Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1928, Page 3

PETWORTH HONORS INDEPENDENCE DAY | | Street Parade Opens All-Day | Celebration, With Throngs in Attendance. The spirit of '76 today stalked the streets of Petworth in the color pageantry With hundreds of school children and grown-ups participating, the Petworth Citizens’ Association staged its ani 1 Independence day parade down d ets lined with t program of this afternoot Young citizens of munity portrayed the S American patriots and othe! they marched beneath a to the stirring music of several ba and the rousing cadence of the corps of Costello Post of the Ame Legion. Starting at Shepherd and New Hampshire avel oclock this morning the parade moved up New Hampshire avenue to Gr Cu of judges who w s ning contingents in the List of Judges The judges W officer in_chi District erTo, de cont Boys luded me: AsSO d School and representing the * came a group of P red, white and biue young man dressed in a other spectacula K}‘D"lh e Irene Leonard, dr Kewpie lamp. Other tumes designed flowers, took the Flower Garden.” and Sunday school These included delegati Petworth Presbyterian Ck worth Methodist Episcopa; school, St. Gabriel’s parish and otbers. | Legion Drum Corps a Feature. The smartly clad and well drill members of the drum corps of Victory | Post, American Legion. had an impor- | tant place in the procession | | | ed A “protected unit,” arranged by the Petworth Woman's Club and New Eng- land Society, was a special feature. This unit was in three divisions, the | first of which was made up of a group | of small children bearing a large lock | and key, symbolic of home integrity. Then followed some youthful “police men"” for “the protection of our cities, and bringing up the rear was a bat- | talion of tiny soldiers, sailors and avia- tors, the “protectors of our country.” The Petworth Woman's Club had | charge of the parade. The following | committee directed the march: Mrs. F. H. Schwartz, chairman: Mrs, Frederick Fernald, Mrs. Oscar Nelson, Mrs. B. Paul Curtis and Miss Ida O'Neal. "ALEXANDRIA CLOSES [ BUSINESS FOR DAY| Many Citizens Go to Nearby Re- sorts to Spend Holiday and Oth- ers Will Attend D. C. Exercises. Special Dispatch to The Star. A RIA, Va, July 4—Inde- pendence day is being generally ob- U s, served here. Virtually all stores, as| well as city, State and Federal offices | and banks are closed. 13 No Police Court was held. Approxi- | mately 1,000 persons have left town to| enjoy the holiday at nearby resorts. No municipal observance has been provided for in this city. Many local persons plan to attend the exercises on | the Monument grounds at Washington it. SPECIAL NOTICES. Washington 1o Baitimore; guarantee good service. ~ Address ar office. OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF Prac- 9o 5, r week: x 383, and 1916 H st. nw. ; i WANTED—VAN LOADS OF FURNITURE %0 or from New York, Phila. Boston. Rich- mond and points south. 1313 You St. & STORAGE CO.. _North 3343. FORTH I WILL NOT BE | debts incurred by any | A e 1 y a6 my L. H HARRIS, 818 | one other than myself. North _Capitol st Fi 20 MOVING TO BOME OTHER CITY? | Get our return woad rates. Pull and part | tosd snipments to Philadelphia, New Boston. Pittsburgh, Richmond and way | polsls; Special raies” Phone Mauin 1460 | ATIONAL DELIVERY ASSOCIATION, lnc. | STOP KICKING THAT TRUNK AROUND! Let us take care of it for you in our FIRE- | PROOP WAREHOUSE—stored in our conven- | lent Baggage Vault for only 75¢ per month You can have access to your Trunk at any ‘additional cost. UNITED BTATES STORAGE COMPANY. 