Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1921, Page 3

YOUTHCONFESSES ' H) § Says After Accidenf.al' Wound Fired Two More Shots to End Suffering. By the Associated:Press. :VANSVILLE. Ind., August Willie Deffendoll, seventeen ¥ old, held with his brother, Dolly, twenty-two, for the murder of their seventy-year-old mother, Mrs. Mar4 tha Deffendoll. has confessed to ficials at Hbonville that he shot killed her. it was announced b oner Kriekhause. k0 According to the story which Willie told Coroner Kriekhause. he and his mother were walking through the woods in ch of some squirrels. when the hammer of his gun struck against a tree and discharged a shot through his mother's back. Mrs. Deffendoll, wounded. fell down on her side. Then she turned over on her face, according to the stor. KILLING MOTHER | ) e\ | Rev. Wiley Tanger visited'th’ bathin’ beach last evenin’ t’ see ! Georgia senate late yesterday, 38 to Jury Is Told NEW YORK, August 9—Testimony hat the United States government pur- hased 11,000,000° rubles in Russia in 1918 for 'expenditures of diplomatic and military character was given be- fore a grand jury‘yesterday by Dr. ‘Willlam C. Huntington, former attache to the American embassy in Russia, at the hearing in the case of Jacques R. Cibrarlo, charged by the soviet gov- concerning the penditures. Huntington sald the $1,000,000 pald for the rubles was deposited the credit of the soviet government at the tional Clty Bank. It was this| fund from which Cibrario, as agent of the soviet government for the pur- chase of motion picture equipment in | America, is charged with Sdrawing | large sums from time to time by means of fraudulent business manipplations. ! | United Georgin Tax Dill Pasued. ATLANT, Ga.. August 9.—The state general tax bill was passed by the after adoption of an am cing a 5 per cent tax on al ts from grand opera to moving| [ U. S. Buys 11,000,000 Rubles, 7o\ picked up a shotgun to hold off her | mon was instantly killed and S. Brit- at Fraud entertain thé 3,000 men expécted to attend the reunion. The association is composed of veterans of the snu'l Division. Wife Kills Husband. ‘WILLISTON, S. C.—Lee Scott, §ged sixty, was shot and instantly killed near here by his wife, Mrs. Ada Scott, on whom. it is alleged the man at e time was advancing with a knife. Trial and, according to testi- mony brought out at the coroner's inqu rosulted when Mrs. Scott| husband, and which discharged when she attempted to cock it. The woman has not been arrested. Killed by Lightning. GREENVILLE. Ala.—Renford _Sir- tingham rendercd unconscious and a. negro scverely shocked by a.bolt of lightning near here. The lightning striking telephone wires was de- flected to a store porch where the three men were sitting. Mistrial of Murdeg Case. DUBLIN, Ga.—A mistrial was de- THREE-QUARTER MIRLION ‘ TONS FOOD CALLED FOR State Department Advices Show Necessities of the Famine-Strick- en in Russian Provinces, According to State, Department ad- vices, nearly three-quarters of a mil- lion tons of foodstuff will be renulrul’ to Glleviate famine conditions in ten | provinces of Russia. These advices are summarized as follows: “From Saratov to Viatka—i. e., the middle Volga district—the famine sit- uation Is -especiall serious. The situ- ation is developing to an acute de- gree In the Lastern Ukraine, the North Cauasus and the South Ural districts. Not less than 60,000,000 poods (& pood is equivalent to thirty- six English pounds) of grain will be d_for food in the Volga dis- For the purpose of sowing a 'op, 7,000,000 poods will be re- quired before September 1. A recent arrival in Riga from Moscow reports that 3,000,000 persons are migrating to Siberla and almost the same num- ber are moving toward the south. It is stated that within two weeks 10, 000,000 people will be without food.| “In the Moscow Izvestia for July 27, Kamenev (chairman of the all-Rus- sian commission for combating fam- ) “A Place for Everything” You've no idea how more efficient folks become with prgper surroundings at the office! Correct‘business equipment points to “a place for everything” and ! then you usually find “everything in . its place.” 