Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1929, Page 4

7 % -QUEEN ARRANGES CHILOREN'S PARTY Désbite IMiness of King, Three Youngsters Have Christ- mas Tree at Palace. Btaft Correspondent of The Star and North ! 0 BY JOAN LITTLEFIELD, ' American Newspaper Alliance. &LONDON, January 5.—In spite of her anxiety 2bout the King and her many state duties, the Queen could not { bear to let her holidays go by without some festivities for her three grand-| children, Princess Elizabeth and the | two little sons of Princess Mary. She arranged a children’s party at Buckingham Palace. A big tree. laden with gifts, stood in the blue drawing room, which was decorated with golden candles and masses of evergreens. Many of the bright, beribboned packages on the tree contained gifts which the! Queen had made herself. These in- cluded a dressing jacket for Princess Elizabeth and knitted gloves for Master George and Master Gerald Lascelles. Among the presents which most de- issue of nearly $500,000. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY Dy 1978, Architect’s drawing of building planned at Rockville for which the Legislature may be asked to authorize a bond ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 5 (Spe- lighted the baby princess was a small cabinet talking machine, painted white |, to match her nursery furniture and| complete with a wonderful set of chil- | dren’s records, including many old| nursery rhymes set to modern tunes.| This was a gift from her father, the| Duke of York, who chose the records | himself in a well known West End music | store. The princess has an ear for music and quickly learns to croon little nur- sery ballads. One of her greatest de- | Tights is to be taken down to the draw- | ing room in the evenings to hear her mother, “The Little Duchess,” sing old Scottish folk songs to her own accom- paniment on the harpsichord. Another present the princess received was a box of tiny reels of colored sew- ing silks, while Master George, who is beginning to fancy himself as a horse- man, was particularly delighted with the saddle given to him by his uncle, the Prince of Wales. The present the Queen probably treasures most is & miniature, framed in gold, of her little granddaughter, which was the Duchess of York's gift. Gazoomphing a Sarker. “By gazoomphing @& sarker after smitzing the bogey to Hinton, smart ricks who have been slinging the gee often succeed in making an Uncle Ben at_Blackpool.” N?i‘. tmm not a new language, but merely an example, quoted by Lord Gorell in the House of Lords, of the slang used by the promoters of mock auctions. A bill to protect an all-too- trusting public from being gulled into buying worthless goods from the gangs of confederates who stage counterfeit sales in poor streets and at seaside places is being introduced into Parlia- ment, and Lord Gorell gave the fol- lowing vivid description of how the would-be swindlers work: Men known as ‘“ricks” or ‘“gees” mingle with the crowd, both inside and outside the auction room, and work up mass excitement to stimulate bids out of all proportion to the value of the put up by the “hammerer.” This lled “slinging the gee.” some one begins to put awkward tions, one of the “ricks” is told off 'smitz the bogey to Hinton" (take behind the scenes and keep him . In the meantime other “gees” “gazoomphing the sarker” (spotting ipeople with money in their pockets) in collaboration with the “ham- " transferring the money to their pockets by a variety of elaborate the “hammerer” is clever, he may be able to extract “deuce phunt” (£2), or even an “Uncle Ben" (a £10 note), from a particularly gullible capitalist. A Book-Burning Party. Mad holiday parties were the rage. One particularly amusing one was given by a woman nove'ist. She called it a “revenge party,” and it took the form of 8 protest inst the recent banning of Miss Radclyffe Hall's book, “The Well ! of Loneliness.” Copies of this ill-fated nove! had to be burned by order of a magistrate, 50 every guest was asked to bring & book which in his or her opinion was more d!eel;vln.l of cremation than Miss Hall's novel. Samuel Smiles’ “Self Help” was| quickly consigned to the flames. while | 8 battered copy of “Eric, or Little by Little,” soon followed. “Adam Bede” | and “Tess of the D'Urbervilles” were condemned amid laughter as unsuitable for youthful perusal. But Rabelais’ “The Cameron,” “Confessions of an Opium Eater” and “The Picture of | Dorian Grey” were spared, on the grounds that they had never been | banned by a home secretary. Chariot Race in Piccadilly. | Strange sights in Piccadilly in the early hours of the morning are not un- | common, but surely one of the strangest is that planned to take place shortly.