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Evening star., 1927-04-28
S575.M

L.ady's Solid Platinum Diamond
Engagement Ring, weighs IA
carats; guaranteed absolutely
perfect and of very fine color.
The mounting rs handmade of
latest design and is studded
with diamonds and sapphires; j;
party in need of cash, will sac
rihce to quick buyer for
$375.0O.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
RADIO SERVICE AND REPAIRS

RADIO SERVICE AND REPAIRS.
SICKNESS COMPELS SACRIFICE finest
radio console set ever shown in Washington:
S460 receiver with S45 speaker for S75.
1908 s ct. Sc. Anacostia. Line. 51i2.
TRADEINS--An kinds of sets az very low
prices, Stop In and look them over. Smiths.
2l19 18th st. NV.
SEVEN-TUBE ATWATER KENT, 2 months'
old. with tubes and $35 speaker $125.
Exceptional bargain. Franklin 4031.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

Canoes For Sale-$25 and Up.
Canoes to hire.
Dempsey's Boat House. seth & X SITS. NV.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

PRTNTTNG--500 good business cards or bill
heads. So. D. c. Printers. o39 + ST. n:"'
A t. ,r-nHn ed
Evening star., 1927-04-28

pAPFRTNG, PAINTING, DECORATING Of
the better kind. at moderate prices. All work
guaranteed against inferior Workmanship and
materials Dutch Boy lead and pure linseeq
nil used ingredients mixed on premises, All
paperhanrinE guaranteed lin wrting) Tor .
years We furnish recommendations. Ihis
ie a local concern. employing skilled me
chauics only. Cash or easy terms. The sat.
tsfaction of superiority remains long after
The price is forgotten. Free estimates cheer
fully given Dependable Decorating Co.. $50
Rfh 81 n w NJ 32h9. omen evenings. =
Evening star., 1927-04-28
sAIE-AUTOMORuLEs.

SALE--AUTOMOBILES.
YOU CAN BUY NO BETTER
CARS AT SUCH
SMALL COST.
4 Few AS Follows:
Buiells pass Sedan. - 20. $500: $3.50 .dosn.
Hudson 9-pass. Sedan. 90, 5000; $500 down
Hudson 7-pass. Sedan. 20. $1,000: sA00
Peerless 7-pass. Sedan. "a. $500: $3.50
st1debaksr 5.psss. Sedan. s72S: $3.50 down.
Guaranteed.
Some newly painted. all in good condition.
Cadillac. Pisrce-ArrOw. Marruon. olds
On G. NJ. A. c. Liberal and
Convenient Payment Plan.
THE WASHINGTON
CADILLAC co.
18Th and You ana I42o-2s eerd o..
Open Evenings. Frank, $a6t.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

ROOMING AND BOARDING HOUSE. located
near 14th and Rhode Island ave. NV: IL
rooms, 9 baths, unusually well furnished;
ateam heat with oil burner. Frigidaire ice
plant etc: 1907 filled with splendid peo-
ple; rent only S105 Price. 50 750. on terms.
This Is an attractive proposition and should
sell quickly G. B. Likens. 1919 NJ st. NV.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

SOLD
ON
HONOR.
A phrase we'll known to thou
sands of used-car buyers in three
States.
-EA
You will do welt to investi-
gate.
Gold Seal Used Cars cost no
more than ordinary used cars.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

ANTIQUES mahogsny bureau mahog-
&ry Washstaud. Mrs N G. Grenata. Ore.
%s! Phone 90; Fort Humphreys. Vai 2s'
Evening star., 1927-04-28

FOR sALE-Gift shop with space for tea
room and living quarters: best downtown
section: reasonable rent: splendid opportu-
nity for employed man with unemployed
wife Address ROx 1868 Star office
Evening star., 1927-04-28
RECOMMENDED SERVICE.

wiring and hot-watcr heating at very mod
crate prices: all work guaranteed against M
serior workmanship and materials. We use
mixing paints on premises so ingredients NAV
he seen. All paperhanging guaranteed tin
writingl for wears. This is local con.
cern established 1910 and we employ local
men only. Careful competent workmen'
All orders receive immediate attention: ref
prences upon request. Cash or convenient
terms, free estimate. PHILADELPHIA Decorat-
ing Co Inc. 2423 18th st. NV Adams
mos
Evening star., 1927-04-28
R0ATS.

