Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1928, Page 5

WILKINS ENGACED TOBROADWAY STAR Actress, Australian, Says No Date Has Been Set for By the Associated Press. Barring Her Sex By the Associated Press. SHEFFIELD, England, September 22. —The Cutlers’ Guild of Sheffield, which for 300 years has heid a historic feast with never a woman present, is cling- ing grimly to this tradition, although this year it had to resort to subterfuge. The decision to confine the feast to males, particularly on this three-hun- dredth anniversary, caused some reper- cussion. Mlse Violet Markham, member of a wall known Deroyshire family, who Is mayor of the neighborhood borough of | Chesterfield, voiced her views on the NEW YORK, September 22—When Capt. Sir George Hubert Wilkins is in the Antarctic on his aerial exploring | equality of women in declining a com- promise invitation extended by the guild. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1935~ Woman Mayor Is Victim of Tradition From Gulld Dinner The mayor of Chesterfield has always been asked to the feast and the com- promise, which Miss Markham courte- ously but definitely declined, consisted of an invitation to the mayor of Ches- terfield to meet the “Mistress Cutlers™ at dinner with the other women. “Many established customs have un- dergone changes in the last 300 years,” Miss Markham wrote in declining the invitation. “Women are now full citi- zens of the realm and a woman at present holds the office of lord mayor of Liverpool. I fma& it hard to believe that a woman !srd mayor of Sheffield could under any circumstances be ex- clyded from the feast by reason of her sex.” expedition, one of the most interested in his exploits will be Miss Suzanne Rennett, actress, and, like the captain, #0 Australian. On the eve of his sailing she announced they were engaged Cupt. Wilkins refused to discuss the matter. Capt. Wilkins sails today aboard the liner Southern Cross for Montevideo. Uruguay, whence he will go on a whaler to Deception Island, base for his exploring flights. TREATY EXPECTED TOSETTLEDSPUTE Rumors True, She Says. ! Pact Signed by Colombia and “yes, it is true,” Miss Bennett said, when asked concerning the rumors of their engagement. “We have been en- gaged for a_couple of days.” She said no date had been set for the wedding and refused to discuss the details of her meeting with the Arctic explorer. Miss Bennett. a native of Melbourne, had the lead in “Guns” a Broadway play which recently closed. Prior to that she had appeared in two other plays and several vears ago was in Earl Carroll's “Vanities.” She is a slender brunette. Wins Title in World War. Capt. Wilkins, who won his_title with the Australian forces in the World War, flew across the “top of the world” last Spring, from Point Barrow. Alaska, to Spitzbergen. His planned Antarctic fights are said to be the most hazardous and difficult ever undertaxen. He must depend on some whaler in the Ross Sea to pick him up at the end of | his flight along Graham Land and the Southern ice barrier. He will be ac- companied on his flights by Lieut. Carl Ben Eielson, who flew with him across | ai the Arctic, and Joseph Crossan. He was knighted by King George after his Arctic flight. t It 24 last, wa State Department simultaneously with it being made public at Bogota. recognizes Nicaragua’s the Mosquito Coast and over Great and Little Corn Islands sovereignty over Angres, keys Archipelago of San Andres, not includ- ing the keys of Roncador, Quita Sueno Nicaragua Is Sanctioned by United States. By the Associated Press. An important step, sanctioned by the Washington Government and looking to he settlement of the ancient dispute between Colombia and Nicaragua over he ownership of the Mosquito Coast, San Andres Archipelago and Great and Little Corn Islands in the Carribbean Sea, has been taken in the signing of by representatives of the gov- of the two countries. The treaty, which was signed March nnounced yesterday at the It sovereignty over and Colombia’s the islands of San Providencia, Santa Catalina all the other islands, islets and which form a part of the n X-RAY EXPERIMENTS and Serrana, sovereignty over which is in dispute between Colombia and the United States. The only interest that the American Government has in the territory in the settlement comprises leases on Big and Little Corn Islands and several of the FATAL TO SCIENTIST Robert Knox, World-Famous Ra- diologist, Dies After Long Iliness in London. By the Associated Pross. LONDON. Sentember 22.