Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1927, Page 4

- LEGISLATIVE VIEWS * OF CITIZENS SOUGHT Association in Clarendon Is Told Model Bill for Im- provements Is Wanted. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., November 20.— Declaring that it would be his purpose to work hand in hand with the citizens in matters before the forthcoming ses sion of the General Assembly, Hugh Reid, delegate-elect, speaking before a largely attended meeting of the Claren- don Citizens' Assaciation last night, lald emphasis on the importance of the peaple acquainting him with their desires on measures affecting Arling- ton County. Mr. Reid said he was particularly @nxious to obtain the sen‘tment of the people with regard to legal problems | fnvolved in framing the constitutional amendment, ratified by the voters at the November election, which provides that counties having a population in excess of 500 per square mile, may levy a front-foot assessment for sewer, sidewalk and alley development. At present Arlington County, because of the population requirement. is the only county in the State affected by the amendment. Hopes for Model Act. Mr. Reid expressed the hope that efforts of the Legislature on this matter would result in a model sanitary act being put on the statute books. Advice and suggestions of the citizens with respect to a plan for financing the fmprovements and putting the cost to the individual on a fair and equitable basis, that the measure may be kept within constitutional bounds, will be welcomed, Mr. Reid said. ~Another amendment to the constitution which i of importance to Arlington, Mr Reid said, is that which gives counties the choice of various forms of county government. He would favor that. be said. The amendment was passed at the last regular meeting of the Legislature. but must be concyrred in by the forthcoming session to become | 8 law B. M. Hedrick, supervisor-elect of Arlington district, another speaker at| the meating, stated that while he did not assume office until January 1 he was particularly anxious in the in-| terim to obtain the views of the citi- gens as to their hopes for the future, | &0 that no time would be lost in set-| ting the wheels in motion for a pro-| gressive administration of the office. | He said 30 would at all times welcome | the advice and suggestions of the citi- zens on matters affecting the district. Plumbers Oppose Pipe Worl. L. C. McMymar, president of the pssociation, Who presided, declared | that the attitude of the officials in| seeking co-operation of the citizens, gpeaks well for the future welfare of | the county and he assured them that | the Clarendon Citizens’ Association | payg permission for her to marry a | would do all that was expected of it| in the co-operative scheme. The speakers were tendered a rising vote of thanks. { Members of the Arlington County | Master Plumbers’ Association lodged a further protest against the type of | pipe planned to be used by the county water board in connecting the water | mains with the meters. A special com- ! mittee of the association, headed by Nolan D. Mitchell, appointed at the | last meeting to investigate the con-| troversy, reported that Asa E. Phil-| lips, engineer in charge of installation | of the county’s water system, had as- sured the committee that the pipe to | be used would give ample service. The committee was instructed to con- tinue its study of the question and advised to meet at an early date with the committee of the plumbers’ asso- eiation, which is advocating what they claim is a better grade of pipe. ATTORNEYS CONFER ON ANNEXATION PLAN Fairfax County Supervisors Name Additional Counsel in Fight Against Alexandria. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. “AIRFAX, Va., November 29.