Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1924, Page 22

. MILK BOYCOTT TESTS . CO-OPERATIVE SALES i Injunction to Be Asked Against Frederick Dairymen Selling to D. C. Distributor. . Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. FREDERICK, Md, May 2.—Success or failure of co-operative niarketing 4 of milk rests in the outcome of the { Doycott declared yesterday on W. A. Simpson, Washington, ome of the largest capital distributors of milk from Frederick County farms. Al dairymen under contract with the Maryland and Virginla Milk Pro- ducers’ Association to dispose of their milk at the discretion of the asso- eiation officers and who have been sell- ing milk to Simpson were withdrawn from Simpson yesterday. Practically all shippers obeyed the 1, treasurer of the . sald this morning. proceedings will be insti- within the . next few dave &gzinst dairymen who continue to sel their product to Simpson in violation of the association s contract. Dson, who precipitated yester- boycott, has refused to coliect 40 per lcent' brokerage. from the Ynonthly checks of dairymen, who are embers of the association. He an- yWounced that he preferred to deal Ith the farmers Individually, not t association, and “would brokerage, which he iumber of months been ver to the producers’ asso- In- : marketed to Simp- being handled by a co- e milk recelving station in operated by association gular truck lines have been ed throughout the country. oximately 5,000 galions of milk e now bejng handled at the asso- ation receiving stations .in this city nd Washington. Of this amount, be- 2,000 and 3,500 was withdrawn r hich vepre- | ! e present overproduction {n { this county. This milk is converted i dato by-products and disposed of in Washington, Baltimore and Phila- delphia. e ; MISS BEAM TO TELL i PART IN BARING CASE {Will Testify Today to Answer Question if She Is “Other Woman"” Mentioned. By tar Axsociated Press. Rowland, who is scting the iavestigation fnto the | se of Clarence O. Baring, charged isoning his wife, expects to| Miss Mildred Beam | . Rowland conferred yes-| ay with the young woman's coun- el and the subpoena f{ssued for her was withdra the understanding that she would appear te answer f questions as to whether is “the an” mentioned by Baring. = late yesterday that | to sall for Europe | ‘Mrs. C. O. Baring.” that she contem: ad, byt sald her hul d her suspicions by the places they. ¥ were in Europé to that the ‘grand jury Banded down several new indictments | could not be verified. The indict- ments were said to have been found after Mrs. Baring, Dr. Hen: v her personal ph aring’s 0 Ba been staile The ' report fore, to Mrs reported lving at 18 marriage which f1912. ® e vn, Pa.— divoree in to that time had B but he changed it to he name of his stepfather, at | EPISCOPALIANS TO MEET. Southwestern Virginia Diocese Sessions in Lynchburg. cial Dispatch to The Star. | LYNCHBURG, Va, May 2% snnual meeting of the Council of the Téncess of Southwestern Virginia of the Ipiscopal Church will be con- vened at Grace Church here May 19 “for a three-day session. The open- i m will begin at 8 o'eknck| i proximate!y 1,500 | re expected to attend from and missions lo- Bishop Robert preside. ation on the program will Ibe mass meetings at night during the sessions of the councll, to which { W. Carey Barker and Col James A. jicott of the Billy Sunday Cinb here fhave been tnvited to speak. River Dragged for Couple. { STEUBENVILLE, Ohlo,. May " 2.— {Searchers are dragging thé Ohio Riv. jer between here and Toronto, Ohio, for the bodies of Thomas Kutley, i forty-two, and his wife of Toronto. {A houseboat in which they left To- [ronto for Wheeling, W. Va. and an loverturned sKkiff found in the river {yesterday led to the belief that the icouple were drowned. Mofgm Bros.’ Pharmacy 2162 California St. —is another convenient- ly located Star Branch -where Office— your Clas- sified Ads for The Star may be left—assured of prompt publication. The assistants in Mor- gan Bros.” Pharmacy will be glad to serve. The Star prints MORE Classified Ads every day than all the other papers here combined—because of the results, “Areund the Corner” is a Star Branch k Qffice C. R. TAYLOR HEADS CLARENDON ASSOCIATION Prominent Arlington County Civic ‘Worker Elected President by Parent-Teacher Body. CLARENDON, Va., May 2—Charles R. Tayior, president emeritus of the Clarendon - Citizens' Association and one of Arlington county's most. sctive civic workers, was unanimously elected president of the Clarendon Parent-Teacher Association at thean- nual meeting of that body at the &choolhouse | mst night. Mr. Taylor has always been particularly inter- esteéd In matters looking to the