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NATIVES WELCOME YULETIDE SEASON District Society Visited by Santa Claus During Christmas Party. Several hundred members of the Society of Natives ot’ the District of Columbia participated in the society's sixth annual Christmas party, fea tured by an elaborate program of entertainment and a visit by Santa Claus, in the Washington Club last night. A general spirit of merriment and good will existed throughout the evening, with all present being re minded of the signiileanee of the Yuletide by the singing of Christmas carols by the entire assemblage. The entertainment was f opened with a recitation of a Christ mas story by Miss Hester Reall, who returned for an encore after continu ous applause. Following her on the program was Miss Catherine Lippert, who rendered several piano solos. The assemblage was then led in singing Christmas carols by W. R. Schu ’itucker, with violin accompaniment h Miss Mildred Battle and R. 1. Wil liams. Last, but not least, on the formal program was the appearance of Santa Claus, in the person of .1. C. Kondrup, who. in keeping with tradition, came suddenly upon the scene while all lights were dimmed, and was first, seen J by the entire audience when he stood I tinder a large Christmas tree on the 1 platform. . He distributed bags of candy and books of Christmas poems to each so ciety member and guest. The Christ mas tree was beautifully decorated end lent color to the affair. The pro gram was in charge of Mrs. Elizabeth Btiftemetz. Mrs. Zell Weaver Oatley. newly elected first vice president, presided in the absence of Dr. Samuel S. Adams, president. In so doing she. bad the distinction of being the only woman to serve as chairman of an official meeting of the society, it is stated. L. J. Humphries was elected to membership at a brief meeting pre ceding the entertainment program. Ice cream and cake were, served at the end of the meeting. Mice are deadly enemies of the silk worm. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK 3udders of the Lincoln National Bank, for the . ecturn of directors and such other business ; - may properly come before the meeting', v ui b«- held at the main banking house Tues tuv, January 11. 1927 between 12 m". and 1 v in. Books for the transfer of 6toek will i- closed from Decern'*-r 20. 1926. to Janu y 12 1927. JAMES A. SOPER. Cashier. THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF the shareholders of the Columbia National Bank of Washington will be held Tuesday. J muary 11. 1927. at its banking house. 911 I st. n.w.. Washington. D. C., for the elec tion of directors and such other business as may properly come before the mpeting. Polls open from 12 noon until 1 o'clock p.m. ARTHUR N. MITCHELL, Cashier. 3 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLS unless contracted by myself personally. JAMES F. RUTH. P. O. Box 130. Pa. Ave. Station. -0* OFFICE OF MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE * ampany of the District f Columbia,, cor. Kith st. and New York ave.. December 18. •926. Policyholders are notified that policies < ypire at noon on the last Monday in Pe < ember <27th instant), and the rate of re newal for 1927 is 1 per centum on the premium notes. The managers have or « "red paid to the policyholders a return of savings, according to the value of each policy on the 3lst day of last December. Policies must bo presented for endorsement (•* the payments, except where held in con ;.-tJon with loans, in which case they mould be brought in later to have duplicate payments entered. Please attend early and avoid the crowd. L. PIERCE BOTELER. , Secretary. Ut ?e ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOOK *.older* of The Columbia Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbia lor 1 lie purpose of electing fifteen (Isi trustees «.f the company for the ensuing year, will 1- held at the office of the company 50.1 p st. n.w.. on Monday. December 20. 1926. at 1 o'clock p.m. . .. , The polls will be open between the hours i f 2 and 4 o'clock p.m. , , The transfer books will be closed from Jw-eetnher 11 1926. to December 20. 