—The Fairfax County board of supervisors yesterday afternoon named 8. S. McCandlish of the law firm of Bar- bour, Keith, McCandlish & Garnett of Washington and Fairfax as addi- tional counsel to assist Wilson Farr, county attorney, in the fight of Fair- ! the Alexandria districts to fax County against plan to annex certain the city. The ~ Arlington County counsel, Messrs. Jesse, Ball and Mackay, met vesterday with McCandlish and Farr and Arlington County Attorney Glotn in Arlington to discuss plans for the opposition to Alexand Another meeting will be held tomorrow, when a joint plan of attack will be drawn up. A survey of Fairfax County lands which would be annexed by Alexan- dria_has been completed and C. L. Kinnier. engineer of the Virginia State Highway Commission, has been employed to make a survey of the roads that would be affected. ADDRESSES ‘LORD MAYOR’ German Asks D. C. Bids on Cane Carved by Ex-Kaiser. letter addressed to the “Lord Mayor” of Washi on was received at the District Building today from Georg Naeckel of Berlin, Germany requesting the names and addresses of curin collectors and connoisseurs who might he interested in bidding on a walkin ck cut and carved by the former German Kaiser Wilhelm while in exile in Doorn. The stick, according to the com- munication, is of reddish brown, pol- fehed and mounted, with a silver band engraved with the imperial crown. It was used by the ex-emperor until 1% Nieckel claims, when it was presented to “a well known lady during her stay at Doorn.” BACK BROKEN IN FALL. Western A Maryland College Stu- dent Tumbles From Window. Jspatch 1o The Star, FREDERICK, Md., November 29— Leaning from third-story window in Owings Hall. Western Maryland College, at Westminster, Md., yester- day, Jeseph Mills, 17 yes old, a greshman, lost his balance and fell 5 feet, sustaining a broken back - other uries He was taken to Maryland eral Hospital. Bal- timore, where his condition re- ported serious. The youth is a son Rihh Mills, former a tant super- intendent of the Anti loon League Maryland and now head of the league in Alabama. - . is of Edward Crashing inta a motor car at Mika- tagagara Military Air TField in Japan recently, an airplane destroyed a 1.000- 000 candle.power searchlight, valued at $125,000, which was mounts n the car, | fered to take Judge Seller |to Then the princess took the stand and { | for marrying without sanction of her | tribal leader. Lower left: Princess Julia and (lower | right) King Mitchell, her father. |GYPSY PRINCESS | KEEPS HUSBAND IN COURT FIGHT (Continued from First Page) in why he remembered forzot others. “We by cuttinz said. court to expls | s'me dates but keep children's ages { notches in a stick.” he lost most_of my sticks. Anna Mitchell, who Kking's son, was subdued reached the stand. She corroborated the king's testimony about the age of the princess and then broke into sobs when mother's death. Nam Is Confused. At this point there was some con fusion in regard to the princes: name. Some called her Julia and others called her Mary. Anna ex- plained that the gypsies called her Julia, but she was baptized Mary ‘Anne. Wasco Mitehell, brother to Emil, was the most positive of all that the princess was only 15. In fact, he of- out to the o0ld camping grounds at Fifteenth and H streets northeast and show the spot where she was horn. The judge thought that would not be necessar Lillian Mitchell, Wasco's wife, agree everything the others had said. married the when she denied it all. Her father always told her she was born in Newark, N. J., last Faster. he told her she was 18 and gave her a birthday party, in ac- cordance with the gypsy custom of | celebrating a_ girl's eighteenth birth day. Married in Rockville. went to Philadelphia three She weeks ago, she said, and after she got | there a delegation of her relatives came to Washington to ask her fa- tribesman they had selected. She wanted to do her own selecting, she said, so she ran away with Osborn, married him in Rockville last Wednes- day, and has been living at his home since. In dismissing the case Judge Sellers decided that the timony indicated that the princess was under 16 and therefore subject e jurisdiction | of the Juvenile ¢ but that the | charge of inc had not been oved. ‘While the gypsies stood aghast the princess’ hushand whisked her from the court and away in an awtomobile. Then the tribal leaders gathered | around the king to decide on the next | ep. They were considering further atcion in the court, and later they were to adjourn to the king’'s head- quarters and there hold a council in which, they declared, the princess would be stripped of her royal title and banished from the tribe. Meanwhile the princess appears to be quite satisfied with her hushand. MASS FOR BONZANO. Apostolic to Service for Deceased Cardinal. Delegate Conduet A solemn pontifical mass for John Cardinal Bonzano, former apostolic delegate to the United