Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1921, Page 3

* MYSTERY IN $57.000 L0SSBY . B.MEANS| 2 .Man Acquitted in King Case Says He Shipped Cash Replaced by Wood. * By the Associated Press. TTE, N. C., August 2—Ex- press company ‘officials and detectives and private lawyers are engaged In efforts to solve the mystery of the alleged disappearance of lll‘hl.ly more than $57,000 in cash, said have been shipped by express on Juno 22 last from Concord, N. C., to Chi- cago by Gaston B. Means, according to statements made by interested at- torneys and express company repre- sentatives. Means claims that he counted out the money in the presence of wit- nesses and immediately wrapped It and shipped by express to Roy D. XKeehn, Chicago lawyer, who is attor- ney for Mrs. Mary Melvin, adminis- tratrix of the estate of her sister, the late Mrs. Maude A. King, who was shot and killed near Concord in August, 1917. Means' attorney, Jake F. Newell, explained that the ship- ment was a payment in connection with the settlement of the King es- tate, and the $57,000 represented money earned through a deal in raw rubber, in which Mrs. King and him- self, as her business adviser, en- gaged prior to her death. When the package arrived at Chi- cago, according to Mr. Keehn's report to Mr. Means, it contained nothing more valuable than a block of wood in a wooden box. The express agent ‘at Concord admitted that on June 22 Mr. Means shipped a package through the Concord office of the Southeastern Express Company valued at $57,000, but said he knew nothing of the con- tents of the pac Means i3 seeking to recover the al- leged loss from the eXpress company through claim, while the company is investigating. eans was tried and acquitted in the fall of 1917 on a charge of murder : connection with the death of Mrs. King, which attracted wide attention. |E. L. STOCK IS BOOSTED | FOR STATE SENATE SEAT | City Club Governor May « Enter Politics in Mont- i gomery County. Fowerd L. Stock, member of the board et governors of the City Club and gov- ‘ernor of the Fifth Rotary Club District, will be the republican nominee ) mm'xomsry county, Md-. for the ! ptate senate, it is learned from reliable @ources. Mr, Stock’s name was first proposed &t a recent m“tln‘ of the republican state county ttees and is said to luve met with instant favor. Helsnldtnbolnnowlum mspirant for the nomination, his rrlends believe he would not deeum it the honor were tenedered him. His home is near Bethesda, Md. Mortimer O. Stabler of Spencerville, who has been mentioned in connection with the senate nomination, has let it be understood that he will not atand in Mr. Stock’s way, and feels that the party could do no better than to name Mr. Stocl Lewns Allmxtt of Seneca, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for one of the democratic nominations for the house of delegates, has, it is stated, definitely decided not to enter the con- test. —_— PIGEON’S SPEED EXCEEDS THAT OF EXPRESS TRAIN Ban‘!ng Bird Brings Message From Mayor of Chicago to Presi- dent Harding. Bearing a_ message from Mayor ‘Thompson of Chicago to the Presi- dent, a racing pigeon arrived Sunday at the Department of Agriculture ex- perimental station at Beltsville, after an air voyage of 700 miles from Chi- cago at a speed faster than that of an express train. “Ammandale Wonder,” of selected parentage, made the flight in less than seventeen hours actual flying time, ‘breaking all previous records of pigeon flights from Chicago recorded in the past twenty-five years. ‘The message to the President was @s follows: “Greetings from the pageant of progress, Chicago’s com- mercial world fair, designed to%timu- Jate trade and Industry and to help Erovlde Jobs instead of charity for 000,000 workers, now idle, owing to business reaction from war-time stim- ulation. Splendid support of federal government greatly appreciated.” ‘The bird was released at noon July 30 and arrived at exactly 3:30 Sunday. Allowing roosting and feeding time, the compilation showed less than sev- enteen hours’ flying. " 6PECIAL NOTICES. | SPECIAL NOTICES, Abe Mamn Says: Lafe Bud has finally decided t accept a 50 per cent cut an Il return t’ his wife’s folks. We often wonder if all th’ people we see rollin’ along are as well fixed fer a rainy day as they are fer a blow-out. (Copyright National N‘mlm Bervice.) SENATOR DENIES MERGER OF WAR AND NAVY Harrison Says Joint Committee of Congress Has Not Agreed. Denial was made in the Senate yes- terday by Senator Harrison of Mis- in | 81ssippl that the joint congressional committee on