Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1928, Page 5

eet Metal SA[LOR DIES AS HE e Material Complete Sustem Unercelled VA 3 BRANCHES OA C Sty SW S*AFinAwNE SO Ga A NW We Will Completely WIRE Your 6-Room HOUSE *125 & *150 Including Fixtares and Bulbs « MUDDIMAN & 709 13th St. N.W. Main 140-f436 Every dollar that you pay us we take a dollar off the regular price. As soon as alterations are com- pleted we move to our own build- ing 1245-47 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. 10 to 507 Off —on our complete stock of Bed- room Dining Room. Living Room and other Pieces of Furni- ture, Rugs, Radios, and Tires, in- cluded—Example You pay $40.00 We take off $40.00 $40.00 purchases $80.00 worth of Merchandise. Cash if you have It; credit if you wish it Sat., 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. 1317-19 Wisconsin Ave.N.W. The Seven Sleepers were a congenial group — but who couldn’t he under those circumstances . . . not unlike the geven friendly tobac- cos — each carefully picked from among thousands of contest- ants to form the one harmonious blend of Yorktown Ciga~ rettes. Smokers tell us that it is the com- pletegenialityamong these seven tobaccos that makes York- town Cigarettes such a meli. v, soothing and wholly delight- ful smoke. Twenty for 15¢. Larus, Richmond, Virginis ' “Mid-Washington” 1602 14th St. N.W. North 366 A Tire bor Every Truch THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. APRIL 26, 1928, + 5 | TOUCHES LIVE WIRE Navy Radioman Killed While Witnessing Test in Re- search Laboratory. | Eagerness to watch an experiment | which two of his companions were con- | ducting at the Naval Research Lab- | oratory yesterday afternoon cost the life of Clyde C. Wood, 27-year-old radio- | man, first class, when he touched an | electric conduit carrying 8.000 volts as | he _stood on a generator. Death was apparently instantancous | although ,the Fire Department rescue | squad wotked for more than an how lin the hope that & spark of life lin- | gered. Wood, who would have com- | pleted a course in advanced electrical | work in three weeks. was a submarine | seaman, and formerly was attached to | the §-20. He Is survived by a widow. wha lives at his home in Lynn, Mass Climbs on Generator. Chiet Radioman G. C. Kuvkendall was conducting an exepriment with | C. D. Benton, radioman, first class, as Wood watched the proceedings. In order to obtain a better view, he climbed {up on a generator and leaned over | his instructor's shoulder. When he straightened up. his head touched the igh voltage wire. I thout. regard for his own safety, Kuvkendall grabbed his pupil by the, | coat and pulled him from the generator, but the current had passed instantly | fhrough his body with fatal effect. The | | accident occurred about 3:30 o'clock Dr. W. W. Eldridge of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital pronounced him dead and the | body was taken to the Naval Hospital The wire was placed purposely in a corner of the big building. known as | the field laboratory. It was so arranged that it would be necessary for a man | {to stand on something to come into| | contact with it | | Nails Conducted Current. | Examination showed that his shoes had been half-soled recently. Nails | had been used in the process. Class | mates at the laboratory said that the | nails_undoubtedly acted as a conductor { and had the soles been sewed he might | have been saved. | A naval board of inquiry, with Capt E. G. Oberlin. assistant director of the | laboratory. presiding. will convene to- day to investigate the tragedy. Find- ings of the board will be reported to the Navy Department. Wood. who was a native of Belton S. C.. enlisted in the Navy in 1919 His widow. Mrs. Anna Wood, has been notified. MOTORMAN LOSES SUI FOR S50000 Capital Traction Co. Is Not a “Railroad,” Justice Rules in Directing Verdict. The Capital Traction Co. is not a “railroad” within the meaning of that used in the employers' lia- according to a decision ren- | dered