BEAUTIFUL 32-FT. MOTOR YACHT The
Valencia; large, cozy cabin. 4-cylinder 10.
hp. Kermath engine: speedy. trim and
serviceahle craft in frst-class condition that
cost So. 500 for less than 81 900: now out
of water at Champions Boathouse. 300 yds.
west of Georgetown bridge. 29s
CRUISER. 30-foot raised deck. for sale; new.
complete. AL throughout. Capitol Boat
Works ia X ST aw
Evening star., 1927-04-28

THE MANTCUR1ST and chiropodist business
Of the late Miss May GIBBONS. located At
clientele: very moderate price. Call between
Evening star., 1927-04-28

Lady's Wide Platinum Dia-
mond Flexible Bracelet, contain
ing l27 large fine blue-white
diamonds all perfectly matched
and 9 deep blue sapphires. This
beautiful bracelet is an exclu-
sive creation, all handmade and
unusually attractive. Party paid
$2,150.00. In need of funds will
sacrifice to quick buyer for
Sl,275.O0.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

Laurel. MD-OpportunitY 20 purchase
good paying lunch room and soda fountain:
fully equipped; old established business: in
town 3000 people: easy terms. Address Box
1855 Star office.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
SALE--AUTOMOBILES.

DODGE 1925 COUPE. 1924 sedan. 1924 tour
ing. 1924 coupe these cars are ready for
any demonstration and are priced right for
quick sale; see our big adv. in these columns.
The Trew. Motor CO.. 1909 14th st. NV.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

Grocery. good NV. location: rental S35;
price, $500 This store has done So 900
monthly. which l can vouch for: with
proper management it will be money
P. +. CARLEY, T. 10473. y
Evening star., 1927-04-28
POIIITRY AND EGGS.


REAL BABY CHICK BARGAINS - Reds
Rocks. Leghorns, Wyandottes Orpingtons
Anconas Every breeder pure bred and indi.
vidually inspected and selected for health and
high egg production. Write for catalogue
stating variety and number you desire. Mas
sanutten Farms Hatchery. Box 331sM Harri.
sonburR. Va.
BABY CHICKS. Rocks and Reds; eggs for
Matching. Cogswell's Poultry Farm. Ball
ston, Va: Phone Clarendon 123l-J-l.
CHICKS, Rocks. $15: Leghorns. S14 hun
dred: ready now. J. B. Henry. phone Falls
BARRED ROCK and r. I. Re- cockerols and
pullets: hatching eggs: baby chicks. 20S9
X at NV West 686 or KensinRton 10D-F-4.
DOGS, PETS, ETC.
FOX TERRIER PUPPIES. beautiful black
with white markings; male. So; female. So.
AMERICAN BULL TERRIER. PUPS. pedi-
greed 7 weeks; males and females: $40.
1901 Quebec pl NV. Adams 1905. l.
PEDIGREED POLICE PUPPIES. 4901 18th
st.. NV. Adams 4246-W. 2es
Evening star., 1927-04-28

SLIP COVERS made to. measure: also up
hoIstering: very lew prices. Standard Up
hoistery Co. 403 11th ST. NV, Main 4go2.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

WILL SELL good 2-year SO 300 second
trust note. payable monthly, n 20 interest.
for 90 per cent discount: owner needs ready
each write and viii call. Address Box
1898 Star office IL
Evening star., 1927-04-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
(COntinued.) }

ADDING MACHINES, all makes. sold re-
paired. rented and exchanged United Type
writer and Adding Machine Co., 1919 st.
NV. Main 5509. 28e
Evening star., 1927-04-28

Beauty parlor nicely equipped; good loca-
tion money maker: price. 81 600. terms,
Evening star., 1927-04-28

