Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1921, Page 12

12 Protest to Navy Likely,on Halting MUTT AND JEFF Of Officers Pursui ng Robbers Men and Bloodhounds Stopped at Marine Barracks. Carpenters Cut ¥Wages—Four Killed on Crossing. Other U:S. News in Brief Dispatches. By the Assoclated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, Va, February 9. —A protest to the Navy Department will probably be made by York coun- ty authorities as the result of ihe stopping of officers and a posse with | bloodhounds in pursuit of robbers. Hot on the trail of robbers who | looted the Hudgi store at York- town Saturday night bloodhounds and officers were stopped Sunday by | armed guards at the Yorktown ma- rine barracks when they reached the reservation. York county authorities the store has been thrice robbed, 1z burned to the earth on one oc- casion. The trail was lost when the posse was halted at the reservation, it being impossible to pick it up on the other side even if it went through, due to the large amount of territory to be blindly covered. Four Killed on Railroad Crossing. ROANOKE, Va. February'9.—Four persons were instantly killed yester- Jay, when an automobile in which were riding ruck by Norfolk and Western passenger train near Wellville, Nottaway county, Va., according reports reaching the ~ailroad’s o here. The dead: H. 3. Jenkins, thifty his wife, wenty-eight; Ira wenty-two, nd Cole's sister. Plant Trees in “Hero Grove.” Work of planting Augusta’s “Hero ~ans, and in streets around the grove as been completed. The work was yne under the direction of city au- 107t Bandits Get $10,000 in Bonds. ONIO.—Four bandits dug into the vault of the state nk at Boerne, Tex., after holding 9 the night watchman and escaped ith fhore than $10.000 in liberty nds and $300 in money, obtained om safety deposit boxes. Housewife Ald Blocked. TOPEKA, Kan. s bill in the Kan- Which provides the ¢ of a housewife to claim dam- | Zes fof injuries received in perform- | lce of her domestic duties was killed v the jud ry committee. An anti- cketing bill also was killed in com- ttec. Labor union representatives . posed the measure. legislatu. Railrond Seeks AN TONTGOMERY. Ala.—The federal jadelphia schools. The board had been | now are being made to save the road from being junked. 0il Employes Cut Own Bonus. BATON ROUGE, La—Through the | employes’ representation conference the 4.000 employes of the Stand- {ard Oil Company of Louisiana at a refinery here, voted to reduce their bonus from the company 10 per cent after February 15 | i Call Needleworkers® Strike. NEW YORK.—A strike of 40,000 needleworkers, 50 per cent of whom are women, was called here today by officials of _the joint board of Dre: and Waist Makers' Unions in an effort to enforce the closed shop in the women's clothing manufacturing in- dustry. Guard Brooklyn Churches. NEW YORK.—AIl places of worsh in Brooklyn, “the city of churches, were placed ynder _special police guard at midnight. Members of the clergy complained to Police Commis- sloner Enright that valuable relics and equipment had been taken re- cently from churches and poor boxes in others robbed. Detroit Contractors Cut ‘Wages. DETROIT, Mich.—Building _con- tractors here announce a cut in wages of approximately 20 per cent. | The wage reduction, together with| h?wer material costs, it is estimated. would reduce building prices about 30 | per cent. rl‘\\nmnn on Trial for Murder. LAWTON, Okla—Taking of testl- mony in the trial of MrsgDera I{(?IE:- hause. charged with the murder of her three-year-old nephew, Clarence KKorthouse, October 9, 1920, was start- ed in the district court here, when Dr. Edwin Debarr, state chemist, testified he found strychnine in the liver of the boy, in an autopsy. The defendant is also charged wi 3 Chilaren. © th murdering two other )\”"k Cut to 12 Cents a Quart. TINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—A drop of one cent-in the retail price of milk to 12 cents, effective Thursday, is an- ::&u(nce:l by local and St. Paul distribu- Heads Philadelphia Scho: PHILADELPHIA.—Dr. Edwin_ C. Broome of East Orange, N. J.. has been elected superintendent of the Phil- deadlocked for nearly a Ve year over the question of a successor to Dr. John P. Iroad Labor Board was requested in telegram sent by the Alabama pub- - service commission to take such tion as would permit the Atlanta, :rmingham and Atlantic railroad to »ntinue its operations. It was stated the message that the road is being rerated at a “ruinous loss” at pres- | :t, and that some relief is immedi- +iely needed. Dr. William Crenshaw Dend. \TLANTA.