Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1925, Page 28

DISTRICT TO PUSH PLEA FOR $900.000 Supplemental Appropriation for Use Until July to Be Asked Today. The rissioners will testify before the House appropria- tions committee this afternc in support of supplemental estimates amounting to approximately $300.000 ¥ on esscutial work during the lance of the current fiscal year. list is an item of e possible the use of new Pleasant Branch Library, Sixteenth and Lamont streets, from the date of its comple- tion next month until the new ap- propriation becomes available, July 1 The supplementals also include sev- eral smaller items for the free Public District e the Commissioners $10.000 with amber at.t also will ask which to build a District jail and purchase an electric chair, in ac- cordance with the recent act of Con- sress changing the method of execu- tion from hanging An item of $100,000 auested to continue Rock Creek and Potomac Commission in linking together the two largest parks in the city. It is understood that the city heads also plan to seek a sufficient sum from the District's surplus fund to complete this project The deficienc 000 for snow the present Winter, approved by the Budget Bureau, likewise is included in this list of supplementals There are a number of other mis- cellaneous items for essential work. including several school allotments. is being re- the work of the Parkway allotment of $33,- oval work SCORE OF CHINESE HELD AS TONG WAR WAGERS White Chauffeur Identifies Six Men He Says He Drove on Gun Forays. February 12.—Solution of recent Chicago tong war shootings was seen by detectives as the result of the arrest last night of a score of Chinese, alleged members of the Hip Sing Tong, six of whom were said 1o have been brought here recently from Pittsburgh. John V. Clark, a white chauffeur, arrested previous to the raid on the headquarters of the Hip Sing Mer- chants’ Association, told the police I hai come here from Pittsburgh se aral months ago, and had been a driver for Chinese gunmen on forays Fie denied firing any shots, but said he was present at several shootings® He identified six of the seized Chinese as gunmen wanted in Pittsburgh A sawed-off shotgun and two re- volyers were found in the associa- tion's headquarters. All the Chinese were held for further questioning. SENATOR MEANS HONORED during ! | |Flooded With By the Ansoc 'ORT ) ) February 2 ting that he felt fine, despite h wife’'s insistence that he slept six hours a day instead of his customary four, Thomas A. Edison yesterday celebrated his seventy-eighth “birth- { day anniversary at his Winter home | her Except for a deluge of telegrams of congratulations from all over the world, and the giving of his cus- birthday Interview which, in ars has become a national n, the day was a quiet one. In terse answers to questions, Mr. ison declared that a World Court h power to enforce its decrees, is | ential to the peace of the world: | ised President Coolidge: declined | to admit any notigeable improvements | in the manner of the rising genera- tion or any elevation of standards of American education since his famous questionnaire revealed its alleged lack of practicability, and refused to undertake to advise young men, be- ause “they take no advice.” The general wizard of electricity found enjoyment in a question as to his hours of sleep. Sleeps In “Shifts.” T see no necessity for increasing | my hours of sleep, but my wife| thinks differently, so T take it in two sections, first four hours for myself, after which T wake up. and then take | | two more hours of sleep to satisfy | it ti fu E A v vears, Mr. Edison’s birth- s Dbeen the one occasion on which he has permitieq himself full | o expression of his opinions about | events of the day “All the nations have had a terrible example in the World War, but memory is short,” he said. “The soon- er the world court is established, the better. But it must have something {behind it to enforce its decrees; otherwise it will be useless. | Court as War Curb. | “If we had a world court and all|n the nations contributed their quota | of police power to enforce its decrees, | SENATORS ATTACK | INAUGURAL PLANS McKellar and King Want More Elaborate Ceremonies—Justice Funds Fought. h hi Sentiment for a more elaborate in- augural celebration than now con- templated was voiced on the floor of the Senate vesterday by two Demo- cratio Senators, Senator McKellar and Senator King. The Senate had under consideration an item for the Department of Justice, and the Sena- tors named criticized the amount ap- propriated for the department on the ground that it was charged some of the money had been used to break into and search offices of United G th at ing of great of emphasis. answered in response to a question, he had not noticed any improvement in the manners of the rising genera- advice, are a mystery | progress of science he had plenty | ment | back. | place of the telephone as the everyday | means dent of the City Employes’ per diem men still may of leave under the wording of the