Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1928, Page 6

A HONOR T0 BE PAID 10 CLARA BARTON Commemoratory Services to Be Held Today for First Red Cross Head. | { e memory of Clara Barton | philanthropist and humanitarian, will | De honored this afternoon at 3 o'clock atthe United States Chamber of Com- merce auditorium. with Senator Dale | of Vermont, Col. Rice W. Means, past commanderinchief of the United | Spanish War Veterans. and Repre- | ~ntative Rathbone of Illinois as the | principal speaker. Countless friends | of the first American Red Cross pi dent will be enabled to hear the p wram throush brondenstinz of the event by station WMAL. 1 Maj. Gen. Johm L. Clem, retived, ! eommander of the Department of the | G. A. R, will preside. Rev ske Dudley, chaplain of the | ry Order of the Loval Legion | nited States, will give the in- | and benediction. Mrs. | llette R. Spengler will sing a solo | he United States Army Band will | sh music. Several former asso- [ ciates of Miss Barton will be present I and the public is invited. F. A, Fernzld is secretary cf the committee | on arrangements. Began Life as Teacher. The commemorstion of the lirth and services of Miss Barton follows the 106th anniversary of her natal day on Christmas. She was born at Oxford, Mass.. and began her life as a teacher. In 1854 she was appointed a clerk in the Patent Office and resign- | ed from this post during the Civil} War, to hecome a volunteer nurse in | the field to aid the stricken. Following | the war she did yveoman work in trac- | inz great numbers of missing men. | “ While on a European tour for her! heslth, the Franco-German War | hroke out and she assisted the Grand | Duchess of Baden in estahlishing | military hospitals and giving the m‘-} efit of her experience gained during the war in her owh country. She aided the poor of Strasburg in 18 and those of Paris in the year follow- | ing. The golden cross of Baden and the fron cross of Germany were be. stowed on her for her work. She was keenly interested in the Red Cross in Europe and strongly advocated its establishment here. Directed Johnstown Relief. When the American Red Cross was organized in 1881, she became its first | president and eight years after had | charge of relief measures for the vic- tims of the Johnstown, Pa., flood. In 1832 she aided the Russian famine sufferers and in 1896 personally di- rected relief at the scenes of the Armenian massacres. In the Spanish- American War she was again active | in her mission of mercy for the fight. ing men. She had personal charge of the Galveston flood zone in 1909,/ She died before the World War broke, expiring April 12, 1912, Since her death, her friends point out. she has been widely honored. In 1921 the house in which Miss Barton wae born was purchased by the Ladies’ Missionary Society of the Universalist Church and establisheg as an historical shrine. A hospital in Los Angeles bears her name and n;any“d ?m:rhl m:r;en have been plani or her a er memory has been honored in other ways. The Na- tional First Aid Soclety, which she established after retiring from the . rs name. as - dent in'memoriam. oy LONDON FEARS FLOOD’S RETURN AS: OFFICIALS WARN OF TIDE’'S PEAK (Continued from First Page.) with a noise like heavy gunfire the stone walls burst, and boats anchored in the river were swept through to the roadway on the crest of the flood, He and a policeman raced shouting through the threatened streets, often through torrents hip-high. Many per. *ons awoke to find their rooms waist. | deep in water. Some escaped by switoming through the windows. Similar conditions prevailed at Hurlingham, farther west, near Put- ney Bridge, where two persons were t:r:‘-;nsd, uf' Hammersmith, still farther west, many were t i e k 'y were trapped in In London men and women in eve- ning dress, who were returning from dances, assisted the police in awaken. ing people. One woman dro her motor car through swirling waters in the Grosvenor road area after hav- ing loaded her car with women and ehildren in their night clothes. In virtually every flooded area, the water submided as suddenly as it had rimen. Within 20 minutes the water fell from 6 feet o less than 2 feet, Rather curlously, thers has’ been| ‘v(-:y;rhlmh wl':’imxe foating down | h ames, and the ve re- | m:lnfl:h:'lour. Rrisiams Mare re n ow-lying . Thames-side 3 tions of East London the m Nevertheless, Whitrves were barkes wank, and anoth. on the towpath of Rege !xzfi' rhlmv produced tery aslon also in the poorer sections on the Bouth Side, hut no r~"_.m-m|, no fatatities are he outer vaults of Kew Obuerva. 