Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1924, Page 40

AUTO RUNS DOWN | TRAFFI OFFICERS Lleut. Beckett and : Police- man Brown on Duty fqr Ball Coolidge Attended. YOUNG DRIVER ARRESTED Leg of One Man and Arm of Boy Broken in Numerous Accidents. While directing trafic in front of the F street entrance to the Willard Hotel, where President Coolidge and many others prominent in officlal life were attending the charity ball Jast night, Lieut. James F..Beckett and Policeman Edward M. Brown of the first precinct were struck by the automobile of Clyde C. Smith, twenty years old, 2314 18th street northwest. Dr. Hearn of Emergency Hospital examined the lieutenant and private and found the former had sustained bruises to side, right arm and hand, while Brown's right arm and band were hurt. Smith, -a telegraph opcrator, was arrested and held on charges of driving while drunk and colliding. uring Car Demolished. A touring car with a Virginia li- cense was almost completely demol- ished when struck by a \ashington, | Baltimore and_Annapolis electric car | in front of the powerhouse of the Washington Railway and Electric | . xn\hall,\l. ast end o1 Benning bridge, today. occupant of the man. explained that h alled on the car track: Jjumped just before the accident Ho lett the scene of the beivre L. val of the i ar, 56 Thayer iver of an automo- ‘bumped against a watering trough at 24uh street and the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Langdon, last night and overturned. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. T L street Beavers of th T stre pan maged and Mrs, Beavers She refused hospital ddress he treatment Woman Knocked Down. iffin, colored, thirty-six y street northwest, = was ked down by the automobile of William C. Paimer Champlain z lith and O colored, forty ye d, 1011 4th street northwest, last night was kuocked down by the! automovile of Samuel Rose, 616 F' street northwest, near 4th and K streets north- and his left leg broken and right jured. He was given surgical aid Freedmen's Hospital. Rose was ¢ with colliding. A collision_between the automobile of Thomas Walsh, 143 W street north t, and the bicycle of Joseph E. Cones, 1021 Tth street northwest, oc- curred near 11th and L streets north- yest, vesterday afternoon. Goines, in- jured “about_the back, was taken to Emerge; afternoon knocked down near Circle h:' the automobile of P. A. O She at Emergency Hos- Hurt in Collision. colored, 1607 T street| , sustained an injury to his night as a result of a col-! lision between an automobile in which he was riding and a taxicab! at 16th and Q streets northwest. He; was taken to Emergency Hospital in | the taxicab. Herman P. Vollmer, sixty-seve: years old, 509 L street northwest, was | knocked ‘down by an automobile at 5th and L strects northwest last night and his right leg fractured. | Surgeons at Emergency Hospital ted the injured man. Police dia! cstablish the identity of the c of the auutomobile, who took the injured man to the hospital. Anthony Graves, fifteen, 623 L street northcast, was injured yesterday ternoon as u result of a collision between his bieyele and an automo- | bile at New York nue and 11th reet northwest refused ic pital treatment. Boys' Arm Fractured. John Scanlon, fifteen - years Clifton street northwest, He terday afternoon as & result of njs bi being struck nmm northeast. He was treated at | _Sibley Hospital by Dr. F. O. Roman. Mrs. C. D. Ludlow Lanler place northwest, treated at Emergency Hospital vesterday aft- ernoon for a fractured rib and shock, having been injured when knocked The drivesmith The Call for Help bonimaerie I kriow the Eskimos nced fans to cool their fevesed brows; the Hot- tentots need tin sedans and gowbells for their cows; and sympathetic peofile come to tell me of their plights, and ask me for a goodly sum,; to belp these luckless wights. Alas, there are so many drives, for this and that, today, the honest toiler seldom’ thrives, no matter what his pay. By hopes of inde- pendence warmed, he'd salt away a dime, but he is caught and chloro- formed by drivesmiths every time. notes, and_ d start crusades; a drivg to build a home for goats and one for ancient maids; a- drive to build a stadium, a drive to roof the jail; and still the jolly drivesmiths come and bone us for the kale. T've fallen for so many drives, for guys who passed the hat; dispensed so many tens and fives, that I am busted flat. I need a pair of Sunday pants to drape these limbs of mine, need new hymnbooks for my aunts and for my nieces nine; I need a better set of teeth than I am wearing now;l need a new and modern wreath upon my bulging brow; I need so many, many things, including tires and gas, the message that the drivesmith brings to me seems sounding brass. (Copyright) WALT MASON. i SR i el THREE DEMAND JURY TRIAL. Willlam Walker, Henry Stewart and Howard Simpson, each charged with carrying deadly weapons, were ar- raigned in the Police Court vesterday before Judge John P. McMahon and pleaded not guilty, demanding jury tria They ,are being held, unable to give honds of $1,000 eack down t by an automobile at Connecti- venue and K street northwest. rthur Mellington 615 Webster northwest, vesterday afier- was struc an automobile while crossing at.5th and I streets northwest and slightly hurt, He re- sed hospital treatment. of a wheel of a motor Cittietield & Alvord at 25th northwest yesterday d the truck to_strike f Charles P. Brown, Both and afternoon caus the automobile 234 French street northwest. vehicles were badly