Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1926, Page 12

12 THE D. C., DECEMBER 19. WADDEY TO RETRE | AIMEN'S CLUBS AID THRIFT WORK Completes 55 Years’ Service! - 3 | Business, Professional and AS CHIEF ENGRAVER partment December 31. Drive January 4. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, | Thrift Week Chairman 1926—PART 1. ; i ; . " 3 S S SN €627 7th St. NW. % P :;}\ t.-‘ ) £ 627 7th St. NW.. " 3 B > Cmrr 3 - y d ¥ givhogin.. There is nothing finer with which to say Christmas greetings than a genuine diamond. Whether it ment diamond, or a ring for some member of the family, you’ll make no mistake selecting it from our immen Furthermore, we tell you exactly what it is—and at any time you want a larger stone we'll gladly allow purchase price in trade. We set stones to the mountings you personally select. Franc Jewelry Co., 627 7th St. For nine business men's, profes- | sional,” civic and fr organiza- | tions will be represented in the tenth | annual Thrift week campaign, which | is to be held in Washington from Jan- | uary 17 to 24. Eighy representatives | of these organizations, comprising the | general committee, are to meet Janu- | 4 to complete details for the cam- | Completing iydrographic ment, John Waddey, will retire from active duty 31, it w announced sterday. His passing has been officially noted by Capt. W. S. Crosley, naval hydrog- & rapher, in the following letter of ary commendation » paig “During this long period of faith- byl Victor B. Deyber, pri ful service I find your re~ord is one to Second National Bank. ap- | be proud of and that you are leaving pointed chairman of the campaign, | thé service with a knowledge that the and will be assisted by Charles H. Hille- | imprint of your service is permanently < B geist as first vice chawrman; George 2 i o redorded in_chart engravings cover. | JOHN A. WADDEY. & il nn. secondivice chaltman: Prank VICTOR B. DEYBER. ing all parts of the world. | — | W. White, t r, and C. E. Flem- = *I desire to convey to you the best ;imz. secreta airmen of special wishes of the office, your continued | committees will include Mr. Hillegeist good headth and enjoyment of a well as head of the meetings-speakers com- earned retirement; and also congratu- mittee; Louls Rothschild, publicity: Iste you upon the enviable reputation Frank H. White, finance; Francis G you leave with all who have been as Addison, bank day: Robert L. Flath- | | ers, budget day; S. H. Talkes, pa) s-pr v Dr. W. L. Darby, 4 ¥ | share-with-oth, :; Paul D. Sleeper, ilife insurance day; Y. E. Booker, e | investments and make-a-will day | X sociated with you.” i Born in Georgetown. | Thrift week begins with January Gk R Dougal. a picture engraver in George 17, the natal day of Benjamin Frank- | Government in Strict Accord- ance With Jesus’ Words Mr. Waddey was born in George town December 31, 1852.. He served | e town. His first employers were Lady Cynthia Mosley Aiding of thrift, in whose French, Langran & Ogilvie, who | h is annually placed Rejected in Edinburgh. B Special Value Diamond Ring 50c a Week Honest Values, backed up Large, sparkling ity and truthfulness have mounting. built this great business. THE PROOF of our re- putation for square dealings is illustrated by the remarkable fact that over 759, of our customers continue to either add to or re-open their ac- counts. Dinner 3 genuine blue white diamonds, set in a lovely 18-kt solid white ~ gold hand pierced mounting. A real value at this low price. Pay $1 a Week 2L BN as an apprentice to William M./ were doing contract work for the| Hushand in Hectic Race |. the Franklin statue, Tressury Department and the Hy { eet and Pennsylvania ave tographic Office of the Navy. H { In 1872 he was appointed to the Hy- for Parliament. drographic Office as an advanced ap- | S5 prentice engraver at a salary of $50 N a month. The office then was located | By the Associated Press. in the Octagon House, Eighteenth| 1,0NDO: December street and New York avenue. Com- where wager modore R. H. Wyman was in charge with an office force of 12 persons ay, odds of 10 The Hydrographic Office then had that young new charts engraved by contract and debo- kept them corrected to date in the office, and possessed only 24 chart plates. During the time Mr. Waddey has served in that office, the number of employes has increased to 154, and the number of charts to 2,900. In this period of service, the office has been located in several buildings. It moved from the Octagon House 0 | weeks in America, visiting the chief the old Navy Building, and thence to |inqustrial centers of the Atlantic sea- the State, War and Navy Bullding |poarq an dthe Midwest to study . upon the completion of that structure. | ot T0nditions and production| Second Mate Reach Private Became Chief in 1913. | methods. | Agreement. e as t ne of the ! The chart instruction division was | , L0 