Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1924, Page 5

POTOMAC RETURNS ]ASK JUDGE BAKER PROBE. To NORMAL sTAGE House Committee Hembers Recom- mend Investigation. Congressional investigation of | charges against Federal Judge Baker of the n Victims of Flood Mmovmg Dehm' and Seeking to Replace Chaos With Order. amended today by which quiry < of the investigation, if the House, would' be whether ' there are peachment of Judge s requested by District At- Brown of the northern West district, who preferred the House conducted a pre- DAMAGE HERE IS $200,000 i Cost of Repairing Canal Set at Less | Than $50,000. | . | PROTEST TEACHING LIMIT LacK to its | charges. With the Potomac normal stage Fous trouble expected to vesult | from the heavy rains of last night, it was announced at the weather bu- | reau. Officials there declare it would | ;¢ take three or four days of extremely | with the aupp heavy downpours to bring the Do b oot up to a flood stage again Most of the Che Canal has been entir the flood waters, sections in lowlands dited today by flood left behind. 1t is expe e will be drained an ac e estimate of the dam- will then 1 Cansl Repairs D ov0. 1 no s TR Night School Officials Object to Four-Year Rule. 1 of officers of the pub- lodged a river commit the - of its principal objects o conserve the energy of the ofticers g more d night inted I . | members of their hoard is expected to take s put the canal iu its former « on the protest at for several years, Wednesday though it will . Offers Engravmg B\ueau Bill. King of special [t will not, how ne action . n th started yesterday and will b to completion. Add for mending the bre t the destruc: n was done, and the | tion of any of the honds in question places will be | or to curtail comparison or recording | of such bonds ot cost of re p.\ megligible 1 of -— Today electric per cent of th facturing in tl 1819 the perce done with ele 5 | 1814 slightly under 40 per cent. provides over 70 =ing and w and’ livi in d mud having ruined it be- thern West Virginia district its meeting next THE EVENING PRESBYTERIAN BODY | TO GET 71 OVERTURES Session at San Antonio May De- cide Question of Women on Committees. | WHALING NEW MODERATOR Rev. H. W. McLaughlin of Vir- ginia Synod One of Two Defeated. By ssociated Press. s ANTONIO, Texas, May 16— Seventy-one overtures, including sev- eral requesting the rescinding of the action of the last assembly in ap- pointing three women on each of four legislative committees, will be presented to the General Assembly of the Preshyterian Church in the United States here today. . A heated debate at the last general assembiy occurred when the question “|of making women eligible for ap- pointment on the committees was voted upon and if the question is re- opened another debate is_ expectad. Rev. Dr. Thornton Whalin, er of the faculty of Kentucky al Seminary, at Louisville, s elected moderator. ing “(\" on_the second J. B. Hutton of 1 3. . Leslle Re-elected. . D. Leslie of Dallas, Texas, 1 stated clerk of the od of three years. TWO-! DAY SALE SATURDAY—SUNDAY ” Salo of Delicious, Refreshing Fussell's Ice Cream—All Flavors Pint, 25¢; Qt., 50: Gal, $1.90 At Cherrydale Lanch, J. and H. Reid, jr. 77 fres Highway, Cherrydale, hone Clarendon 757. No delivery. ¥. “Nature Shapes” at 8.00 You can estimate the Burt in- fluence on prices when you con- trast the actual value in these Men’'s Shoes with the 8.00 at which they are sold. A nd they afford “Nature Shape” comfort, too. Cxoreded ¢ There are * will run lars Car Cnnductor Bubbed of $55. Lawrenc the Columb Railway an robbed last Arthur Burt Co. ing f orth Treasury to Kenil “Nature Shapes” for the Boys and Girls and Children. available also 1343 F Street Caring for feet is better than curing them Where the June Bride Will Store Her Silver A bride always gets many pieces of silver be- sides her flatware. Certainly she will want her buffet to be as beautiful as the silver it will store. Here, at The Lifetime Furniture Store, the bride-to-be will find an assortment of dining room suites that she would well be proud to put in her home that will open with the.roses of June. Expensive? Not at all. Why, you should see the ten-piece Grand Rapids made Suite in Tudor Walnut at $350 with 66-inch Buffet and dozens of other fine suites on display. Lifetime Furniture Is More T han a Name MAYER & CO. Between D & E Seventh Street ‘.CL ClaflinOptical Co. 4.5 2., | STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. Rev. W. F. Galbraith of Dallas, Texas, as temporary clerks, and Rev. J. W. Carpenter of Williamson, W. Va., as reading clerk, The ballot on moderator brought no election, and the name of Dr. Mc- Laughlin was dropped. On the next ballot Dr. Whallng received 183 votes to 100 for Dr. Hutton and was de- clared elected. The new moderator was escorted to the chair by Rev. J. S. Lyons of At- lanta, Ga., wWho placed him in nomi- nation, and Rev. E. D. McDougall of Jackson, Tenn., who seconded the nomination. Symoed of Kentucky. Announcement was made by the stated clerk that the Synod of Ken- tucky, at its last meeting, had united the presbyterfes ¢f Paducah and Muh- lenburg under the name of the latter presbytery. He also announced that the Synod of North Carolina had re- arranged the boundaries of presbyte- ries and added the number by bwo. The report of the women's auxil- iary in its financlal summary shows that during the past year the women identified with this organization con- tributed to the benevolent causes of the church a total of $1,141,608, this belng an increase of $174,561 over the amount contributed the previous year. The auxiiiary apportioned this money as follows: To foreign missions, $274.3 home missions, $127,856; to Christian education and ministerial relief, $46.