States, who died Saturday at Rome, will be cele- brated by Most, Rev. Fumasoni Biondi, present apostolic’ delegate, at o'clock Thursday morning in St. rick’s Church. As celebrant of the mass, Arch- hishop Biondi will he assisted by Rev F. X. Cavanaugh of St Church as deacon and Rev. J laghan of St. Matthew’s Church subdeacon. The archbishop's deacons’ of honor will be Mgr. Marella and Mgr. Leech of the apostolic delega- tion, while his assistant priest will be Mgr. Bernardini, also of the delega- | tion. . Thomas, pastor of St h, will deliver a eulogy to the deceased former delegate. “EDUCATION BILL” TOPIC. Former D. C. School Superintend- ent Scheduled for Address Here. William M. Davidson, superintend. ent of schools of Pittsburgh and ch: man of the legisiative commission of the National Edueation Association will address the eation A tion of the District of Columbia « the “Iducation Bill” at 8 pan., De cember 9, in the University Women's Club, 1634 [ street. Mr. Davidsori, whe was superintend: ent of schools here from 1911 to 1913, will outline the Federal bureau of education with a secretary in the President’s cabinet. The meeting at which the address will be delivered will be open to all persons interested in education. ISSUES 'i'F;AI;FIQ QUERY. {1 C.'C. Asks Railroads for Data i | The Inter on Two Points. tate Commerce Commis- | sion today asked the railroads of the | United tes for hearing on |trafe density on ds and for freight traffic statistics. Al roads throughout the country havin v operating revenues dol a year wer tement for th of revenue million ars fMic: ical divisions. Al steam _carriers, switching and terminal companies, were asked to furnish data for h commodity class, beginning January 1. and continuing each month there after. : other than ! Physician Replaces Pastor. | Correspor.dence of The Star. | STOCKTO! if.—After ordering | his patient. Benjamin Smith, pastor of the First Christian Church Lodi, to go to bed for influenza, Dr. Imer T. Davis occupied the pulpit. M Smith ohjected to going to hed, stating that he must deliver his Sun- sermpon. Members of the congre- gation day that the address by the physician was most interesting. “I've | he had to tell about her | she said, and | probable results of a | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, GYPSY ROYALTY ASSEMBLES TO TRY PRINCESS | drew the first fire as they approached | the building. Using the telephone to carry out his scheme, a confidence man yester- day worked a double impersonation, taking charge of a Standard Oil Alling station at Kighth and M streats and robbing the safe of $281 after obtaining the combination from the manager, Samuel S. who had been lead to believe that his visitor had been sent from the main office to succeed him. Impersonating the Washington superintendent of the company over the telephone, the swindler calied the filling station, telling McBreen that 2 man was coming to relieve him and ting_him to report to the main office of the company. A few minutes later he appeared at the filling station, this time imperson- ating the “relief.” MeBreen turned over to him his McRBreen, | False Message by Telephone Enables Shrewd Swindler to Rob Safe of $281 | uniform and gave him the combina- tion to the safe. Then he léft for the main office. The thief left with the money. While on duty as manager of a fill- ing station at Benning road Twenty-sixth ~street northeast night of August 10 McBreen was shot in the back by a mysterious assailant, | who fired from the darkness. The telephone impersonation trick was worked on the Standard Oil Co. once before in the latter part of Sep: | tember, when a man called Leo Bow- | man, manager of a station at 3226 Georgia avenue, representing himself to be a company agent, and asked it the combination of the safe had been changed. Bowman said it had not and obliged with the combination. The next morning he found the rear win dow open as well as the safe door and $140 had disappeared. and | the | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. The Washington-Baltimore Chapter. Americ. will meet West Fayette street formal banquet, 6:15 cal meeting at 8. E. C. Smith, metal- lurgist of the Central Alloys Steel Co., will describe “Factors Governing the Seiection of Alloy Steels,” and Robert M. Bird, past president of the national organization, will give an informal