Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1928, Page 17

These Frenchmen know their grape juice. annual contest for the wine-tasting championship of France, held by the By tasting a dozén different kinds of Burgundy wine, they attempt to tell the name of each, its vintage and the ‘Wine Waiters’ Association of Paris. district from which it comes. They are competing in the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 198 —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Two young celebrators taking their “pets” for a Halloween stroll last pight. Left to right: Misses Elizabeth Switzer, Frances DavispFlorence Davis and Loretta Leone. —Star Staff Photo. THKOMA CARNVAL 5 36 SUEEESS Crowning of Miss Lorena Mondereau Queen Closes Three-Day Celebration. #Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md., November 1. ~—With the crowning last night of Miss Lorena Mondereau, librarian of the Jocal branch of the Washington Public Library, as queen, the three-day car- fmival staged by Chamber of Commerce in celebration of the completion of Carroll avenue improvements and wid- ening came to a close. Officlals say the carnival was a big success and probably will'be made an annual affair in celebration of some local achieve- ment. Mrs. Edward Burdine won second place in the race for the crown, re- ceiving 38,676 votes to 55,447 for Miss Mondereau. Miss Katherine Tippett !was third, receiving 30,180 votes. A masquerade parade, ending in front of the firehouse, preceded the ceremonials. Tuesday was featured by a best baby contest, the five prizes in which were awarded to girls between the ages of 5 and 15 months. Maralyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Woods, received $10 gold first prize, and silver cups awarded to Amy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hayes; Joane, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs, C. S. Buswell; Elma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Wurde- man, and Jacqualine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Goodman. The baby show was presided over by Dr. W. A. Shannon, while G. W. Bonnettee was chairman for the queen competition. A silver cup was awarded the winner of the race for queen of the carnival. CHURCH BODY TO MEET. Rappahannock Episcopal Convoca- tion November 7 and 8. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. November 1.—The annual Fall meeting of the Rappahannock Valley Convocation will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church, Warsaw, November 7 and 8. It is com- posed of representatives from the Epis- | copal churches of Spotsylvania, Stafford, Caroline, King George, Essex, Glouces- ter, Middlesex, Matthews, Northumber- land, Richmond, Lancaster and West- moréland Counties. Rev. F. D. Goodwin, rector St. John's Church, Warsaw, is in charge of the arrangements. The second day will be devoted to women's auxiliary and church program work. D. C. FLYERS ASSIGNED. Army Cadets to Take Course at Kelly Field, Texas. Eighty-five flying cadets of the Army now completing their preliminary train- ing at various fields have beem desig- nated to take the advanced course of flying instruction at Keily Field, San Antonio, Tex., beginning today. Included in the list are the following residents of the District of Columbia PReginald F. C. Vance, Byron S. Warner, Edwin M. Day, Charles W. Alverson and James H. Wallace. On their sched- uled graduation in March next these young men will receive the rating of airplane pilot and a commission as sec- ond lieutenant in the Air Corps Re- £orves, ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 1 (Spe- cial).—At a meeting here of those who are conducting the annual drive for funds for the Montgomery County Social Service League, it was decided to extend the campaign, which was scheduled to close November 1, an- other week, at least. Mrs. J. Darby Bowman of Rockville. is directing the campaign. At a meeting of the Boyds Home Demonstration Club, held at the home of Mrs. James B. Maughlin, at Boyds, and attended by 21 women of the neighborhood, officers were chosen as follows: President, Miss Eleanor R. Maughlin; vice president, Mrs. Mann- ing Kingsbury; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Earle B. Wood. Miss Blanche A. Corwin, home demonstration agent for the county, presented to the meeting some ideas on Christmas gifts and gave a talk and demonstration on how to choose and harmonize colors. It was decided to hold the next meeting No- vember 16 and every second Friday of the month thereafter. In the Circult Court here, Judge Robert B. Peter has signed a decree granting to Mrs. Mary Anna Cook of this county. an absolute divorce from Martin Cook, also of this county, on the grounds of desertion. She was represented by Attorney Thomas Ander- son of Rockville. The couple, so the bill stated, were married in the Fall of 1924 and lived together until the fol- lowing Spring. Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap- tist Church officiated at the marriage here yesterday of John D. Harrison, 21, of Charles County, Md., and Miss Louise Virginia Edwards, 18, of Washington, the home of the minister being the scene of the ceremony. Marriage License Issued. A license has been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the mar- riage of Thomas C. Annasdale, 23, and Miss Dora C. Swann, 21, both of Wash- ington. ©Of the approximately 10,000 children enrolled in the public schools of the county, 4,012 had perfect attendance records during the month of September, according to “announcement by Prof. Edwin W. Broome, county superin- tendent of schools, and 1,244 attended 90 _per cent of the time or better. For the best average attendance among the one-room schools, the Kingsley School, with a percentage of 99.5, was awarded the banner; among the high schools, the Takoma Park- {Silver Spring School made the best showing, with an average of 97.8; the Garrett Park School, with a percentage of 98.3, led the two-room schools; the Damascus School made the highest average, 97.3, among the graded schools, and Glen Echo, with a per- centage of 98.6, was the banner school jamong the junior high schools. The Wheaton district children, who had | perfect _attendance records numbered 11,050, Bethesda district children, 925, and Rockville district children, 508. Woodfield Will Filed. The will of Charles Edward Wood- field of the vicinity of Etchison, this county, has been admitted to probate {here. " It was executed August 15, 1922, and leaves the estate to the testator's half brother, Grant E. Woodfield of this county. Prof. Edwin W. Broome, county superintendent of schools, has notified the public school teachers of the county that next Tuesday—election day—is a holiday under the State school law and that the schools will be closed. The funeral of Alvan' G. Thomas, prominent banker and Quaker of Sandy Spring, who died Tuesday night of pneumonia following an illness of only a few days, will take place at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow from the Friends' Meeting House at Sandy Spring. made merry into the small hours last night. Under a mellow moon which beamed benignly on the scene, Washington’s Halloween celebrators Even the goat had his fling with this group, snapped on the sidewalks of H street northeast. Littered streets in the downtown section testified this morning to the good time had by all. Most of the evidence, however, had been swept up at an early hour. —Star Staff Photo. Kindergarten youngsters of the Monroe School, Georgia avenue and Columbia road, started their Halloween festivities early in the day yesterday. They are shown costumed for their school party. U #E ppe TANED. | il R il LET WASHINGTON VOTE FOR PRESIDEN: TAKE THESE R YOUR (AR GIVE WASHINGTON NATIONAL REPRESENTATION TELL OUR WVELESS CORAYTION 07 WORLD IN SMITH VICTORY Indicates Textile Industry Would Suffer Under Democratic Regime. By the Assoclated Press. PASSAIC, N. J., November 1.—Sena- tor George H. Moses of New Hamp- shire, director of the Eastern campaign of the Republican national committee, speaking here last night sounded a note of danger to the textile industry in a Democratic revision of the pro- tective tariff. He said Gov. Smith was “more anxious for the plaudits of the mob than for a chance to discuss the issues of the campaign.” ‘The Senator quoted figures showing the difference in wages paid in Europe and the United States in various branches of the textile industry, and declared that *maintenance of indus- trial conditions in the United States can be done only by the Republican principle of protection to American in- dustry and labor.” Speaking of Gov. Smith the Senator said: “The brown.derby which so val- { iantly waves in New Jersey tonight will be hung on the hatrack of the execu- tive mansion at Albany after the elec- tion, battered from its Western tour, | faded from the suns of the South and !worn from its experiences in the East. j “I am one of those old-fashioned | individuals who believe that a candi- i date for the presidency should know | that a verb must agree with its sub- | Ject,” Moses continued. “I believe that a certain degree of dignity should ad-| here to the presidency of the United | | States, and am wholly opposed to mak- | [ing the presidency a side show.” 1’ DEMOCRATS TO RALLY. | Speakers Will Be ;;rd in Nnvnli‘ Lodge Hall. | A Democratic rally for the southeast- ern section of the city is to be held to- | morrow night at 8:30 o'clock by the Al Smith Democratic Club in the Naval | Lodge Hall, Third street and Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast. Col. G. W. Pratt and Albert S. | Walmsley will be the principal speakers. Mrs. James Heelen will preside. . More than 7,000 United States high school boys are taking courses in house- Aold economics. MOSES SEES DANGER |Woman Recluse Leaves 21 Stray Dogs As Legacy to Indignant Neighborhood By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 1.—This is just a little story about a woman who lived alone for 25 years, who died, and whose legacy to an indignant neigh- borhood was 21 stray dogs. The dogs howled dolefully yesterday until police came and took them to the dog pound. They were waifs and strays of the street and alley, given shelter by Mrs. Laura Wicks Walker in the old style mansion on South Parkway. When she died there was no one left to care what happened to the dogs; and the neighborhood, mostly negroes, were glad to see the'animals (against which they had complained many times) taken away. Back in the nineties Mrs. Walker, daughter of a Pullman Co. official, marrled a coachman against her father's wishes. Her father disowned her, but later relented, presenting her with the house in which she died. The house was in what then was an exclu- sive residential section, now the center of the colored belt. In October, 1922, her colored neigh- bors complained to health authorities about the dogs. She was allowed to keep them when she explained she was a member-of the Anti-Cruelty Society, picking up homeless dogs. Two years ago the number of dogs had increased to 50, and on complaint of the neigh- bors Mrs. Walker was fined $200 for maintaining a nuisance. The dogs were taken from her. Mrs. Walker's only relative is a sis- ter, Mrs. Florence Watt of Los Angeles, en route here for the funeral. TENDENCY OF YOUTH TO WRITE PRAISED i {Declared Natural Means of Ex-| pression in Community Insti- tute Lecture. The tendency of modern youth to express itself through writing was com- mended and their work highly praised from a literary standpoint last night by Dr. Richard Burton, an outstanding literary authority, in an address to the |Cummumty Institute of Washington in Central High School auditorium. “The principal need of the younger generation,” he said, “is to be under- stood by the oldsters. One thing can be well said of the youngsters—they are honest, truthful and without pretense— but their desire for freedom may easily turn into license as they show no dis- crimination between knowledge and Wwisdom.” Dr. Burton's talk launched the Win- ter program of the institute. A large audience heard the speaker, who was introduced by Miss Sibyl Baker, director of the Institute. The Public Library, which is co-operating in the presentation of this season’s pro- grams, had prepared a list of books, representing the best works of the young ®uthors, for reading and reference, ) TWO DRIVERS FREED IN FATAL ACCIDENT Rockville Judge Unable to Decide! Which Told Truth About Death of David W. Limerick. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 1.— Manslaughter charges against William R. Long of 2700 Q street, Washington, and John Raymond Wahl, 2914 M street, Washington, whose automobiles collid- ed on the Rockville pike near Garrett Park, October 7, causing the death three days later of David W. Limerick of Washington, were dismissed by Judge Riggs in Police Court here this morning. The defendants charged each other with driving on the wrong side of the road, each denying the accusation, and Judge Riggs was unable to decide which of the two was telling the truth. Lim- erick was the father-in-law of Long and a passenger in his automobile. Cyc]izr Races With Clock. In a race with the strokes of the clock of Manchester Town Hall in England, Eric Spencer, a motor cyclist, recently rode around the building, a distance of 385 yards, in nine strokes. The time was 40 seconds, it taking the clock 52 seconds to strike 12, —=Star Staff Photo. Every Washinglon motorist can joln in the election day campaign now for national representation for the District