Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1924, Page 22

G AMUSEMENTS. 20 MRS. H.L. GESSFORD ' BURNED 70 DEATH, Wife of Former D. C. Police Head Dies ‘After Clothes Catch Fire From Heater. THE EVEN THE THRILL THAT COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME. ‘STAR, WASHINGTON, —By WEBSTER. g T I TH PULLMAN GOt OUER My EXPENSE > ~THIS PIPPIr COMES 1 AN TAKE 5 A SEAT €. LiLL1An RUSSELL HAD HoTl:I\N‘on‘lfi:g SHE WAS A BLINGER! A DI l\"PON s- < oA TREE ALL LIT UP. SHE LOCKED LIKE A CHRISTMAS TK e 5‘:2“\"!:5';000#4 1 SEEN HER (:wm(ul:cw.:‘f:%‘sg ‘s(:gcciaoéff S SE Dowm WATH HER.. WELLSTE. 3 3 o JC;;-eH'r ouT AN TELL ME SHE LoveED ME "\1& Mmg;e C:DMGAID evyes Oon ME ~€7C., ETC. HO- HUM. OMME srel crE WAS TH DAUGHTER OF TH PRESI10EMT OF EriGiosTe A BI16 RAILROAD ouT L, wEeSsST “RANDALL'S™ METROPOLITAR F AT 1¢¢h Last Day—11 to 11 FLORENCE VIDOR V' . Clive Brook, Warner Baxter, Clive Brooks mee's superh athleen Nor- successtul 1 wAs ACCOUNT WHE ACROSY TH AL BABY FOR LOOKS. Metro-Goldwyn Presents SO THIS IS MARRIAGE! The story of a modern flapper's career after wedlock, featuring ELEANOR BOARDMAN AND CONRAD NAGEL Comedy—News—Overture Metro-Goldwyn presents the su- perb picturization by Victor Sea- strom of Leonid Andreyev’s circus love tale that captivated Europe and America on the stage! alter Hiers Thomas H. ation of sensationally CHRISTINE of the HUNGRY HEART SOMEDY—NEWS—SCENIO Washington's Finest Orchestra — -— 7§ TIVOLI CRANDALL'S 5% v . TODAY—TOM MIX, in “TEETH.” SFAST PERS A Tragedy culminated a happy Uhristmas reunion of 19 members of ihe family of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Gessford yesterday when Mrs. Gess- ford was burned fatally after her clothing took fire from a gas heater in the kitchen of her home at 3123 Thirteenth street Mrs. Gessford was in the kitchen preparing a late breakfast for Mr. Gessford, formerly major and super- endent of the Metropolitan Police Department here, when she passed hefore the gas heater. Attracted by | her scream, Mr. Gessford her side, to find flames enct Vainly attempting to beat tha flre with hands, he was severely burned about the arms. th- erine Gessford, a daughter, rushed with a blanket, in which she swathed her mother. hut the burns were so ssvere by then that a 7:30 o'clock last nigh ford had remained at ment by Dr. Millard but efforts to allay the the injurics from the flames ineffective LOEW'S LUMB us, 1043 11 LAST TIMES TODAY Metro-Goldwyn Presents ¥ WIFE OF THE CENTAUR A vivid story of passion and ro- mance from Cyril Hume's novel, WITH JOHN GILBERT AND ELEANOR BOARDMAN Comedy—News—0 WITH LON ZHANEY--NORMA SHEARER JOHN GILBERT--TULLY MARSHALL The story of a phi- losopher who turned clown and whose own hopéless 1ove for a pretty bare- back rider inspired him to pay the PUBLIC OF supreme penalty . 4 WASHINGTON to save her I consider *He from disgrace’ Who Gets Blap- ped” a truly groat Dicture and recor mend it to patrons of this theater Lawrence ' Beatus, Manager. TODAY LAURA FAST FART TOMO 3 Comedy "and STEPPERS,” final_chapter. ROW " Hollday mats. TO THE NTRAL Oth Bet. D & E TIN, in “FIND CRANDALL’S TODAY TN YOUR TOMOR: LAST TIME ATIONAL TONIGH Charles Fronman Presents THE SWAN Molnar's Joyous Comedy, With s = — ! A EVA LE GALLIENNE | THouT 4 sAde Eva., 30s to 9230; Mata. 306 te $2.00. TOMORROW _HOPE ' HAMPT New Year's Week—Beg. Tomorrow THE GOLD DIGGERS. Raficin: Tl must sieeinr CRANDALL'S Avemue LAST TIME IN WASHINGTON { 645 Pa. Ave. S.E. y MATS 2 par DALY B ATeNDAT : (it rorsy "2 a0aNaY ? Tk i Lk Wi Rooer / AT THFTL LIA il TosorrRow-VikGiNiA va With Johs Goldea's AlL Star Caat. T AT 12th K-—THE UNKNOWN Seats Now™ oit"5uls & 2% BEGINNING TOMORROW Bt H g - THE SCREEN CLASSIC! || e MOLME : ek T in extinguishing the blaze. Dr. John- z [ { i \\ 5 son will conduct funeral services 3 | Py A P > > i | TRAVELOGUES Monday afternoon, and interment will B | . | be o Congreasional Cen 7 N INEW COLORED viEws : 12327 o5 i Y SIR J. M. BARRIE “HARRY CAREY, in RAILS.” And_LLOYD HAMI JONAH JONES. CRANDALL'S ome for treat- Thom severity proved Mad Family Reanion. he Christmas just passed was one of the hapriest’ of the household. members of tie family said. It the first Christmas t ieut ard 8. Gessf U. s home for eight vears. iessford and daughters of Mr. and Mrs with their fa the Christmas at The flames trimmings in the Dr. Griffith G. Johnson of Im- nuel Memorial Baptist Church, re- siding next door, with his wife. as- ristmas Rev. had ignited “York Theater G2 Ave.&QuebecSt HIT Mre. Gessford was 65 of age MOTION PICTURES e | e ot e { TOMORROW at 3:30 Hipi iGlorious SWITZERLAND| fore her mar was Miss Kate BESERVED BEATS. 50c 85c. $1.10 and $1.65. | M. Koehler Sur & her are her husband, Maj. Gessford: a sistér, Miss Matilda H. Koehler; a brother, IHE DAY S WHEN YoU Wi turization of Bar- | : BELIEVED EvVEKYTHING f { The Wardman Park Theatre | ; rie’s immortal ro < - ML ) % ERehojColumblin Se0e i mance, presented as Louis Koehler; three sons, Lieut ' Gessford, M. Leslie Gessford and I} I COPR. 1284 (* Y WORLD). PRESS PUN GO THE RAM'S HEAD PLAYERS | a New Year's pres- in a Pantomime for Christmas time ent to the people Charles Vernon G ford, and five y aaughter Catherine, Eleanor and i “A STORY OF PIERROT” of Washington. [ | Nights (except Mon.) 8:30. Sat. Mat., 2:30 Directed by Margaret Go ford, Mrs. H. H. Surface . ~ 3 Beats selling, $1.65 and $2.20 Abe Martin'Says: | JID2YS AMUTEMENTS e Herbert and Mre. Leonard Bowen NATIONAL—"The Swar early Here is Paramount’s long - heralded pic- B SHUBERT 29, 50c to $2.5¢ Mat. SAT., 2:20 S0c to $2.00 ELASC Wgmt. Masars. Bhubest WILLIAM HARRIS, JR. nts a Knockeut Comedy H.t TWO MARRIED M 3y C] LAWR ORPHANS ARE GUESTS AT RAM’S HEAD PLAY Will See “Story of Pierrot,” With Candy and Fruit at Conclusion. HIP POCKETS IN CHICAGO | S e smsis = e Mt arene WIN NEW YEAR SAFETY! S0 205w TPOLI’S Tonight at 8:20 | | L | At neear = In the Gayest of Musical Comedies lat §:20 pm NEXT MON. JOYOUS NEW YEAR WEEK ROBERT AMES BACK HOME In & New American Comedy JACK : PULPIT By Gordon Morris Staged by Ellwood F. Bostwick Police Chief Rules They Constitute and Are Immune From Search. Devil." mu- | Matinee te comedy, at $:20 p.m 2:20 pm WARDMAN PARK—"A ' pantomime, Matinee at 2:20 p.m Owners’ “Castles™ Cast and Inciuding 4_RUTH WARREN | EATS NOW. | tein Presents Beauty | | Br tle Associated Press CHICAGO, December T.—Chicago's | finest” expect to be present when | ¢ 2 i this city christens “Baby 19 but | 4 l"‘"l’m“"“filw z 3 —t Wondrously beautiful, thrillingly e i s g ot a e | dramatic, “‘Peter Pan” awaits to castle,” according to instructions 1s | STRAND—"Milo," sweep you back to fairyland, where sued by Chief of Police Morgan A.