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600 WILL ATTEND W.C.T.U. SESSIONS morrow to Prepare for Tuesday Conference. feliil of the Christian Temperanc preliminary meeting Hotel today and plete arrinzements sessions the will convene at day worning. The continue through Thu - d hundred delegates, represe tically every € in the attend. The aims of the conferenc focus attention on law of study the problems of 1w and to propose legixlat end. While in Washingion, the dele gates will be hostessex at « dinner Thursday night to which members o * Congress and their w invited, the table arr ing by Sutcs, so that St sional delegates and State W. (' " organizations will be seated together National Women's Union wiil hold at the Mayflower tomorrow to com- for the mzauon, Nayflowe conven o1 org whicn th: will Union, v Mrs. Boo'e Arrives. Mrs. Ella A. Boole, national | dent of the W. . T. U. of Bro arrived in W ngton yesterday take charge of the conference and called on President Coolidge at noon and urged upon him the advisability of a natfon-wide survey of the effect of prohibition. This propo:al will be made a part of the discu conference. Late in the day Boole addressed a meeting ficers on the subject. Among women who are to the conference are Mrs. Addie of San Franc president of Northern Calitornin e Nelle Burger. Springfield, Mo, dent of the Missouri W. C. . U.; Mrs. Adrianna Hungerford, president of the Colorado W. C. T. U.; Miss Helen Hood, Chicago. president of the Illi- nois W. C. T. U. Led Political Fights. Each of these women ied a political fight against some form of wet refer- endum in the last elections. They will tell something of their experiences and give recommendations as to the way of handling future referenda, if necessary. It is predicted that among the cam paigns to be launched at the confer- ence will be an anti-hip-flask move. ment. Many women throughout the country organized local movements against the sale of h'p flasks during the Christmas holidays, and lead declare this conference will endeavor to start a campaign of education to make hip flasks unpopular. vn, to VIRGINIANS TO HAVE BIG CROP DISPLAY Two-Day Session at Frederick:burg to Include Judging Awards and Addre:ses. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG. Va., January 22.—Entries are arriving for the sixth annual show and convention of the Virginla Crop Improvement Associa- tion, January 27 and 28. The final glle for receiving entriss s Wednes- ay. President Harvey Clapp will open the sesslon at 10 am Dr J. G. King, mayor, will deliver the we'come and Mr. Clapp will respond T. B. Hutcheson Judge A. T. Em- brey, G W. Patteson. jr.; H. H. Willis and Dr. T. K Wolfe will speak. A banquet will be served at the Elks Club On Friday the farmers’ corn-judging contest will be held, medals awarded, addresses made and committee reports acted on. The annual meeting of the new board of directors will foliow. The American farmer was never able to produce more effec today, states the research div the Nativnal BEducation Association The farmer's economic plight is not due to a shortage of econom'c energy for production, but to a lack of help in seling already raised crops. The Stock Is Moving Fast 25% Reduction on Lamps & Shades A charming variety of well selected Lamps and Shades, in Silk and Parchment Table Lamps, Bedside Lamps, Boudoir Lamps. Make an Early Choice 517 10th St. Main 6549 JOSEPH D. CAMPBELL eal Estate Loans No Commission Charged You can take 12 years to pay off your lqan without the expense of renewing. $1,000 for $10 per month, including interest and prin- cipal, half of which is ap- plied to reduction of debt. Larger or smaller loans at prop(.rliun;«l(' rates. PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Largest in Washington. Assets Over $13,500,000 Cor. 11th and E N.W. JAMES BERRY. President. JOPHUA W. CARR, Secretary. annual | Tues- | 1 e utae committe ill be given Friday a. it sectetary | vice president. to vight; Miss Sel PREVENTS A FLOOD { Potomac Overflowing Benks at Williams- rort, With Rain Forecast. Special Dispatch to The Star HAGERSTOWN, Md., January 22. —Bre: of an- ice jam in the Potomac River hetween Hancock and Cumberland today prevented i prob- ible flood of serious proportions. The water at Williamsport was within 3 feet of overflowing and + feet above normal, with prospects of rairls above that point. The Potomac Fdison and Electric Co. power plant registered a stage of R feet above normal. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, January : Potomac River all buoys ' between Bellevue and Dahlgren are out of on because of icc. IFloes ~arried the Dahlgren buoy nearly 3 miles from its correct site In Elk River the Oldfields Light has been destroyed by Chis wil) be re-established as soon s possible. In the Rappahannock cer the Rose Rock Light h by ice. Two lights in and Miles River ar axtinguished and will be relighted =aeq as ice permit —In the Point Wife Gets $30 Maintenance. Justice Smith in Equity Division 1 has granted separate maintenance of 30 per month to Mrs. Marguerite P. McNamee trom Harr Namee, The wife is also given the custody of the child. They were married Novem ber 6, 1915 Attorney Henry M Fowler appeared for the wife. Mrs. lLouise Rakestraw has been granted by Justice Smith a limited divorce Straw, a music! on’ a is pay $50 per month alimony. e married September 14, The wife was represented by Attorney Campbell Howard pedals. best in offered. A ny up- right of standard make—for only bargain! Organs T e — WOMEN’S TRADE UNIO hington Womel 1 Borchard, pre: Mrs. Agnes King, Miss Ethel Smith Within Three Feet of| ve ice. | s been | Listen to its This is your opportunity children. The best pianos are alw ARTHU PIANO THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, C., JANUARY 23, 1927—PART 1. s Tra yhouse, 1814 dent; Miss Louise K Mrs. Myrtle V. ' 70 PUSH LEGISLATION War Department Indorsement As- sures Passage This Session. Tydings Believes. Special Dispatch to The Sta BALTIMORE, ers of the Bay Shore | peake Bay bridge project, to push nece | through this session of Congr obtaini y 1 vesterday reta Representative i artment January are s after of Sec- 3 said the indorsement e immediate re and foreign He will u port by the interstate commerce committee. B Janney, counsel, and Ros- Bonsal, engineer for the bridge | company, will push action on the proj- laining its purpose. Details worked out that ruction can start April 1 if necessary permits are obtained. con the | BRIDE-ELECT GOES TO JAIL | Given Year and $500 Fine on | Liquor Violation Charge. Special Dispatch té The Star 1BERLAND, Md., January 2 s Oceola Hope of Uniontown, will spend a yvear in the Allegany County | workhouse for violating the liquor jlaw. She was sentenced today, after | planning to pe married within a few | days. Also, she will have to pay a |fine of $500. Miss Hope pleaded | guilty to having a quart of moon- | shine when ner home twas raided. She {told the court she had never sold { liquor, but nad it in the house for | her father, who is ill. William Gillen | testified that a short time before the jraid. he purchased a half-pint of | moonshine 1or $1 from Miss Hope. B e Many power development projects |are being planned for Mexico. Slightly Shopworn 28 Terms 10 DOWN $2 Per Week wvery G Street, Corner 13th sured passage of the bill in | LEAGUE PLANS BENEFIT coft, treasurer; Meabo, |3REAK OF ICE JAM |EAY BRIJGE BACKERS | | | | | | | | | Jordan’s Annual January CLEARANCE SALE BARGAINS FOR MONDAY!! PLAYER-PIANO You must see this beautiful player in order to appreciate its real quality. Have your favorite music played upon it or, better still, play it yourself. Notice how easy it {eaun{ul tone and you will agree with us that it is the finest instrument for the price that you have ever seen. L Baby Grand Latest lonial ine B COME EARLY—BEST BARGAINS GO FIRST to bring music into your home—and into the lives of your s the first to go, so come early and get the best | By the Awsocinted Press ! NEW YORK, January | Rockefelle battl 18 for acquisition of the Wheel ke » Union Lengue gathers to discuss plans for a card par « street, for the benefit of members of the league and their (‘|I|l-‘ 2 man, industrial van T. Daniel, on Star Photo. | a Hal Favors Bond Issue Bill. A favorable report was ordered yes-| terday by the Senate territories com mittee on a House bill authorizing the of Wrangel, Alaska, to issue | bonds not to exceed 30,000 for im proving the town's water works. town DRINK WATER FREELY | IF KIDNEYS BOTHER | Also Take Salts if Back Hurts or Bladder Troubles You Flush your kidneys noted that too | much rich food forms a which lyze the kidneys in | to expel it from the | blood. They become sluggish and | | weaken; then you may suffer with | |a_dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick | headache, ness, your stomach | sours, tongue. is coated, and when | the weather is bad_you have rheu- | matic twing The urine gets| | cloudy, full of sediment, the chan- nels often get sore and irritated, | | obliging you to seek relief two or | three times during the night. To help neutralize these irritat ing acids; to help cleanse the kid neys and flush off the body’s | urinous waste, get four ounc | Jad Salts from any pharmacy here. Take a_tablespoonful in a glass of | water before breakfast for a few | days, and your kidneys may then act fine. = This famous salts made from the acid of grapes and | | lemon juice, combined with lithia, | |and has been used for years to | help flush and stimulate sluggish | | kidneys; also to neutralize the | acids” in the system so they no | longer irritate, thus often reliev- | ing bladder weakness. | Jad Salts is inexpensive; can not | injure and makes a delightful ef- ||| | fervescent lithia-water drink.