Evening star. [volume], August 20, 1930, Page A-5, Image 5

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PARADE IS STAGED
' By 1898 VETERANS
Election of Officers Today to
Follow “Preparedness
Day” Feature.
•r the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. August 20—The
"boys of '98,” who carried the Stars
and Stripes against Spain in Cuba.
’ inarched again yesterday in a colorful
parade that marked a high spot in the
program of the Thirty-second Annual |
Encampment of the United Spanish
War Veterans.
Veterans from every State paraded
*s thousands lined the sidewalks and
packed the reviewing stands.
After the parade the veterans saw a ’
demonstration by Army flyers at the,
Philadelphia Navy Yard, followed by
contests for uniformed drill teams. 1
. The parade was the feature Os • Pre
paredness day,” the second day of the
encampment, which is to continue until
tomorrow.
Officers Nominated.
Officers were nominated and were to
be elected today. Judge Edward S.
Matthias, formerly of the Ohio State
' Supreme Court, and Robert Wankow
6ki of Venice. Calif., were nominated
So r national commander.
, Dr. R. S. Ellsworth of Portland, Oreg.
was nominated for senior vice com
. mander. For junior vice commander j
the following were nomina rd: Michael j
F. Kelly. Illinois; Otto Emmendorfer,
St. Louis; William S. Seddinger, Nor
folk, Va.. and Henry A. Ingalls of
Rosewell. N. Mex.
Nominations for surgeon general were
Dr. William Mittendorf, New York City;
Dr. John Wright, Louisville; Dr. Frank
Broderick. Detroit, and Dr. E. N. Dorell,
Providence. Rev. Charles Lee, Paterson,
N. J., and Rev. Thomas H. Derrick,
Deland. Fla . were nominated for chap
lain In chief.
Next year's convention will be held
In New Orleans. Boston and Milwau
kee delegates put in bids for their cities
* as convention places in 1932.
Serpents Choose Leaders.
The Military Order of Serpents, a
Social organizatioft of the veterans,
elected officers last night, as follows;
Supreme gugu, Clifford Judd. Los
Angeles. Calif.
Supreme datto, Ellis E. Deekay, Ohio.
Four sleek and slimy keepers of Ophi
dian, Albert M. Gamier, Michigan; E.
J. Legon, Kansas: A. E. St'ne, Massa
chusetts, and William Hawkins, New
York.
Several hundred members of the
order, garbed in fantastic costumes,
snake danced their way down Broad
street last night in the annual parade.
Later there was an initiation and dance
at Lulu Temple.
Washingtonian Honcred.
More than 200 persons attended the
banquet of the Naval and Military
Order of the United Spanish War Vet
erans last night. The speakers in
cluded Gov. Green of Michigan, com
mander in chief, and Gen. Valiente of
Cuba. ;
The order elected officers for the year,
as follows: Gen. John G. Garrity, Illi- I
nois. commander in chief; Col. Lee <
Longstreet. Washington, D. C., senior j
vice commander in chief; Maj. Val,
Evens. Detroit. Mich., junior vice com
mander in chief.
PIPE SMOKING DECLINES
Commerce Department Shows 1920
Sales Only $5,202,185. j
The Commerce Department has in
effect confirmed the boasts of the cig
agette manufacturers and it remains
now for the psychologist .o explain why
men do not find the friendly pipe as at
tractive as formerly.
The total shipments and deliveries of 1
tobacco pipes in 1929 by manufacturers |
in the United States wtre valued at
$5,202,185 and this figure, the Census
Bureau has computed, is a 25.1 per cent
decrease from the total value of pipes
•hipped in 1927.
The number of pipe manufactories
was found by the bureau to be 22, as
compared with 23 in 1927, which was
the last preceding year when a census
of manufactures was taken. Decreases
. of from 7 to 36 per cent were noted in
various branches and activities of the
pipe-making industry.
SEVEN PRIZES LISTED
Wallingford Club to Honor Own
ers of Prettiest Flower Gardens.
Prizes for the most beautiful flower
gardens in the territory of the Garden
Club of Wallingford's Subdivision in
Brookland, D. C., will be awarded Sat
urday by a special committee appointed
by the club. Seven prizes of S2O will
be awarded to winners in each of seven
groups. Second and third prize money
will be sls and $lO.
The judges who will determine the |
winners are John H. Burton. S. T. Rod- 1
man and W. G. Watts. They will meet ;
at the home of Mrs. C. H. Evans at 4001 {
Thirteenth street northeast Saturday
morning.
Cleaning Firm Sues Over Name.
Charging unfair competition, the Dol
lar Dry Cleaning Co., 1731 Seventh
street northwest, has filed suit for an
injunction in the District Supreme
Court against the Dollar Cleaners, 1001
Seventh street southeast. The company
says it first adopted the name and is
entitled by priority to its use. Con
fusion in business will result if defend
ant is permitted to continue to use a
similar name, it is stated. Attorney
Leonard A. Block appears for the plain
tiff.
Little Princess Elizabeth of England
is learning to model in clay and to con
struct houses of brightly colored bricks.
“Making warm friends’"
Is the Job of the coal dealer
.. .but he has no monopoly
on that trait.
Horn* Laundry baa made
thousands of warm friends
In Washington because of
Its efficient service. Its
modern plant, and courte
ous employees. May we
serve you soon T
Policeman 33 Years
ERNEST LAKE,
Policeman at No. 14 precinct, who is
retiring from service after 33 years.
