Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1926, Page 18

"THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926. 1] ALEX‘ND’“‘ IS cHOSEN.v roadside, cr in the open market, he ! will listen patiently. The witnesses i Virginia Piremen to K_bl 4 -1 will often mimic the whole scene. ! Cnnmflen on Potomac. “If one nian accuses another of, crime, they are chained tumher until ] Spectal Dlnlkh 1o The Star. e the ALEXANDRIA, Va., August. 26— the case can be adju couple are of opposite -xn. the plaintift has to produce a man or Alexandria was awarded the 1927 con- vention of the Virginia State Fire- men’s Association, by the assoclation woman of his own family, according to the sex of the defendant, to be at its annual meeting which opened yesterday at Covington, Va. turned (mly to the invention of new- fangled fire escapes. One of the oddest of these, u.r the Popular Sciencé Magazine, was the form of a wnchute attached to | irn by the escaper. Wllh v.hl-. declmd the inventor, ‘‘a person ly jump out of the window of a burnlng building from any height and land without Injury and without the léast danger, on the ground.”. To make doubly sure.of such a landing, he further provided overshoes with thick rubber soles “to .take up the ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 26 (8pecial).—Frank Pim, connected with the office of State Motor Vehicle Com- missioner James M. Hayes, will give an address tomorrow night and a demonstration on legal and illegal lighting equipment for automobiles. He also will give instruction methods of determining from observation 1215T ENGINEERS HAVE SHAM BATILE District Guardsmen Make LAST WORD ON THE SAKS o g e s S8 chained tohim or her until judgment is given. “Death can be imposed only by the Enipress or her regent. Treason or Good Showing at Camp Will Return Sunday. - whether the fllumination furnished by a machine comes within the law. The demonstration will be given at the plant of the Carter Motor Co., on St. Asaph street between King and Cameron streets. Members of the po- concussion with the ground.” P MBS e Nearly 100 firemen from this city. are attending the convention. It is estimated that the next cori- Kbyulmm Justice Works. Abyssinia 1s a country without law- any crime against the imperial per- son is punished by slow strangulation in the public market. nary cases of murder are often settled on a basis of blood money. If blood money is re- fused, the murderer is taken to the vention will probably bring 1,000 per- sons to this city. - An 0dd Fire Esoape. yers, exphln- Rosita Forbes, famous ‘woman' explorer, in an article telling how the East solves its crime prob- potters’ fleld outside the city and {l‘lhd.d over to the family of his vic- im. lice department, owners of automo- biles and others are invited. The State plans to establish sta- BY-WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. FORT HUMPHREYS. August 26.— Armed with hundreds of fathoms of i red and white tape, the 121st Engi- . neers, National Guard of the District of Columbia. left thelr barracks early today and marched several miles from the camp, where they staged a mimic battle to show the Regular Army in- structors just how much they know about fighting a real war. The 1st Battalion, commanded by Maj. Joe R. McKey, and the 2d Bat- talion, commanaed by Maj. Juilan S. Oliff, deployed across a front of Sev- eral thousand vards and proceeded to « mark off machine gun emplacements and barbed wire entanglements. The white tape marked off “trenches,” while gthe red tape simulated the barbed wire entanglements which the troops would erect under battle condi- tions. Inspected by Regulars. The program was laid down for them by Capt. Clay Anderson, the Regular Army instructor, who in- spected of the trenches and en tanglern before the troops were re- leased return to the barracks in time for their noon meal. Marching slong the road they attracted consid- era attention from the many tour ists along the route. The orders for the movement of the troops and thelr disposition were worked out by the regimental and talion commanders. The observers reported at the con- clusion of the “battle” that the Dis- 0ops carried out their program well. & An investigation is being continued into the case of the four Guardsmen against whom charges ‘are pending as a result of the disturbance in camp several nights ago. Pvi. Adam G. Mouton, Company I, 1 m Engineers, has been charged by La. Lieut. James R. Quade with a \|4I]d¥](l|v of the sixty-fourth article of i hi - e nerges what | o most of their prophesying when O amwiul arder | they stand no chance to lose. But the prophecies are, after all, only love o the company for drm As soon as the tharges were filed they were referred to Maj. Julian F. ea, for assembly Oliff, commanding the 2d Battal lon, for investigation. The renort that officer was returned to the regl- mental headquarters todny Wici ... recommendation that the man be tried by summary court. However, the regimental commander has not vet taken any action on the matter. Troops Return Sunday. The troops now are beginning to furn their eyes in the direction of home, as the camp. will close Sunday morning. They will receive their pay for the two weeks' training be fore they leave the barracks here, and according to present plans will hoard a special train at Accotink at 10 a.m. Sunday, arriving at Union Station about a half hour later. They will go then to their armory at North Capitol and D streets to be dismissed. MaJ. Gen. Creed C. Hammond, chiet” of the Militia Bureau of the War Department, has accepted the invitation of Col. Oehmann to attend the parade and reviow of the Engi- neers, which will be tendered to Lieut. ranklin Bell this afternoon, lammond and other officials will endered a dinner in the officers’ after which Lieut. Col. 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Seventh St. Store Only G-RHINNEY CO. 15 W. s tions for testing lights and later on stickers will be given those whose lights are regarded as satisfactory. Mrs. Della Cline, wife of W. Cline of 104 South Alfred street, died yesterday morning at.the Alexandria Hospital. She is survivéd by her husband, who is a locomotive en- gineer. Mrs. Cline was a native of Ohfo. The body was removed to the | Funeral Home, 809 Cameron street. The body of James R. McClearen, 73 years old, a retired farmer who died yesterday at Potomac, will be sent tomorrow to Greenwich, Va., for burfal. He was a native of Prince William County, Vi nd is survived by several children. The Students’ League of Many Na- tions will give a performance at 8 o'clock tonight at the First Baptist Church. The league is composed of 21 persons representing different nations. 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