Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1928, Page 5

TAILOR IS HELD UP BY SEVEN BANDITS - Colored Man Reports He Was | Forced to Hand Over $300. One or two bar , fully combatted, Julius Goode, colored, ' taflor, 251 FI venue, contend: but when they con resistance would b As a result Julius is out $300. Goode reported to police that shortly before They all had 1 s though use them money th over. ~ Goc 0 when they promptly its may be success- n rr‘mmr‘n\nl form akin to suicide. even colored men entered his establishment 10 o'clock last nlfl\'1 and they all looked | uld not hesitate ln‘ manded his | handed it | they also took | § in the pocket of | n employe. Baltimore Hold-Up Recalled. Seven men answering the d into a Balti-| v night and “shot- have been told. ed police to search for a col- | e D couple of the “a ", ihat will appear in the Southeast Co Mrs. Reginald Hubbell and Alice S. | League of Nations’ Arms Conference e |UP)—A young Wwoman Was fatally siiot st Carnival 3t Hine Junior High School, Seventh street and Hennsylvania avenue | pletcher. st | here yesterday as she stepped from an the 4700 blo T3¢ sotheast, tomorrow night. ohe 6 Admiral Fletcher made a| WS designated naval expert to assist| juec WL G Sotriel Settied. part bag cont Tk nd personal effects. t was report- | street. 2d been lett e while he was making another delivery in the rear of 2400 Sixteenth st Poc kdboo.( Stolen. Mrs. Manton Wyvell, 3100 Woodley road, reported the theft from a pocket- | book in her home vesterday afternoon | of $120 in cash. She furnished the de- | scription of a suspect. A Thanksgiving dinner and_cigar- 4127 Seventh | THE FEVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, | STRANGE BEASTS TO STALK IN CAPITAL I als” that will appear in the Southeast (‘nmmunIIV‘ Seizure of Mexican City in 1914 Most Famous Ex- ploit of Career. Report on Navy, Submitted in 1916, Created Furor in Capital. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 29.—Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, U. S. N, retired, died yesterday in St. Luke's Hospital at the age of 73. Seizure and occupation of Vera Cruz during the Mexican trouble in April, 1914, was the most famous exploit in Admiral Fletcher's career in the Navy. In 1915 he was designated admiral in command of the Atlantic fleet, which post he occupied until June, 1916. | He was a member of the War In dustries Board of the Council of N: tional Defense in 1917 and a member of the General Joint Army Board. He is survived by his widow, | Ssusan H. Fletcher, and two daughters, Mrs. First of Series of Celebrity Breakfasts to Be Held 'PEN WOMEN TO OPEN DRIVE FOR BUILDING FUND TOMORROW| drastic indictment of the short-comings of the American Navy in a report which | was suppressed by the Navy Department but which was later sent to the Seraite when that body demanded to see it. While the furore created by the re- and Navy | ADMIRAL FRANK F. FLETCHER, VERA CRUZ HERO, EXPIRES AT 73 port was still stirring official Wash- ington, Admiral Fletcher was awarded the Navy medal for distinguished con- | duct for his exploit at Vera Cruz. At the preliminary meetinz of the Hugh Gibson, chief of the American delegation. | Funeral services for Admiral Fletcher | will be held at Trinity Church tomor- | row. Burial will be in Arlington Na- ! tional Cemetery. OVEMBER 29, 1928.° CAPPER TO SPONSOR D. C. LIBRARY BILL Senator to Present Proposal in Up- per House—Confers With Bowerman, ‘The biil to authorize a five-year pro- gram of extending the facilitles of the Free Public Library to serve every sec~ tion of the city, which Representative Gibson of Vermont announced a few days ago he will introduce in the House, | also will be presented and sponsored in1 the Senate by Chairman Capper of the | District committee. Senator Capper has conferred with Dr. George F. Bower- | man, librarian, concerning the needs of | the library system. ‘The measute is along the general lines of the tive-year library program previously considered, with certain ad- ditional provistons to make the program more complete. As announced earlier in the week, the bill would authorize the setting up of branch libraries in various portions of the city, provide for establishing other branches in school buildings, authorize extension and alteration of the