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(S ] - THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. . €. SEPTEMBER 4 1928—PART T.- AUTO KILLS CHLD: DRVER IS HELD Four-Year-Old Sen of Fed- eral Reserve Official Crushed to Death. Tour-year-old William Stone of 2262 Trigh street southeast was crushed to death by a truck while playing near his home late vesterday afternoon. The driver is being held at the eleventh pre- einet under the technical charge of in vestigation. The child was one of si: who figured in trafic accidents. The boy. the son of A. M. Stone secretary to the governor of the Fed- eral Reserve Board, had been playing on a sand pile with his brother, Jack, 8 years old. and several other young- stors. As the truck, driven by Preston Blair, colored. of 1825 Florida avenue, soproached Valley street southeast while going north en Fourteenth street. the litile boy ran out from the curb. and before the machine could be brought to & halt, the wheels had | passed over his body. it was reported. | A passing sutomobile took the child | tn Providence Hospitai, where he was | pronounced dead. Blair immediately nroceeded to the eleventh precinet and | reported the accident. | { Inquest Ts Ordered. It was found that-Blair did not have Distriet of Columbia driver's per- mit, police say, althou he exhibited s Maryland card. His brakes were tested and found to be in good cen- dition and, aceording to the officer who investigated the case, he was going at | » moderate rate of speed when he | struck the child. Coroner Nevitt viewed | the body at Providence Hospital last | night and ordered an inquest to be | held Tuesday morning at 11:30 o'clock | at the District morgue. Struck by a taxicab at Ninth street and New York avenue last night, Ed- ward Nowlin, 8 vears old, 813 Mount vernon place. was seriously injured. Oscar Roundy. 26 years old, 210 East Capitol street, driver of the cab. was| arrested and charged with eperating with inadequate brakes. He was later released on collateral Accerding to the police report. the rab was proceeding south on Ninth =treet when the boy attempted to run across the intersection of Ninth and 5 He was taken to Casualty Hospital by Roundy Twn Walter Reed patients were in ‘he machine at the time. They were nry W. Coten and Walter J. Tum- vlin. Girl Is Vietim. fargaret C. O'Connor, 13 years old, f 3146 Dumbarton avenue was struck an automobile while crossing Wis- nsin avenue at O street last night. | The car was being operated by Camp | Jacobs of 3408 Reservoir road. The ~ir] was taken to Georgetown University | iospital and treated for bruises on e head and left Edward Cook, 11 years old, of 1855 | Jlvert street was slightly injured when sorked down by an automobile on F| reet between Eighth and Ninth | reets yesterday evening. The boy was | ‘moved to Emergency Hospital and | reated by Dr. Edwerd Kelly for bruises S0 legs. He was later allowed to | veturn heme. The ear was driven by | James H. Green, colored, 1320 Fifth, While running across Ninth street ok "yeseraey atiermoon. 3-year-old inck afternoon, 5-year: { Janiia’ Goud, colored, 1281 Ninth | creet, was struck by an sutomobile | <riven by Eugene Sarnofl, 228 P .treet. She was taken to Freedmen's Hospital Sarnoff and treated for minor According to the police re- the child ran out from between | '» parked automobiles and into the | de of Sarnofl's machine. Another accident in which a child J g reported to police of e seventh preeinct yesterday. Cath- . . 3 years old, of 35241 | struck by an automobile | ting to eress the =treet @t Thirty-sixth and M streets. | ‘The driver of the machine took™ her Georgetown University Hospital | “here her condition was said tobenot} t | TROLLEY VICTIM'S FUNERAL MONDAY "7 = Retzer Will Be Buried With- out Knowledge of Husband, Injured in Crash, *~cial Dispatch to The Btar, CLARENDON, Va., September 1.