Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1928, Page 17

Newburyport’s “bad boy mayor,” Andrew J. Gillis, steps from jail into a grinding battery of cameras and the open arms of his political sympathizers, who held a parade of welcome for him. This shows Gillis leaving the Salem, Ma: ing an unlicensed filling station in the town of which he is mayor. Another American songbird makes her Metropolitan debut. Miss Pearl Besunger of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose first role with the Metropolitan Opera .Co. the critics and the audience alike. other night won the praise of —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. CHURGHPOLTICAL | " WORK S EFENDED “No Apologies {o Offer,” Dr. Clarence True Wilson Says to Board. “We have no apologies to offer be- | cause we bent every effort to elect the | Hoover-Curtis _ticket last November,” Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general sec- Tetary of the Board of Temperance, Pro- hibition and Public Morals, Methodist | Episcopal Church, told the board this morning at the opening session of its of the board from ers of the United States were | at the meeting. which closes afternoon at o'clock in the hington headquarters of the board, the Methodi ding, 100 Maryland avenue northeas Right Rev. William Fraser McDow- ell, resident bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and president of the board, is presiding. In continuing his address this morn- | ing on the past year's activities of the | board, Dr. Wilson declared that the | church has equally as much right to as- sert its influence politically as has cor- porations, gencies. | ake ested that the cause of prohibition can be y a revision of the treaty with tighten border restrictions on contra- band liquors. Dr. Wilson advocated a neral educational campaign to enlist co-operation of the public in dry nd_to circulate a| old-fashioned ab- r's pledge. Congress just opening its short session here, Dr. Wilson touched on the phrase to the effect that, “if Congress- men voted as they drink, we'd get ri: of prohibition.” ~This sentiment Dr. Wilson characterized as slanderous and the expression of propagandists for interests Reports are beir afternoon Board members various committees of el and discussed this were entertained at a luncheon teday in the Building. Methodist COOLIDGE IS UNDECIDED ON ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY Considers Excusing U. S. Employes Saturday Aftenoon and Mon- day Before Christmas. Presiden regarding g to the Federal employes in ad Christmas day. tom in the pas He has under consideration the sug. gestion to issue an executive order e cusing the employes from work on Monday, the day before Christmas, and halt holiday on the preceding Satur- day. but he has reached no conclusion. has not yet decided 1 holiday ce of s has been the cus- LEAPS TO AVOID ROW. Colored Man Jumps From Second Story Window and Injures Knee. “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day,” but he is certainly lessening his chances when he runs out of a second-story window. Such was the case of Frank Little, colored, 22 years old, of the 2100 block of Eighth street. Little told eighth pre- cinct police that there was a fight in his home and that things got so hot he jumped from a second-story win- dow. He was taken to Freedmen's Hospital in the patrol wagon, where it it was found, despite the length of his drop, that he had suffered nothing more serious than a lacerated knee. The fight occurred at 3:30 o'clock this morning. COMMITTEE AWAITS REPORT OF BUREAU Findings May Be Submitted to Senators Today. Reports of the Bureau of Efficiency on the proposed merger of Washing- ton’s street railway lines may be ready for transmittal to the Senate District committee this afternoon. mittee’s expert, already on file, Chair- man Capper will make immediate ar- rangements for a meeting of the merger subtommittee as soon as he receives | the findings of the bureau. Although the Maltbie report is mnot to be made public until the Senate sub- committee meets, it has been indicated that Dr. Maltbie made definite recom- mendations for changes in the plan of consolidation as it now stands. The extent to which these changes 2o will not, be definitely known until the port is given out, but the fact that | modifications have ‘been recommended is will go into the provisions of the er agreement in detail