Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1930, Page 36

E! EVERYTHING F ORIGINAL COST e (| ATON GAS ATE SRR NG CRTIGZED ‘A, C. MOSES MOTOR CO., 1437 Irving St. N.W. Subscribe Today Tt costs only about 1% cents Piney Branch President Hits Federation Action at THE EVENING ®STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOTED EXPLORER DIES Bergonier Brought Long-Lipped Africans Into Circus Career. SARASOTA, Fla., October 13 (#).— Eugene Bergonier, French explorer, who brought members of the Ubangi long-lipped tribe of Africans to Amer- fea for circus exhibitions, died yester- day of septic pneumonia. Dr. J. E. Harris, attending physician, said the fatal iliness developed from an insect bite or a thorn scratch on HIGH COURT REFUSES TO PASS ON DRY ACT Validity of Jones Law Was Chal- lenged by Two Men in Missouri. By the Associated Press. ‘The Supreme Court yesterday refused violating the dry laws at St. Joseph, Mo. The men were charged in the indict- ment with selling a small quantity of whisky. McEIvogue was sentenced to the penitentiary for one year and one month, and Brown, who was also con- victed of maintaining a nuisance un- der the prohibition law, was sent to the penltentlary for four years and fined The prison sentences were imposed under the Jones law. In both cases the constitutionality of the law was chal- lenged as an illegal delegation of legis- lative power. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1930. | ENGLAND’S FOOD PRICES Taxation ‘on Eatables Looms as Great Issue in Next General Elec- tion—Plums Allowed to Rot. By Cable to The Star. . LONDON, October 14.—Because of the sharp drop in food prices, John Bull now is enjoying his “three squares” daily at a cost 10 to 15 per SHOW IMPORTANT DROP ian per day. And 5 cents Sundays to have Washington's best newspa- per delivered to you regularly every 'evening and Sunday morn- ing. Telephone “National 5000 and the delivery ~ill start immedi- ately. The Route Agent will col- lect af the ind of each month. . 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Clayton for his stand before the Public | Utilities Commission regarding gas rates was adopted without regard for parlia- mentary procedure were made Ly Edgar B. Henderson, president of the Piney Branch Citizens’ Association, at & meet- | ing of the latter body in the Hamline M. E. Church last night. | Henderson Is Delegate. | Mr. Henderson is one of the associa- tion's delegates to the federation. Mr. Henderson's belief was concurred in by apt. G. L. Shorey, the other delegate f the association to the federation | and, with Mr. Henderson, a member of the Executive Committee of the federa- fon. Capt. Shorey predicted that ‘something on the question may come | up in the future.” | Mr. Henderson told of former action of the association favoring the doing pway with the office of Traffic Director and placing the control of traffic en- tirely with the Police Department. He declared that the general traffic situa- tion here would be much improved by such a change. 2 The association adopted a resolution asking the District Commissioners to follow the recommendatien of its special Traffic Advisory Committee regarding doubie parking of vehicles on the street. The Traffic Committee, it was pointed | out, 1s opposed to such parking. | Favor Acquiring School Site. Among other resolutions adopted by the association were one asking its | School Committee to take up the ques- | tion with the proper authorities of se- curing a plot of ground west of Six- | teenth street within the territory cov- | ered by the association for a school site, and asking the District authorities o extend the one-hour parking limit on Fourteenth street north from Deca- tur to Delafield street. At present there is a one-hour parking rule between Buchanan and Decatur streets, it was pointed out. WOMAN’S ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCES ELECTION Point Pleasant Member Is Chosen Vice President of United Daughters of 1812. Special Dispatch to The Star. | MARTINSBURG, W. Va., October 14 | —Mrs. William H. Vaught of Point Pleasant, W. Va., former State regent xins | of the West Virginia D. A. R., was | elected & vice president of the United Daughters of 1812 at the annual meet- of the State Daughters of 1812 in Point Pleasant the it week. Mrs. D. W. Snyder of Huntington, formerly of this city, presided at the sessions. She is now serving the second of her two-year term as president of the State organization. The only change made in the official staff was the election of Mrs. Guy Hetzel of Wheeling to the office of recording sec- retary to succeed Mrs. W. H. Conoway, Point Pleasant. Two new officers were created—curator, to which Mrs. James H. Trotter, Morgantown, was elected, Christian, Point Pleasant, was named. LOCATES STOLEN AUTO WITH AID OF STARS Brooklyn Man Causes Arrest of Two Men, Who Are Alleged to Have Confessed. BROOKLYN, October 14 (N.AN.A) . — ‘When Lee Wick's mwuobu;n was stolen pressed by the of the Gemini twins to the chariot. poring over charts and graphs he de- cided his car was southwest of the point whence it was stolen and hard by a large body of water. The only large body of water south- west of his home is the Atlantic Ocean. {Lee hied himself there and found his missing petrol wagon in the possession of two men. Both pleaded guilty. | (Coprright, 1930, by North American News- | paper Alliance.) | MOTHER WILLS SONS 81 | ~"Joseph 'W. Crouch is left $1 by the terms of the will of his mother, Effie Croueh, who died September 18. The testatrix explained that she had made advances -to the son during her Ilfe- time. A step-son, Edwin D. Crouch, is also to get $1. The Masonic and East- ern Star Home is to recelve $25. A hotel business at Colonial Beach is left to another son, John T. Crouch, and a daughter, Effic M. Kessler, and John T. Crouch is to have the barber shop which has been conducted in his name. Premises at 717 Tenth street southwest, with the household effects, are to go to the daughter. ‘The re- maining estate is to be divided between Jchn T. Crouch and Effie M. Kessler, Bergonler's leg. Bergonier’ quit circus work at Chi-| jones law, providing heavy maximum cago several weeks ago because of. re. Pilted differences between him and | PeRAities for prohibition viclations. members of the African tribe. Since by the Federation of Citizens’ Assocta- | and librarfan, to which Mrs. Samuel J.|. to pass on the constitutionality of the Thinkin early in that a noise in his house e morning was caused by a . pet pig, George Monahan, a business | just now the heavy importation of un- The validity of the law was chal-| man ‘of Macken, Ireland, went to tleep | taxed foodstuffs has Teduced the price then he and his wife have been living | lenged by Hugh McElvogue and Willlam | again, but later found that robbers had | of bacon 5 to 16 cents & J. Brown, who had been convicted of | nearly cleaned out the place. cent below that of a year ago. Food taxation is likely to be the great issue in the next general election, but nd, butter, 8 to 12 cents, and eggs, 2 to 14 cents, depending on the grade. There was al- ready lflxlufi of butter before two ship- Ioads arrived this week from New Zea- Several of the large popular chain res- taurant systems have reduced prices. 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