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4 f", "■■; Prof. Robert Leading j Expedition to Mexico MJ* 1 * 3 O USta fit Prot Krank H H Roberts today I *Mtnl heads an expedition fpom the Smith- 1 >onian Institution's bureau of Ameri- WIMIQIW CAn ethnology into northern New IBIOkAS? - MOVING—CRATING Mexico to search for further traces llanuto leth Ji W w— apoo M 33 of peoples who laid the foundation I*-,,!.,,., , ‘■■■...mL. ' f Or pueblo architecture in the South- west. The expedition will explore the re- "— gion of the San Juan River near TKETH the Colorado border. I*l fl U- S. VETERANS TO MEET I I _ • W ' Th« United autee War Veteran. n ,B e~™.<m Association will meet tomorrow Dr. warren oeitist ui-ruats » «h. e. , , - . 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WB K S' ■ KB B B ■ I More power means more miles >▼■ B Bw Wb IJw per gallon of gasoline. Greater Transmission Oil and GearCompoundaramadeudth the samecare tftlTOMtß . Os "Standard" motor fuels and motor oils. L - ~ THE WASHINGTON TIMES f*e Waftaimt PnHy WEDNESDAY. MAY IS, 1928 Capital Horse Show Offers $3,000 in Prizes Prizes totaling almost $3,000 m cash and several thousands of dol lars additional in plate and medals, are to be offered in the six classes of the National Capital horse show, on at its new grounds at Kentsdaie, Md.. north of Chevy Chase, be ginning tomorrow and continuing .through Saturday. The classes inelude children s, saddle, hunters, jumpers, military, polo and championship, the whole list subdivided to makb forty-one events. ROUND TABLE ELECTS The annual election Os Washing ton Round Table officers will be held at the University Club, Friday. BUFFALO D RYS IN BUREAU SHAKE-UP By Isternatieaal News Service BUFFALO, N. T., May 16.—A gen eral shake-up in prohibition adminis tration of this Federal district was forecast today as a result of the In dictment announced yesterday of two former heads, and more than a dozen officials of the Buffalo enforcement office. . ‘ The offense charged is illegal diversion of alcohol from the plant of the . Illinois Alcohol Company here. Judges Roscoe C. Harper, <A New Tork, former prohibition ad ministrator of this district; Michael H. Stapleton, New York, • former chief of the Buffalo dry office, and Leo Regan. New York, former •as sistant administrator, were the leaders of an organization, including 38 men now under indictment, which diverted the alcohol, according to district Attorney Richard H. Tem pleton. • According to the charges, 108 car loads of algohol were token from the distillery and bribes totaling a half million dollars were paid Govern ment agento by the conspirators. tha? e two high enforcement officers of this district, whose names are not given, at one time obstructed a pro posed investigation of the Illinois Alcohol Company. A special agent sent from Wash ington. received no assistance from this district in his efforts to ex amine the company, it is alleged. Five active prohibition agents, named in the indictment, were sus pended by Prohibition Administrator Andrew McCampbell yesterday. They were John McQuade. Edward Du pont, Leroy Wilder, Edward Moran and J. Herve Reeves. Both Harper and Regan were arraigned yester day. They entered pleas of not guilty and were released under bond. CITIZENS TO MEET The Washington Highlands Cit izens Association will meet tomor row night in Congress Heights School. Miss Sybil Baker, of the Community Center department, will speak. ■ t| Extra! I Af«H( M ttw Amrr* jfk Asm» baw AmM* Ail* Caaliaa avatrn* o j Wv BOW —**— Wvs vwwvVWw gywsVVW wy ertatcs • rwrvwißf awtaraiiai at- MMSINrt test yss'll wast t» lis««r is j j —wills esr ssml vsriMl as! ue«lU«; : Restauramt 1 Madmuok ) New Washtasten Bids- ' IMh sad New Torfc Ave LUNCHEON «! 55c, SI.OO . J DINNER $1.50, $2.00 V J Tea Dancing ’ 4Fi|Zjb | |jjj| Satardny ass f {..