Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1923, Page 10

10 WATERWAYS GROLP MEETS ATNORFOLK Governor and Mayor Wel- come 800 Delegates of Atlantic Association. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va. November 13— Formal opening of the sixteenth \n- nual conventlon of the Atlantic Deep- ¢ er Waterways Association will take place here this afternoon at 2 o'clock with Gov. E. Lee Trinkle of Virginia and Mayor Albert L. Roper of Nor- folk extending greetings to the 800 delegates and unofficlal visitors soheduled to be in attendance. Re- sponses will be made by city and state officials of the north and east. A special_steamer from Baltimore Is bringing 275 delegates from northern states. Wilfred Schoff of Phila delphia, scor: treasurer of th associat first_of the ma- tional officers to arrive. He assisted the local congnittees in applying the finishing touches to business and so- cial programs. Mavor J. Hampton! Moore of Philadelphia, vresident of | tho association, wiil arrive today. | Favors Cnnal Purchase. The assoctation is on record fav, ing the purchase of the ! Swamp canal by the government i operating it as a free waterway. The! purchase of this waterway will con-| stitute one of the important discus sions of the convention, which will extend throuzh Friday The Atl. ic Deeper V Association i¥ a voluntary organiz tlon which simply crystallizes sent ment and ¢ data for the benefit| of Congr. £ the of the v interested the developm = inlard water routes from northern to south- ern boundary of the United States, The influenca of the association Is recognized as large and the meeting in Norfo'k this we is for the pur- ™ of giving further impetus to the development of waterways. ' the FALLS CHURCH. FALLS CHURCH. Va., November 13| (Special).—The work of resurfacin Washington street has begun and is| progressing rapidly. | The Girl Scouts held a cookie sal Siturday afternoon and made $12. | Armistice day was observed at the | Presbyterfun Church. At the morning | n Kirkpatrick of the who was attached to the flagship uropean fieet during the war, ! urope From the Deck of an tleship.” : is in Chicago this week | Navy of th spoke on Americ Fredricks has returned | Basket Ball Game. The girls b ball team Fails Church schools Cross Roads’ te & the score being 24 to 12 The chicken supper glven by Ladies” Aid Soclety of Crossman M. Church Tuesday night tended and the society on_the sale. Dr. Marie Formad of Philadelphia spent last week end with her broth- ef, Dr. R JI. Formad, and family. Miss Marie Formad, who broke her right wrist and spra‘ned the left one in a fall from the steps of the school | building last week, Is improving| rapidly. Weston K. in the foot b Prep and Swa Miss gaged schools. plano selections at Tuesday morning. Wedding Invitations. Mr. and Mrs. George Grant Cross- man have issued invitations for the marriage of their daughter, Florence Celeste, to Frank Romine Taylor on | Friday evening, November 30. at 8:30 | theé ~ Methodist of realized $152 10X broke his right arm game betwaer teams Sunday. several the assembly o'clock, Church. at Episcopal Mrs 'S, H. Styles, regent of the Talls Church Chapter, D. A. R., at-| tended the state conference at Peters- burz last week. The Woman's Club met at the home of Mrs. Frank Eastman, Friday. The Red Cross drive. which will be under dircetion of members of the Woman's Club, who volunteered for i the work was started Sunday and will | continue until all of the town has been canvassed, Persons emploved in Washington are urged to join the local chapter, as half of the amount subscribed is set aside for use in the town as need- ed. So far, there has been no call this yvear on the fund set aside for disasters, but Jast vear all of it was needed. The Junior Red Cross com- mittee. of which Mrs. Barron Fred- rieks is chairman, has)used all of its amount for first aid and playground equipment. The home service com- mittee. of which Mrs. George Hawx- hurst is chairman, has also had need for most of the amount allotted for that work | Magruder, [ John T. Oden, { months, Y wife of George T. Woodfield, died on | | Chief Judge Hammond Urner. Rum Quiz Bares Lye and Fusel Oil