Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1926, Page 18

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., DECEMBER 19, 1926—PART 1. FIREHOUSE OPENED BY BETHESDA AREA Representatives in Congress| . and Walter Johnson Are Among Speechmakers. “While two 400-gallon. triple combl ation pumping fire engines stood out front with their resounding motors wibrating notice to the sworld that Bethesda has taken proud rank with other progressive communities having fire protection of the first rahk, sev- eral hundred jovous residents jammed the cozy quarters of the volunteer fire department last night to celebr the formal opening of the station. The occasion, which was featured te by speeches from Walter Johnson Netionals' veteran pitcher and a prond resident of Rethesda sentative Ired N. Zihlman district includes Montgomery County and Representative A. . Shallen herger of Nebraska came as a fitting ofimax to the months of earnest ef-g fort on the of the Bethesda area’s most pro citizens in | raising $40,000 ne make the model fire department @ reality Praise From Zihlman. | Completion of the fire department | was lauded by Mr. Zihlman as an| exceptionally worth-while accom- | plishment for Bethesda, inasmuch | as he declared that this area, b dering as it does the District of | Jumbia, must carry on the trans-| formation planned through the exe-| cution of the metropolitan area “We cannot - anything. The City of whose | Mr. Zihiman declared. | Washington is having a new birth. It soon will be a trans. formed city. The millions of dol- Jars of improyements are going to be brought to Maryland's door and we must not neglect the Marvland side “I want Maryland's development to keep pace as much as possibie With the Washington development and 1 want to congratulate the Bethesda area citlzens who have given concrete evidence of their ability to magnitude stance.” Mr. Zihlman said he was proud of the fact that he had heen a volunteer fireman, belonging to the old Cum-| bérland Hose Company, No. 1, some | 20 years ago, and that some of the happiest occasions in his life were when he marched in volunteer fire- men’s parades. Mr. Gould Presides. Fzra Gould, vice president of the fire board, presided at the request of Chairman W. W. Bride, who, in a | short talk, explained to the audience | that he was present over the protest of his physician. Mr. Gould lauded Oliver Owen Kuhn, president of the Montgomery County Federation, and Mr. Bride as the two men primarily responsible for the erection of the fire station. 1 feel 1 would be remiss on t happy occasion,” said Mr. Gould, “if 1.4id not remind you that, had it not ! béen for the untiring efforts of Mr. Kuhn, in the early stages of the drive for the fire department, we would not be here celebrating tonight. It was his persistence and vision which made this wonderful achievement ! posaible. “1 also want to impress that, after | Mr. Kuhn was forced to retire from the presidency of the fire board, due 16 the pressure of his federation and interfederation dutles, it was M. Bride who stepped into the breach and so ably finished the job.” ‘Mr. Bride in his few remarks stated that while two fire companies of 0| men ‘were in harness, as well as the engines and all equipment, the job is neot done. He stated that contributions | are still needed, and urged all who | have not pledged something to the fund to do so at once. . Lauds Community Spirit. Mr. Shallenberger of Nebraska, who made an address, commended the com- manity spirit of the Bethesda area.; He declared that all he had 1p do was | td look at the fire station to know that the finest sort of community spirit prevailed. He commented on the fact that suburbs are more fortunate than cities, in that suburbs never fail to get the ablest of their population to yide their destinies, something that s-impossible in cities. Chief George Watson of the Wash- ington Fire Department made a talk, | during which he complimented the residents on their apparatus and per- sonnel. He said it had been his pleas. ure to help the department in form- ing and in training the volunteers, but he felt certain that, with the ex cellent facilities they now possess, he whill not have to help them in fighting « fire. Walter Johnson made a brief talk, in which he declared that he was proud of the new fire equipment, proud of the men who put it over and roud that he can call Bethesda his ome. Vice President Gould read a letter from Mr. Kuhn, in which the latter volced his keen disappointment in not baing able to be present | “I thrill with you all’ the letter eald, “on your successful accomplish ment. - The opening of the fire station | is a dlstinct tribute to the solidifica- | tién of a new community spirit. It| represents community sacrifice and | the eradication of sectional jealousy. | We must remember, however, to keep going in the future, as we have in the past, shoulder to _shoulder, always ping step and marching forward. The evening was concluded with Qefreshments and dancing. Myer Goldman's orchestra furnished the music. they have in this u.»; | MAJ. LEE TO SPEAK. | County's Civic Needs Topic for Woodside Park Meeting. At an