Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1928, Page 14

‘The Christmas play given by these fourth-grade youngsters at the ‘Addison School yesterday was all about “Mrs. Grumpy’s Christmas Lesson.” The players are, left to right, front row: Ernest Ager, George Amouri, Car- Back row: Frances Thatcher, Helen —Star Staff Photo. roll Harding and Catherine Wynne. ‘Brown, Louise Vasiliow, Mary Fisher and Ruth Meyer. Miss Elizabeth Jackson and her mount, who will be one of the more than 100 entries in the Riding and Hunt Club’s first indoor horse show ci the season tonight at Twenty-Second and K streets northwest. In addition to local entries, a number have come from out of town. RIVALRY DEVELOPS INU.5-CUBA TRADE Shipping Board Liner to Compete With British Ship for Winter Traffic. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 22.—The Hner President Roosevelt has been as- signed by the Shipping Board to chal- fenge the British-owned Caronia for the profitable Winter season business between this port and Havana. Several weeks ago the Cunard Line announced that the liner Caronia, with transatlantic service and appointments, would be operated between New York and Havana during the Winter season. Declaring that the New York-Havana route is peculiarly an American trade in which America and Cuba were the interested parties, Chairman T. V. O'Connor of the Shipping Board an- nounced that the PreSident Roosevelt ‘would be turned over to the Ward Line for the New York-Havana run and “continued in that service as long as the Caronia.” The first sailing of the Caronia is scheduled for January 5. On the same date the President Roosevelt will clear for Havana and the race will be on, with the advantage in speed with the American ship. Chairman O’Connor in his statement id: “The New York-Havana route is not | British trade or the trade of any other country foreign to the United States or Cuba. It is, therefore, the opinion of the Shipping Board when a ship of a nation foreign to both of these coun- | tries, if that ship is not regularly em- ployed in the trade, is put in service between New York and Cuba it is the intention of the owners of that foreign vessel to injure the interests of the | American companies which have in- vested their money to maintain ade- guate service.” Officials of the Cunard Line in a ptatement said: “There is no question of American sea lanes involved, New York-Havana not being a coastwise service confined to American shipping, but free to all flags. We fully anticipate that the im- proved service we offer will stimulate sufficient traffic to provide fully for the Caronia without causing loss of \ramci to existing lines.” | FORM TRAINING SCHOOL. M. E. Ministers Elect Dr. Wright of Lonaconing President. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., December 22— Organization of the Methodist Standard raining School, which is to begin at Kingsley Church, this city, January 20 and continue a week, was effected by the election of Rev. Dr. U. 8. Wright of Lonaconing, president; Rev. J. W. Rosenberger, Cumberland, associate esident; Rev. C. L. Beard, Cumber- and, registrar, nad Rev. D. R. Cleck- ner, Ridgeley, treasurer. Rev. Thomas M. Dickey, pastor of Kingsley, was ap- pointed librarian. Both the Northern and Southern branches of the church participate im the school. The dean ill be Rev. Robert K. Nevill, Wash- Fsion 0.6 " —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Bill Asks $100,000 For Preservation of Lincoln’s Birthplace ‘The expenditure of $100,000 for improvement and preservation of the land and buildings of the Abraham Lincoln National Park, (near Hodgenville, Ky., where the Civil War President was born, ‘was proposed in a bill introduced yesterday _ by Representative Thatcher, Republican, Kentucky. Thatcher said that the sum ‘was needed to protect the build- ings from disintegrating and to beautify the grounds. TEACHER'S SLAYER 1S BELIEVED KNOWN Immediate Ap pre hension Promised of Murderer Who Nearly Decapitated Body. By the Associated Press. CARMI, Ill, December 22.—Imme- diate apprehension of the slayer of Miss Anna Preher, about 45 years of age, whose body, nearly decapitated, was found in her home yesterday, was promised by Sheriff Jesse Grissom today. He would not reveal the nature of leads upon which he was working. | Miss Preher, a grade school teacher and civic leader of Carmi, apparently struggled with her assailant. Part of her clothing was torn away and effects in the little four-room cottage were disarranged. There was no evidence, Sheriff Grissom said, of the house having been ramsacked. The s'ayer failed in an attempt to| burn the home. A partly burned| bundle of bed clothing was found near the body, which was discovered in a | bedroom by Mrs. Maud Chalfant, city | superintendent of schools. A hole in the floor approximately three