Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1925, Page 3

Every Lick Is a Promise DENIESATTENPT 10 KIONAP SO Salm Claims ‘No E‘onnection Witn Sleuths Besieging Wife’s Home. Every gay litte Christmas Seal you lick is the promise of a life d—of the stamping out of the dread disease, Tuberculosi that claims a yearly toll of thousands. Do your Christmas shopping early, and don’t forgey that however festive paper and ribbon are on vour Christmas packages, it takes the little Seal to give them the true stamp of the Christmas Spirit. Tuberculosis, the most cruel of all diseases, kills thousasds in the United States every vear, and there are thousands now suffering from it. Help to lick it by licking Christmas Neals American ICE _ Company FLAY TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS By thi Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.. Decem- ber 16.--Reporters here today were hoping that Countess Salm von Hoog trzeten would tire of playing tag with them and break her silence, which she has threatened to do on several occasions. In each instance, howeve mer Millicent Rogers, het to a $40.000,000 fortune. changed hé& mind at the I inute, and sent word that “she had nothing to say.” The countess was living quietly at Walkiki cottage, at Palm Beach, until the arrival of the cou her husband, and his mother from BEurope. The count begun his New York-Palm Beach warfare to gain control of their earold son by issuing daily state- ients and then started legal proceed- ings. The climax arrived Monday morn- ing when private detectives emploved I her to prevent the Kidnaping of her baby used pistols to repel in truders on her property. The intruders turned out to be other private detec- tives who claimed they were in the employ of the count to watch the countess’ home. A similar episode al- most occurred Monday night, the countess’ detectives rushed the count’s men in some bushes Across the street. The two sets of sleuths 5 “the tor- i then agreed to recognize one another | to the extent of not shooting on sus- picion. The shooting Monday morning for a time was considered an attempt to Kkidnap the baby, and caused consider- able perturbation to both the count and the countess. The count and his lawyer Herman B. Goodstein, both in New York. issued positive state- ments that they were in no way con- nected with the veported kidnaping attempt. Last night Mr. disclaimed for the count any connec- tion with the private detectives who | said they were in his employ | “Reports vesterday that 1. H. | Rogers, father of the countess, and | the count both had arrived here were | denied. Main Office. 60 &C Sts. Southwest Camp Meigs. S g Ave. Rortheast Brand-New Apartment 1460 Euclid St. N.W. Ready for Occupancy 14th Street car reet bus. One from Meridian outside rooms 2 Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Apartments, $60 and $62.50 29 Apts. Already Rented Only Three Left B. F. Saul Co. 825 15th Street N.W. Main 2100 Convenient to Tine and 16th square All 'HENRY CABOT LODGE EFFECTS AT AUCTION Household Furnishings, Including Rare Articles Owned by Late Senator, Bringing Low Prices. The personal houszhold effects of the |late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge are being sold at public auction in the | rooms of C. G. Sloan & Co., 715 Thir- te-nth street. 3 and 200 articles sold on the firsy day brought | total of $10,000. despite the fact that ome rareties said to have cost $500 were knocked down for as little as $26. Senator Lodge's furnishings are heing disposed of at the rate of 200 a {dav. and it will require through Sat prday to dispos: of the entire comple- ‘ment The lot includes many fine rugs, an iques, more modren household effects, curios and many fine examples of ar During vesterday's sale exceptionall <harp bidding occurred over a carved hust of Buddha. The successful bidder UPERIOR GARAGES PUONE MAIN 9427 TONEBRAKE 820-11 ST..N.W. - ing attracted a $30 bid at the start. A bronze of Daniel Webater. said to have been worth at least $500. went for 826 to an artist, and a figure of Tulius Caesar, cast in a haughty mili- tary attitude. coaxed only $14 from ‘he crowd. The auctioneer had de- manded at least $25 to start the sale of the statue. Other articles. howev fared much better. 