Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1925, Page 32

32 ARBORETUM SITE L0S IS FEARED Citizens Urge Action in Pur- chase of Mount Hamilton and Hickory Hill Plot. ¥ acquisition of the Mount Ham nd Hickey Hill site proposed for a national a etum was urged in by the Rhode Island s’ Association, meetin resolutior Aven rch. Dr. R. a resolution urg on of the site fo um, said the land is no vated with a view to de and that it is time the Gov >quired the property if am | is to be constructed there ciation went on record as tem to be included in the | appropriations to acquire | tral avenue for a school m to construct an eight- ) wing to the John Burroughs lutions presented by Ira B.| to e chil- | \hu walk anywhere from three- V nile to a mile and a half | owded Langdon and John e for erection of | he present police th and Rhode Is nue t me; mlm’ by the association. that a Spring w .would be held at the next month. tes to the meeting of the n of Citizens' Associations to held Saturday n: when mem itizens' Council will be told to attend the fed- 1 meeting uninstructed. Kight- candidates were elected to mem- bership. CUBAN OFFIC'IAL IS GUEST. Minister of Foreign Affairs Given | Luncheon by Dr. Manuel de Cespedes, Cuban | of foreign affairs, was the honor at a Iun'hm»n'lmsl rnoon tendered to him by Dr SR i e Rowe. \ding the luncheon were Agriculture Jardine, | ate Joseph Grew, | of Commerce | arela, Minister | Arturo Padro, | on and Este- t director of B | _The Caspian Sea, between Asia and largest lake in the is 160,000 square e than four times the of lem Superior. Its water is PASTOR IS RETAINED. Clarendon Congregation Gives Re- ception to Rev. Father Lackey. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., April 30.—Rev. Father F. J. Lackey, who was recently ordered tronsferred. to a church in Winchester, will remain as pastor of St. Charles’ Church of Clarendon and St. Agnes’ Church of Cherryuale, a petition signed by about 500 members of the church and other residents of the county urging his retention hav | ing been granted In celebration of his retention and by way of showing their love and high regard for the pastor, members of the church last night tendered Father Lackey a reception at St. Charles' School. Father Lackey was given a warm welcome as he entered the hall, es. t(nll‘d by John Cavanaugh, grand o sdward Douglas White hts of Columbus, and at- hers Edwin Johnson, as- icholas Habits of Fairfax nig! Council, st pastor; and Leonard Koster of Mount Ida. A | cake. on which was a candle for each | of the 18 years he has served as pas. tor, was presented to Father Lackey. ing of the Clarendon Garden ounced for this evening at Citizens’ Hall. President urges a full attendance of | the member: DROWNS AS BOAT UPSETS. Meets Death as Companion Escapes. Special Dispatch to The Star. NORFOLK, Va., April 80.—T. B. Cullison, an apprentice of the pilot boat Maryland, was drowned and Kenneth Broadbelt, another youth, narrowly escaped when a yawl cap. sized with them in a stiff northeast wind this morning. They had been sent ashore to Cape Henry for mail. Broadbelt swam to safety, and medical attention was nec essary to save him from death due to exposure. Cullison’s body was recov. ered by coast guardsmen after two Virginia Pilot Apprentice via Perryville and through the Picturesque Susquehanna Valley SUNDAY, MAY 17 {5 The Maguificent Capitol Build- ing will be open on this date. Competent Guides avalinble. Se eautiful Mural Paintings, by Vitet Cobier. Miimstrotiag "Foncs Life, and the Barnard Statuary. %3 SPECIAL TRAIN Leaves Washington.......0:45 A M Returning, leaves Harrlslurg.6 RN Proportionate fares from mhmp.l stations between Baltimore, Perry. ville and Columbia Tickets on sale Friday preceding Exeursion Pennsylvania Railroad The Standard Railroad of the World No 1309 G EXCHANGE ST,NW. NO o REFUNDS MIRACULOUS VAL UES IN THIS DRESS SALE 47 DRESSES that were $29.75° 58 DRESSES that were $24.75 63 DRESSES that were$19.95 34 DRESSES that were $l 5.95 TO GO AT . TUB SILK DRESSES GEORGETTE DRESSES PRINTED CREPE DRESSES SATIN-FACE CANTONS FLAT CREPE DRESSES ENSEMBLES T0O! FLANNEL AND KASMIR DRESSES SPORT AND OFFICE FROCKS AFTERNOON AND EVENING '11 “EVERY all sizes 16 to 52 DRESSES NEW STYLE NEW COLOR NEW SILK THE FRIENDLY SHOP 1309 G ST. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ASKSU. 