Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1929, Page 13

First pictures of President-elect Hoover in Chile. Above is a scene EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. TUESDAY; JANUARY' 1, 192 before the presidential palace in Santiago as Mr. Hoover arrived in a carriage to pay his respects to President Carlos Ibanez. Troops kept the crowds back from the palace plaza. At right: President-elect Hoover on the steps of the American em- bassy at Santiago with President Ibanez when the latter returned his visit to the palace. ~— Associated Press Photo. President and Mrs. Coolidge enjoying the wild steer rodeo held on the Sapelo Islanid beach for their entertainment. Mrs. Coolidge is seen taking moving pictures of the l.tlflnlll.l of natives to ride and race the steers, which are rounded up each year after roaming wild over the sea islands. FARMERS ADVANCE THROUGH VIRGINIA Agricultural Developments Gain, With Great Strides Made in Stock Raising. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Jaunary 1.—Virginia, in 1928, made substantial gains in agri-| cultural development, with probably outstanding advances being made in the dairy, poultry and sheep industries, ac- cording to officials of the State Depart- ment of Agriculture. Although total crop valuation for 1926 showed a decrease from that of the preceding year, officials believe that the State has maintained its steady stride in developing along permanent and substantial agficultural lines. Dur- ing the year just closed, Virginia pro- gressed toward still greater diversity in farming, thereby, in the opinion of offi- cials, insuring the State added agri- | cultural prosperity. Live Stock Gains Ground. Live stock continued in 1928 to rise to greater prominence in agriculture in Virginia, Live stock and live stock products in 1928 contributed more than 40 per cent of the total farmi income, with live stock prices being generally as favorable as in 1927, making the total farm income during the year just closed almost equal to that of 1927, with more favorable weather. Dairying has shown progress in Southwest Virginia, where four cheese factories and two denseries established during the year have created a greater demand for milk. The poultry indsutry during 1928 forged ahead steadily and this phase of farming now is grown int® one of the most important in the entire State. The industry has shown especial gains in the valley district and in Accomac County. Poultry Grade Standardized Adoption of standard grading and inspection for poultry products is be- lieved by officials to have aided this industry probably more than any other one factor in the State. Under the new regulations poultrymen are Te- warded for producing products of su- perior ~ality with higher prices. Shegy raising made substantial gains in 248, with flocks being increased i some extent and more purebred wtock purchased. Last year saw the launching of at least two movements which, it is be- | lieved, will aid agriculture in the State. Disastrous prices for potatoes prompted potato growers of Virginia, Marylan and the Carolinas to unite in a2 mov ment to readjust conditions with th aim of bettering prices for this crop. Survey to Be Made. The agricultural commission appoin:- year by governor will serve in making a survey of agricultural conditions in the State. Data secured from the proposed survey will be of great value in solving agricultural prob- lems. While a reducticn in total value of principal crops was shown by reports to have occurred in 1928 as compared to 1927, the year was not unfavorable for many phases of farming, it was said. ‘The value of principal crops in 1928 was estimated at $155,309,000, compared o $163,577,000 for 1927 and $152,809,- 000 for 1926. The value of potatoes and tobacca, considerable | Ik con- | ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 1 (Spe- cial).—Figures compiled by Preston B. | Ray, clerk, show that during last year | 7,930 deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, | releases and bills of sale were recorded | in the office of the clerk of the Circuit | Court here. The number was not a rec- | ord for the .county, but, it is stated, compared favorably with best previous TS, y'(.)l the papers placed on record dur- ing the 12 months, 2,423 were deeds, 1,698 deeds of trust, 1904 mortgages and releases and 1,905 bills of sale. Miss Iva Madeline Williams, 23, and Herman Lyle Hanna, 21, both of Wash- ington, were married in Rockville yes- terday by Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Baptist Church, at the home of the minister. ‘The same minister officiated at the marriage here of Miss Ruth A. Weeks, 19, of Warrenton, Va., and Samuel S.| Bailey, 21 of Manassas, Va., the cere- mony taking place at the parsonage. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Cizcuit Court here for the mar- riage of John A. Reddington, 22, and Miss Thelma E. Hanson, 20, both of ‘Washington, and Edwin F. Pearthree, 21, of Peach Bottom, Va., and Miss Eve- lyn McGovern, 16, of Washington. A family reunion at the home of Mr. | and Mrs. Samuel S. Welsh, near Avery, | Sunday was among the interesting | events of the holidays here. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward E. Welsh, Clyde Poss, Mr: | Lawson and daughter, Mrs. M. Gaskins, | Mrs. C. Strathy, Mrs. D. Kelly, A. Felka |and Mrs. Watson of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Welsh, jr, and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Heagy and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Poss and children, Mrs. Ethel Carr, Mr. | and Mrs. Wilbur Monday, John Esputa, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barnsley, W. H. Dodd, Dr. J. Nichols of this county, and Mr. and Mrs. James Morton of Balti- more. s | yesterday when County Policemen Roy | Bodmer and Paul Watkins visited his home near Sandy Spring and reported they found nine half-gallon jars and | three kegs- of alleged corn whisky and and sizes. He was required to furnish bond in the amount of $500 for his ap- pearance in the Police Court here Sat- urday for trial. ; Miss Ruth Margaret Allen and Wil- liam Scott Rhoades, both of Washing- ton, were married in Rockville yesterday by Rev, S. J. Goode of the Christian Church, as were Miss Thelma E. Han- son and John A. Reddington, both of Washington, the home of the minister being the scene of both ceremonies. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the mar- Dorothy G. Cooper, 18, both of Wash: j ington; John L. Hudgins, 21, of Hamp- {ton, Va, and Miss Margaret Walton Brown, 30, of Hilton Village, Va.; Archie Hopkins, colored, was arrested | numerous containers of various kinds | riage of Paul E. Warwick, 21, and Miss | of his family. —Associated Press Photo. The White Hotse huntsman travels in an ox cart. President Coolidge returning from a deer hunt on Sapelo Island with his host, Howard E. Coffin. Several deer came within range of the President, but he failed to bag one. His luck with birds, however, was far better. —Associated Press Photo. 2 E % The funeral procession at Arlington yesterday of Staff Sergt. Joseph Spel, veteran of seven World War battles, who won the Croix de Guerre, and who was honored in death by the presence as honorary pallbearers of four generals and two line officers, under whom he had served. Chaplain Vaughan of Fort Myer precedes the flag-draped casket, the group following including Maj. Gen. Summerall, chief of staff; Maj. Gen. Cheatham, Brig. Gen. King and Brig. Gen. Parker. Gov. Smith enjoys his last few hours in the executive mansion at Albany, N. Y., in observing his fifty-fifth birthday with members The 1928 Democratic standard bearer is seen cutting his big birthday cake. ~—Associated Press Photo. OYSTER DREDGING BILL TO BE INTRODUCED Abandonment in April and May, Except in Chesapeake Seed Areas, Proposed. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, prohibiting dredging for oysters in the Chesapeake, except on the seed areas, in April and May, will be presented to the Legislature. It is being drawn and will be spon- sored by the Tri-State Sea Food As- sociation, which includes most of the packers on the Eastern Shore. The assoclation, it is said, is en- | deavoring to organize an oyster pro- | education along the lines of presenting | the true situation to the people.” Oyster dredgers, it is reported willing to abandon dredging provi transplanting is promised for next year. It was suggested that the Somerset County law for the planting of oysters and the restrictions on dredging be law. Woman Injured in Crash. { George C. Murphy, 21, and Miss Annie il Fleming, 23, both of Landover, 7d.. and Robert W. Bradshaw, 28, and H Belva Brown, 21, both of ocbus, Va. 1 important cash crops, was uch lower than that of 1927, but the value of fruits, grains, cotton, peanuts and sweet potatoes was greater than in 1927. An Increase was reported last year for the total harvested area as r.om%h:red with 1927, the estimate for 1928 being 4,261,000 acres and for 1927 4,221,000 acres. An increase in acreage was shown for barley, buckwheat, corn, cot- ton, potatoes, rye, sorghum and tobacco, and a decrease for hay, oats and wheat. Increased activity in organization work among farmers was noted in 1928. Virginia rose from third ranking to second ranking place among all States a5 an anple-shipping State. . Special Dispatch to The Star. | CUMBERLAND, Md, January 1.— | Mrs. Jewell Rambow, 30, wife of Charles | Rambow, New Lebanon. Mercer County, | dent ., as the result of a motor acci- on Meadow Mountain, near | Grantsville, on the National Highway | | west of Frostburg. The cur driven by Mr. Rambow got_out of his control on | the slippery toad and crashed into ‘[Lruck and another car. e Marriage Is Announved. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., January 1.—An- nouncement has been made by George Willis Peters, Greenwich, Conn., of the marriage of his niece, Mrs. Laura Dodge Griffith, this city, to Alfred Moss Kerfoot, son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Kerfoot, Berryville, Va, which took Decembes 28, January 1-—A billl tective association “for the purpose of | used as a model for the State-wide | FOUR HURT IN WRECK. Towed Car Figures in Crash Near Cumberland, Md. Special ‘Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md, January 1.