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CAPT. ERNEST DAVI§, RIVER MAN, EXPIRESL Pilot and Float Originator, I!nd of Ship Chandlery, Dies at Age of Capt. Ernest Davis, 62 years old, well known river pllot and originator of the Davis float, died at his home in Cherry- dale, Va., Monday night after an mmu of several years. Funeral services will be held at his residence tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, Alexandria. Cuptih m;uwwu [y h!lmlll’fi? figure along the Potomac, where for many | By the Assoclate years he operated the float that Lore his | T HE s ales hoad of he Wasn: | , NEW HAVEN. Conn.. June 34w {James Rowland Angell, 63 vears old, Ington rm, Ernest Davis & Sons, ship | wite of the president of Yale Univer- He was born in Alexandria 1n 1869 | S, Gt Suddeniy of s heart attack and came to Washington in 1900, re- | *"Ajhough she was not in good health | maining here until recent s, for some time, Mrs. Angell's condition pile 8 survived by his widow, Alice A. | "t wegis” conmidatnd stelons. Hoe s; ree children, Mi Hilda Garrison, Roland and Galt Davis, lndl e e wklnl ) pml“umd‘ for a trip to Seal Ha to spen: six granchildren. He was the father of the late John Wesley Davis, the Summ:r, and co]lnpnd at'her work. known in thlngton business circles. .',{P:;;l the q mnm conn‘n:l’ ::7 . the universities o? British Empire, in London and ldlnbu h. 11 was formerly Miss Marion ous of Des Moines, Dr. and were m: December 18, Al ed“n. to \;lll in 1921, .t'l':: Bride Bouguets a_Specialty served several yoars as. ac e ruldmz of the Unlvonlw mo brothers, C. Momu. and Phil wnmu, cmcm ene * ’ Your Friend S | daughter and s son, beside her husband, Birthday . SASNETT Fi.l—NERAL SET |Wife of Yale President Col- lapses While Packing for Trip to Maine. Coal mines in North China are in- creasing productlon —can be appropriately re- membered no matter how much distance separates you. We Telegraph FLOWERS —to all points, assuring prompt service and satis- factory condition, Very Moderate Prices GEO. SHAFFER 900 14th St. | | Tomorrow. Funeral services for Edward C. Sas- | netfi Washington attorney, who was | drowned while swimming in the Poto. mac River late Monday, will held the funeral home of Almus 1623 Connecticut avenue, at loc! tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be pri- vate. Mr. Sasnett, who lived st 1802 On- | tario place, was swimming off a float neer Dempsey’s Boat House when he | i itation were futil ‘Woman Denies Betrothal. 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The one pictured has five cubic feet capacity and may be purchased on a small first payment and monthly pay- ments so small that the amount is not much more than the daily cost of ice. You always have the coldest tem- perature, day and night, and no bother of dripping water, etc. It’s easy to have this great home convenience on terms to suit 3-Piece Hand-woven Fiber Bed-Davenport Suite A practical as well as comfortable suite of attractive style. Con- struction in hand-woven fiber, 3 pieces, as pictured. Bed-Davenport, concealing. a full size bed; Armchair and Rocker. Auto spring- filled, cretonne-covered seat cushions. S The Julius Lansburgh F uyulure Co. MMM Enerance, 909 F Se. MMM OF HEART ATTACK Service for River Victim to Be KddA sank without warning. Efforts at re- | $3.00 27x54 in. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, | Leopold Moeller Buried After Serv- The funeral of ld_ Moeller, re- kit was. heid i Hos| , was . Mai O‘!galie Church today at 9 n'cl:,ek following brief services at the chapel of undertakers. Bur- Direction of Liquor Fleet by Radio Explained in Trial of Fifty-nine. e Mary's meler!. Mr. Moeller, who 75, retired about 13 ’YC“" ago lfld since had lived virtually in seclusion at the home, 1222 Lawrence sireet northeast. where he Lad swrounded himself with his works of art. o — e By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, June 24.—Forest Redfern, radio expert, who decoded enemy communications during the war, testified yesterday at the trial of 59 alleged members of & rum syndicate of intercepting 600 coded messagés sent in 1920 to rum ships on stormy At- icked up from l Mn( patrol bos ahd others from & and land stations. Sent by Secret Station, He said he spent months translating em. They were sent, he testified, from ln lllenl station maintained by the rum ring at Atlantic Highlands. The raidi of the station in 1920 was fol- lowed by the arrest of many of the de- fendants, whose operations the Govern ment contends, were on a gigantic scale, After a defense ajtempt to keep Red- | tern from mnmh:gd [0 to ;h'e cmunug messages een defes Questioned by police. ~HeRAQUATters de- | ohqin |momnie fon the. Depastment. ot tectives took her into custody for iIn-| Gommerce read the wording of some | veatigation fter treatment had been| of the instructions to mother rum administere Bine H. A. Young, manager of the grooery lec them 400 cases each. concern, told police Mrs. Morgan en- fered the store shortly after 4 o'clock | I nt thet meny, but tey to and asked the way to Police Headquar- | ters, explaining that she wished to in- | quire_about & rumor that her hus-| band had been 'MATE RUMORED SLAIN, WIFE TRIES SUICIDE Takes Poison Upon Hearing False Report of Husband’s Death in Game Raid. A fake report that her husband had been siain in & gambling raid was at- tributed by Mrs. Myrtle Morgan, 6 years old, of 1513 E street southeast, as the cause of an attempt to end her life by swallowing poison late yester- day afternoon. The woman collapsed at the National Wholesale Grocery Co., 479 C street, and was taken to Emergency Hospital, where she admitted taking poison when | Anstriptions Glves, killed in a raid earlier | speed boats.” | he could give her the direc- | Rogrors told e he o | tions, the woman fell unconscious at | his feet, Young said. b | A check-up revealed Mrs. Morgan's | husband had been missing for some time and that police had been asked to locate him. Detective Sergt. Jacob Wolf arrested the woman when she was discharged from the hospital five hours later. She |18 being held at the Woman's Bureau. st R | _ Chinese girl students at me ‘Women' A movement has been launched in | College of the National University, in | Scotland for earlier church services, so | Peiping, have been forbidden by the\th- utomobile owners may cnjo | principal to address each other as “Miss.” longer Sunday trips, " colm MecMasters. Only 15 of the Governmen witnesses had been puty on the when the trial was adjourned for the day. The case is expected to take three weeks. T 11'1\“ ‘ A [ cial on This 10-Piece Genuine ‘94 Odd Pieces Special Green Enamel Secreened Crib ang, Chair seats construction, good style and finish, that =50 rugs in scatter $2.49 cavered In & beautiful, eolorful Dattern of dusable erstonns. $2 Delivers This Fine, Comfortable Divan, Balance, Ceonvenient Terms of $1 Semi-Monthly. . Ivory Enamel Dresser $119 Three large