Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1927, Page 28

on JSINGRVERSPUT IRKNSISNERL lieavy Rains Sending Floods {0 Many Towns—Bridocs Swept Away. OCK ! —Troubled waters « and White Rivers. swollen by wous torrential rains of the eral days. today sty Jowland inhabitants ¢ southeastern Arl Towns and villag rebuilt levees ors - o e. taking to hizhland safety their household oods and their wk. Railroad bridges were down highway transportation paralyzed and in places even telephone communica tion was severed Seventh Threat in Year. The White River, threatening for the seventh time since last February. staged the fastest rise in the town's history. At Calico Rock this morning | the river was st ng after clir ing at the rate of a foot an hour through thy ht i suspended | nd were expected to hold, On the Arkansas River the Darda nelle pontoon bridge, said to be the Jongest in the world. was swept away and carried ons dow At Fort Smith ut 100 Were preparing today to return their ho which they b Aoned vesterday after a rec fall had flooded streets and Fayetteville Cut Of. Fayetteville was cut off from. the | outside world, but crews were rush- ing to restore service. A bridge nea Greenland, in Washington County was washed away. Newport. on the White River, wi the only major levee in the whole in sec S SR SR SR SR S SR SR SR SR S Open Every Evening Until 10 P.M. IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU BUY YOUR ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA RADIO Even though prices are the same every- where on Victrolas and the service differs. g - L s - g - -] L » Probably More Convenient Than Downtown RCA Radiolas MODEL 7-AC-3 Caruso Paderewski Kreisler MUSIC / f g ; ; 4 g ; g % § i % : ; %% % ; / % / / i 4 ; 3310 14th OPPOSITE TIVOLI THEATER OPEN EVENINGS THE EVENTSG STAR. WASHINGTON, D. . WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 14 1927 |JOHN HAYS HAMMOND GETS COLLEGE MEDAL Cutting of Christmas Trees Not Danger to Forcsttsi~ National Lumbermcn Say ALLEGED SUITOR DENIES KIDNAPING BILL IN SENATE TOAID | MRS. JENNIE B. GALLAHAN | Provides 825,000 for Widow M: Fire Department Officer Who Was {to place th when the hose cart of No. 28 en. gine company was struck at Bladens. burg and Queens Chapel roads by an automoblle that was being Dutsueq by the police liquor squad. Benafor Capper. chalrman of (he District gommittee. introduced a hiy | December 3. however, was a decrease rtlmpllanic Victrola 43 $95.00 ELECTRIC RADIO Freshman Victor Red Seal Records R-E-D-U-C-E-D Acoustic Recordings, Double-Face 10-Inch and 12-Inch Records, each Christmas Package of 4 for $2.00 Thousands to Choose From— Heifetz Galli-Curci McCormack MOUNT PLEASANT INC. i 8t. John’s Bestows Sullivan Medal- lion for “Service and Nobility of Character.” John Haxs Hammond has been awarded the Algernon Sydney Sul livan Medallion for this by St. John's College. Annapolis, it was an- nounced today. The award. which is hestowed upon one student and one outstanding citizen annually. was ' given *in recognition of his nobility | of character and service to hu | manity.” The medallion was established St. John's hy the New Yor | Society Algernon Sydney Sulli the New Yo who won distinction in pub. ce and as a laywer and orator. He was indentfled with many chari- ties and was widely known. The medallion is of bronze and measures about 8 by 14 inches.” It | portrave two men in classic robes, | at Estimating that 10,000,000 Christmas trees will be cut this year from the forest and farm wood lots of America, the research department of the Na- tional Lumber Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation in a statement today points out to those who fear the depletion of the national forests from this cause that there is no reason for alarm One man-caused fire may roy more trees than all the Christmas trees used in Anerica, the statement declares, adding that public sentiment should be aroused to the necessity of forest fire prevention rather than de- priving children of the beantiful and traditional symbol of Christmas Technical foresters agree that the cutting of Christmas trees is not in. consistent with the conservation of G | trees aro cut from_ dense timber for- ests to thin the stahds the practice