Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1927, Page 3

THE FEVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, B. €. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER FATHER SHOOTS SON IN HIP, POLICE TOLD Affair Declared Accidental as| Younger Man and Companions Are Ordered From Home. 24, 1927. assault with a deadly weapon. He afterward visited the son at Casualty Hospital, where it was said young Hayes' condition is not serious, and the son said there will be no prose- cution. According to the story told the police, the elder Hayes, the son's wife and a young woman roomer were in the house when Elmer Hayes reached there shortly before 7 o'clock, with two companions. Objection was made to the son bringing his com- panions into the house, the father explained, and the pistol was obtained only for the purpose of inducing the son and the companions to withdraw. Count, Husband of American Heiress, Wins Duel Over Right-of-Way Dispute By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 24.—The New York American says today that Count Carlo Dentice di Frasso, hus- band of the daughter of the wealthy Bertrand L. Taylor of New York, re- cently won a duel in Rome with Count Alexander Pantaleone after an ordi- nary motorists’ altercation. The story was hushed up for some time because of the Italian government’s opposition to the ideals ot the “field of honor,” the paper says. The two noblemen were motoring in opposite directions on a narrow high- way near Rome, and when each de- clined to turn out for the other, they GARNET-PATTERSON HIGH SCHOOL CONTRACT LET { Charles H. Tompkins Co. Bid Is Accepted After Alterations Are Made in Original. MINISTER CLAIMED BY THREE WOMEN {Amnesia to Blame if Mar- riage Records Are True, ' Rev. Mr. Jordan Explains. A (M2 &/ | : 5 { OUT TODAY ; | | stepped into the road, where Count Pantaleone challenged DI Frasso to duel, says the American. Pantaleone was wounded twice by his opponent's sword when they fought the next morning, the paper says, and the en- mity of the men was increased the same night when the victor gave a victory celebration in a Roman cabaret. Before her marriage to Count Di Frasso the countess was the wife of Claude Graham White, the British aviator, who later married Ethel Levy, former wife of George M. Cohan. “Bert” Taylor, jr., the count's brother- in-law, is rumored to be engaged to Gertrude Lawrence, stage star. Wooded Home Sites and Villa Sites The fact that over 80% of these home sites have been sold to prominent people is conclu sive proof of their desirability and fast growing popularity. Winding paved roadways, rolling hills, wonderful large trees, ail lend a charm to Forest Hills that is difficult to equal. Yet most moderately priced. Elmer G. Haye: shot in the left his father, Harry Z. Hayes, stant superintendent of the Dis Su- preme Court Building, when, accord- ing to the report given the police, a revolver was accidentally dis- charged in the hands of the father, who, it is sald, was brandishing it in ordering the son and some com- panions to leave the Hayes home, at 1259 U street southeast. The elder Hayes reported the case at the eleventh precinct and was re- lased on $1,000 hond on a charge of years old, was Edited by H. L. Mencken last night by Sfeaturing Under Which Flag? by Frederick B~usman (England vs. America) &~ 19 Other Features OCTOBER ISSUE At All Newsstands Published by Alfred A. Knopf § Pastor Writes Comedy. Rev. Edmund H. Stevens, rector of the Episcopal Church of Our Savior, Brookland, who is also the president | of the Diocesan Pageant and Drama Society, is the author of a comedy en- titled “Too Much Home Wor! to be produced by the Towne Players in the parish hall, at 1616 Irving street, next Thursday and Friday evenings. He will also direct the performance. | By the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., September 24.—The Rev. Willis F. Jordan, late !of Columbus, Ga., who told police he | left that city at the urging of some lof its citizens, was being sorely {harnssed today by persons who | claimed him for husband and father. Detained here pending_ arrival of | officials from Chariotte, N. C., With a warrant for him on a charge that | has not been disclosed, the preacher | was the subject of communications ! | from various cities, where it is claim- ed he is wanted for desertion. " From Charlotte came a _telegram | to Chief of Police Carroll al- gymnasium provided in the original plans and the razing of part of the old_structure. The cost of the project will be $37 240, and the contract will contain a proviso that if the District can ob- tain the necessary additional appro- priation the remainder of the work will be done for $158,720 more, making the total price $530,860. $1,400 Jewelry Stolen. Write or Call for Plat Today Hedges & Middleton, Inc. 1412 Eye St. Franklin 9503 We Pay Despite their previous action in re- Jjecting all bids for construction of the Ave. to Wiscon- |leging that the evangelist had desert-|now Garnet-Patterson Junior High| Mrs. Bertha Troshinsky, 4821 Ninth sin, turning to . 5% Interest |5y e me sin Homa | Kool e Distier” Coammiontin strect, asked e polln 16 ivestifate the left into Ca. e ingle partments Landridge, and two children. vesterday afternoon awarded a con-|a burglary committed in her home th!n:: dl‘r:i-om:o Compo""ded | Another Claims Him. tract for the work to the Charles H.