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4 W THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. MARDI GRAS DRAWS 300070 CLARENDON Affair Marks Opening of Paved Wilson Boulevard Through Town. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va, October 26— More than 3,000 persons took part last night in the Mardi Gras held by the newly organized Clarendon Retail Mer- chants’ Association to mark the open- ing of the recently paved section of Wilson Boulevard through the business district. The attendance, according to those sponsoring the affair, greatly ex- ceeded expectations, The celebration started promptly at 7 o'clock with the firing of several vol- leys from a field piecé that was loaned to the association by the military suthorities at Fort Myer, the only tragedy of the evening being the fact that the full seven shots could not be fired because the concussion” was shat- tering the windows in nearby resi- dences. ‘The parade “Miss Arlingtons, led by the four argaret Rees, 1926; Marie Duehring, 1927; Ethel Donaldson, 1028, and Virginia McDonnell, 1929. Following in the line of march were the Drum and Bugle Corps of Arling- ton Post, American Legion: the drill team of the Clarendon Lodge of Re- beccas, the Drum and Bugle Corps and a company of cadets from Wash- ington-Lee High School and the Clar- endon Volunteer Fire Department. Following the parade and precedin| the street dancing were a number of vaudeville acts in which were featured Virginia__Carroll, Caroline Carroll, Marion Lee, Joseph Basso and Charles Walsh, all from Washington theaters, EAST-WEST HIGHWAY IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC Road Shut to Travel to Eliminate Danger Spots Recently Pointed Out. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, ROCKVILLE, Md., October 26.—The gection of the new east-west highwAy lying between Wisconsin avenue in Bethesda and Connecticut avenue has peen ordered closed to public travel until further notice by the Board of County Commissioners. This is the section of the new road- way in which is located the dangerous bridge end and curves pointed out in previous articles in The Star and in an effort to remedy which the State Roads Commission. after consultation with county officials following the publica- tion of the articles, will construct an additional wide strip of concrete. The county authorities are seeking by this action to avoid liability from any accidents on this section of the highway, as the order announces that a:rxom using the road will do so at eir own risk. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair, not quite 80 cool tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer; moderate to fresh south- west and west winds, * Virginia—Fair, not quite so cool to- night; tomorrow fair, warmer; moderate to_fresh west winds. ‘West Virginia—Fair, not so cool to- night; tomorrow fair, warmer. Maryland—Fair, not quite so cool fonight; tomorrow fair, rising tem- rature in central and west portions; filh ‘west winds. Records for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m.,, 51; 8 pm, 47; 12 midnight, 46; 4 am,, 42; 8 am, 44; noon, 65. Barometer—4 pm., 20.86; 8 g . 20.87; 12 midnight, 20.88; 4 a.m., 29.86; 8 a.m, 29.88; noon, 29.82. Highest temperature, 65, occurred at PRINCE:GEORGES AUTO VICTIMS TREATED HERE Three Persons Hurt on County Roade Brought to Casualty Hospital, Three . persons, injured on highways in Prince (ieorges County, were treated at_Casualty Hospital today. Willlam Groves, 17, 1400 block of G' street southeast, was reported to have! been struck by an automcbile at Belts- ville. He was treated for abrasions. Hospital records show he was brought to Washington by Mrs. James M. Hit- affer of Beltsville, Lawrence M. Nally, 200 block of K street northeast, was treated or lacer- | ations to the head and temple, Thomas Cowley, 1300 block of H street | northeast, for bruises said to have been sustained in an automobile accident near Reds Corner . Bince the passage of the measure sub- others are being built. REDU TO MANASSAS SCHOOL By the Associated