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G $1,000 SUBSCRIBED FOR NEW CHURCH Cosmospolitan Baptist Con- gregation Seeks Aid in 90-Day Campaign. About $1.000 has already been sub- scribed to the fund for a new church building for the National Cosmopoli- tan Baptiat Institutional Church, colored, now located on N street be- ~ tween Ninth and Tenth streets north- west, It was announced last night by Dr. Simon P. W. Drew. The 90-day campaign to last through November, December and January has been organized into team work. and reports from their actlvities already show, Dr. Drew stated, that prominent ctiizens of ‘Washington are rallying to the need for rehousing the religious and insti- tutional work of the church. Among the contributions are the following: Wade H. Cooper, presi- dent of the Continen Trust Co., 3500; W. W. Chiswell, president of the People’s Mutual Benefit Insur Co., $100; Samuel J. Prescott, Commissioner James F. Oyster. Henry Eaton, $25; J. Silas] Harris, $25; Thomas P. Littlepuge, 3 Walker Thomas, $10; E. C. Snyder, $10 Headquarters for Drive. Headquarters &f the drive are at 1317 “orcoran street northwest, Phone N. 3608. Charles W. Wardman 15 treasurer of the campalgn; P. C. Spaulding, manager. Competition among the teams of the campaign s keen not only from enthusiasm to raise funds for the church, but also on account of four prizes, which are to be given those turning in the largest amounts. The rrizes are: First, automoblle; second, fon of coal; third, barrel of flour; fourth, a gold watch. In connection with drive is a 90-day drive by the American White Cross Free Labor Bureau, affiliated with the church, «nd located at 1317 Corcoran street, to help give employment to both domestic help and colored laborers. Organized in 1904, he Cosmopolitan Church was or- ganized In 1904 as an institutional ohurch, and as such promotes the American White Cross Free Labor | Pureau, giving thousands of unem- ed work free of charge. Citizens of Washington as well as members of the congregation have | been called upon for funds to re- place the present church, which is old and in bad conditio: The financial drive h dorsed by Commission Ogster, the Minlaters Tnion of the District Bishop It P the financial in- es F. and Deacons’ of Columbia, | Brooks, Rev. | executive of *the Federation | of Churct cretary MOON WILL DARKEN NORTHERN U. §. Dearborn Professor Defines Path of Eclipse Shadow Next January. ™ <hs Assnciated Pres CHICAGO, November 15 ipse of the sun next January cast a shadow approximately 100 | & wide across tha nor section of the United Stat Philip Fox of Deaborn Obser Northwestern University, explain The The shadow of the moon will first | & earth at sunrige, he sald,| 2 point in northarn Minnesota | ‘o the northeast of Red Lake. From | e it will creep and south across the Great Lakes, across New York, northern Pennsylvania, Con- nectieut and Rhode Islan d then out over the Atlantle, swinging to the north, leaving the' earth at sun- set at a point roughly midway be-| tween the Shetland and Faroe Islands. “The following polints central line will sufficiently define the path: Beaver Bay, Minn.; Es- canaba, Mich.; Hamiiton, Ontario: Buffalo, N. Y.; New Haven, Conn., and Montauk Point, R. I. The path, however, will be wide enough to in- :lude such citles as Rochester, N. Y., and Scranton, Pa. On the Hudson River the shadow path reaches from Athens to upper New York City, The Jast land@ touched fn North Amer- ica is Nantucket. ng the BALLOU IS SPEAKER. School Superintendent Addresses Assembly at Langley. Recitation, poems and a musical program featured the weekly as- gembly Thursday at the Langley Junior High School The assembly | was In_charge of esction 9A3, of which M Anna N. Thrasher is teacher. Those who took part in the pro- gram were Harold Porton., Ruth Al- . Margaret Jones, James Matthews and Speeches were made Bv Dr. Frank W. Ballou, supsrinten- t of schools, and Henry W. Draper, tpal of Langle | Enthusiasm f{s that temper of mind 1 which the tmagination has got the Better of the judgment. ° THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. NOVEMBER 716. 