Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1928, Page 5

HICKMAN S FACING - NEW JUDGE TODAY Confessed Slayer Goes to Trial After Hardy Dis- qualifies Self. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 26.—A judge who comes from one of the sparsely populated “cow counties” of California presided today over the court where William Edward Hickman, kidnaper and slayer of Marian Parker, faces juwstice with a plea of insanity. The new presiding officer of the court s Judge J. J. Trabucco of Mariposa County, named yesterday by the presid- ing judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court to hear the case after Judge Carlos S, Hardy had disqualified hi self. Hardy's action followed the jon of an afidavit by Hick- counscl challenging his fairness and impartiality. Appointment Wins Favor. Judge Trabucco’s appointment brought expressions of approval from all con- nected with the case. His title as “The eling Judge,” attorneys pointed out, was a tribute to s ability. Governors through several administrations have kept him busy traveling between his own county. San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles to aid in clearing crowded court calepdars. Judge Hardy Explains Move. ‘The attack upon Judge Hardy at the very opening of the trial brought into play another section of the new Cali- fornia law. whose untested pathways have offered numerous puzzles to attor- neys since the first filing of the Hick- man charges. | In disqualifying himself. Judge Hardy | ared he did so to expedite the case TITE EVENTNG STAR, WAS HINGTON, D. €. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1928 5 Couple, 98 and 91, Respec- tively, Honored by Friends at Observance Today. Commission From Lincoln During Civil War. Sixty-seven years of wedded life are being celebrated today by Maj. and Mrs. S. Willard Saxton, who are 98 and 91 years old, respectively, at their home, 1347 Harvard street. The oc- | casion is being observed quietly, but with the greetings of hosts of friends, flowers innumerable, cards and wishes galore. They live with their { daughter, Mrs. Recs E. McDuffie, and her husband, who are planning on tal ing & motor trip South next month, when Edward H. Saxton of Boston, another son, reaches Washington with his wife to spend a month with his parents. In addition to Mrs. McDuffie and Mr. Saxton, the other children are Mrs. | Harry L. Clapp of Chicago and Mrs. | James E. Miller of Brooklyn, N. Y. The major and his bride of 67 years ago have lived to see the family grow | to five grandchildren and one great- | grandchild. When the major celebrated | his ninety-eighth birthday, on August 13 of last year, at Mrs. McDuffie'’s Sum- | mer home, at Sachens Head, Conn., a | Jawn party was given in his honor, and friends came from hundreds of miles around tb participate. The major was |born at Deerfield, Mass., and Mrs. Saxton in Amesbury, Mass., the home town of John Greenleaf Whittier, who | was a close friend of the family. | Married in Amesbury. | The wedding ceremony that is being recalled today with fond memories was celebrated on January 26, 1861, at | Amesbury. the home of the bride. Maj. Saxton has lived a career i 'MAJ. AND MRS. SAXTON MARK 67th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Husband Received His Army f and denied the charges of the de-|charged with interest. For a number fe An affidavit, signed by Hickman, | of years he was engaged as a printer, had charged Judge Hardy with show- [and was a member of the famous Brook ing prejudice in calling the trip of | Farm Association of West Roxbury, Jerome Walsh, Hickman's youthful | Mass, a social organization of trans- chief counsel. to the Midwest for dep- | cendentalists, who entertained at va- ons, a “fishing expedition.” The |rious times the noted New England defense accused the judge of telling |poets and authors of that day. Soon friends and acquaintances “that the ! after his marriage, Maj. Saxton was ap- defendant was guilty” and “that the | pointed by President Lincoln as captain defense was without meri and also | on the stafl of Gen. Rufus Saxton, his of resigning as assistant presiding | brother. whose command was in North sudge on the understanding that he I:.’