Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1928, Page 5

BORAH 15 QUIZZED BY DRY LAW FOES Senator Asked if He Favors| Search for Rum on Ships in Canal. Senator Borah, whose prohibition quiz « Republican candidates for President | ¢ drawn wide attention, was asked some prohibition questions himself to- | dsv by the association against the pro- hibition amendment here were five questions submitted o the Senator. in a letter made public by Rear Admiral W. S. Kimball, U. §. N. retired, and Walter D. Wilcox. 1 the eighteenth amendment has a ™aral basis.” thev asked. “does the ad- mission within the three-mile limit of tuor on British ships allowed by the reaty with England involve a wrong- f t the United States. and would | r the annulment of this treaty? | or is being transported in large atities through the Panama Canal. is American territory. Would legisiation to search ships refuse passage through the Canal ose that were carriers of liquor? h amendment has do you believe in cxpediency from a politic stand- t or do you agree with the state- made by Calvin Coolidgs when he was Vice President that ‘the attempt to dragoon the bodv when the need & 0 convince the soul' ends in “re you one of that scts previou changed in their nature by the enact- ment of the present Jaw so that they now involve moral turpitude® “How do vyou regard a member of longress or other United States offi- clal who drinks aicoholic beverages ogenly here in Washington—is he a Jaw breaker setting bad example to the people at large? those who think innocent were Goes to Naval Academy. Lieut. (Junior grade) Paul H Wiedorn has _been ordered detached from the T. 8 & S-20 and to report for duty | Abe Martin Says: Leslie Hanger's brother has been rich almost 10 vears an’ it's still a reg’lar circus t' watch him Some people are so selfish an' self centered They dart over crossin’s, never givin' a thought as t' who'll have t* drop ther work. or changé ther plans. or inconvenience ‘emselves, t' gather ‘em up an' do a lot o tele- phonin’ (Couy 1008 ) ASKS NEW TRIAL. Dentist Says $30.000 Damage Ver- dict Is Excessive. Declaring the verdict of $30.000 dam- ages recently rendered against him by a jury in Circuit Division 1 to be ex- cessive and resulting from sympathy and prejudice on the part of the Clarence H. Howland. A dentist, 24i3 Pennsylvania avenue. has filed & mo- tion for a new trial of the suit of Ed- mund L. Finch, 2551 Seventeenth street. Finch had a tooth, containing a fill- ing. extracted in October. 1924, by Dr. Howland, and he charged that the fill- ing was allowed to siip into his throat and lodged in his lung. Attorneys Strickland and Parker appear for the railroad | THE" EVENING STANDARDS EXPERT GETS NEW POSITION |Willis A. Slater to Leave Bu- i reau to Go With Lehigh | University. | willis A. Slater of the Bureav of Standards has been elected by the | trustees of Lehigh University as re- | search professor of engineering mate- | rials and director of the Fritz Engineer- | ing Laboratory in the department of | eivil engineering at the university. it was announced today. | M. Slater is one of the outstanding | scientific authorities on cement and concrete and in recent years has served {ir an official capacity on many im- | portant _construction projects. These include the $2,000,000 foot ball stadium of the University of Illinois and the Stevenson Creek dam in the mountains of California. He first became identified with the Bureau of Standards during the war and is now engineer physicist and chief of the section on masonry construction. His first work with the bureau was when he investigated and tested war- | time concrete ships. By a coincidence a good deal of this work was done at Lehigh and as a result of Mr. Slater's contribution to this study he was awarded the Wason Medal of the | | American Concrete Institute in 1920. Mr. Slater is a member of numer- | ous engineering socicties and is author of bulletins and other articles relative to his investigations. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois. holding three degrees from that institution. The research work in ccment and | concrete will add another important | branch of scientific inquiry to the In- | stitute of Research at Lehigh. which will be given further impetus upon the | completion of the million dollar James | W. Packard Engineering Laboratory. | Mr. Slater will sever his connection with the Bureau of Standards about | May 1 to take up his new duties. He resides at 1120 Fairmont street. | s ag An International Congress of Tropi- cal Medicine and Kygirne is to be held iro, Egypt. next Deccmber. STAR. - WASHINGI LN ANT-SALOON FOE SMASHES DOORS Hurls Beer Bottles Through| Glass Sashes at League’s | Office Entrance. By the Associated Press DETROIT, March 17.