Press charitable institutions, eight of them in Jackson. Mich,, share in the $332,138 estate of Charles H. Ruhl, according to | | Ruhl, & St. Lous hotel man, died March and | 31 Crittenton Home, Associated Charities, the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's Association, sidizing the diamond-cutting industry | $6.000 each: Jackson Friendly Home, in South Africa, one factory has be- |$3.000: Home for Colored People and gun operations in Cape Town and four | Salvation Army, $1,000 each. RUHL LEAVES $13,085 Eighteen Other Charitable Institu- tions Benefit Under St. Louis Hotel Man's Will. NEW YORK, October 26.-—Nineteen a transfer tax appraisal filed today. . 1928. in Alhambra, Calif. The institutions at Jackson, and the sums received, totaling $43,000, are: Mercy Hospital, $13.085; Florence | ington, 29, of Sumter, 8. C.. and Helen | Three institutions in Los Angeles, $89-50 Calif,, receive a total of $18,468. fleyll dre: ‘The Little Sisters of the Poor, to Te- ceive $)00,468; Los Angeles Orthopedic Foundation, $3,000; Salvation Army, 8 ,000. Among the beneficiaries also are the following institutions in other cities: Manassas Industrial School for Col- ored Youths, Manassas, Va. $13.085; Little Sisters of the Poor. Detroit, Mich., $10,468; National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Colo., $5,000. ——ee Licensed to Wed at Fairfax. FAIRPAX, Va., October 26 (Special). — Marriage licenses granted this week by the county clerk include W. E. Cov= | Wagstaff, 25, R. F. D., Herndon; J. By~ £on Hopkins, jr. 24, ahd Mas Iris Davis 20, both of 1738 Willard street north- west, Washington. D. C.; Charles Henry Massie, 64, of Harrisonburg, Va. and Marle E. Botts, 48, of R. F. b. 3, "Fair- ax. The Romans were the first great road bullders. Somtimes the roads were 8| to 10 feet deep, and, although 2,000 years old, the highways still are models of construction where they have not been disturbed. ATTACK TRIAL NEARING CLOSE AT DANVILLE | Purcell Nester, in Denying Girl's Charge, Says He Was Uncon- scious From Drink. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va, October 26.—Purcell Nester, placed on trial here yesterday for criminally attacking Loveline Hef- finger, aged 10, will know this evening whether or not he shall receive “the same punishment one would give a mad dog—execution.” in the words of Com- monwealth's Attorney John W. Carter. The case was moving swiftly to its close, defense testimony and State rebuttal beinz concluded this afternoon with | arguments likely to consume the rest of the evening. Judge Henry C. Leigh, fearing the case might run into Sunday, court session last night. during which the 26-year-old carpenter took the stand and told how he had imbibed heavily of bay rum and whisky on the night of the alieged crime, because unconscious at 10 o'clock and remem- bered nothing until the following morn- 0., SATURDAY., OCTOBER 26, held a/ 1929. ing when he fled from Danville on be- ing: told by George Hammock that he | was being hunted for a capital crime. At the same time Nester entered a complete denial of the story told by the | child in ap almast empty courtroom yesterday evening. FALL FROM ROOF FATAL. Fairfax German Dies From Injuries Received Tuesday. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., October 26.—Fair- | fax German, 32 years old, of Ballston, | Va., who was injured Tuesday when he | fell from the roof of one of the build- |ings at the Government Experimental Farm, died today in Emergency Hospi- tal, Washington. German was employed at the farm as a gardener, but had volunteered to make an_inspection of a roof that was leaking badly during the heavy rain. He slipped and fell to the cement pave- ment, 30 feet below. German is sur- vived by his widow and one child. In a recent month Canada exported nearly $3,500,000 worth of automobiles 10" 11™™ F axnD G STREETS 200 Wilton Rugs At the Lowest Prices—to Our Knowledge—in Fifteen Years Wellington Worsted Wiltons 9x12 Feet Were $135 Only 29; in this season’s preferred smart Oriental designs. 2 6x9 Wellington Worsted Wiltons, Were $87.50. Now. . ..