In “Corn” Liquor Bpectal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 13— Discovery by members of the grand jury that corn liquor abounds in Baltimore has led to a disclosure of some of the meth- ods adopted by moonshiners, par- ticularly during the colder months. Vast amounts of liguor are made with concentrated lye. The lye is applied to the ntash In its early stages to hasten fermentation. The complaint of Dr. Dohme is that the corn liquor offered for sale contains a large percentage of fusel ofl. The object of the grand jury. Dr. Dohme, is to arrive at e method whereby the sale of and other alcoholic liquors ¥ be checked by state regula- . Police Commissioner Gaither, attended the grand jury spe- sessions a few nights ugo, been quoted as favoring a high license, perhaps $300 for near-beer saloons. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., (Special).—With Chief Judge Ham- mond Urner and Assoclate Judges Robert B. Peter and Glen H. Worth- ington on the bench! and grand and petit juries in attendance, vember term of the circuit court for fontgomery county began here yes- terday. Windsor Hodges of Comus was selected for foreman of the grand jury, and the other members of the ¢ follows: Charles Benson, Wil- . Hillis Robinson, Ra- Denton Hobbs,” Ed- . Daniel Collins, Har- November 13 ward F. e Ed- . Edward , Joseph Charles S, Butler. Roland Wootton, James B. ichol, James F. Kclehner and Elfjah T. Benn Judge Peter delivered the charge to the grand jury. He cautioned jurors about the importance of keep- ing secret what transpires before them, lled attention to several statutes. as required by law, and stated that, owing to the sincere ef- forts of Sheriff Alvie A. Moxley and the efliciency of the county police force so far as violations of the gam- bling and liquor laws were concerned, hey were apparently much lmprov During the morning the grand ju perfected its organization and b the examination of witnesses, posi the petit jury a : Thomas H. Robert . Nelson, Bdward D. Holland, Samuel 3 Brunett, Jesse H. e Rust Canby, Dor- m, George e Sherwe 9 M Bellison V. How P t . ¥ L. Thom fant, Henry Oftutt, Pearre, Robert Allnutt, Senec Aud, Walter S. Colli Calvin B. Beall. Robert H. Chicheste: Wilson R Tschiffely, H. Worthington Talbott, Willlam A. Waters of . and Charles T. Hawkins. William Marlowe, one of the oldest and best known residents of the section of the county, died Sun- night at his home near Ci o aged eighty-nine year: he contracted resulted in a gen- eral collapse. Surviving a Mrs. Martha Marlowe ars old, and the following children: Mrs. E. D. Hawkins of Olney, Mrs. “harles E. Benson of Brookevilie, Al- hert Marlowe of Washington and Charles and William Marlowe of Chevy Chase Lake. Mr. Marlowe was a lifelong resident of the county. He had lived on the farm where he died for more than fifty years, Recelving information that Charles Daniel Edmonds, colored, of the vicin- ity of Chevy Chase, probably en- nine gaged in bootlegging, Deputy Sheriffs | Clifard L. Howard and Lioyd Whipp and Policemen Leroy Rodgers and Lawrence Clagett visited the negro's home Saturday evening. A search disclosed the presence there of four gallons of gin and Edmonds was placed under arrest. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the circuit court here for the | marriage of Lawrence B. Lowe of Manitor City, Tenn., and Miss Eliza- beth S. Lantz of Washington, and Walter C. Moore and Miss Anna M. Peer, both of Clarendon, Va. Following an illness of several Mrs. Beulah L. Woodfield, Saturday at her home near Woodfield, this county, aged thirty-one years, of the lungs. She is survived by her husband. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from Wesley Grove Methodist Church, Woodfleld. Burial was in the cemetery near the church. At the opening of circuit court the { committee appointed by the Rock- |for ville Bar Association to prepare res- olutions on the death of the late Judge Edward L. Peter submitted its report, The resolutions were read by Mr. Garrett, after which eulogies were pronounced by Mr. Garrett, H. Maurice Talbott, George H. Lamar, ‘William_H. Talbott, Clifford H. Rob- ertson, Bowie F. Waters, Willlam F. Prettyman, George A. Pearre and Court agjourned for the day. the No-{ the | anklin A.! | hibition I, evy | e his wife, ! THE EVENING STAR, WAS CROWD MARLBORO AT FAIR OPENING Southern Maryland Fi\rmers Exhibit Great Variety of Products. ecial Dispatch to The Star, UPPER MARLBORO, Md., November 13.