—- “:5. Bessie Retzer, who died last night Emergency Hospital following in- { | dsd with the autamobile in he and three other members of her ‘amily were riding, will be huried. with ~r hushand and ene dlufhur ignorant <! the fate which has befallen her. ‘The husbhand. were in the erash, are in a dangerous rondition at the hospital, Inez, 12, an- other daughter, who escaped with but ight lacerations about the body, will = returned 1o her home in time for the neral. While Mr. Retzer had falled regain consciousness up to e nour inday. hope was held out at the hospital for his recovery. Funeral services for Mis. Retzer will | be conducted in the Arlington M. E. Church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the pastor. Besides those mentioned above. the Geceased is survived by another daughter, Mre. Joscphine Cockrill of Vienna, and a son, Clifford Retzér, 18, WOMEN'S FEDERATION ergen ries received when a trolley car eol- | which G. Perry Retzer, and ' the dsughter. Thelma Retzer, 9, who | Victim of Truck | | | WILLIAM STO Whe was killed when run down while at play yesterday afternoon. G. 0. P. NOW HOLDS POLITICAL “EDGE” IN RHODE ISLAND (Continued from Pirst Page) of _various Even the a strong charitics and associations kinds throughout the State. Republicans admit he has orgamization. Nominations for governor, Senator, members of the House, ete. are not made in Rhode Island until October as a rule. They arc made then, not by primary election, but in State conven- tion. The Republican State convention this year is to be held October 3 and the Democratic convention about that time. Both conventions this year prob- ably will see brisk contests. Judge Hebert, although he is siated by the State organization for the Republican senatorial nomination, is likely to have opposition. Ambros Kennedy, former member of the House of Representa- tives, has announced he will seek the nomination. and Attorney General Charles B. Sisson and Judge Ira Lloyd | Letts also are mentioned as possible | candidates. Hebart is the candidate of State Chairman Pelty and behind Pelty stands the national eommitteeman. Peck. who is finance commissionsr and a man of much wealth. Faetional Discord. It iz no secret that there is an under- lying antagonism between the Peck- Pelty faction in the Republican organi- zation and Senator Metcalf. But it is expected they will bury the hatchet and work together for the ticket. Na- | tional and State when the time comes. The Democrats, however, are hopeful that the row in the State convention of the Republicans will leave its sore spots. Gov. Case, it appears. will have little, If any, opposition for the guber- natorial nomination. Senator Gerry has ne opposition visible at this time at any rate, for the senatorial nominstion in the Demo- eratic State convention. The Demo- cratic contest will be for the nomina- tion for governor, with three or four candidates in the field. They insist, however, they will be able to patch up their differences without difficulty. The Republicans apparently have the best of it in the matter of newspaper | support for their Natioal and State tickets. Here in Providence the Journal is supporting Mr. Hoover. It is owned by a brother of Senator Metcalf and although the Journal is “wet,” it has turned away from Gov. Smith and comes out strongly for Hoover. Out in the State, the press generally is Repubiican. Senator owns the Providence News and that paper is giving its undivided suppo: Democratic tickets. Notwithstanding the fact the State conventions of both parties are a month or more in the future, the campaign is now under way in Rhode Island. Republicans and Demoerats of national prominence are coming into the State to speak for their respective tickets. Senator Curtis. Re- publican eandidate for vice president, | has heen here and addressed a big Re- publican outing at Rocky Point. His daughter, Mrs. Leona Knight. ‘wife of Webster Kaight, 2d. & mill man, resides in this State and Senator Curtis has been a frequent and popular | Demo- visitor in Rhode .Island. The crats are staging a rally at Roeky Point tomorrow, at which Mayor “Jimmy" Walker of New York and Senator Tydings of Maryland are to be the prineipal speakers. On Friday Mrs, Hoover, wife of the Republican presi- | dential’ nominee, was entertained here | by members of the Women's Republican Club and of the Gir] Scouts, with which | organization she has been prominently | identified. Mrs, Hoover, along with her husband, makes a strong appeal to woman voters. Smith Support Seen. of the Rhode Island labor organizations at Rocky Point, ton, and the Democrats believe that resolutions indorsing the candidacy of Gov. Bmith will be adopt- ed at the meeting. Indeed, the