Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1928, Page 3

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Fmploving a1l of her vouthful wiles, little Gloria Matus sat in th> District Supreme Court this merninz and per- suaded her new mother to buy her a prir of scissors for cutting paper dolls, and paid not the slightest attention to th» words of Justice Wondell P. Staf- ford. who decided that the 4-vear-old ornhen's permanent home should be with Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Mever, 1259 Now Hampshire avenue. With a few words of assent in answer to a lawver's petition, Justice Stafford ended the strife which hes centerea around Gloria ever since hor parents. Mr and Mrs. Erich Matus. mot their | tragie death in the Potomac River early | 1ast August. The sfrugzle for custody of the blue- eved orphan involved two Washington familiss and acsumed an_international aspect when relatives of Mr. Matus in Germany persuaded Alvin Sheffel of | Milwaukee to come to Washingion in {an att-mpt to socure poss-ssion of Gloria. | | Father Named Mever. | When the parents left on the ill- | fated excursion th~ morning of August 5. thoy put Gloria in care of Mrs. John | ScheciTor, 1428 Irving street northeast. | | When word of the drownings was re- | | ceived here, Mrs. Schacffer decided to | kezp the child tomporarily. | Before his death, however, Mr. Matus I had sclected Mever as administrator | {of his estate and had expressed the | wish that he b: given charge of Gloria | should anything happen to himself and his_wife. When Mr. Mever ealled for' Gloria, | Mrs. Schaeffer refused to let her go. and | the case went to th> Orphans’ Court at Marlboro, wh-re Mever was named permanent guardian. Justice Stafford | today mercly confirmed the action of | the Maryland court Considerable bad feeling developed duriny the dispute over Gloria, and it | was reported that she did not want to live with the Meyer family. Girl Makes Choice. | It was Gloria, herself. however, who | dispelled any doubts that might have | been entertained as to hor wishes. In the 24 hours since she weat to live with the Meyers, has. formed a | strong_attachment 10-year-old Ev- | elyn Meyer. and clung to her during th: court proceedings yesterday and todav | Any doubts Gloria may have had | the intentions of the Meyer family wel | entirely dissipated yesterday when Ev- | | elyn presented her a red and green | | robee " black face rag doll. | Hoping to siraighten out any mis- { understanding which may exist con- cerning his attitude toward Gleria, Mc | | Meyer today issued the following state- | “Mr. Meyer rearots exceedingly th. | publicity which has been provoked by | | this sad case. a1l of wiich could have | | been avoided if the Scheffels and the | Schaeffers had co-onerated with him. las administrator. His only thoughts | are for the best interests of the chila |and the preservation of the small| estate left by her parents. i Enters Family. ! | “As soon as the Scheflels arrived in | Washington Mr. Meyer entertained | them at his home 2nd spent one! | evening showing them everything about | | the Matus estate and satisfying them | that the future. of his little ward would | be safe. On the following day he drove them. and one of their friends. to the Matus home in Greater Capitol H-ights. Md.. and took them through it for a | thorough inspection. | “Their idea. as they explained to Mr. was to take little Gloria to | Milweukee with them. after disposing | of the Matus house and all belongings. Mr. Meyer tried to convince them that this would, in all probability. not be |allowed by the Orphans’ Court. | “Mr. and Mrs. Meyer loved Mr. Matus | | as a son, and will bestow all this love | | and much more on little Gloria, because of the cruel fate which robbed her of | both parents. “Gloria, today. entered the Meyer | home as a member of the family. and she is happy and contented piaying | with her former little pal, Evelyn Rose | Meyer." | SIGN THIEF ARRESTED. Policemen Watch Man Remove Traffic Guide in Park. | While patrolling West Potomac Park carly today Policemen J. B. Edelkamp and P. R. “'oland found a man giving the name of William M. Engbertson and I his address