Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1927, Page 7

- BOERSIG ASKS LINE ON POSSIBLE FAT Alexandria Clubbing Case "1 Suspect Questions Sheriff as to Pleading Guilty. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va, March 9.— Louls Boersig, charged with the club- bing of Mrs. George Ridgeway and {wo children near Alexandria, which resulted in the death of 6-year-old Loretta Ridgéway, summoned Sherift Luther Pannett to his cell last night and asked what penalty he would be requred to suffer in case he pleaded guilty. Sheriff Pannett told the prisoner if he did not plead guilty and a jury convicted him he probably would be electrocuted, while a plea of guilty would give him a chance to escape with a penitentiary sentence. BOL:I‘!lg said nothing more. To Wilson Farr, Fairfax County commonwealth’s at- torney, Chief Campbell of Alexandria and other officers, who came here yes- terday to question him, the prisoner refused to confess, it is said. Per- suasive tactics gets better results than stern methods, the authorities here have learned by their experi- ences with prisoners of all kinds. It it Sheriff Pannett’s belief that Boer- sig, despite an alibi plea of several days ago, attacked the woman and her children, and that he will come to realize the folly of a protest of inno- cense. FIND STAINED HATCHET Alexandria Police Acquire New FEvi- ‘THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDA President Considers Invitation to Go To Session of Women's Political School President Coolidge_has taken under advieement an invitation to attend one of the sessions of the . political training school for women to be held here from March 22 to 26. This in- vitation was formally extended to the President today by a delegation of women representing the League of Republican Women of the District, under whose auspicds this school will be _conducted. The President expressed himself to his callers as being in sympathy with this means of creating a greater in- terest among women in politics and he hoped this educational work planned by the League of Republican Women would be highly successful. He was unable to say at the time whether it would be possible for him to attend one of the school sessions. In the absence of Mrs. Virginia White Speel, president of the league, the delegation was headed by Mrs. E. A. Harrlman, vice president. Other officers of the organization who were in the delegation were Mrs. May D. Lightfoot, treasurer, and Miss Alice E. Whitaker, secretary. Mrs. Harri- man, in outlining to the president the purposes of the school in polit- ical training, said it primarily was for the purpose of teaching the prin- ciples of Republicanism to women who contemplate active work in future campaigns and to explain to them the various policies of the pres- ent Republican administration. The President was told that the first of these political training courses was conducted here under the aus- pices of the league in 1924 and that more than 480 women received in- struction. So successful was the school and so great has been the re- sponse for another course of a like nature in advance of the 1928 cam- paign that it was decided to again conduct a school. WILLETT-SEARS VERDICT SET AGIDE Supreme Court of Massachu- setts Rejects Award of $10,534,109. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 9.—The exceptions of defendants in the famous Willett- Sears case were sustained and the ver- dict of $10,534,109.07 was set aside by the full bench of the Massachusetts dence in Clubbing Case. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, Mfll‘(‘h_Q.——_—In the Ridgeway home, south of this city, where Mrs, George Ridgeway and two of her three small children were brutally beaten by an intruder be- lieved to be.Louis Boersig, a blood- stained hatchet was found behind a cupboard late yesterday by the police. It is held with a shovel and piece of chair as further evidence against Boer- sig, who is in jail at Winchester. The prisoner has admitted to officers that he entered the Ridgeway home last Friday, shortly before the attack oc< curred, but said his mind was a blank as to what happened there because he had been drinking. Mrs. Ridgeway and Catherine, 4 years old, surviving vietims of the assailant, were further improved today. The hatchet discov- ered vesterday belonged to George Ridgeway, husband and father of the victims, who had left it on a back porch. T LA RETAIL DRUGGISTS FORM TWO POLITICAL CLUBS Both Major Parties Represented in Organizations—Officers Are Elected. Retail pharmacists of voteless Wash- ington last night launched out into politics with the organization of two itical clubs at the meeting of the istrict Retail Druggists’ Assoclation at the Raleigh Hotel. ‘The Republican Retail Druggists’ Club and the Democratic Retail Drug- gists’ Club are the names of the two organizations which were formed fol- lowing the suggestion of Eugene C. Brokmeyer, general attorney for the National Association, who declared that similar clubs are being created in every state in the country. W. P. Herbst was elected president of the Republican Club and Frank T. Stone was chosen president of the Democratic Club. Other officers elected by the RepublicAns include T. A. Moskey, vice president, amd Morris Goldstein, secretary and treasurer, ‘while the other Democratic officers in- clude W. T, Kerfoot, vice president, and French Simpson, secretary and treasurer. In the resolutions adopted by the ‘Washington Assoclation of Druggists or to the organization of ‘the polit- clubs, it was pointed out that the National Association in~ its twenty-eighth annual convention last Summer resolved. that its purpose ‘would be to urge pharmacists to take an active interest in public affairs through political affiliation. The District druggists clubs will be in contact with other political clubs and organizations here, # was ex- plained by Mr. Brokmeyer, who said that the local clubs will send dele- gates to the meetings of the national bodies in order to function in the influence of congressional elections. PLANS LECTURE COURSE. ‘Woman’s Auxiliary of Epiphany Church in Need of Funds. Beginning Friday with an {llus- trated lecture by Dr. Charles Moore on “General George Washington at Home” the Woman's Auxilary of Epiphany Church will sponsor a four events course, the proceeds to be used for the expenses of the missionaries and delegates attending the triennial convention. % The lecture will be given ‘at the ‘Willard Hotel and will begin at 11 o'clock. Besides the legture by Dr. Moore, the following will be offered: March 18, Miss Frances B. Johnston on “Through the Garden Gate"; March 25, Miss Grace Lincoln Temple, on “Old Wall Papers and Their Stories,” and April 1, Dr. William Mather Lewis on “Best Book in My Family.” The committee of arrangements comprises: Miss Grace Berry, chair- man; Mrs. James E. Freeman, Mrs. Ze Barney Phillips, Mrs. R. H. McKim, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mrs. Jo- seph E. Thropp, Mrs. John A. Lejeune, Mrs. John H. Young, Miss Mary ‘Wheeler and Mrs. William C. Gorgas. BULLET WOUND FATAL. Harrisonburg Justice Victim of Man Who Committed Suicide. Special Dispatch to The Ster. HARRISONBURG, Va., March 9.— Justice J. C. Funkhouser, Shenandoah County magistrate and school teacher, who was shot in the neck December 27, when he attempted to make an ar- rest, died yesterday at his home in the ‘western sectlon of that county. Rodney Helsley, who shot the mag- istrate, later ended his own life by taking poison. Justice Funkhouser had been called to the Helsley home to arrest the man, who apparently ‘was under the influence of liquor. $100,000 OPIUM ;EIZED. 9.—Oplum BALTIMORE, March Worth $100,000 was seized by agents of the Federal narcotic squad yester- day when they arrested Edward Pacin und George Howes, officers of the American ship Clontarf at Canton. ‘The oplum was in bags and weighed 40 pounds. The Clontarf arrived here from Alexandria, Egypt, after making stops at New York and Philadelphia. The oplum, it was sald, was fully cured and ready for distribution. Agents said it was one of the largest pingle seizures made in many months. Supreme Court today. Besides the amount of the verdict, the case was widely known as the longest civil trial ever held in the courts of Massachu- setts. George JF. Willett brought suit against Robert F. Herrick, Kidder Peabody Co., F. S. Mosely & Co. and others for $15,000,000 damages. He had signed a general release on stock of the Daniel V. Greene Felt Co. and Veteran Wills All, 25 Cents, to Friend For Movie and Dies Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 9.—A man identified as Frank Chambers to- day willed all the money he had— 25 cents—to Mrs. Edward Kroe- del, with the advice that she add 5 cents to it and buy tickets to a moving picture show. Then he shot and killed himself. The will that disposed of his meager funds was found in an envelope in the rooming house where his body was found. There was a bullet wound in his head and a pistol lay on the floor. In a bureau drawer was an honor- able discharge certificate from the United States Army. On the margin of the certificate in pencil ‘was written: “Buddies, are you going to let an old-timer rest among the unknown folks? I have put up a battle, but I lost.” U. -BRITISH FIGHT the American Felt Co. in consideration of $150,000. * Says Fraud Not Found. . Judge, Carroll, who wrote the opin- ion of the full bench, said in part: “No fraud or duress entered into the execution of the release. There would be no faith in the obligation of a contract of confidence in its per- formance if an instrument such as this general release, signed and deliv- ered and under advice of counsel with- out fraud or coercion, could be set aside and rendered worthless. It therefore follows that the defendants’ motion for a directed verdict should have been allowed.” The Supreme Court used only 25 pages for its report, in, contrast to the hundreds of thousands of words of evidence which filled 147 volumes, Two Jurrors Marry. The trial began cn November 6 1923, and the verdict was returned on|" December. 