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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Miss Marjorie Frost, has returned
to this city, after passing a months
vacation with her parents on Prince
Edwards Island.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Mrs. Emma Shires and daughter,
Mildred of Dover. n. j., are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Pierce, Morse
street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07
LOCAL NOTICE

Millinery sale Friday and Satur-
day. summer hats for Sl.o0 ana
s1.95; felt hats for S1.95' $500 also
childrens hats. Marion Z. Genesl'
Opera House Bldg. Auso-''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Mrs. Carolyn Peters and little son,
Gilbert, have returned home, after a
months vacation passed with friends
in the northern part Of the state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

DIR. and Mrs. B. S. Hayden of
Dayton, Ohio, who has been visiting
in Togus, were calling in the city,
Yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Miss Avis L. Young, of Brookline,
Mass. VIII has been visiting for the
past week with Mr.. and Mrs. L. M.
McGouldrick at Cathance Lake,
Cooper, Maine. will arrive in this
city today for a short visit with
friends before returning the first OF
the week to her home in Brookline.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

of New York and Mrs. M. Smith of
Chestnut Hill, Mass, were business
callers in the city, Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

DR.. and -Irs. Norris Of Madison
were visiting friends in this city Fri
day. They were on their way to Old
Orchard,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Eugene Merrill is erecting a five
car garage at the rear of his home
on Western avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Mrs. Fred Benn of New York city
10 passing a few days in this city,
the guest of her husbands mother,
Mrs. Ellen Benn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07
Weekend
FoodSpecials

The Augusta Food Shoppe is
featuring fresh fruit pies including
raspberry. BURBERRY, apple. lemon
and pineapple. Tut Fruit cups
soc doz. pan biscuit. 1Oc doz
molasses, sugar and coconut cookies
> doz. 25c.
A. N. Landry offers Fresh should
ers at &c h.; smoked shoulders &c
h.: smoked hams. whole, CSC h.;
watermelons, whole or half sc ID;
ginger snaps, . lbs, csc; , cans peas,
25c.
Hersom & Bonsall offer LeGrande
flour, S1.33 bag; 10 pounds sugar
Coo; dairy butter, 45c h.; White
house coffee. 49c b.; 3 lbs. bulk
rolled oats csc: boneless rolled beef
CSC to soc; corned beef sc to 2oc Id.
At the Augusta Public Market 8
lbs. bananas, 25c; "a oranges, 49c;
3 large canteloupes. 29c: lean ham
burg, 20c lb.; boneiess sirloin steak
SOC h.: 5 packages Sunshine soda
crackers. Csc.
Weber & Hewett offer native
roasting chicken. broilers, fowl
mackerel lbs. 25c; swordfish. hall
but, salmon, 3 melons. 25c; Honey
Dew melons. 49c; peaches sc oas-
ket; new beets and carrots, 1Oc
bunch, onions, 4 lbs. 25c; bananas,
8 lbs. csc; Southern tomatoes, l9c
h.; Watermelons sc H.; egg plant
celery, summer squash.
At ]. F.. Turner's lbs. mixed salt
pork S1.O0: dairy butter 49c h.; lbs
cod bits 25c; "a oranges ACC; fancy
large peaches SOC basket: bananas
lbs. csc: large purple plums Csc doz.;
ats. string beans 25c; green peas
Csc pix; allround flour S1.35 bag. Bar
rel in wood $1,000.
Merrill Bros. offer 3 pound roast.
ing chickens, broilers, fowl. legs OF
lamb 45c h.; heavy whipping cream
new cheese. cultivated raspberrles'
cooking and eating apples sweet
potatoes, native string beans qts.
25c; cucumbers, fresh berry pies
beans and brown bread and Purlna
whole wheat bread.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Densmore of !
Dresden Miss Loretta NJ Cantwell
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Miss Elizabeth Frye of this city
left Friday morning for Old Orchard,
where she will pass the weekend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Mrs. George Dunnack, Of Boston, is
visiting relatives in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

= Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Dudley
of China were in the city. Friday
morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

