Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1928, Page 21

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. OCTOBER 21. 1928—PART 1. DANCE QPN U SOGAL CALENDR * Nearly 300 Couples Attend| Benefit Affair for Senior Class Book. | The first social affair of the academic wear at the Catholic University, the a nual Cardinal dance, was held Frid: night in the main baliroom of the | Washington Hotel. The affair was ranged and conducted under the aus- pices of the senior class. Nearly 300 Couples were present, including many members of the alumni. The proceeds of the dance were donated to the treas- urer of the Cardinal, the annual of the senior class Tea Dance Is Held. ‘The annual tea dance of the Univer- eity Glee Club was held yesterday after- noon in the Italian gardens of the May- , flower Hotel. Entertainment was pro- vided by university talent, and mem- bers of the Glee Club contributed to the | enjoyment of the occasion by offering several popular selections. A meeting of the local chapter of the lay alumni_association was held last Monday. The assembly passed rasolu- tions in which it was proposed to co- BRITON. CLAIMING VISIT TO MARS. FILES RADIO MESSAGE TO PLANET| ;Psychic Devotce Describes Inhab{tants andi All-Inclusive Food Applc: Women 3 Artistically Garbcd. l Br the Associated Press, LONDON. October 20.—Dr. Mans- field Robinson, psychic devotee, for whom the British post office will broad- cast a radio message intended for Mars, the reception to be given the rector, at which the rector, officials of the uni- versity and visiting 2lumni should be the guests of the local chapter. Plans also were made to provide rooming quar- ters for visitors and to finance the un- dertaking. Committees Appointed. Committees were appointed as follows: Finance committee. John Clark. chail : Otto Hauck and Charles Croake! eon committee, H. J. Connoi rman; Louis Armelin and Cyril Daw- | rooming committee, John Dugan and Edward Leasure: program commit- tee, Frederick Diegelmann and Thomas Collins: publicity committee. Maurice Weschler, chairman: Bernard Bogan. John Daly and Dr. Voss. Another meet- ing is to be held October 29 at 8 p.m.. in the blue room of the City Club. had not but had bzen declared todar t'rt been talking with M | thers himsell “1 can talk with these Martians as easily as I can talk to you, and I have| | had a journey to M terviewer. “My etheric by 35.000.000 miles Dr. | formation ths about 7 feet 6 inches in height and the women about 6 feet. He exhibit>d rome drawings of a Martian woman. who, he said. had acted as his guide. The drawings showed a round- with long hair. penstra curious ness 2nd very “She hes a very * explain=d th~ explorer of Mars, her cloth indicate that t country is not verv cold. The Martians have houses. airships. motor cars and railwavs, They treat and electrify their | fruit trees in a peculiar way, so that fruit resembling an apple contains all the constituents necessary to a human | body.” 2| clusion of the second day CHNESEAPANE ACCORD 5 NEARER Settlement of Nanking and Tsinan Is Expected Monday. By the Associated Press. NANKING, China, October Settlement. of outstanding proble preciably nearer tonight at the con- session _of negotiations betwen C. T. Wang, Na- tionalist foreign minister, and S. Yada Japanese consul general. Chinese officials indicated that the ng and Tsinan incidents might Tsinan incident. Japan would be likely to withdraw her troops from Shantung. Dispatches from Tokio today were not so optimis- tic regarding settlement of the Tsinan ineident. Discussion of Manchurian questions has not_yet come up. Tonight's conference ended in great | The electric lights went | excitement. © | e Ghina and Japan appeared ap- | & sentence of 20 years imprisonment it was believed that | GIFTS ALREADY ARRIVING FOR BOY KING’S BIRTHDAY Michael of Rumania Will Be 7 on October 25—Queen Marie, 53. October 20. Br the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, October 20.