Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1924, Page 4

[ MITSUI FIRM DENIES MEANS’ TESTIMONY Offers to Give Books for Examin- { tion or to Send Officer as Probe Witness. HIT SCAIFE'S CHARGES ‘Letter to Brookhart Says Witnesses ‘Wrong. fiy the Assciated Press, NEW YORK, April ~General de- nial of the truth of statements made witnesses before the Daugherty in- “tizating committes concerning its with the government in con- on with the liquidation of the airs of the Standard Aircraft Com- was entered by Mitsui & Co, Japanese bankers, a letter vesterday to Senator Brookhart, , and other members of the ‘teer, s r of Mit ared th M < by Shigeji Tajima, i & Co. in this coun: testimeny of ¢ tive to the Jesse Smith to be un- detail. Mr. Tajima also to furn over the wompany’s hooks to the government for investi- =ution and further offered to appear before the committee upon request. Denies Testimony Fully. reported in the press Means, a witne ur committee the sum of this sum over to Je ima wrote. “In wome | “ounts it is stated h who informed 1l been received | A the opportunity | timony may uot be | or may be postponed | T deem it proper at | 0 muke an emphatic and | ive denial of the truth of nt made by Mr. Means alsn deny with equal emphasis Mitsui & Co. has ever acted, di- | ndirectly. as paymaster for | crman government or received | bursed ‘money for the account | emment. The same may reference to the Japa- | ernment. We never have the fiscal agents of that| this country.* | that as manager of! he was familiar with | of its financial trans- | i Would Have Noted Them. | ton B. of $100 It n raat 18 been Gastor Mr. T us, het ay- | mercial purposes, shall be levied. col- | inveice to | no author- | time | i & | ion with the of Justice. to testimony by ! rmer Department Mr. Tajima wrote is tneorrectly in- that the histo of the subject which he testifie can be found in records on file in the War Department formed,” PARADE HELD IN HONOR " 1 OF THEATER’S OPENING | Columbia Heights Pays Tribute to | Harry Crandall’s Latest H Film House. 1 | Columbia Heights residents packed along 14th street, as close to Park road as they ecould jam themselves, 2nd gave the Tivoli Theater, Harry | Crandall's la addition to the city's motion ture how , a rousing | welcome night. More 500 vehicles 1,000 p formed a parade and marched the State, War and Navy build through the down- town sec ie ecity, and_out the Tivoli, at Park s exclusively a communit; re than 300 decorated demonstrated the business wess of Columbia Heights. ¥irst prize for the most beautiful ent to the Pegples Drug Stores, The Arcade danee auditbriun mok‘ ccond honors and the Park Savings | Yank was thirc he Chestnut Farms | Dairy captured first prize in the con- | est for the best fleet of trucks in' line, the Arcade Laundry second and he Elite Laundry Thir J. Clinton | Itfatt, first viee president of the Co- lumbia Heights Citizens' Assoclation, | wnd other officers of that body occu- pied automobiles at the head of the ! parade. Commissioner Oyster, repre- | enting the District government, also | rode at the head of the procession. Other prize winners follow: Best ecorated window, Peerless Market, | tionary Store, second, | last n th nd fully of rst; Trvin's St nd Mount Pleasant Nut Shop, third. | ™ the best individual cars, Mount asant Nut Shop, first: Manhattan Laundry, second. and Snellenbure's Millinery hop, third or the b logans: Mrs. Pauline Waters, firs ark Savings Bank, second, and (h Company, third. Witt-win CRANDALL ELECTED. Named Tivoli President at Stock- holders’ Meeting. Harry M. Crandall _was elected president of the Tivoli Theater Com- hany at a meeting of the stockhold- the Metropolitan Theater esterday. Other officers Joseph P. Morgan, vice ind_ Fritz D. Hoffiann, treasurer. The following: clected directors: Joshua By- ’ Killian, Joseph P. Chiswell, Avon eld, A. F Lambert, 1. M. Cran- | D. Hoffmann. Mr. appointed general | Fritz was dall and ambert ounsel i J. B. LORD IS DEAD: ! MASON SINCE 1859 Continued from First Page.) by his widow, ur children Mrs. Flizabeth Lord; Millard F. Lord, Mrs. Flla D. Bens Mrs. Rose E. Sher- vood and Mrs. India Warren. He {150 leaves sixteen