—The fair of the Southern Mary- land Agricultural Association opemed here today with a large attendance. The lberal premiums offered attra ed quite a number of exhibits of ga den products, frults, cut flowers and potted plants, household goods, etc. The competition between the coun- tles of southern Maryland for the best exhibit of one peck of wheat of jthe crop of 1923 is keen. Prizes ranging from §2 to $15 are being of- fered for the b ibits of white field corn, ten ears, 1923 crop; for the best exhibit of yellow field corn, ten cars, 1923 crop. Entries are from the five 'southern Maryland counties. A special contest for the best three bun- dles of tobacco, 1922 crop, is attract- ing attention, and the winner will be given $25 in cash. Live Stock Show Tomorrow. Tomorrow there will be an exhibi- ) tion of live stock and on Friday there will be & horse show exhibition. Dur- ing the entire fair the big attraction will be seven running races scheduled for each day, the first race starting at 30. While this is a half-mile track E of the best known stables a Ir?hr»s(nu-d. Yesterday's ralns made | the track heavy. automobile” of the bureau of child ate department | hildren ler seven years of age are examined free of | their family physicians it defects are | founa. Women's clubs of the state are ex- hibiting household paraphernalia in arious’ booths, a particulurly at- tractive exhibit being that of the House- keepers’ Club of Decatur Helghts. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, November { (Special);—Thirty-one indictments ing violation of the state prohibitlon |law were returned yesterday by a | grand jury in the corporation court which considered thirty-nine cas and returned true bills in all except two. Two notable names are among those indicte George Washington ged with stealing of an auto- while Henry C was pre for a violation of the pro- 13 nted James George Le i Jones, Osear Frank Chiiu: Fogg and Samuel Brag were haled into court vesterday afternoon and { after pleading guilty were sentenced Judge Howard Smith to a fine of ) plus costs of court, which aggregate 0, the pennalty for first violation. rd Harrison and Calvin Neal, al, were Indicted for felony on prohibition ¢ s, it being alleged that both were second offenders. Other indictments on the prohibi- tion charge named Edward Randolph, Dave Butler, Charlle York, M. T. Shepheard. S. Sivinger, J. L. Kidd, Webster Churchill, Willlam Heath Lunsford. Clarence W. Ailstock, John Halloway. M. King, Herman Baber, Welburn, John Eddie Pollard, Moses Bannon, Harry Cropsey and Walter Butler. ' The jury failed to find true bills in the cases of the common- wealth against William Wanzer and Bessie Parker, also charged with vio- llating the_ prohibition law. Ernest Green, colored. was indicted son, James Cook Walter radley, Cernon Hughes, o Shav alleged that he entered the home of Raymond Bryant was charged h grand larceny in connection {with the alleged theft of a car be- ging_to Carl A. Tavenner, !Isham_Dudley, colored, was Indicted |on a charge of shooting and maiming James Diggs, also colored, on the night of October 14, All these cases { will be called and set for trial in the | cornoration court today. The school board has announced !that children of enlisted men in_the Unitedl States Army stationed at Fort iher death being due to an affection Humphreys will be allowed to attend | the public schools of Alexandria free of tuitlon charges. This comes as the result of an announcement some weeks ago that the children would be !barred from the schools. Officers’ {children will_continue to pay the tul- ition fees. No provision was made the children from New Alex- |andria, Fairfax county, who were {barred by the same ruling. Despite the rain last night the ba- {zaar being given at 907 King street by the Baptist Young People’s Union lof the First Baptist Church was a success, financially' and otherwise. Many_ people visited the “department store” booths. More than $25, it is sald, was realized and has been set laside toward the building of a new Sunday school hall for the church. 