1926. both dates »>clU c s,i XßLEg R MARSH Secretary. WIE - NATIONAL CAPITAL BANK, Washington. D. C. The annual nvetnig of the stockholders i f the National Capital Bank of Washington. I TV C . for the election of directors and the • annaction of any other business that may is- properly brought before the meeting, will held Tuesday. January 11. 1927, at the ink. between the hours of 12 o'clock noon and 3 o'clock p.m. H. C. STEWART. Cashier. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK ' oiders of The Farmers and Mechanic* Na tional Bank of Washington. D. C.. will be I i -Itl at the banking house. Wisconsin nve. ! id M st. n.w.. Washington. D. C.. on Tues • iy. January lltli. 192/, for the election! i f directors for the ensuing year and for the i transaetion of such other business as may I properly come before the meeting. The | polls will be open from 12 o’clock noon until 1 o’clock p.m. H. L. SELBY. Cashier. • TIE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK •iTders of The Real Estate Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, for me purpose of eld-ting fifteen (15) trustees • 1 the company for the ensuing year and ! to vote upon and approve the resolution of t Ihe . board of directors of said company - assed December 8. 1926. continuing the « xisting agreement of April 14. 1002. here i 'fore entered into with The Columbia Title insurance Company of the District of Co- Vimbia. is to be held at the office of the impany. 503 F. st. n.w..’on Tuesday. Janu -.v 11. 3 927. Polls will be opened at 2 clock p.m. and closed at 3 o'clock p.m. ''he books for the transfer of stock will lie • loscd from January 1. 1927. to January 11. 1927. both dates inclusive. CHARLES E. MARSH. Secretary. »rn THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE AMERL «an Dairy Supply Co. A semi-annual dlvi . end of 3 p«t cent and an extra dividend of I per cent on the capital stock of the Anrnrl • ui Dairy Supply Co., issued and outstanding, v.ih lmen declared, payable to stoi-kholders of 3 eeord January 1 1927 The books for - ansfer of stock to be closed on and after •e<-ember 18 1926. to and including January 1927 M AI.TKR R. Vt lU'OX. Secretary I-lULTiGRA PHI NO. MIMEOGRAPHING AD crossing. Rush work a specialty. The’ DIN jTJCATING OFFICE. 14th and i\i ave n w Phone Main 6271 j’jj* LOOK US' OVER BEFORE” BUYING . • sew here. CHAS. F. HERRMANN manu I • luring jeweler. 811 F. st. n.w., 2nd floor I Watch and jewelry repairing tofts that last ‘ j y ! TV ANTED—A RETURN LOAD OF FUBNI ure from New York. Phila<lelphia or Baltt- I ; lore cJ-MITH’S TRANSFER AND STOR- i-'ROZEN ENGINES W ELDED IN THE CAR i Fords. $3.50 and $7.00. Other metals ‘ weldedWeldit_Co„ 516 Ist st. n.w. j , Las" ranges' repaired, -bowers” ••ar tSDi H i-t. n.w. Phone Main 7094 I Shop hours. Bto 10 r in. Drop postal. 20* I WILL HE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS contracted only by my wife, Maude Doolan. and mysell. W. J. DOOLAN. 1116 B st. n e 1 _ ... 18» J j Waterproofing Cellars WM. FK'KLEN. V Bond Bi g. Main 3934. -,j4» ! WANTED. I'O'HAUL FI'LL OR PART LOAD TO OR FROM NEW YORK. RICHMOND VA.: BOSTON. PITTSBURGH OR ANY POINTS SPECIAL RATES. NATIONAL DELIVERY ASSN.. INC . 1317 N. Y. AVE MAIN 1400. LOCAL MOVING ALSO. • ' "i NEVER DISAPPOINT PRINTING IN A HURRY BYRON S. ADAMS High Grade, but not high priced. I __ 612 11th Street N.W. Give Us Your Next Order! —for printing—and be assured of quality and promptness. The National Capital Press ROOFING—by Koons k 26 years of good reputation in your assur # ance of reliable work. Call us up. Roofing 119 3rd St. S.W. lYvAyiT O ipm pan y. Main 933 IRONCLAD'S ROOFERS ARE READY —4o put your roof in A No. 1 ahape. Call us up IRONCLAD "5?.?,-** ZIHLMAN BELL ASKS SWEEPING CHANGES IN CITY DEED OFFICE I Gibson Charges Survey of Work Shows f Staggering Congestion, Due to Old Methods—Modern Plan Sought. Based upon recommendations of ex perts who have been conducting a 1 survey into the administration of the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District during the last several weeks, ’ a bill providing for a sweeping re organization of that office was intro duced in the House yesterday by Rep resentative Zihlman of Maryland, chairman of the District committee. Details