Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1924, Page 4

- MISSION REPORTS GIVEN CONVENTION Baptist Woman Workers Re- cite Activities to Association. ot trict of morning's Agsociation holdmg its on the work of assoclations of the Dis- Columbia featured this sion_of the Columbia of Bantist Churches, forty-seventh annuai meeting in Grace Baptist, Church, Ninth street and South Carolina venue southaast. The entire session devoted to Yel ts and ad- on the women's missionary woman dre work. The program opened with de- votional services conducted by Mrs. F. W. Johnson, and a report on the work of the missionary as- 3. Bu Wright. flag, untorn, FORMER WILSON AIDE FAILS IN SUIT WITH WIFE Comfort Sought Annulment, Alleg- ing Spouse Was Disloyel During War. 7 2 tler, been disloyal |during the war. disloyaity, Mrs By the Associated Peesn,, ., 7 NEW YORK; *November 19.—Lieut. | Comdr. Rowland M: Comfort, U. 8. N., who was naval aie on the staff.of President - Wilson, falled to gain &n ainnulment of his marriage to Helen, Edson McFadden Comfort In the Su- | preme Court, Brooklyn, yesterday | Justice Hagarty dismissed {i® com- inlaint of the naval officer on motion »f Mrs. Comfort's attorney, Willlam who later ‘sald she soon would file an-action in separation and seek a court order granting her the custody of her four-year-old child. Comfort asked the the allegations that his wife had con- cealed from: him that she was subject to epileptic attacks, and that she had United States As_evidence of her he testified she+had torn n American flag given her by Orville Comfort produced the annulment to the in court. on GROSSMAN'S CASE 15 SET FOR DEC. Pres}dent's Right to Pardon Chicagoan to Be Argued in High Court. The pardoning power of the Presi- dent, as raised in the case of Philip Grossman coming from Chicago, will, under present plans, be argued before the Supreme Court December 1. The case has attracted wide attentlon be- cause it 18 bas#d ‘upon the theory ad- vanced by Federal judges in Chicago that persons held under contempt by courts are outside the pale of execu- tive clemency. Solicitor General Beck will appear to uphold the action -of President | Coolidge in the Grossman case., and | is expected to make a strong argu- ment in support of the contention that EDITH K. GOULD SUED FOR SILK HOSIERY BILL Bought 66 Pairs in One Month, Merchant in Paris Charges, in Court. By the Associated Press, PARIS, November 19.—Edith Kelly | Gould's silk stockin got into court today with a suit by a merchant for 4,000 francs, which he has been trying to collect since 1918. The merchant's bill covers the years bought 66 pairs of the silken hoslery in October of the last year. Frank Jay Gould, her former husband, who was divorced in 1919, refused to pay the bi:l, and the merchant now is suing Mr, Gould and the actual purchaser Jointly. / Mrs. Gould in her answer says the suit over the hosiery cannot be tried until the courts finally dispose of her action for half of Mr. Gould's for- tune. She lost this sult on its tri here last year, the court holding that the Goulds were married with a pro- vision for separate instead of com- munity property, but an appeal from this decision is still pending. SRR 1917-18, and shows that Mrs. Gould | DIVINELY GUIDED, - SCIENTIST CLAIMS Discoverer of Many Foods Believes God Will Show Way to Others. By the Assoclated Press. NEW, YORK, November 19.—Dr. George W. Carver, negro scientist, who Nea Tuskegee ' Institute's lentific research and experiment ation, belleves that his discoveries, through divine Providence,” of new commerclal prodycts from sweet po- tatoes, peanuts, pecans and common clays will mean an economic revolu- tion of the South. Speaking yesterday In the Marble Collegiate Church, in Fifth: avenue, Dr. Carver told an audience that he had developed 118 commercial prod- ucts from the sweet potato, 176 from who makes the highest achievement in any fleld of human endeavor. + ‘Oltes Rewults of Work, ‘The sweet potato, Dr. Carver told the ‘audlence, is the source of thre or four kinds of flour that makes bet- ter bread than any cereal, coffee, vinegar, molass: polish, paints, dyes, fast foods, starch, face powders and many other products. A large fac- tory’ now is being erected outside Tuskegee, where paint is to be pro- duced from the sweet potato, Dr. Carver sald. He announced that he had discovercd 32 different kinds of milk in the peanut and richer than cow's milk Divine revelation was credited by Dr. Carver for the discoveries he has made. - He sald he believed that with dovelopment his discoveries would bring about an economio revolution of