria and Clar- endon iodges, which is arranging for the big “Moose day™ celebration to be arnival, with an all-day program tomorrow, met at the grounds last night add completed plans for the reception and entertainment of the expected great crowd. | SEARCH FOR MAX IRitchie and Trinkle Inter- ested in Disapeparance of Cattle Raiser. 8pecial Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, Mé., August 3L—Go Ritchie has taken a hand In search for Frederick L. Ducan, V" ginia cattle raiser and Gealet, ¥no has been missing since his in Baltimore a week ago day. Acting the request Trinkle, Virginia, Maryland's execu- tive announced that every agency of the state would be utilized in an ef- fort to find Duncan, whose friends are confldent has been made the vietim of foul play of some kind. Two Theoriesm Police are working on two theerfes The first, is that after coming here last week Duncan was murdered his money by bandits. The second is that he was shanghaicd on the watw front and taken aboard some ship which has left Baltimore. Police have established the he came here on 4he afternoon of Au BUSt 21, and went to a4 gArage at 816 East Lexington street, where ha left his automobiic and registercd at a hotel, There he changed his work for a blue suit and visited dealer, whom ho paid % bought some time before. ing_here he had sold in” Washington and when he came-here. Mayor Enters Search. Stanley K. Tylsr, mayor of Purcell ville, Va. Duncan’s home town, wb. reached Baltimore yesterday to ald in the search for the missing ma sa{d the cattleman's friends in Pur cellville have raised a fund of $3,000 for expenses of the search. Representative R. Walton Moore ef Virginia also telephoned Chief If- spector Henry and urged that the search be continued. He said that Duncan is a_prosperous and respect- ed citizen of the state and that hix fellow townsmen are anxious that every effort be made to find him. He has a wife and is the father of four children. SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING at ot ot fact tha. ciotren a friut for gocds Befe =~ con load of ca..® had about $20€ Annual Convention of Montgomery County to Be Held. i Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 31.—The annual convention of the Sunday shools of Montgomery county wiil be held in Grac Methodist Church, | Galthersburg, September 14. Mrs. | W. Karnell of Philadelphia; A. Brown, state secretary; Rev. Mauric Hamm, superintend of state adult de- partment; Col. Joseph Cudlipp, super- intendent state oung people's de- partment, and Miss Lilllan E. Me- Cormick, superintendent state ele- mentary department are among thos: on the program for addresses. A large attendance of delegates and others is expected. A GIVEN PURSE OF $60. Special Dispatch to The § | HYATTSVILLE, Md. August | Local dealers through voluntary cor ) tributions hLave raised and presented ) Miss Ellen L. Davis, home demonstra- tion agent for Prince Georges county. a purse of $60 in recognition of the “keen and unusual’ interest which has shown in her work. ~Miss s is now on her vacation in the Catskill mountains. Districi Grocery Sociely Stores Neighborhood We Deliver Address_ Communieations to President INCORPORATED N i\;\\\ N 2325 18th N. W. -\ N\ Phone Col. 9855 See Page 69—Telephone Directory—for Complete List of D. G. S. Stores FANCY COOKING APPLES CHOICE SWEET POTATOES OST BRAN . POST TOASTIES HEINZ KETCHUP EARLY JUNE PEAS P ARMOUR GRAPE JUICE PEACHES . 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ONLY All Flavors 25c¢ each “The Prize Bread Flour 1 2 Car Competitor i 2 5 C. DISTRICT GROCERY SOCIETY STORES, Incorporated PURE, WHOLESOME, 4 Just a little from vour pay, will dress you up for Labor Day at this natlonally famous Charge Account House! They're hefe—folks! Every wanted new Fall and Winter style —right _in time for the holiday! Come, buy now—start your pay ments AFTER, if you wish! Come' a. While Charles E. Stevens of this v cinity was attending the fair here last week some one appropriated his auto- mobile, which he had left parked out- side of the grounds. He reported the matter to Chief of Police Charles T. Cooley, and that officer instituted an investigation which resulted in thear- rest yesterday of Frank Green, a young negro resident ,of this count who has. according to'the officer, ad- mitted taking the car. He is now in jadl here awaiting trial. While Green was driving the car it collided with a telephone pole, with disastrous re- sults to both the auto and pole. Miss Blanche I. Corbin, home dem- onstration agent for Montgomery county, held & millinery school in the courthouse here Monday and Tuesda, It was attended by more than twent: bt the members of the various home demonstration clubs of the count and some very fine specimens of-head: gear were made under Miss-Corbins direction. According to Miss Corbif, some of the hats that cost around | 2.50 ang_$3 would sell in the stores at from $16 _to $20. Those who at- tended the achool will assist Miss Cor- bin with simllar demonstrations in the espective clubs to which they belong. Home demonstration clubs have beeg' organiged at Poolesville, Edwards Ferry, Browningsville, Damascus, Ger- ntown. Garrett Park, Cahin John, &srookeville, Ulney and Rockville, Sausage and All Manner of Tempting Colors and Fabrics New Fall Coats..$15.95 up Attractive Fall Suits ......... 19.95 i s !t." 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