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The Washington times., 1924-12-09
MRS. HARTMAN
TALKS ABOUT
CLUB PLANS
Guest Of Honor and
Speaker at Woman's
National Press Club

Mrs. Borden Hartman was the
guest Of honorSat the weekly lunch
con yesterday of the Womeri's Ma
tional Press Club at the Hamilton
Hotel. After the luncheon Mrs.
Hartman made a brief talk about
the work and plans Of the Women's
Democratic Club at 500 Connecticut
avenue. This club, which is ma
tional. seems just now to be one
expression Of the Democratic party
that shows signs of being thorough.
ly alive. And undoubtedly this
aliveness is due to q large extent
to the influence of its president,
Mrs, Hartman.
So successfuE has been its brief
career--it was organized about a
year ago-that already plans are
being discussed for taking a larger
clubhouse. The roster of member
ship has representatives from thirty
eight States and no especial drive
has been made to enlist new mem
bers.
The reception rooms on the first
floor have never been commodiouS
enough to accommodate the mem
bers, who wish to attend the poll
tico-social gatherings These have
consisted tof forum luncheons and
Sunday night suppers. In addition
to these. which win be continued,
there will be interesting Saturday
night gatherings when one can
meet many of the mighty n ma
u0nal and international politics.
The luncheon season was initiated
last Wednesday when Charles
Miehaelson Of the New York World
was the speaker
The second forum luncheon will
take place at O'Clock tomorrok.
Miss Christine Merriman, of New
York, a member OF the executive
board OF the Foreign Policy Asso-
citation, who will be the guest OF
honor. will speak on the activities
OF the association. Miss Merriman,
who has recently returned from a
stay of several months at Geneva
will be the guest Of Mrs. Alvin r.
Dodd during her stay in Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
TO PASS WINTER
IN WASHINGTON.

Mrs. Deming-Jarves, of Dinard,
France. will arrive at New York to.
day on the Aquitania and will
come to Washington in a few DAYS
70 pass the winter and be near
her mother, Mrs. John p. jackson
and her sister, Nine. e. Kengren.
u \ \ r,
Mrs. Lyman Kendall entertained
at luncheon yesterday in the Shore.
ham. m
Others entertaining at luncheon
there were Mrs. w. Harry Brown.
Mrs. WlltonssJ. Lambert, Mrs. Dor.
sey Richardson and Mrs. Eugene
Meyer, jr,
|. Mrs. Edward /. Edwards and
Miss Etizabeth Edwards will be
Joined this week at their apartment
In the Wardman Park by Senator
Edwards.
Miss Virginia McKenney win
leave Washington December 10 for
Denver, where she viii join a
house party at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Horace w. Bennett. She
will remain in Denver until after
Christmas. =
Miss Virginia Selden will go to
Pittsburgh tomorrow 70 visit her
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

Miss Virginia Selden will 60 to
Pittsburgh tomorrow 70 visit her
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

the sabpgQprlatiqp Of s1PO,pQO. OCq 70
provide Federal aid in the cohstFucs
ton Of rural post roads, was DIP,
proved today by the Senate Post.
office Computes with reccminer-
dation for its immediate passage.
The bill ago carried q $I5.QOO,O0o
authorization for the construction.
OF roads and trails In the national
forests The money would be dis
tributed over period Of two years.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
MISS BOGGS TO WED,
CEREMONY JANUARY

The wedding of Miss Sallie Boggs.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. III.
Boggs, and Judge Herbert Grymes.
OF Baltimore, will take place on
Friday evening, January 2, at 6
O'Clock. The ceremony will be per-
formed in the Church of the Ascen.
sion by the Reverend Doctor Cooke.
the rector, and will be followed by
a reception in the apartment Of the
brides parents at the Rockingham.
Miss Boggs will have her sister,
Miss Lucille Boggs AS maid-of-honor
and her little cousin, Ella Miller
Hooe, daughter. of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rice tHooe, as flower girl.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
NORTH CAROLINA
SOCIETY TO MEET.