—Robert Knox, internaticnally known radiolo- gist. died vestorday from heart failure 8sythe culmination of a lone nerind of 1. health reculting from his experi- ments with X-ravs. Robert Knox was an honorarv mem- | c; ber of several foreign scientific or- ganizations. incinding the ~American Poentgen Ray Societv and the New Ynrk Roentgen Snociety. He was the editor of the British Journal of Ra diologv. and had written several vol- umes and miscellaneous articles on this | & subiect He was educated at Edinburgh Uni- versity and Guy's Hospital. H~ was # past president of the Elertro-Thera- peutic section and of the British Roentgen Society. a fellow of the Roval Societv of Medicine and of the Med- {eal Society of Tondon. and a eon- sultant of several of the leading Eng- lish hcspital $1,000,000 Tamage was subsiding. Hundreds of still were living in churches or shar- ing other homes on the high ground. cmall keys for lighthouses. The treaty is to be submitted for ap- proval to the congresses of Colombia nd Nicaragua and when approved by them the exchange of ratifications will take place within three months either in Managua or Bogota. BRAZIL STORM TOLL 8. Caused and 30,000 Driven From Homes. PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Septem- ber 22 (#)—The death list from the yclone and the flood which followed it in this district stood at eight yester- day, while the damage ‘to property was estimated st $1,000,000. The flood on the Guayaba River, which rose 10 feet and drove 30,000 ersons from their homes for two days, refugees For slapping the face of Fraulein Chilly Austen’s mother because she re- fused to withdraw alleged slanders, Frau von Resznicek has been disqual- ified by the German Lawn Tennis As- sociation for six weeks. HOME-MAKERS’ MARKET PLAN OF CLUBWOMEN Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md. September 22. —Prince Georges County federated clubwomen are planning to establish a county homemakers’ market, through which they will have opportunity of placing before the public their sul’plus‘ | WoopwARrD & LLoTHROP production of handicraft and other goods, particularly of the non-perish- able type. The movement was given impetus at a meeting held here in the office of Miss Ethel M. Regan, county home demonstration agent, when vari- ous committees were appointed includ- ing one to find a site and one on honorary membership. Approximately thirty women representing 12 clubs at- tended the meeting. Mrs. H. Judson Gude, director of the Chillum Woman's Club, is chairman of the site committee, which is to make its report before October 1. 1i is planned to have a committee appointed to approve all products of- fered for sale and to set prices. All products placed on the market will bear the seal of the Prince Georges County Federation of Women's Clubs. Women who place their products on sale on the market will be required to pay a membership fee. They will have to pay a commission to the market on each sale to take care of the overhead. Tolmanized Collars Wilt Slowly ____THE TOLMAN LAUNDRY OLORFUL DRAPERIES Custom-Made to Order At McDevitt’s This Fall Color will be more in evidence the ho; Draperies, of course, will be tha . “We are som well as the more b a cialists in making draperies to order. invite inquiries. Phone Main 3211 McDEVITT’S 1211 F St. N.W. (2nd floor) M. 3211 We 4 ., and St. Marys City. Drive Here Sunday Over the ‘Week End orThe bl fish are biting NOW-_and s oysters are ver: K NEW BOATS' FOR HIRE. 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Foods to keep Well Folks fit Protose Nuttolene Fig Bran Z0O M Savita Bran Biscuits Fruit Crackers Vita Wheat Vita Bits alted Nuts Branola Health Chocolates Sanitarium Cooked Bran Ask for Booklet, “Battle Creek Foods and Vegetarian Recipes” Regulating Laxative Foods Fig Bran Laxa (a biscuit) Sanitarium Cooked Bran Bran Biscuit Brose Vita Bits Psylla All Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Ask for Booklet Reducing Foods Laxa (a biscuit) ig Bran Canned Fruits Gluten Flour: 44.81% Sanitarium Cooked Brar Bran Biscuits Paramels Ask for Booklet “Girth Control” BarrLe Creek Heartn Foop Blood-Making Foods Food-Ferrin Savita 70 Malted Nuts Cooked Whole Wheat Gluten Meal Meltose Protose Almond Butter Vita Wheat Greens of all kinds Ask for Booklet “100% Blood” Fattening Foods Malted Nuts Lacto-Dextrin Food-Fe Savita (appetizer) 70 Nut Bromose Fig Bromose Marmalades Meltose (Malt