Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1928, Page 16

16 STATE SECRETARY HELD FOR DEFAULT New Hampshire Official, Un- der Bond, Denies He Embez- | zled Public Funds. By the Assoclated Press. CONCORD, N. H., November 6.—Ho. bart Pillsbury, secretary of state, plead- ed not guilty to a charge of embezzle- ment of State funds when arraigned before Judge William L. Stevens in the Municipal Court here yesterday. He had been arrested at his home earlier in the day on a warrant issued after the disclosure of alleged discrepancies in the accounts of his department. He furnished bail of $3,000 and the case was continued until November 19. Although the specific amount of the discrepancies named in the warrant totaled only $134, which it was alleged | Te diverted to his own use, it is under- Stood the actual amount of the irreg- ularities discovered thus far total about $1,000. Tenders His Resignation. Gov. Huntley N. Spaulding said today that he had received Secretary Pills-|¥ bury’s resignation, but that he would not accept it until Wednesday because of the danger that it might technically complicate the election tomorrow. In the meantime, Frederick I. Blackwood, deputy secretary of state, is in charge of the department. Attorney General Jeremy R. Waldron said last night that a complete audit of the books of the department of the secretary of state will be made under the direction of the State auditor as- sisted by a private auditing agency. It will require about 10 days, he said. “Every fact will be made public as fast as it is developed,” he said. Period Covered by Probe. The audit of Pillsbury’s books will cover the period beginning with his election to his office by the Legislature of 1925 to the present day. He was re- elected for the statutory two-year term in 1927. He has been prominent in Republican politics for many years and is superin- tendent of a Sunday school in this city. ‘The specific defalcation with which he is charged involves the alleged issuance of “extra election help” expense vouch- ers said to have been drawn in the name of A. O. Weller. Mrs. Pillsbury, wife of the secretary, was Miss Augusta O. Weller before her marriage. She is a candidate for re-election as commis- sioner of Hillsborough County. MASONIC VISITATIONS IN SIXTH WEEK OF SEASON Grand Master and Associates Make Official Call on Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 33. Beginning the sixth week of the grand visitations of 1928, the grand master of Masons in the District of Co- lumbia, accompanied by the officers of the Grand Lodge, last evening made his annual official call of ceremony on another of the so-called “outlying” es—those that hold their communi- cations other than in Masonic Temple, ‘Thirteenth street and New York avenue. ‘The lodge visited was Mount Pleasant, No. 33, meeting in Masonic Hall, Four- teenth and Kenyon streets, and it was the sole host of the eveuin?, there being no other visitations scheduled. Charles G. Morgan, jr., the master of Mount Pleasant Lodge, is the gjce presi- dent of the Association of Worshipful Masters of 1928. Grand Master James 'T. Gibbs took advantage of the occasion to lay stress on the work of the associa- tion during the year, particularly on its efforts to make the annual field day last Summer a success, and complimented the association, through Vice President Morgan. He also commended him on the progress of Mount Pleasant Lodge and the work of its officers during 1928. ‘Three grand visitations are scheduled for Wednesday. The first will be to King Solomon Lodge, No. 31—the only “daylight” lodge in the District—at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, in Masonic ‘Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue; the second, to East Gate Lodge, No. 34, meeting in Masonic Hall, corner of Rhode Island and Mills avenues northeast, Woodridge, D. C., at 8 o'clock, and the third to King David Lodge, No. 28, meeting in Masonic Temple, Brook- land, D. C. 9 o'clock. S Assigned to River Work. ‘Maj. Paul S. Reinecke, Corps of En- gineers, has been relieved from duty as assistant chief engineer of the Fed- eral Power Commission in this city and ordered to St. Louis for duty as executive officer of the Mississipp} River Commission in the execution of the AMUSEMENTS NATIONAL THEATER—“Hit ‘the Deck.” A large audience journeyed to the National Theater last night to find out for itself what put the hit in “Hit the Deck,” Vincent Youman’s musical com- edy, which has covered itself with glory on more than one long Winter’s evening in New York and is now repeating its suecess on the road. If any one thing is responsible for the hit in “Hit the Deck” it is probably a matter for per- sonal preference alone. There is, for instance, Miss Queenie Smith, who ac- counts for much that is good in a good show, but immediately the thought pre- | sents itself that Miss Queenie might not be so good without Charles Purcell, and if the two of them didn’t have Juanita Chefalo to sing “Hallelujah” for them, then where would they be? “Hit the Deck” has of course won its place in the sun long since. But one' reason for its continued popularity is that it brings with it the birthplace of songs that long ago went out into the world and made themselves famous— “Sometimes I'm Happy,” “Harbor of * and the aforementioned “Hallelujah,” songs that by now have been heard in almost every corner of the world and which, on any evening these days, come through the air from some radio station whose program never seems complete without them. The songs are better known by now than the show that launched them. Their very repetition, in the scenes of their uth, will carry “Hit the Deck” a long way. The story of “Hit the Deck” should be fairly well known by now, for “Shore Leave,” from which it is taken, became popular on the stage and on the screen. “Hit the Deck” doesn't bother a great deal about the story, however, nor should any one else. It concerns itself over the difficulties encountered by Loo- loo, the attractive young proprietress of a coffee shop on the docks at Newport, in trying to make her sailor boy stay on shore. When she fails in this, as many a young lady has failed before, she is handicapped in her search for him by the fact that his name is Smith. There are so many Smiths in the Navy, though the name, on this day of all the days, is more.readily identified with other callings. The story is followed closely throughout the first act, but after that it gets lost in lots of places. China, for instance. The reason for China’s en- useful in any musical comedy because of the colorful settings that a scene in China calls for. The colorful settings in “Hit the Deck” are all that could be desired, and if China did nothing but provide atmosphere for the “four mis- sionaries,” in the harmonious persons of Ivia Perrine, Florence Shewell, Ci- cona Quiett and Eleanor McManus, to sing their song in the opening scene of act 2, China would be doing its duty. Miss Smith and Charles Purcell are as capable of downright good acting as they are of singing and dancing and they demonstrated this exceptionally well in the closing scene. A few of the others who deserve mention are James Dempsey as “Donkey,” Charles Fowler as “Dinty,” John Stanley as “Battling Smith,” Eddie Russell, jr., as “Bunny” and Jack Willis as “Chick.” CRASH REPORT AWAITED. Berliner Plane Forced Down at Milwaukee, Factory Hears. S Officials of the Berliner airplane factory at Alexandria, Va. today are awaiting a report from Lieut. J. Hall McKenney, pilot, and Dabney M. 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The_ shooting started after O'Hara told Dorris to move on from a street corner in Philadelphia’s tenderloin. ‘The gunman, walked to a shooting gal- lery, where took a rifle and fired a few shots at the targets. Taking the rifie with him he walked to the street and blazed away at the patrolman. O'Hara first thought the man was James Dorris, another brother of Frank Dorris, electrocuted for the murder of a policeman in the Olney Bank & Trust Co. hold-up. Identification of his as- sailant as John Dorris was made after O’'Hara viewed photographs in the rogues’ gallery. i i FAMOUS CLERGYMAN IS FATHER AT AGE OF 73| Daughter Born to Rev. Dr. Robert Horton and Wife, 37 Years His Junior, By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 6.—Rev. Dr. Robert Horton, noted Congregational leader, has become a father at the age of 73. Ten_ years ago Dr. Horton married Miss Violet Basden, who had been a lifelong member of his congregation | and whom he had baptized as a baby. His wife is now 36. 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