| ‘This is to be a chariot race in coster- | mongers’ barrows from Piccadilly Cir- cus _to Hyde Park corner, “Nine stone up” will be the weight of the jockeys, and a number of the more energetic and youthful members of a famous social club will be the horses. Evening dress will be essential. This is the sequel to a recent “party” which a number of young men in full eveping dress held in Covent Garden Market. Feeling, after dinner, dancing and ca that they still had a great deal of superfluous energy to work off, these bright sparks proceeded to enjoy themselves among the fruit and vegs- tables, helping to load the barrows and generally making themseives useful. The costers were delighted with this free entertainment, and one of them offered to run the young men to their club in Piccadilly on his barrow. They accepted gleefully, and as it was by now about 9 a.m. the journey caused something of a sensation. As a result of this experiment, the coster went off with a 10-shilling note, and the idea| g: the forthcoming chariot race was| m. 1 The Theater in London. Holiday entertainments in the thea-| ters began this year quite a week in| advance of the season, when our peren- nial visitor, the immortal “Peter Pan,” made his bow, this time in the form of Miss Jean Forbes-Robertson, one of the brightest hopes of the English stage. Her partner, Wendy, is plaved by Miss Sybil Thorndike’s clever 15- year-old daughter, Mary, who is an| exact duplicate in miniature of her; famous mother. Another play which may be called| *“seasonable” iz the first London pro- duction of Barry Connor's “The Patsv,”: which hes brought all London to the feet of the Broadway star. Miss Helen| Ford. or "Helen of Troy,” as she has been nicknamed Miss Ford made an instant hit with eritics and public alike, and her stay in London is likely to be a long one. She is delighted with her success and with London. But. of course, she won't be really happy until she has met B nard Shaw. her favorite writcr and her hero among men. (Copyright. 1920. by North American Newspaper Allience.) Virginia Woman Asks Divorce. Epectal Dispaich to The S CLARENDON, Va., suit for divorce. Wi making it perman: thres years, was filed at the Arlington County Ceurthouse vesterday by Mrts. Estelle Hudson Thompson of Braddock, Vs, against her husband, Russell V. Thompson. _The suit, filed through At- vy R. B. Washington, stated that January 5. -A end cof |to take steps toward starting such an | committee to further the project. cial).—Fletcher Clark, formerly in busi- ss at Sandy Spring, died yesterday afternoon at_ his home near Sandy Spring, aged 74 years. He had been ill only a few days of pneumonia. Sur- viving him are his widow, a son and four daughters. The funeral will take lace At 2 p.m. tOMOITOW. Following a long illness, Mrs. Hattie Lee Holmberg, wife of Carl A. Holm- berg of Cabin John, died Thursday n a Western Maryland hospital, aged 25 years. The funeral will take place this afternoon from Pumphrey's chapel, Rockville. The report of Miss Irma Mohr, execu- tive secretary, submitted at a meeting of the executive committee here Wed- nesday afternoon, showed that the Montgomery County Social League has 46 children, 30 of whom are wards, and 176 families under care, and expendi- tures during December for relief work amounted to $1,674.57. The -first county-wide institute for Sunday school teachers, children and young people will be held in the Rock- ville Methodist Church the afternoon and evening of Friday, January 18. Mrs. Edna Bonifant of this county, through Attorney Kenneth Lyddane of Rockville, has instituted suit in the Circuit Court here for a limited divorce from Willlam T. Bonifant of Prince Georges County. She asks custody of and Everett E. Bonifant, aged 5 and 4 years, respectively. Mrs. Bonifant charges in her bill that because of his “cruel, unkind and in- considerate” treatment of her she was, the couple’s two children, H. William | b, ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 5 (Spe- clal).