Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1923, Page 12

Members of Egypt Temple of Ta of the paper, but passed around hundreds of cigars, somewhat smaller, however, than those MURDER CHARGED INFEUD SHODTING érothers Held in Death of Pastor—Declare Wife Slandered. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va. June 6—Two prominent Cumberland county offi- clals—R. O. and L. C. Garrett, broth- ers—faced charges of first murder today in connection with the slaying of Rev. E. L. Pierce, a Bap- tist minister, who was shot to death tn a pistol fight with the Garretts at | RECORD WITH HIGH ELEGTRIC POWER Double the Voltage Ever Be- fore Produced Deftly Con- trolled by Two Experts. his home at Cumberland courthouse | yesterday. “Warrants charging the two men with the murder of the clergyman were issued last night following their arrests here by police acting on a request from the Cumber- 1and county sheriff. L. C. Garratt Is at liberty on bail of $5,000, while his brother is under guard at St. Eliza- beth's Hospital suffering from a pistol wound in his side. While their cases are set for hear- ing in police court today, indications were that the Garretts would not face | preliminary hearing until the wound- ed man is able to leave the hospital. Police officials said early today that the cases probably would be contin- ued. Rearrest Expected. Rearrest of the brothers was ex- pecteq today as a result of the find- ing of the coroner's jury charging them with responsibility for the kill- ing and the issuance of the warrants by a magistrate last night. It is probable, local authorities mtated, that they will be rearrested for the purpose of determining the question of bail. That the shooting was the culmina- tion of a_political feud which has raged In Cumberland county for sev- | eral vears is the opinion expressed by local police authorities and state officials. The Garrett brothers. who are associated in the mercantile business at Cumberland Courthouse, belong to one of the political fac- tlons of the county, while Rev. Mr. Plerce Is sald to have been actively aligned recently with the opposing faction. The Garretts also are said to have objected to a sermon delivered By the minister last Sunday, in which he was accused of “slandering” the wifte of L. C. Garrett. Tell of Shooting. According to testimony of witnesses at the inquest late yesterday the Garretts went to the home of the clergyman and called him outside, where he was engaged in a fight with L. C. Garrett. While his brother was | struggling with the minister, it was | ®aid. R. O. Garrett held back the crowd attracted to the scene with a | pistol. | The fight ended. the minister went | back into his home and emerged a moment later armed with a shotgun and a revolver. O. Garrett, wit- ness said, grasped tht shotgun and wrested it from the clergyman, throw- ing it upon the ground. The shooting followed, it was testified, with the Garrett brothers and Plerce partici- Pating. The minister was shot through the | heart and two other bullets also plerced his body. Examination of his pistol disclosed one empty chamber. The coroner’s jury returned a ver- | dict to the effect that the clergyman met his death at the hands of R. O. Gnr;"eu and L. C. Garrett, “one or Excitement Prevails. Excitement prevailed throughout the county vesterday and last night, but no disorders were reported. The Pprominence of the principals and the Bpectacular battle in which the min- fater lost his life, made the affair one ©f the most sensational shooting af- frays in the history of the state, ri- yaling even the famous Allen gang Pattle in the Hillsville courthouse, in Carroll county, ten years ago. Plerce was the pastor of four churches in Cumberland county. He was about fifty years of age and is survived by his widow and six chil- dren. R. O. Garrett is about forty- five years old, and, in addition to be- ipg clerk of the Cumberland county court, he is secretary of the Cumber- land Tobocco Growers' Co-operative Association. L. C. Garrett is commis- Bloner of chancery for the county, and is prominently identified with the Business and political life of the com- munity. 1 —_— PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS NATIONAL FLAG PARLEY Accepts Invitation Tendered by “American Legion to Attend Con- ference in Washington. ' INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 6.