Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1926, Page 6

6 VILLAGEAND 2 MEN - FOREST FIRE TOLL “ Mining Town Wiped Out,| « Fighters Killed, as Flames " Sweep Over Wider Areas. By the Associated Press. MISSOULA, Mont., August 6.—Lit- tle headway is being_made against’| the forest fires in the Northwest and the flames continued to spread today. . The high winds which swept the | flames over numerous forests early in the week e subsided, it is re- | ported to forest headquarters here. The flames on the Blackfeet, the Flathead and the Pend Orielle Forests | 4 were scattered over wide areas by | the gale. Forest headquarters here reports that already this vear the flames have | burned over trict comprising and northern ldaho, sfour times a mch a & burned in d 1 ® Two additional deaths have resulted | from the fight against the fam Jefferson Sencena of Yuma, Ariz., was | killed near Bomner’s Ferry, Idaho. | when struck by a falling tree, while | an aged woodsman named Lundstrum | dBmd while fighting a fire near Donald i 4 Thix is nearly | the total area | One town fell prey to the sweep of the The old mining town of Priest, Calif.. on the Big Ouk flat road 10 the Yosemite Valley, was wiped out. | Fifty persons were made homeless. WLEAN FIELD DAY | PROGRAM IS ISSUED School Campus to Be Scene of An- nual Celebration Tomorrow. Special Dispatch to The Star. McLEAN. Va., August 6.—All prep- | arations are completed for the cele- | bration of this community's biggest day of the year, McLean day, on the school campus tomorrow. MclLean was the first ommunity in northern Virginia to hold a “day™ for the bene fit of the co-operative civic enter- | prises, and the custom has become so popular that it is imitated now by practically every community in this suburban section. The proceeds of | this year's celebration will be divided hetween the school, the community 1i brary and the School and Civie League, which latter in turn finances | most of the civic improvement proj ects of this progressive community ounds will be opened by nd all the amusement features sildren and grown-ups will be | functioning early. The sand pile for | the children, which proved so popu- | lar last year, will be repeated, with | the doll baby and other features un- | der M unningham’s direction. An | innovatfon this vear will h portunity for pony rides grounds. The hot Virginia fried-chicken din- | ner in the parish hall will be served | continuously from 12 to 2 o'clock, un- | der direction of Mrs. A. M. Ber- thiaume, assisted by 18 other women. | Through co-operation of the com. munity all the materials for this din th ner have been contributed. so the |, proceeds will be net profit | Magarity will be in charge of the | lunch counter outside. There will be a large and varied collection of games and amusement features. many new, with ice cream, cake, soft drinks, candy, cigars, ete.. on sale. The formalities begin with a band concert, which will be continuous. Much interest is being manifested in the baby show, which | will begin at 2 o'clock. directed by Mrs. U. 8. Walters, assisted by Mi May Walters, Mrs. Crocker and Mus Cunningham. Three prizes will ziven, a silver spoon. gold baby pins and a white gold ring with ametl setting. Ribbons will be awarded second and third prizes. The professional tournament, open to riders from Virginia. Maryland and the District, under direction of . Carpet, wiil begin a prizes will he awarded. §: and §5. bhase ball two local teams, ed by Ralph Thompson as part of the local league se 4 o'clock a tuz of war Clemens Storm. will The coronation address at p.m.. when the queen of love and beauty with her maids of honor will be crowned by the winners of the tournament. will be given by H. Earleton Hanes”of Herndon. There will he open-air danc- | ing from 8 to 11:30, under direction of Frankiin Gicker, sr | FETE FOR CRAFTSMEN. Club Here Invited to Outing in . Lewis 1 o'clock Baltimore August 21. of Washington Club House Craftsmen will be 8 the Baltin e club at an outing in Avion Park timore, Sat- | urday, August At a meeting of the local board of governors fay plans were made for an open meeting in October. These committees were appointed: Program, | E. L. Anderson. Alton B. Carty. J A. Eppley, G. K. Hamill and Rert