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BnfiVES SCHOOL
FRATS WILL OBEY
RULING BY BOARI
Dt. Simon Expects Bij
Problems in Extra
Enrollment.
Belief that 75 per cent of biff
wheal frateraitiea will abide by th
sclipoi board order authorising Di
Prank Ballou. superintendent o
puWi.' schools. to compel member
of flisapproved fraternltlea. nei
SeptMnber from indulging In
?cho?l activities. other than schol
aettc. was expressed last night b
t)r. Abram Simon, who was r?
<tecf?rt last Friday to presidenc
of the Board of Education.
Finds Mattant With HesH.
-Tke school hoard does not wis
to ' crush high school spirit.' Di
Simon declared. "1 think the ma
Joftt* of sentiment expressed on th
fratfrnlty matter Is in accord wit
th* board's ruling, and rather tha
cruahing school spirit the hoar
proraof'i it." he said.
?r. Simon said that untveraltUe
throughout the country *" dea
appssr-1" to high school fraterni
In discussing plans of the schoe
hoari for next September, he sal
tha construction of schools and tb
question of teachers' salaries wou
receive first consideration
Kxpeets Lara* Earallmeat.
o_r of the greatest problems, n
?l|- would be the distribution c
strata in the various schools, s
a large enrollment Is expected
every school.
We cannot expect the nei
Khool building, to be ?rectedb<
ror.ext year, and with tha eoIn*
enrollment of approximate!
1 dm kindergarten children, th
matter of distribution will be on
of pur sreatest problems. Di
Simon said.
CAUGHT WITH AUTO
RUN DOWN OFFICE!
Twe Boys Taken in Sixth A1
lejred Attempt at
Theft.
Colliding With an ofllcer whiles!
t.mntine to steal an automobile
?"T'ear-o.d boys. Arthur R c
aTd Benson. 3412 P street nortH
west, and Jam.-. H'nr>rMc-H"
h,. 1713 Thirty-fourth ?tre?
northwest, were arrested by Detet
tive Hergts. AlUffood and Darnell a
Thirteenth and F streets last nigh
The officers trailed the lads fro?
Thirteenth and E streets n?
wtat, and claimed they attempt*
t_ away with six automobile
Lu-of Which proved to be loc
proof. At K street they manage
Jo get one started, police M.
K?n?>nu- up alongside.
them to halt. Detective AlUgoo
was struck as the machine swerve
to ?scape him Regaining bis fee
Alllgoort Jumped upon the runnin
board and grabMng **
driver, managed to halt the m?
Chf>e*ective Alligood sustained la<
eratlors of the hand and injurw
to the hip.
The automobile. which wa
brought to headquarters, is t*
property of Ruth Tervlllicer. 171
Connecticut avenue northwest.
P. 0. DEPARTMENT
PLANS FIELD DA.
Track and field same* for en
ployes of the Postofllce Departmer
will, be held on the Monumei
grounds Saturday at 3:3ft o'clock ur
dre the auspice!* of the P. O. 1
Athletic Association. An invitatic
haj. been extended to Postmast<
General Hays.
Edward F Robertson, presldei
of the association, assisted by tl
??ntry committee. William Hasting
John A. N?mss and Ray l. Grinstea<
haa arranged a program, with evenl
for men and women. The Judg<
are former sportsmen now employe
in th* Post office Department,
f* JCopdrup and John Doyle, of tfi
TMm! Assistant Postmaster Oenei
tit Bureau, and C. H. Ourand, <
th# office of the Comptroller.
ISSUE 1,309 DRIVER
PERMITS IN J UNI
v *
pCring June 1 30* permits to ot
erate motor vehicles were approve
by the captain of the District tral
ftc .bur* .tu. This is an increase c
29* over the number issued durln
th? preceding month, and an t*
crease of 49* over April. Dunn
M%r' however, *he permits issu*
E ?xcea?>d those during Jane b
1.4U
|AH. month 252 applications fc
th&Ctv 'ration of motor vehicles wer
%: - .
rvjitland Seeks Bus Line.
K*H MARLBORO Mil.. Jwfv
1 of passenger and freight trane
! ftof^tlon between Puitland an
nea ry nolnts to Washington wa
?Otiph?sixed at a meeting of the Suit
Improvement Association an
tafe,<^rr-inittee was named to loo
in Co a proposition to have the Tide
line extend it* bus system t
r ulp* community: W. H. Harrlsoi
T. *ff.4 Pcach, George J. Hess an
W.* 3S- West.
