Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1923, Page 3

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Heating abd Roofing Experts 35 Years, To- | day for little more than a song | sparkling | efficient. | |~uum to " | TRAFFIC VIOLATORS FINED. | t. o, {ODETating his automobile at land fined REFINISHED OR x-ousm:u» Nokol AutomaticOil Bumers s- ! High grade, but not Ligh priced. | COMPASS BEARINGS PIVOT a1 INQUIRY ;Communications Officer of 7 Wrecked Destroyers Says Visibility Was Fair. { the Associated Press. | SAN DIEGO, Calit., September 18.~ {Cross-examination of Lieut. Law; rence | | Wild, communications officer of the | | destroyer squadron hurled on - the irocks off Point Honda September 8| Was to be resumed here today before i the naval court of inquiry investigat- | ing the disaster which cost the lives | | of twenty | of seven vessels. { three and the destruction | Wild testified yesterday | that none | lof the destroyers save the Delphy,{ 1l.~dmug the squadron, had the right | under fleet regulations, to ask shore stations for radio comp enabling them to chart the independently; that it the duty of the other vessels to take their posi- }unm trom the ship at the head of the column. { Calls Visibility Fair. Visibility - shortly before ers grounded was not the de- particu- | tact ghts ot cight ves- sels astern, the farthest being about ' 400 vards away, ass 5 rly b d. citing the | | | bearings flashed from & ‘muu station on Loint Arguello were the pivot about avhich testimony ar document evidence rovolved | yesterdu jons. |~ The vadio compass b al flashed froj some pommt ashore to a ship at sea. giving the ve its directions from that point and e g th 1 navigator to determine h tion. ports of the commander ul.d deslros-x ibordinate officer estimony of the one nes: all «_mph.n ass bearings recel i Tguello as the crucial factor in the vents leading up to the disaster. Trying to Place Blame. Whether the ertcr which led the (squadron. commander to hurl his !ships on the rocks in the belief that was rounding a promonto ich, fact, 1 had not yet ched, originated at Point Arguell jor aboard the destroyers them: e from confusion in the air by a multitude of m s concerning the fate of iner Cuba in distress not far aw was a question still unanswe {when the hearing adjourned yester- day Lieut of il “ul as the the on is welve naval officers have been named as parties to the inquiry in the status of_defendants Sessions of the court were open to ithe public, and ne a gigned to the inquiry a -operation from naval author Um« here. ole May Last Weeks. Estimates as to the probable len. jof the inquiry vary from ten d to more tha ee week Commander Leslie Bri -+ 1 Robe of th ags! - did not see how | e completed 1in {who oppose during the { come a national fig {tew were ident mes Young, Another was tentatively iden- {tified as that of William Pearson, who said by comrades to have become jdemented when his vessel struck. { The body was found lashed to a piece of mast which washed ashore. ! serted at the time of the that Pearson d become nd demented when the vesel and to avoid trouble they seaman to a mast on the hoping to veturn for him all others had been The vessel turned o |ever ind Pearson went down MRS. MARIA F. LIGON DIES | AT HER HOME IN THIS CITY Native of Pennsylvania, But Resi- dent Here Since 1889—Funeral Services Tomorrow. i Mrs. Maria F. Ligon, wife of John D {Ligon, a retired sovernment printing ! office nmp]o\e died suddenly a the family residence 1411 Loungfellow i« street, nday afternoon, he pre sly had been slightly i s. Ligon had resided in Wash- | ‘u\glon since 1889, ch y ear she | iwas married at ! was born in Pennsylvania the (LAu gh- | ter of the late John Fulton, a promi- | {nent geologist of that stat { Mrs. Ligon is survived b band and by a daughter, Howser of Philadelphia, and a son, John F on of this city; also |} by a sister. . David Howe of | Johnstown, Mr. Ligon's brother .\nu sister, Ligon and Mrs, Liggan, arrived here from ttend the funeral, which | will be held tomorrow ernoon ar‘ rom the family residence. will be in Rock . Creek Mi Pa. P, o'clock Interment cemetery. i Psalitis, charged with' reckles d. was convicted in Trafic Court|} $40. George . Brew icharged with speeding, paid a $40! {fine. There were a large number of | speeding cases in which defendants d put up $10 collateral which v\nl“ forfeited,. defendatts failing to ap-!| vear when their names were called| in Traffic Court. Gregory small! Electric Wiring And Repairing 6-Room House Wired for $60.00 Including Bath, Halls snd Nasement |ane sus RALEH P- GIBSON Fient Borvice—Potomas 1036, Colupbia so10. + Any Owners of higher priced cars are dis- covering that the Hupmo- bilegives them all the practi- cal advantages that costlier cars can give. Sterrett & Fleming ! big political fight that he has started { uniformed officcr { highest office in t {tains the largest staflf that any {ernor ever had » THE EVENING HELLO! HELLO!