today by Justice Jennings Bafley in Circuit Division 2, when he directed | | & verdict for the company in a suit by | John W. Mangum, a former motorman ! of the company, who sued for $50,000 | dameges Mangum was injured March 25, 1924, and falled to file suit until March 23, 1926, relying on the provision of the 1908 set which allows two years in which to bring suit. Attorneys Hogan, Jones & Phelan | for the company, contended that !hei | suit was barred by reason of the pro- vision of the act of 1906, which, wille | held unconstitutional by the United States SBupreme Court as to the States. | was still in force in this District and | in the territories. Under this act suit | ! 1s barred at the end of one year after | the accident. ‘The court ruled with the | | counsel for the company. | _ Attorneys W. Gwynn Gardiner and| | South Trimble, jr. for the plaintiff, | | #re expected to appeal the case. | | Mangum was employed by the com- {pany as @ motorman and his car had | | stopped at Pourteenth and Parragut | streets when another car of the com- | | pany collided with it and caused Man- gum 1o fall hackward, cutting his head. | The act of 1908 relates only { mon carriers. and the company claimed it is a street rallway company and ! {not a railroad within the meaning of that act, GIRL HEL[; IN THEFT. ormer Employe Charged With Taking Fur Coat. Elizabeth Wilkins, 25 years old, former | clerk at a local department store, was arrested yesterday on complaint from | | the store that a fur coat valued at $135 | | had been stolen. The arresting officers | | were Detectives Charles Warfield aic | |C P Cox i | They say Miss Wilkins was employed | | at the department store on December | | 9 and worked there three days, Nrally | ieaving becsluse, she said, “the riore was | 0o cold” Beveral days later an old | fur coat was found in a heap behind a | | radiator. An investigation showed that another had been taken from the stock Burned Boy Recovering Five-year-old Joseph Yates, 1120 First street southeast, who yesterday | #pent a penny for & box of matches instead of candy, ignited one of the| matches and set fire to his clothing, was reported at Providence Hospital this morning as having spent a fairly comfortable night. His condition seemed slightly improved this morning | i se000ceey To “C” Right “C” Foright SPECIAL FRL .., SAT. ., Genuine Toric Reading $ or Distance Regular §7.00 outht Complete iDr.C. FORIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH t, N.W. svor z * * * * * * * * ceccccccese 0000000000000000000000000008 1 |Congress Members to Maké Air Trip : : 3 ‘ For Army Maneuvers at Langley Field 1T | A formidable fiying expedition com-|on an actual artillery battalion on the | posed of 22 bombing planes, 6 or more | MArch. i | transport planes, and several observa- e s | tlon planes, carrying aviators, members| Thy cheaper qualities of meat and | | of Congress, Army Air ofMélals and|fsh are just as nourishing as the most newspaper men, will leave Bolling Field | expensive. next Thursday on a 130-mile flight to | Langley Field, Va., to witness air ma- | neuvers the following day. | A dozen Senntors and a score of Rep- resentatives already have accepted the invitation of the Secretary of War to| make the trip. | " The Air Corps will conduct maneuvers | " on a large scale at Langley Field. There e a concentration of Alr Corps mmanded by Maj. Gen. James E. Fec 2 corps, and the exercises will include the development | | of flight tactics for both components. | Tests will be made as to the relative | effectiveness of the new and old type | of fragmentation bombs against varfous targets. Attacks will be made on a bat- talion of artillery represented by targets. Smoke screens will be laid down by pur- suit planes There will be a simulated attack by pursuit aviation on attack ! aviation, and a simulated attack by air HILLYER PLACE Unusually Attractive Home (he vare opportuni CLYDE C. WOOD. Main 2424 1008 Conn. Ave. Closing Out Our Entire Stock of ‘HESS SHOES Owing to the