Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1926, Page 27

\ CAT THAT SAVED ~ FAMILY RETURNS “Grapes” Found in Ruins of Home Where Little Girl Perished. maltese _heroine whose timely warning early Saturday probably saved other members of the Solomon household at 1212 Thirteenth street from flames which took the life of six-year-old Blanche, her little mistress, came home last night. Found wandering, mewing piteous- ly, about the charred wreckage of the little \e, a friendly neighbor took the bereft cat to her home, fed and comforted the mnervous animal and last night brought her back to the Solomon family, which is quar \ tered temporarily at 1215 Thirteenth street, directly across the street from the scene of the tragedy. Is Plainly Disconsolate. With practically all of their world Iy possessions stroyed, although thelr loss is forgotten in the greate grief over the tragedy which befel little Blanche, members of the family this morning were sorting the few things which escaped the flames, now and again turning to a scorched sheaf of pictures from which smile face whose smile no longer by their days save in m<mory. nervous, plainly ~disconsolate of her mistress and feel- in new surroundings, s found under the cou 1d, coaxed her forth and the g cat curled up in her arms, purring for the first time since the fire. x She consented to have her picture but not until she was held by ssenblatt, uncle of Blanche, the » as_ his d by ind flames. Cat Now Priceless. the fathe smoke Members of and mother, nd gra father, some of them wearing ban- 4 dages, mute evidence of burns sus- tained during the fire, and all of them stunned by the blow w h befell them only a few hours before a day which had been set aside for a merry double birthday celebrat:on, in token of Blanche’ th anniversary and the ¢ of little Sylvia, cling their most cherished , stating that no amount of could deprive the household of the animal. “Blanche loved her, you see,” the mother said simply. The mother can speak With resig- nation of a newly made grave in Adas Israel Cemetery, where a beloved form was laid Sunday at the very hour when it had been expected that the house would ring with her gay laughter at her birthday party, but there is a little pasteboard box, mar- red by smoke, but with its contents untouched, which no member of the family can approach save through a mist of tears, nor speak of in other than husky accents. 1t contains the birthday cake, piti- fully brave in its white and pink icing. FOUR U. S. CAVALRYMEN HELD ON DRUG CHARGE Two Others Sought at Fort Meade in Alleged Smuggling Con- spiracy. By the Associated Press. \ _DEADWOOD, §. Dak., December 21.—Four United States cavalrymen are under arrest at Fort Meade and two others were sought by Federal officers investigating operations of an alleged narcotic clique. The two sought are on furlough. Officers charge that narcotics have been smuggled from the post hospital to the soldiers at the post. A ser- geant and three privates are in the guardhouse. Discovery of the operations of the alieged narcotic peddlers came when gne of the troopers became erlously 1. . PLANS PENNY POST CARD. House Reduces Cost and Sends Bill to Senate. The penny private post card will #oon blossom again upon racks long denuded of their cards because of the 2-cent postage rate—that is, if the Senate concurs in the action of the House vesterday in voting restoration of the l-cent rate to private post cards. In all five bills to revise existing postal rates were introduced by Chair- man Greist of the postal committee and came before the House with the recommendation of the Post Office De- partment. They await action by the Senate. One of the measures passed, duced after long hearings, would L thorize transmission of business repl. cards, the return postage of not more than 2 cents to be paid by the original mailer when the card is returned. A third bill amending the postal act would fix at 1 cent an ounce the rate on publications when mailed as sec- ond-class matter by others than the ublisher or his agent, while another il would provide for an additional charge on first-class matter malled with insufficient postage The House also extend :special dell cels when labeled “special handling’ and on which extra postage is paid. ¢ The rate would be 15 cents for pound cents for 10 pounds and cents for more than 10 pounds, the maller does not desire special de livery the ate fo more than 10 pounds would be 25 cents TWO FILE PETITIONS. Woluntary Bankruptcy by Local Firms Entered of Record. G. Karl Schuerger, trading as the WNational Tire Service, 1 Pennsyl vania avenue southeast, ] L petition to be adj ists his debts .33 and estimates his assets at $679.93. He is represent- ed by Attorney Simon H. Rourke, A volunt ary petition in bankruptcy was also filed by James W. Norris, trading as the Northeast Laundgy. @12 Tweltth street nort goheaules his debts at $2,237. pays his assets are worth § Attorney 7. H. Allison appea the bankrupt. pro- PARIS FACING DEFICIT. Budget for 1927 Reveals 102,000, 000 Francs Lacking. PARIS, December 21 () —Paris ‘faces a deficit of 102,000,000 francs, it 18 shown by the budget for 1927, made public today. The budget tot 000,000 francs, or seven time: of operating the. city gover: fore the war The municipal council proposes to wipe out the deficit by i the Sustoms dutles on articles entering the city pather than increase the already bigh taxation. htens ¥ i If§ Heroine ! | | i | {MYER ROSENBLATT, GRAPES. ACTIGN IS POSTPONED ON MOVING OF MILLS Ware, Mass., and Greenville, N. H.. Breathe Easier as Otis Owners Delay Decision. By the Associated Press | WARF Mass., December 2 =1 Gloom which had 1n to settle over i { this mill town was somewhat dis {vesterday when the mnews re { here