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8 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1923. e e e e e S Sy PO VI A, DRRRDL 19, CONGRESS TIE-UP F,'f,g,':,'c:{ s A [ MUTT AND JEFF—Quick Wason, the Needle. e L e . I wAS TALKING To SENATOR THAT MEANS JEEF'S CHANCE JEF, WATSON wh\'\ VG BEE . N Wwet, ‘RE usten! s MAY BE ]924 lssu[ Leaves Service WATSON oF INDIANA AND B e T I€€ You GVER fieu’ 2 GON:JA\(?:E':T SHertock ! Herman J. Koenler, father of the" He TELLS mc JeFe 1S 3 “ AT THE LioN MEeT: HoL il WANT HIMTD HEAR 1T i mMes physical training system of the i VERY weac IN THe T po . JAMERY cLuB! WATSON . S s Army, has been retired. from CenNTRAL STATE £ FRoM WATSON HIMSELF, EoR YEARS: vote May Be 'nfluenced by active service with the rank of = lieutenant colonel. Inablllty of Body to Col. Koehler was “master of the sword” at the West Point Mill- . ] tary Academy and during the Begin Work. | World war personally directed the e physical training of many thou- sands in the training camps. He reached the retired age of sixty- four years yesterday BY DAVID LAWRENC Two weeks have gone by, but Con- s is not yet nized. Not only has no Important busi- _— ness been transacted, but it begins to ok as if it will be after the holida; ecess hefore a start will be made. *or several months there have been being verified, The spectacle of a national legislature unable to earry it the supposed mandate of the peo- at the last elections is such that | Senate Measure Would Place ay furnish the leading issue at ol noxt Novomber when . new | Retirement Age at 65 Congress is elected. s e | and Raise Annuity. RTS AND AUTO |BILL GIVES CAPITAL {BROKER HELD IN DEAL| s Tirites, op s v i e e (HUGE CHRISTMAS SEIZED BY PA(::.II)GEMANI an OFFICIAL NAME CLAN CHIEF LEADS 1*\\'¥vo Fmm srooi i in the county ression 2 was to | Ments to the civil service retirement Int inst things.” The men nact, changing the age of retirement e S i | IR — - »th parties suffered and providing for increased an: S, g L AT e & inteuut o o, (;e‘iedn:l,em::-lt‘l:)‘ TREE UN WAY HER[ Two Occupants of Car From Bal-{Senator Ball Introduces Measure PRIS Edward Powers Accused of F"ke; GENERAL AI,IHMEEF”ER co. 4t have prevailed ever since enator Stanfield of Oregon, the : 1l Statements in Selling Steinmetz timore Are Arrested on Urged by Dr. William g : i etz gol by I TYPEWRITERS an atfirmative | ele d chu e e on eivil service. The bill I » Dry Ch: 3 Tindall, 2 Corporation Securities. = A « <{Vermont Fir to Stand on El- i o lohn Hatfield, 70, and Four — S bt are conscious of | by presentative Lehlbach of New . By the Assoclated Press. F St.N.W. 816 14th St. N.w. sk members of a3 lipse Under 2,500 Elec- Forty-eight quarts of real rye wm:.i Seuator Ball of Delaware, chairman| Qthers Escape From Vir- NEW YORK, December 15.—Ed- |42 14 N.w, country Birieer ‘e tarvas is tha bl thelags 4 ky and an automobile were seized by | of the Senate District committee, to- 2 ¥ ward Powers, a sixty-two-year-old Sl T etire et o e tric Lights. Policeman Schimkezy of the ninth|day introduced a bill making the ofi- ginia Jail. o < precinct vesterday afternoon at 15t i Vas! “City 2 = : ployes is made sixty-five vears in- Ind H Streets mattheactgon at 15th|cial name of Washington *City of formerly served as vice president of ul of seventy. Provision is also cupants of the car, residents of Balti- | Washington in the District of Colum- the Steinmetz Electrical Car Cor- made that an employe who hus| , giiy-foot Vermont fir, tsken |MOTe. Were arrested. bia.” The bill was