Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1926, Page 9

Drinking Liquor THE EVENING ST. ELECTION TIE SUIT |G ies Atter FLIPIND LEADERS IS FILED BY SMALL Prince Georges Legislative Candidate Holds Returns Show 5 Lead for Him. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO. Md, No- vember 13.—Frank Small, jr. Re. ub.ican candidate for the louse of delegates at the recent election In Prince Georges Count s filed, through hie attorney, T. Van Clagett, a petition in the Circuit Court here for a writ of mandamus to compe! the board of election supervisors to issue 1o him a certificate of elec- tion. Clarence M. Roberts, attorney for the board, states that he wiil file a plea or demurrer to the peti- tion before November 23, the date set for the hearing. The supervisors recently certified that Small received 5,275 votes, ac- cording to one tally sheet, and 5,280 according to another. Kent R. Mul- Ukin. his Democratic opponent. was credited with 5,278 votes. Which tally sheet, in Small's case, to accept has been the subject of contention since election day. The election officials must determine this, according to a ruling by the assistant attorney gen- eral of Maryland. Unable to Agree. In accordance with law, the super- visors election offic: explain the discrepancles. clals, however were unabl Three reported one way and three another. Small's suit aims to break the deadlock. Mullikin has retained Willlam Stanley as his attorney. It is perhaps the first situation of its kind to arise in the county and has been the object of State-wide Interest. Many politicians are of the opinion that such mistakes as were made by the officials of Seat Pleasant dis- trict are traceable in large measure The of- to agree. to the fact that they, along with | other county election officials, were compelled to stay on the job for a long period without relief. In Mont- gomery County the officials ser without sleep or rest for 37 hour: until the count was over. A movement has been started there 10 obtaln legislation making a repeti- tion of these conditions impossible. Likelihood of Mistakes. It is pointed out that when officlals are compelled to serve election day from " am. to 7 pm., as they did November £ last, and then, tired, have to sit up all night and far into the next day to count the ballots, they are apt to have some difficulty main- taining strict accuracy. It has been suggested that a new immediately subpoenaed the | ‘s before the board to | a | driven b At Virginia Still Special Dispatch to e Star, RICHMOND, Va., November 13. *orn liquor made in the County potsylvania is deadly to cows, shibition iInspector J. . taking part in a raid near Church. The party succeeded in taking a 200-gallon still, much mash and 25 | liquor. Th |l that a cow, { around at night, drank | open vessel at the still, dying be- fore morn ng. David Connaham and Carter of Partlows were at the still. ar —— |ESCAPING GAS KILLS WICOW AND 2 GIRLS Baltimore Coroner Holds Piping Which Connected Stove ‘Was Illegal. | Br the Associated Press. BALTIMORE. Md., —Mrs. Nettie James, her two chi'dren, Violet, 5, and Hazel, 18 months, were asphyxiated vesterday by gas escaping from a broken pipe connection in their home. The door to the James' rooms was battered down by other residents of the rooming house when gas was smelled. The children were dead and the miother died shortly afterward | despite the efforts of physicians. | Coroner George C. Blades said the { piping, which made connection with {a stove, was of a type prohibited | from =ale. Scsalipe i, |ONE DIES IN AUTO CRASH. November 13. a widow, and Two Injured When Car Hits Pole | Near Petersburg, Va. | RICHMOND, Va November 13 | P).—Miss Pearl Casey, 19 years old, lof this city, ally injured and | two other persons received minor in- | | Juries last night when an automobile W. A. Mathews, 27, over- | turned after erashing into a pole, labout five and a half miles from | Petersburg. Miss Dorothy Traylor, 20, received slight injuries, and the driver was cut about the face, Both | are of Richmond. | The young an’s skull was frac- tured. Mathews, who stated that he was temporarily blinded by the | lights of an approaching machine, held on a technical charge of in- | voluntary manslaughter. His bail | was fixed at $1,000. = | board of upervisors that they should - PREPARE PROTEST 100 Meet to Tell Wood Board of Control Abolition Is Re- garded as Arbitrary. By the Associated Press. MANILA, November 13.