Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1925, Page 4

MITCHELL NAMED 0 HEAD CITIZENS Clarendon Man Has Long Been Active in Civic Affairs There. Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. 4 CLARENDON, Va., March 24.—No- Jan D. Mitchell, who long has taken an active interest in civic affairs in Clarendon, was elected president of the Clarendon Citizens' Association at the annual election last night at Clarendon C ns' Hall W. F. Sunderman was elected first vice president; Herbert H second vice president; W. L. Bragg, third v ident; Ar hur J. Por- ter R. Campbell, jr., re- cording secretary; J. F. Bushong, financial secretary: A. E. Eaton. fire chiaf; Dr. F. T. Stone M, Walsh and R. P. Hough, trustees; F. L. Sharp and Herbert H. Porter, advisers, and A. D. Langley, sergeant- at-arms. Those named to the exec- utive committee, which also the officers, are G H. McCrillis, J Thomas Manning, Myer Blum " R. Tavlor and Louis Metzge: ®. Taylor, A. J. Porter and F. Sharp were elected delegates to the Arlington County Civic Federation “The president of the association is a member ex-officio. J. T. Lipscomb, jr.; E. R. Follin, G. H. McCrillis and W. F. Sunderman were elected dlter- nates. « Backs Road Program. A motion offered by C. R lor which was unanimously adopted, put the association on record as favor- ing the proposed road building pro- gram in Arlington district ned by the Arlington District Good Roads Commission, bonds for which are to be voted on April 20. The mo- tion also provides that citizens be called upon to give solid support to the project Mr. Taylor, in offering stated that members of ton Good Roads Commission, repre- sentative of every citizens organiza- tion of the district, has given a year of their time to whipping into shape a program that would be of great advantage to the district as a whole. They have accomplished a good work, he said, and should be supported by every voter interested in seeing the district advance. Plans for Fire Fighting. An amendment to the constitution of the siation proposing elimina- tion of all reference to the Fire De- partment and having the effect of separating the The association his motion, the Arling- was offered by G. H. McCrillis. No action was taken, as the constitution provides that con- stitutional amendments must lay oveg until the next meeting. Fire Chief Katon announced that prospects for getting water for fire-fighting purposes in the thickly settled sections of the town exceptionally bright. The Lyon Fitch Co. said, has. plans under wa: series of cisters v liage and Kola Mist Co.. will soon start work on the construction of a 30,000 gallon tank on its grounds at the Clarendon station, which would be available for fire purposes in vir- sally all of the business section of the town CALLS HOFFMAN MURDER CASE POST CARD “A FAKE” Witness Admits He Knew of No Trouble Between Slain Woman and Accused Couple. & he well for ed Press OOGA, March 24.—H tifying today in_ the trial of nett and Mrs. Mae Bennett on a charge of murdering Miss Augusta | told of his inves the reported marriage of Miss Hoffman to James A. Brown Parl disapprarance of M was his aunt, he to: thought a card said ceived fr Brown saying his aunt had broken her wrist was a “fake." e witness said that Bennett told him Id never see her adding that she “stirred up a 1l the time.” The witness said, on cross-examination, that he had neve: observed any indication of a “row’ be. tween the Bennetts and Miss Hoffman. NOTED AUTHOR DIES. ROCHE: Frank G of many nday night onville, Fla., where he i health, according here last night. spaper position was with Democrat and Chronicle of this He was the author of about 200 r juveniles, among which rlowe and the jirls series — Fell Bank Messenger: Take $9,000 TRVINGTON, N. J., March robbers today blackjacked Schaefer, 55, messenger of the ton Trust Co., and ped in mobile with the bank's money bag, w police reports indicated, con tained $9,000. 1k officials deserit the Io regular bank exchangi a yvear after the Hoffman, who Bennett that he uthor word received His last ne! the city hooks were Mea the ( lowbrook John Special TONIGHT At America’s Most Beautiful BAL ROO Bealden Wonderful DANCING Ben Levin and Ray Kendricks Well-known Wash- ington Entertain- ers—Popalar for their RADIO CONCERTS The Swanee Syncopators “Sam” Brown, Directing ADMISSION TONIGHT Ladies .......50c Gentlemen 75¢ Z In the Earle Theatre Building 13th St. at “E” 7 7 Porter, | legal | includes | nthal, | L | as plan-| e Department from | looked | to have been re- | 24.—Three | Irving- ! an auto- ol iHe’s ReadytoWork, | Mussolini Asserts, In Spite of Doclorsl By the Associated Press ROME, March 24.—Premler Mus- solini gradually is resuming all of his |normal activities. Discussing his re cent illuess today, he declared: I might have returned to work before now if I had not listened to doctors who tried to worry me about my con- dition only in order to make me fol- low their orders. “Indeed, they would have desired me to have taken a longer rest, but I succeeded in convincing them that 1 had rested sufficlently. 