damaged, Brown sustained a slight injury. is a joy forever!” Roberts’ IDEAL Garages have the beauty which re- flects harmony in design and quality in cons truction— BUILT FOR “KEEPS,” too. P. A. Roberts Constr. Co. Munsey~ Bldg. Main 1776 SALE! Best-Built Metal Garages Immediate Delivery, At Reduced Prices Cash or Terms M. 7984 WASHINGTON GARAGE CONSTRUCTION CO. Continental Trust Bidg., 14th & H EDMONSTON’S — Home of the “Original” FOOT- FORM Boots and Oxfords for Men, Women and Chil- dren. “Quality is I'mportant —Fit is Imperative” 49th ANNIVERSARY Complimentary Prices on the Best Grade of Shoes Oxfords Strap Pumps All Styles, All Sizes, All Widths Corrective as well as Regular Styles EDMONSTON & (CO. 1334 F Street (ncorporated) Advisers and Authorities ‘on All Foot Troubles - ANDREW BETZ, Manager sound their cheery [, R ATTACHE \AIDS MEXICAN. - |ATLANTIC COAST LINE Embassy Interpreter at Trial of Native Carrying Razor. J The Mexican embassy figured in- directly in a case in the Police Court yesterday before Judge McMahon, in which Raymond Diaz, a citizen of Mexico, was charged with carrying a deadly weapon. Luls Livera-Rosas, official translator and interpreter of the Mexican empassy, acted as in- terpreter for the defendant, who could not speak English. Diaz was arrested the nigat of De- cember 21, and found to have in his possession a razor and tool used by orseshoers to.punch holes in red- hot metal. His explanation of the razor was that he had bought it for shaving purposes. A fine of $50 was imposed, and in default to serve thirty days in jail. —_———— FIRST 1924 LUNCHEON. Soroptimist Club Hears Address on Gallinger Hospital Work. The Soroptimist Club held ifs first luncheon of the new year at the City Club yesterday. George Wilson, sec- retary of the board of charities, spoke on the Gallinger unicipal Hos- pital work for unfortunates of the District. The remainder of the lunch- eon meeting was devoted to enter- tainment, and consisted of a program of music by Agnes 1. Rice, soprano, accompanied by Gene Bearmore and Sadie Newell. The weekly prize was donted Ella Davis Levis, which was sup- plemented by individual gifts to members and flowers from Sarah E. Cook. The former invited the mem- bers of the club to her home for tea by the 13th of this month. R 2 R, T 2, R, R Slnrt sale starts. 1t always has been our policy to, offer the genenl public benefit of any price concenxon and not confine PROMOTIONS LISTED George L. Oliver Passenger Agent Here, and C. P. Shaw at Baltimore. Promotions of southern agents of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, an- uounced today, included: Howard G. 'Rambo, district pas- senger agent, Jacksonville, vice B, B Fuller. C. P. Shaw, district nguenler agent, Baltimore, vite H. G. E. Reese, alsrier agent, Nmfolk vice C. P. Frank i, dist rlc DI enger agent, M(nml. Fla. Mr. Mas! held the same position in Cleveland, Ohio. George L. Oliver, district passenger agent. Washington. Mark H. Bradley, district passengen agent, Montgomery, Ala., vice G. L. Oliver. Hoyt Ware, - traveling passenger agent, Jacksonville. ’ uunnlcr Gude’s Flowers for ail social functions, formal or in- formal. 1212 F.—Advertisement, $4,098 VERDICT UPSET. New Trial Ordered in Whisky De- livery Case. Chief Justice McCoy yesterday set asids a verdict for $4,098 against the Jacobs Transfer Company, for the alleged fail- ure to deliver 500 cases of whisky to A. J. Murco & Co. of New York, which was seized by alleged bandits in New Jersey. . The Jacobs company claimed the transfer was made by amother hauling company, but the jury found against the local concern. Attorney W. A. Lee, for the Jacobs company, argued a motion for a new trial. some weeks ago and the court has sustained the motion. 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Follfes, bufle.que. at 2:15 apd 8:15 p.m. WIGI—BH METROPOLITAN—“Her Temporary . photoplay, at 11:35 a.m, Husband,” 5, 5:35, 7:26 and 9:30 p.m. 1:35, 3 PALACE—Zane Grey's Canyon,” at 11:15, 1:15, 3:25, and 9:40 pai i RIALTO—Rupert_Hughe lt l{'lo’l.m.y 1:40, co:.lm-n—nu Murny. ion Row, at a 5:15, 7:15 and 9: AMBASSADOR—Star cast, in ‘Pleasure Mad,” at 6:15, 8 and 9:55 p.m. CENTRAL—"The Common law, at 11:35 am., 1:35, 2:35, 5:35, 7:35 and 8:35 p.m. CRANDALL 8" Hem‘ts Aflume."' at a.m., 12:30, 130, 5, 6:30, 8 and 9:30 p. LINCOLN (colored)—Marion Davi in “Little 0|d New York,” at 1, 7:15 and 0 p.m, s Headaches from Slight Ceolds. Taxative BROMO QUININE Tablets relieve the Headache by curing the Cold. laxative and germ destroyer. The bo: 5:25, 7:25 “Reno." the signature of E. W. Grove. ~30c. tisement. 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P NEXT WEEK »% Goldwyn Presents MARSHALL NEILAN'S —THE— KISSES-- RED KISSES Red as the rose is red —kisses that . burn with the fire of love— that scorch and sear the soul, but lead only to a complete vindica~ tion of those who be- lieve in the present- day flapper, as you will observe in THE _ PAl Time of shows. 3, muxrou . ogetis Vinane VIHE CALL OF THE Comedy and News. N.E. HOME 33,5 *tieshd ™ HIPPODRO! : LOVE, nll! HOUDINT, “HALDANE OF THE SECRET SERVICI 05 Pa. Ave. Ph. W. 933 A-:lh “THE CLAIRE WINDSO R BARBANA . BEDFORD TALVERS, I “THE ACQUITTAL 14tk nmt ‘Warner Fabian's sen- satfonal novel trans- lated into silent drama of the most fascinating sort through the bril- liant talents of Col- leen Moore, Milton Sills, Eilliott Dexter, Myrtle Stedman and scores more of note, supported by an en-. semble of genuine dis- tinetion. 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