Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1924, Page 8

*® b CLAINS ROOSEVELT BARRED PETITION Appeal to President Says Navy Employes Were De- ' nied This Right. Loren . Whittuer, chuirman of the departmental clussification protest <ommittee, today uppealed to Presi- dent Coolidge from a decision he vharges was made by A ant Secre- tary of Navy Roosevelt, refusing the ht of petition to employes of the vy Department. After calling on Col. Roosevelt with a letter formally requesting that the petition, which asks that all govern- ment personnel matters be placed un- der supervision of the Civil Service Commission, be allowed to circulate n the department, Mr. Whittner an- nounced the request had been refused. He immediatcly drafted a letter to Pre nt Coolidge. King hi opinion to the cireulation of th ition, which reads: ‘We, the i vernment employe petition that classit i e thck : and vernment per- sonnel matters be placed under the on of the Civil Service Com- The President’s cngagements made 2 personal interview impossible, Lut Mr. Wittner w ssured that the Jetter would be the “hief Executive. The formal request to Col. Roose- velt stated that “a copy of our p tion is submitted for decis s to circularization your nt that all xo employes voice their » or: @ question of wvital importan ed ay Then followe copy quoted the letter Cooli Tt ws al ointed vut that the petition supports olutions offered by enator Me- <ormick and Repre ntative Lehlbach nd announced its usefuln t showing public approval of plan favorable to the employes" “Sinee the right to petition public- placed before in ernment ntiments the to in ition "resident 1o Congress is granted under the sorvice laws, 11 You may fit_to allow the petition to be strally circulated in yvour depart- concluded the letter to Col. 1. Roosevelt this ed the request,” to C nd he ret er said. Text of Letter. The test of his letter to dge is s follow The sentiment st the tive classification methods, effic atings now under the control of the ersonnel cl: tion board und the hureau of efficiency, is shown by : petition which was decmed advisablo o indicate the employes believe that crvice C on is the ney for ns all gov- morning Mr. Wit President nt ation sin in the civil decided to hear only nneeted with the personnel ation board. : from the pertinent re tition ¢ the govern the right of pe the civil servie {4 Tnited States, either individually collectively, to petition Congress, “ny member thereof, or to furn Tormation to either House of or to an mmittee or m. thereo be deni interfered act. of Aug. also guarant the officers of the government prevent the circularization of the petition the cxpression of which ould secure for the employes ved conditions, th ted, will be denied De of pers ernment artment feels nnel intere “Tho law being so Jike to lave yo reularization cads: ‘We, the cempiov: this undersigned petition assitication and efficiency rating and all other overnment personnel matters be ced_under the supervision of the il Service Commissios futile it would iduals to initiate enough signa- how indt carrying yourself and Congre You can se be for icolated the petition tures to sho! the feelin matter.” ROCKVILLE. 6f " the employes in this ROCKVILLE, Md., . February 23 (Special).—Following a long illness of general de Mrs. Harriet A Sibley, widow of Joseph Sibley, died at her home, near Cedar Grove, this county, aged cighty is survived by several daughters. ‘The funeral place at 2 o'clock Sund from the Methodist Chure Grove. Mrs. Sibley w marriage a Jifelong resident of James W. small afternoon Cedar before and was u erine M. Tracey, Loth of V ington visited Rockville Friday and were married by Rev. Rowland Wagner. Bennett and Harold ¥ V. Petz and arria Mise L O'Brady Charles A. Tovino and Mi Johnson, all of W hingta Mrs. J. Somerviile Dawson, scere tary of the Montgomery ter of the Red Cross, punty Chap who was ir hip drive in this a statement showing to bave nette 4, one-half ich is retaines local anization The in the different lo ? National Rockville, $12 ndy Spring, ark, $19; Gaithersburg, $24; Current Germantown, $3; Trowningsville, Exercises in’ observance of Wash- «ngton’s