50g00d cgaretie one sack | &b GENNE 99 ! The PEAK of efficiency is reached with 7 E s ! MINNIX Business Equipmeni—desks, | B u LL ~ | /" chairs, filing cabinets and other netessi- i ties. This can best bhe realized by a D U R HAM personal inspection of the salient points of our equipment. 2 = TOBACCO ‘ @%ZZL Phoee D | ¢ When in nced of office furniture, drawn from Willie. FarE 2 BSC _ I didn’t want her to suffer.” "H!P if it wuz as bad as th'ey say it-is, | picture shows. jclared in the Laurens superior courtine) states that 41,000,000 poods of see us. Ofttimes it proves gid. “so I up and whot her aEtinan’ announces that his report ‘Il Iire Threntens Town. ihere by Judge J. L. Kent in the case breadstues are required for the ten | | Rt atentE i b hat didn't kill her, so I sho 5 of George Walker, fifteen-year-old brovinces that are starving. This ZCO = amount of grain must be i again in the neck.” W hurried to his home and refuge in Boonville. He te of the shooting as Fri- . July 22, and said that it oc- eq at § o'clock in the mnrx_flng, According to Willie's confession, he had had an argument with his mother on the day before the shoot- ing because he haq returned from Boonville without a_job. - he fuss he said, simply. lie's confe cléars up._the ery as to who shot Mrs. Deffen- dol]. but his version of accidental Shooting is not given much credence by officials at Boonville. An affidavit will be made against him.” Coromer Kriekhause said. —“It will not be an_ accident charge. 1 do not believe that he has tolq all he knows. He will fipaly be per- suaded to_tell it all. 5 The body of Mrs. Deffendoll, with the head severed, was found in a woods near_ her farm home. fiffcen miles from Boonville, last week. Wil- liam and Rolly, mediately after the finding of the body. WILL SEND DELEGATION. Publishers to Be Represented at ‘World Press Congress. Mo., August American Newspaper Publishers’ A ciation will send a full delegation to th Press Congress of the World in Honu- Tulu October 11 to mes of its delegates have been cert ficd to Dean Walter Williams, president by L. B. Palmer, manager of the publ : They are: H. L. Bridgeman. the Stand- ard-Union, Brooklyn; Franklin P. Gl the Birmingham; Louis H. Brush, w, East Liverpool, Ohio: Mr: zell Hart Deming, the Tribune, Warren, Ohio; R. L. McKenney, the News, Ma con, Ga., and J. H. Zerbey, the Repub- Tican, tsville, Ta. Mr. Bridgman and Mr. Glass are for- mer presidents of the association. About 300 delegates are expected to represent the D) of North America, and half that number the press of the rest of the world. —_— DEMAND CHEAPER POWER. Culpeper Manufacturers Ask Town Council to Take Action. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., August 9. meeting of the town council a hearing | {2oers "who vesterday dislodged some was given to a committee composed of [large object which they were unable to T. Q. Thomson, manager of the Cul- peper chair factory, and Fred Baker, superintendent of the Culpeper pants factory. who requested that steps be taken to reduce the cost of electricity to the manufacturing plants of the town. The committe claimed that the pres- ent rates are excessive, and not only detrimental to the interests of enter- yrises already established, but also cal- culatd to discourage the opening of new The council took the mat- plants here. ter under advisement an committee to conditions ahd make a report. PLANNING FOR HARMONY. MADRID, Augnst 8. — Conferences being held by King Alfonso with various political leaders with a view g a new African policy are ng much comment in_ political s. In his conferenes the king is endeavoring to learn the views of leaders of all shades of opinion. This is indicated by the report that he intends to consult Alejandro Ler- roux, radical leader, as well as lead- ers of other opposing factions. It is believed in some quarters that former Premier Maura may be asked to head the new goverm king has finished his conferences. Tt seems probable that the conserva- tive element will remain in power. ‘ut that there may be several changes of ministers. SPECIAL NOTICES. gons of the aged, woman, were placed under arrest im- —At a|ever, that it probably had been jarred d appointed a | gusta county health work has been investigate the alleged | rated first 1 | ent after the |active cases. MISSING WOMAN'S be ready early in November. Th’ circus here yisterday opened its program with th’ “Star 'Spangled Banner,” an’ when ever'’buddy stood up th’ ushers shoved cushions under ’em an’ made ‘em pay #Mdime. (Copyright National Newspuper Service.) Miss.