Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1924, Page 12

12 TAKOMA PARK ROW STIRS FEDERATION Action Delayed on Question of Recognizing New Citi- zens’ Association. After bate, cuver several hours of spirited de- arked by parliamentary ma- Federation of Citizens’ night postponed ac nths on the question its fo the new of Takoma Park, tions la two n into iatio A taki Ass of two associations Park section, with one in the federation and ng admission resulted he liveliest meetinigs in cent year Are, Suter's Status Jesse C Takoma ent of th = year, « associa- meeting Walter Irey, as delegate in to the rised a question o as president Society of however its dele- ch placed Suter Th last ond associa- composed residents. This 1 Mr. Suter pplied Takoma Tic gates and as for n Notified of Selcetion. t t lust night jon met la letter cecipt of Irey as delegate nmittee « idering th 1a mem associa- motion @ num- tended that n has been of ceasion ttee 1ssociat \ for a number bership comi delega order and derati file the es by o again hairman commit- ending f the new SomaliDiC mbership com- ted that that the ed Assocfation, | ns of citizens ship, has ntative ylan M the Hall Association raised a md that the lied with ederation’ eetings for ad- of the Mid-Ci Er new not n the 1d 1 constit thre mittance Vote Because he tn the matter Down Point of Order. 1y iscussion, involved Pres- del orde him rule the ted the the T Ta- the es consented k on behalf Ltion old Takoma members on the Maryiand uburb and 261 on the declared, however, membership has nd that during all ization has been by vote on it n ve down hoag befor deiezat hat the ha stated d District sections pointed out imaginary rship is slightly ained the the is becaus comm for District, knowl- that our stently f the District of little of our work Maryland people. together, with only ldle of ars we have ternating the it to a Maryland to a District res- ked here ary line in the For several ing and Baker former president brought the dis- by appealing to postpone the entire two mon in order to more careful deliberation. His dopted William voted to u t thi the newly Park Got der motion was deratic on S. Torbett, Congre sion a created nission. indorsed Education the of to five Th delegates »ol buildi laid before Congress Bureau by the Budget PERSHING ACCLAIMED ON ENTRY INTO PERU Lima in Gala Attire as General Heads Party to City for Fete. ~Gen. John title of Special v and Ministe ved here United attend of December rrying the xtrac head n, the tle delegatic centennial cho here 1 celebrated the anniversary uvian independence. The retired chief of staff of the American Army received an ovation \vhen he entered Lima. The city was in gala attire, triumphal arches and trical illuminations having been rected. The arrival during the week f special embassies was followed by P of formal receptions at the government palace. The members of the various delegations are all ac- credited as special ambassadors. . During the World War 250,000 wom- en were in the military ice with 1he British army, while more than £0,000 women with the United of cen | and | appli- n ¥ | churge nt | to! g | school | THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D. C DECEMBER 1, 1924—PART 1. POL!CEMAN IS WINNER "IN FIVE-MILE CHASE Speeder Puts Up Bond for Reck- less Driving and Dead Tags. Speeding over Washington's streets, from First and K northeast to the branch road leading into Bolling Fleld, motor-cycle policeman R. A Schotter came out the victor in a five-mile chase by finally bringing Henry James, colored, 22, 442 I street, into custody for reckless driving last nigh James was driving fast on K street, near First northeast, when ordered to stop by Schotter, according to the | police. He stepped on the gas and turned down First street, running at a high rate of speed across the north- east section into southeast and then over the Anacostia Bridge He deposited $340 collateral for ap- | of reckless driving and having dead tags. §1,000,000 SOUGHT BY UNIVERSALISTS Memorial Church Here Will Take $300.000 of Fund Denomination Raises. 1 N, December 6.