?:lld be assigned to the Hickman | These charges brought an adjourn- ment of court until the afternoon, | when Judge Hardy announced his d cision 1o retire. | n wnattily clothed in a dark blue suit, a white shirt and light blue | tie, was guarded throughout the ses- sion by a burly deputy sheriff. The | only member of Hickman's family present was his brother Alfred. His mother, Mrs. Eva Hickman of Kansas City, and his father, Thomas Hickman of El Paso, Tex. although in_Los Angeles, were absent from the cburt- room throughout the day. | Judge Trabucco announced he would use the courtroom of Judge Hardy and | that all of the regulations laid down | by the former judge would be enforced. | The opening session attracted about 500 persons in addition to those pro- vided with passes. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. The Conduit Road Citizens’ Associa- tion will meet, 8 o'clock, at Potomac Heights Community Church, Cathedral| avenue. Car stop No. 18. | Annual meeting of Reserve Officers’| Association, 8 o'clock, in auditorium of Interior Depertment. Election of of-| ficers. Col David L. Stone will speak. A card party for the benefit of Nativity Church will be given this evening a 6000 Georgia avenus Keane Council's 500 Club will give a| card party, 8:30 o'clock, in K. of C. Hall, | 918 Tenth street. | of Emmanuel Episcopal | open a rummage sale at | 1713 Seventh street, for the benefit of | the roof renewal fund. To be continued | tomorrow and Saturday. | e | “Karma” will be the subject of a free 8:15 o'clock, at the GROSNER’S are sold with our usua | | | | Collar- Attached and Separate- Collar-to- Match styles 1 —all sizes. James E. Walker Post, No. 26, Ameri- | ean Legion, 9 o'clock, in Twelfth Street ! .M. C. A ] " Local Wo. 1, City Employes’ Associa- | tion, will meet this evening at 1006 E street. | National Indian War Veterans will meet, 7:30 o'clock, in boardroom of the District Butlding. { FUTURE. | Women's Alllance of All Souls’| Churcn will meet tomorrow, 8 pm., in| Piwerce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets. Capt. J. P. Ault of the non- magnetic yacht Carnegie will speak of | “Surveying the Beven Beas With the | Yacht Carnegie” illustrated with | motion pictures and slides. Mrs. Tracy M. Payfair will be hostess at the meeling. “The Btearns Bible Class will meet to- morrow, 1 pam., in Mount Vernon Place M. E Church Bouth. Dr. K. B. Moo- maw will be in charge | The Burlingon Hotel will have a dance for 118 guests and their friends, Beturday, 9 pm | Fast Gate Chapter, No. 21, O. E. B, will have & card party wmorrow, 8 pm.. | 8t Masonic Temple, Rhode Island and | Mills svenues northeast The Canadian Club will meet tomor- yow, 8 pam., 8t the Hamiton Hotel, Alpha Delta Phi Juncheon will meet omorrow, 12°30 pm., st Hotel Gordon The annusl card party for the benefit of Bt Vincent's Orphan Asylum will be given Pebruary 6, 830 pm., st the Willard Hotel Baby lovers' Circle, No. 1, Fiorence Criventon Home Wi card perty wmorrow, & pm Chestnut Parms sudivonum sixth street wnd Pennsy Mrs C W Beibwl, chalrman G. Umbsu in charge of Uckets, Tempe No 8 Pythian have & five hundred card 830 pm, st Fythian of the have & at lhl'l Twenty- | yivania avenue M, ¥ Rathbone wers, will PR . hias never had 1) chn s baby s and never a o 8 day's X o fretful ¢ d what e forttus pell that lasted an how of the | *pell that lasted an hour Y ade Assciations | ot prestdent Jurmen 3 Federntion wddress ule 8t S8 st the University « " The Boclety of Americsn Foresters for et morrow. & pam, o oprate w!! of the Cosmor Club Drean Ao [ pare of the Yale Forest hplgs e the prineipal speakes s bis tiecwit howels are healthy, happy condition? Not diet or hie ha o y1h everything a cild conld cat he has vt Yeen d he has v the o just about i pu " ored hi B taste s tong, and ha e e naa com the least reatless A Vs y 1, or out of sont or likely Woren, 1 other has b all serene Interested s oor bfteen minutes ! Arbor wre Unfversity of suhution witl u et the A Iversity w1l of Ann e b Yeuruary vn of Breet n the fhe secrer of this complete o Arom e miany s and upsets Plain willion s A University wirend v free Tl Feders Wil et Lo w B sooan of the District 1 The w10 mfam od are mother Castoria, A Ainner v drops and an ap Ylue of Bt ¥ and ! Menwr or bring lative Fra g fever, colic [ 5 « diarihea or hurch Pebrusry thelr wives wr giicsl sompanions Hupreses Bowioag of Weel Castonia vegirable P purely wh 4 FRIDAY .-. ONLY | Specials! One-Day-Only prices for regular merchandise—you will find these specials—all of the finest quality, and ; Regular $1.00 Interwoven Hose | Genuine INTER- WOVEN $1 Hose in Silk and Wool —all sizes. 