Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1924, Page 18

o .m0 Leave Wasafigton as felowes Evergladss 3 fmited [ Baylah Special (15t Section) 3:157pymc.. fivana Special (2nd'Section) S ¥'p.m. Palmetto Limited 40 pam. Florida Special 1295 a.m: Coast Line Fla. Mall S mm Winter Tourist Tickets, at reduced. Yanes, now on- sule, allowiiig ‘Stop- Overs, retara | limit June- 15, 1924a " * Aflantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad of the Soath: Address GEO. 7 JAMES,. G; Py A IS H = *See tomorrows—= = papers. p——— STOMACH “QUEER BAS, INDIGESTION Chew a few Pleasant' Tablets, Instant Stomach Relief! !f you feel full, sick or uncomfortabie. after eating, here is harmiess stomach- relief. *Pape’s Diapepsin” setties the stomach and corrects gilguthm the mao. ment it reaches the stomach. - This guaranteed stomach corrective ©osts but a few.cents at any drug store. | Keep it handy! CORNS Lift Off-No Pain! Doesn’t hurt one-bit! Drop a little “Freezone” on an aching comn, im- stantly that corn. stops hurting, then shortly you lift it right off. with fin- gers. Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of “Freezone” for a few cents, sufficient 1o remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and the foot, calluses, without sareness or irritation. “A CLEAR COMPEEXION- Ruddy Cheeks — Sparkling Eyes—Most Women Can Have Says Dr. Edwards, a Well Kaown Ohio Physician Or. F. M. Edwards-for 17 years| treated scores of women for liver,and bowl ailments. During these gave to his patients a prescription made of a few well known vegetable Ingredi|- ents mixed with olive ail, inaming tham Dr. Edwards' Olive Tabl You wit know them by their olive:color. These tablets ardwonder-workars an the liver and bowels, which -sause & normal_action, carrying off: the waste and poisonous matter In one's aystem. I# you have a pale face, sallow ook, imples, coated tongue, no-gopd- feelil take.one nightly for a time and note tha pleasing resuits; Thousands of woman -and nian. take Dr: Edwards' Olive Tablete—the sue. |- ceesful substitute, for calomel~—new and them just to keep. them fit. 15 and 3fc. - ,egpaph Com ;uuz: Zotton Tata i [to the Interstate Commerce Commiss . | Weakened Condition Caused by {automobiles are being stolen in the [|Merchants® - | from an undetermined cays all out | . NEW.SAFETY Presidents.of Lines Considen Costly Installation.. By the Amogiated Press. ; - NEW: YORK, January 17.—Presi- dentg of eastern railroads couvened: today to diseuss propesals to protest sion against its recent order coms velling instullution of a new. auto- matie truin control deviee which,the executives estimate witl cost $100,+ 000,080 to install. It was ~understood. their protest would be based on the assertion that such train contyol muchinery :4ill was in the experimental . stage. Some presidents: balieve - that the recent wreck of the Twenty Century Limited hastened- the. latest order which di- rected that installations be began not later than March 1 The Commission’s first order, s« sued June 18, 1922,. prescribed that at least. one: division on forty-nine railronds. be fully eguipped. by Jan- uary 1, 1925, and a . subsequent order demanded of forty-seven roads that two divisions. be fully equipped. by Kebruary 1, 1926, SRR |ITALIAN: BANK: FAILS; HAD:87 BRANGHES: Closing of Discount Bank in 1921, } ROME, January Italigna Di Credite E Valori. closed its-doors yesterday. The institution had deposits of 75,000,000 lire. ‘The bank had eighty-seven brauches 17.—The Banca repercussion of the Discount Bank, which failed in December, 1921, but its_directors came to its, apd and sufficiently bolstered it tirough the | crisiy brought about by the Discount | | Bank's failure. | The depositors are mostly small| business ow twenty th 19 INDICTED IN ALLEGED NATIONAL LOAN FRAUD Federal Grand Jury in Indiana Acts on Mortgage Company and 104 Subsidiaries. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January 17.| —United States District Judge A. B. Anderson has set February 4 for ar- raignment of Morton S. Hawkins of | Portland,, Ind. and eighteen others Indicted on charge of conspiracy to| use the mails to defraud and using | the mails in furtherance of & sdh!me! to defraud in the conduct of the| | Hawkins Mortga, [welfare loan _societies at various iplaces in the United States. Two former Indiana bank officials— Frank P. Fuchs of Evansville and H. L. Hildebrand of Columbia City— were indicted for violating the feder- fal banking laws. Although it had been weported that the federal grand jury would investi- gate the affairs of Gov. Warren T. MecCray, no mention was made of the case in the report filed today. 13, numbering about.