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The Star prints MORE Classihied ads every day than all the other papers here combined. Because The Star is read by practically everybody in Washington. Star (Tassified ads bring satisfactory results. “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office a. LIERICT o ] G R ) CHARGE MURDER -~ INFIRST DEGREE |Grand Jurors Indict Robert| | Lee Cheek, Colored Slayer, and Others. Robert Lee Cheek dicted today by the grand murder in the first d | charged with killing Edward Jac also colored, at 2418 Virginia | Felruary 6. The men are | n: quarreled over 50 cents Cheek is id to have shot twice, vne bullet hitting Josephine Barber, at Whose home the men were. Grand larceny. embezzlemnent | larceny indictment Koolwyck, a National k appropriated to sums of money stitution. Two charges of larceny after trust ar preferred in indictments against { Willlam P. Tollman in connection with advanced payments on proposed electric wiring. He is said to have obtained money from William H Payne. Theodore P. Gordon and Edna A Clark, but falled to perform the work [or which he had been employed. owred jury f and inst Harry Van de mer clerk at the Riggs He is zed to bave his ¢ use several to the in- f Liquor Violations. Indictments were reported against 13 persons for alleged violations ot the olstend act. Those charged with whisky transactions arve Mack Smith, Abra Jones, Samuel C. and Max Kush . Camelo Massero, Joseph Gentile omas O'Connell, Eddie O'Connell, Carmella Smeraldo, Mary Watson, Robert Watson, Katie Brent and Jo- Buttice. The grand jurors against 12 persons. wre Rebecca Kushner, Jacobs, Louis Jacobson, Harry Goldberg and Ida Goldberg, violation of the national prohibition lor. James G. Divine orrence, carnal knowl Kay. as sault with a dangerous weapon: Leon | Ackerman and George A. Fugitt, ex- | tortion and soliciting a bribe: Benj min Stohlman. removing mortzaged | property. ignored charges Those exonerated Other Indictments. Others indicted and the charges inst them are: Joseph E homas and William H. Oden, grand larceny; obinson. Renjamin Wick ills and Mitcheil Monroe, rof Mary Anderson, al alias Mary Bryant nd larceny, two cases Schwaloack, Jesse Johnson. nd John A. Lewis Austin non-sup- POLICE HAVE DRAGNET OUT FOR BANDIT GANG THAT RANSACKED HOME Wontinued from First Page) 10 question further the maids. who were herded into a small room off the kitchen, bound to chalrs with heavy cords and warned to remain quiet un der threats of violence. One man guarded them, and the other bandits ransacked the upper floors of the palatial Williams home. An expensive ring, an helrloom, valued at 1s torn from the finger of Mrs. V ms after she had been roughly ndled and an attempt made to gag ler with bedclothes, Davis was captured as he ran up a blind aley between the Williams home and the Hotel Martinique. He was held by Linwood R. Hawkins, manager the hotel: Terry Varnell and John Howard, bellboys, until Policeman Claude Evans of the third precinct arrived and took charge of him. Davis struggled and fought with his captors, ind was only subdued when Evans truck him on the head with the butt »f his gun. When captured Davis had | his hand on a gun in his pocket. al | though he had not drawn it. The robbery occurred at 6:30 o'clock, while Mrs. W Wilder, daughter of Mrs. Williams, was dressing to _join her husband for dinner at the May- flower Hotel, two blocks away. The door bell rang, and as a maid opened the door the leader of the group of three men who first appeared flashed a | badge, saying he had come for a man | whom he suspected of being in the | Willlams home. The leader was de | scribed as tall and with a pock-marked face. Were Not Masked. through the balis looked around and ; door. There | and one of | ell, Frank, what three went kitchen, The into th | then we: + do about Another sald t's the girl, that one. hey drew short he need guns and ad | into the house, driving the 1ids on the ground foor before m 1 slx of the servants were | herded in & small room off the kitchen. The men were not n ked and made no attempt to conceal their ap- | pearance. Two of them started bind ing the arms and legs of the maids | re. another calmly cut cord in the kitchen to complete the job, while | the others entered by the front door. | 'The women, terrified by guns thrust | in their faces the two bandits on guard, promised to keep quiet. One | man, “a short blonde