open meeting of the We side Park Property Owners Asso tion Monday evening at & o'clock, in the Woodsie School auditorium, Ma B: Brooke Lea will speak on ivic needs of the suburhan area of Mont gémery County, and legisiation 1o provida for them. | president of the fire board; K fford to he dependent | Bogley and Chas. S. Robh DIAZ SEEKS AD put over a project of the | Deglares He Can Defeat Rev- {1t the aid | received, whether |In order to save lives and the indus. | termined to set d- | have been in illegal | | Action will be taken on commi tee reports and new members 1eceived. The aseociation was recently nfted. Ralph Lee is preside: D, Poston, viee president: 1 ori, secretary, and V. E treasurer, PUGILISTS EXONERATED. Efforts| to g Strangler Fail. PHILADELPHIA, December 18 (). Efforts to identify “Young Joe’ Wolcott, negro pugilist the “strangler” who killed three women in this city last vear failed today when a pawnshop clerk s was not the man who pawned tajn articles taken from the of ene of the women. Woleott was arrested in Norristown, Pa., November 20, accused of trying 6 choke Miss Anna Clark in her store there. Detectives brought and vesterday a charge against him. The charg crawn tod: 4 crga Dr. John- ttlisch, cer- home was was Todged with Identify Wolcott as| | Prepared | Southern Dis d Wolcott | him here, | | A. Stockdick of Katy, Tex., AT DEDICATION OF THE BETHESDA FIRE STATIO ft to right: Chief George Watson Yoof the fire hoard; Rep resentative Fred N Gould, vice president of th e fire board; Repre: Thomas Hampton, se of the District Fire Department, ( e of the Bethesda com. Langdon, W. . Bride, . Shallenberger, Emory pt. Wade Ini AGAINST LIBERALS olutionists Only if Help of Mexico Is Stopp_ed. By the Associated Press: MANAGUA, Nicaragua,* December 18 —Discussing the situation in Nica- | ragua and future possibiiities, Adolfo Diaz, the Conservative President, made references today to both the United States and Mexico. “I accepted the pres Nicaragua,” he said, e the United States would ragua to restore order and secure peace. The day after inaugura tion 1 therefore appealed to the Gov- ernment of the United States s ing its support for the solutio: present crisis and to avoid hostilities and invasion on of Mexico. May idency of | ting that 1id Nica further the part | Deal Direct. “Since then two expedi come to the shores of arms, munitions and personnel from Mexico have been landed, and the Liberals sent to set up a government. “I am confronted with the question which I expected is not Al not be better, jions have Nicaragua, tries of Nicaragua, to deal with Presi dent Calles dircct now. I cannot he | lieve, however, that the United States Government will stand aloof and al- | low Mexico to overthrow Niea- | raguan government recognized by the | United States and 1 d under the conditions which exist “The Nicaraguan government quite easily dominate anv revolut by Nicaraguan Liberals kr ing their inferiority in numbers resources. But a Nicaraguan govern ment supported by 90 per cent of the | people could not permanently with- | stand a_revolution made by 10 per | cent, aided by arms, money, supplies | and military personnel furnished by | the Mexican government “The population of Mexico is 16,000,000; the population of Nica- ragua is 600,000, 1f Mexico is de- up a Liberal govern ment in Nicaragua at all costs and if the United States and Nicaragua can find no way to stop Mexican aid to | this revolution, would it not seem | more humane to hand over this gov- ernment to the Calles government and its proteges, rather than continue a prolongsd resistance costing hun dreds of lives and completely ruining my country, only finally to have Mexico win? “My government can ca on alone for a month or two against the Mexi- canalded revolution, but it left un atded against Mexico the latter should wii $50,000,000 OIL AND GAS SUIT IS FILED BY TEXAS Br the Associated Pre AUSTIN, Texas, December 18.—| Sult for the recovery of $50,000,000 | in oil and gas taken from 608 acres | of land in Harris County and title | to that land, to which the State | claims possession, was filed today in | the Fifty-third District Court hy Attorney General Dan Moody against the Atlantic and Gulf Petroleum Co., a Delaware corporation. The suit also names as defendants | Mrs. W. H. Willle of Norman, Okla.; | E. C. Stockdick of Sidney, Nebr.; and Mrs. Crow of can on alone w- Laura Crow, wife of F. P. Harris County. The suit seeks recovery of re- celpts on 25,000,000 barrels of ofl | which the attorney gener: 1ims has | heen taken from the tract since Jan- | uary 1, 1900, and n ounting. )u\} State claims that defendants | of | he possession date, the land since that | pro BIAS 1S CHARGED INTIRE STOCK ROW Continuance of Gogdyear Case Depends on Court’s Decision on Prejudice. By the Associated Press. OLEDO, Ohio, December 18— Continuance Monday of the fight for control of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., brought to United States Distriet Court here by a stockholder’ uit to res n former President Sefherling and his associates from wking a_proposed recapitalization, vill depend upon ruling by Judge John M. Killits