— Randolph Jewell, 14; Carl Gerlach, 22; John Yaksegich, 17, and James Eaton, 19, are n Alleghany. Hospital with frac- tures, cuts and bruises received when William Peterman’s car crashed into that of John W. Ridenbaugh on the Valley road, 3 miles from here. ‘Yaksegich, accompanied by the other three, was engaged in towing in the Ridenbaugh car and had stopped to ad- just the lights on the towed car when lacerations about the hands. Jewell is thought to have suffered a fractured neck. The others sustained fractured legs. i WOMAN DIES IN CRASH. Mrs. Bernard Brown Is Buried in Winchester, Va. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., January 1.—The body of Mrs. Texie Lee Brown, 30, wife of Bernard Brown, Xenia, Ohio, killed in an automobile accident at the foot of Negro Mountain, Grantsville, Md., Saturday, was brought here today and interred in Mount Hebron Cemetery after funeral rites at the home of her {;llh(‘l’, Charles Emory, at Gainesboro, a. Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their five children, two of them twins, were re- turning to Ohio after spending the Christmas holidays at the home of Mrs. Brown's parents. ~Their automobile skidded on ice at the foot of the moun- tain road, whirled around and 'over- turned. Mrs. Brown was dead when extricated, her skull having been frac- tured. - Several of the children were injured. Mrs. Brown leaves her husband, five children, her parents and two sisters, |Mrs. Le¢ R, Hack and Miss Jessie Emory of Dittsburgh, Pa. crash occurred. Peterman received ! yeqr. ATTENDANCE REPORT. Colored Elementary Schools Lead in Lynchburg for Month. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., January 1—Re- ports for the public schools here for the third month of the present ferm show colored elementary schools to be in the lead for attendance, having a record of 958 White elementary schools were next with a record of 95.1. The white and colored high schools had the same record, 95 per | cent. The average attendance in all the schools was 94.8. The total enroliment now is 8,157, a gain of 136 over the same time last 3 The enrollment at the high schools is 1,564, a gain of 75 over last year. Girls outnumber boys in all of the grades except in the white elementary school. There are 540 boys and %23 girls in the white high school, and 96 bo}};s ;and 205 girls in the colored high school. PLANE FALLS; TWO HURT. Pilot and Wife Slightly Injured in Virginia Wreck. EMPORIA, Va., January 1 (#).—R. S. Horsley, pilot, and his wife of Pitts- burgh, were slightly injured and their airplane wrecked near here yesterday when the plane crashed into a barn after taking off from the Emporia Air- port. The plane, a two-seater, was said to have been one of the Pittsburgh Avia- tion Co.’s entries in the air race to be held at Miami, Fla., and was said to have been wrecked beyond repair. Mr. and Mrs. Horsley were en route from Pittsburgh to Miami and had stopped at Emporia to refuel the machine. ‘The pilot said he discovered a leak- ing gas line shortly after sending his plane into the air, but could not right the machine before it crashed into the barn. Mr. and Mrs. Horsley were given first-aid treament and were taken to a local hotel, where it was said their in- Juries were not serious, VIRGINIA ART TEACHER, ILL ONE YEAR, DIES Funeral Rites for Miss Louise Jor- dan Smith Are Held in Lynchburg. | Special Dispatch to The Star. { LYNCHBURG, Va, January 11— Miss Louise Jordan Smith, professor jof art at Randolph-Macon Woman's | College, died yesterday morning at Vir- | ginia Baptist Hospital here after an illness of about a year. She was a | daughter of the late Maj. Towson ; Smith, A sister, Miss May Elleanor Smith of Washington, and a brother, ‘Towson E. Smith of Flint Hill, this State, survives. { Funeral services were to be held this afternoon at the collége and the body was to be taken to Warrenton for in- terment in the family lot. * Miss Smith studied art at the Art Student’s League, New York; Academie | Julian, Paris; Beaux Arts, Paris; Todor | Hart's Studie, Paris, and spent a sab- batical leave in 1924 in European travel and study of art of Spain, particularly of the Prado. Miss Smith was a member of the National Art League of America and an official of the Genetral Federation of Woman’s Clubs. She was largely instrumental in the establishment and promotion of the art assoclation here. R RITES HELD FOR PASTOR. |Rev. James Pierce Feltner Buried in Herndon, Va. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. HERNDON, Va., January 1.—Funeral services were held for Rev. James Pierce Feltner at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Methodist Church at Sunset Hill (Wiehle). Burial was in the Sun- set Grove Cemetery, Herndon. Rev. Mr. Feltner was pastor of the Methodist Church here. One son, Charles F. Feltner of Sun- set Hill, and five grandsons survive. Rev. Mr. Feltner's wife and another son, Elbert, died several years ago, ] FLU DELAYS REOPENING. Work to Be Resumed at Randolph Macon January 8. LYNCHBURG, Va., January 1 (#).- Macon Woman's College, here, an- nounced last night that the institution would not resume work until January 8, instead of January 4, the previously announced date of the after-holiday opening. He said college authorities had made the postponement because of the influenza situation over the country generally. Local conditions, he said, are not alarming. Dr. Ennion G. Williams, State health officer, yesterday advised all schools to | delay the after-holiday opening, due to the prevalence of influenza in Virginia. | Between 100,000 and 125000 cases, he sald, have been reported within the last three weeks. — HYATTSVILLE RITES FOR SHREVE ARE SET Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Morning for Victim of Heart Trouble. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 1— Funeral services for Enos Ray Shreve, 68 years old, who died suddenly Sun- day of heart trouble while sitting in a chair at his home reading, will be held tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock.: The Rev. Clyde Brown, rector of Pink: ney Memorial Episcopal Church, will officiate. Interement will be in the Cemetery of St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church, at Oxon Hill, this county. i Mr. Shreve, the second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James H. Shreve, Dr. W. M. Black, president of Randolph | —Associated Press Photo. KENSINGTON ASKS CROSSING PARLEY Mayor and Council, Disclaime ing Blame for Delay, Seek State Action. Epecial Disoatch to The Star. KENSINGTON, Md., January l.— Disclaiming responsibility for delay in elimination of a dangerous grade cross= ing here, Mayor L. B. Ernest and the Kensington Town Council in a letter to the Maryland State Road Commission |urge that a conference be called for consideration of the matter. ‘The letter was sent yesterday, as the | outgrowth of a special meeting of the ‘Town Council held December 19. Emphatic denial of blame for delay in having the crossing eliminated is made in the letter, which points out that “although the town authorities have beem agitating for a removal of the dangerous grade crossing at Ken= sington for nearly two years, no steps have been- taken.” Route Data Is Requested. “The town,” the letter continues, “has never been supplied with any complete official engineering information or sure eys of all proposed routes upon which it could base a recommendation as to the location of the new crossing, nor has it been asked for such a recom- mendation.” . Under State statute, the letter points out, “the only thing the: town government can do is to petition for such elimination.” was born in Washingtén, but the fam-| ily moved to Clinton, this county, when | he was a child, where Mr. Shreve re-| sided until his marriage to Miss Mar-| garet Marden, daughter of the late Mr.| and Mrs. Henry Marden of Oxon Hill. | He then accepted a position in the United States Bureau of Internal Rev-| enue, in which he served 35 years. He! would have retired in two more years. | He was at first stationed in Baltimore, where he served several years. He moved to Hyattsville about 24 years| ago. He left here after a short time, | however, and removed to Silver Hill,| this county. After living there seven; years he returned to Hyattsville. For| the past 12 or 14 years Mr. Shreve has been on duty at the Fleishmann Yeast Co. plant, at Langdon, D. C. Mr. Shreve is survived by his widow, | two sons, Enos Ray Shreve, jr., and Clyde Marden Shreve, both of Hy: ville; two brSthers, James H. Shreve, Prince Georges County supervisor of assessments, and the Rev. Charles Shreve of Moorestown, N. J., and one sister, Mrs. Arthur P. Evans of Fort Myer Heights, Va. Mrs. Nancy Headlough Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUBMERLAND, Md., January 1.— Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Nancy Headlough, widow | of Henry Headlough, employe of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at Toledo, | Ohio. She was 68 years old. Her body | was placed in a vault in Toledo and later will be brought here for inter- ment in the family plot in Rose Hill Cemetery. She was a_direct _descendant | of Adam Ice, the first white person b;n-;.vsr;n of the Alleghenies, who died } elapsed s At the special meeting of the coun- cil a resolution was adopted suggesting that engineers of the various govern- mental and private bodies interested in the proposed elimination be request- ed to provide data based on complete surveys, showing all suggested routes, and submit such data to the municis pality. Mayor Ernest and the council pledge themselves to “a conscientious tudy of these surveys and plans” and romise to make a recommendation based on their study. Further Accidents Feared. Concluding. the letter petitions the State Roads Commission to call a con« ference of interested organization: rovided for by statute, for cons!d: ion of the matter without delay. s felt that another serious accident at this crossing after the time which has ce the agitation for its elim- ination was started will reflect upon prominent officials.” TWO WEEKS OF GRACE. Auto Tag l:;tr-mian in Virginia Excludes D. C. Autos. Speetal Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., January 1.— Although a two-week extension has been granted Virginia automobile own- ers to obtain 1929 license plates by the Virginia authorities, this privilege will be denied motorists of the Distriet of Columbia, according to an announce ment from the sheriff’s office this morn= ing. All autos from the District will have to be equipped with new tags, beginning today, to operate in Vire ginia, to escape penalty, the announce~ ment says, ¢ L