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Evening star., 1924-03-24
VETERAN OF 81 DIES.
Edward S. Peck, Eighty-0ne, Long
Resident of Capital.

Edward S. Peck, eighty-one years
old. veteran of the Union Army dur
ing the civil war and a resident of
this city for fifty-nine years, died at
his residence. 1923 Newton street
northwest. yesterday. Funeral ar
rangements have not been completed.
Mr.. Peck was born in Wyoming,
y. Y, November 8. 1912. During the
civil war he served as a lieutenant
with the old Tooth New York Regi-
ment and was wounded at the battle
of Bermuda Hundred. Following the
war he was employed in the Treas
ury Department. where he worked
until retired about three years ago.
He was the senior deacon of the
NJ cunt Pleasant congregational
Church. lie was a member of the
Burnside Post, c.. \. r.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Katherine Il. Peck; two daughters,
Miss Emily Peck and Miss Josephine
Peck, and three sons. Hubert E:
Peck of this city, Claude J. Peck of
Cleveland, Ohio. and Edward S. Peck
OF Colorado Springs. Col.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
Rites for A. T. Bats.

A. T. Bats. a colored employe of
the District government for more
than thirty years, who died last week.
was buried today in Mount Harmony
cemetery. In the old days Bats drove
missioner and when the automobile
came into use he was made n mes
senger i'll the engineer department.
Bats was more than sixty years old
and resided at 34a O street northwest.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia, Maryland and
Nlrglnia--Fair tonight and tomorrow
moderate temperatures: gentle mort
and northwest winds :
Hecords for Twenty-Four Hours,
Thermomete1-4 p.m., SO. spm 40.
u midnight, Al: 4 am. 40; am. AZ:
noon. 81 80
Barometer-4 pm. 1901: s nm
1901: IL midnight. 5000: am. % as.
am, 1908: noon. 1904.
Highest temperature.55. AT o.45 nm,
yesterday.
Lowest temperature. 81, at $50
am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, IS; lowest. 50.
Condition of the Water.
Ten Ienperature and condition of the
perature, IL: condition, very muddy.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States coast
and geodetic survcyJ
Today-Low tide. 4:39 am. and 5:1s
pm: high tide. 1929 am. and 1885
pm.
Tomorrow-I-ow tide. J:2s am and
e:11 pm: high tide, I1:2O am. and
1l:+9 pm.
The sun and Moon,
Today-Sun rose 6:O6 am: sun sets
6:24 pm.
Tomorrow-Suu rises 6:o4 I'M: sun
sets 6:2o pm
Moon rises 1887 am: sets s:s2 m
Automobile lamps to be Lighted
one-half hour after sunset.
Weather In Various Cities.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
FOREIGN.
Man Dies Suddenly.
IS an. Greenwich time. today

Theron !. Rice. twenty-six. $50 Is
street southwest. was taken suddenly
i'll at his home yesterday afternoon
and died before a physician summon
ed from Emergency Hospital arrived
His death was due to natural causes
according to n certificate given by
Coroner hewitt.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
MISSION DATE CHANGED,
Services at st. Dominic's to Starr
March 80.

The mission that was to have been
held AT St Dominic's Church. 9Th and
p streets southwest. beginning April
will begin March so instead, it was
announced today
Early morning services. with a SER
mon, recitation of the rosary and
benediction in the evening will be the
order daily from March so to April 1S
Progress in electric railways during
1928 included the initial operation of
electric equipment on the Spanish
Northern railway. the Mexican rail-
way and the Japanese imperial gov
ernment railways
Evening star., 1924-03-24

