Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1925, Page 28

r 28 MINE BLAST TOLL IS PLACED AT 135 Bodies of 121 Victims Are Recovered—Rites to Be Held Tuesday. By the Associated Press. DORTMUND, Germany, February 14—Burfal of the victims of the Stein mine explosion here Wednes- day night has been arranged for Tuesday Government members, church digni- taries and representatives of the miners’ federation and mine opera- tors will participate in the services. The mayor's office is flooded with telegrams of condolence from all over the world. The official count of the hodips brought from the mine is Riven 12 with 14 men unaccount- ed for and assumed to be dead. Heartrending scenes continue to be enacted before the building to which the bodies were brought, as only male relatives are permitted to iden- tify the victims, women and children being barred until the corpses are en- cased in coffins. Condolences From Houghton. Felesuary 14.—The Ameri- can dor, Alanson B. Hough- ton, called at the foreign office today to express sympathy over the mine disaster at Dortmund. BULK OF HIS ESTATE WILLED TO FIANCEE Richard H. Washington Names Mrs. Grace N. Hunt as Chief Beneficiary. Richard H. W aton, who died February 10. left a will dated Novem- 1, in which he gives the bulk estate to Mrs. Grace N. Hunt. {unt is described as the person jom the testator was engaged to be married, and she is directed to sult his cousin, Dr. R. Washington of the Treasury Department about the of state. Virginia Ashton, an aunt of the testator, resid- ing at Norfolk, Va. is to have $100, The National Savings & Trust Co. 18 named as executor of the will of . Gourick, dated December 12, nd filed for probate. Albert ler is given $1,000 and his cholce of the portraits of Lincoln owned by the deceased. Other bequests include Dr. James W. Hart, $500; Clara Biondi, $1.000; Edith R. Chambers, $2,000; becca Tolliver, $300, and M E $100. The executor is directed to mn three-quarters of the income from the remaining estate Anna S Payne, sister of the deceased. and ene-quarter to his niece, Estella Caine, during their lives. At their death the estate is to be distributed among his nephews, Edwin D. Payne, Edward O. Caine and Bertram Caine By the terms of the will of Walter H. Hillebrand, a scientist of the Bu- reau of Standards, who died February | 7 his entire estate is given to his widow, Martha M: Hillebrand. Should she be dead it is provided that the property go to the sons, Arthur and Harold —with favors for all— ) /Aiqlon Eighteenth and Columbia Rd 10 P.M. to 1 AM. $1.10 Cover Charge } Featuring L Arg’on Orchestra Table d'Hote | Hote Dinners a Famous Chef at Reservations. % Col. Gea. — e e ay Sl large collection of Blank Books on hand. E. Morrison Paper Co. 1009 Pa. Ave. House-seekers look to Star Classified for Clues If you've got a House or an Apartment for rent—advertise it in The Star Classified Section— and you’ll be surprised at what hippens. If you go into interesting details— including the rental price —your applicants will be those to .whom your House or Apartment rice and all. The Star prints MORE Classified ads every day than all the other papers here combined—just be- cause they bring re- sults. “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office ! holy W hite House Roof In Need of Repair; $50,000 Sought After Maj. Oscar M. Solbert, as- sistant to Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, engineer officer in charge of public bulldings and_ grounds, and personal alde to the President, told the Fouse committee on public ouildings and grounds yes- terday that the White House roof is in a dangerous condition, sup- plemental estimates were sent to the House by the President through the Budget Bureau call- ing for $50,000 for extraordinary repairs and refurnishing the White House. The last appropriation for such a purpose was made In 1917, which was $60,000. In 1923 $20,000 was appropriated for connecting the White House with the heating plant of the State, War and Navy Buflding. | TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. | AL—"Rain.” drama, at 8:20 | inee at 2:20 p.m. S—"Rose-Marie,” musical play, Matinee at 2:20 p.m | ngletoe: play of | ican life, at §:20 p.m. Matinee | 20 p.m. KEITH'S—Rae Samuels-Karyl Nor- man, vaudeville, at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m EARLE—"Pinch Me,” vaudeville, continuous from 1 to 11 p.m. STRAND—James C. Morton, vaude- e, continuous, 12:30 to 11 p.m. GAYETY—“Good Little Devils,” at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. ‘Stolen Sweets,” d §:20 p.m. North of 36, at 10:30 5 and bur- Reld, in Picture: 50. Mrs. Wallace P e B , 4:20, = al 11:35 a.m., 1:30, 3:35, 9:50 p.m. LTO—" 1 he Dark Swan.’ 20, 7:30 and 9:30 htning Romance, 2 . 