Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1924, Page 12

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Distributors and Retail Mixed Paints, Varnishes, Brushes, Glass, Rutland Products Genuine “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin® Bave been proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians over twenty= three years for Colds and grippe misery. Handy boxes ot twelve tab- lets cost only few cents at any drugstore, Euch package contamns roven directions for Colds and tells ow to prepare un Aspinn gargle for ~are throat and te silitis, -mn;u:;fryfgpn KEEPING WELL — An NR Tablet (a vegetable aperient) taken &t night will help keep you well, by toning and strengthening your di- M_JUNIORS—Little Nis One third the regular dose. Made of the same ingredi nts, then candy coated. For children 'and adults Peoples Drug Stores, Ing, 'MARYLAND BREAD Standard Weight Measure Unfavor- ably Reported by Committee at Annapolis. GOVERNOR SIGNS BILLS Prince Georges and Montgomery Laws Among Them. Special Dispatch to The Sta) ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 6.—An at- tempt to pass a standard welght bread bill for Maryland somewhat similar to that now in effect in the District was defeated in the house of delegates yesterday when an un- favorable rcport by the hopse ju- diciary committes was adopted. The measure was Introduced by Delegate Henry F. Broening of Baltimore city, iand_.was sponsored by the House- wives' league of Baltimore and the | Bultimore Federation of Labor. A motion made by Delegate Broen- ing to substitute the bill for the un- favorable report was defeated and hen the unfavorabl, report was dopted. Delegate Daniel C. Joseph of Baltimore city, chairman of the judiciary committee, explained that the committee members reported the bill unfavorably because they be- licved that no real demand existed for its passage. A similar bill was Killed LY the general assembly in !""The Prince Georges county delega- tion favorably reported the bill, in- trodu time ago, directing the )rEes county commis. ! $600 annually to the Marlhoro, The money ving fire pro- rivus county build- 1 for needed to pa Cpper used + for the ated nents. Governor Signs Billx. Albert €. Ritchie number of bills yesterday; th W the bill of Dele- Charles B. Ager of Prince « s county authorizing a $20,- 1000 revolving civic bond issue for Mt. Rainier, and the bill of Dele- gate William H. McCeney of Mont- Eomery county changing the name of the Montgomery county poorhouse 1o the county home. Both these measures passed the legislature, last week. The $4,500,000 state roads bill and i 00 bridge and culvert bill Vorably reported by the house nd means committee and ad- nced to the third reading file. Both of these are administration measures. A tion placing the control of the state rond funds allotted to Balti- more eity under the jurisdiction and supervision of the city officers was climinated, and street paving in the city will continue to be done by the state roads commission. Motor Law Change. The house vtsterday passed a bill practically changing all the motor laws of the state. The measure was introduce at _the solic tion of the Automobile Club of Maryland and urtails considerably the power of nissioner of motor vehicles. its provisions forbids the oner to deputize citizens as deputies with the power of for speeding and other vio- of the motor code. These so- wopers” wear ordinary civil- he bearing no distinctive have oused the ire of the motorist. A bill dividing ate traffi court into three branches was also passed by the house. This m reduce the congestion of cases in the jcourts and facilitate the trials of persons arrested for minor offenses, { thus saving the time of the accused and the witnes v there tpro 1 riong | rate On commis: 1 ation. called | BAREHEADED BURGLARS | | ROB 60 RICHMOND HOMES! | SO —— | Never Wear Hats Nor Caps and Elude Capture by Quick Methods. 4l Dispatch to The Sta CHMOND, Va., March 6.—Bare- i r, have pperating here for the last three nd in that time they have en tered and robbed mot less than sixty | homes in one section®of the city. The wo men engage a_taxicab and ride to near the scene of their operations, { usually reaching the around 3 o'clock in the morning, and then the men enter separate houses | adjoining each other. | ¢ have been seen several times, and neither of them wear a hat or cap of any sort. To get a gligpse of their 4 is impossible, forfithe moment they are detected they make a break for doors or windows and are gone. 1 plain clothes men have been igned to catch them, but they have eluded arrest. went to a house in Barton Heights a few nights ago, took a lot of jewelry, went to another place in me ' neighborhood, and when were discovered they left all jewelry taken at the first place and disappeared. ROCKVILLE, Md, March 