—Filipino statesmen, agitated over the recent order of Gov. Gen. Wood abolishing the* board of control, the governing body of all Government-owned corpo- rations in the Philippine Islands, met i ila yesterday. Attendance at eting was confined to members of the National Supreme Council and members of the Legislature who re- side here. The group totaled near- 1y 100. The consensus was that Wood should be told that members of the Legislature consider this order arbi- trary and unwarranted. The action of the governor general makes the directors of Government-owned cor- porations solely responsible to him. Legislators to Meet. The ‘board of control was abolished hecause it Invaded the executive pow- ers granted Wood by Congress and hecanse its two Fiilpino members, the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, were holding two public offices. Besides ordering a letter drafted to be sent to Wood giving him the opin- fon of the meeting today, telegrams were_ordered sent to all members of the Legislature to return to Manila and convene there as the Filipino in- dependence commission, which con- sists of all members of the Legisla- ture. Special Session Sought. A number of Filipinc-owned news- papers express the hope that Wood will call a special session of the Legls- lature for the purpose of aliowing that {body to pass a law providing for a I new board of control with the objec- tionable features eliminated, but the governor general has given no intima | tion that he will call the Legislaturs | together. | "The native press is almost unani { mous in denouncing the abolishment | order as oppressive and tyrannical and lone which curtails Philippine au- | tonomy. | Whether court proceedings will be brought to test the order and the opin- ion of the Attorney General of the United States and judge advocate of the Army, upon which it was based, | was not decided at the meeting today. { G Union Suspends Orchestra. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 13. —The Potomac Entertainers, a Cum- set of election officlals do the count- | receive extra compensation because of | berland orchestra, have been suspend- ing, coming on duty at the close of the polls, or the officials who serve election day be allowed to walt until the next day to count the ballots, The oplnion was expressed by a number of eiection offictals before the | the long hours, and the board, agree- | ing with them, decded to ask ap- proval of the county commisstoners of an Increase in the pay of the judges and clerks of $6 each, which the com- | miss one; pproved. led from the Musicians’ Union because | they played at the ball of the Police jand Firemen's Welfare Association at | the State Armory Wednesday night ter a parade in which a non-union | organization participated. OWN YOUR OWN APARTMENT HOME Billtop Manor 3500 Fourteenth Street The Entire Block—Oak Street to Otis Place A 1009}, Co-operative Apartment Building Sales Prove It stroneer evidence of the desirability of owning an apartment home in Hilltop Manor need be offered than the rapid-sale—and sales prove ii. Th's unusual success is attendant on the sound values and low monthlv pavments which make obvious the advantages of owning over rent'r g The luxurious comfort and completeness of appointments of these homes combined with the excellent apartment hotel service which this building offers appeals to those desiring to own their own homes relieved of the cares of operation. An added advantage readily appreciated is the efficient manage- ment of the property by The Co-oper tive Apartment Management Co., Inc., affording owners service with economy "and securing for them discounts on the essentials of life at a saving of from 25 to 50 per cent in the cost of living. There are 214 apartment homes with thirty types from which to choose, ranging from two rooms and bath to six rooms and two baths, many with porches. Open for inspection and evening, including Sunday. Edmund J. Flynn Authority on Co-operative Apartments 14th &K Representing CAFRIT every day M. 9080 Owners and Builders of Communities $500,000 FOR ROAD WORK. State Funds Allocated Piedmont Stretch of Lee Highway. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va.,, November 13.—Five hundred thousand dollars have been allocated for 1927 by the State High- way Commission for use on the Lee Highway, running through the Pled- mont section of the State from Wash- ington to Luray. The Lee Highway in Page County 1s all complete, or in process of bufld- ing, and the amount of funds alloca- ted will he used in its completion o of Washington. The allocations carr $55.000 at Amissville, In Rappahan- nock; $215,000 from Galnsville to Buckland, $150.000 from Centerville west, and $80,000 from Buckland to New Baltimore, SHOOTS GRAY EAGLE. Maryland Farmer Sends 92-Inch Carcass to Capital Museum. Special Dispatch tq The Star CUMBERLAND, Md., November 18. —H. D. Loy shot a gray eagle in the South Branch Valley of the Potomac near Romney, W. Va. It measured 92 inches from tip to tip of wings. He heard a commotion among crows and upon Investitgating, saw the eagle, which he dispatched with a shotgun. It was sent to a museum in Wash- ington, D. C. Mother of Legislator Dies. Special Diepatch to The St MANASSAS, Va., Now Mrs. Eloise Armistead Sintlair, one of the most prominent women of this sectfon and a former president of Prince William Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, died here Wednesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. B. Giddings, in her sixty-fourth year. She is survived by three children, C. A. § ber 13 Stafford Countles in the Virginia Leg- islature; Mrs. Laura Nash and Mrs. Kathleen Giddings, all of Manassas. Students Form Drama Club. Special Dispatch to The Star. OXON HILL, Md., November 13.