—Ad- | vertisement. I8 s ’ style Co- cal respect. Victrolas Records e e e ROCKEFELLER HAS - RAIL FIGHT TRUMP {Westein Maryland Line. and Wheeling-Lake Erie Make Him Merger Factor. ion schemes . the Times say | sion of the stock of the Wheeling and of the shares, & 4 land. Sensational advanc of the two rc this paper pi Swer and L.F. far John D. sntral figure tern railroad Spe: ., sr., is the among Eas former receiver Bank Erie and Western Maryland . two shom lines of vast im : in the rounding out of con , #ays the New York Rockefeller cont both . through posses. Lake majority of the com quired from the late Gould, in the Western of Mr. son, pi take ¢ Jay it would s in the week gave profit value of the stock of the Wheelng ke Erie is 0 complete tha done toward acquiring it without pur chase of these holdings terests reported to be considering ac- quisition of the tw gens, the Lovee. The Times of alon has asked too high a figure to clinch the deal BANK RECEIVER NAMED. Shortage of $20,000 Found in Vir- ginia Institution’s Books. al Dispateh 0 The Star. STAUNTO] Judge Henr on w in the sum of § tichmond, examiner, arriv papers and, acc sceeded rge of the bank stated they were not fully acquainted with the e: eed shares | age was found by R ds on the stock market Richmond, last week. Ww. Mayor of the Mr. Rockefeller a $8,000,000 above the | e, over which control nothing could be Railroad in- | roads are the Van w York Central Mr. Rockefeller thus Va., January 22.-- Holt has appointed J. W Pilson as Mount ey County as immediately bonded ,000. M. E. Bristow Virginia's chief bank ed yesterday with the ompanied by Mr. Pil to Mount Sidney to Later they shortage, but believed $20,000. ‘This short J. Woodward of WAR VETERAN KILLED. John Train From Md. F. Freiburg Jolted Near Cheathaven. Special Dispatch to The Star cu LAND, Md., Janus John F. Freiburg, World War v was killed wnen thrown from a West ern Maryland Railway train near Cheathaven late yesterday With William Hays and Charles Herrington, ne was returning to Con nellsvilie from Cheathaven, where they had gone seeking employment. When the train stopped Freibu was jolted off, fractured skull, e served on the Mex going overseas in 1918, E through the pattle of the Marn Aisne, Courmont and the In the latter engagement gassed, Missing Student Located. h w The Star 5 Vit ) Joseph Salvin, 17 of Augusta Military Academy, wha was reported missing last week, has been located in Philadelphia, where he wus employed in a real estate office, according to information received at the school at Fort Defiance. His home is at Brooklyn, N. Y. uary 22 r-old student ¥ JANUARY SALE CONTINUED suddenly, | suffering a | e Ordered Here for Duty. Capt. is 8 States Daniels, jr.. United School, Fort Riley Kan ordered to this city for duty as assistant adjutant to the com manding general, District of Wash ington. SATISFACTION ARANTEED EXTRACTIONS BY CONDUCTIVE ANESTHESIA Work Tnseried Your Teeth Removabie . Brids Without Grindin Plates Repaired While You Wait DR. LEHMAN 307 7th St. N.W.—Op, Open ‘Eveninks—Closed on_Sundays .’ Lehman in eharge personaily. Plat Spec O ET0 I O E O B O B O B O B O B O B O B O N O B O ES O 1 O B2 O FOR ONE MORE WEEK WE WILL SELL ALL STOCK REMAINING AT PRACTICALLY ONE-HALF OFF ALL THE CREDIT YOU WANT Fiber Chairs and Rockers; regular price, $18.50. Now on sale $9.25 (SRR Bedroom Suite; regularly $95.00 - priced $150.00. Now on sale for. . Sample Scatter Rugs; regular- ly priced $5.00. Now $2,25 Ten-piece Dining Room Suite; reg- ularly priced $195.00. Now on sale. . Five-piece Finished Breakfast Suite; regu- larly priced $33.00. Now on sale for...... T ap= | Three-piece Fiber Suite; ng\lhxlx priced $25.00. Now on sale. y’\ 3 $115.00 $18.50 =2s- Three Piece Living Room Suite Regularly Priced $225.00 Now on Sale for Chifforobes; regular- ly priced $27.00. Now .. $14.50 $13.75 Baby Carriages; regu- larly priced $35.00. Now 7Yy Three-piece Menl. Bed Outfit—bed, spring ttress; regularly priced Now on sale for...... $13.50