WINDOW AND DOOR SHADES - Good
quality Opaque shades fitted to your. win.
dows. S5o: the best quality of OPAQUE shades
81 IL. hung free We will call with sampeS.
Yianhi att II III and Il Sta q e. LING. SO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
GAMBLING COUNTESS IosEs

NlcF-An FrRl sh retnsrss piav.
ire unorf an assumed name lost
A n0o ~ Monte Carlo-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27

Jimmy Dykes, one or the most YER
tile young gentlemen who ever
donned u baseball unie. IA trying 70
land another place on the Athletics.
He already holds four positions.
Now Jimmy wants 10 be a patcher.
Dykes has performed in stellar
fashion AZ all posts az the infield
for Mr.. Mack. He has starred az
first. sciutillated al second. dazzled
az third and astonished AZ shortstop.
But now he wants 20 try bis hand
on the mound.
And il Connie Mack can find a
capable first baseman 10 replace him.
Jimmy will get his pitching chance
spring. He has a real fast ball
and a nice curve and = Improving.
II Dykes becomes a pitcher he will
reverse the usual order of big league
stars who have. rs u rule. started as
pitchers and gravitated 20 other po-
sitions.
Babe Ruth was a good left-handed
pitcher. Re is also "A fine first base
man as well as outfieider. and began
his h1seball career as a catcher.
Rober Brcsnakan, George Sisler
and old c. Seymour were all pitchers
in their earlier days.
But few infielders or outfielders
ever became great hurlers. Dave
Bancroft. when manager Of the Bos-
ton Braves, tried to make a pitcher
out Of Bob Smith. nm infielder, and
strangely enough. succeeded.
So Jimmy Dykes may fool as all
and become n great moundsman-who
Knows
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
MOVIE STARS
MOTHER HERE
Mrs. Griffin Of Min
eral Wells Is Val
ley Visitor

The Vallgy has called another vis-
itor who has made such m unassum-
ing advent that her presence Is hard
ly known even after she has spent
two weeks visiting the Valley towns.
The visitor y Mrs. Jack Griffin Of
Mineral Wells. mother OF the well
known Texas moving picture actress.
Corinne Griffith. who arrived IN
Brownsville recently after stopping
IN McAllen on her way south.
Travelling unattended and stopping
az different points of interest on
her tour. Mrs. Griffin has come 70
Brownsville enthusiastic over this
part Of Texas which she declares 10
be entirely different from any COM
blnation she has ever found in her
travels about the United States.
Although she claims Mineral Wells
as ner home. having lived there
while CorInne was a small girl. Mrs.
tffiffin has sDent part Of her time
on the Pacific coast with her
daughter. Another daughter II Iiv-
ing IN the home town and will pos
sibly pay Brownsville 4 visit within
the next few months.
While In Brownsville Mrs. Griffin
plans 70 visit ali points of interest
here and across the border in Nat
am0ros. Monday evening she will
return to her home in Mineral Wells.
When asked about the difference
IN her name. Griffin. and thrt of her
we'll known daughter. Griffith. Mrs.
Griffin laughinglv remarked that
she herself answered 70 either OF
the but that Corinne had
adopted the name Griffith after be-
coming connected with the screen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
TRAVEL MARK
FOR JUNIORS
MAY BE MADE
Palestine Trip Believ-
ed Longest Ever
Taken BY Younger
School