— TELLS MISS PLINT 10 GET MR:JONES OP JONES BRUS. ON THE PHONE RIGHT ‘A~ WAY PLEASE DECIDES THERE 'SN'T ANY USE GETTING DOWN TO WORK TLL HE GETS THIS CALL OFF HIS 1E PHONE RINGS CONPERENCE SAYs [ THAT'S TOR ME,| THINK' AND FINDS IT I8 e STAR. WASHINGTON, D. TUESDAY, 'SEPTEMBER 18, 1923. THE EFFICIENT BUSINESS MAN AT THE TELEPHON POLICE TOLD TO SHOOT PERSONS WEARING HOODS STARIS T GET A DRINK OF ICE WATER. WHEN PHONE , RINGS . HURRIES BACK D £ — A WONDERS WHAT'S "HQLDING (T UR FIVE MINUTES LRTER “ELLS HER HE HAS TO GO INTO CONPERENCE AND TO PUT THE CALL WHEN IT COMES INTO SALES MANAGER'S AFTER SOME DELAY GETS MisS FLINT AND ATTER PURTHIR. DELAY FINDS UNE'S BUSY T W 3 ( tr) FREM CCN 1BERS CALL\VET LMERGES AND - REM GOT' THAT (C) The Meciurd Ne HASNT paper. Eymdicale MISS FLINT ARE TWO M AND WHICH DOES HE WANT By the Associuted Press. LEWISTON, Idaho. September 18.—- The Lewiston city council has ordered | the chief of polic his men hoot and shoot to wearing hood# or g ntity when found invading home: or ‘molesting citizens, in case the: resist the officers. This; order is the result of a visit | by three white-robed men to the home a negro woman, CLuvas | WiLIAHS ped from the house | | before the men got inside. PORTS THERE JONESES THERE Cord Tires on Credit Pay As You Ride A’ SMALL_ PAYMENT DOWN BALANCE ONE, TWO AND THREE MONTHS Guaranteed 8,000 Miles T. 0. PROBEY CO. Phone West 133 2100 Pa. Ave. NW. OPPCE Lverything in Paints, Oils, Glass and Brushes Becker Paint & Glass Co. WTHING l\BCV T 15 WILL M True to Friends, Loyalty and Love of Display Mark Okla 'Walton homa Governor Tender-Hearted, a Fighter, But Loves Uniforms and Y. Okla, Walton. martial Septem- who put law in Jack all Oklahoma under {an effort to stamp out the Ku Klux known all over the state a “the man who sticks by his friends Loyalty to those who are loyal to him bitter opposition to those him the | who has be-1 and are tominan man, re within the last characters of t days. Walton admits that his oppone have made him and he has won every —so far. He welcomes a battle and when he fights he fights with all the accouterments of war. Pomp and | splendor are a weakness of his. A Iways accompanied him on his trips when he was only a mayor, and now that he occupies the state he main- traveled to 5 a special carand d along with him know that Jack When he Monday. he he took a b to let the Walton had a Holds Loyalty of Friends. Walton seems to have th his supporters a re on and « a handful of n attorneys and trate- that went machine to the governor's chair by the largest majority.dn the state fle won not only the men folks, and they 1 got out and worked for him. The now famous inaugural barbecus was the product of the singular me! ing of a taste for display and for democracy. For Walton is democratic. Labor interests hailed him as their leader, a man who would lead them to the last ditch in their fight against i what they t pit " Walton tated to take ndvantage of His campaign was based e needs of the farmer and the aborer. and he openly told them that he would save them from oppression 2t the hands of the capitalistic classes. AMet man to man, iton is affable iquiet and serions-—intensely serious. { He has a tender heart, too. Tears have .nlled down his face as he has told of | In fact, his tender sensi- to being | Admires Jeffers. would please him more than to becom Brass Bands. a3d that Walton personally ht if he “would break crowd.” When Wal- ton broke with the leaders of the farmer - labor _reconstruction some thought he had changed his friends, but time and developments have point- ed_differentiy. Those who ca | ton when he wa ic _works wofierl we wou away t with Wal- special state were only city atto [DR. H. M. %|IIIIIIIIII|||||Illl!llIIIII||llfllIII]IIHHHHHTIIflflmflflflllmlllII||I|||IIIIIilIIIlllllllII||IIIIIIIIIII!IIlI|l||||||l||||||i|||ll]|§f Democratic,! Body Is Found in Bathroom With Gas Jet Oven. Howard blin, s found 1 M old athioom of pshire ave be a clue to robberies in Pos left behind whe | During epidemics of colds, grippe, influenza, scarlet fever, | diphtheria, whooping cough, Walton reads & . sore throat and other respira- life of Thomas Jfim Zonite should be used frequenily-as a throat ( ‘;hr(ned in the hearts of the people “the Thomas Jefferson of Oikla- homa. “rities of Walton attack him on the ground on which his supporters praise him-—his friends. Many an HOTEL INN " Formerly Hoetel 3. 5100 © | 8 604-610 9th St. 37 rooms, $6 weekly: $10.60 rooms, with toilet, shower and Javatory, §; room, 50 per cent more. Rooms Like Yersar spray and nasal douche. Jonite NON-POISONCUS NLY those who have smoked Melachrinos can judge the quality of the finest Turkish tobacco. 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