man.” waa left on guard while the others went up- stairs to ransack the house. In the meantime another maid had come downstalrs after serving Mrs Willlams with tea e too was thrust into a chair and bound. One of the malds, who had caught a flash of the guns aped and rushed to the Mar. tinlque Hotel, where she asked the { manager to call the police r Forgot One “Pal.” The other bandits, hurring upstairs, | ransacked the rooms on the second floor, but took nothing and then went on up to the third floor, where they found Miss Drake. One of them tore | a string of pearls from her neck and % bracelet from her arm. Miss Drake said four of them came upstairs. | They then went into Mrs. Willlams’ | where she was Iying on the bed. | fle the others searched the room | for valuables, two of the robbers at- tempted to force a gag of bed clothes into Mrs, Willlams' mouth, and finally «topped her screams with a gag made | of & nightgown. One of them, selzing | ber hand. literally tore from her finger | the expensive ring, an heirloom given | her many Vears ago. Mrs. Wilder, in her room on the fourth floor, heard the screams of her mother and rushed downstairs, to be confronted with a gun thrust in her i face by the bandit leader. He com- manded her to tell where the Jewels were. She said she knew of no jewels. The bandits then rushed Adownstairs, only a few moments be- fore police reserves of the third pre- cinct entered the house with drawn revolvers, having been called on the telephone from the Martinique Hotel. They escaped, probably by the front door, according to Miss Anna Bayliss, leaving the man guarding one of the maids. As the police entered the house Davis ran out the rear door into the blind alley and entered the Martinique Hotel, where he was captured by Haw- kins and two colored bellboys. Gen. Wilder, called on the telephone at the Mayflower Hotel, arrived in the house while police were searching for the bandita. Miss Drake CM that none of ¢ room. w was in- | !SECOND LOCAL WOMAN IS NAMED | i | and a necklace, Federal Official i been invited to attend a mass meeting American after trust are charged in an | FOR NATIONAL Jessie Dell Gets Place With Dr. Stanley in Tribute Meeting. Will Represent Georgia in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. March §.—Forly nine women, one from each of the States and the District of Columbia, have be held by the Association at Madison Square Garden Thursday night, March 18. The meeting was planned as a tribute to the business and professional women of America. The guests were selected with the assistance of newspapers, members of Congress, chambers of commerce and women's orgunizations. The follow- ing. all but six of those invited, have accepted. Alabama, Mrs. Lolo Taylor, Bir mingham: Arizona. Allie Dickerman, postmistress, Tucson: Arkansas, Mrs Thyra Sumpter Winsiow, authoress; Colorado, Mrs, Holen Bell, director of public relations for women for the Mountain Telephone & Telegraph Co.; Connecticut, Mrs, Alice Pattison Merritt, the first woman State Sen- ator; Delaware, Miss Annie J. Cannon, astronomer; District of Columbia, Dr. Toulse Stanley, chief of the Bureau of Home Feonomics of the Depurt- ment of iculture; Florida, Mis. Bonnie Busch, realtor: Georgla, Miss Jessie Dell, United States civil sery- ice commissioner; Idaho, Mrs. Minnie Miller, famous cattle breeder: Indlana, Mrs. Edward Frankiyn W hite. State reporter and ex-deputy atlorney gen- eral: Iowa, Miss Blanche Wingate, society and club reporter of the Des Moines Reglster. Kansas, Mrs. Lilla Day Monroe, mem- ber of Kansus bar and editor of the woman Citizen; Kentucky, Miss Eliza- beth Daingerfield, famous horse breed- er; Louisiana, Haidee Weeks Guthrie, D. D, president of the Business and Professional Women's Club; Maine, Mrs. Allen P. Stevens, officer of the Maine Savings Bank; Maryland Mrs. Julius W. Freeman, director of the women's department of the Mer- ants and Transportation Co. in Baltimore: Massachusetts, Miss Ada L. Comstock, dean of Rad- cliffe College: Michigan, Mrs. Lena Lake Foresf, insurance broker: Min- nesota, Mfsx Elizabeth Quinlan, owner of Young-Quinlan Co. of Min- apolis; Mississippl, Mrs. ., L Morehead of the firm bearing her name in Jackson, Missouri, Mrs, their honor to Women's in FEMINIST HONOR FENG REGAINS CITY IN COUNTER ATTACK Drives Li’s Forces Out of Town—Assault by Chang Beaten Off. BY the Associated Press TIENTSIN, China, March §.