Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1928, Page 5

COMMUNTY CHEST BXPERTS 10 WEET Business and Prolessionalr Leaders Will Gather Here February 20. The first business and professional conference on community re- ibilities for human welfare, in- cluding city development and growth movement, flower Hotel ee. appointed by the As- Communiiy Chests and 1o members throughout the of cretary Hoover and former Secre- ¢ of War Ba among those ted 1o Ad t Other s1 M Bookman of Cin- resids of the Association of v Chests and Councils. Cooper Procter of Cincinnati the committee in charge This committee - leading business and en and women of the Na- h of New York is a ed on the committe: higan, Secrt retary of La Edwin B Par- T uestions to = conference. Tro v Should Welfare tree expocts leaders to define com- cipal government re- RECEPTION TRAFFIC REGULATIONS GIVEN Rules Announced for White House Affair for Mem! gress Tonight. ers of Con- following traffic regulations are n connection with the co; reception at the W rriage cards for en- by the southwest gate will entex hwest gate on West Exect tive avenue and cars will leave the grounds by the southeast gate on East Executive avenue and will be parked oa t Executive avenue and State place 1 called. When called they will pro- 10 the south portico by way of the southwest gate on West Executive ave- e and v:ll depart by the southeast gate on East Exec e avenue. East entrance — Guests having cards of admission for the east entrance and whnite carriage cards for the east ga 1l approach the east gate in a so erly direction alonz East Executive ave- nue. and cars 1l be parked on the cast side of the Ellipse until called When call>d ther will proceed north along East Executive avenue to the east gate. The east entrance wili be open for admussion of guests after 8 p.m. ! o parking will be aliowed in the south grounds of the White House, Gate cards ¢ be placed on thz right side of the windshield of vehicles | £0 as 10 be easily seen by the police | This will save time and prevent anno: 2nce 1o guests through being stopped by the police in order to examine gate cards | The following roads will be closed 1o | vehicular traffic between the hours of 8 pm.and midnight Road souts of the Treasury (Treasury place). East Executive avenue. West Executive -:;mu Navy Build: COMMITTEES NAMED BY MERCHANTS' HEAD Anton Stephan, who was re- jected president of the » and Manufacturers' Associa- ced the appoint- of the association The assignments 2 (State place) Trade zbuses—Mark Lansburgh. chair- ¥ Isaac Gans, Joseph Bert Brewood. Harty Roche eommittee—Charies Frame J H Panns. L 6 Uliman Dr P. M. lowe, Robert £ tion—Joseph A Harry Stringer C lower, Philip R_P De Mol w ma Berbericn, Traffic portation e ch 0. J Charies Prame J H Hanna sundiun ide Owen Heideke chatr- Ry Zz D P M Veorusry 2 Baltimore & and former viand Hose of Dele- Horpial 1 g vhen wh that place o frac- 1z W have | | An album contain world was presented to Nathan Straus, t eighticth birthday. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ND. €., THURSDAY, ng messazes from people of prominence throughout the he noted philanthropist, in honor of his Photo shows Nathan Straus and Mrs. Straus alongside the huge birthday cake made in his honcr. QTS COUNGLIA * OFFALS EALRCH Judge Brent Rules in Favor of Scott and Grants Shreve Time for Appeal. | pany. the Pure Oil of Ohio, bought some | The Sta FAIRFAX, Va. February 2.—Judge Samuel G. Brent in Circuit Court ihis morning issued an order ousting Car- roll V. Shreve as third ward councilman of Falls Church, deciding the quo war- ranto proceedings of the State in behalf of James E. Scott against Shreve | The clection of July 9 last. w0 settle a tie resulting from the election of June 14. was declared illegal by Judge Brent. who said the tie should have, oeen settled by lot as provided in the town charter Thirty days was allowed Shreve to appeal to the Supreme Ceurt for a writ of error. In the meantime | Mavor Moncure will have the choice of declaring the third ward seat vacant or designating Miss Mattie Gundry. whose term as third ward member of the council expired with the issuance of an election certificate to Shreve following the balloting of July 9 Attorneys are divided on the question ot what shall be done to fill the va- cancy. - If Shreve. who is represented by John Mackall, refuses to abide by