Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1930, Page 9

» N DECLINE N FARM PRODUCTS PRICES Agriculture Department Re- ports Lowest Levels for August Since 1915. The general level of prices paid the farmer for his products showed a de- cline of 3 points August 15 in spite of harp cdvances made in certain com- ities because of the drought, ac- cording to a report issued yesterday by the Department of Agriculture. The <devel set was reported the lowest for August since 1915, The report assumed importance in view of it close connection with the cost of living, indicating the possibility of a further decline there. A decline m e5 of meat, vegetables and dairy cts, which is sooner or Jater re- flected in retail prices, means a cheaper American table, it was pointed out. Prices of feed grains and hay made 8 general advance from July 15 to August 15, principally the result of a e of supplies in drought-stricken areas. Farm prices for wheat and rye showed a moderate recovery from the | very low levels of a month previous. Dairy and poultry products advanced, be- cause of the decline in production on | account of the unusually hot, dry weather. These advances, however, were insufficient to offset continued de- clines in prices paid producers for other farm products. Farm Prices Reduced. Indexes of farm prices, by groups of commodities, showed the following changes on August 15, as compared with July 15: Fruit gnd vegetable prices down 24 points,“meat animals T e R ot ot e e £ et THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, WALTER CHRYSLER GREW UP IN ATMOSPHERE OF ENGINES, G Watched “ather Run Primi- tive Locomotives of Half Century Ago. MADE HIS OWN TOOLS B Still Has Implements That Started Him on Path to Fame and Fortune. This is the sizteenth of a eighteen articles on 'the Jamous Americans and telling oot their start in life. BY J. V. FITZ GERALD. The boy spent his time watching the old wood-burning engines of the Union Pacific sputter and chug into the shops for repairs and overhauling. He chatted with the mechanics, sometimes being gruffly ordered to get out of the way, ran errands for them when they were good-natured, and learned, as e watch- ed, that skilled hands can do wondrous things with the proper tools. Thes Walter Chrysler, early in life, developed the liking for mechanics that has aided him s0 much in gaining such | a signal sdecess in life. He was born in Western Kansas in 1876. Wamego, a typical prairie ham- let, was his birthplace. His father, an engineer for the Union Pacific Rall- road, moved to Ellis, a nearby town, when Walter was a little fellow. | The lad grew up there ir the at-| mosphere of engines and the din of re- | pair work, for the shops of the Union | Pacific were located at Ellis. He would | series of of y ow they down 8 points and cotton and cotton- seed down 5 points, Prices of grains uUp 9 points, poultry and poultry products up 6 points and dairy products up 2 points. As compared to a year ago, the watch his father start his run in the | primitive locomotives of half a century | ago. He would be waiting for him on | his return from across the prairie. The youngster u};lred to follow in the footsteps of his fatheer and become AINING MECHANICAL KNOWLEDGE \NORKERD FOR GROCER IN VACATION PERIODS AFTER A HARD DAYS | WORK HE mmkfo RYN MAGAZINES ON ENGINEE RING SUBJECTS THE LAD GREW UP N THE ATMOSPHERE GF ENGINES AT 18 HE WAS SKILLED ENOUGH T0 BUILD A MINIATURE. STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. BERRYMAN _ When he was 17 and had received | try. He worked for a time in Western the best common school education he |shops, finally settling in Salt Lake City, could obtain in Ellis he decided that where his pay was 27!, cents an hour. it was high time for him to begin to| There he repaired a locomotive earn his own living and to acquire a |blown-off cylinder head in two hours SDI trade. He had determined to become a | that it could pull out the fast mail on mechanic, so that he didn't dally over | schedule time his chofce of an occupation. | This feat brought him the job as He tried and passed an examination | foremsn of the Colorado & Southern t0 become a machinist’s apprentice in |shops In Trinidad, Colo. Next he be- the Ellis shops. He had to make his|came superintendent of motive power own tools as he went along. His kit, | for