-
The Church and Social Hygiene.
and Dr. Winifred Richmond OF ST.
EIizabeth's Hospital will have for
her topic, What Is Mental III
Health?
Cosmos Club-Ahmed Mohammed
Hassanein Bey, +. r. q. s.. first secre-
tary of the Egyptian legation. will
give an illustrated lecture on Gross
ing the Lybian Desert from the
Mediterranean Coast 10 the Sudan"
Members are invited to bring ladies.
West End Citizens Association will
meet, o'clock, in basement of Con-
cordia Church. DR. +. J. Eichelaub
will give address, 'The Control of
Cancer
Mid-City Citizens Association will
meet. o'clock at Thomson School.
Senator Kenneth d. Mcclellan will
speak on street Railway Legisla-
tion for the District of Columbia"
Entertainment. Executive committee
meets. 1:3U o'clock.
WASHINGTON Academy of Sciences
and botanical Society of Washington
will meet together, Sis O'Clock. at
Carnegie Institution. Br. Jean Mas
sart. professor OF botany. University
Of Louvain. Belgium, will deliver an
address on The Internal Sensations
Of Ara ucaria Excelsa."
Harry y. Appleby will speak at
Maud Haliam Practical Psychology
Club. 1:45 O'Clock, at Playhouse. Sub
ject: Getting Results Material and
, Spiritual"
Federal Post. No. S24 Veterans of
; Foreign Wars, business meeting. 7:30
o'clock. odd Fellows Hall. 4l9 7th
street.
Daughters Of Isabella will give an
entertainment. o'clock, at Col Z
street. Friends invited.
Georgetown Civic Association. s
O'Clock. Phillips School
The committee on public health Of
/ the Washington Board Of Trade will
/ meet at I:30 o'clock in the board $
/ quarters in The Star building.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TO-DAY

League of Republican Women viii
meet, $3.50 O'Clock, at Gordon Hotel.
College Women's Club. 1922 ! street
Mrs, A. e. Baldwin. president, will
be assisted by past presidents of the
club al "a tea at the CLUB from 4 to
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
TONIGHT.

Worien.s city Club-InfofT ofTnaI os IT )
Of bridge, 500 and NAH j"ng, under
auspices of entertainment committee,
5 o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-03-24

Social Hygiene Society will meet,
S:15 o'clock. at Eigth Street Temple
Rev. David H. Covell Will speak Of
THE Church and Social Hygiene.
and Dr.. Winifred Richmond OF st.
Elizabeth's Hospital Will have for
her topic, What Is Mental III
Health?'
Evening star., 1924-03-24

West End W e. I. L. will meet.
) O'Clock, at Union VI. +. Church.
Evening star., 1924-03-24

T0MCATITiger stripe, white face and breast,
large size; near 18th and Monroe NV; reward
Return to 1862 Monroe ct. NV. 25'
Evening star., 1924-03-24

Daughters Of Isabella will give an
entertain nment- s o'clock, at Col T.
street. Friends invited
Evening star., 1924-03-24

Federal Post. No. S24. Veterans of
Foreign Wars, business meeting. 1850
o'clock. Odd Fellows Hall. i19 7th
street
Evening star., 1924-03-24
FOUND.

POCKETBOOk-sm with little money. Cal
Main 1895
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FLORISTS
APPROPRIATE Funeral Tokens
GUIDE Bros. Co., 1912 F st. NV.
xpressive--Inexpensiv
Prompt Auto Delivery Service.
nEATHa

