Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1925, Page 3

FsoglreRehef CHINESE PIRATES. | gy CAPTURE STEAMER AT | British Craft Seized in Yeliow 3revlvtaelferf Sea, Looted and Held E LL-AN S Fo,l,". Days. ! 25¢ nfld 75( Packages vavwhm 6 BELLANS — | the LO ready Assoviated Press | X\DON. December 23 —China. al- | ruvaged by internecine strige, sing an_ increase in ac n the high seas and v scent of olden days. Also the action of the ernment in its hoycott of Hongkong | and barring British ships from the | ‘anton is bringin about the | agnificent cotony of | Canton _gov- | s when bound was | - Chinese | ers. The | British cap ‘ 1 combination of Homes. ways be Miller-built cted communtty— mer Tu i for in the Yellow disguised as steerage pa = pirates shot the vessel's »$13.500 tain and cowed all others on bo: neluding numerous foreign pass its of death. The s | ve compelled to put iue and Van AR notorious pirate resort on | “ C. and A. N. Miller, of the Kwangtung Penin- Reattors la. a shor s nor | 1119 Seventeenth Street Main 1799 : £12,930 i with appealing terms Neas p Looted of Valuables. mgehow was looted 1.000-mile trip down the coust specie and other valuables, the pi « guard over all the 1th was threatened attempted to Houses For Sale and Rent J. LEo KoLs MAIN 5027 923 New York Ay, 1 was seized Decem and was in the hands of the or days. They oc aloon all Arriving in | compelled the ! in their cabins | yngside and | ashore. The for Hong cers for four the = first-class the wn the c Bay the pirates ers to remain smali Ast hoats can: wnd then K them weir loot ungc amed Koy The military the One d of Gen. Iei ihe national peoples tered Tientsin after cutting way line to Nankir Anot ch, however, asserts that the art f Li Ching Lin vel of Chihli pon nisin. In easualties both ! latest reports opera patch re the troops | teader of | 1AL hav NOTICES. WANTED T HATL on iing the 20 OR TROM e reported as hea in the north th rshal Ch T e OR PART LOAD OR WasH. D R WAY ATTONAL AVl Man eported to he the troops one t Char » River where a de. shortly | G ALSO EETING OF | f the \\\r AL Washi one of his strongest is said to ha to the we batt if cold we COFFEE PRIC'ES MAY GO HIGHER WITH RUBBER, AND U. S. RETALIATE from First P ikden cisive take place not prevent «ontin f the planters the ¢ United States could he THE STOCK Raking o ath coloniai <harc. When | the allowable L in x run- | up pound is | imposed u g <hipped. While the American rubber facturers have never paid e which included the excess ta ne smaller American consume: e been obliged to to get | supplies. RESEARCH KPQl IRED. ment. however overrment does pla MEETING “op Wil e . on | KANSAS CITY, ()1t costs the $9.000.000 a yeur 3 icals which =] |-n1.mm thetic rubbes th $162 = serts e o on 3 D_C.|Afuss. He is to be one of the speak s hefore the Ameri N Association the Advancement of Science, which meets here December 29, and ear o tor | synopsis of his prepared address w: from 11 | made public yesterday. i Mr. Stevenson cites this loss to illustrate the need for better | financial research, looking toward new | utilization of materials for daily use. Washington _and | “A way should be found,” he sald, """"Hflx’(‘m‘.""')" | “to place research, which aims to bet- N wing | ter utilize energy and m: ils for noon. | our daily use on a more competitive for financial support, with proj which promise more immediate | return in labor savings and larger- le operations.” = Synthetic rubber is a highly impor. ' {tant industrial problem, Mr. Steven- “THE | gon shows, since this Nation consumes COR- 1 70 per cent of the wc production ® | of rubber, all imported and exacting lan annual tribute of close to a bil- m.|lion dollars. ~ Synthetic rubber not | r | only has been realized in the labor: meeting tories, but was produced in Germ: PRED W. COLEMAN Tetery ,!llnl‘xn the war : Rcmhardt Shade Factory - | ynthetic rubber can he 2 rom certain classes of hydro-carbons {known as diolefines, throuszh a proc. known as ‘polymerization.’ ” he “In_ order to remove these . produced in every refinery in the United States, the petroleum in- | | dustry suffers a loss close to $9,000,- 000 and destroys diolefines equivalent | Mo.. December petroleum indust to get be proc uch | fore 090, mbridge, | two-way ¥ OF 1 iE F1 EMEN'S INSURANCE w H GAD OF FOR Philadelphia or Bal TRANSFER AND STOR- | ects MITH'S P1ANOS TUNED ‘0 W ATKR & AERFE Col. 4708, x FEDERAL OIL made Fancv Xmas Trees. carloads of 0 141h St IS COSTLY Let us revair vou Main 14 and we'll IRONCLAD Company ROOF WORRIES> B i whas 4 ST e S.W S. RUBBER PROTEST HIT. roof NOW. Call ) the rest By Cable to The Star and € hicazo Daily News. LONDON, December 23.—“The rub- ber squeal from the United States,” is the way one newspaper, the London Daily News, headlines Washington dis- | patches regarding American protests | zainst the high price of British er. Most other newspapers more politely confess that they cannot understand the justice of an protests. They feel that r the circum stances Great Brit is pel justified to take every advantage of her immense rubber hoom. one of the brightest spots in her industrial life. What am London is “the ap: nt American one-sidedness in mat of trade,” since Great Britain ROOFING 110 5nd St s w COMPANY. Phone Main 933, The Quality of Our Printing' | finds a parallel only in ths product of the best. H1GH GRADE. BUT NOT HIGH PRICED BYRON S. ADAMS, ijlx‘r,.,nsl‘ Have You a Printing Need? - Consult this million dollar briutng | ters plant for prolitible results. for many vears has been ficially high prices for Ame The National Capital Press ton and wheat without 1210-1212 D ST. N.W. Many British people accu Wi WILE NOT BE OPEN( T tho sort ki oF baty FOR BUSINESS ON e first time CHRISTMAS DAY. D SAMUEL C. PALMER 2280 ¢ COMPANY, INC 1060 WISCONSIN AVE. The fact that Great Britain is pay- ing the United all Free Display Until Christsmas 000,000 2 year on the war debt, ancor to ‘the present situation. | action by Great Britain to repeal the | tevenson t and thus assure unive- Brinz the children to see a truly wondes PChiistmas tee. with 1ts grounds. honses, G Tkt wilde Cteneee. e mide fromi sheet metal lizhted eventigs 8 ted rubber production, thus lower- ing the ¢ of erude rubber in the Gzorgc W. Barghausen Sheet Metal Works world mar is considered extremely NOW_LOCATED_AT, unlikely, at to what lengths | 1126 9th St., NW whimper. Americans | sportsman- | tuation, in wh in industrial history favored than Great item of international THI the American protests The Morning Post editorfal, indicating t can artific strictic the wi output in 1919 and 192 = infinitery | <elfish and a flagrant boycott of starv- ing Kurope, while the present British retaliation in rubber is an economic necessity for which America can well afford to pay. (Copytight. 1925, by Clicago Daily News Co.) prints a_ bitter the Ameri: ows. Keep out cold Installed without Laste a lifetime. . one Col. G838 THE R eabberstiiv Dept. ¢ s | same | o0d will ‘means that {and children | support. ,make it | te | Mrs. A {M. P | ment, | the evening tired | 80 to 180,000,000 pounds of rubber.” | X 18 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, - WEDNESDAY, NINE CHRISTMAS OPPORTUNITIES i REMAIN OPEN; $4, 9‘)6 27 NEEDED| Fund Slowly Nearlng Goal, But Success Depends on Responses Today and Tomorrow by Citizen: Who Appreciate Need of Worthy Families. The Fourteen Christmas Opportuni ties are nearing their goal slow Whether they reach it by Chri morning is dependent upon the sponses today and tomMoOrTov Many persons are,send butions designated for ‘“the most needy.” As a matter of fact, while the ums required in the various (.unllm:&( re different, the need is virtually the namely, to save the home by Jling these mothers and children : v together under one roof. This nd Mr: s that food. rent, fuel and cloth- | M., ., CoR., $50: C. R. ing must be provided for at least a p Total received, vear. $641 A real probi of these familie NITY NO 8 of this paper as if one of these moth- STRUGGLE IStanice. “Wiholsyonln ihawe: thei|=oce sthen jevery day ok her 1 Ie 1% o ih® | given for the three children, and she heart to vefuse? But