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28 » BACKS TEXTILE MEN AGAINST CHARGES Head of New England Council Denies They Depress Raw Cotton Prices. By the BOS rence, he. Associated Press FON, October 5 John 8. Law i d of the New Bngland Coun. | cil, in a commun! on to the Na-| tional Assoecfation of Cotton Manu facturers, today urged that steps bhe taken to count t charges from th South that textile men ronspiring 10 depress prices of raw cotton The cotton mills do not wish ruin ous prices for cotton,” said Mr. Law Ntability prices, d not sprive cotton growers protit the most desirable sit- " T'he opinion tha and manufacture) depressing prices cotton spin interested of cotton, which ired by loose talkers an.l , i now all tou’ prevalent South Mills,Want mills n the - Prices o not want us prices I me: ich do not show a - reta™ to the cotton srowel one thing, if the South » is compelled to sell its cotton #t below cost of production, the grow ers will have no money to buy cotton zoods, situation would se-f riously a outlet of one of thv, Bert hhdiie e botton Eaoasiconaun) ing markets in the world.” BANKS OFFER RELIEF. ruinous | i Jev nd res ““The By ruir Advances to Check Market Paralysis n Conditio proclaim ance local w pound on their cotton with the provision that it be properly stored and kept off the mar- ket, and under the condition that the horrower ple ) reduce his cotton * one-third, ns, New York wetion was tak organization said et is being producers pressing staple upon a mar ket unable to absorb it. Unle: selling wave is checked, they said, the bulk of the crop will be marketed at ices ruinous to the South. re the local bankers in the South to advertise in the newspapers willingness to make helpful provided the borrowers con- tracted to reduce ac the cotton world will re ure as effective. Wid tising by the bankers as suggested should promptly result in stiff opposi- tion to further price declines.” DIES OF HIS INJURIES John 3. Carroll Fatally Hurt When | Horse Runs Awny John Josiah ¢ farmer fro near at Georgetown University Hospita vesterday evening as a result of furies received when his horse r away last Wednesday near hi His neck was broken, and pn hastened hix death. Coroner gave a certificate of*accidental des The de d. a native of Lou Ky., was 2 son of Matthew C native of Ireland, and Mrs. who was Miss Mary B. Beck Charleston, *.. before marr The mother died & number of y s ago. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Leator Iucas Carroll Other i g father. brother thur ¥ 1+ roll, jr. Atlant: Carroll of Baltimore Miss Minnie . Carroll, 1736 Kilbourne street, from whose home the funeral will tike place tomorrow morning. Maxs will be solemnized at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart at 11 a’clock. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery atives are his hers and a sister. The arroll and Ar s city, M. C. Car- uis D, The sister i o A prehistoric vrn which the finders Lelieve izinally contained buried | veasure has been unearthed on a Tyvrone. Ireland farm in 13-YEAR-OLD STUDENT CHOOSES BIBLICAL NAME FOR GIRAFFE N THE “Pharaoh Nero. He Says, Is Mentloned in Chronicles and Typifies Highest Ammal in Afnca. Philip Bzra Stiles, 13 vears old, 3718 dywine street, ix quite a little Bible scholar. He gets his Sunday school lessons by and conse quently, when the question of select ing 4 name for the giraffe came up. he to the good book for in- Bra hes turned he writes, “is o is spoken of in | which th was the hi “Giraffe.” | nittie ¢ Iam a little girl, 4 | " “I think I will call the giraffe Long | Neck or Speckled { Thomas S. Gwynn, | Md. One of these numes will ‘suit Long Neck. I am watching the papers | daily and am confident I will win. T It s an easy name for ren to say and remember. Lyons, 916 Delafleld place : I wish you would call [the mew giraffe at the Zoo Tip-Top. as he is so tall, or another name is | Longy because he is so long. I am 6 years old.” | “HiSpot” Regarded Appropriate. 8 uish- ing characteristic. Incidentally. one Afric state has a giraffe on its pos Wee Child Prefers “I think Raffles would name for the giraff Harriett Dietzman, street affles is y Pourteentl rt of the word ’ELDRIDGE SUSPENDS i 17 DRIVING PERMITS' Licenses of Four Revoked Last Two Weeks in September, Fig- ures Show. - automobile operators’ permits revoked and 17 were suspended g the last two weeks of Sep. tember, according report prepared today by rector M. 0. Eldridge. The dri follow: Edwin J. Barton, 124 . T. Thompson, Ballston, street; Percy Smallwood, ord court. Those whose permits were suspend- ed follow: William F. reet; Zen: treet; George Stewart, street northeast; D street southeas Therrian, 1406 08 Third stree Baker, 1014 T ghteomh \l\tevnlh 1 Young, 1432 Villiam n Clifton Smith, . Alexandria, 1716 todgers, 808 Murphy, 634 Askins, ’e\mn. D E. and George H. ham street The majority of the suspensions wifl Colbert, Purcelville, V Sheldon, 1315 Ingra- to a_ semi-monthly Traffic Di- who lost the permits Phillip Penn- “I think Hi-Spot would be an ap- propriate name for our giraffe that is | coming _to the Washington Zoo,” | writes Ira A 530 Ingraham reet, 11 ye: “I think he rmum have a name we children can remember. 