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HEIDENHE|MER
WILL FILED

Elias Heidenheimer, who hied
February 3 last. by his will dated
May 81, 1917. and codicil Of Decem-
Der s, 1922. filed for probate toda.
leaves $1,000 to a niece, Lilly Sell.
ing; $1,e00 to nephew, Isaac
Hartstall. and $500 to niece.
Ffieda Refs. All interest in the
corporation known as "E Heiden-
heimer. Inc" is left to his three
sons. Benjamin Held. who some
years ago changed his name from
Heidenheimer to Held, Isaac and
Jacque Heidenheimer
Proceedings of life insurance on
deposit at the Franklin Nationa.
Bank under the name e. Heiden
heImer insurance account" are to
be distributed among Sarah Kohler
the three sons and two grandchil
dren, Alvin Hoffa and Helene Gold
man.
The remaining personal properly
Is to go to the sons who are also
TO have certain real estate prop
erty at Lander Heights.
The remaining real estate is de-
vised to the three sons in trust
for five years when it may be sold
and the proceeds to go one-fifth
each to Sarah Kohler and three
sons; one-tentI each to Alvin Hoffa
and Helene Goldman.
The share Of the son Benjamin
Held is to be subject to liens
of $4,000 each In favor Of his
children, Edwin d. Held, Howard
S. Held, and Frances Ee. Held.
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HOWARDSTARTS
BUSY WEEK

DR. j. Stanley Durkee, president
Of Howard University, was the
principal speaker at the MONDAY
services in Rankin Memorial Chapel
today. His subject was The
Negro in History" Commenting
on Negro History Week which
started yesterday to continue
through February II, DIR. Durkee
said such fitting observation as is
now going on offers an opportunity
Tor inspiration and information in a
neglected field.
The. Progressive Club will gather
in Library Hall. at 7:30 and the
Chemical Society win assemble in
Thirkield Science Hall, at o'clock.
William Leo Hansberry will ad-
dress the students and faculty in 4
public meeting tomorrow noon in
the Rankin chapel Africa will
be his subject The French club
OF the university viii meet from 8
until p. m.
college Hour will be observed
Wednesday noon. Addresses conn
niemorating the lives of Frederick
Douglass and Abraham Lincoln,
with appropriate patriotic music
wiz constitute the program. The
university prayer meeting. at e:45
will be led by DIR. w. C. Gordon.
Charles E. Burch will discuss
"The Field of Literature" at the
Rankin Chapel Thursday noon. The
Women's Forum will hold Doug
lass Lincoln exercises in Minor
Hall assembly room, as will the
kappa Sigma Debating Society at
8 D. m. in Library Hall.
Students and faculty, meeting in
Joint session Friday noon, will hear
James V. Herring discuss THE
Field of Art.
The Florida, South American and
Caribbean clubs will meet Saturday
morning at their respective head
quarters.
The Rev. DIR. Samuel Judson
Porter, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, will deliver the yesper ser
mon Sunday at 4:30. Music will
be by the university choir. under
the direction of Lula v. Childers.
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GUNNEN shoot
GIRL DEAD

NEW YORK. Feb. S.Because
she knew too much, the under
world snuffed, out the life of a
young and beautiful girl, whose
body, with bullets in the head and
breast, was found in a snow bink
in East Fifty-fourth Street early
today.
This was the theory police worked
on today as they followed q clue
offered by a typewriter noe, torn
to pieces, found within the MUIR
dered girls pocket.
The fragments were put together
by detectives who declined to d.
vulge the text, but said the note re
ferred to testimony the girl Was to
have given in a criminal case.
Another woman, whose body was
found in a snow drift in Brooklyn
was identified by neighbor as
Mrs Mary Beck. SIS.
A taxicab driver reported Mrs.
Beck was either struck by an au
tomobile or hurled into the bank
from a machine.
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''Dry" Raid on Club
Stirs Hagerstown's
Merchants Ire

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Feb. 8.
Protests will be fined with the
State prohibition department by
officials of the Conococheague
Club, composed of prominent
business men of this city,
against a raid bv prohibition
agents m a general crusade in
Hagerstown, resulting in the ar
rest of eight men and a woman.
Samuel M. Shafer, president
of the club, denounced his con-
nection with the raid, his name
appearing in a warrant with
that of Edwin Alton, son of the
stewardess, as an outrage.
No liquor was found in the
club, though the raiders, it is
said, broke open cupboards and
tore up some of the flooring
searching for liquor.
Mr.. Shafer stated that liquor
has been barred from the club
since prohibition went into eff
feet.
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Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $500, Obituary Desk
COL. GEORGE C. sAFFARRANs


