Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1929, Page 6

- Club, a member of the committee, ob- D. . FOOD SHOW FIVALE TONIGAT Two Weeks’ ~Exhibit Ends| With Presentation of Special Awards. The District Grocery Soclety Food Show, which has attracted thousands of Washingtonians to th» Auditorium | at 10 o'clock tonight, when the special {Long Investigation Special Dispatch to The’ Star. BOSTON, Mass., November 23 (N. n, wherein prie of the audience. Recipients of the gifts. which rang| ffom an automobile down to a vacuum | cleaner, will be announced from the stage by W. P. McBain, dircctor of the | show, and the presentations will tal place as the names are called Miss Dorothy Schendel of 940 K| street has the distinction ¢f winning the | final evening contest of the food ex- | position. She was adjudged victor in the red-hair contest last night whe. | the audience applauded her curled red tresses of shoulder length. A basket of flowers was presented to Miss Schendel who won over six other ycung woman contestants. Her competifors were Miss Irene Locknane and Miss Violet Lock- nane of 1320 Harvard street: Miss Violet Cox, 1221 Twelfth street: Miss Eleanor Graney. 1503 North Capito! street; Mrs. Lillian Kidwell of 3217 Velta place and Miss Alice Murphy of | §7 Twelith street. While the last of the datly “happiest | baby” contests is being staged this) afternoon at the concluding matinee of | the show, little Martin Walker of 1614 | Tuckerman street, 3!,-year-old son of | Mr. and Mrs. Benson “Walker, is smiling over his victory in yesterday’s | competition. Young Martin wen over a | field of 37 other happy contenders and placed the boys once more on the vic- | tory side of the schedule, which sinc= | the first day has been predominantly | feminine. He was presented with $2.50 in gold. . Martin Walker's competitors in yes- terday’s matinee contest included: | cnald Harrington, 4310 Twelfth | street northeast; George Neuman, 208 Ascot place; Gloria Jacobs, 1730 A/ street; Edward Pariseau, 3621 Eight- eenth street; Colleen Knox. Tuxedo, Carl ' Davis, 211 C street: | y Tipptet. 1257 Twenty-second street; Jimmy Walters, 1257 Twenty-| second street; Morris Cohen. 1543 E street; Mildred Eisinger, 645 Park road: Betty Wocdbury, 3333 F street; Robeit Horan, 4401 Otis street; Mabel Schuler, | 1117 Allison street; Ruth Hutchinson, | 40 B street; Richard Saltz, 4324 Four- | teenth street; Gloria Hollls, 424 Seven- | teenth strect; Jerry Buike, 4425 Four- teenth street; Bobby Luil, 2112 F street: Betty Simpson, 419 Ninth street; James Ewin, 212 East Underwood street: Charies Kidwell, 3217 Volta place: Mal- comb Carhart, 818 B street; Beverly | Fore, 411 D street; Marion Louise | Burke, 1213 Thirty-third street: Norma | Lée Robertson, 1006 N street; Mirabean Lamar, jr., 1916 Seventeenth street; Milbert Doggett, jr., 108 Varnum street; Vera Lee James, 1264 Owen place; Al- fred Haliday, 1601 Brentwood road; Billy Vinuto, 1420 North Capitol street: Joseph _Vinuto, 1420 North Capitol street; Jackie Timmons, 1813 D street: Touise Maynard, 1161 Morse street: Jean Smith, 521 Fern street: Bernard Herman, 918 M street; Howard Hatcher. 18 Clarendon, Va., and Jane Clatter- huck, 44 Franklin street. BRITISH WARSHIPS TRAIL WIRELESS CALL Question of Hoax Raised by Word- | ing of Message From Ship in Mediterranean. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 23.—Four Brit- ish destroyers today were racing through the Eastern Mediterranean at 20 knots, | in order to intercept the British Trader Baron Elcho, from which mysterious ‘wireless messages were reported to have been received Thursday. There was some doubt, however, as to whether the message calling for help was not a hoax. The message, somewhat garbled, was | made out as follows: “Heavy contraband traffic this ship cocaine. Repeated efforts drug or mur- der wireless operator. Require imme- | diate help.” The Baron Elcho safled from Egypt for Marseilles on Wednesday with a crew of Lascars. The agents in Valetta, | Malta, said there was trouble aboard be- fore sailing, but that this was satisfac-| torily settled. Pigures for the ship's po- sition were given in the reported wire- less message, but they were not clear. SLOGAN ON KENTUCKY AUTO TAGS OPPOSED Motor Clubs Say Space “Ought to| Be Sold to Highest Bidder.” By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 23.—| A legislative committee appointed by Tepresentativés of the principal auto- mobile clubs of the State is on record today as opposing unanimously the slo- gan “Kentucky for Progress,” which is on the license tags this year and next.