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FIRE DESTROYS
CHILDREN'S ROME
Disaster Follows Recent
Burning of Orphanage When
50 Lives Were Lost.
By the Asuoriated Pr*»».
QUEBEC, December 17. —Quebec
was excited today over the destruction
of another children’s home maintained
by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
Their orphanage was destroyed
Wednesday night, with an estimated
loss.of 50 lives.
The building housing the Academy
of St. Louis and the St. Jean Berch
man’s Pension w’os swept by flames
last night as firemen were clearing
the ruins of the Hospice St. Charles
Orphanage, where 36 bodies were re
covered. Fourteen of the St. Charles
, Orphanage children were still unac
counted for, as the boys of the
academy escaped into a blizzard.
The academy building is located
within a stone’s throw of the Provin
cial Legislative buildings and the
homes of some of the most prominent
people of the city, many of whose
children attended the institution.
* Fourteen boys who were in the
dormitories of the six-story building
when the fire started reached safety,
led by nuns, although two were
slightly injured when they leaped into
snow hanks from windows. Two
nuns suffering from burns were sent >
to a hospital after they had remained
in the building to make sure all had
•scaped.
The origin of last night’s fire, like
♦hat of the Hospice St. Charles, was
not clear, although police said they
had been informed that two men had
been seen leaving the yard of the
institution shortly before the blaze
was discovered.
Only four walls remained of the
building when the blaze was extin
guished. Damage was estimated at
J 250.000, partly covered hv insurance.
A verdict of accidental death was
rendered by a coroner’s jury in the
fatalities of the Hospice St. Charles
fire, although Fire Chief Donnelly de
clared that had a night watchman
been employed much of the loss of life
might have been prevented. The
coroner’s jury suggested that "more j
effective supervision he exercised
during the night and that automatic
sprinklers be installed in all buildings
of this kind.”
A difference of opinion developed
during the day’s investigation. The
sisters of the orphanage declared that
had the firemen erected their ladders
at certain points more lives might
have been saved.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
the! annual meeting of the stock
holder* of the Lincoln National Bank, for the
election of director* and such other btiamesa
a* may properly come before the meeting,
■will bo held at the main banking house. Tues
day. January 10. 1028. between 12 m. and 1
w.m. Booka for the tranefer of atock will
be closed from December 20. 1027. to Janu
ary. 11. 1028. JAMES A. SOPER, Caahier.
ON DECEMBER 27. 1027 WE WILL SELL
at nubile auction the following automobiles
to cover repair bill*: Ford lieht delivery,
motor No 6712001: Ford sedan, motor No.
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NOTICE—THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
shareholder* of the Second National Bank.
Washington.. D. C.. for the election of di
rectors for the ensuing year and for the
transaction of such other business as may
be properly brought before the meeting will
be held at the bank at 12 o’clock noon, on
Tuesday, fanuary 10. 1028. Polls will be
open between the hours of 12 noon and 2
oclock p.m.
VICTOR B. DEYBER.. President.
THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
the shareholders of the Columbia National
Bank of Washing:'m. will be held Tuesday.
January 10. 1928. at its banking house
fill F st. n.w.. Washington. D. C.. for the
election of directors and such other business
as may properly come before the meeting.
Polls open from 12 noon until 1 o’clock
V m AHTHPR N. MITCHELL. Cashier.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the Real Estate ThUe Insurance
Company of the District of Columbia for
the purpose of electing 15 trustees of the
company for the ensuing year, is to be held
st the office of the company. 603 E at. n.w
Tueaday. January 10 19*8. at 1 o clock
p.m. The polls will be open at 2 o’clock
and close at 3 o'clock p.m. Books tor the
transfer of stock will close January 1 1928
to Vanuary 10, 1028. both dates inclusive.
CHARLES E. MARSH. Secretary
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NATIONAL DELIVERY ASSOCIATION INC.
