Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1925, Page 34

B MORTON, 64 ENDS ARMY CAREER General, Veteran of Many Campaigns, Was Officer 42 Years. Maj. Gen. C Morton, TOY, Abe Martin Says: Th' Bear Wallow Bank has locked its doors an’ adapted th’ mail order plan t’ tide it over th’ - | crime wave. cated by the fac a commander o Fonor and w: Croix de Guerr Gen. Morton tand, Me., January 1 graduated from the : v in June, 1883, and from Army War College in 1205, and reached the grade 17 Spanish War he s as liedtenant colonel, 1st Main and in 2900 operation the Philip Panay. I ne Islands of Ni was again in tl pines in 1905, and took part in the operations against the Pulajanes in Samar Island. Later he saw servioe in the Panama Canal Zone, 1914-1916, and commanded the 10th Division dur- ing the Mexican border troubles in 1816-1917. CHANCE TO SERVE U. S. State Department Examining Ap- didates In attendance. During the last calendar year, the total num- ber of candidates examined for ap- pointment in the diplomatic and con- sular services was 186. At the current examination, candi- dates are being examined in the fol- Jowing subjects: At 1éast one modern language other than English (French, Spanish or German by preference), elements of international law, geography, elementary arithmetic, in- cluding decimals and fractions; the natural, industrial and commercial resources and the commerce of the United States; American history, gov- ernment and institutions; the history since 1850 of Europe, Latin America and the Far East; elements of po- litical economy, commereial and mari- time law. HUSBAND ANSWER‘S SUIT. H. B. Millard, Jr., Denies Divorce Allegations. Homer B. Millard, jr, has filed an answer to a petition for a limited divorce brought by his wife, Rubye Millard, in whieh she charges in- sdequate support. Millard, Who is an imstructor in the Emerson Institute, says he always tried his best to sup- port his wife and child, but claims she left him on four feparate oc- caslons without cause and took the child to Texas. He offers a letter he says she wrote In which she ad- mitted her love for him and asks for- giveness for the “dreadful wrong” in Jeaving him. Attorney L. A. Wid- mayer appears for the husband. Given Duty at War College. When we see how thin th’ girls an’ women insist on dress- in’ it seems like a shame t’ waste money on coal. “We're gittin’ out o’ Miami— too many palms,” writes Mrs. Tipton Bud's nephew, who's Winterin’ in th’ South. A feller never knows what he would have done till he’s been married a year or so. “O’ course, th’ linen sales had t’ come jest at a time when I'm tryin’ t’ catch up on th’ mur- - | ders,” said Lib Pash t'day, as she threw down her newspaper an’ reached fer her shawl an’ hat. Remember when we used t’ hoot at th’ very idee o’ airships, an’ firmly believed that things that went up would eventually come down? (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) As BIG SUGAR MERGER PLANS ABANDONED Objection of Attorney General Halts American Refining Pur- chase of National Company. By_the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 16.—The American Sugar Refinfng Co. an- nounced last night the abandonment \f its plan to acquire the National Sugar Reflning Co. as a result of the refusal of the Department of Justice to_approve the transaction. While the negotiations were under- taken by the directors and officers of both companies as a_constructive step in the sugar trade, Barl G. Babst, president of the American Sugar Re- fining Co., said transactions would not ba atiractive to either corpora- tion nor helpful to the trede without full and prompt approval under the eferring to the offer of leading kholders and directors to sell the ts of the National Sugar Refining erican Sugar Refining O SMUDDIMAN § RADIANT HEATERS JUNIPER TAR OCOMPOUND GIVES QUIOK RELIEF FOR Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat PFOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS USED 50 YEARS WITH WONDEBFUL SUCCESS 35¢c A Bottle At All Druggists DON'T EXPERIMENT! 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