Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1927, Page 19

s — T — T0 .70 GATHER AT HOUSE WARMING New Headquarters of Wash- ington Branch Formally Opens Wednesday. The entire national executive com- mittee of Toc H. organization em- blematic of the brotherhood of the irenches, some of them coming from -vew York and Philadelphia for the nc- casion, will participate in the house warming of the new house of the Washington branch of the organiza tion, 1324 Eighteenth street, Wednes- day evening. The national headquar- ters has recently been moved from New York to this city. The celebration will be partly in the nature of a service in connection with the annual festival and_ ritual that took place in London, England, and many other parts of the world last night. Following services in West- minster Abbey, Hall, where the Prince of Wales, the | patron of the order, lighted the lamps of maintenance for several new branches, including those in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Ceylon and five in South Africa. “Padre” to Talk. Wednesday night the evening will be opened by Rev. Hugh F. Saw- bridge, a ploneer “padre” of Toc H., who is in this country organizing the movement. He will give a brief re- sume of the history of Toc H. for the benefit of the ladies and outsiders present. The usual ritual of lighting the lamp of maintenance will take place and the remainder of the eve- ning is to be devoted to sociability. Toc H. is an organization that orig- inated during the World War among moldiers of the British Army. The name is the Signal Corps slang for Talbot House, which stands in Pop- eringhe and was known as the first upstanding and habitable place met with by the soldler as he came out of the semi-circle of mud and suffer- ing shown on military maps as the Ypres salient. Here a “house” was oconducted by Rev. “Tubby” Clayton, where an extraordinary spirit of fel- lowship and service is said to.have existed between men of all ranks. In the chaos that followed the war this spirit was the inspiration for the founding of Toc H. First in Eng- land and then in all parts of the Brit- ish Empire and finally in the United States branches and groups were formed to preserve the feeling of brotherhood and to encourage young men to assist in social work, In this country there are but three branches of the order, the first here in Washington and one each in New York and Philadelphia. Every week the members gather and to the repeti- tion of the last verse of *Flanders Fields” the lamp of maintenance is lit, symbolizing the spirit of service that,is to be handed on from one generation of young men to the next. Many of the houses are replicas of the original Talbot House. In these the services are held before a wooden bench such as was in the attic of the house in Poperinghe, representing the bench of the Carpenter of Nazareth. Business Meeting. Such will be the services Wednes- day evening. Wednesday afternoon a business meeting of the national exec- utive committee is scheduled to be held at the home of Coleman Jennings, its vice chairman. A tea is to be given the members of the local “mark,” as the chapters are called, on December 13, by a group of Washington women interested in the organizaticn, it was announced yes- 000 persons from all | parts of the world gathered in Albert | setts recel left to right, John T. Tigert, U chusetts Department of Educatios tive Rogers. S. commis tive Edith Nourse Rogers, Miss 'y The Pll‘rlmlge of the American and citizenship students of Massachu- ived by the President yesterday. Above, in center of the photograph, ioner of education; Representa- L. Guyton, a State supervisor, Massa- ; President Coolidge and E. Everett Clark, a State supervisor, Massachusetts Department-of Education. Below, illustrating the adage that we are never too old to learn, Noe Demers, who at the age of 70, has just mastered the English language and passed his citizenship examination. He is shown in picture with Representa- terday. Approximately 500 invitations have been mailed. Those in charge of the affair include Mrs. Katherine V. H. Wylie, who was instrumental in the establishment of a mark in this city, and Mrs. Mary L. Jennings. GETS YEAR IN OCCOQUAN. Man Convicted Charge Is Sentenced. Clarence E. Tippett, 37 years old, recently convicted under the Mann act, was sentenced yesterday by Chief