of the survey and the condi tions creating such congestion in the office of the Recorder of Deeds that it takes Ilia months at the present time to have a deed copied there and re turned to the property owner were outlined by Chairman Gibson of the House subcommittee investigating lo cal governmental affairs at the sub committee bearing last night. The provisions of the Zihlman bill do not enumerate all the reforms list ed in the recommendations of the ex perts wh# made the survey, but it applies general and broad reorganiz ing influence in the office, which will make possible the execution of most of the improvements outlined, it was said. Corporations organized outside the District and engaged in business with in the District, it is provided, shall within 60 days after approval of the act file in the office of the Recorder a copy of its articles or certificate of incorporation, with other formal docu- , merits. The bill would prohibit any corporation organized outside the Dis trict and not now engaged in business ; in the District from operating until offer such articles or certificate of incorporation had been filed. Notice as to change of name, capital stock or status of any corporation in any man ner must be given to the office of the Recorder within 30 days after such change, according to the proposed law. , The bill follows out the recommen dations of the survey by placing it, so far as its finances are concerned, un der the District government by provid ing that all receipts shall be depos ited in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia, and that annual estimates of appropriations for the government of the District of Co lumbia shall Include estimates of ap propriations# for the operation and maintenance of that office. j Three positions for the office are pro- , vided in the bill—a Recorder to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the j Senate, and two deputies The record-, er’s bond is set at SIO.OO and that of the second deputy, who has charge of finances, at $5,000. j Mr. Gibson declared that the survej authorized by the subcommittee, and j now complete, disclosed that the sys tem in use there is "about as anti quated as any that could lie devised -The office.” he said, "was on July 1 more than a year in arrears of its work. At present it is now 11 la j months in arrears. At the present . rate it would take three years for it to reach a current rate of procedure ! with business. No Record of Errors. "There is no record kept of error by copvists. The system used in com paring is not up to date. After the , deeds are ready for presentation they are returnable to the owner .only upon surrender of his original receipt for the deeds and not otherwise. “This committee has had a survey made into the workings of this office. Experts have been sent to Chicago, j Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New , York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. The systems there In use have been studied. Certain recommendations have been made to cover defects found existing here. “If carried into effect, these recom mendations will result in bringing the work up to current rate and will save $26,000 the first year and $30,000 an nually thereafter. “It is recommended that the section of the statute placing the office under the Attorney General lie repealed and j that it be put on an appropriation ■ basis, with civil service for employes. ! Accounts at the present have to be j i certified by the Supreme Court of the j District of Columbia. It is recom mended that this be repealed and the accounts be settled through the Gen eral Accounting Office.” Further recommendations of those making the survey included installa tion of separate and continuous se- j ries of numbers for land records, chat-; II 1 tel records and for miscellaneous pa pers. Although recording of chattel mortgages has already been done frtl ! l1 y ifjpWS: | * class apartments V in Washington! j i,i y RIVERSIDE | I APARTMENTS Iff * X. Y. Ave.. 22d A C Sts. S.W. I j i ; j I Two Rooms, e _ A M | 4 ; Breakfast Room, *7U ■ A Kitchen and to * T Bath. $75 l'i, ! One Room, U • ■ i Breakfast Room, $47.50 A A Built-in Bed, SSO f fi Kitchen and Bath. £55 ™ One Room, v ‘Built-in Bed. S4O & M ; Kitchenette and 5Q v A j Bath. ' ’ [ il| Inspection Invited! } \ \ 1 W H WEST CO I j§ » 916 15th St. 1 ft) A Main 9900 J j f| THE EVFXTYG STAR. TTASTTTyfITQy, P. C.