House bill. THE EVE Birthday Greetings—Favors World Court, Lauds Coolidge, But Has No Message for Youth—Holds Education Is Not Improving. might prevent war altogether, or least prevent them from becom- magnitude. “Mr. Coolidge is an fdeal President His selection of assistamts will be his trouble. dead. We have brought to our atten- The third party, I hope, is on every day in forelgn countries the utility of a number of partles. T hope this will never occur in America.” On the subject of the young people today and their education, Mr dison spoke briefly and with less His eyes twinkled as he on. He avoided an opportunity to send a message to the young men of merica_by The declaring they take no young women, he said, Standards Not Ralsed. A simple “no” was his reply to a question as to whether American edu- cational improvement since he issued his first questionnaire, became a nightmare to seeking positions in his establishment and revealed a lack of knowledge on the cated standards have shown any which subsequently young men part of men presumably edu- Speaking of his own work and the Mr. Edison said can never take he said his own of peaking motion communication, pictures, | invention, have no merit, he declared He introduced a device several of this kind vears ago, and it was ex- in smeveral countries. Takes Trip With Ford. Edison will remain here- for ibited Mr. about two months, taking an almost complete rest, with virtually all of is lelsure time spent in reading. He and Henry Ford, his next-door eighbor, and an old friend, took a trip up the Orange River in a small motor boat. FEARS FOR PER DIEM EMPLOYES’ VACATION Brmesnahan Wants District Bill Made Clear on Leave Privilege. Although the new District bill as passed by the House contains a clause intended to restore to the diem leave priv them by a ruling of the Conttroller 2.000 per emploves of the District the ege recently taken from Frank J. Bresnahan, presi- Assocta- expressed fear today that the be deprived eneral, on, The controller ruled that the per KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN COUNTRIES IS URGED Ecuadorean Attache Speaks at Salon of Association of Arts and Letters. Senor Don Francesco Banda C, at- tache of the Ecuadorean legation, a student at Georgetown University, where he expects to receive his de- gree this year, spoke at the pan- American salon of the Assoclation of 4 for ... Syringes (5 feet) 13¢ Sp 19¢ Toothbrushes 15¢ Hygeia Nipples 15¢ Hygeia Bottles 15¢ Botile Brushes 19¢ Wash Cloths 53¢ Rubber Finger Cots; 25¢ Tweezers 10c¢ CornFiles, 2 for 10c Orange Sticks, 2 for 13¢ 25¢ Syringe Tubing, Arts and Letters last night at its clubhouse. Referring in detail to the rise and development of the Latin American countries, the speaker emphasized the fact that these nations started upon their independent careers with dittle if any experience in self-government, and despite the frequency of alleged revolutions and local disturbances, he said, scarcely a moment in the his- tory of the southern republics can be singled out in which they have fafled to produce remarkable talents, strik- ing esthetlc works and minds sin- cerely devoted to the arts, learning and sclence. He urged upon American scholars and distinguished men of letters the necessity of encouraging the preparation in the English lan- guage of popular monographs for ecials! 19¢ Ear and Ulcer 13c. 25c¢ Dickey’s Epsom (Pleasant to take) 10c¢ Gainsborough Hair Nets, 2 for. 3¢ NG_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1925. {EDISON, 78, SLEEPING 6 HOURS INSTEAD OF 4, TO PLEASE WIFE school use, written by responsible and unprejudiced men on-the history and geography of the Latin American countries, In the audience were Senor Dr. Don Rafael H. Elizalde, Mme. Elizalde and the Ecuadorean legation staff, as well as many other representatives of the Latin American countries. Prof. Henneman, president of the society, presided. A play in Spanish was ren- dered by members of the soclety, and Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Milton sang, playing her own accompaniment on a suitar. : - Automobiles shipped from this country to other parts of the world last year had a total value of more than $200,000,000. EIGHTEEN STORES —The Better to Serve You One Day Only! EIGHTEEN PRISONERS DIG WAY TO FREEDOM Convicts Escape From North Caro- lina State Farm—Four Are Recaptured. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. (., February 12 Eighteen. State prisoners tunneled thelr way to freedom last night from the State prison farm camp in Hali- fax County, according to information received here today by Supt. George Ross Pou of the State prison. Four of the prisoners were recap- tured ecarly today, Mr. Pou the balance still ure at large. According to the infor ceived by Mr. Pou, about 200 ers were confined to the camp be- cause of rain during most of yester- d: A hole was tunneled throug the floor of the which is built on a brick foundation The mortar between the b removed and a means of ¢ = mada to the ground below. The men then burrowed through the ground under the foundation to the outside. All of the prisoners were counted in the camp last night after supper, according to Mr. Pou, and the b is believed to have been made a while later. id, but 1son- wooden structur ks wa (An efficient liquid corn remedy) 25¢ Parco Healing Salve 13c 25¢ Earol . (For Ear Ache) 25¢ Eyeol (A delightful eye wash) 25¢ Barnard’s Complexion Soap 35¢ Graham’s Kidney Plasters Fennel 19¢ Rhinitis Tablets (half strength) ... _13¢ 25¢ Hinkle’s Cascara Tablets 19c¢ Calomel and Soda Tablets .. 