—A five-year, nation-wide campaign for $1,000,000 was launched here today by a repre- sentative group of the Universalist | laymen. The drive is said to be the first of its kind ever undertaken in | | the church by laymen, and also to be t in which the denomination has undertaken to act as a unit for com- mon denominational pr The campaign has for ect the construction of a $300,000 me- rial church in Washington, D. C. a ministerial pension fund; the con struction of educational and mission- ary buildings m Japan to replace those destroyed in the last earth- uake, and $400,000 for general church extension Judge Robert Mass., was chosen eral manager, with Boston. Prominent laymen from all walks of life attended the meeting | Among the speakers were John Smith Lowe, D. D., general superintendent for the denomination, and Dean John Murray Atwood « Lawrence Uni- versit s stated ob- W. Hill of Salem, airman and gen- dquarters in St | LOT ALREADY OBTAINED. | Universalists Here Expect to Be- gin Construction Soon. | A lot at New Swan and T purchased morial church here and building soon, according E. Rice, or Hampshire s already tiversalist me at a cost of $90,000 expected to Rev. Dr. Cla; he Church of Our ather, 3th and L streets, the only Universalist church in Washington Pians for the church, Dr. Rice said were conceived about two years ago by the Universalist General Conven- tion, the governing body of the | church, and he was sent here to take | of building. Since that time| about $100,000 has been raised in ad- | dition to the $90,000 paid for the lot. | A representative group of laymen in | Boston recently offered to take over| the task of providing the money Their action is reperted in the As- sociated Press dispateh from Bostc \CHEAPER POTATOES avenue, | been | begin ce | Aroostcok Farmers Unable to Pay‘ Taxes—Tubers Not Worth Digging. HOULTON, Me., ports that schools northern Aroostook County may be compelled to close because of failure of potato farmers to pay their taxes were causing uneasiness here today. ! It was d that the situation :«ri\\ngl from the failure of the farmers to dispose of the season’s crop of pota- toes was becoming ecritical Potato growers here said that it | had been many years since Aroostook | County had suffered so severely. The present price for potatoes is 90 cents a barrel, which producers declare ils to cover their expenses MARKET IN ENGLAND. December in parts o 6.—Re- Potato Crop Has Proved Failure There. RIBOU, Me., December 6.——The ine potato crop will find an outlet in a British market, relieving the dis- tress of the farmers who had this all failed to sell profitably their produce in the domestic market, ac- ing to a telegram received here from representatives of the Maine Potato Growers' Exchange and ind pendent shippers in Aroostook Coun ty, now in London. Farmers who have had to sell at 90 cents a barrel, have been unable to pay taxes, swith the result that Aroostoock County schools have faced closure An acute shortage of potatoes in the British Isles will force England, after February 1, to depend on im- {portea potatoes entirely, 0. J. Bishop Beap, of Presque Isle, who gland to arrange contracts exporting to England, cabled. Previous reports from England had indicated that the British market would taper off during the Winter. The English demand, greater than at first anticipated, will probably: ne- cessitate cancellation of the plans of the exchange to ship to Cbua, it was aid. A shortage, it was stated, ather than a surplus in the total crop is faced now, in view of the foreign and domestic demand. ARRESTEDIN STORE. Woman Is Accused of Taking Ar- ticles Worth $11. Charged Ma at with petit Green Patterson, 216 Fourth street, local departinent day by Detective of the headquarte squad,” operating in local stores un- der supervision of Detective TRt E. J. Kelly of headquarters, Mrs. Patterson is charged with hav- ing In her possession articles valued at $11, alleged to have been taken from counters in the store. These articles included a child’s sweater, a pair of . stockings, a scarf, a pin cushion and