— President Harding, according to dn announcement made at national head- quarters of the American Legion to- day, has accepted an invitation to address the national flag conference to be held at Washington June 14 and 15, under the auspices of the national Americanism commission of the legion. The conference has been arranged by the legion to develop a uniform Bet of rules and regulations In re- gard to the display of the . flag and to paying the proper respect to .the national emblem. Speakers on the program include Aheodore Roosevelt, jr., assistant sec- retary of the Navy; Dwight F. Davis, assistant secretary of war, and John . Tigert, United States commissioner ot ‘education. degree | authorittes | 7 pa, Fla., who spread a lot of good Two Shriners Fall Victims to Cupid In Capital Today Two more visiting Shriners fell victims to Dan Cupid today and sought the services of Col. W. A. Kroll, the marriage license clerk. Michael Angelo Ruggleri, thirty- six years old, of Affi Temple, from Tenino, Wash., was married to Frances M. Hoffman, thirty, of Mossyrock, Wash. The Rev. H. F. Dow was named as officlating clergyman. Joseph S. Tyler, captain of the patrol of Kaaba Temple of Daven- port, lowa, procured a license to wed Miss Edna M. Bolte, twenty-eight, of the same city. Capt. Tyler's age is given as thirty-one years. The R John Weldley is to perform the ceremony. By the Associated Press. “PITTSFIELD, Mass., greatest amount of energy ever con- centrated by human ingenuity—more than 10,00,000 horsepower—was cre- ated, toved with and finally docilely placed back in its cradle yesterday by a single man. The significance of the spestacular demonstration was that twice as much electrical voltage as ever be- fore was produced and safely han- dled. It also was made to do the bld- ding of a man operating a small switch with all the unfathomable wizardy of a magiclan bringing rab- its out of a hat. a millionth of a second the power was equal to all the electrical power in America. Exact Voltage 2,000,000 The exact voltage was 2,000,000, which, as estimated by Charles P. Steinmetz, an electrical expert, is one twenty-fifth the power of a bolt of lightning. The demonstration was made in the Pittsfield laboratory, renowned among electrical men as the transmission experimentation center. It was in charge of F. W. Peek, jr., who di- rects the high voltage research, and Giuseppe Faccloli, a cripple, 'chief electrical engineer of the Pittsfleld works. Mr. Faccioli said the layman might get the same conception of the power greatest single amount of electrical voltage now trasmitted for public use is 220,000—that in California, Mr. Peek pointed out that the objective was to keep research ahead of need— so that when it is desirable to carry 2,000,000 volts in a wire it can be done. Model Village Hit By Ball, A model village was built and the electricity, transformed into a bolt of lightning was whipped back and forth and up and down, striking the light- ning arrester of a little church steeple. The artificial lightning was shot through realistic clouds which rolled and thundered while rain they produced fell in torrents. The engineers were unable to ex- plain what the chemical substance produced when walnut wood, touched by the great voltage, disappeared from their sight and left no percept- ible residue. 11 D. C. GIRLS GET DEGREES AT TRINITY The dignity and power of woman's influence were extolled by Justice Wendell P. Stafford of the District Supreme Court, at the commencement exercises Monday of Trinity College. Degrees were conferred on ninety senfors and two graduate students by Archbishop Michael J. Curley. The exercises were held in the tem- porary auditorfum In the basement of the magnificent chapel In the pro- cess of construction. More than 900 relatives and friends of the students in addition to alumnae and a number of the professors of the college were present. Interesting statistics concerning the graduates were given by Rev. ‘William J. Kerby. Rt. Rev. Mgr. Ed- ward A. Pace presented the candl- dates for degrees. The prayer was offered by Archbishop Curley. Eleven Washington girls were in the graduating class. They were: Miss Erin M. Samson, who recelved the master of arts degree; Miss Irma Horton, Miss Helen Leary, Miss-Mar- garet Marsden, Miss Evelyn Nee, Miss Madeleine F. O'Brien, Miss Catherine O'Donoghue, Miss Caridad Pamintuan, Miss Natalle Parton (cum laude), and Miss Elizabeth Ruppert, reciplents of the bachelor of arts degrees, and Miss Helena W. Keane, who received the degree of bachelor of letters. KLAK HIT IN POLICE QUIZ. NEW_YORK, June 6.