Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1924, Page 2

D.C. RENTDATALAID BEFORE PRESIDENT Chairman Whaley éaid to Uphold View That Housing Emergency Still Exists. Followlng his announced Intentions several weeks ago to study the hous. ion. in Washington, Presi- dge today conferred with Richard Whaley, District of Columbia Rent Commission chairman, In response to & Whits House sum- mons, Co ook be. ble data the ation and | facts dealing: with the work of the Rent Commlission since origin. He will take additional ormation to the President. understood that the Prgeident | anxious to determine whether | actual hou emergency still | exists. During r he has re-| ceived many o 1 contending th orbitant and beyond the ability of Government employes to pay. Chairman Whaley is represented as of feeling that an emergency does axist, There is no doubt in his mind out rentals being beyond reach of the average citizen, He is of the! opinion that there is a distressing | rtage of homes of moderate prices. | He admits that there are many vacan fes in apartments, but these ar apartments at high prices, he says. 1‘ Sees Rents Higher Here, | Whaley made a study in hous- | ng conditions in other cities and con- | iders rentals in Washington higher han In the iarger cities of the East.| Ie was urable to say, after seeing | the Presid just what the result| will be following this conference. ident Coolldge in his attempt, about a remedy has in. the Department of Justice, ges of fraudulent | part of some reai! iding valua- larger rent.| expects to receive a| Attorney General re-| estigation shortly. concer figures and the 3 rentals are ex- pula estate dealers ions In SONG WRITER DEAD | | OF ALCOHOLIC POISON! Thirty-Fifth Victim of Month in | New York Is John A. Ryan; | 100 IiL | Ry the Associated F ! NEW YORK, ember 22--John a s iter, is the latest! of a’ * poisoning, which | the metropoli- Twenty-one ing alcoholism | were admitted to Bellevue Hospital | during the 24 hours ending thl morning. Six of them were women. Patfents in suftering from bad lquor mher mors than 100, of whic! fourth are serious | cases thet resu’'t in death or blindnese. the =approach of Christmas the police and prohibition authoritles continue their efforts $o CONCHELIS) Ryan was the popular songs, being sung | fctim persons suffe author of several inéluding one now | a Broadway musical comedy. He was found in a coma on the sidewalx last night and died soon after being taken to the hos- | pital. He was 24 years old. BEWARE OF “BOOTLEG,” HEALTH OFFICER WARNS Declares Liguor Now Being Sold Contains “Injurious” Ingredients. Police Alert. With the approach of the Christmas holiday season, Health Officer Fowler today warned Washingtonlans of the danger to health that may lurk in boot- leg liquor. Dr. Fowler reminded prospective imbibers that there is reason to be- Ilieve that some of these unlawful concoctions contain ingredients In- Jjurious to health, { For several weeks Maj. Sullivan | has had the Police Department on the | alert for rum-runners seeking to e ter the city with Christmas suppl e ENGLAND ATTACKS U. S.-BERLIN TREATY AS LACKING VITALITY | (Continued from First Page. i the Versailles treaty having not only with- | the partnership, but as forfeited everything that| was in a position to bestow | on the allled and assoclated powers. | Mr. Hughe however, had been| through a controversy on the mnn-l date systeis, and had ignored the Ver- sailles treaty, claiming that the Unit- ed States was entitled to rights in the mandated territories because America had been an assoclate in the War and a partner in the armistice, He could not cencelve that America would be eliminated from the group of victors simply because of the fail- ure to ratify a particular form of settlement known ae the Versallles treaty, which contained provisions so obnoxious as to prevent its acceptance as & whole. ing to ratify was regarded drawn from aving German - Hughes Denies Contention, Virtually the same answer now fs being made by Mr. Hughes to the British notes, namely, that the allies cannot shut off the United States from recefving payments from Germany under the Dawes plan any more than the allles could be excluded by the Berlin treaty from receiving benefits which they were promised by Ger- many. y The whole procedure of the aliled governments is in a sense incompre- hensible from a diplomatic viewpoint. Technically there may be much to say on the subject of whether