before de- what it will recommend to the | Senate. | It is expected that after the first ) meeting of the subcommittee there will {be a lull in the proceedings to give in- ments prepared by Dr. Maltbie and the cfficiency expert: T. H. DESSEZ IS DEAD. Former Washington Man Will Be Buried in Cincinnati. Theodore H. Dessez, 48, native of ‘Washington and a graduate of George- town University, died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Saturday. At the time of his | death he was Middle Western manager for the S. K. F. Ball Bearing Co. Burial is to be in Cincinnati. Hi with at the time of his death. Be- sides his widow he leaves two brothers and four sisters—George A. Dessez, on Traction Question With the | | report of Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the com- aken to mean that the subcommittee | ., jail, where he spent two months for operat- —Wide World Photos. The “Beauty of Aburnerest,” winner of most of the bulldog blue ribbons in London, enters another show, and this sailor lad is carrying him into the Handel Street Drill Hall, where it was held. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. The end of a one-stop flight from Canada to Cuba. At left: Two of the three newly elected Sen- ators who took the oath of office yesterday. ator John Thomas of Idaho (left) and Senator Otis F. Glenn of Tllinois.—Associated Press Photo. Leonard S. Flo, former Army pilot, is greeted at Columbia Field, Havana, by Col. Sanguily, Cuban aviation commander. lo was forced by illness to land at Key West, Fla., when Ontario, Taking off from only 90 miles from the goal of his attempted non-stop flight. A breeches buoy rescue after one of the many storm wrecks across the Atlantic. The British freighter Kentish Coast is shown driven ashore near Plymouth Sound, England. Every member of the ‘crew was brought ashore safely in the buoy. — Associated Press Photo —Wide World Photos. POLICE SEIZE STILL IN RAID ON HOME| “Flying Squadron Confiscate Mash | and Alleged Whisky and Arrest Two Men. Investigating complaints that a still | | was in operation in the 1300 block of | \Third street southwest, the “fying, { squadron” of the fourth precinct yester- | | day afternoon raided a house in that | block, arrested two men and confiscated a 75-gallon copper still, about 800 gal- lons of mash and 100 quarts of alleged | whisky. i No one was on the premises when the | Spectacles With Light-Sifting Lenses Called Mode to Eli By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 4—If experi- mentation upholds a theory advanced yesterday by Dr. E. E. Hotaling of New York before the American College of Optometry, spectacles with _special lenses to sift light r the cataract from the ills of the human eye. In his paper, Dr. Hoteling adduced the belief that cataracts had some rela- tion to the red rays in the spectrum. He detailed laboratory experiments with will eliminate | minate Eye Cataracts ordinary glass tanks and others in tanks of calobar glass, which excluded the red rays. Cateracts were predominante in the goldfish of the common glass tank, but did not appear among the other fish, Dr. Hoteling said. “It has long been a theory that the red-light rays produce a state of acidosis in the liquid inclosed in the cornea,” he declared. “This reacts on the cornea, resulting in what is known | as a cataract.” {BURNS FATAL TO WOMAN. Mrs. Nannie Murray, 80, Expires ! dividual Senators time to familiarize ) officers entered, but while dismantling themselves with the two lengthy docu- | the stlil on the second floor Jack Dunn, i vife, Mrs. Mary G. Dessez, was | | day. | Curtis, Truscott, Thayer and Barrett. New York; Comdr. Paul Dessez, Wash- When the matter was brought to the President's attention today said that the stion of governmenta li- days should be left with Congress and pot with the E ington; Miss Louisa and Miss_Char- {lotte Dessez, Furlong, Buffalo, and Mrs. Thornton of Washington State, D w. W, Mr. z made frequent \'Vpé to this city, by members of the Austrian legation, ‘Washington; Mrs. Francis | Mgr. P. C. Gavan, rector of the Sacred perform ~ County. 