—Fire destroyed s district of Ben- ¢ausing loss estimated at $100,000. Arrival of . fire-fighting ap- paratus from oo City saved tne remainder of the town. ard Against Vielence. Fla.—Florida na- wuardsmen, calied in from | annual maneuvers at Camp near here, Were again blished around the Du- Troops JACKS! ional their Johnson, strongly es BODY DISEDVERED Corpse Found in Trunk That of Mrs. Mahoney, Gone 3 Months, Say Police. By the Associated Press. . August 9.—A mu- d by Charles Ten- to he that of : en ter her mar- 'y, was found y af in a trunk in Union bay here late yes- a Police_had beeén dragging the buy for a_montir. Mahoney has been in jail for two | months on several charges of forgery. | all filed in connection with an alleged | fraudulent power of attorney, by which he was said to have obtained title to some of his wife's properiy. Mrs. Mahoney had property worth about $200,000, according to the best in- formation here. The body recovered was that of an elderly woman. It was unclothed. The action of ‘some powerful cqrrosive had made the features unrdcognizable. A wedding ring was on the third finger of | the left hand. 1 Dr, Frank E. Wood, a dentist. identi- { fied the work on the teeth of the body as that which he had done for Mrs. Mahoney. § Coroner Willis H. Corson said death apparently had been caused by a.blow on the front of the skull. The woman had been dead about three months, he | estimated. The trunk was picked up floating on the surface. Police pointed out, how- | loose from an anchor by a crew of grasp. A torn spot on the trunk indi- cated that it had been attached to some- LEADS IN HEALTH WORK. Augusta County Rated First by State Officials. v Special Dispatch to The Star. CTAUNTON, Va.,, August 9. — Au- in the state of Virginia, according to information received by the Community Welfare League from the state health department at Rich- mond. This excellent showing, more remarkable when it is_considered that Augusta county- has had established health work for only a-few years, has been made on only sixty-four one- hundredths of 1 per cent of the taxes paid by the people of the county. The county health department, un- der Dr. Harry M. Wallace, in co-op- eration with the Augusta Red Cross and the Co-operative Health Associa- tion, is making a survey of the county to discover the number of incipient cases of tuberculosis, and especially to find the <“contacts”—those who have been in the same home with The county’s hope for curative work rests in the establishment of a sana- torium !n Augusta, it is said, be- cause the state sanatoria are full, with long waiting lists. SPECTAL NOTICES. C COAST THROUGH FREIGHT CARS sehold goods at reduced rates every 4 PAC for hou SECURITY STORAGE COM- t NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT I WILL. ot be responsible for debts by others but myself. JOHN D. SHAW, 958 Florida ave. n.w. ATTORNEY WANTED LPAD FOR PRE: ent war disabilities. P. 0. Box 1346, city. 10* TYOUR OLD WOOD FLOORS MADE 0. A. Adam planed, scraped and repolished. s et Tor FRENCH > SHOP REPAIRING. VERIN TO ORDER. _FR. 4504-W. 718 13th 8T. N.W. The only and original “Biggs" in the Heating and Plumbing business is The Biggs 1310 1:?%— fihflnn rfinumif\!"lc Jas. Cunningham. Heating ‘and_Plumbing repairs and remodel- ing_promptiy attended to br expert mechanics. Electric Wiring By Expert Mechanics; Repairing. E. R. VOGELSON, 504 €€ st n.w. Main 3734. Casey Repairs Roofs —And does the work in a manner that service. adds vears to the roof’ 3207 14 “We Have It—If It's Glass Begel edge plate glass Headlight Glass. |y, 1 8 pent glass for china Skylight Glass, i('Tlfih'm [, etc., a8 W!lll plate winodw gla Tnmmered Glase: | BESmERICES ate Glass, etc.