Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1924, Page 3

“WPE" 1S QINNE PROBE ISLOSES Police Find No Basis for Ac- cusing Woman in “Needle” Case. White powder in three’ capsules found in the room of Mrs. Lydia Blackburn, 64, being quizzed by Detectives Fowler and Flaherty in connection with the story of an al- leged “dope needle” used on Mire Florehce L. Welch, State Department clerk, proved to be nothing more than quinene and the prisoner stoutly maintains they do not belong to her. None of the numerous persons re. ported to have been victims of a “dope needle” in this city the last few weeks has appeared at police headquarters to tell of his or her ex- perience. A street car conductor saw Mrs. Blackburn at the house of de- tention yesterday afternoon and said she resembled a woman who fell on the street in front of his car, several days ago. On that occasion, the conductor stated, a young man assisted the woman to the sidewalk, and later told of having experienced a stinging sensation in his hand. The conductor was unable to furnish the name or address of the man. No Basis for Charges. Detective Fowler was in communi- cation with Miss Welch again this morning. He told her that no infor- mation had been obtained which would justify him in filing a charge against Mrs. Blackburn. It was said by the detectives that they had ob- tained no_information to show that Mrs. Blackburn had ever possessed a “‘dope needle” or a narcotig of any kind. The only needle found in Mrs. Blackburn's possession was the or- dinary article used in sewing. De- tectives have quizzed Mrs. Blackburn at the house of detention several times, telling her Miss Welch's story apd asking her for explanations. Mrs. Blickburn, a woman of edu- ation and well connected, it is stated, merely said she was not the other woman in the case. She had never possessed a “dope needle,” she stated, and declared she was unable tq throw any light on the investigation of the strange affair. Miss Welch was told by. the de- tectives that unless something defi- nite were obtained today Mrs. Black- burn will be discharged. Mrs. Black- burn has been a resident of tRis city many years, it is stated. Her husband died several years ago. Per- sons who had come in contact with her in dining places the past year or more expressed themselves as be- ing confident she is a victim of mis- taken identity. REPORTS DISTRICT FREE OF SMALLPOX Fowler Says Only One Case Re- mains—Vaccination Certificate Not Required. Health Officer Fowler reiterated the statement today that Washington is practically free from smallpox. He made the announcement in order to correct an erroneous impression that apparently has gone forth outside the city that the disease is prevalent here. The Star today received a letter from a Washingtonian, who stated that a friend in one of the States had written the following: “Would like very much to come to Washington, but understand that the smallpox is raging there and one is not allowed to enter the city without showing a vaccination certificate of recent date.” The health officer declared no such condition exists here. There is at the present time only one known case of smallpox in the entire District of Co- lumbia. Further, no vaccination cer- tificate is necessary to enter this city. SPECIAL NOTICES. BOXWOOD HEDGES and specimen bush for wal r_office. _ 10 ddress Bo 25 FURNITURE _REPAIRING AND UPHOL- Ad- 100 stering at your home; will go anywhere. drees Box 3A-R. Star office. PIANO — RNPAIRING. SPECIAL SUMMER prices. Est. free. Geo. M. M. Walker. Ool. 4796_ 710 Morton st. o.w.. formerly head tuser for Percy §. Foster and Knabe Co. 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August 9.— While city folks are turning to Washington's Great White Way for favorite stars and an evening of washed air, suburban residents are enjoying the cool of their porches as they witness a stellar attraction staged but a half dozen times in a century. There is rivalry in the heavens these August nights, but only those far removed from the glare of arti- ficial lights can appreciate it to the full. Jupiter and Mars are participating in a spectacular contest for suprem- acy among the stars. August 22 will mark the opposition to the latter to the sun. On htat date the fiery planet will have come within its least pos- sible distance to the earth—a matter FRAZIER CRITICIZES SUGAR TARIFF DELAY Senator of La Follette Group Charges Wait Costs Thous- sands Daily. Charging_that delay in reducing the sugar tariff as recommended by the Tariff Commission is costing the American people thousands of dollars a day, Senator Frazier of North Da- kota, one of the La Follette-Wheeler supporters, issued a statement last night criticising the President be- cause of his failure to act on the recommendation. In his statement Senator FrazierJ said that William V. Hodges, whom he eharacterized as a “paid lobbyist and advocate of high duties on sugar,” is treasurer of the Republican national committee. . ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, August 9 (Special). —Miss Mary Josephine White of Washington has accepted the prin- cipalship of St. Agnes’ Episcopal School for Girls, which will open here this Fall for the first time. Miss White is a graduate of several schools and comes here from Fairmont Semi- nary, Washington. More than 60 students have already registered for the term, which opens September 24. Miss White will be at Christ Church Tuesday and Friday mornings at 10 o'clock to meet the new students. George C. Cole has been appointed chairman of the committee of Andrew Jackson Lodge, No. 120, A. F. and A. M., which will canvass for funds for the George W. Wright memo- rial planned for aged Masons of the jurisdiction. Reports made to Charles H. Callahan, grand master of Masons in Virginia, say that Masons through- out the State are enthusiastic over the program. More than 600 tickets had already been sold today by police and fire- men for the benefit ball game which will be played next Wednesday after- noon on Dreadnaught Park for George W. Whalen, boy fireman, who was serfously injured last Saturday morning while fighting a fire. The game will be between the two fire company teams of the Commercial League. Fifteen minutes after James H. Slaughter purchased a second-hand automobile last night it was a wreck. Taking the machine to his home, Slaughter’s brother collided with a machine driven by W. H. Kilby, Mount Vernon. & . Many options are being considered by the board of directors of the new hotel, but as yet there has been no selection of a site, nor is it belleved they will be ready to purchase before the meeting next week. Elgar J. Deeley, fifty-three years old, died Thursday night at his home here. He was a painter. Funeral services were held this morning at St. Mpry’s Catholic Church, and were conducted by Rev. Louls Smet, pastor. Burial. was in St. Paul's Cemetery. : Painting--P; Homes, Clubs, Schools, Office Buildings, Apartment Houses Harry W. Taylor 72333 18th St N.\’V. CeL 1077 FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 ' Service Charge Never Over §1.00 STUDEBAKER " Just Drive It; That's All Supremacy of some 35,000,000 miles. Tt also will register its greatest brilliancy. Jupiter holds first claim as a top liner. Its light shines out from the Scorpion in the southern sky, a bea- con to all star lovers. But Mars, the god of war, is in fighting spirit. Ob- servers have been watching its bril- liancy increase nightly as he trails his rival across the sky. On the 22d the planet is due for top-notch place—a short-lived distinc- tlon, won but every fifteen or seven- teen yvears. It was last in opposition in 1909. Previous to that in 1892 On these earthward visits Mars 1ops off over 165,000,000 miles of the distance between us. At other pe- riods during the fifteen years this flaming world recedes so far from the 2arth that it is hardly as bright as the Pole star, the greatest distance from us being 209,000.000 and the shortest 35,000,000. Nightly trips are made to the suburbs by Washington citizens interested in astronomy, to watch these brilllant planets vie with each other. = Changes in Stations of Army and Navy Officers Of Interest to Capital ARMY. The President has accepted the resignations of Second Lieut. Adolph P. Rasmussen, Corps of Engineers, and Second Lieut. Harry E. Bodine, jr., Cavalry. First Lieut. C. C. Moseley, Air Sesv- ice, has been detailed to duty with the California National Guard, with station at Los Angeles. NAVY. Capt. Powers Symington of the third naval district has been detailed as captain of the navy yard, delphia, relieving Capt. M. E. Trench, #ho has been tranaferred to the sixth naval district, Charleston, 5 Lieut. Commander J. W. Gates has been transfered from the Cincinnati to the Omaha; Lieut. Comdr. W. M. Quigley, from the Omaha to Los An. geles, Calif.; Lieut. Comdr. G. K. Stod- dard, from the Sapelo to command the Charles Ashburn; Comdr. R. E. Hoyt, Medical Corps, from Ports- mouth, N. H., to the Mercy; Lieut. Commander H. W. Cole, Medical Corps, from Pensacola to the Antares; Lieut. Comdr. E. L. Jones, Medical Corps, from the Idaho to the navy yard, Mare Island, Calif.; Lieut. Comdr. J. G. Zeigler, Medical Corps, from the Naval Hospital,. this city, to the naval station, Guam; Lieut. W. E. Carskadon, Medical Corps, from Philadelphia to this city; Lieut. E. C. O'Connell, Dental Corps, from the Texas to the marine barracks. Quan- tico, Va.; Lieut. F. M. Ingersoll, Den- tal Corps, from this city to San Fran- cisco; Lieut. C. H. Hastings, Chaplains’ Corps, from the Mercy to the Naval Home, Philadelphia; Lieut. W. A. Maguire, Chaplains’ ‘Corps, to Lake- hurst, N. J. O. D. Butler, from the navy yard, Washington, D. C, to the Langley, and Ensigns A. W. Bryan, B. E. Manseau, Walker, L. D. Whitgrove and M. R. Williams, to the Naval Academy. e