Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1931, Page 3

ATTACK LEGALITY National Commissioner Presides at Christmas Fete. The Girl Scouts’ annual Christmas celebration was held last night in THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1931. i GIRL SCOUTS CELEBRATE |auarters, 1400 New Hampshire avenue. A program of musical selections and dances will be presented. The children will receive presents and refreshments. el Nearly 10,000 canaries were shipped l!‘om Norwich, England, to the United States In the last 12 months. Will Lecture on China. Rev. Henry Rowland, pastor of the Langdon Methodist Episcopal Church, who has spent seven years in China, will lecture on that country this evening in Langdon Lodge, No. 26, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Rhode Island l AT CHAS. SCHWARTZ & SON Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and Harvard and Mills avenues northeast. streets, with Mrs. Gerrit S. Miller, na- tional commissioner, presiding The program included a series of tableaux, depicting Christmas performed by Troops 26, 61 Gifts of clothing and toys poor of the city were brought by each troop, in line with the extensive charitable activities of the Girl Scouts | this year. Hi ORPHANS TO BE GUESTS OF LSH SENTENC Attorneys for Wife-Beater Renew Fight on Takoma Park Police Court. o WHY NOT GIVE COAL? Perhaps you hadn’t thought of it, hut it's a real practical, useful gift and we'll deliver such a gift during the Christmas season anywhere in Washington at K1.00 per ton less than our regular price. Send your card with it, too, if you wish. sic LOOK | to our hard coal—you'll stay ‘j? . || § satisfied! ORDER TODAY! || For the By & Staff Correspondent of The Star ROCKVILLE, Md., December 18— The legality of the sentence to the| whipping post for wife beating of Jo-| Homeless orphans will be the guests 7~ e o iof the League for the Larger Life at | feoh © ailon 0 el T“k"";“ i a Christmas celebration tomorrow night Park carpener, imposed by Judge A. L |3 GGRIock inthe organization's head- Wilson of the Takoma Park Police | Court this week, is questioned in habeas | Dependable Coal Service Since 1858 ity of the acts of the Takoma Park | 811 ESt. NW. NAtional 0311 court which began before Judge Robert 649 Rhode Island Ave. N.E. Phone North 1600 Schwartz B. Peter in Circuit Court here today Carlton, sentenced to 10 lashes at the whipping post and 10 days in jail by Judge Wilson this week on charges brought by Carlton's wife that he beat her, may escape the lashes if the con- tentions of the attorneys attacking the validity of the court's action are upheld Day Case Was First. Whiteford and Cissel first brought habeas corpus proceedings on behalf of Reuben D. Day, convicted by Judge Wil- | son of a vic f the motor vehicle | laws and 2. Yes- terday they g ction behalf of Carlton. who is now servi the 10-day sentence in the Rockville tail Opening the a; Atorney Cissel contended that the #{ Maryland places the administration justice only in the Court of Appeals uit Courts, the Orphans’ Courts and justices of the peace. He contended that Judge Wilson was never appointed | s peace, but was named and that such action 1s | * Before The New Year Arrives, Let Us Measure and Make for You New duPont TONTINE WASHABLE Window Shades RUSH PRINTING EXPERT SERVICE BYRON S. ADAMS These “Salesmen” Will CONVINCE You! For a gift that will give untold pleasure. .. Send “Burton’s” FLOWERS This Christmas uments this morning. | —If you’re looking for Christmas Gifts that last ™43 Years \ORTY-THREE years is a long time o and each Christmas has brought a host of gift seekers to Chas. 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The ! attorney general's office contends that there would be no liability. as Judge Wilson is a “de facto judge The case being heard today js that fnvolving the attempt to free Dav, as the two actions will be simi every respect. A writ was the attorneys yvesterday. howeve: ng that Carlton “is illegally and restrained of his libertv Richard H. Lansdale, the sheriff of Montgomery County.” Will Rogers maximum economy apd convenience! 2 FLOWERS OVER THE WORLD. R R S VeV E SRR Hollv and other wreaths made to order at As a member of the Flor- special prices ists' Telegraph Delivers As- sociation we can send your Flower order around the Prompt delivery in 'S NURSERYMEN Hyatts. 785 Atlantic 0162 There’s Satisfaction in warld William King & Son COAL MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1835 Main Office 1151 16th Street Phone Decatur 0273 EVERGREENS Box Woods, Junipers, Retinosporas —and many other varieties of 1f! Evergreens—BALLED —ready for 1 1 planting. S i GEORGE A. 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