Introduced on the [ By the Associated’Press. v +iva | POTation, yesterday was charged with " em- |served for thirty years may be re- William H. Lynn, colored, thirty,| rec i e | ERTRTOr. Ve Dactinbar is~tvs ; | Exctusive”re ecton cuve that |tired at any age. The age Of retira- | from the forest preserve of Middle- | driver of the car was chursed rto e on ol br Wi e o evaed my Sowm Hatfield, | Brand larceny for making allegedly ||| Pleasant orerionilng ok Creef” povk ent and adverse |ment for railway postal clerks is|bury College, Vt, is on its way to|Violations of several traffic laws, il- | 98ll, for many years connected wi % é ¢ the H false representations in selling the || pRObSITUCHed wiew o s at the time of the [Made sixty-two. Washington, where, in the Bilipse, |1¢881 Possession and ‘transporting |the District government. seventy sears old, veteran of the Hat- | {05 (610 ompany. Ho was heia || Hsivets “Hoopse - porh oh to do with the| The method of arriving at i- s . where, 2 * |liquor. ~ Samuel L. Millstone, white, blishment of an official |fleld-McCoy feud, are at large in - e . | Soom—practicaily. 8 'rooms e et ropubtican |tes to be pald retived Smpiosen U | south of the White House, 1t will b | another ‘veeupant on i ar oice, [ The establishmen o 10l e grand Jury In §2:500 bai ot . : ; o 0 : fAmDE cloestsl A w1 Conditions Have Changed. 0" Vears ‘of Bervics. {but net o |\ree: The wlant fir, which is eon- | *SRL R 129 sen street mouth- names given the city In varlous|from the Wise county Jall at Wise| o o oompany. only $374,000 could ||| Gumed: | wntisl emh yaymeat is here— | #Xceed thirty) multiplied by the aver- | Si8ned to Preside~t Coolldge, will bfr:‘a,.k, lnp[;(-urn'd before United States|statutes Court House, according to advices|pi gccounted for. The treasury was | 3122 19th St. N.W. ase basic B 0ay or compmeafpub in nlee WItHiD) the next few CLICHESensE Sentee S Macdonaia variously called the DIstrict(pore A sherifr's posse, organized five | sald at present to contain only 3840, e " = the only t that most | the ten t reonmieye, during | days, wired and covered with | bonds for his appearance to answer a - teat of government and|minutes after the alarm was sounded is that {on which retirement shall take place [ €lectric bulbs. ar | SR O Relling imtoxfcents. the Federal Capital by an inmate of the jall as the five | since the | (but not to e i) fivided by | Arrangements for several celebia- | ke Aifth police precinet probist: | plyfill establishing a code of 1a% | men slia down & fire hose from the | Camee g e Shehannuity shall in no case | tions at the blg tree are belng made | O the Fith police prec alleged that | g 'GnE to Insurance {n the DIStTict | fiurth floor of the bullding, was hnm'l man of the com- | Do You Want a Home? LOOK AT THIS! broker, living on Park avenue, who ' onths after election— more demo-{ The i .q |y the community center departmentia sale of intoxicants was made in|Senator Ball,-probably on Monday. | dicapped in the pursuit by a heav: nsist that this plan. Tk vas_re- [of the public schools. All civic or-|Cohen's store. Cohen 1‘-uurn5df of the | The insurance commissioner, Burt A.