| tinuous performance pirates, painted Indians and fairy Collins yesterday regarding enforce- | 11 p.m. % & Rald 1d adoenh ment of the prohibition laws New AYETY—"Come Along," princesses hold golden ventures t 2:16 and 8:15 p.m. Retuzni of the Huze|Musicalliic for all who make the journey. And " Ge to 1 | don’t miss seeing the new girl won- Year eve. MUTUAL = SnHes - and = w Yeur's and Bat. Mat., 50 to $3; Nights, | ! - der-star in the role of “Peter Pan. Chief Collins | burlesque, at 2:30 and §:20 p.m. New Yeur's Eve. 81 to §3.60 | WITH A SPECIAL MUSIC SCORE AND OVERTURE Four hundred bovs and girls of the | many orphanges in the city are the! they guests this afternoon of the Ram's Head Players at th natinee per- formance of “A Story of Pierrot, the current play at the Wardman Park Theater. A number of busses took many the performance. The Washington City Orphanage, Eastern Star Home, Jewish BETTY BRONSO MARY BRIA: ANNA MAY - WONG VIRGINIA BROWNE FAIRE vaudevil from 30 to| burlesque private and of the children to cars told his department ERNEST TORRENCE Film Features EMPIRE *1 1 Seeee CLOUDS _ROL MONKEY ROMEQ.™ commanders that officers cannot en- | ter buildings without warrants in a o METROPOLITAN—"Christine of the | Hungry Heart,” continuous, 11:15 a |search for liquor, and that they would be expected to recognize that Home, St. Vincent's Orpha mane thne 1s s sestier on to Iipn dustrial Home School, St e furtimal on ether| COLUMBIA—"W Technical School and the Episcopal | lat 11:30, 1: Home for Children, formerly the Bell{ ‘e are going to live up to every | 9:40 p.m. PALACE—"So This at 10:40 am., 12:25, THT A'so comedy and Fox News CELEBRATE New Year’s Eve at lome, were represented letter of the law,” he said. “We A surprise in the form of candy and |are going to arrest every one we see | oranges was presented to the boVs|szelling liquor; any one who openly and girls present this afternoon, and | exhibits or flaunts liquor in the face will also be sent to those who are|of police, and any one who Wmm“i C. Bascom Slemp an’ Clem | Marriag: , 4:10, 6, n" at 11:30| am., 1:30, 30 and 9: p.m. TIVOLI—"Teeth, s and 9:40 p.m. AMBASSADOR—"The Fast Worker,"” lat 2, 4, 6 7:20 and 9:20 p.m TRAL—"Find Your Man 2, 3:30, 5, 6:30, $ and 9:30 p.m unable to attend. The candy has béen |disorderly or ungentlemanly.” < s i given by Dr. Malcolm G. Gibbs, pres-| He said that hip pockets will not| Shaver wuzn’ in th’ limelight ident of the Pecoples Drug Stores.|be searched, because he considered a || and the oranges by Mr. and Mrs. An-| hip pocket a man's “castle” as far| belongings are con- ng enough t’ tell ’em apart. AL236, 425,010 “He went t' th’ library earl I'this mornin’ t' look fer a fur bearin’ animal ¢’ three letters| ¢ peculiar t" Tibet, but 1 expect | [him any minute,” said Dr. Mopps® office girl when th’| Bentley family tried t’ git him st night meds and “INTU Ti *s PRINCESS msaxx M drew Ansellmo. The Ram's Head|as his personal Players have bagged the candy, and a part of the surprise was thel presentation at the conclusion of the performance by the members of the cast, Pierrot, Little Pierrot, Louisette, Pochinet, Julot and Fifine The ar. rangements for the afiair were made for the Ram's Head Players by Roy D. Hare, one of the members. POLICEMAN IS SHOT BY BOY RUM RUNNERS Three Lads Under 16 Held in Con- nection With Officer’s Injury. 11th and Penna Ave. $6 Per Person INCLUDING = - A Soecial Jowse | 13TF ST. Between Fand AVE. | |- FAVORITE <~ Dinner e o Crs e Dancing from 10 to ? | Zevavis || GRAND OPENING Yatlosn missionacy exposition. el e S SaturdaY’ D ec’ 27 1] e SR 9 /|l First Show, 6:30. Second Show, 9 P.M. ||| TAKOMA 7exoms vero: Box Office Opens at 5 P.M. | I MEYER DAVIS e With a Gala Bill of Seven Acts of STANTON &1 & <=5, cerned. {NORTH CAROLINA MAN FOUND DEAD IN AUTO| Body, With Four Bu;let Holes in“ Head, Sitting Upright in Car. New Italian Stamps Issued. YME, December em