| In the discussion at the organization mezting last night, Harvey Myers, pres- ident of the Northern Kentucky Motor served that “if we're going to carry ad- vertising on the tags we ought to sell the space to the highest bidder.” The committee voted to advocate Smmiwimg the present automobile license fees and laws requiring drivers’ licenses for all operators of motor vehicles and Temoval of billboarrds from State high- way rights of way. CHILDREN EN.THUSIASTIC OVER EXHIBIT OF BOOKS Public Library Staff Explain to Visitors Education of Youth in Selection. An exchange of interested comments sounds daily through the lobby of the second floor of the central building of the Public Library where groups of school children are visiting the exhibit of children’s books arranged for the celebration of Book week, November 7-23. : Many parents and teachers, it is said at the library, are equally enthusiastic over the collection of fine illustrated books, and the model library, shown in the illustrators’ room, where they are invited to examine the books and con- fer with the staff of the children's de- partment on their choice of books for gifts.or instruction. Miss Louise P. Latimer, director of work with children, Miss M. Ethel Bubb, assistant director, and Miss Gladys Flanagan, adviser in children’s | Crutches, braces, casts and eyeglasses is completed. Definite Proof Required. Priests asked during the week for comment on the flow of aficted per- sons to the gravestome of Father Pow- | er have pointed out that a long and exhaustive_investigation is required be- fore the church recognizes a shrine as miracle-working. Proof satisfactory to the prelates that three major miracles have been performed is one ‘of the re- quirements for_canonization of & saint Cardinal O'Connell made two visits to the cemetery while the band of pil- grims were seeking cures, but made no comment regardinz his attitude or the attitude of the church. It is believed that a check will be made on the cures reported to @stablish their authenticity before persons are again allowed to visit Father Power's grave. The story of yhat led to Cardinal ©O'Connell's action”is of unusual interest. Sixty years ago Father Power died Brookline, Mass. on his twenty-| birthd: holy day of his church, December 8, 1869, the feast of th: immaculate conception of the Blessed Vitgin Mary. He was laid at rest in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden on the outskirts of Boston, the first priest to be buried in the priests’ lot, a section in that cemetery set aside as the last resting place for the Catholic clergy of the archdiocese of Boston. | Three-score years later a multitude filed past his grave—the lame, the halt and the blind—praying for relief from their affictions. From dawn to dawn | for three weeks the line shuffied through the cemetery, with no let-up | night or day, in rain’ or snow; never | a minute that some persons were not | kneeling at this grave, Many Cures Reported. Boltles of water have been placed on | the slab over his coffin to be blessed. | Handfuls of earth from his grave were scooped up to be treasured as sacred. Thousands of dollars in silver and bills have been left on the slab as offerings, as well as jewelry and_ religious ar- ticles. Vigil lights burned on the stone night and day. To prayers devoutly recited at this spot_are attributed by faithful com- municants of the church an _efficacy comparable to devotions at Louraes, Lisieux and the Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre in Quebec. Cures from mental and bodily affiictions have been reported by many pilgrims to this grave. in fitth have been left at the graveside and in the cemetery .chapel. Police estimates of the crowds that have visited this grave in the three weeks place the figure at more than 1,000,000 persons. The first crush top- pled the gravestone over and broke the pedestals. They have not been re- placed. Despite the great crowds, the entire spectacle has been surrounded with the hush of reverence under the monot- onous instructions of police officers, firemen and members of the American Legion: “Touch the stone and move on. Please do not kneel to pray. The chapel is open for prayer.” y e origin of these devotions is ob- scure, as obscure as the life of Father Power, who lived from 1844 to 1869. Relatives and a handful of friends of the dead priest have pieced together his biography. Born in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland; orphaned as a baby, brought to Boston at 4 by a brother, educated for the priesthood by the Shrine Is Given Recognition—Million Visited Priest’s Grave. the body of Rev. Father Patrick J. Power, obscure Catholic | of a half century ago, whose grave recently became a shrine that attracted thousands of people from all sections of the country, has been closed to visitors | | temporarily by William Cardinal O'Conn: Cardinal O'Connell last night directed that the cemetery be closed | during the past two wecks, will close | other than funeral parties until an opportunity is had to investigate the recent | | cures reported at the grave of Father Power. 