1ory. west of ihe city, and the outer | lawn where the thermometers apd MEIn gatiges ure situnted, were inun. dated.” The underground rallway and Irim wervices along the Thames were A el {or wevera)l hours, and hosts plied us cars for early travelers to the | downtown offices. | The Port of London authoritles, In warning of & possthle vecurrence of the overfiow. wayn that the high tide | #8137 o'clock this morning was six | feet, une inch, ubove the predicted l!\'b: ‘uml NG record exists of such conditions before fn 1 4 of the Thames, S0 U0 Whiser The wurning declares the tides w Ipcrease in helght uptl) Cuesday nu‘:, when the prevailing floor conditions | from the vecent bligeard und thaw, | together with u fovecast of furthes | Funms, make the mensce u reg) one, | Foaperte point out that the calamity | wes due 10 three contributory euyser | first, the hewvy wales which banked | Thames wuter, preventing s | 0 the North : wecond, | the (remendous upount of witer com | ng duwn the Thumes trom e 1eihy | ‘arice, swollen with mielted enow and e from the hWills, thivd, ahn nheh springtides, which' ool this time of the yepr with moon The London prees demunds (0 kigw Wha i6 vesponnile for the disaster | and predicts that the wbject will e “iven considerstion when Parllaien: recunvenes, ally | e he fuli| iy o Bunsway Horse Injures M | A runawiey hioree yemlerduy caysed the fracture of the leg of Juhn Law ol colored, 28 years old, 64 Half Mrcet southwest, and durmsge 1o 4 purked automobile befure 3t waw sy aued, acoording (o police reports. Law. | son was riding on the wagon, driven | by colred, 471 when he was | ¥ Willium - Matthews Bohool wtiret wouthwest thiown. the pecident ocouening on Fitth tveer mear Viovida pvenie levweon wae Uesied at Koo dien o Hoipital, Plays Leading Role LOUISE LITTLEPAGE. TROUBADOURS OF G. W. U. CIBSON ADVOGATES Mcmber of House District Commitiez Also Favors Optional Retirement. i ! “I am not favorable to take this or leave it legislation,” Repiesentative Gibson, member of the llouve District conmittee, declared in an address be- fore the monthly meeting of the Na. tional Assoclation of Retired I'ederal Employes in the auditorium of the Na. | tional Museum vesterday nfternoon. “I believe in judging a hbill on its ,m'l'lln." he said, adding that he fav- ored “the most liberal retirement act that is consistent wWith good husiness." Mr. Gibson xaid the retirement act war not sufficient and that those sponsoring the bill, when it was in- troduced, were compelled to slice an- nuities in ovder to get it favorahiy acted upon. It is no credit tu Con- * NNOTY0F 120 ENTERTAIN TOMORROW | College Musical Comedy, “Sharps| and Frats,” Will Be Given : at Wardman. gress to pass such legislation, he sald, “1f I were a candidate for President, and there are many tions of the ccunt he stated. “I would have written into my plank a phrase favoring a liberal retirement act. T am in tavor of an annuity for rom many sec- | Mr, €iibson_ advised the members of | the nsiociation to present their wishes Congress As soom A posl “af you_ Keep vour proposed - leglslation before Congress it is sure to puss sometime,” he concluded. The associntion went on record as g o minimum annuity of $720 A n maximum of $1,200 for reti :mployes. A resolution fu xtension of u male retl employe's unnuity to his widow after his denth, provided the widow hax lived with her husband for five yenrs prior to his death and is not remar- vied, nlso was passed. | John M. Kline, president of the as. Federal yoring the Henry Clay Fisk Dead. PASADENA, Calif,, January 7 () —Hensy Clay Fisk. former Vermont attorney, State Senator, newspaper | publisher, and at one time American consul at Quebec, dled today at the Pasadena Hospital of a bullet wound reported by the police to have been self-Anflicted. He had suffered from a chronie digestive trouble over whi he wa said to b hecome spondent. | Kittle Leaves $2,025,C00. CHICAGO, January 7 UP).