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E: THT EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER .14. 1927, | ared three hogs, completing his work |found all members of the Millis family suving lives in the Principessa Mafalda | head sank upon his chest. Ha w. HEALTH RECORD G]VEN SLAYS FAM".Y OF SIX 1ner dark. before retiring with his |dead and Millls’ hody hanging from a |disaster off the coast of Brazil. pronounced dead from heart 'nllu:: amily, she asserted. rafter in the barn. Several years ago.| Capt. Allemand sat listening intent-| The case was a eivil svit growing THEN HANGS SELF Mrs. Millis and the baby were the |neighbors recalled, Mrs. Millis ex-|lv throughout the plea. When ap-|out of the division of the estate of the first victims. Mrs. Brumley believed, [ pressed fear that her husband would | planse hroke out in the courtroom his'captain’s first wife. bkt e o oSS 20 then Marie and Burrell. The school | commit suicide. - | } m:d:l. CASES PER |ow2;znsous»w j gy | teacher said she heard Millis walking | e zou { ‘ . 3 21 around the house, but did not give the . . Farmer Kills Wife and Five Chil- | TE0iet S0 B0 ion until he entered | Noted Sea Captain Dies. : ; the room occupied by her and Tina | i i | dren With Ax—Boarder in | e et i hana " Millsy | - AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, De-| | struck the child on the head as Mrs. |cember 14 (#).—Capt. Balthazar Alle- | Colds and * Bronohitis Are‘ T Most Common Causes, | Survey Shows. | TONSILLITIS AND SORE THROAT CONINEMENTS AND OTWER PUERPERAL CONDITIONS By the Associated Press. PIENY YW INCNMD HEARROMI S verage American is ill about oS A TR ALY This conclusion has heen reached by the United States Public Health Serv- iee after @ survey it conducted to de- termine the amount and types of ill- ness with which people of this coun- try suffer yearly. i ; For the purposes of the investiga- tion the Health Service selected a , small inland city which was considered 4 ‘ostass o wun representative of the average Ameri- ean city judged by standards of cli ek mate, diversity of industry, amount of foreign born population and organi- Pt AR wation of its society. v o Inquiries were made twice a month over a period of 28 months at every | residence in the city as to past ill- messes of the occupants. The re- X DISEASES OF KIDNEYS AND ANNEXA sultant figures revealed that there had been an average of 1,050 illness : ihses H AR AR BInESS vearly for every 1000 inhabitan ¥orty per cent of the illnekses we ] IR lENL Ty of sufficient gravity to require confin cows ment 1o bed The annnal death rate for the perind | . osEAsEs O Eves was 9.3 deaths for each 1,000 in-| hahitants. y Cases of colds and bronchitis ex ceeded in numbers other diseases and DIPHTHERIA, SCARLET PEVER AND TYPHAD flinesses which were reported, averag ing 418.6 cases vearly for each 1,000 e e The average for in- rippe was next highest, MEART AND OTWEW CIRGULATORY DISEASES NON-VENEREAL DISEASES OF GENITD-URINARY SyaTEM PrEUIONIA Annual 'nn UZP< for other illnesses 3 iy B reported for each 1,000 persons were | Army Veteran Retired. | Commissioned in Reserve. '”".L.?i.n?"ii ?Lgd“:.