418-420 10th t. .. (opposite the Gas Office). IN 4229 York. | | {Escort, United States Army, States Navy, | tions—Daughters of the American Rev- | Cross, 1‘ | ‘l | | | 1 dress | the win- | march. | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY. CELEBRATING FOURTH Upper: Group in parade-pageant, “The History of Our Flag.” staged at Takoma Park. Lower: Little flag bearers who furnished one of the features of the Petworth parade. —Star Staff Photo. D. C. JOINS NATION IN OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY 5] f(‘nminuvdifrrqrpr First Page.) Fort Monroe, Va., as well as by the Dis- trict National Guard. These lights like- | wise will play over the rainbow fountain t the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ning The participation of the entire com- munity has reached the high-water mark this year, with citizens’ associa- tions, women’s clubs, fraternal orders and others taking part. The committee in charge of raising funds for the fire- | works display, headed by Isaac Gans, | announced today that the entire budget | of $1,250 has been met, either in actual cash or in pledges. The fireworks dis- play will be twice as large as last year. | owing to the generous response of the | public. | Beginning promptly at 8 o'clock, the | entire audience will join in the sing- | ing of “America,” led by Percy Foster. | Choral groups in the city will partici- pate. The reading of the Declaration of Independence by Rev. Dr. Charles T.| Warner of St. Alban's Church will bcf followed by the main address of the oc- casion by Brig. Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, | . A. | Parade of Massed Colors. One of the features will be the pa- rade of massed colors and color guards formed in three divisions, the military services, veteran organizations and the national and patriotic organizations. These groups wil lassemble at the Mon- ument base on the south area at 7:45] o’'clock for instructions and assignments in line. Preliminary plans for the for- mation are as follows: 1. Active military services division— | United United Staets Marine Corps and Nationa: Guard, followed by colors and color guard of Army, Navy, Marine Corps and National Guard. 2. . rans division—Grand Army of | the Republic,c, Women’s Relief Corps, | American Spanish War Veterans, Unite ! States Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Women's Overseas Service League. 3. National and patriotic organiza- olution. U. S. Daughters of 1812, Daugh- ters of Veterans, American War Moth- ers, Descendants of Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Army and | Navy Union, Belleau Wood Memorial Association, Children of the American ~ | versary of the adoption of the safe and throughout the ceremonies of the eve- | | | Today marks the twentieth anni- | sane method of celebrating the Fourth of July, and older members of the | | police and fire departments were moved fo discuss the improved condition of | | affairs. While some of the so-called harmle: fireworks have inflicted burns in a fa instances, years ago, it was recalled by | older members of the two protection | departments of the District, the num- 120 i:ars of Safe an;:l Sane 4th Reflected In Lighter Duties of Police and Firemen| ber killed and injured during Fourth of July celebrations was appalling, with scores of persons injured each season. During the period before the adop- tion of the safe and sane method of celebrating, it is stated, members of | the two protection departments were required to perform extra duty. Firc- men were on the run from early morn- ing until late at night, and hospital physicians were kept busy during such periods. ‘GIRL SEVERELY HURT | WHEN CAR HITS POLE Auto Overturns After Crash on Giesboro Road—Child’s Leg Is Broken. Two persons were injured last night when the automobile in which‘they were riding overturned after striking a tele- phone pole on Giesboro road. hear Liv- ingston road southwest. ‘The more seriously affected was Miss Lillian Carl, 19 years old, 2324 Sherman place southeast. She was treated at Casualty Hospital for severe injuries to the legs and body. It was sald today that her condition has not been fully determined. Her companion, Earl W. | Rogers, 23 years old, 1844 Potomac ave- | nue southeast, driver of the car, was| cut on the head and body. His condi- tion is not serious. ‘Warren Gray, 6 years old, 808 Twen- tieth street, was treated at Emergency ospital for a probable fracture