Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1923, Page 11

¥ LK WAR CUTS DISTRICT SUPPLY: Co-Operative _Mark_eting of * Frederick Farmers: _Fought by Washington Dealers. Special Dispateh to The Stac. FREDERICK, Md., Septeniber 3.— The first co-operative effort of Fred- erick county farmers to control the prices of their products has precipi-| tated a bitter fight between dairymen | of this section, and Washington dis- tributors. * Saturddy more than 200 tarmers of this county, who have for years been selling milk to Washing- ton consumers through distributors, marketed their milk through a tem. rorary milk receiving station, Nur ticdly assembled in this city for that purpose. g Washingten distributors continued) their business, it is- said, on a much reduced scale, cutting oft ail Frederick county farmers who signed’contracts to of their products.through the |} co. this city 5 600 in Project. The milk receiving station was con- | structed under the difection of the Maryland and Virginla Mk Produc- ers Association, the officers of which have Leen for vedrs encouraging farm es to handle their own dairy products. Squirrel Brood Is Adopted by “Bereaved” Cat Special Dispatch to The Stat. LYNCHBURG, Va., September 3. —Adoption of a brood of squirrels by a cat belonging to the family of Wesley Ferguson, is a story which comes here from Prospect. The cat's own brood was taken from hervand. later .it_was found that she had gdopted the squirrels and was guarding them caretully from hungry-eyed members-of the feline tribe. S FATHER ARRESTED FOR SONS MURDER Heights Man Too Drunk to Talk When Arrested. sperative milk Tecelving station 1M special Dispated to The Star. : LYNCHBURG. Va., September’ 3.— Johnh ‘Argofd of Fairview. Helghts is ih Jadl here,-charged with the murder late Saturday night of his son, Jesse Arnold, who was twenty-two years of age. He is being held for Campbell ounty authorities, who will' take charge of the case. ) Police: Declare’ Fairview | 1 Nicotine Good for Nerves, Asserts Dr. Elsa Berger. - But Finds Modern Lass. Good as Grandmother. Dr. Elsa Berger, bobbed-haired and assistant ambulance surgeon for Emergency Hospital, while still in | her early twentiee, fails to see any- thing very much wrong with the world. of today. in general and the { modern girl in particular. “Clgarettes,” she sniffed, after hav- ing three times refused to be in- terviewed. “Will you please tell me where in the world you acn find any harm a girl smoking cig- arettes—or cven cigars, for that mat- ter—if she pleases? Nicotine Is good for the as far,as that goes. Course, are some who might be adve affected.” ; Out of Operating Room. the while Dr. Berger was busily c¢ngaked unwrapping herself from the immaculate folds “of an efficient-looking surgeon's apron. She nerves, th 1y Al Girl Assistant at Emergéncy Hospital Defends Cigarettes i ! I Stolen Frisco Auto Recovered AtHancock, Md. HAGERSTOWN, September 3.— An automobile stolen from San Francisco, _Callf., last May was recovered at Hancock, west of here, and was sent to Baltimore for _shipment by boat to California. The car was believed to have been stolen by Harry Van Tassel, an escaped prisoner, and one of the most notorious check artists-in-the west. He drove across the coun- try and éscaped arrest. At Han- cock the - machine ~broke down and Tassel placed it in a garage there for repairs, but never re- RAIL LINE T0 OPEN fll&rgért Interests Plan Huge Development in North- ern Maryland. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., September 3.— Exténsfve improvements-are planned | v the newly-organized Castleman Valley Raflroad Company, William A. Morgart, president, to the four- farant téen-mile line recently acquired by the company from the Northern | Maryland and Tidewater Rallroad Company. The road, which pene- trates the 40,000-acre coal basin on UEK DRIVER RISKS northern Gartrett county, was built ' | originally as a lumber road, and was jused ig getting out a vast acreage i lof virgin timber. The new owners | | will greatly improve,. the. line, now that the Interstate Commerce Com- | B 7 mission’ and the public service com- iDrives Blazmg Tank Auto!