1924—PART T. CEREMONY INCIDENT TO TRANSFER OF KEY BRIDGE AUTHORITY EUNIRDL []F BRIDGE Left to right—>Maj. Bldge. to Maj. J. Franklin Hell. bridges; Commlisnioner James F. t VICTIM OF STROKE IS BURNED TO DEATH! Almshouse Inmate Caught in Flam- ing Leaves While Lying Helpless. Special Dispatch to The Star. WILKES-BARRE, Pa.. 16—To be rendered helpless stroke and then burned almost crisp was the fate of Anthon kevicz, of Luzerene, an in the almshouse zt Retrea opinfon of the attaches an investigation after t of his remains today. Koskevicz was missed night when a check-up was n After a search of the premises failed to reveal his whereabouts it was concluded that he had taken French leave. Not until the gruesome covery today on the bLanks of th Susquehanna River was the mystery of his disapp ce solved. to attaches is believed pipe ignited re he was b, ate at the ashes of aves in the fleld w fter he had fallen from ‘nable to move, it is thou e remained the spot the leaves finally ignited his clothing nd ended his life. Credence to this belief is given by fact that the position of his body indicated & struggle to reach the water 40 feet away. PLAN OF CO-OPERATION KEEPS MINE RUNNING | Colliery Owned by Rail Brether- hood Men Working Non- Unlon Miners. By the Assoctated Pross, HARLESTON, W. Va. 16.—The Brotherhood and Prenter mines of the Coal River Collierles Co., owned principally by members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engl- | neers, are working with about men on a co-operative basis by whi each emplo; becomes u stockholder in the company, and none of the non- union men thus employed h: work recently, operating off the company declared today. J. T. Dunigan, general and Charles E. Sanberg, superintendent of the mines, decl that statements reported to have been made In Cleveland last night by official of the United Mine Workers of America that the non-union had quit were false. The mines are located on Creek, Boone County, W. Va. Warren 8. Stone mine of the company at Ashford has been ci down for some time, Mr. Dunigan said. O R P STEEL PRICES ADVANCE IN YOUNGSTOWN REGION Republic to Start Another Blast | Furnace—Heavy Inquiries Are Reported. By the Associated Pre: YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, November 15, —Announcement that the Republic Iron and Steel Company would start another blast furnace next week, and that bar and plate prices had been advanced by leading independents. today marked the rising tide in the | stoel industry of the Youngstown dis- trict. The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, leading independent of this district, and other companies, an- nounced prices of $2.10 a hundred for bars and $1.90 for plati Bars have been selling es low as $1.90 anc plates as low as $1.60 a hunderd. All iron and steel manufacturers report heavy belleve will result in sufficient orders to put many idle units Into opera- tion in the near future. Learn The High Lights November | al Kos- | the . PHILIPPIN dis- | until | November | men | inquiries which they | A. 0’'Comnor, Army engineer oficer for thix territor: ineer Co mmissioner of the District. Oth: er and Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolp! ?Special Envelope Is Adopted for Use of Air Mail The Post ~Office Department has adopted @ regulation en- velope for the air mafl service. The envelope is white with thres stripes across its face. red, white and Llue. The envelopes are not to be fur- nished by the departmeht, but sers of the air mail service may ave their own printed striped envelope was adopt- in order to facilitate the iden ation of matter to be sent by ail, and it is for the exclu- of that service that the cuvelope Is intended. E FREEDOM ISSUE TO LAY OVER! | Next Congress Unlikely to Consider? Legislation on Inde- | pendence. | | tration offcials d | peet estion of Philipy | pender Weeks heard no would be session for consideration. | time of the visit of the| Independence Commission | s country some months ago the| imissioners’ were informed that | ] fndependence legislation must | | rest unless it could be shown bevond {auestion that the project put for-| o overwhelming bac! ppine people the that the subject during the t the sine the not reached a point as tood here, where it is| the Philippine leaders to make any conclu at the whole people favor belteved th will be abl £howing t the project e SCOUT TURKEY SHORTAGE Reports Indicate Huge Stock on Hand in Cold Storage. ent | i | reports that there s | tage of turkeys Is not borne out | cold storage reports of the United | States Department of Agriculturs, | | The = of turkeys in cold stor- age nber 1, according to the ra- ports. was 4,010,000 pounds. It is stated the large stocks In storage year are due to the heavy pro- duction of birds in 1923. Production this year has been cut about 25 per lcent, aceording to reports recaived by |the Department, and it s expected that there will be heavy withdrawals | of storage stocks Approximately ve 1,400,000 pounds of turkeys have been withdrawn from | storage since October 1 this véar, | when stocks totaled 5,390,000 pounds. | Department say that the| g00d quality of turkevs is preserved | by modern cold storage methods. ¢ Edwards & v Y wardas Diamonds Before you purchase sce our special lige of rings at $25, $50, $75, $100 B 3 3 beautital; set 1 latest strte; 9175 A T-atc 2t ot t 1 D].