Blair: membershin, E. L. Anderson, I. J. Rer. D. I Leane, (ieorge W. Thomas,' George €. the Buckman, L. Cole and W. J. Dooley The club plans an active Winter Tts presideht. John J. Deviny. now is president of the international organi zation of craftsmen | IN DELEGATESHIP RACE. | William F. Keys, Mount Rainier, | Asks Democratic Nomination. Special T MOU” t. Md. August 6. | —Willigm F. Keys of Mount, Rainfer today announced thai he is a candi date for one of the Democratic nomi nations for the House of Delegates | from Prince Georges Counly in con nection with the primaries to be held September 14. | Mr. Keys has been a resident of this rounty - for He recently | served as councilman in Brentwood, | from which town he removed to Mount Rainier several momths ago. - PRISONERS RECAPTURED. | Trio That Fled Fort Leavenworth | Caught at Atchison. 1 SON, Kansg, August 6 (P), isoners who escaped Wednes oon from the diseiplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth were | captured at 2 o'clock this morning in | the vailroad vards here by Arch Gregg, city patrolman, and Fred Tay- lor, special officer for the Missouri Pacific. The prisoners are John Bicknell, 26, Willimantic, Conn.: Francls L. Rost. 2§, Westfleld, Mass, and Vernie H Moore, 25, Lawton, Okla. _Bicknell was one of another group of five es caped prisoners from Fort Leaven “worth captured here several weeki “go. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D REG’LAR FELLERS —Jimmie Has a Hard Time Remembering What Mothers 1, 1926, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc ) B g, Bell Sndicate. (Cooviimie Mark Res"."8!' PG Say. WELL, ONCET T Ine, BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Army Band, Capt. Willam J. Stan- nard, leader; Thomas F. Darcy, second leader, at Washington Barracks at 6:30 o'clock tonight: Mareh, .Wagner Overture, Suite, “Ballet Egyptie Luigini (#) Allegro non troppo. (b) Aliegretto. (c) Andante sostenuto (d) Andante espressive. Intermezzo, ,"The ,Glow Worm” ...... March, *“The Washington Evening Star”......Stannard Euphonium solo, *“The Wan- derer” R (Sergt. S. Johnson, soloist.) Thomas F. Darcy, conducting. Selection, “The Prima Donna®......... Fox trots— “That's Why" Henderson “Roses Remind Me of WO o515 March, ....Cadman “The Star Spangled Banner.” Linke . Burke By the Army Music School at Walter Reed General Hospital at 630 o'clock tonight, Tito Lipartiti, conducting, Capt. R. G. Sherman, commandant; Wil- lMiam C. White, principal of music. Program March, “Memorial Bridge.” Eldridge Overture, “Barber of Seville,” “ Rossin{ “Bam Bam Bamy .. Henderson nglesina,” Cect Grand selection from “Rigo- .Verdi tale,” Orlando Solo for euphonium, “Le Rove d’Amour” . fillars (Sergt. James A. Blakemore.) Waltzes, “Estudiantina,” Waldteufel ‘Dance of the .......Bucalossi The Royal Shore™..... Military scherzo, Characteristic, Serpents’ Popular selection, Vagabond”.. March, “The 13th Cavalry,” Lipartiti “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band, (harles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, second leader, at Mount Alto Hospital at 7 o'clock tonight: Spanish marche, “Cadiz," ‘alverde “Rosamunde,” Schubert “Three Pieces”...Tschalkowsky “Chant Sans Paroles” ‘Chanson Triste.” ‘Chanson® Humoresque.” Grand scenes from the oper: ““The Damnation of Faust, Berlioz American fantasia, “By the Swanee River’ ..Myddleton “Wotan's Farewell and Fire Charm Music,” from ‘‘The Valkyries” . Serenade d’Arlequin’ Fox trot, ““The Star By the United States Soldiers’ | Home Band, upper bandstand, tomorrow evening, at 545 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmer- man, bandmaster: Emil Fenstad, assistant leader. March, “The National Gam Sousa ure, “La Vie Pour le sar” (Life of the Czar), 3linka Merceau, “Danse Brogue,” Victor Herbert om ““Hoffman's ..Offenbach “The Bedouins,” Overture, Waltz song, Song” Finale, “On spungled Banner By the Washington Boys' In- dependent Band at Nichols and Alabama avenues southeast, un s of the Congress Arociation, 3 ight: ch, “Salutation Seitz Song, “Just a Cottage Small.” Hanley ‘Royal Welcome ....Rosenkrans Debutante’ . . Meyers March Home' Overture. Mediey. enor saxophone solo. sleep in the Deep”...Petrie n lLoretta R. Brown.) West of the Great