reorganization of the executive departments had reached an agreement for consolidation of the War. and Navy departments and for the establishment of a new department of public welfare. Senator Harrison called attention to an article published in a morning newspaper, in which Walter F. Brown, chairman of the committee and per- sonal representative of the President, was made to appear as having an- nounced that these proposed changes h‘idtheen agreed to by the joint com- mittee. Senator Harrison said that the joint | o8 committee had not met for two months—he is a member of the com- mittee—and that nothing had been done in the way of approving a nro- gram of reorganization. Senator Smoot of Utah, n‘Duthln mémber of the joint committee, agreed with Senator Harrison that the com- mittee had decided upon no program of reorganization, and said that he was quite certain Mr. Brown had not made the statement attributed to him. “It is true,” sald the senator from Mississippl has said, that the committee has not held a meet- ing for nearly two months. I want to say, however, that that is the com- mittee’s fault, and not Mr. Brown's, be- cause at the last meeting Mr. Brown, the chairman, was authorized by the com- mittee to prepare a_complete diagram of the changes that he and the admin- istration had in mind, and as soon as that diagram was.completed a meeting 'was to be called by Mr. Brown of the committee, and then the committee was to take up the question as to whether it would agree to _the proposition in whole or in part, or disagree to it all. ¥For the information of the Senate 1 wish to say that Mr. Brown told me day before yesterday that it would be perhaps a couple of weeks longer before that tentative plan would be ready to submit to the committee. The very first day it is ready, Mr. Brown said, he would call the committee together, and when the committee is called to- gether then the committee will pass upon the plan a8 submitted. The com- mittee may not agree to a single propo- sition that is brought to it by Mr. Brown. But I want to assure the sen- ator from Mississippl that no proposition will be presénted to the Senate and the House of Representatives until a ma- jority of that committee passes upon ft and agrees to it and a bill covering the conclusions of the committee agreed upon and presented perhaps at the same Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. August 2.—Rev. C. B. Reynolds, who was called three months ago from Cleveland, Ohlo, to the pastorate of the First Christian| Chureh, 1s®expected to arrive here to- morrow for a briet stay. though his| pastorate will not commence before | September 1. He is a native of southp| west Virginia, and will spend a parl| of his vacation there, Mr. Reynolds has preached twenty- nine years in Ohio, and succeeds here G. Hubert Steed, now secretary of the Disciples f Chri: ) 1 & i monm ples o hrist Union in SPECIAL NOTICES. time in both houses.” | WILL GREET NEW PASTOBR. Eoncn 18 HEREBY GNI:V THAT I WILL mot. sible debts others but mymr 68N D, flBAw. 256 Flonian aye. n.w. ENOW ALL MEN THAT ON AND AFTER July 31, 1m‘ Ih no be ml(ble for any debts conira 217 one excent myself onaily.” ERCRENGE CAMERON GATES, st se. 1, BAVE SOLD THE GROCERY BUSINESS at 141 Uhland terrace n.e. to H. Dobkin and after this date will not be sible for any debts coatracted. MRS. DAVID GOLDSMITH. SEAT FOR TWO OR THREB IN n.cnl'ml:n car; 5-day trip to Asbury Park, N. J. Few York city. cal Cor." 1061, Br. tween 7 and 8 p.m. . THB PARTNERSHIP OF JOHN P. STORY, §r. ana Mumay A Cobb. ‘trading und doing ness as Story & Cobb, at 1112 Comnect cut ave. nw., In the city’of Washington. = gaged 1n a general real estate business, has Fofn dissolved am of the SIst of December, 1920, Mr. retiring therefrom. Mr. Cobb_entered the military service of the United States about August 1, 1917, went to France. where he suffered physical dis- abllities, and sinee his injuries in the mili- tary service he has not actively particpated n_the business of the firm. Wherefore, the partnership has been dis- polved, by amicable agreement, the business to be carried on by the survivinc partner, John P. Story, jr., who has taken over the assets F the fim, ‘and assumed all of ita llabilities. STORY & 0O, 2112 Conn._ave. CONSOLIDATED (Ponlr;;dmns TO PAmnc Mirrors coast for household goods at reduced Sith greater seeurity. SECURTTY STORACE COMPANY. 1140 15th st. ELECTRIC WIRING By expert mechanics. Repairing. Prompt serv- jee. E. R. Vogelson. 