4 4 ~ -
William N. Davidson. 50. years,
No. 1901 Thirty fifth street northwest.
Mary Herman. II years. Georgetown
Hospital
Maria e. Tippett u years sIblsy
Hospital.
Helen Virginia Bauskett. IS years.
No. 1901 Girard street northwest.
John v. Rees. rs years, Garfield Hos
pitaI. "
william Powell Triplett, SIS years,
Nos l7oi Oregon avenue northwest.
= Edwin L Davis, 80 years No. 10
seaton place northeast.
Louis Weinberg. es years. sIbley Hos
pital.
sister Joseph claudine tnss Mary
MoranE So years. Little Sisters Of the
Anna ssitsrt - years Little sisters
Of the Poor.
Andrew b Thrift. 81 years., No. IA
r street southwest.
Frank Dyson. 50 years. Providence
Thomas J. Keatins. 81 years. wal
ter Reed Hospital.
Robert N. Love. 81 years. Garfield
n Gertrude Elizabeth Coulter, as years.
No: 24b2 Georgia avenue northwest.
Tony ccstsnza, % years. Waiter
Albert. Francis Hoffman. Ii months.
Children's Hospital.,
Robert william Yobst, months,
Providence Hospital
Antony Giffia. = months. Children's
Hospital.
Dorothy Smith. days: Providence
Hospital.
John Singleton Clements. 81 years.
No. llt2 Sixth street northeast.
Eliza 4. Brown. So years No.. 2135
l. street northwest
Matilda Shepherd. 70 years, No. 1iOl
Browning street northeast
Francis Carter. rs years. TubsrcnIosis
Hospital. J. y
Moses West. ~ years. aallinssr Hos
Asbury Monokey. Is ysars. Freed
mems Hospital.
Bensamin Brooks. 70 years Casualty
:, Msry Hamlet. IS years Frsedmsn.s
Hospital.
Bette A. Thomas, ga years, No. l2s
Twentieth street northwest.
Ida B. Jones IS years. Tuberculosis
Hospital.
Edward Thomas sarnuels, s. years.
No. s17 Forty fourth street northeast.
Evelyn =. Poles Davis. month,
No. 1902 Meigs place northeast.
Mabel Burns. IL yeara, No. 800
Florida avenue northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
WOULD prevent
CONF LIANT Of
TENANTS
Owner Of Chateau Thierry
Apartments Asks Restraint
Against Commission

Garfield A. Street, owner of the
/ Chateau Thierry apartments at 1920
i 3 street northwest, today filed suit
IN the District Supreme Court
against members Of the Rent Com
mission. asking for an injunction
restraining the commission from
being permitted to receive and hear
any complaints by tenants in so far
as they may relate to property
owned by the plaintiff.
} Mr.. Street, represented by Attor-
Sey William J. Dow, says that up
60 May % last three complaints
have been filed before the commits
sion by tenants OF the apartment
house, in which they alleged that
their rents are unfair and unreal
sonable, asking the commission to
determine upon a fair and reason
able rent.
Mr.. Street claims that the
rent act is unconstitutional, not
withstanding the commission set q
hearing for July Is for the deter
mination of the cases in question.
He further declares he would SUI.
Ter irreparable damage IL the COM
mission were permitted to invade
his rights, and asks that the Rent
Commission be required to show
cause why a permanent Injunction
should not be issued against It to
hear and determine complaints filed
either against him or his agents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
HOLY COMFORTER SCHOOL
LAWN FETE TO CONTINUE

A lawn fete for the benefit OF
Holy Comforter parish school, which
viii be continued through the week,
was opened last night with large
attendance of east Washington resi-.
dents on the school grounds, FIT.
teenth and East Capitol streets.
A special musical program Is
being arranged for Thursday night.
Members of the knights Of Column
bus, Of which the pastor of HOLY
Comforter Church, Che Reverend
Clarence p. Wheeler, Is chaplain.
are expected to attend Saturday
night. The Reverend j. j. Bowens.
assistant pastor. is In charge Of
the fete, and Id assisted BY Holy
Name Society members under direc.
ton OF Cornelius Ford. The Ladies'
Sodality and other parish societies
are in charge Of the stands where
refreshments as well as household
articles and fancy goods are being
sold.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
j. s. WAR HERO
PR0M0TED
IN RANK
Brig. Gen. McAIexander,
Rock of the Marne," Is
Made Major General