of the ahkle, received yesterday when he was | knocked down at Pennsylvania avenue | and Twentieth street by an automobile operated by Samuel Pope, 3301 Newark street. A broken right leg and other injuries | were suffered by Eleanor Sanders, col- | ored, 3 years old, 909 C street south- | east, when she was struck by an auto- mobile driven by Frank C. Rawlings, | 457 Fifteenth street northeast. —The | child was taken to Casualty Hospital. | Mary C. Ware, colored, 24 years old, | 1205 M street southwest, received slight | injuries when the automobile in which | Revoiution, D. C. Chapter American Red Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, So- journers Capt. Sidney Morgan, ID. C. N. G., is aide in charge of the | trooping of the colors and Col. Peyton 100 MIMEOGRAPHED LETTERS $1.25: MUL- tigraphing, Prioting. Addressing, eic. ACE BHOP, 203 District National Bank Building, 1408 G. Pr. 7143._Open 8:30 s.m. ROOP REPAIRING, PAINTING. GUTTER- ing, spouting: reasonable prices. Col. aay or might. 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Egg and Capt. Robert T. Daly, respectively. will be in position on the north slope the Monument groundr near B street. B /A, the searchlight bat- tery, commanded by Capt. Louls M Gosorn, will have glant searchlights placed ‘all around this seetion to fl- minate the “enemy” for the anti- aireraft gur The 615t rt Monroe Coast Artillery, stationed Va, Is nding three e Searchlights to be those of Battery A almost. impossible emy” plane to escape de- er the battle 15 over all the scarchligh will throw beams on the Monumen nd over the city B |tery B fired a salute today at Batte ! Park, while Battery C took part in the Takoma Park celebration. Immediately after the aerial attack e sky will be iluminated for d by the display of fireworks u der supervision of the fireworks subcom- mittee and the office of public buildings ! +nd public parks, Thousands of persons who will not take the trouble to squeeze nto the crowds that will throng the Monument grounds are looking forward o walching the display from the roofs of apartment houses and office build- igs. As the various community dis- plays will occur about the same time the whole extent of the District line | will be lighted up by rockets and burst- | ing shells. { | The highest point in Florida is 324 feet above sea level, ‘ +|GROUNDED SHIP FLOATED. miles | she was riding, operated by Madiso Brown, 1246 Carrollberg street, struc |a parked car between Seventeenth and | | Eighteenth streets. She was treated at | | Emergency Hospital. 'MORAN DUE TO START | | i Son of D. C. Banker, Mind Recov- ered, Expected to Leave Los Angeles. | { By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 4.—Alfred W. | Moran, who told police here that he, had suddenly regained his mind after a blank of more than a year following a blow on the head when held up by a footpad in New York City, made prepa- rations yesterday to return East “prob- ably today. He plans to go first to his father, Howard Moran, vice president of the American Trust and Savings Bank of Washington, D. C | "When it became known that Moran was a nephew of W. H. Moran, chief of the United States Secret Service, he was placed in charge of Federal Agent W. W. Ashe of this city, until sufficiently | recovered to return to his wife and two children in Bogota, N. J. Ashe sald Moran was shell shocked during the World War. Submarine 8-6 Enabled to Aid In- | dependence Day Celebration. | BOSTON, July 4 (#.