—The Kuominchun army of Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang, the “Christian,” yesterday fought back against their invading rivals, the army of Gen. Li-Ching-Lin and recaptured Machang, a raiiroad point 20 miles south of here. The blow was struck before the advance guard of the army holding the town was able to “dig in' and they retreat- ed without serious fighting. The landing was effected by the victorious army ‘6 miles below Taku on the gulf of Chilhli. Junks and fishing boats were commandeered to MISS JESSIE DELL Sedman, dean of women at the State Unlversity. Nebraska, Mrs. Belle M. 3 sistunt superintendent of schools of Omaha and_instructor in the Uni- versity of Nebraska Summer school; Nevad Miss Alice McAndrews, president of the Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club, Reno; New Jers ik Gilbroth, indu triul New Mexico, M [sabel State superintendent of schools; New York, Miss Martha Van Rensseluer. founder of the Cornell University home economics school: North Carolina. Miss Elsie Riddick, president of the Business and Professional Women's Associ- tion of Raleigh: Ohio, Mrs. Olive Joy Wright, one of the speakers and president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Wom- en's Clubs. Oklahoma, Mrs. Charles N. Gould, industrial geologist; Oregon, Miss Adelin._Prichard; Pennsylvania, Miss Adelaide M. Neall, assistant editor of the Saturday Evening Post; Rhode Island, Miss Ada L. Sawyer, lawyer; South Carolina, Miss Dora Dee Walk- er of Winthrop College: Texas, Miss Florence P. Sterling of the Humble Oil and Refining Co.; Utah, Miss An- nfe Wells Cannon, editor and writer; Vermont, Mrs. George Orvis, former Republican National committeewoman of Manchester; Virginia, Miss Anes Randolph, director of State tubercu losis department: Washington, Miss Reah Whitehead. justice of the peace West Virginia, Miss Jze Jewel Brown, politiclan Wisconsin, Miss engineer; kles, Philip N. Moore, ex-president of General Federation of Women's Clubs and National Council of Women: Montana, Mrs. Harriet R. Ethel Scully, manager of advertising department of a large bond house in ukee; Wyoming, Gov. Nellie T, toss of Wyoming the women was hysterical, and that both Mrs. Willlams and Mr Wilder remained cool during the entire time the bandits were upstairs. Mrs. Wil ms, she ‘sald, refused to remain quiet in the face of the threats of vio lence, but did not faint nor go into hysterics. In the midst of the excite ment surrounding the capture of Davis a call was put in from the Williams home for an Emergency Hospital am bulunce. Davis was taken to the hos- pital and treated for cuts about the ce and head, sustained in his stru es with the hotel attaches and I heeman Evans. Davis was taken to police headquar- ters and grilled by Inspector Henry G. Pratt and Sergt. Embrey. He claimed he came to Washington from New York four days ago, and while in a downtown restaurant became ac quaint with two strangers who asked him if he wanted to get in * something soft.” refering to the pro pective robbery Davis Tells Story. Davis agreed to meet the men at 7 o'clock last night at the Tenth street hou He sald the leader, called “Bill" had a “revenue badge, which he used to gain admission to the Williams home. The name “Frank’ used in the conversation of the bandits in the Willlams home, he said, was used to cover the real name. He disclaimed any knowledge of the last names of the other members of the gang and insisted only three men took part in the robbery. Property Stolen included a rving valued at 00, a ring and bracelet, $33; a bracelet, $25; a lorgnette, $15, $100. Miss Drake sald the bandits could not have come to the house in the expectation of steal- ing any considerable amount of money or jewelry, as all the Williams jewels had been in a vault at the American Security and Trust Co. for many months. The police believe a man who came to the Williams' home several days ago looking for Coulter, the coachman, was a “spotter” for the gung and that the robbery had been planned for several weeks. This man had looked in the windows of the house, terroriz- ing the malds on several occasions, but had not been seen for more than two weeks. His description corre- sponds with that of the leader of the gang. the man alluded to as “Bill" or ZIHLMAN WILL OFFER MEASURE TO REMEDY CONDITIONS AT JAIL «ontinued from First Page) dav discovered that to spit on the floor was a matter of fmminent peril to some one's