the Chicago & Great Western consisting of assorted calipers, dividers, | Sitll thirsting for knowledge and a balanced hammers, test indicator and | chance to broaden himself. he accepted combination square, was all made with | the place as manager of the American his qgn hands, before he was 18, Locomotive Co. in Pittsburgh, sacrific- His initial pay was 5 cents an hour. | N much in salary at the outset. His weekly envelope was of an amount | Started With Buick. August indexes of farm prices showed | first-class mechanic, He inherited a the following declines: Cotton and cot- | I'king for machinery from his parents. tonseed, 52 points: meat animals, 46 |The contacts and associations of the today, would scorn as a day's wages But the youthful apprentice was more | that the average youngster, starting in| g got his first chance in the auto- mobile business with the Buick com- pany, again accepting a big salary cut D. C, AUGUST 31, 1 930--PART ONE. 9 ¥ ANTON CARL ENDS |Veteran Draftsman Had Been With District Government for Thirty-two Years. Anton Carl, draftsman in the Dis trict Surveyor's Office, was retired Fri- day at the age of 76 after 32 years'| service with the District of Columbia. Mr. Carl was a real veteran, as, ougside of his work for the District, he had spent 28 years with various surveying branches of the Federal Government. | He 1s considered one of the most skilled draftsmen in the country. From 1870 to 1875 he was employed by the War Department and went on an expedition to the then Far West for the purpose of surveying military res- ervations. He well remembers his days on the so-called Wheeler expedition. | The railways carried him as far as Fort | Kit Carson, Kans. From there he trav- eled by a stage coach to El Paso. There the party took to horses, with their sup- | plies carried by pack mules, and set out | for the deserts and mountains of the | Far West 1o surv In those days the the best of terms, grizziies roamed the | slopes and wild buffalo the plains. Mr. Carl has several bear to his credit. | As for the Indians, “They woutld never | trouble you if you didn’t trouble them.” \ he said. “Of course they would steal | from you, but that was all. The| troubles with the Indians in those days were largely due to the whites of those parts, who were the scum of humanity Whisky dealers, horse thieves and gam- blers made most of the trouble.” For months on a stretch the would be surveying tracts in w white man had ever set foot. The: turned to civilization once a year supplies and then were off again. From 1875 to 1876 he was employed by the General Land Office and from 1876 to 1891 by the United States Geo- logical Survey. From 1891 to 1898 he was employed by the Infercontinental party ch fio re- for | U. 3. SERVICE AT 76 redskins and the palefaces were not on | - TONEW QUARTERS | | | | Anton Carl, draftsman in the District surveyor's office, was retired Friday after 32 years' work in the office. In the photo, left to rlxhl:__fl‘§ trict surveyor, presenting Mr. Carl with a gold watch. 2 THRIFT SHOP MOVES Organization, Operated for| Charities, Will Reopen at 1011 E Street Tuesday. IDRAFTSMAN RETIRED AFTER 32 YEARS \PHOTO MAY-CLEAR - . ABSENCE OF BOY |Florida Constable Believes |Ward Is_Peter Conklin, Miss- ing in Pennsyvania. | By the Associated Press. CLEARWATER, Fla., August 30— | The mysterious disappearance more than a year ago of 'Peter Conklin, 15- year-old schoolboy of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.. was believed solved today with the _ arrival here of photographs that ten- tatively identified him as a youth who is being cared for at the home of Con- stable R. E. Gause at Tarpon Springs. The pictures were sent by Capt. W. A. Olark, commander of Troop B, Pennsylvania State police, at Wyoming, Gause said they correspond en- With the appearance of a boy | given shelter at his home since he was | taken into custody Thursday. | Meanwhile, Frank Willlams, Mack Sherman, alias “Red,” prison here awaiting the arrival of a Pennsylvania trooper to take him back to that State to stand trial on charges | growing out of Conklin's disappearance. |~ Gause said his suspicion was aroused by Williams and the boy some time ago. They had been in Tarpon Springs since last January. Investigation caused the officer to arrest Williams, who had been working on sponge boats m the Gulf of Mexico while the boy idled about the village. Williams first denied any connection with the case, but under a grilling, Gause said, the whole story came out. | Williams enticed Conklin away from his home, Gause added, and they had been traveling since. In a letter describing the boy, Capt. Clark said Peter disappeared in July, 1929, and that clues had led authori- ties to nearly every State. alias is in M. Hazen, Dis- ar Staffl Photo. BELIEVE MURDER BENT LIFER IS OMAHA BOUND Forces Foreman to Drive Him 235 Miles to Safety—Vows He's “Out to Get One Person.” By the Assoclaied Press. | OMAHA, Nebr,, August 30.