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iean Dairy Supply Co.—A semi-annual div
idend of $ per cent and an extra dividend of
3 per cent or the capital atock of the An er
lean Dalrv Supply Co . issued and outstand
ing has been declared payable to stock
holders of tecord January 1. 1028 The
books for transfer of stock to be closed on
and after December 20. 1027. to and includ
ing KwtJnlr WALTER R WILCOX
Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the of the
Washington American League Base Ball Club
•will be held at the offices of the club. Base
Ball Park. Washington D. C.. on Tuesday.
January 3. 1028. at .12 o’clock noon, for
the purpose of electinr a board of directors
for the ensuing rear, and for such other
business as may be properly brought bet&re
said EDWARD B . eynON. Jr..
Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
baiders of the National Capital Insurance
Company of the District of Columbia, for the
election of trustees and the transaction of
■nr other business that may be brought to
the attention of the meeting, will be held
at the office of the company. Pennsylvania
arena* and Fourth street southeast. Wash
ington. D. C. Wednesday. January 11. 1028.
between the hours of 12 o’clock noon and 2
«Vlock p.m. WM. N. PAYNE. Jr, secretary
THERE WILL BE AN ANNUAL MEETING
of the Atlantic Building Company at the
office of the company. No. 110 South Fair
fax «t. Alexandria Va, on Thursday. Janu
ary 19. 1028 This meeting is for the j
election of officers
ATLANTIC BUILDING COMPANY.
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PLANES TO DROP 1,100-LB. BOMBS
ON GREAT CONCRETE BRIDGE
Total of 60.000 Pounds of High Explosive
to Be Used in Test of War Machines
Next Monday.
By the Associated Pres*.
Sixty thousand pounds of air bombs
will be dropped by Army Air Corps
planes on the rei.iforced concrete
bridge over the Pee Dee River be
tween Albemarle and Mount Gilead,
N. C\, during the demolition of the
bridge, beginning next Monday. The
bridge to be destroyed bas been super
seded by a new one and has been
turned over to the airmen for a
target. .
Included in the air bombardment
will he 20 bombs of the 1.100-pound
type, each of which holds 550 pounds
of high explosives.
Assisi ant Secretary Davison of the
War Department, who will witness
Ihe bombing, accompanied by Maj.
Gen. Feehet. the new Air Corps chief,
said today that he was confident a
high percentage of hits would be
scored.
Great Accuracy Required.
"Great accuracy is required in aim
ing the bombs,” he said. “A miscal
culation of one-sixth of a second in
pulling the trigger will cause a com
plete miss.
“An additional handicap is the fact
that only I.SOO feet from the bridge
to he destroyed a new bridge has teen
built.”
Ten Army bombing planes will be
mobilized at Fort Bragg. X. C., 75 j
miles from t-V* Pee Dee Bridge, for
the test. In addition to the big bombs, i
l i :
MEXICAN PILOTS,
OVERCOMING DANGERS,
PRAISED BY LINDBERGH
(Continued from First Page.)
to Guatemala first,then to Tegucigalpa
in Honduras, from there to San Sal
vador, and then down to Managua,
Nicaragua. From there I will fly to
San Jose in Costa Rica and to Pan
ma. A stop-off of two days in each of
these capitals will be made if the
weather permits me to keep to that
schedule. The country is mountain
ous, and there are limited opportu
nities for landing, but I do not think
that there will be any difficulty in mak
ing the hops, which are comparatively j
short.
After reaching Panama I will fly
back to some point from whence I
can take off for. Havana. Cuba, prob
ably to Progreso, in Yucatan, where
there is an aviation field. From there
I will fly to Havana, a comparatively
short flight. Havana should be reach
ed during the second week in- January.
I understand there is an air line
from Havana to Porto Rico and I am
looking forward to meeting some of j
the pilots there, and also learning of ;
their experiences in flying.
The trip through Central America 1
rtflll be interesting, for I have never |
flown in the tropics and have only a .
general idea of what the conditions
are.