a con- tract between Germany and the allled powers can be shared in by another nation which refuses to be a party to that contract and whether an equity in assets delivered under that pact may stjll be retained by a non-signa- tory power. But Ameirca has secured recogni- tiow Jor her claims in the mandate controversy by persuading the allles that a_spirit of amity must be a plied. The British and French m ultimately agree to that in this in- stance, too, but if they can make a case out ugainst the validity of the Berlin treaty they will prevent the Uulted States from getting any pri- ority In collecting war claims from Germany. Thus the relatives of those who lost their lives on the Lusitenia and in submarine warfare will nct get early payment and there will be no com- pensation for the property of Ameri- can citizens damaged during the war untll the consent of the allies is ob- tained. \ (Copyright, 1924.) 1. HOOVER GIVEN {of TRavpa KTpFa Peateraity. J. E. HOOVER, Newly appointed director of the rean of investigation, Department cations most of | Justice, succeeding Willlam J. Buras. | (Harrls & Fwing Photo.) W. J. BURNS' PLACE Appointment Puts 30-Year- Old Man at Head of Bu- reau of Investigation. J. E, ingtont; rector of the of the Depar Justice since the resignation of William J. Burns, has been appointed director of the bureau it was announced today by Attorney General Sto; Mr. Hoo Hos portation cases, having Investigated Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman | so-called bol- to the Unlted and Ludwig Martens, shevik ambassador tat Native of Washington. Born in Washington, Mr. graduzted at Central where he was captain of Company A Cadets. He took the degrees of bachelor. of law and master of law t Gearge Washington University and hortly ernment service in the Department of Justice, doing legal work In the alien enemy division. He was later trans- ferred to the Bureau of Investigation, and since the retirement of William J. Burns, last May, has served as act- ing director of that bureau. The position is one of major re- sponsibility among the Government investigating agencies, and the ap- pointment of Mr. Hoover at the age of 30 is considered by officials as an unusual, but merited tribute to his abllity. He is understood to be one of the youngest men ever to hold the post. Mr. Hoover is a major in the Mili- tary Intelligence Division of the OfM- cers’ Reserve Corps, and is a_member of the University Club, Columbia Hoover LEADING BERLIN ACTORS ABANDON STRIKE PLAN “89 Most Prominent” Actors Drop Proposal to Refuse Heavy Cut in Salaries. By the Associated Pre: BERLIN, December 22.—The treat- ened strike of “the $9 most promi- nent” actors of Germany has col- lapsed and the committee appointed late last month to take vigorous ac- tlon against the managers’ for classification of the players will probably never report. The stars it is said, have found the public, the managers and the lesser- pald actors against them In their re- sistance to the managers’ plan, which provides for minimum and maximum sa‘aries in the four categories, rang- ing _trom $350 to $2,000 monthly. Thus actors like Fritzi Massary, Elizabeth Bergner, Herman Vallen- tin and Emil Jannings will not long- er command salarles in excess of $2,000. NIGHT AIR MAIL FLYER KILLED [N PARACHUTE LEAP DURING BLIZZARD (Continued from First Page.) tures far below gzero, the air mail went forward with schedules little impeded. The cold had receded and the temperature had climbed to 13 above zero at 7 oO'clock last night, when Gilbert set out from Chicago. The snow soon was swirling about his plane, but it kept the course until it vanished in the darkness as Kane- ville was reached. Ira Hawk, a farmer, was the first to see the body, burled deep in the snow. Apparently every bone had been broken. It was sad news the farmers car- ried back to thelr homes, for the children of the countryside had been called to windows in recent evenings to see the “Santa Claus” mall man scoot across the sky at night in what seemed to be an air-flying automo- bile. To them it uon%d he could ride out any storm, for he might be car- Tying their letters to Santa. While they knew that the messages were taken on by & new fiyer, they feel that the dead aviator was their Santa Claus mailman. ““We didn't think ho could fall,” one little youngster said. Alr mailmen, after examining the remains af the parachute, expressed the bellef that the parachute rope had been severed by the stabilizer on the plane. Some of the searchers expressed the oplnion that Gilbert had jumped too soon. FIRST MAIL FATALITY, \ Victim, Former Army Pilot, Had Been in Service 8ix Months. By the Asscciated Press. CHICAGO, December 22.