birthday were held in the bublic schools throughout the county vesterday, following which the pupils were dismissed for the day There is understood to be a strong ' probability that Frederick N. Zihl- man will have opposition, at the pri- mary eicction to be held'in May, for the republican nomination for House of Representatives to succeed himself. Republican leaders of the fiv counties—Allegany, Garrett, Wasl ington, Frederick and Montgomery— comprising this congressional district have, it is known, held severdl con- Terences recently looking to bringing ut 2 candidate against Representa- ve Zihlman, but no one has yet been elocted to make the fight. Former tate's Attorney Thomas L. Dawson of Rockville is being urged to make the race, but he stated today that he! does not feel he in a position to make the sacrifices such candidas would involve and that he must b considered out of it. Those in a posi- tion to know, state tbat Mr. Zihlman will surely have a fight on his hands for the nomination and that the name of his opponent will soon be made known. —_— WOUNDED OFFICER WINS. Shoots Two Assailants and Puts Dozen to Flight. NEW YORK, February 23.—Slashed by u razor, Police Detective Howard lancy shot down two negroes in a Harlem “black belt” cafe early today and put a dozen assailants to flight. Police reserves arrested seven men und five women, all negroes. Clancy “nd ome of the men he shot were wounded seriously. Clancy entercd 1ho cafe in search of @ suspect, her | the | '3 Fundamental Rules For Traffic Safety Proposed by Experts By the Assocluted ress. CHICAGO, February 23.—Three rules were recomended by the safety committee of the American Soclety of Engineers yesterday as fundamentals of a national code of automobile safety. They are: Jaill _and_license forfelture for drunken drivers; trial on charges of murder for all drivers re- eponsible for fatal accidents; and »ful physical and mental ex- atlon of all applicants for CANDY TAX PROPOSED FOR UNIVERSITY FUND Virginia Legislature Asked to Levy 10 Cents on Sweets 75 Cents a Pound. NEW INHERITANCE TAX Bill Would Place a Limit of $4,000,000. Spectal Dispa to The Star. RICHMOND, Va, Icbruary President Alderman of the Univers of Virginia has proposed a unique tax to raise the money that the uni- versity is demanding that it may ex- tend its capacity to care for the hun- dreds of students who are demanding a chance to get an education. He suggests that the state imposo and collect tax of 10 cents a pound on 11 candy sold in the state at or abov cents a pound. He said that ev if five or six milcs of highways wer left out of the program the money could bLe provided to insure university getting $750,000 from an- other source to mect the $250,000 asked the university the state. Unfavorably Considered The matter was passed by in the committe i rd the matter, the reas parentl has not the money to discharge the existing debts. he same on was given for postponing indefinitely the two prop- ositions looking to having the consti- tution umended so that the credit of the state might be given to the proj- ect for 2 bond issue for the develop- nient of Hampton roads, which is one by from thing on which the people of that wtion are united. The state, it was held, would be making a wise and permanent investment; that the reve- nues for interest and redemption could be taken from the fees for wharfae and other purposes, and that the increase in taxation would be that much for a permanent fund for the state. New Inheritance Tax. A bill has been presented in the sen- Senator Woodson, representing and Amherst, which is along new lines, and which will, if it becomes a law, result in bringing many millions into the treasury. The bill is one that that can be collected in this state, re- rdless of the estate that may be in- olved. This bill would make it pos- sible for a man or woman with many millions to establish a home here and to have their securities of ail sorts listed then at their death to have their es bil ving many millions to the he thus ator Woodson pointed out that al- ready there are many persous of great wealth who have homes in Virginia, nd that under this law they can make ‘irginia their permanent domicile, get {the udvantage of the taxation and be assured that the state will take a small rtion of their wealth when the time s to distribute it to their heirs. bill appeals to a great many 15, and it is expected that it will me a law, and should it operate as ed possible, the state may have a Jarge increase in revenues in the next | few year. the tax on intangibles of all sorts would be paid under the Vir- fa Jaws. February 23 -3 was held for the action of the grand jury this morn- ing on a charge of violating the prohi bition law. The automobile in which he had less than half a pint of whisky al held. Sixty per cent of the 272 pupils of Lee and Jefferson schools, who were subjected last week to the Schick test susceptibility to diphtheria, showed a positive reaction and will be given an immunizing treatment. Another group of pupils will be given test Monday, by Dr. W. Clyds t, assistant health officer; Miss Mae anaugh, eity nurse, and Mis Monroe, school nurse. Lack of accommodations in the health office has made it nccessary that the work be done in T il the various school buildings, 1t will take several weeks to complete the test. which will be given 1o all of the 2,500 students. Washington's Birthday Celebrated. Practicaily «ll business was suspended here yesterday, in celebration of Georze { Washingtons ~ birthday. Many _pil- grimages were made to the nation's shrine at Mount Vernon, where wreaths were laid upon the bier of the first President. Among the ci honor Alexandria’ itizen Birthday auspices the are staged . vice presi Association,” under whose nationally famous pa- here. :nt, headed a large annual pilsrimage. Local Boy Scouts also placed a wroath upon the tomb. E hundred persons attended the birthnight ball, given under the rection of Mount Vernon Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion. The ball, given in Elks' Hall, is the outgrowth of the custom estab- lished in 1798, when the first of the { series was given in Gadsby's Inn. i Henads Memorial Associatiol | Touis A. Watres of Pennsylvania was clected president of the George { Washington Masonic National Memo- ‘rial Association vesterday as the fourteenth annual session of the as- <ociation was brought to a close, hav- ng empowered the board of direc- itors to sign contracts for the next unit in the construction of the temple now being erected here, The next unit, which'is to cost $1.- 370,000, will bring the temple to the lome, which is to be built separately. Plans in connection with the tower have been altered so as to allow the placing of = huge flame at the apex in~ accordance with other temples of other times the lines of which were followed by the designer. Eulogy to Washington. James R. Johnson of South Caro- lina, first vice president of the asso- ciation, delivered a short eulogy to . Washington i{he Mason yesterday as the delegates placed ance with an established custom. The meeting closed officially last night with a banquet held in the na- val torpedo station, before which Charles H. Callal grand master of Masons in Virgi: Senator James E. Watson of Indiana and Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Representatives, spoke. Other officers of the association are: James R. Johnson, South Carolina, first vice president: James E. Dillon, Michigan, second vice president; Har- ry G. Noves, New Hampshire, third vice president, and J. Claude Keiper, District of Columbia, secretary and treasurer. The board of directors for the next three years will consist of Melvin M. Johnson, Michigan: William L. Dan- iels, New Jeysey: William S. Farmer, w York: Arthur K. Lee, Wyoming, Frank S. Harmon. Ohio.. was elected director for two years. ¢ the | limits to $4,000.000 the inheritance tax ! at the low rates obtaining, and | tate pay the maximum named in the! a wreath upon | his tomb at Mount Vernon in accord- ; i ! ] | | | | institutions to | bert P. Burdette, H. D. Warficld, Rus former foremost ! seil E. Du was the George Washington | Damascus J. William | White and Rebecca Hall, Poolesvill Eation of the association on the | Shoemaker, I i i | i IR, | Hall, Poolesvill i neth jand William A. Kfoll, Takoma