There will be services at Bolton
Hill schoolhouse Sunday forenoon at
1870 with Mr.. Halves of Augusta as
sneaker
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Mrs. Will Gage and Mrs. Mary
Brooks Brown have returned from
an outing at Three Mile Pond. They
have also been guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester d. Ellis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Miss Ruth Ward is visiting in Bos-
Ton for a week or ten days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

W. c. Halves Of Augusta was
business visitor in Bucksport yester-
day
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07
General Brown
Visitor at Togus

Major-General Preston Brown
commanding general. First Corps
Area, with headquarters in Boston
was at the Branch Friday for the
purpose of calling on Jesse F. Nance
who served under him in I9OO a.
Fort Thomas, KY, when he was .
first lieutenant, and later in the PM,
lppine Island for one and a nan
years. Comrade Nance was granted
a discharge in 1902 and Genera
Brown who was then captain, OF 90,
f.. ,, L. $. Inf, gave him a nhe
recommendation which he still mas
in his possession and prizes yer.
highly. 1t goes without saying tnS'
both enjoyed the visit very mucn
and which brought back memoirs
of their younger days in the serve.
of Uncle Sam. Both are natives y.
Lexington, NY. Col. Roy L. Mars1os.
and Major j. r. Mailman shoWeo
General Brown the principal poin.s
of interest at the Branch. ale,
which Gen. Brown and Col. Mars'0"
left for Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07
Sundays Concert Program

Sundays Concert Program
March. THE Governor. Berkeie'
Respectfully dedicated to -CoA
Keith Ryan, -
fiHe Berghol1
Waltz. italian Nights"
Pop, The Pump Song" :,
Medley when Love Shines an re
Pop, Moonlight on the Nile
Descriptive Fantasia, "A Hununs
Scene" busa
Selection from 1T Happened nsrt
Nordland' Victor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Peter e. Girard, son of Mrs. Agnes
Girard, of Augusta, Maine, who re-
Gently enlisted in the Regular Army,
sailed Friday on the L. S. Army
Transport. st. Mihiel, on 1000 mile
trip to join the garrison in Hawaii.
The transport will clear the Brook
Ign Army Base at noon, carving six
hundred soldiers, bound for Panama
Hawaii, Philippine Islands and China.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

Frank Jackson Of Boston was
business visitor in this city, Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07

An EXTRA special Treat for
Athose who lovegoodthings
to eat! "FruitedN Nut Custard."
Doesn't that sound good?
And how it tastes. Oh, Boy,
imagine it just full of delicious
red maraschino cherries, ripe
juicy Strawberries, in sugary
syrup, pineapple with its tart
sweetness - and fat English
Evening star., 1926-12-28
POLICE HONOR DEAD.
Harry Beck and Aloysius Babbing-
ton Buried.

Members of the District Police De-
partment paid final tribute to two
comrades today. Harry e. Beck, traffic
officer of No. s police command, who
died Saturday, and Aloysius w. Bah
btngton, jr., telephone operator at
police headquarters, who died last Fri
day, were buried with police honors.
Services for Beck were held this
Afternoon at l o'clock at his late resi-
dence, 500 Sixth street southwest.
Rev. DR.. j. E. Briggs, pastor Of the
Fifth Baptist Church, officiated. Mem
bers of No. s police command acted
as pallbearers and an escort accom-
panied the body to Arlington National
Cemetery. A naval escort joined in
final rites at the grave.
The Babbington rites were held this
morning at the late residence, 927
Fourth street northeast, at $50
o'clock, with requiem mass at St.
Aloysius Church, Rev. FIR. John c.
Geale officiating. The pallbearers were
former police comrades of the deceas-
ed officer. Interment was III Mount
Olivet Cemetery. A police escort ac-
companied the body to the grave.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
PERIL w. FRISBY, LAWYER
HERE FOR rs YEARS, DIES
Colored Member Of Bar Association
Was Howard Graduate and
Active in Lodges.

Peril w. F'risby, 55 years old,
| colored lawyer who had practiced
here for the past rs years. died at
his residence, 1929 Eleventh street,
after an illness lasting since last
April.
A graduate of Howard University,
Mr.. F'risby was q member of the
Washington Bar Association and
various colored organizations, in
Guiding the colored Masons and Elks,
odd Fellows, Knights of Jerusalem,
the North Kenilworth Association
and the Third Baptist Church,
colored.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Tiara Frisbv; two sisters. Mrs. Doro-
thy Cook of New York City and
Mrs. Ella Slorest, of Philadelphia,
and three brothers, Edward w.
F'risby of Philadelphia. and William
Frisby and John w. Frisby of New
York.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
9n Meiiroriaiil.

