Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1928, Page 16

16 DRY PLANK GROUP T0MEET TUESDAY).: National Leaders of All Sects! to Convene for Demand on Parties. A demand for the inclusion of dry planks in the platforms of the major political parties and the nomination of candidates who are dry in fact will| be made Tuesday evening at a dinner st the Marflower Hotel by the com- mittee on arrangements for & national conference on 1928 prohibition enforce- ment planks. The call for this con- ference has been issued by more than | 500 leading men and women through- out the United States. an announce- ment made yesterday said. adding that $1 tomperance organizations will be represented through individual mem- bers. Protestants. Catholics annd Jews | cill be participants in the assembly. p William Fraser McDowell side at the dinner. which will 6:30 o'clock. . Bishop William n on, Rev. Dr. M. Ashby Jones of St. Louis. Bishop James E. | Freeman of Washington, Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman of New York City. Bishop William T. Manning of New York and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. Resalutions will be presented by Bishop James Cannon. ir. of Washington. | Members of Congress will be guests of | on will preside and Dr.| A Poling will deliver the key-! address. At the luncheon pro- Fred B. Smith of New York will and make an address. Other that meeting will be: les H. Strong of New York City, Col. Patrick Henry Callahan of Louis- . Ky. and Col. Raymond Robins! of Chicago. At the afternocon meeting | five-minute speeches will be delivered ! by Mrs. Clem Shaver of West Virginia, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Night Herons at Zoo Misjudge Season But Stick to Nest Until Brood Hatches ‘The warm days of January fooled the blue-crowned night herons at the They have no calendar to consult and the only way they can teli when Spring is here is by the feeling of things in general. When there are four or five warm days in succession, and the other birds are singing and the buds are sprouting they think Winter is over and can’t be argued out of it. ‘Two of them proceded to build their nests, lay eggs and sit on them. The snowstorm and cold weather came, but the persistent birds clung to their nests in the big out-door flight cage and did not let the eggs get cold.| Snow covered the rvims of the nests but never touched the eggs. This week the patience of both birds was rewarded and two broods hatched out. All the young birds have survived thus far and probably will remain alive despite the unseasonable time of their | birth. Ordinarily, according to Dr. William M. Mann, director of the Zoo, the blue- crowned night herons do not come so far North before March or April. ‘The Zoo lost this week one of its oldest inhabitants, an African crane which came fnto the collection in 1905. It was an adult bird, possibly 5 or 6 years old. when it was received. This s an unusual. but not remarkable, crd for a bird, according to Zoo| “for the third time. shorter, according to Dr. Mann, because there they must combat with all their natural encmies. The chances of sur- vival of an old bird are slight. At_present the oldest inhabitant of the Zoo is & sulphur-crested scockatoo, which has been in the collection for 30 years and may be considerably older. In spite of its great age it is as alert and apparently in as good health as ever. WIFE ASKS DIVORCE. Mrs. R. A, Brannan Charges Hus- band Is Bookmaker. Charging that her husband camou- flages his business as a bookmaker by driving about in a new automobile pos- ing as a demonstrator, Mrs. Rosalie L. Brannan, 5723 Ninth street, today filed suit for a limited divorce from Richard A. Brannan, Chastleton Apartments. They were married April 17, 1926, and the ‘wife says he recently deserted her She declares he makes $100 per week. Attorneys Gold- stein & Quigley appear for the wife. Limited divorce is also asked in a suit filed by Mrs, Sarah E. Moore, 1107 C street northeast, against John T. Moore, 1478 Clifton street. They were married January 31, 1924, and the wife fMicials. Some live a very long time,|says her husband assaulted her June 4 L. < {once they become accustomed to cap-|last, and turned her out of a local tivity and eat regularly. In the wild| hotel. She is represented by Attorneys tate their lives probably are much Casteel & King. John W. Vickerman of the Pennsyl-| I vania Legislature, Mrs. Jesse Nicholson | ;nd J. C. Penny of the Penny Poundn-‘ Hon. An announcement made yesterday on behalf of the committee said that the! penaity for failure of the major parties | to include planks calling for effective prohibition enforcement and the nomi- | nation of candidates who are dry in | fact will be active opposition at the | polls at the November elections. { The dinner committee consists of D. ! J. Callahan. Willlam Knowles Cooper, William S. Corby, W. W. Everett, Wil- liam T. Galliher, Mrs. John D. Hender- son, Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, Mrs. Seymour Lowman, Dr. George Otis Smith, L. A. Snead, Mrs. Virginia White Speel. Hugh A. Thrift, Mrs. l;.nr]\ty W. Wiley and Mrs. James M. 5. NEW TRIAL GRANTED. AR | Appeal Allowed From Jury Verdict | for $6,500 Damages. Justice Baifley in Circuit Division % ha; granted a new trial to the Gen- eral Baking Co., Pirst and B streets, ) || against which a jury recently awarded | 8 verdict for $6.500 damages in favor ot W. W. Cole. an automobile mechanic, | 2215 Douglas street. H Cole was in the employ of the com- pany in July, 1925, when a truck| ||| Between F and G Sts. engine and transmission fell upon him, inflicting permanent injuries. Attorney Ralph B. Ficharty appeared for the| eompany. Examined Invisible Bifocal Lenses Genuine Toric Kryptocks7 50 With Fine Shell Frame Case and Cleaner Included Kahn Optical Co. 617 7th St. N.W. Main 5977 = Saks Announces for Tomorrow 8th & E Sts. 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