'URGES -N;ORE IETEREST IN TIMBER GROWING , Raising of Trees as Crop Will Mark Forestry Progress, Re- port Says. Nature is at her best— in Wesley Heiahts — preserved in all its charming beauty of trees and hills—-and built with Homes that are de- signed to conform effectively. Every Home in Wesley Heights is a Miller-built Home. The development to date rep- resents more than $2,000,000.00. Motor out Ma 2oross Wisconair it Ca Thedral Avenue. Or. take Wesley Heights bus at 20th and P Streets. W. C. and A. N. Miller 1tors 1119 Seventeenth St. achusetts Avenue Avenur Stimulation of timber growing and popular a interest in as the most significant change in the Natlon's forest situation in the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture, made public today. atlonal progress in forestry will #rom now on be measured, most of all, by the rate at which timber growing becomes part of every-day land usage,” according to the report, which goes on that abundant evidence has Main 1790 < (3 “ehoiders of | held ut | $OC0Y the eléction “ear’ and for | industries in the possibility of &row- om_J1 | ing, as a business, successive crops of dent timber on privately owned land. CHER. | The chief educational objectives of kiven the Forest Service. according to the ivestment | report, are the reduction of man- caused forest fires. the promotion of OF | the best relationships between the na- Del. | tional forests and the public, which owns and uses them, and the facilita- tion of the onward spread of timber wore' ¥ AND STOR | growing and better timber utilization. \G e - —— T WILL NOT BE RESPGNSIBLE FOR e e e DR NOTED WHISTLER LISTED TO APPEAR IN CONCERTS TICH. 1123 7th at. n.w i PIANOS TUNED AND REPAIRED: years exp.: el leading teache: &FO TR | Ernest Wendell Nickel Announced - | by Community Center for Two School Entertainments. the Departmental Danking house N other am < 5 C! SAMUEL dl 5 ‘Columbin rd. . are heret tite fo Dresent il o of “any Bideon or hefore Dec. 16, 10 2 WANTED—LOAD OR_ LOAD R STORAGE WANTED—A RpURY v SIS TRAN F ¥ ‘o M WAL WOMEN ~OF _ DISCRIM Sate ‘my exceptionally Troidered linene. laces e Cand cleaning’ exn V[BOUD. INC. Hand e North 41 5 ~MIMEOGRAPHED LETTERS 200 LA o, tan. finor District Bank Blde. Frankin 7147 Bato 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY Tebta tontracted by ans other than mssell O MERRTTT 2 & 3 B ECTORS, OF CITIZENS SAVINGS BA TR iar meeting held’ Derember Aty Aiclarea A resular semi-annual Aividend of 4 n the rinckholders of racord of Degem. fer 10t Books for this transfer of stock 70" clowe on this date. Plyment o Giviend 16 Ve made as o 1ber 3015 n TT. Secretay (OTICE — THE A MEET BTN ioidera of the Hall Assoria the &0 of O F. of the D. C. Nt at the mall No. 1608 M st Tiday, December P AT e election o P ing veat and {or the transaction of s I iness a8 miay nrove ene g "JOSEPH M et JOS S RNT. W, WATSON Saw Secrefar LET US GET AFTER YOUR ROOF We'll put it in the test of condition, Don't delay. Call us up now IRONCLA_ Roofing 1121 5th n.w ‘ompany Phione Main 1 GOOD ROOF PAINT — properly applicd and at euch a faj oriee Phat it appeals to all Nouss o o DIA® Feel_safe-—have us apply Propas Tfin Roof Paint. fine g 187 $1°00; ationai . Ernest Wendell Nickel, nationally known whistler, will be presented hy the Community Center Department in two concerts here this week. The first 1l be held tomorrow night at the Eastern High _School. under the auspices of the Fast Washington cen- ter, and the second on Friday night at Wilson Normal Auditorium, under the auspices of the Columbia Heights cen- ter. Both concerts will begin prompt- {1v at 8 o'clock, and the public is in- | vited. 2 The assisting artist on both pro- grams will be a Russian pianist, Henry Smidt Gregor, who will accom. | pany Mr. Nickel in his nymbers and | who will also be in a group of inter- | esting Russian solos. Admission to each of these concerts will be 25 cents, |as is usual in all community enter- | tainments by the Community Center Department. ASKS LAW CONFERENCE, Representative Black, Democrat, New York, announced today that he would introduce a resolution asking | the President to inquire into the feas- | ibility of a conference of law-enforce- ment officials, to be held in Washing- | ton next Spring. The conference would be attended by police heads of cities of more than | 500,000 population caring to attend. The purpose would be to suggest + 512 11w changes in the Federal penal law, in e = YTy X | State criminal statutes an n_court flave You a Printing Need? | procedure relating to State and Fed- Consult