Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1927, Page 17

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS took part in “The Lady of the Lal given at the school during the re RESENT CLASS, PAGE. ven yesterd v gathering. Pupils ke pageant egular assembl, THE EVENIN of the Macfarland Junior High S in connection with their study of Sir Walter Scott D. €., THURSDAY, hich they ant_was v Photo. IMPRES! D balloonist who lost his grave as part of the mi NOVEMBER 10, 1927. The two Army blimps floating VE RITES HELD FOR NOTED ARMY AERONAUT AT ARLINGTON. Scene at the burial vesterday of Capt. H. C. Gray, the Army e in an indicated record altitude flight the other day. 'y honors attending the final rites. overhead dropped flowers on the Copyright by P. & A. Photos RESCUE STEAMER ARRIVES WITH MAFALDA LIFEBOAT ABOARD ard the French rescue steamer Moselle shows one of the lifeboats of the ill-fated Ifalian liner Principessa Mafalda, which sank off the Brazilian const with a loss of nearly 300 lives. Members of the Moselle’s crew who aided in the rescue of many of "L'" hundreds of passengers saved are shown about the lifehoat. Wide World Photo George Haldeman VIRGINIAHASFOUR | WOMAN DELEGATES Election Tuesday Increased Number From Two, Re- Electing Bothfincumbents. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Vh., November 10— BSemi-official election returns trickling In today disclosed that the next State Legislature will /have four instead of two women in the House of Delegates. Miss Vinnje; Caldwell of Carroll County was elected by a large ma- jority over hef Republican opponent, H. L. Frankln. Miss Helen R. Hen- derson of Bukhanan County defeated J. Thompson. Mrs, Sorah Lee Fain of Norfolk, who has served two terms, was re-elected, and Miss Fannie C. Booker of Henry County, who also has served two terms and was reported yesterday to be running_behind her independent opponent, Reed Stone, was re-elected, according to today’s re- turns. Veteran Clerk Re-elected. The election of Stanhope S. Hurt, who has been clerk of Pittsylvania County 54 years, was an outstanding event in that county. Mr. Hurt is nearly 80 years old. He has often been opposed, in every contest emerging a winner. Senator George W. Layman of Craig County, opposed by George A. Rever- comb, a Republican, was returned to the Senate, but his majority is much slimmer than for many yes Senator John H. Johnson, Democrat, of Lee and Scott Counties, was defeated for the Senate by something like 400 votes, Ryland Crafts being elected. The small vote cast in cities 1s osusing a great deal of comment Here in Richmond, for instance, with a registered vote of 40,000, less than 3,000 persons went to the polls. In Norfolk less than 2,000 votes were cast out a total possible vote of some 25000. In the counties the people had to elect county officers, and in a number of cases there had been 1no nominations, the election being free and easy. Stafford County Setback. Stafford County, home of the Mon- ures, administered a severe setback to the organized Democrats, defeating | the candidates of the majority par by good majorities. Just how. this was brought about is not yet under- stood. There is growing dissatisfaction against the primary system, especial- Iy in_the counties, and Republicans are charging. in conneetion with tal Joting by mail in the Ninth district, that the voters are sought out, their bhallots marked and then they are paid a price for that, declining to %o to the polls. It is declared by some that the elections are controlled by this method, and that both parties— especially in the Ninth district, are guilty. The first man to get to the voters is the man who secures the ballot, it is declared. Bandits Get All But Penny. BANGS, Tex., November 10 (£).—A single penny was all that was over- looked by four men who held up the First State Bank here yesterday. Bank officials estimated the loot at about $5.000. The robbers escaped after Pastor Dons Apron And Helps Women With Dish Washing Discarding his clerical garb for a gingham apron and rolling his sleeves to his elbows, Rev. Del- ford Sheetz, pastor of the Aurora Heights M. E. Church in Arlington County, Va., joined a dish-washing crew of women last night at a com- munity supper for the benefit of the church. Although a bachelor and un- familiar with the approved domes- tic rules observed by the house. wives in the art of washing dishes. the young minister, a newcomer to the chureh, demonstrated unusual ability at the job. COUNTY CLUéWOMEN HEAR STATE PRESIDENT | Mrs. Alcock Urges Support of Fed- eration in Several Activities. Gavel Is Presented. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 10.