—Patre Albert V. Pitt, who, it was chi‘t'::a at the hearing on alleged police boot- legging, had - been- demoted and transferred to the ‘negro section be- cause he arrested Mrs. Della- Taft, was in reality transferred because of his reputed connection with the Ku Klux Klan, Commissioner of Accounts Hirshfield asserted. It had been te: tified when Pitt arrested Mrs. Taft g:: Daving si::!lll-;‘m-hcr apartment s rought influence t hl]t‘.l“hlglfl 'l'grgkeln-" 0 bear and rshfle! eclared that he been Informed that Pitt had l?e.l':l’l‘l“! from the force and that he was gol to work for a local newspaper. _— For a small part of handled when it was realized that the | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. l-)elegation From Tampa, Florida o cheer nround The Star office to Chicago Trainee Jnue 6.—The Harry R. Wyrick of Chicago, T, won first prize with his poster, “Hey | Buddie,” in the recent national poster contest by . trainees of the United States Veterans' Bureau in a cam- paign to have former service men renew their insurance. | The ‘committee in charge of the contest—Col. James A. Drain, H. J.| Murray, W. J. Greenleaf, J. M. Baer | and H. J. Miller, met here Monday | and announced the prize winners. | The other prize winners were: | on’t Drift,” W. Warren, Mechanical | \PresidentHarding ; Will Present Gifts| 'To Record F lyers| President Harding will this aft- | ernoon personally present hand- some gold watches to Lieuts. Mc- Ready and Oakley Kelly, Army fiyers, who recently added to the long list of their achlevements the successful ~ cross-continent flight. The two watches were ap- propriately inscribed ‘and are the gift of Antioch Temple of Day- ton, Ohio. The ceremonies incident to the honoring of these two Army flyers will be performed on the south portico of the White House, and besides the President there will be resent several cabinet officers and igh-ranking Army officers and a large delegation of Antioch Tem- ple. The officers of the Aloha Temple, Hawail, of which Imperial Poten- tate McCandless is a member, will be formally received at the White House this afternoon, and im- medtately afterward the mem- bers of Syria Temple of Cincin- nati, Ohlo, and Al Koran Temple of ‘Cleveland, Ohlo, will be re- celved. : B —_— SPANISH LOSSES, 255. MADRID, June 6—The Spanish losses in the recent military opera- tions near Tiszlazza. Morocco, were 45 killed and 210 wounded, accord- Ina’ to an official statement issued today. l They not only sere: shown in the pictu Contest by Vete naded all departments Wins Poster -C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1923. Crack Musicians in Concert at Masonic Temple OF PA 2500 SHRINERS QUANTIGO GUESTS Five Marine Companies Give Demonstration of “Going Over the Top.” By a Btaft Correspondent, QUANTICO, Va. June 6.—More | than 2,500 Shriners and their wives were the guests today of the United States Marine Corps at the marine | camp at Quantico, Va. Three boat the steamer St. Johns and the Nav vessels Mooseheart and__ Eagl brought the Shriners from Washing- | ton to this camp this morning. Al Institute School of Applied Art. Rochester, N. Y., second; “Buddied” C. Moller, Cincinnati, Ohio, third. Honorable mention: Lew Curtis, Denver, Colo.; Future Is Like Your Shadow, Biancancini, New York; “Mr. Service Man,” Mr. McGinn, New York; Ex-Service Joseph _Fannell, York: You__ Protected ?” H. 8. Risberg, New York; ‘Attention to All Veterans” Robert E. Criddle, New York, and “Renew Your Government Insurance,” John J. Moran, New York. The committee was unanimous in its selection of the first prize. 200 LAW GRADUATES NATIONAL U. RECORD The largest graduating class of the National University Law School, num- bering more than 200, will receive diplomas at commencement exercises Sunday night at 8 o'clock in the Na- tlonal Theater. Bishop McDowell will preach the baccalaureate sermon. In- vocation will be pronounced by Wil- liam Tyler Page, chief clerk of the House of Representatives. Rev. B. T. Larimore, San Frnacisco evangelist, will give the benediction. ECZEMA After OEers Fail Peterson’s_Ointment Big Box 35 Cents The mighty healing power of Peterson’s Ointment when eczema or terrible itching of skin and scalp tortures you is known to tens of thousands of people the country over. For pimples, acne, rough and red skin and all blemishes and eruptions it is supremely efficient, as any broad-minded druggist will tell you. spirin SAY “BAYER” when you buy