7:25 and 9:15 p.m !‘ll‘l!h\ DOR—"Tomorrow's Lov. 'nXaandSlanm | 1s Marriage,” | 6:30, § and 3:30 t11:30 | m. | at| U. S. PRELATE IN FRANCE. Cardinal Mundelein to Spend Few Days in Paris. PARIS, February 14. — Cardinal| Mundelein, accompanied by Mgr. John | J. Dunn, auxiliary bishop of New York, and Bernard J. Sheil, chancellor of the Chicago diocese, arrived at Cherbourg vesterday on the Beren- garia from the United States. Car-| dinal Mundelein said the party planned | to remain two or three days in Paris| before proceeding to Rome for the | year celebrations. He sald he | had made no plans for visiting the French ecclesiastics, but would like- 1y see Cardinal Dubois, Archbishop of Paris, today. | Peru Damaged by Rains. | LIMA, Peru, February 14.—Heavy rains have caused much damage in| southern Peru. The mainline of the Southern Railway between Arequipa and Yura was cut by the high waters. Repairs are under way and will re- quire several wee, A number of houses were destfoyed and lines of communications broken. The cotton crop in the department of Ica is part- 1y lost. X ] ) R X S0 =X o o b = R X T o ) ol o Oy Bl o o A AR oo S oo £ b, IO T e e e A e, on; e 0 R BE . DSBS B s e, T e e ) e R | jected to the District Realty | Realty license bill, but did oppose the string- | Il Dept. Pays | Mr. s Percentage of Net Earnin, during and following the war. proached a reasonable rate and they are not excessive today. THE EVENING D.C.REALTY BOARD 10 SEEK MEMBERS Drive to Be Made Next Week—Committee Named to Lead Campaign. Efforts to enroll members into the newly formed District Realty Board will be made during the coming week, it was decided at a meeting held in Masonic Hall, at Eighth and F streets northeast, last night. A membership committee was elect- ed and is composed of the following: Walter A. Buscher, chalrman; T. J. Ross and Frank J. O'Connor. While the first two elected were not present, it was believed that they would accept the appointment. M. F. Bishoff, who was elected pres- ident following the resignation of N. | E. Ryon, outlined the purposes of the | organization and urged the 24 persons present to announce that all members of the board must conduct themselves according to the highest standards. A grievance committee to take care of compiaints between landlords and tenants, and members of the board and complaining clients, also was, sug- sted by Mr. Bishoff, who expleined hat there were some instances in which such a committee could be of much use. Jection In Ralned. Much discussion was evoked when C. H. Small, who sald he was an in- dependent broker and bLuilder, ob- Board claiming that it represented all non- members of the Washington Real Estate Board. 'Mr. Small insisted that if that impression was given ha would form an organization of his own and advertise it as being com- posed of non-members of the District || | Mr. Small defended the license hll|| Mr. | . Realty Board. as being what the city required. Bishoff explained that the District Board did not oppose ent examination he said was re- quired and did think the independent brokers should be represented on the proposed licensing commission. hall called for a vote as to how many present were licensed brokers and the vote showed 14 out of the| 24 present Mrs. S. E. Cross, | trict Realt, Board, was necessary for the. independent brokers to organize and prevent themselves from being “freezed out.” It was finally decided to hold a meeting nesrer the business center of town next Friday. Meanwhile, Mr, Bishoff announced that by-laws will be drawn up and the standard of ethics for the organization would be outlined. THREE GIRLS DIE IN FIRE. | officer of the Dis- explained that It | Children Trapped When Hay Bnm) Is Swept. AUSTIN, Tex, February Trapped behind a wall of fldme in a burning hay barn at the home of | B. C. Hardin, four miles west of Austin, three girls were burned to death yesterday. The dead: Francis Cullen, 4; Dor- othy Cullen, 6; daughters of Mr. and Mrs. F.'O. Cullen of Austin, and Ila May Hardin, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hardin The origin of termined. the fire is unde- the || Drives 13 Miles To Meet Bride for Wedding on 13th By the Associated Press. FREEPORT, 11, February 14.