Honey) DEeMONSTRATION, F1rTH FLOOR. rin 1 Diabetic Foods Gluten Flour, 44.81% Gluten Meal Gluten Biscuit Savita Soy Bean Biscuits Diabetic Laxa Diabetic Paramels Diabetic Bran Canned Fruits Almond Butter Paralax Psylla Food-Ferrin Ask for “What to Eat in Diabetes” and “Analyses Chart” Foods for Acid Stomach Malted Nuts Zwieback Fig Bran Flakes Rice Biscuits Meltose Sugar Gluten Meal Vita Wheat Purees of Vegetables Subacid Fruits PARTISAN DIVISION INDISTRICT URGED ulate Interest in Suffrage for Capital. Civic and trade organizatins of | Washington are urged to divide their { members into partisan | means of stimulating interest in suffrage for the District, in_a letter sent by Frank Sprigg Perry, Democratic finance chairman for the District to the Fed- eration of Citizens' Association, local trade bodies and all citizens' assocta- tions. Work for the Demccratic or Republ- can patties, Perry explained. may be developed into work for suffrage for the District. He asked permission to ad- dress the organizations on the issue of the campaign, “from a Democratic “clubs” as & i Glove-Chic Centers on the Cuffs The Bracelet Cuff Glove, $4.50. An imported kid glove with a gold-green- and - black - bead bracelet embroidered on the satin turn-back cuff. The Strap Sports Glove, $5.50. Imported kid glove with a darker toned strap, and a wood link—a smart innovation. Groves, FirsT FLOOR. Tti-colour Handkerchiefs $3 Undoubtedly the smartest handkerchief is the large tri-colour handkerchief of honan, for sports and street, or of chiffon for afternoon and evening. Two - Sided Lace - edged Chiffon Handkerchiefs, $5. Tied on the wrist, these handkerchiefs are delight- ful for evening. In all the wanted colors with heau- tiful laces. HANDKERCHIEFS, FIRST FLOOR. Perry Suggests Plan to Stim-| urging that this organization co-operate with us in stimulating political interest throughout the city, which will mean a stimulation of interest in local suffrage, and in the movement to get out the vote."” standpoint,” and suggested formation of clubs to arouse political interest among the members. A straw vote and a de- bate between Democratic and Repubii- can speakers were advocated also. “The Federation of Citizens' Associa- tion and its affiliated bodies have gone on record in favor of suffrage for the District of Columbia,” the letter said. “We cannot consistently advocate suff- rage for the District of Columbia and take no part in the presidential cam- | paign now before the people. As a for-| mer president of one of our local citi- zens' associations and as a former dele- gate to the Federation of Citizens’ As- | Sociations, as well as an active worker for many years for the Democratic party, I would urge the formation of political clubs, especially Democratic clubs among your members and the stimulation of interest in tie campaign. “If you organize a Democratic and a BANDITS KIDNAP WOMAN. PEKING, September 22 (#).—Bandits in the mountainous area near Chinpinz have captured a Miss Tobin, a_membe- of the Englisn Church Missionary So- ciety, and are holding her presumably for ransom A Miss Watkins, who was traveling with Miss Tobin to Canton, also was captured, but was released. The British authorities are taking steps to secure Miss Tobin's release. Stricken Steamer in Tow. Republican club in your association, you will have at hand an active group ready | NORFOLK, Va., September 22 (#).— to support our drive for suffrage in the | The Williams Line steamer Winbabco, District of Columbia. A theoretical in- | ghich sprang a leak off Cape Hatteras terest in suffrage for the District is all |jn the gale that swept the coast Tues- very well, but, unless our residents take | gav'and was reported in a water-logged some interest in the national campaign, ey cannot expect the national parties to take any interest in the right of the people of the District to become voters. “I am sending a copy of this letter to John Lewls Smith, president of the Hoover-Curtis Republican Club, and am condition, will be towed into Chesapeake Bay, probably today, on her way to Bal- timore. Capt. C. H. McGahan, master of the ship, were transferred to the American steamer Guayaquil during the gale and will be landed at New York. ‘The wife and three children >f MARYLAND LABOR STAND IS DISPUTED Dickson Challenges Bieretz's State- ment That Smith Would Lose Vote. By the Associated Press. R. A. Dickson, vice president of the Maryland State and District of Colum- bia Federation