this million dollar briuting | eral prosecutions. An effort would be plant for Drotit ible results. made to have the “‘machinery of jus- : tice better equipped to bring about re- « The National Capital Press!spect for the laws of the States and of . a310-181% D-ST. N.W. - The Quality of Our Printing Dot e bt " ®IGH GRADL. BU' NOT HIGH PRICED BYRON S. ADAMS, JRUTes. | the United States.” » ’ when | Goodstein | s finally got it for $67.50, the piece hav- ! more general | | understanding of its problems is cited | been found of the interest of forest ! THE EVENING S |CHRISTMAS OPPORTUNITY , SUBSCRIBED BY ALMAS TEMPLE| 'AR, WASHINGTON, Mardiy had the Christmas Oppor- tunities appeared in The Star yester- | day when word came to the Associat- | ed " Charities office that the Nobles of | Almas Temple, A. A. O. N. M. 8., of | which Charles D. Shackelford is po- tentat {6 as their own special family. Last year Almas Temple contributed $420 ties. They were 80 well satisfied with the results of their investment last year that they decided to contribute $1,092 this year and take a whole op- portunity for themselves. In his recent message to Congress President Coolidge made special men- tion of the need of mothers' allow- ances for the District of Columbia. has been pioneering in the field of mothers’ allowances, popularly known as mothers’ pensions, but better de- scribed as children’s allowances, for the reason that the purpose of the grants is to benefit the children of { the selected families. The policy as exemplified in this Christmas Oppor- | tunity Fund is based on the ‘lh..\t no mother should be asked to give up her children solely because of | or abandonment of the wage earner. In choosing these 14 families from the many under its care, the Assoclated Charities has gone carefully into the resources within the family itself and also the natural resources, such as relatives, church, man's for- mer emplc The sums asked fo these families represent the deficit be- tween the {ncome and the necessary expenses of the family May Shift Benefits. In each instance the money con tributed will be spent for the fanmil designated, but if during the i ration in a fami possible for the x ed through s incressed earning uber of the family becoming better then the Associated use its descretion to decrease the allowance to the same extent. On the other hand, unexpect ed emergencles may arise due to fil ness or failure of natural resources, j making it necessary to increase the weekly budget allowance for a certain ! length of time. Any surplus in a given opportunity. as in the | instance cited. thus hecomes available [to meet the deficit that may arise in some of one of the remaining 13. Contributions may be sent to the ! Soclal rvice House, 102 Eleventh ! street, John Joy Edson. treasurer. o | to the office of The Star. and will be { promptly acknowledged in this paper. {OPPORTUNITY *No0. *1 — FOUR | YEARS IN HOSPITAL. Four weeks in a hospital is an ex | perience few have to underzo. But i this father has been ill in a hospital for four vears. And there are five {children at home, and a mother. frail, | delicate, but keeping that home for the children. The oldest boy is 15. He {is dolng his part by working after {school. "He is already planning what {he will do later and is anxious to | shoulder a heavier burden. The oldest 1 girl is planning a business course. The | others are attending school, wit | exception of the baby. born just | her father had to go to the hospital | married daughter and other relatives | are doing what they can, but it is not |enough. ~ Fifteen dollars a week 1$780 a year, would insure a | come to be | resources, suc capacity of a |or through re able 1o help, Charities will | larder for this household for the vear. Amount asked for. $780. Miss C. H. N, $5: Mrs, A. M., $1; Mr. and Mrs. |$1: Mrs. R. T. S., $10; F | Total received. $32. Still needed. $748. OPPORTUNITY NO. 2 SIX CHILDREN. Her husband died two vears leaving her with six children. | them under struggle, but she has kept her family together. All her efforts are to th jend. Roger, 14 vears old, worked {last Summer. He is looking forward !to the time when he can leave school and help mother all the time, and imake it easier for that 1l-year-old {little sister who is in the Health School now. who is frail and must have special diet and care. Taking {care of six children is no easy task, ibut this mother