Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1924, Page 4

e e o vmen 0 & — POSTPONE BONBING| OF DREADNALEHT Better Weather Is Awaited.i Washington Survives | Hour’s Bombardment. siated Pross Va. November 22 f the ability of the hull of the superdreadnaught Washington to and aerial bombing have been i temporartly naval officis morn k h have been in prog two days. will be resumed | first clear day, it was said| val ¢ i about 15 de superdreadr was afloat, despi io battleship | vday continued | et of 14 Attacks by and again les of armor S of the the air passed cxpests who ex fter the shooting ines been i would have new el AUTO DRIVER GUILTY IN DEATH OF 6 MEN| | | Leonard Reid of Prominent New- foundland Family Must Go to Jail. | ated Press. e ST JHNS, N, Leonara William head of November the me of manslaughter of six men in ber when indland a jury urt here vesterday based on the death an accident t tha automobile Reid was driving hit a group of World War veterans and then over- turned in a ditch, killing four of the The victims included two icers of the war and tw officers of H. M. S, Constance. o "0 Reid w sentenced to 12 imprisonment Fourteen veterans of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment were about to enter a bus after a reunion Sep- tember 15 when the Reid E | them. Two were Whitt secretar, Vetarans' Asso the military cross, and Lieut. Willlam | King. | The automobile then swerved and | went down n embankment, Killi four of its eight occupants. They | were: Lieut. Comdr. J. G. O'Calla- kan of H. M. Constance Lieut. Burrough, also of the Constance; George Harrison of Chatham, N. B, | Which months’ an accountant at the Bank of Mon-|¢ treal, and Clinton Duder of St. John's. | MAYFLOWER 'SOCIETY TO RESIST PACIFISM Governor General of Body Declares It Members' Duty to Stamp Out All Isms. i | | | { | —Descend- vflower's passengers | id to stamp out radi- | P isms, and | militant | Canstitution agalns who attack it, Addison P. M Providence, R. L. governor | f the General Soclety of | £afd in _an| address last nig the annual din- | ner of the Masvachusetts Society. It| was doubtful, he said, whether any | of the amendments to the Constitu- tion since the fifteanth, which gave | equal rights to negroes, was an im- al trouble-maker has just | r run for President, attack- ing the supremacy of the Supreme Court,” sall Mr. Munroe. “His over- whelming defeat is a credit to the American electorat Asserting that while the were J ful people, the and practiced self-defens roc said: “Like our forefathers, the members of our society are not pacifists, but when occasion requires will fight and fight hard.” The dinner marked the 304th anni- versary of the signing in the cabin of the Mayflowsr, off Cape Cod, of the compact under which the Pil- grims governed themselves. GIRL, 19, IS HELD INAFEAR BY SUBSCONSCIOUS MIND Controls Her Actions and Keeps Patient From Revealing Identity. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, November 22.—The iden- tity of the 19-year-old girl suffering a lapse of memory at the county hospital came nearer to becoming es- tablished yesterday than at any pre- vious time, when a man called the hospital and said his were the initials appearing In a note book carried by the girl when she was found uncon- scious in the Union Station a few days ago. The man withheld his identity, but eaid his fiwt name was Edward and the girl's Lrst name was Ethel. The initlals were E. H. S. When a nurse called her Ethel, the ®irl responded as if to answer, but set her lips tightly and was silent. The girPs subconscious mind was said by hospital attendants to be re- sponsible for an unknown fear that 18 controlling her consclousness and keeping her from disclosing her name. The doctors are seeking to deaden her consciousness in order to allow them to hear directly from the sub-sconscious influences, and. were prepared to administer ether to ac- ‘complish this end if their present mothods fail. The patient’s physical | gondition is normal. 3 ) (8 mad; e Pilgrim: | Hiils, another four years 1 will [Detter | said, should i tems the same as w | Post of MacMillan Plans To Make Study of Northern Lights| | le Associated Press. | SYRACUSE, N. Y., Directly under lghts, where their shifting bril- lance fills the air with a sound he likens to faint rustling of silk or crackling of tissue ald B. MacMillan, Arctic will establish next summer manent scientific station, where he hopes to discover what the aurora is and how it can be har- nessed to serve civilization. he said at Oswego. . His first <, to measure the northern light from the earth, in order that its potentlal power might be estimated BUSINESS FEARS HERE DISSIPATED Babson Declares He Finds| Conditions Satisfactory and | People “Happy.” | November 22. the northern he said, would be distance of the ishington to- isfactory than two y are Leen case for in the opinion of R prominent economist of Welle: Mass. Mr. Babson has made study of business conditions in the Cap- ital during the vs and finds ation mu ago.’ ity r on the part of Lankers the more conservative sts that Washington was built. 