on allegations of prejudice and lack of jurisdiction. Attorneys for the Seiberling group stioned jurisdiction of the court in motions to quash summons, holding that none of the “real d fendants”—the Sefberling group— sides in the district, and_that George M. Jones and John W. McMahon, Toledo, were collusively named as de- fendants for the purpose of fraud- ulently creating a jurisdiction. At the same time, Russell L. Robin- £on, another defendant, in an affidavit charging Judge Killits with prejudice and personal blas, asked that another udge be designated to hear the case Judge Killits must rule first on the judice and bias affidavit, and should he find that insufficient, the question of jurizdiction must then be upheld before the hearing to make permanent the temporary restraining order inst the Seiberling group can he started Seiberling and his associates, as vot ing trustees of the Goodyear common stock, recently blocked a refinancing proposal by President Litchfield which would eliminate control of the company by a bankers' committee headed by Clarence Dillon of ' York and John Sherman of Cleveland, and also do away with voting trusts in the preferred, prior preferred and common stock. The present action asks that the Sefberling group be restrained from acting as voting trustees of the com- mon stock. Rogers Heights to Get Gas. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROGERS HEIGHTS, Md., Decem- ber 18.—At the December meeting of the Rogers Heights Citizens' Associa- tion held Monday night at the home of G. T. Williams, president, it was announced that the community soon would have gas. The work of in- stallation has heen delayed pending arrival of additional pipes, that now are expected to be available within a short time. All the principal side. walks in the community were recently surfaced with concrete, and it was decided at the meeting to make a survey to determine where additional street lights are most needed. % 3 Miss Nora Wilkins of Powell Coun tv, Ky., earns her living by catching snakes and selling them to showmen NUMDAH RUGS From India Direct Importations Less Than Wholesale Prices WECKSLER BROS. & CO. 1420 Oak St. N. W. Columbia 9211 'l'he' Po‘rh Bu 7Co. GLASSING IN PORCHES MAKE_THAT OPEN PORCH IN WO CREERY ROOMS 0 Winter prices now. Postal will_bring re tatis CASHOR TERMA 4024 13th 8. N.W, The Best $1.25 Dinner | in Washington Special Chicken Dinner (Southern Style) Served from by Formerly of the 12 to 8 P.M. Isaac _ Derrick, Shorcham Hotel, Specialist Arlington Hotel Vermont Avenue at K and 15th One of the 4-M H, otels Operated by Maddux, Marshall, Moss & Mallory, Inc. $75,000 FOR COLLEGE. Ursinus Christmas Gift Sent Philadelphia Publisher. - COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., 18 (A).—~When President Omwake of Ursinus his mall today he found a of four lines transmitting a for $75,000 as a Christmas gift to Ursinus College. The letter and check hore the signature of Cyrus . K. Curti the Philadelphia publisher. Mr. Curtis imposed 1 as to the use which shal his gift. by December « L College corgh letter check restric be m: tion opened | FIREMAN 1S SLAIN: WIFE IS ARRESTED Quarrel Preceded Richmond Tragedy—She Denies In- tention of Firing. By the Associated Press i NORFOLK, Va., quarrel between { ended early this death of Timothy 18.—A wife the wer, rfolk here. December husband and afternoon in Patrick J. Po | | aged 38, district chiet in the N | Fire Department, at ‘ His wife, ‘fll’r>v| | | | | | his home Power, who entally, she arrested on a Mrs. Fthel the fatal shot, ac told the police, was charge of murder. In a statement to police, made in the presence of and with the consent of her attorney, she sald the trouble started when she slapped her 14-year old &on. Her husband, she said, n to abuse her for her action, and fol lowed her into the hedroom, where he | emphasized his remarks by striking her in the back She said she told Power she would | shoot him if he did not desist and went to a bureau drawer from which she took a small automatic pistol and pointed it at him. The safety catch | usually was kept on the pistol, she | said, as a precaution against possible | harm to the children. She thought | the catch still was on, she said, and | | pointed it at her husband as a threat. | “The pistol went off. | “I had no idea_ of shooting him, | the statement said. “T was only us |ing the pistol as a threat, thinking it | was locked.” She explained that after her husband fell with a bullet in his vight breast, she ‘called about six | doctors and did everything she could for him.” Besides his widow, Power Is sur- vived by three children, ranging from 5 to 14 years of a Power had heen with the Norfolk Fire Departmen: for |a number of years and was widely | known. Teachers Given Surprise. Special Dispateh to The Si BERWYN HEI Md., Decem ber 18.—FElwood Taylor entertained | the Home and School Assocfation at its last meeting. After business a surprise was tendered Miss Emma Bowman, principal of the lo in honor of her birthday anniversary. Berwyn Heights School will hold fts 9 Christmas entertainment Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Memorial Statue May Be Erected to Robert T. Lincoln Erection of & memorial statue in Arlington Cemetery to Robert T. Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln, is contemplated, and de- tails and designs are under con- sideration by the War Department and the Commission of Fine Arts. Mr. Lincoln, who was Secretary of War from 1881 to 1885, died several months ago. He had lved in Georgetown for many vears. While plans for the statue to the son of the Civil War President have not yet progressed to the point where a site has been select ed, plans are expected to be sub- mitted soon and a site chosen in the. cemetery SIEGE NOW LIFTED N CITY OF KOVNO Remainder of Lithuania, However, Under Mimary Law, but Apparently Calm. By the Associated Press. RIGA, Latvia, December 18.—To day’s news from Lithuania, where a military coup was carried out under the lendership of former President Smetona, i that the state of siege has been lifted in Kovno, the capital It continues, however, in the re. mainder of the country, which ap. pears tranquil, although there are persistent rumors that certain former ministers who escaped arrest at the hands of the military are organizing forces -in the provinces to march against Kovno. The military authorities at Kovno, it is reported in messages reaching here, have induced President Grinius to give a semblance of legality to their conp by dismising the old ministry and appointing a_government headed by Augustine Waldemar, who has acted for Lithuania in various League of } fons discussions, / M. Waldemar is quoted as sayving that the ministry just dismissed was too pro-Russian and was steering the |ing the class of women country toward catastrophe. 14 POINTS PROTES SHOW GIRL VERDICT Hubbard Supplements Rea- sons for Appealing $50,000 Award to Anne Caldwell. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, December 18.—John W. Hubbard's appeal for a new trial in the case of Miss Anne gLaldwell who obtained a $30,000 verdict against him In a breach of promise action for $500,000, moved nearer a decision in Federal court today, when counsel for the wealthy shovel mannfacturer filed supplemental reasons to support their motlon. The conrt now has 14 rea. sons under consideration and it was expected that arguments on the ap peal would be ordered within a short time, In two reasons entered todav, the defense claimed the court erved in ex- cluding certain testimony. In 12 pre vious reasons to support the retrial motion, Hubbard's attorneys claimed he had not received a fair and im partial trial, that counsel for Miss Caldwell had sought to jury against him in summing up the testimony and that Judge W. H. 8 Thomson had erred in various in stances in legal rulings. The supplemental reasons con tended that Judge Thomson erred in refusing to admit testimony concern- with whom Miss Caldwell associated in Atlantic City before the alleged engagement and that he erred in refusing to admit testimony which would have contra dicted Miss Caldwell's statement that she never posed undraped before a New York photographer. Max A. Willlams, an Atlantic City cabaret proprietor, was on the witness stand testifying for Hubbard when the ruling to exclude testimony concern- ing the actress’ associates was made On the same ohjection, Judge Thom- son refused to permit Pauline Gins- herg to testify in contradiction to Miss Caldwell's statement as to her posing for photographs. Sharp Divergence of Opinion. ‘om the Houston Post-Dispatch. The debate as to whether try is prosperouz amounts to The fellow who hasn't got it P little knows inflame the | | | the coun- | MARY PURNELL GOES TO COURT FOR “KING” Head of House of David Unable to Appear at Contempt Hearings. By the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Decambar 18.—"Queen” Mary Purnell, wifa of Benjamin Purnell, leader of the House of David, religlous cult at Benten Harbor, Mich., appeared befors Fed eral Judge Fred Raymond today in behalf of herself and husband to show cause why thev should not be held 1r:qrr-nlpv:m]nt court, and why a re- cefver should nol t Seiver Should not be appeinted for The “king’ was not present, - ently due 10 his reported Ninaas, whn holds him an invalid in Shiloh. the administrative center of the colony Attorneys for the defense, W Barnard of Paw Paw and H. T. Daw. hirst, cult memher, pregented a mo tion for dismiseal of the sult to turn the colony into recaivership hrought by threa former cult members. Ta ter Nelson of Detroit, attornay for the plaintiffs, attempted to show tha: property of tha cult had been desded to two irresponsible parties and offar od later an collateral for honds under Purnel o LU 18 hald on criminal Five dava were given Nelson ta prepare a brief in answer to defenss counsel Advices received today from Renton Harbor indicated that though king is {ll he may live on for a or more, thought hie strength is ing slowly.” Fur seals that were tagged in th« Arctic have heen found In the Antarc tic and late Call onr prodact (Trade For intestinal Ask_your phycieia NATIONAL VACCINE AND ANTITOXIN INSTITUTE Phone North 89. 1515 U Rt. K.W. 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