The North Carolina Society of
Washington, will meet at Rauscher's
on Saturday evening. The annual
selection Of officers will be held
from to 9 p. M, followed by
dancing. The officers Of the society
are: Eugene F. Hartley, president;
Mrs. John II. Small, first vice presi.
dent; Mrs. David H. Blair. second
vice president; Samuer II. BOYD,
third vice president; Mrs. J. w.
Mcneil, fourth vice president:
Major A. j. BulMinkle. fifth vice
president, and Doctor James Haw-
field, secretary treasurer.
y 4
Lieutenant and Mrs. Thomas Lin.
pitt Wattles are receiving congratu-
lations on the. birth of a daughter
here last Friday.
A birthday party was given last
evening by Mrs. A. King at her
residence in honor Of her daughter.
Miss Marie B. King. Among those
present were Miss Frances Burke
Percy Miller, Mile. Mary Aiello'
Colonel John Knowles, Miss Edna
Byng. Doctor Farley, Miss Eva
Rupert, Charles Headley. Stott,
Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson, Frank
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
JOINT MALE CHORUS
TO HAVE RECITAL.

Washington music lovers wilIhave
opportunity tomorrow evening to
hear the largest group of male sing
ers ever assembled in an all-niale
chorus in this city. The occasion
will be the first recital of the Fed
eral Male Chorus to be held in
Central High School, beginning at
Sl5 o'clock. The concert will be
given before an invited audience,
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

The Senate Ladies' Luncheon Club,
which meets informally every Tues
day at the Capitol, held its first
meeting Of the season today. with a
large number of Senatorial ladies in
attendance.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

. Among those sGtaxeIy interested
In carrying out the various "Details
of the dance are: Miss Gertrude
Norris, Miss Mary Frances johnson,
Miss Jacqueline Mansfield, John M.
Robinson jrt, Jack Roach and Sid.
ney G. Roach, jr.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

friends Of the 100 members of the
chorus.
The Federal Male Chorus is made.
up of three choral units of the Ma
tional Capital, the Almas Chanters,
under John Shaddicl1, the Davidson
Glee Club, under John r. Monroe,
and the Interstate Male Chorus,
conducted by Clyde Z. Aitchison.
This important musical organiza-
ton is the one that Joined with
similar choral groups in Baltimore
recently for "a big concert that was
given at the Lyric Tneater.
The interesting program includes:
GLORIOUS Forever" by Rachmani-
noff; Prayer of Thanksgiving by
Cremser; John Peel' 4Andrews);
"Drontheim." "Protheroe" and The
Lost Chord by Sullivan In addi-
ton, each choral will give a group
of choruses conducted by their own
conductors, Both piano and organ
will be used in accompaniments,
with Theo c. Lewis, James McLain
and Robert Feuerstein as accom-
panists.
The arrangements are under the
direction of Lloyd Gaines for Almas,
A. c.. ,Walling for Davidson, and
Harold M, Brown for the Inter
state.
ARTISTS GROUPS TO TAKE
PART IN BAL BOHEME.
The annual "Bal Boheme" Of the
Washington Arts Club, which is to be
given at the Willard on the evening
of January 5, will be under the
patronage Of Mime. Riano,, Mrs.
Charles Evans Hughes, Mrs. john
W. Weeks, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
Madame Prochnik, Mrs. James W.
Wadswortli, jr., Mrs. Charles C.
Glover, Mrs. u. Borden Hartman,
Mrs. Theodore ". Boynton, Mrs
Charles Woodruff, Mrs. James Car
roll Fraser, Mrs. John B. Hender-
| son, Mrs. Duncan Phillips, Mrs. A.
Gordon Cumming, and Mrs Charles
Boughtof1 Wood.
The committee which will assist
Carlton Van Valkenourg, ball COM
mittee chairman, in the bal b.
| heme" includes Mrs. Minnigerode
Andrews and Mrs. Frederick Far
! rington on costumes, Cameron Burn
side on decorations, Miss Mary A.
Cryder on ratranesses, Mrs. William
Wolff Smith on boxes, Mrs. Emma
Pralla Kporr ON Music, also Mrs.
Marie Moore Forrest, Gss A.. Lyon,
II. K. Bush-Brown, Warren ID.
Akers, Alfred Lewis, jr., Lynch
Luquer and E. H. Watson.
Seven artists groups will be seen
in the pageant, THE Second Judg.
ment of Paris" which is to be a
feature Of the ball, and which is
to be under Mr.. Van Valkenburg's
direction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-26