of Columbia, These young women are passing out stickers for automobiles at the Ideal Home Show in the Washington Auditorium. “Let Washington Vote for President” is one of the printed slogans on the stickers. —>Star Staff Photo. ORDERS JUDGMENT ON TAX PETITIONS Court Directs Mandamus in Bread Firm Suit Involving $500,000 of Alleged Liability. Justice Stafford of the District Su- preme Court today ordered the per- emptory writ of mandamis at the suit of the Shults Bread Co. of New York to issue against the Board of Tax Ap- peals, commanding it to enter judg- ment by default against the Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue upon titions pending before it involving half a million dollars of alleged tax liability. Attorneys W. C. Sullivan, Raymond F. Garrity and Leon F. Cooper appeared for the Shults Bread Co. ‘The company filed its petitions with the Board of Tax Appeals to review de- ficiency assessments imposed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue against it. The rules of the board al- lowed the commissioner 60 days within which to answer. Instead of doing so, he applied to the board on the sixty- second day for an extension of time within which to answer and the board granted his application. The Shults Bread Co. moved the board to vacate this order and to enter judgments by default against the commissioner, con- tending that when the time for filing an answer had expired the board, as a matter of law, had no power to take any other course, and the action of i Justice Stafford sustained this con- | tention. STUDENTS TO DEBATE. { Maryland University Teams Will Discuss Hoover and Smith. COLLEGE PARK, Md.,, November 1. —A Hoover-Smith debate with three students on each side will be held in the auditorium at the University of Maryland tonight, at 8 o'clock. It will be given under auspices of the Junior League of Women Voters of the univer- sity. Crothers, Hazel Tenney and Stanley Simmons will uphold Smith, while Elizabeth Garber, Fred Linton and Walter Plumley will speak for Hoo- ver. All except the first two named are Washingtonians. Prominent men not connected with the university will act 8s Judges, When the Navy blimp J-3 landed with a jolt at Lakehurst yesterday much of the rear framework collapsed and the fabric was torn. The damage occurred after a training flight of several hours over the air station. One of the most costly results was the escape of considerable helium from the torn cells. —Associated Press Photo. Miss Lorena Mondereau, winner of the Takoma Park popularity contest, receiving from David Feldiman the cup which he donated as a prize. Heber H. Votaw (at contest. left) crowned the winner of the —Star Staff Photo. ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA, Va, November 1 (Special) —Members of the Police De- partment established a new record of arrests for intoxication when 91 persons were taken into custody in October. For prohibition violations, arrests numbered 58, violation of traffic laws, 53; operating automobiles without lcenses, 14; adultery, 10; disorderly conduct, 10 operating automobiles without per- mits, 10; minor assault, 9; disorderly and fighting, 7; investigation, 7; abusive language, 5; grand larceny, 5; non- support, 5; operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor, 5; petiy larceny, 4; escaped convicts, 4; defrauding, 4; felonious assault, 4; housebreaking, 3; trespassing, 3; inde- cent conduct, 2; disorderly house, un- licensed dogs, hit-and-run, breaking glass in street, seduction, destroying property, murder, criminal assault, cat- tle running at large and contempt of court, 1 each. Police Capt. W. W. Campbell’s report says there were 4 cases of garage and housebreaking reported, of which 2 were cleared, while 10 of the 14 petty larceny cases were cleared. Two automobiles were stolen in the city and one was recovered, while 2 cars stolen in other cities were recovered by the local police. Forty-two automobile accidents occur- red here, in which 7 persons were in- jured. Thirty of the accidents were settled out of court. Stolen Property Recovered. During the month $1,488.50 worth of articles were stolen in the various rob- beries that occurred, while $1,898 in property was recovered, a portion of which was from robberies that occurred In other months. Fines for violations of ¢he prohibition law and drunkenness during October amounted to $2.172.80, according to the report of Elliott F. Hoffman, clerk of the courts. The Sep- tember total was $1,603. Maggie Quill, 35, colored, was