Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 15

THE SUNDAY CHINA TERRORIZED |[What Do You Know About Washington? BY BANDIT BANDS Many Foreign Missionaries .. Seized, Towns Sacked and Shipping Menaced. By the Associated Press. SHANGHALI, February 8.—Many for- eign missionaries have been kidnaped recently by bandits, who, with militarn | organizations, are terrorizing the popu- | lace of several provinces of China. Roaming undeterred by government | forces, thousands of bandits are loot- | ing the countryside and besieging eities. ‘Widespread bandit and Communist disorders were reported today along the Middle Yangtze Valley between Hankow and the border of Szechwan provinee, menacing foreign shipping as ‘well as native officials and merchants. Forelgn advices said bandits and Communists had looted and burned numerous minor towns along the Yangtse in the region, abducting mag- | istrates and merchants for ransom and murdering others. ‘The victimized populace appealed to Nationalist gevernment military of- cials at Hankow to dispatch troops. shipping between Hankow ungking is carrying armed Bandits also are reported active along the Hankow-Changsha Railway. Two cities, Sienning and Puchi, are be- sieged by many thousands of robbers. MISSIONARY RELEASED. H. L. Reaves Kidnaped Near S»m"hnwi February 5. The State Department announced to- day that H. L. Reaves, an American Presbyterian missionary, held by bandits in China, has been relcased. Reaves was | captured February 5 at Chenmoya, near Souchow. His home is in Clarendon County, 8. C. He has worked in China for 13 years. GEORGE A. RiCKER NAMED FOR IMPORTANT DUTY Former Washington Resident Des- ignated as Delegate to Centennial Celebration of Engineer Society. A. Ricker, manager of the general education bureau of Portland Cement Association and formerly pro- minent in civil affairs in Washington, | will be one of the representatives of | the association at the fiftieth anniver- sary celebration of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to be held in New York and Heboken A : and 6 and at Washington April 7 and Mr. Ricker, with Raymond R. Bear, chairman of the conservation commit- tee, has been selected for this duty by the executive committee of the Port- land Cement Association. When he comes to Washington in April for this event Mr. Ricker will be sccompanied by Mrs. Ricker, who was | very prominent in the various woman’s | organizations during her residence here. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ricker have heen actively identified with the campaign to obtain for the residents of Washing- ton the right to.be represented in Congress and to vote for President. ‘They are continuing these activities in Chicago as volunteer representatives of the Citizens' Joint Committee for National Representation for the District of Columbia. Battery Trouble Is Real. - FORT ERIE, Ontario, February 8 (P)—Benjamin Call of Buffalo was clever, but customs inspectors have something on him. His car, bound from Canada, was crossing the bridge on the magneto. Inspectars leoked into the battery case. They found five quarts of whisky. Now the gar is no longr* Benjamin’s. e Flying Hog’s Career Fades. OMAHA, February 8 (#).—Dazzler, mammoth hog which has taken airplane | flights and received much attention be- cause of his size, is to hecome pork chope—all 7 feet 2 and 1,365 pounds of him. He is too expensive to keep. Marriage Licenses. Joseph Ross. 32. Port Myer. Va., and Mary Cooper. 26, this city: Rev. Aauila Savles. Robert alsh. 26. and Frances E. Plun- et 1. both of Baitimore, Md.; Rev. James van, Frederick Satierfield, 24, and Dosence M. , 20: . 'Abernethy. k. "1 PHIE clty, and Ary J. Naira, 18, Capitol Heights, Md.; Rev. | Joseph V. Buckley | John D. Back. 75. and Myrtle E. Clatter- buck. 21, both of Culpeper, Va.; Rev. Al ¥. Poore, Martin. 28 Evington, ¥ la_J. Dudley, 24, Pittsburgh, Pa Alexander Willbanks. John_Jones, 35, and Edith Hoban, 1 3. T. Harvey. Prederick 8. Beyer, 28. and Anna A. Sie- Bert, 27; Rev. H. M. Hennig. A. Costello, 28: Medford, M C. Mickle. ‘26, Westfield. M de J. Costello. 1d T. Jones, 37, and Mildred M. both of Annapolis, Md.; Rev. Js James A atham. 35, and Edna D. Par- | 3 ev. William A. Lambeth. i Garnett T. orbin, 24. and Lilllan N.! Corbin. 