Sees Great Opportunity.
The longer I stay in Mexico and
also look over the route to the South
ern republics, the more confident I
am of the great opportunity here for
the development of aviation.
I have been told that the trip from
Tampico to Mexico City takes 18
hours, and is made in 2*A hours by
airplane. It took me a lot more than
that, but that was my fault.
There is a great opportunity for an
air line between Mexico City and the
border, for both passengers and mail.
Just how it should be flown and with
what type of ships. I am. of course,
not prepared to say. but such a route
would do much to bring Mexico City j
-’loser to the United States.
There is- also an opportunity for an
•dr line from the United States to
Panama.
These routes will undoubtedly be;
apon in the next few’ years and they j
will greatly facilitate the transmission J
-f mail and make it possible for pas- j
—Tigers to quickly -reach cities which !
•re now only at the end of a long and
"v.
My next two days here promise to
be full of many experiences, and on
Sunday it is possible that I may attend
a bull fight at the invitation of the
representatives of this diversion.
I would like to say a few W’ords with
regards to that, as I have received a
number of protests from the United
States against my going.
I am a guest of the Mexican gov
ernment, and the Mexican people, I
think, are perfectly capable of select
ing their own national sport.
As they have asked me to attend,
and if there is no conflict with the
official program arrangement, I shall
go to the bull fight.
Concerns No One Else.
It Is a matter which I do not feel
concerns any one else, and if so, it xvill
he as a guest at a Mexican event with
the various aspects of which I am not
concerned.
Mexico has been kind and generous j
i in its welcome to me, and my response j
I to that welcome, in whatever way It j
|is required, should be fairly obvious. |
Os course it has nothing to do with j
| the government program, and the de-j
; cision to go or nqt to go w r ill be mine, j
j No matter what the prejudices may
i be in the United States, I tjiink my
I decision will be understood.
There are many things about Mex
ico which I believe would be better
understood if those who criticize w’ere
here. So far as my experiences have
been concerned they have been noth
ing but of the pleasantest sort.
The courtesy which I have received
and the interest in my work and in a
representative of the United States
has been marked.
I shall take with me from Mexico
nothing hut the most excellent feeling,
and if my reception here does some
thing to bring about a better accord
between the United States and Mexico,
I shall be happy.
It is not necessary now to regard
the people of another country by the
customs of your own. but by their ow r n
customs and standards.
Mexico has a long and interesting
history. It is a country of great pos
sibilities, and it has problems and so
cial conditions with which the United
States does not have to contend.
Personally, I know’ little about them,
for I have not been here long enough,
but it is always well to regard an
other’s problems with some desire to
see them from the other’s point of
view.
"Before I leave I shall be able to
make a few more flights, I hope, and
I will have to check my plane over
• arefully before continuing the flight.
It apparently is in excellent condition,
md considering all it has gone through
lam delighted at the w r ay which it has
stood up.
So far as can be seen, it is as good
as it was when it came from the fac
tory. But in aviation it is always best
i to be careful and so I want to go over
it thoroughly before going on.
(Copyright 1027. in the United State*.
Canada. Mexico Cuba. Central and South
America. Europe and the British dominions
by the New York Times Co. All rights re
• served.)
Will Consider Plane Designs.
Maj. Edwin B. Lyon, Army Air
Corps, at the War Department, has
been designated chairman of a board
of Air Corps officers, appointed to
meet at Wright Field Dayton, Ohio,
to consider competitive designs for
' the development of a primary training
airplane.
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. T). C.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 37. 1927.
i they w ill drop 65 of the 300 pound type
| in their first salvos, to be followed by
; 35 of the 600-pound type and finally
the 1,100-pounder's. Their instructions
require them to fly at an altitude of
8,000 feet, although the bridge at
which their will shoot is only 17 feet
wide. With the plane moving at a
speed of 7,013 feet a minute, and the
projectile falling at a rate of 650 feet a
second the difficulty of scoring hits is
obvious.