25¢ Graham’s Car-bo 15¢J. & J. Dental Floss, 13¢ Big 13(: Sale Tomorrow (Friday 13th) Unlucky for High Prices EXTRA SPECIAL! 15-Pint Bottle 35¢ Graham’s Catnip and ,,,,,,,,,,,,, 13¢ 13¢ diem workers could not be given 15 days’ leave because the clauses of the appropriation bill in which their sal- aries are provided for refers to their service as being “temporarily re- quired,” although most of them are employed continuously from year to year. The language inserted in the new appropriation bill is intended to overcome the legal obstacle found | States Senators. Senator McKellar said: “There are a great many people in this country interested ,in the in- augural ceremonies, and T understand these ceremonies are to be largely cut out. Tf $500,000 could be saved out of this extravagant appropria- tion, there might be a little more money to expend on the inauguration 19¢ Hand and Nail Brushes 13¢ A large assortment Sc¢ Swan Lead Pencils 5 for 13¢ Splendid Quality Lead Imported Bay Rum (Regularly 29c) Colorado Solon to Receive D. S. C. for Heroism in Battle. Henator Rice W. Means of Colorado will be presented by Secretary Weeks at the War Department Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock with the distinguished service cross recently 25¢ Pint awarded him by an Army board for extraordinary heroism in action at the battle of Manila, P. I, August 13, 1898 At that time Senator Means was serving as a second lieutenant in Company E, 1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry, and risked his lifs in mak- ing a personal reconnaissance of the enemy’s lines in front of the ecity. During the World War Means com- manded the 4th United States In- fantry in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and afterward commanded the 157th Infantry, “Colorado’s Own,” on its return to the United States. MRS. PAUL IS SPEAKER. Addresses Soroptomist Club on Parliamentary Law. An address on parliamentary law by Mrs. Nanette B. Paul featured a luncheon of the Soroptomist Club in the La Fayette Hotel yesterday. Miss Lily Tyser's group was award- ed the monthly attendance prize at yesterday’s luncheon of the local club. The club will hold its next meeting in the Hamilton Hotel next Wednes- day, it was announced. Mrs. Ethel K. Pollard, president of the club, pre- alded. T e Quadruplets Born in Hills. KNOXVILLE, Ky., February 12— Quadruplets were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ceph. Bradford, at their moun- tain home near Middleboro, near here, Vesterday. There now are 12 children in the family, Starts 5,000-Mile Flight. BRUSSELS, Fcbruary 12.—Lieut. Tieffry, Belgian aviator, left her today for a 5.000-mile flight in a tri-motored plane to Leopoldville, Belgian Kongo. The itinerary provides for seven stops, the first at Perpignan, France. of the President of the United States.” Senator King replied that he would have preferred to see John W. Davis inaugurated President, “but as one of these tellers, in counting the vote to- day in the joint session of the House and the Senate, I was compelled to join with my associates in finding that Calvin Coolidge was eclected | _ b, b in 4 the controller, but Mr. Bresnahan elieves the surest way to provide the leave privilege is to clarify the word- 1g of those sections where the serv- ice of the men is referred merely as temporary. President of the United States. I bow to the wishes of the people, and ||| I should like to see the President of ||| the United States inaugurated with ||| befitting ceremony.” | COUSINS GET MILLIONS. Mrs. Mary S. Croxson of Brooklyn ||| Died Intestate. | NEW YORK, February 12.—Letters ||| of administration granted in Brook- | lyn yesterday disclosed hat Mrs Mary S. Croxson, 88 vears old, died without leaving a will disposing of her $3,400,000 estate. The $3,000000 | in personal property and $400,000 in real property will go to Mrs. Crox- son's cousins, E. Root Fitch of Dowa- ||| giac, Mich, who obtained the letters | of administration; Sarah L. F. Grifin of Clinton, N. Y., and Abner L. Fitch || of Westmoreland, N. ¥. ! DIVORCES HER HUSBAND. Daughter of Jack London Disagrees With Her Spouse. OAKLAND, Calif., February 12.— Joan London Abbott, daughter of the late Jack London, author, has been granted a divorce from Park Abbott, it has been learned here. A 3- year-old son, Park London Abbott, was given to the mother. The differences arose over Mrs. Abbott's desire to retain the name London and to give her child that name, according to the complaint. 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