—Charles Gitbert, first of the night-flying aertal mall pilots to lote his life in the seryice, whose body was found near Kaneville today, was a former Army %| fiyer who had been In the aerfal mail service about six months, according! to attaches of the air mail field here. @ilbert took off from Chicago with the westbound malil at 7 p.m. Sunday. The lights of his plane were seen at Kaneville and then the fiyer vanished and had been reported missing until searchers found the body, the para- chute torn loose, & half mile from the, point where his plane had orsshed. Pilot R. G. Page, who set out soon after daybreak today on the search, picked up the mail from the wrecked plane and started for Omaha before the body was found. r was prominent in some | the Government's most noted de-| High School, | thereafter entered the Gov-| scheme ! '0.C.COURT SCORED INDRY LAW LAXITY | Methodist Publication Prints Record of Number of Liguor Cases Here. Charging that enforcement of pro- i hibition In Washington “is so far from being perfect that the matter should be Gf serfous concern to every of the Capital and the Na- | the board of temperunce, pro- | hibition and public morals of the ! Methodist Episcopal Church in its | weekly Clipsheet, declare i | "“The administratlon of the police courts * ¢ ¢ must improve” and | recommends that “probably there should be an additional judie who for the present would give his sole at-| tention to the eradication of boot- legging and rum-running in Wash- | ngton. “The blggest share of the blame, says the Methodist board, “is not with | ! the police, and it certainly is not with | the - prohibition unit. * ¢ ¢ Let us face the facts. Stop bootlegging and . rum-running, at least under the very ! of the White House and the Capi- They were the first to lead t of a i Urges Better Pay. Other proposals put forward as means of improving the situation in- | clude more prohibition agents for the | country continguous to the capital and better pay for the agents. “What's the matter with proh bitlon in the District of Columbia the Methodlst board asks in big head- ! lines over a two and a hal? column | article, and goes into the police court | record of two specifl ases at length. | | After critically reviewing two | speclfic cases, and referring another of man In Georgetow! | who was “found guilty on all four counts, sentenced and his sentence suspended,” the Methodist board 1 sharply suggests: | “If there is a real desire force the prohibition law in the District of Columbia and the Natlon's Capital, the lesson of these cases is plain, 'We must have a judge of a different type to some who have | served in the past. An undue num- ber of continuances should not be per- | mitted. Unjustified delays in execu tion of sentence should be avolded. The more ‘nfluence’ a man has, the mors obligation he is under to ob- serve the law Found by Capt. ville, Santa BY CAPTAIN ELIJAH SQUINT. (The only explorer who ever crossed the Bahara Desert on & velocipede: owner of | Tnes, the famous pet ¢l leader of The | Rtars expedition to Santa Claus Land.) | (By Courer Duck to The Star.) | DOG BISCUIT BAY, Santa Claus Land, December ddenly I knew! It was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! The dwarfs acted out part of the story, as Snow White told §t, and the Brownfe put down what they did. Although they ail | seemed real, they were in o kind of { frame, like the border of a page, and “The administration of the Police | 310y the page began to turn. Coutts In'the Disfrict of Columbia| Fisst T sawis fusayilittls cid Syies must improve In the future if the| Music box, which began to tinkle a rise in arrests for drunkenness is to tuBe my grandmother used to sing And then there came a most re- markable procession, passing along | the border of the page and turning | across in front of us. At the head, | arm in arm, marched two men in silk Record of Case. | knee breeches, long-tailed coats and “A record of one Police Court case | white wigs. They each carried a affords a vivid picture of ‘What's the | long gold-headed and matter with prohibition in Washing- | pinches of snff ton? " { the people who followed them. There Reviewing then at length the case|was Mother Goose and