Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1923, Page 12

* 12 PARENTAL LAXITY - HITBYGRAND JURY Automobiles and Dancing De- nounced as Demoralizing to Youth. Special Dispatch to The Star FREDERICK, Md, September 21.— Deploring the lack of parental authority over children in the home; advocating the discontinuance of dancing instruc- tion in the public schools of Maryland; curtailment of the use of automoblles by young boys and girls, and the de- mand that the citizenship of the county co-orerate with officers in the enforce- ment of the prohibition laws of the land, the September grand jury of the Fred- erick circuit court closed one of the longest sessions in recent years. The investigation of the grand jury into home life of the children of the county was a departure from the usual duties and scope of that body, although in keeping with the statement by Chief Judge Hammond Urner that ths thority of the grand jury is “absolute. 200 Witnesses Examined. Members of the jury said that in the examination of the 309 witnesses called before them in the fourteen days they were in session they had found an as- tonishing and alarming laxity on the part of parents over the weifare and conduct of their children. They were al- Jowed, the jury fo ties, given I allow automobiles the hours. The was astonished at the numbe boys under eixhteen e who admitted 0 intox and bla of proper es, the use of privilege of late un this condition parental supervisi “We cannot port, in part e the need of said the jury's r “too strongly empha- more strict parental authority in the home The youth who is not properly guided during the years before maturity does not ually make for the best cltizen e number witnes: under sighteen yvears o v testified they had been under the Influence of intoxicants and were more or less allowed free rein at home, came as a surprise. Too m vouth often starts him on a way ta crime or a life of indolence. Proper home influences can work a wonder- ful amount of and we stre the hope that th s and moth- will use every endeavor to keep oser watch on children and see their companions are —well chosen and that they do not fre- quent places of doubtful character. Influence of Automobiles. of parents allowing chil- use automobiles is a serfous fault. Autos in the hands of young people, excepting when ac- ompanied by elders or used in ca f business, often lead to a desire sasure and amusement rather proper course toward work tudy. Our attention has been directed to a number of cases which are partly the outgrowth of automo- biles in the hands of young persons. he vouth should be made to realize that he has a dangerous energy having too much. It kills zll desire for ambition and often paves the way to a lif shame and crime. “The matter of teaching or en- couragement of promiscuous dancing etween the sexes among the pupils of the public schools in the county was brought to the attention of the grand jury. In view of the consel entious difference of opinion in r gard to dancing, this jury wishes to Fxpress its disapproval of this prac- tice in the public schools of the and state.” that “Practiee dren the £ county DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Universal Leaf Tobacco Company in Annual Meeting. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va Dividends of 2 p eommon and preferrcd stock of the Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc, were voted at the annual stock- holders’ meeting of the concern. V. A._Wisingham of Richmond and New York was re-elected president »f_the company. Other officers f. Miller, Richmond New York; O. C. Gregory, Richmond, Harrison, Baltimore C. M. Dozier, Richmond and J. F. Henderson, Rich- asurer. A new board of sctors also was elected. ptember cent each on the were James P. H. Gorman, elected VETS ELECT OFFICERS. al Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBUF ber 21.—New officers M. Rowe Spanis Camp of this city Va., Septem- elected by the War Veterans' re: Commander, T. Hill; viee commander, M. W. ranklin; junior commander, W. H. Goldsmith; quartermaster, J. Stone: outer guard, G. F. Rogers; trustees, R. H. McGhee, G. W. Con- ; adjutant, G. L. Hunter. new members were taken camp at this meeting. OCKVILLE )CKVILLE, Md., September Under the auspices of S the Natic Coun- *il of Catholic Men, of Rockville, a largely attended meeting was held in St. Mary’s Hall here last evening 18 part of Rockville's observance of Constitution week. It was presided over by George M. Hunter, who, in calling the gathering to order, spoke briefly. The principal address was by John A. Garrett of the local bar, who explained in an interesting