death of Mr. M. S Hess the factory that supplied us Hess 2 Shoes is Thus we are unable to buy any more of these famous shoes closed Thousands of pairs of Hess Shoes go in this sale. all leathers. All newest styles—all shapes—all sizes $10 and $11 HESS SHOES $12, 13 and $14 HESS SHOES NO, WE ARE NOT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS Our store is now stocked with many new lines from America’s and Europe's finest shoemakers of Men's fine footwear, showing the newest ideas in style and corrective ing vour foot troubles to us, T. E. Edmonston, Inc. 1210 G Street N.W. Successors to N. Hess Sons e e In celebration of the fiftieth anni- (ated a doctor of philosophy honoris |a large following versary of Rudolph Alexander Schroe- 'causa by the University of Munich. Dr. | Austria. “LAST 3 DAYS” (GrREAT (CLEARANCE — All— Bedroom Suites Reduced Our Great Clearance Reduction Sale of Furniture comes to an end in Three Days. We feature especially the Bedroom Furniture for tomorrow’s selling, Never was quality furniture offered at such low prices. All former prices have heen disregarded, Immeédiate clearance is what we are seeking and we are making the prices so gen erously low that it is sure to meet instant response Bedroom Suites, $150 to $388 Select What You Want and Terms Will Be Arranged 11 Dining room 7 E $7.50 to $33.75 suites e 7275 Living room 29.28 L R 6 0dd sofas ....... 4 Chaise longues. .. 18 Boudoir chairs 14 Sewing cabinets and tables § Folding day 15 Desks K Secretaries . ... 5 Nests of tables. 16,50 to 44.00 49 Odd tables . R.75 to 175.00 (Console, Davenport, Gate-leg, Coffee, etc,) Custom Tailored Slip Covers GEORGE PLITT CO., Inc. 718 13th Street N.W, .. $154.25 to $862.50 331.00 217.50 172.00 72.00 9,75 to 8 Tip-top tables. ... 14.65 to 11 Tea Wagons.. ... 35 Odd oceasional chairs 1000 to 15878 7 Bridge lamps. . 798 1o 2525 (Congalete with Shade, Cord and Plug) 7 Junidr floor TAmPA ... 798 10 5000 (Complete with Shade, Cord and Plug) Table lamps . RS0 to 100,00 (Complete with Shade, Cord and Plug) 30 Mirrors .. Lo 4S80 to 100,00 45 Pictures (framed) 150 to 3500 99.00 to 4800 to 36.75 to 12.00 to 900 to 45.00 1o 2100 10 50.25 to 52.00 K100 112,50 165.00 beds, For three-piece overstuffed suite of best quality Belgian covering material, taking not over 22 yards, Special der, Austrian lyric poet and friend of | Schroed Hoffmannsyha, he was recently cre-|ed ma s work on the highly respeet- zine “Hyperion” has won him in Germany and Germans Honor Austrian. Home of the “BUDGET” 9th & F Sts. N.W. —we’ve decided to take a big loss in order to clean house of 114 Regular 35, *40, *45 and °50 pring Suits —that we will close out at $19.75 Every once in a while we get together all garments that get slightly soiled from handling . we close them out . this group are all of fine fabrics, tailored as all HERZOG clothes must be . . . and the shadings are mostly light. HERE'S THE LINE- UP OF SIZES ... YOU'RE INDEED LUCKY IF YOURS IS HERE. | Sizes. Regular Stout. . —And We Also Found 83 Fine TOPCOATS That Have the Same Story and Will Go at— 318.75 No C. O. D.’s—No Charges—Alterations at Actual Cost! Sor HER70G /.. F Street at Qth Sale Continued for the Coming Week! $‘| 'FOR YOUR OLD STOVE Regardless of Age, Make or Style! We'll Buy Your You Buy a New OLD STOVE GAS RANGE from YOU from US Now You Can Have a Modern Gas Range! Inspect woowrs| - for kitchens in the coroeien RED terms modern manner! the new models arranged now on to sait display EFFICIENCY AND BEAUTY is what every woman wanty in a gas range, and our range: have both! We offer a selection of the most modern ranges from well.known standard manu facturers- every range guaranteed, and our prives are low—beginning at $50 (oven heat control $10 oxtra) and easy terms of p you. REMEMBRER YOUR OLD STOVE IS WORTH 810 in th's sal 10 for it as partial payment or the purchase of a new range, DON'T WAIT! Come in tomorrew and Take advantage of this special sale! 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