Georgie Por- of the United States vs. {the statement sums it up this way: | Miss Muffet and Old Mother Hubbard “The man {3 arraigned, found gullty iand her dog, and the cow that jumped \I;md sentenced. The case Is continued | over the moon, and all the rest. 12 countered. Presumably there is a certain Ilmited time for the perfec- {tion of an appeal, but seemingly no appeal was ever perfected, so far we can learn from the record. Nearly a year afterward this de- ' { fendant, a prominent man, had the | execution of his sentence suspended | (first count), but we are unable to apa A a PR e 52" I R Yo~ i 371 last night. Two companies of firemen executed. It is alleged that after his. |aSt gl call and the fire was ex- sentence liquor directed to this man ' esponded to & call ard B8 T78 O3 OO was seized from an express com- :m‘h@’ after alig! pany. The defendant, it was said. 3 Y, was first arralgned in the FPolice| The home of J. Fred Feeary, 3171 Court December 12, 1923, and the sen- | Newark street, Clevela . | the scene of a fire scare last night. e e Ve CL heewtieoant Sparks from a chimney started a fire on December 4, 1923 H s The second case cited for criticism | that was quickiy —extinguished. n by the Methodist board s that of | damage was slight. The United States va. MIDDLE WEST WARMER. to en- | be checked, if the murderous raeing |of drink-driven automobiles 1s to be [ atopped and if bootlegging Is to be | eradicated. cane took ISLEET AND SNOW PROMISED TONIGHT; WEST GAINS RELIEF (Continued from First Page.) Bootlegger. | which was dismigsed by the judge, | with a statement ghat in the opinion | of the court “Mr. Bootlegger instead of being prosecuted was being per-, White Christmas Assured by Snows secuted by the (prohibition) agents | 1d. and the police”” Mr. Bootlegger was | Holbwingice arraigned October 22, 1923, | By the Associated Press. Supporting their contention that| CHICAGO, December 22.—Its great- prohibition agents should be better | est fury spent, the cold wave which pald, the statement says the prohibi- | swept across the country the past tion unit, by virtue of having weeded | week, paralyzing transportation and out “unfit agents” now has “available | communication facilities and accom- men of very high class.” | panted by sub-zero thermometer read- “It is not infrequent,” says the!ings, had released its clutch on the statement, “for these men to be called mid-West today and was replaced by out for service in the night after a|moderated. weather with snow in long and hard day's work. Some- ' some places. times they are sent out in bitter cold| Chicagoans found virtual assurance jto stand all night beside some atill, of a white Christmas in the coating aiting for the operators to appear|of powdery snow accumulated by a |in the morning. Like the runners of gentle fall throughout the night. Al- Herodotus, they suffer heat and cold, though yesterday's lowest tempera- |hunger and thirst, privation of every ture was one below zero, a prediction | character, but they do their duty, and 'of “not so cold” was held out by the | too frequently while they do their weather man for today. {duty under such conditions, daily fac- | ing the country’s most dangerous |enemies, their ‘wives and children | wear threadbare garments and eat | insuMctent food.” ‘practically restored last nlght and ‘gnmmunlcatlan throughout the Mid- !dle West was being revived rapidly, {according to reports. i RAST IN GRIP OF COLD. \FRANCE TO PAY U. S.: | MORATORIUM VITAL, JUSSERAND HOLDS (Continued from First Page.) | Coast S8hipping Tied Up—Tempera- tures Drop Fast. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 22.—The |frsesing weather which swept into s | nations do. “It is true,” he | Eastern States Saturday night on the IWe o not derive as ‘much from iat | wings of an ley Northwest wind, con- | come tax as you Americans and the | tinued to hold sway today although | British do, but you must remember | indications were that it would be of | that Income tax is only a portion of Short duration. New York City fa | the French taxation system. We have | Well in the cold wave, but in the New | other and very enerous taxes to pay. ! England States and Northern New And onr’wobkmsil' do sot et your| Torkithe coliat ‘wentharfof|the:sde- wages. A day's pay of a bricklayer |son was recorded. {in the United States would keepy a| BShipping suffered, although no | French family of 8 or 10 persons a |Serious maritime casualty was