manner many of the provisions of the Consti- tution of our country. The hall was decorated with flags and flowers. B, into the F (Spectal) Mary's branch of 21 Advertise for Bonds. The county comm oners have ad- vertised for bids for‘the purchase of $4,600 in bonds for street improve- ments at Alta Vista, this county. The bids will he opened at noon on Tues- day of next week and the bonds will De sold to the highest bidder for cash. The bonds pay interest at the rate of 41 per cent. The issue was authorized by an act of the last legislature. Licenses have been clerk of the circuit the marriage of W and “Myrtle G. Lockbann, both of Chambersburg, Pa., and Harry A. Anderson ¢ Brighton, this county, and Mollie T. Shaw of Washington. Rockville’s base ball team, which won this year's championship in the Montgomery County ase Ball League, is booked to play several games in the near future which are being lookcd forward to with much interest by the county’s base ball lovers. turday afternoon, a team composed of the best players of the other teams of the county will play Rockville at the fair grounds here and the following afternoon Rock- ville and Sliver Spring play .at Silver Spring. On Saturday, September 29, Silver Spring.plays at Rockville. It is understood that games will proba- bly be arranged with the champion teants of Frederick county, Md., and Loudoun county, Va. ° Peter Judge Nominee, The democratic judical convention. for the sixth judical circuit of Mary- land, composed of Frederick and Montgomery countles, met in Balti- more vesterday and unanimously nominated Judge Robert B. Peter of Rockville, the democratic candidate to succeed himself for the full term of fifteen years. It iIs understood that Judge Peter will -have no op- position at the November election, as the republican leaders of both Mont- gomery and Frederick countles are known to be unanimously opposed to putting a republican candidate in the fleld. . Judge Peter was appointed judge by Gov. Ritchie several weeks ago, upon the death of his brother, Judge Bdward C. Peter, issued by the court here for liam L. Grove 1d, unexpected liber- | uch freedom to the | in 21— | M. | everal | Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 21.—Bloodhounds were placed on the trall of persons who early yes- terally shot and killed and then badly mutilated a large steer from a herd'af blooded animals owned by S. Rinhart Cohill, near Hancock, Large steaks were cut from the hind quarters of the steer and carried away. Thirteen steers of the prize herd were in-a pasture some distance from the Cohill home. When the cattle were rounded up last night two were missing. Search was COUPLE WHICH DESERTED CHILD ARE ARRESTED Speclal Dispateh to The Sta; CUMBERLAND, Md.. September 20. The couple alleged to have left the | four-month's-old baby which died at the hospital at Morgantown, W. V; first thought to have been Lillian Mc- Kenzle, four-month-old baby ab- ducted in New York, was arrested at Meyersdale, Pa., at the fairgrounds late yesterday. They travel in an automobile house. The couple is sald to have admitted leaving the baby at Mor- gantown. They claimed it was a daughter of the woman by a former marriage and was left there because of fllness. | ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 21 | (Special).—The city gas plant during | the past year increased its revenue {$5,782.45, or 5.4 per cent over the past | vear, according to supplemental financial statement submitted to the city council yesterday afternoon by City Manager Wilder M. Rich. The {report is for the fiscal year ending {May 31, 1823 According to the re-| ort the total receipts for 1 -1923 ere $118,169.34, and in 1921-1922 | weTe $135,195.2 | | From the above figures the amount deductible_in obtaining_the actual Tevenue of the plant is $28,144.89 for the year 1921-1922, and for 1922-1923, 5,336.49. The actual revenue in 192 1923 was $112,832.85, and in 1921-19 $107,050.40. Total Disbursements. Total disbursements in 1922-1923 were $118,169.34, and in 1921-1 $135,195.29. From the above figures, however, must be deducted the fol- lowing: For 1922-1923, construction, 1$10,672.06, against $14,536.02 in 1921- 11922; deposits refunded, $1,095, against $900 in 1 -192 interest on loans, $670, against —$7,384.17 in 1921-1922 ll‘rh!mpal on_ loans. $10,000, against inothing in 1921-1922. Grand total for 1922-1923, $21,397.06, against $22,820.19 for 1921-1922 The decrease in operating cost in| the fiscal year ending May 31, 1923, compared with the preceding 1$14,587.42, or 13.2 per cent. After the submission of the report |a general discussion of the condition {of the city gas