grandehildren and | ight great-grandchildren The pioneer Washingtonian was yne of the oldest Masons in the city. e entered Federal Lodge, No. 1, o {anuary 29, 1859, and received the Royal Arch degree in Columbus Chap- 1er, No. 1, September 28, 1866. In additfon he was a member of Washington Commandes No. 1. Knights Templar, and Almas Temple, | Mystic Shrine. He became one of the sharter mwembers King David lodge, No. 2 Mr. Lord was also a long-time mem- ber of the Association of Oldest In- habitants of the District of Columbi Funeral services will be held at the | Brookland Baptist Church at 2 o'cloc Puesday afternoon and burial will in Glenwood cemetery. ~ Rev. O. O. Dietz is pastor of the church. —_— Taxing Area Bill Passed. Speeial Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April §5.—Senate bill, No. 206, providing for a taxing district in section 4, Chevy Chase, Md., arroneously reported as having died for lack of action when the legislature of adjourned. .was passed by both the wenats and house and now is. awalf the signature of Gov. Ritchie. v | ¥peoch in Boston by Speaker (i {"A republican Benate appointed {heard mo objection. * ¢’ & | ind corruption what doth trollers, | suthorized Isworn to by one of the principal of iexcept in cases of retail sales ’Democratic Firing Squad Opens Sharp Offensive Against G. O. P. Stevenson Welcomes “Buzzerd” as Emblem, Indicat- ing “‘Dead Republican Party’’—Tincher Scores Al The democratic campaign ' firing squad got into action in the House yesterday against the republican leadership, and indulged in & barrage against Senators Lodge and Pepper, Speaker Gillett and House Leader Longworth. The world court issue and sonatorial investigations wero principal topics. In the House Representative Ste- venson, democrat, South Carolina, opened the attack on the republicans and accepted Mr. Longworth's sug- gostion that the buzzard be the proper emblem of the democrats in this years campaign, If it is to rep- resent the democrats “going after such a dead body as the republican party."” Ropresentative Connally, demoecrat, Texas, then continued the attack by assailing both the Pepper and lLong- worth speeches as well as the recent in connection with thelr reference congressional investigations Puts Blame on Coolldge. ‘1 want to say you do not need to blame the democrats,” he these ymmit A republican Houso ap- pointed these vommittees, and vou | If we want us to walk bi to do? aro Do they want us nd it, to dodge it? « * “Who put Denby out of the net? If any one is to blame it's 3 President, Calvin Coolldge. Congress didn’t put out Daugherty. The Presi- dent of the United States put him | out, who xaid he would ifice no | Jennings. innocent man. Every one knows he sacrificed Daugherty. ~Would the President allow his actions to be in- fluenced by scandal? Rither they were rightly removed or unfairly re- moved from the cabinet, or the Presi- dent had not the moral stamina to retain them.” _ Representative Tincher of Kansas led a republican counter offensive. ““The country is tired of seeing you indulge in pure, simple politics,” he told the democrats, “while the repubr lican party Is making an honest ef- fort to_prosecutc those who are guilty. You are furnishing the news- papers with headlines, hoping for po- litical benefit by doing so. Attacks Al Jennings. “You do not stop at ordinary meth- 0ds in doing that, but at government cxpense, men supposed to be investi- gating matters, in order to help, send sicross the continent—for whom? For a man who has a right to the reputa- tion that he enjoys of being the most confirmed liar in the world. T have reference to the man who i not only a_liar, but has been proven to be blackmailer; who clalms to have been a great outlaw, and has capitalized his own infamy and pertidy by selling it to the public press. “Who sent for Al Jennings he sent for to help clean up some- thing? No. He was sent for to fur- nish political dope to try to beat somebody for political off i Mr. Tincher declared that “one aft- ernoon Calvin Coolidge is said to be a moral coward because Harry Daugl erty is still in the cabinet;.the next morning they say Calvin is & moral coward because