Demo- crats are laying claim to the support of orgapized labor in this State. The Republicans, however, belleve that in the campaign now under way they will be able to educate the lahor vote to the need of eontinuing the Republicans in Washington and that the full dinner pail, not to mention other comforts, will in the end appeal to the workers more than “a bucket of suds." The Ku Klux Klan, while not a major factor by any means in things political in Rhode Island, has had its organiza- | family of seven persons has not more | J tion in certain parts of the State. In a minor way it will play its part in the coming election and may be expected to throw its support toward the Repub- liean ticket At the election this year, the voters will be called upon to pass on a hall dozen proposed eonstitutional amend- ments. Among them are two which have aroused considerable interest. Under the 8t ‘e constitution, there is i | THD REPORTS DU ON MERGER PLAN Capper Confers on Scope of Bureau Study of Trans- portaiion. When the Senate District committee | resumes street railwi carly in Decemper, it will have before it two complete reports on the subject, |one from Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the com- mittee's special advisor, and the other.| from the Bureau of Efclency. | Chairmean Capper. who is in the city [ for = brief visit, spent part of vesterday ‘glnl over with several officials of the | Burean of Efficiency the scope of the study the bhureau is making of the | public transportation systems of the District for the commitee, Ready In Novamber, | The Senator said the efficiency ex- | perts seemed to be going thoroughly into the subject and told him they would have a final report ready for the com- mittee about the middle of November. The Senator had previously conferred ! with Dr. Maitbie, who also expects to have a final rerm-l ready in November, although he will file a preliminary state- ment with committee members sometime this month. The Efficiency Bureau agents. it was | Indicated yesterday, are going over the | valuation “figures, gathering data re- | 1atinz to street car systems in other cities, studymg how the item of de- preciation should be handled, what economies may be expeeted from a mer- ger. capitalization. the effect of re- lleving the companies from street pav- ing costs and the salaries of crossing policemen. and other phases of the merger problem. Favorably Reported. When Congress adjourned in May, the resolution to approve the pending merger plan had been favorably re- ported by the House District committee, but was referred to a subcommittee of the Senate Distriet committee. This subcommitiee may begin its work a few days before Congress convenes, having PEIRCE MILL MAY - RESUME GRINDING Government Action Sought in| Favor of Restoration of Ancient Plant. Restoration of Peirce Mill, the ancient structure in Rock Creek Park, and put- ting it in service—on a small scale— | for the grinding of grain inte corn meal and flour, has been suggested to Lieut, Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d. director of the office of public bulldings and public parks of the National Capital. The mill. on the banks of Rock Oreek, at the foot of Tilden street hill, is one of the few relies of old Wash- ington which are still standing and so far as known it is the only strueture | of its kind whieh is in a condition to be restored with a comparatively small ex- | penditure. Restoration would make |t | & live museum of the past and furnish |an oddity for city-bred visitors much as | | Henry Ford has done in New Engiand, | | in the opinion of those Interested. would also be a decided addition to Rock Creek Park, they contend. Used As Tea House. | ite, | now is being used as a tea house, being operated under the joint welfare and | | recreational association of the public | parks bureau, a quasi-public corporation, | which controls the concessions on public grounds and which uses its profits for the increase of paid reereational fea- tures in the parks. Funds of the asso- | ciation were used for the installation of modern cooking and refrigeration equip- | ment in the bujiding and for the pro- | | viston of dining room equipment. | Once One of Several. | Ofcials of the public parks office | point out that of several mills