Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1925, Page 5

SEEKS §1.000,000 FOR EMERGENCIES Bell Will Lay Plan for Con- tingent Fund Before Trade Bodies’ Meeting. When representatives of the trade bodles gather at the District Building Friday afternoon to discuss the ques- tion of snow removal, Engineer Com- ssioner Bell plans to lay before em & Suggestion that Congress be asked to give the Commissioners a large contingent fund each year to ny urgent municipal work that e forcseen when the esti- o being prepared. | h conference has been to discuss methods of Commissioners this time with s in the Water, Sewer Departments, where current year have | to do essential the Bell believes the Commission- | would have at thelr disposal a fund of not less than $1.- | zlly to be used, as he| “to do work that the a right to expect| pointed a year Imost tmpoasible tely how much | for extending water to new houses, for | buildings or for | out, in aa be needed and sewer service repairs to school emoval tenslon Work Hampered. miss he sald, would accounting of how the at the end of the advaniage would be d not be tled es became nec- make a strict g water and houses ltmited ch fiscal year spend on this e unusual Depzrtment, because all spent in extensions s from rents and not from zeneni) 45 ? In the veyor's oflice, Col. .Bell said. prope s pay substantial fecs to have their land subdivided for building s, but that office also s facing a deficiency that will delay such work until additidnal tunds are provided | | the neglect ow that resulted from the | arted on New Year eve. | 1s scarcely a line of business| iat did not su from the | t on the part ernment care of public highways. 1d indeed be a calamity if it \\ore1 repeated.” ] POLICEMEN ON TRIAI. IN PRISON FI.OGGIN | i self«Dcfense Plea as Rockville Case | Is Called Against Rogers ‘ and Ball. clear the storm that mber of . and Lee Ball | ietimes acted | ere placed on nm'\ here today, Litueton | the Dbase here S‘\'Prnl‘ rd wWelsh Is | prosecution and | scott Is leoking after ! county polt of Poolesville as a special officer trial in the Ci charged with Yoole, a ment of the cou months ago. F. sement of the y early hour In \d beaten with a pigce! 1t is charged. It was| Poo trial that the| stcred to force | nowever, | tacked him courthouse the mornin of rubber hose. contended at whipping GEORGE T. THORNTON ‘ DIES IN HOME HERE Was Employed by Gas Light Com- pany for 40 Years—Funeral Tomorrow. | | i | | em- | .Wh! ars and a | of Old- t ot Co- Saturday after a | Mr. Thornton re- ‘ 20, 1848, he | in the nav where he | d for several Following | worked as a conductor and trans- | agent for the old Washington | Georget Railway, now 1 Traction Company, for ber of ye Thornton was retired by the| Light Company a| He is survived I,_v‘ Thornton, and a | Perr) | will be conducted | Zurhorst, | tomorrow Rev. S. T. Keller Me- will _of- in Con- the Church, will be $150, 000 HAMPTON FIRE. . Furniture Plant in Heart of vu-\ ginia Town Is Destroyed. i HAMF 12.—Dam- | age from ittingh 50,000 which destroyed rniture e center of the b . early yesterday. A ident and manager safd that $45,000 of the | oo Htie Aok oF, ehulia: “the four-sto brick d be started immediately. o fire is said to have grown from riginating in an automobile a=ivice station fn the ground floor of tae building. thy source of the orig- 1.al flames net having been deter- wined. ‘AUDITORIUM BOARD | send resuited | || Company's | — structure | |Haynes Disputes Canadian Figures On Liquor Exports Prohibition Commissioner Haynes today issued a statement in which he took issue with inferenees from & trade bulletin issued by the Canadian bureau of statistics, which according to news reports indicated “more than 3,000,000 gal- Jons of ale and beer, and more than 300,000 gallons of whisky went out of Canada to the United States during the last 12 months.” Explaining at length the legal restrictions on the handling of liquor {n Canada, Mr. Haynes sald, “It does not follow however, that the reported importation into the United States of some 3,000,000 gallons of beer and some 300,000 gallons of spirits is correot, or that any such amounts ever reach the United States as there is perhaps an illiclt demand, therefor in the provinces of Canada. If the dis- tilled spirits or ale or beer are imported Into the United States such importations are smuggled in In violation of law, and have, of course, no legal authorization.” PARLIAMENT OPENS WITH ROME AGOG Police Strengthened in Face of Action on Mussolini Reform Bill. By the Associated Press. ROME, January 12.