Daugherty is out of the cabinet. Chafrman_Hull of the national committ also guns on the Longworth P h in a statement of democratic trained his and Pepper last night Text of Gasoline Tax Bill The text of the gasoline tax bill as agreed to in conference follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congres assembled, That a tax of 2 cents per | lon on all motor-vehicle fue within the District of Columbia, sold or otherwise disposed of by an im- | porter or used him n motor | vehicie operated for hire or for com by a lected, and paid in the manner herein- after provided. . The proceeds of the tax, except as provided in section 10, shall be pald into the Treasury of the United States entirely to the credit of the Distriet of Columbia and shall be vailable for appropriation by the Cong pxclugively for road and street improyement.and repai Section 2. That as used in this act— (a) The term “motor vehicle” mear all vehicles propelled by internal- combustion englines, electricity, or team, except. traction engines, road and vehicles propelled only upon ralls and tracks, (b) The term “motor-vehicle fuels” means gasoline and other volatile and inflammable liquid fuels produced or compounded for the purpose of oper- ating or propelling internal-combu tion engin Provided, That kerosene shall not b considered to be a motor- vehicle fuel in the meaning of this act. (c) The term “importer” means any person who brings into, or who pri duces, refines, manufactures, or com- pounds in, the District of Columbia motor-vehicle fuel to be sold or ot erwise dispésed of by him or to be used by him in a motor vehicle oper- ated for hire or for commercial pur- pose: (d) The term “person” includes in- dividual, partnership, corporation and association. (e) The term “Commissioners” means the board of Commiseioners of the Dis- | trict of Columbia. | Section 3. That each importer of motor vehicle fuel shail file with the | ussessor of the Distrfot of Columbia | a duly acknowledged certificate, on forms prescribed, prepared and fur- nished by the said assessor, contain- ing the name under which such im- | porter i transacting business with- | in the District of Columbia, the names and addresses of the several | persons constituting the assoclation or partnership, and, If a corporation, the corporate name under which it 18 | to transact business, and | the names and addresses of its prin- cipal officers, resident general agent | and attorney In fact. No importer shall sell or otherwise dispose of or use any motor-vehicle fuel within the District of Columbia until such cer- act. Section 4. That each importer en-| gaged in the District of Columbia in | the sale or other disposition or use of motor-vehicle fuel shall render to the assessor of the District of Colum- | bia. on or before the last day of each calendar month, on forms prescribed prepared and furnished by the said | assessor, a Sworn report of the total { number 'of gallons of motor-vehicle | fuel within the District of Columbia sold or otherwise disposed of by such | importer or used by him in a motor | vehicle operated for hire or for com- mereial purposes, and of the number of gailons of such fuel so sold or| otherwise disposed of for exportation from and resale without the District of Columbia during the preceding! alendar month. Such report shall be! ficers in case of a domestic corpora- | tion, by the resident general agent, or attorney in fact, or by a chief ac-/ countant or officer in case of a for. ign corporation, or by the managing agent or owner in case of a partner- | ship or association. | Section 5. That invoices shall be rendered by importers to all pur-| chasers from them of motor-vehicle | fuel within the District of Columbia, | Sauid invoices shall contain a state printed thereon in a place. that the liability to the District of Columbia for the tax herein im- | posed has been assumed, and that the importer has paid the tax or will pay | it on or before the last day of the. calendar month next succeeding the | purchase. ‘ Section 6. That the tax in re- £pect to motor-vehicle fuel so sold or herwise disposed of or used in any endar month shall be paid by the| tmporter on or before the last