A nice bright, shiny new record u
about TO be established in Browns
ville-a mark for future generations
TO shoot az, and for the present
generation 20 brag about 70 their
grandchildren.
Brownsville may be Dragging too
DON the record may already have
been established. but the local
Hoyies cant find IL. and until they
do the home talent is standing 49,
on the following:
When the Flying Painters. Of
Palestine. come here On December =
n engage in a football game with the
Brownsville junior high school team
for a right 10 claim the state title.
they Will establish a record for dis
lance Travelled never before ecualed
By a junior team.
The distance between Brownsville
and Palestine y SAT miles. ard no
local football expert can he found
Who will say that Ne knows or N
junior team that has travelled farth-
az 70 engage In a contest.
And Il won't be a great many more
days before that team IA due TO start
on les long journey. All the visiting
FrloNtSh are 10 eptfalH
Wednesday night and will arrive
here the next night.
The start will be made shortly af-
ter midnight. and the boys are not
scheduled TO reach the scene Of their
big combat Of the year Until 1880
o'clock Thursday night
This margin will give the Wis
TORS something like - hours 40 ac-
climate themselves 70 this section
and put whatever finishing touches
may be necessary on their training
here.
The schedule IA 10 give the visit
ing gladiators al the rest they may
want after they reach this city. a
hearty breakfast. and some form "
entertainment TO take their mind off
the coming game.
Red Irvine. coach " the locals. a.
20 will be doing the distraction act.
He plans To assemble his men early
in the moyning Of the day Of the
battle and keen item with him until
game time. Lunch viii Ne eaten
down town In r. gronp. and the hovs
are to W. instructed very carefully
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27

as to their diet for the few days
Immediately preceding the blk con-
test.
The Wanted attack Of the visitors
remains a. much of a mystery I'm
Brownsville today as II wa the day
the challenge was accepted. Beyold
the fact that he il going Up against
q last, headx and experienced eleven
Irvine knows hrtle OF the type Of
opposition his boys will be called up
on 20 face.
That the Partners depend more Or
headwork than brute strength TO
wan games IA evidenced BY the state
ment from the Green coach that his
charges have on tap an article OF
football w before seen. They
have many peculiar formations and
spectacular plays, the moTul con-
fessed It'd one OF his earlier letters 10
Irvine.
For the matter Of that. local fans
are pretty much IN the dark as 70
just what irvine's team has 10 dis
play. Most Of the Brownies games
this year have been played away
from home, ard even Ia these the
locals have never been forced 70 ex-
tend themselves.
Just what sort on griddery rs
hidden in the heads Of the fighting
little team that will 20 ON the field
TO represent Brownsville next Fri
day. only next Friday may bring
forth. Irvine il authority for tine
statement recently that his boys had
several tricks up their sleeves that
they have never been forced 10 re-
sort to in any Of their games 50 far.
and il vs. known that practice on five
new plays was started as soon as the
Palestine challenge was accepted
Indications that the crowd will be
one Of the largest eve 70 have seen
a local sporting event are given In
the advance sale Of tickets for the
big game. ~PastebOards have been dis
appearing like the proverbial hot
cakes ever since the game was def
inately announced.
The schools cf the Brownsville dis
trirt have been sold almost one hun
bred per cent. while orders are
pouring in daily from upper Valley
schools for blocks Of tickets.
on top az that are the hundreds
Of tickets that have been disposed
or 10 business men throughout the
Valley and others interested IN the
outcome Of the game Those in
charge of the sale report hat the
tickets Of this type alone will run
larger than the total ticket sale for
any other game held here this sea-
son.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
Movie Calendar

MOVIE CALENDAR
Sunday Monday
pITTMANN- Thursday alsol "Mhat
p,ice Glory Dolores Del RIO.
Victor McI.arlen. Edmund Love. n
william Fox picture. Also ar linz
perial comedy.
nfrEEN--podv and orl-starrinE
AsIeer prinrle. Norman Kerry. and
T.gnel Barrymore. Also harry
Iarrdon IN There III Goes. MGN
rews and Aesors fables.
tuesday, Wednesday
rTNANN@tTucsdayl What Price
Glory same ~ sunday and Aon-
rrVAs-eThe Code Of the West
featuring Sandow, the actor DEG
Also Educational comedy Cool
OF"
Dove and LLOYD Hughes, featured.
A Christie ccmeds, "ho"' sailor
Row"
plTTMANN-"White Pants Willie
1ohnns Hines. featured. N a First
National picture. Also = comedy
aS,x Faces West
TFNAS-Three MiieS W. -st1frinS
an WILTON IN a Universal picture.
International news and comedy.
nfrrFN-~Soft Cushions with Doug
10 MaeTean starring m a Para
mount picture. Also Beauty parlor
remeay and = Paramount news reel
Saturday.
ntTTNANN - Lonesome Ladics
lewis stone and Anna g. Nelson
fnaturea. Aisc an Educational
wrxAS-Loro Lnek starring Art
Aeora in 3 Universal picture.
Famed and third episode VI Blake
az Scotland Yard.
nffFFN-~The Sling Shoe Nd Burx
Rnrton featured. Educational CONF
eay, "Jnneie Heat
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
Pioneer Tells of
Early irrigation