4 "' morning, but he has requested thai, those contemplating & week end pilgrimage | awards will be presented to member: | o the already famous shrine postpone their visit until the proposed investigation {etery of | attention of Re | damage was done to the cemetery and THE _EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, “MIRACLE" CEMETERY IS CLOSED | WHILE CHURCH PROBES “"CURES" Is Required Before .AN.A).—The Holy Cross Cemetery, at ell, Archbishop of the Boston Diocese. to all | His order goes into effect Monday | | founder _of Holy Cross College in Wor- | cester, Rev. James Fitton: ordained in Boston, assigned to a smail parish near Springfield, Mass.; dead at 25, Was Known as Scholar. Father Pow:r was known as a scholar. He studied at Laval Uni- versity, Quebec: St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, N. Y., and Louvain Uuniversity | in Belgium. His only obituary, biography and eulogy was & sho poem written by a colleague after h death and printed in the Boston Pilot, the diocesan newspaper, in 1870. Over his grave was placed a_ stone | tablet i which was carved a chalice, symbolical of the gold chalice with | which he offered his mass*s on earth. | It was an old Irish custom, carving a chalice in a priest’s stone and an old | Irish custom to dip the fingers in the ! rain water that gathered in this chalice | and make the sign of the cross. ,Qut of the custom of praying at the grave in Malden came infrequent re- ports of prayers answered and physical | Afflictions helped. Last month a specific claim of was reported to cem- brought to the ick Walsh, pastor Joseph's Church, Malden, which parish the cemetery is situated. Father Walsh is also chaplain of All Souls’ Chapel in the cemetery. Father Walsh asked parishioners to bring to his attention any facts in their possession of cures reported at the grave. The publication in Boston newspapers of reported cures and the traditional customs at the grave of Father Power was followed by a rush of afficted to the cemetery. With no preparations to handle the unexpected crowds women fainted, traffic blockades occurred on the turn- pikes outside. Police were summoned to cope with the situation. An inadequate force was unable to handle such crowds. Firemen volun- teered their services on their free davs Members of the Malden Post of the American Legion also volunteered. Gov. Allen of Massachusetts sent State police to aid and orderly procedure was es- tablished. Pilgrimages Are Planned. The grave was roped and fenced' off. Regular lines were formed fo the grave and the chapel. Special provisions were made for the crippled. Group pilgrim- ages from distant points were formed. Planned pilgrimages for the Winter months were announced to cemetery of- ficials from distant States. Individual supplicants have come from the far ‘West and South and all this week were still hobbling to the grave. The reported cures have engaged the attention of physicians, surgeons, psy- chologists and “psychiatrists. In one case, that of Miss Laura J. Moody of Dorchester, Mass., who had been unable to walk because of what her physician termed a “poker back,” a lengthy and searching investigation of the authen- ticity of her reported cure has been n. (‘)une of the most interesting seekers of restored health who has visited the grave of Father Power is the wife of Mayor-elect Curley. She has been there twice seeking relief from sickness which has long made her an invalid. The first time her husband accompanied her. On Thursday, she again visited the season, she again visited the grave, this time unaccompanied. (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- paper Alliance.) DEANS OF WOMEN IN ANNUAL SESSION Regional Association Representing D. C., Maryland and Delaware Addressed by Miss Hayes. The Regional Association of Deans of Women of Maryland, Delaware and the | District of Columbia convened in an-| nual session at American University | this morning, with the principal edu- | cational institutions in this area repre- | sented. The principal address this morning | was delivered by Miss Harriet Hayes, in- | structor in personal guidance, Teach- ers' College, Columbia University. She spoke on “What Constitutes an Ade- | quate Health Program for a College.” Informal discussion groups were to follow the regular session, luncheon was | served at the college dining hall, and a business session was scheduled for this afternoon, Miss Mary Louise Brown, dean of | women of American University, presi- dent of the assocfation, presided. HEADS OF M_II;IERS' UNION ASK END OF INJUNCTION International Organization Wants to Revoke Charter of Illinois District. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Il November 23.