Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1925, Page 11

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FRSON WARDEN RESSTS DLSTER - Closes Gates of Penitentiary. Warns That}Attempl to Enter Is Dangerous. Penitentiary t sht were ed to all visitors order y Tynan in h demanded by charges filed w e Civil Serv- | Warm PRool Used As Bed by Hermit; Floats All Night By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, January 8.—*“Hermit of the Warm Springs,” is the sobriquet police have given to K. N. Jensen, 60, found early yesterday naked and asleep, float- ing around in a four-foot-deep pool of naturally warm sulphur water, in a cave just north of here. A wooden pillow arrangement was used by Jensen to keep his head afloat, He told police that he had spent his nights for months in the pool, because it afforded rellef from the cold weather. Police at first thought him pen- niless, but it has since been learn- ed that he has a private income, :|U. 5. GROUP TO BUILD RAILROAD IN MEXICO Corporation Gets Concession to Con- struct 140-Mile Line to Gulf Port. By the Associated Press. CA 1CO, Calif, January 8.— Plans to construot & 140-mile railroad from Mexicali, immediately across the Mexican border from this point, to San Felipe, on the Gulf of Cali- fornia, were announced here yester- day by Harry Chandler of Los An- e [ geles, who, with a group of associ- - | ates, 300-Pound Maid Flees. 314 7th St. N.W. 500 LOVELY NEW MODELS NEW STYLES SHOWN FIRST wholesale price. AN Sizes at Only holds a Mexican government concession to bulld the line. Mr. Chandler said that his conces- n to construct the road, which will Imperlal Valley products a di- rect outlet - to Tidewater, calls for i completion in three and one-half years. He declared that he expected the line to be finished to La Bomba, first port at the mouth of the Col- orado River, within two vears. The project is being undertaken by a new corporation, organized under the laws of Mexico, for the comple- tion of plans originally laid down by the Mexican National Railways and later discontinued owing to lack of funds, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. GIRL, 17, ENDS LIFE BY DRINKING POISON Act of Daughter of Polish Musician Laid to Failure to Hear From Fiance. ess. January S.—Despond- use she had failed to recelve from her native sweetheart, in Lemberg, Poland, Gregoria Pulls- years old, daughter of vska, faculty member Conservatory of of the Cin- cinnati Symphony Orchestra, ended her life in her apartment here yester- day. Miss Puliskowska, who also was known as Miss Mary Davis, was here studying volce cultur: ccording to the police she had ted a letter to arrive from Lem where she is said to have sung ncert halls, between her periods of voice culture. When it failed to arrive she took several poisonous tablets almost instantly. The girl is said to have arrived in America. four months ago with stepmother, who also is a music stu- dent here. Gregoria was betrothed to a stu- dent at Krakow Univers before she sailed for Amer! ents of the two advised them against an early marriage, because neither had completed their education. It was learned, however, that the young man had promised to write and that as soon as he had finished his u versity work was coming to Amer! to claim his sweetheart. Intima friends of the family said that G goria had never heard from him since her arrival here. T. S. Seeks Dye Leadership. Since the World War America has made such progress in the manufac- ture of dye stuffs that this Nation is likely to assume world leadership despite the strong hold that Germany had. In 1914 the United States manu- factured and sold about 7,000,000 pounds of dyes, but in 1922 the total was over 67,000,000 pounds, valued at nearly $42,000,000. AT CUNNINGHAM’S Hundreds of lovely new Spring Dresses, just unpacked, ready for this event. This is our allotment of a tiemendous purchase of Dresses, bought at a price concession that will enable us$ to sell them at usual $ New Materials Crepe Satins Canton Crepes' Satin Cantons Spring Flannels Combinations (1 For Every Wear For Afternoons For Business For Mornings For Street For_Evening: o s Dress Salon, Entire 2d Floor and dled | 0O Hypnosis in Lieu Of Narcotics Used In Surgery Work Correspondence of the Associated Press, DORPAT, Lithuania, December 20.—Prof. A. Wannach has recently performed a number of surgical operations at the Dorpat Univer- sity Hospital which have attract- ed much attention because hyp- nosis was substituted for narcotios. The patients are alleged to have suffered no pain. LIMBLESS MEN ORGANIZE. World War “Amps” Unite to Get| United States Assistance. Special Dispatch to The Star, NEW YORK, January 8.—Organiza- | tion of the United States World War Amps, to be composed of veterans | ed major amputations, was yesterday by H. T. Gray, been elected commander of | organization, One.of the | is to protect and assist wholly disabled. Thé Amps t January 13 in the Waldorf- her | ¢ Ships Halted by Blizzard. ST. JOHN'S, N. F,, January 8.—A blizzard raging here yesterday halted train traffic and prevented steamer B Foob SHow &l THIS WEEK AND NEXT Get Sample of Cooking On the | Famous CLARK JEWEL GAS RANGE | C. A.MUDDIMAN CO. | 700 13th St.. - B 3 Call at Our Store For Admission Tickety 316 | 7th St. ‘N.W. JE Cunningham Co - REMARKABLE SALE OF.. COAL FALL KILLS TWO. Miner and Laborer Crushed in Scranton Shaft. SCRANTON, Pa., January Charles Spooner, a miner of this city, and Seberfana Vazguel of New York, his laborer, were crushed to death yesterday under a fall of coal and rock in & mine at the Von Storch Col- leries Company. Would-be rescuers worked seven hours before they reached their bodies. -Vazguel had been in the coal field but & short time. Train Rider Killed by Tunnel. SYRACUSE, N. Y., January 8.—Jos- eph Drapes, 23 of Stevens. Point, Wis., dled yesterday of a fracture of the skull, suffered when his forhead struck @ tunnel wall near here as he was riding on a New York Cen- tral passenger train Friday night istinctive Floors Linoleum, Treadlite Tile, Marbleized Rubber Tile, Natural Cork Tile Step Into the New Investment Bullding —and inspect the quiet, sanitary, SEock-abiorbing fsors of - Gora: Beal ‘Treadlite Tile throughout idors. and installed by The BAKER CO., Inc. 1110 F St. N.W. Distributors for BONDED FLOORS, Inc. Manufacturers—Eagineers Gontractars “‘A surety bond with every floor’ 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925. Tomorrow—Beginning 9:15 A.M.—Until Sold Annual Remnant Sale One Hundred and Eighty-one RESSES 107 FORMERLY PRICED $29.75 $39.75 $49.75 $59.75 Sizes 14 to 40—None Charged—No Will Calls—All Sales Final 1316 G Street City Club Buslding See Window Display These Dresses are now on Display in Our Windows You Must See Them With Your Own Eyes to Appreciate the Values Offered— Models for Women and v'-‘wilifllflifllllll : 9S FOUNDED 1894 KNOWN FOR REMARKABLE VALUE GIVING 1109 F St. N.W. A Mighty Event—Marvelous in Values An Almost Unbelievable Sale of Featuring a Host of Gorgeous New Models in Satin-Faced Canton and Other Popular Silks and Cloths Amazingly Low in Price at A Marvelous Selection, Indeed Far Superior to Any Dresses You Ever Saw at This Price — Superior in Design — Supgrior in Material—Superior in Trimming Every Dress Represents the Biggest Return You Ever Got for $11 Economy Dress Section—2nd Floor 4 Smart Styles for Almost Every Occasion Developed in Heavy Lustrous Silks—Satin- Faced Canton Crepe de Chine Flannels Etc., All New High Shades and Black All Sizes M OREISON S &

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