— John L. Alcock, president of the nd Federation of Women's bs, urged the Montgomery County | Federation of Women’s Clubs, at its | semi-annual meeting in the Circuit | Courtroom here vesterday, to aid the | State organization in three objects in which it is just now most interested | —the election of Mrs. John ¥. Sipple, | land on the board tion; raising of an endowment fund of $10,000 for certain activities of the | State organization, and obtaining sub- scribers for “the Maryland Club Wom- an,” official publication of the Mary- land Federation. The meeting was attended by ap- proximately 200 women from various parts of the county and was conducted by the president, Miss Estelle Moore of Sandy Spring. Morning and after- noon sessions were held and at noon xie Tavern. Jones, formerly presi- ation, presented Miss Moore with a handsome gavel. She explained that the six former presi- dents of the federation had agreed that a gavel had long heen needed by the presiding officer and had requested her to make the presentation. The proceedings consisted principal- {1y of reports of the activities of the | | various clubs. Among the activities | recommended were further agitati for the establishment of a_ public library at Rockville, continued interest in the county fair, assistance in the {annual roll call, which starts tomor- row, of the Montgomery Red Cross Chapter in its effort to raise the cou ty’s allotment of $3,000, and financi id toward a resumption of the nutri- tion demonstration and lectures con- ducted in public schools. | | bt e Mrs. Gertrude C. Owens Buried. Special Dispatch to The Star, HYATTSVILLE, Md., November 10. —Funeral services were held this morn ing for Mrs. Gertrude Councilman Owens, widow of Dr. Joseph R. Owens, at one time mayor of Hyattsville, and registrar and treasurer of the old | Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland. Burial was in old St, James’ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Anne Arundel County. Pallbearers were Harr: 1 May TELLING PARIS ABOUT THE FLIGHT. from the Sorbonne station the story of her flight over the Atlantic with d their thrilling rescue from the sea when their v ine trouble. Ruth Elder broadea: Copyright by P. & A. Photos. FLOOD-STRICKEN (0) R ad Bridge, at St. ent to crash down on the bridge. This shows the brid, TY BURNS ONE BRIDGE TO SAVE ANOTHER. v supports by the flood, threatened at any bridge and destroy that structure, it was decided to burn the rail- The drastic step ended the menace to the highway bridge. almost battered from it ighway ge in flames. When the Maine Central Copyright by Underwood & Underwood: LECTIONS. Smil amendment issue r James 4. Walker are the order as f Tuesday’s election. Left to right: Sen: these four Democratic leaders read the ticker tape's ator Robert Wagner, Judge George Wide World Photos. REWARDS TOTAL $1,300 FOR SLAYER OF WALDRON Police Push Investigation—Two Men Detained, but No Clues Are Found. The reward for the slayer of Charles F. Waldron reached $1,300 today, when Muj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin- tendent of police, announced that $300 had been added to the $1,000 offered V. Zink, manager of the Great Pacific Tea Co., which em- yed Waldron as manager of a store at 100 P strect, where he was Killed by a negro bandit. everal members of the detective force spent last night on the case, questioning many colored men and were forthcoming. TUNNEY INVITED HERE. Gene Tunney ‘heduled to distrib ute the prizes at the card party dance to be given for the fund of St Church by mem! the evening of gsymnasium at Catholic University. The committee making the arrang ments is headed by Capt. Harry A ‘Walsh, Rev."P. J. the church, is treasurer and Adam E. Maier secretary, They are assisted by Thomas Lucas, Stephen Callahan Miss Catherine Brennan, Miss A. Catholic Pauline Bower and J. F. Peters. Fishermen Die in Storm. 3 y W. Dorsey, G. Hodges Carr, Dr. Paul S, | Herring, Alec Cooksey, Waldo Burn- side and Edward A. Full Yocking ir emploves and three woman customers in the vault, B0 S for some Lime, s days. as, Spain, have been recovered, | v b F o T AR T T detaining two of them, but no resuits apd | electric building on | plank of the v in_ the|here yesterda Conroy, pastor of LISBON, Portugal, November 10| P)—The lives of several fishermen have been lost and there is fear for the safety of others in a storm which [of a customs agent. has lashed the Portuguese and north- ern Galicfan coast for the past two Several mangled bodies from Mrs. Owens died here shortly before { the crew of the steamer Weyler Ocho midnight Monday., She had been ill of the fishing port of Bouz # CUSTOMS MEN F mond peddlers By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Novemb: of big shoes on a little n the trail which Feders today said led to the discover: band of international diamond smug glers, whose oper: vere_estimat- ed to run into millions of dollars. { " Four allaged members of the band were held in total bail of $210,000 and a man and a woman were released in feustody of a customs agent, after -} Florent Lomot of Antwerp, Belgium, n on the Red Star liner Lap- sed suspicion of authol slumping down the when it dock o pair of oversized ‘small feet and, author- 000 in diamonds. 