plant followed, and the members of the council were of the opinion that what was needed at the ‘prvsunl time was the installation of ar dditional water gas set. This, it was jstated, would cost in the neighborhood of $15.000. A _committee, composed of City Manager Wilder M. Rich and Coun- icllman Robert S. Jones, was named to investizate the condition of the city gas plant and reporting to city coun- cil at the next meeting. No Action on Banks. | | Action on a communication signed by the Alexandria Natlonal Bank, Citi- zens' National Bank and the banking Louse of Burke p& Herbert, offering to give the city 2 'per cent on daily bal- ances in bank on its funds, provided the city money divided equally among the four banks of the city, was deferred until the next meeting. The matter of taking over the streets |in"the subaivision of Rosemont was | ! presented, and Corporation Attorney H. | Ncel Garn advised that the proper | procedure would be to draft an ordi- !nance to that effect. The necessary | ordinance will be presented by the cor- poration attorney to city counch Octo- ber 4. Communications a 1 were presented by | City Manager Rich eetting forth that | | deeds have been received by the city | from Richard M. Green, administrator, {for a lot of ground near the Alexan: ‘a[ { High School building and from the Rich- | {mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac | Railroad Company, for 39-100 of an| acre east of Union railway station, be- | tween King and Duke streets. | The question of extending the sewer | westward on King street from the Ma- | isonic Memorial Temple was discussed {and it was stated that some of the prop- |erty owners along the street were not | { willing_at the present time to pay their | cost of construction and ecity council ! simply deferred action on the propos { tion. In the absence of Mayor Smoot, Vice President Robert S. Jones presided over | { the meeting. { Many See “Human Fly.” A crowd estimated at 5,000 persons last night saw Harry Gardiner, the “human fly,” scale the walls of the | Alexandria Gazette building, a height of fifty feet, and afterward Gardiner with his bare hands scaled the front {of the Alexandrla National Bank ! | building, going about forty feet, to | the fourth floor. He told the crowd | that he would have gone to the top were it not for the guttering. which he | | said would not support his weight. A { | collection was taken~amounting “to | 15240, and Gardiner will get half and Alexandria_ Post, No. 24,+ American |Legion, will get’ ihe other half, and use the funds for the relief of dis- {abled world war veterans. Gardiner | was introduced by Capt. George H. Evans, business manager of the | amber of commerce and a-member ‘of Aléxandria Post, American Legion. {Twenty-one solicitors were engaged in _ the task of collecting, among whom were members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American Legion and a number of volunteers from the Salvation Army. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Simpson, restd- ling at 1123 Duke street, were aroused | from their slumbers between 3 and 4 | o'clock this morning and found al negro in their bed chamber peering at them. The intruder ran from the room and soon was out of the back window, by which he entered, located on the firgt floor, Nothing was missing, according o Mr. Simpson. A report of the affair later in the day was made to the police. The negro is described as being very black an@ wore overalls. George Washington in Court. A man registered on the police blotter as George Washington, colored, was arraigned in the police court today to answer a charge of the larceny of an automobile from the Boyd Motor Company. George W. Boyd testified that Washington paid $50 on the car May 26, and was to pay the balance, or $205, in monthly {instalments of $50. On June 20 or |June 21 he telephoned to know if he could sell the car and Mr. Boyd told him that the transaction Wwould have to be made here, instead of in Wash- ington. » Anyhow, Special Of tha Taachine in Washigton, and de- | clared @& woman named Eleanor| Gardner claimed she purchased the machine from Washington, having paid him $60 on account. Washing- ton was_finally Jocated at Hot Sprngs. Va. and brought here and held for the action of the grand jury. Tl bond was fixed at $1,000. ‘A total of $1,600 has beem collected thus far in the drive to raise $4,000 over a period of three years, for the Children's .Home Society of Virginia. The foregoing figures were made publié at a_meeting of the committee Py charge, held last night ip the lec- Bre Yoom of the First Baptist Church. Owing to the fact that less than one-half