—Dr. William Crenshaw, ed seventy-four, one of the leaders the dental profession in the United ates, died at his home here. He was an of the Atlanta Dental College r twenty-five years, a former pres- ant of the National Association ox| :ntal Faculties and inventor of a ‘umber of important dental appli-| . lces. * Mark Hanna's Brother Dies. THO! Ga—H. M. Hanna, ' other of the late Mark Hanna of eveland, Ohlo, died at his home here | ter a lingering iliness due to pa-| Jysis: Mr. Hanna was eighty-one! sars old He was identified with . tandard Oil, American Tobacco and _ther large corporation interests. Rebbers Get $180,800 i Loot. READING, Pa—The People’s Trust "ompany at Wyomissing, which was obbed last Friday by automobile andits, has jssued a statement that ie robbers obtained in money. berty bonds and other securities a stal of $180,800. There is no clue » the thieves. Asks Pardon for Comvict. AUSTIN, Tex.—Gov. Neff announced iat he had been asked by Mau ughes, district attorney, at Dal ) grant a pardon to W. S. Scrivner, escaped convict, in order that vner might i stify at the trial 7 Albert S. Rowar, charged with wrder in connection with the death f G. W. Street. a postal clerk, fatally vounded by bandits, when a post uffice substation in Dallas was robbed ; ast night. Buy Railroad for $70,000. SAVANNAH, Ga.—The sale at public| outery of the Coilins and Reidsville ailroad last Tuesday for $70.000 has \een confirmed by Judge Sheppard of he superior court of Tattnall county, ja Half of the road was bought by detzger & Co. of Mobile, Ala., and alf by W. A. Dubberly and John ). Bradley of Glennville, Ga. Efforts Robberies and Securities quire personal Consult @ The alarming number of thefts of securities reported almost daily in the newspapers is forceful evidence of the necessity for better protection than home or office can provide. q Safe deposit boxes are very good, but re- withdraw securities. q The ideal method is to place them in the safe-keeping department of this Company and be relieved of all care or work in con- nection with them. at Either of Our Offices ASHINGTON LOAN w0 TRUST COMDANY Garber, who resigned. Held in Mail Robbery. CENTRALIA, 1llL—Loren William- son of Mount Vernon, 11l was ordered held for the grand jury following a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Grant Feather- ling, on a charge of complicity in a $216,000 mail robbery at Mount Vernon, January 14. Bail was fixed at $20,000. H i :'a Protect Raflroad Steckholders. NEW YORK,—Benjamin B. former Gavernor of New. Fork: avy o M. Schatskin, have become members of the stockholders’ protective com- mittee representing the stockholders of the Denver and Rio Grande rail- road, it js announced here. Mr. Odell will act as chairman in place of-for- mer Representative Jefferson M. Levy, who resigned recently and assumed the office of vice chairman. President Commutes Sentences. NEW YORK.—President Wilson has commuted the sentences of four Rus- |, sians, Jacob Abrams, Samuel Lipman, Hyman Lachowsky and Mollie Steimer, from thirteen to twenty years in prison to two years and six month, on condition that they then be deported to Russia, Harry Weinberger, their attorney, announced here. Witnesses to Travel 6,000 Miles. NORFOLK, Va.—Three witnesses will travel 6,000 miles to testify against an alleged band of harbor pirates held in connection with the murder of a Japanese seaman here on Christmas morning, according to a cablegram received from Honolulu. The men are being returned by order of the Japanese embassy at Washing- - on. Get 23,000 Electricity V .. BALTIMORE, Md—Two men are at St. Joseph's Hospital in a critical con- dition as a result of having 25,000 volts of electricity €hot through them at a substation of the gas and electric company. A switch blew out and emitted a shower of blue flame wkich practically covered them while the current ran through their bodies. The men are William Koehler, thirty-four, and Harry Seiber, twenty-one. Col. Browning in Asylum. STAUNTON, Va—Col. James -S. Browning of Pocahontas, independent candidate for Governor of Virginia, has been committed to the Western State Hospital for the Insane. He was IF TRAT SHED WASN'T THERE THAT HORSE would FEALL OVER. JEFF CERTAINLY FLIM-FLAMMED ME RIGHT WHEN HE SoLD mM& brought to the Staunton institution from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the Insane in Washington, where he was arrested several weeks ago. Lay “While Light Shines.” RALEIGH, N. C.