feet in g}aaneter was burned before the fire ed. Isaac Austin, another school teacher, who was known to have had an{ argument with Miss Preher Thursday, | was questioned by the sheriff last night at his home in the country. Sheriff | Grissom did not reveal what he learned | from Austin, but immediately after his return started in search for another| man whom he wanted to question. Austin was a former neighbor of Miss Preher. A sister of Miss Preher, from whom ' she was said to have been estran, was also questioned. Announce Army Transfers. Col. Louis R. Burgess, Coast Artillery Corps, has been relieved from duty with Organized Reserves of the 3rd Corps | Area, with station at Erie, Pa.,, and as- signed to duty with Regular troops in the Panama Canal Zone, effective Feb- ruary 21. Col. Henry B. Farrar, Field Artillery, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., has been ordered to Sloux City, Iowa, for duty with the Organized Reserves of the 7th Corps Area. Col. Harry G. i Ranieri Bishop, 6th Field Artillery, at Fort ‘(;yle. Md., has peen ordered to Hawall Quiy- with #he Field Artilewyy THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C SATURDAY, -DECEMBER - 22. 1928.. The first international dog team mail starts off on its six-week route. Postmaster Alden Pulsifer of Minot, Me. (at lett), driver of the team, receiving the good wishes of Gov. Brewster of Maine before leaving City Hall, at Lewiston, with his sled full of mail. More than 100 mail stops will be made on the route to Montreal and return. —Associated Press Photo. First-grade youngsters of the John Eaton School, Thirty-fourth and Lowell streets northwest, whe lent a helping hand to Santa Claus by making dolls and picture books for less fortunate children of Washington, under the direction of their teacher, Miss Mildred B. Lehnert. The articles have been turned over to the Central Union Mission for distribution. Nelson and Margaret, little twins at the Central Union Mission’s Emergency Home, 624 Louisiana avenue, who are looking forward to the Christmas party they will share there with 40 other youngsters of the home. DEATH 0 BEASKE FOR 2 HONAPERS Case, Marked by Many Slaying Threats, May Close Today. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 22.—The Ra- nleri kidnaping case is expected to go to the jury tonight after nearly four weeks of courtroom procedure. The State will ask the death penalty for two of the three men on trial for the kidnaping of 10-year-old Billy Renieri for $60,000 ransom, Angelo Petitti and Andrew Capellano. Tony, Andrew's son, also is accused of being implicated in the plot. Since its start, the trial has been marked by intimidation of State wit- nesses and the slaying of one, Ole Scully. A night session of court has been re- sorted to in an effort to speed up the trial. Many of the earlier days of the trial were devoted to selection of a jury, made difficult because many of the pro- spective veniremen feared death. As the trial progressed, A. F. Ranieri, the boy's father, and Mike Devito, a State witness, received letters threaten- ing death, as did Judge Robert E. Gent- zel, in whose court the case is being tried. Petitti, who took the stand in his own defense yesterday, pictured himself as a friend of Billy. Four witnesses testi- fied for the State in rebuttal at last night’s session. For auto lamps or airplane landing fleld lights, a special lens now on the market projects an amber colored beam which is said to penetrate much e etectiyele 9a e el Ris | By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 22.— Mutual devotion of a gray-haired pris- oner in the Tennessee State Penitentiary and a 10-year-old grandson of the warden, dating back a number of years, came to light here when Willilam Pitz- gerald walked out of the penitentiary, pardoned by Gov. Henry M. Horton. Fitzgerald went immediately to the home of Warden A. A. McCorkle, where he spent last night as an honored guest, and today planned to leave for 2 nearby town to see Willlam McCorkle Wood, the lad over whom he had watched and The German rocket car idea invades America. —Star Staff Photo. Lou Moore, the racing driver, in his rocket car, “White Rocket,” in which he has made several test runs at Santa Monica, Calif. 1t has already shown a speed of better than 50 miles an hour. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Devotion of Gray-Haired Convict to Boy, 10, Revealed on Pardon of Wife Murderer nursed so patiently once in Nashville when the latter lay desperately ill. Fitzgerald had known young Wood before the latter’s iliness, and was per- mitted as a trusty to go to the warden's home when he heard the youth was fighting for his life. Later, after the boy’s recovery, he often visited the old man in the peni- tentiary and endeavored to brighten the life of the prisoner. Fitzgerald said he had no future plans after the visit, declaring all his friends and relatives in Memphis, Tenn., where he was convicted in 1911 for slaying his wife, had passed on. COLORED MAN HELD IN TURKEY THEFTS Said to Have Admitted Stealing Three Found in His Possession and Confesses to Burglaries. Found to have in his possession three dressed turkeys that he is said to have admitted stealing from the Piggly Wiggly store at 2017 Wisconsin avenue, James Jasper Turner, colored, 22 years old, of the 1000 block Cherry Hill, is said to have confessed to five recent housebreakings, following his arrest at midnight by Policemen W. T. G. Mills and W. L. Brown of the seventh precinet. The policemen stopped Turner when they saw him coming out of Grace street with a suit case in his hand. Upon opening the suit case they found the turkeys, and further questioning revealed, they say, that Turner had entered the grocery store a short time before by breaking a rear door. ‘Turner denies taking anything but the turkeys, police say, but they charge 834 toe ealie Biace ad-hewa e sacked. It is impossible to ascertain the full extent of the loss until store officials have had an opportunity to make a full examination of the place. After being taken to the station house Turner is declared by police to have admitted the robbery of four stores in Georgetown in a little less than two months. He led them to a house in the 3100 block of South street, where they recovered the loot, consisting of clothing, fountain pens and other ar- ticles. Police set a tentative value of $500 upon their recovery. Turner, who admits that he was re- leased last May after serving a 3-year term for housebreaking, reputedly told questioners that he broke into the stores of Benjamin Shuman, 3221 M street, and Samuel J. Bendheinder, 3028 M street, on November 3. On November 19, he admits entering the stationery store of William H. Brewton & Sons, 3256 M street, and on December 19, the store of Soloman Wisotzky, 3425 M street. SR T R Tanker Still Aground. MEXICO CITY, December 22 (#).— Dispatches from Tampico today said that the American tanker Mevania, which ran_ aground off that port on Thursday, had not changed its position. Because of heavy sgas the crew had not been rescued. vessel was not be- Uoveg to-be i lpmediate PLANES I PARS SUBJELT OF MEE Conference Will Be Held in Capital Next Year to Study Problem. A conference to consider the feasl bility of establishing commercial air- plane flelds in the National Parks will | be held in Washington next month or in February, Arno B. Cammerer, acting director of the National Park Service, sald today. H. M. Albright, assistant director in the field and superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, will come here to assist in the discussion. An important subject to be considered is the possible effect of airplanes on wild life in the parks, Mr. Cammerer said, adding that the animals must be | preserved. Most of the national parks are in a high altitude and this factor must be taken into consideration in de- liberating over the advisability of per- mitting commercial airplane firms to establish fi2lds in the parks as an added lure for the traveler to view the won- ders of America from the air. Some commercial airplane concerns have established fields outside the park boundaries. At present commerical air- plane firms are not permitted to do business inside the parks, although there have been emergency landings on park land. Secretary West, in his annual revort, indicated that he favors a conference to discuss the problem. Safe Robbed at Lynchburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. December 21.— The door of a small safe in the office of Dr. E. C. Glass, superintendent, of public schools, was jimmied open Thursday night and & small amount of money takeny N Scene from the Christmas play, “My Lady's Lace,” presented yesterday at Business High School, under the direction of Miss E. Galbraith. The players are, left to right: Hammond Oder, Constance Messina, Paul Wall and Margaret Eberly. —Star Staft Photo. Omeen Mary of England arriving for the first public ceremony she has attended since the beginning of the King's illness, the unveiling of the Mercantile Mar London. throughout the ceremony. ine War Memorial on Tower Hill, She is seen being protected from the rain which fell —Wide World Photos. Bullfighter Barred For Beating Writer Who Criticized Him By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, December 22.