|mission of Marylana have approved i i(ge sale, making it ready to handle illi 3 the big production of the Morgart From-Filling Station to™ |, P tratetimn oot o orinss g . Mr. Morgart is also president. ' The company has three mines opened witl | Vacant Lot. | tipples ~ built and is epening the H 'fou:"!h. It controls 8,000 acres of coal. Special Dispateh to The tar. ' “To facilitate the mining a high- CUMBERLAND, Mdi September 3.—1{ tension line of the ::umma(- r}uhxllc < -t 2 - ! Service mpany SUDS ary of the {Charles Wiant, driver of a gasoline ! {1 ijcan Water Works Company, has jtruck .containing 600 °gallons, drove |been built to the faines. Electric THE MANS STORES .WI\SHIN'GTDC How Can You Resist It? We're offering a choice of hundreds of three-piece and two-trousers fancy and blue worsted suits—that are “fust the thing” in pattern and weight for Autumn wear at sav- ings of nearly half in many instances. You can’t afford to pass up savings like thesc. Bright and early Tuesday morning the sale starts with a bang! FALL SUITS InaFinal Reduction the truck, which was all aflame, from | CUtting machinery is now being in- had. just come from the operating.| cate ~ : the filling statlon in the rear-of the, Stalled in the mines, and will pe ready rouom, she explained, and the reporter must exc her dishevelled appear- | Neighbors. were aroused by a row | in the Arnold home and some one| ; i Several months ago.600 farmers of | the county were enlisted in the milk for operation than a station project. and signed contracts | within less R + o assist-in the erection of a $60,000 station. Wa project co ngton distributors fought the tinuously, seeking to dis- nade ers from direct marketing. The pe: anent station still under construction, Washington distributors served warnin that farmers, mem- bers of the twin-state organization, would be cut off- September 1, unless they signed contracts to deliver their milk as formerly. Ercet Temporary Structure. maneuver caused considerable ernation amang farmers, and in 't the influénce of this, the association hurriedly erected a | tempora receiving station In this city, at a cost of $10,000, which was put into operation this morning. The rermanent plant will be ready for operation by October 1. ©O. A. Jamison, Washington, mana- ger of the assoclation, and H. T. Pan- ~ «oast of Purcellville, Va., president, are in Frederick supervising the | initial operation of the plant. NO SHORTAGE DANGER. ! Th con order to uff Washington Distributors Declare Plenty of Milk on Market. W. A Simpson, one of the largest of the Washington milk distributors. said that Saturday his firm had received about 2.071"less gallons of milk than the day before, as the resujt of the action of the Frederick farmers’ actipn. He said the action, however. had in no way effected the local situation, and that now or hereafter there; would be no dearth of milk here.. As| a matter of fact, he said, there was too much milk on the market, any- and the action of the farmers | had helped rather than hindered, he said. Mr. said that _advices terday afternoon were milk was flowing over the gut- ters in Frederick, and that hundreds of cans of milk vet remained on the eldewalks. Officials at . the Dairy stated that situation was not effected by thet Frederick action, and that there; would be no shortage of milk here, as far as their firm was concerned, sin¢e most of their milk comes from nearer the National Capital. Local dairymen said that they were @At a loss to say what the farmers combining in the co-operative dis-! tribution are going to do with thel milk. | SEEK TO CUT MILK COST. mpson ate to Chestnut the local itk Farms Baltimore Housewives to Launch “Fight on Middlemen. . Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 3.