Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1924, Page 12

| 12 FOWL DISEASE BILL - SENTTO PRESIDENT $100,000 Appropriated by Congress to Fight Qut- break. Moving with unaccustomed speed, Congress yesterday appropriated $100,000 to finance a fight against the outbreak of poultry diseases and transmitted the result of its action to the White House for approval. The bill authorizing the expenditure was not signed yesterday, however, be- cause President Coolidge had left for a week end cruise on the Mayflower. The Senate passed a resolution Fri- | day authorizing the expenditure, and the House yesterday quickly gave its approval. - With the money in hand the Department of Agriculture will declare quarantines to prevent the spread of chicken diseas Surveys to determine the infected areas will begin at once. The Bureau of Animal Industry ex- Pects to issue an order tomorrow pro- hibiting interstate shipment of di eased chicken coops and railroad cars not disinfected. Railroads will be requested to hold up uny cars mnot cleaned and certified Launch Intensive Campaigns. Pending the quarantine, Federal in- ctors in pouitry centers such as New York, Boston, Providence, Chi- cago znd Omaha will begin o cam- paign inspection and sanitation All places where poultry is assembled | will be disinfected. Other inspectors will be stationed at railroad transfer points to intercept shipments not dis infected. The department’s investigation of the situation began several days ago when New York and other States and cities declared embargoes against poultry shipments from s western States. I and other Western citie of a disease generally terme tious bronchitis. Later investigation w York City revealed cases of ropean fowl plague, its first ap- nce In this countr; The department recently issued statement that there were no grounds for fear that human health would be endangered by the dise RATIFIES SPEED RECORD. Acro Club of France Bonnet Mark. PARIS. December 20.—The Club of France has officially rat new world speed airplane record | 448.171 kilometers per hour made by Adjt. Florentin Bonnet at Istrees December 11 This record of 275.4S miles per superseded .the record of 429.025 kilo- | meters, or 266.59 miles per hour, held by Lieut. A. J. Williams of the United Confirms hour | | Motor Co. | stated |the coming of the cold wave, accom- {any liquor that may Gem Buying In 1923 at New Post-War Mark Luxury-loving Americans spent $59,422,000 for dlamonds in the rough and uncut state during 1923, an Increase of nearly $8,000,000 over 1922 and & galn of more than $3.- 000,000 over the previous record year of/ 1920 Figures made public by the Department of Commerce, based on importations of precious stones, show the total importations to be’ In excess of any year since the war. Imports of unstrung pearls dur- ing 1923 registered a slight decline from 1922, however, being valued at 7,961, Residents of the United States consumed an average of two-fifths of a bunch of bananas each during 1923, the department said, based on imports of the tropical fruit, for last year we imported 43,958 bunch- es of bananas. Our foreign fruit bill for the year was $44,415,413. Re- ceipts from shipments of domestic fruits, dried and canned products, netted American merchants $67,- 000,000. FORD PAYS 14 PER CENT. Interest on Employe: ’ Investment Certificates Announced. DETROIT, Mich,, December 20.—A distributlon of $2,000,000 to 36,000 em- ployes was announced by the Ford yesterday, when it was that Ford investment certi- cates—available only to employes—| would pay 14 per cent interest for| vear 1924. Payment of the interest misses ing a Christmas gift by a Checks will start zoing out Janu- ary 1. Interest on the Investments is guaranteed at not less than 6 per cent. The investment certificates payments have replaced cash bonus for Christmas in the Ford plant. be- week SEEKS DISTRESSED SHIPS. MOBILE, Ala., December —With panied by strong northwest winds and rough weather, the Tallapoosa went to sea today, patrolling her station from the Florida coast to the mouth of the Mississippi River on an espe- cial lookout for distressed vessels and | be flowing this way for the Christmas holidays. To make impossible the entrance of rum ships into the lower bays from the gulf will be part of the work done by the Coast Guard ship, whose crew will spend Christmas at seca. Moth Considered Delicacy. The Bugong moth, or butterfly, is a delicacy which epicures among tain aboriginal peoples of Aust th cor- lia will travel long distances to obtain, | State's rights in its gazine. The but-| conference says the Nature Ma terflies foregather cvery year on the | slopes of the Bugong Mountains, in New South Wales, where they are caught by being suffocated by the smoke of wood fires lighted under the States Navy, made at Mitchel Field, Long Island, November 4, 19 * Such gifts as usable every da These Pretty Georg- ette Silk Bridge or Reading Lamp Shades 1 be had In a variety of colors and shape. pleated with stretched georgette tops, inter- lined and