Mrs Christ Langeteig died Wednes-
day afternoon at the General hospital
in Madison about three hours after an
auto accident in which she sustained
a fractured skull. Mrs. Langeteig was
on her way from her home about two
miles west of Morrisonville to that
village to meet her mother, Mrs. Bo-
lima Peterson, who was coming from
Milwaukee to visit her. AS she was
crossing County Trunk E, going east,
the front end of her car was struck
by Mr.. Thiel, Portage, who was COM
ing from the south at a rapid rate
while Mrs. Langeteig was driving
slowly, and was half way across the
road, according to eye witnesses of
the accident The force of the impact
threw Mrs. Langeteig against the
other car, striking her head and frac-
turing the skull in five places. At
DeForest Mrs. Langeteig was able to
walk to DR.. Cartons office, but be-
came unconscious while there, never
regaining consciousness fully before
she died.
Closing the Fisher Body and Chew
rolet plants in GAINESVILLE for a short
period has made an unemployment sit
uation at this time which has not
been seen in that city for a long time
-four years in fact. A number of
married men with families have sud-
denly been placed in a serious pre-
dicament. While they might go away
to other fields, yet in majority they
wish to remain and wait for the re-
opening of the plants. Demands for
other labor have followed in serious
numbers, and in some cases real suf-
fering and need has been disclosed.
The Chamber of Commerce, which
maintains labor bureau for employ
ment, has had ten applications to one
job in the last few days.
George Ahlswede, SIS, Sturgeon Bay,
received fatal injuries when he was
struck by an automobile while work.
ing with a road repair crew. In step
ping from grader, he came directly
into the path of an automobile driven
by Carl Reynolds. He WAS rushed to
local hospital, but died from a frac-
tured skull. He was formerly town
chairman of Brussels and is survived
by a large family of grown children.
Unarmed and unable to reach a tel
ephone, A. Kotzin, Fond du Lac, was
forced to lock himself in his room for
safety and wait for Is minutes while
burglars ransacked every other room
in his house. Only after the burglars
left did Mr. Kotzin feel safe in leav-
ing his room to telephone the police.
While the burglars went through ev-
cry drawer and all the clothes, they
left empty handed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-26

Several violators of the prohibition
laws were arrested in raids conducted
near Laona by federal officers, assist
ed by w. w. Bennett, Indian agent,
and Forest county officers. At the
home of William Klawitter, so gal
Ions of illicit liquor was found in a
hay loft. Klawitter paid fine and
costs amounting to $515. 1t is alleged
that moonshiners are supplying their
product to Indians, who are under
the supervision of the Laona agency,
and the government officials are de-
termined to put stop to the traffic.
Miss Irma Began, the owner of the
Blue Goose bus line operating be-
tween GAINESVILLE and WATERFOWL, is
erecting several long stretches of
snow fence along the highway three
miles south of Ft. Atkinson. Last
winter this spot was filled with heavy
drifts which returned almost as fast
as they were removed from the track
of the road Miss Began thinks the
erection of the fence will keep the
roadway free enough so that it can
be leveled after a drifting storm.
Thieves failed to heed notice
which hangs over the safe in the office
of the Gaterman Manufacturing Co.,
Manitowoc, and which reads: "Do not
blow open. Only contains records. Use
combination which is 3-6-5-90." They
broke open the Goor but their efforts
got them but 81. Sledges and other
tools from the machine shop of the
plant were used to smash the safe.
Sparta high school was broken into
Sunday night in an attempt to burg
larize the vault of the receipts of the
seasons football games. Three plate
glass windows in the school were
broken and parts of the vault doors
destroyed, but entrance to the vault
was not effected. Only 500 was in
the vault at the time.
Leo Campbell, 3d. a farmer living
two miles east of Evansville, was
found dead at his home Monday. He
had been complaining for some time
about feeling dizzy. He was found with
his head submerged in swill barrel
and was dead when removed. He was
treasurer of the town of Union.
Alice Clayton, Madison negress, was
sent to Waupun prison for year fol-
lowing a plea of guilty in Judge A. c.
Hoppmann's court to operation of a
disorderly house. The woman was ar
rested in the recent series of raids on
west side vice resorts.
VETS will have control of both
houses of the Wisconsin legislature
this winter, a checkup of the mem
bership shows. The senate is wet by
either 1S to 10 or II to IS. The as
sembly is wet SO to Al.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-26