re- | week. But we are turning the corner. | ported. The Leviathan arrived In | The balance of trade, long against port yesterday 24 hours late, after |us, 1s being diverted In our favor. battling the stiff gales. Along the Everybody is at work, unemploy- New England Coast shipping was ment 18 nil. As far as workman and | mostly at a standstill. Provincetown peasant can make it, our financial|at the tip of Cape Cod experienced situation Is good. Returns from in- | one of the worst ‘“vapor storms” in come tax have trebled. But even|years. The only steamer reported with all these things our economics, | in distress was the Managuil, which as a nation, are not altogether pleas- | lost a propeller off Nantuoket while ant or rosy. When we have com- | bound from Boston to Havana. The pleted our work of restoration of our coast guard outter Tampa took her ravaged provinces, and thus cured|in tow for New York. a national malady which no healthy | Inland shipping also felt the effect nation can indefinitely tolerate, we|of the cold and the high winds. On shall be in a position to adjust our |Lake Ontario two tugs were in trou- obligations.” ble. One is missing and another be- (Copyright, 1924.) |came imprisoned in ice five inches — | thick inside of Sand Point, near O R SRR R 0 AR A BT Candies | For Parties and Social Occasions For those who will en- tertain, we have dainty candies and all manner of exclusive specialties which - appeal to discriminating people. Any one would know | Mr. Blank, | gie and Little Jack Horner and Little | Telephone service in Illinots was| people of Mother Goose through the pages book. Two Men, Who Led Mother.Goose . Into Book, Greet Star Explorer Charles Perrault and Jean La Fontaine Squint in Book- Claus Land. | The toymaker of Nuremberg took | off his hat and made a low bow. | “Capt. Squint,” he sald, “allow me | to present to you M. Charles Perrault |and Jean La Fontaine, who first per- suaded Mother Goose and her triends | to march through the pages of a | book.” | Captatn Fails on Bow. The two men with the wigs made most sweeping bows, each stepping sidewavs and backward together and finishing with the grandest kind of a flourish you can think of. I tried to {do 1t the way they did, but it was so complicated my wooden leg came un- screwed and I fell down. We all laughed till we were sick. A Brownfe reporter came up to in- | terview Mother Goose. He took notes |on the back of an unpald gas bill which he fished out of his pockets. “Yes,” sald Mother Goose, “we are | rehearsing a new book, but I do not | wish anything sald about it at pres- |ent. But If you are determined to | print something, T have some recent | photographs——" Just then, Spud, who had come with {us, got to fighting with Mother Hub- bard's dog, and Santa Claus shouted, “Turn the page!" | (Copyright, 1924.) (Continued Tomorrew) times and other delays Are eN- | smmm—————— wego, N. Y. At Ogdensburg, N. Y., & | ferry’ operating from Ogdensburg to Prescott grounded on a sand bar, with a large number of passengers on board. The ferry was on the bar all night. Big snowdrifts wers reported from the northern part of New York State, with the mercury below zero. Har- T UE ron Ut v empeted 4o start next week. In New York Cit it was 16 above this morning. Sabbath Centrelia, a policeman, went In swimming at Coney Island yesterday. Water's fine.” he told & few shiv- ering foiks In fur coats on the board- walk. One death was reported York City from the cold. in New in a Bowery basement. Nearly 300 homeless men slept last They were led by Urbaln Ledoux, known as “Mr. Zero." Gradually rising temperatures are forecast, with the possibility that there will be a white Christmas in some sections of the East. | OZARE AREA RECOVERING. i | Wire Service, Out Three Days, Partially Restored. T By the Associated Press. ! "SPRINGFIELD, Mo., December 22. —The Ozark region of Missouri was ;ln communication with the outside snow and sleet storms in history. The damage in the Springfleld di trict will amount to more than $2, 1 000,000, according to newspaper es ! mates made last night. | 3. H. Fraser, general manager of | the St. Louls-San Franclsco Rallroad, isaid 3,000 telegraph poles were down between Springfield and St. Louls, The Bell approximately 3,600 poles down In and near Springfield There was considerable damage to frutt trees. TRACTORS PULL TROLLEYS. ST. LOUIS, December 22.