-—The sub- marine 8-6, which grounded yesterday {on Moosebeck Ledge off Hardwood Is- land, near Jonesport, Me., was at the latter place today participating in an 1 Independence day observance, according |0 a report: received at the navy yard here. | After heing aground for more than 12 hours, the submarine was floated with- out any apparent damage at 10:06 last | will begin about July 15. PATROLMAN FACES WOMAN'S CHARGES C. C. Stepp Ordered Before Trial Board on Complaint of Unreason- able Entry Into House. Pvt. C. C. Stepp of the ninth pre- cinct was ordered by Police Supt. Hesse today to appear before the police trial board tomorrow to answer a charge of conduct prejudicial to the good order, reputation and discipline of the force, which grew out of his alleged forcible entry into the home of Mrs. Mary J. Davis, 710 Fifteenth street northeast, at 2:45 am., June 3, to serve a warrant which had been issued for 10 days. Seven specifications are contained in the charge, which was drawn up on the sworn complaints of Mrs. Davis and Andrew Kosicki, one of the occupants of her house. They accuse the police- | man of forcible entry at an unreason- able hour, addressing insulting remarks to Mrs. Davis, using obscene language, inviting the occupgnts into the yard for a fight, and arresting three of them without justification. Stepp went to the house accompanied by another officer, it was said, to serve a warrant on Mrs. Davis and Arthur N. Peterson, which had been sworn out by the woman’s husband, William Davis. . ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 (Special). —~A street improvement program which vill necessitate ar expenditure of ap- roximately $6,000 has been outlined by ity Manager Paul Morton and work A total of 15,023 square yards of streets will be given a new treatment while 9,200 yards of streets lately improved will be re- treated. Streets to be given new treat- ments are Braddock road from Mount Vernon avenue to Seventh street, Mount Vernon avenue from city limits to Brad- dock road, Carlisle drive from King street to Washington terrace, Wash- ington terrace from Carlisle drive to East End, Royal street from Queen to Princess streets, St. Asaph street from Queen to Oronoco = streets, Fayette street from King to Duke streets. Streets to be retreated are Lee street from Wilkes to Duke streets, Alexandria avenue from Russell road to city limits, Oronoco street from Columbus to Henry streets, West street from King to Prince streets and Queen street from Payne to West street. More than 4,000 persons have made their State income tax returns to Com- missioner of Revenue Charles H. Calla- han. The number is the greatest amount of returns ever recorded in the history of the city. More than 100 children are attending the two daily vacation Bible schools being held this month at the Presby- terian Chapel and the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. The schools are being conducted under auspices of the Alex- andria Ministerial Assoclation, The City of Alexandria bid in 454 pieces of property which were offered at auction by City Collector Purvis Tay- lor yesterday to satisfy delinquent real estate taxes. Capt. W. H. Sweeney, city auditor, bid on the properties as a whole for the amount of the taxes. Funeral services were held today for Richard Hamilton Fletcher, 56 years old, who died Monday night at his home in Braddock. Interment was in Bethel Cemetery, The body of Mrs, Mary Ella Sea- bright, 60 years old, who died last night in Washington, D. ., has been brought here for burial. Bhe was a resident of Winchester. City Manager Paul Morton has or- dered a change of traffic regulations at King and Washington streets, so that operators of automoblles may Tln make turns in all directions, both right and left, Morton recently ordered the elimination of all left-hand turns at that corner, with the exception of auto~ moblles traveling east on King and turning north to Washington street. night and proceeded Into Jonesport Harbor No detailed report of the grounding had bheen recelved at the navy yard Lodag. It is estimated that over 6,000,000 matches are lighted every minute throughout the rorl& TAKOHA TZES * STAGEBIG FOURT Pageant, Parade and Other Features Mark Annual Ob- servance in Suburb. Independence day is being cclebrated today by the citizens of Takoma Park in a mammoth community observance which started this morning at 9 o'clock with a pageant-parade through the main streets, followed with patriotic exercises, flag raising, athletic events | and finally concluding tonight with a