Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1925, Page 24

SEES CONTIVUANCE OF .S SHP SHE 0’Connor Declares Other Craft Will Be Sold to mpetition of fo rward nnor, Postal Officials THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO Defend Pens GREEK CONSUL TESTS From Aspersions of Jokesmiths| PAPPAS WILL RULING Post Office Department officials and postmasters generally are taking exception to aspersions cast upan the lowly post office pen. The department Trecently an- nounced that it was purchasing 6,000,000 pen points for its next year's supply The announcement was instantly greeted with a re- vival of some of the ancient wheezes about the post office pen. Postmgsters throughout the country clipped the aged saws and mailed them to the department with more or less indignant pro- tests that the pens in their respec- tive offices we as good or better an those d by banks or d in the Jostmaster ing that that in the ng holes in spearing home, burial to be in Rockville Union meeting last evening of the of the Rockville Presbyterian Rev. John R. Henderson, for > and until a few vyears the church, was made r was one the four sers of shipping Pacific Dollar nanency is th to make 1. “T like flag carried private oper- t to start an hat he cannot t American yme “Little Red and be swallowed up by erican ship- | to sea under | aid, “we will | & private possible, all of us will divide the cost. The ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md, will take | s afternoon | a native of | by Rev. P. the Baptist | g place at ouple were | y two Filipino friends | ridegroom and a young girl | he bride. They left for n immediately after the cere- | illness of a com- Mrs. Mary A. | iam B. Kelly, died ay at her home at Forest Glen, 5 years. She is eurvived by the owing children, all of this co 2 Charles Wilburn and A Willlam B. and The funeral will take place at 0 o'clock Friday morning from St. slic Church, Forest Glen. as before her marriage a | ss McCarthy of this coun A small fire in the rea of Abe Wolfson, a R was ‘quic the home ille tailor, d by members Fire Depart- 3 r damage to the amount of about had been done. | on the farm of James L. judge of th e f the District of spen, thls count from an unknown cause on T but the Rockville volunteer who were fire was on the flames b been done. promptly ne and extinguished the e very much damage had A Ethel V. DeBow, wife of J. Zachariah DeBow of the vicinity of this county, died in a hospital Tuesday, aged She had been ill a long . She is survived by her husband and several children deBow was before her marriage ss Minnick ford County. She ha about _six - place at half past | morning, from the SPRING . The pastor is Rev. who has been in charge several months At the annual election of officers of Montgome Commandery, No. 33, Hall here, the fol- were chosen: Commander, Erb of Sandy Spring; 10, Walter G. Browne of rett Park; capt general, W Prettyman_of Rockville; re icorge E. Lewis of Roc Robert (. Hilton of Rock- jor warden, William R. . of Rockville; junior derick W. Page of Ameri- ity Park; prelate, Joseph mphrey warden, can Unive Reading of Rockville. These officers and those to be appointed will be in- talled at the next meeting of the commandery on May 6. Rev. Nolan B. Harmon, jr. of the M. E. Church South officiated ut the ay afternoon of nd Miks Ruby he e April meeting of the Whea- ¢ League, held in the ton, conducted allace Nairn, and , exhibits of the work hool for the year were interesting. ry public school had work of some kind on exhibition. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades showed maps, arithmetic and spelling papers and _construction work, and compositions by the fourth and fifth grades, and seat work, mul- tiplication _tables worked out with o e e — Socially Select Home Sites KALORAMA repre- sents a small group of home sites selected and improved to meet the re- quirements of those whose home life demands the very highest social standards. It represents the most fashionable re- stricted residential center of its kind in the world. Kalorama Overlooking Rock Creek Park on Belmont Road, west of Connecticut Avenue. For all facts, call at or telephone to agents’ offices. Allan E. Walker & Co. Incorporated Mr. Godden, Main 2690 813 15th St. N.W. Southern Building . NEWS the “middle” button makes a big difference § First you slip into this new model—the wide shoulders and snug hips are there (of course) —but the big difference comes when you button middle button.” “just the That’s the new feature in men’s suits. —and be sure that the shade is the new “Gros-Fawn” Gresner House of Kuppenheimer Good Clothes desks and using them as minia- ture hammers. Another class of patrons, he sald, seems to be mak- ing collections of them at the rate they disanpear from post office lobbies, and what could be better proof of good points when they present such an irresistible appeal to the purlolner. “It is hardly fair,” he con- tinued, “to compare a pen sub- jected to such indignities with one in a bank, where a man Is em- ploved whose exclusive duty per- haps is to see that its customers do mnot abuse its furniture and pment. he department purchases mil- lions of pens annually, obtaining the best product of several manu- facturers. These points are dis- tributed to all classes of post of- fices, and postmasters are in- struct to see that lobby pens are changed frequently and kept in the best possible condition.” colored pegs, work with clock faces and Dutch sand tables were shown by the first, second and third grades. The teachers told about the work of the year. It was announced that the community league had raised during the year 378 for equipment and im- provement of soclal school grounds. ROAD PLANS ECONOMY. Pennsylvania to Cut Expenses, Say Officials on Tour. Special Dispatch to The Star, WINCHESTER, Va., April 9.