23. both of Culpeper, Va.; Rev. H. | M Lawson ! Eugene Davis. 23. and Lucille Brewton, 26; | Rev. Smallwood ‘Williams { published professional survey of the ac- Joe Carnett, 22, and Elnora Davis; 19: Rev. Bmaliwood Williams. Everett Whitaker. 26, and Ruth B. Hfdnré. 1. "both of Baitimore, Md.. Rev. John G, | Copenhave: H ach’ i calei carbonate=a po- tential anti-acid, incapable of dis- the normal action of the bowe els and bladder, impossible of over- dosage and per. fectly safe to use.” —Your rum doctor wnill comfirm chis quaiation from nesed medical astheriss. A Powerful Anti-acid—yet Safe Old-fashioned folks, not abreast with medical science, still take burning soda. ! Occasional doses may do no harm. But Calcium Carbonate, in_proper | id: 2% fform, is the modern an times as effective as soda, and is safe in its action and positive in its relief. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the deal form of Calcium Carbonate com= d with other valuable healing gredi Medical authorities com- mend Stuart’s formula as the only kind for use with children and best for megy @and women. Make This Test! Purchase a 25c, handy pocket tin of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets from your druggist, after meals and be con- winced that not necessary to suffeg the distresses of indigestion. At All Drug Stores: 25c and 60e 4 Swest Stomach for twenty-five cents’ STUART’S DYSPEPSIA | Washington Ranks Above Average on Garbage Collection and Street BY BERTRAM BENEDICT. What do you think about Washing- | ton’s streets? Are they kept as clean as you might reasonably expect and is garbage collected as often as it should be,? Not from any standard of perfec- tion, but in comparison with other cit- ies of the same size and in the same part of the country? These are some of the questions upon which light is thrown by a recently tivities of large American cities. The urvey shows statistically the degree of service which the taxpayer is receiving from his city in return for the taxes he pays. If he pays higher taxes than the average he should expect better than average service. Conversely, if he Cleaning. is paying comparatively low taxes he cannot reasonably expect comparatively superlative service. He has legitimate grounds fer complaint only if he is paying taxes above the average and re- | celving munieipal service below the [ V! average. Washington Streets Cleaned Often. In the question of street cleaning, the | Other cities in the same part of the |the final rating under all these heads, were ranked | COUNtry, street cleaning in Washington |fire protection, death rates and high cities covered by the survey aceording to Llyus number of times the streets were cleaned each week. Of course, the figures could not take into | account any especial difficulties of street cleaning, such as bad paving. or Jack of paving, or difficult contours, or snow- fall. They showed that of the 67 cities. 4 ranked the same as Washington in street cleaning. Not one ranked higher STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 9, than Washington and 62 ranked lower. The same standard was used in this professional study for garbage collec- tion—namely, number of times per week M oS gperformed, - Again, items of spe- culty could not be allowed for in ranking in cities. number of cities ranked in gar- bage collection was 136. Of these, only | | & received a higher score than ington. In other werds, our Cciti~ Zens are very much better off than the average in the matter of garbage col- lection. I 10 cities: around the same size as ngton, § of them Jarger and 5 of them smaller, all ranked below Wash- ington. Their average rating was 20 per cent below ours. As compared with ranked above that in Baltimore and Norfolk and the same as in Richmond. In 10 cities pear Washington in pop- ulation, 5 of them slightly smaller and 5 slightly larger, 9 had a Jower ranking in garbage collection than Washington and only 1 had a higher one. Their average was almost 15 per cent below ours, ‘Wash- | As compared with other cities, - | Wilmington ington ranked above mm%'n.w%- M mington, = Philadelphia, Norfolk and Richmond in this municipal activity, so important to the health of the city, Ranks Well on the Whole. Twelve