Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1922, Page 19

. $125 IN TROUSERS BURN AS FLAMES . ATTACK PLUMBER Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, WINCHESTER, Va., September 16. :—Percy D. Miller, a plumbing cons {tractor, was suffering today from numerous burns and a severe nervous shock as a result of placing a lighted match inside a large water heater to see whether the interior was prop- erly coated with a coal-tar paint. He had applied the paint by pour- ing it in and then rolling the tank to distribute it evenly, and when he struck a match a flame shot out a distance of lol:‘cr twelve feet, setting is clothing afire, h:nc his e!l'!or(s to extinguish the blaze Miller’s left hand was severely burned and he was also burned from his knees down. He dodged as. the flame shot past his head. About $125 in paper money burned up in his trousers pocket. FARMERS IN VIRGINIA CITIZENS AROUSED OVER ROAD PLANS | injunction Asked at Fred- erick Against Maryland Read Commission Head. New Marine Corps Aide to Secretary of Navy Outlaw Band Ambushes Po- - lice in Mannu, Precipitat- ing Battle, ESHAWAR, India, . September 11.— Efforts of police and military forces jhave not effected any perceptible de crease In the number of armed ralds in the northwestern frontier dfs-' tricts which occurred with unusual frequency during the - past. few months. A late report tells of a battle be-, tween a party of police and a raiding | The po- | NEW LEGION CHIEF NAMED Motor Machine Company Is Reor- ganized—Civil War Vet- eran Dead. Maxwell’s the Talk of the Town Correct and artistic furnishing of a home does not mean simply the buying of costly Furniture to put into it. Good taste.can be expréssed equally‘as well with the least expensive K. Md., September 16.— Z . e . o . . & s e !?f_ achmentiotsarlacgsripicty mhichy of pigces, if ontyZordinary cate’is used in their selection and JOm SN dackslh e R I Wis"For utl iws “khown ' to. b | grouping. . At this store, where more of Washington’s homes are furnished than state roads commission, to restrain| MAJ. MAURICE E. SHEARER, hiding there. This detached party H & Y A Ay s " 5 busi P the commission from improving and | who has merved as officer in charge - was ambushed In & defile by the rald- ||} in other several stores in the community, we make:it our business to offer, at all of the United States Marh il ‘ . . s1arg® o relocating a link of highway in Jacke KiRea ana It leader coverely wound- times, the- most ‘tasteful furnishings at the lowést-prices to be found anywhere, fon STt near Myersville, was | FTRItInG, since Junc 13 of thls year.| Will Reap Splendid Profits From |oq dimost at the firat volley. d e + libesal tékms in this entiretaBi filed in court here on Thursday. The |just been appointed Marine Corps aide This Year's Biz Corn and Remainder Open Fire. and on € M08! 1¢ T €. itigation follows a long-drawn-out |to Secretary Denby. He was born in The remaining constables opened e e he proposed im- | Indianapolis, Ind., December 19, 1879, Tobaceo Crops. fire on their attackers at once, | EEHEXONETRY, SRERE A HG SOV and first served in the 27th Indiana although without cover of any sort. | provem Jackson dis- | pattery, Light Artillery, in the war Later they withdrew, one by one, to | riet by body. with Spain, 15888. He enlisted in the | some water holes about 100 yards| The road sy about twoiyiarine Corps im 1001, and gradually !'special Dispatch to The Star. away, which afforded partial cover. h and co September 16— |From this position they kept their ' opponents at bay for miles worked s way up to the rank of | RICHMOND, Va. three hou eler A. : ude K. Toms, Wesley Cline, ob L. RRoutzahn, centon 1. Gaver, rnand, James K ers, Floyd new route a highway ne Major. He werved with distinetion | parmers in Virginia will have money point near Myersville. the late war, having beem| 1. coming fall and winter, and in|{Finally, when ammunition was near- | its desired road to d many medals for heroism|many of the districts where they |ly exhausted, the raiders, fearing the |j what s