Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1928, Page 7

\ VANDERBILTPLANS CFTS T0 BACKERS: Former Publisher Back in Good Graces of Family to Extent of $3,000,000. B! the Associated Press. { 8T. LOUIS, Mo., December 24.—Tired hut affable, Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., changed trains here late yesterday on his dash across the continent m he \mh his bride at Reno for Chris took time to explain he \\M hark in the good graces of his family to the ex- ten( of $3,000,000 after four years in ex Vanderbilt expected to transfer to a ‘West Coast train in Omaha, and to an mirplane at Salt Lake City for the trip to0 Reno, hoping to reach his bride, the former Mrs. Mary Christmas afternoon. he former publisher denied he had been given a $1,000.000 Christmas check from his father, Gen. Cm’nellus Van- derbilt, but declared he was “ready naw to explain the whole thing. “I have been back in the family clr kle since last June,” he said, “and ng just before Christmas, nrnngements “ have been made so I will have $3,000,- 000 ready for distribution among the backers of my unsuccessful tabloldun tures in Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco.” Vanderbilt explained when he arrives In the West $1,000,000 in cash will have been deposited in trust in the Citizens’ 'Prutt & Savings Co. at Los Angeles. I'm going to celebrate Christmas by distributing ~ that $1,000,000 in cer- tificates of trust to the persons who lost money in the tabloids,” he said. “The enem] didn’t give me a c he contlnued “I had all this $3, 000 000 Weir Logan, by coming to me, and last June the fam- | who SOCIETY (Continued from Slxth Page.) aturday in honor of Mr. bfldge p.ny S yel.wn. who have recently come w Wuhinmn to live. After the cards there was a reception, representing residential society. Mr, James C. McGuire of New York City is at the Carlton for several days, Accnmpflnkd by his sister, Miss Mary M. McG Mr. and Mrs. Chester Snow, ir., en tertained a_ small party at the Club Chantecler last mght ines T. Roberts of Chicago is Gal -\hirmk his father, Mr. T. Gaines Rob- | erts, and Mrs. Roberts, at 46[0 Six- teenth street northwest. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Jackson of Detroit are at the Grace Dodge Hotzl for an ex- tended visit to Washington. Party Thursday Afternoon Of Our Flag Chapter, N. S. D. A. R. Mrs. George FEastment, Miss Lillie Hazelton, Miss Ida A. Burneft and Miss by | Anna Hazelton will be hostesses Thurs- day afternoon from 2:30 to 5 o'clock to mnmbers of Our Flag Chapter, D. A. R., and specially inflbed guests, at a_holiday meeting, to be held in the Women's City Cl\lb at 22 Jackson place. Judge and Mrs. samuel Jordan Gra- ham were among those enbertnining at dinner Thursday evening in the Wom- an's National /Democratic Club Some of the others dining there Thursday evening were Mr. and Mrs. William R. McGarry, who had Mr. and Mrs. Fran- cis B. Culver as their guesfs Miss Mnry E. Coulson, whose guests includ- ed Mr. and Mrs. Perry Walker and Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Brest. ~Mrs. Car- ter N. Keen was a dinner hostess and her guests were Dr. and Mrs. J. Rev- erdy Stewart. Another attending the dinner was Mrs. Frank Snell. Mrs. Frances H. Symmes and Miss Mary scotc Symmes of Wilmington, N.C., red to Washington to spend the holldlys here are staying at the - | Grace Dodge Hotel. lJolds were satisfactory to them.” Asked about the guarantees he was posed to have made on_ $608,000 worth of stock in New York, Vanderbilt referred reporters to John Brodix, his iness associate, who is accompanying him. Brodix said the guarantee bore Vanderbilt’s forged signature. Vander- bilt interrupted long enaugh to say: *One of them has fled to Canada n.nd e intend to prosecute all ct them He would not divulge their names, PASSENGER KILLED IN WRECKED TRAIN Woman in Home-Going Holiday Crowd Dead, Many Hurt When Cars Leave Tracks in Texas. By the Assoclated Press. PALESTINE, Téx, December 24— Bruised and shaken