Artillery Test Planned.
Before the air bombing, the bridge is
Io bp tested with artillery shells and
placed bombs set by Army Engineers,
but Ihe climax will come with the
1,100-pound air bombs.
“Few. I believe, understand the ter
rific destruction that can be dealt from
the air,” Mr. Davison said, “Bombard
ment planes of the type now being
evolved, but not as yet in service be
muse they are still in the experimental
stage, are powerful military weapons,
superior to present-day bombers. With
increased speed, extended cruising
range, greater load capacity and im
proved bombing sights, the modern
bomber is a factor to reckon with.
“Next week’s bombing test will
demonstrate the effectiveness of Army
planes in land operation, such as
would fall to the lot of bombardment
j planes in time of w T ar; namely, the
destruction of railroads, factories,
! m idges and munitions dumps.”
Lindy Wires Chief
Os Air Field Here
Plane Worked Fine
Maj. Harvey S. Burwell, com
manding Bolling Field, who co
operated with Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh in preparing the details
for the Washington-Mexico City
flight, received the following cable
gram from the famous pilot:
"Plane and engine functioned
perfectly entire trip. Weather
conditions exactlv as predicted.
"CHARLES A. LINDBERGH.”
MEXICAN CHILDREN
WILL HONOR LINDY
IN PROGRAM TODAY
(Continued from First Page.)
more interested in flying than bull
fighting.
i "Here, we haven’t anything to do
| —let’s go tty,” he said to Will Rogers
and Alan Winslow, first secretary of
1 the American embassy. They agreed
| and the party went to the Valbuena
, Field. There he took them and many
| Mexican aviation officials aloft. He
j spent approximately an hour and a
i half in the air, using Mexican army
• planes.
Mexican pilots expressed un
bounded amazement for his skill,
facility and seemingly uncanny abil
ity to step into any kind of a plane
at any time and handle it master
fully.
Lindbergh intends to remain here
until after Christmas. His mother
w'ill come from Detroit to spend
Christmas with him as Ambassador
Morrow’s guest. Then Lindbergh will
set out on a further mission of good
will to Central America. He w’ill
visit Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador
and Panama. Leaving Panama, he
will go to Havana, Cuba before re
tunring to his home port, St. Louis.
Christmas Plans Incomplete.
j It has not been decided whether
| Christmas dinner with Mrs. Lind-
I bergh here will he a private home af
j fair at the embassy residence or
j whether an elaborate function will be
j held with prominent guests.
Several times during Col. Lind
| hergh’s stay Ambassador Morrow Is
j planning to hold big garden parties
and receptions in order to give Mexi
cans, Americans and members of the
foreign coloney an opportunity to
meet the Arflerican atiator.
Five mail pouches containing more
than 5,000 letters sent to Lindbergh
from all parts of Mexico and abroad
have been delivered at. the American
embassy, where a special clerical
force is. handling them.
Between 400 and 500 invitations
already have been received from as
many towns and cities in Mexico for
Col. Lindbergh to visit them.
At present It seems improbable that
he will go elsewhere In Mexico than
the capital, although the town of
Toluca—the first town he identified in
Mexico when he was lost, enabling
him to locate Mexico City—is exceed
ingly anxious for him to fly there for
a brief visit,
AIRFIELD IN PANAMA SOUGHT.
Republic Wants Lindbergh to Land
on Its Own Soil.
PANAMA, December 17 (4 s ).—Every
I effort is being made by the Panama
j government to have Charles A. Lind
j bergh land on Panama soil w'hen he
comes here. A special committee of
Panamans and Americans has been
appointed for this purpose and to se
lect the most suitable site close to the
capital.
President Chiari has instructed For
eign Minister Alfaro to confer with
Brig. Gen. William S. Grave, com
mander of the Canal Zone, in regard
to this.