Brigadier General Ulysses g. Nc.
Alexander will be promoted to the
rank Of major general on July 81,
to fill the vacancy caused by the re-
tirement of General Hutcheson for
physical disability, it was announced
by the War Department today.
Colonel Ewing e. Booth will be made
a brigadier general on the same day
to fill the vacancy caused by the
promotion OF General McAlexander.
General McAlexander is at present
stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah, in
command of the Sixth infantry.
During the Standardization war
he was recommended for brevet ma
jor for gallantry in action at San.
tiago. He served on the general
staff during 1906 and 1907. During
the world war as colonel he com.
manded in France the Eighteenth
infantry of the First division, and
upon being promoted a brigadIer
general in August, 1918, was as.
signed to command the One Hun.
dred and Eightieth infantry brigade
of the Ninetieth division.
General McAlexander, known as
the Rock Of the Marne," was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross and the Distinguished Service
Medal by our Government; the
Croix de Guerre and the Legion Of
Honor by France, and the War
Cross Of italy.
Colonel Booth is at present in
command Of the 9Th Cavalry at
Fort Mcintosh, Texas. During, the
world war he was aide de camp
to General J. F. Bell, and later as.
sistant chief of staff of the East
ern department under the same
commander. He was assigned as
chief Of staff OF the Seventy-seventh
division in August, 1917, and when
he was appointed prigadier general
in June 1918, was assigned to com.
mand the Eighth Infantry Brigade.
Upon relief as chief of staff OF
the American forces in France. he
was assigned to duty with the
American mission in Armenia under
General Harbord.
Colonel Booth was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal by our
Government, the Croix de Guerre
with palm and Legion OF Honor by
France and the medal la Solidaridad
by Panama.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
CROWDS
EXPECTED BY
HOLY NAME
Citizens viii Be Asked to
Open Homes to Delegates
Here for Convention

ID. F
The attendance at the national
convention Of the Holy Name ST..
ciety to be held here September Is
81. will be far greater. than the
promoters Of the convention had
planned, the Rev. M. J. Ripple, o.
p. Of New York. chairman Of the
executive COMMITTEES, predicted at
a meeting OF the presidents and
spiritual directors Of the local
branches Of the society last night.
1t will be necessarily to enlist tho
aid Of hotel proprietors and to oh.
tain the cooperation of the citizens
ON the Capital in opening their
homes to the visitors, Father Rip
pie declared.
An intensive drive by the finance
committee is planned to swell tho
entertainment and expense fund.
Archdiocesan President Patrick j.
Haltigan addressed the meeting last
night briefly and. declared that lie
viii be in attendance daily at the
headquarters Of the convention.
a21A-- Massachusetts, avenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
Disease Deaths Here
Decrease; Others
Increase

~
The District death rate has
fallen Is per cent during the
first six months of this wear.
as compared with the same
period last year, according to
g report by the Health Depart
ment.
From January to July, 1923,
4.OS9 deaths were recorded here.
During the past six months
3, 486 were recorded.
The number Of deaths by
violence, including traffic acct
dents, has increased, but there
has been marked decrease in
the number Of deaths from dis
ease.
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MRS. JANE E. .Al AZ.

Mrs. Jane E. Ager, ninety.one.
widow Of Joseph b. Ager, who for
many years was master Of the
Maryland State Grange, died sun
day and viii be buried TODAY at
Rock Creek Cemetery following the
funeral services from the Green
Valley Farm. ChiIlum. Members
of the Eureka grange. Of which
Mr.. Ager was the founder, will
have charge of the funeral.
Mrs. Ager came to Maryland with
her husband about fifty years ago
and had lived here since. She is
survived by one son, Charles b.
Ager: two daughters. Mrs. Jose
phine McCullen and Mrs. Howard
NARROW; six grandchildren and three
great 8
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
FOUR TENNIS COURTS
ARE READY FOR PUBLIC