the need is just | EI00 A Ghe (o€l CRICE welllie e sanc andiunca Oyeanized | pother in’ this little family. she e m’(‘y“'m_x_':_ earns what she can at home. rel. to apple I person. for | Atives help some, but they can ot this hod readan the ax | little, as every cent counts with them. ited Charities u i inds ty | 17 she left home. what would become S S & <.r the chilaren? She is doing her rt, and the tight has lett her weak. Flfleen dollars a week, or $780 for the next year, 18 needed her or the fight se ap. | Wil have been i vain. 4 oade Al Amount asked for, $7 No- & Those cases make | brevigusly acknowledsed G g | Columbia vpographical Ui > e M $1: M. P. & Co., §3: J. erry Christmas and | 3 D. .. $10 1. < ppy New Ye: Amother| ox N0 39s Shs aler s o send check for £ to be ap- H $3: C. R. D. Total received, plied to No. 2. 1f by chance it is full SHl e by tha time this re vou, then to dow Supports be wlied to any of the others, as it '»‘q to choose between them. NITY = NO. 9-—A Contributions may be sent to WORTH WHIL! Joy Edson, treasurer, 22 street. or to the ¢ will be promptly paner. OPPORT! VI OPPORTUNITY NO. A WIDOW: SIX CHILDREN husband died two vears ago, her with six children, all o 15 It has heen a fearful but she has kept her family All her effoi re to thi: 14 vears o1a, worked last Tle is looking ferward to when he n leave schoo! mother the time, and easier that 1l-year-old who in the Healih | who is frail and must ial dlet and care. ki care of six children is no easy t hi® this mother nc iy does hut works outsi But her earning 1l short of the uirements. Her home, though s and a home, a all. ¥ n dollars o weel a year necessary to keep it Amount asked for i1 Previously i 3 Columbia AT Q. 85 B. . x“4 o; B | OPPORTUNITY NO. 10. $884. Cle Mrs. A JPPORTUNITY NO. 11 D. P., 35 AGAINST THEM W, $5 This red widow” works hard all nry e day long and leaves the two smaller - IR children under care of an older daugh- ) 75 cents ter, who does the housework ;.m( Closed. nursing fter school hours. .\ works a v school in the and all day Saturday. tard fight for this w she is beginning to se who|the little children can ardly wait itfuntil they,*too. may join the \\AI.(' Mentally ill, he is|earnes In the meantime sheiter, now being given institutional -treat-| clothing and nourishing food are and the mother had to support | needed. Fourteen dollars a week, or Mary, 9; Bobby. 5, and Bill. 3. It|$725 a vear will p s o easy undertaking. but she! Amount asked fo went at it bravely. Cominz home in| Previously and worn out, R. M., $10; cooking and cleaning,| Union, § then sewed late into the night. But|Mrs, / the odds were against her. a friend, work brought on an illness, she I $1; H., $1 to a hospital. the little children | Church placed in an institution. Now | $5 left the hospital. S ily faces worries mm. His every thought is for them. The church is helping some, but outside aid is need | ed here to give this man a chance until he can get back on his feet. Nineteen dollars a week—$988 for the coming year—will do it. Amount 3 Prev Io\l re- n contri school PUE., sm DE 35 $344.48 Still needed, ) make the needs 1o the readers | OPPORTL A BRAVE necessary in Washing to include remembr. Opportunities One contributor ply m- gift apny each of these writes: ‘‘Ple: could ai ABC OPPORT Hoxm John | nth nd | (! in this Widow and three children A home is a home, and this widow done more than her part to give three children a real one. There are no luxuries in this hom takes careful planning to make | ends meet, but she has done it, though she is. She is the inspiration of her children. The two older girls make excellent marks in school and the teachers report them as a fine influence on the rest of the puplls. Then there is a little one in kinder. | sarten. whose health n be watc x.onu illy. whose sweet disposition in- | dicates the training and love received at home. The childrer mbitious eager for the good things that | to offer but sometimes wit fr those seemingly deserving. Thes anxious for the time to come when ey can help mother and repay for what she haa done