central library building as needed and author- ize other steps for the improvment of library service. el Girl Shot to Death. ROCHESTER, N. Y., November 20 of an exclusive residential suburb near the home where she is employed as a maid. A witness saw the girl, Inez Smead, fall to the ground after a shot had been fired, assumably from the car from which she alighted. STAR WITNESS SUICIDES. Takes Life as Hour Nears for Tes- timony Against Alleged Slayer. Glass for Gift | Pictures Tl SR For —consuit an Eye Physician E 3%|: Impaired Vision The preservation of your eyesight should be your first consid- eration. @ DMONDS OPTICIAN- 915 Fifteenth Street WASHINGTON Makers of Eye Glasses and Spectacles Exclusively since 1899 It Pays to Maintain Ry P R R RSN, e Compound | A (Good Margin 3130 Eleventh street. The articles stolen - feappear yesterday fs the sole eve- Hiterest Consisted af & lcg of Jamb, twp dressed witness at the trial of Mrs. Alvera | Rogers roun t e able nteres| p chickens, two pounds of butter and two -Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Hersey Schlosser, charged with the murder of | . Paid —between income and “outgo’— Cartons of cigareites x Brushin aid on o g her hasband, Fred Schlosser, George A. s 2 b 5 : Au!.rla\‘e!mgd b;;g‘cgn;a"l;fl:‘%!e\;u}gg and Paul Wilstach to Simmonds, 34, fatally shot himself. Po- Lacquer That's where most of the sea- Savings and to bank the difference in a Sav- sgpnummnbxle parked at Twelfth and '_éf;,m‘éfl'as r;‘fiugec;y:e g:g:-’:é‘:‘% i",lfi son’s entertaining is done. To ings Account. Every Thanksgiving U streets, according to a Teport made Be Present. confused while under cross-examination for adorn your dining table and save Accounts will find you with more to be grate- by Martha Robinson, 422 K street, at the trial Tuesday. o © i Decorating the numerous nicks, scratches and ful for if you persist in such n‘ f. — Testifying for the ate Simmonds Blemil V' D n such an ei- emishes that fall to the lot of the = ‘The National League of American Pen sald he saw Mrs. Schlosser shoot her Undk - inatis h . . . & . ? fflrt: DRY AGENTS CHARGED _ | = e attiatly et drio o R R R o ket || Hloliday average diner, let us equip it with a One Dotlr | EOCt, o gl dal WITH TAKING BRIBES or more wi {|The facilities of our Savings Dept. funds for the building of its new club- — . Givables make you a : ) : e B o ot A8 HOUSING PROGRAM 0. K.'D.| ; Plate Glass Top Savings * || are at your disposal. Let’s get ac- Tampa Under-Cover Agents to Be|Scries of celebrity breakfasts, the pro- 7 | Depositor quainted THIS PAYDAY. ceeds from which will be used exclu- o Floor Wax : s coitiinmodetatarandiveeias ud S Fe AY. Arrested on Accusation of sively for the building fund now being BERLIN, November 29 (#).—The amassed, will be held at the Willard municipal council yesterday approved sure thoroughly satisfactory fit. & Conspiracy. Hotel at noon. The clubhouse will be a project for building 32,000 dwellings Onensat e O um la By the Assoclated Press. erected as a memorial to American annually over a period of four years. D. C. DISTRIBUTORS FOR SHERWIN-WILLIAMS p police here to gather evidence in the | pooe 1o oo A0 ERON L TEHEEUE MO i the war. B + city’s campaign against liquor 'joints |y oy e 'y, Whose | tioned books of Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. | = = — = ry 2 v = vi i y will be the nucleus about which | Hersey. The guest artist of the occasion . Capital and Surplus, $650,000.00 were charged, vesterday with being 10 | {pt o honal chubouse Wil B erected | e e e T imlian. oo | e o e L Blisiness # 2 ® o » 2 a . $1200 Kohler & (ampbcll Eleclnc S at O Company STce, where o mole e e A window on 7th Street attracted Grand Al 4 $750 . ‘was robbed of $80. rice: & L 2 b . $700 Baby C 1, br. I Tt e le grands, A s R her. There was the prettiest pair of shipped from the. ,:nor'\‘"}‘or four: inspéction andjase §5§5 Qéo é.s"‘;n{;h grcfi;mearnxas Jfrom Sumter, “saddle” effect. Ex- | . fully worth $700. Each ...... G e s AR s s s e i ey ceptional - value. shoes for but $5! And when she tried in South Carolina. __ I Sizes 1115 to 2— S alpn lof i ecr Dark_brown_calf, LA g s e B e I3 ¥ ness. We display worth-while furniture individual in its character e e~ e T e Jettick | stopeverview- eyl i AN S special attention at Military_heel. and o: , ¢ -to- - . , ko Hhe e Healih SI irrlllmsl;::(s) 1t‘(; rerslt; 1 Il{eu:'{:m::“:v alnut and Gum Dining e Retest L B« s T L S R aa s 75. 