Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1924, Page 27

SYDNOR UNMOVED BY DEATH CHARGE Smokes When Returned to Richmond to Answer as Wife Murderer Epecial Dispateh to The St RICHMOND, Va, June J. Sydnor, arrested in night, char with his second wife on the night of June 14, reached here this afternoon in charge of Detectives Gentry and An- thony The the home 8. —Walter xandria last the murder of night the police say, of relatives ven clothin: opened his spattered had been were to it is wo a woma He was some money : soiled clothin, following murder. Sydnor went to the and asked to be d when questioned showing blood- was asked if he and, the police No fight, but 1 have killed coat, hirt and B The s taken to the river and thrown in. These statements have been made in writing and are in the hands of the offi left here the rning th found, say. He make any sort of a statem rought back, but smoked and posed for a picture Tracked by Detectives. Detectives of this city behind dnor after the finding of the body of his wife, whose skull Was crushed with a monkey wrench He went to Raltimor and Washing- ton, it is said A telegram from this city to Brown,” the name under which was living, to Alexandria, was undoing, the officers having sot trap for him nor had been three times mar- ried—one wife coming from Roanoke and one from Norfolk. The Norfolk wife was divorced, but he had a_wife here when he married Mrs. Violet Worley, the police say. He had told t latter of his other wife, and she the only person that knew of it She told her parents and they urged her to give him up to the police The night of the killing the man had Just gotten to the absence of some time, and he wife to mect him to talk separation. It was stated toda that a months ago the man mother was adjudged of unsound mind and was @ent to a hospital for treatment. FAIRFAX. FAIRFAX, n clothes the a cigarette were close mes he his a over a few Va., June (Special). —The roof has heen placed on the new school building for the town of Fairfax and the interior being ‘fitted up for use. The building will probably be ready for c by the beginning of the school sessions in September. Buck Jackson. colored, of Vienna, 1S in jail here as a result of shooting Leon Jackson and Buck Carter, col- ored, at a dance in Minors Hall, Vienna. - Carter's wounds are report- ed to be serious. J. A. Mitchell of Burke died Tues- day at his home. He is survived by his wife and five children. Death is thought to have been due to acute indigestion. Dr. F. W. Huddleson of Fairfax, while attempting to avoid an electric car at the crossing at Main street and the electric line, turned his auto into a ditch and struck the crossing sign. No one was seriously hurt. The Rt. Rev. William C. Brown, Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia, visited Truro parish Sunday last. At Zion Church, rfax, he confirmed seven person ame number were confirmed at Holy Comforter Church, Vienna, and four were confirmed at Good Sheherd Church, Burke. Ashb rison, son of William at his home near last, after a long ili- survived by his wife hildren. as: and several At the t meeting of the Women's Advisory Council of Falrfax Coun- ty the problem of financing the work of the home demonstration agent in Fairfax County was discussed. Mirs Belle Burke. district home demon- stration agent, explained to the meet- ing that in every other county this expense is borne equally by the state and .county. The following commit- has been appointed to secure Mrs. D. G. Garber of Accotink, chairman; Mrs William Harrison Lamb of Clifton, Mrs. E. D. Vosbury of McLean and Mrs. Buell of Hern- don. The contractors for the rebuild- ing of the portion of the Little River pike near Alexandria have begun the work of laying concrete shoulders on each side of the road. R Walton Moore and _Fairfax Shield McCandlish of Fairfa are members of the Virginia delegation and are in New York attending the Democratic_convention. Oliver T. Wallace conducted an auotion sale at the old Beattie farm on the Little River pike between Fairfax and Alexandria, Monday last, About 500 persons were present, from Fairfax County, Alexandria and Washington. Abwut $21,000 was realized from the sale. Extensive repairs will be be, the residence of the late Joseph Wile lar@, in Fairfax, by George Sheets and Parl Alder, who have been em- ployed by Thomas Love, manager of the Willard estate, to put the house and outbuildings in order. Mrs. Barbara Ford of Fairfax died at her home here Wednesday last. She was the widow of R. Ford, who for many years was cashier of Yhe National Bank of Fairfax. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. R. W. Stump and Miss Dorothy Ford of Fairfax, and a son, Dr. Frank Ford of Baltimore. Funeral services were held Friday. The Cecilian Circle of Washington will give a concert in the town hall Monday night next. The program will consist of numbers on the guitar, mandolin and banjo. . The semi-monthly shooting contest of the Antioch Rod and Gun Club was held on the club grounds Saturday jast. The winners are: Class A lov- ing cup, Ralph Sherman; class B lov- ing cup, B. Beckwith, sr.; Emmons trophy, C. A. Lane. DECATUR HEIGHTS., DECATUR HEIGHTS, Md., June 28 (Special).—Mrs. Frances Walker of Cottage City and W. E. Hand of Deca- tur Helghts were married Wednesday by the bridegroom’s brother, the Rev. J. Phelps Hand, at his home in Baiti- more. * . Two Decatur Heights residents. Mrs. 1 N. Willlams and Mrs. Eben Toole, Who have been confined in a Wash- ington hospital by illness, have re- turned home. W. R. Beattie and A. R. Lee, officials of ihe United States Department of Agriculutre, residing here, have re- turned after & week's extension tour in_New Jersey. H. Bicknal of Malden, Mass.; Harry Bicknal of Northampton, Mass., and John Bicknal, president of Jaff- ha College, Ceylon, India, are guests of their niece, Miss Gertrude Bicknal. Miss Jessie Campbell, state nutri- tion specialist, lectured on “Balanced Rations,” at the June meeting of the Decgtur Heights Housekeepers' Club Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Maurice H. Jarvis. Miss Ellen Davis, Prince Georges County home demonstration agent, was a guest. Thousands of dollars are lost by telephone companies every month as % result of coin box thefts. To check the operations of such thieves there has been devised a secret alarm sys- tem, which flashes a signal at a tele- phee exchange whenever & coin box is tampered | paint WARRENTON. WARRENTON, Va. June 28 (Spe- cial).—Prize lists have been published for the fifth annual Warrenton pony show, which will be held on the horse show grounds, July 19, instead of In September, as usual. The officers ot this show, which claims to be the oldest pony show in America, are Peggy Keith, president ary . Chamberlain, vice president; Mildred Gaines, secretary. The classes will number twenty-three, with a cup as first prize, and money second prize in each. Folo is played by the Fauquier Club on the grounds at Marshall every Saturday afternoon: no charge for at- tendance except at match games. There are so games on the Wel bourne Field at Upperville on Tues- days, between the Upperville and Mid- urg teams The Black Horse Chapter, U. D. C., will meet Monday afternoon with Mrs. Carrie Ullman The Warrenton Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Alice D. Carr. Bnsign Turner Day, jr, who has been at the home of his parents here since his graduation at Annapolis, will go to Washington for duty June 30. Ensign Alfred P. Randolph, Who has also been at his home here, will report for duty at Newport News, but later will be sent by the Navy Department to take a special course of two vears at Harvard. James C. Ambler, division superin- tendent of public schools of this county, attended the conference of school superintendents at the opening of the summer school of the Univer- sity of Virginia this week A flower show was held on the rectory lawn at Upperville last Fri- day afternoon under the auspices of the Fauquier-Loudoun Garden Club. A portrait of Francis Fauquier, colonial Governor ~ of Virginia, whom this county was named, was presented to the county Monday by the Fauquier Historical Socfety. H. C.Groome, president of the society, mude the peech of presentation and Judge G. L. Fletcher made the ad- dress of acceptance on behalf of the board of supervisors and people of the county. The Warrenton Chamber of Com- merce held 118 annual meeting Wed- hesday evening in the Warrenton Theater, with an_entertainment for members _and their families and friends. Members from the Marshall Chamber of Commerce were also in- vited. Addresses were made by Burton and another official of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Special reels of pictures Were shown and two solos sung. The directors elected for the coming year follow: F. G. Anderson, Jam Bartenstein, C. W T.%. Fleteher, T. E. Frank, Gravson, H. I. Hutton, James W Jeffries, R. M. MeCarty, nell, W. H. Robertson, 'C; ¥ Hermann Ullman and D. P. Wood, jr. Garden Club met at the home of Carter, B. CLARENDON CLARENDON, Va. June 28 cial).