Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1924, Page 12

VIRGINIA HOMICIDES TOTAL 202 IN YEAR Seventy-Five Suicides and 110 Ac- cidental Deaths Are Reported for 1922. { TWO ARE KILLED IN DUELS First Cases on Record of Vital Sta- tistics Bureau. reial Dispatch to The Star. I RICHMOND, Va,, January 18—"“We huve no means of knowing the extent of the siaughter of game in Virginia during November, the first hunting month in 1923, but if this was in Yeeping with the killing of human Dheings it must have been terrific,” Dr. W. A. Plecker, state reglatrar, bu- reau of vital statistics, declared to- da; During the thirty days of the month | indicated forty-one people were killed by gunshot wounds in Virginia. Of these twenty-two were white and | nineteen colored. Seven white and ®ix colored certificates state positive- 1y that death was due to accident. Nine white and elght colored deaths Were homicldal. Four white and one colored deaths’ were due to suicide le of two white and four colored ths the bureau has as yet recelved ) definite information as to direct se. the thirteen accidental deaths white and four colored were un der twenty years of age, one being that of a white child in Franklin county, only two years old, which was playing with a shotgun. In Giles county a white man, forty- one years of age, was reported to have been killed in a duel. During the previous month of October a man in Nansemond county was said to have been killed in a similar manner. These two deaths from dueling are the only ones reported since the es- tablishment of the state bureau of vital statistics in 1912, Of the youths referred to under twenty years of age, one white and four black were homicides. As many s thirty-nine out of the total forty- one deaths were those of males. One ; white woman was reported shot by {an officer, while one colored woman ‘ was shot accidentally. | "Dr. Plecker says that during June, 1923, there were elght accldental | deaths, ten homicides and seven sui- cides from gunshot wounds in Vir- ginia. Dyring the year 1922 there were reported 110 accldental deaths, 202 homicides and 75 suicldes with firearms. Dr. Plecker does not belleve that tirearms and liquor mix with safety. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 18 (Spe- olal).—Charles M. Williams, former member of the board of county com- missioners for this county and a jead- ing farmer of Poolesville district, died suddenly Wednesday_afternoon, aged saventy-one years. While in appar- ently fine health he was stricken in Tis home and dled almost instantly, linuct, Mrs. Eaward Alinutt, Emily Willlams and Dorsey W. liams of this county; Dr. Roger Wil- lfams of Lynchburg, Va., and Charles M. Willlams, jr., of Atlantio City. Mrs. liams, who was, riage, a Miss Waters, dled a year or two ago. Mr. Willlams was a life- long resident of Poolesville district, was garded. Forty of the leading ‘sportsmen of Montgomery county met in St. Mary's Hall here last evening and organized the Montgomery County Game and Tish Protective Asociation. These officers were chosen: President, Watt Farmer of Redland; vice presidents, Windsor Adams of Bethesda, Thomas D. Griffith of Laytonsville and Rosser Butler of Poolesville; secretary-treas- urer, Reuben Riggs of Rockville. The gathering unanimously adopted a resolution favoring enactment by the legislature now in gession of a law ohibiting the sale of rabbits any- in_the state. E. Lee Le Compte, state game war- den, attended the meeting, gave a talk on the work of his department and answered numerous questions propounded. He said that arrange- ments had been made to supply this county with between eight and nine | @ hundred rabbits from Kansas and | garian quail would soon be sent here, 70 be llberated with a view to de- termining whether they can survive this climate and are desirable for propagating purposes. He stated that he had been considering the advis- ability of establishing' a game pi serve In this county and said he wDuld return to the oounty in the near fu- 1ure and see what arrangements could be made to buy or lease a suitable Clyde Harris, deputy game warden, called the meeting to order and in troduced Robert L. Tolson as presid. ing officer, the latter conducting the | proceedings until the election of the Dresident. It was decided to meet again the evening of Wednesday, January 30, to adopt a constitution and by-laws and in other ways com- plets the organization. Capper to Speak. Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas ! will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Montgomery county farm bureau, to be held here on Friday, January 25. He will speak | (& c at the afternoon eession, and will tell of the benefits of co-operative marketing and buying and discuss | other matters pertaining to the wel. fare of the farmer and dairyman. George M. Hunter, president of the Montgomery County National Bank of Rockville, will speak on the relation of banks to farm bureaus, and Mrs. H. T. Baldwin of Washington will also address the gathering. The home eco- nomics and community department of the bureau will provide a program for the women In attendance. The funeral of Mrs, Jennie Peter Beall, wife of James J. Beall, who died at her home, near Darmestown, this county, aged fifty-nine years, took place yesterday afternoon from the family ‘residence, many persons from various parts of the county and elsewhere attending. Rev. J. W. Low- den, pastor of the Darnestown Pres- byterian Church, conducted the serv- ices and burial was in_the Darnes- town cemetery. Mrs. Beall was a daughter of tha late Alexander Peter and was prominently connected. The_stockholders of the German- town Bank held their annual meeting at the banking house at German- | Australia, before her mar- | widely known and highly re- | ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 18, (Spe- clal).—Walter Robey, alleged “boss” ol Preston Posey, thirteen-year-old boot- legger, was sent to the grand jury this morning on two counts—violating the prohibition law and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Posey appeared and said that he was dispensing whisky for Robey when he was caught by { Director of Public Safety Paul Morton. David L. Lewls, known as father of the parcel post, will address a mass meeting In_the 'Ingomar 'Theater Sun- day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. Lewis will speak on “The World Court and World Peace.” This is the third of @ 'series of lectures under the auspices of the Alexandria Trades Council. More than 300 members of the Wash- ington Lodge of El headed by their band, will parade here tomorrow night prior’ to the opening of the fraternal bazaar, which is to open at Elks' Hall. King street Is to be flluminated with red fire while the parade Is in progr Norris Roland, chafrman_of the rangtments committee, snid today. The Kiwanis Club will soon take up the matter of more playgrounds for discussion, and will decide as to what action the club will take in providing more recreation grounds for the city. Thomas S. Settle, dis- trict representative of the Nation Playground and Recreation Associa- tion, urged the Kiwanians and all other civic bodies to co-operate in the matter of establishing more and better playgrounds. Members of the senfor class of the Alexandria High School are busy pre- paring a play, “The Empty Hou which is to be presented in the high 8chool auditorium February 1 and 2. Miss Kres Ficklin is directing the production. Midyear examinations were started at the high school today and will continue through next week. All banks of the city will be closed tomorrow, Gen. Lee's birthday anni- versary being a holiday in Virginia. Many firms prepared their pay rolls today to avoid inconvenience. City council will hold its regular meeting this afternoon, the meeting having_been postponed from yester- day. City Manager Rich returned this morning from Richmnod, where he has been for the past few days at- tending the annual session of the Virginia League of Municipalities, PLANS AUSTRALIAN TRIP. LOS ANGELES, January 18 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic ex- plorer, has decided to turn his atten- tion to the little known areas of he announced here last night at the Adventurers’ Club. e Frau Adele Schrieber, socialist member of the German reichstag, will make a tour of the United States for the purpose of making a study of social hygiene. ar- s 29.75 doesn’t describe these Overcoats They’re such good- looking coats that $40 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, JANUARY i3, 19241 WHEN BIG MAIN BREAKS, Shifting of Fill at Approach to Key Bridge Causes Trouble. Special Dispateh to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, January 18.