SAN BENiTO. Nov. 26.-The first
irrigation ever done IL the Lower
Rio Grande Valley was In 1877. By a
F~renchman. 4 G. r. Barreda Of
Brownsville. ia a newspaper which
read 10 the Culture club here
by Mrs. r. NJ. Huff. lie was the late
Mr.. Brulay.
The Brownsville pioneer also
points out that hack in the old days
land was worth 10 cents an acre,
that smuggling then was considered
a brave and lucrative profession
with no stigma attached 20 II.
lie told Of the STEADY growth Of
the Valley section from the time
the st. Louis Union Trust Co. in
tcrcsted hv the large bonus Of cash
and land offered. built the railroad
into this section. and later sold i
To the Missouri Pacific railway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
University Will
Play Vanderbilt

AUSTIN. Texas. Nov. 2s.-iP-
Athletic officials Of Texas Uni
versitv SATURDAY. signed n contract
with Vanderbilt University providing
for one football game to be played
in Dallas on October ~. 1928. IL WAS
announced BY Or. r. A. Law. chair
man Of tho athletic council.
The contract ends \ long series ar
negotiations between the two
schools. the existing contract having
been terminated with the game at
Dallas this fall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27

Of the McCrory Store Company.
Miss Lois Pearson has accepted y
stenogrzphic position In the office
of Durham and Company.
Miss Edith Ryan has recently pas
sed her 80 word shorthand test in
President MoothGrt's office
Our new stutent last week was
Mr.. W. s. Mcclure. who is pursuing
the regular bookkeeping department
~otk-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
Bomb Sent in Big
Bouquet BloDs OFT
Hand OF the Bride

BARCELONA. Spain. Nov. &C.
Sonora Mercedes Gartello. bride or
n few. hours, wns terribly injured
hy the explosion OF u bomb sent 20
her in a bouquet Of flowers Her
right hand was blown off and her
right side lacersted by fragments
Of metal
TIE flowers we're delivered ns
the marriage celebration was IN
progress NJ the home OF Sonora
CarteIio's parents. II was de-
livered By a boy. but no trace Of
him EN- be found BY the police.
As far as IS known. the bride
had mo rivals and the theory lin
that the bomb was designed To kill
the bridegroom
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
Elect Sherman Man
AS Head Of B. Y. P. u,

SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Nov. 2s.--
tP-John H. Eorrs Of Sherman. was
reelected president Of the state
Baptist Youn~ Peoples union nt the
concluding session or the state con-
vention here Saturday morning. San
Angelic was chosen for the rext
meeting place.
Nice-presidents elected include:
Wright q. HeenauIt or Port Arthur.
L. l.. Legett Of Corpus Christi. H. j.
Rallewo Of Wichita Fills and Wen
dell Foreman az Abilene
CHTCAGO.-Dancing 10 reduce her
weight, Miss Ella Cardin lost ~
pounds in Is hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
VALLEY
COMMENTS

Our students had Friday follow
Ing Thanksgiving for q holiday and
rany OF them attended the Mid
Winter Fair nc Harrington. President
Moothart and Miss Ellen Jones. in
structors. also visited the Fair.
Miss Marie Johnson W doing
stenographic work III the office OF
the Frontier Lumber Company.
Miss Lorcne Allen has accepted a
s~tenographic position in the office
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
KNIFE II HER SPINE

HORSHAN. Eng.-Miss Annie Gil
son has the blade OF a knife inn
hcdded III her spine that physicians
are unable to remove. She was
stabbed in a querrel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
QuADRUPLETs DIE

LONDON. Quadruplets. three
hoys end 4 girl. born ID Mrs. u n.
wife If a postman. died
two hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27
SUICIDE AFTER DOG DIES

GLENVIEW. III. ~ Crieving over
the death Of his dog. George Geltin.
~i0-year-old orphan. committed sui
eide.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-27

LONDON. ~Six-year-old Angela
Spacey was too shy to kiss Queen
Mary AZ a Buckingham school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-04
WESTON GETS A JOB.

