Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1926, Page 4

_.4 o HOLSE ASKS DATA R ONNENGRAL RO Committee Wants Report on| Proposed Highway From D. C. to Mt. Vernon. With a view to early and fi - sideration of the bill futhered hy Rep- esentative Mo of Viriginia for onstruction of a memorial boulevard | om Washington City to the home of Washington at Mount Vernon, with u view to corn ting this boulevard as &n offici ch from the south to the New emorial Bridge in time for tion of the hi centenninl of Washinkton's birth in the House nmittee on roads today called for detailed report from | ‘Thomas H. Macdon hief of the au of public roads. Among the, sp the committ dy what w ha & existing what will . . hway its width nnd gencral what, if any, por of any lighway should be included e the probable cost of any I ary to e a Q for the « tion of the d: what will he th able of cting the rc and what time wi ed for -onstruction: any | ing to the matte the committec to i consideration Mr. Moore in n o early action on ed that the Daug! enable final | will which et Wking @ strong plea \is measure em ers of Amer n > been oject o 1 the committee 1 last year ou tanee t at Public Roads stressed t of this hi ed in il National number whom Verno AMr. ) survey MacDonald's showed very the project. BITUMINOUS COAL MINES ASSET IN EMERGENCIES | Ability Shown in Meeting Unusual Demand for Tuel < an incoming route to t pital for the 1tipt of tourists, prac make a age | vilgri Mou preliminary nade by Mr committ sympathetic interest Recent Anthracite Strike Cited. in i | | i of the bituminous coal min- to meet any u for fuel. such as that by suspension of mining in the| ant ite neld. s dec 1 by the} Natioral Coal Assoclation in a state- | ment to - a A mand ng operat th its loss per week, authenticated ins for lack of fuel he termination of the strike in| nthracite field by no means terminates the abnormal demand upon the bituminous industry. The bitumi- | nous industry must continue time to play a larger part than usual in fueling the Nation That it wil be able to meet all future demands | upon it may be inferred from the it it has successfully met the cr through which the country has passed.” Production veek ending Felru mate net tons | atement =aid, ces of h: have beer “no ship cor re- | al during the 6 was esti- t 12,134,000 tons today by zhv‘ Commerce Department's Bureau of Mir The ou been setting new quantity several | months, but the 3 week. | the latest for which figures have been | comy showed duction about | 31, jer than that of the | preceding week | War's Heavy Toll. Tn the hattle of Friedland, in E: 14, 1807, the Frenc poleon inflicted a great | the combined D'russian forces, which cost more than 25,000 killed and wounded. t | russia, | v un on SHIPPING NEWS | ! Arivals at_and_Sailings From New York. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Sap Francisco. Jan Porg Linon: Eeb. - taiseilie. Jan, Venezuela v . DUE TODAY. . .Southampton, Bremo i | S | Hamil Pucrtd Colom Buenos Air TOMORROW. . Havana, rio Barrios. . Liverpooi. Southampton Pan America i | \urania” and ho i Hanmburs. ¥ DUE THURSDAY. . Bermuda Berm TEAMERS. “huringia Arazuaya Ohio .. Fort St Saucon—Genoa Cabu Torte Ripley Albert B, Boswell—Bucnos Air AILL St. Anthony: agen. . Mauretania—Ssouthampton berlin—Bremen i SAILING WEDNESDAY. Sibones—Havana y Maraciibo- S M Victoria—Bermuda. place—R1o_de Janeiro Veendam— (Cruise) SAILING THURSDAY. cubagen anta Ana—Cristobal. . . S pamo—>san Juan. .. . e President Van Buren—(Cruise) . .1 Dominica o o Venezuela—Puerto Colombia. SAILL West Kedoon—Ponta Delerade. . .1 tosh—Cape outhampton assau Hevideo SAILING SAT Luxpalile—Casablanca Knoxeille @ ovian—Antwerp Providen: Aurania—Liverpool Orizaba—Havana . . Porto Cleo—Havans San Juan—San Juan, 1imon—Santiago Huaron—San Pedro Texan—Crigtobal Rosalind—St. Johns. ... Yori St Gebrpe -Bermuda ag uays—] ‘andu-—Santos R0 | prohibition, lment. & | tion patrol is | president of the St WAR PARTY FROM JAPAN. tary Points of Interest Here. ato, president of the Japarese - College, accompanied nine other officers of the Japanese army,| who are on a tour of inspection of| the United States, visited the \\'ul’i Department this morning and d their respects to Maj. Gen. Joht Hines, chief of staff, and other officials, Under the escort of i Nelson E. Margetts, liaison officer f the General Staff Corp: the ¥ made visits during the day to Bolling | Fleld, Fort Myer, Arlington Cemetery and the A War Coliege at Wash:| Leaving party will v at West Point : rmy 5 his city Nit the 1d ) Wednesda Military Academy | iagara Falls, and 0 o em and his, nelud- | the Sato) > just to” Buro; TARDIEU WiNS SEAT IN FRENCH CHAMBER Former milftary ed an | High Commissioner Washington Regains Place Lost in 1924, By the Asso BELFOF Andre 7 . won a seat in Chamber Deputies in bye-election vesterday. He| polled 9800 vot 5000 hy the falist 1. Tardieu was | stenant of | Clemen. | 1 has | n retire e