Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1926, Page 7

BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN RELIEVED, Trade Body’s Officers Name Men to Succeed Fire and Traffic Heads. Startling changes in the chairman- ships of the Washington Board of le's various committees were ma the officers of the board at cial organization meeting this noon. While Edwin C. Graham, president of the board, gave orcers that no names of the committee chairmen selected were to be given out until ac- ceptance Dby these men, it became known that David M. Lee, chairmar of the board’s committee on insur- ance and fire protection, has been re- lHeved. Mr. Lee has been chairman of this committee for eight years and became well known in Washington for his interest in a_high water pressure system for the downtown area. Mr. Lee's advocacy of hte high water pressur tem has received much opposition lately. V. Pierce Raynor, the other com- mittee chairman relieved from his | post, ha: tee on tr in 192 fic since its orga ion This committee has made | many recommendations and came to the fore recently when it charged that some of the Washington traffic policemen were hidinz with lights | turned out in various sections to | make arrests and making question- able charges against drivers to boost their arrest records. Many of this committee’s recommendations have not been looked upon with favor by the traffic department. While no information in regard to, & he committee chairmen could he wotten from the board because of Mr. ham's orders, the personnel of the executive iounced. 'hi 5 Plitt, vice Prescott, E. C. burg, Walter A. Brown, Wil- Clabaugh, Frank P. Leetch, (ieorge W. Offutt, Francis R. Weller, Walter Klopfer and Ben T. FRENCH REPORTED INCREASING DEFENSE Press Holds Franco-Italian Crisis Greater Than Admitted—Snow Held Protection. By Cable to The News and O Copvright. 14 PARIS, November 30. paper L/Action Francaise announce that the French garrisons in the re- #lon of Nice have been reinforced to correspond to the reinforcements of the Italian garrisons on the other side of the frontier. ken out in regarding the ef- ¢ of the French forts along the neo-Italian frontier. Military ex- perts point out that in any e no italian offensive is_to be feared now before next Spring, because snow is beginning to fall in the Alps. The Journal de Geneve declared editorially that the recent Franco- Italian incidents were “much graver than has been admitted.” The com- ist paper Humanite continues to 4 French government with holding back many i nected with the engaging the pi iain known g paper declares that of the French mil service, has been s in connection with an important e of Italian espionage in France, he facts of which are being withheld from the public. MRS. WOOD FREE. Gets Final Decree From Governor General's Son. WILMINGTON, Del., November 30 hompson Wood was ree of divorce from W, son of Gov Leonard Wood of the Philip- iperfor Court here tods granted Novem. Wood is the dau:y- s. Henry B. Thomp- not to publish cer- The seme news: Col. Laine, head intelligenc e for 'several ded the special commit- | Abandoned Apple Orchards Shed Huge Waste Crops Special Dispaich to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 30.—Thousands of barrels of ap- ples are going to waste in the Green Ridge orchards of the east- ern end of this county. About 2,500 10-acre tracts in this area were planted in trees some years ago. There were over 2,000 orchard owners. The project abandoned with the failure of F. Meriens’ Sons, promoters, and much of the orchard land has,be- me wild agan. However, thou- ds of trees are still bearing, " | despite the lack of cultivation. JOHN ALBERT BLAKE, PROMINENT MASON, DIES Joined Amity Lodge of Danvers, Mass., at 21, and Went Through 33 Degrees. By the Associated Press. MALDEN, ss., November 30.— John Albert Blake, general grand high priest of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in the United States, is dead at his home here at the age of 63. Born in Danvers, Mass., he joined Amity Lodge of Ma- sons there at the age of 21, and later went through all degrees, including the_thirty-third. From 1905 to 1907 Mr. Blake was grand master of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Massachusetts and in 1910 he was grand commander of the Massachusetts-Rhode Island Knights Templar. He the most puissant past grand master of the General Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in the United States, as well priest of the Grand Arch Masons of s, thrice illustrious grand 3 of the Grand Commandry of Royal and Select Masters of Massa- chusetts and right eminent grand commander of the Knights Templar of M chusetts and Rhode Island. Mr. Blake is survived by a widow, two sons and a daughter. S grand high wevster. [CAPITOL HEIGHTS HAS CENTRAL PHONE OFFICE Opening of $50,000 Station ‘With Chief and Three Operators, Is Announced. Special Dispatch to The Star. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., Novem- ber 30.—Today marked the opening of a new telephone central exchange here, with Mrs. L. V. Suthard chief operator and Miss Florance Boswell, Miss_Belle Simmons and Mrs. Mary Lee Eccleston operators. Two hundred and thirty-six tele- phones are linked up with 90 stations and 146 transfers from other central offices, including Hyattsville and Marlboro. C. T. Clagett, division manager of the Chesapeake and Ohio Telephone Co., announces that a 50,000 outlay is represented. The of- erves an area of approximately are miles. Seat Pleasant, Mary- irmount, Cedar, Brad- v, Boulevard, District and Dupont hts are communities in the area. LAWYER SUES MELLON. Would Bar Publication of State- ments on Disbarmeént. Justice Stafford of the District Su- preme Court today issued a rule on ¢ W. Mellon, Secretary of the y, to show cause December he should not be enjoined sing to be printed in the Internal Revenue Bulletin, a weekly publication of the Treasury Depart- ment, ¢ ain statements in connec- tion with the disbarment of Walter Holland, a Washington lawyer, from practice before the department. Holland brought suit against Sec- retary Mellon May 18 last fore$300,- 000 damages for alleged libel in con- nection with the disbarment proceed- ings and the publication of tements in the bulletin. Attorney Iredell Meares appears for Holland. i 13 HELD IN SLAYING. KINGSTREE, 8. C, November 30 (P).—Garfield Mathews, white, con- struction gang foreman, and his 12 negro helpers, were arrested here yes. nection with the death 0ld hermit of this sec- tion, whose head was found floating Former Professor Dies. { BALTIMORE. November 30 (P).— | mes Wilson Bright, 74 vears old, formerly professor of Engli - ture at Johns Hopkins Unive videly know reh in origin Engl SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at_and_Sailings From New Yor in a creck last Friday. Mathews is charged with murder, and the negroes are held as material witnesses. Police would not reveal the evidence Acquaintances of that the slain man 1d fish to the gang, whose camp shack in the woods, and that there had been a quarrel over payment for a string of fish. The county jail being filled, some of the prisoners are being held in the town guardhouse. Verdict Against Traction Co. The Capital Traction Co. was as- mages oi $18,500 in favor of W. Nylen, 4-year-old son of | when he was only 2 v a NI—Coveihigen: ¢ and Mongol: Vandyck: Re T Traney OUTGOING SAILING TODAY Midnight 1:00 P.M. Midnight 00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. i > eo " ul Aures Port au Prince and Cris- SAILING TOMORROW and Bordeaux. and Genoa_ . Juan and Mara- 11:00 AM 300 PM e Noon Puerto a Marta na .. h—Pacific . Arthur H. Nylen of West Point, by a jury in Circuit Division 1 rday afternoon, before Chief stice McCoy. a car of the company May 2, 1924, ears old, and suf- fered the loss of a leg. Attorneys appeared for the boy, while the v was defended by Attorneys G. s Dunlop and Edmund Jones. The ocmpany is expected to file a mo- The boy was rin over tion for a new trial. ADVERTISENENTS ¢ RECEIVED HERE Quigley’s Pharmacy—21st & G Sts. N.W. Is a Star Branch Office | You don’t have to come to the Main Office with your Classified Ads for The Star—just leave them with the Branch Office displaying the above sign—one of which is located in your . Insertion in the first available Riwcy orf neighborhood. issue is assured and the rendered without fee; only regular rates a charged. The Star prints MORE Classified Ads every day than all the other There must be “Around the Corner” is Branch Office A Star a reason—and RESULTS they bring advertisers. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOK, D. C, PUBLIC HEALTH TOPICS LISTED FOR DISCUSSION Eighteenth Annual Mesting of Washington Tuberculosis Associ- ation to Be Held This Evening. The eighteenth annual meeting of | the Washington Tuberculosis Associ- | atidn will be held at 8 o'clock this' evening at Rauscher's, 1034 Connecti- | cut awenue. The general topic_for} discussion will be “Pioneering in Pub- lic Health.” Harry L. Hopkins, director of the| New York Tuberculosis and Health Assoclation, will speak on “The Placel of the Voluntary Agency in a: Public Health Program.” ~Dr. George M. Kober, president of the society, will deliver the address of welcome. In reviewing its work in ‘“pioneer- ing” the association will hear from Mrs. Margaret J. Hilleary, superin- tendent of the chiidren’s Summer camp; Mrs. Agnes H. Stewart, direc. tor of the occupational therapy de- partment, and Miss Margaret H. Craig, director of child health educa- tion. The meeting will cially the Christmas seal campaign here. In celebration of that event a tableau of the seal design this year will be presented by living figures. The tableau will be entitled ‘‘The Gift,” and in it will appear Miss Helen Burton as the spirit.of Lotraine, Ar- thur Murphy as Santa Claus and Mrs. S. Elizabeth Kerr, Elsworth Condron and Charles Seaman as carol singers. The public has been invited to at- tend. s ESCAPING GAS KILLS FRANK B. CLEMENTS, 75 Roomer in B Street House Dies Soon After Discovery—Death Called Accidental. Frank B. Clements, 75 years old, a roomer at 215 B street, was found in his room early this morning suffering from the effects of illuminating gas that had escaped from un open fixture of a stove in his room. He was dead when Dr. Gandolfo of Casualty Hos- pital reached the house. Clements had been a roomer in the house, for several years. The past week or 10 days he ‘had been ill. Coro- ner Nevitt visited the house and gave a certificate of accidental death. Gas seeping up from the room occu- pied by Clements permeated the apart- ment_directly above occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Baker, nearly over- coming them. JOHNSTON HEADS DRIVE. Columbia Hospital Will Seek $150,000 in Campaign. Gen. John A. Johnston has been ap- pointed chairman of a general com- mittee to take charge of a drive for $150,000 for Columbia Hospital, it was announced today. A meeting of the committee to elect vice chairmen and appoint subcommittees for the com- paign will be held in the home of Mrs. George Hewitt Myers, 2310 S street, next Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Directors of the hospital also will hold a meeting in campaign headquar- ters, room 500, International Building, next Friday afternoon, when the pro: gram for the organization meeting will be completed. Several speakers are expected to take part in the meet- ing. The work of the hospital, it is point- ed out, has been devoted exclusively to women, more than 53,000 cases hav- ing been treated and 25,000 babies born there since it was established in 1866. | HUNTERS HIT BY STORM CREEPING TOWARD HOME Men Who Sought Deer in North Michigan Returning Without Game, Many Losing Autos. By the Associated Press. SAULT STE MARIE, Mich.,, No-| vember 30.—Discouraged remnants of | (he regiments of hunters who trekked ! into the northern peninsula in search | of deer are working their way south, | many without automobiles or game. As the aftermath of one of the most | severe storms of the season on the | eastern end of the upper peninsula, | which cut off this city from automo- | bile communication, there remained snowbound in Chippewa and Luce Coundies several hundred automobiles, oither abandoned or sold for a small price. Shipping suffered from the storms that swept from Lake Superior down the St. Marys river, grounding several steamers. But with the break of the storm all were reported released and under way last night. State ferri at the Straights of Mackinaw, tied up over the week end, were able to operate again vesterday, allowing stranded hunters their free- dom. . MOODY WINS AUTO RACE. | Los Angeles Event Taken at 66 Miles an Hour. LOS ANGELES, November 30 (#) —Earl Moody of Los Angeles, drivi at an average, of 66 miles an hou piloted his_racing car to victory in the 100-mile feature of a program on the Ascot dirt track speedway here vesterday. His time for the distance was one hour 21 minutes and 6 sec- onds. Lou Moore of Los Angeles placed second, Harry Jacques of Redlands geles, fourth. was third and Fred Lyons, Los An- Barney Kloepper led Moody until the 145th lap, when his car crashed into the inner rail. He escaped in- jury. Branch Office service is papers here combined. . it is the WIFE MAY AID HUSBAND IN ELOPEMENT TANGLE Mrs. Marson Said to Have Gone West in Hope of Effecting Reconciliation. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 30.