Doatage | stamps, commemorative of holy vear, were placed on e yesterday | |l (Gop, throughout Ttaly. The stamps are in | | denominations of 20, 30, 50 and 60/ | contimes and of 5 lire. The pur- | chasers, however, must pay a \"‘rlainl amount over the face value of the| | THIEF GETS LOOT WORTH | he Tat | $20,000 IN REGAN HOME | iccorting to the dcnomination. | There has also been issued a spe- cial set the Vatican missionary exposit ~o. You St. Bet. 14th & 15th RIN-TIN-TIN, the t 0 ight, John F. Dille Co.) By the Assoc d Prese. OXFORD, N. C., December ting upright in a small coupe w th | four bullet holes in the head, the| _— lifeless body of Clyde Cannady, 28.| Real Estate Firm Official Robbed. was found by a passer-by 12 miles from here, near Blackman's bridge. The Loss Discovered After But- ler Disappears. pockets of the dead man were out- turned, indicating that he had been robbed. Twelve gallons of Whisky Were | py the Associated Press, found in the car, according to local | Npw YORK. December 27.—De- t ves today were seeking the per- son who, on Christmas eve, robbed 1230 C Street N. ELAINE HAMME “DARING LOVE. Souvenirs Novelties HOME Noisemakers of stamps commemorating | DUMBARTON By the Associated Press. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., December 27.—Three boys, 14 to 16 years old, are being held by police and another is being sought in connection with the authorities, who investigated. No verdict was rendered by the Orchestras our vast stock of Contin. from 2 V. \l. shooting of Owen Childers, a city po- liceman, on a lonely road in the out- akirts of the city Wednesday night. Childers was shot in the chest, but not serfously wounded, in a gun battle be- tween the boys and several officers, when the police attempted to arrest them upon a rum-running charge. According to the police the boys were transferring liquor from one au- tomobile to another when they were interrupted. An exchange of shots followed, after which two of the boys surrendered. A third was arrested later and the fourth escaped. The names of the boys were withheld by police. PISTOL SENDS AMATEUR DETECTIVE INTO COURT Correspondence School Sleuth, Badge and All, Wins Justices’ Leniency. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 27.—Thomas Junguiti, a correspondence school de- tective, was found gullty yesterday of possessing a revolver without a per- mit, by Special Sessions Justices Kelly, Fetherston and Murphy, Sen- tence was suspended. His equipment was shown in court by Assistant District Attorney Wil son. He had a shiny badge, a holster for his revolver and a book on hyp- notism and mesmerizm, both, the hooks said, indispensble for a sleuth. Beside these Wilson lald a little pile of cards engraved, “Thomas Junguiti, private detective to the President of Veneauela.” Sitting in his room with his cor- respondence school certificate, Jun- Ruitl waited ¢to trall the enemies of Venesuela. Detectives without the henefit of the correspondence cqurse arrested him. C. & 0. Coal Loadings Heavy. Coal loadings on the Chesapeake and Ohio from December 15 to 20, in- clusive, amounted to 18,725 cars, an average of 3,121 cars per day. Loadings by fields were as follows: New River, 4,660; Kanawha, 2,66 Coal River, 1,490; Logan, 7,164; Ken- tucky 1,997; Long Fork, 491: Millers Creek, 226, and A. C. and 1, 40 cars. coroner's jury which assembled short- ly after the discovery of the body. Tt is understood that further in- vestigation will be made and that the coroner’s jury will meet again Satur- day. A negro man, who