—Bent on murder, by his own statement, an es- caped life-termer was believed on his | way to Omaha tonight after flecing | from the Anamoas, Iowa, Reformatory | ints; ' poultry and poultry prodicts, |ailroad center served to strengthen his | wits e i LnE HoY¥ fo o things | | yesterday and forcing a prison foreman | for the opportunity. With him the pros- | Ratlroad Commission. For his aptitude points; grains, 28 points; dairy roducts, 20 points, and fruits and ¥egetables, 11 points. Sheep ang Lambs Down. The advance in the farm price of s from July 15 to August 15 was odonfined largely to the corn belt, and Pprices continued to decline in the North Atlantic and Southern States. The average farm prices of sheep and bs made further market declines July 15 to August 15. For lambs, e decline amounted to 16 per cent, while for sheep, it was approximately two-thirds as la In the 12 States #n which feed crops deteriorated most seriously - tffcause of drought, sheej Prices declined 15 per cent and laml prices approximately 18 per cent. On August 15, average sheep prices for the country as s whole were 44 per cent Jower than a year ago, and lamb prices 40 per cent lower. CATHOLIC AGENCIES . PREPARE TO MEET Executive Committes of Lay Chal- . ity Organization Will Assemble ; Tomorrow. All of the various Catholic lay or. ganizations in Washington are uniting their efforts to make the sixteenth annual meeting of the National Con- ference of Catholic Charities September 28 to October 2 not only a success but of far-reaching influence. A confer- ence of the executive committee’ is to be held in the cabinet room of the Willard Hotel tomorrow night at 8 ©o'clock. Charles W. Darr of the Knights of Columbus, George Cleary of the So- ciety of St. Vencent de Paul, Miss Mary C. Boland &s grand regent of the Catholic Daughters of America, Miss | Mary Mattingly as president of the | Sodality Union and Miss Mary V. Mer- | rick as president of the Christ Child Bociety have pledged the active co- | operation of their organizations on the | various committees on local arrange- mments previous to and during the con- Yention. Rev. Dr. John O'Grady, secretary of the national conference, emphasizes that the way was paved for modern social work by the Soclety of 8t. Vin- cent de Paul, and that the Vincentians are to hold their annual meeting in conjunction with the National Confer- ence of Catholic Charities. Ants as Firemen. Seeing the statement that ants were excellent firemen, an English student decided to make his own observations. He went into a fir wood, sought out an ant hill and into its midst stuck a candle so that the wick was about an inch above the hfll. The whole tribe were soon alive to the danger threaten- ing their home and presently somie climbed carefully to the edge of the candle, then, drawing -their bodies slowly forward, shot a fluid toward the wick. The flame gave off a hissing sound. More and more insects now climbed the candle and sent this mys- terious fluid into the light. And while they climbed, so other ants worked at an amazing pace building up to the edge of the candle to save the need for climbing. In just four gnd a half min- utes the flame fluttered out. The ants had won! Half an hour later the candle 'was relighted. Once more the mad rush | to extinguish the flame. This time it | ‘was put out in just 30 seconds! The Castle of a Black King. The favorite palace of the black King Henry, Sans Souci, lies at the head of | the lovely Valley hiillot in Haiti, and to reach it ov2 must have a horse and guide, although the road is open and | fairly gopd. Even in its ruins Sans | Souci is grand and impressive and | Jovelier spot could not be found. Tt stands at the base of very high