BENJAMEvN p. j y = L; GGHskiiNs and my, daas6;; =;
this life December 81. 1917. and De-
cember g., 1904, respectively.
gAM1NN NG2 Z. eGsKfNs eGssshSss AND f'J5H y6HasoN s5Si
RsASSkaFs E6eRLFS ESR LIZ 9AsSsfFP7RSEhs4 ass PREs4
ro4sSs ANp y1a; %RS. EPFIE Ee Ne hesAN heTsA win.
Your memory is az precious today
soNrNIflAwap We We A%p nSr bAuGHTFR Bay RhFTffa away
LOCKLEY AND CLARA L0CKLEY.
GMiBGRT u Err d.In In sad but loyipg remembrance
this M ilfe thirteen years ago today. Decem-
HER yDbE1yS0TED DAUGHTERS. ETHEL
HARLEY. In sad but loving remembrance
s qaaE aESRS eur H%RhFY aRS sRS
left US one year ago December 81. 1928.
ssfs ssfs in in 1he h. arms arms Of f,:.. Jesus
WIFE. THERESA GREENE HARLEY:
george sNn "a GREENE. LAURA GREENE
HARRY. In sad but loving remembrance OF
our dear mother, MINNIE HARRY lnee
Feaarsonl Fea who died November i2 1918,
HARRY; who was suddenly killed Decem.
This day brings back sad memories
AnaS ne r. o@ss s! WIZ @ ,kIsE ,5 & sSsn today
are the ones VINO loved them best.
Some may think we are not lonely
When at times they see us smile
But little do they know the heartncha
That we suffer all the while
SONS RUSSELL AND WILBUR AND
MOTHER, MRS. SARAH HARRY.
LARKINS. Sacred to the memory Of LEWIS
A. LARKINS. who departed this life ten
years ago. December 90. 1915.
Gone bnt not forgotten
WIFE. SARAH LARKINS.
LOEFFEL; In sad but loving remembrance
LOUISE LOEFFEL, who departed this life
eight years ago today. December 28. 1918.
No one knows the silent heartaches.
OF the grief that is borne in silence
For the dear one we loved so we'll
MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS
MULBERRY: In sad remembrance of de-
voted husband and father, EDWARD X.
today December 2S 1924
HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER
ORDEY. In sad but loving memory of nv
dear mother. EFFIE L. ORDEY who
died nineteen years ago today. December
rs. 1907 HER son KAROTY
sINkFIELD, In loving memory. Of my dear
twin brother. ALPHONZO SINKFIELD,
who departed this life one year ago to.
day. December %. 1895.
No one knows the silent heartache
No One-only those can tell
Who have lost their best and dearest
without a last farewell
BROTHER LEoNZO SINKFIELD.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
Deaths.