—Street cars were drawn through streets of Springfleld, 11, yesterday by tractors, because electric power still was un- |available, according to reports of line- men attempting to re-establish inter- |urban communication between St. Louls and Springfield on the Illinois traction system. TRAINS 15 HOURS LATE. TULSA, Oklahoma, December 22.— Train service over the St. Louls-S8an | Francisco Rallway between Tulsa and St. Louls i{s gradually improving, and trains are running about 1§ hours late now, railroad officials here stated last night. The trains were running over 24 hours behind schedule Saturday. With practically all of the tel phone and telegraph repair gangs working In the storm-swept area be- tween Monett and St. Louls, com- munication is expected to be estab- ‘ished by tomorrow night or Wed- nesday, when the train . & OU have every assurance of getting Y just the shades that will fit best on your windows if we make them to meas- @ ure; also you save the middleman’s profit. The victim | was a vagrant whose body was found | night in the Camp Memorial Church. | { world last night after having been | isolated since Thursday in the worst| Telephone Company has | ADM. VAN REYPEN “SUCCUMBS AT 84 Retired Rear Admiral Had Distinguished Record in Navy as Surgeon General. Rear Admiral Willlam Knicker- booker Van Reypen, U. 8. N, retired, former Surgeon General of the Navy, died at the Naval Hospital here today. Admiral Van Reypen had been in the hospital for several | weeke. He had long been a resident |of this city, residing at 1201 Fif- | teenth street. | Born at Bergen, N. J., November (14, 1840, Admiral Van Reypen was educated at New York University, graduating In the medical depart- | ment there. He was appointed an as- ststant surgeon December 25, 1861, and did his first service in the New York Naval Hospital Later he transterred to the frigate St. Lawrence, which was one of the ships in the east gulf block- ading squadron. He served on hoard the latter ship from 1863 to 1864. He was promoted to surgeon in May, 1868, and was made a medical inspec- tor in 1887. Long Record in Navy. Rear Admiral Van Reypen had a long and enviable record in the | United States Navy, having served at various stations. He was a delegate representing the Medical Department of the United States Navy at the twelfth International Medical Con- | | Tess in Moscow in 1897. During the war with Spain he designed and fit- ted out the ambulance ship Solace, sald to be the first ship of its kind ever used in naval warfare. In addition he was a delegate to the Red Cross conference in St. Petersburg, in 1902. He was retired from ths Navy January 26, 1902, with the rank of senior rear admiral, atter | he had served more than 40 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eleanor C.:Van Reypene, a daughter, | Baroness Korff, and two grandchil- dren, all living in this city. Funeral services will be conducted | at his residence, on Fifteenth street, Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, will of- ficlate. Interment will be in Arling- ton Cemetery. —————— pected to be on regular scheduls again. NEW ORLEANS HAS SNOW. NEW ORLEANS, December 22.—For a brief interval yesterday afternoon and again last night snow fell in New Orleans, but in an amount insufficient | to be registered at the Weather Bu- reau. The precipitation, said by un- official observers to be the first noted in_more than 10 years, amounted to | @ few scattering flakes The mercury in New Orleans hov- ered near the freezing point through- out yesterday and last night, with slowly ralsing temperatures forecast for today. ST. LAWRENCE FROZEN. By the Associated Press. OGDENSBURG, N. Y, December 22. —The temperature here last night de- scended to 22 degrees b.xha!\: zero, 2 o St Lawrence River en: ey EetSes Yor e ret time. this year. Ferry boats were forced to break their own channels most of the way. The tug Glide yesterday effected a landing with the lighter Cahlll, car- rying 800 tons of coal from the re- cently wrecked freighter A. D. Mac- Tier, after deserting her consort Sat- urday in midharbor to break a chan- nel through an ice fleld. She returned for the Cahill and brought her in- shore before crushing her way through the last 200 fee EN PIAND 3 DAYS LEFT In Which to Buy Newest, Best Make UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC WAFFLE IRONS New Low Price *10 sMUDDIMAN 709 13th St. N.W. M. D. SMITH CHOSEN | TO HEAD CIRCLE CLUB Officers Elected by Organization of Master Masons at Annual Meeting. Milton D. Smith, motor