3. TOHELP INPAYING SAILORS Shipping Board Man Has Plan to Build Up Private Merchant Marine. Payment by the Government of a part of the wages of American sea- men in order to permit Ameri- can ships to compete with foreign ships with low-paid seamen is the plan of Chairman O'Connor of the United States Shipping Board, nounced erday following a con ference the President. Mr O’Connor said he would urge it upon Congress as the major part of a pro- gram for building up the herchant marine. The statement was have been made with the kn of President Coolidge, b not indicated whether the v resented those of the Chie tive. At the same time, it w aid other Shipping Board members hld not passed upon the proposal “I favor legislation,” Mr. O'Connor said, “which will provide for the es- shment of a merchant marine reserve, whereby the Government would pay to American seamen en- listed in the reserve and who serve on American vessels a monthly re- tainer. Chis retainer, besides insuring ans on American vessels, will i aid to American shipown- ers by absorbing the wage differen- tial between American and foreign wages, and this will tend to promote the transfer of the Government ves- sels to private American hands for operation.” Mr. O’Connor made known his pur- pose just as the Shipping Board had concluded the largest single sale of ships it has ever made, that of the five Presiden passenger-cargo vessels of the Cornia-Orient line to the Dollar int By a vote of the cont formally to 2 the board ap. t for the sale, and gned by Chairman nley Dollar, vice Actua the ships will begin at sco next month. The to- which covers the ships, fei trade name of the line, wi antee that the vessels mus Dollar Visits Coolidge. Mr. Dollar before leaving for the coast this afternoon went to the White House to pay his respects to Presi- dent Coolidge, and said he would do .6, , 1925, THURSDAY, APRIL 30 his utmost to develop an American merchant marine in the Orient serv- ice. Mr. O'Connor suggested a maximum of 15,000 reservists and said that ex- penditure of less than $2,000,000 by the Treasury would be required for the first year and “not more than $6,000,000,” approximately, would be needed to maintain this reserve when the maximum .number of vessels are in private hands. “This maximum figure of $6,000,000 would represent the aid which the United States Treasury would con- tribute toward the merchant marine, for which we would receive a gu: antee of American manned, privat operated vessels so mecessary for tional defense and for commercial pur poses.” 600 Ships at Bargain. Such payments, he asserted, would go far “to cover the difference be tween the American wage scale and that of other nations.” The Shipping Board, the chairman ald, ha 0 ships avallable for for and all “for sale at bar- But if “out on the un- de of our tariff wall,” he “an American is going Into s on the ocean, he has got to elp from the United States Protec ted The question is, he declared, much is it worth in cash to the Lm(etl States to have a ¢ -carrying fleet of size in all 5" of the world manned by Ar perience is a States in any Every purchase from Piggly Wiggly Stores must give you complete satisfaction or your money will be refunded cheerfully and without question. SWIFT’S PREMIUM Smoked Ham BUTTER Our “Sunset Gold” is creamery, the best butter market today— Lb., 55¢ SALT MACKEREL Fancy large fish—about one pound. Have one for Sunday breakfast— Each, 25¢ BREAKFAST BACON fancy fresh value on the anteed— rarebit— Strictly fresh—shipped nearby farms. 8 to 10 Lbs. EGGS to us from Packed in carton; guar- Doz., 32¢ SHARP CHEESE Old New York State—fine for a Welch Pound, 38c Sliced thin by machme 45 the rind is off, pound, c FRESH SPRING VEGETABLES Coming better and more plentiful every day. a complete assortment at lowest prices. Radishes, bunch. . . .3c Rhubarb, bunch. . . .5¢c Spring Onions, bunch, 3c .15¢ 18¢ 10c String Beans, Ib. Fresh Peas, lb Asparagus l!lume BEOWR. . vecns - o Piggly Wiggly Stores have Spinach, Ib. . .. Kale, Ib Lettuce, head POTATOES, best No. 1 stock, Peck (15 lbs.) 19c BISCUIT SPECIALS Fig Bars, Runkels, 2 Ibs.. . . .25¢ toasting. Campfire Marshmallows —the finest for baking, topping, eating and Educator Toasterettes, pkg..35¢ | 31-oz. pkg., 8¢ 6-oz. pkg., 15¢ Butternut Wafers, pkg.. . ...23c 25¢/CORN ™ PEA FIGS Choice California Fruit, packed in heavy syrup. “Purple Ribbon” Brand No. 1 Can, 23¢ 2 Cans EVAPORATED MILK HEINZ TOMATO KETCHUP Special Price This Week Large Bottle . ... 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