1 am ready now to resume both the command and the responsibility dictated by my | position,” declared the Fascist leader. In an effort to prove to those far dls- tant from Rome the Italian premier {has, despite rumors to the contrary | recovered his health, Mussolini wa photographed vesterday standing on the top floor of the Palazzo Tittonl. The photograph shows him stand- ing erect, his face set in his usual tight-lipped, calm, resolute fashion. In the background is his desk heaped with his daily work of papers, docu- ments and letters, while at his left {upon a filing cabinet is a portrait of the murdered deputy Casalini. Nearby is & bouquet of violets sent to the premier by an organization of Fascist children DENIES ILLNESS SERIOUS. The Italian embassy today issued a formal statement denying that the condition of Premier Mussolini of Italy is serious. The statement reads: | “In view of the news which has |been published lately by certain | newspapers to the effect that Premier | Mussolini’s health is threatened by | serious complications, and that he has {undergone u major surgical operation, the Italian embassy has authority |formally to state that such rumor has no foundation whatever in fact.” 2 PRISONERS SHOOT OFFICERS AND FLEE {Eastern Shore Hunted for Brothers—Fire Plot Is | Suspected. { 1l i | By the Assnciated Press | | SALISBURY, Md., March iz {ing a pistol from a deput sheriff, | | who. with another officer was taking | !them to the Balti re ty jail in an {automobile, Andrew and Luth 1 | Bev brothers, shot and severel | beat both officers, wrecked the car and escaped in a swamp near Newark, | Worcester County, early today. | The officers, William W Purnell, | chief of police of Snow Hill, and J.| | W. Davis. deputy sheriff of Worcester | County, were four mi-conscious jon the'road wear the wrecked auto- {mobile and taken to a hospital here. Davig' wound§ may prove fatal. Meanwhile- srmed posses, org: {in Berlin and Snow Hill, with {land highway patrol offic are | searching the:swamp, known as Crop- pers Neck. The prisoners were hand- | cuffea. | The Bevans brothers, charged with arson, had been held in the Baltimore jail awaiting trial, and were brought | to Snow HIll yesterday. only to find | that court had adjourned until Friday. Fearing for the safety of the prison- ers, the officers were returning them | to Baltimore. The brothers were first arrested three months ago, when they were surrounded in a swamp. FIRE PLOT IS SEEN. SNOW HILL, Md., March drew and Luther Bevans, bLrot Wwho escaped from their guard wounding them- this morning, were arrested last December after a hunt| of four weeks and locked up on charges of burning the home of John | Burke, a farmer. They were captured | fn a mp on the eastern shore of { Virginia after being trailed by blood hounds and_deputies of Worcester { County and Virginia A fire which broke out across the | street from the jail here this morn- | ing is belleved to have been started | by friends of the Bevans brothers {in an effort to divert attention from | the fugitives. The blaze, which was extinguished with difficulty owing to | {a strong wind, menaced the heart of | the town for a while. | Croppers Neck, where the prisoners | made their break for liberty, is an| ideal hiding place for fugitives | Woods skirt both sides of the State road for more than a mile, and most | | of it is virgin forest with dense under | brush. Only blood hounds could fol- | | low a trail through these woods, and | there are places where ow the dogs. Kalorama home sites, every one of which overlooks the four-mile valley vista of Rock Creek PRark, have a particularly beautiful view during Spring days. In Summer homes in Kalorama have a cons tinuous supply of cool, fresh air from this green forest valley. Kalorama These lots represent the most socially select and closely zoned building sites, in the National Capital Motor out Massachusetts Avenue and turg into Bel- mont Road and follow it around to Tracey Place where property begins; or see agents Allan E. Walker & Co. Incorporated Mr. Godden, Main 2690 813 15th St. N.W. Southern Building |rector of census and to investigate la- { Nancy Elizabeth | Wilcox, Miss Vv ! Charles L. McKeehan of the United RITES TOMORROW FORV. H. OLMSTED Services at Family Home for Former Chief of Agriculture Statistics Bureau. Funeral services for Victor H. Olm- sted, 72 vears old, chief of the Bu- reau of Statistics of the Agriculture Department during the Roosevelt ad- ministration, who dled at his home in Clarendon, Va., yesterday, will be con- ducted at the residence tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Freder Powles, Episcopal minister, will offi- ciate. Interment will be private. Active pallbearers will be George A. King, George Denmark, Capt. By- ron Reld, Dr. Willlam Haynes, Wade Ball and Henry Lockwood, while George W. Hall and John 8. Tomlin- son will be honorary pallbearers, Widely Known Statistician. Mr. Olmsted was widely known as an expert statisticlan, and had been on many important missions for the Government. He was chlef of the division of results during the taking of the tenth census, and served as the director of the taking of the Cuban census in 1907, and also made special investigations for the Government in Cuba. Inaddition, he served as direc- tor of the first census in the