—'Lay eggs while the light shines,” is the slogan of thirty high-bred hens that flgured in a year's experiment just closed at the North Carolina State College experi- ment station on the effeots of artit ficial light. in which thirty hens averaged 147 eggs under the influence of 15 hours of light supplied by a 120- watt electric light from sundown un- til- 9:30 p.m., against 104 eggs for another flock of thirty hens given identical attention without the light. First Woman in Legislature. - NASHVILLE, Tenn—Mrs. Anna Lee Worley, who was recently elected from the second senatorial district to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Senator J. Parks Worley, has been sworn in as a mem- ber of the Tennessee genate. She is the first woman to become a member of the state legislature. Army Man Asks $10,000 Damages. VORFOLK, Va.—When ex-Private Samuel Berman, a salesman, several weeks ago paid a $10 fine for pub- lically thrashing ex-Capt. B. B. Fink, jr.. also a salesman, for alleged mis- treatment while both were stationed at Camp Lee during the world war. he announéed that “it was worth $1,000." Capt. Fink has taken him'at his word instituted civil suit to recover $10,000. U 26 Sleeping Sickmeas Deaths. NEW YORK—Twenty-six deaths. in a total of 125 cases of encephalitid lethargica. commonly known as sleep- ing sicyness. were reported here since January 1, Health Commission- er Royal S. Copeland announces. Mrs. Shonts’ Suit Dismissed. NEW YGRK—The $1.000,000 damage widow of fheodore P. Shonts, head of the Irterborough Rapid Transit Company, against Mrs. Amanda alleging alienation of her s dismissed by E I I attention to cut coupons or L Our Custodian You (INSECT, You SWINDLED ME o0 THAT NAG I BoueHT ofF You* Terrier’s Mute Plea for His License Tax Staves off Death LONDON, February 9.—The life of n terrier whose back- yard home i» in Waltham Green Vean threatened because its maxster was out of work for sev- ernl months after leaving the army and could not pay the dog’s license fee. So a card inxcribed “Please help to pay for my license” was attached fo a can hung about the animal's neck. The terrier sat on a street corner for two honrs, and his life was saved. — Supreme Court Justice McAvoy on motion by the defense. Oppose Beer Licenses. BOSTON.—A substantial majority against the granting of licenses for sale of 2.75 per cent beer was returned yesterday at many town meetings held in this state. Cnartoonist Weds Writer. NEW YORK—The marriage of Rob- ert Minor, cartoonist and newspaper- man, and Mrs. Joe O'Brien (Mary Heaton Vorse), the novelist, is an- nounced here by the latter. Mrs. Minor is the widow of Joe O'Brien. ,wrnvr on labor subjects, who died n 1915. Carpenters Cut Their Wages. NASHVILLE. Tenn.—Members of the local Carpenters’ Union voted unanimously Monday afternoon to cut their wage scale 20 per cent, ac- cording to a statement issued by R. D. Barfield, president of the local or- ganization. This was done to stimu- late the building industry in Nash- suit hrour.w by Mrs. Milla D. Shonts, | vijie, —_— High school girls of Portland, Ore., make their own graduation dresses, at an average cost of §6 each. SAY THAT, MUTT: WAAT'S WRoNG | § WITR HIMT HE WASN'T BLIND, BUTMY DIDAF- SAY FADLTS! German Finds Process to Give Violins Tone of Stradivarius By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. BERLIN, Germany, February 8.— Heinrich Olhaver, who calls himself the inventor of a process that will transform a violin of even the cheap- est make into an instrument better than the violins made by the old Italian masters, told a gathering of more than 1,000 German musical ex- perts yesterday that the spirit of Stradivarius had visited him and told him, though he was only an amateur violinist, how to duplicate the rich, deep tone of the violins made by him- self and which are now selling at tabulous prices. Herr Olhaver then told the audience that Germany would be on her feet e SHERIFF FINDS A STILL. Special Dispatcb to The Star. =N CULPEPER, Va, February 9.