he was ted in _the elections of May, 1924, when he led the menceau He was republican eeded ty of | it s | | 1. TARDIEU. supported by several groups in the election, and suc in overcoming a rad bou 'MOUNTED U. S. BORDER PATROL UNDER CLOSE STUDY BY OFFICIALS (Continued from Fir 1 | i Page.) control of cust immigration, wrantine and those charged wit narcotic anin plant publ e won 1 and health. mates vary as to how ma be needed on such a 4 in tenance of such a group would cost Mr. Hudson said he was of the opinion that it could be authorized at st without any additional ns from the Tr Sury. gration patrol of the Department of Labor he thought, could be used as : mucleus of the Federal police, and the new plan could be started without spending more money Legislation will be ne beli to effect any s far re: but it was repc ed from some sotrces today that al- ready the Department of Labor pa for some | tr(] has heen so successful in some of | proceeded to help | v Department in ti alleged violators and prohibition laws. Johnson Backs Cha Representative Johnson ing chairman of mitt ed 1 approp tions isting mounted pat out the plan in comprehensive fashion One of the bills introduced by Mr Hudson would authorize a new border b: to co-ordinate the activities of 11l departments and bureaus interest ed. The other measure would enlarge the s - patrol of the Department o Gen. Andrews, although charged with responsibilily over both customs and prohibition, which are lurgely in- terested at the border, said he would disclaim any departmenta! pride in uch a new Federal police force, and would not propose t administra tion be lodged in the Tr S sed with the en. Andrews that he has a picture of one group of it framed and hanging on the walls of his private office. HEADS ST. GABRIEL'S. W. D. Beller to Be- 'Installed as President Tonight. Walter D. Beller will be installed as riel's Club at the club's first annive moker to- night in the parish hall, Grant Circle. officers to be installed includs arry Welch, first vice pr Willlam L. Miller, second vice dent; J. A. Sullivan, treasurer sheehan, corresponding William L. Marsden, financial secre: tary; H. H. Hartman, executive com- mittee member, and Rev. J. M. Me- Namara, spiritual director. Very Rev. Ignatius Smith, prior of the Dominican House of Studies, and Father McNamara will be the princi- pal speakers. prehe ge. of the House com. 1, Was represent. 1vor of additional \larging the ex- 1. and carrying mmigra- Great Lombard Architect. Glovanmi Antonia Amadeo, a native of Pavia, is considered the most re- markable of the Lombard architects. He was appointed chief architect of the famous Certosa of Pavia in 1490. . A cheap coat does not make a cheap man, but it makes him feel that way at times. | NEW HOME | W.R.SPEARE Ca, UNDERTAKERS Founded 1872 1623 Conn. Ave. Branch 4209 Sth St. N.W. (Petworth) Phone Potomac 4600 LMUS R. SPEARE Al CLYDE J. NICHOLS Is your coal supply becom- ing exhausted? We can _change ~vour heating plant from coal to oll In a few hours Oil Burner Demonstration nd Ixht from 6 PM. ¢ Dally #03 PM. (exeopt Sunday) i BALLARD OIL EQUIPMENT CO. &\ 1745 Connecticut Ave. Tnvestigate the SUPER HEATER "PROBE MAY SETTLE i BY ROBERT T. to men | ederal | { patrol, or as to how much the m t| trom 33 1- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTC D. ¢, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1926 VALUES QUESTON Relative Worth of House and | Senate Members as Speak- ! ers to Fore. SMALL. Anti-Saloon | An investigati | League, such as is proposed by Rep | i resentative Fred Britien of Illinc might and would bring to public | tention the relative commercial val United 1 of tha of ites S the ‘nAtors as opy 1o members of House of Repr sentatives, In their own estimations the eves of the public paym Member is equal in every Senator. ‘They both dra vear, they both draw wveling expenses and same in th matter of cle other perogative or ur r s the fact that there 5 members of the House and only {96 members of the Senate. As a | mass proposition the Senators would seem 1o a little the better of s to class, for, after presidency of the United excepti in that there nly one President If there were Presidents nobody would pay ention to then nd in a a way to a $10,000 the very much K hir t and thy ¢ 1 Appraisal of Dry League. is rumored about the Anti-Saloon 1 ion tho Washing \gue has | ind s of | nators tru it it on that evaluated and Representatives in thel same | WOMEN’S PARTY Miss Mabel Vernon, member of the cretary of Labor Robe Ca whose name is linked with Husband, SEES GRAIN DRIVEN TO CANADA Chicago Operator Says U. S. Rul- their ond | relative worth—that is to say, worth so far as the ims of the Anti-Saloon concerr It d that would show there 1- ind Representatives who nut in spare time lecturing and work- they the ing for the league, as, of course have every right to do, just many Senators and worchy fves in the olden davs u forth upon the chautauqua