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THE EVENING MRS, LAURA A. THOMSON, WISCONSIN PIONEER, DIES Woman, 83, Succumbs to Illness at Daughter's Home Here—Funeral Held Yesterday. Mrs. Laura Ann Thomson, 93 years old, a pioneer of Wisconsin, dicd at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Walter P. White, 3210 Newark street, Cleve T T Brief funeral services were conducted Thomson of Oshkosh and Harry Thom- | of several months. She had long been at the daughter's residence yesterday. |son of Okanogan, Wash. and a sister, | o yesident of this city, where Dr. Par- The body was sent to Oshkosh, Wis., | Mrs. Irene Blyman of Oshkosh. sons has practiced medicine for more where additional funeral services wil i AT e St gk Dt Ly be nducted tomorrow. Interment will han rty-five years. be_at Oshkosh. "W MRS, E. D. PARSONS DIES. | She leaves her husband, her mother, 's. Thomson was born i 5 P *| Mrs. William Hart Dexter of Takoma S and e P Iasen A i S Park: three sisters, Mrs. H. F. Babbitt J. N. Y. and went to Wisconsin with her father. the late Willlam O. Stroud, when | W siclan Succumbs After | 0f Enst Orange. N. J.; Mrs. Allan C {15 years old, settling in Oshkosh, where | SWize SIREDYR i ‘ Wood of Swarthmore, Pa.and Mrs. Carl 3 M. Crawford of Chester, Pa.. and a she had spent the greater part of her | X life until coming to this city 20 years | brether, Paul 8. Dexter of Newark, ({)rl'. ago. 5 | Mrs. Eva Dester Parsons, 50 vears| Funcral services will be conducted at old, wife of Dr. Alfred Parsons, died at | the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 her home, 249 Carroll street, Takoma ' o'clock. Interment will be in Rock Long Tilness. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. White of this city and Mrs. Dio Dun- STAR, WASHINGTON, DT STUDENT NURSES AID RED CROSS SERVICE 134 Join During Week's Recruit- ing—Three Hospitals List 100 Per Cent. 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Superior Cleaning Service Demonstrated In Your Own Home No woman need know housecleaning as drudgery afiain, or continue to use old, incfficient equipment. Ask the Eureka representative to show you how to make housecleaning this year—and for y than you have ever thought it could be. rs to come — easier PHONE ‘MAIN 3736 TODAY F UREK " NMore Dirt VACUUM CLEANER POTOMAC ELECTRIC APPLIANCE COMPANY Have EVERYTHI any electric cleaner until you see the Eureka s Llectvical—Pay on Electric Bills nurses who will be graduated from local hospltals this year have been enrolled In the Red Cross nursing service dur- ing the past week, it was announced {last night at a nurses’ rally at Central | High School marking the end of the Jane A. Delano national recruiting week. 'The principal speaker wns Maj. |Gen.” Charles P. Summerall, chief of stafl of the United States Army. Gen. Summerall made a plea for more {enrollments in the nursing service. | About 500 graduate and student nurses | attended. | " 'Miss Clara D. Noyes. national director of the American Red Cross, presented {medals to the nursing superintendents of Garficld, Children’s and Emergency Hospitals, whose- entire personnel has | enrolled in the nursing service. | "Miss Mabel Boardman, secretary of | the central committee of the Red Cross, |awarded a flag to Miss Kathleen Flor- ence Smith, a nurse of Providence Hos- pital, for the best essay on “The Pur- pose of the Red Cross Nursing Service.” Tt TWO NEW JUDGES ASKED | FOR COURT OF APPEALS | District Tribunal Declared to Need Extra Members to Handle Increased Docket. Appointment of two additional asso- | ciate justices of the Court nf Appeals of | the District of Columbia is proposed in |a bill introduced late yesterday by Rep- resentative Hickey, Republican, of In- salary of $12,000 each. Mr. Hickey explained that the court | for