—The Washington and Virginia Railway Company has started a movement to improve conditions at and in the viecinity of all of its sta- tions on lines in Arlington County, according to an announcement made by Trafic Manager Thomas H. Travers at a meeting of the Claren- don Citizens' Association Monday night. The company has acquired a spraying machine which, he aid, is to be kept at work until every station structure has a dres ing-up. Mr. Travers told the meeting that the company would like to be apprised of any conditions along its lines that are working or may work to the disadvantage of communities or the discomfort of its patrons, s0 that they may be corrected. Dr. W. B. Owen, president of the Chicago Normal School and president of the lllinois State Teachers' AsSso- ciation, who is attending the Na- tional Bducation Association conven- tion in Washington, will preach the sermon_at the 11 o'clock service at the Clarendon Methodist Church to- morrow, supplying for the pastor, Rev. C. I. Flory, who is attending the (Spe- | ministerial conference being held at the Randolph-Macon Collese. At a meeting of Arlington Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy held at the home of Mr. and Mr: John W. Palmer, Tuesday evening, blans were made for a lawn fete to be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. McGonegal, corner of Clarendo and Alexandria' avenues, Tuesday evening. Many interesting features are to be presented, it is said. ‘Announcement was made at a meet- ing of the women's auxiliary of Arlington Post, American Legion, held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Porter Wednesday nignt, that both the auxillar d the men's organi- tion are willing and want to help ex-soldiers of the county over any difficulties they may be encountering in making application for the bonus. Those desiring any assistance in this connection are advised to communi- cate with cither R. Bleakley James, commander of Arlington Post, at Fort Myer Heights, or Mrs. J. O. Frank, head of the women's auxili- ary, at Ballston. A'large crowd turned out and en- joyed the concert given Thursday night by the Clarendon Band on the playgrounds, a short distance south of the Clarendon station, loaned the town by Frank Lyon. The concert was under the leadership of John Marcus, band director. ~A. Frank Snyder, manager of the band, an- nounces that concerts will be held every Thursday night during the summer on the grounds, weather per mitting. In case of rain or other un- favorable weather conditions, the band will play in Clarendon Citizens' Hall. The second anniversary of the in- stitution_ of Clarendon Rebekah Lodge, No. 28, will be celebrated Monday evening at Clarendon Citi- zans’ Hall. Invitations have been sent to all officers of the Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly as well as to all Rebekahs and Odd Fellows of the county. At the semi-annual election meeting of the lodge Monday eve- ning the following officers were elected for terms of six months: Mrs. Frankie Ristine, noble grand; Mrs. Cora B. Fields, vice grand; Mrs. Mar- garet Myers, treasurer; Mrs, Mary O'Halloran, trustee for three years Mrs. Ira L. Brashears, degree di rector. LAUREL, Md., June 28 (Special).— George Bowie McCeney, Robert Sadler McCeney and LePage Cronmiller, jr., all of this town, were among the graduates of St. John's College at Annapolis, Md,, and received the de- gree of A. B. “Bob" McCeney was the youngest graduate for the past twenty vears. Bowie McCeney re- ceived at $25 prize for the best essay. James B. Roberts, jr., who resided in Laurel until the latter part of last year, was in the list of graduates. H. Dolan Awalt was among the grad- uates at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and received his diploma on Tuesday evening. Colvin B. Brown, chief of the or- ganizatfon service bureau of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, addressed the meeting of the Citizens' Improvement Associgtion oa Monday evening at the Red Wing Theater here. Col. Edward E. Hatch attended t fortieth reunion of the class of 1884 of the United States _Military Academy, at West Point, N. Y., of which he was a member. Paul Orr, a Canadian youth employ- ed on the stock farm of H. G. Bed- well, between Laurel and Savage, was found hanging from a tree in a dense woods on the Bedwell cstate last Saturday. Orr disappeared Jume 4. He had a short conversation that morning with Willilam Stark, manager of the farm. Mr. Bedwell notified the vouth's’ parents, and the body is being held at an undertakers - lishment. : = Rev. .E. Pinkney Wroth, pastor of St. Philips’ Church, was og:‘ruod upon at a timore hospital it week, THE STARRY SKIES IN JUL By Prof. Barton of the University of Pennsylvapis. The planets Jupiter and Saturn are conspicuous objects In the southern sky. Jupiter is the brightest star now visible in the early evening. Its position is marked on fgure 1, but it can be Identified at once by its brightness. The bright star near it at A is Antares. The four brightest sutellites of Jupiter can be seen with a very small