— Friday the 13th and no terrors vesterday for Cletus Leroy Hite- man, one of a family of 13 chil- dren, who drove 13 miles to Free- port to be married to Miss Lilas Wittbecker, who resides on North Thirteenth street. The ceremony was performed at 3.13 p.m. by Justice of the Peace O. E. Heard, who romarked casual- Iy that it was his thirteenth mar- . riage of the year. Strbats of granite In Viehna are be- Ing tarred and olled to decrease the number of tuberculosis cases <|as bond by five men whose STAR, WASHINGTON, D: C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, BONDSMEN’S IDENTITY IN DRY CASE SHIELDED Five Put Up $16,000 for Captain and Crew Taken With Rum Cargo. By the Assoclated Press, PHILADELPHIA, February 14— Charles O. Sawyer, captain of the tug Lorraine Rita, captured by Coast Guards off Sea Girt, N. J., Wednesday, with a cargo of liquor valued at $125,000, was held with.his crew of 13 men in a total of $14,500 bail by United States Com- miesioner Manley yesterday for court, Securities valued at $16,000 were posted identities were not revealed. 1t you need work, the want columns of The Star. read $1_Will Open a 8 C-pii-l $250,000.00 911 F money in the bank. { EVERY PAY “nest egg.” OUR SAV The Columbia National Bank Safeguarding Yourself —from privation in sickness, old age or other contingencies resolves itself merely into a mat- ter of doing without, so that you can get more DAY is the time to increase YOUR GS DEPT S ey A\londuy. for your convenience. 30 A.M. Dally Street Surplus, $300,000.00 . will be open until Our Savings A Compouljlcl Interest lot of extra Power by not using— = AMOCO-GAS THE AMERICAN olL Co. R R R R R RS SRS REE NN o5 Telephone Earnings In deciding whether Washington telephone rates are reason- able, an important consideration is the relation of the Company’s net earn- ings to the fair value of the telephone property as may be determined by the Public Utilities Commission. 1917 1918 . . 2.20 (deficit 1919 ....... 2,52 (deficit) 1920 ....... 3.04 In the belief that the fair value of our property exceeds its book cost, we submit the following table as presenting a conservative pic- ture of this Company’s financial history for the past eight years: to the Book Cost of the Property 1921 ....... 5.50 ) Average for the eight-year period—4.157% Future Earnings THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC With no present likelihood of lower construction costs, the dollars of property will increase at a greater ratio than the number of tele- phones for some years to come. Stating the situation in terms of the average dollars of property per telephone in service, the figure in 1917 was 3120, in 1924 was $168 and five years hence with the expected growth of the system, will be $193. This will mean an unavoidable increase in the expense per tele- phone for such items as depreciation and taxes. offset this increase to any substantial extent by reducing our ordinary ex- penses of operation, and our forecasts therefore indicate that net earnings under the present schedule of rates will tend to decrease from present levels: It will not be TELEPHONE COMPANY This is one of a series of advertisements for the information of telephone users in connection with the forthcoming public hearings on telephone rates. The deficits in 1918 and 1919 and the low earnings in 1917, 1920, and 1921 were principally due to the unusual problems we had to meet Only in the last three years have earnings ap- During and since the war, plant extensions and replacements have beem made at costs far above the pre-war levels. while the number of telephones has doubled in the past eight years the amount of telephone plant as measured by its cost has trebled. For this reason, o Tl 3 iz o o, e 000 Aén!