cir- hering _in the : section of the rui furthermore alle and Saloon Les pays the rate of $200 a da day i active work means king and in the gathering in of sub- and contributions to th the tors every ! which sistin seriptic i gue ere is added to this the invidious that plain American Rep: es from South, West or paid only at the rate L day for prec | ante 3100 to the | same w i in | sutt sy to be seen that remunerative pur is worth anywhere 100 per cent more than a Representative ¥ ures may easily lend them | dispute in other fields of ea or | public endeavor. but when it pmes | to the value of talk, loud and long, it will be seen that the Senate has it all er the House. Tt is not without reason t | Senators refuse to gag them: | Members of the House permit them {selves to be steam-rolled into sub. ! mission at the slightest sign of | outburst. Senators talk forever an a 1 few of them have h on the old adase olden.” Loquacious- at least worth $200 a when one is really on the job. (Copyright. 1926.) SENATOR EDGE PUTS BILL IN SENATE TO MODIFY DRY ACT 1 rtain lines ¢ Senator to | (Continued from First Page.) rt to raise a large ngressmen." just as the wets s fund to defeat dry ¢ “The cenfidential letters sent to thelr wet prospects,” he continued, “show that the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment has $300 1 000 per vear raised for this orzanized rt, and is asking in addition for 200 congres: s ant dry Representatives with wet ones in the primaries th | vear, making a total of $600,000. This lis only one of over 30 wet organiza tions. The record of the clerk of the IHouse shows that the organizations fighting prohibition have not filed their expense accounts in accordance | with the corrupt practices act. The Anti-Saloon League of America has filed such accounts. The league methods are not secret. It opposes wet legislators and public officials who put loyalty to outlawed liquor before their support of the Con- stitution. 1 voluntarily gave all the facts about the league’s a subcommittee of the committee on appropriations two vears ago. If any committee of Representatives has any ts on which to base a charge of i corrupt practices by the league let them present them. “The charge relating to the league's activities in Mr. Volstead's campaign s presented to the House and got 3 votes out of 435, ‘War Over, Captive Just Learns. After living as a Brazillan savage for flve years a German sallor has just been granted a pension, says the Detroit News. During the war he be- came a prisoner and escaped. He fell in with a tribe of Indians and for five years worked for them. It S just recently that he met some civil- ized men and learned the war was over. B S AUTO & WINDOW B o as those which recur “every two years | - | Some Slow Train. ‘methods 1o | ings Have Resutled in Huge Business Losses. By the A CHICAC W. Cutten, prominent g that_ “Governm demoralized nd drivin; s to Winnipeg standing of the function speculation performs has le ies of rulings which inst 5 for the farmer © Mr. Cutten sadd e with a culation k always b market. Stra politiclans in otes n Arthur fer srain coun ruary his e markets™ \ that a s helping n them +d n today etical s that er in eno hunt for tack the markets | pla surplus v sult {s that the portion which b for higher of the m of the ent to sustain pric ntinued interferen; ng in this country fs driv s out the Unit up to Winnipeg. The market there is rapidly hecoming the | dominant grain market of North | America.” FIREI\}IEWN PLAN DINNER. | | with | 1 Clarendon Community Fete to Be Given Tomorrow Evening. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON. Va ebruary 1 The Clarendon Volunteer Fire Dep: ment, assisted by the woman folks | the community, will give a community | dtnner at Clarendon Citizens' Hall to. morrow evening from 5 to 8 o'clock | the proceeds to be applied to the | operating fund of the department | James Tucker, assistant chlef, is gen- eral chairman of the committee on ar- rangemer The women of the com- | munity will serve the dinner under | the guidance of Mrs. John E. Nevin. | The department has fssued an ap- | peal to all residents to attend, point- ing out that it is only through the united support of the community in affairs of this kind that the depart- ment will be able to render efficient service. —_— From Lifa. The ancient engine of the local | train having wheezed laboriously over | eaually ancient rails, jolted to a rest- ful spot at no place in particular. Time sed tediously. Some of the | passengers looked out of the windows, | while others drew their hats down | over their ears and tried to forget t. When half an hour had elapsed, | the guard came along. conductor,” shouted one pas- “What's the troubl “We're taking in watei explanation. “Then why on earth don't you get another teaspoon?” % = A buyers’ strike to force down prices of coconut meat, in the Phil- | ippines, has failed 1 was the Use it on Beef ala Mode LEA & PERRINS’ SAUCE Bacillus Acidophilus Milk For intestinal disorders Ask your physician about It Prepared by the NATIONAL VACCINE AND ANTITOXIN INSTITUTE 1515 U St. N.W. 