holiday home- comers again were en route ir various destinations today while work- man cleared the International Great Northern tracks, near here, of wreckage| caused by the, derailment of a l4-car special train yesterday afternoon, which Lnterrupud their journey. The only fatality was an unidentified ‘woman. About 60 pasengers were in- jured, but most of them continued after Teceiving emergency treatment. Running four hours late and londed| to capacity with Christmas travelers, fi:‘a:ny of whom were students from train struck a broken rail on a curve at Neches Tex The locomotive and btgm ar passed over safely, but a day h, diner and seven Pullmans went ofl the tracks to pile up at gro- es in water and mud along the rlghwt-wny Three rear Pullmans kzvt e rails. wommwh diedmmuuto acksonville, found e toh;rwnunnthe muduxdduh She had broken from fought her way clelt ot the wreck and ‘was_overlooked the first rescue 'orker A special train made uj the vacation travelers to Hauswn this morning. THREE HELD AS ROBBERS Men Are Believed to Have Held Up Minnesota Bank. WATERLOO, Iowa, December 24 (#). l—WiGh the txr:sb here oi‘l! Fn.nk cole- man, of Ashland, Monroe, "4 of Clevelal’ll‘lv Wlioe belleve they have rounded ug the gang of rob- bers who held Jp the blnk at mple iday and escaped '1.‘}1!:)!1.!1‘3 (g)‘o = curzr‘encr Dub T o s believed to rg‘e“ the tI “q ember, arrested Saturday n!cm 1n Dubuquz TWO BELIEVED FROZEN. Man and Widow of Brother Are Found Dead. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, r 24 (#).—The S sister-in-law, both believed to have rozen to death, were found in a subur- bln district yes ‘The body ot the mll‘l Edward Nose- Sale of Quality Pecans We bave tust recelved from Carol Plantation, One Ton of Extr- L-rn 1928-Crop Pecans Which we offer for sale at an exceptionally low price of 65c lb. or 5 lbs. for $3 S. W. HENRY 1917 Penna. Ave. NW. Broken Out" fAre you, too, one of those who have tflsd one thing after another for the skin, yet without results 7/ Then try this simple treatmenty— used by thousands with amazin, success. 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AvoLrr KamN President JEWELERS ol | PIGGLY THE EVENING VOLLEY N CHURCH KILLS 1, WOUNDS 2 Slayer Surrenders After Re- questing Friend to Sum- mon Officer. By the Associated Press. FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn., December 24.—Simmons and Neal Golden lay desperately ‘wounded today and Floyd Steelman, 22, was dead, victims of bul- lets fired into a congregation of the Gumberland Presbyterian Church of Kelso, near here, last night by Joe Pigg, Pprosperous farmer, in an eflorb to “set- tle differences” with Simi Pigg and Simmons md been neigh- bors rur years, but the only explana- tion for the tragedy by Pigg was that “differences” between the Pigg and Simmons families had prompted the at- tack. Pigg surrendered. Steelman, the first to be struck, died within a few moments. Simmons was wounded in the face and lungs. Golden was shot in the abdomen. Paul Gattlin, an 11 -year-old boy, suf- fered a minor wound of the scalp. Pigg is said to have fired at Simmons from a position in the rear of the church, the first shot throwing the conxregaucn into a panic. The follow- ing shots were fired in rapid order. Services were lmmed:ately discontinu-~ ed after the shooting. Pigg, following the attack, asked a friend to summon an officer and waited in_the church yard for the latter. Pigg is the father of seven children. — . 0 hundred boxes of refined silver \alued at $350,000 were recently re- ceived in Russia from London. Florlda and Cuba Feb. 16-27, 1929 An Eleven-Day All-Expense Person- ally - Conducted Tour—via Southern Rallway, F. E. C. Ry, P. & O. 8.8, Co. All-ropm sleeping cars, dining car; best hotels with private baths. For information and booklet de- scribing this attractive tour, sddress NEWMAN TRAVEL TOURS, EDINBURG, VA. or 8. E. Burgess, DPA., Southern Ry., 1510 H St. N.W., Washington, D.C. Tel. 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