Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1931, Page 22

NUARY 13, 1931. POWER BOAT RIDDLED BY COAST GUARDS | Alleged Rum Carrier Taken After | Chase—Three Men' Are PROTEST AGTION IN DENISON CASE 666 is a doctor’s Prescription for Colds andé Headaches It Is the Most Speedy I'-lli Known livery will start at once. 666 also in Tablets LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store Economy-Minded Folks Note These January Reductions DRESSES REDUCED Originally $25 to $29.50 518 Picked from our higher priced stocks and shown at this price for the first time tomorrow! Included are the new soft crepes in black and colors. Broken sizes 14 to 44. Originally Priced at $35 $2 1 .50 Just twenty one dresses in the lot and mostly one-of-a-kind styles. Dull crepes and a few very luxurious velvets. Black, brown, green and the new ink tone. 14 to 44. Originally Priced at $39.50 326.50 Lovely, distinctive models for after- noon teas, bridge and formal dinners. Some elaborately beaded, others with metal em- broidery or the new braid trim. 14 to 44. Originally $49.50—859.50 $34.50 Nine stunning dresses—of petal soft dull crepe, rich velvet or metallic cloth— all diffierent—and all with individual dress- maker details. Sizes 36, 38 and 40. SECOND FLOOR SHOES REDUCED Originally $7.50 to $8.50 $4.85 374 pairs to be exact—of patent leathers, mat kid, brown kid, black and brown suede. Pumps, straps and oxford ties with spike or Cuban heels. Broken size ranges. Originally $10 and $12.50 $G-8 High fashion footwear of patent leather, mat kid, brown kid and black Step-in pumps, front straps and m:er buckle styles, with all types of 8. SHOES—SECOND FLOOR A Mid-Winter Fashion That Forecasts Spring | Attorneys Attack Validity of U. S. Appeal on Dry Law Charge. | Although they defended an appeal of the United States against their client, | Edward E. Denison, Representative from Illinols, last week, his counsel to- day attacked the jurisdiction of the | Di ct Court of Appeals to decide the case and urged that the Government should have appealed directly to the | United States Supreme Court from the action of Justice Peyton Gordon in sus- taining their demurrer to an indictment charging Denison witlr possession of a trunk containing intoxicating liquor in the House Office Building in January, | 1929 | Attorneys E. Hilton Jackson, Everett sanders and William E. Leahy contend that section 682, title 18, United States Criminal Code, provides that a writ of | error may be taken and on behalf of | the United States direct to United States Supreme Court in all criminal cases from a decision or_judgment of a United States District Court quashing. | setting aside or sustaining a demurrer | to any indictment where such decision | or judgment is based upon the validity or "construction of the statute upon | which the indictment is founded. This | right of direct appeal, they urge, d | prives the Court of Appeals of juris- | digtion. | It also is contended that as the na- | tional prohibition law is a Federal | statute the District Supreme Court is | acting as a District Court of United ’ RESIDENTS DESERT ' CITY OF SALINA CRUZ Journey to Acapulco, Where Presi-| dent Rubio Has Promised Work in Reconstructing Harbor. i . | B the Associated Pre: | MEXICO CITY, January 13—Afoot, | mule-back and in boats, ‘residents of | Salina Cruz, once one of the great sea- ports of the New World, are leaving | there and journeying up the Oaxaca | | and Guerrero coasts to Acapulco, whose | star is rising in the heavens as that of Salina Cruz sets. Practically every one in Salina Cruz, | which has a population of about 5,000, | is preparing or has already made the | move, setting out upon a hard journey | | of about 300 miles to the little forgotten | West Coast city where President Ortiz | Rubio and his staff are spending a | vacation. The President, impressed with the beauty and resources of Acapulco, has | promised jobs for port workers there | in reconstructing its harbor facilities {and cleaning up and beautifying the town to make it one of the show places | m_Mexico. | _Before the Panama Canal was built | Salina Cruz was a beehive of industry. | It was the Pacific terminus of the | railroad which crossed the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and by which goods were | transferred from Atlantic going vessels | to those of the Pacific. But with the | Panama Canal the railroad grew up |in weeds apd now there is but one |train each way a week across the Isthmus. | Acapulco is 200 miles from a rail- | road, but a paved highway to the | | capital has been opened recently. |FIVE PAROLED MEN FAIL | TO GO BACK TO PRISON /300 Had Been Allowed to Make! | Visits to Homes in Alabama During Holidays. By the Associated Press. | . MONTGOMERY, Ala., January 13, Five convicts of the 300 granted Chrisf | mas paroles by Gov. Bibb Graves broke (faith with him and failed to return | | to prison, penitentiary authorities dis- | closed today, The paroles, given for meritorious | conduct, released the prisoners in time {for them to reach their homes for | Christmas. Only a few lingered be- yond the date the paroles expired. | Many came back to prison a day ahead | of time. | Last ‘Christmas marked the third | time the holiday