- 1 will give yon the lerrice
1 yen have the right to expect
ARMSTRONGS
- Two Upholstering Shop*
: 1233 10th St N. W. i
Fraaklla 74*3
2 Parlor Suites and Fireside ]
. Cbalra?Upbo'.sterlna in all Its ;
. branches Prone or write. }
. Van Will call with latest j
- soring samples and estimate
- jie. Also chair caneing and j
r t>orch roclrers splinted.
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_ ,A- 9 ?RJUt.h;rford' Great Incohonee, head of the Improved
Order Of Red Men, upper left. Robert S. Strobel, Great Sachem
ot the District, upper right. Representative Joseph Brvnes, of
* Tennessee lower left, and John I. Bunch, Great Chief of Records
. lor the District, who will conduct the ceremonies attending the
r adoption of President Warren G. Harding into the Improved
r ^, ? Men at the White House, Thursday morning.
... ~7f adoption ceremonies will be brief and only a few high
officials of the order will be permitted to atteml Besides the
tireat Incohonee. Chiefs of the Great Council from all sections of
the country will participate in the ceremony The adoption ceremon>,
which is adopted lrom the Indian custom of greeting
and making iriends with the whiter and is similar to the naturalization
methods practiced today, will be conducted by the Great
Incohonee. /
1- Capital and Suburbs Planning Big
:! List of Events to Celebrate 145th
?j Anniversary of Nation's Independence
^ Washington ha* planned an elab- Slates Marine Hand will play several
' orate program tomorrow in cole- patriotic airs.
* bration of the Hith anniversary of Notable among the eelehraiinni
y the birth of American independence, will be tho?e held by the Pinej
/ A galaxy of picnics, athletic con- Branch. Takoma Park and Petwortt
S tests. dunce*, pageants and com- citizens' associations
A munity parades will be held In , ,? ._?k
d every section of the city. At night. ..... .. S*eak.
t. If the sky Is clear, fireworks will A'h,*lic events, a parade, and
g boom and shoot their greetings In ? 1 fireworks will feature th?
IC varl-colored lights. I iney Branch afTair. Edgar R Hen
i- To s,,. derson. president. has promised th<
_ residents an elaborate program
_ ?>n? of the outstanding features Representative Ira G. Mersey, oi
' of ,h* encampment of non-commix- Maine, will he the principal speakei
lened officers of the Washington at Takoma Park A big parade, foi
lligh School Cadets, at Camp Simms. lowed by community singing, wil
ie t onB^e,!l Heights, will be an ex- be given by the residents
5 VinS %miHr0iBrfm ?f ,?thlft'C. con"sls- An elaborate program of patriotii
have Tr individual winners anrt athletic number. has been ar
?by ,L,e"V R,ch- ""f-1 by the Pot worth association
i ^ "" " wal b" th" association s thlr
dam, will .?J ? Xft barn f?"th annual celebration of Inde
17 ii oonc,ud? the celebration. pendtnee Dtv.
X The Festival of Freedom," a ?
tableau depicting period* in Ameri- * ^,,k Pnp?d'j.
can history, will be presented at The day's sports will be launche<
it Central High School tomorrow night w*th a patriotic parade, which wil
lt under the auspices of the commun- 'orm on Quincy street, east and wc?
L 't.v center The celebration will ?/ Nevv Hampshire avenue and 01
pj j open at 8 o'clock when the United j N>w Hampshire avenue facini
lfl ' Quincy street. Those in the marel
r suspect captured j parade will start at 10 o'clock sharp
?t | AFTER TWO SHOTS ciuSe
? | tilting tournament tomorrow at th<
s. Arousing the suspicions of Sam- ' big Fourth of July celebration t<
a uel Katilin, who conducts a store j b* held *' Congress Heights. Th
s ?f Tenth .-,h v . ^ winner of the tournament wil
at Tenth and K streets northwest. | the prettiest girl attendlni
d to whom he was trying to sell a j the celebration. Queen of Beauty.
J- ring. Louis Shade, colored, iO years ' ?ther ?v*nts on the program fo
,e old 417 K etrppf . . . the sixth annual celebration are ai
r- !!.: V' ! northwest, dashed ; address by Representative Sid
)f out of Katalin s store, dodged Sergt. , ney Mudd: fl?-ld events, dance an<
Adams, of the ^Seventh precinct sta- i two baseball games between teami
tion, who was in front of the store, j of the Potomac league. The tiltini
and ran down K street to Seventh i contest will start at 3 o'clock ant
where he was captured by Private the .winners, besides having th?
g Kane, of the First precinct station. hon?r of crowning the queen wil
who fired two shots in the chase. * o'v'de $100 in ca*h prizes.