“vSA Wj Svnday Afternoons IM 75c inclusive < I L No Cover M Charge At Ini Any Time J I Hfh rraakHa SISO 0 0 G FORGIVEN BY THREE VICTIMS The collies dog that yesterday bit Mrs. Julia f M. Healey, her small daughter, and another girl, has been forgiven and there will be no .prose ' cution; Mrs. Healey said today. The dog is **a very nice dog” and i has often played with the children, i she said. Yesteray he leaped over a ■ fence separating the premises qf his owner from the Healey home. i Mary Healey, 3, and Mary Beckett. ; 5, a neighbor, were playing in the r back yard. The children were star s tied and evidently frightened the dog, . Mrs. Healey said. Th* mutual state I of alarm led to the biting of both • children, and Mrs. Healey was bit I ten on the hip when she came to the • rescue on hearing their screams. s All three victims are recovering to ; day. They were treated at Chil i dren’s Hospital. William Coakley is > the dog’s owner. The owner and ■ victims live in the 4200 block of Fourth Street Northwest. ■— "-"t— . I LEGION TO CELEBRATE ■; Jacob Jones Post, No. J, Amer ican Legion, will hold a birthday ! banquet May 22 at the Arlington . Hotel. s 3S ■ * **■ ' * ' F'/ ’ SS ■•r ; ; / ' . : - K ftlMmltt a LU'*""' 1 till ft S s . SnJhta. Im 111 J"‘ r J | ■i i—. <. liirJiirilll&l jltj .1 x SSS = gMDJ| ' -II IB B ■ i i '7/ I I Mfch t < 1 f/r\FJ M\ \ 'T 1 w, Ma BH <BBW #' I • IIIL - II I s i gg -rMT nla \ ;ASk SB a <- <w a 5 r -'a | Over^eara^' | I on the TRJ IN | yf AVE you ever caught a stray bit of some stranger’s Jtl conversation that started you thinking? This happened to a friend of ours. He was riding on a train. Two ladies well beyond middle age in the seat behind were exchanging confidences in voices that carried. Here is the remark that arrested his attention: s == “Well, my husband attends to all the financial matters. If S • he died I wouldn’t have the slightest idea what to do.” s. . S This struck home. In a flash, it ranging to put the settlement of his == dawned on our friend that his own estate into experienced hands. = good wife would be just as helpless. , • = In fact, he doubted if she really un- J , = == J A J 4.1. J.MF . in the course of our days work ps ■= ss derstood the difference between a . == = ..... j j. x a Executor and Trustee of our fellow S = debenture bond and a first mortgage = bond; or a preferred stock and a stock purchase warrant! This work brings us very close to = . A _ v people. We come into their lives at For years he had meant to make his £ p • •»! j #k«4- ;# times when sympathetic understand- —s L in*. “ *nil “ ®ound business judz- anythm? should happen .... m ’ nt and counse ] are urgently needed. Being a man who followed thought This cordial relationship lasts as long = with action, he lost no time in ar- as they live. Commercial National Bank Lincoln National Bank = Continental Trust Company Merchants Bank & Trust Company S District National Bank Munsey Trust Company EE Farmers & Mechanics National Bank National Bank of Washington = Federal-American National Bank National Savings & Trust Company = Franklin National Bank Riggs National Bank Liberty National Bank Union Trust Company American Security & Trust Company Washington Loan & Trust Company Members of District of Columbia Bankers' Association illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllllllinilllllllHlllllllllH Armstrong High Wins In Cadet Competition Second Battalion of Armstrong High School, commanded by Major Baton Harrison, yesterday won the annual competitive battalion drill of the Twenty-fourth Regiment of Colored High School cadets, which was, hold In the Howard Stadium. Lieut. Col.. West A. Hamilton, Capt. Howard D. Queen and Capt. R. C. Clayton, of the United States Reserves, acted as judges. Dr. F. I. A. Bennett. Mrs. Mary McNeill, Dr. J. Hayden Johnson, and G. C. Wilkinson, first assistant superin tendent in charge of colored schools, and Capt. A. C. Newman, director of cadets, reviewed the drill. The Second Battalion was awarded a silver loving cup, upon which Major Harrison’s name will bo engraved, and a battalion pen nant. The commander also received a gold, medal. Virginia Held On Slaying Charge E. L. Edmunds, 4«. CTuuJtHly, V*.. today is held tor ths Fairfax grand jury on a charge of first degree n.urder growing out of the death Sunday at Garfield Hospital Os Chaleo A. Wrenn, 70, also of Chan tilly. ' Edmunds was held after an inquest yesterday by Dr. Charles A. Ranson, county coroner, into Wrenn’s death. It was testified that Edmunds had been, drinking whWky all day and that he attacked Wrenn, knocked him down and fractured his ekull. 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