1f the Democrats successful in the last campaign, this might have been Washington real estate in- terests and merchants are now safe for | ‘he only danger acing Washington today is the cramped condition of the boundaries. C should do something, either to enfran- chise the District of Columbla or else :d its boundares.” Wages Reach Peak. Babson declared that the P arming situation in the West have a direct t on a much | feeling in Washington during | next two years. Kasy money con- | . he said, will also help the i well as the real estate ests in Washington and vicinit that it looks as if w their peak for the time R, n textile and building trades. ) be b clal to W n\h-‘ ington and its permanent and better interests. Mr. Babson found in Washington stores com vorably with those in the 26 other where statistics have been compi his organization. Washington mer- | chants, he said, are not overstocked and | can_therefore take antage of any | market declines in merchandise whic h\ may come about. Me looks for a very | g00d Christmas business in Washington next month. the diti mers & retafl prices | fa- | Sees Power Consolidation. considerable regarding found investors The economist interest among the “violent activity” on the stock exchange in New York. during the past few days. He gave as his opin- these securities the fol- ment: “High-grade tax- | able corporation bonds may be U—mr: porarily rather igh. Moderate re-| actlon is expected with ultimately | igher prices next year. High-grade | " | non-taxable bonds are, however. still| | a purchase, and w ultimately sell at considerably higher prices. ‘Many stocks are still a purchase Although selling at_ higher prices| than before the presidential election, hey are now a safer purchase even t the slightly higher prices. It is worth the difference to have the political situation ciarified. Public are where the rallroads wer s ago, when one was obliged nge cars five times and tr: partly by water in going from Wash- ington to Chicago. The present power systems are destined to be consoli- dated into the great superpower sys- = the individ- ds more than half a cen- ual railr tury ago. Says People Here Happy. Mr. Babson said the copper situ- atlon will be benefited by acceptanee of the Dawes plan by Europe, w both domestic and European cou- sumption should greatly increase dus- ing the next few years. “Let me say,” he concluded, “that during the 25 vears that I have been visiting Washington 1 e never| before found the best people of the city so happy with the situ: on as they are at present. Irrespective of , there Is a feeling of thank- s and confidence in the city which has not existed for years.” HUSBAND GIVEN' DIVORCE. Proceedings Assessed Against Co-respondent. Justice Stafford of the District Su- preme Court has granted an interloc- decree of absolute divorce to m C. Blundon, real estate oper- ator, from his wife, Katherine 1. Blundon. The trial of the case oc- cupled seven weeks. The costs of the proceedings we ed by the court against Thad. B. Sargeant, named as_co-respondent by the husband. Mrs. Blundon, by the order of the court, is permitted to retain title to one piece of real estate, but is order- ed to convey her joint interest in oth- er properties to the husband. Blun- don is required to pay Attorney Ru- dolph H. Yeatman, counscl for the wife, $1,000 on account of his fee, the balance to be paid by the wife. The husband was represented by At- torneys Alvin L. Newmyer, S. McCo- mas Hawken and George F. Havell. LOCAL WRITER B_URIED. Mrs. Ruth Gardiner Author of Sev- eral Books. Funeral service: for Mrs. Ruth Kimball Gardiner, 52 vears old, said to be the first woman newspaper cor- respondent in this city, who died at her residence, 1022 Vermont avenue, Wednesday, were conducted at Hy- song’s funeral parlors at 10 o'clock toda. Following the services the body was cremated. Mrs. Gardiner for 15 years wrote a daily column for a local newspaper. She was the widow of Cornelius Gardiner, Washington correspondent, who died in 1911. Mrs. Gardiner first came to this city as a correspondent for the S Paul Globe. She was the author of several books. She was a press representative of the ~National League of Woman Voters. A S Joyrider Gets Year. Paul E. Davis, charged with joy- riding, was sentenced today by Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 2 to serve one year at Occoquan. The boy took an automobile without per- mission of the owner. James R. Pride, colored, charged with a similar of- fense, was also glven a term of one year, but was placed on probation. [Total Is Expected to Pass| | the | the Cardinal b THE EVENING' T RED CROSS FUND REACHES S50 $30.000 by First of Week, | When Reports Come In. With the receipt today of $657 from | Department of Agriculture em- ployes, the total in the voll call of the Distriet jumped to about $25,000, it was nounced he roll call committee t ing back to the chapter ‘kson place, where all were urged to make reports today. As many of roll calls have been made be heard from and as few of schools have reported, the roll officials confidently expect the by the first of the week to $30,000, The intensive part of the campaign ended today, but all of next week will be spent in collecting outstand- ing pledges and promises and check ing up on places here and there that have not vet been visited by cam- | paign workers. | Air Ambulance Described. The remarkable development of the air ambulance was graphically dem- ated before a distingulshed a t national headquarters of the n Re yesterday by a 1l French mission to the United States o lay was house, team their the Thurches where | are yet to the call total reach als of the Army and ¥ av ation and medical services and mem bers of the diplomatic corps forn a large part of the audience wh heard Dr. J. Uzac, chief surgeon of crench army, and Prof. R. Picgue, ant chief of the French health describe the distinct adva 1 transportation of the service, tages of aerl sick and woun The ofti George A cinbassy by motion pict presented by Gen Dumont of the French lecture, illustrated| cen at the tront in northern Africa, air- plane transportation of the wounded not only was speedier, but eliminated ating sgony caused by the and bumping of ground am- wd camions. that ©y took many badly woundud rs now re- | Juire ¢ hours and tients Inevitably arriv dition, said Dr. Uzac. < nces where wounded were sped by ambulan Aleppo and f the banks of ity of Aintob was completely surrounded by | ¥ tribesmen French air ambu-| es, commanded by Col. Dernain, flew into the ¢ evacuated 80 | wounded | Motion p ures showed the transportation wounded Breguet airpl which carry two wounded in ad to a doctor or nurse. Electrically ted bed cove . and the actual consisting XYyR® inhalation nks, ampules * hypodermic injections, hot drinks sgings and Iinstruments. A tour- niguet can be applied or bleeding vessels clamped off while in the air Dr. Uzac stated that the French medi- cal service and flying corps were co- operating in the development of larger alr ambulances to carry as many as 12 vounded. The humanitarian side of th velopment was obvious, declared Dr. since it resulted in saving the lives of many of the dangerously wounded The extension of this new means of porting sick and wounded through » collaboration of the American Red 08 1d the Red Cross s ties of other nations is foreseen as a resuit of the Fren ment. Neutraliz: tion of air insuring their free movement without being fired upon, will be sought by international agree- ment, Dr. Uzac declared. smail of f North Pitt str nt. ball club, was Court today on geventeenth or twenty-first charge of drunkenness during the year. The exact number was not determined. Anderson held for the action of the grand when it wae charged he had a pint quor on the running board of a car beside him. He was fined $50 for throwing a bott in the street and $10 for being drunl Mrs. Mabel Gorman, who yesterday upset police court with her bitter ar- ralgnment of Acting Police Justice Aylett B. icol, was rel the detention room after two hours, when she apologized to the court. She declared she was sorry she staged in the courtroom Judge Nicol dismissed a carpenter ar- raigned in Poi | whom she charged with abuse. M E & h Alexander Herbert, 42 years cd yesterday at the home sister, Mrs. Charle Hill, followi ., She was a da ‘James R. Herbert of the 66-year-old loco- digd vesterday at outh Patrick street. He is v his wife and four children. The body will be taken to Gordonsville tomorrow, where funeral s will be held. motive his hom The Quick Way to Find What’s Lost —is through an adver- tisement in the Lost and Found Column of The likely to find the finder. Or if you have found something of value—the loser will be on the look- out for news of it in the Lost and Found Column. The Star prints MORE Classified ads every day than all the other papers here combined. STAR, WASHINGTO W the | sed from | for the tirade | when | “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office Arteco Linens Hand Decoratz Practical and Charming Gifts for the Home And the beauty of them is that their beautiful colors never fade, however ofte; they're used and laundered: Table Linens in Artistic Designs lLunch Cloth, 34 inches, $7. S-piece Iuncheon Sets, $5. 7-piece l.uncheon Sets. $7.50. Luncheon Sets cover and si match. $13.50. Hemstitched Table Cover. with 6 picot-edge napkins, $13.50. Table Cover and 4 Napkins, <uitable for bridge, $5.50 and $6.50. Art Embroidery Section hemstitched napkins to Second ficor Certain of its welcome is the Gift Urhbrella, knowing that it is not only an attractive gift, but a useful one, sure to be appreciated by man, woman or child. An Umbrella for the Woman Who Travels She’ll appreciate the con- venience of one of these suit case or grip umbrellas that is always ready for use, but never cumbersome to carry, because it folds up compact- ly in her suit case. Black and colors, $8 to $12. Men’s Umbrellas $5 to $20 A splendid variety of men’s umbrellas with handles of wood and horn; many styles; silver or gold trim- med. Umbrella. Section, First fioor. Sunbeam Gift Boxes To Make Your Gift More Beautiful Sunbeam Gift Boxes are gift boxes new, unusual, artistic. With a happy verse and a bit of rare color, they present your gift in its very best light and add to its attractiveness. Whether a gift large or small, you'll find a suitable Sunbeim Box in our large collection. 