a package of Christmas cards. Detective Damrow made the arrest after he had trailed her a short dis- tance in the store and when she was about to ehter her automobile out- ide. She deposited $50 collateral for her appearance in court. R Movie Director—No. No. No!'That's larceny, Mrs. 30 years old, was arrested store yester- nthony Damrow s “shoplifters’ 4 a | and | way that jand | was ot the v to die! Put more life WRato in SCHOOL EMPLOYES LAUNCH CAMPAIGN Form Association to Work for More Equitable Treatment. Organtzation of the Building Serv- ices Employes' Assoctation of the District public schools was perfected at a mass meeting of more than 100 engineers, janitors, and other school custodlans yesterday afternoon in the Plymouth Congregational Church. The assoclation will begin immediately a concerted campaign to wipe out alleg- ed fnequalities in the salary schedule of the school custodian force and to have enacted legislation setting up a definite and uniform work day for these employes. Leo A. Con @ Central High School engineer, pointed out that there is no law on the statute books governing the number of hours a school building employe shall work, and as a result many of the janitors and enginers are compelled to labor from 4 o'clock in the morning until 1l o'clock at night, without extra compensation. Before the reclassifi- cation legislation was enacted, he id, janitors and other school cus- todians who served at night schools community centers were paid for overtime Chargex Wrong Reading. Mr. Conway also charged that the official record of the hearings before a congressional committee last vear showed that Supt. Frank W had urged that the appropriation for the pay of school custodians working »vertime be transferred to the night chool budget on the ground that the | janitors taken bill and engineers would be care of in the reclassification It was contended by Mr. Con- there is nothing in the re lagsification law to prevent the pay- ment of extra pay for overtime work, and that the additional compensation is denied through an erronecous inter- pretation of the bill by school offi- cers Prior to the organization of the as sociation representatives of the American Federation of Labor and Federal Employes’ Union urged the custodians to affilate with spective bodies. Edward F. McGrady and Miss Selma Borchardt spoke as representatives of the American Fed- eration of Labor, and Miss Gertrude McNalley for the leral Employes’ Union. " The assoclation, howev held in abeyance the question of affil- iating with either of these bodies. William McQueeney, engineer at tral High School. was elected president; Thomas Jones, secretary Robert Woodwon, treasurer and financial secretary. Upshaw to Preach Tonight. William D. Upshaw, vangelist from Ge tonight at 7:45 congressional rgia, will preach o'clock at the Fifth Baptist Church, E street near Seventh southwest. Mr. Upshaw’s subject will be “Business in Re: Hard Auto Problem. Blue Baboon, American bragging He ended his “It runs so s so quietly perfect and as see it “But, rupted do ther From th An in dear old about his motor car. eulogy by declaring oothly you can't feel it, you can't\hear it, has such ignition you can't smell it for speed—boy! you can't London my word, the Briton you Kknow the old dear,” inter- anxiously, “how bally thing VEINE . MU Ballou | their re- | AMERICANS CRITICIZE FRENCH SCHOOL METHOD Take Issue With Plan in Propound- ing Questions for Pupils to Answer. PARIS, November 7.—The psychol- |ogy of asking school children ques- tions is a point on which American teachers take issue with most French | instructor: *Jean,” says the French teacher in most schools, “stand up!” Then the question fs asked. In American schools the process is reversed. The question is put fully, then some pupil is asked to answer it he difference is,” said a recent visitor to Paris e “that in the French school the whole class knows instantly the “Jean” is the one to answer and the rest have no need to do any hard thinking. “In the American school everyone in the class is compelled to search his wits for an answer