Park; i man, THE WOMAN APPOINTED JUSTICE OF PEACE Mrs. Morris of Hyattsville One of Few of Sex to Hold Position. SUPERVISORS ARE NAMED Lists for Montgomery and Prince Georges Announced. Dispateh to The Sat.r NAPOLIS, Md., February tta D. Morris of Hyattsville, Prince Georges county, has been ap- polnted a justice of the peace by Gov. Ritchie, and her name ratified by the senate. Mrs. Morrls, who Is the wife of Prof. K. J. Morris, pincipal of the Hyatteville High School, will preside in the sixteenth district of the county, and enjoys the singular distinction of belng the first woman justice appoint- ed in Maryland, and one of the few in the country. The governor's “ yas submitted to ficers, ppoint, man ¥ reen bag” which the senate made v _changes in the preséht state of- met of tl incumbents being Austin Bau sioner of Coblentz Col. s, and Emor. nted to T , rector of the department of welfare. Robert Crain was appointed for a| nine-vear term as a regent of the University of Maryland. One of the changes made was the appointment of D. Russell Talbot of Carroll county, as commissioner of the land office, vice James S. Sheppard of Dorchester county. Election Supervisors Named. The following supervisors of elec- L ppointment us tions were appointed for Prince Georges county: George S. Dove, Up- per Marlboro, democrat; Bovden E. Watson, Upper Marlboro, republican, and Charles 1. Wilson, Upper Marl- boro. The supervisors for Montgom- cry country are: Lawrason Brigss, Brookville, democrat; Frank Dwyer, vtonville, republican, and Norman Wooten, Puolesville. Other appointments made in Prince ! Georges county were: Justices of the peace, James Francis Ii. Shipley, George S. Phillips, Berwyn: Hugh cil, Bladensburg Harry W. Gore, Upper Marlbor lard Thorn and Thomas D. G Anacostia; Samuel R. Suitland Wallace A, Ritchie, Ritchie; Henry 1. Phipps, Mitchellville; Joseph Fowler and Philander A. Bowen, Aquasco; W. Gilbert Dent, Surratts; Thomas 1. oberts, George B. Duvall, George W. Mustingrove and Charles Ellis, Laurel; F. H. Billingslea. Brandy- wine; Benson P. McDaniel, Rosecroft; Robert Smith, William D. Leitch and George B. M Phelps, Bowie; Retta D. Morris, W. Brooke Hunter, John Fainter and Herbert J. Moffatt, Hy- attsville; Robert E. Jovce and Isaac D. Arnold, Mount Rainier; John Weast, Capitol Heights: John D. Me- Lean, Seat Pleasant; Rutherford B. Hayes and W. W. Mo; Heal, Beltsville The following notaries public were appointed: John Gibbons, William H. Brooke and Benjamin H. C. Bowi Upper Marlboro; T. B. Middleton Irving ‘Owens, John M. Brool 2 Eugene Burgess, W. Hampton Hickey, G. Hodges Carr, Charles L. Irwin and Clarence Gase John Frost Harry 8. Boss and C ¥rank Hard James D. Bla tener, Seat Townsend, chester, Claude ‘War Stanley, . Henry "E. Letlie, Croome; aurel Dwight St ant; Wilfred cas i, Cheltenham; W. §. B. Chi- quasco; ren, E A. Bennett, Irene Snyder, { W. Reibetanz and Riverdale: J. Frank Dent, Clinton; Eva C. Bixler, Capital Heights; W. H. Willard and William Demott, Berwyn; James H. Dungan, Charles J. Pickham. Benjamin R. . Miller, John M. .aing, Mount Rai mer, College Park; man’ Bro: Bladensburg; William Lucrs, Bowie; Margaret U. Beale, A cokeek; Helen B, Cordoza, Benning Niel W, Winchester, Erentwood; Wil- McPherson. ' Brandywine mms Jones, Beltsville, and Gu; Trueman, Camp Springs. Montgomery County Appointments. The following appointments were in Montgomery county: Jus- of the peace, Samuel Riggs and Samuel R. Kyles, Rockville; George Hughes, Clarksburg; Thomas R. Edmund P. B. Mar- rerum and Charles Leechlider, Col ville; John Hall, Germantown; William S. Stampler, ' Upton Perrel, Bethesda; Bernard A. Duke, Glen Echo; Alfred A. Fairal, ' Sandy Spring; James E. Garrett. Gaithers burg; Rozel Woudward, Washington ¥ Percy E. Redden, Cabin John; John B. Beale, Damascus; John L. H. 3 ring, and Robert k. Lee, Kensington. The following notaries public were appointed: Mrs, Jesse M. Hunter, ellic J. Sawyer and Frank L. Hewitt, Iver Spring: Mary Lee Cashell, Lola ¥. Atwood, Lee A. Thompson, Jo- sephine E. Wolfe, Mary L. Yearl Anne Yearly, Alice H. Cashell, F. B. Albert, Emily T. Cashell, Clifford H. Robertson, Hugh R. Thompson, Ken- Lyddane, Lydia F. Prettyman, liam E. Morgan. George P. Hen- derson, John J. Jones and J. Paul Brunett, Rockville; Willlam A. Ga: saway, Willlam F. Grifith, Mary Darby. J. Forrest’ Walker and John A. Stover, Gaithersburg: Hewitt G. Robertson, American University Parl Samuel M. Haines, Laytonville; Hu- vall and Archie W. Soude Joseph W. Wolfe, John | W. Stohlman and Mrs. Madeline J.