Shade was locked t\p at the First ' Th<* committee for the celebratioi
d precinct station and later was trans- comPo,"<' of James Fowler, chair
ferred to the Seventh precinct sta- man: Andrew Jarboe. chief marshal
" tion. where he is beine held for ind the fo"owing judges: Augus
investigation. Bender, Thomas Dean. Albert Sans'
bury. J. Henry Kirby, Jesse L. Heis;
w/xs in junction khi "*j 0re"*
AGAINST MELLON Rural Life Conference at
I The Minneapolis*^ st. P.ui ,?d Fredericksburg Norma
e ^."thf1!,!!"!' ^al'r"*f> Company FRKDERlCKSBfRG. Vt, July X
, j , . se ? * "*ht yes- ?a rural life conference Is announC'
to nrtjr?. L r.r,C S"pr?me Court ed by President A. B. Chandler. Jr.
urv Mel in - * e Treas- director of the summer school al
na'v th! .,! forcing them to the State Normal School here, foi
i- II' I U wages of custom In- July 22. Two sessions will be held
d'oa???ni* *? searc l^e baggage of Division superintendents, school
is States t entering the United trustees, members of the hoard ol
- hour, fit i a"ada between the supervisors, representatives an*
d (lavs h'i T' * a' m' on Sun" others Interested In the problem:
k justice win? - ?f rur"? life ?" inTlt'd to
i. . . am Hit. In Equity The tentative proeram Ine|udrs nH.
J?n?.fnnUd thC rer,uest of the Presses by Superintendent Harrii
j iniiin ti company for a permanent Hart, President A. B. Chandler, jr.
d a*a,n8t s^rretary Mellon Mrs B B Munford, president Cot
olUrf f* from attempting io operative Education Association; Su nfflru?/0m
the rai,road company Perintendent Blake T. Newton. Sen
" urv- m?"*y to meet the Treas- ator C. O'Connor Goolrick, Dr. W
* 3 expenae for ??tra work. J. Young. Miss Eula D. Atkinson
m Cf A Drnrn/\?T **? Dr- Cha*"l?? O. Maphis, Dr. E. O
? CLjJxittjIXDON PLANS Wlllllms, State health commlaBIG
CFf??Rt?ATirk\i H,oner: Superintendent J. H C He'
17 ^ c'L'&HKArION representing U. S Bureau of Educa=
CT APPvnAv 71 tion; Pearl M. Hicks, representing
f ^S?S5JX.S?^%r
fourih of July'rM.'bra'ti'oB'h. ,re Co-operative Wool Mill
I ?ntMyby0"inc,ti?nr"Aj'^i.?ro? Boon to Maryland Far met
I to lh? community will be hoiaf?H
i on the public square noisted COLLEGE PARK. Md . July I.?
? o 3,he pro<fram' ^'hich will begin at About 4.000 blankets and 500 auto*
'' by the'r,' WQlh .patr,ot'c airs mobile robes were made from Mary.
?j ine Clarendon Band, followed hv . a.
i Invocation by the Rev. Frank 8 8upp,y of wocl ,Mt y ar and
- Lackey, of St. Charles Catholic wer? purchased chiefly in the com*
'' rmlfil.- CA*Pt F W Jordan, of the munitie? from which the wopl ori?.
I S .?",on"0^fcniar:ndonPrB.nd ,M"' th^'h I
music will be filrnished by a com- ?Peratlve agencies. The venture
| munity chorug under direction of wa? '?o successful from the standi
T . Sherman: the Arlington Point of the wool growers, whe
r h p ??^arte?' and a tenor ?o'o received a satisfactory price foi
[ The flA n. r^n*- ot Washington, their wool, that the plan will h.
i of th K- ? placed In custody resumed in many countlea this vear
^ BeeAr Jmh" by ,h.e R!V ?E c n'" ot th? feature, ol
' M^ TI, wln b? accepted by Ralph the plan, according to Dr. F. B
M Thomas scoutmsster. Bomberger. acting director of th?
* and will -- --* Pe"r?' chairman University of Maryland extension
' Fherman A B Faton T C' *?rvlce *n<s specialist In co-opera
lonn. C.H Mcf rifl ! E I ??. ! ^ '" rketln* Is the wllllngneai
and A. K Mason Bennett and ability of producer anl manufacturer
to work tocether.
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450 CHILDREN NOW
SWIMMERS AFTER
ONE WEEK COURSE
Herald Classes at Tidal
Basin Completely
, Successful.
Thoir youthful bodies a nutbrown
color. Lots IJUie, 11, of 227
Maple avenue, Takoma Park, and
Ralph Deemer, alio 11. of 213 Maple
avenue Takoma Park, pupils of
The Washington Herald swimming
class, were declared the most efficient
swimmers In a class of 600
boys and girls by Oeorjc H. Corsan.
their swimming Instructor, yesterday
afternoon at the Tidal Basin
Bathing Beach.
