Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1929, Page 13

President-elect Hoover’s_ arrival at Buenos Aires. He is shown with President Hipolito Yrigoyen, who greeted him on his arrival in the Argentine capital after his transcontinental journcy over the Andes from Chile. —Associated Press Photo. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, with their daughter, Miss Elizabeth ‘Hughes, as they. joined the New Ycar day diplomatic rece Secrefary of State and Mrs. Kellogs a with other notables in attending ption and breakfast held by the t the Pan-American Union. —Associated Press Photo. HERRICK, STRICKEN BYFLU. IMPROVING Ambassador Resting Easily After Overcoming Turn for Worse. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, January 2.—Mjyron T. Herrick, United States Ambassador to Prance, was resting_ easily today after a sudden turn for the worse in his ill- ness of the last 10 days that caused alarm at the Herrick estate, at Gates Mills. Dr. John Phillips, Herrick's personal physician, who made a hurried trip. to the Ambassador's bedsiae early today at the call of the diplomat’s son, Parmely Herrick, said Mr. Herrick’s fever had abated and his temperature ‘Wwas near normal. 1Ml of Infiuenza. Barring complications, Mr. Herrick is in no immediate danger, Dr. Phillips said. The sickness was described as asthmatic influenza. About two weeks ago Mr. Herrick | caught a cold which developed into a | touch of influenza. Yesterday the Am- bassador was forced to go to bed, and | early this morning his breathing became | dffiicuit and he developed a fever. Herrick Irked By Bed. Herrick immediately_calle Her Parm Dr. Phillips, who ruched to the estate, taking with im trained nurses and two tanks of oxygen. He found Mr. Herrick’s condition did not warrant administration of the oxyg At the Herrick home it was said chief difficulty was in persuading Herrick he was ill enough to remain in | bed as ordered. The Ambassador, who is 74, insisted he would be up this aft- ernoon despite his doctor’s orders. BULLET STOPS AUTO d k IN CHASE BY POLICE ': Driver Escapes Near Oxon Hill.} Md., and 14 Cases of Alleged Liquor Are Seized. Special Dispatch to The Star | UPPER MARLBORO, Md. January | 2.—Policeman V. M. Nichols of Prince | Georges County, Lieut. A. W. Hep- burn and Deputy Sheriff Harry Rob ertson chased a suspected bootleg auto- tomobile near Oxon Hill Monday night. Leaning from the side of the police car Nichols fired at the fugitive auto and struck a tire, causing the machine 1o veer from the road and collide with a tree. ~The driver escaped in the heavy underbrush. Fourteen cases of alleged liquor were seized. | the prohibition fines in 1926. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va,, January 2 (Spe- cial).—Ralph Phillips of 1219 King street, an employe of the Alexandria Gas Works, narrowly escaped injury yesterday when an automobile he was driving turned over on; Duke street, near the intersection fof Telegraph road. Graham White, 25 years old, col- ored, was fined $50.50 and sentenced to serve three months in jail this morning in Police Court on a charge of violating the prohibition law. Sam | Javins, 68, cclored, of Fort Ward, Va., was fined $14 for drunkenness. | John D. Allen, 28, of Washington; | John F. Murphy, 38, of Frederick, Md.: | G. E. Edelin, 34, of Washington, and Clarence Amiger, 20, the last named colored, were fined $2 each for vio- lating traffic laws. H. L. English Buried. Funeral. rites for Horace L. English, who died Sunday in Atlantic City, were held yesterday at the Cunningham, Kennes & Watkins funeral home. Burial was in the Presbyterian- Ceme- tery. The sum of $21,711.80 was collected here in 1928 for drunkenness and vio- lations of the prohibition law, as shown on the annual report of Elliott F. Hoff- man, clerk of the Corporation Court, who says that amount is an increase of $4,115.55 over the $17,596.25 col- lected here in 1927. Marriage licenses were issued to 858 couples during the past year, against 891 in 1927, while 311 deeds were issued in 1928, a de- crease of 95 from the 1927 total. During December, fines collected for dry Iaw violations amounted to $3,026.50, the highest 2mount collected here it ny one month since the city took over H w Funeral Tomorrow. neral services for Mrs. Rosanna 85 years old, who died early yeste: at her residence, 202 North Royal street, will be held tomorrow. morning at 9:45 o'clock at the late and thence to St. Mary's Interment will be ‘in pr Harlow is survived by her children, Mrs. M. P. Greene of this city, M Richard J. Hartigan of Washing- ton, Miss Mary V. Harlow, and two brothers, George A. and Edward, all of this city. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Simmons at the Alexandria Hospital the first baby F Harlow, re in 1929 Alexandria_public schools _reopened y after the holidays. St. Mary's al School and the Xaverlas Schoo! also reopened. Private Seminary of Virginia, Episcopal High School ‘and St. Agnes’ Episcol School for Girls will open January 7. The body of Roy Wren, 19 years old, who committed suicide by shooting him self through head Monday, was taken to_ Augusta, . yester burial. The. youth formerly lived in that city. S o, {OCELOT KILLED IN WO0ODS. Jungle Cat Owned Once by Billy Burke and Jack Dempsey. List Jack Ocelot among those who sped across the bright lights of Broadway and came to ignoble end. Fire Loss Shows Decline. Epecial Dispatch to The FREDERICKSBURG —Fire losses in Fredericksburg in 1928 were the highest since 1925. The yearly report just_compiled shows there were 79 fires with a total loss of $11.215 This figure, though larger than for gecent year, is remarkably small January,2 The y| The former pal of Jack Dempsey and | friend "of Billie Burke, the wife of | Florenz Zeigfeld, was shot to death by | Orman Hodg | near this city | " Jack Ocel | circus employes, from whom he escaped | a few days ago. He was a beautiful as he roamed the woods including the Episcopal Theolog- | t was identified today by! jurgle cat of South America. He had i been owned by Jack Dempsey and Mrs. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1929."° T R R et e .. T e e e O P R e T T X T mmise. P ‘Where the special train carrying President-elect Hoover and his party across South America stopped to permit a view of the famous scenery of the Andes Mountains. Mr. Hoover is seen in the group admiring the majestic mountain ranges and the great enginecring feats Accomplished in —Associated Press Photo. building the railroad. One of the happy memories President Coolidge brings home. The White House huntsman and his Sapelo Island host, Howard E. Coffin, displaying a deer, pheasants and wild turkeys which they bagged with the assistance of the two guides. Most of the pheasants were dropped by the President himself, although he was less lucky in the quest for deer and turkey. —Associated Press Photo. Ernest C. Lee, chairman of the building committee, breaking ground for the new Sixth Presbyterian Church, at Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, at ceremonies this morning attended by other mem bers of the committee, church trustees and members of the congrega- tion. David R. Lum and E. C. Lee, The group includes Dr. Godfrey Chobot, pastor; Frances Jenkins, Dr. H. N. Dorman, Dr. L. J. Battle, Dr. M. F. Thompson, —Star Staff Photo. WILSON BOULEVARD WIDENING PROPOSED Arlington County Supervisor Offers to Rebuild Road if Rights of Way Are Donated. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., January 2.—Ex- pressing the need for a wider main thoroughfare to serve residents of Clar- endon and Ballston traveling to and from the National Capital, Supervisor B. M. Hedrick of Arlington district yesterday announced that he would rebuild Wilson boulevard, the road now carrying the burden of traffic for thes> communities, if the property owners thereon would donate the rights of way to make it a 50-foot highway. The road at present has a 30-foot right of way. To give it a width of 50 feet 10 feet additional will have to be procured on either side. “Now is the time to get the right of way,” Supervisor Hedrick said. “The land is available and if the property owners want a wider highway, I am ready to do all I can to aid them.” Announcement was made by the county engineer’s office today that Mount Vernon avenue from Hume Sta- tion in Potomac to Columbia pike, 32;) 18-foot road, would be widened to 27 feet in the Spring. This will consti- tute a resumption of ‘the widening of the highway through the town of Po- tomac, recently completed. The im- provement will include the econstruc- tion of concrete shoulders on either side of the road and a top treatment SARASOTA, Fla., January 2 (#).—i of asphalt. Country Club Officers Chosen. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. January 2—The Mansfield Hall Country Club last night elected R. A. Kispaugh, pres- ident: E. M. Young, vice president; H. A. Whitbeck, secretary and treasurer. Directors, in addition, are C. O'Conor Goolrick, George W. Shepherd, Philip city has been free from serious fires Zeigfeld, who placed him in the care N. Stern, C. W. Jones, W. A. Bell and aince 1919, of the circus. R. F. C, Vancey DANVILLE WOMAN DIES. Mrs. Alice S. Burton Was Known for Philanthropies. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va. January 2.—Mrs. Alice Shelton Burton, 76 years old, widow of Francis X. Burton and noted here for her philanthropies, died last night following an attack of influenza. She will be burled tomorrow at 11 a.m. She was born in Milton, N. C., daughter of Willoughby Newton Shel- ton, and had lived in Danville since 1873 She was probably Danville'’s wealthiest resident. Her gifts to public causes and charities have been large. She leaves no near kin and it is un- derstood that the bulk of her estate will g0 to charity. Police Court Case Postponed. Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va. January 2.—Be- cause of scarlel fever in his home, D. H. Rucker, charged with driving an automobile” while drunk, was given a continuance in Police Court this morn- ing. H. F. De Grange and Ralph Rink- er were fined $15 each, with the alter- native of 25 days in jail, on drunk charges. D S 32 WILD GEESE SHOT. Two Members of Congress in King George County, Va., Hunt Party. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., January 2. —Gen. Amos Alfred Fries, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service, U. S. A.; Representative Roy O. Woodruff of Michigan and Representative Albery Henry Vestal of Indiana, were guests this week of Judge Alvin T. Embrey on a hunting expedition in King George County. In one day the party bagged 32 wild geese. —————— HEADS BRITISH AIR FORCE. Sir John Maitland Salmond Named Chief Marshal. LONDON, January 2 (#).—Sir John Maitland Salmond, air marshal, has been appointed chief marshal of the royal air force in succession to Sir Hugh Trenchard, who resigned Decem- ber 20. Sir John Frederick Higgins, air vice marshal, will be promoted to Sir John Salmond’s old rank. The Merchants of Washington | —invariably use the Help Wanted classifications of The Star to fill vacancies or additional help required. For this reason The Star’'s Help Wanted adver- tisements are a directory of available positions. Today’s Star on page 33 contains 71 Help Wanted advertisements offering opportunities for Salesmen Canvassers Collectors Engineer Office Assistant Solicitor Plumbers’ Helper Markers and Assorters Stenographer Dressmaker Salesladies Waitresses Housekeeper Nurse Cooks ARLINGTON SCHOOLS AGAIN ON SCHEDULE | Influenza, However, Interferes | with Several Meetings Which Had Been Set in County. | Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va, January 2.— Schools re-opened on schedule today after the holiday recess, despite many influenza cases. Dr. P. M. Chichester, county health officer, said the teacher sick list is not as large as it was in December. 1t is difficult to determine how many pupils remained at home, because of the irregularity of attend- ance. ‘The Parent-Teacher Associations of the Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Henry Clay Schools have postponed their regular meetings indefinitely. The former was scheduled for tomorrow night and the latter“for January 10. While there have been more than 200 cases of the influenza reported in the county, Dr. Chichester declares that no deaths have resulted and most of the cases are of a mild character. At the re-opening of the schools all children were closely inspected for signs of colds or other illness, and orders were given not to admit those who were not in the best of health. SLAYING HELD JUSTIFIED. Atlanta Coroner’s Jury Declares Man Shot in Self-Defense. ATLANTA, Ga., January 2 (#).—The slaying of B. T. Wilkinson in the office of the United States Bond & Mortgage Co. here Monday, vesterday was re- corded on the county coroner’s records as_justifiable homicide. The jury held that O. Graham Green, secretary and treasurer of the company, did the shooting, but in self-defense. Green was himself wounded, but is ex- pected to live. C. F. Wilkerson, & brother of the dead man, testified that his brother told him that “Green didn’t give him a loan after saying he would.” He knew that his brother was in some financial dif- ficulties ove real estate, Wilkerson said. | announcement that he would not in- President-elect Hoover's arrival at the Argentine Capitol in Buenos Aires to attend a luncheon given him by the Argentine Congress. He is seen just leaving his car as a waiting crowd forms around the steps of the capitol. BRI —Assocfated Press Photo. Vice President-elect Charles Curtis and his sister, Mrs. Gann, arriving at the Pan-American Union yesterday to attend the New Year day Qdiplomatic reception of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg. —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. INFANT DIES IN FIRE. CLild's Father Suffers Burns Fol- lowing Gasoline Explosion. | YOUNGSTOWN, oOhio, January | /). —Charles Cecil, 2-year-old son of Laverne McFall, was burned to death and the father suffered severe burns when the McFall home was destroyed | by fire started by an oil explosion last ! night. The explosion resulted when McFall | poured kerosene on the coals in a stove. | Death of the child was the fourth in the last 24 hours as a result of ex. plosions. Mildred, 3, ‘and Jackie, 7, <hildren of John Miller, 39, lost their lives when the Miller home was burned Monday. Miller died of burns last GOVERNOR REFUSES TO PROBE LYNCHING Bilbo of Mississippi Says He Has Neither Time Nor Money to Make Investigation. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss., January 2.— Gov. T. G. Bilbo's official notice of the lynch- ing Monday night cf Charley Shepherd, convict killer and kidnaper, was his stigate an investigation into the tor- turning to death of the colored man by a mob. “I have neither the time nor the money to investigate 2,000 people,” the governor said in reply to telegrams of protest reaching his office. Arthur Jordan, district attorney, however, was considering a call for a grand jury in- vestigation. National Guard officers leading groups of possession in search for Shepherd were ordered to cease their duties by Adjt. Gen. J. M. Hairston when word was received that he had been taken. The verdict of the coroner stated that Shepherd came to death “from causes unknown to this jury.” COLORED CAPITALIST LEAVES $100,000 TO FISK| GOVER University Gets Large Fund From | Estate of First of Race to | Get Degree in South. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., January 2.— Prof. James Dallas Burrus, 82, first col- ored person to take a bachelor of arts degree in a college south of the Mason- Dixon Line, who died of a heart attack on a street car here December 5, left alpproxunately $100,000 to Fisk Univer- sity. The estate, which includes 85 houses in Nashville, and stock and bonds, will be used for an endowment of teaching and for the erection of a faculty apart- ment house on the Fisk campus. Burrus was graduated at Fisk College, a colored " institution here, ‘and taught school for a while, and was given work in surveying in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, but gave up this work to start a drug store in Nashville. Later he began investing in property. Czecho Vice Consulate Bombed. LEGION CHAPLAIN, RABBI BECK, QUITS Failing Health Spurs Action, -~ He Tells White in Giving Him Resignation. By the Associated Press. POTTSVILLE, Pa., January 2.—The Pottsville Morning Paper today carried an announcement by Rabbi Herman Beck of the local Oheb Zedek Reformed Congregation that he has tendered his resignation as national chaplain of the American Legion to Vice National Comdr. Edward L. White. Rabbi Beck, who was elected national chaplain at the American Legion con- vention in San Antonio last September, said he had asked White to place his Tesignation before the executive com- mittee of the Legion when it mects in Indianapolis on January 14. “When Comdr. White was in Potts- ville last Sunday,” the rabbi’s announce- ment reads, “he visited me at my home and I took advantage of the opportunity to present my resignation to him. “Without seeking any office, I have successively been’ post chaplain, State chaplain and national chaplain of the American Legion. . This work makes many heavy demands upon me and mv health has for some time not heen of the best. Though my congregation generously granted me many privileges in connection with these positions, I feel that this is an opportunity to re- lieve myself of some of these arduous duties. I have been assured that my suc- cessor will be another Jewish rabbi and therefore the recognition given by the American Legion to the many valiant soldiers of Hebrew faith who fought in the World War will not be lessened by my resignation. I appreciate the honor of my election and regret that my health will not permit me to give the fullness of service which the office car- ries with it. NOR INAUGURATED. Green Again Takes Post as Chief Executive of Michigan. LANSING, Mich., January 2 (#).— Fred W. Green was inaugurated yester- day for his second term as Governor of Michigan. The oath of office was ad- ministered by Walter O. North of the State Supreme Court. Following the ceremonies a reception was held in the executive chambers. Other State officers inaugurated with Gov. Green were: Wilber M. Brucker, attorney general; John Haggerty, secre- tary of State; Q. B. Fuller, auditor ge! eral; Frank D. McKay, State treasures Luren D. Dickinson, lieutenant gover- nor, and Justices Louis M. Fead and gml:m W. Potter of the Supreme ourt. ‘The fifty-fifth State Legislature is to convene for the first time today, when the speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives and other officers will be named. Gov. Green will deliver his annual message before a joint session of the House and Senate Thursday. i i 8L R Case Becomes Governor. PROVIDENCE, R. I, Jan. 2 (#)— RAGUSA, Jugoslavia, ‘January 2 (®). —A bomb was thrown into the Czecho- slovakian vice consulate last night. Al- though it exploded no damage was dene to the by 8. Norman S. Case was inaugurated in his own right yesterday as governor of Rhode Island, having served for nearly a year as successor to te Gov. Aram J. Pothier,