of the amount sought was realized, the work of collecting will Petcontinued, the drive to end Sunday. The final performance of the his- torial pageant, entitled “A Dream of Queen Esthel was presented last night_at the Cardinal Athletic Base Bail park. Only a small crowd at- tended, cer Long traced ! school s THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘FiIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923. |Prize Steer Maliciously Shot In Field and Steaks Carried Away made and one found dead and mutilated and the other one alive. The dead steer had been killed during the night with a shotgun. Belleving' that the animal was killed by persons who have been responsible for various other dep- redations of property in that dis- trict, Mr. Cohlll sent immediately to Winchester, Va., for blood- hounds and late yesterday placed them on. ‘the trail. Constable Charles Barnhart of Hancock is in charge of the investigation, which is expected to clear up the wanton shooting of the steer. About two months ago a lot of tools were stolen from the Cohill farm while a new barn was being erected. 30 TEACHERS LOSE NIGHT SCHOOL JOBS Ruling Affects Those' Who Have Taught Four Con- secutive Years. About thirty teachers in the day public schools who have taught in the night schools for more than four con- secutive vears will'not be reappoint- ed to their night school positions when the evening schools open, Octo- ber 1 School officials estimated to- day that this number will be affected by a ruling which precludes teachers from holding night school positions for more than four years consecu- tively y Ten of the teachers affected by the ruling are ip the white system. The others are in the colored schools. The teachers recently made strong plea to tfie .authoritlies to modify the ruling, explaining that livipg conditions made it necessary for ‘them to work after their regular school hours and that they would rather follow their chosen profession than to seek employment outside the vstem. As a result a slight modification was made, but it applied only to persons teaching in the night schools who do not hold positions in lh_" day schools. As it now stands, the four-yvear-limit ruling is not ap- a |plicable fo the night school teachers not teaching in the day schools. Many of those who will lose posi- tions ‘under the ruling are veterans in the night school system from the point of service, a few of them hav- ing taught in these institutions for twenty-five vears or longer. One of ten white school officials whe will not be reappointed to the night school position he had held for many years is Charles Hart, principal of the Eastern High's day and night schools The ruling was, made, it was sald, to conserve the teachers. COL. PEARRE FUNERAL HELD IN CUMBERLAND Former Representative and Repub- lican Leader Is Laid to Rest. Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., September 21 —The funeral of <Col. George Pearre, prominent lawyer and repub- | terms In Con- | lican, who served six gress and was noted as an intrepld leader in great factional fights in thls county thirtywears ago. was held this afternoon from his late home on Washington street, with burial Rose Hill cemetery in the family lot. The Rev. Ambrose Henry Beavin, rec- tor of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, of which Col. Pearre was a member, conducted the services. The pallbearers were: Honorary, Chfef Judge A. Hunter Boyd cburt of appeals, Associate Judge Al- bert A. Doub of this circuit, former Judge Ferdinand Williams, Frank E Brackett, A Taylor Smith and James A. McHenry, all of thls city; Judge Frank G. Wagaman of Hagerstow and Gilmor S. Hamill of Oakland. The active pallbearers were former Post- master Ulysses Hanna of Frostburg, David A. Robb, D. Lindley Sloan, Rob- ert L. Kershner, Albert . Glisan and James C. Shrive The Allegany County Bar Assocla- tion met this morning to take action on the death of Col. Pearre. He was a member of the Masons, Elks, Odd Fellows, Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Knights of Pythias. He was a member of the Maryland Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. EX-GOV. FERUSON BACKS WALTON IN KLAN FIGHT Declares “Not Half of Rascals in Legislature Will Have Nerve to Stay in Capital.” By the Assoclated Press. IPLE, Tex., September 2 sychology’ of the situation in Okla homa which would be wrought by a special session of the Oklahoma legi lature will be “that not one-half of the rascals in the legislature will have the nerve to stay in Oklahoma City three days when they begin to refiect that they are nothing but a mob,” James E. Ferguson, former Governor of Texas, declared this-eve- ning. He made public a letter to Gov. J. C. Walton of Oklahoma, in | of the | 1 W. B. & A. STRIKE WILL NOT SPREAD Trainmen and Engineers to Remain at Posts Despite , Shopmen. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 21— Trainmen and engineers of the Wash- ington, Baltimore and Annapolis rail- road will not join the shopmen of the line in the strika which began Wednesday, it was declared by J. J. Doyle, vice president and general manager of the rallroad, after a con- ference yesterday afternoon with representatives of the operating crews. * The striking shopmen declare that mone will return to work until their affillation with the local union of electrical workers is recognized by their emplovers. The question of wages is sidered in the strike, the agent declared. While the —all the ones now strl asked for an increase of pay and shorter working day. that wus not considered in the walkout, the strik- ers say. “The question of wages ls subordi- nate to the main Issue of this strike,” declared Charles Bleretz, business agent. “The point now is a funda- mental and vital one—that of the right of the workman to organize. Until that is settled nothing else will be considered.” WITNESSES FAIL AT PEANUT TRIAL Growers’ Association May Be'| Forced to Discredit Some of Own Testimony. not_con- business shopmen ing—had By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., September 20.—The Peanut Growers' Assoclation, now suing more than a dozen of the lead- ing cleaners and shellers of the Vir- ginla-Carolina peanut belt for 33,625, 000 damages, under the provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law, may be forced to discredit some of its own witnesses in the United States dis- trict court today here. The close of the third day of the trial yesterday found counsel for the plaintiff facing the fact that plaintiff witnesses, called to prove a con- spiracy on the part of the cleaners to put the growers' association out of business, had not testified as they had been expected. Counsel for the defendants Insisted to the court that the plaintiff should be made to bring actual proof of the alleged tonspiracy before continuing with the trial. As a result counsel for the plaintiff were permitted this morning to revise their line of attack and when the trial was resumed before the jury the indica- tions were that an entirely different offensive would be taken by the plaintiff. NORMAL SCHOOL OPENS. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., ber 21.—The Fredericksburg State Normal School opened yesterday. tegistration and assignment will continue through this week, and classes will begin Monday. The at tendance is the largest in the history of the school, and the dormitories are all full. The new Betty Lewls dormi- tory has been completed and is ready for occupancy. HYATTSVILLE. HYATTSVILLE, Md., September 21 (Special).—As tangible evidence of their appreciation of his untiring efforts in making the new Odd Fel- lows.Temple here a reality, members of the Oriole Lodge, No. 47, and ther Rebekah Lodge of Hyattsville have just presented Henry August Friday a handsome diamond 0dd Fel- lows ring. The pregentation was made at a surprise party given in the temple here. Mr. Friday has_for- mally turned over the keys of the building to the lodges. Features of the evening were brief | addresses by Mr. Friday, Newton A. James, Mr. Zier of Washington, Mrs, Minnie P. Macgregor, noble grand of Esther Rebekah Lodge, and D. Hazen MeLeod, noble grand of Oriole Lodge and Past Grand J. C. Hawkins and others. Ardley C. Hart was toastmaster. Miss Theima Anglin, Miss Edith Reeves and Ardley C. Hart, jr., pre- sented a musical program; Miss Co- gar gave a recitation, and refresh- ments were served. County Treasurer Herman E. Bur- gess and Percival K. Parlett, sr., were associated with Mr. Friday on the building committee. The new temple, a_two-story brick structure, cost $10,000, i The fund for the memorial cross at Bladensburg, being erected in honor of | Prince Georges county boys who dled | in the world war, has been enriched | $50 through a contribution by the Francis_Quisenberry Unit, American Woman's Legion of Hyattsville. The post will take steps looking to the ‘pepping up” of the campaign at its next meeting. About $7,000 will be needed, it iy belleved. The post is planning for its first dance of the autumn to be held in the armory of Company F here the evening of Sat- urday, September 29. Henry Hiser ig chairman of the arrangements com- mittee. Septem- commending the latter's policies. “By all means, let me urge you to stand firm on your announced deter- mination to prevent a meeting of the legislature” ~ the former governor wrote. “The only precedent for the legfs- lature convening itself is the Sulzer case in New York,” he said, “and everybody knows now that was a political decision. e N APPLE CULLS FEW. Special Dispateh to The Star: ‘WINCHESTER, Va., September 21.