display of fireworks. At 9 o'clock “assembly” was sounded by a bugler at the intersection of Tulip and Maple avenues, and the patriotic parade, with its numerous floats, moved along Maple avenue to Carroll street, to Cedar street, to Piney Branch road to Dahla street, where it disbanded on the grounds of the Takoma Park, D. C., School. ‘The spectacle represented “The His- tory of Our Flag,” written and di- rected by Mrs. Paul V. Tuttle. The parade was led by the United States Army Band, Capt. Curtis D. Al- way, commanding; Capt. W. J. Stan- ard, director, and W. S. Ross, drum major. In the line of march also was | the newly uniformed Victory Post Drum and Bugle Corps of the American Le- gion Department of the District of Co- Jumbia and the Scottish Bagpipe Band. Herbert Walton Rutledge was in charge of the parade arrangements. Seven Units in Parade. | The parade was divided into seven | units, the first comprising an escort of mounted police from the thirteenth precinct, Maryland State police, fol- lowed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, | Grand Army of the Republic, United Confederate Veterans and other Amer- | ican war veterans; Richard Irey, repre- { senting Uncle Sam; Miss Eleanor Law, | as Miss Columbia, and “The Living | Flag.” directed by Mrs. Bessie N. Wild. | The second and third divisions repre- | sented “‘Pre-Revolutionary Flags,” the | former division being directed by M. C. | Taft and the latter by Mrs. R. J. Speir. | The features in the second division were “The Vikings,” leader, Mrs. M. J. |R. Roller; “Christopher Columbus,” | leader, T. K. Martin; “The Cabot | Brothers,” “Capt. John Smith,” leader. Miss Bessie Shaw; “Hendrik Hudson.” | leader, Mrs. M. C. Taft; “Roger Wil- | lams,” leader, Mrs. J. S. Barrow: | “Harvard College,” leader, Prof. A. | Werline; “The Gutenberg Press,” lea {er, E. L. Richmond; “The Red Cross.” | by the Washington Sanitarium, leader, | Mrs. S. A. James. | The third division was headed by the Scottish Bagpipe Band, followed by “The Dutch in New York," leader, Mrs. R. B. Holmes; “The Pilgrims in New England,” by the Camp Fire Girls, leader, Miss Harriet Bugbee; “William nnsylvania,” leader, Mrs. E. “The French in Louisiana,” s T. S. Troy; “The Boston Tea Party,” leader, Mrs, L. S. Sasser: “Benjamin Franklin,” leader, Mrs. R. C. Harbin; “The Thirteen Colonies,” leader, Miss Margaret Speir. | The fourth division represented “The { Cambridge Flag” and was under the direction of Mrs. Leon C. Hills. This | division comprised “Paul Revere,” lead- { er, Miss Mary Louise Blake; “The Cam- bridge Flag.” leader, Frederick Roberts; “The Spirit of 1776," by Frederick Johnston, John Matson and David Nel- lis; “‘Colonial Dames,” Molly Pitcher, by Ruth Ellis; Lydia Darrah, by Doris Johnston; Elizabeth Zane, by Irene Gould: Mrs. Mary Lee, by Norma Hill, and Hannah Dustin, by Dorothy Evans; “Bunker Hill,” leader, Joseph Wilson; “John Paul Jones,” leader, Mrs. Mar- garet Dodge; “Signing the Declaration of Independence.” leader, Mrs. Marshall ’Elfls: “The Thirteen States,” leader, Mrs. Henry E. Ewing; “America—1776," by "Miss Marjorie Lee Adams: leader, James M. R, Adam, and “Maryland, My Maryland,” leader, Mrs. FEllsworth | Quinter. “Betsy Ross Flag.” ‘The fifth division, “The Betsy Ross Flag,” was directed by Horace W. Whit- take, with Betsy Ross represented by Miss Betsy Ross of Takoma Park, lead- er, Mrs. Ross; “The Early Swedish Im- migrants,” leader, J. C. Sherbahn; “The First President’s Oath.,” leader. Mrs. Roy C. Yates, and “Western Expan- sion,” leader, Mrs. Joseph F. Smith. The sixth division was “The Fifteen Starred Flag,” director, Dr. G. E. Schnabel; the representations covering “The Pirst Railway in America,” “The Iron Horse Goes West,” by Herbert Wal- ton Rut.led,g;_.h jr.; leader, . H. W. ‘The__seventh division represented “The Flag of Today,” and was directed “The Turner; “The First Bicycle,” by Edwin Dietz, leader, Mrs. O. E. Dietz; “Theo- dore Roosevelt,” leader, Mrs. W. E. Neff; “Young America,” led by Uncle