shoes, and found that there were 125 human beings huddied like sheep behind the b At the jail todav prisoners were found to be at work cleaning cells and doing general week end clean-up work in the cell tiers. Maj. . L. Peak, superintendent i1, freely admitted the need of need of new and clean mattresses for bunks. He freely there were n an ideal jail One thing ie going to be Investi- gated. That is, “Pete's” discovery of sugar and cigarettes being bootlegged to prisoners in the cell tiers at the rate of & cents a tobacco sack full for sugar and four cigarettes for 5 cents Absolutely Against Rules. admitted that conditions t what they should be in “It is absolutely against the rules of the jail for any bartering, selling or exchanging of goods among pris Maj. Peak sald. “There's no necessity for it, and I never have hadareport or knowledge that there was such a condition here. I can't see the need for it, becaus there is a store here from which pur- chases can be made at the same price as prevails outside. Twice a day or ders are transmitted through tiers men and delivered to the storekeeper. The goods are delivered to the men at the same prices they would pay outside, Come with me.” He led the way down to the store, where the price list showed cigarettes in small and large packages for sale at 10 and 15 cents, respectively; sugar in 2.pound packages at 22 cents a package; heans at 15 cents a can; sar- dines at 8 cents a can; herring at cents, ete. Maj. Peak said the mattresses were in constant use and could not be cleaned at the laundry unless prison- ers were made to sleep on the stone floors during crowded conditions. There is no money to buy new mat. tresses or ticks, he said, estimating, “Frank." OTHER HOLD-UPS REPCRTED. Armed Bandits Active Throughout Ci Police Hear. The police vesterday and today re- celved reports of activities of armed bandits in four other cases, although none was as sensational as the Six- teenth street hold-up. William L. Hixon, 1224 Fifteenth street, manager of a garage at 628 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, was held up by a bandit early vesterday while the intruder rifled the cash register of more than $76. The bandit overlooked larger sums of money in other drawers. Hixon reported he gaw three men in an automobile that stopped in front of the garage. Only one of them entered. Two unidentified men held up and robbed Joseph Smith, colored, 2335 Sherman avenue, of $9, according to his report, which was accompanied by descriptions. Smith, however, said he probably would be to identify them. An unidentified armed colored man early today made an unsuccessful at- tempt to rob Harry Brodie, 1717 Fast Capitol street, a taxicab driver. Brodie was employed at Georgia and Florida avenues to drive the man to Georgia avenue aral B y place. When the | destinat! ® reached Brodie told the polic g the man drew a pistol and demanded money. Falling to get any, he disappeared in an alley George Graves, colored, 1526 ‘Tenth street, sald he was held up at Tenth and Q streets yesterday afternoon by a colored man and robbed of $20. He named the alleged robber. TURKEY MAY ACCEPT GENEVA INVITATION GENEVA, March 8 (#).—Turkey to- day informed the League of Nations that she is examining its invitation to come to Geneva and discuss the Mosul unable however, that approximately $500 would cover it all 3,000 Needed for Paint. urgently needed all over the building. It would probably cost upward of $3,000 at the jail today, but the only paint gotten during the last | few months was for the female, or east wing, and that money was used with one eye cocked at the food bud- get, in fear that some of the food might be cut down by such extrava- gance. In the opinion of Maj. Peak more space for prisoners s an imperative necessity, This could be obtained by the erection of a substantial two-story dormitory and confinement place for drunk and disorderly cases, as well as for minor offenders. Such a build- ing, to accommodate approximately 300 persons, could bo erected at the ap- proximate cost of $65000, he estl- mated, and would relieve the sit- uation until Washington was ready for a_brand-new one. If the stress of keeping short-time prisoners in the north wing of the present structure could be alleviated by an annex it is believed a satisfac- tory situation would result, provided the maintenance fund could be Kept to such a point as needed for the care of the 12,000 