|since Thursday afternoon. Jewelry Tompkins Co. property. The bids were rejected because the prices quoted on the entire building exceeded the available appropriation. In awarding the contract to the Tompkins Co. alternative proposals were accepted which will omit the Conn. Ave. at Macomb St. § Northeast Corner valued at $1,400 and $80 cash were stolen. One article of jewelry taken was a gold ring with a setting of three diamonds valued at $800. Another was a_solitaire diamond ring valued at $500, the third piece being a watch valued at $100. [0—=lo]c——— o] ——= o] ——=|o] ] INSPECT TONIGHT OR SUNDAY B You Can Buy One of These Homes for the Rent You Are Now Paying! Why Not Come Out! ;i $100 CASH Monthly Payments Sample Homes Open Today Another, signed by a Mrs. Cora S. Coreywell from Atlanta, Ga., set out that the signee believed the preacher | to be the man who deserted her and two childrn just before the birth of a third. | ‘“He had enough brass to return to | Columbus, Ga., in disguise, as pastor |of a church the telegram added, and also made mention of a discrep- | ancy in_accounting of church funds intrusted to the man. In a request for information regarding the man held here, the chief of police of Zion, | ., sent along a group picture of a family that sought its absconding head. The Rev., Mr. Jordan recalled having some children in Zion—in fact, he thought they were the young peo- ple pictured, but the woman in the group was not his wife, he was cer- tain on that point. Another woman from Roanoke, Va., wired in a purported identification of the preacher as her husband and the father of her children, and Columbus, Ga., officials wrote that Jordan left a wife and family there when he dis- appeared last week. Amnesia, He Explained. Confronted with the accusations, the preacher in desperation exclaimed, according to Chief Carroll: “If there are records of these mar- riages against me I am sure that they occurred while I was under the spell of amnesia, from which I suffer fre- Semi-Annually Columbia Permanent Building Association 733 12th St. N.W. Main 352-353 Modern fireproof building, electric elevator; all apartments in fine condition. 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Three testified last Autumn that they did not believe the letter was writien or signed by Croker. Three reversed the process here yesterday in a new hearing on suit of sons and daughters of Croker, who are seeking an interest in the estate in Palm Beach. 14th Street Terrace Homes Mrs. Bula Croker, widow of the late political leader, now is in possession of the famous “wigwam.” The sons and daughters are seeking to establish the estate as the Croker homestead, while the widow contends that Croker was a citizen of the Free State. On that question, attorneys have declared, hinges possession of the property. ——— RED CROSS SENDS $5,000 TO MEXICAN FLOOD AREA Contribution Toward the Relief of Sufferers in Lerma River Region Announced. The American Red Cross yesterday turned over to Dr. Jose Romero of Washington, representative of the Mexican Red Cross, a check for $5,000 as a contribution toward the relief of sufferers in the Lerma River floods in Mexico. Dr. Romero will forward the check to the Mexican Red Cross to be administered as part of its relief fund. The appropriation was made follow- ing a conference between Dr. Romero, Judge John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, and Col. Ernest P. Bicknell, vice chairman in charge of insular and foreign opera- tions. Chairman Payne had cabled exican Red Cross on Wednesday C ving sympathy from the Ameri- can Red Cross and asking if help was needed, CRAMTON HOME ENTERED. Intruders Take $1,000 in Jewelry and Silverware. The home of Representative Louis C. Cramton of Michigan, 1829 Irving street, was burglarized during the ab- sence of the occupants vesterday and property valued at $1,000 stolen. En- trance was gained through a second- story window, police were told, the in- truders leaving the premises without having attracted the attention of neighbors. An oldfashioned amethyst pin valued at $400 was the only article of jewelry taken. Other loot included silverware. MAN BROUGHT BACK. Arrested in Virginia on Charge of Stealing $100 Here. John Murphy, colored, 30 years old, wanted in this city to answer a charge of having stolen $100 from Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon, also colored, 339 Fifteenth street southeast, about 10 days ago, reached here early this morning in custody of Detective Carl- ton Talley from his former home at Arrington, Nelson County, Va., having been arrested there by Sheriff Baker. Murphy was a caller at the Gor- don home, and, it is stated, he admit- ted taking $100 from a china closet in the house where Mrs. Gordon had secreted it. o Mrs, Bill to Speak. Mrs. Bill will give an address on the subject of the lesson for the day, “Atomic Action,” at the service of the KOONS Roofing Roofing Main 933 119 3rd St. S.W, Christian Science Parent Church to- morrow. This service is held Sundays at 11 o'clock at the Hotel La Fayette. T takes a mighty fine home to be fine énough for the finest baby in tl’xe WOl‘ld. strained It is located in a re- . fined neighborhood. schools, with no heavy traffic to en- danger Little feet—yards in 14th Street Terrace are large enough for unre- recreation—and basements are pleasant for “play houses” when stormy days come. le for H Z‘quan'e ']’Wae Sinclair, who reigns with a J:mfley smile in a Hamilton Street Home It is near good women. Homes Built by Shannon & Luchs. Members of the Operative 2 Builders' Assn, agy er Maj esty! It is the sort of environment that she may be proud of as she grows older. The eight-room homes with two baths on Hamilton and Ingraham Streets are truly worthy of the chubby babies who some day will be queenly The Sample Homes are always open and may be reached, if you take any 14th St. car or drive out 16th St. to Colorado Ave., then 2 blocks to Hamilton and Ingraham Streets 1331 Ingraham St. N.W, 1365 Hamilton St. N.W. 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