1 Do Not Neglect The eawtn dShoes . 1 Two-piece Living Room Suite...... $30000 $225.00 Danger Sign $6).29 $ $ more Let-down! 1 Solid Mahogany Occasional Chair... $40.00 $25.00 o yoptelde 5 == 5 6 1 Solid Mahogany Chippendale Chair. $118.00 $80.00 dBu._'r S::)E: l:v:;e st e m bSal‘e of lsm..ud gm.'l.?,q And she lOOkS 1 Walmut Occasional Chair..... $22.50 $15.00 esigned to f p oys' extra durable . s 7 footgin R c%rrec: L T - i N Sy A fOrW ard \V]th | 1 Davenport Table Dc‘!‘\ . 5‘.)3.0{1 $50.00 growing position, e shoes. Tan calf or pat- Exclusively at these |§] 1 Mahogany and Gum Spinet Desk $53.00 $36.00 and will distribute At nur.."\r;,;':]l‘is':lfi;:"d fi:;ihll?g::y;p.l;:::f !:'['::’. “Hahn” stores in Wash- con fi d ence to 1 Mahogany Cabinct Desk........... $57.00 $30.00 the v;r,ear 1evenl:; : 4 Sizes 6 to 11—$2.29. ington and Baltimore. the enjoyment 1 Decorated Nest of Tables. $59.50 $35.00 A ;:]rs‘ G 1 Walnut Console Table. $25.00 Of the very last 1 Decorated Drop-leaf Table......... $15.00 ROPR’BIL Children’s d f 1 Decorated End Table..... 1750 $12.00 “SHOES oL C 1 Mahogany End Tabl $15.00 $9.00 . . A e. .. A The Correct Shoe for Sllppel‘s <3 Chrlstmas Shop‘ 1 Mahogany-finish End Table. $7.50 $4.75 the Growing Child 7th & K ping thls year! 1 Solid Mahogany Sewing Cabinet. $39.50 $22.50 3212 14th Decorated Sewing Cabinets. . $12.00 $7.00 and in Baltimore Copyright Piano and TAMPA, Fla, November 29.—Three under cover agents employed by the Information charging conspiracy to obstruct justice by accepnng bribes for not testifying against liquor de- fendants was filed by county solici- tor R. E. L. Chancey on evidence sup- plied by Police Chief A. C. Logan and | seven of his detectives. The agents named in the charges! were D. A. Reddick, I. 8. Lightfoot and F. L. Conklin, all of St. Peters- burg. Deputy sheriffs left here last night with warrants for their arrest. The charges were made on testimony of Chief Logan that he and his de- tectives caught the three men taking $300—$100 apiece—from John Smythe and Richard Palmer, who have been in court several times on charges of selling liquor and who were scheduled for trial today on similar charges. Chief Logan said the police were tipped off to the meeting by Smythe end Palmer. e FIGHT TEN PIN ALLEY. Church Trustees Fear Nuisance in Next Door Project at Rockville. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 29.— Suit to prevent establishment of a ten-pin alley mnext to the Baptist Church here was filed late yesterday in Circuit Court by Attorney Clifford H. Robertson against Francis 8. Lyd- dane of Rockville and James S. Wil- liams, contractor. The attorney represents the trustees of the church and several property owners, who hold that the alley would be a nuisance, especially to the pastor of the church, whose study is but a few Jeet away. MANY THEFTS CLEARED. DANVILLE, Va., November 29 (#).— ‘Wholesale robberies of stores in rural sections of North Carolina, South.Caro- lina and Virginia were cleared up here last night with the confessions of two negroes arrested by Danville police to- day. The negroes were arrested in con- Look_ al our Childs hoes/ If your child wears the soles and heels of his shoes out on the inner sides it is 1207 F St. women of genius and will stand on_the site now occupied by the cottage of Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth, famous George- The national president of the league, Mrs. Bonnie Busch, will preside at the | breakfast tomorrow and introductions | of the celebrities to appear on the pro- | gram will be made by Mrs. Nina Reed, | chairman of the breakfasts, assisted by Mrs. Willlam Wolff Smith. Heading the group of celebrities will be Mrs. Minni- | gerode Andrews, long-time resident of Washington and author of two recent successes in the world of books, “Memoirs «of a Poor Relation” “From My Studio Window.” Another interesting personality to be presented will be Mrs. Mayo D. Hersey, who writes under the pen name of Frances Lester Warner, and whose book of intimate and informal sketches, en- titled “The Unintentional Charm of Men,” has intrigued the attention of a large group of readers. Mrs. Hersey was at one