| nneman, Chevy Chase; Benjamin ! Martha J. Thompson, Boyds; J. Ashton; Charles IL! Becker, Washington ' Grove; Samuel D. Byrd, Dawsonville: Hatton D, Brown, Sellman; Maud Barto Woodmont; R. D. Lille, Mary E. Loy port, Alfred A. Ray, H. Edson Rogers, Robert C. Lyddane, H. B. Hendri Walter Bogley, Bethesda; George Wolfe, Forest Glen; Smith L. Put- | Garrett Park; D. Jane Price, | i M. Barnesville; Charles Rowdybush and Ralph M. Hendricks, Kensington; Ed- ward W. Maxwell, Comus; Harry C. Meem, Dickerson; Frank D. Leizear, Sandy Spring, and L. Curtis Morti- mer, Clarksburg. BARN ROOF COLLAPSES. Cattle and Horses Caught Under- neath Are Rescued. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md,, February 23.— Eighteen head of cattle and three horses were caught beneath a roof on the barn of Bernard Barnhart, near this city, when it caved in under the heavy welght of the snow, but were rescued by their owner and neigh- bors, who dug them out. > "+ Office Space The Star Building Large ell room, fourth floor — four windows. North and south ex- posure— $50.00 Room with ante Nos. 606 and 607, Sixth floor, 11th St. front— $50.00 EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON |in an excellently furnished apartment i Lucille D. 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GENTLEMEN "WHO LET THtS BiRD PORTS HAVE AVERAGE Lse-:ne SYAGGERIMG SUM GAme For THIS U APPRECIATE THE ™ME" BY MWTING ME To SPEAK To TORY OF THE TWwO MAGGOTS € TH FIRST TIme € BAMALITIES ‘COME o, SAYS WL S ARE AFTER U 2" TS AwFuL o THE GENTLEME, WHEN | TELL YouU oF = NE To SHUT Him uP ?%) say %) A e - < - R , FEBRUARY 23, 1924. —-BY WEBSTER. |ONE OF ORIGINAL 500 GREAT wou or MODER™ BUSINESS ETHICS. .PAT AnD 1 16 HE GOMMA TELLTHAT 0LO YARN? 1 HEARD e STFF D AT, “LET'S 15 WiD LAMTERNS ! HAW - ) ("1t Gors” To orooL”) WHY Dor'T B16 STIFF Over TH HEAD WiTH THAT O ForTue PAST “CanT (ANO 1 PASSED wmmert™) (*Le's puck. 7/)///),7//7//}‘7A WAITERS CAREYING COT oreMES - FLEA, PRE SI0EMT OF THE. BUGUILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TOPR 1934 (% Y. WORLD). FRESS FUB 60 TWO DEATH TRALL CROSS IN CHICAGO Man Found Slain in Drift. Woman Believed His Wife | Murdered in Room. | “ebruary 23.—A double | ¥ involving the theo- | ries of bootleg Lilling, revenge or domestic trouble centers the activity of detectives secking clucs to the slayers of John Duffy, found in a| roadside snowdrift at Argo, 11L, early yesterday, and a woman partly iden- tified as Mrs. Dufty, found last night Duffy shared with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Horton. The woman's body, a bullet lole through her head, was discovered when police, after an all-day vigil in front of the Horton home, forced the door. She was lying on a davenport and may have been shot while sleep- ing, detectives say. Remnants of food on a table, cigarette ends and whisky bottles indicated that sev- eral persons had been in the apart- ment shortly before the shooting, officers believe. A search is being made for Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Horton, thought to have left ten days ago on an automobile trip to Detroit, and since returned, al: though papers and letters in the apartment indicate that the dead woman may be Mrs. Horton. Left Home Suddenly. i Police lcarined from lettérs that| the dead woman formerly lived at| 47 South 3d street, Louisville, Ky., where sh known as Miss Exley and Miss Virginia James, and at some time had lived in Berkeley, Calif. A letter from her mother, written on February 13, indicated She had left home suddenly and been marricd to| a stranger of whom the mother ap- parently had no knowledge. Baggage checks showed th: Horton arrived in C | 1 Mrs | icago i from Louisville December 19, und let- ters to Horton were found from his' mother, Mrs. Lulu