own as the were hard hit by two years of busl- larrival of other parties of police and || agerstown ca = ness depression and failure of crops | villagers, drew off. e John IL Horine, L | |they will be able to meet the bulk | This enabled the pollce to recover £mth, G. { of their obligations. the bodles, arms and equipment of | John D. Ke- e Kefauver, Mar- aniel C. Derr and Charles €. Biser. Condemn Route Chosel m that the state contracted nstruct the road over a route which involves a greater amount of at much titional ex- pense; the relocation of the route will require the condemnation of cert of land, and that it does not as large “old Hogerstown road route. to | a community | ' CITY NEWS IN BRIEF { The Mississippi State Soclety will {hold an important business meeting { Tuesday night 8 o'clock at the home of the president, Mrs. Percy E. 2647 Woodley road. All bers of the society and former re: idents of the state of Mississippi are urged to attend. Plans will be made {for the fall and winter program. { Mme. Florence Cole-Talbert of De- { troit will appear in song recital to- {morrow. 8 pm., at John Wesley A. M. E. Church, under auspices of colored grand chapter, O. 5 ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TODAY. The Wanderluster: from_Chain _bridge i | | | | hike will start at 2:30 o'clock. tioners likewise say that the es access . Pleas- e and the pro- - these v petitioners likewise charge ppropriation of funds, fon of the commi: is un reasonable and illegal”; the Fleuciicn county commissioners will still be at the expense of maintain- ing the pre unimproved “old Hagerstown road,” as it is the only outlet for that section. | ‘ound Dying In Graveyard. Sumpter Heard, sixty years old, son of the late J. Wilson Heard, was found dying Thursd_.y afternoon at 2 o'clock in an old abandoned graveyard on t 1 Saints street, this city. Death due to alcoholic poisoning; Justice J. Grahame Johnson deemed 4n inquest unnecessary. The body was found by two boys zathering up ice creim containers in h of a church nearby. While live. he died before a phy- rrive. A slight bruise on i at first spread the im- he had been killed. He rs. George Charles brother, urgh. He wa a member of one of Maryland's ana pro. nt familie Wider Street Favored. e n Heard was sician could the forehe pression tr < survived by two sisters, Mitchell, Ohio, iman, Proposed widening of the entire | length of 13 and Patrick streets, Frederic en broached by the Lions Club of this city in connection with the repaving of these streel miles and If. The club is also in favor of establishing a double-track troll 1 in this eity. Nat lected post commander of the Legion, succeeding . Other officers clected: adjutant, Kemp . Lewis Spon- Miss Miriam Daniel E. Leather- utive committee—Roger R. Imer F. Munshower, Dr. C. E. Dr. G. B. Crist and Herbert S. n McAbee, fifty-five, Thurmont, a Joh farmer, was arrested this week on a arge of threatening to shoot his wife and daughter. and John Frieze, a neighbor. McAbee charged undue familiarity between his neighbor and s wife and daughter. Recently the wife and daughter disarmed McAbee when he picked up a loaded shotgun with the intention, they say, of shoot- -ing them. He repeated his threats and charges to Sheriff James A. Jones. Motor Company Officers. es H. Kehne was re-elected nt of the Maryland Motor Ma. . which has been reor- ng to a plan approved rederick county cireuit court. officers are: Willlam Cadle, Harry J. Miller, sec: and David F. Davis, treasurer. directors: William Cadle and Wiliam M . Urbana; Milton E. Staley, ings; Frank H. Orndorft. Motters; Edear 1. Thomas, R. D. Zimmerman, Russell C. Thomas, David F. Davis, Charles H. Thomas and Charles H. Kehne, this elty. George A. D veteran of the civil d prominent in service during lattep part of the nineteenth cen- v, diéd on Monday afternoon at well terrace home, this city. He was eighty years old. He served one term as a member of the board of county commisisoners, was a re- publican, and a_member of local Ma- sonic bodies. He was twice married, his first