for them. Isn't| he preservation of such @ home worthwhile Christmas gift? Thirty dollars a week $1.560 a vear make it Amount Previously Miss K. Me phical Union M. P. & Co., ‘lub, Fifteenth rch, $15: A ceived, §1, Still nee ITY NO. .3 ARS IN HOSPITAL. £780 FOUR Tler leaving under le. ther Rog Summer. the time and help all 1s 1 now have spe asked for or $72 is | \ friend, $5 Street g 8. $5. d Men's otal $42 re. B ised £10 e Total, Father Unable to Work OPPORTUNITY NO. 3—A BROKEN HOMI case of a father rt, but perhaps tow, andl now the end. for the his 1 This is never did was not his fault. set about her : % M. P& Co nd Mrs. aith A 5; H. S were Total received, $178 she hs her bab Wil this e for her to! have and keep It will cost| about $21 a week, or 31.092 a year. Amount asked for, $1,0 Makes Big Sacrifice. OPPORTUNITY NO. 12—ANOTHER SACRIFICE FOR THE CHILDREN. Her » was her health—but she gave ft v to keep her three children, 11, nd 6 veacs old. It has been a long, hard struggle for her, too, and when she broke under it and . $394.50 C nlumhu' Union. $5 E. M. bread and clothing another disaster | faced her, for one of the children was | stricken ' with tubercufosis, and, though recovering, must be watched carefully. The children are doing well in their classes. Must this % | mother’s sacrifice be in vain? Twenty and he never let an opportunity <libpour “dollars a week will keep this to work late if it meant something| g,y together. The year's budget more to bring home to h requires $1,248, became ill sudd Amount asked for, $1,248. plovers, recogn Previous ice, provided expert cilcaiia hospital care and did what they could to put him back on his feet. But he can never w gain. He was strick- en in line of ‘duty; he now receives a i om his em- e and seven oungest is a little «irl, 3 The wife is doing her managing the household care- economically, She can do more. There is the sick nd seven children. Thirteen a week is needed for this fam- ily, or $676 for the coming year. Amount asked for, $876. Previously acknowledged, lumbia. Typographical Union, ervice Club, $10: i Still needed, $550.50. OPPORTUNITY NO. A FATHER UNABLE TO WORK. He was a goocd worker, industrious Typographi- of Advent mrhh $: : Mrs. K. H, . E. DeM., $10. Total Still needed, $952.25. 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 are 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 l14-year- old boy Is taking vocational education, which may lead to worthwhile employ- ment, and the three younger children £0 to school, where the teachers speak well of their progress. ch child in this home does his bit to make it a brighter one. Will you do yours? Nineteen dollars a week, or $988 a year, will bring what is needed here. Amount asked for, $988. Previously acknowledged, $322; Mrs. D. L. Columbla Typographical Union, $5: J. D. S., $5: Miss A. L. W., $2; Miss 1. O. W, $1: Mrs. A. B. C., $2; M. P. and Co., $5; Mr. and Mrs. E. C. M, $1: L. B. and L. W. W, §5; F. P. $15; Galbraith A. M. E. Z. Church school, §i H. K., $5; '50. Tota received, $390.50. 1 needed, $597.50. OPPORTUNITY NO. 14. $525. Closed. Undesignated, $50. has a wi children. just a v part by fully and nothing fath dollar: $368; Co- 5 $1.25. Tatal recelved, Still needed, $189.75. Man Has Tuberculosis. OPPORTUNITY NO. 5—HE MAY NEVER RETURN. This father, a_hard worker, is now in the Tuberculosis Hospital. The worry about his wife and her three children—the girl, 12; two boys, 6 and | retard his recovery. A few go Christmas was a happy day his family. It will be bleak and cold, a sad reminder of other years, this vear. Friends and the church help some. But the mother and her babies need clothing and food. They must be fortified against the disease which has the father low. Twenty-three dollars a_week, or $1,196 this coming ar, will keep these children well and happy and aid the father's recov- | i S sked for $1,195. acknowiedged, Union, Summary of Gifts. Tota' amount asked for, $13,260. Total amount received, $8,263.73. Still neeced, $1 > nerehed by cashier, Star, Decem- r 23, 1925: Acknov« ledged, $635; A. B. T., most needed, $10: L. I $5 each to Nos. 5, 12, 13, $15: Takoma Chapter, No. 12, 0. E. . 