[“r:r Having served more than 30 years| William M. La Roche, 1540 Twenty- confinements and o(her”“ the Army; Firs ergt. Howard ¥. fifth street southeast, has been com- ditions, 46.4; helduhes‘}“”‘\ 10th ‘ava a “or a- missioned by the r I)prn'l"wnl a s oF fhe Terveais Rystan, | CHUCR, ALl heen transferred to | captain and quartermaster in the Re- e e and aisabilities result. | the retired list on his own application. | serve Corps of the Army. ing from external causes, 39.5; measles, | % h, ; rheuma: tism and lumbago, and cir- eulatory diseases, 18 es of the | #kin, 17.6: chicken pox, aryngitis | and croup, 11.4: non-ven diseases | of genito-ur system, 11.1; dis- eases of kidney and annexa, 11; dis- | enses of ear and mastoid processes 10.9; discases of teeth and gums, diseases of eyes, 7.4; pneumonia, 6. diphtheria, scarlet fever and tvphod\ fever, 6,.and hay fever and asthma, 5.5. MAPS ARE EXHIBITED ON SUBURBAN ZONING Commxssmners of Prince Beorgu (;et ‘he FaClS Here AhOllt and Montgomery Counties to | " Getting the Goods There! Hold Hearings Soon. { What's it cost a grocer, tailor, hardware, woman's i Dt i e, wear, or men’s wear merchant to deliver? What HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 14, it should cost is a’' fixed percentage of overhead. ‘:':‘:,!I:‘S]frh:‘“:"f_w‘:';Nfl:":xlm"fm“‘lv""i- Hardly any business delivered within that alloted oy Oulimilon embraihd in the Karui percentage until the S. O. S. Truck Lease Plan 1::~-.r_u\;vhrl:-hk mnd 1:‘:1-_\~I;md~satiunlmv solved the problem. This plan designs the Truck "api! ‘ark an nning Commis- s 2o ) H H i c1fy sion has jurisdiction have been. pre. (van or special body), paints it to your specifica- sented various towns in the area, with tions, and thereafter keeps it in perfect operatin the exception of those in Seat Pleas- | diti H The S r)l S. pl " =1 O O1 S VIC ct. . O, n ant district, Bladensburg and Colmar | nitinnion A seece contoact. | e 5. 0. S, Manor. The maps have been explain- provides garaging, keeps gas, oil and air in your ed m"t‘ne soverning godmhmh-u ex- | car, puts on new tires, fend- cepr ese wns and eacl as ap- g : 7 Prased: fhe plans. The lavs Wil b | ers, all needed parts—but no (Ot e 08, 1aid befors the commissioners in. both extras are put on the month- Laundry eounties within a few weeks, after| : bi > c incing t J which ‘the commissioners with the | Iy bill. (Get the convincing One Truck - park -commission members sitting | line-up— Xith them will hear complaints of | citizens who may feel aggrieved over - S. Call—Frankli 5" S S : S. 0. S. Call—Franklin 30: Representatives of the park com- TaaspomTATION missionr will appear before the gov-| '-m erning es of Bladensburg and | Colmar Manor tomorrow night with | maps. explaining zoning plans for these_sections. { Two Exchange Shmml Capt. Henry C. Clark, judge advo- | LEASES MAINTENANCE vate general's department, now i =5 this ¢ity, and Capt. Thomas H. Green, ll!\Tll)Ll ED BY YELLOW TRUCK AND COACH MFG. €0, judge advocate general’s department, PEREIIIY ) L, Wy at Governor’s Island, N. Y., have been ordered to exchange stations and dutics. 30-38 M St. N.E. Franklin 505 ‘ | ¢ s et e w_} {TTRUCKS FOR EVERY PURSE AND PL‘R[‘OSEj retary of the Treasury of the United bad States to serve under three Presidents. | Lineeln, Johnson and Arlhur WA ~The Annual December Sale of SOCIETY BRAND SUITS AND OVERCOATS —begins Friday. Savings range Six to Twenty-six Dollars. Many of Society Brand's finest fabrics and newest mudelfi are included. See Thursday's Star | By the Associated Press NESSEY, Okla., December 14. | ghting a losing game in life, ha- | rassed by «ebts and falling crope.) | Hamilton, House Escapes. Brumiey ran. from the room. |mand of the French steamer Formosa | 1l . ———— rs. Brumley ran a quarter of a | | mile to the nearest neighbor, Roy |%ied suddenly in the courthouse here | Hi i e eslre or ea % brotherindaw ,of Millia, | just as his attorney was closing an Upon returning to the home with | impassioned oration in his hehalf ex-| i members of the Hamilion family she tolling the role the captain plaved in I is universal. The ability to obtain it rare. Phillip Millis, armer, in a fit of | insanity yesterd slew his family of six with ax while they slept and then hanged himself. 