Justice McCoy to serve one year at Occoquan. The jury after deliberat- ing several hours convicted Tippett, but recommended him to the mercy of the court. Tippett was taken int6 custody last September on information that the body of an infant had been burned in the furnace of a Harvard street apart- ment in August. The child had been born at an apartment on Connecticut avenue. Investigation of the case led to the decision that Tippett could not be held on the charge of destroying the body of the infant and the Mann act charge was preferred. Assistant United States Attorney ‘Walter M. Shea conducted the prose- cution. on Mann Act A RO Will Address Elks’ Service. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., December 8.— Secretary of State David C. Winebren- ices of Frederick Lodge, No, 684, B. P. O. Elks, at the Tiwoli Theater to- morrow afternoon. Frank V. Staub is chairman of the committee in charge. : (%] % : (5] (5 ‘We Move to 610 13th St. N.W. January 1st, 1928 people. This sale will never be forgotten by the I¥’s the supreme event of our 33 years in business! It is recognized that the wonderful Close-Out POLICE PROBE MAN'S | STORY OF KIDNAPING. Held for $75,000 Ransom by Ab- ductors in Chicago, He Claims. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 3.—Missing since Thursday and reported to have been kidnaped for $75,000 ransom, orris Rolsner of St: Paul’ was found police late today in a Loop hotel, where he said he had been held by | abductors, | ‘The police took Roisner to head-| quarters, where ¢he insisted he had' been kidnaped, declaring he thought | that the abductors seized him after | learning he had come to Chicago to! purchase $100,000 worth of diamonds for a Milwaukee jeweler. His disappearance was .reported to police by his wife this morning and a | city wide search was begun, resulting in the arrest of eight men and three women. They were seized in a serles of raids on hotels and apartments after the police found their addresses | among the effects of Abraham Gins- burg, a Minneapolis attorney, who ap- peared as intermediary. The police scented a conspiracy on the theory that Roisner had planned the kidnaping to collect ransom from a friend, needing the money to carry on a court fight against a liquor in- dictment under which he had been tried and sentenced to a year's im- prisonment. . He steadfastly denied any part in the abducting, however, and maintain- ed that he had just been released by his captors when the police found Him in a downtown hotel. ¥ B ————————————— SMITH DENIES MEETING. | Boston Man Says He Has Not Officer Ordered to Manila. First Lieut. McDonald D. Weinert, 29th Enginee: at Fort Humphreys, Va., has been ordered to Manila, P. 1. for di flecti h 99999 Page Peter Pan. From the Boston Transeript. Ad in English paper—“Permanent boy about 16 wanted, knowledge of gardenin, with some PART 1. WOLVERINE ADDED 10 200 COLLECTION Rare Specimen From Alaska Soon to Be on Exhibition at Park Here. An Alaskan wolyerine, one of the rarest animals in zoological collec- tions, soon will be shown at the Na- tional Zoological Park here. The park has been presented with a fine specimen by Dr. J. C. Chase, formerly of the Blological Survey, and now is on its way from Alaska. The rarity of the wolverine in park collections, according to Dr. Willlam M. Mann, Zoo director, is not due to its scarcity, but to the difficulty of catching one alive or in fit shape to be kept in captivity. The wolverine is the most powerful of all mammals for its size and is probably the clever- est animal alive in matching its wits against men. It i3 a prize for fur trappers, it it can be caught, but there are few traps, however clever- ly concealed, which deceive the creature. Easily Avoids Traps. It will follow up a line of traps for miles along Northern rivers, care- || fully taking the bait from each one and removing and eating any other fur-bearing animal which may have been captured. Special traps have been devised for the wolverine him- self, but generally they simply fur- nish him with a cheap meal without injuring him. He is the Houdini of the animal world. The wolverine, Dr. Mann said, is the largest of the weasel family, but in appearance is more like a small bear. It is black or brown, about two and one-half feet long, with short legs and short, bushy tail. It seldom comes below the northern