MOORE bsr r..IgaF On Friday; Deesmber "a 1o2g At
s1aDe SfPoFE of wiEaS9 iEEGarai es f.es son. IN ss
Pa. ave, NV, ON irqesday.. Decsmbsr Gs.
BrOc@RDorti @ iHsFSn' n % papers "a SToepP piessG
NORMAN. Departed this life December 2e,
illness, Dr. n oV w. bn pn NoRMAS PrSS@Sei pastor y
Baps. BSP'fs Gn9rce Ct
Ssd husband p Of rs and Eths FsaRusS
And, and Mrs. @ Katie Baker uncle Of Mrs; Leo
fs poaR Spn Baps ancf Church gnfGn f9m beee
per 80, 2t 12 noon. Body will lie In state
IN fno the lower, auditorium of the church
IL rom N Wednesday. pm, until IhurSSssay
NORMAN. All members OF the Metropoli-
theD hsD'ss esTah GAf are ,S
tGr W Sns funeral = the late pastor Rev.
-o OFFICIAL BOARD. Gs'
NORMAN. All members Of j.. McCrum-
Feqqe4sS @ sdss to atana aaena cali ii meeting nc n ;hs
Soo,EG TO- ,3ErTsngS Tor the funeral SS our late
ROBERT II. ROBINSON. ". q.
VIM. II. FlTZHCGH. =. ).
oC0oS%<ELL. On SUNDAY. December 2e.
i ii$6$ :. ne ne as9F} S%RY T., ibeioyed Ddaass;
cember 20 8 80 am. thence to Holy
Name Church, where requiem mass will
he said at am. Inierment Mount Olivet
Cemetery. Relatives and friends invited
oLTFTG IdFJTG Departed this life December r..
lington1, va. JOHN R., beloved husband
OF Sallie a, Olin lnee Lucasl. lnteTment
at Pope Creek Church, Va 2e'
SUDDEATH. Suddenly. on Monday. Decem-
Der ~. 1895 at 10 O'Clock am. at the
residence Of his daughter. Mrs. Minnie n.
Ginsell, Jig Auburn ave. Bethesda. Nd,
pULANEY ,SUDDEATH, aged y, years.
9eloyed husband of the late Sarah +. sud
nesday December 20. at O'Clock pm.
Relatives and friends invited. Interment
In GIenwood Cemetery.
SUDDEATH. Officers and members Of Gov
enant Lodge, No. 13. 1. o. o. F.. are here
by notified of the death of our late be-
loved brother. DULANEY SUDDEATH,
Monday morning. December %. 1926. at
his residence, ll6 Auburn ave-. Bethesda.
Md, Funeral from the above residence on
Wednesday. December 30. at 2 pm. Of
fcers and members are requested to at
grand. W. +. KLAPP. SeCy.
TOwNSLEY. at his residence. zoos o st.
NV: TUESDAY. peeemtbffr 2s 1929 q
ToWNSLEY. age II. Funeral notice
later.
VAIL. On December. 90. 1928. at 10
O'Clock pm. at Sibiey Hospital, AARON
=. VAIL, beloved husband OF Louise G.
Vail. Services at his late residence. 1880
Newton st. ne. on Wednesday. December
/ 29. at pm. Funeral private
Evening star., 1926-12-28
GEN. TOWNSLEY DIES
AT RESIDENCE HERE
Superintendent of West Point Mil
itary Academy From 1919
to 1915.

| Brig. Gen. Clarence Page Towns
| ley, U. S. A, retired, superintendent
| at West Point Military Academy
| from 1912 until 1916, died suddenly
| at his residence, zoos o street, this
| morning of angina pectoris. He was
| II years old. His death followed a
gradual decline during the past ten
| days.
Gen. Townsley was born in De
| Kalb, N. Y. September "a, 1855. He
was graduated from Union College
| in 1876 and received an honorary de-
| gree there in 1918. He received an
az ointment to the United States
Military Academy at West Point in
1877 from Iowa. He was commits
stoned a second lieutenant in the Ar
tillery, June II, 1881. He was pro-
| NOTED to first lieutenant in 1888.
Gen. Townsley was married to Miss
Marian Howland of Newport, r. T.,
January z, 1891. at Newport. In 1899
he was commissioned captain of
Artillery and became a A1ajor in 1906
Three years later he was promoted to
lieutenant colonel and in 1911 became
a colonel AT the completion Of his
command at West Point in 1916, he
was promoted to brigadier general
He retired November 20, 1918. He
was a veteran of the Spanish-Ameri-
can and World Wars.
Gen. Townsley was a member of
Delta Upsilon Fraternity Military Or
der of Foreign Wars and the Army
and Navy Club Of Washington. He
had resided in Washington for the
past six years.
He is survived by one son, Lieut..
Clarence Page Townsley, jr., Fort
Sill, Okla. and two daughters, Misses
Marian and Helen Townsley, at home.
Mrs. Townsley died about two years
ago.
Burial will be made at West Point.
Arrangements have not been an
nounced.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
JAMES A. CADY OF NAVY
MEETS DEATH IN CHINA
Washington Man, Expert Ship
filter, Attached to q. s. s. Nash
vile, browns in River.

