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1R CITIZENS INDORS NEW UTILTIES BODY | Petworth Association Votes| Approval of Proposed | Commission. orsement was gi®¥n 1o the pro plan for the creation of & Public lities Commission for the District “olumbia as submittéd to the Com missloners by the Citizens Advisory Counell in spied by the Patwaorth ation. meet ing In the Temple. Georgin | avenue and Upshur street. last nizht Actlon was taken. on motion of | 1. G. Yaden. delegatetn the Federa tion of Citizens’ Assodations. to o nose the application of Traction Co. for the oparation lines, 10 compete with the W on Sixteenth street. 3Mr. Yaden de clared that he believed this petition to he “apite work” on the part of the traction company. He stated that he would present a resolution at the naxt meeting of this asso upon the Public Util vould recommend that 1€ its net e: ings are large a decrease in bus fares e asked Resolutions presented by Horace J. | Phelps and passed. reaffirmed the as wciation’s action requestinz. the nting of permission to the Wash n Rapid Transit Co imisses to serve the people the vicinity of Sherman Circle association reiterated its plea for the merger of the twn sfteet car com panfes operating in the Di and will urge the replacing of all the old type husses still in operation by the transit company by modern equip. ment Mai. inz in Edwin Hecse nf police. and all mnml o4 police force wers (nmm!‘\lf\d for the diligence. “‘alertness and efficiency vith which they are enforcing the prohibition law in the Distriet.” Other esolutions favorably acted upon i <e the proposal for a stated salary - substitute teach in the public schools and anting of sick lesve. the placi of new curbing hth street hanan. and improvement ®ia avenue from Rock (reek C road to Buchanan street. which is atill in bad condition as the result of last Winter s snow, it was said, the ear tracks projecting several inches ahove the level of the street The aciation’s constitution was amend- ed to provide for two new committees. one on zoning and the other on trade relations. New membere electad were Charles T. D. Martin, F. S Dill, Rosenberg, George H. Benton and C. | President Clyde J. Nichols Nicholson prosided. WORKERS GIVEN SHARE OF FACTORY’S PHOFITS Payment of 7 Per Cent Bonus on Year's Wages Announced by Carpet Firm. Ry the Associated Press | BLOOMBURG. Pa.. December i16. | — Payment of a 7 per cent honus on the vear's wages to the 1,200 emploves on the pay roll Christmas was an- nounced yesterday by President Law | of the Magee Carpet Co.. with an additional bonus of 3 per cent for the same perfod to be paid on April 1 next to those still in the com almost half th April 1 This i« the seventh ve: pany has paid what it tern » lahor on the same haolders, During that perios than $430.000 has heen paid in ¢ dends to the emploves. It is the first time the second dividend, payable in April. has been ziven AVIATION BILL HELD UP. com- | Deba(es Postpones Consideration. Senate Measure, Then | ‘The Bingham bill to encourage com- mercial aviation in this country was 1aid aside for the time being after a hrief discussion of its provisions in the Senate vesterday. In ons are that iction on the measure will have fo| walt disposition of the World Court issue and the question of whether srald P. Nye is tn he seated as Sena- | w from North Dak The aviation hill ent aver vester. At the request of Senator Rohin Pemocratic flaor would up in the Depar ‘ommerce the machinery for & commercial air travel | Policewomen and police matrons in | l.os Angeles must be trainad revolver | shots Every Foot It is our life work to provide not only the best-fitting shoes that can be made, but the best values that can be developed in shoes. FITS 612 13th Street ANDREW BETZ, Manager The |, “Special” Value CLUTCHES .THE MEEL EDMONSTON & CO. (Incorporated) THE EVENING § Radm Santa Claus Radio Sante Claus. "ATTACK” ON PRESS 2 Seven Years. Hear N ROME RESENTED (ke Asaociated Pre AKRON Wandering in more than Fenton. 12. he; tinguishahle sounds of a voice This was the result of a radio Fascist Bm 0urta|l|ng News- paper Liberty Vigorously . Debated in Senate. Howard k. - the child's parents, pls rphones of a radio set to the ears while a program was dcast. e child murmured, as- v parents, who had 11 hope the child ever ar azain. nta stopped broadeasting and ted this special appeal to the child: “Pauline. Pauline Fenton. old Santa is glad to know you can hear him k g to have a = doll for you Christ- mas." There was a short silence In the Fenton home as Santa finished his promise. Then, with eyex radiant and # happy smile spread over her f; Pauline turned her mother and said. nta is go- ing to bring me a doll.” the dfs. human 3¢ the Associated Preas. ROME, December 16.