The youngsters, who could not
swim a week ago, are now considered
old timers in the "steam
boat" and side arm strokes, according
to Corsan. Ix>ls Is the
daughter of R. D. IJlile who Is
employed in the Agricultural Department:
and R. B. Deemer, local
real eatate man, is the father of
Ralph.
The swimming class was a success
from every standpoint, approximately
450 boyg and girls' having
learned to swim In the last
week.
GEORGETOWNUNION
CANNOT FIND HOME
Long Search for Community
Center Fails to Produce
Desired Quarters.
Georgetown Union, the students'
center organisation of Georgetown
University, has failed to locate a
building to house students in professional
schools, it was reported
yesterday.
"We've got the money for either
a house or a manager, or both.'
said Maurice Lanhnm, private ?ecretary
to Senator Ashurst. of Arizona,
and chairman of the university,
"but we can't And h place."
Mr. Lanham plans to make th?
rounds of the city again, aa a
means of locating a building must
be found before the incoming classes
arrive in September. The university
is looking for one building or several
adjoining houses capable of accommodating
not less than 100 persons.
preferably close to downtowr
in the Northwest section. They Intend
leasing a building temporarily
until the permanent building fund
| is under way.
It Is proposed to make the building
the center of all social activities
In the professional schools
11 where students can board, and alsc
K've entertainments. The plan ha,
j the official Indorsement of the Rev
. John B Creeden. 8. J.f president ol
I j the university. Mr Lanham is tc
| make another report on his ?~arch
, soon.
! APARTMENT THIEF
; USES FIRE ESCAPE
r Climbing up a flre-escape to forc?
. | a rear window, thieves entered th?
.(apartment of A. R Richmond. 144?
I Park Road northwest, early yesterday
morning and. after ransaeklna
. the rooms, escaped with clothing
. valued at 150. and >8 in cash, ac.
cording to the police.
Thieves entered the home of J
- A. Purcell. 232 Fourteenth streel
northeast, early yesterday mornln;
and stole a pockethook containing
J $20. according to the police.
1 Beatrice Heywood. 645 Florid;
t avenue, reportej the loss of $ea
while on a Ninth street trolley cai
S yesterday afternoon.
> Mrs. Mary Winters, 636 E stree
B southwest, reported the loss of $8!
> on Seventh street, near Pennsvl
C vania avenue northwest, yesterday.
, FARMER SHOYDEAD
? NEIGHBOR IS HELL
1 CHARIX)TTBSVILL,E. Va., July 2
r ?In a shooting affray at Union Mills
, Fluvanna County, yesterday. Johi
. Adkins. a young farmer, was killed
1 and Joe Watson, of the same neigh
, borhood. Is in jail charged with hii
{ murder.
1 Adkins. who was married onlj
p three months ago. Intercepted i
1 letter, alleged to have Men wrltter
by Watson to his wife. In whlcl
> Watson told the young woman te
meet him at a spring near the Ad
kins home, and to whistle when sh?
arrived. The husband is alleged tc
' have borrowed a shotgun and yesterday
afternoon approached th<
spring and whistled. When Watsor
appeared, two shots rang out?on?
from the gun in the hands of Adklm
I an<' the other from a heavy revolvei
carried by Watson. Adkins aftei
. running about twenty-flve yards fell
. and died.
w,tao?. wounded, rode home, bet
llevlng he had only wounded Adkins
r A coroner's Jury found evidenct
, sufficient to hold, Wstson for th?
I murder. '
j N. S. Bowles, Disbarred,
Appeals from Decision
I Norman S. Bowles was dtsbarrer
; yesterday by the District Suprem<
. Court sitting In general term.
The grievance committee of th<
- Bar Association based Its com.
plaint on conviction or a felon;
, at the trial in which Jules (Nicky)
. Arnstein and others were chargec
. with bringing stolen bonds Into th<
, District of Columbia. Bowles wat
. sentenced to two years in the pen!
: tentlary and ordered to pay a nn<
of $5,000. At present he is at liberty
under $10,000 bond pending th<
action of the Court of Appeals. H<
also appealed frrm the dlsbarmenl
proceedings.
University of Virginia
To Celebrate Fourth
I CHARI-OTTESVILLE. Vs., July 2
?The program tor the Fourth ol
, July celebration to be held in tht
, University of Virglnla-s summei
quarter was announced by Dean
1 Chares O. Maphis today R. Gray
Williams, a prominent member ol
i the Winohester. Va., bar and presl'
dent of the Handley Endowment
i Board, will be the principal speaker
The Declaration of Independent
' will be read by Dean Maphis.