Col. George Coolidge Saffarrans.
81, U. S. A., retired, holder OF the
distinguished service cross and vet
eran military man, died in ATLANTA,
Ga, yesterday Of apoplexy. He
viii be buried with military hon
ors in Arlington Cemetery.
Colonel Saffarrans was a former
resident of Washington and was
very we'll known here. Prominent
in club circles. he was member
of the Army and Navy Club, regis.
trar of the s. A. r., d. G. Chap.
ter: member of Military Order Of
Foreign Wars, and a number of
other military organizations.
During the World War he was
provost marshal OF the Paris dis.
trict. and commanded the Ameri-
can troops during the great Ger
man drives of 1918. While in
France he became brigadier gen.
eraI
Colonel Saffarrans was born in
Tennessee July 20, 1869, and was
educated in private schools in Ken.
lucky. Upon graduating from West
Point in 1891. with the rank of
second lieutenant. he went into the
Army. going through all grades UP
to brigadfer general He served
in the Philippine Islands. Cuba,
Mexico, the Spanish.American War,
and in the A. e f.. in France.
going over with the rank OF colonel.
Upon his retirement. November i.
1919, because of physical disability.
his rank was changed from brig
adler general to colonel.
He lived here for some time fol-
lowing his retirement and only re-
Gently moved to Atlanta. He IS
survived by his widow and one son,
Lieut. William c. Saffarrans. Z.
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School Dance Booze
Charges Arouse
HagerStOWn

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Feb. 8.
Dances sponsored, by organlza-
tions of the Hagerstown schools,
may be placed under official
ban, as the result of alleged
drinking at recent social
function.
An investigation by the school
authorities to reports that drink
ing is prevalent at some of
these functions is being made.
According to students of the
high schools, who are said to
have admitted that several
dances held here recently were
rather wild affairs, the student
body disclaims any responsibility
for the alleged drinking and
misconduct. 1t frowns upon the
actions of clique which is
blamed for making the func-
tions undesirable.
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JOTT|NGS FROM
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Feb. s.
Rather than marry a man she did
not love, pretty 15-yearold Edith
Wilson will spend a long term In
the State Reformatory, Richmond.
Edith, pronounced delinquent by
Judge William s. Snow, of the
Juvenile Court here, after violating
her parole, was given gamblers
chance for freedom. Her father,
through his attorney, former Judge
Robinson Moncure, interceded with
Judge Snow to release her II she
Immediately marry Howard j. Fin
ley, %, of King George county.
Young Finley, accompanied by
Faiths father. G.. Raymond Wilson,
went to the office of Elliott F.
Hoffman. clerk of the court, early
Saturday morning and got license.
Manning to be wed at IL o'clock in
the presence of Judge Snow.
At 10 o'clock Edith was told Of
the plan. which she promptly re-
iected, saying Il would rather go
to the reformatory than marry a
man whom / hardly know and do
not love"
Edith will be taken to Richmond
today and turned over to the
State Board of Public Welfare.
In police court this morning Ger
aldine Burr. colored, was fined $500
and given six months in jail for
violating the prohibition law. Will
liam Wilbourn and j r.. Carikhoff,
charged with possession of small
amounts of liquor. We're each fined
$50. 80. Carroll Chase, of Detroit,
Mich, who claimed to have been a
student at William and Mary Col
1ege. was fined 500 and given
thirty days for carrying concealed
weapons.
Fire Of undetermined origin carly
Sunday morning destroyed a large
barn and seventeen head Of stock
on Burgundy farm, the home OF
Earl w Saum, about two miles
south of here. Mr.. Saum rescued
three cows. The loss is estimated
at $4,000 partially insured.
Commanders of American Legion
posts at Leesburg, Arlington county.
Culpeper and Falls Church will be
guests of the local post at their
dance tonight in the George Mason
Hotel Herbert Porter, district
chairman, will be guest Of honor.
Alexandria Lodge of Elks will
celebrate it's twenty-fourth birthday
tonight in the EIks Home. All of
the, past exalted rulers OF the lodge
will be honored
The "Schick" test will be given
public school children at the local
health office beginning tomorrow
morning.
Otis Dodson. his wife and son,
Emmett Dodson, were overcome by
carbon monoxide gas early yester
day morning and nearly lost their
lives According to DIR. w. G..
West, who attended them, they left
a gas stove downstairs in their
house burning and the fumes came
up the stairway.
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NEW BILL PROVIDES
UNIFIED AIR SERVICE