| $4,000,000 and $6,000,600. kins Mortsage Company absorbed the Co-operative League of America, the United Home Builders of America and | the Indiana Rural Credits Associa- tion: The company guaranteed to pay 8 per cent on the stock, and accord- ing to thesindictment this was paid illegally from money paid by sub- scribers for stock. It is also charged that of the 104 welfare loan socleties organized only thirty-eight ever opened their doors. i BOOTLEGGER AND AUTO || THIER ARE CONNECTED| Montreal Wages War on Dual Criminal Between U. S. and Canada. By the Associated Press: | MONTREAL, January 17.—So many United - States and smuggled across the border to pe sold here that the Montreal Auto ‘Trade Association, the Assoclation, - the Motor League and other organizations of war on the “auto bootlegger.” Investigators report that almost Invariably the rum runner and the | stolen car bootlegger are identical persons. 5) mobile convoy with Canadlan liquor and slips across the line to market | his stuff in New York, Boston, Phil- | adelphla and otber large eastern cif- les. Then, say- the investigators, he adds a few stolen cars to his convoy, runs back across the border, sells them and returns to the states, with another quota of liquor. reperts have come in of whole cara- vans of stolen American-made caps belng driven across the frontler at, unight. CRIPPLE AWAKES GUESTS AS FIRE SWEEPS HOTEL All Eseape Safely, Due to Heroism /! of Man Who Hobbled to Doors on Crutches. the Associated Press, SYRACUSB, N. January . 17—, Heroism of a cripp! man prevented possible disaster yesterday when firp started in the Hatel Warner, in which more than 100 persons, more. than half of the number women, were asleep, Arthur smoke, hobbled on crutcheg from room | to room and awoke the endangery Resene work was expedited by the ar- rival of firemen, and within seven | minutes after the alarm had been sounded the six-story -building had Leen evacuated. More than a scome were carried down ladders. The demage to the bullding was estimated at §30,000, caused mostly &y || water. The blaze started in a celigw)| i Prieur, aroused by the| 'ELEVEN ARE-DISMISSED, | . kansas Cotton Futyres Agt. Protest to.1..C.. C. Against | ay.cue ssctated press. In Italy. It suffered heavily by the ompany and 104 1| the Dominion yesterday pwclllmed!‘ As a rum runner, he loads an auto- || Unofficial || One Bears a'm\.d Violating. Az-{} . THE. EVENING. STAR, WA Over Two M)flionSugmuura, Inciudhk 19 Gover-| 1,155, 11, Institution Robbed| : S4eks to Refuto Testimeny : nors.and 117 Congress Members,, Will Be CHICAGO, January 17.—A petition twenty-three miles long and gontain- ing..2,086,764. names I being wound on.a mammoth reel here for dispatch to' the German government within the next, few days. It asks for the relgnse of Lieut, Corliss Hooven Grif- fis,~now . held .in a German prison charged with attempting to kidnap Grover. Cleveland Bergdoll, draft evader. Dr, James Whitney Hall, chairman of sthe committee working for the release.of Lieut, Grifis, said a copy of the,, certification’ of the count of names, together with the announce- meat, of dispatch of the petition was cabled to President Ebert of Germany yesterday. Among the signatures, he sald, are those of 19 gavernors, 117 congress- men, 208 mayozs, 20 departmant com- manders. of the American Legion and 416 .state legislators. e place of honor in the mammoth petition was | D A0COo] the tition from Hollins Cfihfi!(lv"' p:. ‘s‘voh ; Miss Doro- thy Gtima, Llont G aipter, 1x.2 studapt. 1t contained the names o every student and facuylty member. BOND: IS FORFEITED. Spurious “Major” Being Sought by California Offieec. OAKLAND,. Calif, January 17.— Wellington N. Belford falled to appear in the United States cemmissioner’s court here yesterday to anewer to a charge of Wwearing an. Army major's uniform without autharity. His ball of $500 was forfeited. Belford disappeared after being re- leased on bond following his arrest and after it was disclosed that he was liv- ing in_a fashionable hotel here with Ruth Renick, an actress, whom he Is supposed to have made the victim of a spurious marriage ceremony. A man answ Belford's descrip- tion also is wanted In New York and etroit for various offenses. ared; 3 BANKS:IN:2 WEEKS [CLAIM ARMY HARNESS Asking, for Relegse of Ligut. Griffis/L00TED NEAR CHICAGD WAS Wi t |Chicago in two weeks was staged UARY 17, 1924 Y =1 TR — —— e DEMHER. “Domestic stockB in- od erom PTOSEA6S eaadm oo 05, but Hwbbcllnc- Wam SWUBE way by the d n ols,” importation of wh 1y redueed by the here and R T fon on -stocks on hand at the end of the year, made ‘Potal her DELY ADVERTISED -Defense. in. Allsged Fraud Case. E stocks on hand 1, 1823, were 173,792,238 with 86,315,589 'the of Former Officer. By the Agsoglated Press.. PARKERSBURG, Wi Va., 17.