The exercises will be held In the
! new Melntire Amphitheater at 7.30
i Monday evening. The student body
will form at the rotunda In groups
I according to their States and marck
to the amphitheater. Over l,?0f
student* are already enrolled.
MTAN CLUB ASKS
MORE PROPERTY
FOR PLAYGROUNDS
Appoints Committee to
Make Survey and Plan
Extensions.
immediate acquisition of more
roperty for playgrounds for Waahamton
children is asked by the
Vsnhington Ciritan Club, the board |
f directors of which yesterday ap- i
ointed a committee to make a surey
of the school and publid play- |
rounds of Washington with the
lew to plans for their development, i
be committee is made up of 8. T.
ameron. chairman; Benjamin W.
lurch. Thomas Grant and Ernest
ireenwood.
In addition to msking a survey
f local conditions, the committee
i instructed by the board to com- i
lunicate with authoritlee in other
Ities and incorporate in its report |
description of various playground
ystems adopted by communities
drougbout the country.
Will Ask Cs-apiratt?.
If the report of the committee Is (
dopted by the Civltan Club, other
ivic organisations, churches and inividuals
will be asked to co-operte
with the plan.
In speaking of the playground
ituation in the District. 8. T. Camron,
chairman of the committee,
aid: "Washington la far behind
tost of the big cities in this counry
in providing for children's receation.
In many sections the chilren
have no space in which to
lay except the streets, while In
ther sections they use property
rhlch has been loaned by private
adividuals and which may be sold
t any time. In some sections, also,
he property belongs to the schools,
nd sooner or later will be needed
or additional buildings
"What we are interested in more
han anything else." continued Mr.
"ameron. "is the acquisition by the
Mstrict of property which can be
edicated solely ^o playground pur?oses
We do not care whether
longress appropriates money to buy
his property, or whether funds
ome from organisations or individuals.
The thing is to get enough
?laygrounds to keep the children
ff of the streets and to get ground
rhich can never be used for anyhing
else."
RELATIV ES'SOULS
BENEFIT BY WILL
Mr* Mary Martin, who died June
|. by her will directed Jsmes F.
>hea, executor of her estate, to extend
$3,000 with the pastor of St.
)ominic's Roman Cstholic Church
or masses for the repose of the
ouls of her relatives. The docunent
was filed for probate yeserday.
The sum of $500 is to be spent
or masse* for the repose of the
ouls of Mrs Martin's parents, her
ister and brother. The sum of
1.000 is to be spent for masses for
>atrick Martin, deceased husband
i Mrs. Martin. Another $1,000 is
o be spent for mssses for Felix
\ Martin son of Mrs. Martin. One
lalf of the balance of the estate
s devised to a sister of the deeased.
Ell^n Shea. of County Cork,
reland. The other half is given
o the widow and children of a
ate brother of Mrs. Martin. Jereniah
Mullane. also of County Cork.
\EW VETS' POST
ENROLLS SIX MEN
The Retired Enlisted Mens Asociatinn
at Its regular meeting
ast night admitted six new mem?ers.
Michael E. Kelly. John
VHearn.* John Sinkens. John
Throne. John Fitxpatrick and Robert
Flanagan
The association, composed of vetTans
who have seen foreign servce.
although only recently orgalized
hag 150 members. There are
it least 1.000 in the District eligible
or membership whom the society
s seeking to enroll. Vice Comnander
S. Silverman said last night.
Edward Grant is commander of the
>rganixation.
\aval Tug, Lost in Marcfi,
Stricken from Register
The U. 8. 8. Conestoga. the naval
ug missing since March 25. 1521.
?as been officially given up as lost
ind ordered stricken from the regstry.
Secretary I>enby announced
esterday.
The Conestoga left San Francisco
or Pearl Harbor. Hawaii, en route
o Samoa, on March 25. and since
hat date nothing has been heard
rom her. Although exhaustive
earch has been made by surfacce
essels and aircraft attached to th??
'aciflc fleet and to the Fourteenth
taval district, no Information has
>een obtained by the department
f the missing tug or of any mem >ers
of her c'ew.
In view of the above, the Conesoga
is considered to have been
ost with all on board.
Denies Athletics Bad
For Medical Students
CHARl/5TTESVILL,E. V*. July I
?The disadvantage of athletics to
nedical students, which hss been
idvanced as an argument for the
emoval of the medical school at the
Jniversity of Virginia to Richmond,
s repudiated by Dr. William H.
RTllmer. Washington. D. C.. an
ilumnus of the medical school and
me of the leading oculists of the
ountry.
"Quite to the contrary." states Dr.