— The Examiner says it has learned that Mrs. Grace Burch Marson, New York society woman, who arrived here yesterday, came West to aid her | errant husband, Capt. Arnaldo Mar- son, not to participate in his prose- cution on a Mann act charge. The information was obtained in- directly, Mrs. Marson having stead- fastly “refused to make known her plans. She went into seclusion im- mediately upon her arrival and re. mained there the rest of the day. Capt. Marson and Mrs. Isabelle Keyes Burch, his _step-daughter-in- law, were arrested here several days ago, following their elopement from New York two months previous, Mrs. Marson, the Examiner understandsw| hopes . to effect a double reconcilia- inaugurate om. btion. i DESCRIBES CHILD CARE. Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming Speaks at Women’s City Club. The guardianship of 11,000 delin- quent and deficient children by the recently created Public Welfare Board of the District was described last night by Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming at a din- ner at the Women's City Club, given by the club's public health committee. _The dinner introduced the innova- tion of ‘“‘gentlemen’s night,” and was arranged by the woman doctors of tha clg\b, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Wymond Bradbury. Mrs. Harvey W. };fley prestlde, and Dr. A. Frances oye, past president of th greeted the guests. o A tuberculosis sanitarium for the District was urged by Walter Ufford, who pointed out that tubercular chil- dren needed 24-hour-a-day treatment, Which is unavailable with the present lsl;nftedttac:lflles in the District. James ewart also spok pr](:;/ienuon, ‘poke on tuberculosis ss Gertrude Bolling, head ] visiting nurses of thegDistrlct‘.xsn‘;; that her staff and funds were insuffi- clent for the work required. Dr. C. C. | Pierce, assistant surgeon general of | the Public Health Service, said that . public health was ‘“purchasable.” J‘udge Mary O'Toole of the Municipal Court. and Mrs. J. Garfield Riley, bresident of the club, also spoke. The guests of honor were: Mr. and Mrs. Emile Berliner, Mrs. Lucy Minni- gerode,v Dr. Josephine Baird, Dr. and Mrs. Winthrop Peabody, Dr. and Mrs. Winthrop Risk, and Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Stewart. Dr. Eleanor Folk- man was music chairman. Mrs. Carl Chindblom gave cello selections, and P";"nslfightndi Bond presented the gtonians,” 3 sical artists. % S Mount Airy, Md., Banker Dies. Sp;;ill Dispatch to The Star. AMASCUS, Md., November 30.— Willlam H. Hood, 78 years old, died of heart disease late yesterday at his home, at Mount Airy, Md. He was a director and one of the or- ganizers of the First National Bank of Mount Airy. Besides his wife, h‘e is survived by flve children. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery. $350,000 Fire in St. Louis Suburb. EAST ST LOUIS, IIl, November 30 (#).—A spectacular fire early yester- day caused $350,000 estimated dam- age at the plant of the Cain-Hurley Lumber Co. at Centreville Station, a suburb. Over Seventy Thousand Christmas Checks are Ready for Distribution to the People of Washington The banks in this city are preparing to disburse $5,400,000.00 to the members of their respective Christmas Savings Clubs, Imagination cannot picture all the happiness that this stupendous sum will give to the givers and the getters of the generosity made possible by the wise foresight of TUESDAY, NO GREENLEAF HERE FOR ARTS MEETING| Prominent Architect to Discuss Landscape Features of Capi- tal Playgrounds. James L. Greenleaf of New York, president of the American Soclety of Landscape Architects, and the land- scape member of the Commission of Fine Arts, is in Washington to at- end the meeting Thursday’ of the latter body and to discuss particu- larly lardscaping featurés about schonl play- grounds to be con- structed in Wash- ington. One of the lead- ers in the move- ment to save sub- urban areas of the Capital from destruction at the hands of builders, Mr. Greenleat be- leves everything possible should be done to preserve sections such as the Piney Branch area, the Klingle Ford area and other sections where private building has encroached upon and jeopardized the beauty of the wooded spots and su- burban sections of the city. .The landscape member has long been a leader in the movement to ssure proper treatment of the west- ern approach to the Arlington Me- morial Bridge and in this connection considers the completion of the Mount Vernon boulevard important. He is also prominent in the movement to construct a great portal or gate. way at the intersection of Sixteenth street with the District line, bound- ed by park areas, with a great park. way running down the center for a half mile. The commission at its meeting Thursday will have before it a pro- posal that it have some powers of jurisdiction over private building proj- ects which may encroach upon park areas or on areas set aside for units of the Government building program. ME. GREENLEAF, Gets Paris Divorce. PARIS, November 30 (#).