ad- .vancement of county schools, having taken a leading part in support of the county school building bond issue recently authorized by the voters. He is 2 member of the citizens’ commit- tee which is acting in an advisory capacity to the school board in work- ing out the plans of the school build- ing program and chalrman of the school committee of the Clarendon Cit{zens’ Association. All other officers of the assoclation were re-elected. They are Mrs. E. B. Ellis, vice president; Mrs. A. P. Payne, sceretary, and Mrs. M. F. Sunderman, treasurer. Mrs. C. R. Taylor and Mrs, 110. L. Briggs were elected as delegates to the County School Federation and The Hub You talk about eliminating competition, here is J. W. Palmer and N. alternates, Preceding the business of the meet- ing the children of the school, in cos- tume, presented a delightful program of songs and dancés under thé di- rection of Mrs, J. F. Donaldson, musi- cal director of county schools. All chlldren of the school, about 400 in number, with the social com- mittee of the Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation, the teachers of the school and the school physical -director, went on a hike to Cherrydale yesterday afternoon, the affair being arranged in celebration of May day. Games of all sorts were arranged and refresh- ments were served, Mrs. Sunderman, the treasurer, re- ported & balance of $202.80. FAILS TO TAKE LIFE. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, May 2— Nervous and depressed and physical- ly exhausted through housecleaning work, Mrs. Odessa Mason Ritter, wite of L' L. Ritter, this city, made an unsuccessful attempt to Kill herself by _shooting. The bullet, fired from a_revolver, missed her heart and coursed back and below it"and was extracted at the hespital, to which she was rushed. She fired at herself while lying on a bed upstairs at her home, with an_eight-month-old baby boy in her arms. Rex Hunt s ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 (Special). —<City councilmen elected June 13, 1922, will retain office for four years, or until September 1, 1926, according to legal opinions given the council yesterday afternoon by Corporation Attorney H. Noel Garner and James R. Caton. The question whether a rtion of the council would give up ts ofice this fall has been dis- cussed particularly by those opposing the new _form of government. City Manager Rich was glven authority to continue payments on the interest on the road bond issue floated by Fairfax county to build the Little River turnpike. The per- miésion was granted In face of the definite assurance given this week by H. G, Shirley that the road would be completed. The next interest in- staliment amounts to $6,875, and is due May 15. Tax Exemption Anked. Communications from two banks asking exemption from city taxation on city bonds held by them were re- ceived and held for further considera- tion in spite of the recommendation of City Manager Rich that the r quest be granted. He said that local bonds were sold subject to exemption trom local taxation. Requests received from the General Realty Corporation that the city finance the Improvement of Maple street from Washington avenue to Seventh and D Sts. N.W. will be the talk of Washington for days to come; most exceptional buying advantages of this great furniture house that such an exceptional value could ever be made possible. And we go a step further by giving you the most liberal terms on this suite, notwithstand- ing its very low price. \, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1924. North View Terrace with sewers, gas mains, sidewalks and gutters as well as roadway, were held up pending an investigation. The mode formerly adopted by the city In such cases is to require the payment of one-sixth of the estimated cost before the work is started and the rest in annual in- stallments of one-fifth each, bearing 6 per cent interest. Resolutions asking data on all property to which the city h: a tax title were adopted In view of a recent act of the legislature which provides that all property on which taxes are due of a date prior to July 10, 1902, may be sold June 16 when the act be- comes operative. Dropping to a dead faint while working near the greenhouses of D. G. Grillbortzer, William A. Hosher, sixty-two years old, was rushed late last night to the Alexandria Hospital, where life was pronounced extinct. Heart disease is supposed to have caused the death. Two Injured by Auto: Claude Meades and M. Langley wers run down last night near Mount Ver- non avenke and Poor Hou lane, north of the city, by a ecar sald to have. been driven by Ralph Elliett. The two boys were bruised consider- ably ‘and were rushed to the hospital. The gase is set for hearing in. police court Tuesday morning. With 110 enrclled as members of the Belle Haven Golf and Country Club after the second day of a mem- bership drive, members of the drive committee are preparing to close the The Hub This Seven-Piece charter tomorrow night, confident that the objective of 160 members will have been reached. 