10.—A pair laid down Iand, ¢ {as he came jshoes enc ng {ilu-s say, $100,0 ¢ Gems Found in Shoes. Concealed in the heels and toes of the shoes, Federal officers reported, they found the gems. Lamot was ar- - | rosted and questioned and four men “itzmaurice, Mrs. J. V. Parker, Miss |, ;s woman were taken into custody. They were described as Abraham Frank, New York, held in $50,000 bail; Julius Adler, New York diamond mer- chant, held in $35,000 bail; Charles P. Goldberg, whose bail was set at $25,- 000; Louis Scholz, and Mrs. Ricka Lammel, who were released in custody Lamot was held in bond of $100,000. At the arraignment, Assistant United States Attorney John M. Blake men- tioned $1,000,000 as the figure involved in the conspiracy, but he added that as closed, he believed IND $100.000 GEMS IN SMUGGLER'S SHOES U. S. Agents Believe Huge Band of Dia- IS Bared—Four the amount would be increased several fold. Activities of a smuggling band op- erating from Antwerp have been re- ted to the American Government and $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 annually was said to be the amount of illicit 3 reign dispatches oup did not have cilities in this commission an diamond mer- ributing country, but operated on asis with Amer closed by the authori- ties whether there was any connection between the present round-up and the iFovernment offensive iinst the smuggling _ activities orted from re Europe. Estate Valued at $151,926. Alice M. Robinsony who died Octo- r 31, left an estate valued at $151,926, according to the petition for letters testamentary filed yesterday in Pro- bate Court by her nlece, Maria G. Venn, and the American Security & Trust Co., executors, The testatrix was survived by other nieces and nephews. - Wife Sues for Divorce. Cruelty and neglect are charged against Charles S. Sain, navy yard employe, in a petition for limited divorce filed yesterday in Equity Court by Mrs. Jewell P. Sain, through Attor- neys Neudecker and Ashford. were married January 21, 1922, and have two children, ~an They | § |WORLD PRAYERS ASKED FOR CHINESE NOV. 11 Baptist Mission Board Says Call Has Been Sounded by Shanghai Representative. | By the Associated Pres: RICHMOND, Va., November 10.—A call for a world-wide observance of Armistice day, as a day of prayer for war-torn China, has been sounded by George T. D. Davis at Shanghai, representing all Christian denomina- ions, ‘'oreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist convention was ad- sed yesterda The notice was received in a com- munication to Dr. J. F. Love, exec- utive 6fficer of the board, who called upon Southern Baptists to participate in the movement by proper observ- ance of the day as one of prayer. Calling attention to the fact that China, centaining a quarter of the earth’s inhabitants, is being torn by 1 and military strife and much suffering upon her communication declared sults in the past have been obtained by fasting and prayer, and asked that Christians everywhere participate in the movement. Five thousand missionaries in China have been compelled to evacu- {ate their stations, and, because' of anti-Christian agitation, there has been persecution of Christians, desecration of churches and destruc- tion of mission property, it was said. Doctors of 3 Counties Meet. Special Dispatch to The Star. FRONT ROYAL, Va.,, November 10.—About 16 . visiting doctors at- tended the regular meeting of the Warren, Rappahannock and . Page Counties Medical Soclety today. Dr. C. R. Anderson of Winchester, Dr. mith of University, Dr. Hunter ire of Winchester, Dr. J. Ed- n Wood, jr., of University, Dr. E. C. ,'Dr. H. 1. Pifer of Winchester J. Harris of Winchester edpbakers PRFESIR ‘.Paslor Advertises In Effort to Get “Lost Sheep” Back By the Associated Press, PERRY, N. Y., November 10.