| snowtall, whieh ‘covered completely g 5 = erred to the ca ¥ 3 ave sho a 3 B o rant an urnish- | » called & tc Ball today in | the tracks of | ugitives. - - held, tomorrow |1e™an” 1t"Ss Ungetatoos. thas. sery |ERaizations have shown an Interest| Fihe Sona. Toference 't the b, Fohha ity ta | PWwith: Hatheld, a cousin of “Devil THE PLEASURE and Comfort 8L ot theixrilont n on the measure will be ro. |and are expected to participate. The | hrt Steyens, (1003 Jith street| somewhat similar in many respects| Anse” Hatfield, find who was under s e Marine Band will contribute at least southeast, similarly charged, fur-| e, that which was Introduced in the | sentence of twenty years' imprison- O inine AL e ] e e ety {nished $1.500 bonds for his appear- |yt Congress. ment for murder, are Stephen Wood, OUR PATRONS Have front sinee tiieilast elec: Tha planning had been carried on |ance. i ) | also under a twenty-vear sentence for Sl A OFFICER SUSPENDED by Mrs. Lo V. Hardy, acting director| Julla Curtis colored 3134 South j rder: - Alex ‘Muliins, held on o e co y »r department | Street northwest, was arrested yes- charge of murde: C. . Edwards, PRSI et OF the Sy ST oRTTrs | Lerday, afteragon by Doteeuivts D MACMILLAN CONSTANTLY |charse of . iniie) Sosdint and | DERIVED From - bonus, and . s et = atv et , ! o] orres eant director of the de-!&n urke of the seventh precinct Carl Miller,,held on a charge of Vio S oo FOLLOWING PARTY Partment. plans Wo. far made, Mre. [dry enforcement squad on charges of | [N TOUCH WITH AMERICA lating the prohibition law. | . sl Forreat satd foday. tnclude. dancing, | seling and "jilegal possession of cut'a bar from a bed and with | THE DISTRIBUTION This Week singing and band music for three dif- |llquor. Seizure of one-half gallon of ' loose the grating in the | . ke vl | ferent nights. whisky was reported. HARTFORD, December -5.—The | wi of ~their fourth-story cell, | are bound to be : e s. ! T ry L the partiamentary ma- (9080 T. Tilgham Alleged to Have| Christmas Eve Lighting i } MacMillan expedition to the Arctic |and then slid down the hose to free OF THE 1923 Been Intoxi il | The tree will be iluminated tor| W|LL FETE DISABLED reglon \has been in almost constant %Ouiig.1q according to reports here, - . = ¥ ¢ een Intoxicated—Will the first time on the evening of De- | " radio signal contact with stations o1 the jaller Wednesday that he in- Tox Cut Generally Backed. comber 24, in the belief that many | T % the American Radlo Relay League, | tended to escape, but nothing was CHRISTMAS SAVINGS Checks . = = Face Charges. thousands of office workers and late| The Bureau of Engraving Post. | x s - b | found after a thorough search to | i sl To sum up the present situation, it — Christmas shoppers are on the streets| American Legion, will be hosts to a (it was declared in a statement by | 00RE. %0 " b lier that the delivery i I8 no exaggeration to say that Con- | and may be attracted to the sceme.|number of disabled veterans of the | K. B. Warner, league secretary, 10- | vas setually planned. As the aged LEADS Us animous in favor{ Policeman John T. Tilgham of the| At _this ration the choir of | world war at a dinner the night of 4., The oniy time communication |leader of the fugitives made his way 5 tenth cinet w he Church of the Eviphanv, sccom-|December 20 in the roof garden of | (0l suspended, he said, was between | down the hose last night he is said { * . uction me: enth precinct was suspended.today | panied by four pleces of the Marine | the bureau. In addition to the vet- Yoy and August 29 in a period | to have velled to prisoners on lower 3 emains un|from the police force and charged [ Rand, will play. At 7 p.m. Christ- | erans, members of Congress. SMoiala | 3813 00 daus Sasiight. "He aded | foors: TO INVITE the Public ¢ it a soldler bonus, If{ gith conduct unbecoming an officer.