fined months in jail by Judge William S. Snow this morning when arraigned for the fourth time on a charge of violating the prohibition law. Barbara Wright, 25; Robert Morris, 26, both colored, were fined $70.50 for violating the prohibition law. John L. Irwyn, 28, of Washington; Robert Jen- nings, 19, of Monroe, Va., and Clair B. Mong, 26, of Washington were fined 371511;50 for violating the prohibition law also. Five Fined for Intoxication. Thomas Padgett, M. L. Padgett, 26; J. W. Allison, 30, and Fritz Birrell, 36, of Braddock were fined $14 for drunk- enness, as was Frank Williams, 51, colored, Anthony Girbosh, 19, " and James Albright, 19, both of Fort Hum- | phreys, were fined $22 for drunkenness and fighting. Lester Sloper, 18, was fined $8 for disorderly conduct. S. H.| Thompson, 52; Joseph Hummer, 38,! and Allen Harris, 22, the latter of the | Marine Barracks at Washington, each | forfeited $2 for violating traffic laws, while G. E. Fugitt, 30, forfeited $5. Mayor Smoot yesterday appealed to members of the Democratic party to {stand by their party in the presidential l.election, pointing at Gov. Alfred E. Smith’s able and impartial administra- tion of the affairs of New York State. Falls Church Woman Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., November 1.— Mrs. Mary C. Ferguson, 82 years old, widow of W. L. Ferguson, died at Providence Hospital in Washington yes- { | hip sustained in a fall recently. She is survived by three children—Miss Algie and Raymond Ferguson of Falls terday as a result of a fracture of the |f; HEARINGS CLOSED ON SCHOOL BUDGET Officials and Board Members Decline to Discuss Decision. [ School officials and members of th: Board of Education yesterday com- pleted a two-day hearing, in executive sessions, of the Bureau of the Budget, at which the school estimates for 1930 were under consideration. Neither the officers nor the board members would discuss what transpired. It is understood, however, that the school estimates were considered as a whole, and without particular stress upon the “supplemental estimate” which Maj. Daniel Donovan, District auditor, compiled at the request of the District Commissioners when the Board of Ed- ucation refused to reduce its original estimates or make any change in their form before they went to the Budget Bureau. Whether this consideration of the estimates as a whole and not in two sections—the regular estimates in one section and the “supplemental esti- mates” in the other—indicates that the Board of Education is being upheld in its insistence that it and no other Dis- trict body has any right to submit school estimates exactly in accord with the definite school system needs, can- not be determined. however, until the Bureau of the Budget forwards the whole budget to Congress. Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of $270.50 and sentenced to serve three " the Board of Education, and a prom- inent figure in the board’s recent efforts to avail itself of every right it belleves it is accorded under the existing school legislation, was absent from the hear- | ings, having been stricken with a severe cold’ Monday night. =g SALESMAN STILL HELD IN KILLING OF GIRL Checking Movements on Night Stenographer Was Fatally Struck on Head With Rock. By the Associated Press. STAMFORD, Conn., November 1.— Paul Lambert, college graduate, sales- man and caretaker, who was taken into custody by police yesterday for ques- tioning in connection with the death of Olga Bayes, Ansonia stenographer, was still being detained today, while inves- tigators checked his movements on the night of Thursday, October 25. On that night Miss Bayes was struck on the head with a rock and thrown into a creek by a man who had offered her a ride to the railroad station, where a_demonstration for Gov. Alfred E. Smith was scheduled. As a result of her injuries Miss Bayes died in Stam- ford Hospital early yesterday. Lambert has a wife in Brooklyn, N.Y., but has been living on an estate in Shippan Point as caretaker since last June. By day the Columbia University graduate is a salesman for a New York rm. Police say he answers the descrip- tion given by Miss Bayes and that spol which appear to be blood stains were Church and Herbert Ferguson of Washington. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Episco- pal Church here, with burial in Mount Zion Cemetery, Aldie, found on the door of his garage. Lam- bert claims to have beenk‘lt the home until after 10 o'clock that night. Miss Bayes was assaulted shortly after 8 e'clock,