lot. should the mayor call for this method. Scott’s attorney, Charles | Pickett. it is said. will ask for a writ o/ | mandamus to compel the drawing. The | mayor's belie! that the run-off election was the proper way of settling the dis- pute was based upon the ground that the previous vote was protested by T O Marr. The charter provides that | when a council seat is made vacant bv | an election contest a new election shall | be_called L. P. Daniel. other councilman of the third ward, said upon his return from | Pairfax where he acted in connection with Scott’s suit. that the varancy | probably would be filled by lot. Shreve ' received 100 votes and Scott 75 at the second election, STEWART, OIL KING, FACING CONTEMPT CHARGES IN PROBE (Continued from First Page) Senator. Stewart said. “but while I'm talking to vou I don't want that man there taking my picture.” “Very well Walsh said, and the photographer was banished. Stewart described Humphreys as a ~picturesque character,” who needed money. Stewart said “my friend Be- man Dawes came along.” and his com- stock holdings. giving Humphreys the money he needed. “In October we heard that the Pure 0il had gotten in there and gotten 50 per cent of the Mexia fleld produc- tien.” Stewart said this was the situation up to t “tim> of the New York meeti when the Continental deal went through Walsh read correspondence between Stewart and Blackmer. which was fur- nished the committee Seubert, ask- ing the meaning of a statement from Blackmer to Stewart that Humphreys was_“ripe” for a trade o s your heart, I'm not going Oh, bl to try to interpret that,” Stewart re- | plied Stewart insisted that Humphreys was sceking him out and that he was not seeking out the Denver operator. Of cour: 1 wanted to trade with Humphreys. but not on his terms,” the witness added. “Certainly. you were all after that oil down there,” Walsh observed. “Yes, we all were,” Stewart replied. Previously he had stated that in 1921 a shortage of oil was feared and many oil companics were trying to get the %flmwhkh was coming in on the Mexia icld. Blackmer Mentioned. At one point in_the correspondence it appeared that Blackmer was seek- ing Stewart’s advice and Walsh wanted to know if this was due to the fact that Stewart controlled Blackmer's company. the Midwest “Bless you, no.” Stewart sald with a chuckle. 1 don't think Blackmer ever followed anybody's orders in his life And I am certain Senators on this committee who know Blackmer wil! agree " Blackmer is now in Europe and has | refused o heed subpoenas in the Fall- Sinclair oil conspiracy trial, as wel! Crime News Influenced Youth to Stcal. Say Police After Arrest of Suspect' Constant reading of stories of crime was said by police today to have partial- Iy motivated Lacey Courtland Zapf, ir., 18 years old, 3417 Quebzcc street, who was arrested last night and charged | with housebreaking ar discharging firearms in connection with a recent en- try at the home of Prederic.. Willson, 3415 Quebec street Young Zap!. police stated. is alleged o have obtained a revolver when he broke into the Willson home and subse- quently to have discharged the re- volver accident while standing on his front lawn, the bullet crashing through a neighbor's window and e Foeming Hiav B ol Morse’s Pharmacy, mizsing a woraan by 3 inches. Capt. W. G._ Stott, who conducted the investigation preliminary to the arrest, | which was made by rgt. J. L. Mc- Lucas, stated that the prisoner con- ed to breaking into the house and taking a revolver. four suits of clothing and other articles He took police to some bushes near the bus stop at Chevy Chase Circle, Capt Stott sald, where he had concealed the revolver and bul- lets which were recovered. A sweater anc shirt were recovered also, police stated Sergt. A. C. Bell and Patrolman G. A Cooke assisted in the investigation ADVERTISENENTS ( ReceiveD HERE 19th & L Sts. N.W. Is a Star Branch Office This Branch ha opened and is prepared to terve patrons Clarsified Section. for Classified Ads left at thi been re- of the Star All copy or any of the other Branch Offices—and there’'s one in practically every neighbor- hood in and around Washing- ton—will be forwarded to the Main Office and appear in the first available issue. No fees are charged for Branch Of- fice service; only regular rates, THE ABOVE SIGN 15 DISPLAYED BY AUTHORIZED ST/R BRANCH OFFICES e hels Clas du Star prints such