—An exciting chapter was added to the tragedy which threw the town into an uproar Saturday night, when Sherift Nash took possession of a still in the home of Waiter Willoughby, who stabbed James Robertson, colored, to death on the main street of Culpeper Saturday night. With the still were five gallons of whisky and thirty gal- lons of mash. Willoughby is alleged to have picked a quarrel with Robert- son, a man thirty-five years of age. employed in a shoe repair shop, and having a reputation of being a quiet, well .behaved negro. The wounded man was hurried to a_Charlottesville hospital, but died within an hour after reaching there. Wiiloughby was pursued through the streets by infuriated colored men. | and only the prompt action of Sheriff Nech prevented a lynching. He took the prisoner out through a back door and landed him in jail. Heatherspun suits at iy —if you want a suit that looks good ‘for all time; that you can wear any time —you want a HEATHERSPUN Heatherspun is worsted jersey. It will ottwear two ordinary cloth suits; has no lining to sag; is as practical as a.sweater and as smart as a London sports style. Heatherspun won't muss or wrinkle and you can wear it into a rainshéwer without harm. Consider the satisfaction and economy in having a suit good for spring, summer, autumn, winter. Naturally we're selling these Heatherspun suits freely, but we have so many attractive styles and so many distinctive shades that almost any woman can find something individual—and dif- ferent. All sizes for women and misses. (Women's shop, second flcor.) (Qopyright, 1721, by H. C. Fisher. Trade mark registered U. 8. Pat. Off.) A€ onty ) [ ATS noT S BAL WHAT WAS Ht OTHER FAULLT A WORD ABGUT Hrs e again in ten years or less, and would get even with her enemies. A well known Dutch violinist gave a demonstration on the violin which had been treated with Olhaver's process by alternately playing well known classical pieces on a genuine Stradivarius valued at $35.00¢ and then on Olhaver's violin, which orig- inally had cost only a few dollars. Ol- haver's instrument was just as rich in tone as the valuable masterplece, and the audience could not tell the difference between them. In view of the applause he received from the many foreigners, as well as Germans, present it seemed a little surprjsing that he should go out of his #ay to refer to England and France as “Germany’s eternal enemies,” and otherwise to air his hostile feelings against those coun- tries. JAPANESE PRINCE TO SAIL. Will Leave March 3 for England, But Visit Here Only Rumor as Yet. TOKIO, February 8.—Ofiicial an- nouncement is made that the Jap- anese crown prince will sail for Eng- Jand on March 3. Nothing is said Tolative to recent rumors that he might visit the United States during his trip to the occident. { S, [ Lawyers Lay Bets Barristers’> Jury Will Never Agree AKRON, Ohilo, February 9.— For the first time in the his- tory of Ohio, an far ax it In known, a jury composed ex- cluxively of attorneys was im- pancied in municipal court here for an automobile dnmage suit. ed Bets were being w: around the courtroom that the legally trained mever arrive at a CONFERS WITH GEDDES. U. S. Ambassador Davis Soon to 8ail for Home. LONDON, February 8—John W. Da- vis, American ambassador to the Court of St. James, who has asked President- elect Harding to relieve him immedi- ately after Mr. Harding's inauguration, and who has arranged to sail for the, United States March 5, had a long con- versation this morning with Sir Auck- land Geddes, British ambassador to the United States, ‘regarding Anglo-Ameri- can relations. As far as the London embassy is con- cerned, however, all questions between the United States and Great Britain are in abeyance pending the inaugura- | tion of Mr. Harding, 2838832823333 22228232 5 NEWS SCHOOL OPENED. Harding and Others Send Greetingsq to New Medill Institution. CHICAGO, February 9.—Conscience and truth in journalism constituted the keynote of messages bearing good wishes to the new Joseph Medifi School of Journalism of Northwestern University from editors and other prominent men and women. The mis- sives were read to the dedication meeting in_Patten gymnasium by President Walter Dill Scott, while editors and heads of several univer- sities addressed the large audience, President-elect Harding, in a te gram, declared that “nothipg s passes the possibilities for servicy that are vested in a great journal commanding the public confidence,” and added that such confldence was won through “good conscience in every utterance.” . Best wishes for the school, which has enrolled a record number of stu- dents for the work to start this week. were read from Frank B. Noyes of Washington, president of the Asso- ciated Press, and from Frederick Roy Martin of New York, acting genmeral manager, who said: “May the school grow powerful 13 establishing the tenets of the o efficient journalism.'which must hav truthful reporting as its corner stonce Addresses were made by Arth Brisbane, Capt. Medill Pattersoii. 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