— International offials of the United Mine Workers of America yesterday asked for the dissolution of an injunc- tion writ which prohibits them from | revoking the charter of the Tilinois dis- | trict and from appointing provisional | officers for the Illinois miners' union, | wick. The motion is embodied in a 300-page brief, supplemented by 17 amdavits. State mine union officials have main- tained, throughout the controversy over control of the Illinois union, that In- ternational President John L. Lewis lacks the authority to depose the group. This he denies. i Lt CHOW FAILS TO THROW POLICE OFF RUM TRAIL Driver of Large Car Stopped and Relieved of Two Quarts—Other Arrest Follows. Although he had beautiful chow dog by his side and was driving a large automobile, Leonard Duffel, 23 years old, 1400 block of N street, failed to throw off the suspicion of police, who said they found two quarts of whisky on_his person. Policeman W. R. Laflin and William McEwan of the eighth precinct re- perted yesterday at Police Court that a further search of the man’s person revealed a key to a house in the 1800 block of S street. the house and said they found 104 | ant and his wife in the book section |TELLS JUDGE HE AIDED | led by State President Harry Fish-| ‘The officers entered : “Companions” Hold Marriage Success After Two Years Publisher’s Daughter and Mate Observe Anniver- sary by Going to Opera.| | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 23.—The sec- ond anniversary of the companionate marriage of Josephine Haldeman-Julius and Aubrey C. Roselle found the couple in Chicago last night, each working and each vouching for the success of the marriage. “We hoped people had forgotten all bout us,” said the 19-year-old daugh- ter of E. Haldeman-Julius, Girard, Kans., publisher, “but we may as well be good sports and tell how successful our marriage has been. “We are just like any other married couple. Furthermore, we are married as thoroughly as any one else and we can't understand why there has been all the fuss about companionate mar- riage.” ‘The couple observed their wedding anniversary by attending the opera. They have been in Chicago for six weeks, Roselle working as an lccnun(-‘ of a department store. AT BLAST; GETS FREEDOM Colored Man, Arrested on Intoxi- cation Charge, Says He Res- cued Three Persons. Richard A. Washington, colored, 49, 1854 Pifth street, arraigned before Police Court this morning on a charge of intoxication, informed Judge Ralph Given that he had rescued three per- sons from the wreckage at McCrory's Thursday afternoon. The magistrate took: his personal bond. Washington said that after he had freed the persons from under the debris he heard about the fire at First street and Indiana avenue and thinking he might be able to help out at the lat- ter place he ran there. He tried to get ast the police line and was pushed Back. Another attempt to get closer to the fire resulted in his arrest on a charge of drunkenness. He was locked {up at the Fifth precinct by Policeman J. D. Bennett. Judge Ralph Given said that he was | quite willing to help any one who had rendered suth valuable aid to human- {ity. The man left the court room ap- | parently in a very happy frame of mind. | SUES FOR DAMAGES. Suit for $25,000 damages was insti- tuted yesterday by Gilbert W. Lewis of 1607 Kearney street northeast against the Capital Traction Co. through his attorneys, Wilton J. Lambert and R. H. | Yeatman. Lewis complains that on October 21, while driving his automobile east on quarts of assorted liquors. Reginald Mann was arrested in the premises. literature, are recelving these visitors and expiaining to them the purpose and influence of such a collection in | of educating the youth of the community in high standards of book selection, The exhibit is open fro f ma im, Q\'efi week dn{. an¥ will con- 9 am. to| had been used as Duffel was charged with transporting while Mann was booked on a charge possession. Laflin said ‘that this was the first time in his police career that a dog a ruse. was made in the 100 block of D street ‘northeast, Rhode Island avenue, he was struck by a street car of the company. He claims that the motorman disregarded the in- tersection signal light when the red was set against him. As a result of this al- leged 'nce, Lewis tained 10 neglige: arrest MOVIES DISPLAYED CF AFGHAN SGENES Wide Space of Time Depicted in Pictures of Asia’s “Her- mit Kingdom.” Ruins of Balkh, ancient “mother of citits” which was vencrable when Mar- co Polo passed through Afghanistan. | and Dal-el-Aman, the “made-to-order” modern capital, left unfinished when Amanullah Kahn was deposed as King of Afghanistan, marked the time span of motion pictures shown to a Na- tional Geographic Soclety audience last | night at the .Washington Auditorium. pictures, which filmed m areas of the “Hermit Kinkdom of Asf for the first time, were taken Sovict expedition under the patronag: of the former King Amanullah, now an | exile in Italy, and