talk. The Boys' Club of Washington will hold its seventh annual meeting at the clubhouse, 230 C street, 8 o'clock. Election of trustees. [ Baltimore. X techni- American War Veterans’ Club sociable and dance at L’Aiglon Club. The will give a countr party, 8:30 o'cloc The Towa-Thomas Circle Association will meet, 8 o'clock, in the lecture room of Northminster Presby- terian Church. Membership drive, The Trinidad Citizens' Association will meet, 7:45 o'clock, in Wheatley School. Victory Post, No. 4, American Le- gion, give a card party ning in Oyster’s Auditorium, Twenty- sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Proceeds for welfare work of the Dis- trict. itizens’ 0. A luncheon and dinner will be given for the henefit of St. Vincent's Orphan | Asylum at the Elks’ Club, 919 H street. Dinner from 4 to 7 o'clock. West End W. C. T, U. will meet, § o'clock, at the home of Mrs. James McLain, 812 Twentieth street. The Southeast Washington Citizens’ Association will meet, 8 o'clock, in Southeast Public Library. Election of officers. The Business Women's Council will meet in_lecture room of the Church of the Covenant. Mrs. Thelma Bor- chart will speak at 7:45 o'clock on “Legislation of Interest to Working Women." The Dorcas Club will give a 500 card party this evening at Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast. A bazaar will he held at Nativity Chapel, Fourteenth and A streets southeast, from 6 to 10 o'clock, f 1 the henefit of the parish hall building fund. To be repeated tomérrow and Thursday. UTURE, dinner, scheduled for ! tomorrow evening at the Women's City Club. has been canceled, as Roxy | cannot be in Washington on that date. The “Roxy" The American Association of Uni- versity Women will be addressed to- motrow by Representative John Q. { Tilson, House leader, who will speak on the program for the coming ses- sion of Congres: A Dutch supper for the Holy Name Church will be given tomorrow and Thursday at the Holy Name ' School, 11217 West Virginia avenue northeast. {Harry M. Crandall, motion picture {theater owner, will he a speaker. A chicken potpie dinner will be iserved in the First Presbyterian | Church parlors tomorrow from 5 to n.m. Also sale of fancy articles and afeteria supper on Thursday eve. | ning. The Progressive Citizens’ tion of Retown will meet tome row, § p.m., in Curtis School. The Lions' Club will meet tomor- row, 12:30 pm., at the Mayflower 11 [tel. Miss Ida Hirst-Gifford, dirvector [of American Foundation for the Blind, | will speak. Rev. G. O. Bullock, pastor of Thi: sermon at the Vermont Avenue Bap tist Church for the benefit of its build ling fund Thursday evening, under auspices of the Tribe of King David. Subject: “The Handwriting on the Wall.” Mount Pleasant Chapter, Y. W, C. A.. will serve a cafeteria luncheon at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, Thursday, from noon to 2 prm. Pub- lic invited. The Indoor-Outdoor CI , Y. W. C. this eve- | Associa- | Baptist Church, will preach a special | ] | | | | i | | | | row and end on the feast of the Im- ar tomorrow and | ay and evening, at Seventeenth and K strects. Work of | orth American Indians, basketry, | pottery and silverware. The Dupont Circle Citizens' Assoc tion will meet December 5, 4:45 p.r at the Mayflower llotel. Wil Gibbs MeA former Secreta the Treasury, will speak A. Delano of the Park and Planning Commi explain the need of funds to acquire additional parking and the proposed plan to finance this project. A special novena in honor of Our Lady of Prompt Help will begin tomor- Capital | jon will maculate Conception, December 8, at Ursuline Convent, 519 Fourth street 730 pom. The Political School of Feder of Republican Women will mes morrow, 5 pam., at Community Hall Maple avenue, Takoma Par Speak rs: Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Mrs. Jerome Lightfoot, William Tyler Page, Representative Zihlman of Maryland nd Col. Walter K. Wilson. Supper, G pm. s 8 o'clock. ||P.Kl{4l . Watson of Indiana. L. Stock will preside. . G. Johnson, chair- man. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick will give an' illustrated address on “Mili- tary Aviation,” Thursday, 8:15 p.m. at the University Club. ! ’l'lw‘ Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' Association will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m,, in Sherwood Presbyterian Church Hall, k The United States National Museum announces an exhibition of block prints by Ilarold Haven Brown and F ce Bradshaw Brown, ) p.m., until Jan- nary n of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, _The Bureau of Commerei ies has cards out for a Diplomatic Motion Picture night, on cho- akia,” in honor of Zdenek Fier linger, Minister from that country. Prof. David Saville Muzzey, historian of Columbia University, will describe his travels in (zechoslovakia, and folk music will accompany the film. Sun- day, 9 p.m., at the Carleton Hotel, 41 Fconom- GIVEN POST IN SHANGHAL Frank 8. Williams Appointed Reg- istrar of Chinese Trade Act. Appointment of Frank S. Willlams of Fannin, Miss., as registrar of the China trade act, at Shanghai, China, was announced’ today by the Com. merce Department. The object of the act is to develop American trade in China by granting District of Columbia charters to cor- porations with American incorpora- tors: and officers, place such corpora- tions under the protection of the Fed ral courts of the United States and ant Federal tax exemptions to such corporations o enable American ders in China equal privileges with ionals of other countries doing busi- ness in China The act is administered by a reg- istrar appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to reside in China and be responsible to the Commerce Secre. ary for his acts in administration. A Sabbath day’s journey ancient Hebrews was 1_foot and 9 inel among the 1461y DIAMONDS Another creation—a bracelet of Marqui and Hexagon shaped diamonds that weuld be complimentary even though the wrist be like a white rose in texturs ‘ermanent Exhil Wardman Park Hatel (/?00'jm - /’a/rr 6)0. Jewelérs Suite 800 National Press Bldg., 14th & F (Formerly with Shaw & Brown) { window |ROUTE C | erating to the terminus | ments. Other transfers are as follows: D. C. TUESDAY, POLICE TAKE FOUR INBESIEGED HOME Boston Gun Battle Ends as| Riot Squads Storm House. By tha Associated Press, RBOSTON, November 20.—A gun bat- | tle between 60 policemen who hesieged | a South End house and its four occu- | pants for hours ended at daybreak | today when riot squads stormed the | building and dragged out two negroes | and two women, one of whom was white. Scores of shots were fired. Tear bombs were used. One man was wounded riously. The siege threw a thickly settled dis- trict inhabited largely by negroes into | uproar. The police were unable to explain the cause of the trouble, which started at a drinking party. | Man Is Wounded. Those arvested were Robert Polite, 42, and his wife, 30, negroes; a_man | named Brooks, who had two bullet | wounds in his neck and was in a se- vious condition, and a white woman, | who said she was Miss Lillian J.| Covne of Brookline. hree policemen were taken to a| hospital with Brooks, unconscious | from the fumes of tear homb which ljoining buildings untenable | for hours | Mrs. Polite was suffering severe in- | juries which she said were inflicted by her husband. he other members | of the party were variously battered. | A police sergeant and two officers | ent to investigate a complaint that | fight was in progress in the house They returned the fire ind sent for reserves. In a short time the streets on hoth sides of the house were lined with uniformed men, and the crackle of their guns roused thou- sands in the neighborhood. Tear Bombs Used. With the arrival or reserves, tear hombhs were brought ir‘o play. Ever: in the hot was broken by police, who took u, positions in ad- joining houses and ‘on roofs. A squad which had effected entrance on the first floor was armed with axes, ind in the course of a steady march to the third floor, where combined fire and gas had forced the heleaguered party, hardly a door escaped demoli tion. The walls were bullet-riddled. HANGE GRANTED TO VIRGINIA BUS FIRM Falls Church and Fairfax Line Has New Course in Dis- trict. The Alexandria and Suburban Motor Vehicle Co. which operates motor busses from Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue to I"alls Church and Fairfax, Va., was authociged 1y the Public Utilities Commission teday to change its route in th2 District and also to establish five stops at which the busses may take on or dis- arge passengers. 