once on | Rock Creek. Peirce Mill is the only one still standing. It would be particularly [mlerullnl 0 have flour and meal { turned out in the mill and used for service in the tea house, it was felf. | Practically all of the old machinery | 1s stored in the mill. The grinding before it the information being gather- | stones are in place, as well as some of ed by the experts. the shafts, and Cel. Grant sald that he John J. Noonan. largest minority | believed the old water wheel, from | stockholder of the Washington Rajlway | which the stones obtained their power, | & Electric Co., who opposed the merger | could he located in the vieinity, It | plan as submitted to Congress at the | perhaps would require a little repairin last session, also called on Senator | The principal cost of placing the miil Capper yesterday. He told the Sena-|again in runming condition, it was said, | tor he was not against consolidation.| would be the restoration of the mill | provided the merger would benefit car | race. The dam which provided the users and if the minority stockholders ' head of water for turning the great were properly considered. The Senator | wheel is still there and is a source of told him he would be given a hearing | attraction to people who visit the park rt to the | On Monday there is fo be an outing | before the committee in the Fall ALCANTARA CARAVAN LEAVES FOR CRUISE 1250 Members Depart to Spend Three Days Sailing in Chesapeake i Bay—Gala Fetes Planned. Ibers of Ajcantara Caravan, No. 12, Order of the Alhambra, left Washing- {ton for Baltimore yesterday afternoon by special train to embark on_their eighth annual Chesapeake Bay cruise or the steamer State of Virginia. | met by automobiles, which transported them to the steamer, for a three-day | | trip, to be featured by entertainments | every night, a bathing beauty contest | and opportunity in Old Point Comfort, Norfolk and Yorktown to see the points | of_interest, | time enough to visit Virginia Beach for ‘bnmnfi, ‘Tonight a masked costume | ball will be held on the salon deck of | the Khlr she cruises about the low |bay, with prizes for the winning cos | tumes. ‘The bathing beauty prize contest will | be held at Yorktown tomarrow, and as | the boat steams on its hemeward trip | tomorrow night the final and most | lavish entertainment. a Mardi Gras hel'. | will be given. Mass will be said on board ship this {morning just before she docks at Oid | Point Cemfort. Lewis A. Payne is chairman of. the committee in eharge. . . 1 1 LAGS. | Reduction in Pamily Fortune Cited as Prisoner Recovers Spirits. BERLIN, September 1 (#),—Hugo Stinnes, jr, had recovered from his melancholia of yesterday, but remained throughout the day in his cell at Mo- abit Prison, while other witnesses were examined as to their knowledge of his speculations In German war-loan bonds. A-number of his assoclates and other witnesses were heard by the court, among them being Ereech Nothmann, director of a Stinnes fron and steel overseas concern. who also is held in | connection with the case It was sald that what they had to I say did net strengthen the ease against | the son of the late German industrial- | 18t | Btinnes, sr., In 1914 had about s 000,000, and, at the height of his pos | war career, about $100,000,000. T {day it is estimated the egtire Stinnes | | than $9,000,000. |DECADE FO R WAR COLLEGE Class of 100 Officers Inaugurate Tenth Bchool Year, ‘The_tenth -school year of the Army With fair weather forecast. 250 mem- | Arriving in Baltimore the party was | Today the party stops in Norfolk, with | now Col. Grant said that an estimate was | made several years ago of the cost of | restoring the structure to itz original | condition, and it was found that it would cost about $1.600, but that the | office did not at that time have such a | | fund with which to begin the work, nor has it had the money since, and it |18 not thought that Congress would suthorize such an expenditure right now. Unusual Type of Mill. The mill is deseribed ax the "under- | shot™ type, one of the very few in this part of the country. This, it is ex- plained, is the t_ng where the water hits the wheel at the bottom instead of flowing over the top, as most of the water-power type did. Only a small bit of the history of the !mill is on file in the office