time assistant to the editor of the Atlantic Monthly and will speak briefly of her work in that connection. ‘The third celebrity will be Paul Wilstach, traveler, whose new book, “An Italian Holiday” will be brought to the attention of the audience by Mrs. Reed, who will also briefly review the men- and New “Debs” for young ladi Tan or black calf with lizard calf trim. Schoolgirl MRS. MAYO D. HERSEY. Winter Oxfords “Women's Shop'—1207 F and juvenile lead with “Whoopee,” who will sing a group of songs. The executive committee for the breakfasts includes in addition to the chairman, Mrs. Reed, Miss Florence E. Ward, Mrs. Theodore Tiller, Mrs. Charles Augustus Hawley, Miss Patricia Poe Bennett, Miss Agnes ‘Winn and Mrs. Daniel C. Chace. i G e Montgomery Couple Wed. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 29.— Miss Sarah Constance Chiswell, daugh- ter of Lawrence A. Chiswell, supervisor of assessments of Montgomery County, and Willlam B. Hilton, sor of County Commissioner Clagett C. Hilton of the Barnesville district, were married in ‘Washington yesterday. The ceremony was performed by Rev. George B. Har- rington, pastor of St. Stephen’s Catho- lic Church, at the rectory, the couple being attended by relatives. They de- LENENENRRENEREN parted shortly after the ceremony for a Southern trip. No School Tomorrow And the children need Winter shoes. Also, Xmas is coming. So, we’re putting on some One-Day Sales—which, by saving you parents real money, will induce you to anticipate their needs tomorrow. es Warm, ny heads. priced—95c. LR RRRN R Boys’ “Sample” $ Winter Shoes 1f your boy wears sizes 12 to 13—or 4 to § cozy “Hilo” Felt Slippers, All sizes up to 2, specially The measure is expected to solve the problem of the scarcity of houses since Christmas Jewelry Shop at the friendly store —jyou're always greeted with a smile—with no obligation to buy. Specializing in 734 Thirteenth St. Perfect Diamonds Large assortment bar pins, scarf pins, with complete line of standard watches. Charge Accounts Invited M. Waurtzburger Co. 742 Ninth St. N.W. mmmmmmm' Vs ! $ Special Sale misses’ rugged tan calf Good- Chris time? may . AND OTHER WIDELY KNOWN PAINT PRODUCTS INCORPORATED Paints for Every Purpose She Dreaded The enthusiasm of her friends grated on her nerves. How could they be so excited about all that shopping to be done in thickest crowds? How could they be so happy over standing in crowded street cars for an hour at a She recalled last Christmas with dis- She remembered how ill she felt on the day that ought to be the day of days. And she felt that the one thing to be done, was to get the Christ- mas shopping over, early. them on, she was told they were “health shoes”—ENNA JETTICKS. The next every morning, 7:30 to 8:303.0ver WOL. tmas! day she wore them for her shopping. The day amazed her! No more de- pressing fa- tigue. No more Wm. Hahn & Co., 1928 8:30 AM. one a custom-made Du-Art condition New ... i i i in Pianos and Victrolas. are very unusual. Friday Remnant Items in Pianos $1,500 Weber Pianola Grand, malmg:my case, per- fect condition ....... a $750 Kohler & Camphe!l Balsy Grand, rented for yeaer: . $3,360 W LI)EI’ Duo $1,375 Weber Ba $1,450 Ives & Pond Ihhv (,nnd Traded in Victrolas $25.00 ‘These are models made pre- vious to the Orthophonic Vic- trolas, and originally sold for €150 to $250. makes, Special Xmas Terms Arranged Friday Remnants in Furniture Our furniture department is a distinct feature of our busi- De Moll - K in bl American Beauty, ad- i C “h& K = &1 .y {‘;"S‘ngF "‘:"‘f.";'mcgfi::%: x:f(‘;:flgzt’y “Listen In” to the Enna Jettick melodies UrmiEure o, ined sheepskin moccasins with bun- : g TW. 3212 14th 3212 144 g —Friday evenings, 6:45, over WMAL— WELFTH & G STS. National Bank 917 F Street Xmas Savings Checks Cashed Tomorrow DE MoLL’s Friday Remnant Day In Pianos, Furniture and Victrolas Tomorrow our Remnant Day includes extraordinary items We have taken so many instru- ments in trade lately our warerooms are too crowded and we need the room for Xmas stock which is arriving almost daily. Don't miss our remnant sale tomorrow...prices oiiered £ rt (-um] recently lrn«.cd for 32 000 (;raml nnl\ogany case. Fme 8750 Traded in Your cholce of many fine all uprights and fully guaranteed. Pianoa—Yiflrolas—Rwdim——F ‘urniture - 5650 $495 Pianos $100