Vilmer. in an address which he deivered
before a recent meeting of
he medical alumni, "athletica. which
iave become an integral part of colege
life are benefited by the participation
of medical men and they
ire helped by athletics. Active reponse
of brain and muscle to esch
tlmulus is thereby Inculcated. The
nedical student above all others
ihould have a 'sound mind in a
ound body.' **
Dr. Wilmer strongly urged realning
the medical school at the
iniversity.
Plan Old-Fashioned Fourth.
FREDERICKSBURG. Vi, July 2.
-An old-fashioned Fourth of July
elebratlon will b? given In Bpotylvinli
County, on Monday. near
Vrights Mill, beginning at 10
clock, with speaking, baseball
;amei and otber amusements. gooJ
hlngs to eat. such as whole roast
i*e(. fresh-water data, old country
am. fried chicken. ate. At 3:1*.
lire Run will croas bata with Wllerneas
baseball team.
Hk Bill Favors 1
CityOwnenhip
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RKPRKSF.^TATIVF 0?( AR
EDWARD KELLEB
la the (b?r ( a bill mw heftrr
the Hmm Dtatrtrt CMialtIw
prtrl?li( f#r the pahllc
ewMraklp of K MhlaftM p?h>
lie til 11 lea. Mr. Keller helftevea
tkat all the at lilt lea. tarlatflaf
the afreet ear Uaea, the gaa re?paar
a?4 the eleetrftc power
Plait ahrakl he aulelMllf
waed a ad derated.
r. Keller was e4aeate4 at the
I'Blvenritr of WUroaiii ml
eateret polltlca abeat tea reara
ago. He wu elected ta the aaaeaaMy
af the eltr ?f St. Pawl
ia l?l?j wu re-elected la 1*12,
aad whea a caaaiiMioa farai af
gaveraaeat was adopted la 1914
he was elected coat mlaa loner of
pahlle atllltlea. He was reelected
ta the use office la ltll
a ad 191H.
Rcprei?eatatUe Keller waa
elected to Coavreaa aa aa ladepeadeat
Repahllcaa treat MlaaeYOUNG
ROMANCE
ENDED BY C0UR1
Marriage of 15-Year-Old Bo;
And 19-Year-0ld Girl Annulled
by Judge.
Another *T>ojr-??d-ltrt" rominr
| has been put an end to by the Dls
trict Supreme Court.
George F. Simons, who went t
Rockville. Md.. on September 1
i 1919. when he was but 15. and go
| married, was granted an interlc
cutory degree of annulment yeater
day by Justice Hit* in Equity Ccur
apainst Mrs. Irma V. S:moQS. wh
was 19 at the time.
The suit was filed April 15 las
through the boy's mother. Mrs Mar:
j V. Simons. The wife declared tha
she knew her husband was unde
age. but did not find out that tv
was only 15 until some time afte
their marriage. Attorney M. A!
Doyle appeared for the boy husband
DAWES WANTS CUT
IN DRY LAW FUNDI
The Federal budget law is no i*e
' spector of government bureaus ant
| the Director of the Budget, in hi
{determination to cut down govern
I ment expenses, does not propose tt
sho wanv partiality, not even 1
! th prohibition enforcement bureau
I The prohibition bureau it wa
learned yesterday must toe the marl
: set by the President for all govern
j ment functions and come througl
| with an estimate for the budget di
j rectors of expenditures for the nex
year that are essential &ad anothe
j estimate of savings that can be mad
ifrom the appropriations
Director Dames thinks that 17.
500.000. which the prohibition com
i misaaoner has appropriated for en
i forcement for the fiscal year is
lot of money. To be permitted t
I spend thst much money Commii
j aloner Havnes must be able to shoi
that It is justifiable.
Landlord icith Throat Cu
Dies of Bloodpoisonin
DANVILLE. Va . July 2.?J. I
JCassel. who on June 6 was cut 1
I the throat by A. A Whitler. it
j alleged, died from bl't^d poisonin
I at his home today, having 1e1
the hospital nearly two weeks ac
i apparently ryi the mend Whirl*
was rearrested on a murder charj,
today and later was released o
15.0^0 bond. A coroner's jury wi
conduct an inquest Tuesday.
Cassel bought the house occupie
by Whitlrr and gave him thirt
! days to leave. The time expire
l?nd Whitler said he could not lir
| another house. There had bee
| several warm exchanges betwec
the men. the last, ft is alleged, n
suiting in blows inl the drawin
| of a knife by Whitler.
HP*
lies:
I the
washable
kind
35c
3 of Them, $1
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MEYER
1331 F
; " The Store 1
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BERNSTORFFS WIFE
TO GET PROPERTY
HELD SINCE WAR
Court Orders U. S. to Return
Possession! Valoed
at $1,008,000.