—~The contrast hetween the Fascist nnd the Liberal conception: of statecraft ‘was brought into striking relief during the course of vesterday's debate in the Senate 6n the Fascist bill curtailing the lbesty of the press. The measure was vigorously at: tacked by Senator Ruffini. who declaf- ed that fts passage meant robbing the | people of one of their most sacred rizhts. Senator Cippice replied that the law was considered a necessity state, which maintains that liberty, oven liherty of the prees, is not an inalienable right, but a concession on the part of the state, and that there- inz it whenever advisable. = Seos Need .o Dyastic Measare. | PAGEANT 1S PRESENTED o et et s arac. BY EPISCOPAL CHURCHES tic measures were mnecessary now be. rause false ideas of liberty were so ‘Expectancy” Given in Parish Hall of Epiphany Church by Members ined in the people. ator Ruffini argued that without of 13 Congregations. v the prest’ an instrument of the party in pow- and added: “Liberty of the press is the real keystoneé of the entire adi fice to the rights of liberty."” He called attention to a provision of the bill providing wmwhmem for any news. PERP“TUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION PAYS 5% Compounded Semi-Annually s from Episcopal Churches presented xpectancy,” in the parish 10 ucation, di t and made a talk ama and pageant in education. ‘The pageant given under the auspices of the diocesan drama council of the Sunday School Institute of the District. '« from the Emmanuel, Epiph- od Shepherd, St. John's, St. < and Transfiguration nder the direction of Mrs. " D. Johnson, gave musical se. | lections incident to the pageant. Groups taking part in the pageant were from the fnl]n\\]nf Churches: St Andr ret’s, St Stephen’s, any, Rock Creek Grace Church, St town: Emmanuel. St. Paul's Creek and the Chapel of the rected the pa the place of fous, Commencing January 1, 1926 Assets Over $10,500,000 Surplus $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President JOSHUA W. CARR, Sec'y. ‘n what about for the present status of the Fascist | fore the state i1s justified in curtail: | TAR. WASHINGTO paper or periedical effending the “re- ligion of the state,” and asked why distinguish between Catholicism and other religions. Senatbr Cippico declared that the new Fascist sz were occasioned by the necessities of today and in prepa- ration for the fture. They were not by any means complete. Federzoni Ex'hlm Object. It was expiained by Signor Fed zonl, minister of the interior, that t! | Fascist alm was to defend the rights of journalists. not journals. In these nationa! hoelule of their control of n Under the proposed the . government backing. ‘Therefore individual would have greater Mberty tofore, because they weuld not: write according ‘1o the their employers.” ““The preas and the moving nmfium he concluded, “have been’too long.in Italy uncontrolled schools for-oeims. ‘The government intends to put an end to this shame.” Ordered to Washington. First Lieut. Malcoim D. Grim Quartermaster Corps, at Ph!lldelphh, has bean ordered to this city for treat- n}um ar W mr Reed General Hi ta Truly a mas bespeaks - itisnot auugl‘, but a de a beautiful Tressure Boston : Chiaago Isabella Fappineds Candy Store Dont be dis. | couraged-yoyll know::‘rg the ans. | - wer injust a f days, anjgftswoiwu, wditing for-but || keep watchin oug an§y~. Soda~ Tea’Room 1107 F. St., N. W. 612 13th St. ” New Address Bet. F & G Sts. Form is a Professional Shoe Fitters “Corrective” attention New Styles in Oxfords and Pumps $7.50 Up West Side—Bet. F & G Sts. Next Droop’s Music House In the good old Yestertime A Fresh Ham had a conspicuous place in' the Christmas larder—and every Yuletide guest looked forward to his cold cut as an appetizing accom- paniment to the gobbler. The crude butchering of those days has heen superseded by a scien- tifically regulated procéss that gives to the Fresh Ham of today an incompar- . .able savor that prompts a revival of the: traditional custom. Include a Fresh Ham or a Fresh r your dealer Shbulder when Christmas dinner { order rom | Thoughsful Gift A fountain pen given at Christ- Cost conndered no gift is more welcome than a Wnunm.n . A beautiful Waterman's Jdeal with black, cardinal er motried menl lipguard; clipesp; soiflles . The mme pon together with 2 Warersa's -me-ncpn:dunl:h htwipehd- Other Waterman's at Other Prices Sold at 50,000 rehable stores L. E. Waterman Company, 191 Bmsdwy, New Yerk : Saafnsces g (B D. ... WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 16, ESCAPED PRISONER TAKEN| Lot Occoquan to'Search for Sister, Man Tells Officer.’ Bimer Winfield Dodson, givirg his address as 439 I street southwest, was arreated yesterday by Detective Frank Alligoed as an escaped prisoner from Occoquan. ¢ After Alligoed had placed him under arrest in the downtown section, Dod-| son is auld' te have told him that he) lett Occequan, where he wi a sentence fer joy-riding, to his aister, who was reported missing | from the Natjonal ining School for | Girls some time ago. ‘The address he gives does not ap- pear in the city directory. P ey UPHOISTERING, % I uire_re-coversd ~r‘;'..e.m‘§:?5§ é V—("Al.l‘ TODAY Ernest Holaber Co. 602 F Street N.W. 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