telescope. To follow their motiens from night to night is very interesting. Usually the four satellites are visible, but sometimes one or more may be directly between us and the planet or directly behind tie planet, or In its shadow. and in any of these cases the satellite wil) not be visible. July 26 will be an especially Interesting evening in this respect. " At 7:30 p.m., eastern stand- ard time, satellite No. 2 comes be- tween us and the planet and begins a transit over the face of the planet, which lasts until 9:53. At 8:49 satel- lite No. 1 goes behind the planet, as seen from the earth. This we call an occultation. This occultation last un- til the satellite emerges from the disc of Jupiter, but then it is In Jupiter's shadow and is not visible because not illuminated; that is, it is eclipsed. The satellite reappears after the eclipse at 13:03 am. Satellite No. 3 was occulted from 5:01 until 7:26. It is farther from the planet than No. 1, =0 its occultation |s complete before the eclipse begins. It -is eclipsed from 9:10 until 11:44¢. Thus, from the beginning of the transit of No. 2 at 7:30 untfl its emergence at 9:53 but one of the four satellites, No. 4, will be in sight. That one is near fts Ereatest distance to the west of the planet. The shadow of No. 3 crosses the planet from $:32 to 11:6%. It Is not often that three satellites are in- visible at the same time. It Is possi- ble for the four to be invisible ut the same time, byt that occurs very rarely. The cause of these phenomena is shown approximately in figure 2. This figure shows the orbits of the three satellites, the shadow cast by Jupiter in the direction opposite to that of the sun, the rexion opposite in’ direction to thut of the earth within which satellites cannot be seen because Jupiter hides them, and the region toward the earth within which the satellite is in the same direction s Jupiter, and, hence, cannot be seen on the equally bright background of Jupiter's dise.. Too much space would be taken to show the position of the fourth satellite. Venus is now too close to the sun to be seen. [t passes the sun July 1, and after that time 1s a morning star. At the end of the month it may be seen in the east just before sunrise. The position of Saturn is marked on figure 1. The bright star at B, near Saturn, is Spica. The one above it, at C, is Arcturus. Mars is in the con- stellation, Aquarius on the eastern horizon. 1t riges about 11 o'clock. The position of Neptune is marked rear the western horizon, and is not visible to the naked eye. Uranus, also invisible to the naked eye, ix in Pisces, while Mercury cannot be seen this month. The earth is at the point of its orbit farthest from the sun July 3. A small partial eclipse of the sun, in which about a fifth of the sun’s diameter is the greatest amount seen eclipsed from any part of the earth, will occur on July 31. It will be seen only from regions near the south pole, so is of little importance. Mars, the planet next to the earth in order of distance from the sun, which is closer to the earth than any other planet except Venus at times, Will be almost as close to the earth next month as it is possible for it to come. It is now approaching the earth rapidly. Figure 3 shows the reason for this unusual condition. Fach planet moves around the sun in elliptical orbit. The earth’'s orbit is nearly circular, with the sun a-little out of the center. The variation in the earth’s distance from the sun amounts to 3,000,000 miles. It is closest in_ January, and, as stated above, is farthest away this month. The orbit of Mars, although more flattened than that of any other planet except Mercury, is nearly circular, also with the sun a greater distance LYON PARK. LYON PARK, Va, June 28 (Spe- cial)—Judging from enthusiasm at & meeting of the subcommittee of the Women's Club in charge of the move- ment to secure a supervised play- ground in Lyon Park success of the Project is assured. A large number met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs, E. F. Parham on Washington avenue to discuss ways and means, and it was agreed that the women should stage a drive to secure funds for the salary of a supervisor. The personnel of the committee to handle the soliciting of the funds together ith the territory allotted to each will be announced within a few days. Through the efforts of Mrs. Par- ham, who is at the head of the move- ment, the services of a specially trained playground instructor will be obtained from the Marjorie Webster School of Expression and Physical Education of Washington to teach the children in organized classes of singing, folk dancing, various forms of athletics, sewing, basket weaving and other activities. The co-operation of the citizens of nearby communities also will be so- licited, as it is felt that the benefits of the playground work should be extended to include as large @ num- ber of children as possible. - Although no date of the opening of the play- ground has been announced it has been tentatively set as July 7, and lans are being perfected for special rtertainment features for the chil- 1 and_their parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Haley are spend- ing & short vacation at Atlantic City Mra. Haley is the newly elected presi dent of the Women's Club, and ex- pects to return in time to preside at its regular meeting. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Stone of Spruce street have as guests their niece Misses Columbia Johnson and Vir: ginia Stone of Roanoke, Va. The regular meeting’ of the Wom- en’s Club will he held In the Lyon & Fitch building Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Adoption of a constitu- tion and by-laws will be the principal business before the new organization. this matter having been deferred trom the last meeting of the club. A report from the playgrounds com- mittee will be submitted and an- npuncement made of a definite date for the opening, together with the special features being arranged for this event. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, CAPITOL_ HEIGHTS, Md.. June 28 (Special).—BIds for construction of 1.03 miles of gravol roadway along Crystal Springs avenue from Central avenue to the Washington-Marlboro turnpike were opened at the office of the state roads commission in Baltimore this week. The lowest bid received was from the §t. Mary’s Construction Company Mpchanicsburg, Md., $9,377.60. At the office of the commission is was stated that Chairman John N. Mackall of the commission was attending the Dema- cratic convention in New York, and that no sction would be taken until his re- turn. Construetion of this piece of high- way has been agitated for a number of years. 1t will fink Central avenue, or the Largo pike, and the Washington-Masl- boro boulevard. At the commeneement exercises of the Capitol Helghts Graded 0ol Miss Catherine Gibbs, an behalf of the u- ating - class, presented Miss, . Emma ‘Walker, principal, a handsome _eilver fruit basket in recognition of her merv- ices to the class. Miss teacher, = sllver sixth grade, was presented wi basket. S The annual Sunday aehool micnic of St Mathias’ Church. this place. will b held July 8, the scene .: festivities being Chesapeake Beach. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the lecal volunteer fire department is plan- nipg & big Independence day . cele- brati Mrs. Vernon D. Acree has charge of the athletic program and $rs. Trone ‘A- Conner ls chairman of U le s TiRed thata” sorm: mittees to take d:u? of the various features: Dinner, J. W. Bea- vers, chairman, by dre Bep. t s, If facing eaxt. hol tom as ¥outh now ix The centrr of the map eant at the bot- the point overhead. from the center. The variation in the distances of Mars from the sun amounts to 26,400,000 miles. Hence, some parts of the orbit of Mars lie much closer to that of the earth than others. The point of the orbit of Mars at which it is closest to the xun. called perihelion, is at P. Mars reaches the point this year Au- BUSL 30. The part of the earth's orbit nearest to P is farther from the sun than the average, but the earth is htly closer to the sun each day. For that reason the point of the orbit of Mars closest to a point of the earth's orbit is reached a few days be- fore perihelion is reached. The earth revolves in its orbit once a year, 365 days. Mars requires a longer time, as it is farther from the sun, namely, 687 days. The earth passes Mars at in- tervals which averake two years and forty-nine days. Evideatly the plan- ets are clos in each revolution near the time when they pass, but the distance between them at these times varles greatly. These points of pass- ing are joined by lines in figure 3. Mars is then sald to be in opposition; that is, it is in the direction opposite to that of the sun, this year being at opposition August 23. The next op- osition occurs in October, 1926; then n 1928, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939 and 1041. It is clear from the figure that at oppositions which take place in August or September the planety are closest, and that since each oppo- sition occurs about forty-nine days later in the year than the preceding seven or eight oppositions: that is ffteen or seventeen years must elapse between these favorable oppositions. The last favorable one occurred in 1909, at which time the distance be- tween the two planets, although not small as in this year, was vet closer than it will be in 1939 or 1941. The orbit