-Four new public tennis courts
viii probably be opened tomorrow
In Rock Greek Park. near the Six
teentli street reservoir, making q
total Of twelve courts which are
now In use at that point.
Construction of new courts Ii
progressing rapidly at other points
II the city, according to the De.
partment Of Public Buildings and
Grounds, under whose supervision
they are built.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
.HEBBARD DEAD.
FROM Shot
He FIRED
Prominent Tailor's Body
Found Lying at Foot Of
Stairs il Shop
(Contlnued from Page ISL

CONTINUED from Page 15.l
two women referred to in the note.
He said they were close friends Of
Mr. and Mrs. Hebbard.
Nevius visited the Hebbard home,
1919 Belmont street northwest, but
was told that Mrs. Hebbard had
gone out. He located her an hour
later. A son. George Hitler Hebbard,
n at Camp Meade. Nd.
Motive StiIl Mysterious.
1t was a mystery to Hebbard's
friends as to why he took his life.
He had neither financial or domes-
tic worries, and was in the best Of
health. his friends say.
why was joking with him only
last night, Margolxs, store manager
said today, We talked about Wash
ington's chances Of getting the PEN
nant. He certainly was happy
when he talked to me. cant
understand why he took his life.
This morning two real estate
agents visited Mrs. Hebbard. They,
likewise, learned she was out. They
said the Hebbards were thinking Of
buying a house in Chevy Chase.
1t was Mr.. Hebbard's custom TO
come down town early every MORN
ing. He sat in the park across from
the tailoring place for an hour or
more each day. At 5 o'clock he went
z to the store.
At 1880 today Nesbitt. the colored
porter, saw him go in the store. A
few minutes later a special delivery
messenger boy came up. He found
the store door locked. The porter
told the messenger boy that Hebbard
probably went out again.
At s o'clock, Manager Margolis
arrived, and unlocked the door.
Nesbitt followed him. The fan in
the store was on.
Thought Absence Joke"
.WelI, see Hebbard's here"
Margolis remarked, II guess he's
in the back, !"
Margolis called out. but got no,
response.
Look down the cellar, Nesbitt,
he's hiding from us as a joke"
Margolis said.
Nesbitt opened the cellar door
and saw Hebbard lying at the foot
of the steps. His face was covered
with blood.
Hebbard was one OF the leading
tailors in Washington a few years
ago. For many years he conducted
tailoring business at 1872 +
street northwest.
Prominent in City Affairs.
He was president of the Merchant
Tailors' Exchange one year and
secretary ten years, serving also on
several committees of the National
Merchant Tailors' Exchange.
He was member of the Board
of Trade, Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, Kiwanis Club,
Bannockburn Golf Club, Optimists'
Club, Kalorama Citizens Associa-
ton, Sons of American Revolution,
Vaughn Class and Vaughn Club Of
Calvary Baptist Church, and q
member of the Masonic order.
Mr.. Hebbard was fifty years old.
He was born at Rockville, Nd.
December Z, 1873, son. Of John
Marshall and Charlotte II. Rardtl
Hebbard. He graduated from the
Rockville High School.
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WIII.IAM sTTEBELING.

Services for William Stiebeling,
seventy, Washington business man
for many gears, who died Satur-
day at his home, 1856 Monroe
street northwest. were held today
from there under the supervision
o. the Rev. Paxton Locker, pastor
of the Lutheran Concordia Church.
Interment was held at Prospect Hin
Cemetery.
Mr.. Stretching. a native Of Ger
many, had lived in Washington
since he was eleven years old and
had been in business here for the
past forty years. Surviving are
his widow, Mrs. Annie Stiebeling,
and a sister, Mrs. Charles Bischoff,
OF this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
j. V. REEFS

A retired District employee and
resident of Washington for twenty.
five years. ]. v. Rees, seventy-six,
|a native of Danville,e Pa, who died
yesterday at Garfield Hospital, will
be buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery
tomorrow afternoon following the
services from Wright's Undertaking
Establishment at O'Clock. The
Reverend Patrick Murphy win Off
ciate.
Mr.. Rees had been living IN
Florida when the illness was con-
tracted which resulted in his death.
While here he was visiting his only
surviving relatives, three children.
Theodore, Edward N. and Miss
Florence Rees, and his brother,
C. B. Rees.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
FRED BUcHHoLZ 70 WE'D \
RICHMOND, VA, BELLE