6 (Spe- cial) eriff Clay Plummer and Policeman Lawrence Clagett are in- vestigating the robbery of twelve houses at Takoma Park, this county, early Tuesday morning, six of them being on Chestnut street and the others on Baltimore street. The houses were entered, it is thought, between 2 and 4 o'clock In the morn- ing, and cash, which seemed to be all the robbers were after, in amounts from $5 to $25 stolen. ' The authorities here were not notified until Wednesday morning. To serve during. the illness of Deputy Sheriff J. Stanley Gingell, who is down with pneumonia at his homé here, Theodore Ricketts of Rockville has heen made a special deputy sheriff by Sheriff Clay Plum- ‘mer. Scouts to Be Entertained. The Rockville troop bof Boy Scouts will be entertained by the Rockville Inquiry Club at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. L. Smith here Friday evening. Under the direction of Rev. P. Rowland Wagner, scout master, the boys will execute various stunts and later will give a demonstration of how to make good things to eat disappear. A musical program also will be rendered. IAcenses have been issued for the marriage of Albert K. Long of Fort Humphrey's, Va., and Miss Marle Landis of Harrisonburg, Va.; Wal- lace F. Boyd and Miss Mabelle L. Coldenstroth,. both of Washington; John M. Milroy of Prince George county, Va., and Miss Dorothy Splers of_Petersburg, Va. Not to be outdone by other com- munities of the county, Sandy Spring has organized a volunteer fire depart- ment and is now engaged in raising funds for the purchase of equipment. | An up-to-date, triple-combination | motor fire emgine will, it is stated, { be purchased at once at a cost of {around $2,800, and other equipment will be procured without delay. The formation of the Sandy Spring department gives the county five or- ganizations of the kind, the others being those at Rockville, Kensington, Silver Spring and Takoma Park, and gives a very large portion of the eastern and southern sections of.the county good protection against fires. It is understood that similar or- ganizations will soon be formed in other séctions of the county. Pneumonia has been quite preva- lent in Rockville and vicinity and a number have been seriously il 'of the disease, among them™ being Alfred Schiffner, Samuel Riggs, J. Stanley Gingell and James F. Burriss. Body Not Recovered. | { Although the Montgomery I county uthorities continue to adhere to the elief that Henry Ovall, aged recluse, whe was the only inhabitant of slgned a{ ure is designed to! { [closing at noon on that day, it was neighborhood { THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, HYATTSVILLE MOURNS BILL IS DEFEATED| DEATH OF DR: WELI.S! Business to Suspend During Fu- neral Services Tomorrow. Council Acts. Special Dispatch to The 8ty HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 6—At a special meeting of the mayor and commen council last night, resolu- tions expressing the sorrow of the people of Hyattsville and Prince Georges county upon the death of Dr. Charles A. Wells, “its most beloved and distingulshed citizen,” were adopted. It was resolved -that all business In Hyattsville be suspended during the hour of the funeral serv- ices. A copy of the resolutions was ordered sent the bereaved family. The remains of Dr. Wells, who died Tuesday about midnight at a hospital in Miami, Fla., where he went several weeks ago in the hope of regaining his health, are expected to reach Hy- attsville tonight and avill be_accom- panled by his daughter, Mrs. Rexford M. Smith; his daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. A. M. Wells, and his youngest son, B. O. L. Wells. The body will be taken tp his late home on Spencer street gnd tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock will be conveyed to Pinkney Memorial Church, where funeral serv- ices will be conducted. Rev. Charles L. Monroe, rector of St. Matthew's parish, will officlate, and will be assisted by Rev. Charles E. McAllister, a former rector of the parish. Dr. Wells was a great lover of the music sung in the Episcopal Church and was a great admirer of the cholr of Pinkney Memorial. The choir will sing one of his favorite hymns. Interment will be made in | Fort Lincoln cemetery, on the Wash- ngton-Baltimore boulevard, and the | remains will be placed beside those of his wife, who died about three years ago. The pallbearers will he Charles H. Weleh, Harry W. Dorsey and George H. Lanhardt, the senlor members.of the St. Matthew's parish vestry, and William S. Hill, cashler of the First National Bank of Southern Maryland Harry ~W. Shepherd, cashier the First National Bank of H. ville, and Richard E. White, secretary of the Hyattsville Building Associa- tion, of all of which organizations Dr. Wells was president at the time of his death. : ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 (Spe- cial).