Narrow fringes of monkey or goat fur or even beads finish the edges of an k tl by el pat them into effect. How- ed signs. Samples of American flour of dif- terent grades, including grades, along with price hsts, proven satisfactory in markets. cheaper have Brazian " BEFORE SELECTING —YOUR HOME FOR THE WINTER, IN- SPECT OUR APART- MENTS. AT THIS TIME THERE ARE AVAILABLE SEV- ERAL VERY AT- TRACTIVE TWO, THREE AND FOUR ROOM, KITCHEN, RECEPTION HALL BATH APART- M . REASON- ABLE RENTALS AND TWENTY. FOEUR-HOUR SERV- ICE. - THE ARGONNE 16th & Col. Rd. £ 2 i ] B ————e———— BT L L T T Available Sept. 1 A Large Block of Space in the Southern Building $9.43 e R, 2 MAN STRUCK DON, SKULL FRACTURED Hit by Traction Car and Criti- cally Injured—Other Traffic Accidents Noted. Santiago Mejors, 55, 1402 Harvard street, crossing at 14th and Girard streets yesterday afternoon was knocked down by a southbound Capital Traction car and critically in- Jured. The injured man was taken to Gar- field Hospital, where physiclans said his skull and several ribs were frac- tured. Theodare Diegelman, 8 214 Twelfth street southwest, was knocked down by an automobile near the 13th street entrance to the Agricul- tural Department ' grounds yester- day afternoon, and bruised. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. James Matthews and Willlam A. Cole, 909 Twenty-fifth street, were occupants of an automobile that was struck by a street car at Four.and- a-Half and F streets southwest' last night and overturned. They refused hospital treatment for slight injuries. Child Hurt by Automobile. While crossing in front of his home, 235 Twelfth place northeast, iast night, James Cusack, 4, was knocked down by an automobile and his face cut. He was treated at Casualty Hispital and taken home. J. T. Croy, 817 West Virginia ave- nue northeast, was injured last night as a result of a collision between two automobiles at 11th and H streets northeast. One of the ma- chines crossed the sidewalk and dam- THE STORK ALWAYS HAs A 8(G BILL,BUT YOU DONT MIND IT SO MUcH IF YOU OWN YOUR OWN HOME Every dollar put into a home is an investment, not an ex- pense. The rent money saved will pay the visit of the stork several times over. Let us furnish you with a low cost estimate for everything you need to build just the home you want. 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Established 1899 Circle Potomac 2200 Mémber Washington Real Estate Board TO HELP ENTERTAIN HOLY NAME VISITORS Board of Trade President Suggests Subscriptions to Fund for Convention Delegates. The Washington Board of Trade has sent to each of its members a letter, signed by President E. F. Colladay and Secretary Arthur Carr, calling at- tention to the coming national con- vention of the Holy Name Soclety in September. The members are re- quested to aid financially and are fur- nished with a subscription blank for that purpose. The letter reads: “On September 18, 19, 20, 21, 1924, the national convention of the Holy Name Socleties will be held in Wash- ington. “It is expected that 150,000 visitors will come to the National Capital, thus making it one of the largest gather- ings for convention purposes ever held in the city. . “The local committee on arrange- ments is busily engaged In making preparations for the adequate accom- modation of all who participate. Nec- essarily, this work entails a consid- erable financial expenditure, which aged the fence in front of Douglass Memorial Church. Other Cars in Collision. Robert Cox, 18, residing near Ana- costia, was injured last night as a result of a collisior® between his bi- cycle and an automobile on Living- ston road southeast. He was treated at Casualty Hospital for a sprained ankle. Automobiles driven by Dorothy Spfrits, 1924 Fourth street, e Oliver Kirkman, 840 Jefferson street, collided at 5th and U streets this morning about 6 o'clock. Mrs, Kirk- man and her daughter were cut by broken glass. They were treated at Freedmen's Hospital and taken home. can only be met by individual dona- tions. ““The.large sums of money expended in Washington by our visitors direct- 1y or indirectly bemefit every citizen, as well as those engaged in special lines of business, “The Washington Board of Trade is desirous of assisting in every way possible in making this convention a success from all standpoints. We have tendered our co-operation in maintaining an information and reg- istration booth, and are equally anx- fous to help In’ raising the conveniton fund. “With this thought in mind we are Writing to request that you contribute to the convention fund in_ such an amount as you feel able. Kindly fill in the inciosed blank and forward same to National Holy Name Conven- tion Committee, 1314 Massachuretts avenue northwest, Washington, D. C. Your support and co-operation in this matter will be greatly appreciated by all concerned.” CAVALRY IN TRAINING. 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