12, 81 L. H., No. 12, $4; . 2, $1; 14 plate printer: u of Engraving and Printing, $! cuen (o the 14, $14; Mrs. Irma B. Trotter, No. 3, $2; Mrs. J. F. P., $1 each to Nos. 5 and 7, $2; C. D. G., 50 cents each to Nos. 11 and 15, $1: in memory of Elaine C., most needed, $1; Lottie C., Rubel, No. 8, $3: ‘] 2 . $1: M. V. Lyles, most 5 Elizabeth Carter Hostess Club of the Ph) 1lis Wheatley B Bnch of the Y. W. C. A, $2 each to > 11, 13, § air{end b«u 1, $2: Mr. Bnd Mrs. S. B. L., No. . Total re- ceived, $769. The _ Amount Previously Columbia__ Typographical Mrs. A. B L H N, Total received. $506.50. $688.50. OPPORT! OPPORTU! $447.50; $5 $ stin neflded ITY NO. 6. $1,092. Closed. ITY NO. 7—NO FAULT OF HI This colored man, of education, character and fine principles, is a de- voted father. He was happy in his work and in the care of his at- tractive family, - a - wife and lhreei children. Then came misfortune, ill- ness. Ile now is incopocitated and fates 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 years old; two boys, one 3, the other 10 months. The husband doesn’t complain of his suffering, Dbut the prospect this once happy fam “guldes” at the Library of $164.98 ¢ do ! will | Preshyterian | THE ODDS | w | tion had to give up the work which brought | CITIZENS T0 PUSH FIGHT FOR PAVING Georgetown Body to Appeal to Committees Asking That Street Be Fixed. to authorize repaving of sections of Wisconsin avenue in Georgetown, de- L bed as a menace to public safety, a committee of Georgetown citizens, headed by B. Agee Bowles, vice presi- {dent of the Potomuc Savings Bank {and former president of the George- town Citizens' ociation, de- cided to app cctly to members of the District committee of Congress. While Congress has been refusing to appropriate for repaving of the ave- nue, Mr. Bowles said, its condition, especially between Thirty-fifth and R streets, has deteriorated to a point { where the District of Columbia is ex- { posing itself to damag engines are frequently forced to de- tour to reach points in that section. Mr. Bowles said he un ood the Washington Railway and Electric Co. {1s willing to carry out the oblig its churter to repave its track right of way along the avenue, extending two feet on the outside of h track, whenever the District authorities are ready to go ahead with the rest of the repaving. But the railway com pany, he unde ndx, does not wish to shut traffic until the whole repaving job can be carried out once, hould Congress. to refuse funds for jof the repaving. mittee, it was however, the District’'s part the Georget suid, is pre into court to seek a n wpelling the railway company to ave its right of way. This, it was pointed out, will at least provide Arrow strip of improved roadw over the uvenue to reduce the hazard of serious accident to motorists. For repaving the worst the lower part of Wisconsin between Thirty-fifth and R the District Copnmissioners posed un avenue, streets, ave appropriution of $13,000. s this ftem that the mittes be au- s of RITES FOR J. H MAGRUDER AT ST. PATRICK’S CHURC Services i Memory of Prominent| Resident Followed by Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. president at Connecticut ay who died at his Wyoming avenue, 1 in St Thow / Cemetery. were conducted at home o'clock. | Rervices were sentatives of vari Al 1l among them bei nf Oldest Inhabitants of Columbia, the Socis Sons of the Revolu- ctety and sev- rter mer nded repre- tions of {eral others ber of the W and active in its work for many years ‘w GAS STATION ROBBED. | Two Bandits Hold Up Employe Cash Register Yields $70. John M. Perchett and Leighton H. Bradley, employes of the gasoline stz jtion at 2612 herman .avenue, told police t night they were h i at the point of a pistol by two b: who robbed the cash register of $70. One of the hold-up men, to the employes. was white, and the | other colored. They drove up in an automobile, it was reported, and the whité man held the pistol while the | negro took the money. Only bills were