an over volume of every ngly greater sified Advertising than any other Washing ton paper that there can be no 1o which will give sults, question a vou the best o the Corner” Is Branch Office *Around o Star RHODE ISLAND AVE. 10 BE EXTENDED Mount Rainier Meeting for Definite Steps Insuring Thoroughfare in Year. Officials of Maryland communities In | the vicinity of Mount Rainfer met thi< | | morning n the boardroom of the Prince | | Georges Bank. Mount Rainier, and de- cided to take definite steps to insure the extension of Rhode Islind avenue from the District line to Hyattsville within a | year_if possible. | | After Engineer Reindollar of the | Maryland State Roads Commission had | | displaved charts for the proposed ex- | | tension, calling for a 40-foot right of | way passing on the western side of the | Washington Suburban street car line tracks it was decided to obtain prop- I erty for the right of way through any [ legitimate means. Several landholders have signified their intention of donating land. it was stated, while other lands will be ac- quired by purchase and condemnation proceedings may have to be resorted to in a few cases. J. Enos Ray presided at the meeting i which was attended by representativer | | from Hyattsville. Mount Rainier, Brent- | wood and North Brentwood. | i S| | as citations to appear for contempt of | court. i Walsh interrupted the reading once | to ohserve that the correspondence | made 1.0 reference o a stock_transfer | “Don’t you think that a litle pe- | culiar?” the Senator asked. | “I don't know anything about that Stewart replied. with his first show | of heat. “I am here to say on my nath that that is the truth.” “Very well, we accept that.” Walsh said. At another point when Walsh asked the meaning of one letter, Stewart said: “That's plain English. It nceds no, interpretation.” | Walsh went on with the reading. The | il operator could not recall all of the letters and telegrams, but some of them he did. Asked why the correspondence Wwas not in his files he said he had brought all his correspondence to Washington in response to a subpoenae. in the criminal oil cases. “And I'm here to tell you that Mr.| Seubert doesn't keep my files or have anything to do with them.” Stewart | | { { | | | said. | “Seubert had just finished a rather hard period on the stand. during which his lack of knowledge of some of Stew- art’s activities had come in for sarcastic ! comment “1 don't know what became of the files: whether I left them here or what I've talked to Mr. Roberts and Mr Pomerene (special Government oil counsel) and they have made a search for them. but they have not been found.” Stewart continued. Walsh disclosed that the letters and telegrams he read were obtained from | the files of the Midwest Refining Co. Stewart said that in November, 1921, he went to New York and talked with Humphreys. “He sald he was going to meet some gentlemen at the Vanderbilt Hotel and was not in a position to give the oil to the Standard of Indiana. | Describes Conference. ‘ “I went over to Mr. Blackmer’s room During the conferences there were Humphreys and his <on. and his atior-| | ney. Scnator Thomas: President Dawes of the Pure Oil. Blackmer. O'Neil and | | Sinclair. I don't know that Osler was ] there the first time, but he came in the sccond day | Osler was president of the Conti-| | nental Trading Co. He also is now in | Europe, as well as Blackmer and James E O'Neil. “After T got in the room I was told kmer that there was no chance Standard Ol of Indiana getting the ol as Humphreys wanted to give il "0 companies having pipe lines down there and if we nted that oil that | was the direction we would have to go. {1 was told by Humphreys that if we | wanted the oil we would have to pay | 5175 and that if we didn't want it | Sthers did.” | Stewart said he knew somebody would | make money, but he did not care how | | nuch they made. ‘I knew I was getting oil for $1.75/ when of] was selling for $2. We wanted that oil and I made the contract. 