Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1924, Page 32

32 APARTMENT BLAZE TRAPS OCCUPANTS Firemen Rescue Binney Dwellers—Fire in Base- ment Does $3,000 Damage. Numerous occupants of the Binney irtments, 1408 Girard street, wes pped on the upper floors early las iight by smoke from a fire in the asement. Firemen onding to alarms succeeded in getting hem safely from the building. Prompt response and effective work the firemen kept the fire confined ) the basement. Origin of the fire termined, and the damage ately $3,000. tarted in one 1 the base- | tle detected larm, J. M “policeman, occupant partments, hearing her, notifying occupants of to leave the re assisted in partments account of the however, it was impossible them to descend the had to be assisted by ) feared children, dense smoke, for ¥ irs the for fire- the but it ing on cre easily 4 fifth child being out of the | Heat Breaks Windows. , United seue work i ¢ basement. basement win- blaze to reach ireate [ ense heat broke the permitting the oss tie alley the basement ceiling but the fi did first floor. Several thou- were attracted tosthe required the efforts of | rom three precinets rs at a safe dis- building. wiis | \ ! it | d and motorists were T detour. tia fire companies responded | \arm shordy after 6 o'clock | mornin and found ar Gar- | outh- Anac an Origin | i e started a blaze | Sixth street | lock this morning. vered before much been gained and only ted wires were blamed curred in the police it of the District re- )1 strect southwest, sterd 'nwrnmg.“ as not damaged. | had URGE 40TH INFANTRY | REGIMENT BE REVIVED | Reserves Ask That Group Inactive Until Defense Day Be Organ- ized Here. Lieut. Col. John Scott, U. S, xecutive officer for the Was Units of the Organized Re- visiting the com- of the 3d Corps . to ascertain th ture status of the 40th United S Infanry (inacive). This reiment was formed by Lieut. Col. Irancis A. Awl, Infantry Of- Reserve Corps, on Defense day. then the reserve officers igned t9 the regiment ire th continue the v has as its parent the 12th United States of which is stationed Ma. | 1 it is found ents can be completed fou the continuing of the 40th Infantry, under the super- vision of the reserve officers, credit will go to Washington for the first reserve center to make active with reserve officers an inactive regi- ment of the Regular Army. If the la ccessful it may develop of the War Department to make active with reserve officers all inactive units of the Regular Army in a like manner. In peace time a limited number of reserve officers may be assigned 10 a Regular Army unit. It is upon this, according to the executive of- r of the regiment, that the re- crve officers are basing their hopes for keeping active the regiment. After Col. Scott completes his in- formation, a meeting of the officers will be called for early in November at the Graham Building, at which lime the future fate of the regiment will be announced. orzanization Infantry, at ~ Centrally Located| e Moderate Rentals, Salesmen Constantly Talking Relieved Using 5<:fP'1e'\|\C'|lr\(“,ughbr aTOr NATIONAL CAPITOL o™ MGnChfi!m PUBLIC SeeAKEns ay Cough Drops RSONS TRLELED WTH Y SEVER £ ANSA CATARRY GEOR%'E‘J MUELLER INC. ESTABLISHED 1340 | NETWEIGHT 12 02, . 34TH YEAR . ) : Worlung the Nelghbor I had a headache in my brow, and said to Gaffer Gray: “Oh, neigh- bor, will you milk my cow, and feed my hens- their hay? I feel too ill to do my chores, I'm frantic with the pain; I feel as though a dozen sores had festered in my brain. When you have spasms in your neck, or boils that need the lance, I'll do as much for you, by heck, and glad to have the chance.” “Your own dire burdens you must pack,” old Gaffer Gray replied; “I have lum- bago_in my back, and stitches in my side. I have the foot-and-mouth disease, my life is far from sweet, and I have spavins on my knees and ringbones on my fcet. I'm feeling like an urthquake now, a tortured frame is mine, and still 1 milk my old roan cow and feed my spotted swine. And still I round up du and geese and lock them in their shed; and in my bosom there is peace when I repair to bed. My neighbors have their chores ta do, and they are sore distrest, and they are anxious to get through, and she their shoes and rest. And if I asked them over here to do the evening chore, they might obligingly appear, but they'd think me a bore. I do not call upon my friends while I can walk a yard; for nearly always t'riemlxhip ends when it is worked | too hard.” And so I fed my hungry s and groomed the raging the neighbors shuddered at my howls, but thought my courage fine. (Copyright.) WALT MASON. IR, FOBCE DRAGS RIVER FOR DROWNED MAN {Body of Unidentified Victim of Collision at Indian Head Not Yet Recovered. Iy 8 Staff Correspondent. INDIAN HEAD, Md In an_effort to locate the body of a man drowned in the Potomac River when two vesels collided off the main deck of the naval powder factory here Friday night, a number of men are dragging the river here tod The work is being done at the re quest of th Standard Ofl Company, owners of a tanker in the collision. A. N. Rob resentative La | that several officials from Baltimor me over yesterday with more de- s as to the point at which the man d to have gone overboard. Noth- ing is known of him, except that he October 12 Plata, said today W pasenger aboard a small oyster | ve which was in collision with the tanker. The oyster boat wa. bound for Washington and the tanker down stream. His name id to be Barnes, about 21 years of . from { Monday Point, the home port of the oyster vessel The collision occurres about 10:30 o'clock Friday the drowned man jumped overboard, apparently Wwith the idea of swimming ashore. A detail of police from the harbor precinct force under Lieut. Lohman at Washington hurried down here Saturday to aid in the dragging, but left when they could get no details it s d, night, id to ha of. the accident or the apparent point | of drowning. e Raussians to Sing. The Russian Cathedral Singers will give a concert tonight at § o'clock at the First Congregational Church Tenth and G stree All Russians and will ng in their na- The program will con- st of Russian Cathedral music, folk gs and selections in English from veral operas. concerts at the church this year. Lient. Rittenhouse Assigned. Lieut. «David Ritténhonse, 1. Nav; at the naval air station, Ana- costia, has been assigned to the Air-| craft Squadron, battle fleet, for duty | involving flylng. Us About the Eye Troubles Cemsult Our Optometrist M. A. LEESE °;7on > 614 9th St. Branck 712 11th Street A Hallmark of Excellence T As applied to PLUMB- ING, the name COLBERT has the same force as the sterling stamp on silver. €1 This reputation is the reward of long years of standardized service to a satisfied clientele. 27 Ready to serve you whatever your Plumbing requirememts. Maunce J. Colbert eating—Plumbing—Tinning + Phone Main 3016-3017 LIST YOUR NTED AND VACANT REAL ESTATE WITH J. 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