they were explained | by Jackson Fleming, who has criss- crossed Afghanistan through area: where civilized man had hitherto not set foot and lived to tell the tale. Districts Covered. The expedition which took the pic- tures entered through the northern por- tals of the country across the historic Oxus River, It threaded its way along deserts which are the graveyards of huncreds of ancient cities. It climbed the which Afghanistan straddles. And it visited the capital, Kabul; the sl such ruins as thosé of Herat, wher devastating hordes of Genghis Khan wiped out 1,500,000 people, leaving only 40, who hid in_a tower, to relate the carnage; and the Summer capital of Pagham, isolated town where Amenul- 1ah dressed his Parliament in European clothes. It was in that town that women first appeared thinly veiled, in European clothes, and their names were taken by the brigand usurper of the throne, a former water carrier, with the threat that their throats should be slashed when he entered Kabul Kabul itself was recorded, with its strange medley of traffic—autos, goats, camels, ox carts, bicycles, and even an occasional elephant. There, too, was the school Amanullah opened for girls. His father, before him, had tried the experiment, and caused a war. The new schools, a hospital, new roads and especially the new costumes were some of the modern ideas Amanullah brought beck from Europe which caused his downfall, Holds Key Position. Mr. Fleming pointed out the key po- sition that Afghanistan, long & racial corridor of Asia, now holds in that vast continent, with the Soviet crowding upon it from the Black Sea and the British flanking it in the direction of Calcutta. It is not true, the speaker explained, that Amanullah had not seen a rail- road until he left his kingdom. Pic- tures were shown of a “toy train" run- ning along tracks which the former King had constructed for his private engine and train—probably the only “personal rallway” in the world. Other films showed the Gilzhail tribesmen, the flerce nomads who con- tributed so materially to the Afghan revolution; a series of industrial pic- tures that included weaving, threshing, pottery making and plowing—all being conducted in the primitive fashion de- scribed in Old Testament narratives, BANK TREASURER IS HELD ON CHARGE OF LARCENY Massachusetts Trust Official Ar- rested to Answer for $50,000 Shortage in Funds. By the Associated Press. FRAMINGHAM, Mass., November 23. —Charged with larceny of funds from the Framingham Trust ‘Co, Fred W. Pope, treasurer of the bank and chair- man of the Framingham school com- mittee, was arrested last night by Chief of Police William W. Holbrook. Bank Commissioner Roy A. Hovey and the executive committee of the bank said last night that the loss, ap- proximately $50,000, would not affect the bank. Restitution in part had been made, they said, and the remainder of the loss was covered by a bonding com- pany. The complaint charges the larceny over a period during the recent stock market decline. is 43 years old, is married and hag four children. He has been treas- urer of the bank since 1916. PRIMA DDNN.A IS WEDDED TO CALIFORNIA BANKER Miss Marie Merrifield, Comedy Singer, Becomes Bride of Leo M. Meeker at Yama. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 23.—An- nouncement was received here last night of the marriage in Yuma, Ariz, y of Miss Marie Merrifield of New York City, musical comedy prima donna, and Leo M. Meeker, Southern Galifornia banker. The bride has given up her stage career, the announcement said. Meeker has been president of banks in Beverly Hills, Long Beach and Riverside. Mrs. Meeker was prima donna in “No, No. Nanette,” “Sonny,” “Hit the Deck,” “Katinka” and “Pive O'clock Girl.” NEW PARTY IS VICTOR. Civic Progress Association Winner in Winnipeg City Election. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, November 23 (#)—Incomplete returns from yester- day's municipal election indicated a sweeping victory for the Civic Progress Association, a new force in city poli- ties. The association elected its may- oralty candidate, Col. R. H. Webb, and apparently its entire slate of aldermanic nominees. Opposing Col. Webb were Col. Dan McLean, who sought re-election after two years in the mayoralty chair, and Marcus Hyman, lawyer and independ- ent Labor nominee. PERPETUAL | BUILDING ASSOCIATION PAYS 5% Semi-Annually Assets Over $20,000,000 Surplus $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President JOSHUA W. CARR, Sec'y D. C, SATURDAY, N Leads Hunters peais of the Hindu Kush Range 3 | MAJ. W. M. GRIMES, A recent arrival here from the Cavalry post at Forf Riley, Kans., who has been appointed master of hounds for th hunting season by the Riding and Hunt Club. Maj. Grimes was president of the Cavalry School Hunt, also honorary whip, ‘and has hunted with Cavalry School of Hounds for the past eight | years. He will take charge of the hunt starting tomorrow from Cy Cummings’ estate in Chevy Chase, given by the Riding and Hunt Club. COURT WON'T RELEASE | CAR OF EVANGELIST ment Is Dismissed Against Mrs. McPherson. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 23.— Superior Judge Samuel R. Blake re- fused yesterday to dismiss the attach- ment of the funds and automobile of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, until a suitable bond is arranged. Mrs, McPherson did not appear in court personally. The attachment was made just before the filing of a $7,600 sult against the evargelist by Frank Timpson, discharged business manager of Angeius Temple, Mrs. McPherson's church, ‘Timpson alleged he was sum- arily dismissed by the evangelist in violation of a contract, which had until June 13, 1931 to expire. He was to get $400 a month for the unexpired term, he set forth. Mrs. McPherson's attorney said the made out and signed by Cromwell Ormsby, formerly Mrs. McPherson’s at- torney. Timpson asserted Ormsby acting as the evangelist's attorney in fact and that the contract is valid. Ormsby earlier in the week brought suit against the pastor, charging breach of contract in connection with her pro- posed voyage to the Holy Land with some of her followers. JUDGE SIGNS FINAL PADLOCK INJUNCTIONS Marshal’'s Office Ordered to Close Two Premises for One Year. Final padiock injunctions were signed today by Justice Alfred A. Wheat against premises at 34 H street north- east and 2105 L street for violations of the liquor laws. ‘The United States Marshal's office was ordered to close up the H street premises for one year. The defendants in the injunction, secured by Capt. H. W. Orcutt, Assistant United States At- torney in charge of prohibition cases, are Timothy J. Daly, John Joseph O'Connor and Susan M. Daly. ‘The L street premises will be pad- locked for six months. Fred Williams, Wallace Abney, Ruth Langdon and Rose A. Clarke were the defendants. u. Accepts Instruction Post. fantry, retired, recently on duty witl Organized Reserves at Cedar Rapids, Towa, and now in this city, has ac cepted an assigmment to active duty as military instructor at the Robert E. Lee gnmuu High School at Thomas- on, KEEP IT Th {Bond Is Demanded Before Attach-| contract was invalld because it was | Capt. Willlam H. Young, U. S. In-| ~ 9t Keeps Well much longer than the ordinar; OVEMBER 23, 1929. TURKEY RECEIPTS CONTINUE LARGE Chickens, Ducks, Keats and| Rabbits Also in Good Supply Here. Practically everybody about the wholesale district this morning dis- played an interést in the question of | turkey prices likely to prevail the com- |ing week, when the king bird will be in demand for the Thanksgiving holiday dinner, but definite information was not. forthcoming. “It is not. because of curiosity that| wholesalers, retailers and consumers are displaying so deep an interest,” ob. crved a dealer, “but because of a de- sire for information “Consumers, naturally want to get| their_turkeys at the lowest price pos- sible,” the dealer continued, “and this vear it appears that many of them prob. ably will be content with chickens and other poultry if turkeys price get high. “High pricés this season” he added. ould simply mean largely decreased demands and plenty supplies left on hand, but receipts continue so heavy that there is no likelihood of high | prices.” Poultry Receipts. Hundreds of coops of chickens. ducks and keats and additional quantities of rabbits have been received the past few days to Increase receipts of commodities in’ the poultry market, according to merchants, and that cheap prices for all commodities handled by poultry dealers will prevail the coming week. It is reported from all sections that turkey raisers this year have raised much greater quantities of the birds than heretofore, many persons having embarked in the business this season, for the first time. | “And it is probable that there will be | some disappointments,” observed a dealer. “Many of them probably | started in the business because of high rices of the past few years, and if ends ay be another story | Receipt of a greater number of live turkeys than usual, it is stated, taxed the home dressing plants to their full | capacity. Local dressing, however, made | supplies show off to the best possible | advantage, attracting more attention. Most of the poultry houses will be open | tonight much later than usual, and it will be necessary for many of them tc | remain open tomorrow for the purpose | of receiving shipments and to continue | the work of dressing. While poultry dealers and consumers: are discussing the turkey situation for the approaching holiday season, dealers in marine products are not sitting idly by. It is realized by the latter that fish, oysters and other varieties of smarine products will be in demand the coming week, and dealers are certain they will be able to more than fill demands. A slight easing of the egg market was reported, result, it is stated, of increased receipts of hennery eggs, and dealers say it is ble that lower prices will | prevail before Christmas. Western eggs continue in heavy demand, dealers re- | port, many of them short-time storage "81.