—The Housewives' League js golng after the middlemen in their effort to cut the high cost of milk, according to Mrs. C. C. Tannert, chairman of the Aiv cost committée. She has a . G. W. Heaps of the Maryland : Dairymen’s Assoclation to dis- onditions she found at a farm during a recent visit, she said. While visiting this farm, Mrs. Tan- nert says, she found that the farmer is not getting fair returns for his milk. He is supposed to get 26 cents 2 gallon. she says, and is not getting more than an. average of 32 or 33 cents { RICHMOND CHARITY | WORK IS HALTED) Associated Body Closes Doors nsi Funds Give Qut—Oper- ated for Years. Spe Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. September 3.- The Asseciated Charities, the oldest | organization in the city engaged in general works of rellef of the poor, closed its doors for the first time in its history-—no funds. The: further relief for the poor and homeless, the slck and aged. will have to be dis- continued until such: time as money is_provided. o The association. has been in opera- tion for many years, and the people advised the city police by telephone. A motor cyéle police- man reached the house quickly to find the young 'man had been shot to death. When the father was ar- rested he was too drunk to talk, the police said. REPORTS BUMPER CROPS Tomato Yield So Great Canneries Working Night and- Day to Handle Harvest. Special Dispatel to Tiie Star. BALTIMORE, September Bumper crops of tomatoes, corn and other seasonable field products .are now being harvested in the countles of the Eastern Shore. avcording to James H. Spencer. cather bureau in Maryland, Who has Just returned from a tour of the Del- an peninsula. immense is ¢he tomato crop this { vedr, Mr. Spencér says, that canneries, are working night and day. : Corn_is in excellent condition. and Coplous rains throughout the summer, and especially during the last mont have aided in producing one of .the best corn crops in recent years. In some counties. the ground is be- ing prepared for fall seeding of wheat, Mr. -Spencer says. n excellent crop of -this grain is anticipated in Cecil, Kent,” Queen Annes and Talbet coun- ties. ROCKVILLE, 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., The officers of registration for. the | varios election precincts: of Mont- In session at gomery county will be the usual places from 9 o'clack . until- 9 o'clock p.m. fomIOTrow, -t register and transfer votenk. and will sit again on October 2 and 9. About 700 ‘mew résidents of the county who, have declared their Intention.to. become, gitizens are among those, «ligible and“the registrars are - pected to’ be busy. especially! in the Bethesda and Wheaton districts. The recent disastrous fire at Pooles- ville. this county, having demon- strated the need of a better water suppl ing the erection of a tank of a capacity of 50,000 or 75.000. gallons. Poolesville has no fire department _but will depend on the Rockville volun- teer firemen The ‘public_schools of Montgomery county will reopen Wednesday morn- ing. and prof. Edwin W. Broom county superintendent, is looking fo a largely increased attendance. Two or threé vacancies in force exist. but Prof. Broome hopes to fill these within the next day or two. of the county will meet in the high school etficiency and gene-al welfare topic The annual Rockville chautauqua gins Wednesday afternoon and con- tinues six days. Tt will be held under the auspices of the Swarthmore Chau- tauqua Association of Pennsylvania, assisted by the Rockville association. Among those on the program for lec- tures are James A. Burns; Dr. Charles Zueblin, ly Farrow Gregory and Arthur ‘Edward Wilson. Concerts and Dr. George E. Lewis the local committee. It is undersiood that the democratic organization of the county, Maj. E. Brooke Lee is the recognized leader, will take no part in the pris mary election on September 10 for the democratic nominations for judges of the orphans’ court. Of the nine as. pirants for the three nominations to be made, a majority are organization men, and, in view of that. it was decided not to pass the word down the line for any of the candidates. So far as the other democratic pri- mary contests are concerned, ganization will be active, it is under- stood, and support the following: For register of wills, Perrle E. Waters; for is chairman of | the house of delegates, Harry W. Blunt, jr., Dr. George L.