504 H st. n.w. Main 3734.6% THE KNG JoY Law 0% HiS Sorh THE Royal Restaurant to the Wah Hing Co. business transactions, including the od mu- credited to Royal Rest, will be cleared u Sth of August, at 3 pm. WING T. th n.vw. BUILDERS, SEE US =—for best prices on —Colonial Porch Columns Ble srckciar walte e comas—| BYRON S. ADAMS, Zanymes. | -Fence Posts—fence plckets, Geo. M. Barker Co., Inc. 649-651 N. Y. ave. 17 7th st. Tel. M. 1348, ‘The Million-Dollar Printing Plant N Is equipped to do the biggest Jobs at most economical cost. {The National Capital Press 1210-1212 D St. N.W. FRENCH lxur REPAIRING. RECOVERING. MADS 1 ORDER. FR. 4504-W. 718 1ith 8T. ROOF TROUBLE Call Main TI)W . Lo a Grafton&Sm.Inc.m'm. 10 \ “Heating and Roofing Experts 35 Years.” successors to’ Story & Cobb,y (19 n AN, Qlied on purchasé price by agreement. 70 FLOO Refinished.” Waxed, Scrubbed | by Electric Machine. Yacuum and Rng_Cleaning. R. B. NASH, 403 § St. North 3600. ® | The only and oricinal “Higgs~ In he Teatlog | and Plumbing business is The Biggs Engineering Co. 1310 14th uv. n.w. Phone Frankiin 317. G —PLUMBING Warren W. Biggs, W. K. Pace,: Jas. Cunningham. Heating ‘and Plumbing repairs and remodel- | ing promptly attended to by expert mechanics. GAB_RANGE! PAIRED AND REBUILT. CLYDE L. BOWERS, rear 616 H st. n.w. Main 7094 £l CLAFLIN FOR EYEGLASSES. Get Casey on the Job If the roof needs rt‘r!laln:“:r there is plumbing c A SEY(‘.",BI;)";HI;:E ST. N.W. This Isa Glass House Phones Col. 155 and 1381, = —in the sense tn-: we have | We Re Slass for evers pur u)w: o 'ONVINCINGLY i silver PRIC ES. 1 Glass Tops for tables, dress- | crs and other fine cabinet | pleces b nmmnfl Glass, Becker Paint and Glass Co., | CHAS. E. HODGKIN, Mgr. 1230 Wisconsin ave. Phone West 67. CLAFLIN OPTICAL CO. Bi-focal Eyeglasses. 907 F STREET. PTANGS FOR uENT—UPRI_mE | VORCH. 1110 G. Victrolas and Efficiency—Plus ' Characterizes our printing. HIGH-GRADE, BUT NOT HIGH-PRICED. THE SERVICE SHOP Experts of Many Years’ .~ —ready here to put your roo in perfect condition. y ¢ IRONCLAD Rooflag, 1416 F et. ‘ompany. Phone Ma “The Smfmp ‘W. STOKES SAMMONS. 830 13th St. e Don’t buy ordinary shades. mnl them made by us. Factory prices. ROOF TALKS: Prompt attention given to all oders for roof repairing. Gratifying results. R. K. FERGUSON, Inc, 1114 9th Bt. Phone North 231.238. Roofing Experts. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Gov. Small May Meet Charges With Suzt for False Arrest By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, I, Hints that Gov. Small's the service of warrants charging htm with embeszlement and conspiracy. to defraud the state, will take the form of proceedings aguinst Sheriff Mester for false arrest were given by close friends of the governor today. When the governor returns to Springfield, these friends said, he will ignore the existence of the warrants until Sherift Mester or one of his deputies attempts to serve them. Then, they said, the governor would strike back with all the force at his command. Gov. 8mall has not weakened in his determination to resist arrest, his friends said, adding, however, that his resistance would be statutory in- stead of physical. In making his tour of road inspec- tion the governer is carrying out plans made weeks ago,-George Sut- ton, his secretary, declared today. Speaking of the governor’s return to Springfield, Sheriff Mester said: “He won't be here long. when I will ¢all on him strictly in t.he perform- ance of my duties, and I intend to permit no interference from out- siders. There will be other arrests if any one attempts to prevent service of the warrants.” ‘The sheriff declared he would “brll'lt this farce to an end as soon ai governor sets foot in Springfleld. A ‘Wife Kills Self in Bed. ATLANTA, Ga.—With her husband lying on one side of her and their two-year-old son on the other, Mrs. Rosa Lee Harris, aged nineteen, wife of I. T. Harris, killed herself early yesterday by firing a bullet into her head. She died without regaining consciousness. No motive for the deed is known. e ik ‘Women Placed on Commiasion. AUGUSTA, Ga.—Women for _the first time in the history of Augusta entered the flell of political office holders here when.city council ac- cepted the resignations of M H. H. .Duvall and E. J. Lyon es members of the civil service commissipn_and Ed August 2.— retaliation to named as their successors Mrs. L. 8./ Arrington and Mrs. Harry Carpenter. 1n their resignations Mre.Duvall and Mr. Lyon urged that women be named to succeed them. - Road Route Changed. MEMPHIS, Tenn.