as 1736 Q street removing the one-way traffic sign from the road- way adjacent to the side of the Tidal | Basin. | He had spent some time removing the large lugs which held the sign to| | the massive concrete base and was car- {rying it away when the police halted | him. He was charged with the larceny {of Government property. Will Rogers Says: Been up to the hospital in New London, Conn., to see Fred Stone. He was hurt just as bad as repgt- ed at the time, but is coming along great. If the world could see what that man is recover- ing from it would be worth the ac- cident. Just to prove to people | what clean living | and physical fit- ness will do for | you when you | really need ‘em. As Maine goes, so goes New Hampshire. =7 | bl 3 ko o oseans L .G TITuToNS TWO WILL ATTEND | LONGON GONFERENCE | 0. C. Merrill ¢f Federal Power Commission and 0. P. Hood of Bu- reau of Mines Will Be Prosent. } Fu-l prebloms affecting th> whole world will be discuss>d by th> London Fuel Conference. which O. C. -Merrill, executive sccrctary of th> Federal | Power Commission, will attend from S-ptember 24 to October 6. Mr. Morrill plans to leave Washington tomorrow and to sail on Saturday irom New York on the Leviathan, and will b2 absent for a month. Another Washingto 0. P. Wood. chicf of the technologic | branch of the Burcau of Mines, will attend the conference. Coincident with the fuel parley will meet the international exccutive council of the World Power Conference. Mr international exccutive council. 'l'hr*‘ London Fuel Confer-nce is a sectional | meeting of the World Power Conference | and has been arranged by the British committee. Th> next plenary confer- | ence of the World Power Conference will be held in 1930 in Berlin. Baron Melchet of Langford will b president of the London Fuecl Conference. Included among the papers to be pre- sented will be one on “Anthracite | Substitute.” by* F. G. Tryon of the Bureau of Mines here; “Shale and the Production of Oil From Shale,” by | Harry H. Hill of th> Bureau of Mines in Washington, and Mr. Hood will pre- snt a paper on “Domestic Heating by Means of Solid Fuel. Oil. Gas and Electricity.” A. C. Fieldner of th~» Bureau of Mines in Washinzton will| present a paper on “Coal Classification.” | We have some urusually cheap and attractive apartments ready for occupancy — all sizes. L. W. Greomes elicious spread on a juic : stealc GULDENS Dupont’s Tontine WINDCW SHADES Give 100% Satisfacti on! 830 13th l\fl.:v.‘ . STCXES SAMMONS, Svapictss gt s o { 20, fiseal Merrill is th> American member of the | oi D. C. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13,1928 ce: Gloria Matus goes to the home of Henry dure to take her from the home of Mrs. Joh ce the death of her parents. ria, John L. Merer and Anna Schaeffer. Below guardian. Hsarings con Supply Bill Ssheduled to Be Held Early in Fall. Local institutions under th> Tnterior Department now are receiving their an- nual scrutiny by Gen. Herber: M. Lord dircctor of the Burcau of the Budget. Hearings bofore the House appropria- tions subccmmittee, hoaded by Repre- sentative Cramton, Republican, Michi- | gan, are scheduled to be held on the Interfor Department supply bill early in_the Fall. The Budget Bureau today was con- cerned with expenditures for the fiscal year 1930 in the Bureau of Pension: On Monday prospective appropriations for the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and for St. Elizab~th's Hospital were considered. when W. Bertrand Ackor, the department chief clerk, laid proposals before the Budget Burcau On Tuesday the finances of Howard University and Freedman's Hospital were considered. and yesterdav_appro- | priations touching the office of the Se retary. government in the territorics and the Alaska Railroad were sifted. ‘Tomorrow appropriations for the Bu- reau of Education are scheduled to be determin-~d and on Thusday, September affairs of the general land ce will be called upon to bz justi fied in the 1930 appropriations bil for the Interior Department. On Friday, September 21. the Bureau of Reclama- tion finances will he gone into and on the day following national park service expendituress for th~ fiseal vear that lies ahcad will