some time has carried along a heavy docket which is being considerably in- creased. In addition to all the litigation 1that goes up on appeal from the Su- preme Court of the District, there are also some cases from the Municipal Court and the Police Court. In addition, all the patent cases ar considered by the District Court of Ap. peals. The Court of Appeals also is taking over all cases from the Tax Board of Appeals. Mr. Hickey will ar range for hearings on his bill at the carliest practicable date. \HEAR HUMOROUS DEBATE. Princeton Alumni Entertained at Annual Banquet. | ! “What Price Congress?” was i question asked last night in a humorous | debate between Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania and Dr. Charles Browne, former Representative and one- { time mayor of Princeton, at the an- | nual banquet of the Princeton Alumni | Association of the District of Columbia in the Willard Hotel. More than 150 ,‘m’;mbrrx of the association were pres- en Maj. John D. Kilpatrick presided and acted as toastmaster. Charles Trow- | bridge Tittmann sang several songs. The | famous Nassau Quartet of 1910 gave a brief entertainment, as did Ken Clarke, notable among Princeton men as a com- | poser. ‘The committee in charge of the ban- {quet Included Maj. Kilpatrick, Court | land Nixon, James Lemon, Alfred Den- nis, David Lawrence, Edmund Rheeni, Oliver Metzerott, R. H. A. Carter, Wil- lam Flather, Ralph Lee and Larry BROOCH ~vellow gold. inches long. half ineh wide d-mine diamond anen desien e M on West Trving $A0 for Chase, fish - “Whiir. ta Return o Ki 1DOG ™ nied: tag N - Reward 1535 Kearncy 5 TRie T hrawn abot i a 1 A ;....Tu . Saturday evening nw. or on North Tih and 4th ste » Liberal reward Call 1. S hlaclk Teath d Mayflower Totel Earle. Mayfower Hotel GERMAN POLICE ers o 1 I Return to M H0G Chevy Chase vicin name’ of Chum. Reward 7RR N, With ve F18 rewnrd if Frankln 4 2iielun POLICE DOG) and G nw v Jost 10(h Return o lght gray i 1008 I S ON RIMS AND BRACKE night o Monday morning tion.” Reward. " Call Columbla K38, | | s e WRIST WATCH With hracelet: white gl | tady's; between Lith, wnave. 14th st " Thomas Cirele Chevy Chase car wse_phone Main Reward 1 round. vellow warks. se: veward, Notify v hetwesn' B am and £0 jm P S S RIS S e S | OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT AT ‘lEISEMAN’S. 7th & F WRIST WATC kold | No e ! i | i [ | CLYDE J. NICHOLS, Inc. UNDERTAKERS 4209 9th St. N.W. Clvde 3. N i merly Vico Preatdent Wl Neare Co Phone Col. 6324 oo g AMBULANCE Private Service, $4.00 Steel Vaults, $85.00 $50 Entire Funerals, $75.00 Up Lowest Prices The Beown Ntone Funeril fome W. W. Chembers Co. 1400 Chapin Nt N.W Col. aa2 Neeretary R Y i) y { (i‘} P RYAN SERVICE is PERFECT Iy Flioral partor. wrivate ambuiance o livees WP RRIIA JAMES T. RYAN Puneral Directol Mh & ¢ Sts. NV, Phone Main Ten Thousand . Ave, Hh. 001101, |diana. These judgeships would carry u) the | B 1928. RITES FOR F. R. BARCLAY. Funeral Today Followed by Inter- ment With Masonic Honors. Funeral services for Frank Russell Barclay, United States post office in- spector, In charge of the Washington division, who died at his home in Riv~ ducted at the residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. W. A. Eisenberger officlated. Interment was in Fort Lin- coln Cemetery, with Masonic rites at the_grave. Mr. Barclay had been In charge of the Washington division since 1921. ‘The division includes the Distriet of Columbia, Maryland. North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, the Virgin Islands and Porto Rico. THE WEATHER District of Columbia, Maryland: and Virginia—Cloudy and warmer tonight, foilowed by rain late tonight or tomor- colder tomorrow afternoon or | | row, | night. West Virginia—Rain, colder in west portion tonight, tomorrow generally