day of | the next succeeding calendar month to the collector of taxes of the Di trict of Columbia, who shall issue @ receipt to the importer therefor. Section 7. That the records of all purchases, reccipts, sales, other dis- positions and uses of motor-vehicle fuel of every importer shall, at all times during the business hours of the day, be subject to inspection by the assessor and the collector of taxe of the District of Columbia, or by their duly authorized agents, or by any other agent duly authorized by ' the Commissioners to make such in- | Section 8. That it shall be unlaw- ful for any person to receive or ac- cept from why importer, except in cases of retall sales, any motor-vehi- | cle fuel, unless the statement pro- vided for in section b of this act ap. pears upon the invoices for the fuel, If any such motor-vehicle fuel is re- ceived and accepted by any person upon the involce of which said state- ment does not appear, such person shall pay to the collector of taxes the tax herein imposed or be liable to the District of Columbia for double the amount of the sald tax, which amount i may be recovered by civil suit or ac- | tion in any court of competent juris- | diction, Sec. 9. That no tax on motor | vehicle fuels - exported or eold for | exportation from’ the trict of Co- | lumbia to any other jurisdiction or nation shall be imposed. | Sec. 10. That any person who pur- | chases any motor vehicle fuel in the District of Columbia to be used for operating or propelling say sta- tionary £a8_engine. traatar used for agricultural purposes, motor boat, | intended | Such refun ‘levied, collected, and paid i venicle two identification aeroplane, or aircraft of any char- acter, or for cleaning or dyeing, or for any other purpose other than use in a motor vehicle operated, or to be operated, in whole or in part upon any of the public highways of the Distriet of Columbia, on which motor vehicle fuel the tax tmposed by this act shall have been paid. shall be refunded the amount of sich tax so paid by the importer, up presanting to the collector of Lo the Distris of Columbia a aworr, tement accomn =l by the howing such purchase, which statement shall t forth the total amount of such motor veh fuel so purch: «d and used by on awmer other than in motor hic operate or intended to operated, on any of the public high ways of th District of Columbia. s shall be made by cheok NMector of taxes from moneys )r taxes on motor veh rotained on deposit after in this section pro For the purpose of such refunds the collector of taxe authorized at all times to retain in a4 spe fund on deposit in a government de- pository moneys paid him such Xxes In an amount not in excess of $1.000. Applications for refund: as provided herein, must be filed with the collector of taxes of the Distriet of Columbia within thirty davs from the date of purchase: Provided, That before any refund shall be made the applicant shall furnish to the col- Jector of taxes of the District of Co- lumbla satisfactory evidence by sworn statement of the excmpted use of such fuel purchased by See. 11 (a) That any lating any provision of 6, inclusive, or refusin; ing inspection und falsely making any sta required by this act, shall guilty of a misdemeanar convi by a fin more than $£500, or by nmant for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment (b) Any person who fails to pay any tax upon motor vehicle fuels im- posed by this act shall be liable to the District of Columbia for a pen- alty equal to t the umount of such tax. Such penalty may be col- lected in a civil suit in any court of competent jurisdiction Section 12. (a) That there by the paid and is person sections I to r obstruet- be deemed ndupon punished 50 nor shall be tion fee of $1 for each calendar year fer each motor vehicle operated in the | District of Columbia; except that for motor vehicles propeiled by steam or electricity the fee shall be as provided in subdivision (b). (b) Owners of electrically driven and “steam operated motor = vehicles shall be charged the following annual | tificate is filed as is required by this |registration fees All motor vehicl steam, $15 per annum. Electrically_driven