Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-27
By the Associated Pre- -.

ship Massachusetts, which has been
turned over to the War Department
by the Navy. The practice Is ex-
pected to open about January ~.
| The batteries of railroad rlnes nave
arrived, together with ammunition
trains and railroad repair shops. the
Engineer Corps detachment. attached
to Fort Barrancas, commanded u!
Col. ]. A. Brady, has started WORK on
+ a military railroad line TOR the gun
emplacements, and the railroad bat
teries will be moved into position
some time during the week, ACCORDING
to information from coast DEFENSE
headquarters here. The practice II,
self will be in charge OF a specIa'
board appointed by the War Depart
ment.
1t was originally planned to send
two souadrons Of Army planes from
Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla. TO spo,
the target but the War Department
personnel was too small to permit OF
this arrangement. and present plans
are for flyers from the naval ar sta
tions here to do the sporting. nleuI
Percival Maggie, U. S. N, VINO oeNel-
oped several aviation radio appliances
for the Navy, recently directed spot.
| ting practice for the artiilerymen a. a.
Fort Morgan near Mobile and II IS
understood that he will be in charge
of this work when the MassachuSe'''
is fired on.
Shot on Return Home.
WINSTON SALEM. N. CIV ME
lbrandishing pistol ana OH y,
threats to citizens in Madison, N: ~
J Aihart Martin. negro, back home from
the coal fields to spend Chrlstmas' Ne " aS'
shot through the neck by Police UNI
GER Tom watson. The negro d1ed
three hours later.
One Killed on Coast.
| UNIDAL.IA, GA passenger IRAN
on the Georgia and Southern anu
| Florida railroad crashed INTO an au
itomobile at a grade crossing mere
EilIine John Register, prominent res
iident of this city. William register
a consin of the dead man. is believed
to he fatally injured. while the thlro
ma ssenper. William Bremen, is IN a
serious condition.
$25O,OOO Fire mt Memphis.
! MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Fed by tons or
paints and oils. fire of undetermined
origin destroyed the local salesr C
and warehouse of the Glidden Com
pany of Cleveland, damaged a NUMBER
of adjoining stores and caused serious
! in uries to three firemen. The loss Is
estimated at $250,0OO.
Galveston Loss, 100000.
GALVESTON, Tex.-Oficials of the
National Oil Company estimate tnaI
the company's losses from the expo
| sion and fire at pier A. an OIL Ter
minal, will be at least sSoo,ooo. w.; ns,ed
age to other property was eseiHateu
at about 100000 additional. It is
known that two men were killed ana
five others unaccounted Tor.
| $4,000 in Drugs Seized.
| ROSTON-Federal inspectors nave
| arrested Domenic Borg or the KoA-
| bury district on charge or peodilns
/ $4,000 worth of morphine, one OF
the largest amounts ever seized at
! one time in New England.
Canadian Bailins Seized.
NEWPORT, vt-Joseph H. A.
Geneste. who told the authorities he
! was(a bailiff of the superior court OF
Sherbrooke. Quebec. was lodged IN
| Jail here on charge or SMUGGLING
| liquor across the border after Gus
toms officers had stopped his auto
mobile and confiscated the 200 quarts
of whisky and ten gallons Of wine
| which it contained. Geneste sara ne
| was bound for Berlin, n. H.: and tnat
| he had been guaranteed $3.50 Tor
| the liquor delivered there. He said
| It cost him $500.
Two Burned in Boxcar.
CHATTANOOGA NTenn.-Two boyAs
OF Alton Park, Chattanooga. J. A.
Bennett and J. OBannon. eighteen
years of age, were burned to death
| in box car on the Louisville and
and Montgomery. Ala. The boys were
hoboing their way over the country.
Killed in Doorway Duel.
ASHEvILLE. n. C.-Berry Hens
| lev was shot and instantly killed in
the doorway to his home and his
brother-in-law, Charles F. Hare. and
Vernon e. Bailey were seriously
aad n N nf MIS-
| toll shots at Hensley's home. Accord
! ing TO a statement made by J. Henry
Reed, chief prohibition agent. Hens
| ley was being sought on a charge of
! result of the discovery of three pints
of whisky under the doorstep on which
he was later killed.
Big Haul Of Spurious Notes.
DETROIT.-Federa1 officers raided
rooms occupied by George F.. Choate
and Tracy B. Tyler and seized ap-
proximately 1900 spurious twenty
taneously, the officers were advised.
Choate and Tyler We're taken into
custody in Chicago with nearly 5000
Of the counterfeit bills. which they
are charged with manufacturing.
Thought HOld-Up a Joke.
LAWRENCE. Mass.-When one OF
| three young men who had entered
.
! pointed a revolver at Ferguson and
| demanded his money Ferguson
| thought he was joking and took hold
of the weapon by the barrel. I'm
| mediately the other two men whipped
out revolverS and Ferguson held up
| his hands while the first man went
| through his pockets and the cash
drawer. The man obtained 5000.
Rouge for Woman Prisoners.
BEDFORD, n. Whore than 200
woman inmates of Bedford reforma-
tory, hardening back to their truly
| feminine instincts. were "rouged and
| powdered" on Christmas day. The
ban on cosmetics. which has been en-
forced for years, was abolished by
! the board of managers at the sug-
gestion of the students of the Elmira
High School, who made the inmates
Christmas gifts of face powder, rouge,
cologne and other toilet accessories
Lieut.. VarEo Sentenced.
| CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Lieut. Ste
phen Vargo, tried by urt-martiaI on
| charges of deSertiOn and embeZzle-
ment Of government funds while sta
toned at Fort Oglethorpe, has been
, sentenced to six years Imprisonment
and dismissed from the service, ac-
| cording to information reaching this
| city. Lieut.. Vargo was connected with
! the prison guard at the Fort Ogle-
thorpe internment camp during the
| the post in July, 1919, taking with
him funds belonging to men Of his
company. and also money due to
Chattanooga business concerns.
Lone Bandit RObs Bank.
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