campalgn has been offe ¢ Sioved from ‘this bulMing to o small | Ditterest -ever fought t‘a':_mg‘;;“(;, —_— Brick! bullding, now standing at the | Britain. Roughandtumble tacties S50 northwest corner of Seventeenth street | Vitriclic personal - and New York avenue. About 1903, | tured the fight. the entire Hydrographic Office was | Personal Criticism Indulged. brought together again in the Mills| The personalities of the couple. Building, where it remained for 10| their wealth, fine clothes, automobiles vears, and then was moved to the|and palatial homes, have been the ants this year have promised ation in the holding of a Thrift week in merchandise, and an inten- sive drive will be made in all the high and grammar schools to. drive home the thrift message. This has proven exceptionally valuable in past years, especially in the primary schools, in many of which savings banks have heen’ installed, By the Associated P EDINBURGH 18.—Great Br season has been stir ssjcns as to whether a modern an be governed strictly in ac cordance with the teaching of Christ Andrew Gibson, member of th Edinburgh town ‘council, believes tha it can and introduced a motion-in the council to that effect His motion created a tremendou stir, not only inburgh, but throughout Gres in. Hundred« of congratulator s and offers of all sorts of moral support have poure. in on the councillor. The motion eventually was killed incompetent after legal experts hao been consulted. After the motion had been submit ted to the council, it was sent to the Lord Prevost's committee for consid etution and Gibson, a tall gaunt figure By the Askotiatel Brees. | with the light of asceticism in hi: NEW YORK, December 18.—Dif- | pyes, made an impassioned plea in its ferences between Eugene G. Brewster, | hehalf. magazine publisher; his second wife, ixcept the Lord build the house Corliss Palmer, screen actress, and |they labor in vain that build it,” Gib, Mrs. Eleanor V. Brewster, the pub-|son quoted from Psalms cxxvii lisher’s first wife, have been ended the Lord keep the = by = Oswald nair Soc! Mosley, granddaughter late Levi C. Leiter of Chicago, will be elected to the House of Commons on Tuesday. He is a candidate in the| parliamentary election at Smethwick, | near Birmingham. ! The Mosleys recently spent 10 - BREWSTER MARITAL TROUBLES SETTLED Publisher, Former Wife and His | 37 e S Magnificent Dafi\ond $1.50 a Week A wonder for value. 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Mrs. Brewster obtained a judgment for $200,000 early last Spring from a jury which decided Miss Palmer had alienated Mr. Brewster’s affections. Miss Palmer did not contest Mrs. Brewster's syit or the judgment levied against her. Brewster, who married cept vatchman waketh but in vain. bson, speaking of the coming Christmas holidays, thought that the time was opportune to ask the coun cil, not merely to approve, but to take a high resolve upon his motion which asked that Christ's law should be made the foundation of every discus sion and act of the council. What did the councillors see when | o § Gruen Watches 3 G ucranlead‘ 'Movement TOILET SETS—— Bracelet to Match 15-jewel guaranteed movement 25- year guaran- I$teed white zold filled case. $iFamous La S§Treb watch. the actress in Mexico recently after obtaining a divorce from his first wife, sald at Los Angeles Wednesday night that the settlement would be announced here soon. 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T ilizati Bones were broken, meetings dis- Currency Stabilization Measure |, FO0%%, i Teporters mobbed in out- i i breaks of rowdyism after the first bit- Creates New Unit With terness was injected into the cam- i {paign by the announcement of Sir Gold as Basis. Oswald_ Mosley that his son “was —Fokes born with a_gold spoon in his mouth By the Associated Press. and ‘never did an honest day’s work RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Decem. | In his life. council_simpl, ber 18—President Washington Luis Big Political Guns Boom. Business and Then Hangs Self. Py today signed the national finance | During the final stages of the A a Bill to stabilize the curency. The |pattie ihe big political guns of | g CruCAGO, December 18 P - S SR S S 2 2 plan is to change from the milreis to | Britain boomed in Smethwick. Ram- |y cinacs” interests here, today wrote N a new unit known as the cruzeiro,|say MacDonald, former Labor Pre-|, jengthy letter to his wife, detailing which will be on a gold basis, con-| mier, traveled from London to bless [ L& ¥ T v 0 o S8 R S usiness vertible under the present system at|Mosley’s candidacy and answer|e. o “ipe " averges into which it had approximately 12 cents for each mil-| charges against him. Premier Bald- | qdet 3 %€ TaVEIER SN0 VP Ol 00 §els when sterling is at par in New | win sent a personal message to the |, ;o Y U York. Smethwick Conservatives; his daugh- olater 