Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1921, Page 2

NEW DEMAND FOR RANSOM e e At BY WIFE'E KIDNAPERS Baby Pigmy Hippo SpurnedByMother NEW YORK, January 28.<-The mother love of Gelda, ome of the atx pigmy hippopotami in Husband Warned Not to Notify Police or “All Will Be Lost.” . LOB ANGELBES, Calif., January 28.— |- A second demand for a ransom for Mrs. Clara Witherell, who was kid- naped Wednesday, was given out today by the police. The typewritten note, slipped under the door of the! Witherell home, sald: *“Mr. Witherell: Your wife is safe. Don't worry until | you hear further from us—have $50,000 | cash ready for me, as you will hear from me again soon. Don’t notify police or_detectives or all will be lost.” Detalls the first demand for ransom were not disclosed by the po- lice. Mra. Witherell, wife of O. S. GETs 10 YEARS l" PR'SON ‘Witherell, president of a loan and in-{, * |vestment company, is said to have =R been lured away from her home by Negro Receives Sentence for Man- {2 man who told her that a person dnjured in an automobile accident slaughter. asked that she be summoned. Jackson, colored, Heonry recently| convicted of marslaughter in causing | the death of Nettie Hawkins, also colored, July 9 last, was sentence today by Justice Gould to serve teg Years in the penitentiary. if‘:‘!ll xfl!on. lcolorod. ‘who shot and T mistress, Mrs. Moll Bacalman, in Southwest wumnm‘-‘; was dsclared by a jury before Justioe Bailey to be of unsound mind. She will be transferred te the crimimal ward of the Government Hospital for th; Insane. ames A. Wood, a former soldier, Who shot Sergt. Emmitt Lanier, U. 8. “|A. at 7th street and Pennsylvania planations in advance of accusations” | Lo, "D STeet and, Pennsyivania Senator Ashurst's charge was made | TSRS, r during an attempr by Senator King | Loy (noite O 80 sabirns o emocrat, Utah, to discuss s1an | observation, but trade. Senator McCumber, repub- . but when brought before loas, North Dakots. supriticd (Bt | ol was Teicaata se sune. e hod o talk about tariff, and before Mr. ele sane. King couid explain Mr. Ashurst inter- | 5eD fTee only a short time before he Jected his accusation of filibustering. er. ASK HIGHER IMPORT RATES.. BRUCE SPEAKS AT MEETING. ——— Urgent needs of the pubi Practicslly doubled import rates|and the efforts belng m:n“:y’::::‘:l and m‘“o%“t‘!uo;i ;wun lul‘fl“:z and District officials and members of was uk.flwmm“a foday by u..'“mxnu- Congress to provide adequately for Tactarers of ‘foor eyvering. _Wit. |them were outlined by Roscoe C. acturers = Bruce, assistant superintendent of nesses said present laws were sus-| ., coptible of varied interpretations, and | Colored schools, at a meeting last also argued for legislation to protect | PI8ht of the Douglags-Simmons Par- :nde names of American manufac- |€nt-Teacher Association. urers. Representatives of grass and fiber rug manufactures said the Japanese as well as some of the European na tions had made inroads on their do- mestic market. WOMEN PICKET TREASURY. -Carry Placards Directed Against England for Not Liquidating Debt. Carrying placards bearing inscrip- jtions directeq against England’s de- Iay in liquidating her indebtedness to 'tle United States, four members of the Washington Picket Association started to picket the Depert- ment st noon today. 'he women gave their names as Mrs. Rossa F. Downing, Mrs. James Hennessy, Mrs. J. D. Roddy and Mrs. Martin. HARDING TO SEE GAME. Expected to Attend Opening of League Season April 13. President-elect Harding and Distriot Kiwanians will witness together the of the base ball xizona Senator Sees Move to Defeat Measure, But Denial Is Made. direct chargs that a_ flibuster in the Senate to democrat, Arizeas, today, Sesate resumed consideration of the measure. ¥ “I do not insinuate it; I charge it Senstor Ashurst exciaimed, after some discussion of the situation aroused by the circulation yesterday by Senator Pearose, in _charge of the bill, of a petition to invoke the Senate cloture rale. e. Senator Thomas, democrat, Colo- R T . ‘dented kmowledge of an’ organ- GIRLS STOP SNEEZING ized effort to delay the bill. He de- _ clared, however, that he intended to see that “a full and free discussion is hed despite the cloture proposal.” and would spesk “at length” tomorrow. .