18, 1924, During that tims two of the jurors married and one suffered a nervous breakdown which forced his withdrawal from the case after all parties had agreed to go on with 11 jurors. For 13 months the intricats testi- mony of financial affairs went on be- fore Judge Christopher T. Callshan in the Norfolk Superior Court in Ded- ham. Both plaintiffs and defendants established regular offices there, each with several employes. Out of consideration for the hard- worked jury, Judge Callahan get trial days for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday to give them time to adjust thelr personal affairs snd by special legislation their daily ray was raised to $7 from the 'customary $4 a day. The plaintiff required 135 court days to present his evidence and the defense occupied the balance of the 13 months. Cost County $40,000. Both sides had a distinguished array of legal talent. The cost to the county of the trial was something more than $40,000. George F. Wil- lett, formerly a member of the Boston brokerage firm of Willett, Sears & Co., was at death’s door with typhold fever when the verdict was returned. He later recovered. Judge.Callahan refused the defend- ants a new trial. Defense attorneys required more than a year to prepare their bills of exception. The Supreme Court heard arguments on the excep- tions last November. ~ ‘The Willett case, as a civil suit, added to the public attention already centered upon the Dedham Court- house by the criminal Sacco-Vanzetti case, which has now been heard there off and on for six years. DISTRICT TO LOSE $7,711 IN CARE OF 25 INSANE McCarl Sustains Previous Ruling and Disallows Claim for Re- imbursement for Bills, ‘The District will suffer a loss of $7,711.81 as a result of a ruling by Controller General McCarl, made pub- lic today, disalowing a claim for re- imbursement for amounts paid to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the treatment of 25 insane persons during the fiscal years of 1919, 1921 and 1922. Although the 26 patients were com- mitted to the hospital by the Commis- sioners, the auditor held that they ‘were beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, which should have borne the expense of their care and not the appropriations under the Dis- trict. The Veterans' Bureau approved the auditor's claims, but the controller general said the patients were charges of the District at the time of admis- sion into the hospital and during treatment, for which relmbursement is claimed, and moreover, he had been ONANARCHY URGED Two Nations Have Same Ideal of Liberty, Willmott *H. Lewis Declares. United action by England and the United States in the spirit of “free co- operation” will be the only means of saving the world from anarchy, Will- mott-H. Lewis, American correspond- ent of the London Times, declared to- day in a lecture in the ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel. Speaking on the subject, “Some As- pects of Anglo-American Relations,” Mr. Lewis traced the growth of the governments of England and the United States to the realization of the single ideal of liberty, which he term- ed “free co-operation,” submission by the minority to the will of the major- ity, and willingness to accept an im- perfect solution of problems when a perfect solution is impossible. This ideal is the chief contribution of the English-speaking nations to the world, he said. ¢ £ Tdeal Now Being Tested. The test of that ideal is being made all over the world today, Mr. Lewis said, and that test is most severe in England and the United States. It is being attacked-by “the discontented many led by the disinherited few.” He declared that if England and the United States act together, with wil- lingness to admit anybody else to co- operation, they can “bring the world out of chaos.” The English people and the Ameri- can people do not understand each other, Mr. Lewis said, “‘but they mis- understand each other less than they misunderstand any other . people,” while Europeans accuse England and the United States of hypocrisy because they live in the state of compromise. U. 8. Constitution Remodeled. The authors of the Constitution, were they living today, would be amazed by the changes in it, he said. They would see that a spirit of co- operative liberty has molded it into something different from what they intended. The whole system of “free co-operation” is being challenged in this country and in England, Mr. Lewis said. The two countries must make that system work or they never can survive, he asserted. Mr. Lewis’ lecture was the first of a series of four given under the pat- ronage of Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. De Pinedo Flight Waits. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March 9 (A).—Comdr. Francesco de Pinedo has decided to postpone continuance of his four-continent flight until cer- tain adjustments are made in his plane. It is now announced that he will probably not leave for Montevideo until Saturday. ¢ SHIPPING NEWS ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Domingo. . unable to find any definite information | Dscar i as to when the patients became bene- ficlaries of the Veterans' Bureau, Once before Mr. McCarl disallowed ! Ary the claim, but it was reviewed at the request of Auditor Donovan. Upon re. view, the disallowance was sustained. s JACKSON SCHOOL PUPILS TO CULTIVATE FLOWERS Plans Under Way for Beautifying Lot Adjoining Their Building During Spring Season. Plans of the Jackson School pupils to beautify an adjoining lot by cultiva- | Presi tion of a flower garden were explained by the principal, Miss L. E. Ballenger, at a meeting of the Parent-Teacher s Association of the school yesterday afternoon. Permission from the owners has been obtained by Miss Ballenger, and it is intended that the flowers will be used in the nature study classes and in beautifying the rooms. The Par- ent-Teacher Association will furnish the fences. Mrs. Charles Rauscher, representa- tive of the District Congress of Par- ent-Teachers, addressed the meeting on “Child Wejfare Work.” Mrs. Albert Bowen of Fort Myer spoke on China. The association also instructed the president, Mrs. L. B. Shippen, to nominate a representative to the Juvenile Protéusive Asociation. -l')‘ St. argo—Nasean o HontereyFampico. - EXPECTED ARRIVALS AT NEW YORK. . .Mar. 15 ar. 16 Apr. 24 ar. 13 1 3 e, foinct st :‘t BERERREERSRER o OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. velt—Cobh. Ply- erbourg and Bremer- PAVING B3 TOBE READ VEDNESDAY Street Program Entails Out- lay of $770,000—61 Named in Concrete Plan. Bids for surfacing 61 new streets with concrete, appropriations for which are contained in the District appropriation act for the next fiscal year, but are now available, *will be opened by the highway, department next Wednesday, it was announced today. Thirty-si of the streets in the Northwest and the remaining 25 are in the Southeast and Northeast. Approximately 224,850 square yards will be paved. The total cost Is esti- mated at $770,000. Streets In Northwest. The streets to be paved in the North- west follow: Seventh from Decatur to Hamilton; Hamilton, from Seventh to Tllinois avenue; Eighth, from Emer son to Hamilton; Gallatin, from Fifth to Illinois avenue; Illinois avenue, from Gallatin to Hamilton; Emerson. trom Kansas avenue to Illinois ave: nue; Fourth, from Buchanan to De- catur; Hawthorne, from Forty-fourth street to Forty-fourth place; Decatur, from Fourth to Fifth; Alaska avenue, from Sixteenth street to Georgia ave- nue; D from Twenty-first to Twenty- third; Farragut, from Fifteenth to Tllinols avenue; Van Buren, from Georgia avenue to Piney Branch road: Laurel, from Fastern avenue to Sec ond street; Second, from Laurel to Van Buren; Aygonne place, from Har. rd street to Lanier place; Decatur from Sixteenth to Blagden avenue: hur, from Sixteenth to Arkansas from Decatur to. Emerson First, from Whittier to Van Buren Crittendon, from Sixteenth to Seven- teenth; Klingle, from Forty-fifth to Forty-sixth; Gallatin, from Piny Branch road to Sixteenth street: Fourth, from Butternut to Cedar; Forty-fourth place, from Cathedral dvenue to Hawthorne street; Piney Branch road, from Van Buren to Butternut (west side); Buren, from First to the viaduct; R, from Thirty- fifth to Thirty-seventh; Thirty-sixth, from Reservoir road to T street Lowell, from Forty-fifth to Forty- sixth; Forty-fifth from Lowell Cathedral avenue; Cleveland ave- nue, from Twenty-ninth street to Thirty-third place; Forty-second, from Garrison to Jenifer; Sheridan, from Blair road to Third street; Sheridan, from Fourth to Fifth; and Fourth, from Rittenhouse to Sheridan. Streets in Northeast. The streets in the northeast to be paved follow: Taylor, from Twelfth to Michigan” avenue; Thirteenth, from Michigan avenue to Upshur; Twenty- second, from Monroe to Otis; West Virginia avenue to Penn to Holbrook terrace; Twelfth, from Rhode Island avenue to Monroe; West