—Within ths naxt 10 days Rumania will observe two royal birthdays with national fes- tivities and pom On October 25 the nation will felici- tate little King Michael on his seventh \DEATH TO BE ASKED | FOR OBREGON SLAYER, | Mexican Prozecutor Will Seek 20| ! Years' Imprisonment for | t Mother Concepcion. | MEXICO CITY, October 20.—Formal | | presentation to the court at San Angel today of the prosecution’s case against | Jos2” De Leon Toral and Mother Su. | perior Conceplon revealed that death penalt; ill b2 sought against; Toral as assassinator of Gen. Alvare Obregon. Aganist the mother superior will be asked. She is charged “complicity” in the crime. A dozen others arrested in connec- tion with the investigation of the Obre- gon slaying will not be tried on 'hrl charges’ filed by the public prosecutor Instead they will be turned over to vari- ous other authorities to answer charges of dynamiting the Chamber of Deputies and the Cbrezon political headquarters rticipating in a frustrated plan nate President Calles and Gen. with | Obregon. Some of the minor defendants also may face prosecution on charges of violating the religious law by holding | church services In secret. The main trials of Toral and Mother Conceplon will be started probably carly next month. | e N | She Waits on “Dead” Brother. | birthday, while on October 23 it will | wish many happy returns to Dowager Queen Marie on the fifty-third anniver- sary of her birth. Already large quanti- ties of toys and other birthday gifts have arrived from abroad for King | Michacl, who is living with his mother, Princess Helen. at Bucharest in the house abandoned by the former Crown Prince Carol At the moment Queen Marie is at her country villa at Baleik suffering from an attack of influenza. Her doc- | tors. however, helieve she will be fuily recovered in time to receive birthdav congratulations from her fricnds at home and abroad w21 Latest-Style City Under Way. Exemplifying the latest style in orna- ment and design, an entire new city is g constructed near Paris. All the ndern idses in bulldings are to be in- tiuded. The church is nearing comple- jon, and it reveals the modern archi- ~ctural tendencies. The main entrance is behind a le arch that spans 2l 10st the en! width of the struc- ture. Figures used for decoration are ver~ large. and the steeple is a taper- ng “shaft of angles.” Unemplos in August by The Home of Good Furniture, Good Values and Easy Terms | When Betty Powell, a waitress in a| rectaurant at Cardiff, Wales, started to | wait on a man she recognized him as| her brother, whom she had mourned as dead for 12 vears. The brother, now a private in the Roval Army Service | Corps. had bren reported in 1216 -s | missing. On his arrival in Cardiff he vicited the restaurant where he h-A formerly worked. He had traveled all the world, he said, in the past 12 | 'The holders of the Penfield scholar- ships this year are Brendan F. Brown, Omaha. Nebr.; Rev. Joseph P. Christo- | pher. Rockford. Tll.. and Rev. Speer Strahan. Grand Rapids. Mich. All are conducting their studies at the Univer- sity of Oxford, England. These scholar- which are for studies in dipl H operate with the university authorities in tendering a formal reception to the newly appointed rector some time dur- | ing the latter part of November. | Plans were made also for the celebra- Br. Robinson's message which has |out and as candles were lighted sev- boen’ accentsd by th poct office radin | eral pistol shots sounded nearby. Na- cervice. will b broadeact from the Rug- | tionalist soldiers surrounded the build- b sfation on an 18500 meter wave | ing and made a search for the dis Jength. and fhe St. Alkans station will | turbers but could find no one. In con- | listen for a reply on a length of 30,000 | sequence of the incident a heavy guard fusters: | was placed around the conference hall | aha also around the delegates. tion to be held for the foot ball men in eonnection with Home-coming week. whicn will take place over the Thanks- | s giving holiday. Basil J. Kelly, '24, pres- internation21 affairs and belles | > = fdent of the local alumni chapter, was | lettres, were established under the will| Firmly built roads and a central chosen general chairman of the recep- | of Frederick Courtland Penfield, former | building more than 100 feet square have Capt. F. A. Hemming of New Zea- tion committee. It was propossd that a | Ambassador of the United States to|been unearthed 2t the Romen camp at land has just retired after traveling |over ht 4 liape, wates. 