be secru- tinized On Monday. September 24, Ge- ological Survey finances will bs brought before Gen. Lord and on Tuesday. S tember 25, and Wednesdav, Septemb 26, Gen Lord will be called upon to pa upon_prospective expenditures affecting the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939. The origin of the frappe is attributed to the French, who made it as far back as the Middle frozon dessert | B ONDRUG CHARGES Meyer, following final haeffer, who has cared Meyer, Evelyn Rose Mr. Meyer, Gloria's Left to right: Mr —Star Staff Photo. | HELD IN CAR THEFT. of Grand Jury. Clifford Harold Barnes, 22 years old, of Bridgeport, Conn., was held for the action of the grand jury today in 41,300 bond on a charg> of having stol- {en the automobile of Dobert C. En- twis~l of Anacostia, on Novembsr 20, | 1926, Bames waived preliminary exam: | ination and pleaded not guilty when | arraigned before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court | Headquarters Detective Frank M. Al- ligood returned Barnes to this city Tuosday night. The young man is al- leged to have taken Entwisel's machine | while passing through this city en route from Florida to his home. Justice Stafford Back. Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford to- day returned from his Summer home in | Vermont and began his “vacation term" |on the_bench of the District Supreme Court. He will preside in all the branches | of the court until the convening of the Fall term. October 2 What of the Price? There is no economy in buying cheap Cheap ccal contains a larger per- is coal. centag> of ash, value, and fs often really costs more We carry only fuels. All Preducts Guaranteed @lFFlTH-@NSUMERS (GvPany Main Office—1 COAL FUEL OIL HEN school opens, will vour children seport Youth Awaits Action | the highest Our prices are always fair. Franklin 4840 |TWO ARE ARRESTE Also Accuscd c¢i Passing Worthlcss Checks on Hotel and Stores. Arrested as a_result of information furnished to police by a druggist, o whom they are allezed to have presont- ed a narcotic prescription, Thomas Hil- ton Chisholm, 33 years old. Asheville, N. C. and John Pembrook Le Boca. alias John Murray. 32 yeats old, of New ‘City. will be given a hcaring Mox day bofore United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage. on charpes of | violation of the Harrison nareotic law. | They also will face charges of passinz several worthless checks, polic> sa According to Detectives R. A. San- | ders and C. E_Mansfield of the head- quarters narcotic squad. Chisholm and Le Bocq succeeded in having four nai- cotic prescriptions filled here before they approached the druggist who be- came suspicious and followed them un- til he saw a policeman and had them arrested, The druggist’s name is beinz withheld by police at his own request. Chisholm told police that he recently drove his automobile to New York and white thore had trouble with the motor. Le Bocq, who was passing. stopued and offered to assist him. They became friends and Chisholm offcred to take Le Bocg back to Asheville with hiu. | On the way down they took the agency for a new advertising light for usc on | automobiles : | Upon their arrival here they estab- lished headquarters at a prominent downtown hotel and succeeded in sell- ing soveral of the advertising lights, which are now to be seen on aufomo- biles and trucks of a number of local business firms. Chisholm admitted that he was a narcotic addict and persuaded Le Rocq to assist him in getting the e. police say. d(“l?‘nm‘p to their arrest they are said to have visited two stores, giving worth- Joss checks in exchange for clothing The hotel at which they were stonping i also the receipient of an alleged worthless check, police claim. WOMEN PLAN SMITH CLUB. Orzanization Meeting to Be Held in Key Home Tomorrow. | ~is Scott Key. where h2 wrote “The Star Spang’>d Banner." will be the scene to- morrow morning of the founding. of the first community club of the Smith-Rob- | inson Women's Activities in the District of Columbia. E The meeting will be held at 11 o'clock at the old Key home near Thirty-fifth and M streets and will b= held under the auspices of Mrs. Charles chairman of women's activities