3 The drive will continue today and tomorrow and it Is thought that work on the nine-hole golf course will be- gin next week. By joining the club now It is pointed out that members will save $20 annually on dues, char- ter members to be assessed 350 and those enrolling after the close of the charter 370. James Lambert, colored, brought from Philadelphia yesterday t> face a charge of forgery, was this morning held for the action of the-grand jury following a preliminary hearing in police court before Judge I-ederick G. Duvall. Sentenced to Jall. Hugh Harris, 128 No th Fayette street, was given six months in jail when'he was convicted yesterday in corporation court for a second viola- tion of the prohibition law. He also was fined $50 and costs. Pete Robey was glven three months in jall for complicity in a case which involved the ‘moving of an automo- bile. Douglas Fleet was sentenced to 106 days in conneetion with the same cage. Funeral services wére held this afternoon for Mrs, Johannah B. Grill- hortaer, wife of J. H, Gillbortzer, who died Wednesday. Services were held at the home, 719 South Patrick street, and were conducted by Rev. Ernest M. Delaney, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Ghurch, Interment was in Bethel cemetery. Y. Mrs. Catherine B, Downey, sixty- four years old, wife of Thomas D. Downey, 815 Franklin street, dled Wednesday at the Alexandria Hos- pital. Besides her husband, she is survived by two children, Charles T. Downey and Mrs. Albert G. Slag, both of this city. George Washington was banished from Alexandria yesterday and was further ordered to make his exit “snapp: He was arraigned in police court charged with having been drunk in a boat off the city whart, Like the first President, he would tell no lle. He pleaded guilty when Officer Magner stated the charge. He was told to g0 back to King George county, whers he sald he was a dirt farmer. he waid, Farmer Killed by Fall. Special Dispatch to The Star. OAKLAND, Md., May 2.—William Kelly, sixty-five, farmer near Moun tain Lake Park, was Instantly killed late yesterday by a fall from a wagon | in which ‘he was riding. o Italian Cabinet to Start Theater. ROM May 2.—The Italian cabinet has decided to establish a national lyric theater in Rome. A committes consisting of the ministers of instruc- tion, finance and justice is consider- ing the financial detaii Seventh and D Sts. N.W. — ¥ B % £ B || n Walnut Finish Bedroom Suite one of the values that it is only through the 3-Piece V;I;:lr Overstuffed Suite The loose cushions are filled with comfortable springs, all nested together, guaranteeing long service and the utmost comfort ; here you will buy comfort, durability and long service at a price never quoted on living room furniture at this price—all three pieces....ccevevarecrecdvoccorisncooscnssivsssosafae e Refrigerator Special Charge It °119 Wrought Iron Bridge Lamps Complete with Shade, Extension Cord ‘and Attachments $7:49 111 Boy Killed by Auto. Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., May 2. —Robert, aged five gears, son of Thomas Nel- son of Wrights Crossing, was killed early last' night on the county road near his home, when struck by ar automobile said to have been driven by Thomas Morgan of near Shaft who ‘was retifning from work at the Kelly Springfield Tire plant in Cum. berland. It is said the child attemiptec to cross the road in front of the 5 ) droufld-Grifipér hoes Relieves All Foot Pains 1315 E. St p i Thester B Extraordinary Bobby Jones Special 20,000 Sterling Silvsr Thimbles, 14c eash, One to each eustomer 610 OTH ¥.W All week or until they out Noxt week's special — Wal, i fled wateh chatny 480 o oomar gHd The Hub | Values Like These Eliminate Competition Think of it! For $119.00 you get this entire bed- room outfit, as pictured, including a large dresser with liberal size plate glass mirror, bow-end bed, chiffonier, semi-vanity, chair, rocker and bench. All for $119.00. Advertised Prices— Nine-Piece Walnut Finish Dining Suite —all nine pieces at a The buffet is of full size with lined drawers for your silverware ; there is an oblong dining table that extends to 6 feet—a china closet and six genuine leather-seat chairs rice you can never duplicate. Entire suite in the period or Queen Anne. 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