1anos and Player-Pianos —Being conducted now, consisting of the highest standard of instruments made. an Wickle Piano C F st., No. 1222 Terms May Be Arranged A feature of the fair is the “health | jcharge by attendunts and referred to | Linwood Nelson, Harry | on a house-breaking count, it being | Jacob Rose on the night of October | and | Wife Is Sworn in as Sheriff And Brings Errant H ubby Home Bpecial Dispateh to The 8 BALTIMORE, Md., November 13. —When Mrs. Rose Abericcl of Gut- tenburg, N..J., heard that her hus- band, Frank Abericcl, had been arrested here on charges of deser- tlon and non-support preferred by herself she took no chances of having him escape again, but had herself clothed with the power of deputy sheriff and came after him, Mrs. Abericel, accompanied by children, ’ walked into the Station house and introduced her- self to the desk sergeant and an- nounced that she had come to take her husband back home. Produces Credentialn. “But, madame, he is a prisoner,” explained the sergeant. “He can't be released until he is taken back to New Jersey for trial.” I know. That's what I'm for. I'm going to take him continued ~Mrs. Abericel. cre are my children. They are going back with papa and mama. Reaching into her handbag, Mrs, LYON PARK, VA. | JLYOX PARK, Va, November | (Special). —The ' regular monthly meeting of the Lyon Park Civic As- {sociation will be held tonight at § o'clock in the office of Lyon & Fitch. | The question of the advisabllity of | electing the public service corpora- tlons of the county to full member- ship and the amendment covering the | collection of dues will be discussed. | A report of the committee in charge jof the recent entertainment will be made. Fire of unknown origin ldestroyed the home of A. on Oak street. The fire had gained such headway that it was at first | thought that the structure would be {4 total loss, and efforts were concen- {trated on saving the contents of the |house. Prompt work by several fire compan soon got the fire under control, however, and saved the prop- | erty From total destruction. The dame age from fire and chemicals used to extinguish it was estimated at about 31500, fully covered by insurance. | BEREAVED MAN MISSING. West Virginia Contractor Vanishes After Wife's Death. partially A. Moore arg- | i {vember 1 . contractor jand builder, disappeared a week ago {and nothing has been heard from him { since. | His wife died several months ago, |and friends have declared that {her death he had been depressed. family of thre hind when he disappeared. { e 1 | WRECK HALTS TRAFFIC. [Nv-rl [ 6 Va., November stbound and west- uding the Capital Lim- {ited, crack flier, over the main line of | the Baltimore and Ohio was tied up | for three hours yesterday a mile east jof this city when an eastbound freight | express buckled and sent five cars off |the track. {13.—All trafic, bound. and inc p— = | The bazaar win the week. Frank O'Meara has been selected editor-in-chicf of the new series of | high be inaugurated this year, the first is sue belng due next week. Five sues of the Last Lap. formerly & semi-monthly publication, and the annual, the Alecko, will comprise the list. Unllice former years, the an- nual this year will ba published by the entire school. and dedicated and given Over in large part to the sen- jors or graduating class, rather than be published exclusively by Others on the staff are: Miss Marle Creel, assistant editor; Harold Wells business manager; Wallace Schr ener, joke editor; Katherine Lambert circulation manager: assistant circulation manager; Ce celia Shapiro, advertising manager: Roger Beadle, assistant advertising manager, and’ Miss Virginia Bladen, alumni correspondent. The combined continue throughout be $3. children were left be- | hool perfodicals which are to ' is- | them. | Malcolm Moore, | circulation price of the six books will | Abericcl produced her credentials as deputy sherlff and the warrant for her husband’s arrest. She handed them to the