>Edmonds, Willlam H. McCeney “and Carson_Ward: for county commissioner, Dr. Benjamin C. Perry: for sheriff, H. Ciay Plummer. By defeating Bethesda at Rockville Saturday afternoon, 8 to, 6, Rockville retained its lead -in the Montgomery County Base Ball League champlonship race, although its margin over Boyds, which also won Saturday, defeating have always contributéd. Hundreds of thousands of persons ‘have been given aid in this time, the directors | and officers sefvihg without pay, only Dickerson, is but half a game. The standing of the teams is now as follows: Rockville, 1 : 1 d Washington Grove, headquarters | ALONG EASTERN SHORE | direetdr of . the | early varieties are aiready being-eut.| Sept¢mber 32— the citizens are contemplat- | Torhorrow, the 200 or more teachers | building here and consider | other features are also on the program. | of which | the or- | ance, of course, if he persisted in asking he 1ot of perfectly ridicu- lous questions.” “Of course gitls “have | she continued. “IU's a mighty ®ood thing that they have. But the mod- ern girl is just as good in eve respect as her grandmother used t. be. ctte and bobs her hair is no indica tion that she's bal. I liRe bobbed ! hair and T hope I shall never have {to_wear mipe long again.” Dr, ping%on the seat of imergency Hos- tal's big, gray ambulance and go racing through the streets of Wash- {ington at nerve-racking ‘speed ‘when a _call*for help comes from the seene of an accident,’ L Awnists Hospital Surgtons. She takes pride in being “every linch a doctor.” She assists mature isurgeons to perform delicate opera- {tions. makes her dafly rounds of the liospital wards and. does everything that any malé Intern might be'catled upon to do. She comes from Milwaukee, is the BERWYN CITIZENS e for Better Streets, Light- ing and Fire Protection. { Special Dispateh toThe Star. ¢ BERWYN, M@, September 3.—The | Berwyn-#Helghts ‘Agsoetation is push: ing its plang for the improvement gI: Tthe streets and. for providing ade- {quate “fire” protection for properts {Considerable progress has already “|béen made in the grading and sur- facing of streets. An up-to-date elec- process of installation, and it is ex- pected that it will be ready for opera- tion within the next month or two. The improvement program_is being carried out wholly under thw diraction of the association, and the necessary funds are provided entirely through voluntary eubscription and public en- tertainments. {POLITICAL LEADER : PUSH REGISTRATION Seek to Get as Many Eligibles Out as Possible in Upper | Marlboro. { Special Dispatch to The Sta: i TUPPER MARLBORO, Md. Septemi: I ber 3 —Political lcaders are working zealously to get all eligibles on the i books to participate in the primaries, Monday, September 10, day will be tomorrow be_ the last opportunity for those en- { titied to do so to register in order {to vote in the primaries, The regis- tration officers will be on-duty -in the various districts and precincts from 7 am. to 7 p.m. Persons who have made a declaration of their intention to become a citizen of the state' a year prior to September 4 are en- titled to register. All worhen not now on the books who were in the state prior to the adoption of the nineteenth amendment may register and all persons who have become twenty-one years old in the state since “the election last fall are en- titled to register. Announcement is made by - the | county board of election supervisors Jof the withdrawal of the following candidates: For sheriff—John H. Wil- | son, Nottingham; Richard L. Anderson, | Bladensburg; J. Archie McFarland, {Hyattsville, 'republicans; -J. Irving Parker, Melwood. demociat. House of deiegates—Hobert W. Brooke. democrat, Seat Pleasant; Lewis With- ers, republican, -Vansville. Caunty. treasurer—Everette E. Pumphrey, re- publican, Melwood; K. Ernest Smith, democrat, Upper Marlboro. . County. commissioner—John-E. Brown, Lan- ham, democrat. State’s attormey—aJ. Frank Lillard, democrat, Hyattsville. .