Sam, William Giltin, 6 years old; “Admiral Dewey at Manila," leaders, Mr. Alexander and Mrs. Moore; “Peary at the North Pole,” leaders, Mrs. Russell Krout and Mrs. Roy G. Pierce; “In Flanders Field,” leaders, Misses Miller and Manning, Victory Post Drum and Bugle Corps, of the American Legion: “We,” by Robert Smith, High School Cadcts, Maj. David A. Penney com- manding, and the Takoma Park Volun- teer Fire Department. ‘The committee arranged a grand revue which took place at 10:15 with the human on_the grounds of the Takoma Park D. C. Public School. At 10:30 o'clock the assem| gathered on Piney Branch road at Dahlia street, where _patriotic exercises were held with Dr. C. C. Galloway presiding. Selections were rendered by the U. S. Army Band, followed by the invocation by Rev. Christian M. Young, rector of the Takoma Park Protestant Episcopal Church, and a vocal solo by William E. Braithwaite. Former Representative Speaks. Arthur Bradley White recited “The Star Spangled Banner," after which Willlam E. Andrews, former resen- tative in Congress from Nebraska, de- livered the principal address of the day. The program concluded with the singing of “America,” accompanied by the Army Band. At noon daylight fireworks were set off and then the spectators were ready to proceed o the District Municipal Playgrounds at Fourth and Whittier streets. At 2 o'clock this afternoon a street flag was to be presented by the Takoma Park District of Columbia Citizens' As- soclation to the ghl:ylmund. At these exercises E. J. Hil was presiding offi- cer, with Martin F. Iverson as marshal. The program called for “Assembly” to be sounded by a bugler from Troop 33, BOY Scouts of America, after which Rev. Willlam E. La Rue, tor of the Ta- koma Park Baptist Church, was to pro- nounce the invocation, followed by the raising of the flag, while the Army Band Elue “Stars and Stripes Forever.” r. D. N. Shoemaker, a past president of the association, was to present the flag with a brief address, to be followed by reciting the to the flag and by Miss Olyve Randolph Barbee. ' The exercises con- clude with the singing of “The S Spangled T were also to be featured here. ‘The athletic was scheduled to start at 2:3 lay| ids, under ts both Ic:' children and even! an The finale includes a ple-eat milk-drinking contest. 4:30 o'clock the annual water battle between mmh.lu of the Takoma Park Volunteer Department will be staged on avenue near the corner of avenue. .'The celebration will conclude with the n WI-UDS. Tl and & At of v Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS.—Just flew In home. If you want a pretty trip fly over the Imperial Valley and the Salt Sea, then over desert, moun- tains, fig or- chards; then 10,000 acres of grapes in one or- chard. No wonder both parties did a nose dive when prohi- bition was men- tioned. Oranges, lemons, alfalfa, filling stations, real estate of- fices! All this after looking for one solid month at delegates with nothing on their mind. Only to get their side in office! No won- der they only hold these things every four years. It takes that long to get a straight face for the next one. e T THREE FROM CAPITAL HURT IN UPSET AUTO Missés Ethel and Isobel Ramey and A. F. Mayena Victims of Ac- cident South of Alexandria. | Special Djspatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4. — Three Washington persons were injured last night when an automobile in which they were riding overturned at Gum Springs, on the Alexandria-Fort Humph- rey road, a short distance south of here. The driver, who was unfamiliar with the road, made a sharp turn and the car toppled over. A. F. Mayena of 1729 Kenyon street northwest suffered cuts on head; Miss Ethel Ramey, 3007 Kenyon street northwest, a broken collar bone, and her sister, Miss Isobel Ramey, cuts on hand and bruises. The driver, whose name is not known to Alexandria Hos- pital authorities, escaped uninjured. Tlhe injured were treated at the hos- pital. LIPSKY'S RE-ELECTION BY ZIONISTS IS SEEN Pittsburgh Convention Adopts Re- port Providing for Inclusion of Office in Constitution. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 4—Sweep- ing aside all opposition, Louis Lipsky, stormy petrel of the Zionist Organiza- tion of America, was virtually assured of re-clection as president yesterday when' the society's convention adopted a report providing for the inclusion of that office in the constitution. ‘The vote, which came on a substitute motion offered by Nason Ruttenberg, & deputy police commissioner of New York, was 418 to 196. The convention rejected the recommendation of a peace committee. headed by I. Rudavsky of Boston, which would have eliminated the presidential chair and placed the administration in the hands of a com- mittee. Under the Ruttenberg plan was vested with more power and relieved of certain duties which will be hfi?&l:fl by ‘an('administrative’ com- mittee. 4 BRITISH FINANCIER LEAVES $55,000,000 Sir David Yule, Said to Be the Wealthiest Englishman, Is Dead. By the Associated Press. ST. ALBANS, England, July 4—Sir , | David Yule, reputed to be the wealthiest Briton and credited with being worth !ngl:”.m ($55,000,000), died here last night. Although he was the head of a great Indian mercantile firm and the director of several banks, he was scarcely known to the pltl‘bllc He u:ed a sm;ll”e life in comparative obscurity, spending most of his time in India, where he dwelt in rooms above his office in Calcutta. | His name first came prominently to, public notice in 1926, wgen he formed | one of group that bought Lloyd George's interest in the Daily Chronicle of London. He also owned a controlling interest in two Calcutta newspapers, the Statesman and the Englishman. Sir David’s heiress is his only child Gladys, who five years ago accompanied her mother on an adventurous journey to Alaska. MOUNT VERNON OPEN. | Holiday Schedule Announced to| SUMMERALL TALKS AT CELEBRATION Oldest Inhabitants Hold Ex- ercises—Luncheon to Fol- low Patriotic Program. The Association of Oldest Inhabi- tants of the District of Columbia went into annual Independence day session in the old Union Engine House, Nine- teenth and H streets, at noon todey, following a business meeting which be- gan at 11 o'clock. Presided over by John Clagett Proc- tor, a vice president, the business session | was marked by routine, including the | election to membership of five candi- dates. These were Alec R. Shepherd, 1919 H street; David Busch, 4121 New | Hampshire avenue; Francis J. Creamer, 3316 New Hampshire avenue; Robert N. Harper, 1515 Sixteenth street, and Wil- liam P. Litscomb, Ontario Apartments. | A formal address by Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff, U. 8. A.; patriotic readings, and a pro- | gram of music constituted the features of the celebration, which was to be con- cluded with luncheon in the Western Presbyterian Church, H street between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of the Cal- vary Methodist Episcopal Church, open- >d the patriotic celebration at noon when | = he delivered the invocation. Following | the opening prayers, Miss Leona Kel- ler Bixler was to sing a soprano solo, “God of Our Fathers,” to the piano | accompaniment of Miss Lillian R. La- tham. | “Our Creed,” comprised of six sen- tences of the Declaration of Indepen- dence, illustrating the District of Co- lumbia’s plight in the lack of franchise, recited by the members under the | leadership 'of Washington Topham, a vice president, was the next number. | ) Choral singing of “America” followed, | after which Charles A. Langley, another | vice president, was to read the Declara- | tion of Independence. | John Clagett Proctor had a place on | the program in the reading of his orig- | inal poem, “The Star Spangled Banner.” Following a song by Mrs. S. C. Daugh- Sure Iief ) FOR_INDIGESTION 25¢ and 75¢ Pkgs.Sold Everywhere APARTMENTS Furnished—Unfurnished 1, 2, 3 Rooms and Bath Mrs. Heimel, Res. Mgr. Main 8518 ARE YOU SURE | you don't need tematic | savings? Spotty savings do mnot grow as fast as regular