| mas eve the Marine Band will play D rfaspry bepartment and the | § . Rundreds of Relay League mem- | ~Teil that jailer he told me a bare- - & = < Gy il brine) oy Ahe merl | e willlba: calleR Batone iy police L the tree and tere will be daneing | T eases are scheduied to be made | bers In the United States, Canada |faced lle when he said there was o nonile. condition. which' tne. Treasuey | tri i by the dancing folk of the com-j, g 2eorLada of No a Alaska wers regularly hearing | chance for me to get out of here. B peomiitlon which the Treaswy | trial board on a charge of intoxica- | Jlunity centers, including o enow by Senator Ladd of North Daxots and | and Alaske were regularly heating |chance for me 1o €98 00 ¢S Soic, = B kbt of ‘the. bonug | o, It was saia. dance. a holly dance and an Englleh 'y oqy” post. There also will be a | ens of stations were in actual com- |that he had 'arranged to be supplled TO JOIN nestrain,”but | W. 3. Colvin, reommate of the po- [fnlll_;_'l;m«l “‘1““’!““;““!‘, G L allults Will| Joie i Tof entertainment. munication with the vessel. with arms and ammunition. n splendid con- | lleeman, also said to have been on | participate > dnnees. danger. the liquor party, was arrested and| The colored people ona THE 1924 CHRISTMAS contest to et lower|charged wi‘h ~carrying concealed | midnight of the : the indications at the weapons. Colvin, in Police Court to- | tion at the tree, at which th M | t the roads will|day, said that he and Tligham pur- | be religious serv and giugine. 7 CLUB OF Tor the rest o Olidays Sentiment to repeal fchased some corn whisky ‘and went | program for the rest of the holiduvs i i P rompleted, carning clause is solon a jov ride. Colvin said that he|had not been completed, THE RIG NATIONAL it will take a combi- |took Tilgham's pistol from him when | Wil be ifluminated nightly through GS ) stion « rats and republicans | the latter became boisterous in order | New 5 t e 4 - |te Ve i "3 The tri 1 be set into ""‘.T by ot oot i oenCieansHIOBIEVeRs B Sl i the Potomac tric Power Comi- B. K e Ane o e to make pany and will be wired and covered AN it iy BILL TO CLOSE STREETS | S fishibsh, e ot ot AT ANY ONE OF 1is Offices t ) i the tric League is composed o 0 them in Congress. | i 2 of o i i . Lincoln . Townsend, chairman; MWL INTRODUCED BY BALLE® By M5ty .ty , o, ouder, Carroll Carpenter, Ro- o . TE t {Senate Measure Would Empower |land D. Harrington and H. A. Brooks. | »\it»uli',r:”m“ i H Commissioners to Act on / (- MAIN OmCE. 1503 Pa. Ave. s they hav S T MRS. G. T. SEAEE DEAD. | s N. W, Opp. U. S. Treasury . = = with raiiroad arc with farmer eco-| A IS introduced by Senator Ball, | Was Daughter of Late James J. DUPONT CIRCLE OFFICE, 1913 |chairman of the District committee, B g rumors that President |today authorizes the District Com- | N Mass. Ave. N. W. Coolidge, while 10¢ A0 Lmissioners to close certain streets,| NEW YORK, December 15.—Mrs. s . . » change in the ear -"of ‘the Sootas T e as S Iate rananortition wet, wiil not make an {roads and highways rendered useless | George T. Slade, daughter of the James J. Hill, railroad magnate, died N 2 i ;i SOme by the opening, extemsion, widening, |at her home here early yesterday 4 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS road question w Hition Yar politieal | €te-» of other streets, roads and high- | Mrs. Slade, who s forty-seven: P OFFICE, 2477 18th St. N. W. v SedrdEnce e ~ hish. | years old, had been iil for some time. | g or problem before { Wa¥s, In accordance with the high- |y husband and two children, Nor- ( N { ailroads are hoping|way plan of the District. The bill |man and Georgiana, were at her bed- ; PARK ROAD OFFICE, 14th St ong in check, however, | specifically ToRInE side at her death. Mr. Slade is presi s s Thalicncs o | pecifcally suthiorlsesehe cloaluxor | Sidl o1 heridcac S ol & Park Road and institutions | the following: poration. ) s curities, which, Broad Branch road between Jocelyn i be adversely af- | street and 31st street, Piney Branch = 3 ‘ 7TH STREET OFFICE, Corner repeal of the earning | road between Spring road and Belair 7th and I Sts. .