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1926. -) away with in the District. Mr. Gibson I pointed out, the office has been accus tomed to the present time to record ing the releases of chattel mortgages, ft is recommended that such recording be discontinued. “The method employed in keeping account of cash,” Mr. Gibson added, “has not been up to date. It is recom mended that a receiving clerk record all transactions 011 the casli register as the fees come into the office. Printed Forms Urged. "Printed forms for all standardized forms of absolute deeds are also rec ommended. It has been foui.r. that a few printed forms could take care of a large percentage of the instruments that come in. This item would save approximately $5,000 a year and the copying of approximately 1,200,000 words.” Improvements on the loose-leaf method now being used in all principal cities are recommended. “The present Recorder." Mr. Gibson concluded, “we have found to be effi cient, courteous and evidencing a spirit of co-operation which lias facili tated our work greatly, and we feci that he is qualified, with a bit of as sistance. to bring the Recorder’s office of the District to the ranks of the ; most advanced offices of similar type in the country." DYING GIRL CLEARS YOUTH IN SHOOTING Bullet Fatal to Miss Pauline Kid well. Alexandria, Fired Acci dentally. She Says. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Ya., December IS. —Death last night claimed Miss Paul ine Kidwell, 17 years old, daughter of Mrs. Ruth A. Kidwell of the Col onial Apartments, as a result of a ! hullet wound accidentally inflicted | Wednesday afternoon last by Harvey ! B. Struder, ;r., 18, of 407 North West i street. The bullet penetrated the | spine. , In a statement to Dr. S. B. Moore, !at Alexandria Hospital, just before | she died Miss Kidwell exonerated 1 Struder of blame. | .Struder was taken in custodv and j released on $2,000 bail bond. Dr. T. IM. Jones, coroner, will investigate this afternoon. * Struder went to visit Miss Kidwell Wednesday. Picking up a rifle be | longing to the young woman’s brother i he told Miss Kidwell he proposed to j shoot a bird from a window. She 1 1 objected, whereupon, according to the j ' girl’s mother, he playfully remarked j lie would shoot her. A moment later, as the youth is said to have stumbled, the rifle was discharged. ; BOYS FORM VALET CLUB, j Pupils Pledge Themselves to i “Freedom From Women.” ! NORRISTOWN, Pa., December 18 j —-A “Valet Club” has been or- 1 ganized in the city high school here i of boys who have pledged themselves! “freedom from women.” To attain the emancipation, they; have obtained the assistance of Miss; Nophia Mclntyre, sewing instructor, i who has agreed to help them master the intricacies of sewing on buttons,* repairing tears and rents, and the • pressing of coats and trousers. The club so far has 11 members and ! j is headed by Drake Akins, captain of! I the basket ball team. A motor plow that can be worked I I within six inches of vpgoUble rows • 1 or fences has been invented. Shrewd Buyers —Lave investigated 3... i,...... 1 Home Sites A few choice sites still available PHONE or CALL for lithograph map show ing sizes of lots Hedges & Middleton, Inc. Realtors 1412 Eye St. N.W. Frank. 9503 f • 1 •- zfl* ♦ New I | Apartment | I 3217-21 Conn. Ave. A | N.W. * i r'. Corner Conn. Ave. and Macomb St. N.W. y || fi W Two beautiful, new, five- ;4 f? story, fireproof buildings, lo- || * iji cated just over Klingle Bridge. 4 ! i|| Elevator service, tiled baths, ; jfi beautiful lobbies and latest i 1 * improvements throughout. Im- IN ,!! mediate possession if desired. • A Y 1 2 Rooms, Kit. &B. | $53.50 to $65.00 3 Rooms, Kit. &B. I m m $79.50 '1 . y I Resident Manager on 'A Premises | Apartments Lighted Until • j, 1 9 P.M. A pi B. F. SAUL CO. ? | C Main 2100 A | 925 15th St. N.W. * • MAILERS SECURE , INJUNCTION ORDER typographical Referendum Is Held Up Temporarily by Court Ruling. i By the Associated Press. -INDIANAPOLIS, December 18.