Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1924, Page 11

UESTONSRGHT TOBAN VOTE HERE istorian Points to Promise Not to Curtail Privileges of Citizens. The disenfranchisement of the peo- e of the District of Columbia by “ongress was pointed out as a danger fliznal to the people of the country kvho took no interest in the politics of he nation and disregarded their right o vote by Dr. Charles H. McCarthy, rotessor of American History at the ‘atholic University, in an address be- ore the members of the Cosmopolitan lub at their weekly luncheon at the ‘ranklin Square Hotel yesterday. Dr. McCarthy declared that while “ongress had almost boundless power Rver the District of Columbia, he was ot sure that Congress had a right to isenfranchise the residents of the istrict. ~wv:m not certain that they id not violate an implied promise frhen they disenfranchised the resi- ents of the sections of the states of daryland and Virginia ceded to form he National Capital,” he declared. “People do not distinguish enough be- ween the power of Congress and the 1ght of Congress.” stated Dr. Mc- carthy, who said that it was assumed at when these two states ceded heir land to make a place for the ederal government that nothing would be done to interfere with the ights of the people then residents of he ceded parts of the state [McCarthy declared that part: [should not be drawn in municipal jgovernmen but city heads should be chosen for their honesty and in- elligence. Booster prizes for the week were warded to Anton Auth and Robert Simpson WOMAN BARBERS DRIVE OUT MEN IN BALTIMORE [Bobbed-Hair Fashion Cause of Rapidly Changing Conditions. Labor Union to Recognize. ial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 11—There are now more than 1,000 more woman barbers than man barbers in Balti- more, and they are rapidly driving the men out of bustness according to the secretary of the local union here. ~“They will dominate the industry in another year or so,” he said. “The male barbers are barely making a living. The introdustion of women into the shops cams as a result of the bobbed-hair fasyion. “Admission of vomen into the unions is expected to be adopted in the annual convention of the interna- tional union at Indianapolis next fall. “There are now 50,000 members, and the number is expected to double if the women are admitted. Already 500 women have asked to be ad- mitted. “Women will work for lower wages than men, whick renders it hard to meet their competition.” ACT OF PASTOR PROBED. M. E. Conierence Takes Up Ha- gerstown Marrying Case. Specia) Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOW Md, July 11— Methodist conference officials today stigating the case of Rev. V. nier, local pastor, charged with ing a law against performing marriage ceremony in which the bride was under sixteen years of age. He surrendered to the sheriff yes- terday and was released on his own recognizance pending tri; On May 2 he united Rosa May Lonas, four- teen, and Charles Offenbacher, thirty, elopers from Winchester, Va. He de- clared today that he felt it a duty “to unite the couple and believed it better to have them sustain a moral relation than an immoral and illegal one. " Animal Freak Called “Rabecat.” Special Dispatch to The Sta: Md., July 11.—The abcut” is the latest animal freak. ‘With the head of a cat and the body of a rabbit it was born several days ago at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar 3. Morgan at Boonesboro. " g o e S Virginian Dies in Kentucky. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 11.— ). W. Herndon, a native of Culpeper [County, died recently in Berea, Ky., where he had lived for a number of vears. He was director of the Berea Bank and Trust Company. Mr. Hern- [don was one of the originators and [promoters of the Dixie Route. —_— Negro Bank to Reopen New. Special Dispatch to The Star. * Richmond, Va., July 11.—Depositors in the defunct Mechanics' Savings Bank, colored institution, are to re- ceive about 50 per cent of their money, according to arrangements made with them. The bank will re- main closed and in its place will be the Virginia Mechanics’ Bank, for which a charter has been granted. The new bank will be under the su- pervision of white bankers until well started on its career. John G. Luce 'will direct the affairs for the pres- ent. London is patrolled by 21,000 police- men. 5% Reduction On our entire stock of High-grade Suitings SUITS Made to Measure Science Scores Triumph In Treatment of Man Burned Nearly to Death Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 11.