—The will of the late Charles M. Kittle, presi. dent of Sears, Roebuck & Co. who | died Monday, was filed in Probate | Gourt today and leaves the bulk of | his estate, estimated at $2,025,000, to | his widow, Mrs.. Jane Dabney Kittle, h de- JANUARY 8. 1928 - PART 1, IBig London Collection of Paintings §gik_ed in Flog’éed Basement By e Assacintod Pre | LONDON, January 7.—The havoe wrought hy the inundation of Tate Gallery, which, situated on the Thames Embankment, does for modern British art what the Natlonal Gallery in Trafalgar Square does for the art of past ages, will he among the regrettable episodes of the Thames overflow. The hasement of the bullding con- tains elght galleries of framed pic. tures, mostly water colorsi the modern foreign gallery, and thousands of un- tramed pictures and drawings, The building, which was opened in 1897 und enlarged in 1899, was ex- tended In 1910 by (he addition of the MAN STABBED ON FACE.. Victim Accuses Unidentified As-| sailant of Causing Injury. | Suffering from knife stabs about the face and head, Elmer ‘I'l\vyll\l!mm.k 23 years old, 951 Fifteenth street | southeast, was taken to Casualty Hos- pital Jast night ‘after having engaged Turner wing. presented hy Sir Joseph Duveen, In this wing is the Turner hequest, consisting of 100 Anished vainting® 182 unfinlehed _paintings and more than 19,000 drawings and ' the great | sketches bequeathed by painter. J, M. W. Turner, who died in 1851, There is alse a loan collection | of Rowlandson drawin, The whole basement suddenly flooded, and even this afternoon the water was 10 feet deep in the rooms. Throughout the day firem were pumping, and the entire staff, In rub- ber wading cloth gaged in saving is impossible _to estimate the extent of she damage, but a great number have heen {rretrievably ruined. HELD AS ASSASSINS. ' Ukraine Gangsters Accused Italian Official's Death. ODESSA, Ukralne, January 7 (P, — | | Members of the Gaypayou, the picked Russian guard troops, today arrested a gang charged with the murder, De- | cember 28, of Signor Cozzlo, Itallan SENATE APPROVAL | OF HAYES PLANNED ubcommittee o Recom- mend Confirmation as Judge. Charges Not Proved. By the Awociated Prew Confirmation of the nominstion of Johnson J. Hayes of Greenshoro as Federad judge of the newly created middle district of North Carolina will be recommended to the Senate judiary committee. Announcement that favorable ac tion on confirmation would he taken was made late yesterday by Senator Overman, Democrat, North Carolina chalrmun of the subcommittee which heard the protests filed hy a group of citizens of the district to retention of Hayes on the hench. He is now serving under recess appointment. The principal charges against Hayes were that he was corrupt as a prac- tiel ttorney, used his office as was admitted hy Marion, who appeared vounvel fod protestdnts of confirmation of the nomination. '/ When Hayes had concluded, land declined to erossexamine hi *tating to the commitiee that he w “sorely disappointed with the ma in which the case was presented. Senator Overman called for an rxecutive session of the commiites and the announcement that favorable petion would he recommended on the nomination was made in less than 10 minutes, Al cases cited by the protestants were discussed and explained Hayes while he was on the stand to show that he was not gullty of charges read Into the record. Several cases were offered as ilustrations that he did not use his office wrongtully and he cited several cases where such ac- tion would have resulted profitably to him in a monetary way if he had so chosen to conduct his office in that manner. Answering charges of improperly dropping _criminal actions against allaged offenders of prohibition laws while solicitor. Hayes declared that he never nolle prossed a case except in open eou where his reasons for #uch action were stated openly and placed in court records. At the conclusion of his testimony, several letters from prominent jurists nd attornevs of North Carolina wers ;1(] indorsing Hayes