not only does that | but works outside several nours a day. { But her earnings fall short of the re | quirements. Her home, though small and bare, is a home, after all. Four- teen dollars a week, or $728 a vear i necessary to keep it Amount asked for. $728. { Mr.and Mrs. C. T. H., §I Still needed, $ OPPORTUNITY NO. 3—A BROKEN HOME. This is the case of a father who never did his part. but perhaps it was not his fault. Mentally ill, he is now being given Institutional treat- ment, and the mother had to support Mary, 9; Bobby, 5: and Bill, 3. It was no easy undertaking, but she went at it bravely. Coming home in the eve. ning tired and worn out. she set about her cooking and cleaning, then sewed late into the night. Bul the odds were against her. Heavy work brought on an illness. she had to go lto @ hospital, the little children were | placed in an institution. Now she has left the hospital. She wants her | babies. They need her. Will this | Christmas make it possible for her to have and keep them? It will cost about $21 & week, or $1,002 a year. Amount asked for, $1,092. H. C. B, $5: Mrs. L. B. P., $10; Mr. and Mrs. C. T. H, $1. Total received, $16. Still needed, $1. OPPORTUNITY JNABLE TO WORI | He was a good worker, industrious and he never let an opportunity slip to work late if it meant something more to bring home to his family. He became ill suddenly. His former em- ployers, recognizing his faithful serv- ice, provided expert medical advice, | hospital care and did what they could to put him back on his feet. can never work again. He was strick- en in line of duty; he now receives a reasonable compensation from his em- ployers. But he has a wife and seven children. The youngest is a little girl, just a year old. The wife is doing her part by managing the household care- fully and economically. She can do nothing more. There is the .sick father and seven children. Thirteen dollars a week is needed for this fam- {ly, or $676 for the coming year. Amount asked for, $676. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. H., $2. Still needed, $674. OPPORTUNITY NO. —HE MAY NEVER RETURN. This father, a hard worker, is now in the Tuberculosis Hospital. The worry about his wife and her three childrén—the girl, 12; two boys, 6 and | 4—will retard his recovery. A few | L. ago. all of i in this family. a sad remmder of other vears, year. some. But the mother and her bables need clothing and food. They must be fortified against the disease which has laid the father low. Twenty-three dollars a_week, or $1,196 this coming year, will keep these children well and happy and aid the father's recov- ery. “Amount asked for. $1,196. Cash through C. L: B., §14; Mr. and It will be bleak and cold, had selected Opportunity No. ! | to be divided among the 14 opportuni- | For 16 years the Associated Charities | theory | | poverty due to the death or invalidism | first | It has been a fearful | But he | vears ago Christmas was a happy day | this | Friends and the church help | Shriners Contribute $1,092 for One of 14 BenefitsE Offered by the Associated Charities to Help | Mrs. C.T. JI.. $1. Total received, $1. | Still nceded, $1,181. | OPPORTUNITY NO. 6.—Closed. OPPORTUNITY NO. 7—NO FAULT | OF H This colored man, of education, !chagacter and fine principles, is a | devoted father. He was happy in his work and in the care of his at- |tractive family, a wife and three | children. Then came misfortune, ill- ness. He now fs Incapacitated and faces a serious operation. which will delay his return to work for a long time. His wife, formerly a school teacher, works when she can—but there is the sick husband, a little daughter, 6 vears old; two boys, one 3, the other 10 months. The Lusband doesn’t complain of his suffe but the prospect #his once happy fum- {ily faces worries him. His every thought is for them. The church is !lielping some, but outside aid is need- | ed here to give this man a chance until he cal get back or ineteen dollars a week— coming year—will do it Amount asked for, $988 saptist Ministers' Conference, $56.98; Senior €. E. Society of Lincoin Me- morial Congregational Temple, $2 Mr. and Mrs. C.T. H., $1. Total re ceived, $60.43. Still needed, $92 OPPORTUNITY No. & STRUGGLE She was deserted by her husband. nce then every day of her life is given for the three children, and she works hard. She is father as well as mother in this little family. She earns what she can at home, her