Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1927, Page 11

MOVING OF PEPCO PLANT GONSIDERED Relocation of Facilities at 14th and C Streets De- ‘velops Big Preblem. Forced to move its headquarters Fourteenth and C streets to 'gu.ka way for the new Government ulldings, the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and the Potoma: Blectric Power ( e casting about for a new location, apparently with some difficulty. President Ham of the railway and power company -said toddy that his doncern is giving serious considera ton to this matter, but so far with but little success Present plans, it is understood, call for the removal from the Mall site of both the offices and substa r the companies, although some c eration i to have been given a the substation be archi- and allowed re it reported today that repre. Mr. Ham have been looking over property in the neig borhood of Twelfth and M streets, with a view to finding a suitable lo cation for the power station near the downtown section. This could not be verified, however It the substation should be left at | Fourtecnth . and 13 streets it would | be reconstructed lon, automatic | Iines, without smoke or other | unsightly appurtenance 1t would be walled 50 as to conform with the symmetry of surrounding Federal structures, it was safd Removal of existing street railway lines from the area between Four- | teenth street and Twelfth street be- | low Pennsylvania avenue also is said | te bo favored by some members of the Publio Buildings Commission. 'DR. BALLOU TO TAKE PART . Leaves City February 24 to Attend N. E. A. Convention. W rank Ballon, super tend the & » National tion to be held ti March 4, inclusive immediate past pres | E. A.. which last year held its annual | thering in th Due to the distance of the conven- ’ tion city L few local educentors | will attend the conclave. Harry Eng- | lish, president of the District branch of the as ion. is the dele; the conventio the McKin 4 ¥ | ool, has s fi tion of attending. 1 e St { SUES U. S. FOR $4,945. ‘ H. L. B. Atkisson, Veteran, Says| Bureau Stopped Payments. B. Atkisson, | whi former | s to have con and mvalgla in line bas filed suit in | to recover | d States. Horace L. an_declares there are due him | payments. of montk i represented by Attorney F. B. | Potter. At} bas been in a num- | ber of hospitals I an effort to be | oured, he Buy This Moderately | medicdl Son Finds Mother On Poor Farm After 50 Years’ Absence | By the Associated Press. | DARLINGTON, Wis, February | 17.—From the county poor farm, | where. she lived for nine y | Mrs. Sarah Hussington, 80 years | old, has been taken to the home of a son she had not seen for half a century. Mother and son were separated more than 50 years ago when the father deserted his family at | Blanchardville. He took the son, | Willlam, leaving two other children with the mother. Mrs. Hussing- found the struggle against poverty difficult and a few years brought the death of both children. At 71, she sought sanctuary in the county home. The son, a resident of Chicago, learned s mother's whereabouts through the postmaster at Blanch- ardville. HALLIBURTON TO SPEAK TO GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY | Traveler Covered Route Which | Ulysses Roamed, Including | Mount Olympus. Richard Halliburton will tell Na- tional Geographic Society members of his modern journey over the route which Ulysses roamed when he speaks tomorrow evening at the Washington Auditorium, Mr. Halliburton sailed om Ithaca, climbed Mount Olympus, ed the Vale of Tempe, went to the site of the famous Delphian oracle and pushed on to the Acgean Islands and the site of ancient Troy. Thus he brought up-to-date the most ro- tic travel story of ancient times. r. Halliburton had the advantage " Ulysses in being able to record his travel in photography, so the lec- ture tomorrow evening will be illus- trated. Members of the National Georgraphic Soclety will remember Mr, Halliburton's lecture last year when he told of his experiences in ad- venturing around the world. | DEVELOP INTO PNEUMONIA Persistent coughs and colds lead | to serious trouble. You ean stop them now with Creomulsion, an emulsified ereosote that is pleasant to take. Creomulsion is a new discovery with two-fold action; it soothes and heals the in- flamed membranes and inhibits germ growth. Of all known drugs, creosote is recognized by high medical authori- | ties as one of the greatest heal- |ing agencies for persistent coughs and colds and other forms of hroat troubles. 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Some of the writers of past genera- as détermined in their ef. tain interviews with promi. | of Public Glving an illustrated talk on Wash. | ington of the past, present and future, | iD the . | n | Adams while serving as Chief mming in of which rant told how President Joh: A ontinued xious to with the Presi| | dent, obtained knowledge of the datly | swim, . emerging from the cooling water of | resorved two of the most pleturesque the Potomac President Adams found | roads in W her sitting on ht: with the result that upon clothes. Col. Grant showed lantern slides of Girls’ Beret Tams 84c Regularly $1.39 Smart Tams In Navy, Red and Brown New Silk HATS $1.98 Regularly $2.95 .| carry them out unless the people of i this city as it was about the time of its founding, and described its develop- ment according to the plans of the famous French engineer, L'Enfant. Then, showing pictures and maps of the Capital City of the present day. he told of changes to be made as author- ized by Congress, and with drawings gave a visual insight into the Wash- ington of tomorrow. He declared that Washington is be- hind other cities in the matter of park development, and urged that the citi- lend their co-operation in t development of a Gre: Washington. “We can make [ the Capital City, but we c [ th an’t he declared ra rendered Minovich, panied at by Miss a Minovich Schick led the club mem singing, and copies of a ne entitled ashington,” writt N. C. Barnes, director of music public schools and a member of the ciub, were distributed to the mem bers. Karl Bicker was installed as a new member. Dr. Robert Scott.Lanib, vice presi dent of the club, presided. ston are with us, violin solos by An Englishman is tenaclous of hi s. 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