4 KES The present administration has |ter Betty backed it by piunging into |, Hi8 body was found suspended nullified President Bernardes' plan |the fight to oftset Cynthia’s cam-|JOm & SUrSay iR, the Jteteancie for a higher éxchange for Brazilian pa_}ghnlnfi. % PR Ciiner 8 s part 49 currency, which he obtained by burn- e day Betty arrived, however, g s ing paper currency in sufficient|Premier Baldwin's Socialist son, w;{e“eon":’;"“e < letter l‘}"'”lfl his o amounts to cause a sharp rise in the [Oliver, also reached the town, to halt “"’Wd 'ilnfi running”into a exchange value of the milreis. This|thwart his sister'’s efforts. So the}half a milllon dollars. reached the top figure about Septem- | Smethwickians were set to wondering e e Ll s ber 1, when rumors reached business | about the crisscross political beiiefs | Riverdale Home Damaged. men that President Luis favored a|of England's first families. el ety H g a 30 per cent decline in the value of WOMAN PUBLISHER SUED Jomephi T = the paper, milreis. his has been SER e 0 imonston road, Uk accompanied by various internal BYSOUSTEDSEMPUDYE | = deaiosd about 3007ty 6ire ently es P e reactona lOUTioe to the roof by the Riverdale firemems 915 per cent. In ihe value of Cofec:| Roi ToMeson Says He Has Lost|The fire started from an overheated $1.95 proximately 15 per cent decline in ew York Morning Telegraph 3 . the New York market. | o Bl e — P > E s TYPEWRITERS || Harry C. Grove, Inc. $100,000 FOR CANCER By the Associated Press. A NEW_YORK, December 18.—Suit Sold and Repaired 1210 G St. DISCOVERERS OFFERED |fract was ‘nieq heve yestorday by Roi | Some, rwal euranteed Chrinimts bargains. Tolleson, _ stockholder, against the | 1308 1B N TV RITER EXCHAN G2, | S s e e e Hermis Trust COrporation, Proprietor | s e e o S Baunders Will Give $50,000 0 |of the New York Morning Telegraph. Tearn Cause of Disease and Mr. Tolleson claims he merged his paper, the Daily Running Horse, said 9 $50,000 for Cure. to have been worth $450,000, with E. rls t]nas 19 SR R. Thomas’ Morning Telegraph. Mr. ’ o g Tolleson said he was to run the rac- £ HW };ORK.alsetl:lembe‘r lli—One ing department of the paper and get SHOP EARLY—MAIL EARLY undred thousand dollars in prizes to|a salary of $346 weekly. Upon the the person or group discovering means | death of Mr. Thomas, Mrs. Lucy Cot- FOR BETTER SERVICE of controlling and preventing cancer |ton Thomas, the widow, prevented 2 will be awarded by Willlam Lawrence | him from doing any work and stopped Saunders, president of the Ingersoll- | his salary, Mr. Tolleson said. Dissolu- Rand Co. tion of the merger is asked by Mr. Announcement of the prize offers | Tolleson. was made here last night by Dr.| Mrs. Thomas, publisher of the Tele- George A. Soper, managing director |graph, called the suit “just another of the American Society for the Con-|petty annoyance.” “I am getting a trol f Cancer, at a dinner marking |great thrill out of running a news the opening of a campaign by the so- | paper in my own way,” she said. ciety for a $1,000,000 endowment | My, Tolleson cannot prevent me fund. from doing that. He just didn’t fit Mr, Saunders is a director of the scheme of things. I am let- New York Federal Reserve Bank and er attend to him.” “president of the United Engineering | Socletles. He offers $50,000 to any one discovering the- cause of cancer and how it can be prevented posi- tively and $50,000 to the discoverer of | a proved cure, gl SRR Copeland Has Newspaper Account| A S, Inserted to Show Agents That typhoid fever is still a strong menace to life is shown by the fact Are Active. that there were 9,000 more cases in A big alcohol raid by State troop- 1325 than In 1924, ers at Suffern, N. Y., Friday put prohibition into the Senate record yesterday. Semator Copeland, Democrat, New Yorky secured unanimous consent to | have & newspaper account of the raid | Select Christmas Gifts in the comfort of your home. Initial Ring for men. Solid 14- kt. gold ring, initial set on packionx . ATCIT S0 up big value at. Pay 50c a Week inserted in the Camgressional Record, together with a statement in which he asserted the raid demonstrated that the administrative policy of the Empire State as regards prohibition was beyond reproach. ] The incident established, he said, that although the State at large is not in sympathy with the Volstead act, the State officers charged with the co-operation in the administration of the law were cognizant of their | duty. Read the many at- tractive offerings in the Christmas Gift Sugges- tion classification of The Star- and make your selections before starting out. Your Regular Pay- Tue Cuarees Scunener Baking Co. s ments Start in Janu- ary, Either Weekly or Mcnthly. . v St e sl ceder St e et e e Phone Main 9650 2 Vet The female mourning dove is skill- £ul at luring strangers from her nest pretending to stagger away wlth; by ._&mxtmlu. 3