Jaatice William Hit* la B??Ky
Court reitcrdiy tlrwud Tkonu W.
Miller. Allen Proptrty CuMlta. to
t?rti over property, money. stock
u4 bond? valued at mora than II,******
VO the law firm of Peas lee
and Co rapt o n. of New Tork, ae
agents for Ctwtwi Johanna BeraatortT.
wife of Count Johann Bern,
torft. former Ambassador to the
United States from Germany.
The countaaa. who la a daughter
of the late Rdward Luckemeyer. a
New Tork merchant, died ault on
February 11 laat to recover the property.
which ahe claim* waa unlawfully
seized under the "trading with
the enemy act."
Luckemeyer left an estate valued
at I2.M0.MI?half of which waa
inherited by his daughter Jeanne
or Johanna Uickeyemer?now the
countess. The other half waa devised
to the mother.
Juatlce Hitx decided that none of
this property, which was under con"trol
of J. P. Morgan * Co. when
aeised. came either directly or indirectly
from any subject of Germany
or Austria and was therefore
not liable to aeiture.
At present the countess la res 14Ing
In Ilerlln. Her home Is in Starnburg.
Upper Bavaria.
EMPLOYES OFFER
GOVERNMENT AID
Want to Name Their Experts
To Assist in Reorganization
Plans.
7 , Declaring that the National Federation
of Federal Emplolyep t? tn
' favor of reorganisation of bureaus
1 and divisions of the United Stat*-?
rovernment and had urged this re
form an well as reclassification oT
e . the Civil Service and a national
- bud pet system. Acting President
Gertrude McNally yesterday offered
Q have named from its membership
a committee of experts in gov' jernmental
problems to co-operate in
t , the administration's reorgan nation
. I program.
I "President Hardinr had hardly entered
the White House before the
national officers of the federation
called upon him and urged thee*
three bir reforms." said Miss *c.
' Nelly.
, "It Is felt by the federation that
r the guiding principle In reducing
e forces should be to discharge surr
| plus employes in the order of their
L Jufloritjr. Certain exceptions should
L I course, b* made in the case of
I efficient employes." Miss McNaJly
said.
? WOMAN INJURED
IN 2-STORY FALL
i'
, : Palling to the ground from tfee
. rear porch of the second floor of
? her home early yesterday. Mrs
0 Clara King. 41 years old, *11 f
1 street southeast, sustained frarture*
r of the hip and leg. and lacerations
It and contusions of the head and
_ face. She was taken to the Casuh
alty Hospital, where her condition
. is reported serious
t Darius Arnett. IS years old. 1M>?
r Eleventh street northwest was ine
Jured about the hands when the
motorcycle on which he vii ridtn*
_ collided with an auto truck of n
_ newspaper office yesterdsv at T*T.
teenth snd f! streets northwest. Hi
was treated at the Emergency Ho*o
Pital.
* Millionaire's Son Win*
Respite from Prison
?i MICHIGAN CITT. Ind. Jully ; ?
Q Thomas Bedford. 20-year-old son of
Charles E. Bedford, millionaire pre I.
ident of the Vacuum Oil Com pan v.
n today won a respite from his senis
tence of three to five veara for eug
tomobile stealing
ft On the plra of two attorneys and
o a Philadedlphia nerve specia'ist. TV
?r j Charles Wharton, that he had he "
e j rendered mentally Incompetent bv
r. j effects of scarlet fever. Judge Harry
111 Crumpacker reopened the ca^. p"*pended
sentence, set th* case for
d further hearing durinc October an?i
y grave Bedford his freedom on bonds'
d of t;.noa
,'J "When a millionaire's son stea-s
n an auto he Is a paranoiac." seated
n Prosecutor Bohert Moore. "When
- a poor man's s?n steals an auto, he
S is a thief 1 am coing to insist
on trial in October."
1 qualities for
lably low price.
. few.
'S SHOPS
STREET
With a Smile"
%
Weather Man (
, Playing Usual
v Pranks on 4th
Going from to sublime to the ridiculous,
the weather man yesterday
predicted generally fair weatner
for the sweltering populace of I
the District and announced that
Yellowstone Park was experiencing
a snowfall.
Washlngtoalans will picnic on
the Fourth under cloudy skies,
with probable thundershowers, according
to the forecaster. Gentle
variable winds will be noted on
that day but there will be little ^
chsnge of temperature.
While Washington's maximum
temperature registered IX degrees ?
yesterday, residents of Helena, p
Mont., were sporting overcoats to y
combat a temperature.* ^
MERCHANT SEIZED i
ON THEFT CHARGE
. n
Baltimore Man Said to Have I
Obtained Goods by Opening *
Bogus Store Here.
