Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1928, Page 39

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0. MONDAY, JANUARY 2. 1928.° 39 By POP MOMAND | POINCARE IS ILL FROM OVERWORK Premier Unable to Attend New Year l!c'ception—wm Take Long Rest. B"’Y M AN AGEMEN]’ T““ The New Year 1 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES—It’s a Sad Story, Mates. a ey Again we greet a brave New Year; | the time for pledges now ix here, the | solemn, fateful day; we've often made | tantastic vows which we would keep until the cows were on their home- I've made such phony vows myself; but soon 1 laid them on with mingled t and 1 CANT UNDERSTAND HIM ALOYSILS = HE SWEAR S HE LOVES ME, AND HE 1S SO DEvOTED, BUT HE SCENS To HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DESIRE TO GET MARRIED Leave 1T To ME AMELIA* ILL FIND QUT WHAT THAT BIRD'S INTENTIONS ARE " WAIT'LL HE caLLS NOT IF WE HAVE ANOTHER SUMMER LIKE LAST SummeEn WHATS HAPPENED TO ALL ™ FLIES ANY WAY ? BELIEVE ne MR, MEGINIS 1T WAS A TougH Time For US FLY PAPeR BETWEEN THIS * SWAT THe FLy CAMPAIGN AN Tw SCARCITY OF PLIEY 1 DIONT DO ANY BUSINESS AT ALL' WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS 13 MoRe FLIES OR 1 wonT BE ASLE TU GET MARRID) AT ALt s Tougn T \'EL:- You . Firme Jenans THE FLY PAPER SALESMAN IS STiLL PAY\NG DEVOTED ATTENTION To AMeLIA, DUT WHEN THAT Coy CREATURE TOUCHES UPON THE SUBSECT OF MATRIMONY JiMmie SKILLFuLLY SWITCHES THE CONVERSATION TO OTHER CHANNELS.. HARRIED en? Party Intrenched in Reading, Pa., for Next Four By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 2.—Premier Poin- care was ill and unable to be pres- ent at the presidential palace to as- sist President Doumergue at the New Year receptions of officials and digni- taries in the Senate chambers, one of "lha most important functions of the ay. The premier has heen working 15 to 16 hours daily for the past 1% months without a vacation. He was attacked by a chill Christmas morn- ing when after sitting all night in an overheated chamber to put ‘he budget measure through he emerged into below freezing cold at daybreak. The chill was followed by a high temperature which increased through- prone to be abandoned and alone, too good for this old earth. This year no halo do T crave; but I have made a vow to s o part of what 1 draw; I'll salt ry week in yonder leak, that has no erac tations are around me yet to blow my- seif and go in debt, but these I will vesist: for debt’s an evil thing to one Who has to labor for his mon, 1 wot | and also wist. 1 pledge myself to keep side such income as my READING, Pa.. January 2.—The new Socialist eity government in pow- er in Reading today will be intrenched for the mext four years and will have complete control. | in: It was swept into office at the No and save the iron me vember election, largely on the prom: [can't afford a plane I'll go {se to small home owners ‘that H\\‘n*'lhn lane and through the bosky glen. would be an equitable assessment of 'Whatever things I can't afford T'll do perty for taxation purposes. The the hoard grow without and watch year has been stable. He expects the American Jewish Congress and terprets the life and death of Jesus alists also promised that they r in the erock: and if I cannot see d run the city government on ajm there yasyou-go basis and that would be no bond issues. Vo What the new regime will do with the $760,000 loan voted by the citizer two years ago for a new city hall ha naot heen announced. Erection of th building has been blocked by a e zen committee, which objected to the new hall being placed in the city . Thus the Socialist government heir to the loan. The new mavor is J. Hen! He will have the support of cialist members of the council. W constitute a majority of that body. A Democrat and other two m Two Soc were elected t achool board., which is sed o nine members, and the ity 11 into the han o the d of the he two old parties saved was the city trea a went to a Repub! FLOOD WATERS RECEDE THROUGHOUT MOROCCO Damage Not So Great as Estimated at First—Bodies Float in Streams. By the Associated Press. CASABLANCA. Morocco. 2—The waters of between Meknes b Ocean were receding yesterday. greatest danger is regarded as past The catastrophe was not as bad it was considered at first, dam now being estimated at 100,000,000 francs, which is considerably less than had been expected. RABAT, Morocco, January 2 (P).— The first rays of sunshine yesterday Republican are the he | arose {none of the blows on Mrs. Harring- |ton’s head had been sufficient to frac- ¥ to buy myself a varnished dray, I'm net too proud to walk. And then if this new year should panic, slump or anything of ¢ °t, the kopeks will reli store the merve, assu: (Copyright, 1 » ACTRESS BELIEVED JEALOUSY VICTIM ¢ New York Police Find Letter in Feminine Hand From Detroit Which Gives Clue. A1 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 2.