The body of George Pech, rs, was
discovered on top of Northwestern
fraioht train near Manitowoc by the
train crew. Pech, who was an en-
Move at the North Western round
house at Sheboygan, had causnt
ride on the freight and was stahuinS
on top of one of the boxcars WheI ~
approached a viaduct. He stopped pc
fore the car on which he was riulns
reached the signal apron, just south OF
the viaduct, but Strengthened ana uiu
not stoop again in time to avoid Deins
struck as the train passed under tne
structure.
T. E. Young, Prairie du Chen, had
his back seriously injured and his
son. Porter, had his left hip fractured
and an ear torn off and suffered IN
ternal injuries which may prove fatal
in a grade-crossing accident when
freight train struck their enclosed car
on an unprotected street crossing over
which trunk highway traffic had oeen
routed, pending paving on the regu-
lar road. The boy was thrown ~
feet through the car window.
Edward Benin, a La Crosse railroad
policeman, charged with shooting and
killing an unidentified negro, sus-
pected of being a chicken thief, when
he failed to halt, was found guilty OF
fourth degree manslaughter by a jury
in circuit court Thursday afternoon.
Behm's defense was that he fired at
the ground when the man failed> TO
halt and the bullet was DETECTED by
a semaphore. The shooting occurred
Aug. 49,.
Michael Mccarthy of the Dancy
district was brought to the Stevens
Point hospital, badly cut on one OF his
! legs by a barbed wire Tense into which
he was thrown after his car had taken
dive into a ditch. The radiator,
which had been frozen, burst after it
had partly thawed out, the explosion
so startling Mccarthy that the acct
dent followed.
DR.. julius J. Bellin, prominent and
wealthy Green Bay surgeon, was found
not guilty Thursday afternoon in cir
cult court of alleged malpractice. Mrs.
Della Jakubovsky, Kewaunee, WIS,
had brought suit for $4,000 against
the doctor, claiming a towel had been
left in her abdomen after an opera
ton performed last May by DR.. Bell1n
seriously impairing her health.
A plea of third degree murder, en-
tered at GAINESVILLE by James Brown,
25, Beloit negro, Thursday morning
resulted in a sentence of 13 years in
Waupun and brought to a quick con-
cIusion his trial on first degree muir
der charge for shooting Al Robinson,
33, negro, at Beloit, Aug. 80.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-26

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your appreciation of tone-quality and
piano-value determine your choice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-26
More Than 100000 Gulbransens!

The favorite musical instrument in
more than one hundred thousand
American homes
first Of all-because it is easy to
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it is a better instrument, with more
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Given only love of music, you can
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-23
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PUsLic NOTICE.

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Public Notice is hereby given that 1t is
the intention of Common Council of the
City of Absecon City to vacate certain
streets in the City of Absecon City, de-
scribed as follows:
First. All that certain fifty feet wide
street extending from Davis Lane. west
wardly and being the same street as de-
scribed and dedicated in a certain deed
from Martha White, ct VIZ, TO ANDREW y;
in the Atlantic County Clerks Office in
Second: All those two certain streets
zach thirty feet in width, one on theteast
side and adjoining. and one on the west
side and adjoining the right-of-way OF
the Camden and Atlantic Branch OF the
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad ana
wardly to Paramount Avenue, and being
shown on n certain NAL, entitled tract
No. 1, Building lots, situate in Absecon,
y. j.. belonging to Marion Owen. survey
ed November, 1897. by Ashmead and
Hackney, Civil Engineers said map be
ing filed June %. 1898. in the Clerks Of
fee of Atlantic County in Roll 149. -
Third: All that certain fifty feet wide
street extending from Natalie Terrace
southwardly to a point about seventy
five feet north of Absecon Creek and
being known on a plan entitled Map OF
Building lots in Absecon City, N. j.,
owned by Sarah n. Doughty.
Further Take Notice that 1t is the in
tention of said Common Council to intro
luce an ordinance to vacate said streets
and consider the same at its meeting to
be held Wednesday, August ~, 1874. at
Council Chambers. City Hall. Absecon
City, n. j., at eight O'Clock p. NJ. and at
aid time and place all persons whose
lands may be affected by said ordinance
or who may be interested therein. shall
be given an opportunity to be heard con-
corning the same.
BY order of Common Council.
SAMUEL JOHNSON.
City Clerk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-23