—A barrage of fancy labeled beer bottles, hurled by the hand of an alleged wet crusader, crashed through the glass office doors at the headquarters of the Michlgan Anti-Saloon League yesterday. sending office employes scurrying to cover be- hind tables and chairs as the marauder advanced upon the private office of Rev. R. N. Holsaple, superintendent of | the State league. | As the unannounced visitor advanced with the challenge, “now. where 15 this | Holsaple.” the superintendent felled him with & blow and took from the intruder an_improvised blackjack. “What do you mean by breaking | those doors?”” Mr. Holsaple sald ho| asked the intruder. The man, later| identified as Leo Dipal, replied: “Now go ahead and call the police, so I can | have a lace to sleep and eat.” The dry leader secured an unbroken | bottle of wine which he held, hoping. | he_said. to trace its source. | The man was arrested on a charge of | malicious destruction of property. Ths | one unbroken bottle bore a label upon | which was penned several uvnusual | axioms. including: “Emblematic of the | Noble and Excellent Service," or All the People in the World," | “The Law of Fudad, Drink Not Wine But Moonshine” and “All Your Country | and 100 Per Cent American Fools and | Mad Dogs, Go Hang Themselves.” Mr, Holsaple said the man told him A registered letter would reach th office todav explaining his unusu2l entrance to the superintendent's office, through ! three glass shattered doors. Attache Calls on Wilbur. Capt. James S. M. Ritchie, Royal Navy, who has succeeded Capt. A. Siop- | ford as naval attache of the British em- bassy_here. paid_his respects yesterday to Secretary Wilbur and - Admiral Hughes, chief of naval operations. Are Ready for Easter Life is full of such interesting things when one is six or less—espe- cially when one comes to Woodward & Lothrop for clothes to wear when the days grow longer and brighter, for children from their first day to six years. specialized section little folk 2 to 6 years. specialized service. s—one for infants up to 2 Everything is here Two new, separate, -ears—and one for Each with specialized fashions and IN THE INFANTS® SECTION Sizes: Birth to 2 Years of Age Infants’ Crepe de Chine Coat and Cap, with embroidery and 1 $35. " Infants’ Caps, $3.50 to $12.50. Infants’ Coats, of crepe de chine, $12.50 to $25. Infants’ Handmade Dresses, of nainsook with dainty embroidery, $1 to $12.50. Carriage Sets,some imported,$7.50 to $25. ace—sketched, to $1.50. Bootees, Socks, Silk and Kid Shees, 75¢c Complete Line of Nursery Furniture Bassinettes, $8.75 to $10.50 Drop-side Beds, $15 to $60 Down Pillows, $1.75; Cases, 50c to 36.50 Bed Spreads, $1.50 to $3.50 Sheets, 50c to $4 The Layette Room Offers the Prospective Mother Every Convenience in Shopping IN THE JUVENILE SECTION Sizes 2 to 6 Years of Age Pink crepe de chine coat, with double cape—sketched, $20; cap, $6.50. Other silk coats, $7.50 to $25. Other caps, $2.50 to $12.50. Dainty handmade dress, touches of embroidery sketched, $10.50. to $12.50. Lenci-designed imported sets of flannel. One sk and maize flannel, $29.50. $27.50 to $37.50, Panty and Bloomer Froc patterned prints, cha swiss and voiles and $7.50 Inrswrs sxn Juirniie Brerions Other dresses, $1 Boys' wash suits of broadcloth, gingham and linen. ed, $6.50. Yellow linen suit—sketch- Others, $1 to $6.50. Boys' Imported English man - tailored with colorful and fine lace— and $25. coats—sketched, $18. Others, $18 Other Spring Coats, $7.50 to $37.50. Wool sweaters—hand-knit—animal bor- coat and hat etched of green Others, ders, $2.50 to $5. Boys’ light-weight jersey suits, $3. Bathrobes, $3.50 to $6.50, Model sketched, $4. Girls’ novelty straw and leghorn hats, ks, of Liberty- mbray, dotted linens, $2 to $2.50 to $6.50. Boys’ leather, suede or serge tams and cloth hats, $1.25 to $4. Rezulation Navy Tam—sketched, $1.25. Fourrn Proow Hoodmard & Lothrop 10th, 11th, F and G Streets 002,000 3 Pt ! public schools; ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md.,, March 17 (Spe- clal).