Another bill was added today to
the steadily growing collection in
Congress dealing with the aircraft
situation.
The new measure is sponsored by.
Representative James H) Of Mich
igan, and embraces the recommen-
dations- of the Lampert Commit
tee report, which spent months in
vestigating the cir services. 1t
proposes a single department of
national defense with a unified air
service. and the expenditure of not
less than $4,000 900 a year for
the upbuilding of the service.
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not over a minute and a hall
They returned to the curb and
found their utomobile-missing To
be sure, there was another of the
same make standing next to the
spot where the Kisluik's car had
been parked by its owner Imagi-
nation and humor Immediately sug-
gest that all twin hickses look
alike, especially in the dark. But
the joke is, reader dear, that the
two specified cars were cars, not
f1ivvers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kisliuk sensed that
a mistake had been made, that al
most instantly the mistake would
of civilities and cars would follow.
At 10 D. M, they were still wait
ing at the curb, hungry, impatient,
cold, tired and mad
Came woman. smiling, flutter-
ing, apologizing.
$50 sorry, friends. My mistake.
My lawyer and | got into the
wrong car, and were two hours on
the road before / discovered that
your brakes screeched-mine didn't.
| hope you haven't been incon.
venienced. AS soon as We trans
acted our business my lawyer and
| came right back to tell you all
about it,"
AT this stage of the game of
now-you-see-it-now you-d don't. Police
man Hinson walked up and took a.
hand.
But lady, lady" he said. "you'n
have TO be something more than
sorry for this. What's your name?"
Mrs. Gretchen r. Frame, Bal
timore." was the reply. And the
gentleman with me is my attorney,
Clarence A. Miller, of the Smith
building"
Sure enough. the automobile Mrs.
Frame left at the curb when she
took the Kisliuk's bore a Maryland
tag. Also. it was minus a parking
light and the tires were quite diff
ferent and the brakes didn't screech,
and the horn had a louder squawk.
and the cushion covers were of a
lighter shade. Otherwise the two
cars were as much alike as chalk
lis like cheese.
Asked if he desired to take the
case into court. Kisliuk said he
thought ii could be settled as among
friends And with Attorney Miller
as referee, an amicable financial
decision was reached whereby Mrs.
Frame recompensed young Kisliuk
for loss of time. dinner, gasoline,
battery and n few other items.
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WILLIAM A. DEXTER

Funeral services for William
Arthur Dexter, 40, teller of the
Riggs National Bank for years,
who died at hos home, $40 Thir.
teenth st. ". w, yesterday, after
a three weeks illness from grippe
will be held tomorrow afternoon al
his late residence at 2 o'clock, w.
the Rev. Daniel l.. Snyder, OF
Emory Methodist Church, conduct.
ing the ceremonies Interment Will
be In Rock Greek Cemetery.
Mr.. Dexter was born in Auburn.
N. Y. May 81, 1885, and came here
20 years ago. He immediately took
position with the Riggs Bank,
working his way up until he be-
came women's teller He was later
placed in charge of the washington
Heights branch and was manager
when the branch merged with the
Northwest Savings Bank. Several
years ago be came back to his old
post as women's teller in the main
bank and held this position until
his death.
He was at one time president of
the local branch of the American
AhStANALO VI AeA1AnihS anu MdS n
prominent member of the STAINS,
bury Lodge of Masons.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs.
Margretta Dexter: one daughter
Miss Margaret Dexter: his mother,
Mrs. Katharine Dexter; four sisters.
Mrs. Alfred v. Parsons, Mrs. Harold
Babbitt, Mrs. Carl Crawford, of
Chester, Pa, and Mrs. Allen Wood
of Swarthmore. Pa, and one
brother, Paul Dexter, OF BerwS n,
pa
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PAUL BLOCK PURCHASES
NEWARK STAR-EACLE

NEWARK, n. j., Feb. S.-The
Newark Star-EagIe today became
the property of Paul Block, Of
New York, Acknowledgements adver-
Using man, who heretofore had
been part owner.
The new owner is president Of
Paul Block. Inc. a national adver-
Using organization He holds an
interest in the Pictorial Review
and owns the controlling interests
in the Duluth Herald, the Memphis
News-Scimitar. and the Lancaster,
Pa, New Era.
In taking over the paper Block
stated there would be no depart
ure from it's present policies.
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IMMIGRANT WOMAN, 116,
MoURNED BY MILLIONAIRE