1325'F STREET Care o;f_ Babies had al old - | car by Caston, and s 1o vanish in thin jans tell parents MAJ. S. WILLARD SAXTON. {and South Carolina and Florida. Gen. Saxton is dead. Near the end of the Civil War, Maj. | Saxton was brevetted a major, and at the close of the war he was assigned to Washington for duty on the staff of Gen. O. O. Howard. He has contin- uously resided here since. Served U. S. 50 Years. He was appointed to the Treasury Department as a clerk in the_control- | ier's office on July 1, 1869. Later he was prompted to chief of the division and subsequently served in the Depart- | ment of Commerce and in the Census | Bureau. He was retired for age Au gust 1, 1921, after more than 50 years' service with the Federal Government. Maj. and Mrs. Saxton are devoted | lovers of music. The major has made a specialty of collecting concert pro- | grams and possesses an array stretch- ing over a great number of years, representing a wide variety of artist | Up to a year or so ago, Maj Saxton had a diary which he had continuously | kept since he was 16 years of age. He is a member of Burnside Post of the G. A. R, the Loyal Legion, the Associ- ation of Oldest Inhabitants and the Laymen's League of the Unitarian Church. ‘Thus, Maj. and Mrs. Saxton glance back over 67 years together, a span | filled with events vital in the Nation's history, including three wars, and are glad that life has been measured so | fullv for them 1325 F STREET 1 guarantee and service. Friday Only 29 6 Pairs, $3 | {they may use it freely with children of “any e the nfant | | And how they lov One word of | pure | Ca [ the original doctors specily ngest the taste! warning: Get the Fletcher's Cas Itas the kind And with ever | a ook on "Care [ Feeding of Bubies” that 1s worth s | it gold 10 wother or | {prospective mother remember Vil your druggist you wish Fletcher's Caston, and | IAUTO SHOW TALKS T0 B BROADCAST Wallace and Jose to Explain Coming Exhibit Over WRC and WMAL. A pre-automobile show feature has been arranged to give the listeners of radio Stations WRC and WMAL a line on the exhibit which opens Saturday night at the Washington Auditorium. Addresses will be made by Edward M Wallace, president of the Washington Automotive Trade Association, and Ru- dolph Jose, dircctor of the show, to- morrow evening at 7:50 o'clock, on “The Meaning of the Automobile Show.” Increase in engine power, amounting in some cases to double that of last year's car, 15 one of the most impor- tant features to be revealed in the 38 different makes of automobiles to be exhibited. TLast year the horsepower range amonz the cars exhibited here was from 20 to 106. This year the lowest is 35, while the highest has soared to 115. Operation Improved. The practice of stepping up the en- gine's power is confined to no particular class of cars, but extends from th cheapest to the most expensive, say. Rudolph Jose, director of the sho The person who acquires one of thes cars will get greater speed and hill- climbing ability, but of even more ad- vantage to the city driver, at least, will be the flexibility so essential to smooth traffic driving, he declares. “A glance at the specifications of the 38 cars to be exhibited in Washington is particularly illuminating in respect to engine power,” says Mr. Jose. “One of the results of such a study is evidence to the effect that the engineer has re. sorted to a varlety of methods to achleve this marked improvement. “Higher compression, of course, 15 a path that has been followed by virtually every engineering laboratory in the in- dustry. It comes in recognition of the availability of the high-grade motor fuels in whatever section of the country the car is to be used.” Refinement Demanded. All of these practices have called for considerable refinement in the valves and valve gearing, for otherwise the new engine would have been tremen- dously noisy, Mr. Jose points out. That it s silent despite changes reflects the painstaking attention the motor labora- torles give to small details, he says. Mr. Jose also reveals that whereas last year there were but two cars in the show which boasted of engines of more than 100 horsepower, there are nine this year, seven of which are of 110 or more horsepower. The first of the 160 models to be exhibited in the Auditorium will be placed on the floor this afternoon. Others will follow as rapidly as the decorative background is made ready and Saturday morning will see every- thing in readiness for the opening that night at 7:30, according to the show director. PLAN BENEFIT CONCERT. Guild of Mission Home to Give Program. Charles Gilbert Spross, pianist-com- poser and organist of the New York Philharmonic ~ Orchestra; J. Horace