wife, who was Miss Emma V. Gorton, Baltimore, died in 1901. His second wire. who survives, was Miss Alice R. Dean. They have three children: Alice Catherine Dean, Jame: H. Dean, and Mary Margaret Dean. There were five children by the first marriage, four survive: wililam Dean, Mrs. Frank N. MainHart, New York; Mrs, George T. Ness, Baltimore and George A. Dean, jr., Baltimore. STUDENT'S BODY RECOVERED. The body of Benjamin C twenty-six, of Nathalle. Va.. minis. terial student at the University o Richmond, who was drowned yester- day in West Hampton Lake, was re- covered today. COX GIVES 1,000,000 MARKS. BERLIN, September i6.—The Ger- man Red Cross has announced the donation of a million marks by for- mer Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio and democratic candidate for President of she United States in the last election. The money ia to be principally used in aiding German students. READY TO BUILD BRIDGE. Special Dispatch to The Star, FREDERICKSBURG, Va., September 16.—R. F. Williams of Front Royal, Va., a member of the Major Construe- tion.Company, which has the contract for the foundation work of the new Falmouth bridge, a vital link in the Richmond-Washington highway, has arrived here to take charge of the work. Mr. Willlams is looking over preliminary the ground and makin, arrangements for actual conssruction w will fil on the arrival of -machinery. equipment «0 route™by rail: |« i RICHMOND, Va. September 16— | Waqe® Mr. Sligh will lead. ! The Soclal Club, H. H. A., will meet iu 4:30 o'clock at 415 M street. Red Triangle Outing Club members will meet at 12th street terminus of {the Falls Church line for a trip to Upton, Va. Campfire lunch will be served. REPUBLICANS TO MEET AT ROANOKE TOMORROW Naming of Candidate for U. S. Senate Chief Business at State Convention. 1 Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ! "RICHMOND, VA., September 16.— |Many of the federal officeholders in this city will leave here tomorrow afternoon and evening for Roanoke, where the republican state conven- Ili(-n wiil assemble on Monday. In fact, there will be two cogvention: The whites were the first a place and date and colored faction later mnnounced the | holding of their ‘convention at the same time 'and place. The idea reported uppermost in the minds of the party leaders at this United States senate and arrange for the campalgn. —_—————— time is to name a candidate for the | Their crops of tobacco and corn, {their great mouey crops. are excel- lent, and the greater part of the to- bacco is in the house and is being cured and prepared for market. It is too late for the corn to be in any | way affected now, save that long and heavy rains might possibly rot a lit tle of the late crop that has not be gun to mature. The crops are the best in many years, and the farmers are jubllant ut the idea of being able to meet their obligations. The ma jority of them will be able to lay aside a consider- able sum for another lean year. | {GOVERNOR TO AWARD BIG POLITICAL PLUMS Trinkle Soon to Name State In- dustrial and Milk Com- missioners. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. September 16.— Gov. Trinkle will have to make an appolntment in the next few days to the state industrial commission. The term of Capt. McHugh of Roanoke, the chairman, expires October 1. Capt. McHugh was the appointee of the former Governor of Virginia. He is a lawyer, a native of South Carolina and a careful man, Under the pro- visions of the law there must be & lawyer member, and when the man Is named by the governor a representative ot the legal profession will receive tae appointment. There are many persons who jhave been suggested for the appointment, men who supported Gov. Trinkle in his campaign. It is not kmown if Capt. McHugh supported the present gov- ernor or Mr. Tucker, but it is under- stood that he has been highly indorsed for reappointment. ch “appointment is for a term of six years. is another department head to ned by the govermor—that of dairy and food commissioner, a positlon now held by A. B. Thornhill of Appo- mattox, one of the big leaders in the jorganization of farmers and an en- | thusiastic supporter of the former gov- | ernor. Mr. Thornhill is a former mem- iber of the legislature. He sGeceeded B. L. Purcell of this city, a man who; was conspicuous in his oppoeition to Westmoreland Davis. Tt is not known who the governor will name for this pl but it is believed that he will make a change, possibly returning Mr. {URGES BONUS APPROVAL. North Carolina Governor Tells President State Is Unanimous. RALEIGH, N. C.. September 16.