Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1926, Page 44

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DISTRICT T0 VOTE, OHIO SOGIETY TOLD Edson Predicts Franchise Rights Will Come to Local Residents. president of ling officer John Joy Edson. vice the Ohio Soci and pre “t its meeting last night, took .lon to voice a strong | for the s anting of the franchise to residents of the District of Columbia and for| representation of the District in Con Mr. Edson pointed out that those|j who live in the District must perform the obligations of citizens without the 1ight to exercise any of of eitizenship. He expr vietion that the franchise will be «ranted ultimately to residents of the wistrict. Representative Theodore E. Burton, newly elected president of the societ; asked the co-operation of the membe <hip in plans for future activities, and gave reminiscences of his boyhood days in the Buckeye State. “It is an honor to belong to the Ohlo Society,” he said, “and it is stinction to come from Ohjo. § vVhio, young man, or else come to ashington and help run the Govern- ment.”" Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the | National Geographic & lecturer of the evenin pressions of Hawaii his remarks with motion pictures. ‘The musical program was Dorothy Sherman wife of Willlam T. and Mrs. Paul Bleyde the formal meeting re: served and there was dancing. compose ist. Aft PRISDN_EI?S—W;N FREEDOM. Three Inlvenworth Inmates Will Be Released Christmas Morning. LEAVENWORTH, Kans., December 14 (P).—Three inmates of the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, will receive what they most desire for Christmas—f{reedom. Executive clemency, effective Cnrist- mas mormng has been extended to Claud Tisdel, occa- | os | Pr - | ur and illustrating | hments were | THE EVENING Official Says Navy, Lacking Personnel, will be dependent on for- cign_sources of chart supply, Capt. W. S. Crosley, naval hydrographer, says in his annual report, and this is largely due to lack of personnel with which to keep up with the increasing number of sury making new charts necessary. | There is a general shortage of civil- ian personnel, he says, making it im- | possible to comply thoroughly with { the mission of the Hydrographic Offic all n the division d in_the divi tion. The work United States sources of b in a is espes tr required to make th independent of foreign { chart supply cannot b ble period with the plement. The section of A um: direc- | tions is particularly short of personnel d the revision of sailing directions is falling behind. Reclassification ved the efficier im- again justment | be considered for the field force of 22 civilian employes in the 17 branch hydrographic offices. They are not sufficiently paid, he said. Further readjustments of pay, fol- lowing the passage of the reclassifi cation act, have afforded a measure of relief to the technical employes of the Hydrographic Office, who for so y_years have been underpaid, MAIL BOXES ON TRAMS. sreatly Back of Street Cars. BERLIN, December 14 (#).—Let- s on street cars are an inno- in the German postal system imilar to those at the street are attached to the rear plat- | forms of trolley cars on lines which pass the main post office or important | branches. | Persons desiring to mall a letter wait until the car &omes along, step up behind it and drop the missive in | the box. As the cars pass the post |office or branch the boxes are opened | and_empti Anywhere you go 7 s you can buy this safe low-cost anti-freeze TON!GHT you must have an anti-freeze in your radiator. And on any road you take there’s a garage or filling sta- tion supplying Pyro. Stop there. Have the right mixture put in, Take home fi Pyro, too, then add’‘a htt!e Pyro and water from time to time to take care of the nat- ural evaporation. It’s as easy as adding water alone. Pyro is so inexpensive, so safe, so easy to use that 40% of all motorists in Amer- ica last winter depended on Pyro to protect cars against cold. Pyro won’t clog cooling systems, won’t rot hose con- nections, won’t leak out, nor eat through metal parts. Any make of car can use Pyro safely. You can’t buy equal safety cheapu—youcan’tbuygreaher safety at any g:t The Pym Proportion C much Pyro is needed to ¢\ve you complete protection atany temperature. Ask the garage man for your copy. Look for the blue and white Pyro label on the drum. Take homea gallon can of Pyro and keep it in your garage Garages and filling stations sell Pyro from the blue-la- beled Pyro drum U. S. Industrial Alcohol Co. 'WHOLESALE ‘Washington, Alexandria, Va. H. Kirk DISTRIBUTORS = emeemeeee Gasoline Co. & Sons, Inc. [ Germany Has Them Attached to| i Southern Automobile Supply Co., Inc. | Speedex Mu?t Depend on Foreign Chart Supplies vears to come the United while in many cases reclassification has not vet had the necessary effect because of lack of funds to bring some of the lower grades near to average in grade. Capt. Crosley points out also that it is difficult to obtain eligibles from the Civil Service Commission for va- cancies of junfor engineer and for ratings of nautical assistant, cartog- raphers, map engravers and negative s few men are qualified in and few candidates pre- sent themselves for examination recommends an in- ! crease in the personnel of the con struction section in order to furnish M Navy prompily with charts bused| * adding that data from our own new surveys and from the new work of foreign coun- tries have been accumulating rapidly. ~ Kinney’s Last Minute « Gift Suggestions that are Useful and Serviceable CHRISTMAS GIFTS For the Family at amazingly Low Prices Women's and Children’s Felt Moccasin Bedroom Slippers. Ribbon mmmcd beau- tiful color combinations. Chlldren s Glfts No. 351—Children’s a 1 d Misses' Dress or Schwol Shoes. Patent with Beayer or Gray Tops; or Calf with Blonde To Very attr tive shoes. E Sizes 8Y5-11, $2.98 ses 11%i- 2, $349 STAR, WASHINGTO. BLACKSMITH ENDS LIFE AFTER SLAYING OFFICER Man Barricaded in Hotel Fires Into Police Outside Door Before Shooting Self. By the Associated Press. WATERLOO, Quebec, December 14. | Conatable Mester foll, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 the officers sald they held a warrant for him. Vi bullets. shot through His reply to the order to surrender was olley of the heart. Jamieson was hit in the hand and forced to retreat. Storming the hotel room was de- layed because Delorme’s supply of ammunition was unknown. While police planned a surprise attack on lhe killer's stronghold shots from in- 1926. lowed, and in a few minutes the door was shattered. Delorme was found @ead, his gun in his hand. Altar Cloth Worth $100,000. NEW YORK, December 14 (#).— An altar cloth comprised of more than 100 pleces of old lace heirlooms will be dedicated at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. It is wvalued at $100,000. The design follows that of —Refusing to surrender to a cordon | gjde the room were heard. Silence fol-|a church mosaic floor. of police formed about the hotel to which he had been traced, Wilfred i Delorme of Savage Mills, blacksmith, committed suicide here afternoon after killing a "constable and wounding a sheriff. Delorme, wanted on a charge of|f| pfllnllng firearms at a neighbor, fled home when he learned police were afling him. [igh Constable Jean a >, B! Jamieson, sheriff of |{ , followed the man from his home and with reinforcements surrounded the hotel. Delorme barricaded himself in his room and declined to come out when No. 283—Children’s and Growing_ Girls' Dress or School Shoes. Broad Com- fortable Toes; Rubber s 8152, $1.98 vesterday | [l CHESELDINES DIVORCED. Guard Director Accused of Gross Neglect by Wife. LONDON, Ohlo, December 14 (#).— Mrs. Dorothy Cheseldine, formerly of Los Angeles, was recently granted a divorce in Madison County Court from Lieut. Col. Raymond M. 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