Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1924, Page 21

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As effective as the messy old mustard plaster, does the work without biister. Just rub it on with your finger-tips. You will feel a warm tingie as it enters the pores, then a cooling sensation. that brings welcome rellef. To Mothers: Musterolé is also made in milder form for babies and small children. Ask for Children’s Musterole. 35¢ and 63c, in jars and tubes. Better than a mustard plaster ASPIRIN Say “Bayer”’-Genuine! 'MRS. COLAVITO FACES NEW MURDER CHARGE | '!‘reed of Slaying Kaber, She Now ! Is Accused of Poisoning ! Marino Costanzo. SAY SHE SHARED INSURANCE i | | Officers - Declare Widow Admits| I Complicity in Plot. - | s b 1 | ' SLAND, Ohio, Janudry 17— {Police dragnets of Cleveland and { Youngstown, Ohio, were spread today { for Mrs. Emma Colavito, acquitted of icomplicity in [ Kaber, wealthy Lakewood publisher, {three years ago and now being sought lon a new murder warrant charging jthe polsoning of nearly four years ago that she might vhare with his wife his $2,000 life in- rance. While Youngstown police were |guarding the home of Mrs. Colavito iin that city and Cleveland detectives were detailed to watch her mother's home here Cuyahoga county author- itles were preparing to _exhume the body of Costanzo, in the bellef an lanalysis of the vital organs will sho death was due to metallic polsoning. Mrs. Funnie Costanzo, thirty-two, widow of the dead man, is held with- out bail, charged with complicity in the alieged poison plot that is be- lieved to k e reculted In Costanzo's atement attributed to, her nds of police. In this she aimed to have admitted knowl- her husband was being en poison by Mrs. Colavito. The atement al tells of $200 of the 000 1i7e insurance moncy being paid over to irs. Colavito by Mrs. Cos- tanzo. According to police, Mrs. Costanzo hired Mrs. Colavit¢, who had been in- troduced to her as a nurze, to poison her husband because her married life had been unhappy and in order to get I bis life insurance. Mrs. Costanzo told police she did not realize her husband was being |potsoned until a few daye before his death. She said she was “completely under the domination” of Mrs. Cola- vito and thought her husband was being given medicine to stop his { drinking. S GOTHAM GRINDS OUT CONVENTION PLANS Trades People, Hotel Men and Stage Folk Prepare for Session. | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 17.—Wheels preparation, turned by trades- people, hotel men and stage folks, as well - as politicians, are whirring {merrily in New York, grinding out Iplans for the democratic national iconvention in June. Democratic leaders and campaign managers began looking about for Isuitable headquarters, citizens' com- |mittees started work on entertain- | ment plans, and bids for accommoda- {passing back and forth. . David H. Miller, state manager of the campaign to make Willlim Gibbs McAdoo the democratic nominee, re- served an entire floor in the Hotel Vanderbilt for headquarters during the pre-convention drive. The demo- cratic national committee, it was reported, would establish headquar- ters in the Waldorf-Astoria, which is within eight short blocks of Madison jSauare Garden, where the convention sessions will ‘be held. New York state organizations are expected to take over quarters in Hotel Biltmore, where Gov. Smith always had his campalign offices. Alteration Plans Drawn. Plans for alterations in Madison Square Garden that would increase the seating capacity from 13,000 to 20,000 already have bgen drawn, it was said, and were tentatively ac- icepted by the national committee after New York was selected as the convention city yesterday. Besides making room for more seats the gar- den alteration plans call for the in- istallation of certain facilities neces- sary to the proper conduct of the convention. | Fred A.Muschenhelm, president of |the Hotei Assoclation of New York. {announced the association would or- ganize a special committee to operate a convention bureau for the accommo- dation of the convention crowds, There would be no increasing of rates, Mr. Muschenheim declared. iSTUDEHTS AT AMHERST DIVIDED OVER COOLIDGE Democrats at President’s Alma Mater Said to Be Stronger Than Republicans. By the Associated Press. AMHERST, Mass., January 17.—Not- withstanding that President Coolidge is an Amherst College alumnus, he is {not receiving undivided support from ' the undergraduates. Both republican and democratic clubs been ave {formed among the students within the {last few days, and the democratic |orsanization was sald today to show Genuine “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” | have been proved prescribed by physiclans over t: three years for Colds and grippe misery. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost only few cents at any drugstore. Each pack. fe by millions and ns proven direotions for Cold: and tells how to prepare an A gargle for sore throat and tonsilitis. | Othine—Double Strength | A€ all Drugsists and Devartment seores. Othine Laboratories, Buffalo, N. Y. | Be Careful What You Wash Your Hair With' Many soups and prepared sham- poos contain too much free alkall, which is very injurious, as it dries the scalpand makes the hair brittle. | The best thing to use is Mulsified ocoanut oil shampoo, for thls is pure and entirely greaseless. It Is inexpensive and beats anything else all to pleces. You can get this itany drug store, and a few ounces will last the whole family for months. | Two or three teaspoonfuls is all that is required. Simply. moisten the hair with water and rub it in. it makes an abundance of richi _reamy lather, cleanses thoroughly and rinses out easily. The hair iries quicklv and evenly and is gt, fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to manage. Beside: t loosens and takes out cvery par: ticle of dust, dirt and dandruff.— Advertisement. the larger membership When th formation of the republican club wi announced this week a meeting was promptly called by the opposition for the formation of an “independent- { democratic” club, with “no membe: jof the college.republican club ad citted. A large number enrolled. Committees from each club are con- |ferring “separately on polictes and {candidates, reports indicating that Coolidge may be the republicans’ cholce, with some opposition from the | radical bloo.© No word is forthcom- ing from the independent-democrats ag to their nominee. This party seems likely to control the .undergraduate press, as it included the editors of The Student, the college paper; Lord |Jeff, the humorous sheet, ana the Dbresident of the Press Club. |SLAYER GETS NEW TRIAL. Virginia Supreme Court Reversés Parsons Verdict. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., January 17.—The supreme court today reversed the cir. cuit court of Northampton county in {the Parsons’murder casé. Parsons ! shot and killed George R, Lewls, a railroad striker, at Cape Charles’ in 1922, and was given a life term in the ! penitentiary. On the record in the case: the mu- preme court reverses the trial court, the main ground being that the feel- ing and bitterncas at the scene of the trial recommended a change of venue. —_— i - | What Started Marmalade. ] ! From the Hartford Courant. The making of marmalade orig: nated with a Scotch sea captain wh brought home from a voyage oranges from Beville. After the long trip the oranges had begun to decay, and the thrifty Scotch housewife 'to save those that were good “made “jam,’ much as she weuld have ‘made ‘it of currants or gooseberries. small beginning grew one o o factori famous British empire, family of the. m this the most in the first od by th 14 “sea aln, the murder of Dan! Marino Costanzo | tions for delegates and visitors began | . s THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1924. Pacific Fleet Traversing ‘Canal WOMAN IS SENTENCED FOR LIFE IN MURDER Found Guilty of Being Accessory in Killing of Mother and Un- born Child in Blast. By the Associated Press, . PADUCAH, Ky, January 17.—Mrs. Emma Skilllan was sentenced to life | Imprisonment here this morning on & 1charge of being an accessory to mur- jder growing out of the killing of 1 Mrs. Rosetta Warren and her unborn child here last April, the state having jcharged she conspired with Mrs. Hen- jrietta Wagner to plant ten sticks of dynamite under Mrs. Warren's bed. i GIVE ROADS CHANCE, SAYS PRESIDENT REA Should Have 6 Per Cent fiamings to Catch Up, He Tells U. 8. C. of C. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. Pa. January I7. —Speaking today before the ecastern division of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, SBamuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Ralil- road, declared that if he were to at- {tempt to sum up tn one sentence the steps necessary to be taken to have | jthe transportation service of the jcountry Kkeep pace with industrial growth he would say: ‘Give the rallroads adequate net operating incoine by permitting them | to earn for a sustained period of tUme at least a 6 per cent return upon the property devoted to public service in the several districts or groups.” As to labor he sald: “Railroad labor leaders must be far-sighted enough to take the posi- tion that the employes, who receive | about fiity cents on_ every dollar of rallroad revenues, should co-operate with the rest of the country in bring- ing about needed deflation in living costs and materials, and should a vocate and lend genuine assistance to a policy of Increased production.” As to taxes he sald: Approves Mellon Plan. “As a citizen, of course I heartily approve Secretary Mellon’s plan, vet there is little, If any, direct r in it for the railroads, save v may be derived through the en- couragement of government econo- mies and larger amounts of income, which citizens may be induced to in- vest in raliroads.’ Declaring that railroad taxes have been mounting “dangerously for a long time,” President Rea said _they “afford a startling reflection of the extravagance in the conduct of our tederal, state and municipal affairs, and the stupendous cost of carrying on government and governmental projects in this country, largely en- securities. “1f the agricultural interests suc- ceol in getting as much publicity and congressional support in favor of reduced es, as they have got- ten for lower freight rates on some of their own traffic, I feel that we couraged by the fusuance of tax-free | Damage to Fort Not in War By she Associated Press. : CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, January 17.—The Pacific, or Blue, fleet of the United States NaVy is making good progress in its passage through the Panama canal despite the efforts of the enemy, or Atlantlc squadron, to prevent it from joining the hypo- thetical American fleet, which, ac- cording to the regulations of the naval war game now under way, is based far up the eastern seaboard. Several units of the Blue squadron are already here. The enemy bombarded the canal yesterday, both from the air and with its long-range guns. The officlal um- pires announce that an aerfal attack on the Gatun locks was frustrated, but that they have not yet determined how much damage was done by the naval guns that shelled Fort Ran- dolph from a position beyond the range of this defensive work. A bulletin issued by the umpires last evening from their headquarters aboard the Seattle said: “Black aircraft operating from a base established off Portobello at- tacked the Gatun locks, but were driven off by the Blues' anti-aircraft uns, “At about 10:30 o'clock this (Wed- nesday) morningt Blue - aircraft cluding five bombing and five torpedo planes. attacked the Black plane carrier at the base off Porto- bello. Three Black planes were in carrier's decks. “A lively combat followed at close Sweet Peas, bunch Narcissus, dozen .. Primrose Plants .. Begonias ......... Table Ferns .... Georgetown Stere. |& 807 14th St. (Downtown) cannot be far from the peak of taxa- tion and that relief is in sight’” Trouble B ~ Here's one way-_ - e AMOCOGAS Drive THE AMERICAN OIL CQ tae air and three more were on the | One way tobe happy 1s to avoid Asiessed By Umpire Games. range. The chief umpire will assess the damage later. “Black destroyers were reported moving eastward from Portobello laying a smoke screen and were fired upgn by the coast defense batteries at.about 1:15 o'clock at ranges up 0 10,000 yards. | ACAt 4 p.m. the Black fleet's main Body opened a long-range bombard- ment on Fort Randolph from a po- sition beyond the range of the guns {of this fort. but it is impossible at {this hour to estimate the results of the action. “Black aircraft conducted a .rald south from the base at Portobello and on returning were engaged by the Blues' anti-aircraft battery L.’ The planes were flylng low and it is believed one was brought down. “The Blue fleet fs making good progress in transiting the canal and its advance elements are now arriv- ing at Cristobal.” Only ekeleton forces have been left in the Army barracks on the Pacific side. The others are “somewhere ‘in the bush,” occupying vantage points 50 as to oppose a landing by the at- tacking force. 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Four men and a woman were missing after the sink- ing of barge off Long Branch, N. J. The deaths were due to trafiic ac- cldents. More than a score of pedes- trians were slightly hurt. Damage estimated at thousands of dollars was caused by the smashing of plate glass windows and electric ! signs. The wind reached' a velocity of seventy miles an nour. Many trees were uprooted. The liner Henry B. Mallory, pitching in heavy scas, early today succeeded in taking off the officers and crew, twenty men in all, of the Danish freighter Normannia, disabled off the coast. One Accomplishment. From the Boston Globe. Teckla, a girl just over from north- Delicious New England Fish Cakes ern Europe, who is being American- ized by the domestic service route, is having a rough passage in her first few weeks in a kitchen of one of the Boston suburbs. She cannot cook and she i8 not used to American methods of housekeeping. 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