Referring to the decision to include
Americans in the committee, Chiari
said: "It is a question not only of
strict courtesy, but also of justice. It
would be unpardonable if they were
overlooked, because American resi
dents of the isthmus would, no doubt,
wish to participate in formally receiv
ing this idol of American aviation.”
HONDURAS ENTHUSIASTIC.
TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras, Decem
ber 17 (4 s )—News that Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh will visit Honduras on his
flight to Central America from Mexico
City has stirred great enthusiasm
here.
The government has received a ca
ble message from Col. Lindbergh ac
cepting its invitation to come to Tegu
cigalpa and preparations are being
made for the American airman’s re
ception. The date of his arrival will
be determined later.
Invited to Nashville.
NASHVILLE. Tenn., December 17
(4 s ).—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was
invited to pay a “long delayed" visit
here on his return trip from Mexico
and Central America, in a telegram
sent by Gov. Henry Horton yesterday.
Gov. Horton pointed out that the
city missed its chance to greet the
flyer when the death and funeral of
Gov. Austin Peay caused a deviation
in Col. Lindbergh’s cross country
route in October.
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Gale Delays Shipping.
PLYMOUTH, England, December
17 (4*).—Many vessels have taken shel
ter in the harbor here from a gale
i now raging in the Channel and on
the Atlantic. The American Shipper,
due in Plymouth from New York with
Christmas mail, is reported consider
ably delayed.
, WOMAN IS KILLED
i WHEN Dll By AUTO
r
Six Others Injured in Traf
fic Mishaps—Fire Ap
paratus in Collision.
5
r -
An inquest is being held today at
the morgue into the death of Miss
f Alice Craven, 65 years old. of 312a O
• street, who was run down by a street
*■ car yesterday afternoon when she
1 dodged out of the way of a bus at
s Wisconsin avenue and llpton street.
1 Miss Craven died as she was being
s taken into Georgetown Hospital for
treatment. ,
Miss Craven had been in tne
Tenlcytown neighborhood calling on
! friends, and was crossing Wisconsin
1 avenue when the accident happened
about 4 o'clock. Arthur Paul Gorman.
8 03 years old. in charge of the car. was
paroled in custody of counsel for his
' appearance at the inquest. ~
1 Miss Craven, a native of Hamilton.
Va., was a member of a family of
? Quakers there. She had been a rest
' dent of this city the past 20 years.
Three Hurt in Crash.
i Three persons were injured, one
l seriously, and two automobiles dam -
• 3"ed in a collision at Rhode Island
i and Florida avenues about 7:30 o’clock
this morning.
1 William Martin, colored, 40 years
? o!d 1026 Fairmont street, one driver,
s sustained a possible fracture of the
t skull and was severely shocked. He
? | was taken to Freedmen’s Hospital
where his condition was reported
serious.
Charles MoKeown, 20 years old, 3i2.
Fenwick street, Brentwood, Md., the
other driver, escaped injury, but two
other occupants of his car were
slightly hurt. They were: Joseph
Lindsay. 20 years old, Mount Rainier,
Md.. and Martin Geyhold, 3740 Fen
t wick street, Brentwood, Md. They
' were treated at Garfield Hospital.
Right-year-old Bernard Day, 3018
Blade nsburg road northeast was
knocked down by the automobile of
Martin S. Heisler, naval air station,
while crossing the roadway near his
home late yesterday afternoon and
painfully bruised. He was given first
aid at Sibley Hospital.
A collision between automobiles
driven bv Nicholas La Cava, 1326
Twelfth street, and William S. Landis.
Clarendon. Va.. occurred early last
evening at Thirteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue. Landis was
treated at Emergency Hospital for
cuts. . „
Maurice Warren, colored, 9 years
old, 411 B street southeast, was
knocked down by an automobile on
f Pennsylvania avenue between Sixth
and Seventh streets southeast early
last night and severely injured. He
was treated at Casualty Hospital for
-a possible fracture of the skull. Po
lice reported inability to establish the
identity of the driver of the car.
> Hose Wagon in Collision.