—De- tectives have found a new clue which led them to believe that Mrs. Emma Harrington, vaudaville actress, might have been killed by a woman and that jealousy might have been the motive., A letter in a feminine hand was found, bearing a Detroit postmark, reminding Mrs. Harrington in ex- travagantly endearing terms of her | friendship for the writer in the past and insisting that the actress spend {the holidays in Detroit. Police said that the letter gave weight to & previous Suspi man might be the sl when the autopsy ture the skull. The actress died from loss of blood from the wounds. Guy Harrington, actor, whom Mrs. Harrington was suing for divorce, was questioned by police today. He came from Pennsylvania, where he bad been appearing in a stock com- CONTINUED INCREASE IN WAGES PREDICTED . Columbia “Professor Also Sees De- cline to Stabilization in Price Levels. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 2-—Con- tinued rise of wages for industrial workers and stable or slowly declin- ing price levels during the next de- cade or two are foreseen Prof. Frederick C. Mills of Columbia ity, in a summary prel on with the research prog National Bureau of Emonomic {earnings of acturing i proximately 922, while the price level Loosen ljp That Cold With Musterole Have Musterole handy when a cold starts. 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LOUIS, January 2 UP.—An appeal that “The King of Kings,” a film production shown here last week, be suppressed, Is contalned in a resolu- tion passed by the St. Louis Council of Established 18 Years An Unusual O Toric Far or Near Lenses COMPLETE with SHELL or METAL frame $10 Outfit for $5 Don't Neglect Your | Eyes Seo Shah Seo Better Remember the Address SHAH, 812 F St. $ 5.00 AN e SHAH OPTICAL CO. 812 F St. N.W. of Nazareth In so inaccurate, exag- gerated and distorted a manner as to cast the grossest infamy upon the Jewish religious and secular leaders of that period.” made public Saturday. The resolution states the film is unamerican and against the develop- ment of goodwill and harmonlous rela- tions between racial and religious groups in the land. “The King of Kings,” it states, “In- Exelusive Opticians his Week HEADACHE EYE STRAIN RELIEVED No One Can Be Happy Unless Their Eyes Focus Properly er Why Pay More? Plugs in any price—$24.50. 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TIFFIN, Ohio.—A 32-year-old mys- tery at Heldelberg College has been solved. It centered around the disap- pearance of the institution’s flag. Dr. Arthur V. Casselban of Philadelphia has returned it. He said his room- mate took it as a lark. muscles, sprains, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of the chest. Tt may prevent pneumonia and “flu.” . bes ISER B tonol, 8 i J. C. Piper, of Elmo, Mo, has 28,000 kinds of postage stamps, including one of Uncle Sam’s $100 denomination. Better than @ mustard ,lnf-r. ANNUAL JANUARY CLEARANCE OF ALL TRADED-IN AND SHOP WORN PIANOS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS and CUSTOMERS A Happy and Prosperous New Year WORLD FAMOUS MAKES ON SALE AT BARGAIN PRICES! ' 'HE POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY extends sincere good wishes to its thousands of friends and customers in Washington and Maryland for all prosperity, health and happiness dur- EXAMPLES 32 Gfxoie sy or to a use : Steinway Grand at I ing the New Year. . $795, our store is filled I 3 with rare bargains! Players, Baby Grands and Uprights— all are here—priced at a frac- tion of their original cost! From Washington’s finest homes come these pianos, lov- ingly cared for—awaiting your inspection. For the fourth consecutive year, we have great satisfaction and pleasure in announcing a further reduction in rates’to our customers. The new household rate for 1928 will be 5.9 cents per Kilowatt Hour which is a new low rate for such electric service and represents a total reduction of 41% in household electric rates since Decem- ber 31, 1924. Reductions have also been made in other schedules, making a total saving to our SMALL AMOUNT NOW consumers of $338,000 for the year 1928, as compared with the year 1927, $1,650 TRADED-IN Balance Over Period of Years STEINWAY MAHOGANY GRAND PIANO Needless to say it is very gratifying to this Company to be able to point to these rate reductions in the National Capital and to further emphasize the fact that, of all things entering into our daily lives, electricity is the one commodity that is cheaper than it was in 1914. Did you ever stop to think that a few cents a day, less than the price of a movie, will lace a piano in your home? aid for out of “pin money” ~—it soon becomes your own Here is the feature bar- Mrs. John D. Sherman, President, General Federation of Women’s Clubs—says: gsin for to- morrow. 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