that the stockholders of the Otis | Co., at a meeting in Boston had post- | {poned decision on the question of re- | | moval of textile mills, the indus- | trial mainstay of the town., to the south. Of the town’s 8,500 souls 500 are employed in the Otis mills. The Christ outlook brightened for the little town of Greenville, H., where the Otis Co. also has mills. Greenville has a population of 1,350. | al A special committee told the stoc holders’ meeting that it was i to continue operations in England mills of the comp: 1 th not assured as vet, the spec committee and the board of directors are to meet this week to formulate | a definite plan to perpetuate a England industry which is nearly century old. KING TO GIVE JEWELS | AS CHRISTNAS GIFTS British Ruler’s Present to Queen Kept Secret; Prince Brings Oriental Objects. By the Associated Press | NDRINGHAM, England, Decem- ber 21.—King George's Christmas | gifts to the members of the fam are to be chiefly ticles of jewelry, | but just what he is to give the Queen, and vice versa, remains by tradition a secret. The Queen’s remembrance to the | Prince of Wales includes cuff links of the enameled racquets, commemo- rating his recent splendid play the army squash racquets champion- ships. An Oriental touch will be given to the royal Christmas this year, owing to the arrival of Prince George, the youngest son, from the Far Bast, where he served as a naval lieutenant, He brought with him a wealth of carved ivory, ebony, lacquer and old china. g The gifts will be distributed at the | royal breaktfast table. . MAKES GIFT OF $100,000 TO TEACHERS’ COLLEGE Wade H. Cooper, Head of Conti- nental Trust Company of D. C., Aids Peabody Institytion. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., ~Wade Hampton « dent of the Contin the United State; Bank of Washington, made a gift of $100,000 to George Peabody Col- lege for Teachers, it was announced here yesterday. The fund is to estab- lish a scholarship foundation to aid Southern rural school teachers. Pea- body College draws quite a number of its enrollment from foreign coun- tries and all parts of the United States. December pres t Co. and The gift was made to the Tennes- institution several months ago, per said today, to enable coun: school teachers in the South to in advanced education without cost to themselves, Cooper said he did not care to discuss the gift. Would Take Provinces Out of In- sular Jurisdiction. resentative Bacon, Republican, reintroduced 'vester bill to take the Moro provinees of the | Phitippine Islands out of the jurisdic tion of the insular Le bodies minor chang statement, to show 1k intention to dismember the istands or ige existing land laws. he sole purpose of the bill,” said, “is to remove a cause of stant friction between two nistic racial elements in the “The Moros and the Filipinos wel gaged in warfare more than 500 {prior to our coming to the island it should be remembered that the pinos have never subjected the Mor Under the bill the Moros and Fiii- pinos would be under the executive power of the Philippine Islands, but each would have its local government and local legislative bodies. Another bill affecting the Philip- pines, introduced yesterday by Sena- tor Bingham, Republican, Connecticut, prov for the appointment of a rs to visit the islands ¥ nd report to Con- gress on the government and condi- tions. A similar bill was passed by the House last June. ol Hearing on Couzens’ Taxes. The United States Board of Tax Appeals has announced that a special hearing will be held by one of its divisions sitting in _Detroit January 111 on the income tax controversies over puyments of Senator Couzens, Republican, Michigan, in_connection with sales of Ford Motor Co. stock and paymen s heirs of the estate of the Dodgs , automobile manu- facturers. 1 i 2 | Nearly $1,000,000 worth of non-in THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1926. First Annual Function of Or- ganization Attended by Throng of 800 Brilliant with PAN-STATE SOCIETY ATBRILLIANT BALL the beautiful gowns 1 by of the participants and enhancs appropriate decoration: Society, representing 20 formal delegations from societies whose scheduled have not vet > formally with the women who r which enabled leading re the Pan-State tate societies lin Washington, held its first annual | ball at the Willard last night, attended | by more than 800 guests, including in- other Pan-s ank States to mingle with a ¢ Vi State meetings fforded opportunity to ate high in the social and professional life of the Nation participated in the event, m mon soclal purpose. Twenty boxes, each of them marked by a State flag, served as headquarters for State dele- gations which had formally accepted invitations to the ball and large dele- gations were present informally from other State bodles. { Comdr, Yeandle, aide to Rear Admiral F. C. 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The hearings will begin Jan They were ordered after a br cussion, in which se 1 Senators ex- pressed the opinion that information should be obtained to determine it Mr. Woods had any interest in cases now’ pending before the commission. Senator Reed, Republican, Penns: who recommended Mr., Woc ised no objection tc ELECTRICAL v 14 & 50 g and Accessory .+.8%¢ Taste-Tempting Toasters Unexcelled Urn Sets GIFT 5 C Ives Toy Trains For your boys—Ives Toys—interest- instructive Train Sets, plete in every detail of a regular railway system of Switches, the hearings, declaring that an in- quiry would show Mr. Woods' record to be above reproach. The committee postponed action on the nomination of Abram F. Myers of Iowa as a member of the IFederal Trade Commission on request of Sen ator Walsh, Democrat, Montana. 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