of Mars is not quite in the same plane as that of the earth. In the dotted part Mars is above the plane of the earth’s orbit. On August 22, this year, when Mars is closest, its distance from the earth will be 34,- 634,000 miles. One must go back to 1877 to find a comparable opposition. The distance in 1877, however, was 200,000 miles greater. Another very favorable opposition occurred Sep- tember 1, 1798. One must go back farther than this, however, to find Mars as near as it will be next month. July 1 Mars is of magnitude minus 1.4 that is, almost exactly of the brightness of Sirius, the brightest Noel, George A. Adams and H. Bryan: ice cream, Miss Minnie Nuthall, chairman, as- sisted by Mrs. John 0. Wood: fancy table, Mrs. E. C. Bixler, assisted by Mrs. Julia V. Flood: homemade cake and punch, Mrs. William V. Plerce, chairman, agsisted by Mrs. Quil paddle stand, Mrs. Joseph R. Mch mee, chairman. assisted by Mrs. Adel- bert H. Lee: watermelon stand. Mrs. C. C. McGuire, chairman, assisted by Mrs, George 'A. Robey; homemade candy, Mrs. Vernon D. Acree, chair- man, assisted by Mrs. Bogan; candy wheel, Mrs. Louis C. Schmidt, chair- man. ' assisted by Miss Bdith M. Smith; fishpond, Miss Nuthall; adver- tising and music, Mrs. Irene A. Conner. Leeshurg-Purcellville. jamin' H. Mrs. Samuel LEESBURG, Va., June 28 (Special). —At a meeting of the County Law Enforcement League held in the di- rectors’ room of the Peoples’ National Bank, Capt. C. M. McCormick was unanimously elected president of the league to fill the unexpired term of J. V. Nichols, who found the pressure of business made it impossible for him to complete the year. It was de- cided that meetings should be held the second Tuesday morning of each month. The Loudoun County W. C. T. U, will hoid a rally and jubilee year meeting _on the Bush Meetin Grounds, Purcellville, on July 23. All of the Sunday schools are expected to attend and participate in the pro- gram. Mrs. J. H. Emerick is In charge of the exercises. At a_meeting of the stockholders of the Horse and Colt Show Associa- tion of Loudoun County, held here this week, it was decided that the Horse Show Company should dissolve and a resolution was adopted approv- ing_the recommendation of the board of directors that the grounds be sold. The grounds consists of twenty acres just west of Leesburg. The first open-air union services of the season will be held on th court house green Sunday evening, July 6, commeneing at 8 o'clock. Rev. Garland of Richmond, who has preached here before at open-air serv- ices will dellver the sermon. The services will be continued each Sun- day during the summer and ministers of various demoninations will preach. Mrs. Eppa Norman died suddenly at her home near Purcellville on Friday. She was seventy-five years of age and had enjoyed unusual health until the past few months. Her death was presumably from heart disease, She is survived by her husband, & daugh- ter, Miss Bessle Norman: four sop. Ben Norman, A. C. Norman, cashi of the Purcellville National Bank; Joe Norman, an assistant of the Round Hill National Bank, and Walter Norman, all of this county. THRIFTON VILLAGE. THRIFTON VILLAGE, June 28.— Capt. John T. Talman, county sup dent of roads, it is anmounce the principal speaker at th: June meeting of the Thrifton Im- provement League to be held in rish hall of Grace Episcopal Church onday evening. Capt. Talman, it is ex , will ~ enlighten the bers on the functions of well as outline plans of for various improvements. A large attendance is urged. The committee of the Ladies’ Guild of Grase Epiacopal Church, whieh conducted the rummage sale held ip Georgstown last Saturday, annoynces that about 368 was clsared in the ndertaking. : A nutln'; of the Thrifton ViIl Jnior Government is annoynced onday eyening at sh at ¥ o'cloek. Consideration of plans for a lawn fete to be given by the govern- ent sarly next month is expected to ;.lll of the features of the meet| Ly 1 of Grace Episcopal Church wiil o heid Sacurday: July 1% at Great Y i car of the Washing %nd’ 814 Bominion raliway has n chartered to copvey the party to reappears after transit at 2 and Jupiter at 2. 3 ation at 3, them eclipsed in Jupi- Figure 3. Motion of the earth am Mars, showing the clese approach Au: sust 23, 1924. star in the whole heavens. Its bright. ness increases to minus 2.3 by the end of the month. Tt is then brighter than Jupiter. It rises in the south- east about 11 o'clock at the first of the month, and about 9 o'clock at the end of the month. Its brilliance and red color make it an unmistakable object. Its changes in brightness as it approaches the earth can be easily seen. SAMUEL G. BARTON FIREWORKS' PERIL TO EYES STRESSED Parents Warned to Watch Children’s Celebrations of “Glorious Fourth.