hills | coversd with tropical trees, among | which run sparkling streams of purest | water. These irrigate numerous gardens planted with coffee trees and cocoa | alms, where, hidden in abundant | oliage, are the huts of the country folk, | who lcad a Jife of aboriginal independ- | ence. ‘War Devices Rout Locusts. Instruments of chemical combat, used | during the World War, have been em- ployed in fighting the swarms of locusts Which descend in clouds in many paris of Egypt. In one district 18 batterics | of flame’ throwers have been mobilized. | They meet¥the pests on the move and mow down the swarms which do not show an inclination to settle on the ground. Locusts which come to earth are attacked with poisoned food and with spray pumps which direct deadly chemicals over the insects. In one bat- tle 11 tons of locusts were killed Queen Heads Movie Company. Queen Maria is president of the new “goremar” film section of the “Regina inclinations. He never thought seri- ously of following any career cther than & mechanical one. Father Pick of Engineers, 5 The elder Chrysler. piloted the first coal-burning locomotive owned by the Union Pacific, which is indication enough that he was regarded as the pick of the engineers on the road. His son came naturally enough by his me- chanical bent, it would seem. The Ellis 1oadhouse and shops saw much of young Chrysler in the time he could spare from school. Perhaps his teachers thought he could have used those hours to better advantage at his Dooks, for he never rated ss an out- standing pupil. Nor, for-that matter, was he a backward one. During the Summers he éidn’t have | so much time to loiter around the rail- road shops. He worked for a grocer as an errand boy and clerk in the va- cation periods. His earnirgs helped the family. Times were none too good in Kansas in those days. was in the amount of his earnings. Bullds Miniature Locomotive. After a year in the shops he was skilled enough to build a miniature steam locomotive, It was complete in every detall, including air brakes. He bullt & track in his back yard gnd gave demonstrations of how the con- trivance would run. He designed and constructed the lathe on which he bullt the locomotive. He made a shot | gun and other implements that he de- sired and couldn’t afford to buy. Tired as he was from a hard day's work In the shops, the youngster read magazines and books on engineering subjects to round out the practical knowledge he was galning as a ma- chinist’s helper. At the end of four years ‘of strict application to his job he was earning 2212 cents an hour as a first-class journeyman mechanic. ‘Then he got the itching foot and decided to see something of the coun- |in the d: pects for the future have always out- weighed immediate rewards. What he did with Buick, General Motors, Willys- Overland, Maxwell-Chalmers and with his own product constitutes one of the most outstanding achievements in the automobile industry. ‘Today his headquarters are in New York, where his ancestor, Tuenis Van Dolsen, was the first male child born s when the city was New Amsterdam. It is a. far cry from the sun-baked prairies of Kansas to a com- manding position in a leading industry and to offices atop the highest building in the metropolis—a structure that bears his name. But_that is the place to which the box of tools made by Walter Chrysler on his first job helped carry him. He still has the implements that started him on the path to fame and fortune. Nor has he forgotten how to use them. (Copyright, 1930. by North American News- paper Alliance.) Next—John Hays Hammond.) PAYNE'S CHILDREN MAY LOSE $10,000 Blast Suicide Befieved to Have Miscalculated Insur- ance Time Limit. By the Associated Press. AMARILLO, Tex, August 30.