Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1924, Page 17

THE EVENING DUNBAR STUDENT WINS STAR PRIZE Essay by Monroe Gregory, 15, Takes Second Place, Judges Announce. In The Best News St CHECK MAILED TO BOY Selected Oratorical Contest An- nouncement as Best Story of Week. Ablest School Orators Is Ope: The story plainly states uroe Glover Gregory, a first- student ut Dunbar High School, won the second prize for the third and final contest week in The Star's “best news story™ contest, it was an- nounced today by the committee of nd ymiposed of editors of this paper. the amount of the second prize, has been sent 10 ¢ with the compliments of managing cditor of The ircgory is fifteen years treet northwe: he based hi > published on the first page ho Sunday Star of Februar, . It erned the nation-wide oratorical contest for sehool children, which will be conducted by a number of including The Star. contest,” Gregory Wl “ald tor writ- As stu- live sub- inter the plan. The proposal will function of the oration. W our thought in a form suital peal to an audience. e In addition to meeting th pupils of the United States. vulgarity, profanity, slang and checked and the purity and di preserved. Finally, the theme i the attention of tne reader. inted out in Tis css greatiy in giving ineentive ten and oral compoxitio he said, “we jeets dealing with sts for writteh 56 need to 4 functio his 1 Dunbar Hig i the incept rothy Maude Houston, Dunbar, won the third prize iirst contest w Winner of t final contest wee 1o morrew and tac winning e published. The fourth und last priz and forcefully 1 wide cffect of this contest mies of the republi and women who will ideals of our country muu nd u This article satish ness a perfectly f for gn oratorical contes s me by third prize for Ik will by nounced Second Prize Winner tar’s “Best News Story” Contest Monroe Glover Gregory, Aged 14, Dunbar High School. Home Address: 420 T Street Northwest. The mews article appearing on pages 1 and 3 of The Star of February 8, entitled “Nation-Wide Quest for being full of meaning for every citizen. scheme, the absolute fairness of its provisi i rections for the contestants and the nation-wide scope 'of greatly in gi tten and oral composition. ] subjects dealing with community interests for written com- position, and we also need to appreciate the nature and ‘We need to be taught to organize b} n for the improvement of the speech of the high and in developing fearless young , well organized oral comporition; encourages publ promises to produce a more patriotic citizensh: ory of the Week. ned,” caught my attention as purpose of the sions, the clear di- the unsel! g incentive for As students we need live le for earmest and ditect ap- offers a hool speech- defects, e must be glish language cse needs, the arti The evils of 1 careless utter: gnity of the E itself of the proposed oration holds As future ¢ study our Constitution and be able to our associates. need to clearly No one can estimate the disarming the increasing enc- ren p with pride and defend the it proposes with clear. d nation-wide plan e for written and king, and, above all, p for America, s incent winner will be announced Saturduy. HITS PRESS AND FILM |BOOKBINDERS ORDER WAR ON PROHIBITION| COMMITTEE TO,QUIT i | | R i Union Discharges Legislative Group With Thanks for Work Already Done. World Dry Body Official Says At- tack Killed Effect of Aus- | tralian Law. BRI i i Virgila G. -Hinshaw. secretary of the World Prohibition and Reform: FELSS Assoctation and chairman of the Iis»l tional prohibition committee, today told the national motion picture forcnce, mecting at the Raleigh uom,’ BILL DORMANT Status of Bill Renders Special Body Useless. -, that prohibition 1 failed in Aus- tralia because of the ins ganda of American motion picture w, ert dious prova- | gecauso of the dormant situution newspavers andfon Capitol Hill of the Kiess bill, which provides for collective bargaln- i ling on wage scales between the pub- Fe t worl attempt 10 weaken iqie printer und employes of the gov the importance of prohibit'on in Ihsv‘“ sthii “"’I‘ mp e wminds o the Amerian peeple. ang | ernment printing office, p Toad them to helieve it hus proved | legistative committee of the Interd in this conntre tional Brotherhoud of Bookbinders, Minnc- | ooul No, 4, was discharged last night J eting in Typographical Temple a resolution disbunding the mittee was adopted. A vote of thanks was tendered the ommittee by the union immediately fter the resolutior was adopted. A point of order was made from the floor to the effect that the resolution disbanding the committee was illegal because the committee was upmnlugl I by the president, but President H. F. 1 Qehler, in the chair, overruled the point | of order, stating that he felt the or- | ganization was larger lh‘all_ any indi- dual, including the president. An | ! appeal from the chair's ruling fdiled. Intimation that another union was at- | tempting to use the bookbinders to aid 12 fight against Public Printer Carter Was given when President Ochler took the floor and stated the following: T objeet to any individual, set of indi- Viduals or organization attempting to use the bookbinders’ unfon as a screen to give vent in the press to personal feelings toward any one.’ After the meeting Mr. Oehler an- nounced that never once had a state- ment relative to Mr. Carter been made on the floor of the local; and he pointed out that the Kiess bill, which Mr. Car- ter also favors, had been favorably act- ed upon by the union at the November meeting, with only one dissenting vote. BARRICADED IN HOME AFTER MURDER CHARGE Man Arms Self Behind Locked Doors and Awaits Arrival of @ Authorities. a 1. the same agencies th *h of the | noke. i 22,000 READY TO QUIT OVER MINE DISPUTE co; Miners Threaten Walkout After Efforts to Settle Grievances Are Ignored. By the Associated Pross SCRANTON, P'a., February general grievs committee Glen Alden Codl Company, with! | dent of district Workers 14.—The of the in confer- appellini, presi- United Mine . threatened to of the 00 em- gricv- :n pending at s of the com- d before Saturday t told President Cappellini | ad teken up their griev- h the proper channels on ions and that the com- had paid no attention pany are adjuste afternoon The 1 eral oce Ny ofti to their clain CHURCH PLANS DINNER. Eckington Presbyterian Party to Be Held Tomorrow. The ¥ckington Preebyterian Church will- hold a4 “roast beef’ din- | Volsteda HARD CIDER IN SOUP GARB BRINGS RAIDS Police Take Two Grocers Said to Be Selling Beer in Cans. Others Sought. Hard cider, masquerading amid cans tomatocs and corn on grocery store shelves as Jow-powered beer, the tmmediate objective of the department’s mopping - up ds for the mext few weeks, it be- me known today. Samuel Schikoff of 1131 “6th strect Abraham Tosenbaun M street northwest were th Ums of the grocery store drive. appeared in Police Court today and gave hond for $1.000 cacl following visits of third precinct lice last night. The officers, it is stated, discovered | some ve Previous ilar cider aleohol, n T in both stores. showed that s re than the chagge in pre- 1,000 ARRESTS IN VICE CAMPAIGN IN ST. LOUIS Police Captains in Every District Are Leading Raids in Drive. By the Assoclated Pres ST. LOUIS, Ilee campaign to “cles since Monday has resulted in the ar- Test of more than one thousand per- sons, ninety of them women. The drive Is being carrled on vi orously by every police district, the captaing leading raids on all known haunts of the underworld. The ar- rests yesterday reached 631 and were said to been the largest number ever apprehended here in one day Traflic law violations were included in the drive, resulting in the arrests of 119, —— HEBREW WOMEN T0 ELECT. Officers to serve the Young Women's Hebrew Assoclation for 1924 will be nominated and elected at a_meeting of the organization to be held in the Eighth Street Temple, March 5. A program of music is being arranged in connection with the coming meet- ing. A regular meeting of the bourd of the Y. W. at the home of Mrs. Hyman Levy. = STAR, ' i H. A. was held Tucsduy | WASHINGTO | ADVENTISTS COMBINE |Society of Natives CONFERENCES HEHE!1 Offers Prize for e | Home Folks Badge The ety Nutives of the District of Columbia announced to- duy a prize of $20 to the person who. subn the winning design a contest for a b blem which will d home folks” les of the contest i any native of the Distri ' ters that the des propriute for a b n onc square inch o muy be used for other pur- poses, such us statione = ete, and that it must have some historical signlficance. The dosigns wil! be passed upen by u committec already chosen and should be submitted to mem- ers of this body before the mid- of June, after which time a d on Wil be undertaken and re- o first autumn mecting. will be’ given for the second best de ' | | | District and Virginia Groups Unit- ed Under Leadership of Rev. R. E. Harter. olidation of the District of Co- and Virginia conferences of Adventists und the otomae Conference wis | The headquarter Co {lumbia nth-c title of the jannoun Jwitt Sev E ¢ the District conference. s Jlarter, for the past ten| ivears president of the District con- ference, -is president