< A collision between the hose wagon
f of No. 27 Engine Company and the
1 automobile of Henry ioung, colored,
1 25 years old. of 3223 Stanton road
f southeast, occurred near Anacostia and
5 Benning toads northeast shortly after
t 7 o’clock last night. Both vehicles
r were damaged, but their occupants
escaped injury.
Firemen were on their way to the
. freight yard of the Baltimore & Ohio
- Railroad Company near Benning at
s the time. A freight car filled with
■ cotton wast* had caught fire and was
destroyed.
I CAPITAL ENGINEERS
j; SEND LINDY MESSAGE
Washington Chapter Goes on
Record Favoring Technical
Man for President.
A telegram of congratulations was
• sent to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at
> ' Mexico City Thursday night by the
I Washington Chapter of the American
- ! Association of Engineers. Col. Lind
! bergh is an honorary members of the
i organization. The chapter decided on
- the message at its meeting at the
> Playhouse. 1814 N street, last night.
> A resolution favoring the nomina
tion' and election of an engineering ex
> pert as President of the United States
i was passed. The resolution pointed
I ; out that many engineering problems,
i such as flood control and Inland wa-
I j terways development, confront the Na-
I tion’s Executive, and that many of the
t | Western chapters of the association
; ! are urging an engineer for President.
The chapter also passed a resolu
tion offering its assistance to the Fed
eration of Citizens* Associations In
i solving its engineering problems.
• Resolutions concerning the street rail
i way merger and proposed increase in
• telephone rates In Maryland were re
. ferred to the civic committee, J. O.
■ Hefty, chairman. A report on them
will be made at the next meeting.
A committee, composed of Nolan
. Mitchell, chairman: A. E. Hanson, W.
W. Duncan, M. G. Lloyd and Willis A.
■ Slater, was appointed to study prob
lems regarding the safety of Federal
employes. This committee was in
structed to have a representative at
the annual conference of the Ameri
-1 can Association of Labor Organisa
' tions, to be held at the Washington
\ Hotel, December 27.
r Edgar B. Kay, president of the
1 chapter, presided.
; PLAN 1928 CELEBRATION.
1
- Organizations to Meet and Ar
-1 range for Washington’s Birthday.
? All organizations participating in
‘ the public official celebration of George
r Washington's birthday for the past
1 three years have been requested to
5 send representatives to a meeting
' which will he held Monday afternoon at
• 4 o'clock in the District boardroom at
‘ithe Municipal Building for the pur
pose of reorganizing the committee of
25 and to make plans for the fourth
annual joint celebration of Washing
ton’s birthday in 1928.
Proctor L. Dougherty, president of
. the Board of Commissioners of the
! District of Columbia, will preside.
>
WOMAN IMPROVING.
- Clierrydale Resident Recovering
From Mysterio. - Injuries.
1 Miss Mary Higgins, 65 years old. of
Cherrydale, Va., who was found un
conscious on the Lee Highway near
Thrifton, Va.. early yesterday morn
ing and brought to Emergency Hos
i pital, where she remained unconscious
s for nearly 24 hours, was reported im
t proving this morning by Asst. Supt.
o q. S. Dalton. Dr. Dalton believes she
i will recover.
Miss Higgins was brought to the
s hospital when found by a passing
s autoist. The circumstances surround
s ing her injury are not known,
i
Woman, 111, Hangs Self.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md., December 17.
—Returning from a sanitarium in
r Pittsburgh, where she had undergone
l* treatment, Mrs. George Stuckey, 65,
e ended her life by hanging in the barn
a at the home of her sister, Mrs. Nancy
Howsare, at Rainsburg, near Bedford,
ti Besides her husband, she is survived
•* by one son, Harold Stuckey of Bed
lord.
A
Abe Martin Says: I
AXAJjf 11
“Oh. 1 have no regrets. My life
lias been party full an’ happy, 'cept
I've alius wanted t' see an oil quiz.”
said Gran’maw Moots, 98, jest before
she passed away this mornin’.