« * * * road, Pierce Mill between Tilden street and Wisconsin avenue, Belt road between Wisconsin avenue and ARLINGTO Chevy Chase Circie, Colfax street through square . Queens Chapel B ) road hetween Bladensburg road and FOR THE ACCOMMODA- ’ N it Irving street and Grant road between . colal). —James Leonard, colored, The bill authorizes the Com- : TION OF GOVERNMENT thirty years of uge, of Washington, | missioners to close such other stetats; Wai Gonvisted 6t Eecona dexse ! |roads and highways as in their juds- i der of his wife, Annie Leonard, in | uit court of Arlington county audce samuer . wrent | EARL J. DAVIS NAMED - THE MAIN OFFICE Will Be of | « » x : S .see and be seen here @ = n nii oS ! DAUGHERTY ASSISTANT 1o, wel worth " While ° i 14 of the Hichmona, Fred. | where all the smart folks ! L X EEEE OPEN.N.Y. L Rosslyn, the morning of April 9. The |9+ He for Sunday evening din- bor e Rl "a.'“!‘o! ner or supper. MONDAY, TUESDAY and terior Department Solicitor. ednesda; r that e had en | tirond train, Her steult | G. W. Collier Marshal. Dpeuav'6 FAL A ¥ d ‘tured and medical testimony | G'f Sh L’k G‘ Ei¥en ot the oIt which Aheceh Earl J. Davis of Michigan was Phone Matn 336 for and the it e tRes to we szt s il bl L marl 3 S Deriy o Mihixy : OF NEXT Week nurd denied having been in Vir- | Pominated by President Coolidge to- : Rand df 3 s Kk . o« = sinfa at the time his wifs was killed, {42y to be assistant attorney general, A quality cravat—made by hand—and fit to grace any man’s neck and y Detectives Embrey and Thompson of | succeeding John W. H. Crim, who re- 2 UNTIL 5:30 O’Clock siingion,” who “asatsied Shorlt | LSS ) raise any man’s pride. No matter how many neckties he has, or how < e ation of e ecrime, produce Joh H. Ed ‘ds of India . . . . " R Ceaiimony to.the | nominated to be sollcitor Tor the Ta: gl many “he’s” you intend to remember this Christmas, the safe choice for AND THE Branch Offices Tvidence also was given ‘lermr Dem‘i\rmgnlll. - s - o e e th Leonard 1d his wife we see George V. ier wi 1 ed H i '3 e ' oot the Iy e ot it Sty s nominated > 4NV, each and all is the luxuriously fine and beautifully hand-tailored Trojan TODAY FROM 5:30 to 9 P. M., Tiight b Woman's body’ was cravat. Note the inviting prices—$1.50 to $3.00. S e i, - elec ed in a quarr district of 'Maryland. found. It also w 'd hud obta N - Z AND 0h ¢ of her Nusband on an im- |N\ morality. charge and. the was to have been d +he day after she % An Attractive Method of Saving— - ® » /éaéured by Monvl‘?;fi;s:"x;lasmy and - D.J.KAULCMAN te o irs JOIN OUR' CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB THL MANS STORES , FOR THE openice 'Ss‘lfz):;o:‘i:.:t:uh gg{s} % \ 1005 '7 pA- A\AE B |724'pA. AVE. : 1924 CHRIS’[:MA‘S ?hb Accounts g"fi':fi%‘ _ $100 \ BUT g . A 4 UR CLUB Will Conti gt g $250 A ‘ o Wil Continue Open o 0 ° > N 4 UNTIL FURTHER Notice Citizens Savings Bank | ' ‘ & g 1336 New York Avenue NN % % 22722 % 2% 72 ‘Hemm’s Violin Hospital Special for Christmas VIOLIN, C. N | v o iatb b T LT - L 2 2% Znd Floor Open_ Nights.