for the Fadgral nch, Ragland | | solicitor of the weventcenth judicia n an altercation in a house on Half | vice consul. The prisoners will ba.d,.me; wrongfully to extort mo:wy for street southeast. | tried by a revolutionary tribunal, compromises in cases where he should " 1]'h;mnmon .';nld physicians that he | The vice consul was murdered by ":V’k::"g "&"‘"):’Cu"’l;;‘lflfn winked ad been wtabhed by a colored man. at v na the prohibition laws. y Hke bhetw: Novem| He was treated by Dr. N. J. Malineaw | O00er®: who took all his clothing | ®*y o i cutimony of Hayes In his | Februnte 17w muns fracire e and his condition is not regarded ss | from his body and even wrenched a | own behalf, what the verdict of the carpentry or any lise of farm pld o ' By a new arrangement, New York farmers can go to the State College Agriculture at Cornell as long as serinus, retired Federal employes of not less | and their son. Charles Markham Kit. 1d plate from his mouth, ubcommittee practically | gineering they wish. | Summer cruise, will be played by | miners were evicted from Vesta Coal ‘| Monday noon, George Washington University's Troubodours will present their mu- sical comedy arps and Frats,” in its opening performance, at 8:15/ o'clock, tomorrow night, in the Ward- man Park Theater, where it will be played each night this week. The leading role in the story of col- lege students and fraternities, center- ing about a “floating universit than $1,200 and a clause giving em- Louise Littlepage as the daughter of L] a college professor. -Other important parts in the cast will be enacted by Miss Elizabeth Wright, Earl Nalls and Max Tendler. Denix Connell har directed the players, while the Imnk' and lyries were written by two George | Washington_students, Larry Parker and Elmer Brown. The Troubabours constitute one of the two dramatic organizatiens of Georze Washington University, cen- tering its efforts on musical comedy alone. o —— HEKMAN GUARDED. FROM PRSONERS Improvised Weapons Found in Other Celis—Photograph Is “Hanged.” Buy on the . By the Amociated Press : LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 7. —Manifest ill feeling toward Willlam E, Hickman among prisoners in the county jall prompted jailers today to keep the confessed slaver of Marian 2arker constantly behind barred cell doors. Mutterings in _prisoners’ row reached a climax when a photograph of Hickman was suspended from the accused youth's cell door by a string. The head of the photograph had been cut around and a stout cord tied about the neck with a hangman’'s knot, - Jailers did not .attempt to conceal their apprchension for, . Higkman's safety and plans were in considera- tion for placing heavier goards about his cell. Prisoners in tank 16 near the tier where Hickman is confined, were responsible for the “hanging of the photograph.” " Some of the same prisoners, it was| - revealed today, recently fashioned clubs from broom handles and were holding them in readiness when the lmrv\‘b?d weapons were discovered. Jail guards said their intended victim was Hickman. The accused youth has shown great fear the last few days, jailers said, of his fellow prisoners, who glare at him whenever opportunity affords. Defense preparations for Hickmun's sanity trial January 25 were at a standstill locally today while Jerome Walsh, chief of counsel, was en route to the est to obtain deposi- tions in support of Hickman's plea that he was insane at the time of the kidnaping and murder. Young Hick- man formerly lived in Kansas City and Hartford, Ark. 16 STRIKERS’ FAMILIES EVICTED BY COAL FIRM Violation of Agreement Charged by Union Organizer—More May Follow. By the Associated Press, PITTEBURGH," Pa.. Bixteen families of January 7.