13,000,000 miles at sea. vears This Beautiful Three-Piece Bed-Davenport Suite Covered in Genuine Mohair—Mahogany '195 Carved Rail Top This practical suite for the combination living-bed- room is richly upholstered in genuine mohair with plain velour on outside backs. The top rails are hand carved apd finished in mahogany. As sketched the suite con- sists of a large full size bed, bed-davenport, armchair and wing chair. Loose cushicn spring seats with spring edge. Outside backs and sides covered in self tone velour. Convenient Payments NECESSITY— A SALE OF READ THE REASON FOR IT The addition of the Mason & Hamlin, Chickering Pianos and Ampicos to our own line of Knabe and Fischer has brought a condition in our building which amounts to congestion. Whether we like it or not, we are absolutely COMPELLED to get rid of scores of pianos; get them out of here quickly and relieve the “jam” we are in. Prices are of secondary importance to us. You can buy your choice at prac- tically YOUR OWN PRICE and YOUR OWN TERMS. Just Think of an upright piano for only $22! Or a player-piano that sold for $600 now only $98! Or a guaranteed grand piano for only $350! Nowhere else could you begin to get anything like such values! 1t is only because of the enormous volume of our business that this great number of pianos is available for this sale. AN HE convenience of a daven port extension table is read- ity appreciated in small quarters. This ore is in rich mahogany veneers of hard- 524£ TELEPHONE stand and chair is always convenient, practical and unobtrusive. This s beautifully one is well made of $2.9__§ 39£ hardwood, finished Convenient Payments HE Governor Winthrop as pictured is with men of gt 18 made and finished in rich mahog- any veneer. in mahogany finish. of & stool wood. Designed with sturdy fluted legs. ... S These are the greatest values we have ever offered in our long business career. Don’t miss this wonderful oppertunity. $400 Haines $400 Whitney 8425 Guild $400 Droop 8450 Brambach . ... $450 Weser .. $475 Whitney 8875 Steinway . $600 Kranich & Bach.. 8500 Price & Teeple... $550 Conway $475 International ... $600 Armstrong ...... $875 Knabe g $600 Hanover 8700 Norris & Hyde.. 8550 Solo Concerto 8600 Sherer 8550 Solo Concerto . 8575 Thomas 8550 Solo Concerto..... %650 Leonard $600 Ardinger . $575 Miller $575 Anderson . $550 Solo Concerto .. $600 Pfeiffer $600 Solo Concerto ........... An Unusually Attractive Four=Piece Bedroom Group of Burl Walnut Veneer, Special Of rich, handsome Burl walnut venecrs, laid on gum- $15 9 wood base. Sketched by our artist is a roomy chest with top drawers, cabinet style; a full size dresser, a bow-foot solid wood bed and a most charming French vanity. This price is away under the regular worth. Convenicnt Payments AN S Remember This We will take back within one vear any piano purchased in this Sale and allow full value on any new upright, Grand or Player se- lected from our stock. NO EXTRAS FREE DELIVERY ETAL kitchen stool in a variety of col- ors—modern as can be and EVENINGS Until 9 P. M. Daring This Sale! DROP-LEAF table i table is a very ORCELAIN-TOP kitchen table with base finished in white enamel. It is fitted with a convea- Drachman ient good size cutlery H. C. Bay, period medel. $4;§ Apartment Grand .......$385 Apartment Grand ........8445 Baby Grand el 490D $550 $625 $525 $600 $575 HomeR L.KiTT Co. 1330 G STREET N.W. drawer and is of gen- erous size. Priced special. Convenient Payments convenient picce of furniture mighty convenient. The natural wood) and 905-907 7th St. N.W.. . unfinished (smoothly $4.75 $1.00 breakfast room table. P Washington’s Complete Music House Washington’s Complete Music House T T ZSNRNNNN