separate items were used in this study ef cities' municipal activities. | The other items, in addition to those |analysed in this article, are total amount of paving, percentage of pave | ing that is durable, comparative o | tection from fires, adult and infant death rate, length of school term, per- cen of public school pupils attend- ’lng high school, circulation of th pub- |lic libraries per capita populatiof and extent of parks and playgrounds. In | school enrollment, were considered twice as important as the other items. Wash- | ington was net ranked on sewerage or paving. | In the total ranking of citi - ington ranked sbove Rty 120 s |lower than only 38. e Baltimore, Phila- | delphia, Nerfolk and Richmond ranked below us in tetal municipal service. ‘belew that of Wi 1930—PART ONE. ranked above Was! jerever, our final rank was nnl]:}n gtpu:nl; cent below the rank of the city at the head of the list, whereas the rank of the eity at the bottom t:“ 20 per cent n, BUSINESS ' Fature. aricles will araizze wan.|% DRIVE-IN ROOT BEER AND SANDWICH STATION ington's standing in the other m - p.f"uuvm:s described above, Ul {Copyrisht, 1930, by The Washington Star.) HORSE TRADED ON CAR. 1905 Model Nag Brings More Than Same Year's Auto. SEATTLE, Wash,, February 8 (#).— The 1905 model horse 'n' buggy may have a slight hiteh in its get-along now. but at A. E. Lounsherry’s automo- | bile emportum here it has a higher trade-in value than any horseless car- riage of that vintage.” A senile nag and an equally aged buggy hrought an allowance of $50 on a new automobile, Lounsberry sald that was more than he would allow on a 1905 automobile. Any one desiring ‘to become established in this very profitable and growing business should consult us, Geod locations are avail- able for erecting our perfected novel Triple XXX Root Beer Chain System. Drive-In Thirst and Sandwich Stations. Enjoy the benefits of operating a station in our chain system under suggestions of scientific management gained by wide experience. Own your own business, Many now engaged in business using our plans and trade names are makinga big success and have become financially independent. Building plans and specifications furnished free. For details of investment, cost and pmd’u, inquire THE CARPEL CO. 2155 Queens Chapel Road N.E. Atlantic 0300 —And Now Comes the Day When We Are Compelled to Say, If You Want One of These 5 Carloads of Bremer-Tullys Sold in Ten Days—and Only One More Car- load Awvailable’ ‘Th.is carload is due to arrive in Washington during the next two weeks, therefore, deliveries will be made in the same order as sales are recorded. TABLETS De Model grained walnut veneer, luxe open console S.81 of beautifully 48 inches high, 25 inches wide. This Sale Exclusively At This Store in D. C. BREM R-TULLY 0-Tube Radios you’ll have to hurry, for there is only one more carload-—and when it is gone there will not be any more! The New 1930 Bremer-Tully, Model S-81, Using 4 'Screen-Grid Tubes Formerly $162.50 We are not boasting of our achievement in selling so many of these high-grade, new radios at this extremiely low pricg—shch a value is worthy of such a demand. However, we do want' to impress upon you the importance of immediate buying, if you do not wish to be disappointed. Every person who is familiar with the story concerning this sale knows that Bremer-Tully was forced to take an unexpected reduction on this 1930 model, due to the recent sales of obsolete and discontinued radios. holds forth at Lansburgh & Bro. goes with this set. Precision Built New thrills, tance.getting ability, Chassis ret separation and the humless operation of the 1930 Bremer-Tully. The full possibilities of scree: n grid reception zed for the first time—in the power of four n grid tubes. The tone richness of a_fine old violin through ig 10-inch Bremer-Tully Dynamic Speaker, ly wound with over four miles of the finest th e copper wire. Rectifier and voltage regulator. using two latest ‘type. “245” tubs for increased volume on lon And above all they know the guarantee of satisfaction that always : Cash’ Payment Is Only $10 Balance on Convenient. Terms This . nominal initial outlay brings the 1930 ° Bremer-Tully to your home. 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