fair and much colder, except rain in east | portion. Record for 214 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m,, 53; 8 p.m., 50; 12 midnight, 47; 4 am, 42; 8 am, 41; noon, 48. Barometer-—4 pm., 2093; 8 pm, 20.997 12 midnight, 30.08; 4 am, 30.07; 8 a.m., 30.09: noon, 30.08. Highest temperature, 53, occurred at 4 p.m.; lowest temperature, 41, occurred at 7 am. Temperature same date last year— | Highest, 73; lowest, 50. | Tide Tables. Furnished by United States Coast and | Geodetic Survey. Today—Low tide. 7:08 a.m. and 7:53 ! pm.; high tide, 0:36 a.m. and 1253 pm. Tomorrow—Low tide, 7:57 am. and 8:51 pm. high tide, 1:22 am. and 42 pm The Sun and Moon. . Today—Sun rose 6:24 am.: sun sets 6:13 p.m | Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:22 a.m. | sets 6:14 pm. | Moon rises 0:19 a.m.; sets 10°07 a.m. | Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset Condition of the water—Great Falls, clear. | | | sun Weather in Varfous Cities | stations | | Abilens. Tox A ¢ 1A | At 1t lantie City | Raitimora v to Buffalo | Charleston hieazn Denver Detrait Huron. & T Indiananolis. S Antonio San_Diezn Toudy Weather Part clonds | Part clondy | N n. Denmark Swedei ) bon Greenieiih time | Stockholm, Part cloude Pa | Gibraita N Horta Births Reported. The foliowing birthe have heen renortad o the Health Department in the last 24 d Mary L. ' I a Hope. hoy Helen € Da Atley » Rocha. girl Darothy 1 artrude fl Mitsi B Clara ¢ Juse and ) Alfrad M John E and ael B and oy oy | 1 Howard and Frank and Mas FUNERAL DIRECIORS. V. L. SPEARE CO. nor e Sneare eslal ¢ o erame aues 1009 H St. NNW. 4 v 010 K SN, LoWihwm Funernl Direcl [ L et {8 \ M W. Warren Taltavull 14th & Spring Rd. Col. 464 ALMUS R.SPEARE Succeeding the original W R Speare Co 1623 Connecticut Ave. Potemac 4600 8 yrs. at 1208 H st.. 45 yrs. at 940 Foat Tim;pthy Hanlon a1 n st et ¢ or LS N k) Wm. H. Sa Private Limousine N K \mbulance Lincoln 524 Frank Geier's Sons Co. | WA et Femmone Main 2473 | ENTARLISHED INTO JOHN R. WRIGHT CO. EVU 10 80 N W Piune Narth 47 James T. Clements CHAS. S. ZURHNPRST WRANT CARITOL N Phone ar I. F. COSTELLO NOREM TN 120N Capitel 8y P. A. TALTAVULL s o o, fgrALTaviLL Joseph F. ‘Blrch'n Son 234 M St NV Phne wow T———————— v Mo ve | 184} ] Establtahed . FUNERAL DESION Prowpt ALt Dollvery Barel GEO. C, SHAFFER i Only ""“'“"i’i‘.‘fi'&'fi‘;‘é tore, BLACKISTONE, 1407 Reautiful Floral i Dr-llm 8 and up, CALL NAIN 3T0Y, erdale, Md., Saturday night, were con- | FRANCIS W. HIGGINS, 75, DIES IN ETCHISON Brother of Montgomery County Orphans’ Court Judge Leaves Three Children. Special Dispateh to The Star ROCKVILLE, Md., March 13— Francis W. Higgins, 75 years old, promi- nent retired farmer and brother of ! Deaths. MEREDITH. Departed this | 3 16, 1078, at 1 men helnved fe 0 b Hompital, MITCHELL MEF i hushand of the nw. 0 maine resiing at funeral pariors. Reat comes a1 fast Thoneh Tife DEVOTED ESKRIDGE N “FRiEND. Judge Joseph C. Higgins of the Orphans’ Court, died at his home at Etchison, Md.. yesterday after a long fliness. He s survived by three children, Mrs. James Mansfield, Round Hill, Va.: Claggett of Baltimore, and Howard M. Higgins of Etchison. Funeral services will be held tomor- | row afternoon at 2 o'clock at M. E. “hurch South at Goshen, Md. MRS. A. K. SYSTER DIES. Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow in Sharpsburg, Md. Mrs. Nettie Schley Syster, wife of Andrew K. Syster, died at her home in | the Frankiin Park Apartments, yester- | day. She had been a resident of this city for the past 20 years. 