Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1924, Page 13

DESCRIBES METHOD OF GROWING HOLLY Wildflower Preservation So- ciety President Urges Cul- | tivation of Plant. Cultivation of holly plants, which |, tmay be used for decoration not only during the holida ar, of Am »rt of the campaign 1\ of the holly and his vicinity. the material t is stolen. ity used are v s he growth needs to uld grow to a o 8 inches by ut however, doors, | plants ings planted with ale. If they be- the 3 gation rixed during nursery the ot be sep which will | DEBS TO PRESIDE OVFR 1 mittee 2| Cough or Cold | That Hangs On CUTAWAY FROCK PRICES START AT $67.50 . s o s - Doukhobors to Pay Nightly Visit to Grave of Late King iated ress. Br'cish Columbi, Decem- ber 10. embers of the Dukhobor sect, assembled to elect & new lead- er, will make three nightly pilgrim- ages, beginning today, to the grave of Peter Verigin, “King of the Dukohobors,” who lles burled on an eminence at Brilliant, Brit- ish Columbla It was reported today that a woman will succeed to the leader- ship of the cult. Peter Verlgin, 2 v before he met his death In a plosion aboard a train, Octo- b 9, is said to have expressed a wish that Anastasia Verigin should succeed hi SOCIALIST SESSION HERE National Committee Includes Vie- tor L. Berger, Wisconsin, and Morris Hillquit of New York. of the ver the onvention Saturday Debs was Eugene V. Debs, leader t party, \will preside the national > pa to be held he |a 3 Hamilton. 6. mbers of the executive are Representative Victor a Hale An informal and loeal men w | Beware the [li Chronic coughs and persistent!f| | colds lead to serfous lung trouble.|]| | You can stop them now wlith Creo- ||| mulsion, emulsified creosote that is pleasant to take. sion is a new mel with twofold action thes and ||| ||| neals the inflamed membranes ana ||| kills the germ. i Of all known drugs, creosote Is | recognized by the medical frater-| | nity as the greatest healing agency {for the treatment -of chronlc ||| coughs and colds and other forms | and lung troubles. Creo- | ddition to Creomul- discovery || membranes and stop the irritation ||| | and inflammation, while the creo- sote goes on to the stoms sorbed into the blood, a ac | seat of the trouble and destroys the germs that lead to consump- ti wlsion s guaranteed satisfactory in || | * of ‘clronlc coughs and colds, | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1924, in the Chamber of Deputles yester- FRENCH ARMY BUDGET f7he war minister added fust: this IS AT $240,000,000 was just a trans'tory budget, and that the government, at the next session Reorganization to Be Sought, Nol- let Says—Avers France De- of Parllament, would ask that body to vote on a bill now belng drawn up creases Expenditures. which will call for the reorganizza- tion of an “armed nation.” Comparing the 1925 war budget fig- ures with 1,700,000,000 francs in that of the 1924 budget, Gen. Nollet said that, owing to the depreciation of the franc, it represented only 75 per cent of the pre-war yearly military ex- penditures. “Compared to France's 25 per cent decrease,” sald the minister, “the war budget of the United States shows an increase of 74 cer cent, Holland, 38 per cent; Spain, 29 per cent, and Japan, 18 per cent over pre-war figures.” By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 10—France's budget for the maintenance of her standing army, together with other military expenses for 1925 will amount” to 4,468(000,000 francs, Gen. Nollet, minister of war, announced | Free Automobile Parking Service We will direct your chauffeur to our garage, or if you drive your- self we will have one of our licensed drivers take your car to parking space for you. We request that ten minutes’ notice be given when car is desired. LADY ASTOR PICTURE DILEMMA CONTINUES Shrouded Portrait Ordered From Commons, But Remains for Want By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 10.—An amus- ing dilemma has arisen over the dis- position which hangs on one of the staircases of the House of Commons. ture was presented to Parliament by Lord Astor with the approval of & Furniture former government, but Parliament has found that it is “undesirable as a matter of principle” that pictures or statues of living persons should be displayedethere. During the controversy, which lasted for some weeks, the picture was covered with a cloth and it still hangs under this shroud, neither Lord Astor nor the first commissioner of works, Lord Peel, being willing to remove it. Lord Astor says it is not at his disposal, as it was accepted by the commissioner of works of the last conservative government, while Lord Peel says he has no authority to dispose of it and nowhere to send of Lady Astor's portrait|it. Lady Astor Is not in the least cencerned over the fuss, and said laughingly to the mewspaper corre- spondent: “It has nothing to do with me. The House of Commons accepted of Better Place. The pie- it. Let them do what they like witt e It s reported that a request has been received for transference of the portrait to Washington. Plymouth also wants it for its art is that Plymouth will get it. Because Charles H. Pready has been in jall 317 days awaiting trial | on a charge of larceny after trust,| Chiet Justice McCoy, plea of gullty vesterday afternoon, | sentenced him fo serve one day in| Jail. of $50 which had been entrusted to| him. | The City of e o] Phone Columbia 9613 b 1Sth and Columbia Road Jailed 317 Days for Trial. Prepared and 5 served by cul- following his || i ture you & new pona | thrill in *Din. Bready admitted using a bond | § thrill in INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN Carpets Make This a Furniture Christmas W. V. 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