27 years old, and Wiiliam H. Da: both of the 1200 block of Sixth stree came to the house and were arrested on | charges of manufacturing, possession and ownership of property designed for ihe manufacture of liquor. They pleaded not guilty and demand- ed jury trial when arraigned before Judge Ralph Given in Police Court to- 1 of amount. ; 11 The men were arrested by Policemen | slied el Will Marry Diplomat. Miss Lillian W. Hendrick, sister of former District Commissioner J. Thil- man Hendrick, will be married tomor- | row afternoon at 4 o'clock, at 1901 Wyoming avenue, to a young Austrian diplomat, Dr. Franz Matsch of Vienna. Heart Catholic Church, will the ceremony, which will be attended Mr: Mi s f ag Sunday daughter, Mrs. J. S. Bell, Mrs, Murray s John R. Murray, J. i neAs et st 61 500 ani Touvla | 1o ey 0L LYRCHHIIS S fwo dAMER: | secured his release after posting thal|callaham of Louisa, and a brother, C. Specia at Home of Daughter. Sbectal Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., December 4.— s. Nannie Elizabeth Murray, 80 years Mrs. night at is e, widow of John T. Murray, died the home of her rvived by three sons, . E. Murray and C. L. F. Greenwood of Big Island. P. L. Jennings Succumbs. Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, Percy L. Jennings, 48 years old, died Sunday at his home at Naola, Amherst M. D. B Her death resulted from burns sus- {tained a week ago when her shawl caught fire while she was leaning over |a lighted oil stov December 4.— He is survived by his mother, ‘Willie P. Jennings, and a sister, dord of Waugh, .| the local Order of Eastern Star. 'MRS. AMELIA HUGHES DIES Lynchburg Woman Prominent in Church and 0. E. S. Work. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, December 4.— | Mrs. Amelia M. Hughes, 63 years of | age, wife of E. E. Hughes, died yester- | day morning at her home here after a ! short illness. She was a native of Cin- | cinnati, but had lived here many years. Mrs. Hughes was an active worker in ! Westminster Presbyterian Church and She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Miss Julia D. Hughes, and a brother, C. A. Christian of Battle Creek, Mich. Mrs. Lucinda Gnehm Dies. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., December 4.— Mrs. Lucinda Gnehm, 82 years of age, widow of John Gnehm, Who died 12 years ago, died Sunday night at Me- morial Hospital, where she had been ill a year, She was a native of Nelson County and has no relatives nearer than cousins, goldfish, some of which were placed in| PARTY DISCIPLINE OPPOSED BY HARRIS| Senator Asks for Harmony to Per- fect United Front in Next Election. By the Associated Press. Senator Harris of Georgia declared today he was not in favor of disciplin- | ing Democratic Senators who bolted the Smith-Robinson ticket in the recent { election. The Georgia Senator declared in a | formal statement that Gov. Smith “has { climinated himself from consideration as a candidate four years from now, | and that entirely new issues would be made,” and added: “Instead of punishing the Democrats who had differed with the party, I be- | lieve they should harmonize their differ- | ence so as to present a solid front four { years from now. I The two Democratic Senators who | most prominently campaigned adversely | {to Gov. Smith were Senators Heflin of | { Alabama. and Simmons of North | Carolina. | NOMINATIONS MADE. Names of Six Urged for Postmaster- ships Sent to Senate. President Coolidge today sent to the Senate the following nominations to be postmasters: Maryland—Cambridge, Willlam H. Medford; Cardiff, John R. Watson, and Mount Savage, Florence C. Lambie. \WRIT ASKED TO BAR | principal office Above: Flaw! Sen- —Copyrig! less form over the water jump. An unusual action picture of a woman rider and her mount in the Whaddon Chase Hunt trials at Blatchley, England. ht by Underwood & Underwood. Mr. and Mrs, Virgil W. Wallace of Pennsylvania and Chester Harris of Arkansas_ (right) were among the White House callers yes- terday before leaving Washington after conducting revival services for several weeks at the Ninth Street Christian Church, Ninth and D streets northeast. HOLD ANNUAL BAZAAR. Parish Guild Plans Harvest Din- ner and Play. The annual bazaar of the Parish Guild of Trinity Diocesan Church will be held in the Parish Hall, Third street | and Indiana avenue, today and tomcr-‘\ TowW. "The harvest dlnner will be given to- night and tomorrow a play, “By Way of the Secret Passage,” is to be presented by the Girls' Friendly Sociei Gift articles will be on sale in the church parlors during afternoon and evening. OIL PRICE FIXING Interior Secretary Exceeding Law- ful Authority, Texas Com- pany Claims. Declaring that Roy