Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1927, Page 11

* PROBE COLLECTION OFCHARTY FUNDS Ne:y York Welfare Officials Qyiz Russian Woman, Or- By the Associated Press. 5 | worth. NEW YORK. December 2 While the Federal Government was | nothing coarse or raw. decifing whether or not to allow | have I known a man with no redeem- Mme. Bronislawa De Petschenko to| 0% g Sl S othing straight, " remain in this country, the New York | Our characters are often mixed, some pleadings do not state a cause for Partment of Public Welfare today |blemish always mars; there is no vir interested itself in the conduct of her |ture that is fixed like yonder twinkling | charjtable enterprises for ! fit of Russian children refugees l“‘ns airs that shift from east to west;| today we scorn all evil snares and nobly do our best; tomorrow we may | 1 instructions from Washing- | spring some trick that we today would | the complaint says. The plaintiff was spurn, may hit a neighbor with a to confine his efforts among railroad that - her .permit to visit the United |ablebrick, or other sinful turn States had expired, and to request that she leave the country within a reasonably short time. Eu 3 iy received ton*to advise Mme. to mmissioner Day instructed him not to proceed in the case further instructions. until’ next July. In a hearing which was continued until today, Mme. De Petschenko e © dered Home. Island authorities yesterday —|w the bene- stars. Our | De Petschenko In the after- pending e e 4 Black and White. | 1 read a book by Cyrus Whack, and say, “This man can write, but makes his villain much too black, his hero much too white. No kind emotions ever warm the villain's tawdry soul; he is a fiend in human form, and sin's his only goal. The hero never steps aside from virtue's shining road, and all the gifts the gods provide are on|jocinc (hat he wi this gent bestowed.” And so I take|yon'o jnspector he costly tome and throw it at the | ,nerce Comm cat:«it sends a green pain throuzh my don.e to read a book like that. ing trait who always moods Promised For 1| {f:‘"“-,’w'fi;&'i"'.:fl" s et "}f{mi;ormer Soo Line conductor, yesterday And never have 1 known a|fled without a fault or flaw who al- | aid the thing that's right and suit in ber Co. He asks A demurrer to a vicious | filed at the same the defendant on And never | had action are changeable December 31 That | neighbor, who has won renown as be- | ing low and base, may well be chasing | : through the town to feed some or- | Direct from , however, a telephone message | phan’s face. He may be dropping for | the day the crimes that mark his| brow to take a lusciqus bale of hay to| some poor widow's cow. There's none | Mme. De Petschenko said that her | entirely good or had, entirely white or passport, extended several times since f hlalck.hanfl soml'm fee“ns“v:ev:d and her arrivs 23, s not expire | sad when reading Cyrus Whack. e N . WALT MASON. (Covyright. 1927.) plained to James W. Kelly, deput comunissioner of public welfare, the | detalls of her money-raising ventures for: the Russian refugee children. She said ‘she never actually handled any of the charity funds/ ! Her livelihood, she said, was derived | from her work as interior decorator, | and from the sale of Russian art ob- | Jects on a commission basis. counts which she showed the deputy he said, ceipls of large amounts for her serv- ices as interior decorator. Mme, De -Petschenko arose several timés in the midst of questioning and cominissioner, exclaimed: “I want to be vindicated from all these charges and insinuations that have been made against me.” ‘The present publicity in connectjon with her enterprises followed the sud- den ecancellation of an Oriental ball, to been: heid December. 14. have- Ordered to Capital. First Lieut. James C. White, 6th ' , “has heen or- CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. | Drugyists, 25and 75¢ red packages. Infantry, &t St @ered to this city for duty with Head | pany, 16th Infantry. quarters’ The ac- | recorded re- | quick relief, | from pain. tonight |Headache Indigestion Biliousness | Can Be Quickly Relieved If Due To Censtipation. | That wretched sick headache, gas | on stomach, sour and acid feeling— | if due to constipation—can be re- | lieved by regular | bovel movement. | Stimulate the ac- tion and give a free Tey \ ‘Furniture of Merit" Seventh and' Carefully MAN SUES FOR $11,201 IN POLITICAL CONTRACT Ex-Rail Employe Says He Was Job for Booming Schall Before Elections. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL Minn., December 21.—Al- olitical services in Daited Senator Thomas D. Distriet against Andrew A. D. Rahm, vice pres. ident of the Shelvin Carpenter Lum- The demurrer will be heard at a special term of District Court, The alleged agreement with Rahm | to work in bebalf of Senator Schall's election was made 44 Luscious Florida Oranges Specially selected ........ kets of oranges and grapefruit Fine, Juicy Grape Fruit— Three, 4 and 5 for : men, the complaint holds, and his re. ward, in addition to the promise of a position with the Interstate Com- merce Commission in the event of the election of Schall, was to be $10 a day and an expense account of $8 a day. After the election of Senator Schall, Rahm alleges he was promised the Interstate Commerce appointment, but has not been given the position. Alabama Educator Honored. ¥ MACON, Ga., December 21 (#).— with the Interstate | pp ht Dowell, whose resignation ission as a reward as president of Alabama Polytechnic behalf of | Institute, at Auburn, becomes effec- tive June 1, was elected yesterday by he board of trustees of Mercer Uni versity here to succeed Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, who recently resigned. Dr. Weaver resigned last September to become secretary of the education £11.201 damages. board of the Southern Baptist con the complaint was | vention, which controls the university. time by counsel for | s the ground that the as promised a posi- ¢ St. Paul, | Court here GENTLEWOMEN’S LEAGUE Woman’s Exchange 17th and H Sts. N.W. Christmas zoodies and homescooked food daily. Saturday specials. Homemade rolls. Whole wheat bread. 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