« oz L agn o possible to oz REEEERER R 1925 AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA By EMERSON HOUGH Author of *'The Covered Wa, With Loi§ VIILSONl—JACK HOLT and ERNEST TORRENCE. COMEDY—NEWS—ETC. Beginning Tomorrow CECIL B. DeMILLE’S “THE GOLDEN BED” WITH Rod La Rocque. Lillian Rich, Vera Reynolds, Warner 9th at G 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. Marie Prevost Helene Chadwick and Monte Blue In a Picturization of Ernest Pascal's Famous Novel ‘THE DARK SWAN’ MISCHA GUTERSON Comducting Rialto Concert Orchestra Orpheus Mnle Quartet (Evenings_Only) JAMES KIRKWOOD AND MADGE BELLAMY “SEGRETS e NIGHT” EXTRAT House of Dnnd Jazz Band "mm\éywmn/r/ Cmma - | RN | I ///, // < 7 ) SHUBERT ELASC Mal. SAT. 220 Momt. Messrs. Shubert 8 1o $2.09 EVERYBODY LOVES TANGLETOES A MODERN AMERICAN PLAY By GERTRUDE PURCEL| With a Notable Cast, lmludmz MILDRED MORGAN MACLEOD FARLEY “NEXT MONDAT—RFATS Sow ort "present Hare with JOHN CUMBER . ESTELL WINW 00[) and Tor the Amoritan onn " Cumbertand 2 Crchastra Seats Will Be Sold For the Prics of One on Monday Night Oaly! in Aueciation, Wit THE D?' I“, 'r.“;llfl: A Sterling Cast ATTENTION BRING THIS COUPON Rearrange¢ Stage by |,i = z POLI'S ity || 1 TONIGHT AT 8:20 | —IT'S ARTHUR HAMMERSTEIN'S ‘ROSE- MARIFE’ witH_IRENE_PAVLOSKA | ;oM. NEXT MAMMERS' Arnold Slonne WHEN SUMMER COMES Staged by Walter Wilson A MUSICAL PLAY OF TODAY With LUELLA GEAR | Prices—Eve., 50c to $2.50; Thurs. | ., 50c to $1.50; Sat. Mat., 50c to $2. = ——————— o | LUNCH WH'H US TO-DAY HEALTH CANDIES 404 €0+ 804 1b _The Home of the High- Class Eyeglass | Roe Fulkerson Co. 1407 F St Franklin 5606 __Byes examined, glasses | D ADIOS We'll repair your old_owe or build sou a new one. We have experts capable of giving the service you want. M. A. LEESE OPTICAL CO. 614 9th St. Branch Store 712 11th Street —until you get our esti- mates on buke-enameling that auto, furniture. hard- ware, etc. fittea LOEW'S PALACE LAST 'rmlu TODAY WALLACE REID IN PERSON | At 3:45, 7:20 and 9 “BROKEN LAWS” Great Added Hits Beginning Tomerrow “CHEAPER TO MARRY" With Conrad Nagel. Lewis S Stone and M de Ia Mot CONTINUOUS 10:30 A. M—11 P. M. DAILY THE WASHINGTON OPERA CO. AIDA JOHN CHARLES Peralta Tittmann Shefferman | SAMOSSOUD, Conductor Seats, Arthur Jordan Plane Co. 13th and Before the camera, played in the| year 1261; played before the cam. 22—the same! nh-l dramatic grandeur of most influenced life since-<coming! The Passion Play CRANDALL'S METR OPOL ITAN AT 10tk LAST DAY—I11 TO 11 Flrat National's Special NORMA TALMADGE Supported by Eugene O'Brien and a Cast of Unexampled Brilliance In C. Gardner Salli- s vivid dramn of a be &iTi's atruggie to make profligate she THE ONLY WOMAN E ' — EXTRA — In a Petite Violin Recital Lige Conley in “Step Lively” velty reet Washington Orchestra /EkAiDALL'S TIVOLI 14th & Park rd. n w. ow HT- CRANDALL’S Amus 18¢hS: TODAY AGNES ORINNE, LOVE'S WILDERNESS CRANDALL’S CENTRAL Stk Bet. D & T MAN and ) THIS IS CONLEY, and CRANDALL’S Savoy Thenier 14tk and_Col. RA. UNDAY. LAST TIME SAM ¥ HARRIS PRESENTS JEANNE EAGELS w RAIN GOOD BEATS FOR un PERFORMANCE Mon - Night. Mats Wed. Beats Nog SPHITNEY. Presents BERKARD SHAW. "AT'OIAL TONIGHT 8:20 Eves. Curtaia & P. M5 Matr 2 F. M. HICH CLASS VAUDEVILLE THE BIG SHOW Fun, Bong and Dance Reign Suprems RAE SAMUELS Evschatvnsl URA R REXEr e BINCLAIR & GASPAR Daintiest Feminine Funsters Eight Other Btar Features and KARYL NORMAN The Crecla Fashion Plate Vaudeville's Tantalizing Prol 2:15 and 8:18 Matinoe 15 » \J 2 Shews Dailv Bus 'NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA February 16th; 8:30 P.M. WALTER DAMROSCH, Condue Auditorium, Central High Reserved Seats cohumau BUQL_ESQUE GA |5 ~Twice Dar-815 YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MOTHER BIG CELEBRATION WEEK 25th Anniversary Columbia Burlesque ‘““GOOD LITTLE DEVILS” Souvenirs to the Ladies at Every Performance Bargain M. MUTUAL THEATRE | Il Ladies’ PA. AVE. AT NINTH STOLEN SWEETS }I AtcTiox NiGHT Film Feature EMP]RE 911 H Street N.E KENNETH McDONALD. “IN HIGH GE __THE_SAILC FAVORITE INTO CHEVY CHASE Conn- Avenne & MeKinley St. D.C SYDNEY CHATLIN, LOUISE FAZENDA FORD STERLI HESTER “Georgia Av. & Pk. Rd. 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Class and dance Satur dny eve. with Foxtrot." “Tango.” “Collegiaie,' e " New York Conservatory Every Day in the Year Close DANCING ,,.355% Tnder New Management We Teach You to Dance in 7 Lessons Up-to-Date Ball Room Dancing Fox Trot, Waltz, Tango, Colleginn Tonight—St. Valentine’s GRAND OPENING Assembly Dance—Best Orchestra Finest Floor in the City Strict Censor, Souvenirs, Refreshments Pa. Ave., Cor. 9th St., Entrance 306 th 8t. N.W All Welcome. Roy C. Crowe, Mgr. Telephons Franklin 2766 b4 ARCADE “HAVE A HEART" AT THE JOLLY VALENTINE BALL TONIGHT SOUVENIRS YOU'LL LIKE Competent Inatruction Open 10 AM.