Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1924, Page 23

by wet and disloyal Senators, who bave purposely secured the appoint- ment of notoriously wet, unreliable and disreputable men to be prohibi- tion enforcement officers.” Dr. Wilson's report praised Presi- dent Coolidge and referred to At- torney General Stone as ‘“fearless, fair and faithful” and commended his discharge of United States at- torneys: for laxity in enforeing the dry laws. Working for Dry World. The board, Dr. Wilson said. has representatives’ working in 21 coun- tries trying to make the world dry. Bishop Willlam Fraser McDoweil, president of the board, presided, and | ministerial and lay members of the METHODIT URGES ORY UNT CHANGE Enforcement Should Be Un- der Justice Department, Says Rev. C. T. Wilson. | board were present from all parts of for | the United States. Renewing recommendations Among the prominent laymen who transferring prohibition enforcement | tive wembers of the board are to the Department of Justice or cre- | William T. Galliher, chairman of the ating a new department for it direct- | Republican Distrlct committee; John 1y der the President. Clarence True | (. 3 Washington; i general secretary of 3 C s em- | Burche n; Dr. Prohibition and Public | ¢, Washington Morals, told the board at its annual | Harrison, meeting here today that he had yet | Raltimor: to meet “the first temperance man in | burgh; John the ministry or the laity who was sat- | ynd Arthur I fsfied with the way th prohibition law was being enforced. 1 Orlando . Price, tt, Pitts- Raine, West Virginia. oxicating liquor” in the constitn tional amendment. It was indefinite | = and difficult of definition, he said.| Amateurs Called to Meet in Paris nd, he added, that had the words | | Next Easter. alcohollc beverage” ” been used would have saved years of litigation. ! WINNIPEG, Manitoba, December 2. An international congress of radio mateurs will be held in Paris next e e e uteo( e woras | WORLD RADIO CONGRESS. | Blunder Is Charged. “It was'a psychological slip,” sa Dr. Wilson, “for us to put the F eral unit of enforcement under Tieasury rather than un the De- | parvoent of Justice.” Radlo Relay Leag: \ Ton!bition agents, A resolution was Wae ooard, should be plac r|ing that all amateurs should operate service, because, he said. “sore |on a 125-meter wave levgth for inter- ges across Canada. dmard & n -1 he Christmas Store 2| president : | meeting app, Huntington, Ind. | a|amalgamate with the adopted de -1 GLUGAN ELETE ASSOCATIONHEAD Virtually Entire New Siate of Officers Named by North Washington Citizens. 1 Henry M. Gillizan. an active work- | er for the North Washington Citi-| zen's Association over a period of | several years and chairman of fts| | proverty” committee. was eleeted | of the assoclation at a; 1ast night at tie United | Brethren Church, North Capitol and | R streots. | | An entire new slate of officers, with was elected. | re-elocted Robert M. Yo:t, treasur ¥ W. Numbers were elected delegates to the Federation of Citi- zens’ Associations. = | Merger Movs Approved. | The association cxpressed its [ proval of efforts already made orth Capltel Willlam 8. Ayres ap- | further consideration | merger. President ¥ fup to the close of last night's meet- | ing, named a committee composed of | J. Raymond Biland, Oswald Schmidt iy See Our Other Advertisements, Pagés 21 and 22, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. and Raymond Lorans to confer with & committee from the neighboringas- sociation with regard to the megger. An effort also was made to post- pone the election of officers until the question of the merger was settled. The chairman ruled that the consti- tution set the election to be held the first Monday in December and it could not be walved except by amend- ment. Mr. Gilligan gave a lengthy report on the work of the property comm®t- tee, Geclaring that good work was being done and that success was hoped for in Injunction proceedings now before the courts. VICE SQUAD GOES TO FIRE. Whisky and Sugar Setzed, Police Assert. Explosion of a still started a fire and a police rald at the home of Abraham Isaac Paregon, 55, a grocer 8till, | at 635 1, street northwest, last night Paregon put out the fire himself, ac- notified the vice squad. Accordipg to the police, a 30-gallon still, a quan- tity of whisky and 200 pounds of sugar and other ingredients were seized. Charges of {llegal manufac- ture and maintenance of a public nuisance were placed against Pare- gon. Mrs. Roosevelt Going to Cuba. (EW YORK, December 2.—The Roosevelt Momorlal Association an- o | nounced that Mrs. Theodore Roose- velt, widow of tho former Presi- dent. will accompany the party sail- iug Docember 6 for Cuba to attend the unveiling of a Roosevelt memorial in Santiago. ffreon A Special Christmas Sale - Diamond Rings *10*° to *150 A diamond importer’s $25,000 stock at very much less than regular prices The Savings Are Extraordinary Facts About This Diamond Sale They are high-grade. They are fine color. They are beautifully cut. ‘The mountings are 18-karat white gold and in exquisite new Styles for Both Men and Women The exceptionally low prices placed upon this $25,000 stock of diamond rings are possible only because of the quantity that we expect to dispose of in this very special sale event. Every ring is attractively mounted in one of the latest styles and ifi handmade 18-karat mountings of white gold, now the most fashionable of all gold mountings. They are especially appropriate as gifts for young men or young women, and the giver may be sure that he or she is presenting a diamond ring usually worth much more than these prices, no matter what particular priced ring may be selected. . The Sale Begins Tomorrow Morning at 9:15 Jewelry Section, Firs;: Floor. | the exceptiom of one vice president, | cording to a police report, and when, es 1, Ourand was | firemen, arriving In response to an| .| alarm, were refused admission, they | 1 Y o MATRIMONY TANGLE DEVELOPS NEW KNOT ‘Walers-Hall-Huntington Contro- versy Augmented by Suit to Revover Property. NEW YORK, December 2.—Another knot in the Waters-Hall-Huntington tangle that has occupled court atten- tion here and in Florida nearly two years was revealed in Supreme Court yesterday when Spencer Waters, cot- ton exchange broker, began suit against Mrs. Margaret Huntington Hall, divorced wife of Edgar I. Hunt- ington, wealthy real estate operator, and for a time third wife of Clinton Mudge Hall, former stock exchange members to recover on property he claims to have placed in her home when he contemplated marriage to her. Adjournment was taken after open- ing addresses by counsel. James Darcy, for Watere, told the court his client bought Jand here on which he Intended to build a $300,000 theater for Mrs. Hall, a former ac- tress, and deeded it to her as trustee for himself. The plot cost $100,000, Darcy sald. ‘The scheme was abandoned. Then, the lawyer charges, Mrs. Hall placed a mortgage on the land and subse- quently sold it The Gift That Every Man Welcomes Any woman may with positive assurance that tl absolute satisfaction to the recipient. ¢, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1924. FEDERAL JOBS OPEN. 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