of public | buildings and public parks, and that | was provided by a corr dent who. | writing to Col. Grant in the interest of the restoration, reported that it was obtained from “the Rambler," the late | Harry Shannpon, whose articles on the | early history of Washington and vicinity were formerly a feature of The Star. | This shows that Isaac Peirce was 8 pioneer of that fdmily in the District of Columbia, and was born in Chester County, Pa.. April 9, 1756, He was a son of Joshua and Ann Peirce. The family was English, and the parents| probably emigrated from England te Penn’s Colony. Isaac came to what was later to be the District of Columbia about the time of the American Revolution. He was | married to Betsey Cloud, daughter of | Abner Cloud, the miller whose mill 1s generally known as Edes mill, because, | 88 far back as the oldest people can remember, the old mill was run by a man named Edes, In 1800, Isaae Pierce bought 150 acres of land called “GHft." He gradually bought more land until he | was the owner of 2.000 acres, all in one traet abutting on Rock Creek. Built of Native Granite. Isanc Peirce built a sawmill, a spring house, & house, several barns and the present mill, known as Peirce Mill, of native bjue granite. The mill, two barns and spring house are still standing. On & stone in the wall of the spring house is cut 1. B, P, 1801," Southwest of the sprin Tilden street, is a modern house, home E. 8. Newman, the latter says. It oc- cupies the site of Peirce's house The | pieturesque old home of Isaae Peirce, | the {rmn; made of hewn oak, was torn | down in 1873 by Peirce Shoemaker, who | erected on the site a stone house. The Newman house is id to be Peirce | | Shoemaker's house, remodeled. In 1890, when Rock Creek Park was established, the Government condemned | 350 ncres of Peirce Shoemaker's land { for inclusion in the park. for whieh It | paid $350,000. lp The mill turned for the last time as late as 1897. At that time, A. P. White, the last miller. was grinding a load of rye for a neighbor, when the main shaft ' . This correspondent said that “water mill grinding wheat and corn in the Capital of the United States would be & strange site to city-bred people.” house, on [ /MIDDIES TO SEE WARSHIP. | | The Australin Will Vieit Annap- olis, Officers Coming Here, REVIVAL OF MILLING ART IN ROCK CREEK STRUCTURE UR | nexwrauon or reirce vili, tne century-and-a-quarter-old plant, which formerly ground out corn meal and flour, has It] hecn urged to furnish an interesting display of an industry that is unfamiliar to the average city-bred person. —Star Stafl Photo. BALKED BY COURT Injunction in Chicago Prevents Walkout of Union Employes in 51 Theaters. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, September 1.—A threat- ened strike of musicians in ‘51 outlying theaters was forestalled today when Pederal Judge James H. Wilkerson is- sued a temporary injunction restrain- ing the Chicago Federation of Mu- sicians from calling and enforcing the contemplated walkout. Counsel for the theater owners ob- tained the temporary injunction after alleging a strike order had been ls- sued effective Sunday night. The order is directec against the president of the federation and mem bers enjoining them from enforcing their demands. The members of the union were also restrained from leav- ing the employ of the theaters for the purpose of foreing their employers to meet their demands. A hearing wil! be held September 10 relative to a pérmanent injunction. The bills of complaint uj order was predicated alleged that the demands of the union constitute a bur- den on the industry and the union had threatened to use force in compelling obedience to the strike order. n which the | “'The mil house, of native blue gran "MUS|0|ANS' STRIKE meeases or; 20.000 7Acrves of Osage 0;1 Lands to Be Sold atA A“f?fion by B S Ofl leases on 20,000 acres of Osage Indian land in Oklahoma will be se'a at auction by Uncle Sam on Septem- ber 27 vesterday by the Inierior Department |and the action follows u resolyilon | adopted by the Osage Tribal Council at its August 13 meeting. The tribe, | through a resolution signed by Fred | Lookout, prineipal chief, urgad that this action be taken and J. George Wrigat, superintendent of the Osage ~Indian | Ageney, and E. B. Merritt, acting