O. West, Secre-| tary of the Internior, is exceeding his| lawful authority in attempting to regu- late the price at which oil, other than royalty oil, shall be sold by oil grants to private corpo: Texas Co., an oil corporation, in New Y asked the District of Columbia Supreme Court for an injunction. The petitioner says it has a con- tract with the Cody Petroleum Co. of Wyoming to buy oil at 53 cents a bar- rel, with an output of about 1,000| barrels a day, and will be financially affected if the department carries out a threatened order to the Cody Co. requiring it to place a price of 85 cents pen barrel on the oil rold under the contract with the Texas Co. It is alleged that the law does not repose in the Secretary ‘he right to fix the price of any but royalty oils and that in_attempti 0 he is vio- lating the contract ri of the peti- tioner. Attorneys Palmer, Davis ¢nd Scott and W. J. Neale appear for the Texas Co. TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS SCORED IN LETTER| CAT SHOW OPENED WTH 240 ENTRIE Persian, Siamese and Manx Animals Among Record- Breaking List. The ninth champion cat show held by the Washington Cat Club opened its doors this morning at the L'Aiglon Club, Eighteenth street and Columbia road, with a record-breaking list of Two hundred and forty ding white, black, red, cream ver Persions, a variety of tabbies, tortoise-shell and blue tortoise-shell Siamese and Manx. Perhaps one of the most unusual and interesting en- tries is that of a seal-tipped Siamese mother cat exhibited with her five kit- s, owned by Miss Emma C. Payne this city. The ballroom of L'Aiglon has been tastefully arranged and decorated with potted plants and palms. Long rows of cages extend up and down the room and around the sides and the claborate dressings of individual cages surpass those of any previous year. Many a mother of infants might receive inspirations for nursery decorations by a visit to the cat show. Three cages, housing the entries of Mrs. Frank Thompson of Washington, are richly lined in heavy silk with numerous piay things scattered about to entertain and amuse the kitties should they become too bored with the show. Rattles, balls and mirrors, are among the articles seen-in these gayly decorated cages. A particularly conspicuous cage was a vision of loveliness, hung and padded with heavy lavendar satin, a satin bro- led cushion placed at one side in case th feminine feline should become fatigued with the long hours she will be forced to keep. Outside contributors to the Cat Show come from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsyl- vania, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois of | and Indiana. Many prizes, including cups, trophies, money and attractive articles, have been donated by individuals and cat clubs. The Cat Show this year is probably the largest held here for several years. (At least 50 entries had to be turned Trucks Standing in Front of Dwellings Hit in Communi- cation From Citizen. ceived a lengthy lett Young, plaining wraffic ordinance 2371 Champ about pe by hicles in his neighborhood. The regulations most frequently vio- lated, Mr. Young wrote, were those pro- hibiting of dwellis from bel trucks from standing in front ings and prohibiting any vehicle ing parked in one place con- tinuously for more than 18 hours. Mr. Y oung suggested the trafiic code be amended. A curious Chri London. Virginia—Meadowview, A. I. Snod- grass; Prospect, Thomas R. Cocks; Ship- man, Summerfield Babor, and West Graham, P, B. Linkous, St mas law_exists in On that day no demonstra- tions by unemployed and others are permitte day: Christ and mas day. d. They are allowed on Sun- bank holidays, but not on |away. No cat may be entered in the |show unless properly entered in the | catalogue, and this must be done at {least 10 days previous to the opening of | the show. | i |WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS. Coolidge Indicates He Will Re- main During Holidays. Although President Coolidge has made no plans for observing Christmas, he indicated today while discussing the subject that he and Mrs. Coolidge will remain at the White House during the holidays. ‘They have recéived a number of in- vitations to visit in different sections of the country during the Christmas holidays, but inasmuch as they Have instituted the annual custom of carol ging at the White House on hristmas eve, he doubts very much