—An afr of sup- pressed excitement and expectation pervaded Rome today with the reas- sembling of Parllament for considera- tion Premier RMussolinl's electoral reform bill, ‘The premier this mo: ng presided over a council of ministers to decide on a plan of campalign for the parlia- mentary session, starting in the aft- ernoon. In the evening he is to preside over the grand Facist council in the hall of the consistory of the Palazzo Venezfa. This meeting is to lay down rules for upholding and applying Fascist principles in the light of the | present political struggle. Although no disorders were expect- ed, the government took precautions. The police and carabineers centered their forces at strategic polnts and Increased the guards around the of- fices of the opposition newspapers to prevent violence by extremist Fascisti. cisti. | the President’s veto of the posial pay { nomination { vacancy. NG DIAL IS OPPOSED FOR FEDERAL POST Senator’s Democratic Col- leagues Notify President of Fight on Nomination. Aroused by reports that President Coolidge plans to appoint Senator Dial, Democrat, South Caroling, to the Interstate Commerce Commissio Democratic Senators are preparing tc wage a fight on the South Carolina Senator, should his nomination be sent to the Senate, and bave conveyed notice of their determination to the President. White House officials have refused to acknowledge that Senator Dial is under consideration for the commis- sion, although Commissioner Potter soon will retire, and the vacancy will be filled by appointment of & Demo- crat, Dial Recently Under Fire Senator Dial recently was taken to task by his Democratlc colleagues In the Senate for a speech made sev- eral weeks ago, attacking the Demo- cratic methods in the last campalg which he later withdrew from the Record. He also cast the sole Demo- cratic and deciding vote to sustain bl The position of Senators who plan the Democratic to oppose any of Senator Dial is that the vacancy should be filled by the appointment of Democrat of un- questioned regularity snd that Ser ator Dial does not represent the real membership of the Democratic party. Clarence E. Gilmore a Candidate. Members of the Texas delegation in Congress, including Senators Shej pard and Mayfield and Representa- tives Garner, Sumners and Sanders, presented to the President today the name of Clarence 1. Gilmore, chair- man of the Texas Rallroad Commis- slon, for appointment to the Potter | JOHN MOLLOY LEAVES HIS ESTATE TO CHARITY House Bequeathed Church. Other Property to Orphan Asy- lums and Little Sisters. to | John Moiloy, who died January 5, left | premises 1434 A strect southeast and its The deputies of the Aventine oppo- Itlon have thus far kept the try in the dark as to whe: will abandon their policy, adopted after | murder of Deputy Matteottl, of | staining from "atlendance in 1 hamber of Irenulh— OF DIRECTORS NAMED Officers of Corporation to Be Elect- ed at Meeting Here Next Friday. he board of directors of the Wash- lnr on Audnm—xum Corporation w: clected ut an informal meeting tod Alexandria, Va. Incorporated un- der the lyws of Virzinta, the organiz- ation mects in Alexandria to transact official ‘business, as required by law. Dfrectors chosen follow: Robert Harper, Albert Schultels, Gen. An- Vephhn, Edward F. Colladay, Lester, C. Branden- N, ’ton M. A Leese, L. Lester; Sydney West, Willlam S, Corby, John J. Edwards, Rudolph Jose, Frank Hight and Edward J. Murphy. Officers of the organization will be | elected Friday at a meeting in the Willard Hotel. = Fireman Forfeits Collateral. Michael F. Finnan, fireman, arrested during the Kann fire Saturday night v Headquarters Detective Alligood 1d charged with Intoxication, for- | feited a collateral of 325 by his non- | appearance in Police Court today. Marriage Licenses. : ge licenses have been lssued to the ollowing: Bullah King Freddie J. M: Richard G. both of Ba Albert E | both of nd Willie Mae Owens. s 2nd Maggle A Hales. riiss an ry B. Schroeder, more, Md. Dorrell and Viola W. Kesting, 4. 2nd Agmes M. Tottes, both Mty ‘T Sheiton of Garrisonville, Vi Virgina 1. Corbin of Midiand, Ve city and Louls Tex., nd 4T onee"of ‘Henrletts, \lmn D. Gloyd of this clty. ord 1, ond Hessie Marsh “T'he Cornwell Tea Room Makes a wonderful appeal with its appetizing ernu; —and its splendid table service. Three Luncheons are featured — every day —al- ways different— Sandwich . ... and 35¢ Hot . . 