cycle police- man of the fourth precinct, was elect- ed president of the Circle Club, com- posed of Master Masons in the employ of the District government, at the annual_meeting held Saturday night at the Pythian Temple. Other officers elected were: Joseph D. Sulllvan of the Fire Department, first vice president; Edward E. Lewls of the District repair shop, second vice president; John W. Batson of the engineer divislon, third dent; Everett L. Phillips of the Po- lice Department, secretary: Robert Guerrant of the Health Department, treasurer; George H. Schwab of the tax collector's office, sergeant-at- arms, and Frank H. Buehler of the Water Department, tiler. The installation of officers will be |held at the January meeting, at which | time a ladies’ night program will be given, including vaudeville and danc- | ing. The committee in charge of ar- rangements includes Milton D. Smith, Corbin Birch, Archle Baker, Clarence Tally and Frank Nussbaum. Dirigible in Test Flight. LAKEHURST, N. J,, December 22.— The dirigible Los Angeles left her hangar at the Naval Alr Station at noon today for a three-hour cruise to test out the water recovery system recently installed. e TR A rat trap that automatically re- sets itself, has been invented by an Indfana man. g Shaffer’s Xmas | § | Flowers & Plants PHONE Main 106 Main 2416 Christmas vice presi- | SHAFFER’S JOHN CLARK KILLED AS CARHITS TRUCK \William G. Kimball, Driver of Auto, Dangerously Hurt, Is Held for Hearing. John Clark, 35 years old, Condui road and Dana place was f{nstantly killed and Willlam G. Kimball, Au vora Helghts, Va., was serfously Ir. lured shorty after 4:30 o'clock ves terday morning, when a touring car which Kimball was driving, crashed headlong into a truck and then struck a stone wall in front of the home of Wesley Michens, 4231 Canea road. Kimball, taken to the Georgetown University Hospital suffering from many brulses and cuts, was placed under police guard for an Inquest to be held today. Kimball, the police say, insists there was no light on the truck when he struck it and that he could not see it In the darkness He sald he was traveling about 2 miles an hour. The police said tod that the truck was thrown about 20 feet, due to the impact, when the touring car struck the truck, and broken lantern was found in th road. The car, in which the dead mar and Kimball were riding, was over turned. Driver Fails to Halt. Nancy Cox, colored, 38, was occ pant of an automobile that collide with another car at Th streets southwest about yestorday afternoon. She sustal a severe injury to her hand woman, who resides at 1202 burg street southwest, was taken Providence Hospital, ' Police repor |ed that the driver of the other c failed to stop after the colliston. His |identity was learned and & warra for his arrest will be obtained Wilis Newman, colored, 50, Bric | yara Hill, Va, was knocked dow: ront of 3103 street yesterda morning by the automoblle of Charle. H. Btockton, 1764 Oregon avenue, anc slightly hurt. After Dr. J. A. Roger | had dressed a scalp injury at Georg | town Hospital the injured man w locked up by the police to answer | charge of intoxication. | Woman Hit by Auto. | Mary Osin, 22, Central avenus, | itol Heights, Md., was struck by ti automobile of Ralph F. Weado: 202 Flagler place, at New York avenue |and Thirteenth street, about 3:15 jo'clock last night, and her ankle an: foot hurt. Weadon took the {njure | woman to George Washington Un versity Hospital. Oliver Bell, 313 First street south {east, reported to police of the firs precinct that his automobile knocke down an elderly near Ninth an E streets about o'clock yesterda afternoon. The injured man refused | to tell his identity or accept an ofter | to be taken to a hospital. i I sust THE THING a a | Leather Bill Fold | in Gift Box | 50c to $9.00 A deslgn to please every taste HARRY C. GROVE, INC. 1210 G St. u54:_1/ It With Flowers™” { Beribboned Blooming Plants, flaming Poin settias, superb Bego- nias and Choice Cut Flowers to carry your Christmas wishes far and near. 1A Cheice selection of Table Novelties, Candle-pieces,Wreaths and Yule Greens at very reasonable prices. REREVE VLV RVERERN 14th&§; E. ye !,' Demands To meet the extra demand made upon your pocketbook every Christmas and to avoid unneces- sary worry we suggest our Christmas Savings Club Make sure of a happy Christ- mas next year by adopting this easy method of money. 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