News has been received by the
Navy Department of the drowning OF
James Aloysius Cady, 30 years old, of
this city, in the Whangbo River,
China, on Christmas day.
Cady was a first.class shipfitter and
was attached to the u. s. s. Asheville.
which weathered a tropical typhoon
last Fall. Tie enlisted in the Navy in
1917, and after serving on a transport
during the World War was assigned
to shore duty, and later sent to Chi
nese waters. where he had been for
more than a year.
He Is survived by four sisters,
Misses Binnie and Agnes Cady and
Mrs. Blanch Sanders. all OF 1901 Mas
sachusetts avenue. and Mrs. Margaret
O'Neil of COZ Twenty street.
and by two brothers, John and Pat
rick Cady Of 1910 Thirty-fourth street.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia--Rain this
afternoon and tonight, minimum tenn
perature 80 degrees; tomorrow partly
cloudy and colder.
Maryland-Rain tonight, colder in
extreme west portion; tomorrow
partly cloudy and colder.
Virginia--Rain tonight. tomorrow
partly cloudy and colder.
Records for "a Hours.
thermometer pm, Al; pm, 80;
IL midnight, "a; A am, 33; am,
35; noon, AZ.
Barometer pm, 30.36; s pm,
30.3S; IL midnight, 5000; A am, 1924;
a.m., 30.12; noon, 1898.
Highest temperature, AZ, occurred
at $50 pm. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 81, occurred
at 2 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 2S; lowest, 13.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Today-Low tide, 9:15 am. and
9:55 pm; high tide, 2:25 am. and
8 pm. .ooo
10:46 pm; high tide, 3:15 am. and
3:46 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun roae 1926 am; sun sets
4:53 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 7:26 am; sun
sets 4:55 pm.
Moon rises 1902 am; sets 1:01 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at Great Falls at 8 a.m.-Tem-
perature, "a; condition, very muddy.
Weather i'm Various Cities.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
SAMUEL H. CARTER DIES,
Head of Laboratories Incorporation
Bearing His Name Succumbs.

Samuel H. Carter, 5S. president Of
the Carter Laboratories. Inc, S13
Tenth street southeast, died at his
home, 5246 Forty-second street, yes
terday after a brief illness. He had
recently retired from active business
Born in Hopkinsville, KY, Mr.. Car
ter moved to Washington in 1900
In 1910 he established the laboratory
firm and was active head OF the con-
Germ until about month ago, when
his health failed.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Virginia M. Carter, and three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Samuel r. Huey and Miss
Beulah Carter, Washington, and Mrs.
Frederick Havelwood, Buffalo, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row morning at the late residence,
conducted by Rev. III. B. Wooding,
pastor Of lexington Presbyterian
Church. Interment will be in the
Beallsville Cemetery at Beallsville, Md.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
GIRL KILLED BY AUTO.
Crossing Bridge Near Halls Hill
Va, When Struck.

Louise Gardner, colored, IL years
old, 1887 Thirtieth street, was fatally
injured by the automobile of George
P. Hammersley, Hillsboro, Loudoun
County, Va, near Halls Hills, Arling-
ton County. Va, yesterday afternoon.
She died at Emergency Hospital an
hour after being run down.
Louise was visiting friends in Vir-
ginia and was crossing a bridge when
the automobile struck her. Her skull,
left leg and right arm were fractured.
Mrs. George Lee Chew, Staunton,
Va, and j. Harry Leslie, probation
officer at Leesburg, Va, were in Ham.
mersley's automobile. Coroner Neyitt
gave the required certificate of death
and police notified the Virginia au-
thorities.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
NOTED PONY EXPRESS
RIDER IN WEST DEAD
Thomas Ranahan Began Career in
166O-Escaped Indian Mas
sacre In Colorado.

BOISE, Idaho, December % R.--
Thomas Ranahan, 81, veteran pony
express rider and Indian fighter, died
here yesterday. He was the last sur
vivor of the Holiday Express Line,
except Henry Dunn Of Blackfoot, and
was one Of the few men living who
escaped being killed in the Beechers
Colorado.
Ranahan started his Western ex-
perience in 1860 as a driver for the
Holiday Express Line, later taken
over by Wells-Fargo Co. He was
born in Ireland November 28, 1889.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
MRS. GILLETTE BURIED.
Funeral of Razor Kings Mother
Held in California.