Philip- pine Islands, and investigated labor conditions in the Hawallan Islands prior to their being taken over by the United States. Besides important work done as a director of census and with the Agri- culture Department, he was several times “loaned” to the War Depart- ment for work of a confidentlal na- ture, and was breveted a brigadler | general by the department while serv- ing on a miskion for the department. He was an-official delegate to assem- bly of the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome, in 1911, and was also prominently known abroad for his work as an expert statistician. Membér of Masonio Order. Mr. Olmsted was a Mason. a mem- ber of the Cosmos Club and a former director of the National Geographic| Soclety. - He also was formerly promi- nently identifled with the National| Metal Trades Associagion. { He was born in Marion, Ohio. March | 1853, was graduated -in law from the old_ Columbian College, now George Washington University, and was admitted to the bar in 1884 Among his first duties of importance for the Government was in deciding coutesied land cases in the General Land Office. Later he was employed as a statistical expert for the Depart- ment of Labor and soon after pro- cesdod to Cuba as an assistant di- bor conditions. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Olmsted; two sons. Stanley Olmsted, writer, and Victor Olmsted, well known In journ: istic circles; a daughter, Mrs. L. A. McMahon, now doing post-graduate work at Columbia . University, and four grandchildren, Miss Elizabeth rginia O., Victor H., 2d, and Flournoy C. Olmsted. Judge C. L. McKeehan Dies. PHILADELPHIA, March 24.—Judge States District Court, well known as an authority on constitutional law, died at his home here yesterday. He had been ill with bronchitis and a nervous breakdown for the last seven weeks. He was 50 years old and a bachelor. % P MAYFLOWER GARDEN 08" Wisoent Lopes Deaciag pith Viehe INNER, 7 te § o'cleck D caver harss STAR, WASHINGTO. RATERNITY PROBE | IN SCHOOLS AT END Principals Believe All Stu- dents in Secret Organiza- tions Have Confessed. Expressing the opinion that virtual- iy all students in thelr high schools who hold membership in forbidden fraternities and sororities had made known that fact, Principals F. C. Dan- fel of McKinley Manual Training School and A. W. Miller of Central High School, the two institutions which seem to house a majority of the prohibited memberships, today declared they were proceeding under a policy of “watchful waiting” and would make no undue effort to ascer- tain it there are any more of their pupils in the barred societies To date 76 pupils of Tech High School have informed Mr. Daniel they belonged to one or more of the 23 secret organizations within the school and 34 students of Central haye in- formed Mr. Miller of their member- ship in four fraternitfes and_ three sororities. They have made known their connections with the organiza- tlons “out of sympathy” with a few Tech boys whose pictures were dis. covered in a fraternal group in a pho- tographic studio & few days ago and to whom the rule of the Board of Education—forbidding _participation in any school activity for the dura-| tion of their term—promptly was ap- | plied Expects Few More. ‘I do not expect many more to come up and tell me they belong to the so- cleties,” said Mr. Daniel today, while Mr. Miller said he was “confident Cen- tral High School students would do their part in bringing to light-the pu- pils who were acting in violation of the Board of Education’s ruling. Fraternal memberships in Eastern Western and Business High School are very small, and In most cases have been known for a long time. Those members have been barred from school activities, and the schools feel that no great loss has been suf- fered. Principal Charles Hart of Eastern said today two boys confessed a short | time ago and the rule of the Board of Education was applied. From the be-| ginning o1 each semester, the ques- | tion of fraternal membership is fol- lowed throughout the year and in the | files of the school are cards signed by the pupils and their parents to the effect they have no connection with secret societies or have had none in the past 12 months. In the eventi should join, they agree Immedi- ¥ to notify the principal and will gn any part they have in schooll activitiés. Questioned Each Player. With verbal and written pledges on the matter, Mr. Hart feels he can speak with certainty on the number of students who have run counter to| board's wishes. Before the basket ball team was taken to York, Pa. a short time ago, he sald, every member was questioned on the fraternity ques- tion before he was allowed to go. Business High School, according to You first think of yeur kitchen. It will be a lot hrighter and a great deal pleasanter place to work with a— Clark - Jewel Gas Range C. A. MUDDIMAN CO. 709 13th St. 2o o0, Above G Bt. This season’s topcoat styles surpass any previous season’s offerings. Here at West’s, variety in these garments of varied uses prevails. Some examples— 50:-00 English Hand- Loomed TWEEDS 4500 The famous Stetn- Bloch ENNYWEATHER 350 - Distinctive light- weight CHEVIOTS )= )= 20.00 The top-most topcoat value The UTILITY . 