reported taken, several dollars iw change being untouched. were credited contributing $16 to fund. should have read “guards” Library of Congress. A donation to Opportunities 7, 11and 113 was credited erroneously Saturday /1o the Columbia Auxiliary of the | Christ Child Society. It should have read, Colored Auxiliary of the Christ Child Society. Friday as Credit at the Congress provided from Was| | Lv. WASHINGTON Ar. DETROIT |- Threugh Slesping Car Lv. DETROIT - Ar. WASHINGTON Threugh Sleeping Car For those desiring Lv. DETROIT Ar. WASHINGTON service to an DECEMBER 23, Aroused by the failure of Congress | suits, and fire | | at continue | section of | It | rgetown com- | Holmes | of | | the rding | 1925. Air Target Towed | 21 Hours Without Single Direct Hit The effectiveness of anti-aircraft artillery against aerial targets again was brought up today with the announcement by the Air Service that In recent tests-at San Pedro, Calif., only nine theo- retical and no direct hits wel made by a battery, which fired 275 | rounds against a towed sleeve. | Lieut. Jack Glascock of Cri | Field, Presidio of San Franci { was detalled at Fort McArthur, San Pedro, during the greater part of November for anti-aircraft practice. He towed a sleeve target up and down a set course, at_a certain speed and a certain altitude, the announcement said, adding “‘he ac- tually towed the target for 21 hours and reported no direct and nine theoretical hits in rounds fired.” CHILLY AND CLEAR CHRISTMAS SEEN sy (Continued from First Page.)_ candies and other Christmas goodies, all supplied by such business houses Royal, Lansbur; Brownley's, the Cc . Woodward & Lothrop. the Elite Fruit nop, Blackistone Hecht ¢ Hotel, Velati Budd's Co., Louise Flower and othe These thin all to given away to the children rhe merchants have planned a real | fete. Robert Harper will wel- ie the children on behalf of the Washington Auditorium. which w donated for the oc m. Dick Lei bert will serenude them on the pipe organ and Blackstone, will perform some of his most mysti fying magic. Christmas carols will be sung and then will be the distribution {of presents by Santa. No tickets of | admission are needed | will be made. Capt. Peck's Tree. Another tree of outstandin | will be that of Capt. | commander of the cinet interest Charles T. Peck, ninth police pre- | streets northeast. Peck entertains the | einet, gives them presents | them' to ook upon the big ‘ymu:mvmn as their friends, not mies This y r Capt. Peck b }Idlh", more l n 00 gifts from the merchants of the northeast section. | These will be given to the boys |girls of the northeast district Christ | mas morning another event of more Interest will be the tree ation of the Cent fon at Keith's Theater at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow mornin; Twelve | hundred children are expected to at tend this party and a gift has heen | prepared for each one. Santa Claus will be there ud it has been nounced that Mrs. Coolidge, 1o promised to attend and dis some of the bags of gifts. Already the bags of tovs Santa prepared for them a waiting, marked with the ! name and of each tot. 11 anoth lebration will he held the folks of rgetown hildren, merchants and reside that pooled thei ff have r own Christ res. will be shown in Montr at 30 o'clock this evening A huge Christmas tree will be lizhted most pretentious program has arranged for the evening. The movement vas started by the pupils {of Jackson School. Pageant to Be Given. A Christmas pageant of “The Nativ. ity will be presented under the direc. [tion of Mrs. H. G. Torbert. The Georgetown community chorus, in- cluding the choirs of Georgetown |shurehes ana student” eroups son #nd Western High school | Will aing carols, with Miss Netta s their leader. Selections will |plaved by the Marine Band, with J. | Taylor Branson leading, and the citi- | zens will join in singing a number of | | Christmas carols. The program for the celebration is as follows: Pastorale (traditional), Marine Band brass quartet: “Oh. Come, All Ye { Faithfu ood King Wencelas™; pageant, "The Nativi “While