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 28—Don't cele- brate Independence day by sacrific- ing forever your eyesight, or that of someone else. This is the warning issued here to- day by the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness. Al- though great progress has been made in the movement for safe and sane celebrations of Independence day, the committee says the Fourth of July is followed each year by a flood of reports of accidents to boys and girls which, in many cases, blind them and in most others so seriously impatr their vision that they are handicapped for life. Injuries to the eyes from the use of fireworks and firearms are not, how- ever, confined to Independence day celebrations. The committee has within recent months received re- ports of serious injuries to the eyes of 224 children through the use of fireworks and firearms since the Fourth of July of last year. Afr Rific Takes Toll In seventy-nine cases the child had been shot in the eye with an air rifl the eyes of sevemty children were seriously injured by other firearm in forty-one cases the eves of a chi were seriously Injured by the explo- sion of so-called “dynamite caps, commonly used as ammunition fo “dynamite canes”; the eyes of twen- ty-one children were injured by p mature blasts of explosives, and thi teen by display fireworka. The' committes found that while eye accidents this type are r curring throughout the year, ther: a sharp and sudden rise in their f quency during the first week of July and immediately following Christmas, due to the use of fireworks in Christ- mas celebrations, particularly in the south, and to the popularity of t alr rifle as a Christmas gift for boy: The committee believes that fi works have a proper and desiral place in the life of the American bo: that they focus attention on histor cal events in 3 way beyond the power of ordlnnzsnluory instruction; and that they stimulate patriotism, Plean te Save Eyeaight. But the committee feels that eyesight of several hundred child each year is too high a price to pay for the good that is accomplished by the free use of fireworks and fire- arms, particularly during the Fourth of July and the days immediately pre. ceding it. The committee urges every parent and other adult responsible for the care of childven to take steps im. mediately to avert this year a repeti. tion of the egl(n!lu,ry Fourth of July casualties. ecifically, the commit- tee recommends that firearms of all sorts be ut of reach of children; that all ri; be kept out of the hands of m%le children and that the use of so-called dynamite caps, giant cannen crackel kyrockets, ‘roman candles and other powerful fireworks be restricted to large children under the supervision of adults. —_——— Ohto supreme court has de. elared that a labor union is witheyt authority to picket a shop with baa- ners announcing that a strike exiats at the shop when no strike actually axists, FORESTVILLE. FORESTVILLE, Va., June 28 (Spe- clal),~—Exgeilent weather was one reaon for the large attendance at the Children's day services at Salem Church Sunday. A collection of $18 was taken, which will be turned over to the foreign mission board of the Methodist Protestant Church. The chureh was decorated with red rambler A large lattice work, constructed around the pulpit, was coyered with the roses, with half a dozen large Boston swerd ferns as & background. A facsimile design of the larger trellis was carried out in miniature over the entire church, each smgil trellis being covered with a graceful spray of roses e, Th gular church choir was as- sisted by Mrs. Walter Imboden of Fort Myer Helghts, O. K. Miller and ¥. 8. Reid of Forestviile and Mr. and Mra. Emery P. Starke of New York Citv. Mre. Starke, accol her ‘husband, herd” by Parri. Mrs. Starke was pupil of H. Leroy Lewis of Washing- ton before her marriage. Mrs. H. Oliver and Miss Annie Cornweil sang @ duet, “Bring the Blessed Lord Your Treasure,” by Judefind. The member: of the choir were as follows: So- pranos, Kathryn Follin, Annie Corn- well, Marguret Woolenham, Mrs. Dewey Marehall, Mra. Walter Imbo- den and Mrs. Emery P. Starke; altos, Mrs. H. L. Oliver, Eolene Follin and Helen Preston; basses, H. 0. Born- well (direotor) and ©. K. Miller: tenors, F. 8. Reld and Emery P. Starke; organist, George Cornwell. Misses Marjorie and Ethel Pat- ten of Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, are visiting with thelr mother at the home of Mrs. Patten's father, Mr. Edward Smith. Miss Gladys Pat- ten will join them later. ‘An Apartment in the Suburbs A new modern apartment building with switchboard and elevator service. City city. 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