~ PUSH CIVIC WORK uRiise.Funds by Subscriptiofi 3 Lmusé: bring. in A~§»1 1..zu;€ymn certificate from tric street-lighting system is now in | Registration ! and this will'l changed,” | i Just because she puffs at a cigar- | i DR. ELSA BERGER. Berger thinks nothing of hop-| — 'daughter of Victor Berger, the noted socialist represemtative, and has won two degrees —the bachelor of science from the University of Wtsconsin nd _medical tor . from . the Uni- Versity of I Ivatia. By her own {admission Dr. Herger fears nothing but a photographer. When begged fo, have her picture taken. posing on the. ‘badk of her bulance, she flipches, & “l.simply. will not. have my picture | taken. againi” she declared vehement- {1#..“If o bMng one of those photog- rephers, avpund heie T'I—INl take himsin and dissect him.” - 3 | . ALEXANDRIA, . Spectal Blspatety to The Star. { | ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 3.— The!work-df issuing permits towehie drenito, agtend the public sehoofs of the.cily ‘will’be begun tomorrow and ba.continlfed throughout the week. The . gehools will’ reopen for studi Septémber 11 & - _WhTte children may.obtain permits at’ the school building Tuesday, Wed- nesday and Thursday from 9 am. until 3 p.m. Permits to colored chil- ldren will be issued on Friday from ! Lee School The children who attend ‘the West End School will obtain their .permits at that school Thursday from 9 am wngl 2 pm. Under the new ruling addition to. the tax re- th authgritics showing the child s prissedthe sixth birth anniver- Teaty H;i?"kbmomhm- o | Practically ~everything has been {completed for the reopening of the schools by the new supcrintendent. Bowton, eting of all teachers. principals © superintendent of. the schools fwill be held 10 o'clock Monday. { September 10, when firial preparations | will be completed for the resamption of studies, ® . Indications are that a greater num- ber of pupils will attend the coming EL ion than attended last year. As soon as the childéen obtain their permits. they will be assigned. to Kgrades, then ‘will report to the school ,officialt and have thelr book * st marked in readiness for September 11. % A goodly part of the city's popula- tion today is spending Lafsr day at nearby resorts. The exodus of per- sons going to the country, moun- {tains and seashere started-:Satur- cay and has contived ever since From.early this morning. there w. {2 steady stream of motorists wend- g their way north afd south, citi- !zens going to spend the. day at re- }sorts within a radius-of 100 miles {fiom hera, - There was tof ‘any kind here and labor simply cnjoyed the day in recreation. Bail attracted many this morning and again this afternoon. The ail- G at old Pohick™ Chareh. attracted many imost of the_parishioners were in at- | tendance. Music was furnished by i the. Fort Humphreys Band-and hus |dreds of persons enjoyed the out- ing on the grounds surrousting this historic edifice. i Despite the. fact that it was Labor day, many persons called at the of- fice of the city tax collector and paid their city taxes. = With _practically all - other offices closed for Labor day the office of the clerk of the courts IS open, as required by law. Clerks of courts have only Ithree days a year in which they can close their offices, ond these are Christmas, Independence day and Thanksgiving day. With practically most of the.law- yers out of the city today officials in the office had but little to do, but-early !in the_ afternoon a couple came in from Washington and procured a marriage license. SEaT George J. Milstead, forty-eight years old, died yvesterday, at his_homeé on North Fairfax street extended. The deceased was employed at the plant of the: Washington Hydraulic Press Brick Company in Arfington county, as a bricksetter. "His funeral will take place at 2 o'clock Wednesday ®ach child attending the first gradé | the | :|ing the state prohibition law. no. public celebration | Men and Washington, and ! Strand Theater to a vacant lot be-| yond. Closing all the valves on the ltruck he jumped aboard and started | away, leaving a trail of burning oil month. Buys Town As Well. With the