|, Senator Penrose said he had not de- aired to insinuate that a filibuster was in progress, but meved senators to address themselves to the bill, when taking the time of the Senate. “It may be,” he continued. “that the guilty conscience of some of those en the other (democratic) side of the aisle has compelled them to make ex- as Cure for Colds. A coryza closet to snuff the snufies and nip the colds of Wellesley College Erll il“to be installed at Founder's and disinfecting 1ald Vapors of encalyptus ©il and form: e. 3 the pulmonary menace will vanish. the last twelve months. The students have been warned to disoard the fash- ion of going about bareheaded on rainy days. —_— PLAN TO REWARD CARMEN. A plan for rew: careful motor- men and conductors as part of a cam- paign to reduce street car accidents Wwill be outlined to trainmen of the ‘Washington Rallway and Electric Company at a meeting in the offices of the company, 14th and C streets, tonight. T is to be &QQ| and G Streets Aeclan Wcalions Washington's AECLIAN HALL ~ Twelfth | 5tsinvay Duo-Art Duanolas Veber Duo-Art Pranolas ury colan oralion L dro Cemr. minister tates m ICATagu: jest at the.dinner, as w:' INg, eVRNg 2 - actor. rioer and. ON SALE TOMORROW ;fl'gfsi C(ago’s creed) gnfl) Glacomo February Dance Selections = [n-ny (Pox-Tret) (Wads- ‘worth) Played by All Star Trio (Arden-Green-Wads- ‘worth) Pittor-Putter, Introd. 1 Saved a Waltz for You” from “Pitter Patter® (Waltz) (Friedlander) Played by Harey A Yerkes 4 i if 7 i LS ] o i) i i £ i (Fox-Trot) (Mon- aco) Played by Selvin's Dance Orchestra Breadway Biues (Wox-Trot) (Carly Morgan) by The Melody Men will_be fi It was testified that neen of Jan ‘Aeolian Vocalion Records on eale at the New Seventh Street Record Store Prompt courteous service Powce Levys € AMERICAN HKOME FURNISHERXS CORP ey — = Army Air Expert, N ow Police Flyer, Guards Maryland Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Janwary 28— The Iatest addition to the state police force is Temple N. Joyce, who was an aviator in the Army in wartime. Automobile Commissioner Baughmmo, who in directing the police, amnounced that Joyce had been signed as a apectal depiity and weuld do police work from an airplane when- ever meoeasary. 3 Joyce, who is a former cap- tain, has to be in readi- mess at all times to take his ma- out whea red by t police authorities. With such a tremendoun stretch of terri- fory to be covered by the amall band of mtate policemen, Ool | Buughman beileves that an air plane will be of invaluable as- sistance in locating criminals or keeping places under special ob- SAYS PUBLIC WAS MISLED. J. H. Balston, at Hearing, Critl- cises Justice Department Ralids. Jackson H. Ralston, attorney of this city, told the Benate judiclary com- mittee yellerfln{ that in his obinion the methods of the Department of Justice agents in 1 parts of the horough scheme who signed a report charging the De- partment of Justice with illégal prac- tices in its conduct of the raids. Attorney ieneral Palmer. Ralston declared, was “pi growing bureau which was trying to justify istence” by advertising a radical out- break that never took place. “The public had been carefully trained by the Department of Justice through the bureau of investiga‘ion 0o believe that there was great danger. They advertised uprisings on specific dates, which falled time after time to materialize, until the whole mat- ter became a national joke.” Ralston added that some of the bombs alleged COLBY IS ENTHUSIASTIC. Says South American Republics Shew Utmest Friendliness to U. S. Secrétary Celdy speaks in enthu- astic ters of the warmth of his reception by the governments and people of Braxil, Argenting and Uru- guay. “It was -a& broadening experience, one that I wish all my fellow coun trymen might hav Mr. Colby de. clared. * the three republics evincing the ut- most friendliness .for' the United ell a8 & profound un- £ the situation with re- rest of the world in ithout exception, 1 found | which this country finds itself now that the war is over. “I know no better way of express- ing my admiration of the people of those countries than by saying that they are delightful, progressive, en- lightened—in short, ' worthy. in more than one respect. of the emulation of North Amer! 5 3 _— CONVICT GIVES TO CHARITY. BIRMINGHAM, January 28.