Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1926, Page 5

CAPIAL WOMEN | INOLVED NFRALD Indictment of Two to Be Asked in Probe of Alleged Thefts From Stores.’ Bpecal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 18.—In- dictment of the wife of a Washington physician and the wife of a Washing- ton store owner will be asked of the Federal grand jury in connection with the arrest in Philadelphia yesterday of Mary Patterson, 32 vears old, and her sister Evelyn. 17 vears old. on charges of using the mails to defraud. The two Washington women, whose names Federal authorities will not disclose, are said to be implicated in the disposal of merchandise allezed to have been stolen’ by the Patterson | sisters from Baltimore department stores. While the Patterson sisters claim their home is in Washington, postal inspectors say that during the past few vears they have been living in a number of Eastern citles. The Pat terson sisters, according to postal in- spectors. would steal garments from one store and then mail the stolen articles to anothe. r*ore, claiming to have purchased them. there and ask to have their money refunded. Mary Patterson described herself as being & wardrobe mistress, while her sister gives her profession as a chorus girl. Czechoslovakia in a recent there were 220 business fail- In month ures. EARLY CANADIAN SNOWS APPEAR TO BE AT END Many Days Will Elapse, However, Before Threshing Can Be Re- sumed in Some Parts. By the Associated Press. WINNIPEG, September 18.—Win- ter's unseasonable visit, which brought {snow to some parts of Canada Thurs- day night, appears to be ending. Re- ports from Alberta indicate wintry { conditions are giving way to normal Tall weather. Light snow was re- ported Thursday in the Edmonton and Calgary districts, but yesterday the weather started to clear. It will be many days before thresh- ing can be resumed in some parts of the prairie provinces, where rain has been falling for several days, but the high winds which prevailed will aid materially in drying out the grain. Moderate temperatures algo will pre- vent sprouting. = Husband Freed in Death. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROMNEY, W. Va., September 18.— Tnatility of State chemists at Charles- ton to make a test at the present time for poison in the stomach of Mrs. Hugh Ives, who died at the Halder- man home on Tearcoat, near here, August 26, togetner with the testi- thony of physicians that the woman had cancer and that possibly caused her death, caused a coromer's jury here to give a verdict that she prob- ably died of natural causes, and Hugh Ives. her husband, an itinerant plano tuner, who was being held as a ma- terial witness, was released from custody. x PRI She With the end of the strike of mu- nicipal employes of Oslo, Sweden, un- employment has dropped perciptibly in that country. Ivory or Ecru-Tinted Swiss Point Curtains $3 95 pair Brand-new Curtains offered now for the first THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DRY LAW VIOLATOR AT END OF BREAD DIET Physician Directs Soft Food Be Pro- vided Due to Convicted Man’s Physical Condition. By the Associated Press. TEKAMAH, Nebr., September 18.— Roy Carson, farmer, liquor law vio- lator, yesterday tasted soft foods after a 10-day sentence on bread and water, for violating the prohibition laws, The change was ordered by a county physician on account of Car- son's physical condition. In the same cell Thomas Nelson continued to diet on bread and water and eyed the cof- fee, tea, cocoa, orangeade, eggs and fish given his cellmate, Nelson has several days yet to serve before he will be given soft foods. i Sentence of 60 days each were given the men for violation of the prohibi- tion laws, the first and last 20 davs of which called for bread and water as their only food. Carson’s diet was reduced to 10 days when his physical condition was found unsatisfactory. Max Saltzman, 16-year-old prisoner, is serving a similar sentence. White Star Official Dies. LONDON, September 18 (#).—Col. Henry Concanon, prominent shipping man and joint manager of the White Star Line, is dead. He was formerly an army officer, commanding the 7th Battalion of the King’'s Liverpool Regiment. He was born in 1861. Choir Founder Dies. TORONTO, September 18 (#).— Dr. Augustus Stephen Vogt, 66 vears old, founder of the Mendelssohn Choir, dled yesterday. Mrs. Brennan to Take Political Stump, For Husband, Still Laid Up in Hospital By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 18. — The radio cannot compete with the old- fashioned appeal from the political platform, Mrs. George E. Brennan believes; therefore she is going to stump the State for her hugband, the Democratic nominee for Senator, who is in a hospital with an injured knee. Mr. Brennan, whose main cam- paign onslaught has been against the Volstead law, is recuperating from an operation following a fall at Nokomis, IIL, in the early days of his drive for votes. Since then he has been radiocasting his political mes- sages from a hospital cot. The cangdi- date’s condition was described today by physiclans as favorable. Mrs. Brennan, who declared she believed that the time had come for her to help out, and she made ar- rangements to join a flying squadron of speakers to be sent from the Brennan headquarters the last five weeks of the campaign. Her first speech will be at Quincy, IIL, Sep- tember 28, with Mayor Dever of Chi- cago and Thomas F. Donovan, chair- man of the Democratic State com- mittee. v Frank L. Smith, Mr. Brennan's Republican opponent, who has made no_pronouncement vet on the wet- and dry issue, is holding conferénces here with Cook County leaders. The County Republican Convention has been set for September 24, and at that time, the Tribune says, an anti- Volstead plank. will be inserted in becam® a politiclan by marriage, | the county platform. PLANS “AD” FAKE FIGHT. Federal Trade Commission to Wage ‘War on Fraudulent Papers. ATLANTIC CITY, September 18 (#).