Horton, 3524 East | { Wastington street. Indianapo Accused of Murders. According to the Chicago Herald and Dxaminer, Duffy’s real name f John Daugherty, wanted for four! murders in Philadelphia. The news- paper says he was an accomplice of Horton until they quarreled because of jealou: Horton left Chicago and returned on Thursday, intimating that he in-, tended to settle the breach between | himself and his partner, according to _the newspaper. ¥ § Detectives _are working on__the REMOVE signs of wear and tear from old woodwork and make it better able to withstand the ravages of future time i | Constable Dies Awaiting Yeggs teh to The Star. Md. While guarding t! port Bank following a it had been spotted by veggmen, who planned to blow open the safc, Constable Willlam Sharer of that town was taken ill and died from heart trouble. He is fifty- six years old and has been con- =table 4 number of vears. —_—_— theory that the man was killed in the apartment at the =ame time the woman was slain and his body was taken in an automobile fifteen miles to the place where it was found with three powder stained bullet wounds in the head. In the belief that both wero victims of 2 beer runners’ ven- detta. Michael Hughes, chief of de- tectives, has ordered a search for! known b runners, who will be qu, February Williams- ort that ioned. . Vietims of recent holdups macde ¢ vestibule bandits, whose robberics n the last few weeks have totaled ! thousands of dollars in money and | jewelry, have been asked to view the body of the man in an effort to| identify | ———g FOUND DEAD IN BED. Charles Byrne: 62, Had Been Miss- ing Two Days. Charles Dyrme, sixty-two years, roomer at 216 3d street northwest, | was found dead in bed this morning. | He had not been seen about the house | the past two days, and this mornine | James L. Toliver, proprictor of the | house, told police of his apparent dis- appearance. | Policemen J. A. Tunt and E. L.| Weeks of the sixth precinct respond- ed to & call, broke open_the door and | found Byrue's dead body in bed. | Death resulted from natural cas The deceased, a native of South- | east Washington, was a_bricklayer. | J. F. Byrne, brother of the deceased, | resides at 310 Virginia avenue south- | cast. i —_—— H South Carolina was named in honor of Charles I of England. i | i dynamited FORD SUIT DISMISSED. “ Guarding Bank iAction Brought by Jewish Editor for Defamation. NEW YORK, February — | Judge Knox today dismissed the co libel plaint in the $200,600 brought by Herman Ber of the Jewich Tribune. a “ord for allezed def Mexican Train Dynamited. o Associated Press. VERA CRI™Z train precedi Soledad. No _casualties are ,,_H | I i | ETAIN that seemizg- Iy endless fund energy you bad as « boy. Keep your system free from poison and fatigue. For that purpose, there nothiag safer than Citrate of Magnesis—prepare cording to official U. standards—prescribed with zssuragce by the medical profestion. Just ask for the Citrate of Magnesia that s easiest to take b canse of its scientide uni- formity. Your druggist bss, or can get SROLLR There’s Fashion in Awnings I¥s part of the service of a competent Awning Awnings. Don’t wait until maker to guide you aright in the selection of color effects—and designs—for Awnings can enhance the at- tractiveness of your premises—or mar it. Now’s the time to be considering the question of you are in a hurry. That only complicates matters. With ample time the mak- ing can proceed with deliberateness—and better results. There won't be any bill till delivery is made. Tent and Awning Section Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assn., Inc. ‘Walter J. Procter Co. 210 to 214 H Street N.W. R. C. M. Burton & Son 911 E Street N character has an others to sell. by having our painters apply our protective paint. It gives the gloss of newness while preserv- ing wood. Hooper & Klesner PAINTERS 929 H St. N.W. Main 4763 tunity. letter your q SOOI T The Copeland Company Franklin Square 1313 K Street N.W. Capital Awning Co. ‘W. E. Russell 1503 North Capitol Street Sales Manager Real Estate orgapization of the highest portunity to offer a Sales Manager who can sell and help A high-grade man with executive ability can make this Association a big oppor- ste for & sew, tating . & Write for intervie afi:’m.