passenger-carry- ing_vehicles, $11 per annum Clectrical'y operated truc 1.000 pounds or I rated ca pacity, a minimum charge of $20 per nnum, pius 32 for each additional 1,000 pounds or less rated carrying capacity. (c) 'The registration fee shall be paid to the collector of taxes. (pon the payment of sugh_registration fee there shall be «d for the motor ags of such design and a registration certificate in such form as the Commissioners may preseribe. (d) Al registration fees collected during any fiscal year shall be paid into the Treasury of the Uinited States operated by having ying ca- Jto the credit of the United States and to the credit of the Bistrict of Colum- bia in the same proportions as appro- riations for the District of Columbia e paid from the Treasury of the Tnited States and from the revenues of the District of Columbia during the fiscal year in which the fees are col- lected. Section 13. That all owned and officially used by the United States or by the District of Columbia shall carry registration tags motor vehicles ent, | of the same character and the op- | conspicuous | erator of any such motor vehicle shall | be subject to the same regulations and provisions as apply to all other motor vehicles operated within the District of Columbia, all such regis- tration tags and all registration cer- tificates to be furnished without charge. Sectlon 14. That when under authority of law gasoline or other motor-vehicle fu is xold by an agency of the United s within_the District —a keen mind, free from fatigue — and alert to act. Assure £0od health with “pep” aplenty by cvery so often indulging in a bot- tle of Citrate of Magnesta. It serves as the “ounce of prevention.” ‘To insure your getting o pure. fresh, sparkiing laxative beverage, call on your drug- gist to give you i, Was | fal | gistra- | AUTHORESS IN SUICIDE PACT DIES OF WOUND Mrs. Tula Cummins and Husband Had Agreed to End Lives Together. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., April 5.—Mrs. Tula Cummins, writer,’ died here lato last night, completing the double tragedy | begun when she and her husband. Holmes Cummins, local insurance broker and clubman, shot themselves after agreement in’their apartment | Wednesday. Mr, Cummins died in- stantly when he sent a bullet through his head. Mrs. Cummins, formerly a short story writer under the pen name of “T. D. Pendleton,” fired a pistol ball through her loft breast before she passed the weapon to her husband, but lingcred two days, during which | she gnsped out a story of unhappi- | ness, because of her husband's ill health, culminating when, after long | deliberation, they decided to end their lives together. Relat:ves of both victims are re- ported on their way to Richmond after learning of the affalr. Funeral arrangements for neither Cummins | nor his wife had been announced late last night. A note found in their apartment requested that they be buried together. e O ATLANTIC COAST STREWN i WITH SHIP WRECKAGE Badio Messages Report Heaviest | Toll of Craft in Many | Years. i By the Associated Press. | NORFOLK, Va., April 5 —Wreckage from ships lost in reeent storms is | |strewn all along the Atlantic coast| {from a few miles south of Cape Henry | to fifty miles below Cupe Hatteras, | jaccording to radio messages received | at district coast guard hemdquarters Storms of recent weeks, it was an- nounced by coast guard ofcials, have piled up a greater toll of sailing craft | than heretofore had been reported in | the course of an entire winter. Const guard cutters will be kept busy sev- | eral weeks removing wreckage und clearing the lunes of navigation Floating wreckage off Hatteras was reported yesterday by the steamsnips Tuxpanoil, Howick Hall and the cut- ter Mascoutin. | i Eugene Massie Stricken Heart Disease. By the Associated Press i RICHMOND, Va. April §.—Eugene | | Massie, 62, Richmond lawyer, who has | been active in public affaire in Vir- | ginia for three decades. died suddenl of heart disease at bis home here la nigh i With | | Columbia, for use in privately owned | vehicles, such agency of the United | States shall, by agreement with the | Commissioners of the District of Co- | lymbia, arrange for the collection of the tax of % cents per galion herein authorized (o be imposed, and for ac counting to the collcctor of taxes of | the District of Columbia for the pro- | ceeds of such tax collection | | oiSyction 15.