—With | sentences afgregating more than 100 anging over him as a result of ctions in_this county on charges of highway robbery. and murder, Clar- | ence Reeves today sent various contribu- | tions which had come to him since his | trials to the local committee on Euro- pean rellef, declaring that starving chil- dren needed the money. SWEPT OVER NIAGARA. Unknown Man Chats With Officer, Then Leaps Into River. NIAGARA FALLS, January 28.—An unidentified man is reported to have jumped into the river above the falls at 3:15 o’clock this merning, and was swept to death over the Ameriean brink. The man talked to & reservation officer, 8. W. Rhodes, he made the . He tol he was from Cleveland, Ohio, and that ko had come to the park to take a fare- Tell look befors leaving for Cleve- land. Al Our Men’s Wellesley College Has Vapor Room |0’CALLAGHAN STILL IN U.S. WELLESLEY, Mase., January 28— |%0mors That He Had Slipped Out Sioest (s ab AiER e mien iaeq |American committee for relief in Ire- Tith sinc and filled with the heaiing |land aunourosd today that Donal esterday; disappe: When a student feeis a sneeze com-1{stHl*in the United States and would ing she will rush into the wee com- |reappear publicly partment, shat her eyes, take a few |Irish meeting In this city. deep breaths, utter a olass yell and mittee Eamonn de Valera, “president of the A census showed that 341 girls out |Irish republio: he has slipped quietly of 367 had suffered from colds during |out of this country, headed for Ire- 10 have been sent prominent persons never had been produced. WILL VOTE ON WAGE CUT. Shipbuilding Workers to Consider Proposed 10 Per Cent Drop. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., January 28. ‘The Atlantic coast shipbullding indu: trial board, representing comgmnies and workers, announced today that the union labor group has agreed to sub- mit to the workers a proposition to cut wlfu 10 per cent. Except in the case of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, no date has yet been fixed for the referendum vote by the unions. ‘The cut, if agreed upon, will affect between 40,000 and 50,000 men in At- lantic coast yards, the majority of them being in the Philadelphia dis- i wservation. i of the Country Denied. NEW YORK, January 28.—The lord mayur of Cork, who ared from sight, was tomorrow at an ‘The com- denfed rumors that, like TBe Family Plafe for Seventy Years 1847 ROGERS BROS. SILVERWARE All Worsted ‘Suitings Offered in a Sensational Big Choice of the Store Sale Originally Priced and Sold By Us a w $75° $85 $95. Made To Your Measure Never before has such a wonderful opportunity been possible! Please get this straightened out in your min are WORSTED SUITINGS “_not merely “all wool”—most of the merchandise mwadvufiseduwhatappmtobendlmm low prices are actually all wool made of short =~ can be readily seen iate tting trying to match them in our other stores. will speak for itself. _‘The difference in the Newcorn & Green 1002 F St NW. m‘ 1898 Open: Saturday Until 16 PIL.- $16.50 and $13.50 Stetson High Shoes ad QOxfords $9.85 Every Stetson High Shoe and Oxford in the house included in this sweeping clearance sale event. You will find among the High Shoes Toney Red, Dark Brown and Tan Calf; Cordovan, Black and Brown Vici, Black Calf; in narrow and mediom toes. Oxfords in Patent and Gun Metal, Tan Russian Calf, Cordovan, Bl'ack and Brown Vici; in narrow, medium and broad toes. Patent and Gun Metal Dress Oxfords Al] sizes in the sale, but not all sizes in each style. Stetson Shoe Shop 1307 F ’