sergeant, who looked at them in amazement. “He couldn't be In any better hands for the trip home, 80 T ask- €d Magistrate Steer to let me come here after my husband,” said Mrs, Abericel. Magistrate Steer of Gut- tenberg was the official who is- sued the warrant. Hunb, wen “I thought the children would llke to see their father, so I brought them along, t0o,” she ex- plained. The husband was brought from his cell. “Will you go?" he was asked. The prisoner glanced at his wife and the children. “Sure,” he sald. Husband und wife and children left the station house together and started for home in the flivver which she had driven down, leav- ing a wondering group of police Nothing like that could happen fary commented Inspec- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN TO PUBLISH PAPER | Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson of Chevy { Chase Re-Elected President at } Rockville Session. i Specidl Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 13.— The Women's Democratic Club of Montgomery county met at the Mont- gomery Country Club here yesterday afternoon and for the third successive | olson | Miss | time elected Mrs. Jesse W. N of Chevy Chase president Laura Gilliland of Chevy ¢ d secretary und oth e chosen as follows: First vice presiden James 1. Jones of Rockville; president, Mrs, Benjamin C. Perry of Bethesda: third ident, Mre. Preston B. Ray ville; fourth vice president, Miss Parr of Chevy Chasi { treasurer, Mrs. Edwin A. Merritt of ! Chevy Cl ase was r officers The following were named as the | executive b d Mrs. J. Edgar ! Bogley, Mrs. W Bowie F. Water: | nutt, Mrs. Jame: { Merrill Cecil, Mr A ne Lewlis, i Willlam Farquhar, Miss Eliza Mrs. D. B. Austin, Mrs. H. Clay ummer, Mrs. W. W. kinner and Robert L. Saunders. Mrs. J nk Wilson of Kensington was made chairman of the committee on legislation, s Naomi Bogley of Rockville, ch man of program com- mittee and Mrs. Richard L. Waters of Germantown, chal of member- ship commitfee, | The Woman Democrat will be the jname of a monthly publication soon be issued by the organization. Mr: 1 son was selected for editor. ‘ll will appear about January 15 —_— The first practical military smoke- less powder appears to have been cloped by Vieille in France in Mrs_ E. Brooke Lee, ohl, Mrs. Emory H. Ernest Offutt, Mrs. Mrs. Lawrence All- stopher, Mrs. — HINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1923. |GEMS LEFT IN TAXI ON WAY TO SHIP Mrs. W. N. Wilbur, vidw of Chocolate Millionaire, Fails to Recover Loss. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, WARRENTON, Va., November 13.— IMrs. W. N. Wilbur of Warrenton when starting to Europe left her handbag, containing her traveling checks, jewels and other valuables, in a New York taxicab. With Mrs. Wilbur were her daughter, Miss Harrictt, and son, Jack Wilbur, her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Char- rington of Warrenton, and their children. The taxi driver was found, but had had two fares since the Wilburs, and | his cab was empty. While the rest of | the party embarked as expected | Charrington remalned in New York, wired the Fauguier National Bank to op payment on the checks and com- unicated with Caldwell's of Phila- delphia, whers the jewelry was in- sured. He thea took a train for Bos- ton and caught the steamer when it} touched there. So far as is known here the missing valuables have not been found. Mrs. Wilbur is the widow of the chocolate millionaire of Ihiladelphia, and has had a home in Warrenton' for some years. Her son, the late Willlam F, Wilbur, married Miss Jane Forbes of . Warrenton, who lives here with her| children. LIST 117 MISSING GIRLS. | Travelers’ Aid Records Cover Maryland for Ten Months. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 13.—Mary- land glrls numbering 117, most of them from Baltimore, have dropped from sight since January 1, according to Mrs. Janon Fisher, vice president of the Travelers' Afd “They have vanished as 1If awal- lowed up by the earth,” Mrs. Fisher sald. “Wandering in other cities, liv- | ing in_the underworld or homeless,” | aid Capt. Joseph McGovern of the missing persons’ bureau. Most of the missing girls are less than twenty years old, Mrs. Fisher sald. Scores of girls who have left their homes in other cities are found by the Travelers' Ald in Baltimore. BAPTISTS IN SESSION. Virginia Centennial Draws Thou- sands to Richmond. Spectal Dispatch to The Sta: RICHMOND, Va., November 13.