8he is survived by her husband, | three sisters, ‘Mrs. M. F. Nicodemus | and Mrs. E. B. Briggs of this city, and | Mrs. Arthur Jewson of Calcutta. India, | and three brothers, Charles Miller of | Sioux City, Iowa; Frederick Miller and | Marton Miller of California. The body will be taken to Sharps- burg, Md., tomorrow morning for fu- neral services tomorrow afternoon at 1 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be at| | Sharpsburg. Marriage Licenses. Marriage licanaes have heen issued 1o the | 1 | n and Anna A n s r Wilson q Az h tewart ew York City and i Va Seatt r Richmond s Quarles and am Regina'd nd Doris A. Mar. Va Quarles allie J._ Drew Josephine Winston izabeth Bach el Alics Williams. | dames > | Wi Manehey Raltimors MePherson and | m; N | ing_deaths have heen reported | Department in the last 2% | Dingman. 88, National Luther * Apart-| Robert W' §choll, 70 fartha W Goddard Flia A. Bounds. 7 st. n 7 Morrison Potomac 301 Cathedral raedmen s Hospita 1_Fenton a. me. Voat | er Hospital. ! d st e Providence Hn @ months. 261 N of. Mamie Waodw Frnect Reard Jaies Davis Barbara 0. A¥inn | Poxes are the greatest mimics in the janimal world. They can bleat like a {lamb, mew like a cat, bark. and imitate | | other cries. ~ €ard of Thanks 4 family nf the late their late bersavement Deaths. . March | aet Jarvis | Jarvis Weddnesd from the W. Er 1 Inter- | el oent Ariingt BROWN. Suddenlv on Mo 1928 “at Freedmen's Hospit, A WX Thetoved | hushand Re | James. Henry and | ¥ Brown and Jowphine Lucas. No- | 'Remaing reseing | arvis Co funeral par- RUCKI wile of James J waid at 0 am Interment in Mo tery. Kindly omit flowers BUCKMAN. Departed this March 11 1 at he 1 $ 2 ) pm Peace | h Deiween Tath and | 14%h st ne. Rev Moore offictating. | BUCKMAN. Officers and members of Dicker. T, cle. St A< ) % « ated to mect’ Wednesday. | 8 nm RUCKN AN. " Funeral s Raptist Church. W st lwiween 13th and 14N e | Thurslay. March 15 at 1 nm. | OLIVER HIGHT. W § SISTER BERTIE. Fin. Sec : \"en avr, 108 W CLARKE. Depucted ernaon March L HOWARD CLARK Teatha Clarke r from Mow Woand Eye sta at Grie's” tuneral” pariors DAWSON. On Tuesiay her residonce. 110N Tay A wife of the late 1 3 at oy Inealay .\im-h the Sn At M the Gethsmane Ve ave ww | frand and vast gra NG bLadge, A 1O e herehy requeatod 1o attend the Naitiat Chureh 2 st WO W FV A S HENDY vy ave STRAN G NITR ELMIRA G RRON 3 attend i S THAMPTON fd o THOM A L s B LAURENCE RELLY. On Monday I8 vesitence. 10 lght ¢ huirsday March 18 "N e oiy A Dt A BrUAW SAF 1N AWl am entav. Mareh 18 wed MV vaver Nemaine epidence. SO0 Macomb o\, eral later Depatted this e Mo \‘.. et h SN L nw : "Loilna abe ol | Yo & e e . e the ! Ul " | LR R AT S o tuviied Sine xfl‘n‘\:"d\"“ 1008, n \&‘"\u" S ' ‘1 ard ) § ¥u N\ A TR AL T L W A, T JEabe hddial o RN AR ROSE. THOMAS WANDER, SHEGOGIUE. BTG at and d Morgan Louis Morros an Fureral from b o “h 14, a1 4. Ir K The nficers 88 of T and _membars of o R G. and J. € her lata residence, 2 SISTER IDA WARE W. % SISTER MAMIE CLARK. Load E EDMONSOX. R. & On Friday. March 11, 19 Alexardria Hosoital _KING C. 8 balnved hiishand of Orra Spin servicas at Centerville ~Va_. on nestas. March 1%, at 12 o'elock. ment 1 o'clock 28 at 1h PIND! ne. where mass will he Tor the revoss of her On Tuesdar Mare am JOSEPH B Sarah Catherine Tisinzer, h T In ER. On Monda: "D TOLIYER and the late Mav tice of funeral later. ot arFazet Wik Remaims sting at Zu T East Capit uneral hereafter Monday. March at_her regidence st Notiee of WESFR. On T30 ' Weser. Notice of funeral In Memoriam. N. Saéred to the memory of ou father. JOHN F_CO! his wars right and snst o the end of re and kind in heart an What 3 heantifnl memary he HIS WIFE. DAUGHTER AND DURRER. In sad b of our dear hroth who denarted_th: March 13. 1 On_the hillside. xen Where the traes ly was Lies the one we loved so dearly Tn his lonele silent srave H1S DEVOTED BROTHER. * PWARDS. In lovinge remembhrance of oul deas father. CHARLES EDWARDS died four vears ago March 13 our darling mother. 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