the South. Explaining his discov- erles, Dr. Carver said: “No books ever go into my labora- tory; the thing that I am to do and the way of dolng it come to me. 1 never have to grope for methods; the method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the cur- tain’I would be helpless.” Dr. Carver is the son of an ex- slave. He spoke before the Women's Board of Domestic Missfons of the JOHNS JOINS REVUE BY L. 5. WORKERS “Uncle Sam’s Follies” to Be Directed by. Broadway Musical Artist. Brooke Johns, Broadway musical revue star and a Washington boy, will take over the direction of the Govern- musical revue, “Uncle to be staged at the President Theater from December 1 to 6. Returning here after four months abroad, with the autograph of H. R. H. Edward, Prince of Wales, on his fa- mous banjo, he declares that he has a brand-new stock of ideas to put into the Federal employes’ show. Johns will revamp the show, and has already wired fo music publishers for new popular music to fit the the of the various acts. He plans to The co-pperation of other ers hus been' secyred in the item enery and the director has ore dered some new sets made. The decision by Johns to take up’ the task of producing the show was the result of a life-long friendship with Alfred L. Stern, who is manag- Ing the affair for the employ The show will include Helen lagher, soprano; Jerry Ripp and lda Belt, a local dancing team; Austin L. Shaw, who probably will play the part of male lead in singing and dancing; “Spots” Harvey and Tom Murray, eccentric dancers and come- dians; Miss Helen O'Brien, singer of popular songs: Marc Cohn, dramatic monologist; the Aloha Players, Hawallan music and dancing; Miss Margaret Dickens, monologist and singer; the International Quartet, Tinker and Moore, vocalists; Miss Betty Grace Tucker, former “Vani- ties” and “Follies” girl; Raferty dnd Rishop, clog and acrobatic dancing team; Pearl B. Nehry, Russian danc- er; Kibby and Hayden, banjo, plano and dancing act, and almost a score of others equally as good, it is sald. It is likely that one or two new songs of Brooke Johms will be intro- duced at the show. A jazz orchestra from the Government departments will play. Under cross-examination yesterday the naval officer admitted he had oxpressed in lettery the desire to “bump_off” former g\‘e(‘rulx\ry of the Navy Daniels because he had {ssued orders which sent’ him to forelgn ports and caused him to be separated from his wife. The Comforts were married in 1919, Named to Medical Corps. William C. Furr and Ray H. Skaggs of the Medical Officers’ Re- serve Corps, have been appointed first lieutenants in the Medical Corps Regular Army. Lieut. Furr is as- signed to duty at Fort Eustls, Va., and Lieut. Skaggs to duty at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. »m was made by Miss Catherine fckney. secretary. The work of the various depart- | ments was given by the chairmen as follows: Mrs. Frank wn, White wdys Henderson, litera- ellie Falvigge, fon- : Mrs. H. Simore, Lamont Will- the constitutional power of executive clomency applies .to all Federal prisoners. Amos C. Miller and F. Bruce Johnstone, prominent Chicago attorneys, have been appointed spe- clal assistants to the Attorney Gen- eral to represent the other side of the controversy. They will contend in support of the position taken by Judges Carpenter and Wilkerson, that President Cool- idge had no authority to pardon a per- | son sentenced for contempt of court. League Officials Irked at PubUcn-i Sentenced by Landis. tion of British Plea. the peanut, 85 from the pecan and more than 300 from the common clay of his native South. His accomplish- ments in ‘“creative chemistry’ won for him a fellowship in Royal Soclety of Great Britain, and in 1923 he was awarded the Spingarn medal given yearly to the Ameri- can man or woman of African descent new costumes for the beauties picked from the departments, and with only a few days to work has secured the as- sistance of a corps of costymers. A rehearsal tonight in the auditorium of the Interior Department Building will be attended by the new director. Local merchants are co-operating with the show in furhishing cus- Reformed Church of America. 4 —e Maj. H. L. Walthall Assigned. Maj. Hugh L. Walthall, adjutant general, on duty in the office of the adjutant general of the Army at the War Department, has been assigned to additional duty in the office of the recrulting officer, headquarters, district of Washington. Assigned to Georgia Post Capt. Stuart R. Carswell, s. Infantry at thé Army War College, Washington Barracks, has been as- signed to the 29th Infantry at Fort Benning, Ga. Yaks C» (@mpany PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SEVENTH STREET e “LEAK” SEEN AT GENEVA. Report on Schoolx, Miss Jullette Mather, a representa- tive of the Women's Missionary | Union, told of the work of the union | in the mountain schools of Virginia, 1 2 v GENEVA, November 19.