prospective annual inmates of the District jail. By erecting an annex the north wing, it was said could be thrown open to long-term prisoners, with a resultant easing of the pressure on the south wing. Rudolph Wants Enlargement. Enlargement of the District jail ap- pears to be the only satisfactory solu- tion of the overcrowded conditions at the fall, according to Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph, who has direct supervision over the District's penal institutions. Commissioner Rudolph explained that he as well as other District offi- clals have considered for several years plans to remedy congestion at the jail. “I am convinced now,” he declared, “that an addition is abso- Paint is affair before the league council. The council therefore has postponed its consideration of the question for two or three davs, wlvm:(‘rurk;y nfi“ opportunity to_ appear before finally awarding the Mosul territory to the British mandate state of Irak. lutely necessary.” While without an estimate as to the probable cost. he expressed the belief offhand that it would certainly run as high as $100,000. Tt is likely, he indicated, that plans for an en- largement will be drawn and Con- get the troops ashore from a vessel in which they moved up from Shan- tung province, adjoining. In another sector, at Luanchow. heavy firing was heard for 3 hours this morning, but the attacking forces of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin failed to carry out & drive against the Kuomin. chun, the defending forces, The troops of Marshal Chang did report, however, that a river cross. ing had been effected west of Lan- chow, with the object of taking Kuyeh, approximately 100.miles north of Tientsin. The object of this move would be to cut off reinforcements be- ing sent to the Kuominchun troops. gress asked in the next District ap- propriation bill for funds to start its erection. The deflclency appropriation bill re- cently passed by Congress, Mr. Ru- dolph said, carrfed an item for re- modeling the third floor front of the jail, formerly occupied by internes, for ‘use hereafter am sleeping quarters for prisoners. “This will relieve the conditions somewhat,” he dec “but we will need still greater commodations. Read Pete's Articles. Mr. Rudolph admitted that he read “Pete Martin's” expose with intense interest, but failed to learn anything he did not already know about jail conditions. “I am inclined to believe, he added, “that the prolific expecto- rations of the prisoners some- what exaggerated. 1 am satisfled from what I have been told, that the nitary conditions at the jail are the best that they can be under the cir cumstances.” The Commissioner, how ever, did not have the opportunity t survey things as closely as did “Pete.” George 8. Wilson, secretary of the Board of Charities, has urged for the last four years that additional ac- commodations be provided to meet the ever increasing population at the jail. As far back as 1922, in his annual re- port to the Commissioners, Mr. Wil- son_said: “There is, indeed, = tion at the jail "he building cannot properly house more than 200 prisoners. The fact that frequently about 300 prisoners are kept in it means that in a great many instances two prisoners must be housed in one cell, which is a con dition that ought not to exist in the interest of both the physical and moral well being of prisoners.” In his last report. Mr. Wilson re vealed that the increasing congestion had caused the Board of Charities to give careful consideration to the question of overcrowding, and would work out a definite remedy, probably recommending an enlargement Work to Start Soon. Mr. Wilson said that the remodeling operations at the Jail would be started shortly and would result in the crea- tion of a dormitory providing quar- ters for 40 prisoners. The work, he explained, will be completed within 60 to 90 days Under a misapprehension, as the result of “Pete's” account of boot- legging in cigarettes and sugar at the jall, it was reported by Maj Peak today. @ petition, signed by 300 prisoners, was sent around re- Questing that the store be kept open for service of commodities at the prevailing prices. A Hard-Looking “Bum.” One of the most Interested group of readers of The Star's story ves terday of Pete’s adventures were the policemen at No. 12 precinct, where “Pete” spent the night of his arrest. Lieut. J. W. Pierson, who was In command at the time of Pete's in- carceration, said