relatives help some, they can do little, as every cent counts with them. 1f she left home, what would become of the children? he is doing her part. and the fight as left her weak. Fifteen dollars a week. or $780 for the next vear. is needed here or the fight will have been in vain. Amount asked Mrs. L. S. D., Senfor C. E. So ciety of Lincoln Memorial Congrega- ‘l‘lnnu! Temple, $2.50. Total received, 7.50. ill needed, § | OPPORTU $8 for the A BRAVE for, $780 NITY NO. 9- WORTH WHILE A home iIs a home, and this widow las done more than her part to give her three children a real one. There are no Juxuries in this home and it takes careful planning to make both | ends meet, but she has done it, frail though she is. She is the inspira tion of her children. The two older girls make excellent marks in school and the teachers report them fine influence on the rest of the pu- ipl\n Then t e is a little one in kindergarten, whose health must be watched carefully, whose sweet dispo- sition indicates the training and love | received at home. The children are ambitious, eager for the good things that life has to offer but sometimes | witliholds from those seemingly de serving. They are anxious for the time to come can help mother and repa; what she has done for them. Isn't the pres- ervation of such a home a worth- | while Christmas gift? Thirty dollars a week or $1.560 a year will make it Amount asked for, $1,560. . L.S. S., $20; Mr. and Mrs. C. T. 1., a3 HOME Total received, $21 Still needed, $1.539. | OPPORTUNITY NO. 104 BURDEN ON YOUNG SHOULDERS. John and Mary, yet in their 'teens. | are shouldering the responsibilities of providing for their mother, a widow, and her three other younger children. ! John is going to night school while | learning a trade, trying to shorten his apprenticeship. ' One more year and he will be able to do more, and a | the family will be independent. In the | meantime some help must come from | outside. Seventeen dollars a week, or | $884 for the coming year, will provide it Amount asked for, $884. Mrs. A. F. A, $5: Mrs. C. T. H., $1 Total received, § Still needed, $878. AGAINST THEM. ay long and leaves the two smaller hildren under care of an older daugh- ter, who does the housework and | nursing after school hours. A boy | works ‘after school in the afternoon and all day Saturday. It has been a | hard fight for this widow, and now | she is beginning to see the end, for | the_little children can hardly wait | untll they, too, may joint the wage earners. In the meantime shelter, clothing and nourishing food are needed. Fourteen dollars a week, or $728 a yvear will provide it. Amount asked for, $725. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. H., §1 Still needed, $727. OPPORTUNITY NO. 12—ANOTHER SACRIFICE FOR THE CHILDREN. Her sacrifice was her health—hut children, 11, 9 and 6 years old. It has too. and when she broke under it and had to give up the work which brought bread and clothing another disaster faced her, for one of the children was stricken with tuberculosis, and, though recovering, must be watched carefully. The children are doing well in their classes. Must this mother's sacrifice be in vain? Twenty-four dollars a week will keep this family together. | The yvear's budget requires $1,248. Amount asked for $1,248. Mrs. G. P. C., $5; Miss L. E. K., $1: Mrs. M. C. S., $10; Mrs. F. T. F. and l:(rn. H., $5; Y. W. C. A. of Gallaudet College, $5; Mr. and Mrs, C. T. H $1; H. R. Y., §25. Total recetved, $52. Still needed. $1,196. OPPORTUNITY NO. 13—-NEARLY BLIND, FIVE CHILDREN. This colored woman, her eyesight nearly gone, had five children and no income three years ago. Kind- hearted people came to the rescue and the family was kept together. Things jare brighter this Christmas, for the 17-year-old girl is now working and puts all her money into the home, and hopes soon to earn more. A l4.year- old boy is taking vocational education, which may lead to worthwhile em: ployment, and the three younger chil- dren go to school, where the teachers speak well of their progress. Each i child in this home does his bit to make it a brighter one. Will you do yours Nineteen dollars a tweek, or $988 a year, will bring what is needed here. Amount asked for, $988. Mrs. J. H., $100; Mr. and Mrs. C. T. H. $1: Mrs. P. E. L., $5. Total re. celved, $106. Still needed, $882. OPPORTUNITY NO. 14—NOT MANY MORE CHRISTMASES. This Christmas finds them sitting