—The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to wage a drastic cam- paign against newspapers and periodi- cals that print fraudulent adverttising, Commissioner William E. Humphrey, yesterday told the National Petroleum joclation, in convention here. e said the public is annually rob- bed of hundreds of millions of dollars through fake advertisements, most of which are plainly false. He asserted the only way to eradicate the evil was to proceed directly against the pub- lisher. He emphasized that most newspapers and magazines are free from such advertising. REFERENDUM ON FLAG. South Africa to Vote on Inclusion of Union Jack. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sep- tember 18 (#).—South Africa, is to decide by referendum whether to in- clude the Union Jack in the new flag, Premier Hertzog announced just be- fore sailing for England to attend the imperial conference. At the last session of the assembly the government introduced a bill au- thorizing a national flag which would not include the Union Jack. Opposi- tion became so strong that the gov- ernment withdrew the measure. e Lord Beaverbrook. the Canadian who has become prominent in Eng- land as a politiclan and newspaper publisher, 18 writing a life of Christ. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1928. G: A. R. TO BE ACTIVE “ANOTHER DECADE” Commander Even Predicts “Im- pressive” Parade in 1940, An- swering Disbanding Rumors. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, September 18. —*"The men of the Grand Army of the Republic have another decade of vig- orous activity ahead of them.” This was the reply of Commander- in-Chief John B. Inman, Springfield, IIL, to reports that the national en- campment of Civil War veterans which opens here Monday would be the last. Mr. Inman denied there was any likelihood of the annual meetings being discontinued because of the thin- ning ranks. Five thousand veterans will attend this year, the gommander predicted, while the number of persons of aux- fliary organizations who will be here will increase the visitors to around 50,000, Although the survivors of the War of '65 are dying at the rate of 17,500 a year, Mr. Inman believes the annual parade in 1940 will be “an im- pressive sight.” “Even' when the annual encamp- ment is composed altogether of cen- tenarians,” he said, “they will form more than a corporal's guard.” Detroit, Denver, Toronto, Grand Rapids, Philadelphia, Dayton, Seattle and Portland, Oreg., hate extended the Grand Army invitation for 1927. Col. Horney Transferred. Col. Odus C. Horney, Ordnance De- partment, has been relieved from command of the Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, and ordered to Manila, 1., for duty. Woodhmard & Lnthrop 10th, 11th, F and G Streets A Few of the Many Home Items Offered During September At Great Semi-Annual Sale Savings Your desire for a comfortable, cozy Home this Fall and Winter can easily be realized if you take advantage of the innumerable values placed at your disposal during this Event. Curtains and Draperies, Lamps of many kinds, Dinner Services and Single Pieces of China and Glassware —all specially priced. JAPAN’S EMPEROR ILL AT SEASHORE RESORT Reported to (Have Suffered Two Attacks of Cerebral Anemia in Last Week. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 18.—The Ex- change Telegraph's Toklo correspond- ent says it is learned that the Em- peror had an attack of cerebral anemia at Hayama last Saturday and again on Wednesday of this week, but that the royal household says his condition is improved and there is no reason to expect a relapse. (A_Tokio dispatch yesterday sald the Emperor had suffered from faint- ing spells since his recent arrival at his_seaside villa at Hayama.) The Empress, who was to have gone to Kioto within a few weeks, has canceled the trip, and members of the royal family, including the regent, are reported to be proceeding to Hayama. No medical bulletins will be issued, an official of the royal house- hold declaring it unnecessary at present. o N DIRECT PRIMARY TEST. Proposal to Cancel System Going Before Ohio Voters. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 18 (4). —Secretary of State Thad Brown an- nounced last night that he would cer- tify the proposal to cancel the direct primary method of nominating candi- dates for office to voters in the Novem- ber election. Brown's statement followed his re- ceipt of petitions bearing a sufficient number of signatures asking that the question be set before the voters of the State. An appeal to the Supreme Court is the only recourse of those who oppose the repeal movement. Brown said. KLANS’ FAVOR IRKS REED OF MISSOURI Reported Indorsement by Evans Displeases Senator, Who Op- poses Religious Curbs. By the Associated Press. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., September 18.— Senator James A. Reed, who intro- duced Representative Harry B. Hawes, keynote speaker at the opening of the Missouri Democratic campaign here yesterday, expressed himself as dis- pleased with his reported indorsement for the presidency by Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperfal wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. “I have not been notified officially of the indorsement.” the Senator said, “but I thought my position on this subject was well known. I was born and reared in the Presbyterian Church and have no personal interest in the matter. “Nevertheless, 30 years ago T de- nounced religious proscription. I have never varied from the position I then took. I regard with abhorrence every attempt to ostracize man or woman because of race or religion.” Staff Sergt. Singleton Retires. Staff Sergt. 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