1 have been read- |ing al hout the giraffe in my ency- -lopedia_so even if the name isn’t ac- sted, oI thank vou for making my ivers whose ))ermits were res the o-week period are: L. Simeon, Daniel Coates, arroll Pearce, Lowis Paul | Allen, Frank V. Adams, James Leary, Malcolm K. Varnell and Jack Wat- Kkins. Falling down a stairway \\hllh moving a table, Robert Burgess, col- ored, 43 years old, of 2462 Ontario road, died yesterday afternoon at Emergency Hospital from a fracture |of the skull. Burgess, according to the police, as employed by an electrotyping 'm Twelfth street, where he | was working on the second floor at | the time of the accident. He died sev- |eral hours after being taken to Emer- | gency Hospital in the fire rescue squad automobile. ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION | 7th St. & La. Ave. N.W. Il s7th issue of stock now open for subscription. Shares of stock, $1.00 each, payable monthly. Five per cent interest paid on stock withdrdwn. James E. Connelly, President James F. Shea, Secretary ?bxlupsbom 608 to 614 ELEVENTH 8L - For Tomorrow’s Selling Only! 600 Pairs Black Satin Mules With Dainty Ro: sette Trimming on Vamp, Soft Elk Padded Soles and Lined With Coral or Turquoise Satin years old.” ’ STAIRWAY FALL FATAL. | EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. IELEVENTHHOUR VOTE DRIVE BEGUN G. 0. P. Committee Presses Out-of-Town Residents to Register. With the eleventh hour for regis- tration in a number of States at hand, the campaign committee of the League of Republican Organizations in the District is temporarly concentrating its activities on getting out the vote. Appeals are being made to the men and women residing here, known to be legdlly entitled to vote in some one of the States, to register. The prospective voters are being reminded that several thousand persons lost their vote in the natlonal campaign of 1924 because of thelr failure to meet the registration requirements of their respective States. Those engaged in getting out the New York voters temporarily resident here yesterday started upon an inten- sive drive. They are reminding Re- publicans from the Empire State that every vote will be needed in the com- Ing election, and notifying these voters that personal registration is re- stering by mail. Reglstration in reater New York commenced yester- and will continue dally up to Sat- urday night, Registration booths are open daily from 5 to 10 p.m. and on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. In the rest of New York State the registration days are October 8 and 9 and 15 and 16. In towns under 5,000 population no personal registration is equired. It will be necessary for New Jersey voters absent from the State this year and henceforth to register and vote in n. The Legislature at its last ion repealed the law permitting :ntees to register and vote by mail. Jersey electors resident here are being pe able to shop here. ;]uir@d. The law does not permit reg- | |/ There is a definite pol- icy governing this store— represented 1in service so personally rendered that you'll find it most agree- urged not to lose their vote because of this change n the law. The last day for registration is October 12. “Additional information , regarding the voting laws of these States as well as other States is being furnished to hundreds daily at Republican head- quarters, 823 Fifteenth street. Periodical Names~Confused. An account appearing in The Star last Sunday concerning the death of Herbert Cecll Lewis referred to him as founder, editor and publisher of the Army and Navy Journal. It should have been Army and Navy Magazine, Mr. Lewls, it is explained, had no con- nectlon with the other publication. & = The earliest complete clock of which there {is certain record was made by a’ Saracen mechanic in the thirteenth century. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1926. PORTO RICO REPORTS NOTABLE PROFRESS Health and Sanitation Said by i Towner to Be Better—Illit- eracy Reduced. By the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, P. R, October “Notable progress and development for Porto Rico” is the keynote of the {to the Secretary of ‘War at Wash- ington and made public Vesterday. | General health and sanitation meas. {ures were strengthened and made more effective, says the report. Prog- ress was made in education and the reduction of illiteracy. Revenues were increased, and the difficulties in SP INDLER’ 801 11th St. Main 2704 ALL AND DELIVER LEAN AND PRESS Men’s Suits, 95c Ladies’ Suits, $1.50 All Valeteria Pressed An Exclusive §pindler Feature ) 608 to 614 They are exceptional Frocks—in the most exclu- sive of the new models—marked for this one day— | annual report made by Gov. Towner | ‘=30 ELEVENTH S7T. the way of collection were largely re duced. The total revenues for the year were $11,740,384, or.5 per cent more than the treasury estimates. All the budgetary expenses were met and more than a million dollars was paid on the floating debt, leaving more than $400,000 treasury balance at the end of the year. “Porto Rico's external trade totaled $194,000,000, of which 88 per cent was with the United States,” the report added. [o—=lo|c———=o]———=ldl——=—lal——a] For Greatest Economy and Protection Put on S HERWIN- HOUSE —this Fall. WiLLIAMS PAINTS They go far- thest—Ilast longest—look best. While White and Shutter Green are a little more, regu lar colors cost $ 3 .85 Gal. VALDURA ASPHALT (B PAINT, $2.10 Gal. —(black). Also comes in Red and , Green. The supreme waterproofing paint for any surface. If your roof nced~ paint, it needs “Valdura.” D. C. DISTRIBUTORS OF SHERWIN-WILLIAMS, AND OTHER WIDELY KNOWN PAINT PRODUCTS. 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