—Star Staff Photo.
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POLICEMAN RETIRES
Ernest Lake Spent 25 Years in
Third Precinct.
Ernest L. Lrke, desk sergeant in the
fourteenth precinct, will terminate a
service of 33 years in the Police De
partment at the end of this month the
District Comm ssirners having acted
favorably upon his application for re
tirement.
Born in Loudoun County, Va. Febru
ary 18. 1866. Lake came to this city
when quite young and became a mem
ber of the police force July 1, 1897.
Twenty-five years of his service were
spent in the third precinct. The desk
sergeant’s wife is a daughter of the
late Inspector John A. Swindells, who
served as chief of detectives many years
ago.
SCHOLARSHIP LISTED
FOR COMPETITIVE TEST
Washington Gas Light Co. Sched
ules Examination for Gas
Engineering Course.
A competitive examination for a
scholarship in the gas engineering
course at Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore will be held Monday morning
at 9 o'clock by the Washington Gas
Light Co. at its main office. 411 Tenth
street. The scholarship is open to resi
dents of Washington and vicinity sup
plied with gas by the company of its
subsidiaries the Georgetown Gas Light
Co. and Rosslyn Gas Co.
This will be the sixth scholarship of
fered to Washington boys by the local
gas company, it is wor-.h $450 per
year, which covers tuition, laboratory
fees and other expenses.
Johns Hopkins is the flist American
university to establish a gas engineer
ing department. It combines a four
year course. It was said the scholarship
runs for four years, and although ap
pointment will be for one year, the
holder is eligible for reappointment
from year to year.
I MEM- - I
imen!s WEARf
FINAL
Drastic Reductions
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Weight Suits are Included
All Sales Final—Alterations at Cost
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Furnishings Reduced
SHIRTS CRAVATS
Fancy Negligee Smart Cut Silks
Were NOW
V. « $1.50 & $2 95c
& $ I?? 2.50 & 3 1.65
5.00.::::£55 350 & 4
600 • 345 PAJAMAS
White Broadcloth Were NOW
$2.50 $1.85 $2.50 & $3 $1.85
3.50 2.35 3.50 & 4 2.45
Sidney West, /nc.
14th & G Sts.
EUGENE C. GOTT, President
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. t WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1930.
9 ARE IMPLICATED !
IN PLANE BOMBING
Federal Warrants for Alleged
Conspirators in Kentucky
Coal Mine Strike.
By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. August 20.—Nine j
persons alleged to be implicated in the :
bombing from an airplane of coal mine
properties at Providence, Ky.. and other
disorders in the Webster County coal
fields will be named In Federal warrants.
United States District Attorney Thomas !
J. Sparks announced here.
Mr. Sparks said the warrants will
charge conspiracy to violate Federal j
statutes forbidding transportation of ex
plosives from one State to another for i
unlawful purposes and intimidation of 1
witnesses summoned to appear at con
tempt proceedings to be held at Hender
-1 son. Ky.. September 2.
• The action will bring the trials into
Federal Court, either here or at Owens
boro. Mr. Sparks said State authorities
in both Kentucky and Illinois, where
several of the defendants were arrested,
have expressed willingness to turn the
matter over to the Federal Government, j
Mr. Sparks said warrants will be is- ;
sued against the following: Paul Mont- ,
gomery, Murphysboro, 111., aviator, who !
is said to have confessed piloting the
bombing plane; Edward Heckberk. i
Zeigler, 111., aviator, and Carroll Vaughn.
Angus Me’-itt, Esscll Grant and Ewing
Riley, all striking miners. Nam e s of the
oth-'r three were withheld pending their
arrests. ,
Railway service between Tientsin and !
Tsinan, China, has Just been resumed. 1
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Words to the Wise
School Teacher
About 1930*31 School
Qoing Fashions
The new Fall and Winter fashions express a great
return to sartorial sanity. The secret of the matter is, they
were designed for the modern woman—the woman who
does something—in other words, the teacher! This does
not mean that the new' fashions are lacking in chic or
youthfulness, but it does mean that they are dignified,
feminine and can be worn without making one look
conspicuous.
This Fur Coat Is of This All-Black Coat Has
Two-Tone Brown Kid No Rival for Smartness
It is extremely youthful, with the Its fur borders are placed low to
new jabot collar and belt that affects give the new tunic effect. Crepe broad
the moulded silhouette. cloth—Manchurian wolf trimmed.
$225.00 $55.00
Coats —Second Floor.
Reboux Trims
tThe Double-Brim Felt Is /
black felt with an interesting •
Milliners—Second Floor
Here’s the Secret of Foot
Smartness and Comfort
Grip-Tite Shoes—scientifically built on a combination last with the
heel two widths narrower than the ball of the foot. A shoe for long
hours of standing—because of its steel arch support that relieves foot
strain and back fatigue.
Four-eyelet tie of dull mat kid with Center-buckle one-strap model of a
tip, vamp and back trimmed with grey lustrous kid trimmed with black suede,
lizard calf. $8.50. Also in brown. $8.50.
Shoe*—Second Floor
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Prepared to Outfit
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partments frocks and accessories, not only
ruitable for classroom, but for the many
"meetings” young teachers must attend.
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