1 wok coples to the board of directors and tcld them it was perfectly apparent | omebody was making 25 cents a bar- cel. I told them that if that was ma- eriai not to take the contracts” The stockholders made a lot of money out of that transaction. It turn- | | ed out to be profitable,” Stewart went | on. | “1 am not a director of the Sinclair | Crude. It's a fact Sinclair and I guar- | anteed the contract to show our faith | | in this matter. It was like guaranteeing a note after it had been paid. It pro- | | vided the oll be in the tanks and tested | for quality, for 40 days before we had | to pay anything for it | “Besides that I'll be frank to say I for | years had known H S. Osler. He was a | director of & bank at Toronto. He also | had been wel known in business in this ' ! country. ROSNER’S FRIDAY Youthful “Tiger Hunters™ of Baltimore |MANY PACK STREETS South and Hunt Endsl PEEE: | / Henry Hyatt, 11 years old, and George | just where th> White House Was | Ry the Associated Press, | Hayward, 13, both of Baltimore, who |located. The officer was convinced that | Stop Here on Way where about to leave thelr native city several weeks ago for Florida and a “tiger hunt” when Baltin.ore police in- terferred and returned them to thelr FEBRUARY 9 1928. they were runaways and took them to | No. 6 police station ‘They were later taken to the House of Detention, where their appetites piirents, met with more success in their | were satisfled. Groschboth’s mother adventures yesterday and got as this city before police again haited their travels. Edward Groschboth, 14, also of Baltimore, was with the other youths this time. A desire 10 see the sights of the city and the Inguisitivencss of a police- man at the Capitol resulted in the apprehension of the lads. After giving the Capltol & thorough inspection one of the youths inquired of the o! cer as far arrived at 3 o'clock this morning and escorted her son to Baltimore. Hay- wood's father arrived this morning and | young Hyatt is awaiting the arrivas of his parents sometime today. Haywood and Hyatt were placed on probation in Juvenile Court at Balti- | more following their first escapade. | Groschboth’s mother sald it was his first attempt to etxend his explorations | beyond Baltimore. I'wo Burglars Flee Intended Vietim r Lustily Calls ll(‘lp; J. W. Lloyd, 2310 Ontario road. went to a garage in the rear of his houst at 10 o'clock this morning and when he re-entered the house he found two burglars standing in the front hall. The burglars advanced toward him, “gritting their teeth.” he said, and he, being unarmed, retreated to the back yard and yelled lustily tor police. Taking alarm at his outery the two men, both of them colored. jumped through a front window and ran away. They entered the house by prying open the front door. which they fastened behind them Police investigating the house- breaking episode succceded in find- g a man who “knew™ one of the purglars. WILLS SELF MONUMENT. Rich Farmer Provides for Conver- sion of Estate When Wife Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star WINCHESTER. Va. Charles S. Jefferson. prosperous farmer. who died recently, left a will in which provision 1s made that the entire estate owned by him shail be converted into cash after his wife’s death and the same used in erection of a monument at his grave in the cemetery here. Mrs. Jefferson was left a life interest in the_estate. George Dandridge, who owned five acres of valuable farming land in Fred- erick County. left his wife Nancy and son Holmes $1 each in his will. just probated, and the remainder of his estate “to my friend. Gertrude John- son, wife of Lee Johnson. MRS. M. G. SIMMONS DIES. Funeral Su‘\‘;;s Will Be at St Matthew's Church Tomorrow. Mrs. Marie G. Simmons. 40. 3715 T street, native Washingtonian and wife of Francis Stmmons. died in Provi- dence Hospithl yesterday after a short filness. Mrs. Simmons was a daughter of Mrs. John Armor Besides her hus- band and mother, she leaves daughters, son. Francis Leddy Simmons Funeral services will be conducted at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church to- morraw morning at 10 o'clock. Inter- ment will be private in Mount Olivet Cemetery. COURT CASES INCREASE. 365 Cases Docketed in Georges County Last Year. Specral Dispaten to The Star UPPER MARLBORO. Md. February 2.