have silk fac- ings with fringe to match. Fitted with uno holders and can be at- tached to any bridge lamp. Choice, special— These Hand-osrved and ¥Fluted Gold Motal Leaf Junior and Reading Lampe are ex- quisitely deslgned and fnished ntique gold metal leaf fn- ish, toned i black, band- stippled bases and arc heavily weighted. Special— $3.98 Carving Sets; good steel; assorted style handles— $3.75 Casserole Frames, nickel plated, complete with Sreproof glass ligers, Special, $1.88 trees. these are ! ¥ G&1Ith Sts. These $22.50 Junior and Reading Lamps are finished in Italian poly- chrome and are com- slete with tassels. The hades have stretched georgette tops, lined, nterlined and neatly trimmed. Special— This $12.00 Tambour Clock is made of hand-rubbed ma- hogany finished wood. The length is 19 inches and the height 934 inches; 8-day movements and guar- anteed to give perfect satisfaction. ‘Wear-Ever Aluminum tions in view present itchen THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 21, 1924—PART 1. New York Decides Test of Water- power Rights Inadvisable Now. Y. Yo Y, N. of New Yo its suit against the signed to test the eral water power commissioner und he torne today “I agreed to discontinue because 1 felt et of Federal no as ken arded an sub ho State's cla t is unfortuna powers of the State and Federal au- thorities with respec cannot now be flict of interests is } 76 PALAIS ROYAL Gifts—China, $5.00 Bird Caso Stands, finishe: ivory and ebon. style as illustrated Special— action COL. J. W. McINTOSI, New controller of currency. Ix shown taking oath of office. retary of Treasury; S. H. Marks, acting chief clerk; Col. McIntosh and Hon. Gerrard B. Winston, Undersecretary of the Treasury. DROPS SUIT AGAINST U. S. 1 Associa NEW YORK. December 20.—The | tion of a Federal | cation with F ducation as prov |bi'l in Congress €d- | the eleventh ann Assoclation of State At-|and allied agenci announced |uary 5 to 10, it wa More than 200 this sult,&nd church educa e could not|attend. The a ortant que terling bill deb. ude of the [by Dr. George E. who have may be re i gement of the waters, and, in stantially conceded | said Mr. Sherman. | that the relative disconti ork United States de- ue Jwers of the wer act an the hese i the att oftice which Sta { Director Charle versity of Chicag Photographic | wash most | the smallest An_aerial a half-hour and London te poss! bus sche: t to water power | etermined. The con- Imost inevitable, Glassware, 95c Each Gold Encrusted Glassware, Minton decoration. Choice of gob- lets, fruit salads, sherbets, iced teas and wine glasses. Special— 6 Pieces, $4.74 $22.95 Dinner Set, 100 pieces with me- | dallion design. Spe- clal— $18.48 Set elements hold size— $6.69 EDUCATORS TO DEBATE. Discuss Sterling Bill. | December ders | bla University and the quickly is to be started soon. Beauty Electric Iron. guaranteed house- In the photograph left to right: Andrew Mellon, S | b | tion Members to| Crea- department of edu. | Representative Allgood of Alaba ald to States for | entertained a group of newsboys I ided by the Sterling |night at Christmas party in e pebated 2! lroom in the House Office Building 7 o'clock, Amerlcan Colleges | ¢ es at Chlcago Jan- d’\l‘lv: gddr«\ as announced here. elivered Alabame college presidents tors are expected to| Seventeen newsbovs, who han firmative of the | Papers distributed by Alert Hall | wholesale agent of the House ate will be upheld | Strayer of Colum- | Senate office buildings, who hims 15 vears of age, compri negative by v In the = guest Judd of the Uni- are included the names of * Cornell, “The Preach Papp rence, Wood Lawrence, “Irfsh” De Barnes, “Bucky” and “The Th when ,* Charles, Billy and Fi ible dishes. | Omissions of last names were oc service running on|sioned by a faulty memory on dule between Parls|part of Albert Hall, who made official announcement of the evening | | by Senator Heflin, also H o. e placed in plates o\ o} " WILL FETE NEWSBOYS. to! Alabama Representative to Give Party to Capitol Paper Vendors. was “renchy” | Law- Robert.| U. . AIRSHIP MARKS IMPRESS BRITISH Records of Los Angeles and Shenandoah Stimulate Dirigible Plans. Correspondence of ‘The Star and New York World. December 13.—The suec- American airships Shen- Los Angeles in their re- cent great flights has finally con- | vinced Britishers of the value of large dirigibles for commercial pur- poses, and numerous aerlal transpor- tation projects, hitherto held up by | doubters, are being rapidly pushed forward. The London-India air line is now confidently expected to be in opera- tion by the Spring of 1927, and the Calro-Cape branch shortly afterward. while the extenelon from India to | Australia will be completed th after. The aerfal liners are to be |1aid down next Summer and early in 1925 the army dirigible R-33 will make a trial fiight to Egypt for the purpose of obtaining additional tech- nical data, the fruits of which will be embodied in the new construc- tions. LONDON, | cess of the andoah and Ald Private Firm. The air ministry s co-operating | with Comdr. Burney's clvil transpor tation campany, and the lessons from | the transatlantic fisght of the ZR-3 | (Los Angeles), as avell as the Shenan doah's transcontinental flights will | not be overlooked. Aviation experts | here are not altogether convinced of | the superiority of hellum for inflat- ing the huge “gasbags,” as adopted { by America, and it s probable that hydrogen will be employed for the first British air lines The engines, of which there will be seven to each airship (two always in reserve), are designed for a speed of 70 miles the hour, and will use a heavy gas 81l fuel which, it Is said, will reduce the risk of fire in the air. A welght of some 20 tons s contracted for by the designers, allowing 120 passengers and ten or eleven tons of matil for the London-India trip, which is scheduled to last 60 hours. The fare from London to Bombay Is to be and letters will be carried at a of less than § cents. A crew of including stewards and attend- ants, Is provided for. ec- { me. ast his at of date : = u Lady Slipper Passing. One of the early botanical explor- ers of the New World flora makes fre | quent allusion to the pink lady slip- | per in the Eastern part of the United States. The beauty of the plant made €0 strong an apeal to Indians, says | Nature Magazine, the flowers were | used as hair ornaments and played an important part monial dances. Throughout the vast territory in which the lady slipper so long held sway but a comparative- few patches have survived. and | it list | | | ree red tha the in certain cere- | Laddie Boy Statue Given by Newsboys Comes to Capital By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 20.—A status of Laddlc Boy, White House pet of the Harding administration, made from pennles contributed by newsboys throughout the United States, will be turned ovzr to the Smithsonlan Institution at Vash- ington, where it will remain as the newsboys' memorial to Presi- dent Harding, their friend, The statue was to have been presented to Mrs. Harding had she lived Close ta 15000 newsboys' pen- nies already have been con- tributed. The Roosevelt News- boys' Association, under whose auspices the nation-wide drive is being conducted, expects the news- boys' contributions to reach a total of 25,000 pennies when the campaign closes in April next. DEFENDANTS WIN FIRST ANTI-TRUST SUIT STEPS Fight Against Removal to Cleve- land to Face Trial Is Successful. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 20.—Producing 35 witnesees in support of their con- tention that indictments charging | violation of the Sherman anti-trust |act returned against them in Cleve- and were unfounded, three ma |1eable iron casting manufacturers |day won their fight agalnst re to veland to face trial The contention of the manufac- turers, H. C. Warner and J. eneck |of Chicago and F. C. Rutz of Rock- | ford, T11., was upheld by Commissioner James R. Glass, who heard the cvi- dence. More than 40 other manufacturers of malleable iron castings are un- der similar indictments in Cleveland The Indictments are said to have been returned on the ground Warner, Rutz nad Steneck, with other manufacturers involved. | gaged in a price-fixing The witness testifled there was con- | stderable competition in the industry BIG LOCKOUT PLANNED. | sixty-Five “Per Cent of Swedish Viorkers May Be Affected. STOCKHOLM, December 20.—A big | lockout on New Year day, affecting | probably 100,000 Swedish engineers | and textile workers, hag been decided [by the respective employers’ associa tions, to combat demands for wage increases of from 20 to 30 cent The emplovers contend that as the index cost of living has been lowered the advance is not justified Lockouts the other trades are also expected and it is probable that 65 per cent of Sweden's organized | 1abor will Le affected. ment has appoint an commiesion to try and mediate disputes | | 1 the the Great Chrigtmas Store home are SO SIS A AU O S 2D Lamps and Electrical $15.00 American Semi-porcelain Dinner Set, decorated on graceful shaped dishes, with blue medallion and rosebud insert com- bined with tan and blue scroll. 50-Piece Set, Special— $12.44 $4.50 Bissell's Stan- dard Carpet Sweeper, | guaranteed bristle brushes, mahoganized wood case, smooth- finish handle. 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NEW YORK, December 20.—Of the | bootleg liquor being dispensed for |the holidays, 99 per cent is unfit to |drink, J.W. Dillon, chief chemist at the New York dfstrict prohibition | 1aboratory, declared today | “The nature of current samples sub- | mitted to us for analysis infiicates that halr tonlc has become the most popular purchase of bootleggers,” he said “Conditlons In the liquor traffic ar orse instead of better. It usively proven that the drink- ing American public no longer cares for its health or fits life.” | Mr. Dillon said that during the first vear of national prohibition only b |of the liquor bootlegged was & {thetic, and that half had a base pure grain alcohol. 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