—Falling accidentally from the {top of a freight car in Potomao yards early this morning, Mark ¢ Lowe, twenty-four years old. braker of Potomac, was practically beh. when a wheel of the car passed over his neck. The body of the man was taken to Demaine's chapel in Alex- andria, where an inquest will be held {by_Dr. T. Marshail Jones, coroner. None of the train ere 3 crew—saw Lowe when he fell. They said that Lowe was on the train while they were making switches in the yards about 2 o'clock this morn- ng. Lowe was born in Prince William county, but had been working in the yards here for some time. He is sur- vived by his widow and a young daughter. Robbery Declared Confemned. Four small colorel boys, held in conneetion with the robbery last week of Jefferson School, Wil be given a hearing in police court Sat- urday morning. The police say that the boys have confessed implication in the robbery following severe grill- ing after Leon Sutton, twelve vears old, 222 North West street, confessed, implicating his chums. ‘The other boys are Harry Ward, eleven years old, 313 North West street: George Price, ten years old, 311 North West street, and Clarence Jackson, twelve vears old, 320 North Payne street. Sutton, polica say, has Lold conflicting stories about the rob~ ery. In' court this morning when police asked a continuance of the case to prepare more definite evidence Judge Robinson Moncure, attorney for (he boys, asked that the case be dismissed because he was prepared to furnish an alibi. mual Election. Annual election of eleven memb of the board of directors of the Alex. andria Chamber of Commerce will take place March 14, the balloting announced this morning by J. T. Pres. ton, secretary. Nominations, which are open to all members under the ro- cent revision of by-laws, -will close March 10 at 4 o'clock. Ballots and letters of instruction are belng for- warded the membership today. Heretofore directors of the body have been elected from the bureaus without reference to the general mem- bership. The recent revision, how- ever, abolished the legislative power of the various bureaus and transfer- red the balance of power to the mem- bership at large. otiring directors whose offices are to be filled are: F. S. Jackson, Bene- dict Well, O. H. Kirk, Harry Ham- mond, R.'E. Knight, H. Robert . Jones, E. Charles W. King, Carrol Julian Y. Williams, Directors whose ferms do not ex- pire until March 15, 1925, are: A. M. Remachel, Irvin Diener, W. A. Smoot, D. Hulflsh, C. Page Waller, John W. May, Kenneth W. Ogden, George E. Warfield, Claude W. Fletcher, Leo- pold Ruben and J+E. W. Timberman, Results of the election will be made known at the annual meeting of the March 14 Addresses Kiwanis Club, Dr. Louls E. Foulkes, city health officer, today addressed the Kiwanis Club regarding the sanitary condi- tions of tht city past and present, quoting statistics to show what ef. fect the general clean-up campalgn has_produced. The greater part of the structural steel to be used in the first unit of the Y. M. C. A. bullding has been placed on the ground where excava- tions for the swimming pool and the main foundation are practically com- lete. Simultaneously the board of irectors of the assoclation has started a campaign to collect overdue subscription pledges made during the drive last year. when a $75,000 quota. was oversubscribed. The drive for ready funds was hur- ried by the fact that the board will be steadily at a heavy expense during the construction of the first unit. The swimming pool will be ready for oc- cupancy next summer, the building committee belfeves. Mrs. Ada A. Posey, wife of Capt. Thomas E. Posey and daughter of Capt. Matthew Kersey, dled at her home, 717 South Lee street, yesterday. Funeral services will be held from the home tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. Percy Foster Hall, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Burial will be in Bethel cemetery. Riverview Island, comprising fifteen acres and located in the Potomac river about two miles above Seneca, |this county, and who has not been Iseen since February 16, met with foul play, ¢hey have not succeeded in lo- cating his body and are, therefore, handicapped in _the _investigation. Deputy Sheriff Clifard L. Howard, who is at the head of the investiga- tion, says that just as soon as the iman's body, which he belleves to be in the Potomac river, is found an ar- rest will be made. Although - the shack which Ovall . occupied was burned to the ground, the authorities do not believe that the old man lost {his life In the fire They think he was murdered, rébbed and his body thrown into the river. Robert Lee Snapp, formerly of Vir- ginia but for the last five vears a resident of this county, died suddenly Monday at his home at _Glen, aged sixty years. He was stricken soon after partaking of a hearty meal and died within a few minutes, acute in- digestion being given as the cause. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, Miss Mamie E. Snapp of Washington and Mrz. Lena Souther- land of Dante, Va. The Quneral took place yesterday, burial being at Har- ‘risonburg, Va. —a yard | chamber to be held Friday night,! {CLAIMS RAIL LAND GRANT VIOLATED |Fornt Service Imspector Says Property Was Disposed Of Improperly. Further charges of improper sales by the Northern™Pacific rallroad were made today before the House lands {committee by D. F. McGowan, forest service land inepector, who reiterated the request of the Department of Agviculture for an investigation. McGowan declared that in 1875 the Northern Pacific went into_the hands {of receivers and sold 835,852 acres to jrallroad officials in New York eity, whereas under terms of the grant this land should have been disposed of at public eale in the state where it was located. HERO DIES OF BURNS AFTER RESCUING FOUR Carried Sick Children From Flames—Woman Killed in Go- ing After Belongings. Special Dispatch to The Star., CUMBERLAND, Md., March 6.—Ralph S. Pensyl, forty-two, gave his life to save four children of his nephew, Paul Pensyl, of Cessna, near Bedford. He dled yesterday, at a hospital, of burns recelved when Paul Pensyl's home was burned February 25. He carried out four children who were ill, but before he could r je Mrs, Clara Imler, an aunt, she was on- veloped in flames and burned to death. She had reached safety, but returned to the house to rescue bilongings when trapped. G. 0. P. JOINT MEETING. | Arlington to Make Presidential | Campaign Plans. Special Dispatch to The Star CLARENDON,, Va,, March 6-—Pre liminary plans for a joint meeting of the Arlington county republics ecutive committee and the Arlington County Republican Club, to be held the latter, part of this month to per- fect a program of co-operation during the coming presidential campaign, were macde last night at a meeting of the committee at the courthouse Resolutions of sorrow, occasioned by the recent death of H. § precinet committe Church, were ad mittee, and the o C. MacPherson, was authorized in an other resolution to appoint a suc- cessor to Mr. Ryer on the committee. —_————— TELLS NEGRO AIM. Hampton' Institute Principal Ex- plains Land Grant Colleges. By the Associated Press. HAMPTON, Va.. March 6.—The ob- fective toward which the negro land { rant colleges of the couth are striv- |ing s “to turn out young men and i women who are fitted in body, mind, consclence and will to face « | {ions which they must face.” accord. ing to James E. Gregg, principal of Hampton Institute, In addressing the final session of the fourth annual conference of these schools here yes- terday. 3 The conference extended over three days and was attended by executives of seventeen negro land grant col- leges and a group of well known educators. Reports by committees on many phases of the schools’ work occupied the closing session. German Shipyards’ Strike, BERLIN, March 6.—A general strike has been called in the shipvards of Hamburg, Bremen, Lubeck and Stet- tin. Warmth can be moments—but fo i to the Last Drop. ] ndi- | AIVHERE'S far more than warmth to recommend the hot cup of Maxwell House Coffee. we have been learning the secret of creating that tagte that is “‘Good That's why every cup of Maxwell House is a perfect example of how delicious coffee can become. MAXWELL HOUSE ARLINGTON RENEWS WAR ON BILLBOARDS| Displays at Bridge Approaches Are Declared Disgrace - to Community. APPEAL TO ADVERTISERS County Civic Federation to Enlist Every Possible Aid. Special Dispateh to The Star, CLARENDON, Va., March 6—To clean up the Virginia approaches to the Key and Highway bridges the Arlington County Clvic Federation, at its March meeting, at the courthouse, decided on a renewed fight to rid the county of advertising signboards. A resolution adopted by the meet- Ing cltes that the erection of sign- boards along the highways of the county and at the end of the Key and Highway bridges has been car- ried to a point where such signs con- stitue a public nuisance; that they | mitigate against the advancement of the county and render its main en- trances cheap and tawdry. The reso- lution also states that the signboards are 50 numerous that no one reads an them, and that consequently they have no' value to the advertiser. On the other hand, It points out they antagonize most of the people of the county and provoke a feeling of resentment against the advertisers. Appeal to Advertisers, The resolution appeals to the ad- vertiser. aid in the clean-up in or- | der - . southern entrances to the Natlonal Capital may develop in keeping with the plans of the Fine Arts Commizsion for the development jonal Capital’” The i ain from the erec 4l signs and 1o cause