of the new or- ganization and Rev. T. B. Westbrook, head of the Virginia conference, is| vice president. HBoth clergymen live in Takomu Fark Following are the other oflicers of | ithe Potomae con: |commitiec—Prot. J. A. Morrison, I'rof. L. A. Hansen, Rev. W. L. Adkins, Rev. R. M. Spencer and Rev, E. C. Atkin- son. Secretary creditable” de- already in the hands of mittee, which will report at the society’s meeting tomorrow night at the Washington Club. SUES ON SALE CONTRACT. David O, Smith asked the I District Supreme Court for $3,000 damages against Thomas C. Beury for alleged breach of a contract to sell him premises 1451 Harvard street northwest. Mr. Smith declares he made an _agreement through an agent of Mr. Beury May 23, 1819, to buy the property for $13.000 cash and October 29, 1913, later made tender to close agreement, but Mr. Beury, he s refused to gell. Atforney H. S, Barger appears for the plaintiff. “very treasurer L. and | H. Kelly. 1 | | ant, school secretary—3rs. T. Youns people’s and educational sec- s Ruth Wilco: onary secretary—Rev, today ¢ the publishing depart- | 3 ner. Medical secretary—Dr. L. E. ¥ormerly ~ahere were churches in the District conference and twenty-one in Virginia, and with the combination the new has the same number of churches as the last Pennsylvania and sey conferences, which are i part of the Columbia Union. The memberst of the new conference is 2,172, ginla adding 622 to this number. Einia conference hcadquarters Richmond will be closed. o == Jerusalem was entirely deserted for a period of seventy years. 45 === = =73 MEXICO DENIES WARREN IS SUGGESTED AS ENVOY Foreign Relations Department of | ObregonI ssues Formal State- ment on Rumor. —By WEBSTER. By the Assgelated Pres: i MEXICO! CITY, February 1t (By Radio via Fort Worth Star-Tele-| gram).—The forcign relations depart- | {ment has officially denied the rumored | [inquiry ~ from Washington as to| whether Charles Beecher Warren is| agreeable to the Mexican governmut as American ambas; 7777z | THE WEATHER | | District of Columbia and tomorrow; & night, lowest freezing: modera st winds, | Maryland—Partly cloudy tonight, ! somewhat warmer in east portion; to- morrow fair; moderate to fresh west and rorthwest wi E Virginia—Fair tonight and tomor- row; slightly warmer in east por- tion tonight; colder In extreme west portion tomorrow; moderate to fresh northwest winds West Virginii—Generally fair to- night and tomorrow; somewhat cold- er tomorrow. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thernometer—4 p.m. 12 midnight, 2 noon, 34. Barometer——4 p.m., Fair tonight warmer to- about 8 a.m., 28.90; noon, 29.82. Highest temperature, at 3:15 p.m. vesterday Lowest temperature, 3:30 am. toda: Temperature same Highest, 513 lowest, Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at § am.: Great Falls—Temper- ature, §3; condition, mudd Tide Tables. (Furniched by United States coast and = 36, occurred Z occurred at RN N te last year— AR N + geodetic survev.) Low tid m.; high tide, 24 p.m. omorrow—Low tld high tide, ‘The Sun and Moon. 03 sun sets 5:44 p.m. Moon rises 12:53 p.m Automoblle lamps tg half hour after sunsetf. Weather in Various Citles. _—_— . 2 Temperature. =3 ) FINDING THE 65 CenT VALENTINE HE SENT HER 1t A REFUSE BARREL BACK OF HER HOouSE — se P 7 248 v"'/ DR. FITCH TO PREACH SERMON FOR G. W. U Midwinter Baccalaureate Address - to Be Given at New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church. Baltimorn . [ Birminghan Eismarck ® § Roton Buffalo . Clondy % | Gatveston’ ") { Helena | TIndtanapotis. T Jacksonville. preach sermon Robert F. Fitch of China will the mid-winter baccalaureate § 'r George Washington Univer- | ¥, which will be held at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Chu o at 11 o'clock. The truste duating cluss and memt university couneil will partiei; academic procession at that time, Dr. Fitch was the founder and presl- dent of Gentry College, Hangchow, China, and has recently been called to the presidency of Hangehow College. Ho las undertaken much exploration | st work during the past five veurs for the tional Geographle Soclety. He also | : is & member of the Asiatic branch of | the Ro; Geographic Socief 1 Dr. Fitch has been secretary of the interchurch committee in Hangehow, in which capacity he formed relationships with municipal bodies, the civil and v governors und thel taffs, the amber of commerce, bar association, bankers' association, ete, . on the average mnearly ananas are consumed in Louissille Minmi.Fla. { New Orieans 80 oy i i New York. | Okla. Cits i Phoenis . Pittsburgh. Fortlan Pt.cloudy Cloudy Cloar 1 FOREIG) (S a.m., Greenwich time, todar.) Stations, Temperature. Wea Tondon, art cloud: ris. ¥ Pact cloudy LAST CHANCE | north El UPRISING MENAGE ON RHINE ABATES | Martial Law in Effect—Gen- eral Strike Feared—Death Toll Is Thirty-Six. BY WILLIAM E. NASH. By Cable to The Star and Copyright, % ANKFORT O AIN, February 14.