limits of the United States, and is most prevalent in_the far north, where it lives on rabbits, squirrels, beaver and foxes. It even has been known to kill and eat a reindeer. Possesses Ravenous Appetite. ‘The animal has the most gluttonous appetite known in the animal king- dom. Caches of food left by hunters are often cleaned out entirely when || discovered by the wolverine, and it will invade the camps of woodsmen, making a clean sweep of the pantry, tin cans and all. When captured it is a desperate fighter, and is dreaded by trappers. It never becomes tame. The Zoo received this week as a gift from M. E. Musgrave of the Biological Survey a mountain lion cub, captured in Arizona this Summer, which is one of the tamest wild animals ever in the park collection. It will jump on the knees of the attendants and purr ilke a kitten. AIR MISSION FOR CUBA. An American Army air mission, headed by Capt. Rosenham Beam, now stationed at March Field, Calif., has been ordered to Cuba at the re: quest of the Cuban government to assist in the organization of an avi- ation school for the Cuban Army. In addition to Capt. Beam, Lieuts. + James M. Gillespie and Jack C. Hodg- son, stationed at San Antonio, Tex., and Master Sergts. Joseph Biando and Conrad L. O'Brian will make up the mission, which will be assembled in Havana about February 1. Capt. Beam expects to reach Havana about January 1, after conferences at San Antonio with the two junior offi- cers, who will follow him later to the Cuban capital. Ll BERRY & WHITMORE CO. Established 1894 Jewelers and Stationers Corner Eleventh and F Streets N.W. 33 Years of Honest Merchandising Removal Sale and Absolute Close Qut! It makes no difference how much the merchandise cost or what it sold for, the fact that we are forced to move compels us to sacrifice our entire superb stock, to Absolutely Close It Out before we move January 1st, 1928. It’s only a short time to Sell Out such a vast stock. But It Must Be Done, Loss of Profits Forgotten. Enormous reductions on our entire stock. Many Articles Being Sold at Half Price! Diamond Values Unequaled! We are selling now unquestionably the most gorgeous and enchanting selec- HEAVY SEA GETS PILOT FREE TRIP TO ENGLAND North Wind Churning Up Ocean Prevents His Return to Shore. By the Assoclated Press. CHARLESTON, 8. C., December 3. —Capt. Nathan Richardson of the lo- cal Filots' Association salled away across the Atlantic for England Thurs- day night without telling friends here good-by. In fact, Capt. Richardson, whose radio address is now SSHM Flagler, did not know when he boarded the Standard Ol tanker his voyage would end at Southampton. He expected when the vessel he was piloting across the harbor crossed the bar he would hoard a pilot’s boat and come back to the port, but a north wind was churn- ing up the ocean at such a rate that it would have been hazardous to send the little skiff for him. Consequently the pilot is a passen- ger on the Flagler on a transatlantic voyage, his first in many years. Judge’s Wife Wins Divorce. DENVER, December 3 (#).—Cynthia E. Symes was granted a divorce from 15 Talked Finance With Russian. GENEVA, December 8 (®).—Re ports current here that Jeremiah Smith of Boston, a member of the finance committee of the League of Nations, and Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet, disarmament delegate, had been meet. ing privately to discuss financial as- sistance for Russia were denled by Smith and Litvinoff today. Smith, who acted as League of Nations commissioner to Hungary, characterized the report as ridiculous, saying that he had never seen the, Russian. Smith has recently returned from Japan, which he visited with Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & Co. Burglary Insurance NATIONAL SURETY CO. W. H. Ronsaville, Manager 719 15th St. Main 414-415 Federal Judge J. Foster Symes in District Court here today. Mrs. ymes charged extreme and repeated acts of mental cruelty. Mrs. Symes resided in Memphis, Tenn., before her marriage. JUDGE RUTHERFORD Will Deliver the Message of the Hour OVER THE AIR Sunday, December 4, Beginning 5:30 P.M. WGY We all realize that important events transpiring since 1914 must have some significant meaning. TUNE IN AND HEAR This fearless witness of God's prophecies for this great day in which we live. 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