- 443; to publication and Sabbath school extension, $11981. It was shown in the report that the average per capita for the more than 100,000 women who are members of the aux- illary was $14. 2,345 Clanxes Orgunized. During the past vear there have been 2,345 organized classes for the study of foreign missions and 2,274 {ur the study of home missions; the membership of all study classes 64, an increase of 420 over the hip of the classes reported a The summer school of mis- 1 is held each year at Mon- 3 €., had an attendance of more than 800 women last summer. A _large mul of the nual A large part of the annual report AFLIN Have Best Quality, Only C., FRIDAY, MAY MRS.COOLIDGE GREETS METHODIST WOMEN Missionary Society Reports $35,- 000 Collected in Year—Meets in Staunton. 16, awarded to the West knd section of Roanoke, Va., in the adult class; to the Belmont section of Roanoke, in the young people’s class, and to the junfor section of Roanoke. The young people’s section includes mem- bers of the society between the ages of fourteen and twenty-two years, 1924, under fourteen. Meet Next in Sta It was decided to hol meeting in Staunton, date to be decided la A of the resolutions committee W Stitute the final business to be con- sidered by the conference. At the session yesterday reports were 'AUTOMOBILES OVERHAULED Painting and Trimming Bodies Built to Order 24-Hour Service Central Auto Works and Garage Wm. Beuchert, Pro 449-51 Eye St, N. Franklin 6805 Delegates to the eleventh annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Baltimore Conference of the M. E. Church were received by Mrs. Coolidge at the White House today. They then cofivened in the final session of the four-day conference at the Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South. It was reported at the meeting today that $35,000 had been raised by the conference In the last vear, and that it would endeavor to Taise $4,000 more during the re- mainder of this year. The conference embraces the states of Virginia, West Virginia and Mary- land. Pri for the hest posters were For a Wonderful Vacation California &llllh to California on the largest ocean liners Pacific Comstywith s stop for oot seeing at Havana and the Panama by rail with a choice Ronnd Trip '315 Including first cal 'a:;o'-:' Cobin $235) Round Third cabin” 8 Sies) Trip ’ : October 31st, Eastbound, Pmmmcmcl._gz rmansmemss endsemis Moniwy HICKS, My 1208 ¥ Bereot KW, Wishington roméfie AVIENUE at NHNTH’ Personality seriously this year—when you buy straw hat. Hlustrated — Ecua- dorien Panama, Bai- tleship shape. Has welt edge, priced, $575. Illustyated — Hand- made, white bleached, flai-foot senmit. Weo will sell a lot of these this seasom, $5.00 . be taken vour new is a word that should At Two-Eighty-Five, Parker - Bridget have an assortment most de- serving of the P-B label. (Which is always a good thing to keep un- der your hat.) Illustrated — Im- ported Ecuadorian genwine Ponama wi - n edge, un- to $15.00. They express person- ality. Split and improved Sen- nit straws. Straws with the Bon-Ton Ivy sweat- bands, cork tips, plain brown, black or fancy bands. Fancy straws. bleached or natural with full flexible rims. And $2.85 includes fit- ting you with a hat as well as selling you one. Illusirated — Fancy rough braid sailor. high croun and wide brim. Hatbond is brown, to match, $4.00 Clearance of 71 Prep Suits The stock chart below tells its own story. The suits are of worsted—blues, grays and browns. serge and unfinished P-B Quality, but last year’s styles. For, boys 15 ys. |16 yra marked $16.50. 1 marked $30.00. 2 17 yrs. [18.y7s. |19 yrs.l 3 H | 10 | 13 2 I The Avenue at Ninth while the junior class includes those xS read by the secretaries of the differ- also was an address on Korea by Mre ent branches. These included: Mrs.|C. T. Collyer: a Bible hour conducted J. G. Cockey, Alexandria; Mrs. C. H.|by Miss Daisy Davics; worship led by Kirk, Baltimore; Mre. W. J. Yeager, | Mrs. W. J. . Robinson, and an Louisburg; Mrs. J. i Light, Moore: | aress by ftev Other field; Mrs. . O. Homan, Ro: oy ol Men R ywyer. Rockingham: Migs | Who took part ir m wer: Washington, and Miss | Miss br. B. v ark, Bdith Miller, Winchester. © Ineludeq Lambeth ad Boys’ Suits Are Reduced Every One With Extra Pair of Trousers Purposely low priced because we don’t want to carry them over— we’d rather you carry them out. Suits that sold for $25.00 $19.50 Suits that sold for $22.50 $18.50 Suits that sold for $20.00 $16.50 Suits that sold for $18.00 . $14.50 Suits that sold for $15.00 $12.00 Cheviots, cassimeres and tweeds. Plain and belted models for boys 8 to 18 vears. All with two pairs of trousers— altho some have one pair of trousers and one pair of golf I\mcl\er\ Boys’ Coaster Wa«rons The P. B. Coaster is built for sort of service it is bound to get. constructed as well as sturdily made. inch size, equipped with 10-inch steel rubber-tire ball-bearing disc wheels. just the Simply 32- or Roller Brak: Ball Bea: !old-fast Hub Ash Bed And a Barber Bill Sl.n[’—flhrr' Kiddies enjoy a Haircut o Double Breasted. Palm Beach Suits. A style idea. A cool thought. An economical invention They keep their shape. Patterns that look like wors- teds. °17-%° at The Hecht Co. /th at F.