—The Rockville Chamber of Com- merce will observe its first annual ladies’ night next Tuesday evening. The program committee, which is in charge of the arrangements and which is com- posed of George H. Lamar, chairman, and J. Brawner Nicholson, Buell Gard- ner, Leonard L. Nicholson, jr.; Joseph N. Starkey and Milbourne Ward, met last evening and appointed subcommit- tecs and announced that the program will include an address on the educa- tional situation in Rockville by Edwin W. Brome, county superintendent of schools; vocal and instrumental music and other features and the serving of refreshments. Although the meeting will be In honor of the women of the com- munity, it will be open to the public, it bas been announced. wepson Earle, State Conservation Commissioner, and E. Lee LeCompte, State game warden, visited the game preserve_and clubhouse of the Mont- gomery County Fish and Game Protec- tive Assoclation, near Middlebrooke, a day or two ago, and Ieft there for ex- hibition and " propagation purposes 2 pair each of Chinese silver and golden pheasants. They were placed in spe- clally prepared cages provided by the State Conservation Commission. Boy Scout Troop, No. 129. has been organized at Glenmont with Don E. Clarke, scoutmaster, and a large mem- Dbership. A license has been Issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the mar- rlage of Milton N. Stottlemeyer, 26, and Miss Hattle Marie Bindle, 19, both of Washington. 1f indorsed by a majority of the 30 clubs composing the Montgomery Coun- ty Federation of Women's Clubs, 9 of many resolutions submitted by the vari- ous clubs and accepted by the resolu- | tions committee of the federation will be presented for consideration at th= annual meeting of the federation at Kensington in May. They are: gomery County Federation of Women's Clubs urges the uniform practice of walking on the left-hand side of high- ways; that it favors an amendment o the State election laws requiring_that no new voter in the State after Janu- ary. 1930, be entitled to vote unless such person is able to read and write | English as taught in the fifth grade of that the Montgomery | County Board of Education be request- ed to substanually increase the present plan of a maximum annual salary in-| crease of $25 for teachers: that. the Board of Education be urged to take student | time. That in the interest of | greater safety of pedestrians the Mont- | b cadet corps into the school system of the county; that the Board of Educa- tion encourage the display on schools of the State the American flag; that the County ‘Boatd of Education consider the matter of vocational vocal training in the schools of the county: that a qualiied woman he appointed on the board of regents of the Univer- sity of Maryland: that the County Po- lice Department be urged to give spe- clal attention to any violation of traf- fic laws caused by dangerous obstruc- tions of highways at roadside booths. and that it be recommended to the County Commissioners that they in- clude an appropriation of at least $10,- 000 in their next annual budget for establishing a free public library in the county seat. Miss Marle Dohm, itinerant Red Cross nutrition worker, who is conduct- ing nutrition classes in various parts of the county, under auspices of the Montgomery County Chapter of the Red Cross, spoke before the March meeting in the high school auditorium Thursday evening. telling about the work in which she is engaged and stressing the importance of nutrition. F. Bache Abert, chairman of a com- ralttee appointed to urge the eariy erection of a gymnasium at the Rock- ville High School, reported that the project had been approved by the County Board of Education and that it is now up to the County Commis- sioners to provide the funds, which they may do by a hond issue author- zed by the last Legislature. The meeting was conducted by the president, Rev. S. J. Goode, and was largely attended. The junior school or- chestra played in public for the first LIMITED DIVORCE ASKED. | Charles Armani Accuses Wife of Cruelty and Neglect. Charles Armani, 20 vears old, a mo- sale tile worker, has filed a suit for a limited divorce in the District Supreme Court against Evelyn Armani, his 19- year-old wife, charging cruelty and de- sertion, The plaintiff, through his mother. Mrs. Natalina Armani, 648 Park road, charges that his wife is neglect- ing their 18-month-old child and pre- fers to go to dances and movies. In this respect. he says. his wife is | entirely controlled and ‘dominated by | his mother-in-law, whom he blames for trouble. He says that his wife, liv- g at 739 Newton street, told him that she was tired of living with him and did not care for alimony. Attorney Godirev L. Munter appears for the plaintift. floodmard & Wothvop DOWN STAIRS STORE For Monday’s Selling New Printed Frocks for the Larger Woman Attractively Priced $16-50 Larger women., too, find PRINTS irresistible— and manifest a decided preference for those of soft, subtle hues, in styles that flare towards the feminine. 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