savings. | FEDERAL-AMERICAN | NATIONAL BANK Where G Street Crosses 14th QUT O GAS AGAIN. THIS OLD BUS SURE EATS IT UP. GUESS I'D BETTER TAKE MARY’S ADVICE AND TURN IT IN ON A NEW DICK MURPHY erty, Gen Summerall was to deliver | { his_address. Group singing of “Auld Lang Syne” was the concluding feature before ad- journment was taken for the luncheon. The committee in charge of the In- dependence day celebration was com- | posed of Mr. Topham, chairman: Hen- ry L. Bryan, Fred A. Emery, Percy B. Israel, Mr. Proctor, Benjamin W. Sum- my and J. Eliot Wright. SRR e DETECTIVE’S FUNERAL IS SET FOR TOMORROW | Military Service at Mount Olivet| 1 to Be Part of Rites for Patrick | 0'Brien—Had Served in Navy. | Funeral services for the late De- | tective Sergt. Patrick O'Brien, who died | at_Providence Hospital Friday night, | will be conducted tomorrow morning at | 9 o'clock at St. Matthew’s Church, Rev. Edward Buckley, pastor, officiating. Pallbearers will be Capt. Guy E.| Burlingame, Lieutenant of Detective Edward J. Kelly and Detectives D. J. Cullinane, James C. Collins and Thom: Nally, representing the Police Depart- | & We Have Unlimited ¢ Funds for LOANS on 2 Houses Apartment & Business Properties In Nearby Maryland, Virgi the District of Columbia At and | Table will meet at luncheon Friday. | Washington Home. The Mount Vernon buildings and unds are open to the public today rom“x: am. mw 5 pm., it was an- noun y the Washington-Virginia Rallway Co. i For the benefit of those who wish to visit the home of George Washington on Independence day, the company is run- ning a holiday schedule. Cars leave the station at Twelfth street and Penn- | sylvania avenue for Mount Vernon every hour on the hour up to the closing time there. —— Locomotive Victim Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md, July 4.-—John Frobird, 41 years old, of Weverton, who had both legs scvered Sunday when struck by a locomotive near his home, died at the local hospital yesterday. John Monday, a companion at the time o‘rdm: accident, died soon after the ac- cident. R SR B Seven Killed in Bus Crash. TLAXCALA, Mexico, July 4 #®). — Seven persons, lncludhexs & baby, were killed when a crowd bus crashed against a tree last night on the high- way between Apizaco and Ten persons were seriously injured. citizens’ gathering over on the Mary- land side of the town on the Maryland School “;mundn. atthe corner of Maple and Philadelphia avenues, at 7:30 o'clock. usical ill be ren- direction of Prof. D, 8 o'clock there will program and Spruce; west rom to Chestnut avenue, roll avene is closed count of resurfacing, making the R S, TRk the south. fam Hooker was arTanggents. w general chalrman ment, and R. P. Whitty. ‘There will be a military service at Mount Olivet Cemetery, O’Brien having served in the United States Navy prior | to his appointment to the Police De- | 51/2% Interest —— for Periods of 3,5 or 10 Years Our economical plan wil! appeal to you. MININUM COST—PROMPT ACTION attendance. i Z 3 $ CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. 1§ 4 98 FUTURE. | » SESPH o o 2 0 4 w3 BOSSZIHELPS ATy AN |$ 1417K St. Main 9300 Ray Tucker, Washington newspaper Loan Corresponden: man, will speak on the recent nai - P P conventions to the members of the John Hancock Mutual Life Kiwanis Club at the Washington Hotel lasurance Co. at 12:30 tomorrow. | The Loyal Kights of the Round | | | | 12:30 p.m., at University Club. George T. Warren and Sumner K. Wiley will | ! CORRECTS | ! speak on the subject: “Who I Am and | D ! NDRUF’F ‘Why." !heA tclabmmsw‘lo!n:hfi_%tatb’uhem "; e American Pen Women, 1108 Sixteenth DANDRU"i"mih street, Friday at 8 p.m., Mrs. William | to a germ condition Atherton Du Puy will give an informal, | the scalp; if the germs are non-political talk on the work of the | killed, disease vanishes. press women at the Houston convention. Use a solution of Zonite, the An INo Womwn and- el frieods | antiseptic that works quickly MG e s U and powerfully. 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