—What is said to have been one of the most remarkable cures in the history of surgery was accomplished at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in the case of Herman Majors, who has recover- ed from burns that extended over three-quarters of his body. A “pinch grafting” operation closing the last of Majors' wounds o his leg was performed yester- ay. The methods used, Hopkins phy- siclans say, may revolutionize the treatment of burni Dr. Julian Hart said the treat- ment consisted of soaking the pa. tient in warm water in which bi carbonate of suda had been dis- solved and making him drink quantities of water. The principle is eliminating the polson that spreads through the system as a result of burns. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 11 (Spe- cial).—Elnora Allen, eleven-year-old daughter of Harvey L. Allen, Potomac, lies at the point of death at the Alexandria Hospital, and three others are injured, as the result of an au- tomobile accident last night near Four Mile Run, when a speeding au- to crowded the Allen car off the road into a telephone pole. Allen suffered a broken hand, Mrs. Allen lost three teeth and Charles Allen, seven years old, suffered concussion of the brain. The ipjured were Tushed to the hos- pital here by Father McDonald, Fair- fax station, who passed and extricated them from the debris. Dr. S. B. Moore operated, immediately remov- ing from the child’s brain more than two inches of bone. The identity of the driver is unknown as he did not check his speed, according to others who were nearby at the time of the accident. Stockholders of the new hotel corporation_ last night elected direc- tors as_ follows: Carroll Pierce, George E. Warfield, C. S. Taylor Burke, Benedict Weil, Julian Y. Wil- liams ‘and Harry Hammond. Thesefi with Stephen N. Bobo, T. Linfield Damon and L. Leslie Kincaid, ap- pointed by the American Hotel Corp- oration, will form the directorate and will meet next Tuesday to perfect further plans and choose officers. Walter G. Millard, superintendent of the Swarthmore Chautauqua, speaking yesterday before the Ki- wanis Club, praised the city for hav- ing adopted the city manager form of government. He suggested the for- mation of a bureau for the dissem- ination of news regarding the doings of the government more thoroughly than is possible through the columns of the daily newspaper. Willlam H. Whipp., physical director of the Racquet Club, Washington, told of the advantages of physical education. The second band concert of the sea- son will be given tonight by the Cit- izens Band on Baggett's Feld, Prof. C. Baxter of the Army music school directing. Work of resurfacing forty squares of city street has started with the ar- rival of several car loads of stone. This treatment with tar and stone, which will be given for three consec- utive years, will result in a street with a surface resembling in appear- ance and durability macadam. Mrs. Mary M. Lockwood, of Arling- ton County, has been named as one of the electors from this district accord- ing to a list just filed by Joseph L. Crupper, of this city, state chairman of the Republican party. Andrew Hardy, colored, husband of Minerva Hardy, of Washington, was arrested last night near the Alexan- dria Hospital and is being held in Ar- lington County jail pending investi- gation of an alleged hold-up in Ar- lington County_ early yesterday. in which Minerva Hardy was shot three times in the arm. TWO MEN FIGHT CROWD. Barricaded in Room, One Is Shot and Other Arrested. Special Dispateh to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., July 11.—An- drew Gedeon was shot down in a bat- tle between citizens and two barri- caded, drunk-crazed men here early today. He and a companion boarding at the home of Howard J. King had driven occupants from the building and locked themselves in their apart- ment after considerable disorder in which a belligerent crowd gathered. Constable _Charles Barnhardt shot Gedeon, who was taken, in a serious condition, to a hospital, while his com- panion was arrested. Albert Marks, an alleged bootleg- ger, was arrested on a charge of having sold liquor to the men. Train Kills Boy Caught on Rail. Special Dispatch to The Star. KANAWHA, W. Va. July 11— Ralph Bennett, aged seventeen, son of A. J. Bennett of Kanawha, died yesterday from injuries sustained in having been run over by a Baltimore and Ohio train. He was returning from a party when his foot caught ween the rails. FOR LEASE OR SALE Offterdinger Building 508 Ninth St. Newcorn & Green OPPOSITE GAYETY r NEWCORN and GREEN — STORE OPEN SATURDAY UNTIL 6 P.M. S I Values to $39.50 l $29.50 Values to $45.00 537;50 t I CAN'T MAKE UP {MY MIND WHEYHER Yo |l ASK ™MISS FLOPPY To MARRY ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, M cial).