— The commercial apple orchards of Frederick county are so clean this fall that culls will not average more than 10 per cent, and not that much in_many orchards, according to F. J Schneiderhan, plant pathologist, sta- tioned at the Jocal fleld labaratory. Next Time You Need Oil Be Sure to Ask for And Note the Difference “There’s a Reason” SHERWOOD BROTHERS, Inc; Phone Lincoln 7558 GUASS Influence That Money Cannot Bay The “best seller” in the bookstore and the pla that shatters all atten ance records owe their success to the spoken word offered by a pleased public. The popularity and pres- tige of “Lighthouse” ity Glass for all build.lz purposes were obtain: We place our and gl the same way. hite lue label m& house” Quality Glass and installations to let our HIRES TUR'NER GLASS COMPANY Washi D. C Rondion Vo, POLICEMAN RESCUES GIRL FROM UNDER TRUCK Special Dispatch to The Star, RICHMOND, Va., September 21— His herolc rescue of a tiny school- &irl who had fallen under the wheels of a heavy truck yesterday, may re- sult {n Trafic Policeman W. M. Owens being a cripple the rest of his life. The little girl attempted to cross the street in & traffic jam at 9th and Franklin = streets, when the truck, loaded with sand, struck her. Officer Owen, standing hear, selzed her and dragged her to safety. He was hit by the bumper of the truck. His legs were broken. and he suffered other {njurtes. - The little gtal escaped un- urt. Paul Dickinson, colored, driver of the truck, was arrested and will be arraigned on & charge of reckless driving, MOSBY’S MEN TO MEET. Survivors of Famous Command to Gather in Leesburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBUURG, Va., Septem- ber 21.—The survivors of Mosby's Commapd, Camp No. 110, U. C. V., will hold their next reunion at Lees- burg, Va., Friday, October 19. Since the last reunlon at Culpeper, Va., the following members have died Capt. I. Fountalne Beatty, Lieut. John A. Ballard, J. H. Bishop, Mr. Baker, Ludwell Lake, C. B. Mcintosh, Thomas B. Rector, W. H, Robinson, George M. Slater, Thomas Russell, H. Bolton, W. C. Anderson. Out of forty-six officers only five are living: Lieut. Col. W. H. Chap- man, Greensboro, N. C.; Lieut. Frank Romm Richmond, Va.; Lieut. John Russell, Berryville, Va.; Lieut. 1. C. Puryear, Luray, Va.; C. M. Smith, Delaplane, Va. Out of 1,204 men and officers ninety-six are living. MOUNTAIN HOME BURNED. Idlewilde Is Destroyed at Round Hill, Va. Fire of unknown origin destroyed “Idlewilde,” the old homestead of Mrs. Edward Finnell, at Round Hill, Va. The family was awakened during the early morning hours by ' falling walls and barely had time to escape with a hand- ful of clothes. Mrs. Finnell’s home was widely known among Washingtonians and was con- sidered one of the most popular vaca- tion resorts In the Blue Ridge moun- tains. The house and contents were completely destroyed. A sewing ma- chine was the only article of furniture salvaged. 13AIR STATIONS FOR MILITIAMEN Maryland National Guard Hopes to Establish Four More Places. Special Dispatch to The Star. .BALTIMORE, Md., September 21.— Landing flelds have been established at thirteen towns in Maryland by the National Guard air unit operating out of Logan Field. Direct airways have been chartered in each and pho- tographs taken from the air. Four more towns will be visited by the local airmen this vear, which will complete the work outlined by Maj. Paul V. Burwell, commanding. These are Hagerstown, La Plata, Leonard- town and Hancock. The Army air service has chartered a splendid fleld near Cumberland, which the cham- ber of commerce leased. This is on the route of the Washington-Dayton airways established by the Army air servige. Each week end one of the guard planes and two officers have been assigned to visit designated towns to locate landing fields. _Cap Charles A. Masson will fly on Satur day to Hagerstown, where a suit- able fleld will be located. Maj. Burwell believes $100.000 in destroyed and damaged planes would have been saved had these flalds been located and made known to pilots who have come to grief in the past. Maps with the exact location of the fields and plctures are available at the Flying Club to authorized pilots. TO BUY CAPITAL PAPER. LOUISVILLE; Ky., September 21.