because he or she may be called upon to rise. In that the whole class answers the question, or tries to, althouga only one recites.” DOCTOR'S DEFENSE BELIEVED SHAKEN State Said to Have Eye- ly HOBSON DESCRIBES PERIL FROM DRUGS Wants *Congress to Grant Funds for Anti-Narcotic Education. Declaring that the cotic drug: “peril” of nar- particularly heroin, was “jeopardizing not only the family, but the nation and the entire human race,” Capt. Richmond Pearson son, fou and president of the Internatl Narcotic Education Association, reported to the Susan B. Anthony Foundation last night that already scveral branches of the Government were fighting the evil and that Congress would be asked this short sion to appropriate funds for printing and distribution | of 24,000,000 educational documents on the subject through the schools of the country. The foundation meeting, The Playhouse, 1814 N stre west, adopted a resolution support- ing Capt. Hobson in his campaign. Mrs. John D. Sherman, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, pointed out what the federa- tion already was doing in a study of |the narcotic problem and pledged the co-operation of the federation's 13,000 | clubs and 2,800,000 woman member. The problem will be brought up, she said, in a board meeting here the second week in January held in et north- | witness in Slaying of Wife in Alabama. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, December 6.—Al- though the slaying of Mrs. Annie Lou Edwards in her home early Tuesday still remains a mystery and the | tive is not known, Solicitor Ben Perry was confident today that the State is slowly working up a case against Dr. George T. Edwards, husband of the slain woman, who is being held in the Bessemer jail George Ross, attorney for the physi- clan, today vigorously denied that his client had made conflicting state- ments concerning the case. He said that Dr. Edwards clung to his ori inal story that he was shot in the | hand while repelling an_invader into | his home, who crushed his wife's skull after giving her an anesthetic It became known today that officials were making an investigation to Dr Edwards life and habits is h Witness In Reported. The reported switness™ killing of Mrs. Edwards to be a neighbor of the family, who saw lights burning in the Edwards home just prior to the shooting, which were turned off after reports of a pistol and then switched on again These lights, it is said, burned brightly in all rooms of the house ex- cept that occupied by Mrs Edwards Dr. Edwards was visited at the Bessemer City by his uncle, Dr B. D. Edwards elma, and other | friends, all of whom expressed their confidence in the physician. It was stated t a large delegation of the doctor's Selma friends would visit | | him tomorrow. o is believed Yacht Club Names Officers. The annual meeting of the Corin- thian Yacht Club was held Thursday night and the following were elected officers for the ensuing year: Conrad |C. Smith, re-elected commodore; 1 B. Reeves, vice commodore; Harry Kennedy, rear commodore; Herbe secretary; trustees, E. 0. Reed, Edson W. Briggs and J. Murphy mo-| ¢ Lack of Home Life. | | d the lack of home {1ife and safeguards was partly responsible for the ills charged to the younger generation of today and that the principal work oT the feder- | ation for the next two vears w be to “strengthen the American home wpt. Hobson sible to get the number United State: |ing from 200,000 | which, he a | four times strong as | was declared to be rapidly |ing the weaker narcotic, especially | among the addicts of the eastern | part of the United States. Draws Graphic P A graphic picture of th | depravity and sufferings of drug dicts and of the prevalence of | cotie: ong some of the ools of the country, among | 'boys and girls, was drawn by speaker. The heroix |serted, had a “mania the ranks of the “snow dict often obtaining as many iore. He reported that this strong in a Connecticut ily that from a mother in a family had spread to the father, children, and finally ever All Cures Doubtful. One strange factor which he ported, but said had vet been scientifically investigated, was that those who get religion stay cured Practically, however, the speaker as- serted, the efficacy of all drug addict cures w d doubtful Instruction educational tem of the s needed, Capt Hobson poin as an effective preventiv ainst the evil, but first | it was the aim of his association to | get the message to the pupils of this school vear, or “thousands of our sths will be ‘hooked.’ Mr nette B. Paul, chairman of | the foundation committee on educa tion and Bible study, was in charge of the program of the evening Music of the evening was provided by little Miss Mary Moses, pianist and Miss Fiora V Mrs. Sherman & it te was, estimate drug addicts in estimates now to 4,000,000, was ap| impos- of the of Heroin »ximately morphine, displac- hig bot Capt. Hobson as- for recruiting gang,” on as 40 mania fam- it addict ¥ was so to the dog. T consid in the ntry w :d out, sys- VERNON SAVI GS BANK Do You Dread Christmas Shopping? Yes. But why 2 We'll tell you. It’s not because yvou hate to shop. body loves buying pretty thing Every- It's having to buy with one eye on your pocketbook vou hate. That constant nickel-squeezing is what makes Christ- mas Shopping such a painful process. But cheer up! It’s a pain that can be dose of our Christmas Club. cured—with one 5¢ will make you a member of next year’s Club And extract the dread from next year’s Christmas 25c a week. .. 50c a week. . $1.00 a week. .. $2.00 a week $5.00 a week. .. $10.00 a week. . $20.00 a week. Sc the first week, increasing 5c a week. . Even Amount Clubs Increasing Amount Clubs 10c the first week, increasing 10c a week.......... $2.50 the first week, decreasing 5c a week $5.00 the first week, decreasing 10c a week Decreasing Amount Clubs Shopping. $12.50 $25.00 $50.00 . $100.00 . $250.00 - $500.00 -$1000.00 $63.75 $127.50 $63.75 $127.50 and Mass.Ave Public Librény uld | vary- | = Hob- | | i | | | | the | the seven | AIR RAILWAY PLANNED. Paris May Have Cars Hanging Over Streets. By Cable to The Star and New York World PARIS, December 6.—If a sugges- tion .made by the municipality ma- terializes into che creation of a sus- pended aero car between the center of the city and the suburb of St. Denis, Paris wil] have New York beaten in the matter of rapid trans- portation. If the scneme is carried out and proves a success, many other similar aero cars will be installed and the French capital will be in a fair way of solving her transit prob- lem. The new system is a hybrid be- tween an aercnautical machine and an electric -ailway. It will consist of a double line of parabolic cables sus- pended 30 feet above the ground from supports 170 yards apart. The cars will be shot along by an air propeller | actuatea by an electric expected to at l miles an ho | hundrea | | | | | { are ain a speed of r. Each car will ¢ passengers. A Matrimonial Miiestone. From Life. M Spriggs—There That's her fifth husband Mr. Spriggs—Husband! husband. He's ju ment she He i an Insta 3] Don’t Delay! But Select the Toy Gifts Now Santa has marshalled his forces; his stocks are full and offer best selec- tion; fresh, unhandled. An ample sales force, intelligent and well-informed, ‘can give you unhurried service; conditions in every way react to vour sat- isfaction and to the happiness of the little folks whose expectations are pinned to the Christmas tree. A Wonderful American Flyer Electric Train with Transformer The young railroad pictured has three car: strong locomotive with headlight, and a twelve- section track, and an 8-volt transformer. SCRATCH EDUCATIONAL GAMES painless method of teaching the muitiplication table a3d & Q8¢ source of real amusement, tos. AUTO RACE GAMES, with four utos and set of dice. Play on rd something like par- Q8¢ interesting and excitmg CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENTS of every kind to beautify the tree. N nd novel pieces, ranging ir price 2 for 5c¢ to 10c each WALKING AND BARKING DOGS. Lovable little fellows that move right aleng and bark quite furieusly when you press the buld 98¢ CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING OUTFITS of 8 varicolored Mazds bulbs. A splendid little outfit that $1.95 MILTON GOLDSMITH'S CROSS- WORD PUZZLE BOOK ocemes in Jjust right for the devotees te this pastime.. Fifty yumics and Q8¢ list of synenyms.............. MUSICAL HUMMING TOPS in bright colors, will while away mamy & Bappy hour fer the little bey 250 or girl. Well made teps BUCKEYE COASTER WAGONS with 14x73 inoh body, rubber-tired disc whoels, with reller bearings and e steel body §5 @5 braces g GRAVITY ACEOBATS that form wonders sn the swinging putting & iot of jazz inte what QR¢ Issac Newton firat discovered. . FOLDING DOLL HOUSES, of gaily P or s furnitare. Very 5 stroagly made. Each $2.95 - BIDEWALK SCOOTERS, with rub- ber tired disc wheels and mudguard. A stroogly made medel that will last s long time and give real 3 49 HEAVIER SIDEWALK SCOOTER with extra streng 13-in. disc wheels and heavy rubber tires, This model is equipped with & 5 foty brake..... .. .$7.50 ROLY, TOP DESK AN) k. with twe roomy ty of pigeen helos in desk. A splendid $14.75 BOYS' BICYCLE, finished fn red or blue enamel, complete with coustar Pantisbar, AT 2‘9‘”6 handisbars. MR " $29.5 DARK OAX DESK AND CHAIR; th dosk made with plenty of Yoom in which fhe young buiiness man may stow his prvate §2 95 papers P TOYTOW Y D CHAIR of tras to buy. A set that w work well around the tree, girl and one to delight any or boy. e No ex $9.95 ill HORSMANN WALKING and Talk. ing Boll, with mehair wig, sleeping eyes, eyelashes, clear mamma veic and lacetrmmed dress. §4 93 18 inch size MAMMA DOLL, with mehair wig. sloeping eyes, stylish drees and bon. net, shees. steckings and 2 ] 9 protty face; 11 inches wall ALUMINUM COFFEE PERCOLA- TOR, with glass tep; Jmt lke mamma's. One cup sise, with strong sbonized bandle. Little Mis 31 (0 Housekeeper will like it BILT E-Z BLOCKS are simpls enough to be used by & child of five but interesting enough fer older children, too. Bufld anything. $1.00 to $15.00 ARCHIE, THE FRECKLED BOY with sparkling eyes. A barmiess fel- low who will furnish amusement fer the littls folks maay e i DL TOY PHONOGRAPHS that any G-inch records, like the Bubdle Bosk. No et out of order. well .. play those in spring te Lests 39¢ BUBBLE BOOKS, centaining three inch recerds, fer the phemogTaph, and illustrations of the three 250 seloctions. Complets. .. FLEXIBLE STEERING BLEDS, with smeeth, sharp runners that hum over the snow and ice. A 30-in. size $1.49 FAMOUS FLEXIBLE FLYER SLEDS, knewn to beys the world emar as the alligater's vest in sleds. Btrongly made; geod sise model. SEEE . 8375 WHITE ENAMELED TABLE AND TWO CHAIRS, with alphabe and numbers enameled on tabl top. Bplendid gite. Bt 99-95 TABLE AND TWO CHAIRS, the table size 18330, witr Spanian leath: er top, the chairs with seats §5 Q% o Epuatah laathar, Bt $0-95 CRADLES, PRISCILLA DOLL syrongly mado ¢ rock dolly comfors ably; finished 1o white, blue ind plak. For the Tntle gel. . IOC LIONEL ELECTRIC TRAINS, loce. ciive has strong headight. with Car, caboose. 4nd S-vect §3 .75 Hon “track. A Tise outtic,. 99-19 UNCLE WIGGLEY BQOKS, in dur- board binding. A children love theso littls books, with their tractively colored - §1.25 tions, e CHILD'S FIRST PETE BOOK, with durable A popular book with the folks. profusely illustrated u Q] 95 pref $1.25 DOLL HOUSE CUT-OUT BOOK. ik Pieatioatens ol 200K happy la: quiet hour w be e v $2.95 2ABBIT ing. JAZZ BAND OUTFIT f.:rd Has snare drum 01 cymbals, 2 sticks and 9 75 & bells. It's a whiz $3.75 MECCANO EDUCATIONAL TOYS, ts of all sizes for all kind of Makes bridges, skyscrapors, feles $1.00 to $25.00 direct from sounding bo: &c. DRAWING MASTER DRAWING SETS; ene of the mest interesting of the educational toys. Has colored crayens 5 e marteerem 90c and $1.00 BNAP BALL; gams of chance and skill for childrem snd adults. At Jeast one such exhilarating TOTS' BIKES that work like the larger ones, but have comfy woeden seats, rubber-tired disc wheels, rubber pedais §4 95 and an alarm bell —SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS, NEW BUILDING LANSBURGH & BRO. 420-430 7th St.—Thru to 8th BBGGEGGGGGG GGG GGG GGG GGS