that he had never geen @ worse-looking “bum’ in his life, and for that reason he had every policeman in the precinct ex amine the prisoner to find out whether he had ever been seen be- fore. The cell will be known as “Pete Martin’s cell” for some time to come, it was predicted ai No. 12 chronic con- 3 Plans Refund of Cigar Taxes. Detailed regulations have been pro- mulgated by the Bureau of Internal Revenue for the refund of taxes paid on cigars, as_provided in the 1926 revenue act. Instructions concerning the procedure are avallable either at the Bureau of Internal Revenue here, information section, of at the office of the collector of internal revenue at Baltimore. it Suit opening. Hats at $4.40. #REGISTERED )"- B Rk E kR ok Et k kL L St s \c*++-l~+++++++++'l-++++++++++-H-+-H—+-l-+;x A A A A A A AN AN AN AN AN AN *“Knocked off his feet” is the way one of our friends described the effect of his visit to our Men's Well, why not? Rogers Peet and *Haddington Suits, $75 to $30. Topcoats, $65 to $25. And the Spring Four Forty Exclusively at EYER’S SHO 1331 F Street Form Letters Answer Many Protests Against Restoring Custis Mansion Many protests have been received at the White House and the War Department against the proposed restoration of the historic Custis Mansifon in the Arlington National Cemetery into what is generally termed “a shrine of Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army,” who occupled the mansion with his bride before the outbreak of the Civil War. These came from the West and North and were &0 nu- merous that a stereotype form of reply was prepared. One of the latest of these replies has just been sent by Assistant Sec- retary MacNider, who has jurisdic- tion over the Arlington Cemetery, to Mrs. Edna_A. Jackson, president of a post of Daughters of Veterans at Scranton, Pa., and states briefly the position of the War Department in the matter. The Assistant Secretary said that a joint resolution of Con- gress passed in March. 1925, direct- ing the Secretary of War to restore the old Custis Mansion to the condi- tion in which it existed when occu- pied by Gen. Lee, “is mandatory and gives the Secretary of War no dis- cretion in the matter.” He added that an_estimate has been submitted to the Bureau of the Budget for an appropriation of $100,000 by Con- gress for the execution of the project. “Should Congress make an &ppro- priation,” says Col. MaeNider, “there would be no alternative for this de- partment but to carry out its direc- tion.’ In another quarter it was stated that the execution of the act of Con- gress naturally would involve the removal of the tall flagstaff on the high terrace in front of the old manor house, where “Old Glory” has been flown since the Arlington estate was taken over by the Federal Govern- ment in January, 1864 SIGNALS REDUCE AUTO ACCIDENTS Eldridge Shows Cut From 51 to 35 in Two Months’ Operations. Statistics to support his belief that the automatic traffic lights reduc traffic accidents and fatalities wer compiled today by Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge. The figures show according to Mr. Eldridge’s analysis that during November and December before the lights were installed on Sixteenth street and Massachusetts avenue, there were 51 accidents, 12 personal injuries and one death on areas now controlled by signals With the lights in operation, the accident list for Janvary and he said, was reduced to there were only 4 personal injuriee and no fatalities. ~The statistics alse show, he pointed out, that there has been a material re duction in property damage. The chief causes of the accidents on Sixteenth street and Massachusetts avenue prior to the installation of the lights, Mr. Fldridge listed as follows: | Reckless driving, failing to signal, and | automobiles backing out of parking spaces without giving a warning. Un- der the light control system, the prin cipal reasons for accidents. he said have been reckiess driving, driving | while drunk and failing to obe signals. “We have gotten far enough now, #aid Mr. Eldridge. “to know that the automatic lights will reduce accidents and that their expansion in Washing tons is very desirable.” The Traffic Director he has received at lea ters complaining that to obey signals along trolled areas. All of these complaints, he said, have been referred to the Police De- partment. Some of the writers gave the number of the machine of the al- leged violators and they will be prosecuted If possible, Mr. Eldridge announced. He will urge the writers to appear in court as the complain ing witnesses. ) The parking system on Thirteenth street, between [ and I streets, was modified today by Mr. Eldridge that machines would head into curb on an angle instead of b ing in. While the old system of b in reduced accident, Mr. Eldridge s unskilled drivers caused an excessive waste in parking space, with the re- sult that the Traffic Bureau was deluged with complaints from mo. torists revealed that t a dozen let- motorists fail the light-con 150 Brides-to-Be on Ship. HALIFAX, N. S. March § (®).