— | A trip by delegates to Mammoth Cave | today brought to a close the twen- tieth annual_convention of the Na- tional Rural Letter Carriers’ Associa- tion. Officers were etected and St. Paul selected for the 1924 convention. |A. P. Lang of Pleasantville, Ohio, | was ‘re-elected president. Decision |also was reached to purchase from W. D. Brown of Washington the R. F. D, 'News and make it the official paper of the association. The consideration was reported to have been $35,000, to be raised by assessment of associa- tion members. DRIVER AND HORSES DROWK IN RIVER PLUNGE Speclal Dispatch to The Star. BLUEFIELD, W. Va., September 21. —James Caldwell of Pembroke, Va., thirty miles. east of this city, was drowned, together with a team of horses, in New river. Caldwell's horses became fright- ened, rin over the river embankment and got into a bed of quicksand. Caldwell's body was recovered several hours later. He leaves a widow and seven childrer. NEW ORGAN TO BE HEARD IN ALEXANDRIA CHURCH Recital Sunday on Gift From Car- negie Foundation in Christ Edifice. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 21. —The new organ, the gift of the Car- negie Foundation to historic Christ Church here, will be heard for the first time in recital form at the serv- ice Sund: ; night at 8 o'clock. A silver offering to be taken up at this service will be sent to the board of missions in New York to be forward- ed to Japan for the relief of the Episcopalian missionaries and their families, who suffered in the earth- quake disaster. ' The musical program, with Mr. Lyman Shepard McCrary at the organ, will include: Air mrach, Handel Suite thique: Choral, Menuet Gothique, Priere a Notre-Dame, Toc- | cata, Boellmann; Minuetto antico e Musétta, Yon; Postludium Circulaire, H. B. Gaul; Ave Maria, Dethier, and Allegro and Finale, Guiimant. Mr. McCrary_is a_pupil | Jepson of the Yale School of Music, and already has won an enviable rep- utation as an organist, | "“The Rev. Dr. Rollins will officiate. | Miss Estelle Wentworth will sing the offertory, and Mr. Middleton will be at the organ for the doxology. |LEAVES $250,000 ESTATE. | in Winchester. | Speelal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., September 21.— The late Mrs. Lily Dandridge Pendle- | ton, widow of Alexander R. Pendle- | ton. whose death occurred here re cently, left an estate valued at more | than $250,000, which she willed to her | two daughters, Mrs. Peyton R. Har- rison of Martinsburg, W. Va., and Miss Lily D. Boyd of this city, after leaving comparatively small bequests to certain family connections. "/ THE MAN S STORES ot Prof. | Will of Late Mrs. Pendleton Filed | —————— HUNT CLUB READY FOR FALL SEASON S. J. Henry Elected President of Organization—26 Va- cant Memberships. The Rock Creek Hunt Club ldst night organized for the autumn seaw son at the club’s headauarters, lm Wardman Park Hotel. S..J. Henry was elected president of tho club Thomas P. Bones, vice president; James D. Hobbs, secretary, and Rod ney L. Lynn, treasurer. Melvin Hazen, manager of the Riding and Hunt Club, was chosen master of the hounds; H. H. .Dawson, huntsman and George Mullen and W. F. Downey, whips. { These officers, constituting the hunts committee, are meeting today to lay. out courses for the autumr hunts, which will start the fArst week in October and continue bi-weekly, Wednesday mornings and Saturday afternoons, until the ground gets too hard for the_ horses’ hoofs. Invita- tions from Virginia and Maryland farmers to the club to hunt over their fields are in the hands of the committee and some of the Sporting agriculturists have agreed to permit aneling, for which the club has | ample funds contributed by local pa- trons of the pink. . The club has sixty-four active mem- bers, with their horses well-trained by last year's successful season for the cross-cbuutry runs. Twenty-six additional members ean be committed e et DIES OF RABIES. Special Dispatch to The Btar. MARTINSBURG, W. ber 21.—Helen Pearl | year-old daughter of Mr. John A. Jordan, this city died.at local ~hospital ~of rables develop- ment after a brief illness. Physiciar |applied the Pasteur treatment, but |Said the case was called to the attention too late for effective trea ment. The girl was bitten three weeks ago by a dog and first treatment did not ‘suspect any thought of rabiex infection. Va., Septem Jordan, two and Mr: OF WASHINGTON The Extra Pair Cuts The Wear! '2-Trousers Suits THE average man wears two pairs of trousers during the lifetime of a coat and vest. That explains why Two-Trousers Suits cut clothes costs in half. While low price is important, quality is the factor upon which such clothes are sold. 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