— Cold lunches and dinners were the lot yesterday of Arlington county families who depend solely on gas for the cooking of their meals, the gas supply, which is furnished from ‘Washington, having been cut off trom ' about 10:30 o'clock in the morning until §:15 in the evening. The gas was checked when it was found that the twelve-inch main, through which flows the entire sup- ply of the county, had broken at the Virginia approach to the Key bridge. The break was caused by the sink ing and shifting of the fill at the ap- proach to the bridge, according to an official of the company today. Ex- cept for the inconvenience caused housewives, no serious damage was | reported. i LIVE STOCK MEN ASK CHANGE IN RAIL ACT/ Favor ‘‘Guarantee Clause” Repeal, at Omaho Session—Californian President. By the Associated Press, OMAHA, Neb., January 18.—Adop- tion of resolutions recommerding re- | | peal of what delegates to the Amerl- can National Live Stock Assoclation annual convention referred to as the “guarantee clause” of the Esch-Cum- mins railroad act, and approval of the administration of the packers' and stock yards act was the principal business transacted at the conven- tion's closing session here yesterday. Bixby of Long Beac re-elected president. Al . M., was selected as the place, the date to be set. Other resolutions were the indorse- | ment of independent packers, indorse- | ment of co-operative selling’ agencies | at the packing centers, urging thaq Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate railroad expenditures and incomes and condemning the Armour- Morris Packing Company merger. On the subject of forelgn com- merce, a_resolution was passed de-, claring “that the principle of fsola- | incompatible with world com- and that “the stabilization of | European finances s of the first fm- portance he restoration of our to $55 hardly tells the story. If you’re look- mg for somethlng ‘“‘real’’—don’t pass this up. $40 to $55 Kuppenheimer town, this county, on Tuesday and elected the following directors: An- drew H. Baker, Thomas C. Darby, Charles E. King, Charles. T. John- son, Rev. O. A. Glillingham, J. Wel- lington Boyer, A. R. Selby, Charles A. Boyer, E. M. Beall D. J. Forest Walke A. Waters, F. L. Hay: D: Smith Hoyle, H. L. Wltklns and W!l- llam Waters. The directors re-elect- ed officers as follows: President, Andrew H. K vice president, Willlam A. Waters; cashier, John A. Stover; assistant cashier, J. H. Pum- hrey. The remains of Warren R. Choate, aseistant secretary of the Federal Trade Commission, who died at his home in Washington, were interred in the Rockville Union Cemetery yes- terday. The services at the grave were conducted by Rev. Nolan B. Harmon, jr. pastor of the Rockville and his two sisters, Mrs. Otho H. W. ‘Talbott and Miss Eliza Choate, re- side In_ Rockville. The St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery Assoclation of ‘Rockville has' elected & board of managers as. follows: Mrs. Charles A. Beard, Mrs. John L. Bru: nett, Mrs. Eugene W. Cissel, Mrs. El- vert T. Clagett, Miss Agnes J. Mat- Jack, Mrs. Lee Offutt, Mrs. Charles Veirs and Miss Rose Wagner. The board selected the following officers. President, Mrs. EI seernuy, Mrs, e Offutt; treasure! Aies Agaes J. atlack. 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OCTAGON ;7 SOAP, 2 for 15¢ PALMOLIVE SOAP, 3 for 25¢ Kirkman’s Borax Soap, 4 for 22¢ Our Usual Good Quality | POTATOES, 151ms. 35¢ of even size and free from frost \ BUTTER from the finest producing sections of the country and specially selected and graded by our own corps of experts. | Our annual butter sales of 75 million pounds would require a churn higher than the Eiffel Tower —the world’s highest structure. o] l-'mh 60 ':::' Selected63c:/4.n:/zm SUNNYFIELD TOURZ v 17c SIMPSON’S Perfectly Pasteurized MILK For healthy bodies and rosy cheeks. Ask Any Doctor! 3c qt. day — it is beautifully Taste It Today! 8 for 34¢ Del Monte Asparagus Tips No.1Can,39¢c We carry a full line of Del Monte fruits and vege- tables. For that Sweet Tooth COOKIES *i= that will tickle the taste of even the most discriminat- ing. Marshmallows with co- coanut covering and jelly center. , Chocolate Delights with marshmallow fillings. Pure and wholesome. 18.. EAT MORE WHEAT FLOUR VALUES 24-Ib. 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