— {Gov. Cameron Morrison tonight tele- | kraphed President Harding asking him to sign the soldier bonus bill The telegram read: “The people of North Carolina, in Purcell to his old position. HELD IN MURDER CASE. Clayton Awaits Grand Jury Ses- sion Over Triple Slaying. Speciaj Dispatch to The Star. my opinion, are practically a unit on { the bill.” . | VIRGINIA PASTOR WEDS. Rev. Phil Jensen to Preach to In- dians in Black Hills. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va. September 16.— Cards have been received here an- | nouncing the marfiage of Rev. Phil {James Jensen, who recently served {as supply at Christ Church, this county, to Miss Kathleen Harrington Halloday, at 8t. Joseph, Ontario. Mr. Jensen, who {s a Canadian, was a lcaptain in the famous Black Watch | Regiment during the world war and { afierward a:tended the Virginia Theo- gical Seminary. graduafing last June. He 'has now begun his ministry to the Indlans at Spearfish and Sturgis, in' the Black hills. WOMAN’S BURNS FATAL. Mrs. James A. Flemer Victim of Lamp Explosion. Spesial Dispatch to The Star. FREDEDICKSBURG. Va., Septem- ber 16.—After lingering for thirty days, Mrs. James A. Flemer. of Norma, succumbed at the Mary Washington Hespital, in Fredericks- burg, to severe burns sustained when she was enveloped in flames by an exploding oil lamp. When the lamp burst in flames in @ room in which Mr. Flemer was reading, he hastily picked it up and threw it out of a door to prevent the dwelling from catching fire. At that very moment Mrs, Flemer happened to approach the door from the outsde and she was saturated from head to foot wita flaming oil. All of her clothing wes burned from her body. Mrs. Flemer was rushed to the Fredericksburg hospital. Con- trary to the first belief of the phy- siclans, Mrs. Flemer survived for one month. The deceased was sixty-two years of age, was before her mar- siage Miss Cornelia Matthews, and prominent resident of the e n{‘cké Shlg was an active member of St Peters Episcopal Chugch of Oak Grove. Mfs, Flemer is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Julian Grimith of edstown and _Mrs. James Latone of Wakefleld, West- moreland county: two sisters, Mrs. c-r‘ Wiilfe of New York end Mrs. Willlam McCord of Atlanta, Ga.:.on brother, George Matthews of Wash- ington. AD LEADS TO WEDDING. Special Dispateh to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., September 16.—The marriage here, Saturday of William H. Boulter, seventy.fiv year-old widower of Phoebus, Va., and Miss Georgle Chancellor Clore, thirty- seven years old, of this city, was hraufht about through an lfltv,enlu» ‘Aboit the 1st of August the follow- ing &dvertisement was inserted. on behalf of the groom: “Wanted—Wid-. ower with comfortable home wishes to ‘men ‘middle rl".d flhdbw; The erémony was ‘ormed 5 rson L. 8-’!?( at the B:r:fll{ g:r' lona:o- Mr. Boulter will ik RICHMOND, Va., Sepiember 16.— Willlam Clayton, a colored farmer of Henrico, is in the county jeil, held for the grand jury for the killing of his wife, her father and her aunt. The Kkilling occurred at the home of the man at an rly hour in th morning. Clayton had refused to v with his wife, and the father, mothe: wife and her aunt came here fr Charles City county to argue the matter with Clayton. They reached his home about 2 o'clock in the morning apd aroused him from his sleep. When he learned who it was that wanted'to see him, and_ seeing several persons in the yard, he reached for his shotgun and proceeded to open fire, the result be- ing the killing of the three named. He called the sheriff and informed him of what he had done and ‘re- mained until he was arrested. A re- | volver, fully loaded, was picked up on the ground where the, father-in- law fell. The only reason the dead wif mother was not killed was that she escaped to the woods. FARMER-ENDS LIFE. Maryland Man - Also Fatally Wounds Wife at Meyersdale. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., September 18. —Charles Pugh, a farmer, aged thirty- eight, shot and killed himself at Mey- ersdale, after fatally wounding his wife, Mary, aged thirty-five. The cor- oner’s findings Indicate that the tragedy resulted from Pugh brood- ing over the death of his father, Dan- iel Pugh, who was killed in an auto- mobile aécident a year ago. Five small children were orphaned Ry Pugh's act. ] _—— $30,000 FAILURE. Virginia Furniture Dealer Reports Assets of $16,000. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., September 16.— Louis Raffle of Tazewell, who - ated the Raffie Furniture Store and the Peoples’ Cash Store 'there, has filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the federal court here, showing labilities amounting to $30,136.53 and 16,076 in assets. The petitioner claimed $250 worth of clothin, the Virginia exemption statutes. L. J. Brightwell of Campbell county ! has filed a llglfl r petition, with' $1,554.78 liabilities and $450 asse! $300 of which is claimed under the state exemption laws. DIES FROM OPERATION. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND,' Md., September 16. ~Mrs. Abigail Robinett aged twenty-three, wife of John R. Robj- tte, died Thursday night at Weet- ::l hryl-.nd Bo.lll,m‘.‘h!ollo'ln - Caesarian, operation. Prior to Mrs. Robinstte was their dead comrades, and to carry their wounded leader to the hospital :t Issa Khel, where he died the next ay. Long Story of Sniping. ! The tale of sniping incidents, am- bushes and attacks on convoys, which e present occupation of the Mahsud | country has not terminated, is a long | one. Regular troops, with specialized | raining, have not yet bean able to overawe the ralders or to prevent hem from carrying out their long- | 'stablished vocation. The ralders’ chances of success are greatly en-! hanced when they descend to the! plains after passing unmolested through the area of military occupa- | tion. 1In the plains they have to fear only the oBjosition of partly armed villagers and pursuit later by such forces of villagers and police as can be hurriedly mobilized. Every advan- tage lies on the side of the pursued. Additional forces of police and con- stabulary are now being drafted into ! the Dera Ismail Khan district, and ! all possible steps are being taken | to confine raiding gangs to their own | country by adding to the risks they must take in coming across theborder. ———— SWIMS BULL RUN; THEN PRESENTS FLAG | Manassas Man Helps Make Center- ville Day Celebration Great Success. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, V; September 16.—The celebration of Centerville day was » success and the sum of $100 was real- ized. The flag presentation was made by C. J. Meetze of Manassas, who, on iccount of the heav rains, was | obliged to_swim Bull Run_ in order | to reach Centerville from his home. | The charge to the knights in lhl‘! tournament was delivered by John: W. Rust of Fairfax. The {nl‘hls winning the nt were Lester Mohler of Washington, Willlam Reeves of Chantilly, Louis Wells of ! Centerville and Marshall of | Virginta, and the crowned the queen of love and, beauty and her; maids of honor, represented by Misses Katherine Mills, Margaret | McWhorter, Miss Weatherholtz and | Mrs. Marshall The coronation address was deliv- ered by Wilson M Farr. The boyi am McWhorter second and Edwin Squire third. In the girls’ contest Miss Evelyn 8pin- dle won the fifty-vard dash and th rope-jumping coniest. In the chil- dren’s contest Ed Squires won the rd dash, Homer Wells the peanut hunt and James Cook pinned | the donkey's tail. The Fairfax relay | team, composed of Messrs, Holbrook, Sutphin, Sager and Hatcher, was de- teated by the Centerville team, com- posed of Messrs. Cross, Utterback, Havener and Powers. WANT ALLENS PARDONED. Petitioners to Present Claims in Famous Virginia Feud. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 16.— The coming week will see_the open- ing of & great meeting to be held in | the capitol, when lawyers will be on' hand in large numbers, seeking par- | dons for the members of the Allen ' Eang, these being the men convicted of implication in the murder of the udge, several witnesses and others | n the Carroll county court feud of fifteen years ago. i Two of the men—Floyd and Claude Allen—went to their death in the electric chair for their part in the affair. There are perhaps a2 hundred petitions already signed and ready for presentation, containing thou-| sands of names from every part of| the state. Edgar B. English and Thomas O. Moss of this city are the | attorneys handling the case for the; lawyers, Mr. English having devoted considerable time to the preparation of the matter. There Is 2 good deal of sentiment regarding the outcome of the appeal, | many persons holding that the ac-' cused have been sufficiently punished | for & crime that had its inception in | 2 political feud. 3 ——e HEADS CHURCH SESSION. United Brethren Elect Dr. Brunk New Buperintendent. Specisl Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md. September 16. —Rev. Dr. J.. H. Brunk, Berkeley Springs, W. Va.,, was elected super- intendent of the Virginia conference of the United Brethren Church at the | 1234 annual session in_ progress at| the new Calvary Church at Keyser, | W. Va. He has been pastor for nine years at Berkeley Springs, was once ! pastor at Keyser, and later served, First Church at Harrisonburg, Bishop Willlam M. Bell of Harrisburg, Pa., I8 presiding over the conference, ‘which meeting in the new church : of the Keyser congregation, recently compl at a cost of $40.000, and which will be dedicated tomorrow evening. > FINDS $1,600 IN BONDS. Man Washing Auto Recovers Store Bobbers’ Loot. ° Special Dispatih to The Star. CULPEPER,. Va., September 16— About fifteen months ago the general store of Leonard ‘Coleman at d. Station was ‘glarized, blown open @nd a number of bonds and_other valuables taken. li | o This Beautiful Upholstered Suite Choice of Tapestries, Velours and ) ] Tapestry and Velours Combined sl 4 This suite is made especially for MAXWELL—and is a wender for its I This Kitchen Cabinet, Sliding Porcelain Top, $29.75 A real plece of furniture that will save you 1,000 steps a day, with tilting flour bin, glass =pice jars and all that can be asked for in a kitchen eabinet. massiveness and yet exquisite designing. - Genuinc “stcrilized” upholster- ing and springs in seats and backs. Floor Lamps Gas or Electric We have many styles to select from, and all prices greatly reduced. Some as low as §14.35. Table Lamps All sample table 1 a m p s. Tudor Period Walnut Bedroom Suite o W e An Offer at Actual Wholesale Worth :nd _;mkhogan_\- ase. Take your Note this Suite particularly—Full Size Vanity, Bow- i hoi $6.95. end Bed, Chifforette and Large Spacious Dresser. chejce it 149 XN ”‘:( : Y, S 0 N Rt ; ‘\‘A.A. This 1 OPiéce alnut Dining Roorp Suite At Attractive Savings . $32.50 9x12 Axminster Rugs ..... - Another Instance of Maxwell’s Value. ! B: 1s Seaml This dining room suite is a wonder value—made of selected Rl?;(:z nuse-eam en 321'75 American walnut; large buffet with mirror, large glass-door s china cabinet, enclosed server,.oblong extension table and 6 din- 9x12 Brussels Rugs . $16.75 ing chairs (one an arm), J Solid Oak Buftfet $19.75 Solid oak buffet with mirror, two top drawers (one lined), cup- board space and big- drawer for linens. 4-Piece Tudor Walnut Bedroom Suite The Biggest Valus in the City! 1119 This is one of the many SPECIALS that are proving MAX- 49c WELL'S prices to be lowest—with semi-VANITY, large dresser, bow-end bed and chifforette. See it—the price is amazing. CHILDREN'S 1= PENCIL BOX Chase 1eather pencil box with & | 17\“‘:’ '\"l'" i i i y i Y i T —il - \ , penpoint, 12 rab- penctls, one pen,