— One hundred and fifty brides-to-be are on board the AnchorLinerCameronia, bound for New York to make glad the hearts of un equal number of yvoung men. In coming across from Glasgow | to Halifax the maldens had a rough vovage, the captain reporting having met with extremely tempestuous weather. Nearly one-half of the foreign-born population of New York State came from Russia and Italy sei— | Foster| . BANK AS| M Insurance? 211 COMMERCIAL D ent Income e o ANECRE 200" ire, Lif Ivre Life LET US BUILD YOU A GASOLINE Service Station $100 Down—$50 a Month on your farm or vacant land on ¥00d road. Fireproof Store. re- Dair garage and gasoline tanks Tmmediate construction Service Station Construction Company 303 Vermont Building. Vermant Ave. & T K. N.W. Main 1770 A R e R e e e e e aama st SRR EE A = 1925 Jail Inmates Triple 21 Record; Fund 86,5)00 Less Does this table of statistics give the cause for the insanitary, over crowded and unsavory conditions “Pete Martin' found at the Dis triet Jall? Prisoners Appropriation Cared for Jail For. Maintenance. 804. 0 at Fiec Year. 1 851 1926, .....*12,000 *Approximation. based on six months’ tion. A glance at these figures shows that the general trend of jail popu lation since 1921 has been steadily upward, with great i ases in the last few vears, whereas, mysteri- ously, the general trend of appro priations for the maintenance of the jail have heen steadily downward until for 1926 it was more than $6.000 less than for 1921, despite the fact that at least three times a many prisoners will be cared for during the fiscal year 1926 as dur ing the fiscal year 1921. 197 DRY ARRESTS MADE | OVER PAST WEEK END 127 Taken Saturday Night and 70 Yesterday, Most for Intoxication. Police arrested 1 charges of viol of the District § according to a r Edwin B. Hesse, the department. tod liquor ar day night Police seized 937 1.500 gallons of 1 rum-running machines Saturday night and 53 quarts of whisky vesterday The greatest number of arrests urday were for intoxication for illegal possession. 11 porting, 9 for selling intox three for driving while dr majority of arrests yesterday for intoxication. persons on prohibition laws | urday and Sunday, port made to superintendent of v. Of the total were made Satur vesterdasy quarts of whisk ash, 1 still and 25 were v trans ants and The Porto Rico i adopted prohibition | referendum 7 11 DANIELS PROPOSED AS“DRY CANDIDATE Upshaw Also Suggests Bark- ley as Mate on Prohibi- tion Ticket. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. March 5.—A presidential ticket composed of Jo sephus Danlels, former Secretary of the Navy, and Representative A. W Barkley of Kentucky was proposed at a prohibition “field day" here yes terday by Representative W. D. Up shaw of Georgia, one of the speakers Gov. Smith of New York and Gov Ritchie of Maryland were objects of the speakers’ displeasure for their at titude on the prohibition question A mass meeting was held at the State Theater and special services were conducted in several of the local churches. Present at the mass meet ing were Dr. I tt MeBride, eral superintendent of the Saloon League of Am sentative Upshaw, Representative Barkley, Bishop James Cannon, jr.. of Richmond, Dr. Ernest H. Cherring ton, secretary of the World League 4 st Alcoholism; Ira Champion of Washington and Mr. Danfels. Speaking at the Central Methodist Church Blshop Cannon charged Sec retary Mellon with showing little in teresi in the enforcement of the pro hibition laws. HITS ENGINEER CORPS. A House comui that the Unite neer Corps w bordering on The witness w general manager General Contractors engineers’ were and harbor we in a socialisti of economic He Indorsed bor system tates A following falism R & the N policy Marshal Associated of America. 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