Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1928, Page 5

- MARION E.RHODE | CALLED BY DEATH Assistant to Controller,‘ Treasury Department, and | Formerly in Congress. Marion Edward Rhodes, 60 years old, | assistant to the Controller General of the Treasury and former Republican Representative in Congress from the thirteenth Missouri district, died in George Washington University Hospital rday afternoon. Death was due anemia and septic poisoning. Mr. Rhodes, who was appointed to the Controller General's office by Pres- ident Harding, served here in the Fifty-ninth, Sixty-sixth and Sixty-sev- enth Congresses. During his last term | in Congress he was active as chairman | of the House committee on mines and | mining. Born on a farm in Bollinger Countv Mo., Mr. Rhodes was educated in th Dflblic schools, at Mayfield Smith A(‘Bd- i emy, Cape Girardeau State Normal, Missouri State University and at Stan- berry College, being graduated with a bachelor of science degree at the latter. Admitted to Bar in 1896. Following, he taught school and - studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1896. He began the practice of law | in Potosi, Mo, in the latter year. i He a member of the Missouri and American Bar Associations. In 1900 he was elected prosecuting attorney of | ‘Washington County, Mo.. and re-elected | in 1902. He also served one term as city attorney and one term as mayor of | the city of Potosl, and one term as a member of the lower house of the M souri State Legislature. Subsequently he seryed as a member of the Missouri State Board of Law Examiners, and was chairman of the committee on re- vision of laws that revised the Missouri lllfiltu in 1908. During the World War Rhodes was a member of the Lq:l Ad\'isory Board of Washington wm ‘Wife and One Son. Mr. Rhodes was married to Miss Min- | nie P. Davidson. He leaves his wife | and a son, Marion Benjamin Rhodefl of the Bancroft Hotel. He was vice president of the Missouri Society here, a member of the Con- gressional . Country Club and was a thirty-second-degree Mason. He made | his home in the Bancroft Hotel. | ‘The body will be taken to Potosi to- morrow for burial. RETIREMENT APPROVED. Lieut. Col. J. C. Fairfax’s Applica- tion Sanctioned by Coolidge. ‘The President has approved the ap- plication of Lieut. Col. John C. Fair- fax, United States Infantry, stationed at Camp McClellan, Ala., for transfer 1o the Army retired list March 16, after | more than 30 years’ service. | Col. Fairfax is from Maryland and served in the Spanish War as a ser- gennc major in the 5th Maryland In- , and in the World War as lieu- tenant colonel of Infantry in the Na- tional Army. He was appointed a sec- ond lieutenant of Infantry in the Reg- ular Army in October, 1902, and reached his present grade in January, 1926. e Rebekah Lodge Elects. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. | CLARENDON, Va, December 26— Mrs. Lelia Spillman Mw&:lemd noble grand of Clarendof h Lodge, N 28, at the annual meeting of the lodge in Odd Fellows’ Hell here Monday night. Mrs. Olive Johnson. was elected vice grand, Mre. Eula Clements, recording secretary; Mrs. Dorothy Brashears, treasurer; Mrs. Mildred Putman, finan- clal secretary; C. J. Ives, trustee for term of three years; Ira Brashears, de- dh'ecwr. and Mrs. J. B. Sweckcr, mlm'es of robes. Fireman Is Killed. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 26 (#). «Fireman Arihur Stansbury was killed today when a hook and ladder truck skidded into a trolley pole, pinning Stansbury mum the pole and crush- | ing him 1o de i ‘The fire ',ruck ‘was on its way to an east side home where Joseph Robinson, 11, was probably fatally burned when a five-galion can of naptha exploded. RESOLVED! That sanity is better than a sanitarium. That health is a business, not a side-line. That you need the Atlantic to run the business. That sea air replenishes red corpuscles. That neglect keeps the body in “red ink.” That fools count their benefits in cash. That wise men enjoy them before they cash in. That you'll be in Atlantic City for New Year’s. That before next New Year’s you'll come again. And that a Resolution on The Boardwalk is worth two in the Board Room. Friday to Tuesday Will Make A Happy New Year Still Happier! /\c&\/ : TLANTIC CIT ) Write to Any of the Following Hotels for Rates or Reservations PENNHURST-4 SEASIDE-A-E SHELBURNE-E STRAND-A-E ST. CHARLES-4 TRAYMORE-4-E [A—American Plan I Missourian Dies | MAIHO EDWARD RHODES WOMAN HELD IN SHOOTING Millinery Proprietress, U. 8., Arrested in Mexico City. MEXICO CITY, December 26 (#).— Mrs. Bernice Rush, who donated pub- lic homes in New Haven, Ky., and is proprietress of a millinery store in the | center of this city, was held yester- day on a charge of shooting, probably | fatally, a Mexican, Jenaro Benevente Martinez, owner of a dry goods store. The shooting occurred iast night in the gardens of the Belen Building, | which houses the jail as_well as the | It is alleged | police and_civil courts. that Mrs. Rush drew a pistol from her purse and fired five shots at Martinez, | two of which took effect. Mrs. Rush and Martinez, it is said, have been engaged in a business con- troversy dating back a year. Mrs. Rush refused to make a statement when asked for an intervie: ~ ADVERTISENENS ¢ Receiven HERe Bk o Hohberger’s Pharmacy 14th & Buchanan Is a Star Branch Office When something of value has been lost or found the in- terested parties want to get in touch with each other as quickly as possible. no more direct way than through an advertisement in the Lost and Found column of The Star. be seen by practically every- body in Washington. You can save time by leav- ing the copy at Branch Office in your neigh- borhood—which renders s || service without fee; only regu- lar rates are charged. 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