Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1924, Page 14

P14 ‘WOMAN OF MYSTERY’ SOUGHT IN MURDER Tamale Peddler Tells of Nocturnal Visitors at Home of Slain Woman Doctor. THREE MEN ARE HELD Jealousy, Robbery or Quarrel With E Admirer Possible Motives. Army _engineers, ; Chicago river, RIVER FUNDS ANNOUNCED. Allotinents Made From River and Harbor Appropriations. Allotments from ocurrent river and harbor appropriations, announced yes- terday by Maj. Gen. Beach, chief of included $300,000 for San Francisco harbor, $23,000 for Wil- Hamette Slough, Oregon; $30,000 for Illinois, transferred ir\)m Waukegan harbor, Illinois, and 31,187 for East river and Hell Gate, New York, transferred from Coentles Reef, N, Y. Gen. Beach also announced that recommendations had been sent to Congress requesting $229,000 for mod- ification of the existing project of Stockton and Mormon channels, Cali- THE -EVENING- STAR, ‘WASHINGTONX,- WILL PRESENT PLAY. Hebrew Alumni to Give Pinero Comedy. The Alumni Soclety of the Wash- ington Hebrew Congregation has been holding rehearsals during the past month in preparation for a play, “The Amazons,” a farce-comedy, by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, one of Eng- land’s foromost dram will be given in the S Theater April 13, The alumni play committee includes the following: Maurice H. Kafka, iss Hilda King, Mrs. R. . H. Lyon, Mrs. Samuel Bx Pack and Phillip Friedlander. ert-Belasco Company Takes Over Novels. INVENTED PROCESS HELD RARE AID IN PAINTING ‘Will Make Frescoes as Durable as Those of Michelangelo, Munich Decorator Declares. By the Associated Press. MUNICH, March 20.—Dr. Kurt Schmidt has. invented an electrically heated palette and devised meaps of applying hot paint mixed with wax in such a manner that he believes it will be possible to make frescoes as durable as those of. Michelangelo. He discussed his inventions -1, R, recent meeting here of a paint durable. It is the purpose of this society to make modern bulldings brighter both within and outside and to provide paint for exteriors which will not have to be renewed every few years. The organization is battling against the grayness and monotony of modern cities and seeking a remedy. Magde- burg is pointed to as one municipality which has adopted brighter colors and painted entire squares red and blue, thus relieving the deadly monotony. 5 —— CENTENARIAN IS BURIED. Special Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 20.—Hun- dreds attended funeral services for society | James Clements, centenarian, at formed to devise means of making | Mount Horeb Methodist Church, thir- THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1924 ty miles from here in Amherst coun- | birth of the widow. ty, Sunday. The burial took place on the ninety-fifth anniversary of the|words on a postal card, 1t being leg- A Frenchman has written ible to the naked 23,000 fornia; $10,200 for Deep river, W ington, channel improvements; $7 for prevention and flood control w in the Cowlitz river, \Washington; $5,000 for flood control work in the Puyallup river, Washington, and $87,- 100 for channel work in the Onan- cock river, Virginia. LOND p —A _commercial company, called “Elinor: Glyn, Limit- ed." has'been formed to acquire the <cOpyright to the literary works of the | woman novelist, according to the Dally Express. The nominal capital is £5,000 and one of the directors is Rhys Willlams, husband of Mrs. Ry the Asso KANSAS 20.—A mys woman was introduced today ; into the baflling murder of Dr. Zoe | kins, marital adventuress and os-, teopath, while police pursued other avenues of investigation opened by statements of three men held for in- v [INCE SUED FOR $50,000 BY KINSMAN AFTER FIGHT Anita Stewart's Brother Says Di- rector Fractured Skull—Had Visited Road Houses. Associated Pres: NEW YORK, March 20.