together, looking back over many they spent, now gone forever. The old man has passed the years of his use- fulness. His dreams ure of the past, not of the future. ‘The little income comes from the money earned by his old wife, who still finds strength for another day's work. She hasn't long. Thev want to stav together, Ten dollars a week, §$520 for the next D. ng, | his teet. | but j as a| | younger child will begin to help. Then ! This colored widow works hard all | she gave it gladly to keep her threc| been 4 long, hard struggle for her, | C TS TAKEN N RADS BY RUM SUUADRON Christmas Round-Ups Con- ducted in Northwest and in South Washington. i H In an effort to make effective the order of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, super- intendent of police, that the city be rid of rum runners and bootleggers before the beginning of the Christmas holiday_season, Capt. Guy E. Burlin- game, head of the liquor squadron, and members of the dry squad of the third precinct conducted six raids in the northwest section yesterday, while in South Washington Lieut. W. E. Holmes Wwas in charge of the precinct squad that rounded up nine alleged dry law violators. So quietly were the raids conducted |that alleged violators were taken {completely by surprise. At No. 4 police | station, where colored prisoners dis- | played sums of money ranging from a | few dollars to $532, it is stated, pro- {fessional bondsmen reaped a harvest. {None of the nine offenders was will- |ing to go behind the bars voluntarily, volice stated, and in a short time all were at liberty. | i Sale Prevented. | | Capt. Burlingame was accompanied by members of his squad and J. L. Billman, W. L. Dant, J. W. Casey, Paul Dorsey and R. W. Rivercombe of the third precinct, while members of Lieut. squad was com- | posed of e . T. Harney, Howard Ogle, Burke, George I. Hellmuth and J. W. Wise. While Capt. Burlingame's were in a Twenty-seventh |house a big limousine, two young |men and women occupying it. stop- | ped at the door. One of the young jmen, who was admitted by the man on guard, recognized Capt. Burlin- zame. “What do you inquired. b “I may as well teil the truth,” re sponded the younc man, a resident of upper Connecticut avenue. “We are golng to have a little party ‘o- night and wanted some gin." “Do vou still want it?” asked the captain “I guess not.” he answered. "I fear 1 have lost my taste for it.” Other cars stopped in front of the houses that were being raided, but their occupants, realizing what was going on inside. drove hurriedly away. No large quantities of intox- | icants were seized in any of the raids, ! police reported, and what was seized was not of good quality. man street want?” the captain Jjokingly | “Brother Gale" Arrested. i ilas Jefferson. colored, 1927 Twen- y-seventh street, known to the police | as “Brother Gale.” alleged by the po lice to conduct a supply house for bootleggers doing business on a small scale, wes one of the persons arrest- ed by the squad working under Capt. Burlingame. Others arrested by this squad in- | cluded Joseph Oser. grocer at 2053 L, | street: Isaac Dennenbaum. huckater, 436 Ninth street southwest: Lillian Hall. colored. 921 Twenty-seventh street; Jennie Blackwell, colored, 2647 | Virginia avenue, and Hester Maho- |ney. colored, 929 Twenty seventh | street. | Persons arrested in South Wash- | ington, all colored residents of the | Southwest section, registered as Rich- | ard 8. Cole. 327 C street: James Wood- |%on. 327 Second street; Thomas Har- ris, 457 King court; Percy Thompson, |90 D street; James Powell, 212 W |low Tree court: Mamie Flovd, 212 D ! street; Margaret Hawkins and George | Hawkins. ‘her husband. 703 Half | street. and Lillian Johnson, 915 Gol- | den street. |BRANCH POST OFFICES i TO STAY OPEN TONIGHT | Mail-Early Plea Receives Such | Prompt Response, Officials Ad- | vance Schedule. | Owing to an ovetwhelming response !of the local public to Postmaster | Mooney's radio appeal to “Buy Now {and Mail Early for Christmas,” | Washington Post Office has found it necessary fo start one day earlier {than anticipated to keep a number of svening. it was announced today. The revised schedule calls for the | following stations to remain open from 8 a.m. to 8§ p.m., beginning to- night: U street. Park road, Columbia road, Florida avenue, Connecticut ave I nue and the temporary station at 2903 Fourteenth street. The central station, at 820 