draw- ers. Ivory enamel. Plate mirror. Self Sharpener 2 Junior, Table or Bridge Decorated Paper Parehment hmp 39c 94 - | months against the average are shown ‘They | in the following table: “Load a divided balance between Lwo | Apriy Redfern told how he losated the sta- | in 322 | 1889, mPYS3099uR ! F &m—wnm wold. ovnl. -uh pearls: yester. D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1931 RUM SHIP AIR CODES| [re= wearsze | COMMISSION GROU s e Columbla—Patr mum. warmer nmnh t win v Wanme in the interior tomorrow ~moderate northeast winds. o= OFFICIAL SUCCUMBS m;‘ Edward L. Roberts Dies of I Complications Following l Pneumonia. meter—4 p.m., 86; 8 pm, 72 ‘Thermo! P 12 lnldlallhl. 70; 4 a.m,, 68; 8 am, 69 bm.| Fiward L. Roberts, general manager and secretary of the Natlonal League ture, 88, occurred at|of Commission Merchants, died early today at his home, 7601 Morningside Death was ascribed to heart which, . followed pneu- 330 .m. !n“r’esh v’zmpentun. 67, occurred st 5 a.m. today. ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 96; Jowest, 69. Tide Tables, (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 2 am. and 9:44 pm.; high tide, 2:45 am. and 3:10 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 10:33 a.m. and 10:42 pm.; high tide, 3:43 am. and 4:11 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 4:42 am.; sun sets 7 a'r pm. un rises 4:42 a.m.; sun uu Tt pm. monmuzwp.u..uul Automobile lamps to be ligl half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Comparative figures of the monthly rainfall in the Capital for the first six drive. complications, monia contracted in December: Mr. Roberts had been with the Na- tlonal League of Commission Merchants since 1920, and had & wide acquaintance in the fruits and vege! le- trade, had been prominently {dentified u:“h 1; and 8t. David's loemy having held the office of pualdenz or the l:mr addition was undry Men's In president of the Fou uh and at the time of his death wu & member of Foundary M. E. Church. Funeral services will be eonducted in Foundry M. E. Church tomorrow l!m- noon at 3 o'clock, Burial will Granville, N. Y, | He is survived by his widow, Anna; -1a brother, John E. Roberis of West- wlet, Vt.; a sister, un 'Illhn G.| rts of Onnvull. . fall for the first llllhllf~brofl|lrl Hugh Wllll-l!ll. West- t.; Robert Willai Utiea, ‘and William H. Willi Gran- Average. January...3.55 ins. February. .3.27 ins, March 7! Ma Ap: 9.13 inches; 10” inches; June, 1000, 1 Licenses. and Nors T. Leech, inches. Marmge y n. ther in_Varions Cities. ’fi‘“ F Temperatur. » Z Ei 4, and Olll II"I'C. Chapel Hill, N. B hicne A N . 30, and Sara H. Lesner, dge Robert E. Mat- %243, Stations. ; arshe Weet g er Luther Lo Leroy Thompson, 30, Bal Jackson. 22, Cumberland, hy 3383338888303 1 o, and Naomi Jest. s, Va.; Rev, Geor ¥ Ssnresgazazensatasasnsetal Orle York, N.¥. homa Cliy. ebr. . 32828 20823V 3322323B232, ;n-lu‘n’-“. ,,°“,5~ 'y aleigh,’ N Redmond. Tae 1 Alomm Bt ‘Willla II! fiulun. Ay Wm. Funeral Chapel 413 N BT NE. lel. “u service. CHAS. S, ZURHORST 30} !Al’ Qfl% '{!. ‘)o_up—%fiirch'r&m—— | 3034 M St MW" “Bhong s s EEO W Wl!! CO. M ST CHAMBERS V. L. SPEARE CO JOHN K-WRIGHT o, 1337 10th St. N.W. _ Phone North 6847 W. W. Deal & Co. 816 H ST. NE. LINCOLN 8200. J. WILLIAM LEE'S SONS, CREMATORIUM P, A" 1388 Thos. R fiafiq:s Son 817 11th St. S.E. R altar.’ spai 4 Onen-xcn time. todsy) Horta (Papanao in TCurrent obiei vapions.) uda 8 P R LOST ANIMALS I 8l fi’.._ug 34 faryland ave, s.w. Nt. LOST. BT new. ostrich skin, large sum of money, eit tion of Washington, 'Vt tween there and 1th, 4 turs 0_Apt. AR PRATERNFFY Dearis: Initisled “C. . 8" or_at Glen Echo; reward 4768-J. PIN- rday. Cail District €old lntil‘n Star pin; lost Bat Reward. Piease call Atlantic 2011. e, much Yo, nw. SATCHEL, black_leather. SopTainn d&h ed . R, Ji " H. ul J/ initialed -C. L. Moss n New Jeries o HieL et o 1 2162. . Te; Tex. 30. Huron,’ 8. D, 2011 e i Cloua: M oudy Gle Cles Ph 5 g D & lear 0" n Die Cloudy ) a & b 30 loudy e vol ons. her. London,_ 42 Clous: der v Pri Ge = ur t § aneou 20 = = ESK: ellie. rd_st. n. 15° Ad 3.4 lost :fiq med, d wa & ard. J. W, ake, bet ou ATTRACTIVE . .. HOMES ARE MADE. .. AWNINGS inis o select Trom of hand-f CORNELL WALL PAPER CO. 714 13th St Natl. 6708.6709 atsured fored L4 Established 1850 Lady Attendant 1750-24 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Phones: NAtional 55125513 [ N0 BRANCH OFFICE | DESIGNS, ca:%fim E .Recommend CHAMBERS Ambulances Clean, Fre Charges Lowest $4.00 Any Place Dtgmfied Funeral For Funerals By Wire Anywhere At Lowest Possible Cost All a ll lllhllA F esres on ,3\"5'»:- = -d-m'" of this mlllll‘a ‘W m'tfll- e l-lll Enuud LM.(GAWLER Q. * Puneral Directors * 1804 M St N.W. Phone Potomae 4170-4171 inty. fll{l Office: is try way. 1407 H St. N, tural | Big! ization. Association, the be in nd three | HARRIS, W. Floyd Myers, Retired Farmer, to Be Buried Friday. Priday. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Community dante, Bu hs 8chool, | Eighteenth and Monroe streets, 8:30 pm Meeting, La Fayette Lodge, Chapter 37, O. E. 8, Fourteenth-and Kenyon ctreets, 8 p.m. MRS, ANGELL DIES |25 e e o | R I(eeunf. Community c:ntzr. 8 pm. 'PUTD'RI Luncheon, Central Business Men's He | Association, Hotel Logan, tomorrow, 1:30 pm. Luncheon, xivlnh oluh WI.shlnmn , | Hotel, tomorrow, 1 Although diamonds have long been prized, their ml.l hnllty was not Tevealed until 450 years ago, when the modern uchn!que of diamond cutting had its birth. Cards of mhanku. FORD. MARY E. We take this mesns in gipressing our sincere thanks to the Iriends for iheir ing 'the Tecent (liness snd wife and mother, MARY E FO gecuried at My HER HUSBA! uAmu‘oN cullxl .?l RY. eepest appra ar Telatives and m gay, school and " of 5 A Boret " tributes “TA S "r' reavement: THE P/ VIRGINIA ANN. We thank our friends snd re D ess aiso’ for their besut: mwu. ¢ He time of our Tecent bercan PAMILY, ulmnx ELIZA. We wish to_acknowledge ateful “appreciation the tokens of Y pathy exDressed by the ¢ Daster, officers and members of the jurch, our kind helenbors s 4" friends for their services consolation ‘and forsl tributes at i death of our dear mother, CARNALIS JAME: Born st Glen Witton., v- on ABril 30, 2nd died in Washing Holland wum-r to their Richard, 1t uri Avril 1894 Vihortly he ine up the two Children of Mrs, er, who is now 13, and m Biama i Ti1s ahd Various DUnited Siates. she went to 3 Thropp in_li fine and S Face. Br. Wilmer uld that the mnamon irom no on out' Rer iife he beauty and strength (held the attentlo us: of on of ; he e} ¢ a5 h.:" g 55, Lo every of he Was the truest x 85 357 human be o Lh\nr('l m’ : 7 vt 3 d f ) o '.‘:' Fus Representatives overnment were ?pu ers.” Bhe was n; ':m nnmnm and ;wmnm ne; from the believy Dl';: 'hJ‘h nul of the true. simple of the genul Sought ‘s hom h hy I ted te wnd -'wf{fi *er “brother and. his o old to ¢ who loved her whith ¢hn never be reflied. Bufl;n. on B'nal B'rith Lodge, Jewish | P! .lelz‘ N flnl. 1. at ETH ) { ey g PENNINGTO Iso1, Erlisiona Cemniery. RENTICE, CLYDE. 