—A. D. Payne, Amarillo lawyer, may have erred in his calculations for leaving $10,000 to his children by timing bis death in Jail here early today to evade a suicide | clause in his insurance policy, just as he erred in framing the dirbolical plot by which his wife lost her life. The, strange, spectaculer criminal career of the attorney came to an end in his jail cell when he touched off a small ‘bottle of nitroglycerin and brought himself instant denth. Payne set off the suicide blast in the bellef that his insurance could be col- lected to provide for his three orphaned children, In his diary he wrote: “I have waited until August 29 so that the children would receive the | benefit of my insurance, which is now | more than a year old.” The policy carried a clause that the insurance would not be payable in case of sulcide within one year after it was issued. The year expired at midnight Thursday. Allowing an extra day, Payne committed suicide 21 minutes after midnight Friday. Insurance officials said today there was no certainty that the beneficiaries would receive the money, pointing to a clause in the policy which makes it contestable for two years. It was in- dicated litigation may be required to determine the insurance company's Mability. Mayor Ernest O. Thompson expressed Our much maligned appendix, e spare part that nature “muffed,” must now contend with still another foe. Improper weight-reducing methods during the past 15 years, according to Dr. T. F. Murphy, chief of the divi- sion of vital statistics of the Bureau of Census, have been a major factor in a large increase in fatalities from | appendicitis. | The weight-reducing fad, coupled with the fact that formerly. appendi- citis was often attributed to some | other,, organic ailment, is largely re- sponsible for the increase, Dr. Murphy states. With the modern revolution in women’s mode of dressing, the flat, straight line supplanting the constric- tive hourglass form, a tremendous de- crease in appendix fatalities was ex- pected. . Modern Woman Susceptible. However. Md. Murphy points out, the | modern woman is more susceptibie to | acute appendicitis than the Victorian. The diet mania and a natjonwide taste for the -rapierlike figure have resulted NORMAND ESTATE | ACCOUNTING ASKED| | Mother of Actress and Trust Com- | pany Sue Over Questions Involving $50,000. the belief Payne brought the small bot- tle of nitroglycerine into the jail himself. District Attorney Edward W. Thomer- son said, however, that the grand jury would be asked to investigate the pos- sibility of the explosive having been smuggled into the jall by outsiders. | R. L. Conder, celimate, testified at the coroner’s inquest that Payne told | | ! him late last night he “hsd everything fixed to cheat the electric chair,” and that he had a bottle of nitroglycerine scereted on his person when he was transferred from Stinnett to Amarillo Sunday. Officers and celimates cxpressed the belief that Payne set off the explosive | either by connecting it with a light | extension wire in the cell or by means of a short fuse and cap attached to the bottle. In plotting his wife's death Payne used his brilliant talents to evolve a scheme which he thought would defy By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August’ 30.—Mary C. Normand, mother of the late Mabel Nor- mand,. and the City Bank Farmers’ Trust Co., as trustees of the motion pic- ture actress’ .estate, filed suit in S preme Court today to have their ac- count taken as trustees. The suit was filed, they said, because questions had arisen concerning the | | rights of Lew Cody, Miss Normand's | olic Women's Colleges. husband, and Mrs. Normand in a $50,000 | fore her death. | It was disclosed that Miss Normand | founded the trust fund in 1922, drpoalL-I ing with the bank $50,000 in Liberty bonds, the income of which was to [ to herself during her lifetime and to willed to her heirs at her death. | ‘When Miss Normand died in Cali- fornia last February 23, she left her REDUCING FAD GIVEN BLAME FOR MUCH APPENDIX TROUBLE | citls mortality. |KAPPA GAMMA PI ENDS detection and leave him free of sus- |entire fortune to her mother, but no picion . | part of the trust fund apparently ever | He placed an infernal machine in the | had gone to her during her life, and | family automobile and permitted his | before she died the Liberty bonds were | wife and their 11-year-ol¢ son to_drive | redeemed and the proceeds were re- | away from homs June 27. A few blocks | invested in other bonds and in mort- | away the car blew up, killing Mrs. | gages. i Payne and maiming the hoy. | It is in part to determine what, 18| |any, portion of the income from the | ] trust fund Lew Cody, as Miss Normand'’s | | husband, is entitled that today's sult [ 4 as_defendants with 0 | Others named as defendan! with a Babe Stapp's Speedster Runs Off | ,ocsible interest in the fu‘;xdg]rredolndys‘ | Normand Streichert an laud No Woack iy | mand, sister