purchase of the railroad by the Mogart interests wont the 4 w ings, the headquarters jtrom the flling tank to where- he | 13WD of Jennings. the hemiquarters finally stopped. He then ran back | story store building, the hotel and and extinguished the flames envelop- |about a score of houses, which will ing-the filling tank with a blanket | be .occupied by miners. It is five grabbed from an automobfle. amiles south of Grantsville on the The fire was caused by a careless | National Highwa The railroad smgker who threw a lighted mat Lruns -from Jennings to -Worth, Pa., at'a filling tank that being sup- | where it connects with the Baitimore Plicd from the truck. The police are jand Ohio and touches Grantville en Igeking for the man, | rout It is planned to build a spur to | —— e connect with the Western Maryland. i This would he eleven-miles long. ICRANKS CAR IN GEAR, |, e same ‘nterests that control | 5 § (the mines and railroads have also or- 'es I ganized the La Supply Company, i STARTS ON WILD RIDE | uhich wiil dca in mining and othet { o | supplies. The officers and directors | | gf the three concerns are: Willlam Morgart, Jennings, president and | meneral manager irman Hooper. | Trenton. N. J., vice president; Louis {A. Morgart,. Jennings, secretary; |Judge Erwin E. Marshall, treasurer; Richard M. Duvall, Baltimore: R. H.| !'Blakley, Trenton, and Bradford L. | Gibbs, Cumberland. < I Field Has Big Future. | The railroad will be an outlet for WINCHESTER, Va., Sptember 3.— & number of lumber manufacturing { Willlam Shanholtz, wo cranked-his fiiv- [ DI&Rts. a rich farming section with | {'many " great maple groves and for ver while it was in gear on top of ajsome fifteen or twenty -small coal | hill here, narrowly escaped being seri- | 0P& many of which propose to | ousty™ : 4 b acilities | ously”injured in his frantic efforts to get | s Naspent i'the car under control. P { Winchester Man Jumps to Run- ning Board as Auto Makes-Mad | Dash Down Hill. | | Special Dispateh to The Star. This [ coal region The machine started down the hill | Atlanti with Shaphaltz leaping to the running- ! men say, Garrett county is bound to {board,”and as its speed inereased and | 'succeed Allegany county as the main { the car swerved first from one side and | coal-producing section of Maryland, then the .other, scores of pedestrians|as the faraous Georges Creek niines jscrambled for places of safety. while 'are report®i rapidly being worked autos sought safety in side streets. Un- | cut. The Morg: al Mining Cor- !able to get the car under control, Shan- | poration_recently increased its cap- i holtz started to jump, but fell just as|ital to $1,000.000 to further its de- the car crashed into a tree and fence | velopment plans. The same concern | mearby. has 4500 gfres of valuable fire clay e e deposits. s similar to that at i | Mount from awhich are . DRY_RAIDERS ACTIVE. manufacture > brick and enamel | i undeveloped nearest the in time, coal building brick. The development of - the fire clav.is an early prospect. i Seize. Liquor and Hold I ig estimated it will take fifty Women . Lynchburg, Va. [Ftid= hig territory, while-tie timber - Sl _ | trags of .one firm) alones it is esti- | Special Dispateh to The St v 1 omy WHI saw “%.000° carloads | LYNCHBURG, -Va, Septofgher. 3 — " RN | The-police late Saturday-right rAided | the home of Gertrude Maore. 13044th | istreet, and after finding *sixteeh gal- | lons of wine. arrested the. Moore | | woman and Mildrea Bjtler and Vera Kent. all white, charged:with’ violat- lunihes b R PO UMPIRE "GIVES - DECISION, . | DEPARTS HASTILY HENCE 3 Game at Win- -chiester and;Ends Day’s Work Then and There. S E = v: g ! OBSERVE LABOR DAY |’.\;vwm| Dispatch fo The Star. Y . * <} WINCHESTER, Va. September 2.