—So many of the flock of the Rev. J. B. Ennis, pastor of the Gainesvi Methodist Congregation, are staying away from church, he has published the _following advertisements in local newspapers this week: “Lost, strayed or stolen—A large flock of Methodist sheep. They have heen ‘gone for some time, when last seen they were browsing along the road of indifference. Any- one finding these sheep please bring them home if possible and you will receive ample reward. If they refuse to come home, drive them into the nearest fold and lock the door and report to the undersigned —Rev. Ennis. _Plenty of fodder will be provided Sunday.” COUNTY FIREMEN DISCUSS MARYLAND CITY PLAN Question of 'Adequlte Funds for Protection Topic of John 8. White, Committee Member. Special Dispateh to Tie Star, BRENTWOOD, Md., November 10. —The Prince Georges County Fire Association met here last night with 16 volunteer fire companies repre- sented. John S. White, a member of the committee working on the plan of | consolidating 27 ~ communities as “Maryland City,” outlined the plan as_tentatively worked out and said ,000 of the $500,000 tax revenue uld be needed for maintenance of the fire departments, asking views as_to the adequacy of this sum. It was shown that this amount was inadequate to maintain a fire depart- ment to meet the requirements of tne underwriters and keep the pres- ent insurance rate. It was pointed out that $100,000 would be more like a proper estimate. Mr. White ex- plained that it was the intention to let the volunteer fire companies con- tinue as at present, operated by volunteer firemen, and that the $25,- 000 would go toward the salary of a paid chief and maintenance of appa- ratus. He asked that a committee be appointed to confer with the Maryland City committee in order to sive it help in solving the prob- lem of an adequate fire department under the Maryland City plan. followitig committee was appointed: T. Weston Scott, Cottage City; R. Beattie, Bladensburg; T. W. mann, Riverdale, Deeck, Branchville, w. Greater Capitol Heights. SIMMS TO HANG TONIGHT. Special Dispatch to The Sta: UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Novem- ber 10.—Alfred Simms, colored, con- victed in August of criminal assault on Miss Alberta Rice of Washington, D. .C., near Oxon Hill, Md., will be hanged tonight, five minutes after 12 o'clock, at the State Penitentiary, Bal- timore. Sheriff Charles S. Early and Deputy Sheriff Arthur Hepburn of Prince Georges County wil be among those present from -this county. Miss Rice and. her escort were at- tacked by four negroes. The others ‘were sentenced !’Jall. one for 10 years and two fer: The | Chief Frank Crown, Mount Rainier: | AR MAIL SERVICE 10 CROSS ATLANTIC France Votes Subsidy for Line to South America to Start Next Year. . By the Associated Py PARIS, November 10.—Regular air mail between nce and America will undertaken service be Financial support for the project | was assured yesterday when the | finance committee of the Chamber of | Deputies voted 120,000,000 francs as & | subvention to the Latecoere company, | which for some time past has ex- ploited the air mail line between France and Africa. After the recent successful flight of Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Le Brix from Paris to Buenos Aires in six Rops, one of them across the South Atlantic without stopping, this com- pany obtained a contract ith the Argentine government for handling transatlantic air mail. The Chilean government also contracted for a combination air mail service with the posts_delivered to Chile from Argen- tina by rail. Although the planes will follow the sime route as the pathfinders, Costes and Le Brix, there will be no attempt at first to span the Atlantic regularly in one hop. The service will be con- ducted partly by airplane and partly by steamship, full advantage being taken of the islands along the route. PAY MAY BE WITHHELD. Chicago Teachers Told School Fund Is $6,000,000 Short. CHICAGO, vember 10 (#).—The Tribune said v that half the salary of each go's 13,000 public_school teachers may be with. held during January and February because of a $6,000,000 shortage in the educational fund. This possibil- ity based on figures released by the board of auditors showing condi- tions of the school finances. Mrs. W. S. Hefferan, trustee, was quoted by the news. paper as saying that on December 31 there wili be a balance of only $460,000 in the educational fund to tide ‘over until March, when new tax payments are receivable. The board is understood to be considering sev. a school (LT o] ey g an Williame "o | éral means of meeting the emerxenc: ‘The next meet- ! ing of the fire assoclation will be at ! one being the salary cut. Another proposal was the issuance of script to all teachers, redeemable with cash in March. FEDERAL BUILDING BURNS Niagara Falls Structur; Set Ablaze by Dlast. NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Novem- | ber 10 UP).—Fire, caused by explosion of a boiler in the heating plant, swept the post office and customs building yesterday, entailing considerable loss trom fire to the post office section of the building and by water to the cus- the mail was toms department. Practically all of saved. Records of the customs de. partment were carried from the build- ing to safety. Sl