i= beneficial to the forests, they say, and provides a use for what otherwise | might have to be wasted. A Practices to be discouraged. forest- | ers say, are the cutting of many trees to secure one perfect one, cutting along highways, cutting of only sym- metrical trees and the cutting off tops of 20 to 30 year old trees. Using fine, Iarge trees for street decorations is a wasteful practice and should also be discouraged, officials of the United States Forest vice say Our forest wealth is the ons great nat resource that renews itself, it is added, and as new trees spring up | again each year, the venerated Ang Saxon custom of having a tree cen the holiday celebration need not he Tells Police New York Woman Ac-: companied Him Voluntarily on By the ROCHESTER chkiss Stepanof, old ch by Joseph Laculsa, an aHeged suitor eight ated she had been kidnaped and forced to take a 48-hour drive through the Stare, ey Stepanof. th Accidentally Killed. A bill proposing a payment £25.000 10 Mrs, e B. Gallaha | widow of Lieu el L. Gallak of the District Fire Department. was introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Bruce of Maryland. Tt was referred to committes for re ort Lient of | Associated Press . Y.. December 14 and county authorities waited ce today for some gesture of | p ion on the part of Mrs. Eva comely 40.year- | riropractor, who, despite denials | Gallahan was killed in July maize vears her junior, stoutly reiter- | ond an assertion hy Capt. Ofto | the woman’'s husband, United States park po. of Columbia for ploneers of the Pacific e past lice on the same sala the District Senator Jones. Republican of Police De level Rhodesia prodiced 1,400,000 bags of i i i the elder of whom bears a torch with which he is lighting a second torch | nd the Summer floods, | held aloft by the vounger man. Ar day u viver stage of | co ing the medallion is a cer- | w the flood mark tifl of award, | ters were opened | Hammond is a member of the | | hoard of visitors and governors of | | the college. | ille was inun- padra Creek overflowed. on the Missouri Pacific was reported washed Placed on Retired List. Martin K. Dunbar, away CAR LOADINGS INCREASE. Cant. master Corps, at Darlington. Ind., has | heen placed on the retired list of the | Army on account of disability inci- dent to the service, He is from Indi- ana and .d in the Spanish and World Wa . | l)\var'm—‘ Revenue freight loading on the rail roads for the week ended Decembi regated 915,408 cars, an increas nd Nanking, China, are ted by an automobile | — | lway Associationan. | cars over the pre he American 1. of 74 when loadings were re. nounc ceding week *| duced owing to observance of Thanks giving day. The total for the week of of 135.811 cdrs under the same week last yvea 1 Coal Joadings amounted to 158196 ars, a drop of 92,602 under the corre- sponding woek last vear; grain and grain products loadings aggregated 49,808 cars, and live stock loadings amounted tc cars. standard make Radios Your Old Talking Machine Accepted as Partial Payment Full Market Value {ed HARDEEN ACCEPTS OUR | CHALLENGE!! The Gibson Co. challenged Hardeen (brother of the late Hou- dini) to escape from a FRESHMAN packing case specially con- structed by ourselves. him in this case on the stage of Keith’s Theater, Thursday Night, Dec. 15th Will He Escape? Without Damaging the Case in Any Way? We don’t see how he can—Go and find out Authorized Freshman Radio Dealer GIBSON'’S ke PALAIS ROYAL Downstairs Store diso through fear of forest depletion forests for economic use, provided the cntting s properly done. Where the BEEF PRICE SCORED | BY RETAIL DEALERS &3 kit o bt i | Prices of beef were sald 1o be at the highest point since the World War ile the average increase is about to boyeott the sale of any grade of | beef. " Leo A. Kelly, chairman of the | board of directors. said retailers were Philadelphia Group Suggests Use of Poultry or Other Meats Dur- | choice beef has advanced between 70 per cent. rcass beef, for ing Rising Market. allers pald 17 cents a pound vear ago, has risen to 28 cents. | *hoice cuts are retailing at 75 cents a pound. Other organizations controlling ni merous retail meat shops have ad- " viged their customers to buy poultry here yesterday to investigate alleged | 54 meats other than beef until the unreasonable increases in the price of | price of the latter drops. beef in Philadelphia and to urge con- i sumers to use other meats as substi- TR tutes, Chosen, Japan, will spend $12.000.