Shepherds Watched,” the Herald Angeis Sing,” We Thru Kings,” “Silent Night”: nature’s ado- ration (Beethoven), Marine Band trom- bone quartet: “The First Noel,” “Lit- tle Town of Bethlehem,” “Joy to the | World.” Every year Capt s of his pre. ene- than } nd Union | Lieut. Barnes Assigned. First Lieut. Elmer E. Barnes, Corps of Engineers, who has just completed | a tour of duty in the Philipines, has been ordered to Cambridge for student duty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fast and convenient through service is hington to Detroit by The Liberty Limited - 3%P.M. - S200A.M. ston to Detroit .. Wa Returning equally fast and convenient through service i provided by the Red Arrow - 3SSP.M. 850 A.M. s. Detralt te Washington to leave Detroit later. at night through service i provided on The Gotham Limited 11.00 P. M. - 700P. M Through Sleeping Car, Detroit te Washin: You will like this through d from Detroit Pen'nsylvania Railroad THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE WORLD BY WEATHER MAN | the magician, | nd no charge The tree will be in the station | house, Ninth street between I and F | sob | from | ig | be | IPANIG TAKES LIVES OF THREE CHILDREN 5,000 Caught in Rush When Bench Collapses at Yule Celebration. . By the Associated Press. ERIE, Pa., December ful Christmas’ holiday denly turned into a period of grim |tragedy in three Erie homes, where today mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters are mourning the untimely termination of three little lives—the deaths of a trio of youthful Yuletide celebrants who were crushed to death {in a panic s ity tree ob- { servance he | others are . Willlam Wagner Eileen Rickrod Javmond Kupotziushi. ive thousand children 0] age had gathere i . their whole demeancr bestow- ’mu an alr of mirth, and the place filled with the hum of childish chatter, when suddelly the supports of a bench collapsed and with it came a crash and the screams of several children who had been precipitated |0 the floor. | In an instant there was a panic— | wild shrieking, horrow-stricken eries, and a mad dash for exits. Attendants fand policemen strove vainly to stay the rush, but their gestures and shouts (only added to the confusion. | And then, after 45 minutes, when |the arena ‘was finally cleared, the l_m(izl—\ the three youngsters were found, last spark of life trampled fr - injured were rushed it was said lm) B the m then, » A hospital, 1"“ probably would r 1 cited mothers heard of the ities and gathered on the scen lauiring as to the wellbeing of their 1 , known to have been in the | Many of the mothers held back by police and cc be quieted unti! the names dead and in 1t b not | newspape child dent occurred am for nd just as the en robust San- rted out among © toys and candy. | Mme. Lendy of Paris, who is 7 inches height and | pounds, is said to be the world’s tallest | woman FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS feet ls Brand-New Apartment 1460 Euclid St. N.W. Ready for Occupancy Convenient to 14th Street car line and 16th Street bus. One- ha are f) Meridian Park. All outside rooms. 2 Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Apartments, $57.50 to $62.50 30 Apts. Already Rented Only Two Left B. F. Saul Co. 525 15th Street N.W. Main 2100 s m T e R S e T e R T T e T 2] Nearly Ready One square One room, kitchen and 925 15th St. N.W. = | Nearly All Pasteurized Milk i SAFE 1701 Connecticut Ave. Telephone North 9613 3302 Fourteenth St. Telephone Columbia 1j52 Seven | ¥ ) Good Will Ever since that starry old-world night nearly two thousand years ago when the heavens opened and the lonely shepherds on the hillside heard the song, “On Earth Peace; Good ‘Will to Men,” good will has been the Christmas Spirit. Thmu(h every land the Spirit wings its happy wi feeding the hungry, lighting the fire on the cold hearth and putting @ song into thousands of hearts. As the year-round good will of our customers is our greatest asset, we take this seasomable time to thank them and to wish each ome a— Merry Christmas! 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