10c to 75¢c. Christmas Card Section, First floor. D. €, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 1924, dward & Ln —The Christmas Store < You With It y HERE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS WE ARE HELPING—Gifts suitably boxed at time of purchase upon reques: gifts daintily wrapped for presenta- tion at the gift-wrapping desk if it is a “take” package, or if it is a “send” g ' package you make arrangements for this service at the department when you purchase. Pack and Wrap all gifts purchased here for shipping. ‘ Shipping Charges on gifts to any shipping point in the United States. Prepay Engraving and Marking Without Charge Leather Goods and Traveling Goods costing over $1 stamped with Initials or name without charge. Jewelry and Silverware costing over $1 engraved with 1, 2 or 3 initials in script, block or Old English. 0 Canes and Umbrellas costing $3 or over engraved with 1, 2 or 3 initials without _ charge. " A New Men’s Gift Section Ready Monday ¥ On the Second floor, adjoining the Men's Store, we have opened a Men's Gift Section, comprising di tinctive gifts of many kinds. It is a service that wil' enable you to select from many and varied gifts in a very short while, thr To Avoid Delay in Delivery of Gifts Mailed Post Office Schedule should be followed, and gifts mailed not later tha listed: California and Far West, Dec. 13 Southwest Illinois, Iowa and other States of the Middle West cseneDEC TS Southern States .....Dec. 16 Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, Dec. 17 New England States. . Dec. 18 New York, Pa. and N. ], Dec. 19 Virginia, Maryland, West Va. and North Carolina, Dec. 20 “Do Not Open Until Christmas” Seals will be supplied upon request Christmas Gift Catalogue \Write or ask for this splendid gift book. It will help you with your gift buying. & e ZmE A T T Smart-Colored Silk Umbrellas Our Feature Value, $5 It isn't necessary to pay a high price for a smart colored silk umbrella when you may choose from such very attractive ones as these at $5. Hundreds of artistic new han- dles, carved wood and amberlite in the newest shades, cranberry red, shutter green. browns, purple, navy, taupe and black. 4 styles sketched. rop L AR s Arteco Linens Hand Decorated Gifts That the Woman W ho Keeps House Will Appreciate For the bedroom there are many delightful pieces and sets, each of which makes an attractive gift. Towels, hemmed, fringed, $1.50. Bedspreads, of English twill, that will retain their beauty after many launder- ings, are in two sizes: 80 x 104, $13.50 70 x 104, $12.50 Window Drapes, to match the bedspreads, $13.50. Dresser Scarfs, of tan and cream linen, $2 to $3. Vanity Sets, of 3 pieces, tan and cream linen, $1 to $2.25. Art $1; Embroiders Section foo New Fashion Exclusive New Handles from Vienna, Silk Umbrellas, $10 to $15 For the novel, artistic and new you'll want ta choose your gift from these exclusive new umbrellas “with Viennese handles, so very smart and different from anything you've seen. We sketch several of them, but you must see them to realize their coloring, their attractiveness and newness. They're in the stubby style and every good color. (} The smartly dressed woman carries a beautiful beaded. bdg quite as much to complete and color her costume as for its use. So the gift of a beaded bag, whether it be just a tiny change purse or a 0 orgeous affair with a jeweled frame, will prove most acceptable. g)ur collection offers almost unlimited choice. £ Wc sketch six delightful, different Change Purse, in suede and steel beads, leather lined, $1.° Metal Beaded Bag, fitted with tiny purse, vanity and manicure set, $45. Handmade Beaded Bag, silk lined, with a convenient pocket in the lining, $10.50. Leather Goods Section, First floer. styles. Handmade Beaded Bag, with {8 handsome colorful jeweled JB frame, $28. s . % Steel Bead Envelope Bag, a pop- ular style, with jeweled fasten- ing, $9. Beaded Envelope Purse, silk lined, in lovely ‘colorings, $3. You may choose from hun- dreds of beautiful new Gift Umbrellas here.— knowing that your gift will have the unmistakable evidence of taste in its selection. Ottoman and Satin Borders are Always Distinctive And here you may choose from varied new silk um- brellas with attractive bor- ders; handles of amberlite or carved wood; in the new reds, green and other smart shades; all quite stubby. $6 to $15. Children’s Umbrellas $1to $5 Any young person appreci- ates having his or her very own umbrella. There are many attractive styles in varied colors. Umbrella Section, First floor. French Gowns for Gifts For the woman who likes a long or three-quarter sleeve nightgown, these new French Gowns, handmade, with high round, square or neck and lonfi or three-quarter sleeves, with a bit of dainty insertion and '\{zlenciennes lace edging for trimming, make most at- tractive gifts. There are many different new styles from which to choose. $10. Handmade Underwear Section, Third foor.