Ymbia's ...Ball '..Brown Dur Director”.. Bigelow Spangled Banner.” Song. March “The By the Community Center Rand. James . Miller, director, at at 7:30 o'clock ght.” Gelger esque” .. Dvorak Fox trot. selected. “War March of the Priest,” from “Atpalia” .. Mendelssohn March, “The Evening Star,” Stannard Overture, “The Bridal Rose.” Lavallee Vocal,solo, George Battles. March, selected. “The Star Spangled Banner." WOMAN IS ROBBED. Colored Man Snatches Purse in Front of Home. ° Mrs. Helen Rickord, Apartment 4, 1718 Corcoran street, was the vietim of a purse, snatcher in front of her home last night about 9:15 o'clock, an unidentified colored man grabbing the bag containing $1 and fleeing. The apartment of Mary L. North- ern, 1474 Columbia road, was en- tered between 5 and 6 o'clock yes- terday afternoon and a handbag con- taining $42 in cash and a box con- taining jewerly valued at §145 stolen. Entrance was effected with a dupli- cate key, AR SR DANGER STALKING - MELLETT PROBERS Men Loitering in Car Neqr Prosecutor’s Home Scared Away by Shot. By the Associated Press Ohio, August 6. -Efforts of investigators into the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, were turned toward adequate provi- sion for their own protection today. following the loitering of three men in an automobile near the home of Prose- cutor C. B. McClintock and the re ceipt of threats by Herman Witter, State director of industrial relations. An Ohlo national guardsman, on duty at the McClintock home last night, fited a shot at the men in the automoblle after he had been shoved off the running board following his efforts to question them regarding the reason why they remained near house. The auiomobile, which sped away, had its license plates covered. A’ ‘national guardsman In plain clothes was assigned to guard the Wit ter homie because of threats made ‘| against him in his activities on an inquiry into the murder. Witter is a former newspaper man Steve Kascholk, the “Informer" against Patrick Eugene McDermott, has been moved from the Stark Coun ty jail to. some other point for safe. keeping. McDermott. belleved to have in information in the conspiracy as: Mellett and perhaps to have been one of the gunmen who killed the publish er, is being sought throughout the country. A warrant charging larceny will be served on him when he is ap prehended and his‘extradition to Can ton for questioning will be sought The warrant charges that McDermott stole articles of clothing from a room ing house in Canton during a sojourn here at about the time of the murder. FINANéE EXPERT KILLED. French Economist Dies With Wife in Auto Accident. PARIS, August 6 (#).—Jules De- camp, chief of the economic section of the Bank of France. and Mme. Decamp were killed today when their automobile crashed into a ditch. M Decamp had played an part in French economic history hind the scenes in recent years be- the | | | | | | | | important | members that my | prepared to justify V. F. W. TO'MEET IN TEXAS Delegates Nn;;;i to Represent D. C. at El Paso Next Month. The national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held at Fl Paso September 19 to 23, National Capttol Post has elected the following delegates: Thomas H ‘avanaugh, Jacob Orken, George euner and William H. Trautham Alternates are: William M. Lawton, George H. Foerster, Harry Dean and Joseph B, Much Reduced fare will be charged mem bers and their families. PHERSON CASE JURY 1S REBUKED Judge Sharply Scores Way Inquiry Was Handied—Sees Political Moves. LOS August 6 perjor Judge Arthur Keetch day sharply rebuked the county grand jury for the manner in which it has handled the investigation of the dis. appearance here last May of Aimee Semple McPherson angelist. e cited apparent “lea from the jury room and certain recommendations said to have been made by a member of the jury to another county official. “To the public,” Judge Keetch told the jury, “it may be open to the in- ference that the grand jury is playing politics. That such an inference is possible is intolerable. District Attorney Keyes, in a state ment, said he was unwilling to assume the responsibility of incurring the enormous expense of a criminal trial “unless and until the grand jury is 1 He stated he had placed all the evi dence in the