—That lal presecutions for | violations of the provisions of this act jor regulations prescribed thereunder | { may be in the Police Court of the Dis- | | trict of Columbia, upon information | {filed by the corporation counsel of the District of Columbia or any of his as- ‘slslunltl; and all suits for the collec- {tion of any tax or penalty under this jact or such regulations shall be in- | stituted by the corporation counsel | or any of his assistants c. 16, That nothing in this act {shall be construcd in any wise tof {affect the provisions of paragraphs 13 and 14 of section 7 of the act {of Congress relating to license taxes {approvea July 1, 1902. 3 | Sec. 17. (a) That the provisions of | |this act relating to the tax on motor | vehicle fuels shall take effect thirty !days after the enactment of this act.; (b) The provisions of this act relat- ing to the registration tax on motor | vehicles'shall take effect January 1. | {1925: and the provisions of the twen- | |ty-ninth paragraph under the headi “Contingent and Miscellaneous I penses” ‘in the District of Columbia appropriation act for the fiscal year 191%, except the third, fourth and {1ifth provisos thereof, are repealed. (0) Any violation of any provision of law or regulation issued thereun- der which is repealed by this act, and any liability arising under such’pro- | ons or regulations may, if the! violation oceurred or the liability arose prior to repeal, be prose- | cuted or enfore the same extent as if this act had not been enacted (d) Nothing in this act shall b construed as affecting the application to motor vehicles of the personal property tax in force at the time of the enactment of this act, which per- sonal property tax shall be continued | {to be 1evied, assessed and collected on {motor vehicles. ec. 18. That the Commigsioners’ may make such regulation as in their judgment are necessary for the ad- iministration of this act and may affix thereto such fines and penalties as in | their judgment are necessary to en- force ‘such regulations (in cases in and practical in design and positio ing man—any one of us will give best work—without hurry. The Copeland Company { Franklin Square 1313 K Street N.W. Capital Awning Oo. W. E. Russell > 1503 North Capitol Street . Sy uy u . . " " II.I.I.I.-.JI.I Ifl Harper Motor Co., Open Eveni 1130 Connecticut Ave. Liberal Allowances on Used Cars FEEEFISTREIESSSEET | granted | crart |six hours, and would | program, RICHMOND LAWYER DIES. ' | praotic which a penalty is not otherwise pro- i’ld»-d by law). A Shabby Awning is like a shabby garment eflects discredit upon the wearer. And like a garment, too, Awn. fis are protective. So they should be both attractive in appearance VALUE OF DIRIGIBLES . DOUBTED IN FRANCE Skeptical of Success of German Craft America on Flight to United States. SEE DEATH FOR CREW America's Aviation Policy Is De- clared Wrong. By Radio to The Star and Philadelphia Publie Ledger, Copyright, 1924 PARIS, April 5.—Although the French aeronautieal authorities have special authority for the German dirigible America to fly over France on her trip to the United States, they are frankly skepti about the success of the trip and about the practicability of Zeppelins in general, 3 Perhaps with the memory of the ill-fated Dixmudo still fresh in their minds, technical men on the staft of the air ministry today said they thought “the enterpriso highly im- prudent. Speaking of the Americ and the possibility of the Zeppelin taking its part in aviation in thi fu- ture, Liurent Aynae, undersecretary for air, said: Not Impressed by Craft. rench oxperts who have studied developments of German superair- are convinced the America is not particulirly fitted for that kind of & voyage, overiand und oversed to “nited Stat biorvers have state the America’s crow meet the same fate a did that Dixmud. Inthe event of an ac to the frume or engines or the br ink of the se, us happened « the Dixmud. big alrship is unab to stand in the air more than