60c¢ LARE vatictyt in eadh per- mits pleasurable selection —and tea, coffee, chocolate or milk is served with all three. You'll enjoy the experi- ence, the enviranment, and the Cornwell chef’s skill. G. G. Cornwell & Son 1329 G Street |Quick Action ' ; for Piles] | 1t sou suffer with the pain, strain. | ttching.” bleeding and soreness of pro. trud ug plles, no matter bow severe, %o 'the ‘nearest drug store for 60-cent box of Pyramid Pile Suppositories, |1t s a wonder. You get the kiud of relief { that puts you on your feet and gladiy tell Advertisement. GREATEST | the Little Siste contents to Holy Comforter Church, E streets, 23, 1924, Premices 2413 Seoond strect northeast is to be sold and the proceeds divided between St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum and St Joseph’s Orphan His stock In the Lough- Development Co. is given to of the Poor, and the sale of his buil association stock is ered, from the proceeds of which $150 is to go to M. Emmet Urell Camp, Spanish War Veterans, and the balance to the Slaters of Benada Abbey, County Sligo, Ireland. Cash on deposit is left to Urell Camp. Robert E. Wallace is named as execut AMBUSHED BY INDIANS! The smell of gunpowder—the tang of the real West in the days of the sturdy pionéers moving episodes. Ambushed on the Yellowston issue of TRIPLE-X Magaziné—now on all stands. Nationally famous authers contrib- ute stories to the February {ssue— Eugene P. 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NEW YORK CITY KANSAS CITY “Look ,"7“'; Schwarts Clock.” \\\\\MJIIA/ BODY RUNDER Struggling Men Knight Templars, was made old Templar body. plar, conducted the services. and teachings of the Knight Templars | to the problems of the present day. will Hotel Taunton, Mas: She was stricken on Christmas day while visiting rel- atives in Boston. a Read Arthur Guy Empey'’s latest story — X Adventure of this great February issue from your wews- | Fawcez Publications, Inc., Robinsdale, STAR, WASHINGTON, Plunge 3 Stories; | 1 Dead, 1 Dying By the Associated Préss. CORFU, N. Y., Janyary 12—Two mon_struggling In a room on the third floor of a hotel here fell out af the window yesterday, one being instantly killed and the other fa- tally injured. The dead man was John Walen of Malone, N. Y. The fnjured. man {s W. D. Lyman. It is thought the men had quarreled TENPLARS ViSIT WASHINGTON TOMB Commandery No. 1, With| AleXandria Escort, Honor | Memory of First President. Commandery, No. 1, today made a pil- grimage Lo the tomb of George Wash- Ington as part of its centennial cele- bration, which opened vesterday and will close Wednesday night. The trip| in automoblle busses and the commandery was met at Alexan- dria, Va., by Old Dominion Com- mandery and escortzl] to Mount. Ver- non. The gates of the tomb were opened and George M. Davls, commander of Washington Com- mandery, placed a wreath on the resting place of the distingulshed Mason in the name of the 100-year- Rev. Dr. John C. the chaplain, delivered pray- Washington past Palmer, er. Many at,Church Service. A large of Templars at-{ tended the spe services at the Church of the Epiphany yesterday afternoon. Rev. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rec- tor of the church and a Knight Tem-, He spoke | application of the principles | number on the Tomorrow night a upper dance be given at the New Willard and \Wednesday afternoon in the Masonic Temple the regular stat- ed conclave of the commandery will be held. This meeting falls exactly on the one hundredth anniversary of the date the commandery was granted its charter. Finnl Ceremonies. The centennial program will presented at this time, and Wednes- | day night the final event of the celebration will be {n the form of a reception and banquet at the New Willard. Miss Mary I. Cushman Dead. pecial Dispatch to The § FALLS CHURCH, Mary Isabelle C of this city, died Saturday at .at the age of 78 years. with heart disease For the last year Miss Cushman had been living at 2 home for aged women. She had been resident of Falls Church about 10 years. —stirring Indian fights —soul- e—in the stupendous February ‘The Double Masquerade, a thrilling, baffling plot in which a crook tries to go straight, while a girl tries to be a crook—and a wealth of other entrancing tales. True stories of adventurous menare a special feature in Triple-X Mags- zine. 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