com- | missioner of Indian affairs, also in- dorsed the proposal. Restrictions on ofl produetion may b2 | imposed by the Secretary of the Interior in the interest of conservation., where and when necessary, in conuncilon with the leasing of the nil lands. Leases will be made for five-year pericds and as long thersafter as oil is found in paying quantities "so long as the lands remain in the ownership of the Osage Tribe.” “Within the district in which lands to be leased lie present. nearly 10,000 producing weils,” the Interior Department announcemant aaid. “They yield from one barrel to 400 barrels a day each. with a rotal the ‘This announcement was made | there are at| dafly production of about 53,000 bar- Te { Returns from oil rights are divided ' equally among the acerediied membors of the Osages and for ihe jast ten years, from this source, each member has rea'ized more than $86,000, the In- terfor Department reports | MEMBERS OF SHIP BOARD TELL HOOVER OF POLICIES | Western Representatives Believe Candidate Should Be Fully In- formed on Subject. The two Western members of the Shipping Board, Samuel 8. Sandberg | of Celifornta and Jefferson Myers of Oregon. outhned to Herbert Hoover Ameri merchant marine. out politieal significance, the callers said | they wanted to put before th> Republic. | an nominee the Shipping Board view-' ooint on merchant marine questions, which he probably will discuss in some of his campaign addresses. They emphasized the importance of giving home-owned lines all assistance | to meet foreign competition and out- lined what the board is doing along that line under the Jones-White law. recently enacted by Congress. GED ! | vesterday the present outlook for an | Explaining that their visit was with- | PURCELLVILLE FAR DPENS WEDNESDAY | | | Enlarged Farm Exposition, Races. Stock and Dog Shows Featured. Spscial Dispateh to The Star PURCELLVILLE. Va.. September 1.— | Everything is in readiness for the tenth annual Loudoun County Fair and Hor:» Show, to be held hers Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. According to Manager J. Dalton Dillon and others in charge, field crops. fruits, vege- tables, domestic s-lence, handiwork and flower exhibits are larger than, ever before, The midway. in charge of L. E. Stalev, Baltimore, Md.. has beed en- larzsd and will cover twice th~ distance. Wednesday will be ohserv dren’s day. free to all of under, The management has provided a pony show and razes and other attrac- tions, designed to thrill the juvenile heart. There will be hunter classes shown off*the first dav The second day will be devoted to hunter classes. all of which are well filled Some of the best hunters in the State will be shown. A large number have bheen entered from Richmond. | Washington and other places Pure-bred and grade heavy draft horses and all departments of cattle will be thown Friday. The holstein de- pariment has been enlarged and will in- rlude 14 classes. A dng show will be held Priday. The fair will have special night features Pollowing are th» judges: T. 1. Mar- shall. Woodstock, Va.. heavy draft: J P. Keen, Summit Point, W Va, beef cattle; P. A. Buchanan, V. P. I.. Blacks- burg. dairy cattle; George C. Herring, Blacksburg, swine; W. P. Kemp, Co%- lege Park, Md., field crops; Miss Mary Lippard. Fairfax. domestic science and handwork: Mrs. Floyd Harris. Aldie, flowers: Thomas G. Samuel, Rosslyn Va., poultry: Ford E. Young, Washing- on. and Charles 8. Engle, Charles Town. Mixed Bathing Banned. Mixed bathing forbidden throughout Jugoslavia. SwiEE | 'I"b%; o | PRIVATE ROOM OR OPEN STORAGE LONG DISTANCE MOVERS CRATE AND PACK BY EXPERTS | 1313 YOU STREET, N.W. PHONE NORTH 3343 /,m\ Seventh St. Will Prevail All This Week S 0 many h.ave asked us, so prices on Lifetime Furniture will re- main reduced all this week. Savings now are in every section of the store. See tomorrow’s Star for more details of the specially re- duced prices. Closed tomorrow. See Our Display in Tomorrow's Star MAYER & CO. Closed All Day Labor Day THE LOW SALE PRICES ON LIFETIME FURNITURE Bet. D and E War College at Washington Barracks | HONORS PRESIDENT| Mrs. Sallie W. Stewsrt, Head of & property qualification for voting for | since the World War was inaugurated the city council of Providence. This| vesterday with a