250 Herring-bone and Overplaid WEAVES 30.2¢ Gray and Tan mized weave TWEEDS S WS waax Si 14th and G Sts. N. W ey Wes INCORPORATED D. C, TUESDAY,. MARCH 24, 1 KILLED IN CITY HALL FIRE. Valuable Records Lost in $200,000 Blaze at Newport, R. I, NEWPORT, ‘R. T, March 24.—John Malloy, a fire captain, was killed when the Newport City Hall was burned to- day. Dazed by smoke, he fell down- airs. John Roynan, a call Areman, suffered severe injuries when ‘the roof fell on him. The damage to the bulld- ing was $200,000. Records of the school committee, Board of Health, bullding inspector and recreation department were de- stroyed. The land and other records, covering a period of more than 200 Years, were removed safely to a school bullding nearby, and other archives were saved, although somewhat dam- aged by water. WILL DRIVE OUT POLES. Germany to Use Force if Milder Means Prove Ineffective. WARSAW, March 24—In pur- suance of the German-Polish conven- tion signed in Vienna last August, the German government has invited those persons domiciled in Germany who declared preference for Polish nationality to leave German territory before August 1 next, with the alternative of expulsion by force. The Polish authorities and social organizations have made all prepara- tions to receive these repatriated persons, who number several thou- sand, even should they come in a bod, ———— by the fraternal movement, and to his knowledge there are no chapters there. Yesterday, however, he heard that two girly were reported as prob- ably belonging to a sorerity with chapters in other places, and if it is true, they are the only pupils of the school who have violated the regula- tion. Dr. Elmer S. Newton, principal of Western High School, sald 20 or 30 students admitted memberhips last October, when cards dealing with the matter were passed around for sig- nature. Since that time no new mem- berships have come to his attention. There is one sorority in his school, Dr, Newton thought, but in the fraternal line the members have connection with chapters in other schools here or in other cities. A debate between pupils on the traternity question has been announ. ed for tomorrow night in Tech High School Auditorium, under the auspices of the Agora Debating Society. The question, “Resolved That Fraternities and Sororities Are Not Detrimental to High School Students,” will be argued. The affirmative will be up- held by John Hinkle, Warren Magee and Arthur Wondrack, while the negative will be argued by Benjamin Bretzfelder, Robert Stolar and Dall Cashell ‘vice bossed vinced method. | bulidings and BETTERROADHAY COL SHERRLL'SA Widening of Inlet Bridge and Connecting Drives in Po- tomac Park Proposed. the so-called Inlet Bridge, on the south driveway of Potomac Park and connecting road- ways between East and West Potomac Parks will be undertaken shortly after the first of July, according to Lieut Col. C. O. Sherrjll, director of public parks of the National Widening of Capital. Col. Sherrill was successful at the last session of Congress in obtaining an appropriation of $20,000 for the purpose of widening this bridge to take care of the heavy trafic which now uses it Original Cost, $350,000. The bridge originally cost $250,000 and for an expenditure of $20,000 an additional width of about 35 per cent can be obtained. When the bridge was constructed unusually wide plers were placed there to handle the operating machinery for the gates. The new section of the bridge will be laid over these piers, thus obviat- ing the high cost of placing new plers. It is proposed to tear down only the railing on one side of the bridge und do all of the new construction there, instead of widening it by add- ing to both sides. New Width of 35 Feet in Pl When the bridge was built the roadway was feet wide, and the new construction will give a width of 25 feet. Because of the narrow roadway over this bridge and the THE RESILIENT CORK TILE FLOOR GIVES COMFORT DIGNITY AND QUIET Consult The Baker Co., Inc. 1110 ¥ §t. N.W. Distributora for Bonded Floors, Ine. Manufacturers— Clever ‘hostesses know that means superiority in linen laundering. 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Under the law prospector discovering potash is en- titled to a patent on not to exceed one-fourth of the land embraced in a permft, The permit holders con- tended they were entitled to portions containing the heaviest deposits, but {now they have agreed to accept an entire compact area, leaving the sur- rounding region open to permit. | SEAMAN IS PRAISED. Thomas H. Bailey Commended for Heroism in Hour of Peril. Secretary Wilbur has commended Thomas Howard Balley of Erle, Pa former seaman second class, for de votion to duty, fortitude. endura and courage in the eccident to t cruiser Trenton, October 20, 1924 Bailey wes jammed in the rear ac cess door of the forward twin mou where the explosion occurred, being pinned by unconscious men. Although severely injured he got the n. ' a hose and passed it into the tu He also refused assistance for hir until several men had been away and passed to safety. LEAN UP for SPRING Engage up to OLEAN the « terior of your stooe or b building. 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