paroles have been | granted. The first year only 1 of 300 | | released failed to return. | The following year four did not come back. | e 2% | One Slain, 7 Hurt in Political Riot. | SINCELEJO, Colombia, January 13 | . —One man was killed and seven | were injured in a pelitical riot last | night between Liberals and Conserva- tives. Knitted Dresses In The Sport Shop $ I 0.75 Fashionable young people are wearing them . . a gay, care-free manner! . they have zest . . . they have They are sheer, soft and supple . . . and just too smart for words. The Styles Sketched Left: Smart bec smart because its it's laid—doubly mitted, is this frock white woolen trim. $10.75. : Be among the first to wear this knitted frock that rolls its sleeves in $10.75. SPORTS SHOP—SECOND FLOOR careless manner. "LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store Captured. | NORFOL January 13.—Rid- | | dled with hine gun bullets and with the after part of her pilot house dam- aged by a one-pound shell, the power boat Violet of Baltimore was towed to erday by Coast Guard 1, which Coast Guardsmen adéd with assorted liquors, | d Ttly after midnight | and much shooting d craft. The pursued boat had run Light, in low men composing her crew jumped over- board after their craft was grounded, | | but th captured by a small boat 1. | y 13 (Spe- nses have been is- ourt House to Lewis F. D. Alexandria, | Recves, 23, of Wa Samuel H.' Popel, 30, | L.’ Reynol il . 21, both of | nd Levie B. Miller, 20, and Nina M. Yates, 23, both of R. F. D.. Vienna | MRS. PETER M. A President of the Women' American University, who is one of the sponsors of the debate to be presented tomorrow night between Gilbert K. Chesterton and Cosmo Hamilton at | hology a ices of the Commun- Vomen's Guild of Critics Condemn Talkie of “How He Lied to Her Husband.” January 13 (#).—Bernard alkie, “How He Lied to Her Husband,” was presented in London | yesterday for the first time, but fell flat. The critics with hardly an excep- tion condemned it with such adjectives appcint- Speedy Relief for Sore Throat This Doctor’s Prescription Requires No Gargling No longer is it necessary to gargle and choke with nasty tasting medi- cines to relieve sore throat. Now you can get almost instant with one swallow of a doc mous prescription. This pr tion was refilled so often tha druggist who originally filled it de- cided to put it up under the name “Thoxine” and make it available to everyone. ‘The remarkable thing about Thox- ine hat it relieves almost instant- Iy, yet contains nothing ha It is pleasant tasting, and the whole family, and is guaranteed to relieve sore throat or coughs in 15 minutes or money back. Put up ready for use in 35¢, 60c and $1.00 bottles. Sold by all druggists.—Ad- vertisement. i New books and reprints ~including “Tarzan” subjects — by hosts of famous authors. Start a set or fill in your set now at 69c a volume. BOOKS—STREET FLOOR LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 5800 4,000 Yards New When Such Marvelous Choice Is Available When the Price Is So Low—It’s Econonty To Think of Your Spring, 1931, Wardrobe entirely different silks. low price! 1931 Printed Crepes No waiting for Spring—prints are good right now! Spaced designs showing a lot of the background, well covered grounds, dot and flower combinations—on rich blue, black, brown and green grounds. Woashable Flat Crepes This is the group from which to choose materials for_ slips, negligees, blouses, daytime and evening frocks. We counted thirty-six lovely colors, and they weren’t all unpacked then! SILKS—THIRD FLOOR. 000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000 000000000000000000004% Extraordinary Purchases Enable Lansburgh’s to Offer Four Silks of Undisputed Smartness at Unexpected Savings Spring Silks | For this January Feature Offering, Lansburgh’s have culled the newest patterns and the most talked of Spring colors, in four It’s a glorious collection and the quality is one which has never before been on speaking terms with this No Connection With Any Other Washington Store _Hosiery Needs for Months to Come Can Be Supplied in This Sale 2,572 Pairs Fu“-Fashioned Chiffon Silk Stockings $7 .29 3 pairs for $3.75 Our January Sale of FINE hosiery starts tomorrow—by all means + don’t miss it! The values are wonderful! “RUN CHECK” HOSE, all silk chiffon or with lisle lined tops and soles. With turrette tops—and all with famous lock stitch that prevents garter runs from passing. LACE CLOCKED HOSE, the very kind Paris sponsors for Spring wear! Genuine Grenadines, silk to their picot tops and with French heels. Newest colors. SHEER GRENADINES permanently dulled in the making! picot finished with French heels. season’s smartest colors; all sizes. HOSIERY—STREET FLOOR I : :l ¥ YARD Silk Sports Pique Narrow wale silk pique that will be so smart and comfortable for Southern wear, and will fashion into popular Spring sports frocks. White and eight of the loveliest pastels we ever saw! Silk Canton Crepe Heavy, 40 inch, all silk canton, in kyota blue, blush beige, Manila brown, prairie green, moble lady, Corinthian green, homage and guardsman’s blue and black. ; LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store ' Silk from top to toe, In the $ [ | § | ¥ ' 4