GLENDALE. Calf, December 2s
R).-The body of Mrs. Fannie Camp
Gillette, mother of King C. Gillette
razor manufacturer, who died at
Beverly Hills, Christmas day at the
age of SO, was inferred at Forest
Lawn Cemetery here yesterday.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Little Church of Flowers in
the cemetery
Evening star., 1926-12-28
MRS. w. H. WHITE DIES.

LEWISTON, Me-, December % OP)
Mrs. Wallace H. White. 70, mother
Of Representative Wallace II. White,
and a daughter Of the late Senator
William P. Frye. died at her home
here yesterday.
Evening star., 1926-12-28

The Legion of Loyal Women will
hold a reception on New Year day
from l to 4 p.m., in the banquet room
OF the New Willard Hotel, in honor of
the Grand Army of the Republic,
Spanish War Veterans, Veterans Of
the World War, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the American Legion and their
auxiliaries and kindred organizations.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
BEL LGlAN MINISTER DIES.
Colonies Official Succumbs
Attack of Pneumonia.

BRUSSELS, December % R).-
Edouard Pecher, who has held the
post of minister of colonies for a lit
tie more than q month, died yesterday
of pneumonia.
He was IL years of age.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
Henry D. Robertson Dies.

GLASGOW, Scotland, December %
R).-Henry Drummond Robertson,
octogenarian director of the Glasgow
Herald and other newspapers, died yes
terday. He was associated with the
Herald for so years.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
L. L. Palmer Dies at 76.

GAINESVIINE, Fla, December %
CPL. l.. Palmer, 76, veteran news
paper man of this city and formerly
of Illinois and California, died yes
terday. He came to Gainesville in
1914 from Chicago.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
Sheepshead Bay Tnnkeeper Dies.

NEW YORK, December 2S R.-
James Villepique. 76. owner for 4C
years of Villepique's Inn at Sleeps
head Bay, died here last night of
pneumonia. He was born in Camden
S. c.,
Evening star., 1926-12-28
Marrif0.

EpEEJbIN-WHITE. Mrs. Ethel l.. White,
Sl1 New Jersey ave. NV. takes pleasure
in annopneing the marriage of her dangh-
feri EnEf. fEIENI-ICIA II E. to Prof WILLIAM II 3.
occurred July 10. 1926 at Alexandria va.
Evening star., 1926-12-28

Col. James S. Petit Camp, No. 8,
United Spanish War Veterans. will
meet, 8 o'clock, at 921 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue southeast.
Evening star., 1926-12-28

The Boys Club Of Washington will
have it's annual Christmas party, Z
o'clock, in the gymnasium, 230 C
street.
Evening star., 1926-12-28

The ri Gamma Tau win give a
dance tomorrow, 9 pm, at the Lee
House.
Evening star., 1926-12-28

The Southeast Washington Citi.
zens' Association will meet, o'clock.
at the Southeast Public Library.
Evening star., 1926-12-28

The Iowa Circle Citizens Associa.
ton will be held. s o'clock, at the
home Of Fl. w. Fulton, 1900 Thirteenth
street.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
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G.. V. McArt Passenger Agent
WASHING TON-SUNSET ROUTE,
1910 H ST.. n W., Washington. D. c
Evening star., 1926-12-28
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TONIGHT.

The Christmas meeting of the Ken
lucky Society will be held at the VIII
lard Hotel, S:15 o'clock. The usual re
ception will be followed by a short
program and be concluded with
dancing.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Kaano Counc;I,a E00 Cyuh

The Curley Club has postponed the
meeting scheduled tonight until Janu-
ary II, at the Hotel Gordon, SIS pm.
Evening star., 1926-12-28

keane Councils 500 Club will give
| 500 and bridge party Thursday, $40
pm, in Knights Of Columbus Hall,
91S Tenth street.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
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FOREIGN

{S am. Greenwich time. today
Evening star., 1926-12-28
FOUND.

DOG. black. shaggy dog. male. tag 5577.
Animal Rescue League. $40 Maryland ave.
sw. 30"
IRISH TERRIERS, two male, apparently
brothers.: very handsome dogs; al red in
COLOR. Apply Washington Animal Rescue
League, 349 Maryland ave. s.w.