Smithey, baritone, and the Chaminade Glee Club, directed by Miss Esther Lin- kins, will give a benefit concert tomor- row night in the Willard Hotel ball- room, under the auspices of the Wom- en's Guild of the Central Union Mis sion and Children’s Emergency Home. The program will consist entirely of compositions by Mr. Spross, who will also accompany the other artists. The concert is the third annual mu- sical arranged by the music committee, composed of Mrs. John S. Bennett, chairman; Mrs. H. E. Risler, Mrs. Edgar B. Belt, Mrs. G. G. Kundahl, Mrs. George C, Hu Farquhar, Mrs. William H. Ramsey is president of the guild. and Children’s mann and Mrs. J. Mac- | GRAND JURY HEARS FISHER TOMORROW Evidence Will Deal With Fire i at Lank Woodwork Company Mill January 17. A grand jury investigation of the activities of John Jacob Fisher, admit- ted pyromanizc, blamed for several of the most disastrous fires that have oc- curred here the past few years, will gin tomorrow morning. Many wit- nesses already have been summon:d to tell what they know of the fires and Fisher’s alleged connection with them. Detectives Frank A. Varney and Hu- bert E Brodie, who conducted the po* lice investigation of the fires and who are reported to have obtained a con- fession from the prisoner in Gallinger Hospital, will be among the more im- portant witnesses, as will Louis B. Seib, fire marshal, and Louls A. Ratcliffe, his deputy. The grand jury will hear of identifi- cation at Gailinger Hospital yesterday of the prisoner as the man Wwho pur- chased a gallon of kerosene at the Standard Oil station at Third street and Pennsylvania avenue at 1 o'clock the morning of January 17, not long before the fire in the Lank Woodwork Co.s mill at 1319 W street. Recovery of a can resembling the one he used will also be told the grand jury. The can-was found in rear of the Lank mill at a point where Fisher is said to have sald he started the fire. The service station employe who said he served Fisher could not positively identify the can, however. An early trial of Fisher is desired by police and others interested and today it was hinted that a plea of insanity will be vigorously fought if ch a plea is entered by the defense. CONSERVATIVES wIN. Effort of Hailwood to Ca.,s Upset in British Election Fails. FAVERSHAM, England, January 26 (#).—The efforts of Ernest Hallwood, independent Conservative, to force an- other upset for an official Congervative candidate as he did at Northar,pton on January 10, failed today when \he Con- servatives retained their seat .t a by- election here, necessitated by the death | of 8ir G. Wheeler. The result of the poll was as follo; Adam Maitland, Conservative, who was clected, 12,997; Maj. Dudley Aman, Labor, 11,313: John Freeman Dunn,| Liberal, 5,813, and Hallwood, independ- ent Conservative, 1,090. Hallwood, who disagrees with the| policies being followed by the present | Conservative government, has now en- tered three by-elections in order to re- buke the Conservatives. Ile has said elections. STIMSON NEUTRAL. New Governor Has No Opinions on Philippine Independence. CHICAGO, January 26 (#).—Col.| Henry L. Stimson, newly appointed | Governor General of the Philippines, has | no fixed opinions on the question of in- | dependence of the Philippines, he here today on his way to the Pacific coast to sail for Manila. Col. Stimson said he was going to represent the United State Government in the Philippines and to represent the Government’s opinions in the matter. ' He was accompamed from New York | by his wife and niece, Miss Eleanor | Gal;lble, and will leave for the coast to- night. | | | i | Police contend Fisher is not suffering | | from @ form of mental trouble that re- lieves him of legal responsibility for | | his alleged application of the torch to ! 50 many business houses. that he intends to keep on entering by- FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ing many speciz Standard “STERLING” SILVER Greatly Reduced Lady Baltimore, John Alden, Mary Chilton, Gov. Drummer, Mother's, and Chantilley patterns in sterling at exceptional sav- ings. Fill in Your Set Six $17 Dessert Knives for $10.20: six $20 Dessert Spoons for $12: six $12 Ice Cream Forks, $7.20: six $11 Butter Spread- ers,$6.60, and many others too numerous to mention. You simply must see these Sterling Stlver pleces to appreciate the give-away value. Early Buyers Will Secure The Most Choice Pieces Choice Silver Plate 25¢ Each $1.50 Set of Six Just What You Need for “Extras” Here 15 & chance that only comes