- “The local branch of the National As- 1000 on its railways, rivers, and irriga- sociation of Retail Meat Dealer tion systems within the next nied reports that their Intention was nfbnths. the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 14.-— A marketing committee was formed Our own employees will nail and rope GET IT AT 917-19 G St. N.W. Given Other Models $75.00 to $1,550.00 Atwater Kent Model 7-AC-3—This all-electric Six-Tube One Control Freshman Masterpiece is a re- markable value, It is built in a sturdy cabi- net and paneled in genuine mahogany. A large built-in cone speaker of exceptional power and tone is pro- vided. This receiver is a most attractive addi- tion to any home. Com- plete, ready to operate, including new AC Tubes. no extras to buy, the price of Model 7- AC-3 is— $153 Complete Convenient Terms 59¢ Schumann- Heink Rachmaninoff SHOP St. N.W. m&&:&:xz&m&vm&«&;&n&&&r&a@mmmmm&%‘mwm&flm&&mm&%&a&&mm A R R L T TR T I Lo, T An Unusual and Distinctive Showing of the Wanted 12 | | Broadcloth and Fine Suede Cloth COATS All richly furred—and smartly styled $39.85 In the newest Winter styles, these attractive coats are trimmed with such desirable furs as Vicuna fox, pointed fox, genuine heaver, wolf, badger and natural skunk. T an, black: gracklehead and other wanted shades. Sizes 14 to 46—38Y; to 44Y/, for the larger wom- an. Palals Royal— Downstairs Store he wonld prosecute Lacuisa to the full extent of the law, authorities have heard nothing. Meanwhile, La- cuisa, who appeared voluntarily be fore Police Chief Ralph of Perry and denied the woman's allegations, was still free. 1 Lacui dily admitted the wom an had accompanied him on a twn day automobile trip to the southern | part of the § had been mad D He left her in Rochester after she had | heard of her husband'’s search for her. she sajd Mrs. Stepanof, who conducts a chiro- practic business in Perry, appeared at | her husband’s home here Monday | night in an apparent nervous collapse. She was able only to give incoherent details of an alleged kidnaping and en forced drive to Elmira and back S please Guggenh National By ERVE National Ginger Ale during the popular host. holiduys and tyoulll he' 5 has the “makings" that the taste—its gingerness is ite recommendation, Made today the same wav that made it famons. case or bottle delicatessens fes, clubs and im Co, 33rd & K Sts. West 2508 % PALALS ROYAL G STREET AT ELEVENTH A Christmas Sale! Men’s SHIR'TS 1,200 Genuine Imported White English Broadcloth Shirts 5119 Well made shirts, cut as full as the most exacting man likes and .finished with good quality buttons. And every man always likes to have a good supply of white shirts—they’re always popular! Also at this price a few colored striped madras and broadcloth shirts in the lot. Neckband and collar-attached styles. Not every size in collar-attached styles. Sizes 1315 to 17. i MEN’S Gift Neckties Thousands to choose from! We'll box them if vou wish! Main Floor—Men's Store i man! toc Gay colors and quiet | shades—plain ties and fancy ties—styles for every " Reduction Sale! 200 Fine Quality Men’s All-Wool O’COATS $20.75 High-grade coats, tailored of fine, all-wool fah- rics—and every coat new this season! vear’s coats here! No last Single-breasted models Double-breasted models Boa-type coats Form-fitting coats Sizes 34 to 44, & E H~ P Blues—Grays—Tans—Mixtures Plenty of styles for young plenty of styles for more conservative men. PALAIS ROYAL—Men’s Store—Main Floor Give him a bright colored plaid ‘jack of extraordinary warmth, with large roomy pockets and knit waistband and cuffs—you'll see his eyes sparkle their thanks. Boys’ All-Wool Sweaters $1.98 to $7.95 Including shaker knit and sport sweaters that are extra warm in many colors and patterns. Boys’ Leather Suede Windbreakers $8.95 Another real boys' garment of warmth and utility—that is lined, Knitted collar and cuffs, in tan and gun metal. PALAIS ROYAL—Boys' Store—Main Floor More Acceptable Boys’ Gifts Would be difficult to find Boys’ All-Wool Lumberjacks, $2.98 /