“n“:none cluster ring, set in sso Beautiful platinnm top bar five diamonds, six sap- sllo Breceier, platinum ror. e $65 gren peaatital atemonds. v, $100 { “colored man.” | sister, | OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT Jewelers—704 7th St. GOES TO DISTRICT War Department Hands Over Supervision of New Potomac Span. . The Distridt Commissioners now have supervision over the Key Eridge and the Government reservation form- ing the Virginla approach. The formal transfer of authority over the bridge took place at the Dis- trict Bullding yesterday afternoon, when Maj. James A. O'Connor, rep- resenting the War Department en- gineer office, handed the necessary papers to Engineer Commissioner Bell. The bridge cost $2,600,000. Others present at the ceremony were Commissioner Rudolph, C over jurisdiction of Kev are Daniel Macomb, city engineer of BRIDE'S PARENT HELD COLORED IN RECORD Sister of Rhinelander's Wife Also Bigned as Colored in Getting Marriage License. By the Associated Pres: NEW YORK, November 15.—Rec- ords in the office of the county clerk of Westchester County disclose that in making application for naturali- zation papers in 1895 George Jones, father of Alice Beatrice Jones, whose marriage to Leonard Kip Rhineland- er was recently revealed, signed a form which haracter! d him as® a Declaration of intention to become an American citizen by Jones read “I, George Jones (colored man), de- clare on oath that it {8 in bona fide my intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce forever all allegiance to any foreign prince, potentate or soverelgnty whatever, and particularly to the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland.” The application for marriage license, signed by Mrs. Rhinelander's Emily, and Robert David a gardener, sets forth that olore, Brooks, both are (¢] BRIETY W tonians soon will re- ceive checks for their Christmas Savings Funds the result of systematic e fort to acco purpose Use part of your check to accomplish another defi- nite purpose. 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It is probable that at soms future time the Distriot approach to the bridge will be further ynproved with o view to expediting movement of traffic. It was learned yesterday that when such plans are taken up, con- sideration will be given to the erec- tion of & monument commemorative of the War of 1812, and also in mem- ory of Prancis Scott Key. Snake's Steam-Heated Den. Slim, & five-foot bull snake, has ob- | tained w lifetime lease on steam.| heated 1iving quarters. The abode :laimed by Siim, situated in a cave in hot spring crater where the hot water has ceased to flow, but the steam and hot gases still issue through the opening, was discovered by a party of Government naturalists while on a visit here recently, says an Associated Press dispatch from Yellowstone Park. Daniel Macomb, HART SCHAFFNER & MARX POPULACE ACCLAIMS HONDURAN VICTORY General Tosta Returns Triumph- antly From Pursuit of Revo- lutionary Leader. Ferrera. By the Associated Press. SAN'SALVADOR, Republic of Siiva- dor, November 15.—The return Teguclgalpa of Gen. Clcente Tos! the provisional president of Honduras. from his nu”bt of the revolutionary leader, Gen. Ferrera, is told of In Tegucigalpa dispatch recéived here today. He was halled by the populace as the saviour of the count be- cause of his success In leading the government troops to victory over the rebellious forces. Triumphal arches were erected and the streets | were_strewn with flowers. A great parade and a banquet to- night brought to a close the cele- bration over the end of the revolu- tion and the restoration of peacs in Honduras. The active army has been demobilized. © 1924 Hart Schaffner & Marx THE YOUNG MEN WHO WEAR OVERCOATS WILL CONSTRUCT PLANE. College Men Expect Machine ita Cost ' About $550. 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