was last seen with him and whose name is with- held, is being sought by officers, while several others are said to be under surveillance. Cannady, whose home was in Louls- burg, C., was formerly a resident of this place and enjdyed prominent social connections. Presence of the whisky in the car could not be ex- plained. - 3 ] The Dying Year | ks — Another year goes down the track to join the million years that died; another crick is in ‘my back, a other stitch is in my side; each pass- ing year gets in its whack, and takes some ginger from my stride. Each year I'm closer to the end of this excursion we call life; my back is creaking when I bend, each hinge is like a rusty knife; and yet. I cheerily pretend I am not injured by the strife. I say that I'm as good as new, I laugh to scorn all talk of dread, while putting . back, with liquid glue, the hair that’s falling from my head, while feeling aches in every thew, and inflammations green and red. The passing years may leave ‘me bent and make my once warm blood run cold, may in my vigor make a dent, and whisper of the moss and ‘mold, but they can’t bluff me worth a cent, or make me say-that T am old. I've seen so many wornout years go limping tombward, stark and bare; I've seen them laid upon their biers, and thought I, too, might soon be there; but though I have some broken gears, I still am right side up with care. My differ- ential’s on the blink, my cylinders don’t always hit, my nerves are tangled in a kink, and now and then I throw a fit, but years are foolish if they think that they can make me fade or quil (Copyright.) . . WALT MASON. the home of Thomas J. Regan of Jewelry, silverware, table lnen and rare pieces of china, valued at about $20,000. Mr. Regan is secretary-treasurer nd director of the Whitney Realty .. and was for many years private secretary to Harry Payne Whitney. An Englishman, who presented ex- cellent references when he applied for the situation of butler in the Regan home a little more than a week ago, was missing when Mrs. Regan and her daughter, Constance, returned home Christmas eve. After his disappear- ance was discovered, Mrs. Regan be- gan checking up her valuables and the robbery was disclosed. PRIZEFIGHTéR SLA{S WAITER FOR REVENGE “Battling ‘While Seeking Killer of An- other Pugilist. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, Decembér 27— Ysilos Willlamson, 24, was. shot an. killed yesterday as he was waiting on customers in a restaurant in the French quarter. Paul Barrere, 2§, known in the prize ring as “Battling Barrere,” was charged with the shooting. Witnesses declared Barrere, with a revolver in his hand and his bulldog at his heels, entered the restaurant shout- ing: “I'm a friend of Chaney's. They Killed him, T'll get revenges’ Then he was said to have fired three times. One bullet shattered a mirror, but the other two dropped the waiter. “Young Chaney,” the ring name for Christian Burkhardt, 25, was killed a year ago by Alexander Kostakis, 23, a crippled waiter, in front of a cafe a block from thé scene of today's shoot- ing. Kostakis has never been brought to trial. Officers sald they believed it was the desire to take the law in his own hands and avenge the death of his friend that led Barrere to the restaurant In search of Kostakis. Barrere” Paralytic Drops Dead. Charles. E. Garrett, colored, 75, a paralytle, dropped dead at his hom 527 Florida avenus, yesterday after- o Pae .« v | Shoots Man BLANK BOOKS E. Morrison Paper Co. ' 1000 Pa. 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