and brother of the actress MILAN, Italy, August 30 (% —Babe Stapp, American automohile racer who | == ol AR will participate in the tnual interna- | - tional classic on Septsmber 7. narrow- | ely missed death today wile testing his | umstea SWO ymp specdster on the Monza fack, ;;l’l :‘III‘IIH an angel of FATLS. " Despite RACER MISSES DEATH Rushing at 65 miles aj hour around a curve his meahine ran off the run- | way. Stapp, however, wis able to stop | Continencc; Slow Eating. Easy Exercise ; and Regular Rest Periods Prescribed by Census Expert as Preventives. in improper nourishment and abnormal | exercise, the two most common fore- runners of appendicitis. ' The rise in the rate among males, | Dr. Murphy stated, can largely be at- | tributed to the 'American business | man's proverbial “bite of lunch.” Long on work and short on digestion, the average American man is a perfect subject for an exacting appendix. Continence and slowness in eating, easy exercise and regular periods of rest, according to Dr. Murphy, are the best preventives. Variance Due to Age. The increase in fatalities has varied by age. Even among children under 5 years of age there has been a great increase in the period from 1925-1929, compared with the four-year period from 1911 to 1915, it was disclosed Only between the ages from 10 to 19 was there a slight decline in appendi- Beginning with adult d life, the appendicitis death rate shn\\'rg | marked increase in the 1925-192 | period. The higher the age the greater the rise in mortality since 1911, it was ! shown. CONFERENCE HERE TODAY | Honor Graduates of Catholic Wom- en’s Colleges Will Discuss By- Laws of Various Chapters. Honor graduates of Catholic women'’s colleges, members of Kappa Gamma Pi, who yesterday convened at the Mayflow- er Hotel for the biennial Eastern regional meeting of the sorority, will complete their conference toda; Discussion of the by-laws of various chapters, prior to their adoption, oc- cupied most of yesterday's session, The | place of the annual national meeting will be decided today. The soclety was organized by Rev. Francis V. Corcoran of Kendrick Sem- inary, dean of the Conference ofyCath- Miss Cecil Ronan of New Rochelle | trust fund set aside by the actress be- | College, New Rochelle, N. Y., president of the national soclety, conducted the regional meeting yesterday. Mary L Hannan, graduate of Trinity College, of Washington, s the national secretary. Other alumnae of Trinity College in- cluded Miss Alicia H. Goenner, presi- dent of the Washington chapter; Mil- dred Gott, Alma Whitty, Dorothy Har- rington and Florence O'Donoghue. SUFFERED PAIN WITH_PIMPLES Itched So Could Not Sleep. Cuticura Heals. My face was covered with pim- ples and blackheads. The pimples were large and red and after a few days would fes: 1 suffered sever pain and it was hard for me to do my work, They itched so badly that 1 could not sleep well at night. My face looked terrible on account of| them. The trouble lasted about and efficiency on this work, Mr. Carl was commended by the engineer in charge, Lieut. M. M. McComb, U. S. A, who made a special report on this work, published in book form in 1897. From August,” 1898, todate he has been in the surveyor's office, with the exception of a short period ‘during the Spanish - American War when he was employed on street extension work by | the tax assessor. Mr. Carl was born in Germany in 1854 and came to this country in 1870. He became an American citizen in 1878 ‘There was a_large gathering of his friends in the District Bullding Friday | and on their behalf District Surveyor Melvin Hazen presented him with a purse. REACH AGREEMENT | TO SETTLE OIL CASE| Special U. S, Attorney Says Matte Will Be Settled Out of Court. By the Associated Pr SAN FRANCISCO. August 30—Fed- eral Judge A. F.St. Sure was informed today the suit of the United States Government against 19 ofl companies | and F. R. Long, a Los Angeles oil! broker, charged with conspiracy to v late the anti-trust laws by price fixi may be settled out of court. attorney, who came to the Pacific Coast from Washington to prosecute the ca said he had conferred with Eugenc D. Bennett, attorney for several of the defendants, and agreed to settle the case and avoid a long and experisive | trial, | Details of the settlement have not been agreed upon, Amen said, but