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Lifn HIGH PRICES SPUR MADE-OVER RUBBER Commerce Department Data Indicate Vast Reclaim- ing' Activity. 34280 Date of Birth for LeROY GOFF 619 Wosdvard Blig. nsarance - all bor : Main We You 1ssure Fullest Can the Satisfaction Enhanced prices for crude resulting from Iast Indien price con trol, is stimulating the industry reclaiming used rubber, the O Department indicated tod | public figures recently g duction already has ex expected t holding up of the raw miaterial American | 320,320,000 ber during ures, while 200,000, Furthermore the department d, “the reclaimers reported they had made still greater expans their plants and_equipment, s they would be able to pr than 448,000,000 pounds in 1926, Prices for reclaimed rubber shown by Commerce Departn ords to range well below the for the plantation crude, which now betw n 60 and 70 cents a pound rubber A~ our many patrons in ound o the y in making thered. Pro. nd s h James T. Ryan Mortician 317 Pa, Ave. S.E. Lincoln 142 rubber pounds of 19 n factories reclaimed to the used used rub. fig Earl CONSTANTINOPLIS, g by kish th women are the own the te examp! doctrine of 1 is und old Turkey tha I. Under the empir widered degrading for good family and unthinkable Therefc fusiness w G and Ar 1t ws ernment sinecures under i the loss of fortunes a cent chain wars, many Turk 1 family been forced to set work wer, such s 4 spirit of the th particularly an taken Jjobs © nefal neel but thre chan; 5. | | = helping to destroy | Hshn | with the Je | Ro: Tr Sunday, March 7 SPECIAL TRAIN Eeaves Saturdas Night W 1 . Pittsburgh Many grades of reclaimed rubber are i isted, and some of these are selling well above 30 cents a pound indication of their utllity. 2eclaimed rubber from old a bile tire casings, the departm studles have shown, s valued at onl a 1 on of th rice normally paid for that derived from worn-out tubes | The department's r sxtended far enough \ estimate of th rubber as compared erude. — Marel: 6 wment In Cons - that the for father makes her is proving i rent e as Tt to at atility of recls with ntati long standir plovment to Turkish girls only. Another Turkish girl of high so ciety who works because she wants is Be ighter of All irem . former secretry to - L] Abdul Hamid and one ernor of Jerusalem, and ter of Namick Kemal, Turl us poet. She has thrown ership in the vounger set of Primitive Telegraph in 1792. The word telegraph was first in France to describe a device invent ed by Chappe in 1792, consisting of an upright post with movable arms, the signals being made by various positions of the arms according to a prearranzed code. The word was inople society to enter a bank. | later translated into English and | where she works as an ordirary clerk. | used for our present telegraphic com- | Fifi Djenani, daughter of the min-!muntcation. ster of commerce, who is ) @ oInan wealth, is studving medicine at University of Stamboul. Ancther 1ty girl, Nimette Vahid. has be- Turkey's first professional wom n Singer. | QUICK SERVICE CARTER WOULD RETIRE PROOFREADERS AT 65 Public ‘Will File Brief Classifying Those Under Him Printer as Mechanics. i George 11 day notified Assistant Secre Interior Edwards he would file, within a few hours, a brief supporting his contention that proof readers in the Government Printing Office should be classed us mechanics and therefore be eligible fo ment at the age of 65. as prov in the retirement law. A brief upholding the contention of the Civil Ser Commission that proof in the Government Printing should not be ciassed as me. nd there be eligible for re- 0. the same cas flled several Carter 10 ry of the Public Divergent views on t Government pr a hearing before Sec nine davs ago, Mr. holding proof readers to be eligible for retirement at 63, the Civil § fce Commission held them were pre on £ T a thing as dull times. Drop in and get happy. 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Daniel Steen Elected Presi- dent of District Body. Mme. Danlel Steen was elected pres ident of the Washi on Di: ict Chapter of the National Council of Catholic Women at the biennial meet- ing of the society in the National | Catholfe Service Club yesterday. Other officers elected were: | Mrs. P. J. McGovern, first vice pres- ident; Mrs. Charles Neill, second vice | president; Mis= May Burbrick, third | vice president; Mrs. T. J. Victory cording secretary: Mrs. W. D. coxon, corresponding secrets I. T. Killhoff, financial Margaret Loughran, treas Mrs. George Scriven, Mme. C Mrs. T. D. McCarthy and Miss Adele | May, directors. | The Best Buy! When we announce a sale it means something worth while in clothing of known reliability. Take notice of this offer] be BERTRAM COHN Co. 1235 G St. N.W. 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