—-A temporary injunction restraining < ’harles P. Howard, president of the International Typographical Union, from conducting a referendum in the organization in the adoption of amendments which it is charged would exclude the District Trade Mailers Union from enjoying the bene fits of the Typographical Union, was issued yesterday by Judge Roberts Batsell of Federal Court. The injunction was granted when attorneys for the mailers reported they could not agree on a method of settling the controversy according to the typographical constitution.. The injunction prevents Howard from circulating letters among local unions asking for a vote on amend ments which exclude the mailers from participation in the general elec tion of officers and provide that they elect only a vice president, who would represent them on the executive j council. A hearing will be held later to de- i iermine whether a permanent injunc- ! t ion shall be issued. BARS FIST FIGHT FILMS. JA UN DON, December 18 (A*).- —T. P. ; O'Connor, as president of the %>oa.rd ; of film censors, has notified, the motion picture trade that representa tions of old-fashioned organized bare knuckle fights will be prohibited in the future. Mr. O’Connor said that his board deprecated a recent tendency to ex- j ploit these fights, which are illegal in j Great Britain. j I THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Road N.W. ■ ___ Desirable two and four rooms, kitchen, reception hall and bath apartments. Un excelled service and location. Rentals very reasonable. , THE ARGONNE I 16th & Columbia Road N.W. t , ! ■' " " ' 11 —ii—l... ■ i. i I I I 1 I Own Hilltop JManor 1 Your 3500 Fourteenth Street Entire Block—Oak to Otis Apai tmeilt 100% Co-Operative Apartment Building Home ===== Save More Than Half Your Rent! An Efficiency unit which has the accommodations of Living Room, Bedroom, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Reception Hall would cost to rent at least S6O a month. In the purchase of this Apartment under our co-oper : ative ownership plan you pay only $47.84 monthly—in- Special eluding everything—principal, interest and maintenance Hilltop charges—of which $23.17 applies to equity—or MONEY Manor ACTUALLY SAVED— Co-operative j Luxuriously fur- Leaving But $24.67 as Equivalent j nfoiled lobby. ” 1 :3 high-speed ele- - D„„ f vators, day and TO li6llt night. ‘l4-hour switchboard «... service. There are 214 Apartments in Hilltop Manor—and 30 dif i s spacious roof gar- ferent types —all purchasable on equally attractive terms, dens. i Perfectly appointed O'pen for inspection every dav dining room. ...... * . ' Hotel office service. and evening, including Sunday Resident manage _^!__:_=====3 Hilltop Manor Phone Adams 10180 I Edmund J. Flynn Authority on Cooperative Apartments Representing i4th PA EPiT7 M * &K i Owners and Builders of Communities. I . i r East Side. Trimmed of Over $500,005, Joins Forces in Widespread Man Hunt i By the Associated Press. 'j NEW YORK. December 18.—The: ; East Side ended a brief flyer into high i , finance yesterday from $500,000 to ■ [ $1,000,000 poorer, and with its dreams j i of coinfort and riches turned into a | man hunt. j I ’ush cart peddlers, tenement dwellers J j and factory workers, spurred by the j ! loss of their Christmas and oven life- j | time savings, were on the lookout for | i men and women who sold them worth- j j less “bonds” in a proposed project for I new homes. Buyers of the "bonds” i were promised 10 per cent interest. I And to help the search, a reward of SSOO apiece for every swindler caught was offered last night by August Heekscher, financier, whose project for model housing in the tenement district apparently led the confidence workers to concoct their scheme. Discovery of the activities of the gang, believed »to, number nearly 50 men and women, was made through banks which reported sudden, unusual CANADIAN PACIFIC LINE TO GROW IN NORTHWEST Montreal Paper Says Road Has An- ; nounced Extensions for Sas- , j katchewan and Alberta. ] \ B.v the Associated Press. ! MONTREAL, December 18.