NEW YORK, February 4 P).-Ed-
ward Payson Weston 81-year-old
champion pedestrian, almost destitute
yesterday, faced a cheerier outlook to-
day as friends contributed money and
food to help replenish the depleted
larder of his tiny fiat in lower Man
haitian.
With contributions yesterday came
promise of further funds and the offer
of job. The New York Press Club
promised financial assistance to the
walking champion, once New York
newspaper man. He was offered work
carrying proof around town for a
downtown publishing house. but his
adopted daughter, Mrs. Anna L. Ola
gan, who is caring for him, said she
was afraid he might not remember di-
rections and might get lost while
working.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-04

boundary treaty and the extradition
treaty.
FREE STATE O.K.'S STERLING.
Acceptable as Minister From Z. s.
Dublin Reports Say.
BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, February At is gen
orally understood in political circles
here that Frederick A. Sterling, coun-
selor of the American embassy in
London, is coming here as United
States Minister to the Irish. Free
State. 1t is stated he is acceptable to
the Free State government.
A Washington dispatch Wednesday
said plans TO send Ministers to the
Irish Free State and to Canada had
progressed so far that the State De
partment had submitted to the Bud
get Bureau a request for appropria-
tons for the purpose.
State Department officials did not
deny reports then current that Mr..
Sterling had been accepted as Minister
by the Dublin government.
Selection of William Phillips, now
Ambassador to Belgium. to be the first
American Minister to Canada was an
nounced in Washington yesterday.
Japan's business depression Is so
great that at one port recently FAB
vessels were living idle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-04
Wealth of Ford
Is Now Placed
At Two Billion

Henry Ford, with the gigantic
holdings and worlds largest indi-
vidual bank balance. is being popu-
larly rated as "two-time billion
aire" as result of the astounding
disclosures in the $34,000,000 Ford
tax hearing here.
The very fact that the automo-
bile wizard complacently turned
down several offers of a billion dol
lars for his ''f1ivver' plant, as. re-
lated by New York witnesses, has
served to boost the estimated value
of all his varied holdings to I'M
precedented heights
The far-fiung ramifications of the
Ford industries. ranging from
mines and railroads to 1.-The finished
product" together with good
WILL" cash in bank and the intrinsic
value to the industries, so to speak,
of Fords genius" combine to fur
nish a reasonable basis for esti.
mates of his wealth, f1nanciers de-
clare.
The general opinion here seems
to be that Mr.. Ford could we'll
afford to spurn somewhat lightly
the seemingly fabulous offers re-
ported to have been made to him
by Wall street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-04
70 CARS BURNED
/. IN RAINIER GARAGE
Cigarette Said to Have Start
ed Blaze Near District
With $22,5OO Loss.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MOUNT RAINIER, Md, February
Fire destroyed the Mount Rainier
garage, formerly the Mar-Dis Motor
Co., on Rhode Island avenue. just over
the District line in Prince Georges
County Md, about o'clock this morn
ing.
The loss on contents and equipment
was estimated at $500, while that on
the building is $4,000. Twenty-one
automobiles of various makes and
ownership, were destroyed. A lighted
cigarette, tossed into a corner by a
late arriving autoist, Is said to have
started the blaze.
Firemen from Bladensburg, Hyatts-
vile and the District of Columbia
aided the Mount Rainier department,
which worked three hours against the
flames, combining them to the one
building despite the dangerous proxim-
ity of a line of frame houses. The
building and stock are said to have
carried light insurance. William H.
Hickey, proprietor of the garage, lives
at 1922 Charming street, Washington,
according to a report of the Mount
Rainier firemen. The building was
owned by r. e. Milor.
Hemp raisers of Italy will this year
restrict acreage devoted to the grow
ing of the future rope.