Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1927, Page 11

HSSING SENTRY'S PARENTS QUERIED Investigation of Soldier’s| Dicappcarance Awaits Word From His Home. military into the of Pyt Further investigation by Ruthorities and the police mysterious _disappearanc George W. Keffer, 18-year-old Walter Reed Hospital sentry, awaits word from his home in Pembroke, Va., it was said today by Lieut. John D. Yoley, in charge of the guard detail at_the institution. While the authorities regard the sol- ier carance just two weeks © threa as “p to mike s his home in the mountains of vestern Virginia. It is thought he might have communicated with his parents since leaving the hospital v last Triday morning. Meanwhile police of the thirteenth precinct were checking up on the present whereabouts and recent move- ments of a former soldler whom Pvt. Keffer arrested in the hospital grounds on a disorderly conduct charge two weeks ago. According to ey C UV uled i CHEVY CHASE GETS NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY Lieut oner became ob- od . Records of the | net show that the pris- | e hix home address as Del, forfeited $5 collat- co probe is being conducted » R. L. Jones of the thir- teenth precinet. Police of all precincts | lave been notified to look out for the mising soldier, Keffer was seen last about 2:30 o'clock Friday morning while pacing his beat near the Georgia avenue en- | trance to the hospital grounds. When his £ reported at 8 o'clock that I3 uld not be found. | He left his personal effects in his | Quarters at the hospital. TWO TAKEN IN GAMBLING RAID FINED $20 EACH Toth Held for Grand Jury When Woman Bystander Is Shot During Tussle. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star, UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 27.—On charges of disorderly con- duct preferred following the raiding ©f a craps game in the rear of Hall's garage here Sunday, which also re. tuited in the accidental shooting of Mrs. L. Pollock. wife of a local mer- chant, Melvin Tayman, 24, of 115 E street i and Benjamin Sea- born, inth street. southgast, hington, were fined $20 v by Justice of the W. Gore, here. Mrs. Pollock was shot by Thomas Talbott, town bailiff, as he fired acei- dentally when tussling with the par. ticipants in the craps game, “The m let ricocheted across the street, « striking Mrs. Pollock, who was brought to the door of the store by the commotion. Mrs. Pollock is im- proving at Providence Hospital, Wash. lngon. Both Tayman and Seaborn being held for the October";r:tllig ury, each under a §1,000 peace bond. Talbott also is held under $1,000 bond Yor the grand jury on a charge of as. sault and battery on Mrs. Pollock. However, he was placed on bond hwaiting the outcome of Mrs, Pollock’s Injuries and it is doubtful whether the ;)rllarlt Wwill be pressed if she recov- FREDERICK INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION :-T®@ OPEN Proceeds of Kiwanis Club’s Fair to Aid Underpriviliged Chil- dren of County, Bpecial Dispsich to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., September 37.— The first industrial and ll,uhlon' a’how held under the auspices of the local Kiwanis Club will open here tonight. tically every manufacturer and usiness concern in the city and many rom parts of the county have ar- displays for the four-day ex- bition to be held in the State Ao nufacturers have arranged dis- plays showing the of their products, The fashion show is spon- sored by local merchants. Local girls wxg act :,s models. roceeds will be given to the com- Imittee in charge of underprivileged children of the county. ACCUSED OF DESERTING WIFE ON WEDDING DAY Yawyer Arrested Here to Face Prince Georges County Police Court Tomorrow. Robert L. Carmody, 36 years old, a lawyer, giving his address as 906 C street northeast, was arrested this morning by Detectives H. K. Wilson end B. C. Kuehling for the Prince Georges County, Md., authorities, being wanted there to answer a charge of abandonment and failure to support his wife, Mrs. Margaret Duvall Car- mody of Cheverly, Md. It is charged in a warrant the wite zlmcured from Justice of the Peace ugh O'Neil at Bladensburg that she became the wife of Carmody in Balti. fmore, Md., September 9, and that her husband abandoned her at Fifteenth and H streets, this city, the same day and has failed to contribute -to her support. Prince Georges County officers today took Carmody to Bladensburg, where Judge O'Neil took his bond for his ap- pearance tomorrow before Judge .J. Listablishment at 3817 Livin, which v hrown open DISMAL SWAMP FIRE PROTECTION PLANNED Virginia and North Carolina to Co-Operate With Timber Own-’ ers to Guard Area. By the Associated Press, RALEIGH, C.. September 27.— Plans for a fire protective organiza- tion for the great Dismal Swamp re- gion of North Carolina and Virginia will be completed tomorrow in Nor- folk, Va. At a meeting of timberland owners and representatives of the two States’ forest services it was announced yes- terday by W, C. McCormick, assist- ant State ergineer. The fire protective program is to be undertaken co-operatively between the Virginia and North Carolina State forest services, the United States For- est Service and the owners of lands in the Dismal Swamp area. SCHOOL LEAVE GIVEN TO ATTEND RAIL FAIR A circular authorizing the absence of pupils from school to attend the Fair of the Iron Horse, the centenary exhibition and pageant of the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad at Halethorpe, near Baltimere, was issued today by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, and sent to all teachers and school of- ficers. Dr. Ballou calls attention to the fact that at the meeting of the Board of Education last Wednesday it was de- | cided that absence of pupils for this &wn “will not be considered an un- 1 absence.” The circular further states that teachers may be absent with substi- tutes for purposes of-attending this exhibitlon. Why keep “treating” corns, when the first drop of Freezone stops all sensation of pain, and a few drops soon end the corn! The most painful corn, even one sensi- tive to touch of stocking, can't throb ten seconds after Freezone comes in contact. All that's left to do is lift the corn right off and it's gone! Isn't that better than surgery? Feet that are “sights” from corns can grow back to normal, unblemished con- dition through the use of Freezone. Mean- Apes in Soviet Zoo Revel in Luxuries Denied to Humans By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, September 27.