Frederick w. Buchholz, twenty.
six years old, son of Gus Buchholz,
proprietor of the Occidental Hotel
and restaurant. will be married at
noon tomorrow to Miss Dorothy
Louis Wilson, of Richmond, va.
The Reverend C. w. I.ocher will
perform the ceremony in the hotel
A wedding breakfast will follow.
The couple go to Atlantic City for
their honeymoon. They will live in
Washington.
Buchholz recently graduated from
the Georgetown Law School.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
synagogue Is Robbed

Thieves jimmied door OF the
Talmud Torah Synagogue. 467 e
street southwest. and stole four
cases Of soda water, according to a
report to police today by David
Tolstoi. superintendent OF the build
ing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
/. RIRTHG.

Samuel X. and Mabel Murphy, boy.
boy
! lawrence J. ana Margaret @. Nc
Frank b. ana Daisy M. winston.
girl.
Joseph w. and Regina Smith, Elrh
John c. and Helen Walker, boy.
Paul and Rose Levy, boy,
Enoch j. and Ruth W. spence. xiri.
Oscar II. and Rosa Souder, girl.
Benjamin and Minnie Levine, boy /,
Vernal and Clara Brown, boy.
Alphonsus r. and Josephine I. Ben
son, girl
James II. and Grace T.. Gamble Wirl.
Herbert and Minnie Negus, girl.
Shelby M. and Janet Baylor. boy.
Leroy o. and Meta f. StariSey, girl.
George and Elena Caumaris, boy.
Luigi and C0ncetta Debole, girl.
Cesare and Giovannina Peluzzo, boy.
Marzilio and EIvira Spaterna, boy
Agatino and Maria Saglibene, boy.
Angelo and Filomena Quattrociochehi,
girl.
Malachi and Marine CatIett. girl.
Floyd and Mary johnson. girl.
Reed /. and Evelyn Stokes. girl.
Frank L. and Mildred ID. Priolean,'
twin girls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
MRS. ANNIE 3. CLAYTON

Funeral rites will be held at her
residence. TAO Longfellow street
northwest. tomorrow afternoon at Q
O'Clock for Mrs. Annie r. Clayton,
who died Sunday.
Mrs. Clayton was in her seventy.
ninth year, and had been resident
of Washington for. fifty years.
She was the widow of william M.
Clayton, q civil engineer. who is
said to have put down the first
asphalt pavement in this city.
/. Mrs. Clayton is survived by four
children, Bessie L., Harry L., Claude
D. and William Nick. Clayton: one
sister, Miss Mary T. Detwiller, and
"a brother, Lee Detwiller, OF Hills.
boro, Ohio. Interment at Rock
Greek Cemetery win be private.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
MRS. AMELIA BOVELLO.

Solemn high mass was celebrated
this morning at $50 a. m. at st.
Aloysius Catholic Church for Mrs.
Amelia Bovello.
Mrs. Bovello died In New York
Friday, where she had gone some
six weeks ago to be under the care
of heart specialist. Shes was the
wife Of Joseph II. Bovello, violin in.
|structor and leader Of the BoveIlo
orchestra Of this CITY, She was In
her thirty-first year.
She is survived by her husband
and three sons, Angelo, Nunvio, and
John Bovello. Interment was In
st. Mary's Cemetery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-15
MARRIAGE LICENSEG.

Frederick p. Gibson, 80, and Mary
A. Kremelberg. 81, both OF Baltimore,
Md. The Reverend u. g. d. Pierce.
Frederick w. Buchholz, rs. and Dor
ethZ Louise Wilson. -. The Reverend
G. Ne Lochor,