— i = e Umpire \}' itmore. of‘ I-‘roné Royal, ‘ P iVa., sent herg to umpire a base ball Outings ‘and Tourpaments - Being | ;.. Dorween she Winehester ‘and - |Luray teams of the Shenandoah Val- |ley. League, suddenly vanished fro the Ball lot while the “fading awa: was gbod for him. . It oceirred just ~—There are Labor day celebrations &fter a 'ccision’in favor of Luray, to | galore in Prince Georges courty. which tre crowd objected. "Men and In Hyattsville the fire depariment {PoYs and a number of women left {1s staging its annual outing on the {the grandstand and started toward {grounds of the mew. elementary | Whitmore. The game proceeded with I school on Olive street At Suitland. ndy” Baker.of Winchester as {Capitol Heights and at Seat Pleasant losé. B Usien: toie ikl Ready for School Year. schools of Princ ieorges county the | The * inegres | street, which in the ame night, Clare - Ford, <a | I = who operates_acafe in i3th | Favors. Luray in s arrested. following a raid | (\‘isr‘l sed four pints of liquor Held:in Prince Georges. Special Dispateh 1o Thie Stars < HYATTSVILLE, Md. September 3. Lanham-and Oxon Hiil tournaments | Umpire. ithe annual carniyal under the auspices Kpecial Dispatch to The Star. are being h!]d|lh|fi flf[?r‘,fl«;nn. Fire- — are staging a celebration at | EXRECT 10,400 PUPILS , 5 {of the volunteer fire department and 4 : | Community Welfarc Assoctation-will | Prince Geofges County Officials | WILL OPEN JUNIOR HIGHS. * | 1’00 on"SAR T nono0, 1., September| Specigl Dispatch to The Star. 3.—Total enrollment in the. public UPPER MARLBORO, September 3. | —Junior high school work the coming iyear will be introduced in the new clomentary school at Mount Rainier and in the colored schools at Upper iMarlh‘oro and Buena Vista, it was an- imounced - by ; Prof. Nicholas Orem, i superintendent of schools for Prince | Georges county. NAMED HEALTH OFFICER. Special Dispateh to The Star. K FREDERICK, Md, September 3.— 1 Dri- Elmer C. Kefauver, Thurmont,| Md., has been elected county health officer by the county commissioner. succeedingithe late Dr. H. P. Fahrney coming year will reach nearly 10,400, it is predicted by officials. Last Fear the total was 10,026. - Plans for reopening the schools on | Monday, September 19, are practical- | 1y complete. The schools will be in. the best physical condition since he | took charge, ‘Prof. Nicholas Orem, | ‘county superintendent.of education, | states. A number of new buildings | will be available, and _$10,000 has | beeis spent for repairs and $8,000 for new furniture and other equipment. An additional teacher is to be as- signed the Bladensburg school. The ! Cottage Cify school, a four-room brick structure, will. not be ready until about October 13, it is expected. ANY PLAN o _years to_remove the mine.props ini ot |’ SALE! Final Reduction All Broken Lots $30—$35—8$40 WORSTED SUITS $2 1 75 Final Reduction All Broken Lots $45 and $50 -~ WORSTED SUITS Suits Laid Aside With Deposit Alterations at Cost Perfect Pennsylvania Avenue Mallory Hat Service - R RN RN R R E-R-EC NN N R R R BEaeY enaRees et aomns®een ®NE S—11: Glen Echo, 5—14; Dickerson, | afternoon, from his late residence,-and —18. those doing . the investigating' and!% ‘{services will be conducted by Rev. 1. for a heme, business, farm, church, school, for per- clerical work receiving compensation. B 3t TRUCK KILLS BOY —_— BUILDINGS ATTACKED. Station and Prison Asseulted in Dublin. DUBLIN. September 3.—The Amiens setreet railway station, the central telegraph office in Amiéns street and the Mount Joy prison were attacked | during the night. The guards success- fully " repelled ' the attacking party, which withdrew after an exchange of shots lasting forg_mlnums. No casual- ties were regorted. —— FIRE DAMAGES. WAREHOUSE. Sperlal Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va.. September The second serious fire'of the year in the warehouse of the Schwel Furni- ture Company, Commaerce street, yes- terday menaced the warehouse dis- trict for a time, but was confined to the warehouse, there being a loss of some, thousands. of dollars.” - 2 Special Dispatch to The Star, { SURRATTSVILLE, Md., September -Dorothy Gougle a Kathleen O'Brien “have been addeg. to the faculty. of the- Surrattsville High School, compléting the school's corps of teachers. Milten M. Somers will serve his first vear as principal, and the other member of the faculty is 3—| Rockville and Dickerson, Boyds ‘and Glen Echo and Washington Grove and | Bethesda play -two games with each | other tod —_— |WIFE SEEKS HUSBAND | MISSING SINCE JUNE 17 {Richmond Woman Appeals to Po- lice After Vain Wait for His Return. : Soecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va.. September 3.