Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1924, Page 10

DWIGHT WELL FITTED FOR FEDERAL OFFICE New Head of State Department Publications Division Has Wide Experience. ONCE NEWSPAPER MAN Will Complete History Started by Hunt. lHarry Griswold Dwight, drafting officer in the near castern division of the Department of State, has been ap- Pointed by Secrctary Hughes as chief of the division of publications and oditor of the Department of State. He fills the vacancy caused by the recent death of Gaillard Hunt of the District of Columbia. Mr. Dwight is a former newspaper man and is considered well qualified for his new duties by high literary attainments and diplomatic experi- ence, He was born Turkey, parents, there. He studied for two Johnsbury (Vermont) Academy and ‘was graduated from Amherst Col- lege in 1895, He received the degree ©of A. B. from that college. Entered Service in 1898, His connection with the State De- partment began in 1898, He served as a olerk in the United States c sulate ut Venice and then as depu! conuul at that capital for séveral " until 1903 he was in Constantinople, August 5, 1875, while his Americans, were visiting vears at St in the d_subsequently @med 1o the n of near- affairs Cne of his special duties in his new assignment will be the prepara- tion of a history of the world war Trom the standpoint of the State De- partment, a work on which Mr. Hunt Was engaged at the time of hisdenth: SRR PRE-WAR CEREMONY MARKS ROME EASTER| All Records Broken by Number of Tourists—40,000 to At- tend St. Peter's. April 19.—Easter will be celebrated in Rome with more pomp and solemnity than has been seen at the Bastertide since before the war. Thousands of tourists have gathered | within the gates of the Hternal C surpassing all former records. Ge mans are bers, the United States being forced this vear to take second place among the chief pilgrim nations. Sunday's most important ceremany will be at St. Peter's. where Cardinal Merry del Val, as archpriest of the Basilica, wlill celebrate mass. The | sacred relics exposed in a it is expected 40,000 celebr: in the Mathilde C' mbers of his immediate e tourage being invited. Another f portant ceremony will be at th Church of St. John in Latern, thousands will gather to hear Sistine Chapel choir. The Teutonic visitors, about are the picture apvear in Eroups in § Forum, the | Coliseum and_other p of inte est, wearing the usual German touri: costume — knickerbockers, colored the numbering | touch of Amold and Company 1416 Eye Street N.W. 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The claimant has now instituted suit be- fore the Court of Claims, which suit is still pending. No Others Found. master id sugar. general of The amount “An examination of the records of this department has failed to disclose the name of any other ex-member of the Senate, or of any other ex-cabinet | oficer who, within tw retirement from office | frst day of January, 1918, has ap- | peared before this department as at- torney or agent, or who has been a member of any firm or partnership appearing attorney or agent | before the Navy Department, its bureaus or officers, in advocacy of any claim against the government of the United States.” as BI.ACKMAII. CHARGE BY WOMAN QUASHED Dy the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, lowing the holding of Mrs. Anna Beswick, confessed bigamist and mother of eighteen children, in $5,000 bail on forgery and fraud charges April 19.— Fol- ing extorted $50.000 from her - threats to expose her double life were discharged by Magistrate Hol- | 1and Mrs. Beswick is said to have-told detectives she married William C. Martin, president of a cold storage company, although she was already married to Charles Beswick, a car- s | penter. Letters and documents purporting to have been written’ by Judge J Willts Martin of common please court, which represented Mrs. Bgswick as an heiress and which have been de- clared forgeries, were introduced at three men whom she accused | THE SUNDAY STAR, "WASHINGTON, D. .C.. |Map Makers to Photograph Sea Floor Off Isle of Pines for U. S. Records Shoal Spots Visible at High Altiuui_e, and Depths Are Obtained at Greatly Reduced Time and - Cost for Navigation Charts. MRS. WILSON GIVES TO SALVATION ARMY Check Aids Budget of District Organization—$22,000 Now Received. MAKE CANVASS OF Hdl{ES Girls at Evangeline Booth Hotel Have Raised $1,500. Mrs. Edith Bolling Wilson, widow of the late Woodrow Wilson, yester- day sent in a contribution to the Sal- vation Army’'s $37,000 appeal which has been extended to next Saturday. The check from Mrs. Wilson was one of a dozen received from persons prominent in social and official life in Washington, including high ofii- cers of the Army and Navy. The total subscribed has now passed the $22,000 mark, with indi- cations of a material inorease during Easter week. Contributions should be sent to Thomas I’. Hickman, treas- urer, care Salvation Army, 607 1 street northwest. Canvass All Homes, Forty Salvation Army lassies and men will canvass Washington next w k, completing the canvass of every Washington home. “Wae are going to double our efforts next week and try to bring the ap- peal to a close with a material in- ere in_ the total contributioms col- Ernest R. Holz, adjutant, reach 700 looks now as if we will 100. Contributions numbering or 800 a day are coming in. | More than $1,500 has been collected by { more than 200" girls of the Evangeline Booth Hotel at 1330 L street northwest, a self-supporting institution of the army. Goal 1s Now $2.000. e girls originally set out to raise within a few hours had passed They next set $500 as the Th | the mark. goal, increased it to $1,000, went up again to $1,500 and now are striving to Eet $2,000. Thousands of letters have been sent | to Washington homes asking for con- tributions. These letters are now bring- ing results Adjt. Holz announced last night that the jocal army would have its annual in- spection on May 19. SEIZED AS SUSPECT IN $500,000 THEFT| Man Supposed to Be W. A. Rossiter, Alleged Embezzler, Jamaica Report Declares. By the Associated Press, 2 YORK. April 19.—The Herald | of Kingston, Jamaica, declares a man supposed to be William A. Rossiter, alleged embezzler of more than $500, t service men, copyrighted dis- patch_rece om Kingston by the New York Times tonight. Rossiter has been employed for many years in the family of the late Charlemagne Tower, former ambassa- dor to Germany, first as a head book- keeper and later as a secretary to Mr. Tower. He had not been sus- pected of wrong doing until he sud- denly disappeared June 29 last. Within a week there were rumors of for- , trustees of the Tower estate voted to place the case in,the hands of the authorities. Rossiter was indicted by a Phila- delphia grand jury January 31 on ten true bills, in which he was ac cused of forgery, uttering and pub- lishing forged checks, embezzlement and fraudulent conversion. The only the hearing. It was contended that Mrs. Beswick borrowed money from a4 number of persons through her representations that she was about to inherit an estate. imount mentioned in the Indictment was the alleged theft of $10,000, but authorities said the peculations and forgeries probably would considerably in excess of $200,000. they Member e Retail Jewelers' Section Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association value. it wil of ge ance value: 1 Fi and convey April is the month of Diamonds, Such a gift carries with it rare sentiment as well as a tangible investment feature that is bound to enhance. carat; pecially priced at endure through the years. full a hatever you select—if it is 1 be a “Gift that will last,” to prove acceptable. 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