— Joselito Martin, a noted Spanish bull fighter, has been' barred by the municipal council from fur- ther appearance here. He beat a newspaper man who criticized his technique at the last bull fight. The Newspapermen'’s Association has asked the authori- ties to prosecute the Spaniard. WALTER REED FACES Board of Trade Group to Op- pose Move Blocking Street Extension. Reiterating its former stand favoring the extension of Fourteenth street north and through Walter Reed Hospital, the streets and avenues committee of the Washington Board of Trade yesterday voted to “fight” any building project at the hospital which would serve to block the proposed extension, legislation for which now is pending. Declaring that he had authoritative information that a building is to be erected at Walter Reed directly in line with the proposed extension, George C. Shinn, chairman of the committee, said that such action would be a “very arbi- trary and outrageous procedure.” The ter and to take any necessary steps in opposition. Mr. Shinn explained briefly the pro- posal to tunnel the street under the hospital and declared that the noise from traffic would not be heard by the hospital patients. ‘The committee postponed action on the proposed bill to give the District Commissioners full authority to close streets and also action on the proposal to widen Piney Branch road from But- ternut street to Belair road. G. V. Graham, chairman of the special com- mittee considering the two issues, was authorized to make a further study of them, with a view of making a definite recommendation later. In this con- | nection it was proposed that Mr. Gra- ham wait until certain changes have been made in the bill regarding giving the Commissioners power to close streets. An address on the street closing bill was delivered by C. L. Wirth, architect for the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. Lynchburg Has 550 Flu Cases. | Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURg; Va., December 22.— Placnig an estfmate of 550 case of in- fluenza in Lynchburg, Dr. Mosby G. Perrow, director of the municipal de- partment of public welfare, says he is unable to say whether the malady has reached its peak. Records show that there are only a few dangerous cases. D; Pl:rrow opposes closing the public schools. ;”A $1.000,000 automobile bullding s to Exhibition in Forante, FIGHT ON BUILDING committee voted to investigate the mat- | COLUMBUS LEADING IN DISCOVERY ROW Field Museum Says Norse- men’s Prior Find Fails of Scientific Support. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 22.—Columbus, perhaps, really did discover America. The Field Museum, at any rate, is yet to be convinced that Norsemen ante- dated his arrival in the New World. In its report available today the mu- seum took much the same view as Frank Stockton in the story “The Lady and the Tiger.” One can open either the door of legend or the door of history and take what he finds. The recent Rawson-McMillan sub- Arctic expedition of the museum peeped over the door of legend and espied some ruins on Sculpin Island near Nain on the Labrador coast. Dr. William Duncan Strong, assistant curator of North American enthnology and archeology, the anthropologist of the expedition, failed to see in the ruins any connection with a Viking settlement of centuries ago. The ruins, he said, resembled the remains of an old Eskimo whaling camp. They frequently have been held up as possible proof of an early Norse settle- ment, but Dr. Strong said the stonework is not typical of authenticated ruins in Greenland; rather, they bear more re- semblance to inclosures found around Eskimo burial and camp sites in other regions. Instead of an abode for a daring Viking, parts of the ruins seem to have been depositories for blubber of the 1 Eskimos. Dr. Strong doesn’t deny the Norsemen landed about 900 A.D,, but he said: No tangible evidence to support this | belief has been found so far. There | have been many other reports of Norse i ruins, but when investigated, all of them, |to date, as in the present instance, proved to be inconclusive or definitely wrong.” | —— :MAN, SEVERELY INJURED, IS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS [Douglas Hogg, Taken From Street, Now in Hospital and Reported in Serious Condition. Found unconscious in front of 1214 «Ward's court at 11 o'clock last night, Douglas Hogg. a roomer at 1819 F street, was taken to Emergency Hos- pital and found to be suffering from & Isevere laceration at the base of the |skull. He was still unconscious today {and physicians consider his condition | serious. Hogg was taken to the hospital in the third precinct patrol wagon and was unidentified until this morning, when 1t was learned that he is employed on the construction of the new D. A. R. building. Police have been unable to locate any relatives and believe that ]m has been in the city but a short Although they had been unable learn anything definite because of man’s condition, the police have ar- rested and are holding for investigation a colored couple who, it is rumored, threw Hogy from a house In Ward} court. It been impossible to de- termine whether the man was robbed, but it is updn this theory that police are working.