concluded from mage 81

Concluded from page So
lam Herbert. Jr., Adam Boehm, Phila-
delphia; Rev. +. H. Johnson, William
Johnson, Mrs. H. r. Johnson, Wendell
Johnson, Ruth Johnson, Willow Grove;
Mrs. Mat. Smith, Jersey City.
Troop 40. Boy Scouts of America,
under S~coutmaster Moore, are spend
ing the week camping out on the
meadows near the mouth of the har-
Dor, on their annual vacation, coming
here every year. There are forty boys
and five officers in the party, who will
leave for their respective homes in
Wissino1ning, Pa, on Saturday.
The carnival held by the Athletic
Association is doing well, considering
all other carnivals and entertainments
Of nearby towns.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-23
IN cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.

Nv virtue OF an order of the Court of
Chancery of New Jersey of date hereof.
in a cause wherein Morrison Concrete
Products Company, &C., is complainant,
ana you are defendants, you are required
to appear and answer the bill of the COM
plainant, on or before October 14th, next,
Or said bill will be taken as confessed
against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a GER
tifcate of tax sale made by William q.
Adams. Collector. to the boro. enow city
OF Pleasantville, New Jersey. of date De-
cember 20, 1911. of lands in Pleasantville
aforesaid. and thereby assigned to COM
~plainant, and you are made defendants
because you own said lands or some parts
thereof.
Dated August 18th, 1924.
H. w. LEWIS
Sol'r of Comppt,
1915 Atlantic Ave,
Atlantis City, n. J.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-23
EASY TERMS

You do not have to pay the entire am
cunt unless you wish. A reasonable
cash payment down and the balance in
convenient weekly or monthly payments
is altogether acceptable. Every salar-
led man or woman in this county may
now own a dependable Certified re-
newed open or closed car if he buys it
here during this sale. Enjoy your
choice of car at once and pay for it dur
ing an entire year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-23
IN cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.


To Jefferson NJ. Sherk. Ella Sherk. Nell
vile II. White. Mrs. Melville II. White,
Hezekiah Hickok, and Lizzie Hickok:
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Chancery OF New Jersey Of date hereof,
in a cause wherein Morrison Concrete
odu Company. &c, Is complainant,
and you are defendants, you are required
to apnear~lsad answer the bill of the COM
plainant, on or before Ocs05er 14th. next,
or said bill will be taken as confessed
against you
The said bill is filed to foreclose a GER
tifcate of tax sale made by William q.
Adams. Collector, to the boro. fnow city,
of P~ieasantville. New Jersey, of date
April 26. 1909. of lands in P~leasantville
aforesaid, and thereby assigned to COM
plainant. and you are made defendants
because you own said lands or some parts
thereof.
Dated August 18th. 1924.
H. w. LEWIS
SoTr of Conppt,
1915 Atlantic Ave,
Atlantic City, y. ].
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-23

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Chosen ~Freeholders of Atlantic
County. N. j.. at IL o'clock noon day
light Saving Timel on Sept. 10th, 1924, in
the Assembly Room of the County Asy-
lum at Mortified, N. j., during a regular
meeting of the Board at that place, for
providing all necessary machinery, tools,
apparatus and other means of construe-
ton and doing all the work and furnish
ing all the materials. as required by the
specifications, for the treatment of vari-
Gus County Roads with Iignin binder, as
the N. j. State Highway Dept. for Coun-
ty Highways on Page $50. to the total of
1000 0 gallons to be applied to the sew
eral roads in the quantities stated on the
bidding blank attached to the specifca-
tions.
Specifications covering the proposed
work are on file in the office of the Coun-
Atlantic City, n. J., where they may be
inspected during reasonable business
hours and where a prospective bidder may
secure a copy of same without charge.
A bid will be received only on the bid
ding form attached to the specifications.
the bid must be accompanied by a certi-
fled check in a sum not less than 10% of
the bid. except hat the check may not
be less than $500, and the successful bid
der. to whom a contract may be awarded.
will be required to furnish a satisfactory
pond in the full amount of the contract.
II the contract is awarded such award
will be made subject to the approval of
the State Highway Department of New
Jersey.
The right IS reserved to reject any Or
all bids.
BY order of the Board of Chosen Free
holders of Atlantic County, N. j.
+. w. WILLETTS, Clerk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-23
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