Virginia avenue, from Eighth to Florida avenue; Fourteenth place, from North Carolina avenue to D street; Newton street, from Eighteenth to Twentieth; Twenty-second, from Otis to Quincy; Otis, from Rhode Island avenue to Thirtieth place; Twelfth place, from Taylor to Upshur; B, from Fifteenth to Sixteenth; E, from Thirteenth to Fifteenth, and Eighteenth, from Lawrence to Oti: Streets in the Southeast to be paved follow: Thirteenth, from S to Good Hope road; Massachusetts avenue, from Sixteenth;to Eighteenth; A, from Eighteenth to Ninteenth; Admiral Barney Circle, from Kentucky avenue to Seventeenth street; D, from Twelfth to Fourteenth; H, from Sixteenth to Seventeenth; Ives place, from Four- teenth to Fifteenth; Sixteenth, from Massachusetts avenue to E street; Seventeenth, from A to E; 8, from Nichols avenue to Sixteenth street, and Minnesota avenue, from Good Hope road to Eighteenth street. Florida Realty Concern Sued. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 9 (P).—Involuntary bankruptey petition against the Mizner Development Cor- poration, Miami realty concern,.was filed in Federal Court here today by Jack Lindy, trustee; H. F. Under- wood and Sidney Allen, trustee. Aa awful grease spot had prac. tically ruined this dress, but I easily took out the spot with Carbona — it cannot injure the most delicate fabric or color. It is easy to avoid a “ring” by folluwinf the simpledirections on the label of each bottle. The dress can be worn at once as Carbona dries instantly — Leaves absolutely mo after-odor. For Safety’s Sake-de A gg,fiA ‘Without lyury to Fabeic er Color ) 20030¢60¢ & 41 Stoe Bottibs ot ofl Drug. are § tol! TWO ARE ARRESTED IN MURDER OF CHILD Man and Housekeeper Held as Body Found on Dump Is Identi- / fled. By the Associated Press. PALMER, Mass., March 9.—Identi- fication of the body of a small boy found half concealed in a wine keg on a public dump here last night was established, this morning as that of John H. Kelley, aged 3% years, son of Mrs, Ida Kelley of this town. Albert Doe, in whose home Mrs. Kelley is employed as housekeepe: has been arrested, charged with th and. the mother charged with murder of the boy also is under arrest, being an accessory. Mrs. Kelley, the police learned, has, with her two children, John and Leo, the latter a year older than John, been living in Doe’s home since the dis- appearance last Summer of John Kel- ley, the woman's husband. Neither Doe or Mrs. Kelley would make any statement after their ar- rest. limited service. Neat and compact, standard weight, full nickel plated, perfect balance, best quality cord and two-piece plug. MARCH 9, . 1927. PROTEST IN LYON PARK. Citizens Against Abattoir and Urge Dumping Regulation. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYON PARK, Va., March 9.—The Civic Association at a largely attend- ed meeting last night registered its opposition to the proposed abattoir of | N. Auth & Co. and also urged regula- tion of the kinde of refuse unloaded in the public dumps at the south end of Highway Bridge. This matter was referred to the Arlington district council of the Civic Association. The meeting was presided over by C. K. Lewis in the absence of- the president. Cherrydale Banker Resigns. Special Dispatch to The Sta: CHERRYDALE, Va., March 9— Harmon B. Green, vice president and cashier of the People’s State Bank of Cherrydale, has resigned from the latter office to accept a similar post with a New York bank. The resigna- tion was submitted to a meeting of the directors last night and accepted. He will retain the office as vice presi- dent and his membership on the board of directors. The board elected Ander- son B. Honts, assistant cashler, to flll ! the vacancy. RUTHENBURG'S ASHES | ARRIVE IN NEW YORK Remains of Communist Leader on Way to Moscow for Burial. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 9.—The ashes of Charles E. Ruthenberg, Commu- nist leader, reached ‘Grand Central | Station in a bronze urn last night Three hundred and fifty members of | the Worker's party stood with bowed 1t will be taken | heads as it arrived. v to the Kremlin at Moscow. Ruthrn; berg died in Chicago a week ago. A red silk banner, borne by Benja- min Gitlow and Louis Weinstone, preceded the remains, carried by Jay Lovestone of Chicago, in a solemn procession of Communists Down Park avenue to Worker's party headquar- ters. TR, TS e et Many new homes are being built in the suburbs of San Juan, Porto Rico. P S e I _SENSATIONAL ONE-DAY SALE! Franc Jewelry Co., 627 7th St. N.W. Attention, Housewives! A Fortunate Purchase and Sale of 100 Guaranteed ELECTRIC IRONS The biggest value in town — a high- quality, ‘standard- weight electric iron at a ri low price of $1.98. 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