|g50M Mirrors Resilvered. Becker Paint and Glass Co., CHAS. F. HODGKIN, Mgr., 1239 Wisconsin ave. Phope West 67. " FRANK P. FENWICK Wishe vise his friends and general publie that severed his connection with the Orkney Springs Hotel. Make a New Roof of Old One one_coat of LIQUID ASBESTOS EMENT. It will do it. Stops all teed five vears. Also sold in bulk. LARK, 1314 Penna. ave. s.e. Linc. TNG @ specialty; In 6458J. 1 rk:rklr.fl.“svm L seasonable. Ca P CLAFLIN FO'! EYEGLASSES. ROOF 'TROUBLE Call Main 760. ‘Wash. Loan Grafton&Son,Inc., T, ‘Heating and Roofing Experts 35 Years.™ RTANOS FOR xENT—UPRIGHT AND GRAND Pianos for rent st films;ble prices; rent ap- i on. purche: B . "Ho! W oRCH, 110 G Victrotas Snd records o0 “ CLAFLIN OPTICAL CO. |THE SERVICE SHOP Oxford and Varsity Glasses. %07 F STREET. Warren W. Biggs, W. K. Pace, L '. = PEOPLE buy _the their name and address to P. city. Post to send Box 1164, val county jail last night, as a pre- caution against any attempt to remove Henry Hamilton, negro, held in connection the murder. of Mrs. J. B. Lee Saturday night. " Inj the meantime the police are search- ing for a white man, said to have been seen fn a section of the city Sunday, wearing a bloody shirt. i House Shortage Bars Delegates, CHARLOTTE, N. C.—Acute short- age of housing faciliies and inabil- ity to secure the loan of army tents were assigned as reasons for thel withdrawal of an invitation extended | last September to the Wildcat Vet- | erans’ Association to hold its next} annual reunion in Charlotte. It was| decided that it would be imprac- | {that ‘while Avery was striki. youth, on trial for murder in connec- | tion with the death of George Avery, aged seventeen. The jury deliberated ' for more. than fifty hours, and, after | Juror Henry Nelson became seriously ifl, the court declared a mistrial and dismissed the jury. i According to the evidence, Walker and Avery were in a habit of fighting every time they met. Om Tuesday night last they started fighting near | Avery’s home.” It was brought outl & Wal-' ker with a fence pale Walker pro-! duced a knife for the purpose, he! says, of cutting Avery on the legs.!| The blade entered Avery's stomach | i‘ntd death resulted a few mlnulesi ater. e NEW YORK.—Capt. Petérson and the crew of the American schooner | Cecilia Cohen, _reported yesterday | abandoned and afire off Cape Hatleras, | rrived here today on the steamship | West Keene, which rescued them. —_—— ) | The distinction of being one of the| greatest woman explorers belongs to| an Englishwoman, Mrs. R. J. Forbes, who has succeeded in making a map ticable for Charlotte to undertake to FOR SAL A Desirable Business Property in_F Street Shopping District Large storeroom with three floors above elevator. Property particularly desir- able for ladies’ wearing ap- parel or similar business. Can be sold on easy terms. A real bargain. For further information, apply to Waggaman & Brawner, Inc., 914 15th Street, N. W. $1.50 and Cut Si THIS 1S TO NOTIFY THE BUBLIC THAT | Lewis Frank is no longer connected with the firm o Washingfon using the name of N Frank & Sons. The use of the name Is wif out my consent. ‘I am still connected with the firm of N. Frank & Sons of Baltimore. but-1 have no connection. whatsiever with the firm using the name of Frank & Sons in shington. LEWIS FRANK, 1402 Mullikin street, Baltimore, Md. 10* BBEEZY FEONT PORCHES PINE| From the . number of AL Jeolumns weire_sellisg, it [as all of shington'’s new Parch Jiomes are going to htve coloniat Columns [Bgrehes. Best Wiite Pine Stock. Geo. M. Barker Co., Inc. 649-651 N. Y. ave.: 1517 Tth st. Tel. M. 1348. WANTED—A VANLOAD OF FURNITURE T Richmond, Vo and New York iy, - THE BIG 4 TRANSFER CO., INC., 1125 14 Matn 2159 ““"Did the Roof Leak? —You can count onthe “Ironclad Roofers™ to make the roof leakproof. IRONCLAD porch looks Roofing, 1416 F st. n. Company. Phone Main 14. The Shade Shop 'W. STOKES SAMMONS. . 