—The j Montreal Gazette says the Canadian i Pacific Railway Co. has announced “a < program of six branch lines in the j ! Provinces of Saskatchewan and Al- I borta.” • “From the particulars of the pro- ; posed line,” the Gazette says, “it I would appear that the Canadian Pa- j oific Railway proposes to push north- j ward into the country northwest and j ; east of Lloyd Minster, as well as de- J veloping other fields not now- served I i by railroads. ' j■---- - - - - REMOVAL NOTICE of tiie J. MAURY DOVE COMPANY Incorporated The principal office of this company has been re moved from 1625 H street northwest, and is now lo cated at i The Baker Building. 1320 F Street N.W. Second Floor. Next door to the new building being erect ed for the National Press t'lnh. withdrawals from savings accounts, j An investigation by Harry If. Schlacht, president of the downtown [Chamber of Commerce, was ordered. Yesterday Mr. Schlacht publicly ; called attention to the operation of ' the gang, and announced that since I no bonds had been issued by those i contemplating the remodeling of the i district, the persons offering "bonds” | for sale were swindlers, who should j jbe held for arrest. Private detectives j ! hired bv the chamber were working ! lon the case, with arrests expected ; i scon. The confidence workers, Mr. Schlacht said, operated not only in the dingy districts of the lower East Side, where the penny is still a unit of trade, hut extended activities to other crowded sections, such as Brownsville, Brooklyn. Their accents lead investigators to believe they are from the West. They acted as persons with something ho ] good that they were doing a favor to the residents in selling them the papers. 'HUSKY MARINE HONORED.! LONDON*. December IS <4*>. — A | husky marine will dress the hair of I the Duchess of York and her ladies in waiting on the forthcoming voyage of the Duke and his party to Aus j tralia on the battle cruiser Renown. The hairdresser is Marine Uden. who barbered the duke’s brother, the. j Prince of Wales, on his empire cruises on the same warship. Uden has pre j ' pared for the voyage by special train ) , ing at a fashionable West End shop | i and is now declared to be expert in i j waving, bobbing and shampooing. REAL ESTATE LOANS BISINEBS. APARTMENT. CHURCH. HOTEL. THEATER. RESIDENCE AND C.ARAOE PROPERTY. CONSTRI CTION LOANS. FRED T. NESBIT 1010 Vermont Are. Main 0398 J===== . ' ! MINERS OPPOSE COX. ] 18.000 Protest Appointment to In- 1 terstate Commerce Commission BELL AIRE. Ohio. December 18 OP), j Messages indorsed by 18.000 miners ! protesting appointment of Frederick ' L Cox to membership on the. Inter- j state Commerce Commission were ! sent yesterday to President Coolidge. ‘ headquarters here of the United Mine j Workers announced. The miners charge Cox lias dis- ] played prejudice against the Northern I t oo! field in adjusting freight rates. ! They ask appointment of a “fair, im j partial and just member." union offi- j rials said. f • - 'leak tvood is valued in shipbuilding! because it withstands attacks of ma ; rine borers. 1 . %■mam m mi Dtflrrnu | jjf DAVIDSON & DAVIDSON J? -1 1013 lath Street /ientnl Agent* .Main 1512 Tj| over 85 per eent SOLD Each Month That You Pay ! $56.71 —vou not only accomplish a real saving over rental charges, but you make substantial payment toward full ownership of three splendid rooms and bath in a new building overlooking Rock Creek Park, where several of the more desirable apartments are still available. THE CLYDESDALE 2801 Adams Mill Road (Just North of 18th St. and Columbia Road) Open l/ntil 9 P.M . Daily and Sunday WARDMAN 100% Co-operative 'Apartments J. Fred Chase Exclusive Representative Office: 1413 H St. N.W. Phone Main 3830 Residence Phone: Columbia 7866 ; ————— --—| - - | _ f mammmmmmmmmmmmSrn ‘ '"I ! SHANNON & LUCHS INC. HOMES rBIIRIEITH f The Sample Home ts Located at 1702 37th Street N.W. - 14 th Street M 3 TERRACE xm SAMPLE HOMES 1333 Ingraham Street N.W. 1369 Hamilton Street N.W. Each Sample Home is Always Open lor Inspection ftHANNON-&LUCHfI 'Member* of The Operative MvOdtr*' Am* of D C. BOOKS BOUGHT “Bring Them In” or Phone FV. 6tf*l Big Book Shop, 933 G St. N.W. FOR RENT j Furnished Apt . 5 rooms, foyer 2 baths immediate Possession Apply Resident Manager Presidential Apts. 16th and L Sts. 3