— Students of Oxon have organized a drama club, Miss Elsie Brooke, president; Mildred Kerby, secretary and Miss Minnie Thorne, treasurer. Several nlays, to be offered in the near future, are planned. with Dish Break ast, Sa%isfying Hill High School | Miss | L0 ANGELES GOES BAGK T0 HANGAR Gives Up Norfolk Trip When Freezing of Water Recov- ery System Threatens. By the Associated Press LAKEHURST, J., November 13. —The Navy dirigible Los Angeles, | which yesterday turned back at Wash- ington from a contemplated trip to Norfolk, returned to the air station and was berthed in its hangar at 7 o'clock last night. Flight Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl explained the return was caused by an imminent cold snap, which, it was feared, would freeze the water re- covery system, ahd entail a loss of helium gas if a landing should be at- tempted today. Valves which will enable the intro- duction of an anti-freezing solution into the system, will be installed and the flight resumed on November 17, the commander announced. Comdr. Rosendahl further explained they were testing a slightly different type of device used in the conversion of water from the exhaust of the en- gines, and that it was the theory the water might freeze, in this apparatus that caused them to turn the ship bacl The flight, undertaken for training of the crew and experimentation, took the giant airship over Washington Annapolis and Baltimore. The Los Angeles was circled segeral times ver the Naval Academy and the apitol. e TURK-SOVIET PARLEY ON. Foreign Ministers to Confer om Government Relations. ODESSA, Ukraine, November 13 (#). —Twefilk Rushdi Bey, Turkish for- |elgn minister, arrived here yesterday on board the cruiser Hamidle for con- ferences with M. Tchitcherin, Soviet minister of fore.gn affairs, on Russo- Turkish relations. The two foreign ministers, who are close personal friends, greeted each other cordially amid cheers from the crowds. S o oooeo Dish for Dinner WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1926. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 13 (Special).—With members of the or- ganization, their wives and sweet- hearts and a few others in attendance to the number of fifty, the annual banquet of the Norman B. Price Post of the American Legion of Sandy Spring was held at the Manor Club, Norbeck, Thursday evening. Reuben Brigham, commander, was _toast- master, and talks were given by Dr. A. C. Christie of Silver Spring, Wilson L. Townsend, president of the Mont- gomery County Council of the Ameri- can Legion; Comdr. Falconer of the Cissel-Saxon Post, Silver Spring, and Comdr. Simpson of the Kensington Post. The special train of 11 cars, operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., in co-operation with the University of Maryland Extension Service, the National Dairy Council and varlous dairy breed associations, and bearing elaborate dairy exhibits and 50 or more pure bred daliry sires, which is scheduled to visit eight coun- tles of Maryland next week, will be at Rockville ali of Wednesday after- noon. Meetings of farmers, women and school children are scheduled for the afternoon, at which addresses on dairy subjects will be delivered by prominent persons. At the train the farmers wiil be addressed by O. K. Quivey of the Baltimore and Ohlo Railroad, Dr. J. A. Conover of the University of Maryland and repre- sentatives of dairy breed assoclations. At the high school building Miss Elsie Stark of the National Dairy Council will speak to the women on “Proper Foods for Health,” and Prof. Happy, also of the National Dairy Council, will talk to the children. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the marriage of Willlam Tammaro, 23, and Miss Katherine Virginia S| 19, both of Washington; Charles Nel- eon Hirst, 22, of Falls Church, Va., and Miss Irene Maude Carroll, 21, of Washington, and Alexander Long- necker, 35, and Miss Ellen W. Havi- land, 39, both of Upsilanti, Mich. Under auspices of the Aid Soclety of Epworth Methodist Church, an oys- ter supper was held at the church last evening. It was largely attended and proved a financial and social success. Funeral services for Mrs. Annie E. Davis, widow of Willlam A. Davis of Rockville, who died in a Washington hospital, aged 87 years, were held gt Pumphrey's Chapel here this morn- ing, Rev. John T. Coolahan, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, officlating. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery. Mrs. Davis was formerly a resident of Rockville. She was before her mar- THO BANKS (LS AFTER SHOOTAG Mystery of Wounding of Two Men in Minnesota Insti- tution Nnexplained. By the Associated Press. DETROIT LAKES, Minn., Novem- ber 13.—The mysterious shooting of two bankers in the Citizens' State Bank of Callaway, Minn., was fol- lowed yesterday by the closing of that bank and the Security State Bank here because of depleted reserves. Physicians sald another 24 hours must elapse before they will permit authorities to question W. J. Norby, stockholder in the Callaway Bank, and Frank Murphy, its cashier, found in the bank Tuesday suffering from bul- let wounds. H. S. Erickson, president of the Cal- laway Bank, also is cashier of the Se- curity Bank here and both Institutions | were closed after runs had caused withdrawals Imperiling thelr re- sources, the banks’ officials sald. The Security Bank here had de- posits of $780,000 and the Callaway Rank had $150,000 in deposits. A. O. Sletvold, county attorney, said he had |found nothing in the closing of the banks to warrant any action by him. The closing of the First National pank here Monday, followed by the unexplained shooting of Norby and | Murphy, “caused uneasiness among depositors of the Callaway Bank and Security Bank,” in Sletvold's opinion, and led to the runs that forced their closing. ringe a Miss McDonald and was the last of her immediate family. Mrs. Barbara E. Kuster, wife of George D. Fuster of Montrose, dled in the Montgomery County General Hospital, Sandy Spring, aged 61 years. Her death was due to a complication of diseases and followed a long fll- ness. She is survived by her husband and a number of sons and daughters. The funeral will take place this after- noon from the Methodist Church at Potomac. Mrs. Kuster was formerly a Miss Nicholson. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, November 13 (Spectal).—One hundred and twenty- five persons last night were guests of R. H. Cox, teacher of the Valiant Knights Bible Class of the First Bap- tist Church at the first annual ban- quet of the class given by the teacher to the members and their parents. A turkey dinner was served by a oom- mittee of women, headed by Mre. J. W. Reeves. During the evening talks were made by Jere M. H. Willis of Fredericksburg, on ‘“Co-operation.’ The class history was given by Ervin C. Brooks, president, and he was fol- lowed by Rev. V. L. Vernon, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Robert H. Cox, teacher, declared he was glad to see S0 many parents present. George Bartlett, vice president, made a short speech. The class presented Mr. Cox with a set of cuff links. A short talk was made by Elliott F. Hoffman. Vocal selections were given by a quartet from the Fifth Baptist Church, Washington. Thomas Clarke was accompanist. Russell A. Wilker- son was toastmaster. The movement launched some time ago for a free night school is taking form and doubtless will becoms a. real- ity by the first of the year. It has the indorsement of the Alexandria Trades Council. Other organizations are expected to give aid to the move- ment. Mrs. T. C. Howard, accom- panied by a number of women, ap- peared before the Alexandria Trades Council recently and advocated & night school here. Accompanying her were Mrs. George E. Pickett, Mrs. George Buddin and Mrs. J. S. Black- well. Any one interested in the es- tablishment of a night school is urged to communicate with any of these women. [} A committee stationed at 10 &iffer- ent places is selling annual member- ships in the Red Cross. Approximate- 1y 200 have been sold at $§1 each. The goal set is 1,000 and R. S. Jones, chair- man of the local Red Cro: says he expects the city will go over the top by the end of the campaign, Novem- ber 25. . Members of Troop No. 126, Boy Scouts, gave an exhibition of their work last night at the Westminster Building of the Second Presbyterian Church. Many parents of the boys were present and witnessed the demon- stration. The Citizens’ Band gave a concert’ last night in the Young People’s Bulld- ing, under auspices of the Henry K. Field Bible class. Proceeds will be used for charity. —_— Mohammedans are now employing as clerks Hindus, who once were their religlous enemles. /7 ,:fi pa— rings new honors to an old favorite When you serve bacon and eggs tomorrow morn- ing—be sure that the bacon is AUTH'S. You'll be sume prised at the difference it makes. Striped just right, with generous streaks of lean, Auth’s comes to the table in curly-crisp slices, deli- cately brown—a delight to the eyes, an invitation to the palate. 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