“I’d hate t’ live in a city where
nobuddv knows your business unless .
you spend about $50,000 a year ad
vertisin' it,” said Lyle Spry, o’ th’
Emporium, t’day.
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175 MEMBERS ENROLLED
IN Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN
Thirty-Six Additions to List Re
ported Last • Night—Canvass
to End Monday Night.
Enrollment of 36 new members in
the Y. M. C. A. was reported last night
at the “membership week” dinner of
the association in the assembly hall
at 1736 G street.
This brings the total of new mem
bers enrolled this w r eek to 175. The
annual membership canvass ends Mon
day night, when a final dinner of
teams and officials will be held.
The daily prize for the largest team
total was awarded to Team F—l, of
which Thomas R. Charshee is captain,
for its report of 8 new members for
the day.
William Knowles Cooper, associate
general secretary of the association,
and C. E. Fleming, secretary of the
membership committee, discussed
problems met by the workers during
the week and urged them to continue
their efforts over Sunday. E. M. Wil
lis, vice chairman of the committee,
presided.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.
Temple Chapter, No. 13, O. E. S.,
will have a special meeting tonight
for installation of officers.
Dr. Willard Carver of Oklahoma
will lecture on "The Universalities,”
8:15 o’clock, at 1329 Sixteenth street,
League for the Larger Life. A re
ception and dance will follow in
honor of Dr. Carver.
La Fayette Lodge Chapter will give
a dance, 9 o'clock, in rose room of
the Washington Hotel.
The Biological Society will meet,
8 o’clock, in assembly hall of the
Cosmos Club. Council meeting, 7:3<>
o'clock, in council room of the club, i
A card party for the benefit of St i
Francis de Sales’ Church will he held.
8:30 o’clock, at Chestnut Farms Dairy |
Auditorium, Twenty-sixth and Penn- ;
sylvania avenue.
FUTURE.
The Wanderlusters’ hike for to
morrow will start from Chevy Chase
Lake, 2:45 p.m,
Neval H. Thomas, president of the
District branch, N. A. A. C. P., will
deliver an address on "Segregation”
tomorrow afternoon at the social
session hour of Columbia Lodge, No.
85, I. B. P. O. E. W., at Elks Home.
301 Rhode Island avenue. The East
Washington Chorus will sing.
The Smith College Club of Wash
ington will have its Christmas lunch
eon December 30. 12:30 p.m., at the
Y W. C. A. John Spencer Bassett,
professor of history at Smith Col
lege. will speak.
The Public Interest Association of
East Washington will meet Monday
night in Calvary Parish Hall, Elev
enth and G streets northeast. « p.m.
Dr. George H. Richardson will pre
side.
Vincent B. Costello Post, No, 15.
American Legion, will meet Decem
ber 20. 8 p.m., in the board room of
the District Building.
The Kalorama Citizens’ Association
will meet December 20, 8 p.m.. in the
parish house of St. Margaret’s Church.
Suffrage for the District, fiscal rela
tions and the development of Great
Falls will be considered.
The Towa-Thomas Circle Citizens’
Association will give its annual Christ
mas reception Tuesday, December 27.
8 p.m., at Terrace Inn, 1500 Vermont
avenue.
The Washington Society of Engi
neers will hold its annual meeting
December 21. 8:15 p.m., in assembly
hall of the Cosmos Club. Election of
officers.
Lincoln Park Citizens’ Association
will meet Monday, 8 p.m., at Brvan
School. Dr. Edward T. Devine, dean
of American University, will make
address.
West End Citizens’ Association will
meet Monday. 8 p.m.. In Western
Presbyterian Church. Report on the
Borland act.
Cattle were first brought to this
country by the Spanish adventurers in
the sixteenth century.
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(Lnutii forever. Satisfaction guaranteed)
Col. 10384, Day, Night and Sunday
1170 Clifton St. N.W.
For Sale
To Close An Estate
1412 Shepherd
St. N.W.