—Striet economy all along the line is the shiboleth of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Co. these days, it was revealed vesterday by officials of the road here, at the end of a tour of inspection of the eastern region of the system. Wherever expenses can be lopped off here and there the order will go forth. Nothing was sald about lay- ing off men, but every man on the pay roll is expected to do & full day's work for a full day's pay. The com- pany already has been experimenting with the operation of motor-driven cars on portions of the Cumberland Valley division In the vicinity of Carlisle, Pa., and It was reported similar experiments are to be made on other sections of the same divi- sion. If practicable, a number of ex- pensively operated passenger trains are likely to be withdrawn and re- placed with motor cars. Automobile and bus trafc have cut a swath in passenger department revenues on all rallroads, it was said. It you want work, read the want columns of The Star. —_— Tan and Black—in Russia or Scotch Graim tyle, expressed with excellence of leather and craft s manship that knows how to provide comfort in Shoes. 10.00—12.00—15.00 ‘with emphasis on the 10 Arthur Burt Co. 1343 F Street Exceptional —for the Slightly Imperfect R. HARRIS & COMPANY ‘87= Exceptional Values in Diamond Engagement Rings Right to Be Sole Administrator of Citizen of That Country Is Point at Issue. The Greek legation is said to have decided to make a test case of its right to have the acting consul of the Greek republic istrator of a Greece. Justice Hoehling recently re- fused to acknowledge the clalm of Christian Diamantopoulos, first secre- tary of the legation and acting ¢ ., to be the sole administrator of the estate of Thomas P tor of a Greek restaurant who was killed last month, holding that the appointment of administrators is in the discretion of the court. The j tice offered to name the joint administrator with a naturalized citizen, who: ment had been requested by William Pappas, brother of the deceased. Diamantopoulos today declined to accept a joint appointment and noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals, when Justice Hoehling granted let- 15, proprie- ters to Glekas alone, under a bond of $20,000. The Appellite Court will be asked to review the decision of Jus- tice Hoheling. Attorney Collada lifford and Pettus appeared for the Greek sec- retary of legation, while Williamy Pappas, the brother, was represent- ed by Attorneys Toomy mey. THURSDAY RUSSIA PLANS TO DOUBLE ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY Program Outlines Seven Reglonal Stations, With Total of $70,000,- 000 Devoted to Improving System. Soviet Russia has completed the first step of its program designed ultimately to double its present sup- ply of electric power, the Russian Information Bureau announced today, quoting advices from Moscow that existing power plants had been re- stored to full capacity of about 1,500,- 000 kilowatts. Seven regional power stations are to be established, it was added, with provision already made for expendi- tur totaling $70,000,000, by October 1. Two of the stations will be In the Leningrad region, two around Mos- cow, one near Nizhi-Novgorod, one in the Don coal district and another in the Urals. Plans for the power system are based on estimated annual consump- tion of 50 kilowatt hours per capita, and contemplate a total cost of $7,700,000,000. Italy Names Envoy to Japan. ROME, Avril 9.—The newspapers announce that Count Glulio Della Torre di Lavagna, Minister to Den mark, has been made Ambassador tc |Japan to replace Giacomo de Mar- tino. recently appointed Ambassador to Washington. A new Minister to Denmark hat Bot yet been appointed. Investigate Nokol before warm weather A Nokol Automatic Oil Heater can still be installed in your present heat ing plant so you will have it during part of Spring and all of Fall. Then it is almost impossible to heat the home properly with a coal fire. Un- even heat and ill-health are the con- sequences. 5% of Nokol owners are doctors. They know the value of even heat. Left: Nokol installed in a home heating plant. Right: Nokol installed in heater. Helps pay for itself A small amount added to janitors’ wages will soon pay for NokolL Its operating cost is less than that of coal. Its fuel cost to the best of our knowledge is less than that of any other oil burner. This is to say noth- ing of its savings in labor, cleaners’ bills, decorators’ bills, doctors’ bills. For 7 years, to 21,000 homes, Nokol has brought a new type of heating service. Install Nokol now, before Nekol installed in a Radiator-Boiler in the kischen of a small home. Spring cleanirg and decorating. Call, phone or write. Automatic Heating Corporation 1719 Conn. Ave. N.W. Phone N. 627 =s— =x-7-=u N Automatic Oil Heating for Homes Tested and Listed as Standard by the Underwriters’ Laboratoties Manufoctured and Guaranteed by AMERICAN NOKOL COMPANY, Chicego R. HARRIS & COMPANY Diamond Values That Won’t Go A-Begging as are our diamond buying color, dazzling bril- liancy, 13-carat in weight. 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Total Resources Over Thirty-Five Million THE MEN'S STORE OF WOODWARD & LOTHROP Ties for Spring and Easter in Stripes, Checks and Dots of Bright Colors Spring gives “the call to the colors™ in Neckties as well as every- thing else a man wears this season. We present the new stripes, checks and dots in a host of bright colors and color combinations. A Tremendous Selection Famous Resilio Ties, $1.50 to $3 A broken check pattern that is rather unusual. In several col- or combina- $2. Dozens of col- or combina- tions in this tie of alternat- ing stripes, in various widths. Call this a college stripe, a club stripe or a regimental stripe, it still remains by far the most popular of all stripes. ~idth, Rich silk. alternating 1%4inch colors. At left—one of the new, wide stripes in heavy, lustrous silk, $2.50. At right—Ilarge dots in glowing colors on . a darker ground, $1. This is the Col- lege Stripe in the Club Bow, for young men. ‘$1. The Shepherd Check, in black and white, is a wonderfully dressy tie for business or pro- fessional men. $1.50. A Resilio, the tie that is famous for long wear. The bold checks are in many color combinations. $1.50. Men’s Furnishings Section, First floor. Woodward & Wotheop See Our Other Advertisements on Pages 18 and 25