—Two orang-utans in the Moscow 200 henceforth will be the only beings in Soviet Russia to enjoy a daily ration of bananas. This fruit is forbidden to Russian cltizens by the Soviet government, but a supply for the apes will be brought in periodically by airplane from Germany and other countries. Anxiety over the state of their health prompted the decision. Each morning and evening the orangs are given a good drink of French wine to prevent their catch- ing cold. . Boy, 10, Hurt by Blast. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., September 27.— Garland Clatterbuck, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Clatterbuck, pear Harpers Ferry, who was injured when a gasoline drum exploded near their home Sunday evening, died soon after. The lad lighted a match near the drum and was struck in the head by the drumhead. APARTMENTS TO LET All Sizes—Low Rentals L. W. GROOMES, 1416 F ST. Repair Parts Hot Water Boilers Fries, Beall & Sharp 734 10th St. N.W. Corns Now Needless Prove it Overnight! time, no pain—none at all—and no awk- ward pads or plasters to cause shoes to pinch and cultivate corns in other places. The Freezone process is scientific and certain. The hardest corn that ever formed can't resist it—nor the soft corns between the toes, where mothing has ever helped. A tiny bottle of Freezone copes with the worst conditions of corns. Freegone has made it folly to have any corns at all, for any length of time. For your own comfort, inve sone. Every druggist has it, is a few cen Joll’s Newsstand—3315 Conn. Ave. | RIVERDALE, \ The CHEVY CHASE LIBRARY| WILL OPEN SATURDAY| | Dougherty to Speak at Formsl; to the public Saturday night. Sunday School Group to Meet. Special Dispatch to The Star. by terian Church here October 10 and 11. Only an evening session will be held Oetober 10, but the convention will be in progress all the next day. o[ ¥, o e | $3,000. | Dedication of Subbranch at | 8 0'Clock. The Chevy Chase subl Public Library will be for in its new quarters, 3817 Livingston anch of the | 1y opened | street, Saturday night, October 1, at| |8 o'clock. Commissioner Proctor L. | Dougherty, Dr. George Bowerman, | librarian of the Public Library; Miss | M. 1. Given. principal of the E. V. | Brown School, and Fred Lincoln will | speak The Citizens' Associ D. C., and the P ion of Chev. appointed a joint committee t in the openin 1. F | Moore of the citizens’ | Mrs. Truman Abbe of Klenf‘!wr group head the comm ment. ibrary are invited to the opening. WILL SUE GOLF CLUB. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., September 27.— The Swannanoa Country Club, which was purchased from the Dooley estate atop of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and. Robert L. Saville of Richmond, its president, are to be sued jointly | for $900, alleged to be commissions due Edward Palmer of Wayneshoro on six memberships to the club sold by him. Mr. Pa!mer claims his contract with | Mr. Saville called for commission f 5 per cent on memberships sold for Mr. Palmer gives {he names of C. M. Lambert, J. Noble Maxwell, Boyd Stobock, F. Percy Loth and Mr. Me- Pherson, all of Waynesboro. W. Mar- vin Bass, Staunton attorney, is rep- resenting Mr. Palmer. | will b CARAGE MAN SHOT ARGUING OVER CAR County Officer Arrested After Al-| tercation Over Disposal of | Wrecked Automobile. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., i Melvin R. Young, sr., of Oceana, Princess Anne County, a proprietor of the Oceana Garage, is in a hospital | seriously wounded, and County Of- ficer Vivian S. Williams, also of Oceana, is at liberty under §$2,500 bond, chi with shooting him as the result of an altercation that took place | Sunday night on the county road near | Oceana. 1 Young was shot, allegedly by the officer, when the two disagreed as to 1 disposition of a wrecked automobiie september rent-Teacher | by the road. Williams was arrested ion of the K. V. Brown School | ind was admitted to bail when ar-| aigned before Justice of the Peace N. Earl Woodhouse of Virginia Beach. | According to the story told by Mel-| it | vin R. Young. jr., son of the wound- | ed There will be a musical entertain- [ cpoysctar Siove s he him, Wil All fricnds and patrons of the | Soctay wpe e D man, and Grover Swindell, me- | jected when they appeared w | wrecking truck to bring in a car that had been wrecked. | The officer told them not to take the | car, they saids because he already bad called another company. RITES FOR éAPT. KAUTZ. SE e | Funeral Tomorrow for Naval At-| tache, Who Died in Berlin. Funeral services for Capt. Austin Kautz, late naval attache at Berlin, | Germany, who died on September 10, | held at the Fort Myer Chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. | Interment will be in Arlington N: tional Cemetery. The honorary pallbearers will be Capts. C. K. Miller, O. G. Murfin, W. G. Du Bose, Willis McDowell, David E. Theleen, W. R. Sexton, J. W. Powell and Henry Collins. 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