Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1926, Page 21

U.3. MURDER RAT INCREASES IN 1923 11.1 Homicides Per 100,000 Reported, as Against 10.8 in Previous Year. NEW YORK statistics for 1ated Press April 1. 7 American cities show- Preliminary ing an incr rate of the ecountry from 108 per 100,000 in 1924, to 111 in 1925, the greatest in history, are given in the issne of The Spectator, by L. Hoffman. consulting an of the Prudential Insur. | ance Co. of America. The rate Increased in 35 cities, and | g Accreased in 40 others, remaining nn changed in two. The most notable Increases were in the South and Mid dle West. Mr. Hoffman urges the compilation | and publication of Federal judicial statistics to bring home ta the public an adequate portrayal of the crime situation. SOCIETY _(Continued from Twentieth Page.) of the benefi, has reservations by many single players as well as host ssses for tables. Mrs. Irwin and her assistant chai man. Mrs. Alfred Anthony arranged an interesting feature as the A of a prize to each table. | A reception w iven recently by | the Mgvor of Cape | for all on the “Orea > Bowman and owman of Warrenton homas Turnbull, M Miss Casanova, Va Glascock and Mis E Tt scock 1eft the eruise shortly Falls, stopping en | . where, Turnbul ily Upperville, t Johann Americans 1ined hy the m nce in their honor. The Mi aughters of Mr. and| ck of Upperville. | ck are <. Bedford n Wanderers dance at lumbus Ha ' Ath red by the manager John K. Radcliffe se in the murder death | have | D@ THE EVENING |HISTORIANS DISPUTE IDENTITY |D. A. R. Members Believe Margaret Corbin, Who | | Fought at Fort Washington, Was the One—Two 1 Recent dispatches moval from Highlan | to the cemetery at West rding the re. NoY ocal authorities as to Whether aret Corbin was known for braver of Monmouth ere two M ers wha part in battle | roles, if hoth | ziven zeneral credence. s a widely dispy Anthony sident zeneral of the ted today. actually discussion has disclosed. oll “It is & moot T the every W the in ols of thought are | | present and probably will continue to | be for ome time. organization, he i the matter, rstand that the New | body favers N | real Molly Pitche | The D. A. R., 8 | History Professor Objects. One of those who strongly oppose American that Margare | a Pitcher were distinct of the He holds | wounded and disabled nd Molly personalities, of whom performed meritorions zainst the British in the 1776 Dr. Duncan says the D. confused the two heroines. A “Ma . “fought November 16, R ays of has r place of her husband, a gunner. who had been wounded. cannon until wounded by th hot. 1t remely fitting A, buld remove Corbin’s he worked the mains from an obscure spot and, after burying them at West | Point, should erect a monument to be | dedicated in April. FUR COLLARS For Cloth Coats S&’parnlv Persons, Professor Declares. “Capt. Molly ice at the Pitcher did valiant Battle of Monmouth i it of the | near Freehold, N. J., June 28, 1778, | body of Margaret Corbin, Revolution- 1 the day was extremely hot ary heroine, have led to a controversy | great . she, amid danger, carried water to the ! thi v soldiers from a spring near | the hattlefield. When her husha { was killed while discha non, she at once took vowed 1o avenge his death. Washington praised her bra gave her a commission as se nd nt. Monument at Freehold. At Freehold the Government has erected a fine monument. On one side i lief depicting Molly Pi cannon with a ra her feet lies her de nd. Her large wooden wat in the forezround. She was burie the old at Carlisle, Pa | That State suitable monument ve with a over her gra rod.” - | svlvania | | | | aret Corbin as the | gtatue of the heroine holding a ram Most cyclopedias appear to support | the views of Dr. | in July. 1779, | resolution Resolved, Duncan. Congress, passed the following that Margaret Corbin, the battle of Fort Washington, while she heroical Iy filled the post of her husband, wi was Killed by her side serving of artillery, do receive duri ural life. or continuance of said dis ability, one-half the monthly Discretion in Olive Oil is the Better Part of Salads In - | Rottles Fins | i Barton & Guestier i French Olive Oil | Bottls 40 H3¢ $113 Dogen | $4.25 $7.25 £13.00 85c | Quarter bottles, Half bottles, | Large bottles | Pint can, per can, | Quart can, per can, Half-gallon can One-gallon car Magruder Inc Best Groceries Conn. Ave. and K St. | Phone Main 1180 Established 1875 | drawn by a soldier in the service of these States.” learning of the total loss of her arm, ' OF ‘MOLLY PITCHER,” HERO OF 1778 : | receive pleat suit of cloaths, or value thereof in money.” One authority “Molly Pitcher, Revolutionary heroine, right she was the daugh Ludwig. from She | the f: Carlisle, and on July married to John Ha December 1, sioned gunner in Proctor's 1st Penn STAR. THUR and she followed him to* the WASHINGTON, D. C. field. The next year, on i of private soldiers to do, their time being spent in laundering for the offi- cers. At the battle of Monmouth she made herself useful by carrying water from a spring to the men in action, the meroury Deing about 96 degrees in the shade. Her husband's company was stationed on rising ground, behind Livingston's and Var- num'’s Brigade, and he was shot down, but not killed. during a charge made by the British cavalry and in fantry. . It of her injuries, the Board recommended that ‘“‘she wno ut of public stores, one com has this fo say s born in Pennsy “arlisle, October name was probably 744. Her Ludwig, and of John George who came to this country rmany with the Palatines. employed v of Gen. V no one was competent o take ping her pail, or pitcher, as some accounts have it, seized the rammer and vowed to avenge his death. She proved an exceMent substitute, her courage excited the admiration of 1775, Hays was commis. Artillery, Continental line, 1106 G Street . 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