$59:50 2 4x7 Wellington Worsted Wiltons. Were $50, Now......$36:50 18 27x54 Wellington Worsted Wiltons, Were $16, Now. .. .$10.75 Larchmont Wiltons 9x12 Feet OFFERS TO RETURN NEWSPAPER STOCK E. Brooke Lee, Denying Fraud, Agrees to Give Back Securities to J. W. Coffman, Epecial Dispatch ty The Btar. ROCKVILLE, Md, October 26.—Al- though denying that any fraud was in- tended or done, and insisting that the sale was in accordance with law and custom of banks, Maj. E. Brooke Lee, speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, president of the Maryland Publishing Co. and Democratic leader, is willing to return to John W. Coff~ man, editor and owner of the Takoma Park Journal, formerly prominently connected with the Maryland, News, published at Silver Spring by the com- pany headed by Maj. Lee, 60 shares of the “preferred stock of the Maryiand Publishing Co., for the recovery of Monday—Prices Drop to a Special Low Level on which® Coffman mmm%f-:fl in- stituted suit in the Cireuft . Such An offer I8 m by MaJ. \ in his answer to s petition and is conditioned upon Coffman pay- ing him the §608 he (Lee) paid for tge stock and interest from the date of purchase, Coffman charged fn his bill of com- plaint that the stock, which he had deposited with the Silver Spring Na- tional Bank as_collateral for a loan, was sold by the bank to Lee at a “grossly inadequate” price and that he had not been given proper notice of the intention of the bank to sell. ‘The Silver Spring Bank, sued jointly with Lee by Coffman, filed its answer some days ago, denying many of the allegations in Coffman’s bill and hold- ing with Maj. Lee that the sale of the stock was reégular and lawful and in accordance with bank custom. Both answers deny that the stock i worth xhn Coffman placed it at in his peti- lon. Maj. Lee is represented by Attorney T. Howard Duckett and the bank by Attorneys Cissel & Woodward. Atto; ney Edward Peter is Coffman’s a torney. Unless Coffman is willing to aceept Maj. Lee's offer the case will now go to trial on its merits. WOODWARD & lLOTHROP / 188 Pieces of Furniture Sélected From Our Regular Stock and Reduced 33V% to 60 Per Cent Individual pieces and single pieces remaining from suites that have been sold. We have collected them all and drastically reduced their prices. Only 188 pieces in the group, representing all sorts of period designs. Excellent workmanship and choice woods are characteristic. Prompt choos- ing is extremely advisable for reductions such as these (33!/ to 60 per cent) will rapidly dis- miss the collection. Occasional Pieces Reduced Description Gray Enameled Mirr Wall Painting . Leather (simulated) Screen ..... Jade Lacquer Cedar Chest 2-piece Telephone Sets .. Metal, Damask-upholstered Bench, Pair Mahogany-finish Candlesticks, $§20 Mahogany-finish Mirrors ........| Mahogany-finish Console Mirror. . Mahogany-finish Mirrors .. | ;Mnhognny.finish Mirror . Were | Now Dining-Room Pieces Reduced No.| Description $75 $35. $21.50 $100 $50 $22.50 $i4 $60 $12 $16 $17.50 $20 $5 $35 | $110 $20 $25 5| $2750 | $50 | $750 | $55 175 92 $40 or . 1 |EBarly American Table 2 |Mahogany-finish Extension Tables| 1 |Green Breakfast Ch 1 |Red Breakfast Ch 18 [Dining Room Ch: 1 |Mahogany-finish Side Chair 3 |Colonial Maple Welsh Cabinets. . 1 [Red Welsh Cabinet.... 1 |Green Welsh Cabinet............ Were ‘ Now $45 $30 $5 $5 $8 $26 $26 $20 $13 $140 2 |Early American Corner Cupboards| 1 noon_ today. Lowest temperature, 40, occurred at 6 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 60; lowest, 43. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 9:10 a.m. and 9:30 pm.; high tide, 2:11 a.m. and 2:55 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 10:12 a.m. and 10:37 p.m.; high tide, 3:19 am. and 4:01 pm. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 6:29 am.; sun sets 6:16 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:30 am.; sun sets 5:15 pm. Moon sets 2:38 p.m. Condition of the Water. Great Falls, Potomac, Shenandoah— Very muddy. Weather in Various Cities. $16.50 $17.50 §11 $it $60 $90 $40 $40 $90 §50 $67°50 Were $89.50 17; offered in the 1930 Persian and Chinese designs. 