Four- teenth street, will be open until 11 o'clock. All the remaining stations will begin tomorrow to remain open until 8 p.m | The post office officials express them- selves as highly gratified at the prompt response of the local patrons to their appeal to mail their presents earlier than usual this year. BACK-IN PARKING PRACTICE CONDEMNED Thomas Ci;cle Citizens Say Thir- teenth Street Order Is Men- ace to Life. The Thomas Circle Citizens' Asso- ciation, meeting in the Luther Memorial Chapel last night, adopted a motion calling for the repeal of the | regulation requiring back-in parking on Thirteenth street and condemning this practice as a menace to life, i The members expressed their dis- approval of the proposed Gasque bill, calling for the popular election of the School Board, and the bill was referred to the executive committee for fur- ther consideration. | Mrs. C. Fuller Winters criticized ithe bill for the consolidation of | charities in the District of Columbia, and the assoclation decided to defer {action on this biH and also on the | measure providing for mothers’ pensions. Dr. Stasr Parsons, president of the association, presided. . ASSUMES PERSIAN CROWN. | TEHERAN, Persia, December 16 (). | —Reza Bhah Pehlevi, who received the crown of Persia from the con- stituent assembly Sunday, took the oath of office before the members of Parliament_yesterday. In an address his majesty said he greatly appreciated the friendly senti- ments expressed by the people and promised to do his utmost for the wel- fare and progress of Persia. He was loudly cheered. ! The new Shah, who arose from the humble post of hostler In Cossack sta- bles, replaces the deposed Ahmed Ka- jar, who is an exile In France, and founds a new dynasty, to be known under his family name of Pehlevi. —— year, s needed. Friends do the res Amount asked for, $520. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. H.. $1 Still needed, $519. Summary.—Total amount asked fo: $18,260. Total received, $1.413.98. ‘Total still needed, §11,846.02 the | S Gy WEDNIRDAL, DR B NO. 6 | | i i 1 | | OPPORTUNITY NO. 11—THE ODDS { the branch postal stations open in the | } , WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1925. NEW COAL STRIKE CONFERENGE OPENS: Local Officials of Anthracite' Region Meet With Pinchot This Afternoon. ESTION BriLwe BELL-ANS g Hot water ~Z=7 Sure Relief BELL-ANS 25¢ and 75¢ Packages Everywhers By the Associated Pry | HARRISBUR . December 16 Efforts to terminate the anthracite mining suspension, now in its six- | nth week, shifted to Harrisburg terday for the third time, when mayors and burgesses of communities in the hard coal region gathered here | at the request of Gov. Pinchot to dis- | cuss the situation with him. | Little {n the way of a formal pro-| gram other than an opening address by the governor was arranged for| the meeting, scheduled at the execu-| tive offices in the Capitol at 2 p.n. ! Before it opened Mr. Pinchot did not disclose what further plans he might | have {n mind to further his efforts to end the controversy. | More than 70 executives of all the principal communities in the 1 reglon were invited “as the official| re?renentall\'eu of the people The | principal purpose of Mr. Pinchot in asking them to come here, it was indi cated, was to obtain an expression from them as to the sentiment in the coal region, particularly toward peace proposals put forth by the governor, | and on the subject of legislation which may be submitted at the extra session | of the General Assembly next month SOUTHLAND BATTERIES Built to Last Service Guaranteed WHY PAY MORE? Southland Battery Co. 910 Pa. Ave. The Willard New Year’s Eve Carnival Grand Ball Room Da’lcl"lg bL‘gY’nn”'g at 10 o’clock MISS SEARS CHALLENGED | TO WALKING CONTEST Springfleld Woman Offers Wager of $1,000 She Can Beat Her Record Ly the Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass., December | 16.—Mlss Lillian Connolly of this city | yesterday offered to wager $1,000 with Miss Eleonora Sears of Boston, 43-| year-old society sportswoman, that she can beat the record established by M Sears Monday in walking the 47 miles from Providence to Bos. | ton in 11 hours and 5 minutes. Miss ('lonnolly admitted she was 47 years old. Miss Connolly walked last Summer from Springfleld to the shrine of St.| Anne de Beaupre, in Canada, covering the 1,000 miles in 39 days. 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