—Forty hours’ devotion will be observed in St. Mary's Catholic Church here beginning with a high mass at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morn- ing. The services will be conducted by a priest of the Redemption or- der, who will be assisted by Rev. John T. Coolahan, pastor of the church. Devotions will be held Sun- day and Monday evenings and will close with services at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. F Rev. P. Rowland Wagner, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiated at the marriage here Wednesday afternoon of Elmer S, Crummett, twenty-one, of Rhodesville, Va, and Miss Mabel L. Payne, eighteen, of Orange, Va., the home of the minister being the scene of the ceremony. For dri £ an automobile while under the influence of liquor Charles E. Selby, - colored, of this county, was fined $150 and costs by Judge Samuel Riggs in the police court here. Others paying fines or forfeiting col- laterals for motor vehicle violations were: Samuel Marks, $11.50; Howard Hill, '$25; Dr. S. F. Stickell, $27.50; Charles Washington, $19; Oscar P. Hunt, Frank W. Thompson, Jerome K. McConnell and Arden E. Bing, $7 each; Elmer Cogan, $7.50; Monroe Bell, $5. The July meeting of the Young People’s Auxiliary of the Rockville Baptist Church was held last eve- ning at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Ollie Baker, near Rockville, with the Misses Baker hostesses. The revival services recently con- cluded at Germantown, this county, where they were held in the Metho- dist Church and conducted by Evan- gelist Willlam B. Waters of Rockville, Tesulted in eighty-three conversion A union prayer circle of more than one hundred persons was established, five young women dedicated the lives for home or foreign work and twenty-two family altars were estab- lished. A license has been issued by the clerk of the circuit court here for the marriage of Francis De Leon, thirty- two, and Miss Frances H. Pierre, twenty-eight, both of Washington. Jesse Martin, a young colored resi- dent of Rockville, was found guilty in the police court here of assisting in violating the local option law of the county and was fined $200 and costs by Judge Samuel Riggs. He was given the alternative of spend- ing six months in the house of cor- rection. An appeal to the cirouit court was taken and the case will be tried in the upper ocourt next fall. The funeral of Lewis W. Barnsiey, widely known resident of Olney dis- trict, who died at the Montgomery County General Hospital, Sandy Spring, of typhoid-pneumonia, took place this morning from the family residence at Olney. The services at the house were conducted by Rev. uy E. Kagey, rector of St. John's opal Church, Olney. At the Erave the services were in charge of the Rockville lodge of Masons, of which Mr. Barnsley was a vaiued member. Dr. George L. Edmonds. past master, acted as worshipfui master, and the other officers of the lodge also officiated. Burial was in St. John's cemetery. Olney. The pall- bearers, ] members of Montgomery Commandery, to which the deceased belonged, were Dr. George E. Lewis, William F. Prettyman, Roger Shaw, Dr. Thomas A. Ladson, Frank Casheli and Leonard C. Bur! July 11 (Spe- ME . OR NoT! AUTO LICENSES TO NET VIRGINIA $6,500,000 Ten Thousand More Cars Already Tagged This Year Than Last, Official Reports. : Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 11.—Receipts from the automobile license and the gasoline tax in Virginia for this year are expected to reach pretty close to $6,500,000. This is the belief of James M. Hayes, jr., the officer in charge of these two branches of the collections of such revenue. Already there are 10,000 more cars licensed in Virginia as of July 1 than for the total of last year, and these have paid in more_than $3,371,000 in cash so far. Mr. Hayes says that there is every reason in the world for belleving that this will go close to if not reach $4,000,000 before the end of the year from this source. For the first eleven months of th fiscal year the collections from gaso- line have reached $2,699,718.82, and the heaviest month for the use of cars in this state is now on. The revenue from this source will ap- proximate $3,000,000 making & total of about $7,000,000 for roads. 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