case before the grand @ { jury and that body considered it in any | sufficient for indictment of one. “I have told the d jury that after a careful examination T do not. at the present time. find myself in possession of the weight of evidence which the law requires to disprove testimony of an alleged abduction,” he said. T Informed the grand jury further activities in this case would be guided by their actions or express desire.” an Only a limited number of homes now r;mnin in this most select of Washington’s residential sections— Woodley Park An inspection of 2609 Cathedral Ave. N.W. will convince you of the matchless value of one of these homes as a realty investment. Seven Rooms, Two Baths, Built-in Garage $2.500-2 cash—*125-2 monthly Priced; $16,500.00 and $17,500.00 Other harv;ec now built and building in this exclusive area— _ $28,500.00—$32,500.00—$55,000.00 Exhibit home open until 9 P.M. déily and Sundays Members Washington Real Estate 'Bmd{ 4 CUARDIAN SOUGHT FOR HEAD OF BANK. Relatives of Géorgia Finan- cier File Plea—20 Closed Institutions to Reopen. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, August 6.—Coupled with | an announcement of plans for the re- | opening of 20 branches of the Georgia State Bank, recently closed, when the Bankers' Trust Co. was placed in the | hands of a recelver, came word yes terday that relatives of W. D. Manley, president of the defunct trust com pany, have asked that a guardian be | appointed to administer Manley's | business affairs. Plans for re-opening the banks| probably will be presented to deposi- | tors and stockholders within a few | days, it was said. Twelve small banks, nbers of the chain for which the Bankers’ Trust Co. acted as fiscal | agent, will be open soon, according to | announcement of the State banking | department. | The county solicitor general's office | investigating the receivership of ' Trust Co. and the sub- sequent closing of gpproximately 115 small banks in Georgia and Florida. Application for guardianship for Manley was filed with the Fulton County ordinary by John McCullough, jr.. the banker's n-in-law It is understoos the action was taken on the advice of physicians, who declared Manley’s mental condi tion not been good for several| months and that lie is in need of | prompt treatment. | Manley suffered a collapse several | years ago and was treated at Kastern | hospitals. Physicians believe his pres-| ent condition is a return of the old | trouble. | SIX SHIPS FOR ROTARY. International Meet in Belgium in 1927 Arranged. CHICAGO, August § ().—Six ships | will carry delegates to the inferna- tional gathering of Rotary Clubs at Ostrand, Belgium. next Summer, the | council of Rotary International an | nounced today. The council, with dis- | | trict governors from all parts of the | | world present. has been discussing ad | ministrative matters and plans for the of | convention at a week of meetings | which ended today " Main 3830 | supper ARTS CLUB OUTING. Neprly Hundred Enjoy Supper and * Program on Potomac River. Nearly the Arts 100 members and guests of Club of Washington _as- sembled last evening at Idle Hour Camp, on the Potomac bank, for the annual Midsummer picnic, as guests of the dramatic committee of the club, represented by Mrs. Maud Howell Smith, chairman After some of the members had enjo a swim in the river a box was served on the broad s of the cottage. A program et rendered by Miss Adelaide Ben Kane ith an im- promptu “‘close quartet™ furnishing vocal entertainment. Gen eral dancing closed the evening | RUSSIANS DENY SUSPECT IS GEN. SEMENOFF’S WIFE Paris Police Try to Learn Identity of Woman, Held in Sale of Borrowed Furs. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 6 was given today by members of the Russian colony in Paris that woman arrested yesterday. charged with selling borrowed jewels and furs, was Mme. Helene Semenoff, wife of the prominent czarist general, Greg orie Semenoff. ends said Mme Semenoff has not been in Paris for some time. The police have started a new in- vestigation to determine the real iden- tity of the woman under arrest. who is ‘alleged to have sold the borrowed articles to a hotel keeper named Wolff. It is xaid that a_young Pole. 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