“’“" they are reported of splendid Quality. Slight changes in butter prices have | occurred the past few days, but changes were not heavy enough to affect the retail market to any material extent, and slight changes were reported in cer- tain meat prices. Dealers in most commodities th's morning reported prices substantially | the same as prices quoted yesterday. Today's Wholesale Prices—Jobbers’ Prices Slightly Higher. Butter—One pound .prints, 43la 44 tub, 42%;a43%: store packed, 30. Eggs—Hennery, 56a57; fresh select- | ed, 55a56; current receipts, 50a52. Poultry, alive—Turkeys, young, 32a33 old toms, 30; Spring chickens, - large, 27a28; medium, 25a26; broilers, 30; Leghorns, 23a24; fowls, 26a27; roosters, 18; ducks, 15a20; keats, young, 40a65; old, 30. Dressed—Turkeys, young, 38 40; old, 37a38; Spring chickens, larg 33a34; medium, 32a33: broilers, 35a36; roosters, 24a25; ducks, 29a30; keats, 70a80; capons, 45a50. Meats—Beef, 20a2: veal, 24a28; pork loins, 22a25; fresh fresh shoulders, 20a23 | 18a20; bacon, 28; lard, in bulk, 13; in | packages, 14. Live stock—Calves, 14%5a15; 12'5a13. | Attractive and interesting displays of fruits and vegetables were in evidence in and about the commission houses, while dealers on the farmers' line had attractive offerings of vegetables from nearby. egetables come so early and remain so late these days,” commented a Mary- land farmer, “that it is hard to tell when one season ends and another commences. “Up to & few years ago,” he added, ‘we were able to sell hundreds of bushels of green tomatoes to be wrapped for ripening, but now the California toma- toes come before our crop is gone, mal ing so many green tomatoes go teo ‘waste.’ Dealers on the farmers' line this morning had quantities of spinach, kale and other green salads to offer around 50 and 65 cents a bushel, and they also had quantities of other vegetables from nearby farms. Included in the list of offerings were quantities of Spring onions, béets, car- Tots, both varieties of potatoes, cabbage | and lettuce. Commission merchants had supplies of celery, tomatoes, squash, mushrooms, eggplant, cucumbers, caul flower and Brussels sprouts, in addition ON HAND HE home medicine cabinet should always contain a bottle of EVERFRESH. is Citrate of Magnesia keeps | minger, cornetist. MUSIC VAUGHN CLASS CONCERT. In the thirty-ninth annual benefit| concert of the Vaughn class, a diversi- fied musical and dramatic program was | presented in the auditorium of Calvary ! Baptist Church last night. | ‘The program, featuring Marjorie Web- | ster, reader and impersonator; Dorothy | Reddish, soprano; the Hawalian Mel- ody Boys and the minstrel unit of the Masonic Glee Club of Washington, was well received by a large audience. ‘The Hawailan Melody Boys, Melvin Henderson, Jack Barry, Pete. Bell and Romney Deavers, presented an assort. ment of Hawailan and American melo- dies, the audience showing a decided preference for the American tunes. Miss ‘Webster, well known in local eircles, | offered in her first appearance two dramatic readings, selections of Rud- yard Kipling, “The Americans Come!"” and “Road to Mandalay,” reciting them with fine diction and intense feeling. In A later appearance, Miss Webster amused the audience with her imper- sonations of women. The act preceding the intermission brought before thé*audience Miss Red- dish, a young soprano. Miss Reddish rendered three selections, Haydn Wood's Do You Know My Garden?” “The Li tle Damozel,” by Ivor Novello, and an encore, the only one of the evening, ni‘s"x?& ' ity A Py ot S ural a and - lightful voice. sisbveEsa b The Masonic Glee Club of Washing- ton, under the direction of Walter Cos- sins, featured its minstrel unit, as- sisted by William J. Keifer, soloist on the vibraphone, and Carlos P. Fur- The club offered sev- eral numbers, among them, “Pickaninny Lullab; nd “Song of Marching Men.” both well received by the audience. The usual stunts of all minstrel shows aroused amusement in the audience, to the several varieties of vegetables from nearby Maryland and Virginia. Apples continued in moderate sup- plies, meeting a light demand and steady market. Prices ranged from $1.50 for small fruit from nearby and the Shen andoah Valley of Virginia to $3.75 a box for show fruit from Washington and Oregon. Most of the culls nearby have been reduced to cider consumers at 50 and 60 cents a gallon. Citrus Fruits, ‘Tree-ripened oranges and grapefruit are being received in small quantities from Florida, the fruit being in demand at slightly advanced prices. Moderate supplies of grapefruit were mentioned in this morning’s reports. Eastern grapes were not very plentiful, but dealers CLAIM BANKS AID " UTILITIES SCHEME New Propaganda for ‘“Mo- nopoly” Revealed to Public Ownership Group. By the Associated Press. f TUSCUMBIA, Ala, November 23.