—Martial law i force in Pir- musens and Kaiserlautern and hea French reinforcements have arrived at Pirmasens. A general strike was expected today at Kaleerlautern the return of defiance by the police or French orders to disarm, on the threat of the latter to come and take thei arma. : The eituation is still threatening. but danger of a general uprising {eeems to bo over. The fishting at Pirmasens has re sulted in thirty-six dead and mor than a hundred wounded. Semi-officlal German communiques tell gruesome tales of ferocity on the part of the ungered mob. No quarter was given the separatists at Plr- one of the finest buildings in the town, which was sprinkld with zen zins and burned with all its inmates. Commissar Thrown In Bloze. ar Schwab, well known lo s torn < in the fi wero p ped unwounded. Before cyen the Gery dia experts words to pleces and Forty-odd rev- ent and not onc o ai Dropagan ttle of ble fur population as uch as tho: bomb outrages in pri X tonalis ted the ¥ tliousands of peopic rtin the Pir ns massacre. £ the Palatinate in gener. cparatists bitterly, for they red murch at their hand ther hand, a mob, especially rarcly aroused tu the stimulus of rupulous leader. Na t agitators therefore probabl:- : something to do with ignit- spark that set off Wedn explosion, cven if they left t actual work of Lilling to others. French Troops Neutral, ‘he French, it is afiirmed, remaincd absolutely neutral and left complete freedom of action 1o the reich police French soldiers Jooked on tranquilly | while the fighting ruged at Piramens, erlautern only were the Freneiu obliged 1o in becauso huilding the m Tvend 1 this policy ? German' 1 personally hoped to b ernment thel the new British go Hitherto there can bo little doubt Gen. De Metz, t French military commander of the Talatinate, has been secretly encour aging separatism. Without French ald the days of sep- aratism seem numbered. Separatisn: alread; disappeared from the center of the Rhinelund apparently mark £ its end in the Palati- and nd_current e the beginni nate. END OF SIEGE SEEN. bert Says Military Control Will Be Abolished. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to_The asd the Chicago Dails ws. Coprright, 1924. BERLIN, February 11—The state ege soon will be lifted, probab! on March 1. according to the rep made today b »sident Ebert Gen. Von Seeckt military suggested that Germar rormal that the ex- uld be abolished. of who The will s sibly_mortal possibly will obiai full powers for anot least until th pert made and ssequent endes reports a negotiations ! Men’s *10 ‘7% 6 & *5 | - party and entertainment for the membors of the congregation tomor- ruw evening at the church, The din- ner will begin at 5 p.m. and will | e followed at 7 o'clock With & mo- tion picture. o affair will conclude with a musical program by the choir under tho dircction of Arthur B. Thateher. choir master. Mrs., D T, Morgan 18 chairman of th committe on ur- yangements and Frank Day, di- rector of the Sunday school. will di- | reet the motion picture entertain- ment. Rev. Dr. H, Brundage, pas- tor of the chureh will attend Fitted Cases English Kit Ba Brief Cases Bellows Cases Owernight Cascs Handbags .Ladies’ ‘Hat Boxes Oxford Bags “QOSHKOSH” Wardrobe Trunks Full size, with all Osh $45 kosh features, Drawer, locking devices, eto. . By the Assocluted Press. YORK, Pa., 'February 1l4—aArmed with a rifle, James Stiffier, charged with the murder of his father, Sam- uel Stiffier, last night barricaded him- self in his home in a remote section of Baltimore county, Md., and await- ed_the coming of the authorities. Stiffler was held responsible for the death of his father by a coroner's jury at Manchester, Md. yesterday. The coroner found Stiffier's home closed when he went to summon him for the inquest. Stiffier hax declared his father was Killed accidentally. The HALF- YEARLY Clearance of all Luggage Knowledge that ™ you are purchasing the finest of luggage conveni- ences is a confident fea- turing of every transac- tion during . the entire year. LOWZRED = PRICES DURING THIS SALE make for additional satis- faction. EVERY LINE HAS BEEN EFFEC- TIVELY REDUCED. of(iERs Leather Goods Company 1324-26 F St. N.W. ANSELL, BISHOP & TURNER, Inc. 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