inevitably 1 S are more unwieldy abie than a bal “As contrasted to the Frenc it avpears that the United States, although possessing the most skilled pilots, nevertheless foll ing a wrong coursc in the de ment of aviation. The French assumes that it % unwise to Specializ. on speed and the accomplishment of spectacular feats while work can be done in incre: ng the safely of pas- ngers and studying the practical of flying as ards t £ th alone sunk, as Z and less ‘manag possibilities |ourryipg goods. passenwers and mail. It is believed here the proje filghts could be tu experim e th going to continu Praises L. “At any rate, the United a_ remarkabic ‘corps of pilot admirable audacity and determina- all of whom d. The most {nteresting development however, in tha recent history of air- craft is the great increase in the aerial forces of Iussia and Japan The heads of Lk jal departments of both countries wark gether in_close union. quake in Japan didn’t affeot Japane air strength. as they lost no equip- ment, and if their program continues s planned for a period of ten years it will be completed by 1930." revolutis if they are are TOY FACTORY BURNED. $200.000 Estimated Loss in Balti- more Fire. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, Md., April 5.—A six- alarm fire, which raged for two hours Jast night deltroyed the factory ware- house of the Carriage and Toy Com- pany here and slghtly damaged Continental Paper Company, joining. with mated loss $200,000. Tho fame wl- of , fed on Christmas toys, dolls and woodwork. raged 5o ercely that the University Hospi- tai, in the same block, seemed threat- ened for a time, and internes stood ready Lo remOve PAtients if necessary Two firenwn were slighty injured. S SUNSET INN Overlooking Thomas Circle 1407 Mass. Ave. N.W. 60cand 75¢ 'DINNER Between 5 and 8 P.M. Beautiful Dining Room Best Home Cooking Ball Rooms For Rent Albert Bram, Mgr. There are so many phases of Awning fashion that choosing should be done with deliberation and taste. Consult with your Awn- you the benefit of our taste and skill. But give us the order now—while there's time for us to do our Tent and Awning Section Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Assn., Inc. Walter J. Proctor Co. 210 to 214 H Street N.W. R. C. M. Burton & Som 911 E Street N.W. i and Sundays I-I.I.I.I.l ame seem thoroaghly | the | 1D. C. DRY AGENT SHOT BY ALLEGED GANGSTER Isidor Berkowitz Wounded by Man in Passing Auto While Mak- ing Raid. By the Associated Press. | { ! BALTIMORE, Md, April Pro- shot in the head while parti w raid in east Baltimore v was not seriously Injurcd at the hospital { The shot was fired by a man sit- ting In a passing sutomobile. The disappeared bofore number could be taken and o ner ca | tured in the raid escap the citement. Berkowitz s one of the six dry agents arrested the duy before on | charges of disorderly eonduct during a raid in the same neighborhood | ROCKVILLE. cipating sterda it w ROCKVILLE, Ma. {—Wednesday night {building near the B: tation at Germantown. known as rmantown fats, owned by Lawson King, and occupied by several families caught fire, supposedly from u spark from a passing engine, and was d uged 1 extent of $1,500 . | the Rockville volunteer firemen suc- jceeded in extinguishing the flames. | Last night the building was again ld red to be on fire and within few minutes was in ashes. The Rockville firemen again responded, [but when they reached th ene the flames had gained such headway that to check them was impossible 1 loss is placed at about $4,00 Edward W. Horner, Rock st male resident, was the guest of {honor t a birthday party in the Su jd hool rooms of the Rockv hristian Church Thurs evening the occasion being the celebration of I first birthday anniversary i 3 astor of the church | was master ceremonies and the laddresses by Mr. guest felicitated in rt ioode, Elder Carter, Deacon Ruseell Karn, Frank | superintendent of the Sunda seacon Martin Heim, Samuel gx, Mrs. 8. I Goode, Mrs. Georg: |5, Stone and Mrs. Frank Karn. Mr. | Horner responded briefly, expressing his appreciation of the honor. Vocal and instrumental music formed a part of the evening's program and |refreshments were served Notwithstanding his advanced age Mr. Horner enjoys fine health, is an enthusiastic member of and regula attendant at the services of the April larg timore 4 3 (Special) ille Goode, of was st school | hibition Agent Isidor Berkowitz wus old- | ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, April clal).