‘ ting in your Replies held confidential. Address Box 259—K, Star Office afternoon reported. i { S Fe ke e sk A e A e A sk ok ek e gk sk e sk gk ke sk sk e e s s e e Aok Ak e ek ke ek e sk skt ko ok gk e sk sk ek e sk e e ek ok gk sk sk ok ok ok ke ok ke e ek ek ke ok cdera sut §57 8 near s SHRINERS DIES HERE George W. Hills, 71 Years 014, ‘Well Enown as Writer and World Tourist. NATIVE OF NEWTON, MASS. Mrs. George S. Bamnes of 1414 Montague Street Daughter. George Wellingford Hills, seventy- one years old. one of the first 500 members of the Ancieat and Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, 2 well known writer and world tourist, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Stratford Barnes, 1414 Montague street north- west, early yesterday. Funeral services will be conducted at Hines' Chapel, 2901 14th street northwest, tomorrow afternoonm, at $ o'clock. Rev. Dr. W. A. Morgan, pastor of Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, will officiac. The body will be cremated and cent to Newton, Mass., where interment will be in the old family burial ground. Mr. Hills was born in Newton, Mass, November, 1853. Harvard University and was gradu {ated in 1877 at the age of twenty- Ifour years. Shortly afterward he went ‘> New York. e became a member of the Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine, the mother temple of Shrinedom, soon after its foundation. Shrime Guest Last Jume. He was one of the thousands of honored guests during the Shriners’ convention in Washington last June. Mr. Iills was a descendant of Joseph Hills, who came to Boston in 1633 e entered | —_——— McCRAY PROBE CLOSED. Grand Jury Report on Indiana Governor’s Case Not Public. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, February o —The federal grand jury, which spe almost an entire week investigating the affairs of Warren T. MoCruy. Governor of Indiana, made its report to United States District Judge A. 5, Anderson today. The report, ever, was not made public. —eee how aboard the Susun Ellen to compil. the laws of the Massachusetts L. | colony. Several years ago George W. ford Hills published his tiret “Goldenrod,” a volume of o« second book, “John Bull, Ltd.” published in 1914, and the last that he had published was Days in Belgium,” copyrighted 1823. All of his books are hiet of his travels. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth Belgium, Baron de Cartier, Belg ambassador; Cardinal Mercier, J £ian. prelate, and others wrote letters of appreciation for his dr scription of Belgium in his last pul lic book. A close friend and admirer of Theo dore Roogevclt, ho was among tho: who volunteered with the form President after making arrangemen to go to Wrunce carly in the worl war. Besides the book: which h had published, ho had written w bool on Switzerland nd everal othe manuseripts, which heo failed to ha published befors Lis death. Honored in England. Whilo in Enzland he had tinotion of being invited to the lish Shrine by King Edward of Ling land more than twenty He vas the holder of rarc Masoni passess whioh were always of muck interest to cvery one who saw then Besides his daughter, he is sur vived by a brother, J. Bdward Hili of Newton, Masa He was a member of the “anaier and honorable artillery company’ o Boston, Mass §A2.2.2.8.2 0.2 970707827070 ¢ 0 2 0 8 8.8 0 8 & *ok —a serie Sunday America. the subject. month. Jokkokk i You'll Want to Read What Frank H. Simonds —has to say—in connection with his— “Investigation of Present Conditions in Western Europe” ot dispatches—which begin in The Star—and through which Mr. monds will interpret them with significance to Every S\mday:-and Twice a Week in The Evening Star You'll Want to Know What David Lawrence —knows of the inside facts connected with the remarkable career of the late President Wilson —during those momentous years—irom the presidency of Princeton to his last hours. “The True Story of Woodrow Wilson” —will be published in thirty generous install- ments—Evening and Sunday. 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