19 8.3x10.6 Larchmont Wiltons. Were $87.50, Now....... s 14 6x9 Larchmont Wiltons, Were $62.50. Now. $43.50 4 4,6x7.6 Larchmont Wiltons, Were $35. Now $26.50 14 36x63 Larchmont Wiltons, Were $17.50, Now..... ... .$11.75 12 27x54 Larchmont Wiltons, Were $11. Now...............$7.95 22 22.5x36 Larchmont Wiltons, Were $7.75, Now..........$4.95 IMaple Smoking Stand .... |Torchieres (floor samples) |Bridge Lamp and Shade Bridge Lamp and Shade |Table Lamp and Shade . Floor Lamp and Shade . Floor Lamp and Shade . |Table Lamp and Shade Junior Floor Lamp . Mahog.-finish I Mahog.-fini le Walnut-finish Living Room Tables| Walnut-finish Console Table .... Yellow Nest-of-Tables . Console Table Tudor Mahogany Table Desk |Walnut Book Shelves Antique Walnut Book Shelf . Love Seat . Mahogany-finis p Desks .. Red Mahogany Desk Table ..... Mahogany Magazine Rack ...... Green-finish Buffet ............. Mahogany-finish Buffet ........ o $65 Mahogany-and-Walnut Bench ... Mahogany Armchairs ........... Mahogany-finished e Chairs .. Mahogany-finish China Cupboard. Maple and Mahogany Cabinets Walnut-finish Side Chairs v Mahogany-finish Side Chair ..... Mahogany-finish Side Chairs ..... Walnut-finish Side Chairs ....... Maple-and-Mahogany Sideboard .. Maple-and-Mahogany Server . Hamadan and Durbar Wiltons $52-75 22 Fine Wiltons—all this season’s purchases. e e e it R D R e 1 e DD 1)t Bt e D b D b e B e 9x12 Feet Were $75 Beautiful colorings. Stations. Pt cloudy Cloudy Clear Picioudy Clear Chairs and Rockers Reduced Bedroom Pieces Reduced - Clear Clear Cloudy Pt.cloudy Clear 12 8.3x10.6 Hamadan and Durbar Wiltons, Were $72.50, Now, $48.75 & 2 S Description Ghicago, 1Il.... 29.74 Clear Cincinnati, Ohio 26 94 Clear Cleveland, Ohio. 29.74 5 Pt cloudy a, 8. C.30.08 Glear Also 13 other Wilton Rugs odd sizes and Patterns—Greatly Reduced Rucs, FIrre FLOOR. Living Room Chair ...... s Mahog.-finish Living Room Chair. Mahogany-finish Armchair Mahog.-finish Cane Wing Chairs. Mahogany-finish Cogswell Chair.. Mahog.-finish Living Room Chair. Brown Velour Armchair .. ! Maple Maple Maple Maple Side Chairs . Mahogany Living Room Chair {Mahog.-finish Living Room Chy {Maple Side Chairs 3 Maple Armchair . Maple Armchair . Maple Armchairs Hall Chairs ..... ahogany-finish Bedroom Boudoir Chair ... i (Chintz-covered Bedroom Chair .. $19.75 $100 $95 $12.50 $50 {860 | $30 - 82 $21.50 15 $8.50 $40 $22.50 $27.50 $30 s14 §$40 |Mahogany-finish Four Poster B Mahogany-finish Bed [Walnut-finish Bench (Green-finish Chil Green-finish Clear Pt cloudy Clear On Sale Monday 1930 “Golden Anniversary” Diary 15¢c 21for 25¢ “The book of 1,000 facts,” containing 224 diary pages with all sorts of information on them . . . and made even more interesting this year by the addition of 16 pages illustrating “the store worthy of Wash- i;glon"' Buy your supply in practically any department throughout the store. Glear Pt cloudy Cloudy Portland, Oreg. N Clear Raleigh. N, C. Salt Lake City. San Antonio 12 3002 3 3004 0.0 3008 \Walnut-finish Dressers Green-finish Child's Wi Green-finish Child’s Bed .. Green-finish Child’s Bench $40 Green-finish Child's Bench $26 Mahogany-fidish Bench Green-finish Child's Vanity $17.50 |Gray Child’s Chest $50 :Chnd-, Costumer .. $21.50 $60 $65 $40 $28.50 §75 | 8b Louis. Mo.. 8E Puul. Minn Senttie, Wash. . 3 Bgbkarie, Wack! ASH., D. C.o m., Greeawich tme, today) Cha : Temperature, Weather. England.. 3G e London, foudy I N0 e N b b ey e e e on, Gri Horta (Fayal), Azores (Current ob: Hamilton, Bermuda Convenient Terms on Pieces $50 or More—Free Delivery to Any Shipping Point in Continental U. S. First Hundred Books Hardest. FURNITURE, SIXTH FLOOR. NEW YORK, October 26 (#).—The first hundred hooks are the hardest for am author. After that it is easy. This on the authority of Edgar Wallace, Btitish writer of mystery stories, who is visiting us. His output now totals did not begin wz 140, and he 40, the age when James Cabell says an 15 played

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