—Evading “captute for neariy a year, James Lambert, allas Williams, was taken into custody in Philadelphis yesterday on a warrant from Al dria charging him with passing bitd checks he Iy last year, tmadition papers are being’ prepared and he will be brought here for tria Lambert was taken in custody he last year and later released. In leay ing the station house he left a one- dollar which had been taken from hit person when he was jocked up. 11 | was @ note to Sergt. Wilkinson asking }tho return of the money which fur | nisted the clue upon which Lambe { was arrested The card fre police dep of the money rather be by coppers ed immediaiely ported o Morton ye riging that s Va By the A pers m Lambert ch nt with b Ha said that b “robbed on the stret than | 50 s it wass forward- | D2T Arrest wits re- | Machines t Elrery | month Ira ifet Two of the nersons, whites, wou urit d had been assault |room ar the Humphreys Hotel night. May Ingram of Greenyill used his arrest tod: It was said tha been engaged b to act ax his comp vestigation the until M | e two wamen had Virgin old, wid , dicd carly toda her daughter, Mr Keith, 2100 King str had been failing eral month; Wi enjami Tt of Crymes, Houtdan by two L Cryn of Laur ot health the daughter i Adalaid xandria. She attorney of Keith, she Ernest I hingtor will be heid th home Monday afternu 3:30 o'clo Wh Mrs. £ons, Report Indi Still Christan [ weeks aro he Church had not Sunday sch He never married . Rowland Waj Baptist Church, rriage h of Byrl H ston and Miss Helen M. Brewer of Washington Miss Blanche I. Corwin, he onstration agent for Mon county, gave u demonstration of hu making at the public school buildins |at Germantown u few vears ago, A large number of the wom attended and eixteen hats, of an ave cost about § were made Su ats, it said, would retail at a Another demonstration 14 there April 23 nd until missed ) John- | : voth | ne den pr ound anc \ | | fat [ the hear b Over 100 Families Now A BoRETH buying peop personal Own ‘BflllElTfl Homes t 36th and R Sts. N.W. contact with le of Washington. until we were well into its development. ow we see that many people of considerable means are buying these homes because of their UNUSUAL DISTINCTIVENESS and because of superior refinement and future possiiblities of the neighborhood. we have buil By auto—Drive Why Pay More t and sold homes. The Sample Homes will be open Every Day until 9:30 o’clock p.m. TO INSPECT across 7 ARRESTED IN THEFT spe.| OF 27 TALKING MACHINES April 5 Eight of Stolen Articles Recovere. and Mystery of Disappeararive” Believed Cleared. octated Press. RICHMOND, Va \rr recovery of e nolice and pr EXPECT OPPOSITION TO RELEASE OF THAW Alienists Said to Have Prepared ting Mental State Unsound. ated Presa, PHIALDELPH \ 2 H unsel for Liad Lee exam repared a4 report decli was the result of twenty years' direct the home- We knew it had to be successful in the face of high rents and bad living conditions found in rented properties. But we never realized its wonderful possibilitie: —when such homes and such environments of neighborhood are obtainable at these prices? Prices Now $8,100 to $9,500 And still we offer our established system of easy terms that have proven so successful wherever ed I besgir dge Jobn, Thaw, said ormed tha haw at th in state »uld so t for his reléas. aid to spern! year oo her We again call your attention to the fact that here, as has always been our reputation, we set NEW STANDARDS in HOME DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTION AND VALUES WORTHY of taking time to see. Sale Proof of That. Are The Real the Q Street Bridge, turn north one block to R Street and drive due west to 36th Street (right next the Western High School). Or take P Street car to 35th Street and walk north to R Street: or Wisconsin Avenue car to R Street and walk west to 36th Street. call Main 2345 for auto to take you out. Or