Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1927, Page 13

. HILLANDICTMENTS “John Rawles of Rectortown, Va., RETURNED BY JURY Slaying of His Mother and Other Charges Are Made Against Youth. Dy the Associated Press, OTTAWA, TIIl, October 15. Hill, the “beloved son” of A Hill. whose body was f August buried in a shallow the basement of her home treator, IlL. today was indicted by a La Salle County grand jury for his mother’s marder. The youth, who fled after the slay- ng and who finally was captured in Spokane, also was indicted on four| charges of forgery in connection with | the signing of his mother's name to | checks, and on one charge of con-| fidence -game in obtaining $400 from the Streator National Bink Propose Early Trial. Hill is in jail here, held without bail | on the murder charge. He probably will be arraigned next week. Bonds | on the other charges were fixed at| $2000 each. ‘The grand jury hecar more than 30 witnesses testify r - | ing the Hill case. Both the State and | defense have professed eagerness for | an early trial. Hill was not in court today when the grand jury made its report. After his mother’s body had been found Jast August. her divorced husband, a | Streator physician, started an in- vestigation that resulted in the dis- covery. The vouth vanished, and it was not until several weeks later that he was captured. He disclaimed any knowledge of how his mother came to her death. = Alleged Threat. The State professes to have evidence to show that the mother had threaten- ed to disinherit the boy because of | gambling. Some time after her death, Mrs. | Hill's will was brought to light and in it she left virtually her entire estate, valued at $46,000, to young Hill, to whom she referred repeatedly as her “peloved son.” The instrument was drawn several years before her death. It was admitted to probate here this week and it is expected the youth will try to use some of his mother’s estate to provide funds for his fight to be acquitted of her murder. ALEXANDRIA SOCIETY The wedding of Mr. Edwin Ham- mond Pierce, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Pierce of Alexandria, and Miss Dorothy Withers Darden, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Herbert Darden, took place Saturday evening, October 8, at 8 o'clock, in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Suffolk, Va. Mr. Pierce had his brother, Mr. Ches- ter G. Plerce, as best man and his ushers were Mr. Carrcll Pierce, jr., also a brother and Mr. Hubert Moore of Alexandria; Mr. William Herbert Darden, jr.; and Mr. Taylor Darden of Suffolk, brothers of the bride; Mr. Ldoyd Berl of Wilmington, Del.; Mr. James L. Hatcher of Richmond, )\rll;, an Mr. Contee Adams of Purcellville, Va. The bride was attended by Mrs. Ford Whelen of Detroit, as matron of honor; Miss Nancy Woolford of New York City as maid of honor, and Miss Mar- garet Custis of Eastern Shore, Va., Mcs. Anderson Maxey and Miss Fran- ces Everett as bridesmaids. Mr. and Mrs, Carroll Pierce, parents of the bridegroom, were in Suffolk to attend the wedding. Mrs. Pierce assisted the bride and bridegroom and the mother oft the bride in receiving at the re- ception which followed the ceremony. Later Mr. and Mrs. Plerce left by motor on a honeymoon trip which will take them to Canada, After Novem- ber 1 they will be at home in this city. Miss Roberta Schneider is at home again after a visit to Miss Betty Field- ing Lewis in Richmond. Miss Lewis has returned to Baltimore to resume her studies at the Maryland Art In- stitute. ‘Mr. Charles W. Price of Lexington, N. C., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Pettaway. Mrs. E. C. Crump announces the marriage of her daughter, Martha Vic- toria, to Mr. William Lowe Umstead of ‘Washington, on Wednesday, October 5,in Old Christ Church; with the rec- tor, Rev. Willlam J. Morton, D. D., officiating. After a short wedding trjp, Mr. and Mrs, Umstead will make their home with Mrs. Crump. Mts. D. Mauchlin Niven, regent of the Mount Vernon Chapter D. A. R.; Mrs. John W. Price, regent, and Mrs. James M. Duncan of the Kate Waller Barrett Chapter, went to Martins- ville last week:#o attend the annual +Virginia State conference of the D. ‘Mrs. McLean, wife of Lieut. James Douglas McEean, U. 8. M. C., and their ,two_children, were guests last wiek 'of Mr, and Mrs. Willlam Hill ‘Thornton Brooke: Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Welch of Vienna, Austria, are spending some :l’:d.. at the home of Miss Hattie War- Miss Eleanor Nugent left last week t6 motor with some friends from ‘Washington to Knoxville, Tenn. Miss Carolyn Burgess the past week end was visiting . her mother, Mrs. ‘Walter Burgess, in Reva, Culpeper The marriage of Miss Effie Louls Gniffith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil tiam Kinney Griffith, to Mr. Ernest Randolph Boyer took place Saturday afternoon, October 8, at the home of the officiating clergyman, Rev. Sam- uel A. Wallis, D. D., emeritus profes- sor of the Virginia Episcopal Semi- nary, on South St. Asaph street. The bride wore her traveling costume and was given in marriage by her father. ‘Her only attendant was Miss Amy Mc- Ney of Washington. Mr. Willlam T. Buell, jr., of Washington was best man for Mr. Boyer. Following the ceremony an informal reception was held at the home of the bride’s par- ents and a buffet supper was served. Late in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Boyer left for Norfolk. After Novem- ber 1 tkey will be at home at the Gun- ston Apartments. Mrs. George W. Carter, who has been for several months with her son A roster of the residents of this { unusual community affords an in- teresting study. Started barely four years ago as an _exclusive s Service Colony (Army, Navy and s L. Marine Corps Officers) it has been thrown open to a restricted class of civilians and now includes Doctors, Scientists, Lawyers, Gov- ¥ ernment Heads and other interest- n[u folks. Investigate their rea- sons for selecting Battery Park for their homes. Our Mr. Crutch- field is on the premises all day Sunday. Look the Park over and talk to him about our offerings of homes and building sites. a HEDGES & MIDDLETON, Inc. 1i12 e st N Frankln 9 508 inlaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Bellinger Rosbach. left last week for Pasadena, Calif., where she will visit her aunt, Mrs. Page Morris. Mrs. D. D. Byfield has returned to her home in Quantico aftel a visit to Mrs. L. H. Williams. Mrs. W. P. Lightfoot and her young son are at_home after a visit to rel- atives in New York City. Mrs. Roger Brooke Adams is the guest of relatives in Baltimore. Mrs. Belle Straubb of Brooklyn is the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Willlam Kleysteuber. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ballenger and small son, Jack Ballenzer, were in Richmond last week to attend the Vi nia State I™: Miss Mabel V Stanley Rod gers, Mr. gers and Mr. Hamilton Ficklen of Washington, and . Garvin Green of Fredericksburg e week end guests of their cousin, J. M. Jacobs, at her home on ; et. seph Parker and » Parker, of Fort and Mrs. B. C. shinzton, were recent ts nd Mrs. H. S. Petty. Miss Ruth Carpenter returned last week to her home in Durham. N. C., after a visit to her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Lamm My and Mrs Joseph Parker and their twin sons, Kenneth and Herbert U. Baker. jr., went to Elizabeth, N. J., last week to attend the silver wedding nniversary of Mrs. Bal brother- w and sister. left for , ter a visit to Rose Kelly her Mre. Wiltiam Z M and M Ira R. Gibson spent week end with relatives in King Georges County. . Mr. and Mrs. E. 5. E. Condren are at home, after a visit to friends in York, . Robert Willlams an- rriage of their daugh- to M. ter, Alfce Important Events! THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 16, 1927—PART 1. Lawrence Grimes, son of Mrs. Me- dora Ryan, Sunday, October 2, at Ken- sington, Md.. with Rev. U.S. Heaven- er, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Lee of Clearwater, Fla., were week end .guests of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Brawner, and left for Philadel- phila to visit Mr. Lee's father, Mr. George L. Lee. Miss Margaret Broaddus, Miss Mary Booth, Mr. Robert W. Wheat and Mr. Henry T. Moncure motored to Dahl- gren, Va., and spent the week end as the guests of Dr. and Mrs. A. C. | Broadaus. Miss Kathryn Griffith Uhler arrived home last week after an extended visit to her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, John Lloyd Uhler. in Pitts- burgh. Her mother and sister, Mrs. George Uhler and Mrs, Anderson Som- mers, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Uhler. Mrs. Uhler had as her guest last week her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lloyd, wife of Right Rev. Arthur Seldon Lioyd, Suffragan Bishop of New York, who was en route to her home after spending the past three months at Orkney Springs and visiting her son- in-law and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. Edmund Pendelton Dandridge of Nash- ville, Tenn., at their Summer home. the Bower, near Charles Town, W. Va., and another sondn-law and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. Churchill Jones Gibson in_Lexington, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Parker Rus- sell are home from a three-month stay Mr and Mrs, Wilmer J. Waller have returned from a motor trip which in { cluded New York City and Greenwich, | Conn. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Magruder Dent in Green- wich. Mr. and Mr: their two | eral weeks and Mrs. Harvi nformally ober §, in Charles F. Holden and n are spending sev- t Hot Springs, Va. v McDonald en- Saturday eve- their home on Duke street in honor of thelr nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilmer Turner, who recently returned from their wedding trip. Miss Florence A. Long has returned from a trip to New York City, Boston and Revere Beach, Mass. Miss Elvin Shankle of Norfolk is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Robert Cline, on Commerce street. Mrs. Frank M. Dillard and her chil- dren are at_home after spending the Summer at Saranac Lake, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Thomas Ross, who have been_visiting their son, Dr. C. F. Ross, in Richmond, were guests last week of Mrs. Elizabeth L. Ross, on Duke street, and left later for their home, The Trappe, in Loudoun County. FRANCE TO IGNORE NOTE FROM RUSSIA ON ENVOY Paris Government Said to Consider It Product of Moment of Bad Humor. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 15.—The most re- cent letter of Georges Tchitcherin, So- viet foreign minister, to Jean Her- bette, French Ambassador to Russia, will not get a reply from the French government, it was learned today. The French government, it was sald, considers the note the product of a moment of bad humor, and de- cided to leave it unanswered. The note, which related to the French demand for the withdrawal of Christian_Rakovsky as Soviet Ambas- sador to France, pointed out that the Soviet government considered the de mand {ll-founded, and declared that the inferences therein did not meet with agreament in Russia. Featuring Noteworthy Economies on Seasonable Footwear Needs — This Week at ‘“Hahns” Fortunate Purchase Gives Women a Fine Chance to Save on Newest Fall Shoes Brown Suedes Black Suedes Blue Kids Black Velve ts And others of the nfost fash- ionable materials in thi other new styles. ese and NE of the most attractive “oc- casions” we've been able to pro- duce in many a day. literally “mobbed” yesterday. miss this, ladies! 3212 14th The store was Don’t 7th & K 414 9th 233 Pa. Ave. S.E. “Women’s Shop”—1207 F “Man’s Shop”—14th at G Women's Silk Hosiery Sale 200 Doz. 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