931, at Prnrmlru loved husbgna 5 hrida: day. “Jine ends invi Cemet. ”fi'“" ID'AII! L. Tuesday. June 23, 5, hie rosldenea, 7601 Morningside EDWARD BERTS, Yo Tsed ears,” beloved Bustand e R Ronaets puntral al etvieet™ “Foundry M. a7, i 0! lt:‘.‘ g e ”‘ I urtl& Nnol’ll oah. CRelathies Toverment Fort Lin- E. Church. Thi e 25, at 3 pm. Tarerment Gramvie N ROBINSON, WALTER. Departed this lite 1931, en route to Gar Hospital al, wu.m ROBINSOR. Hi 1p, mourn their oss v children. a mother, father. six br gne cister and a hojt of other relatives d friends. Puneral TUCEE tlom Griee's Tuneral patiors. denly. Mond: INETE lr"!gw‘mgua enty, Mondas, ind ‘o ‘Bestrive lg- s-snm and ) Senett. r of Edwgrd C. Jonn R 20 Ajmu -r: 1 . uudl e 3.8t 2 pm. private. AXTON, HENRY DE. eyening of June 2. i - Taterment BORNE. On the st his residence. Y DEARBORNE voungest son of NGELINA. On Mo her Fesidence, 35 3 ved " wite rom h Thursday, June tnence™ o oty Rotary feculem ‘mess” wil be’ sune at riends invited. . whe! 9 ocloek. Relat Interment Mount Olivet Ce 24 ., SARAH Morday, e a2 e, "ur relldtnu, ce. 18 Atlantic .muy City, 'RGUSON ( t-\ e S amion: Audrey snd_Lela by et susor 23, 19 glipnLes e X sreele Tate” residcace 3611 Wapder 4t a s, therice ta’ the a ne rom _Zio: Chureh o inston oficlating. — Interment at Harmeny Cemetery. THOMPSON. SMITH NATRANIEL. On Sun- 931. SMITH day. June THOMBSON, "aevoria husband ot Estells o, § e E. Tuesday, June u HERMAN. 1. Tosch. Re- Fabler tuncral home, Tvices and interment run ational Qemetery on Thursdss. Arlingt ath ional Qemet irsda: latives Thd" triends tnvited” o ‘Me;d June 33 1831, ou; the repor r Olfvet Cometers. wol'rrlln N, MARY. i 122 Buddenly, i be v after 12" Hoon nnudnm i nonuu D sts. at 1 oy, June 3 Hitives ‘tha" Prlenas thvit In Memoriam, G5 | COLLING, ANNA Ma ‘nmrsd Olivet Cemeter: "SAN E. Departed this life Tues O Jane 2. 1931 ‘."z 3 qcloek By l‘ 8 P nd s host f 1 Sund June e S g “Jarvia Go. run dnieh, 1433 You ICK C On Tus O ORLE . Fiai b By residence: Clark ;{‘Ml:e ul mnenl dt l l(onds B Jllll 3 l. E f cul t. 4t} Hev, Brewer, Daster. , MARTHA AN! c‘;‘.é;lfl!ll night, ,;l f her }’ Temetery. Rlex- latives and friends lnvlled L. DOPII i i 200 an On Mondey, June in" the Rrel Hrom her A-)llt. e "'-*-; W W’ffihm :.‘. £ Ml 3 Jlgil fl. '.«.-vgf",'.:; a...‘.x.m L S, my beloved wife E . W this life three ‘ears ago tedey, June Today recalls the memery our loved one 1al’ o rest, And thase who think ef her Are those who lovea mer ‘best. We are thinking f you, desr wife kinx of m. past. W Twe sawyeu Tast. 'flwv ay time heals broken hearts, ut oh. it seems untrue, Por three lons vears our hesrts have ac e Dear miother, for you. Sunshine passes. sha ughts, dear mother, JAND. JAMES F. COL- DEV/ xnmn- o ST 45K MARY A. R A.ll. as mine for \CGHTER. ETHEL RABBITT. * JEFFERSON. SOPHIA AND ALIII"II'IAC In By of our devots rted S ""!fl"oa nsband; ALBERT c. N, Who dled Awrll 28, 1929, N t not forgoiten. A%, WARY = 'ANB ALice aEr- snr-n GEORGE. In sad but anes of our’ husbapd and MASON, who Gephried This e one year ‘ago.’ June Gone, but not lomv;. Y. PoWELL, AERT O In leving remsm 9’??3"‘.%—*1.‘3!.:‘.‘:‘2 Fered imem us e -m ‘:n Pt e Pk e m sis- SR G TS utifal memory mother, resting fve m now ‘Tletheth in space that 15 calied m y‘ My aweetly rest with X "'51"' K 'omr'm'. devoted mother, » sieep, how saintul to your i s MASON, ovin Beautitul