-- ‘The Public Ownership Léague of Amer- ica yesterday received additional reports of alleged activities of private power in- terests to monopolize the utility field. R. E. McDonnell, engineer of Kansas City and Los Angeles, said an instance had come to his attention of a large privately owned power company havir~ subsidized hundreds of small ban:. through substantial deposits. ‘These deposits are increased, McDonnell sai* “by the power company redepositing ail amounts that might be drawn out by customers of the banks making pu:- chases of utility securities.” Defends His Patron. ‘The banker thus favered, McDonnell continued, “has his deposits increased by any sales of utility securities, and h~ at once becomes a potential factor in defending the private power company, its rates and policies as against the in- terest of the citizen at large.” . McDonnell warned that the difficv* ties besetting publicly operated utilic: are increasing because of “lobbies .~ fore the legislatures, more powerf lobbies before Congress, newspape:s owned or controlled by subsidized bankers and high-powered salesmen scouring the country to defeat municipal bend issues for needed extensions, which they followed up with flattering offers to purchase the utility.” Complete Control Sought. “The power interests have adopted as their slogan, ‘Get control of every light and power company in America,’ McDonnell said, “the obvious purpose being to reap the huge profits to be ob- tained from the sale of electricity.” He advocated public ownership of water companies as a means of lowering the mortality rate through control of typhold. He pointed out that 30 years ago the average death rate per 100,000 from typhoid was 31.5. The rate now, he continued, is 1.5 per 100,000, an im. provement which he attributed large! to municipally owned water works, with their advanced methods of water puri- fication. The league yesterday went on record urging Government operation of Muscle | product because it's Sanitized. Get it today at your nearby druggist’s. You may need a bottle when his store is closed! Alwaysdemand d suppliés from the West in excess of de- mands. ¥ Light supplies of satsumas. product of Alabama growers, and similarly light receipts of tangerines from Florida met moderate demands. Light receipts of pears from the East, including Sheldons, Anjous, Seckels gnd Kieffers, did not meet a brisk demand. Dealers at Municipal Fish Market this morning regoned a good week end business, the changed weather condi- tions having put consumers more in the humor for buyin Oysters were particularly in demand, according to reports, cold weather in- variably increasing the demand for the bivalves. Shucked stock continued to | be offered at $2.25 a gallon for stand- ards and $2.50 for selects. ‘There were numerous varieties of fish from all sections offered the trade. While receipts were heavy enough to enable merchants to fill demand, rt was said they were not especially heavy, nor were prices especially cheap. % ON At $2,000 Less Than Regular Price You Can Buy This Home ‘for the Rent You Are Now Paying. Why Not Come Out? $100 CASH Balance. $75 Monthly, Including Interest 753 Princeton St. NNW JUST EAST OF GA. AVE. N.W, 8 Rooms and Bath—Hot-water Heat Electric Lights—Big Porches Very Large Lots to Wide Alley Fine Built-in Garage Inspect Today . Open and Lighted Until 9 O’Clock P.M. Shoals. Members were pledged to pro- mote the movement through contact with Congressmen. FOR RENT Two Rooms, Kitchen, Bath and Reception Room. Electric Re- frigeration. $70 Per Month THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Rd. ADVERTISEMENT [ RECEIVED HERE Collins’ Pharmacy—20th & R. I. Ave. N.E. Is a Star Branch Office When something of value has been lost or found it is im- portant to get in touch with the interested parties imme- diately—which can be quick- est and best done through a Classified | Advertisement in The Star. Leave your copy at the Branch Office in your neigh- borhood and it will be prompt- ly forwarded to the Main Office to appear in the first avajlable issue. There are no Sanitized Citrate of Masnesia U. 8. P. n Non-Returnable Bottles fees in connection with Branch Office service :nly regular ABOVE SIGN rates are char, 18 DISPLAYED BY AUTHORIZED STAR BRANCH OFFICES The Star prints such an over- whelmingly greater volume of Classified Advertisis every day than any othernalnshing- ton paper that there can be no question as to which will give you the best results. “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office