—Documentary evjdence. of $7,500 and -Customer Is Wounded. PROTECT Your Doctor and Yourseff By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 17.~The third successful bank robbery in or near yesterday at Lansing, 1ll., when six bandits robbed. the Lansing State Bank, shot and wounded John Beck- man, a customer™who tried to pre- vent their escape, and fled with about $7.500. The bandits rushed into th® bank, held up the employes and officials and ordered the vaults opened and had scooped up ten sacks of currency, when Beckman entered. A fortnight ago bapdits obtained about $15,000 from the Summit State Bank and'a few days ago_six bandits held up the Brighton Park State Bank, shot the cashier and two oth- ers and got Tees than $500. ree to refute.ths testimony of Goorgs & ND introduced, by the.defedse_di 3N o B crost-exatimation ffi P - Sriatof ‘ofcers ot Tha Unttea Stutes: \ . Harness Compeiy upsn & letm Duranase of WEpis hacases, oaM " rol mnl:dtmn e vy stves e, world was. signas to the pRD i’r»é‘: - sion, had testf that sul -.’ e ness, equipment Wers not widsly et " vertised "Defokss coumsél irees . Sontgnise mxm.i‘ nts of as,’n- Y | Boseom.~ aeciared thst. Both : g S R w’;é" him the & = sule, = = SAY “PHILLIPS” ¢ draggi suspects under arrest, 2 ‘o your drdggist, or you may not get the sacae: and o ontegry wife wirs | LESS WOOL ON HANO. | orfginal Milk of Megnesia prescribed by physicians for 50 years. arrested in connection with the rob- ittt ; e R A e bery of the Summit State Bank, Speciat Divpatch fo The Bixs Refuse imitations 6f genuine “Phillips” %““5 0 “%dqg]’ 2 25-cent bottles, also larger size, contain di e More than 11,000 girls in the United States ran away from home iast year. rections and uses. 7that F vogue. 42for women an Knit 1ts very adaptab makes it a popular time occasions and's “Several sthart models mCOwaAIl' un‘vfil" hJun’:uy. 12 even indictments. charging te; - |dividuals and the WesternUnton Tel with violgtion of thy res trading act .were. d_in circuit courf here yes. dismis: N, Owen, formerly nge, waived || manager of & o trial and was fined $500, the mindr mum nalty. R broker, was fined. $609 lest week \"Huff, a. on & similer chi 1 wh tructed: flm&', o: ry returned ay A Sale! Cloth Frocks . For Midseason. Wear = j The Heeht Co. J_ *10 For the first warm days of Spring and for present wear abevyof charming new frocks in sprightly modes. Of novelty plaids and plain-color twills. Adhering to the simple, straight line and coat effects so much in Trimmed with colored or dark braids, stitching, touches of color or con- trasting color collar and cuffs. Sizes 16 to d misses. (Becond -Fioor—The Hecht Co.) To Meet the Demand ted Costume Fashionable .women- realize the importance of the knitted costume in their utility wazd- robe. ility and good. looks favorite everywhere. Equally smart for sports or informal day- upplies that extra bit of warmth necessary.in;snappy weather. of knitted wool and worsted yarns, Enhanced: with jacquard borders, brushed : wool collars and stripes, Various patterns and -col- ors. Sizes36.to44; (Begond. Floor—The, Heght Ond Smart Fr‘iéday--'-Brings ‘Important Special Purchases. Another Bit of News! Modish Furred Winter Coats 28" We were fortunate in being able to pro- cure another shipment of shiart new Win- days ago. The response was gratify- ing; stocks were badly depleted. So we kept the wires het and got this lot of coats for another never-to- be-forgotten sale. A variety of the most pepu- {ar models instraightline; cir- cular, flared and tiered ef- fects. Soft, silky-finish pile fabrics and fur cloths. Prac- tically every coat is trimmed with good quality furs and all are nicely trimmed. Black, brown and kit fox. Sizes for women and misses lq to 42. lar and cuffs. Black pile fabrio coat with woly coliar. Bulgarian lymz shewl collar, border and cuffs on Dblack pile fabrio coat. (Second. Flooc—Tea. Hecht Co.) Coutinuing the sale of the day Feminine Footwear $3.95 'Wbmen's Silk Hose P 51 .15 Full-fashioned medium-weight: silks Full-fashioned chiffons. Fancy glove silhs. ¢ All'silk or mercerized tops., Some chiffons with long French heels. The colars: Beaver, | log . cabin, oriental pearl, beige, gray, palo, suede, cordovan,. autumn brown .and Russian. calf. Every size separated- and placed on special tables. These shoes are good; the re- sults showed it. All were made to be seld at about twice this price. Novelties and staple_styles of p'alzflt, suede, tan calf, combina- tien and satins. All desirable styles in a variety of colors, in- clading black —but size ranges are rapidly being broken. (First Floor—The Heeht Co.)