of Labor, denied yes- terday that Gov. Smith would lose the labor vote in Maryland if it became known that he would appoint Gov. Ritchie Attorney General in ‘his cabi- net in the event of his election. The_denial was intended as a reply to E. D. Bieretz, who is connected with the building trades section of organized labor, and was in the form of a letter to John J. Raskob, Democratic national chairman. Bieretz said that Gov. Smith would lose the Maryland labor vote if it became known that he intended to appoint Gov. Ritchie Attorney General if the Democrats win. Dickson said that Bieretz had long been an opponent of Gov. Ritchie, but saild “that he could not control the 10** 11™* F anp G STREETS Couturiers Costume Jewelry Lelong-sponsored Crystal Bracelet, $75. An evening bracelet that is of large square cut simulated cry tals with simulated sap- phires. Goupy-inspired Twisted Pearls (simulated), $5. A choker of small simulated pearls twisted together. (Not sketched.) ALSO Crystal Fob Pins, $6 to $30. l'or the vee neckline, so fashionable this Fall, the large jewel-foh has been created. JEwELRY, FIRsT FLOOR. Umbrella- Smartness for Fall The Crook - Handie Um- brella, $12. This smart umbrella has the new “crook” handle that makes it so convenient to Ty the umbrella on one’s arm Lizard-covered Handle Umbrella, S14. 1.izard- covered handles are smart on umbrellas—especially when lizard shoes and handbag are used. The Three-tone silk also smart. UmeReLLAS, FIRsT FLOOR. Chanel Scarf of Rodier Jersey $13.50 The most important ac- cessory fashion for Fall— is the jersey scarf intro- duced by Chanel-—with its cravat-shaped ends—that is smartly wern with \utumn's tweeds *REPLICA Other New Scarfs The B “loth Scarf The Tri-Colour Secarf * The Printed Velvet Scarf NECKWEAR, FrRsT FLOOR. Jewelry Ensembles A Smart Fashion It is as essential for one's jewelry to match as one’s clothes. This ensemble is striking- Iy smart of large square cut Siberian amethysts set in enameled gold links. surrounded with seed pearls The ensemble in- cludes— Ring, $67.50 Bracelet, $2 Necklace, $200 Choker, $350 Finz JEWELRY, FIRsT Froor. Adaptations of Paris Handbags Copy of Lelong’s Tailored Bag, $13.50. lLelong achieves “sophisticated simplicity” in this bag with the ring handle. Of fashionable brown ante- lope. The Frameless “Vaga- bond” Bag, $21. Inspired by Hermes, this frameless pouch of shoe-calf, fastens with a metal clasp. LEATHER Goops, FIRsT FLOOR. Hostery Shades to wear with Autumn’s Browns Blues and Black With Brown—"Garrieu.” a reddish-brown — “Crash,’ a yellow-beige—and “Sun tan,” a deep golden tan With Blue—"Kasha,” a rray-heig unbeam,” 2 vellow Morn,” a pink and gray With Black gray-tan — 3 light gun metal — and “Dust,” a lovely beige. New Styles and Weigh’ . $3 to $4.50 Hostery, First Froor. 5 vote of his own delegation from Balti- more at the last three conventions of the Maryland State Federation of Labor.” “I challenge the honesty of Bieretz's | statement,” Mr. Dickson said. | POSTMASTERS ELECT TEXAS MAN PRESIDENT By the Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N. C.. September John W. Philp of Dallas, Te: elected president of the National Asso- ciation of Postmasters in convention here yesterday. He succeeds Arthur C. Leuder of Chicago. Sacramento, Calif,, was chosen fn the 1929 conventior. Wiuung over 14 other cities, including Denver, Baltimore and Los_Angeles. A. L. Behymer of Cincinnati was ad- vanced from second to first vice presi- dent and Harry T. Weeks of Patchogue, N. Y., from third to second vice presi- dent.” W. E. Paschal, Union City, Pa., is the new third vice president. The resolutions committee indorsed the Hogg-Watson bill to increase post- masters’ salaries and condemned the substitute bill, which would make the increase effective on only tne top classes. Accessories accent smartness Coututier- inspired Flowers Chanel-inspired Camelia, $1.75. Of red and black kid with matching leaves. Lelong-Inspired Edelweis, $4.50. Of red and black felt—most appropriate for Autumn clothes. Many other imported flowers of brushed wool, felt and silver cloth, $4 to $5.50. ArTiFicial FLOWERS First FLOOR. A New Ybry Scent, $16.50 In a fascinating amber- colored hottle of Ybry's unusual design is this de- lightful Devinez. New—and com- pletely captivating. fragrance— Coty's New “Perfume of Magnetism,” $5. “L’Ai- mant” an irresistible scent-—especially adapt- able for the new formal season. TorLet Goons, FIrsT FLOOR.