once in & long while. Butter Knives, Sugar Shells. Butter Spreaders, Teaspoons, Oyster Forks, Ice Tea Spoons, Knives, Forks and Table Spoons in standard makes such as Wm. Rogers and others for only twenty-five cents each. Set of six, $1.50 We are cleaning house, 50 come and get yours None sold to dealers. Limited Number to Each Customer Tea Sets and At Give-Away Prices $105 Tea Sets—$59.75 Think of buylng & $10500 heavy Sliver- plated Five-plece Tea or Coffee Set for only 50.75. Every thing else marked in proportion a Pots, Bread Trays, Bugar Bowls, Cream Pitchers and scores of other pleces that will find ready use in your home. Fay $1.00 & week. peciall v Pieces 25¢ 45¢ 95c Just the Pieces You Need ‘Tollet pleces to All in your set or extra pleces for everydny use. Nail ¥ies, Catlcle Knives and Hhoe Horns, 25c ench, Combs, Travs, Buflers ete., 4he. Halr Brushes, Cloth Brushes, Mivtors and other pleces, 95¢ each, White Ivory or Tor tolse finlsh, A few tn amber. Helect yours carly, 7th Street Store ONLY CHAS SCHWARTZ & SON “After-Inventory” EWELRY CLEARANCE SALE 708 7th Street—ONLY. Our inventory has shown us that we are overstocked in certain lines of merchandise and that other lines are short in some patterns and Is for the next two days, I are cleaning house and the savings are yours, so join the crowd carly. V7 R T ) TWO (2) DAYS l ONLY ome picces. Therefore—to clean house and start the year fresh—we are offer- “riday and Saturday. Prices have been reduced regardless of cost or profit. We Choice Pieces—Everyone IECES that will match your present set or distinctive pieces that will find ren_d.\‘u;c in any home. Sterling Silver, Silver-plated Hollowware, Silver- plated Flatware, Phonographs and Radios. Strikingly reduced for two days only. You Can Buy Without Money —Just Pay Weekly Never mind the money. This is one sale where cash is not needed. yet you get the bargain prices. Select as much as you like and put it on your present account or open a new account and pay $1 or so a week. Doors Open Promptly at 8:30 O’Clock Important Notice Schwartz Perfect Diamonds can not be reduced in price. Schwartz perfect dia- monds have a cash value the same as 2 twenty-dollar gold piece and are never offered for a penny less than the regular extremely low prices. You will alwars get an extra value when you buy a dia- mond at Schwartz at the regular price. A Year to Pay Weekly Schwartz “Specials” Always Sell Quickly The people of Washington and vicinity kne that when Chas. Schwartz & Son offers a spe cial it is without question an extra val Highest quality mecchandise offered at saving prices for two days only. We urge ear selection for the most choice values. Look for the “Red” No Phone Orders—No C. O. 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Uprlght Console reduced Radio Cabinet $39.50 We have three Ma- hogany Radio cabinets with Haldwin - Units and Ortho-typo built- oty In_8Hpe for $49 b0 $2.00 0 Weeh Edison $1 Records, 65¢ , new Console wnly Al tibe Smite o for S A a $3.00 a Week Ramway $139:50 Five tuhe Ramway an wlec L 1 ok Zenith, $98 Six fube Foniih, Fan e done dlistant b Sterling 5-Piece Sterling Silv Five e Sterting - Siives Pl - Bepiers e Remember—F:riday and Saturday Only AS SCHWART?Z, Perfect Diamonds 708_~'1_th & SON Street N.W. WASHINGTON MAN HURT IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK Robert Bryant Suffers Fractured Skull When Machine Runs off Road. Special Dispatch to The Star, BALTIMORE, Md., January 26.— Robert M. Bryant, 3019 Cambridge place, Washington, is suffering from a fractured skull and other injuries re= ceived early today when his automobil ra. off the road on the Washington boulevard near this city and struck a culvert. At the time of the accident he was accompanied by Miss Frances Sul- livan, also of Washington, and th were returning after spending the e ning in Baltimore. Miss Sullivan said she was unable to explain the cause of the accident. and two other occupants of the machine were uninjured. The injured man was taken to St Agne Hospital, where doctors. eration in an €@t s conditioa is very MORRIS PLAN BAXK Under Supervision U S ['reamery 1408 H ST. N. W, The January Clearance Sale at Kaufmann's is coming to a close —there are still four more days of golden oppor- tunity to save one-fifth on pur- chases of Char- acter Furniture. There is enough furniture in this sale to bring added comfort to theusands of hesnes and vours at © Take eighteen months to pay vour bill. 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