? a
Samuel B. Pierson, 51. was arrested
in Baltimore yesterday by
Detective Sergts. Darnell and Pratt. *
of the local Dolicc force, on a
charge that he^tole large quantl- ?'
ties of dress goods for sale in his ?
Baltimore store by having them *
shipped to a temporary office con- n
ducted - under sn assumed name in ti
I the Kresge Building in this city. **'
Police hsve obtained evidence, d
they say. of two shipments from p
here to the Baltimore store, and o
also have records of other ship- ?
ments to Plerson's headquarters j|
here. a
The charge of grand larceny was tl
preferred by George Cohen of New a
York City. f
GOVERNORSFAVOR <
PARK AT MANASSAS?
t
? c
Pledge Support of Plan to u
Build Confederate Me- >
morial Near Here. t
I
? Governors of three Southern ^
States. Arkansas. South Carolina
and Mississippi, have indorsed the
plans of the finance board of the ^
i Manassas Battlefield Confederate ^
Park to construct a memorial park p
| of the battlefield of Manassas, lo- T
cated thirty-three miles from g
Washington on the l?ee highway. r
The indorsements from the gov- t
ernors were received by Clarence
' J. Owens, chairman of the finance f
1 ! board, which is launching a cam- s
paign to raise $50,000 with which to ?
make the park. *
> Gov. Thomas C. McRae. of Ar-1 F
' kansas. proffered his personal help j o
, and support and expressed his be-1 t
lief that the park would be a At-|F
ting memorial to the Southern sol- ; h
Jdiers who were killed in action, i
i Gov. R. A. Cooper, of South Caro- c
lina and Gov. Dee M. Russell, of 1
Mississippi, also assured Dr. Owens t
- that they would co-operate in the 1
[ undertaking. r
felixlakeTsued i
BY TWO SALESMEN
Felix Lake, local investor, 2*00 j
t Wisconsin avenue northwest, was ?
r! sued yesterday in the District 8u-11
r preme Court by J. M. Parker and t
C. B. Hazard to recover $31,150 al-JC
t leged due them as commissions on. 1
? contracts to sell real estate. ?e
r Through Attorney William A.
Richardson. the plaintiffs allege j e
t that on April 5 Lake engaged them j j
j to negotiate a contract of sale for r
the Denver. Balfour, Aurora-Coro- a
nado and Dupont apartment houses, f
valued at a total of $735 000, for i
which tbey were to receive com- r
missions amounting to $23,150. The I
| plaintiffs claim to have lived up to c
their agreement, but My they were
not paid.
DEPARTMENT STORE
WORKERS TO PICNIC
Employes of Lansburgh & Bro.
and King's Palace will picnic next
Saturday. July !?. the former going
to the Sixteenth street reservoir
grounds, where a series of flei?
event* are on the procram, and
the latter Journeying to Chesapeake
Beach.
The King's Palace outing will, be
under the auspices of the Employes'
Mutual Benefit Association, and a
series of sthletic and aquatic
events have been arranged. The
Boy Scout band, under the leadership
of James Kid well, will entertain
the Lansburgh employes with
I a concert in the evening.
Summer Quarter Opens 1
I Tuesday at Research U. J
> ?
Research University will open for
the summer quarter Tuesday, offering
a variety of subjects In the
day and evening classes. The quar- |
ter will end September 15. r
Additions to the faculty will be a
noted. Including Dr. Henry Pearson.
Shakespeare's dramas and English r
literature; Dr. John C. Hall, mathe- I
matics; Frederick Gillls. foreign |
trade development of the United ^
States; Alton R. Hodgkins. business
correspondence and business law; W. a
H. Deffenbaugh. educational adminis- c
tration; and J. C. Muerman, educa- c
tlon.
St. Gabriels Petworth
Church to Give Carnival
The first annual carnival of St.
Gabriel's Church, Petworth. will be
held on the parish grounds, at
Fifth and Varnum streets northwest,
beginning next Saturday an?i
I ending July 1?.
Parishioners worked ever/ night
of last week and will continue to
> the date of the opening, erecting
, stands and arranging attractions. A
. feature of the carnival will be a
, large dance hall, nearly completed.
- and the cirousel.
r
Lewis Family in Reunion.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. V*.. July t.?Members
of the Lewis Associa- c
? tlon of America, Inc.. began arriv- t
Ing today to attend the second an- 1
i nual reunion, to be held on the oln o
> "Jimmy" Lewis place. "Falrvlew," g
near Ivy, this county. July 4-8. Be- t
i tween 150 and 200 members are ex- b
i pec ted to be present and twenty- h
fqtfr large army tents have been &
stretched to house them. Id
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