for the District for the Democratic national committee. Georgetown. b Tomorrow marks th~ 114th anniver- <ary of the writing of the famous poem by_Francis Scott Key 000 'X TEACUP GOOD POSITIONS AND FINE INCOMES Tearnoms. Restaurants. Cafeterias. Motgrs Tiins. Cands. Gift and Food S « vear LEWIS FOTEL TRAINING . vania Ave. at \ Classes now forming SCHOOL d lower in heating improperly sized. It to buy cheap coal quality 319 G St. N.W. BUILDING MATERIAL be full of pep and vitality> Prepare them now months of study. for their long Give them a quart of Chestnut Farms Milk daily and re- joice in the vigor it gives them. children most Chestnut Milk is the best because nourishing. Farms for your it is the Accord- ing to Health Department Rating, its average butter- fat content is higher over a period of vears. il The l\fimfi( Mother Will the“l‘go Other LAy Potomac 4000 { FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL Bullet Wound in Head of Man List- ed as M. Sandler. A man registered at the Jerser Hotel. 311 Pennsylvania avenue, as M. Sandler | of this city, was found dead with a bullet through his temple on the bed in his toom on the third floor of the| hotel shortly after noon today Dr. R. J. Bogan of fhe Casuaity Hos- | pital staff said he had been dead abour | 24 hours. The bodv was found by V | Paul. manager of the hotel. who re- {eeived no reply to a knock. and forced | the door. | . | Wife Fights Divorcs. Mrs. Helen Drew Westbrook. 405 East Capitol street, today asked the District Supreme Court to dismiss a_suit for limited divorce brought against her by ksxmual H. Westbrook. 1806 G stre=i |'She denies his charges of cruelty and desertion Attorney Stanley D. Wil appears for th> wife. STONELEIGH COURT Conn. Ave. & L St. A few desirable apartments from 2 rooms and bath to 7 rooms and 2 baths Under Ward- management. ~ Apply resi- dent manager, Main 227t For Rent 2700 Conn. Ave. Onposite Wardman Park Hotel Most Desirable Apartments & wath .. recept. hall. k. © recept’ ball. k. . recept. hall. k. & MANAGEMENT WARDMAN Abply Resident Manager You'll find unusual features in I South Cathedral Mangions ldeal location en the northwest corner Conn. and Cathedral Avenues—2900 Conn. Ave. You'll have the privacy of a home combined with the facilities and service cf a capably managed Apart- ment. Planned on broad and liberal lines; equipped with keen regard for convenience; finished in good taste. Apartments in Cathedral Mansions are easily furnished because of their splendid® arrangement. A resident manager to look after your comfort. Suites of varying size—irom 2 rooms and bath. to 6 rooms and 2 baths. EEVER:GOS Th- old homs in Georgetown of Fran-, P. Taylor, ! and Mrs. Leon Arnold of HMaxizu| 1415 K Street ervice _—R EALTORS Main 4752 ' ANNOUNCEMENT We are pleased to announce that JOHN A. BRICKLEY Formerly associated with us, and lately in the real estate business on his own account, is now Manager of Qur Sales Deparmtent Chas. F. O’Connor Walter C. Cox Arthur C. Isracl The Sales Staff Also Consists of : Chas. B. Kennedy C. J. Larash, Jr. Arthur W. Nelson J. T. Steuart Real service for the sale of Real Estate in all sec- tions—specializing in Northwest city, suburban and country property. MOORE & HILL, Inc. 730 17th Street Many Think of buying pianos operate as good as new. them in every respect. Knabe—$165 A. B. Chase—$250 Hamilton—$100 Stroud Pianola—$245 Kimball Player—$195 Behning Player Piano—$165 De Mol | 5 You Will Find In De Moll’s September Sale Fine Reconditioned ‘Pianos Priced from $100 at the following prices. These instruments have heen completely gone over by experts and some of them look as good as new, and Furthermore, we guarantes Knabe—$235 Stieff—$2. Milton—$125 Knabe—$295 Kimball—S$100 Weber Grand—$495 Autopiano—S$165 Sold on Monthly Payments if Desired Piano and Furniture Twelfth and G Sts. Pianos—Victrolas—Radios—Furniture The Chastleton Hotel Conveniently Located, 16th St. at R Wardman management. Delightful two-room, kitchen and bath unfurnished apartments; large porches. screened sleeping Available for immediate occu- pancy. $£35 per month and upward. Three rooms, kitchen and bath, unfurnished, $73 per month and upward.