6 rooms and bath. 2 rear
porches. 20-ft. alley in rear.
Reasonable Price
and Terms
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j ISth & Pa. Ave. M. 4815
'THREE GET TERMS
OF 30 YEARS EACH
Tiio Convicted of Highway
Robbery—Others A r : Sen
tenced to Penitentiary.
Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Di
vision 1 today sent to the penitentiary
for 30 years each Thomas Willis.
James Willis, his brother, and Archie
Cage, all colored, convicted of two
cases of highway robbery. The court
fixed the penalty at 15 years in each
ease and made the .sentences run con
secutively.
While only two oases were tried
against the accused. Assistant United
States Attorney Collins said there are
ponding other cases in which it is
suspected the men had been impli
cated. The negroes received the sen
tence without show of emotion.
July 1 the three men entered the
store of David Feldman, 322 Florida
and while one of them point
*ed a pistol at the storekeeper the
I others rifled the cash register and
took S3OO from the pockets of the
merchant. On July 16 they held up
George M. Wiilett, manager of an
Atlantic & Pocifte Tea Co. store, and
robbed him of SSO.
■Frank E. House, a young white
man, who snatched the purse of Mrs.
j Elizabeth Cullen in the rear of the
White House October 27, was sen
tenced to three years in the peni
teritiary. The young woman was
walking through the park when House
accosted her and grabbed her purse.
She screamed and pursued him until
he climbed a tree on the outskirts of
the park, where he was found by
the jtolice and placed under arrest.
House told the court that he was
hungry and had vainly tried to get
work, but later admitted to the court
that he had been arrested before for
larceny.
Harry J. Steinhouser also was given
a term of three years in tho j>eniten
tiary for passing a worthless check.
He admitted that he is a deserter from
the Army.
A sentence of three years' imprison
ment also was imposed on James H.
Diggs, eolored. for grand larceny. He
stole 720 pounds of grapes Septem
her 26 from the Columbia Fruit &
Candy Co.
Noted Composer Dies.
PHILADELPHIA, December 17
i/P). —Dr. Hugh Archibald Clarke,
emeritus professor of music at the
University of Pennsylvania and a
widely known composer, died yester
day at the home of his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Kenneth Hicks, at Bryn Athyn,
near here. He was 88-. Dr. Clarke
wrote music for "Acharnias.” the first
Greek tragedy to be produced in the
original in this country in 1886, and
was said to have been the first teach
er in America to abandon the use of
figured bases as a means nf teaching
harmony. He was born in Canada.
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GROUND has been broken in Bur
leith for the group of homes that
will complete the development.
Burleith has set new standards for
Washington, but we believe this last group
will receive a public recognition far beyond
its predecessors.
Built on ground unique in its surround
ings, these homes will be the last word in
convenience and equipment.
Reservations may be made now for
Spring delivery. Plans, prices and all in
formation may be secured at the Burleith
Model Home, 3607 R St. N.W., which is open
. daily and Sunday until 9 P.M.
SERVICE FOR CHILDREN
HELD IN KEITH’S THEATER
Story of Birth of Christ Presented
With Pictures by Mrs.
Charles Wood.
The story of the "Birth of Christ."
illustiated with colored slides, was
presented by Mrs. Charles Wood at
the Children's day Christmas service
at Keith'3 Theater today at noon
This service concluded the fourth an
nual procram held under the auspices
of the Department of Education of the
Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Mrs. Howard Hodgkins, member of
| the Board of Education, presided. Rev.
, Mark Depp, pastor of (’a l, 'c.v M. E.
, 'church, said the prayer and pro
j nounced benediction.
, Mrs. Edgar Merritt, vice president
Jof the Federation of Women’s Clubs,
land Mrs. AY. H. Howard, ehainpan
i in charge of the services, expressed
their thanks to the persons who aid
! ed in making the services a success;
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