—The sec- and Mrs. Ciarlotte Wayne Smith of [ GF Emt = Philadelphia snoke on the urgent | [Ctariat of the League of Nations to- : day officially confirmed that Great come ing an active g s Deed of all women taking an 4ctVe | pritain hud requested that the com- T Y T Gooauls, | in& session of the league counell in St ciny e et Cog otk [ Rome should not take up the ques- SRR otk ¢ | tion of the Geneva protocol on se- e e rriet o Columbia: aresidea,°f | curity and disagreement. _ e e B e up. | Displeasure was expressed at what e e Tt Dt | was called the “leak,” as It was un- s M WEPS O derstood no announcement would be Goodman emphasized the importance of "_'r‘;‘:;‘c““"“““"‘ ::Iel(\h:d ’l“':‘;";;:{;kg‘m‘:“ enterprises a glon. concerning the nature of the re- sponse to be made. Grossman was originally sentenned ly Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis for violatinz a prohibition padlock in-| junction. He took his case to the Supreme Court, which. refised to re- view it. When he was about to be committed to the Chicago House of Correction President Coolidge pardoned him. Judges Carpenter and Wilkerson ordered Grossman's arrest, notwith- standing the action taken by the Presi- dent, their position being that Gross- man's offense had constituted contempt of court and that the President was without authority to interfere. Grosspan promptly_appealed to the Supreme Court for a” writ of habeas corpus, and it is upon that appeal that the hearinz has been set for Decem- Ber 1. Finest Fall and Winter STETSONS for Dress-up $7 to $10 Dr. Dargan Speaks. delivered by Rev. | An_address | an of Nashville, Tenn., Dr. E. C. en methods of &chool ¢ a Miss Mene Brockway | of Philad¢lphia also delivered a short address. A report by class work The program for this afternoon open- | VT h | an t ed with a quict halt-hour conducted fiat [one-thirg fof thellestate o ito by Rev. W. S. Abernethy. pastor of | "1% “‘ ach e -ml;* = ;r\“ !ir the Calvary Baptist Church. Short ad- | TemaIning two-tiords be held in dresses Ly other Baptiat clergymen (frust by hex for e henehe of their = Ly | children. Henry Leisner of Cincin- e of Washington and an address bY|,.¢ is named as executor. The v . Briges, on “Assoclation: | Lulu. af the estate s not stated will con; > the >a Karger’s ,Will Is Filed. The will of Gus J. Karger, news- paper correspondent, who died last Saturday, was filed teday for 0~ ba he document is in the nd writing o. the deceased and directs -— Passenger Bus Kills Doe. Speclal Dispateh to The Star. GRANTVLILLE, Md.. November 19.— A young. doe springing from the woods on ‘the National highway, 26 miles west of here, was instantly killed by the large passenger bus of the Old Tralls line, which runs be- tween Frostburg and Uniontown. The arcass was turned over to the State wuthorities for disposal. E. B. Shaver on Bible mcluded the program angelism,” m The association will con#inue in ses- l slon through tomorrow night. SAUSAGE-EATING TEST | FOR POOR FARMERS HELDl Winner Downs Six With Bread in | Minute 14 . Seconds. We made a special pur- chase of these overcoats from a prominent manu- facturer. It was his con- cession and it’s to you we pass along this oppor- tunity. and dio to The Star and Chic RLIN, November 19. lation of Ronweg, in Ba ¥ village just &ff the road {rom! Munich to Ingolstadt, is not interest- | ed in the Dawes plan or the Olymplic | games, but it has contests of its own. | According to the weekly Tage- | bush, a certain hotel keeper of gen- | fus recently instituted a sausage-eat- | ing cont for the benefit of poor farme Each poor farmer who felt | himself equal to great feats of gas- tronomic prowess was confronted with six large sausages and a_piece of | bread and told to eat it all as fast as possible Ronweg must be suffering from a| great poverty, for the contestants were many. The winner consumed < half dozen sausages, with bread, in the remarkable time of but one mi ute and fourteen seconds, which is belleved to be the world record. The You are, indeed, fortunate to be able to rest of the town looked on and con- | sumed Hotalil-ecndcat other was buy these Tan Viking Calf High Shoes for EaEEsiat its own expensel thius yRyIng) $12, the regular price of which aze $15. for the ben undertaking. 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