—Last year 365 equity cases were docketed in Prince Georges County Cir- cuft Court. Sheriff Cnarles § Early lays the large number to an increase in county business. The total is more than the combined number of cases throughout the other counties of the seventh judicial circuit—Charles, St Marys and Calvert Sheriff Early has been con sheriff's sales. At times has had as many as six or seven a da Hits Cotton Speculation. A bill described by its author as de- signed to “wipe out the manipulation now being carried on by the specula- tors,” on the cotlon exchange Wwas introduced today by Representative Vinson, Democrat, Georgia. e Klemm Dry Candidate. Special Duspatch to The Star MOUNT RAINIER. Md. February 2 —Dr. John Willlam Klemm of t place. who has announced himsel! a | “andidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the fifth Maryland dis- trict, yesterday declared that he is a| two Miss Alice Mary Simmons and Miss Dorothy B. Simmons, and a Prince DIVORCE RUMORED FOR MCORMICKS Diva and Magnate Dickering| on Financial Details, Chi- cago Hears. By Consolidated Prose CHICAGO, February 2. —Reports from Paris that dickering over a financial settlement is all that stands in the way of a divorce between Harold McCormick, former “reaper king.” and Ganna Walska, Polish diva, scarcely causes a ripple of surprise in Chie: | Something of that sort has been e pected because of the refusal of the temperamental Mrs. Ganna Walska McCormick to live in America. Her multi-millionaire husband is under- stood to be equally opposed to living in Europe As a result, they have| spent obut little time together during the past two and one-half years. When the two were married in Paris in 1922 Mr. McCormick is understood | to have given his new wife a block of February 2.—| 1 worth $1,000.000. ducting | dry candidate and in favor of rigid en- | forcement of the eighteenth amend- ment 1325 F <. ONLY Special! Because lots of folks look through the paper on Thursday evening for F that it's good business GOES—A ‘real’ regular stock—bu riday Bargains—we feel to fall in line. HERE special from our t only for Friday. Regular $1.00 Interwoven Hose Gen INTER- WOVEN $1 Hose in Silk Wool —all $3.50 End-and-End M HIRT Plain_ Pastel Shades — R Grey, Tan, Green—Long-pol Collars attached, 3 rosner uine Friday Only 29 6 Pairs, § and sizes. dras 4 Three For 7 L] e, int 1328 F STREET stock in the International Harvester Co. of which he had been president Now she is supposed to be asking $4.- 000. \)DOhI?r hlhe return of these hol ings. while her husband's lawy c to settle for $1.000.000 e Should this rumored divorce actually come about. it would be considered nerr as another chapter in the unusual carcer of the diva. Mr. McCormick who was divorced by Edith Rockefeiler only daughter of John D. Rockefeiler just a year before he married Ganna Walska. is her fourth husband. Since his marriage. he has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in an effort to satisfy his wife’s ambition to be an operatic star. Recently she practically admitted failure in those musical ventures by opening an ex sive perfume shop in Paris. where per- fumes are said to retail as hign as $500 an_ounce. There is interest here in the siz» of the settlement to be demanded by the diva. She already is understood to have a fortune of nearly $2.000.000. in- cluding the famous Yossoupoff emeralds When her third hus- band. J. A. Cochrane, known up to his marriage to Ganna as the “richest bachelor in the world.” divorced her shortly before her marriage to Mc- Cormick. She sought $2.000.000 as set- tlement. Finally she received $200.000 — PRESIDENT INVITED TO WASHINGTON EVENT Birthday Observance Will Be at National Theater Morning of February 22. ‘The President and Mis. Coolidge were invited today to attend the community Washington's birthd: celebration at the National Theater on the morning of February I The invitation committee. which was headed by Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt, first vice president of the District of Colum- bia Federation of Women's Clubs. in- cluded Isaac Gans and Brig. Gen George Richards of the Marine Corps Gen. Richards is chairman of the com- mittee of 25 having arrangements in hand. He explained that 90 organiza- tions will participate in Washington's offimial celebration Senator Fess of Ohio will be the principal speaker. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts will preside. Glasgow Veterinary College. the first in Scotland to admit woman students has awarded merit prizes to two girls Miss Marion Stewart of Glasgow win nine the hichest award Whenever something ? newcomesonthemar- ket,alert people want to know about it. They 're doing that with Yorktown Cig- arette. *“‘What is it like?” “Is it cool?” “Is it zippy?" they ask. 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