Aspirin ‘When you se¢ the name “Bayer” on package or on tablets you are getting the genuine Bayer product ptescribed by physiclans over twen- ty-two years and proved safe by millions for colds, headache, tooth- ache, e e, neuralgia, lumbago, rheumatism, neuritls, and for pain in general. Accept only “Bayer” pack- age which contains proper direc- tions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is tho trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid. though the vessels left late they ar- for Washington at 3 o'clock. The Shriners were the guests of the IR Complete Size Range 16 to 52 Thousands of yards of filmy, soft voile in dainty printings; ‘plain dimity in the popular colors; printed dimity in exquisite patterns; 32-inch checked and plaid dress gingham; and colored ratine and eponge. New White Hats Invitingly Price Refreshingly New and Charming Modes Just Unpacked A ! IlllllllllllllllllllI;ll 50¢ and 59c Voile and Dimity. . .. ... Marine Corps at luncheon fmmediate- ly after their arrival at Quantico. After luncheon they were escorted to the Quantico rifle range, where a demonstration of infantry weapons was given, followed by an air demon- stration. A few moments after five companies of marines, including some members of the famous 5th and 6th regiments, gave a typical demonstra- tion of the manner in which the ma- rines went “over the top” in France, and the military demonstrations were explained by commissioned officers. The Quantico Post Band was split into three detachments and a detach- | ment placed. on each of the vessels which brought the Shriners to the { camp. On the St. John, which carried !the largest’ single group of Shriners, a detachment of the Mgrine Band al- | ternated with the band of Zuhrah Temple of Minneapolis {n providing music. Due to the delay in leaving Wash- initon, the military display at Quan- | tico had to_be curtailed and the boat left promptly at 3 o'clock for her return trip. Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler and a score of officers at the post_were at the dock to welcome the Shriners and thelr wives. There were not enough cars to go around and the visitors had to walk from the dock to the company mess halls and from there to the rifie range, more than a mile and a half. Another Tremendous Sale of Charming mmer Dresses 12 Dainty Styles Ideal for All Informal Summer Occasions Of Excellent Quality Checked Ginghams— Regular Sizes 16 to 44; Extra Sizes 46 to 54 a i DS OF WASHIN the rays of the hot Virginia sun the enthusiasm of the Shriners wilted considerably and some of the women | decided not to make the trip to the| rifle range, but remalined near the | barracks and in the town before go- | ing back to the boat. The Shriners were loud in their | praise of the hospitality accorded | them by officers and men of the Ma- rine Corps and by Gen. Butler. They served with regular Marine Chow at luncheon. Shortly after leaving Washington a seaplane met the vessels and accom- panled them to Alexandria. Six lanes overtook the vessels just be- ow Indian Head and passed them. Two or three miles north of Quantico a Marine Corps’ plane sped out from the post and accompanied the ves- sels Into the docks. §390,156.18 OWED . BY GOLDEN & CO. Golden & Co., commission merchauts, 924 Louisiana avenue northwest, today | suppties, filed in the District Supreme Court a £29 - f L (A 4 ‘,- hdlV 4 J schedule of its assets and liabilities. The corporation was recently ad- judged bankrupt following the death of William G. Carter, its president. Its total indebtedness, according to the schedule, is $390,156.18, of which only $44,702.52 is represented in se- cured claims. The company claims assets of $381.821.53, In which are included debts due’ th $5019:745, WnapTiPaDY SFfReEang for '§22,896. The company has no real ‘estate, but turned over to the recelver $12,745.13 in cash. Its other assets include: Certificates of deposit, $60,000; office furniture, $2,030; horses, $1.500; auto trucks and wagons, $6,583; lease on prop- erty at Pulaski, Va.. valued at $5.000; machinery, $6,582.50; stocks and _bonds, $13,500; miscellaneous $2,000. Attorneys Walter A. Johnston and Fred S. Swindell appear for the cor- poration. ‘Twas Thick, Indeed. From London Opinion. Magistrate-——Have you anything to say before 1 pass sentence. Burglar—Yus, m'lud. It's a bit thick bein' identified by a bloke wot kept 'is head under the bedclothes the whole time! 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