CHICAGO Feb s.-The family
Of a millionaire was in mourning
today for dead immigrant woman
AID their family lot was being pre-
pared to receive her body
The woman was Mrs. Pauline
Fatzi. ll6. who came to the United
States from her native Italy in a
sailing ship 80 years ago. The
millionaire was Edward Hines, the
lumber king--the Eddie" at whose
advent into the world she presided
as nurse.
Mrs. Fatzi was conscious and
bright of mind to the last and ex-
messed W s h concerning her
funeral which Hines has ordered
carried out to the last detaif.
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ARMY RESERVE AVIATOR
BADLY HURT IN FALL

ADMISSION, Ala. Feb. S.-W. J.
Aderhold, of Admission, member of
the officers reserve corps of the
United States Army. was in seri
Gus condition in a local hospital to-
day. MS the result of an airplane
crash Sunday afternoon on the
grounds of the Admission Country
Club.
Aderhold attempted to land a
plane which, struck projecting
rock on one Of the putting green's.
bounded so feet into the air and
fell The flyer leaped from the ma
chine and fell clear. but suffered
a fractured hip and a broken arm.
The plane was demolished
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DEATHS

Mary Ellen Conley, rs. the Com
modOre Apartments.
Timothy j. Murphy, n. 1$49 Perry
St. n. W.
Peter Hepburn. 90. Sib1ey Hospital.
Harry Brian Hickman. GO. 3419
TTenty-fo 81 D. e
Dan Murphy. 50, L. s. Soldiers Home.
John c. Seller, IS. 425 Randolph st.
\. ".
Farley Henley. Lewis. As, 2416 Thir-
Edward Warren Cook, IS, 1915 e
st. S. r..
Paul Dewitt Grimes, %, Tuberculosis
Hospital
Russell Edward Jarboe months.
Marist College Rd
Ella f. Dyer months, 221s Thirty
Moses Holt, IS, 1I17 First St s w.
Bette Jackson, s.. 1895 Church st.
Nelson Tyler 81 Gallinscr Hospital
Dorsey Robertson, So. Gallinger Hos
pltal.
Mamie Williams, As, sO2 second st.
S w
pIlal.
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ED ROBIN SETS RECORD
IN ALASKA DOG RACE

NOME. Alaska. Feb. SD Rohn
was holding new world record
today following the running OF the
annual Alaskan Burden dog race
here yesterday over the seven-miIe
course. He finished in IS minutes
and & seconds.
Leonard Seppaia famous Alaskan
pflsher was second.
Each sled carried woman or
eiSe 100 pounds of equal weight as
a handicap.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

George l.. Woods a. and Carrie p
Erdman. "a. both of Baltimore Nd
The Rev William NJ. Hoffman.
Coleman b. Conway. 90. and Anne
;. Jordan 40 both Of Rsppahannoc
Academy. Va. The Rev William NJ
Hoffman.
]. Gabriel Gonzales. 81. and G. Rose
Berndt. 81. The Rev. II. NJ. Hennig
Charlie G. Turner, -. and Mollie r.
Morton. II. The Rev. +. j. Mitchell.
Philip ID. Lewis. II and Catherine
Bowman, 49, The Rev. r. NJ. w.
Schneeweiss
Lester Nash ~, and Lillian lrhomas.
q. The Rev. A Sayles
David r. Collins. "a and Helen l..
King. 81. Of Clarendon. Va The Rev.
W. :. Aberncthy.
James F Burke. 90. and Sanie May
Elizabeth Gaskins, 49, The Rev. 4.
f. Carter.
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MRS. n. c. WHITE

Funeral services for Mrs. r. c.
White. \ "a, wife of Thomas o.
White, retired farmer of Barnes
vile, Md, who died yesterday at
her home there of heart disease,
will be held tomorrow at 2:30 D. M
at the residence. Burial will be
in Monocacy Cemetery in Barnes
vile.
She is survived by her husband
and two daughters, Miss Laura
White, OF Washington, and Mrs.
William F.. Landlord, of Elkridge,
Md
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LADY ASToR QUESTIONS
LITTLE IN PARLIAMENT