—Ralph Tnce. motion picture director, has been served with papers im a $50,000 dam- age suit filed against him by his brother-in-law, orge Stewart, brother of Anita Stewart, film act- | ress, as the aftermath of a fist fight | between the two last August, it be- | came known today. The fight, Stewart charges, oc- curred in a lonely spot on the Boston post road while he, Ince and several others were motoring to New York after visiting roadhouses. Ince s al- held are Charles Wilkins, the slain woman, who had rreled with her, he says, over her gay life: B. I'. Tarpley, who says he was a patient. but who others say | and Dillard D | janitor, who is declared to have attempted once to attack the woman. | Belief that Dr. Wilkins was weal- thy began to fade today. investiga- tion indicating that she had disposed of most of the $300.000, or so, that she obtained several years ago by her marriage to Thomas W. Cunningham, wealthy Joplin, M % Several Motives Developed. her intima Ten Dollars! For Your Old %3 Range - Coal Toward the Purchase of a Fine Cabinet Range ¥ IF ORDERED NOW -m This opportunity is yours until MARCH 27th only. You'll find lots of new models in addition to those we regularly show, at our usual moderate prices and our unusually liberal terms. them without fail—before March 27th. Save $10, while replacing your old burnt-out stove with a range that’s a delight to cook with. 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The peddler d - . | utomobile stop in vart said he received injuries, and a woman en- | including a fractured skull. which | rejoin a ma i jconfined him to a hospital for three ninutes and drive s fter th | or, another 3 and slashed s and Tues- | n and the murder was discovered. HAGERSTOWN EX-MAYOR IN RACE FOR CONGRESS “Honesty, Economy, Lower Taxes| and a Square Deal for All," Mish’s Platform. Special Dispateh to The Star, STOWN, March 20.—Frank former’ state senator from ington county and former Hagerstown, has filed in ¢ counties of the sixth dis- trict his papers for the democratic nomination for Congress. ~Mr. Mish announced a platform of “honesty and economy in government, lower d a square deal for all] Don’t Miss This Sale of Home Dresses For House, Porch and Garden Wear $1.36 They excel in Style, Quality and Tailor- ing. And have no superiors at this price. Advance Sale of Men’s Summer Suits Palm Beach Gabardine Mohair Tropical Worsted Extra Space - Extra Salespeople y s I Buy all you need now for the o summer. Come early and get best se- BOTH SIDES OF 7™ AT K ST. “THE DEPENDABLE lection. Thousands will attend 74 this sale. STORE Mr. Mish was a candida@ for cnn-i Bress two vears ago, with Repre- sentative Zihlman as his opposition. | He was defeated by less than a thou- sand ‘in a republican_stronghold of 10,000 majority. He is also head of the farm bureau of Washington county and was instrumental in the formation of the bureau in this and Frederick counties. Mish is a farmer and is a ¢reat advocate of all meas- ures for rolief of the agriculturist. Billboard Weekly* Regular and Extra Sizes As is our custom we are hold- ing our advance sale of summer clothes now—and foresighted men, looking a bit ahead to their warm weather needs, are profiting by this event. A month or so and you will be ready to change to these light weight suits, but if you delay buy- ing your hot weather clothes until later you won’t be able to enjoy values like these. Large assortment of Patterns and styles—Stouts and Regular sizes in the lot. Palm Beach Suits in all wanted shades. Gabardine Suits in neat shadow stripes; sport or plain models. ~ * Tropical Worsted Suits in popu- lar shades; one-eighth silk lined. ‘50 Odd Coats, various dark colors; sizes 34 to 44. An opportunity to get an extra coat for work. Friday at... $7.50 Vest to match above coats. Friday .51'00 Coming! Tomorrow—a Great Sale of Style Home Dresses —of fine quality ginghams—including such famed makes as Amoskeag, Puritan and Victory ginghams. For house, garden and porch wear. i BILLBOARD PATNS apecal artiden. C% Shatramons. 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Cost and former prices both have been dis- regarded in order to move these shoes to make room for our summer stock—one. will find many of our highest grade shoes at this low price. The popularity of the lasts and patterns hag been so great it has depleted the sizes, and we are going to give the women of Washington a Here’s a’ sale extraordi- every sense of the word. The lowest price at which we have been able to offer such fine quality gingham dresses. All are fresh, crisp and new. Well tailored, daintily trim- med—thousands of them to choose from. At this price there will be a stampede of buying. Most women will want to buy half a dozen. All the new leathers l;ld fabrics are represented in some ‘patterns. Variety of toe shapes and heel heights. Goodyear Welt and Turned Soles. . : ! % Berberich’s. Washington’s Largest and Mo:t' Progressive Shoé House 1116-1122 Seventh St. 813 Pennsylvania Avq\.v