— Extra Pants striking union i Co. houses in Washington County to- day by deputy rheriffs and compeny police, Willlam Fecney, international or- #anizer for the United Mine Workers at Charlerol, waid the familien were evicted in violation of gn agreement with the coul concern which stinu luted they might remain until pext Compuny ofelals wald such an urrangement was made with anly four families and that they were permitied to stay untll Tuesday of next week, I wae udded that those evicted 10. | Aay were given notice to leave Inst | June 30 sud 1 would Le within u few. durs The houscy, §t wan sald, were necded fur men employed in (e Vestn mines, The effocts of the families were ed along the highway and some it was wtill there toniht, unfon of et wghd, pending removal 1o union bitracke now under construction, The miners pnd thelr kin went 1o the | homes of 1elutives and friends, All Union Suits * Reduced mcluding the famous Munsingwear and Duofold Brands! $2.00 Union Suits (1 for 53.25) $2.50 Union Suite (3 for $4.25) $3.00 Union Suits (3 jor $5.75) $4.00 Union Suits 13 for 58.80) $5.00 Union Suits (3 for $11.00) $6.00 Union Suits (3 for 513.50) WINSTED and Duofold Woolen Shirts and Drawers Reduced $2.50 grades 81,‘5 (3 for $5.26) $3.00 grades 8998 $0.85 (1 for $4,15) $3.50 @ $4 grades 59¢ 5% $ 1.13 31.45 8198 985 8383 8465 AUTOPSY SHOWS POISON CAUSED OFFICER'S DEATH| Policeman of ¥ourth Precinet Loft | Note Disposing of Per- ®onal Eftects, AN autopsy Lust night on the hody o Pollceman Krnest ¥, Floagel, privaie ol the fourth precinet, who was found dead 0 hiw coom on e thivd oo of 16T Ningteenth streer yesterday atternoun, 1evesied thit he died by tuking polson The bhody was found by Mrs Cather Ine K. Blou owner of the Caoming | house, with w note beside 1 addressed 0 her, disposing of & few per effrriy The note vead: "Give i the by loset on the thivd Hoor, ploise | ot wtund he poweiiflities which | fachig. Forgive me phouse,~ 3 for 58.80) $1 Wool Hose 13 for 51.468) $1 Silk Hose . (1 for 1168) The bnudle veterved to contatned severul pICturen und women's upp el Floegel wuw married, but separited from his wife. Mve Fyu Vioogel who vew st 1400 Thiviy weventh wiicer lde” i wnld Lo beow flend of (e Aend pian's Avcording sppwared ¢ b e her womie of Yo, Neckwear duced $2.00 grade 1 for $4) Ploege | $1.50 grades Vit bt i wivers he | (1 for 51.25) 1y g0 g W romn wfter & ARk uth ML ke 'l:"”"""‘“:;';‘ ‘ n Mis Flliot tp, 5 years old, D. J. KAUFMAN = 1005 Penna. Ave. 1724 Penna. Ave. We Invite Charge Accounts Budget Plan Pay as You Get Paid No Interest or Extra Charges The Mid-Winter Clearance Sale —is now going great guns!!! Suits, O'Coats, Furnishings all included—buy and save. All $35 & $40 Suits and Overcoats 935 to Match, $5 Furnishings Reduced! Pajamas Reduced $2.00 Cotton & Flan- $1.19 nel Pajamas (i jo, 51.50) 9 i $1.69 (3 for $8) $2.50 Flannel (3 for $5.50) $3.50 Flannel Pajaman (2 for $5.50/ Muffleu Reduced $2.50 Silk Mufflers $1.68 $3.30 Silk Mufflers $2.65 $4.50 Silk Mufflers $3.35 $6 & $7.50 Mufflers, $4.35 Novelty Hdkfs, Reduced 50¢ Grade. .. C (N tor $100 35¢ Grade. .. 25¢ $ 1 89 $0.89 .. 39% 9 (4 for $100) o 17e rade. ., (3 for 50¢) $3.0% $5.9% $5.00 Knit Vests $8 10 810 Sweaters o e $1.50 Shirts . .... .95 $2.50 Shirte ... .$185 Including Broadoloths, Whiter and i Neckhund Collar Style Gloves Rmcerl All Rohes Reduced 25 /o The ABC’s of a great Shee Sale! Three years ago Hahn’s had these four stores- 1914 Pa. Ave: P Cor. th & K 414 Nk 233 Pa. Ave. S.E. Then, it was decided to centralize downtown and four new stores opened Theb“Women’: Shop” The “Man’s Shop” 1207 F Su. 14th at G “drch-Preserver Shop”—]318 . The ‘‘Arcade Shop™ 3212 14¢h Having determined to close some ‘of the older: stores This old shop at 1914 Pa.Ave. was closed last -ummer And now, two more. of the .older stores will soon close: 414 0h 233 Pa. dve. S. B. .And hence it’s necessary to sell down stocks ALL Hahn Stores— “The Time Has Come’— for Unprecedented Shoe Bargains! Th&K 3212 14th “Women's Shop"==1207 F “Man's Shop"==14th at G “drch-Preserver Shop"==1318 G St, And theso staves—eloging soon: A4 0k S1,=203 Pa, e SE Thousands of Pairs New Shoes for Smart Women At our 7th St., 9th St. and Southeast Stores Selling down stocks because we're about to close two our stores — es it ditional pairs _of fashionable foot- wear for women. This great $3.65 group includes in p.": Brown Suedes Black 8-::: Black Velveé:s Réptile Effects Ten Calf Black Calf Patent Leather Strap Pumps Dress Oxfords Walking Dxfords In great variety of wanied models —plenty of all sizes in the lot. Great savings op- portunity! 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