—The route of the Robert E. Lee memorial highway from Chattanooga to New Orleans and through southern Louisiana and Texas to El Paso has been abandoned on acoount of the excellent route already established by the Old Spanish Trail Association as west as Houston, Tex., it was announced in e letter received here from Dr. 8. M. Johnson, director general of the !40 Highway As- sociation, to Thomas B. King, president of the Bristol-Memphis Highway Assoclation. A new route from Chattanooga west will be selected, Dr. Johnson stated. Change of Rallway Oficials. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., -August 2.— Two changes in the executive per- sonnel of the Southern rgilway office have become effective: A. P. John- son, superintendent of the Knoxville division, is transferred to Greenville, S. C., where he will serve as superin- tendent. Mr. Johnson is succeeded by W. D. Post of Columblia, S. C. C. E. Birchfield, trainmaster here, is transferred to Bristol as superin- tendent of the Appalachian division of the Southern railway. J. F. Gaff- ney of Greenville, S. C., tralnmaster of that division, succeeds Mr. Birch- fleld, in the capacity of tralnmaster ere. University to Be Moved. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.—Clarksville lost its fight to prevent the removal of the Southwestern Presbyterian University. from this city!to Mem- phis, when Chancellor J. W. Stout de- cided the suit brought by the Pres- byterian synods of Tenne.see, Ala- bama, Louisiana and Mississippi for permission to move the university. Mob Whips Marshal ORLANDO, Fla. — City Marshal Harris of Winter Garden, after re- ceiving a severe whipping at the hands of unknown parties in that city Sunday, was urged to depart from .the community. He caught a train from ‘The marshal's activities in breaking up a bootlegging combine at Winter Garden are alleged by Harris to be the cause. Rubber Companies to Merge. SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Plans for consolidation of the Fisk Rubber Company of Chicopee and the Fed. eral Rubber Company, with its su sidiary fabric manufacturing co poration, the Ninigret Company, have been announced. It is further planneg to secure a direct mortgage on all Yhe property for a sum of $10,- 000,000, Elopes With Mayor's Daughter. ANDERSON, 8. C.—Mayor S. H. Hindlay of I changed shots with Travis Cash, twenty-two-year-old cotton mill hand. who was eloping with the mayor's l(ourteen—yur-old daughter, Edith, but had to abandon the chase when his { automobile turned over, according to CLEAN-UP of .Men S S}lOCS All Men's Florsheim Oxfords Were $9.75. Broken siies 3 At 7th and K only.. rlando Sunday afternoon. ! I | a town near here, ex- || Sale price........... Several Hundred Pairs Men's Oxfords county officials who are seeking for the couple. Drain Pool for Autos. RALEIGH, N. C.—First water was drawn from the abandoned rock quar- ry owned by the state near Raleigh and by Saturday, without mishap, it 1s believed that the bottom will be lald bare, exposing automobiles al- ready located there at a depth of twenty-nine feet. ‘The drainage of the quarry was undertaken by the state board of pub- lic buildings and, grounds upon the request of the solicitor of the district after three automobiles had been dis- covered and dragged to the surface. Summer School Urged. ASHEVILLE, N. C.—"The founding of a great summer school at which teachers and other educators of the nation might gather annually to re- TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1921 ATTERIES Join the CIRCULATING l-l hezdquarters. SHOP A s PEARLMAN: Weshingtow Ageats for M fr A Parker-Bridget ' : Semi-Annual Clearance -~ale fresh mind and body is plausible and should be accomplished at once,” de- clared John J. Tigert, national com- missioner of education, here. Charged With Embeszlement. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thomas Hough, allas Tom Harvey, was ar- rested at Pablo Beach, a seashore re- ! sort, on a warrant charging him with cago authorities charging him with having embezzled $40,000 from a Chi- cago packing house last March. Ac- cording to “advices from Chicago, Hough eloped with another man'’s Wl(e following the alleged embezzlement. Indicted on Murder Charge. DAYTON, Tenn.—Dr. W. P. Allen, well known physician, was Indicted by the grand jury here for the murder of Burch C. Gardenhire, former Army of- ficer and member of a prominent family, a few months ago. The killing occurred at the home of the defendant. Train Kills Fou Four in Auto. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Four persons were killed when a Florida East Coast Rallroad train struck an automobile at a grade crossing in South Jacksonville, across river from here, according to reports received at police headquarters. College President Resigns. LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Dr. Willlam Ar- thur Canfleld, president of Centre Col- lege, Danville, Ky., prescnted his resig- proposed | nation at & meeting here of the execu- tive committee of the Centre board of trustees, with the view of accepting the proffered presidency of Carroll Col- lege, Waukesha, Wis. Night Hiders Sentemced. JONESBORO, Ark.—Ten men who were convicted of night riding and; burning cotton gins at the April term of court here, and whose sentences ‘were deferred in order that tney might make a crop on their farms, came into court here and were sen- tenced to terms ranging from two . months to one year. Posse Hunts Colored Man. PETERSBURG, Va.—Posses of citi- zens are searching the country near Fn.rmvllle. Va., for James Causey. ne- . . charged with ruaning down and Kiling Herbert Hillow® o young white boy, with an automobile late Saturday. 'Hillow and his father, re- ports from Farmville state, were walking along a paved road a few miles out of town when the automo- bile which Causey was driving struck the boy, killing him almost instantly. Declines Prohibition Position. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Fred McDuff, chief deputy sheriff of Jefferson county, under Sheriff J. Chris Harts- fleld, has declined to accept the po- sition of chief of the state law en- forcement department. Men’s Clothing Department . HOUSEKEEPING |—0Ilf lo-days Men’s Wool Suits 87 $29.50 Suits. ..... 396 $50 and $55 Suits................ .« $42.50 222 $60, $65 and $75 Suits............ “ $47.50 Included in this group is our entire stock of Herringbones, Plaids, Pencil Stripes, Oxfords and Plain Shades. Many are silk trimmed and hand tailored. Sizes for Regulars, Shorts, Stouts, Longs, in Single and Double Breasted Mod- els. Weights for Fall. % 22 clerical coats that il sold up to $7.50, $3.69 ————n .Now $19.75 “ $32.50 $37.50 HIS DESTINY to a great extent when he owns his Home. It is Your right to own your Home and with prpoer financial direction it can be conveniently accomplished. ““ Lol Knowing how to finance a deal is the secret to be solved and “Maximum Serve ice” wud solve it for you. MG=EE23sS 1405 Eye Street NW Mein €753 A Great Special— 1 8 by 10 nlargements Men’s Summer Suiis | —Quality workman- ship always " and prompt service. | M. A.LEES All Palm Beach Suits, in all shades-regardless of former prices, are...........ev.eeeenon. N ow $14.75 $22.50 to$3500MohalrSults............... $19.50 $20.00 Tropical Worsted Suits.............. $12.75 $25.00 Tropical Worsted Suits.............. $19.75 $35.00 Tropical Worsted Suits.............. $27.50 &« “« OPTICAL CO., 614 9th St. g “« Office the new Star building. New Star Building Most desirable offices for rent at reason- able prices on the 3d, Reservations are nqw being closed for one or more rooms for September 1 or October 1. i APP'y.Room 101 I STAR BUILDING o Main 5000 $35.00 Shantung Silk Suits................ $28.50 +1$35.00 Imported Linen Suits................ $27.50 $22.50 Domestic Linen Suits-..............., $19.75 $35.00 and $37.50 Gabardine Suits........... $27.50 $40.00 Woolen Golf Suits........cc.c...... $27.50 $47.50 English Golf Suits .................. $37.50 $30.00 English and Domestic Spert Coats. . ... $19.75 $6.50 White Flannel Trousers............. $4.75 $10.00 White Flannel Trousers............ $7.25 $37.50 Prep suits, 2 pairs of trousers, $32.50 NE BECOMES MASTER OF | I 13 g Rooms : [ “«© 13 “ 4th and 5th floors of b P Blue Serge Suits 39 $32.50 Suits.... .Now $27.50 $7.85 Whi Buckskin, $ 3.95 4.95 All Men's Tri-Wear Oxfords " Were $9.00. Sale price........... Entire Stock Men's 191416 Pa.Ave. 708K 23PaAveSE L T T AN SR S O BHASOISHILS - o cesmsibasmensnbopet . ISA300 - =D N S U RS L ) Here Are T R B R e Some are silk trimmed, many are hand tailored. All styles —allsizes. All-year-round 3-piece suits. Sizes for Regulars, Shorts, Stouts and Longs. . 4 of the Big Items — White Duck Trousers : 95¢ Have been selling from $1.50 to $3.25 59, palrs—-d1scovered Saturday when we took inventory. Very slightly soiled. Just the thing for tennis, fishing, golf or any outdoor sport. All sizes from 38 to 50. 55.95 te Oxfords Nubuck and Canvas, d. $6.95 THE AVENUE AT NINTH Daily, 8:30 to 6 Closed Saturdays in July and August ] PAINTING BEST » and XJ LIBRARY 528 pen LATEST FICTION AND PAPERHANGING Exzecuted by experts. Comsult Geo. Plitt Co., Inc., $5248%