—Mrs. Helen Scott Meehan has been granted a divorce in the Paris courts from | John Meehan, whose address is given as the Hotel Ambassador, Chicago. They were married in New York Oc- tober 14, 1920. The decree was grant- ed on ground of abandonment. EMBER 30, 1926. WOMAN KILLED IN BLAST -! WRECKING FIVE STORES Fire Follows Explosion in Ontaria’ Injuring Several Other Persons. ZLoss, $65,000. | | ated Press. | LONDON, Ontario, November 30.— A woman kilted and a ;mmhor of ¢ persons severely injured in an ex plosion of undetermined origin and subsequent fire that wreg‘ked five stores, causing damage estimated at 65,000 here last night. The body of Mrs. Matilda Crawford was found under a pile of debris after the flames were extinguished. i $K $3,141,677 By the A HILL HEIRS ASK IN FEDERAL TAX REBATE! Question Hinges on Intention of | Empire Builder's Widow in Creating 20 Trust Yum‘ls. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn.,, November 30.— Eight heirs of Mrs. Mary T. Hill, widow of James J. Hill, the empire builder, launched their fight to recover | $3,141,677.04 inheritance tax, paid the Government since 1922, in United States District Court here yesterday. Suit was brought by George I. Flannery, administrator of the estate against L. M. Willcuts, collector of in- ternal revenue for Minnesota. Read- ing of a long complaint and the offer- ing of documentary exhibits occupied the day’s hearing. § Whether Mrs. Hill, who died No- vember 22, 1921, contemplated death when she created 20 individual trust funds for her beneficiaries is the ques. i tion involved in the suit. There were nine children, five grandchildren, four charitable institutions and two other individuals named as beneficiaries. FLORIDA PAI.’ERS MERGE. Daytona News and Journal Under New Company. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., November 30 (#).—Negotiations were completed vesterday for the consolidation of the Daytona Beach News and the Day- ,tona Beach Morning Journal, after- i noon and morning newspapers, re- spectively. A new company is being formed to take over the two papers. which will be published from the | same plant. T. E. Fitzgerland, owner and pub- lisher of the News for 25 years, will head the organization as publisher. ‘On “State” Occasions Dress Hose for wear when Frock Coats are donned, this Patent Colt Shoe is in order. E It is exactly correct ac- cording to the vogue. 10.00 with these dress shoes. Caring for feet is better than curing them. Arthur Burt Co. Paris those who joined the clubs last December. It was all accomplished by systematic deposits. 1927 Christmas Clubs will open on Wednesday, December First, at all of the following banks: BE READY TO JOIN Washington Loan & Trust Co. Main Office—Ninth and F Sts. N.W. Branch Office—17th and G Sts. N.W. Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, Thirty- second and M Sts N.W. Franklin National Bank Main Office—Penna. Ave. Branch Office—1111 Conn. Ave. McLachlen Banking Corporation i M:i':l l)}firlhloth and G Sts. N.W. Branch Office—1350 B St. S.W. Security Savings & Commercial Bank, G Sts. District National Bank Main Of fice—1406 G St. N.W. Branches— Conn. Ave. and K St. 9th St. and New York Columbia National Bank, 911 F St. N.W. East Washington Savings Bank, 312 Penna. Ave. S. North Capitol Savings Bank, North Capitol and H Sts. N.W. Chevy Chase Savings Bank, Connecticut Ave. and McKinley St. Potomac Savings Bank, Wisconsin Ave. and M St. N.W. Washington .lgl:we N.W. American Security & Trust Co. Branches— Central: 7th St. and Mass. Ave. and H Northeast: 8th uthwest: ith and E Sts. Northwest: 1140 15th St. ot P B A B e A e e, Christmas Savings Clubs Are Maintained by the Members of the District of Columbia Bankers Association for the Benefit of the Community and Not as a Source of Profit Savings Bank, 10th and Grant Co. Main Office—15th St. and Penna. Ave. at 10th St. Park Sovings Sts. N.W, Commercial Sts. N.W. "Ave. N.W. Riggs National Main 0 th 15th St. and Federal Sts. N.W Sts. E St W, ‘Washington National Bank, Fourteenth and G Washinzton Mechanics’ Savings Bank Main Office—Eighth and G Sts. S.E. 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