Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1926, Page 21

FLOWER DISPLAY OPENS TOMORROW Silver Jubilee Feature of] Chrysanthemum Show. | Plan Receptions. The silver jubilee celebration of an- nthemum shows of the De- partment of Ag opens tomor- row in the gr Fourteenth and B streets which wil s open to the pu from 9 0 9 pn. f These fr s ar | 1 | A ardine, wife of the| 4 ulture, who holds a | nerfes of receptions in the ition | conservatory for the various sets in| Capital eoclety, | his 1s the twentyfifth of these! events and in celebration of the sil-| ver jubllee a number of new seedlings | which were grown in the departinent | &reenhou Unguished pe di receptions. The Secretary of Agriculture, ac- mpanied by Dr. Willlam A. Taylor, nt Indus- dey tion of the e their approv: will be named for ns, during Mrs, hibit today a Tor the to the public tomorrc ', who has been in direc 3 V' oring, the to any prey 1l g are coming he the new seedlings and make the lections of which are most pron for commercial growing. All of the old favorite Japanese and pompom varieties are on exhibition wain this - The show Was open for a time today o about 20 women, wives of the ¢ st members xnd diplomatic c other invited guests of Mrs. Jardine. pe of specimen plant grown time this year conslsts of mber of blooms at the top of single tall stalk. The plint adds variety as well as beauty to the ex Jibitlon and indicates the flexibility of the chrysanthemum in the plant Ireeder’s hands. Visitors to t wers of show will appreciate development that has n place in the chrysanthemuin, hen they remember that the original fower from which all cultivated pres. nt-day varietles have sprung was a small, vellow, single-petaled kind, srowing wild in parts of Japan and “hina. et PARIS BANS WHITE WAY. Big Electric Signs to Come Down in Some Places. November 3 (4#).—An effort ize” Paris with brilllant, electric slgns was by the Council of the Prefecture of Seine Department. The 1t orde the immediate re- noval of all electrical advertisements on the top of buildings in the Place )e 1.Opera, the Avenue De L'Opera md the Place De L’Etoile, about the Are De Triomphe, The reason given was that such nftations of American advertising hods marred the harmonious beau- v of the city's low skyline. Signs below the roofline will continue to be tolerated. Juashed GOING TO COAL PARLEY. Washington Men to Attend Bitum- inous Conference. Several Washington men will par- iclpate in the program of the In- ernational Conference on Bituminous oval, to be held at the Carnegie Insti- ute of Technology, Pittsburgh, No- vember 15 to 18. Marius R. Campbell, geological sur- vey, will speak on “Our Coal Supply: iis Quantity, Quality and Distribu- fon,” and O. P. Hood, chief me- hanical engineer of the Bureau of Mines, will di 'Smokeless Fuel. dent of the Na- 1 on, and John lavs Iammond are members of the idvisory hoard planning the confer- nee und will preside ome of the -esslons, which will consider new uses ‘or bituminous coal and present re- <ults of recent coal investigattons cons cerned with improved methods of utilization and combustion. ONE VOTE ELECTS TICKETS ¥peclal Dispatch to The Star, CENTERVILLE, Md., November 3. One vote elected the entirs Demo- cratio ticket of Queen Anne County vesterday, there being no Republican pposition and the first vote cast be- g sufficient under the law to make ha election legal. e were elected county commis- three jud of the Orphans’ w clerk was elected State’s attorne of wills were chosen, | e officers. \ Revolutionary Descendant Dies. sioners Sourt, Clreuit Court; and _recorde besides St More granddaugh Revolutiona gla’s oldest | She wa Tamou as ' Eryan Mc ttled short- colonized by the s Ke air?i’d, ‘Glossy, Wavy By Edoa Wallace Hopper One of the best thir aver made for is dress. I call it my Wave and Sheen. It keeps hai vou wish fluff: s you wish it. It r like mine, just comb it backward and the fluff| will stay. 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NG STAR, WASHING"I'ON Movie Sham Battle |WOMEN SEEK END OF DEATH PENALTY Susan B. Anthony Foundation Meeting Tomorrow Will Con- sider Legislatuion. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 3.—Dis- mantling the gallows in Maryland is the fmmediate program of the Susan | B. Anthony Foundation, which meets here tomorrow. It will sponsor a bill at the coming session of the Leglslature for aboli- tion of capital punishment. A com- mittee will be appointed to investigate extreme sentences, especially where women and children are affected. Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, presi- dent of the National Woman's Party land Mrs. Hester M. Poole, 93, are e: | pected at the meeting. i Virginia Peters. Parkhurst of Venise, Berwyn, Md., director of the founda- tion, will make the principal speech at the luncheon which follows the meeting. FIRE CONTRACT AWARDED Additional Story to Be Built to De- partment’s Repair Shop. A contract for the construction of an additional story to the District Fire Department’s repair shop, at Seventh street and North Carolina avenue southeast, together with mis- cellaneous repairs to the present building, was awarded by the Com- missioners yesterday to R. R. Cun- ningham. The project will cost $5,588 The Commissioners rejected all plant heating system'and plumbing n the District Training School, near | Laurel Md., because the lowest price quoted exceeds the appropriation avail floslor the work. The lowest G bids for the installation of a power | Leed: \ 5,000 VOTE FOR MOORE. Eighth Virginia Representative Elected Without Opposition. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 3.— Representative R. Walton Moore was re-elected without opposition yester- day for the elghth district. The name of the late John W. Leedy of Manas- sas, Republican nominee, was on the ballot and obtained a number of votes. Moore recetved more than 5,000 votes in the district. Only 650 votes were polled here and of this number Representative Moore received 610 and Leedy, 27. Thirteen votes were voided because of being improperly marked. The vote by wards follows: First, Moore, 136; Leedy, 6. Second, Moore, 128; Leedy, 3. Third, Moore, 199: y, 14. Fourth, Moore, 147 Leedy, 4. ‘There are 4,903 qualified voters in the city. In Arlington County the vote was 117 for Moore and 104 for Lee Thirty-four votes were thrown out be- cause the re improperly marked D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1926. Fairfax County gives Moore approxi- mately 800 votes and Leedy, 24. In Culpeper Moore received 407 votes and in Prince William Moore received 500 votes. The vote in Potomac, Jefferson dis- trict, Arlington County, was Moore, 91; Leedy, 6; vold, 3. ITALIAN GENERAL OUSTED Bencivenga Retired for Discipli- nary Reasons by Fascists. ROME, November 3 (#).—Brig. Gen. 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