—Mrs. McMahon . Southall of this city has appealed to the police to aid her in locating her husband, who left his home June 17 and has not been heard from since. = B The missing man is a steamfitter by trade, about forty vears old, slightly bald, weighs 140 and has a dark.muys- tache. He is a native of Alabama, where he has two.brothers. REPAIRING VIRGINIA ROADS. Special Dispatch to The Star. - S FREDERICKSBURG, Va., September :3—The state highway department is engaged in applying gluterine " (a dust layer material) on the Washington- Frederickeburg highway, between Aquja Church, a few miles north of Stafford. courthouse, and this city. When the road is finished to Fredericksburg work of treating the Tidewater Trail between AT MT. SAVAGE, MD. | Six-Year-01d Child Receives. Brok- en Neck and Crushed Chest - When Run Over. Special Dispatch to The Stas . MOUNT SAVAGE, Nd., September 3. Ralph Joseph Whartor, dged six years, son of Mr. and' Mfs! James Wharton, was fatally injured ‘wheh run-ove a_truck driven':by L.. W. Fair. sged twenty-three. Following_an - investiga- tion_by Acting Couhty Coroner, Olfver H: Bruce, the acoldent was 'held_ un- avoldable. Z £5F : hg; one !nwei,l;ddmm -the child was su 0. have ing on the e of Tha truck. -v.?wh%{r was turning at a corner near'the Whar- ton home, Both wheels passed ‘over-the child's body, breaking ‘his. neck: crushing his chest. He died " shortly atter. being carried into the home ot ‘Willlam Fannon. o NORFOLK IIRWGIST— DIES.: :NORFOLK, Va., September '3.—Dr: Elijah _Filmore Truitt, physiclan and druggigt, died at his home here vester- day. He was a pioneer in the establish.. ment of chain drug stores here, and was F. Kelly, assistant pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church. ~ Burial will be jn Bethel cemetery. : Funeral services for. Mrs. Hepsie Fuller, widow of William Fuiler, who died Saturday, will -fake place at 4 oclock this afternoon at her late resi- dence, 821 Duke street. Services will- be conducted by Rev. W. S.¢Hdmmond, D.. D., pastor of the M. E. Church | South, and burial will be ‘in thé Pres-: byterian -cemetery. born' in Upperville, Fauquier county ang-is survived by ster, Miss A die Walker. 2 I The Old Dominion Boat- Club is planning a series of entertainments’ to be given during the autumn and. winter months, and it is expected that- the committes in:charge of the ar< rangements will completé the pro- gram early fext month; The dances given this summer by this club at its new clubhouse have proved attractive, and have .drawn large numbers o {members ‘and their triends.- Delegates from this .city who left this morning for Fredericksburk. to attend the annual staté convention of the American Leglon are C. M. Shep- person and Mfiton Gldsgow. The con- and |vention. will, be in session today, Tues. day and Wednesday. PASTOR'S ASSISTANT LEAVES. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG. Va., Septémber-3.—A.|" 8. Cumminge, who'during the past year has. ‘béen *assiitant .to_ the- paston of First Baptist Church here; has resigned jand _left Friday for Warren eounty, ‘The deceased was | sonal advancement, etc, .is usually governed by MONEY, and you can save the mohey in the UNION TRUST'COMPANY. We welcome Sififigs depositi in such amounts and at such tiires as"suit your pocketbook and your convenience. y o S 2% paid on Checking and 3% on-Savings Accounts > _UNION OF THE DISTRICT, “OF,COLUMBIA Cor.1548 and H St b ¢ - Northwest: :DWARDV.'STELLuaczm"PRtsmmr- " MALLORY HATS The Hats of Unexampled S;}za}fi11;x: —for yo‘ung men and men who want to stay young 52 and "6-V='"'; s s ooy CER BN . ., to bec 1) 1 -Margaret Brantley. N, Ci-lo Decome principal of a high | B, o ss i BARICHY. g_ndkl'wv‘_t Rogal will commence. | at one_time Norfolk county goroner. - |school'therex 4 *