when the case is called Tuesday it will be continued until the neg-tiations are| completed. | The Government charged the oil com- panies and Long entered into a con- spiracy in 1928 to fix the price of oil Long and the defendant companies ad- mitted entering into an agreement, but contended it was not in violation of the anti-trust laws, but was a legal market- ing code. Further, it was contended, | the prices affected only intrastate shipments, FOREIGN SERVICE MEN ARE GIVEN PROMOTIONS Tittman, Jr., Abbott, Hibbard, Ful- | lerton and Carlson Advanced to Grade of First Secretary. | Recent changes in the United States Foreign Service include the promotion to the grade of first secretary of Har- old H. Tittman, jr, of Missouri, riow | second secretary at Rome, Italy; Wain- | wright Abbott of Pennsylvania, second | secretary at Dublin, Irish Free State: | Frederftk P. Hibbard of Texas, second | secretary at La Pa: Fullerton of Ohio, son of Illionis, second secretary at linn, Esthonia. John N. Hamlin of Oregon, thir retary at Buenos Aires, rgenti been promoted to be second sec Harold M. Collins of Virginia, consul has been transferred from Ensenada, Mexico, to Riviere du Loup, Quebdec, Canada; George M. Abbott of Ohio, vice consul, has been transferred from Cal- | cutta, India, to Oslo, Norway; Stephen | C. Worster of Maine, vice consul, from | Arica, Chile, to Niagara Falls, Ontario, | and W. E. Hagerman of Indiana, vice | consul, from Nantes to Havre, France. | trucks “ All passenger automobiles and in Hawali are American Hot Wate % jewelry | officers are as follows: iz John H. Amen, special United States The Thrift Shop, operated for char- ities, will open in its spacious new quarters, at 1011 E street, Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, when Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of Vice President Curtis, will be on hand to officially un- lock the doors Mrs. John Allan Dougherty and Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, wife of the former District Commis- sioner, also are to be present for the opening ceremon: The shop is conducted for the benefit of the Child Welfare Society, Children'’s Hospital, the Pre-natal Clinic of Colum- biasHospital and the Children’s Country Home. The sum of $12,000 was dis- tributed among these institutions last year from proceeds derived from sales while the shop was located at 504 Tenth | slrrl't] The shop at the latter location | was ¢ in early July merchandise was moved from the old establishment to the new, ;u preparation for the opening of the at Those in charge declare they hope to make this a banner year for the hop. A quantity of furniture, radios, Sheffield plate, china, glassware and clothing are on hand for sale, Mrs. James E. Schuyler, manager of the shop, explained yesterday. { Nirs. Arthur O'Brien is chairman of , the shop. Mrs. Archibald Davis, Mrs. | Victor Cushman, Mrs. Barry Mohun and | N B. Sweeney are vice Mre. Thomas chairmen. | The committee chairmen and other Supplies, Mrs. John R. Williams; pricing, Mrs, Frank g volunteers, Mrs. Barry Mohu Mrs. Reeve Lewis: Frank S. Hight treasurer, Mrs. retary, Mrs. John W. Gulick; assistant secretary, Mrs Randall Hagner, and publicity, Mrs. | Marion Ramsay, WIFE OF PASTOR DIES Mrs. Mary Newcomb Baker Expms“ Following Operation. Mrs. Mary Newcomb Baker, wife of the Rev. Harry P. Baker, pastor of the Calvary Methodist Church, South, died at Georgetown University Hospital last night following an operation for ap- pendicitis. Funeral services will prob- ably be held at the parsonage of the 3040 Q street, at 9 o’clock Wed- Burial will be in Mount Jack- . Baker is from Waynesboro, Va. She is survived by her husband and a daughter, Virginia Baker. The Rev.| Baker has held pastorates in Roanoke, Va, and Baltimore, Md., befcre com: ing to Washington. Nearly 34,000 natives and Indians | r¢ now employed, in the Natal coal mines, ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION 7th St. & La. Ave. N.W. 61th Issue of Stock Now Open for Subscription Money loaned to members on easy monthly payments James E. Connelly President James F. Shea Secretary THE ARGONN 16th and Columbia Road N.W. Living Room, Dining Room, Bed Room, Kitchen and Bath SCTRIC REFRIGERATION r Heating Plant Consisting of 6 Radiators, 300 Ft. 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