the re- i of existing signs as soon as | possible, | " Property owners are urged by the | resolution to rofuse to permit the use | of their properties for the erection of | signboards. Tire signb. | eration s instructed | tion to maintain a ro ! Vertisers who co-operate with the mmunity in the matter and to transmit the same from time to time the county papers and to citizens’ ssociations comprising the federa- tion. rd committee of the fed- Ly the resolu- Billboard Tax Proposed. Announcement was made that an ordinance had been prepared by the federation which will 'be presented for adoption to the board of superv | ors next Monday. The proposed ordi- ince imposes a tax of 31 per square upon advertising signbords. It }is belicved that will go a long | way toward abolishing the practice. rank Campbell, chairman of he federation’s signb rd committee, commenting on a recent address of Charles Moore of the ne Arts Com- | ! mission, in which he lled attention to the unsightliness of the approaches to the Virginia end of the Key bridge, e Arlington county must choose no whether it will become Washington' front door or Washington back yard. The plans of the Fine Arts Commission for the development of ation’s apital Include many { wonderful things for the Virginia | Lank of the Potomac, for it must be | remembered that the boundary of the District of Columbia at high- water mark on the Virginia side. We cannot expect interest in the plans for this side of the river to be main- tained unless we are willing to do our part to prevent the creation of conditions here which will nullify the result of all efforts to beautify the Virginia shore. et iy The late Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz, when he was consulting engineer of the General Electric Company, said, “If electric trucks were now in us | where _gazoline trucks and hors {drawn vehicles are doing less eflicient work, the saving in operating costs | in the United States would total more $575,000,000 to be exact. fou i 0000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000600000000000¢ T of those ad- | MARCH 6, 1924. ROOSEVELT HOTEL To Gq—fll April 7, according to a trustee's UNDER HAMMER IN APRIL Auction Sale Advertised Because of Default of Deed of Trust. . The Roosevelt Hotel, occupying the square bounded by 16th street and New Hampshire avenue and V and W streets northwest, is to be sold at auction at 2 o'clock on the afternoon George’s famous “Seven-Point” Union Suits, extra full cut. Sizes run from 34 to 54. The best buy in town at 1 1 Boys’ Heavy Black Ribbed Stockings; fast color and long wear in every pair. Sizes 8 to 10 4 pairs for. . Cotton Half Hose for men; a wonderful quality for the money, in cordovan and black. Reduced to 6 pairs for Boys’ Pullover Sweaters in a variety of colors closing out the remaining’ stock. Special tomorrow at Boys' Middy Suits, the remain- ing stock. All to go tomorrow at Men’ and Boys' High - neck Jerseys, in s navy hluc$ and ma- roon. Sizes 32 to 40. Priced to- morrow at sale notice just nublished, The notice said that the sale is or- dered because of default of a deed of trust given Simon W. Straus to se- cure an issue of $1,700,000 first mort gage 6 per cent bonds of the Wash- | ington Properties Company. The sale includes all buildings_on the land as well as equipment. land is described as follows: f lot numbered 71 (n Frank C. Lewin's :ombination of lots 40 and 64 and part of lot 65 and part of alley slosed In_square numbered 188, as per plat of the combination recorded in the office of the surv sr of the District of Columbia, ' TOMORROW— Get Your Share of These Bargains on Sale Friday Only Nainsook Union Suits of good quality; will wear well and fit you 3 % Reduced tomorriw, 2 for right; sizes to Shirts, the 1 Make, in at- patterns and attached e Fraiy = —w—/‘ Boys’ mous B tract colors, collars band i styles. | N Young Men’s Caps for Spring —in all the attractive colors; silk serge lined and beautifully made. ' s 1 iq Tomorrow af.c.ocooeio 910 Seventh St. “We Request the Return of Anmything that Can Be Bought for Less Elsewhere” with short sleeves and ankle-length drawers. Sizes 36 to 46. markable value at... 1 lot which we closing out tomor- row at 'PLAN POTOMAC BRIDGE. Discuss Span Across River Kifer, Md. Special Dispateh to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., March board of county commissioners of Alie- gany county took under consideration & proposal to Join Morgan county, W. Va., in the construction of an interstate bridge across the Fotomac river at | Paw Paw, W. Va., and Kifer, Md. A decision will be made later, Chair- man Henry A. Bachman told the dele- gations presenting the proposition. at 6.—The Ribbed Union Suits, A re- Percale an odd re Men's Pajama $ Silk Hose, heather combination. 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