830 13th St Jume M. 4874 Let us_measure for made-to-order shades. Factory pi RANGE® REPATIRED AND REBUILT. CLYDE L. BOWERS, rear 616 H st. n. Main 7094, 9% ROOF TALKS: Don’t worry about that leak in the roof. Put us on the job. ¥ R. K. FERGUSON, Inc, 1114 9th St Phone North 231232, Roofing Experts. The Million-Dollar Printing Plant Is equipped to do the biggest Jobs at most economical cost. GAS «| The National Capital Press 1210-1212 D 8t. N.W. Complete Printing Service Executed the way it should be. HIGH-GRADE, BUT NOT HIGH-PRICED. BYRON S. ADAMS, FEeas » 512 114 n Gabardine —and . they’; - 14 Neckwear $1 Cut Silk Neckwear. . .65¢ Neckwear $I1.15 $3 Cut Silk Neckwear, $1.85 $1.50 Union Suits. .- $2 Union Suits. Sportsmen that the coats, are “just right™ for sport wear, with your White Fl_annels. $38 to $50 Values 'SIDN of hitherto un R explored districts in imported into the precise districts that were themselves. expected to produce 60, 000,000 poods. “The cities requiré 18- 000,000 poods. The defigit in the sup- ply of grain is now estfmated at 120, 00,000 "poods. ittle or no winter grain will_be sown by September 1, as it is not be- lieved possible to obtain from abroad and transport to the appropriate areas the requisite food. THe hunger- stricken area is spreadin i MAJ. ELLIOTT’S HOME ROBBED. The apartment of Maj. Charles B. Elliott, U. S. A., 1884 Columbia road, was robbed last night of a gold locket and chain and a pocketbook containing $14. An attempf was made to enter the laundry of Chong Lee, 1002 I street, last night, but Chong frightened the intruders away before they effected an entrance. Washington—the most “Livable” | City in America ern Fireproof Apartment House In desirable north- west neighborhood. Con- {E5 veniently located. Low ,% rentals. ! = Present Rental I Over $9,500 Terms Pri $70,000 Ellerson & Wemple 734 15th St. Phone Main 603 S5l i | ! i ! i i | i Still More--- Savings in the ugust Clean-Up Every item a man may need or adc to his waidrobe of furnishings will be found listed here—AND REDUCED. Shirts 1 .50 Fancy $2 1k $2.50 and $3.00 $3.50 Farnicy oShirts; all $8.00 Fancy Suits. $1.15 . 8155 | Suits. .- SPORT - s, Tweeds, Herringbones re tajlored correctly so . MEN’S . WEAR- Shirts.......31.00 Men’s Shirts, $1.85 Half Hose. . .85¢ Sizes .......$2.35| Hose..... $1.65 Silk Shirts. . .$6.35 $2.50 Union $3.00 Union .GOLF SUIT W EST, Ine. HE FINANCIAL EQUIPMENT of this Organization is of greatest service to our Clients. Good Financiering is the feature of the success of this office and has resulted in our transacting some of the most important real estate deals in town. We, are in posi- tion to direct you to the successful solution of your Real Estate matters. It means “Maxi- mum Service.” M‘-'KEEVER ad G‘ S 1405 Eye Street NW. Main €752 MEN’S WEAR Closed Saturdays during August to complete ! Hosiery $1.50 Fancy Half Hose..95¢ $2.50 White Wool $2.00 Golf $3.50 Golf $2.15 $2.35 IN THE HOUSE OR th _at A TTERIES Becharged and Rebuilt, B SPECIAL OFFER i Batteri built wi - ire now slements. - o $37.30 Guaranteed One Year. General Batiery Co., Washington Agents for F. Laces and Lace Curtain Cleaning MME. VIBOUD, Inc. Established 1855, 27 11th St. N.W. MINNIX " The Business Eauipment Bureau 712 13th Street N.W. Main 1086 Bo— 'GIG"IT ST. N/ - THE MAN'S STORES - 1005-1007 PA.AVE. Take Your Choice! You Can’t Lose! GREAT AUGUST CLEARANCE All $40, $45, $48.75 and $55.00 . 3-PIECE SUITS Blacks, Blues, Fancies—No Exceptions No Reservations GREAT AUGUST ‘CLEARANCE All $29.75 and $33.75 3-PIECE SUITS Blacks, Blues, Fancies—No Exceptions No Reservations GREAT AUGUST CLEARANCE ALL PALM BEACH COATS AND PANTS Reduced to At Avenue Store Only GREAT AUGUST CLEARANCE All $1.50 and °$2.00 FANCY ~ 57.05 Three for $3.00 GREAT AUGUST CLEARANCE All $1.25 and $1.50 KNEE 95¢ UNION SUITS GREAT AliGUST CLEARANCE -Three for $1.00 SHIRTS LY GREAT AUGUST CLEARANCE All $2.50 FANCY s1.65 Three for $4.75 SHIRTS TIES GREAT AUGUST CLEARANCE All_$3.00 and $3.50 : FANCY $9.15 Thref for $7.00 GREAT AUGUST CLEARANCE 4,000 Pairs 25¢ MEN'S HOSE Black, Gray, Navy, Cordovan 19¢ 6 for $1.00 SHIRTS PLENTY OF - THE FAMOUS VAN HEUSEN COLLARS Won’t Wrinkle—Won't Wilt—Won’t Shrink /