class of 100 officers has resulted. it is sajd, in keeping the \of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps The British warship Australia; now at ' | New York on a trip from Australla to Europe. will visit Annapol from “ity enuneil Republican, while the mayor | and later in the year will be increased | p T e e T e one groater pact | By iificers: of the Natiomal Gaurd ang | Sevtember 4 o Seplambir & snd il National Association, Is 4 1 iation of the time been Democratic. A Demo- | Organized Reserve Corps | be accorded the usual military lnd; | naval courtesie: Given Motto, The Washington and Vicinity Federa- tion of Women. nf which Mrs. Julia West Hamilion is president, met at the Phyllis Wheatley ¥. W. C. A. Monday, with Mrs. Sallie W. Btewart, Ind napolis. Ind.. newly eiected president of the National Association of Colored | Women. sitending. Mrs. Stewart paid tribute tn the manner in which the local | taderation recelved the biennal conven- n of the national 2ssoclation during recent session here. In outlining = for the next two vears she stressed the importance of ralsing the Btate ap- portionments for the national head- auarters: the eondnuance of efforts in hehalf of the Donglas Home and a re- 1 of interest in the $50.000 scholar- fund were made by orzanizations Bentt. Mother 8 Taliaferrn presidents of cluding Mrs. ild Center: Dr. Tursday Evening of Social Workers, Mrs, Eva Cas- Industrial Club: Mrs. Helen Wells ve and Girls' Needlework Guild: Mrs Helping Hand Cirele neteenth Stréet Bantist Church: Mrs. a W Ledroli Park Neighbor- nod Club: Mrs. Helen Gordon, Uplift vkers nf the Burrville Community cr. Mrs. Mary P. Thompson, vice ident of the federation and chair. of the junior federation: Mrs se Prv. Birney Women's Club of the Rirnev Community Center: Miss Laurs Jeiner. Teader's Research Cluh. A friendehip mottn was presented 10 ZMEIAA>1 . e w ce P L / crat is in office at present, although he | was elected by less than 200 votes, show- ing how closely the city is divided along political lines * The State Senate, under another pro- vision of the constitution, ix made up of one representative from each of the cities, Under this apportionment, Providence has only one State Senator Here and there a Senator represents a community with only a few hundred votes. 1ts opponents call this a “rotten borough” system. The Democrats in- sist the Republicans have clung to it &0 they might continue to dominate the Btate Le-islature. However, a Republic- an Legislature has agreed to submit these matters to the voters and pro- posed amendments (o the State consti- tution will he voted on in November Ostensibly both parties are favoring the proposed changes. It requires a three- fifths vote to put them th h, how- ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION 7th St. & La. Ave. N.W, W0th Issue of Stack Now Open for Subseription Money Loaned to Members on Easy Monthly Payments v« James ¥. Khes e decrelary annelly James | Pre Maj. Gen. W. D. Connor, president of | the college, presided at the opening ex- | ercises and addresses were made by | Col. C, D. Robbins, Acting Secretary of War, and Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sum- | merall, chief of stafl of the Army Religlous exercises were conducted by | Col. Edmund P, Easterbrook, chief of | the Corps of Chaplains, ever, and some Demoerats are skeptical az to thelr final adoption | Rhode lsland, like Massachusetis, s il real battle ground in the political campaign of 1928. There are currents that eut across both party lin.s here, | At present, the edge seems to be with the Republicans, but this advantage, if 1 1t_exists, may easily be swept away. it exists, may oasily he awept awey. PLUM POINT On Chesapeake Bay 3,000 FEET OF SHADY SAND BEACH SALT WATER BATHING SHADY PICNIC GROUNDS | The commanding officer and his | principal nssistants, undoubtedly will | visit this city during the stay of the warship at the Maryland capital, IWALK| I T0 Office Business Theatre Golf Tennis College School Shopping Govt. Blds Convenient to Al Car and Bus Lines. Live in The Bradford 1800 K St. N.W. Furnished and unfurnished ipartments, 1 room and harh ta 7 rooms and 2 baths. Flec. trie refeigeration. 24-hour tele phone and elevatar service, Manager on Premises, Geo. W. Linkins Rental Agent