1e new route will carry the busses | through the business section of the city, instead of the area below Penn- syvlvania avenue where they - have been running in the past. The in- hound busses instead of turning south Washington Circle and op- at Twedth treet and Pennsylvania avenue, by way of Virginia avenue and B street will continue out K street to Thir- teenth, to Pennsylvania avenue' and thence to Twelfth street. On the return trip the busses will run north on Twelfth street to K street and thence to Pennsylvania avenue, M street and the Keyv Bridge. The stops which were authorized hy the commission are at Washington Circle and K street, Connecticut venue and K, Fifteenth and X, Thirteenth and I° streets and Twelfth treet and New York avenue, he change in the route was vig- orously opposed by the Capital Trac- ion Co. at POLICE TRANSFERRED. Eight Changes Are to Become Ef- fective December 1. Bight transfers of members of the police force are to become effective at 8 o'clock the morning of December 1, by orders of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, today. Sergt. George H. Moran of the first precinet and Sergt. J. E. Bobo of the fourth precinct exchanged assign- Pyt. C. E. Ripperger, motor cycle pa trol to foot patrol, eleventh precinet: Pvt. T. M. Lewis, footman, from thir- fourth {0 second prex tinke, fourth to second pre- C. W. Sine, fifth to ninth pvt. C. R. Burr, tenth to NOVEMBER 29, 1927. o00 DIE IN FLOODS IN NORTH ALGERIA Torrential Rainfall Brings Disaster—Famine Threat- ens Wide Area. By the Associated Pre ORAN, Algeria, November With every hour bringing fresh tid- ings of disaster it was estimated yes. terday that the total loss of life in the floods which pt northwestern Al- geria would exceed 500. The catas- trophe is the worst experienced here in 50 years. The situation triet still grave. bad. The water, while receding in some places, is rising in others. A torrential rainfall continues. Rescue Work Hampered. Communications have heen cut everywhere. Rescue work is thus ex- tremely difficult. Efforts have made to drop food from airplanes to the stricken villages of the country- side. At Mostaganem, damage was caused. cluding 60 Europeans, perished. Sev- eral hundred are thought to have drowned in the outlying district Mostaganem is crowded with refu gees from these districts. railroad hetween Algiers and was hed out in severa ads are impassable and any sections can be reached only by rirplane. An enormous mass of water descended on the town of Lami causing great damage there. The waters threaten to burst a dam and engulf Relizane, It is feared that the flood-swept region will be found impossible for cultivation for at least five years. Damage Reaches $20,000,000. ALGIERS, Algeria, November 29 ().—Damage from the flood in north- western Algeria was estimated at $20 000,000 today, but the figure may grow when it becomes possible to “arn the extent of damages to farms. tire villages were swept away ind hundreds of square miles were covered foot deep with sand and new soil =0 that fertility may be affected. Relief supplies, food and clothing are being sent from Algiers, Oran and Relizane. 29— throughout the dis- The weather is where the worst 150 persons, in- HILDREN have a way of telling whether a per- son likes butter or not. If a butter- cup is held be- neath your chin and your skin reflects its color—you like butter! That would be ridiculous if it weren't that 99 times out of 100 the per- son likes butter anyway. Butter is the fatty part of milk, and when you drink Simpson's Milk you get the butter in its freshest, most palatable form. With it is the other essential food ele- ments your system actu= ally requires. Give Simp- son’s . Milk its rightful importance in your daily diet. Ask your grocer for— /9 BUY IT BY THE QUART FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROCER Bhe Foening Htar ADVERTISENENTS HfiANcn offl f RECEIVED HERE Mattingly Brothers’ Pharmacy— 359 Cedar St. Takema Park Is a Star Branch Office An advertisement in The Star Classified Section will put your ‘want body before practically every- in Washington, which means that you will be able to supply it very quickly in this way. Copy for Classified Ads for The The Star may be left at any of Star Branch Offices. been | | | | | | THE ABOVE SIGN s DISPLAYED BY AUTHORIZED STAR BRANCH OFFICES 1 | There’s one in most every neigh- borhood in and around Wash- ington. No fees are charged