LONDON, Feb. S.-Lady Aston
bellies the old belief that woman is
curious.
During the last session OF Parlia-
ment, Lady Aston addressed only
81 questions to the. government
benches, according to statistics
available today. Commander Ken
worthy, on the other hand, asked
no less than ia.
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BIRTHS

Antonio and Ruth Catena girl.
Uriah and Vivian Lawson girl
Robert II. and Helen Denzel boy.
Eugene and Alma Young. boy.
Francis and Anna Baker boy.
John j. and Doris Campbell bow
Paul and Margaret Ward. boy.
John b. and Rose Lyon, girl.
Thomas g. and CapitoIa BrouEhtou
boy.
Cecil D. and Isabella Kaufman. boy
Edward p. and Ruby Cock. bov
Luther and Carrie Tilly boy.
William and Margaret Chicester, hoy.
Frances and Fioletta Richardson boy
chester and Mary Atkinson. girl
Charles and Louise Preston, girl.
spencer and Annie Berry. boy
how S""1iSi'
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MRS. JENNIE e. SPARKS

Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie
p. Sparks. widow of DR.. William
c. Sparks, who died at her home,
1904 Belmont Rd. n. W., Saturday,
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock at the chapel of j. VIII
liam Lee, 332 Pennsylvania Ave.
y. " Interment will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Surviving her are one daughter
Miss Wilmer d. Sparks; one son,
Lawrence III. Sparks; two sisters,
Miss Gertrude NJ. and Miss Mildred
NJ Darby; one brother, Frank D.
Darby. and an aunt, Mrs. A. NJ.
Hubert, of Brockton, Mass.
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Card OF Chanks

GRIMES-We wish to express our sim
cere thanks and appreciation for the
MANY kindnasses extended our son and
brother. PAUL DEWITT GRIMES dur
ing his long illness and for the beautt-
ful floriaI tributes at his death
PARENTS. BROTHERS. SISTERS.
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Took Wrong Car, But
Paid for Error
By JOSEPHINE TIGHE

David E. Ksliuk clerk in the dead letter division of the
Postoffice Department young married man, ambitious
and hardworkng Mr.. Kisuk augments his monthly Gov
stipend by working after office hours for we'll
known mercantile agency Thursday night about T. he
parked his front of the Smith Building Fifteenth and
Streets and with his wife entered the building remaining
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GRTMES-To express my sincere thanks
and appreciation for the many kind
nesses shown my husband. PAUL De-
WITT GRIMES. during his lingering
Illness and for the beautiful floral
tributes al his death HIS WIFE.
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British air mail officials are ex.
perimenting with the dliyery of
mail sacks with the aid of para
chutes without = interrupting the
flight Of airplanes.
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sara jackson. ~. 100 South Caro-
hn Rahecea Green, IS. Garfield Hospital.
HIida Turner, 80. 14o Frances 81.
. Richard Hawkins, 81, the Regina.
Bessie J. sewelI 81. 1894 Eleventh
Milton Ito Howard, Is. Freedmen's Hos
pi1 Beatrice Dorsey. 10 months, 1910
Mary swaies, months, children's
Henry Parker / month. 22o D ST..
- infant of James and Elizabeth
Thompson. IA days, 1856 Eighth st.
Andrew d. sfmms. days 112s
Forty eighth PI. n. r.
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BUSINESS PERSONALS
SPECIAL NOTICES

BY DIRECTION of the Board of Direc-
tors, notice is hereby given of a
special meeting of the shareholders of
the DISTRICT NATIONAL BANK OF
WA SHINGTON. to be hold on Wednes-
day. the 18th day of February 1925,
at $3.50 p. IN. o'clock. at the banking
house. 1906 G. Street Northwest. Wash :
ington, ID. c. The object of the meet
ing is to consider and act upon the
proposed increase of the capital stock
from $3.50. 10000 to 81. 600, 100000 and the
disposition of same. ROBERT n.
HARPER President. HILLEARY N.
OFFUTT JR., Cashier.
TO ALL CONCERNED: Notice is here
by given that Eugene II. Taggart
has retired from the firm of Marshal II
Heights Land Company and his in-
terest therein has oeen acquired by
the undersigned. The place OF bust
ness OF said Marshall Heights Land
Company, has been removed from 1O24
Vermont Avenue n. w, and is now To-
Gated at S19 18th Street n. w. Wash
inston, D. G.. j. HENRY BROWN,
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