5 months old Mrs. Warren Bramley, a school her who lived with the Millis fam- awakened in the night to see the r, carrying a bloody ax, enter the room she occupied with one m“ the children. She fled to a neighbor’s house, the only occupant of the home 1o escape Millis’ attack | Millis who farmed the homestead | {he inherited, was usually of a kind | | disposition, but he spoke harshly last | night to his wife and children. Mrs, | Brumley said. The farmer had butch- There are two reasons why most men fall short of their goal—either they are un- quickly, and so lose by speculation. 801 11th Main 2704 | | | The surest way is to open a Savings Account | with this bank and let compound interest Special Price This e VRS S—— Week Only Ll 2% Puid on Clecking ad 3% on Soviogs Accoune We Will Clean and Press . ~UnionTrust I :JI‘"’"’ Ware Min Mlie ] I systematic in their efforts to improve their <, %5; Tina and Burr 3-year-old ter a | twins Marle a,‘ Wayne, b, and Dale, i position, or they are too eager to get rich Ladies’ Coats,*12 | | “Company America’s Finest Since 1812 1340 G St. N.W. Open Evenings DUEDIRERUN o Interest or PERELEREDERERE R Please Note The size range is complete, 16 to 20 for small women and misses —36 to 46 for larger women, and plenty of “Slenderizing Stouts,” sizes 4215 to 50V;. R R R R R R R R R R L S R D R S SRR DL DL VLR EREZLEDE COLORS — Canton Blue— Pine Needle—Copperleaf— Nutmeg Brown——Malaga— Sapphire — Pastel Shades— Wine—Navy—Black Another Spectacular Dress Sale—Offering 1,000 Brand-New Winter Frocks of Silk BN RAIN o Interest or Extras Added to Our Budget Planh@h%3n3 %' ¢ Do Not Penalize Our FriendsShdenSenied Just Phone Main 2704 OoF CoLoMBIA " We Call and Deliver ‘ e EDWARD J. STELLWAGEN President ot Penalize Our Friends 'R0 0N Our “Two for $15" Dress Sales have become so famous and very familiar to Women of Washington that we have hardly to mention them before there is a tremendous BOTH SIDES OF 7™ AT K ST “THE DEPENDABLE STORE" | response. The loveliest styles we have ever shown in a sale of this kind AR A R R AR AR R R AR A AP AR SRR A - L % Sold in Pairs Only— Two Dresses for $15 When these gloriously new and fashionablc dresses go on sale tomorrow they will cause a good deal of excitement—they've all just been unpacked and shown tomorrow for the first time. We know yvou’'ll not be able to resist the temptation to buy two of the lovely frocks. Every dress is refreshingly new and stylish, the making and finishing care- fully done. All values that must be sezn to be appreciated. Many that will exceed the expectations of the shrewd shopper. We may sound a little overenthusiastic in our statements regarding these frocks, but it will indeed be very difficult to write conservatively when one has seen so many and such wonderful values. Youthful stx'es for Street, Afternoon and Evening Wear, also Modes in More dignified Styles for the Women of More Conservative Taste. Straightline and long-waisted models with side plaits, plaited skirts, tiers and stylish flares. Round, V or Tuxedo collars of pink georgette, finished with black bows. Fine tucks, hemstitching and hand-embroidercd designs. Some with suede belts and trimmed with contrasting colors, Rich Satin Crepe Combinations of Georgette and Brocaded Velvet Satin-back - Canton and Satin Combinations All Sizes 16, 20, 36 to 46 and Plenty of Large Sizes, 42'; to 50, AR R A B R R IS B A A B 3 B B B % B B B B B B B B B B B B A B 3 A S A B B B