—| Baptists are here by the thousands from all parts of the state for the centennfal of the Baptist Association in Virginia. The opening sermon was preached yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, by the Rev. J. M. Shelburne iof Danville, in the & Church, before an audienc ed the immense structur that pack- — Hotel Hamilton Fourteenth and K Streets Announces on Every Week Day Dancing at Dinner Special Music On Saturdays There Will Be Dancing at Luncheon Also ) (o ===, Washington Flour “Just Quite Right” Gives Better Satisfaction There are two reasons for its superior efficiency—character of the wheat and the manner of milling. The wheat used is specially selected—because it possesses the specific qualities essential to the production of this all-purpose flour. It is milled hygienically—as well as scientifically—cleansed and purified —and protected from contaminating influences at every stage of its journey— from the receiving elevator to the flour bin in your pantry. has it. With the increased facilities| of the new mill the supply of ‘Washington Flour is able to keep pace with the growing mand. A quality Flour—that is ““Just Quite Right” Don’t just ask for Flour—say Washington Flour—Your Grocer ‘Wilkins-Rogers Mlllmg Co. Washington, D. 6 OVERCOAT THIEVES PAY DANCERS CRUEL VISIT Score of Garments Taken From Richmond Hall, Forcing Owners Home in Cold. Special Dispateh to The Stas RICHMOND, Va\ November 13. Thieves did a rushing business here Saturday night when a dance was glven at onec of the armorfes. While the men were engaged on the floor the bullding was entered and a score | of overcoats, hats, muffiers and the like, were taken. Dancers went to their homes in the cold without Wraps. Then there was a holdup of a store- keeper, H. B. Shanhinian, two negroes compelling him to surrender the con tents of his cash register, when they produced a pair of ugly guns and told him to act with speed. He did and when they left he notified the police. Auto tires, pumps, lights, seats and all other detachable parts of auto- mobiles were taken Saturday night, thieves entering many garages and helping themselves. NOTED PHYSICIAN DEAD. BALTIMORE, Md., November 13.— Dr. John F, Hancock, former presi- dent of the American Pharmaceutical Association ~and of the Maryland Pharmaceutical Assoclation, died at his home here last night. He was eighty-nine years old. His widow and four children survive. $30,000 FIRE DAMAGE "IN RAILWAY SHOPS - — | C. & 0. Paint House and Coaches at Richmond Swept by Flames. By the Axsociated Press. RICHMOND, Va., November | Fire in the paint house of the Chesa- peake and Ohio railway shops here early today destroyed that structure and another building and damaged several passenger coaches on th | tracks nearb: The loss was e mated at $30,000. | Scores of persons were attracted 1o | the scenc by the spectacular blaz | which was kept from spreading on! by the determined efforts of the fir: men. INJURIES FATAL TO CRIPPLE. Special Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., November 12— Edward Hackworth, fifty years ol died at the Lynchburg hospital here yesterday from injuries received whe a Southern locomotive struck I Sunday. He was & cripple and it believed he sat down on the end of a cross tie Keeping Up With Mother--- IKE mother, like daughter, is especially true of footwear. And since women all favor Suede Shoes this season, Chil- dren’s “GRO-NUPS” keep step, with distinctive, smartly styled Girls® Black Suedes Black Suede and Black Russia Cali com- bine to make this the most attractive miss: oxford we've seen ye Sizes 8% to 11, $5 Sizes 114 to 2, $6 Another pretty little black Sued i oung _girls. with distinct and spring Similar styles for larger girls and young women, $5.95 and $8.50 Girls' and Boys' Novelty Socks A very exceptional value in attractive, long- wearing Sport Socks. 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