for Branch Office service; only regular rates. The Star prints such an over- whelmingly greater volume of Classified Advertising every day than any other Washing- ton paper that there can be no question as to which will give you the best results, “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office | | lold waitress, who swallowed poison in TAX RECORD BROKEN District Government Coffers Re- ceive $11,181,454.62. ‘Taxpayers poured into the coffers of the District Government $11,181,545.62 in September and October, when the bulk of the real and personal prop- erty taxes were collected, and shat- tered all previous rec . according to figures compiled today by Chbatham M wers, collector of taxes. The collections in September amounted to $3.910.685.14 and in Octo- ber ‘to $7.270.8360.48. The previous highest month’s collections, according to Mr. Towers, were in April, 1926, when $6.985, 92 was taken from the taxpayers. Mr. Towers estimates that the collec- tions for the current fiscal year will total $34,000.000. The previous high mark was $30,291,667.58, which collected in the fiscal ar 19251 VIOLATES PHARMACY LAW. Would-Be Suicide Placed on Pro- bation for One Year. Miss Marie Emma Atkins, 29-year- her room, at treet. last Friday, only to be lodged in the House of De- | tention following her discharge from | Emergency Hospital, pleaded guilty to| a violation of the District of Columbia pharmacy law before Judge Mattingly in_Police Court tod: According to police she misrepresented the purpose of the poison when she bought it from the druggist. Judge Mattingly placed her on pro- hation for one year after giving her a ecture, When arrested Miss Atkins was un- able to raise the $50 collateral required and has been in the House of Deten- tion until brought to court today. Name? Special Officer. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX., Va., November 20.— Car!l McIntosh. Chesterbrook, vester- dayv was appointed special policeman and trafic officer by Judge Samuel Brent of the Fairfax County Court. | held at a price 1 OFFICIALS DISCUSS SCHOOL SITE PLANS $400,000 Remaining in Cur- rent Appropriation for Ac- quiring Property, Claimed. Preliminary plans for purchasing sites for school buildings called for in the fivevear building program with appropriations contained in the cur. rent appropriatior. act for new schooit, which District officials have been un able to spend on account of the 124 per cent limitation clause, were di. cussed at a conference today of school authorities and Maj, I. E. Atkins, as sistant Engineer Commissioner, Maj. Atkins explained that there is about $400,000 remaining in the cur. rent appropriation for the acquig tion of sites, which he cannot use k- cause the property desired is being 5 per cent ahove the aesessed valuation. Under a provis ion in the appropriation zct, he said, this money can be used to purchase sites for any other schools profected in the five-vear building program, and it is his intention to have school offi- cials and the Board of Education de- termine which of the schools are most urgent so that he can proceed to acquire the property. T'he school authorities told Ma). Atkins that they would discuss the question with the school board and draw up a list of the schools which they believe are most urgent to lieve congested conditions Maj. Atkins proposes to use this list in selecting the ns. Those who attended the conference were Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent of schools: Assistant Superin. tendents Stephen E. Kramer and Gar- net C. Wilkinson, and Municipal Areh- itect Albert L. Harris. D. J. Kaufman ™ 1005 Pa. Ave. 1724 Pa. Ave. We Invite Charge Accounts Buy on the Budget Plan Pay as You Get Paid No Interest or Extra Charges Our Great : Challenge Sale is waking the “old town" up to the fact that “down on the Avenue the "best run for your money. p 4 busy. too! " till the place to get " And we're 18 8 Here's Our C’ta"enge There's a $5 bill h ere for any man who can match these clothes in style, quality, trimming and workman ship (anywhere else in Washington) for less than thirty-five dollars. Hundreds Of Superb Overcoats Splendid Sparkling’( Silk Lined Two Pants ) Suits )Tuxedos ( All at the Challenge ‘Sale Price Come on down—we'll take care of you. MONEY'S WORTH OR MONEY BACK. D. J Kaufman 10_0# Pa. Av 1724 Pa. Ave. INC. a