—Letters expressing tne city's appreciation of the valiant work of the firemen at the fire which gutted the Fairfax Apartment at Columbus and King streets Wednesday afternoon were mailed out yesterday by City Manager Paul Morton to the Alexandria, Wash- ington, Fairfax, Clarendon, Cherrydale, Arlington and Ballston departments. Morton said in his letters that “the action of the fire departments is espe- cially worthy of commendation in view of the terrible odds against which you were situated, namely the high wind and the low water pressure.” A letter also was mailed to Police Capt. W. W. Campbell complimenting the local police on ‘“the most efficient and prompt manner in which they han- dled traffic and crowds at the fire,” and one to M. J. O'Connell, general manager of the Virginia Public Service Co., ex- pressing the city's appreciation for services and co-operation rendered by Marshal Shuman, superintendent of the electric company's persopnel, and his assistants. The Alexandria Light Infantry will resume its weekly drills Monday night in the Armory Hall following a lay-off during the Christmas holideys. The Royal Arch degree was conferred upon & class of candidates last night the degree team of Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 14, Royal Arch Masons, at a meeting in the Masonic Temple. H. T. Porter, district deputy grand high priest, made an official visit. A buffet luncheon was held at the George on November 4, 1928, forced to leave the defendant. The couple were mar- ried in Wi December 2, 1922, so the bill states. A license was issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here yesterday after- noon for the marriage of Randolph Jones, jr., 26, of El Paso, Tex., and Miss Virginia Murray, 22, of Baltimore. Hearl disease caused the sudden death at his home near Buck Lodge, this county, Thursday night of Bradley Nor- wood, 64 years old. He is survived by three sons and four daughters. The funeral will take place this afternoon from the home. —_— ROCKVILLE LEGION OFFICERS INSTALLED Mason Hotel following the meeting. Individual lockers have heen installed for pupils at Alexandria High School, insuring proper protection of their school books and other personal prop- erty. gmcm of Seminole Tribe, No. 35, Improved Order of Red Men, were in- stalled Thursday night by Arthur J. Butcher of this city, district deputy great sachem, and Harry Sager of Herndon. Rites for J. B. Gardner. Funeral services for James B. Gard- ner, 79 years old, who died Thursday night at his residence, 1211 Duke street, will be held tonight at his late home, and the body will be taken to Front Royal, Va., tomorrow for burial. Mr. Gardner was employed for many years Memorial Hall Project Reported as Progressing and Shooting Club and Ball Team Are Planned. Special Dispatck to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, January 5-—In- stallation of ‘officers featured the Jan- uary meeting of the Henderson-Smith- Edmonds American Legion Post, held last night, and directed by Harold C. Smith of Rockville, State commander; C. Aellio of Hyattsville, judge advocate of the department of Maryland, and J. A. Johnson of Hyattsville, vice com- mander of the Southern Maryland de- partment. The new oficers are: Com- mander, J. Banks Berry; first vice com- mander, C. Leslie Ward; second vice commander, Dr. George M. Boyer; trcasurer, Willlam Phoebus; sergeant- at-arms, J. Dan Louthan; historian, Dr. Frederick F. Deming. Comdr. Berry announced the appointment of Dr. Deming as adjutant. Harold C. Smith, chairman of a committee appointed at the December meeting to take steps toward establish- ing a memorial hall in Rockville in honor of the Montgomery County boys who lost their lives as a result of the ‘World War, reported progress. Forma- tion of a clay pigeon shooting club was discussed, and Frank Pollard and J. Dan Louthan were named a committee organization. It was also decided to or- ganize and finance a junior base ball team, and O. W. Anderson, chairman; F. Barnard Welsh, Philip W. Gates, Ira Darby and George Boise were named a The Rockville post has been cited by national headquarters for percentage in- crease in membership in 1928 and that it stands a chance of being awarded the silver cup offered by the national organization for the Maryland post making the best record in that respect during 1928. TWO SOCIETIES ELECT. Catholic Bodies of Falls Church Parish Hold Annual Meetings. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., January 5.— The Holy Name Soclety of St. James' Catholic' Church last night elected Frank Crimmins, president; Joseph El- bert, vice president; Hugh Stevens, sec retary; David Pat erson, treasurer; Co rad Korvendorsser and Harry McGin- nis, councilors, and Norman Sydnor, marshal. The Blessed Virgin Sodality elected Mrs. William Kennedy, presect; Mrs. Joseph Elbert, first assistant pre- sect; Mrs. J. O. Martin, second assist- ant presect; Miss Elizabeth Brown, sec- re ary; Mrs. David Patterson, treasurer; Miss Theresa Enge, organist: Mrs. Gladys Ballard and Miss Catharine Stevens, marshals, and Mrs. Mary Lang, Mrs. Mary Nash and Mrs. Anna Stevens, councilors. THREE WILDCATS SLAIN Huntsmen End Reign of Havoc Among Virginia Sheep Herds. Special Disnatch to The Star. HARRISONBURG, Va., January 5.— Three sheep-kiiling wildcats have fallen bofora Brocks Gap huntsmen in North- cest Rockingham in the last three days, i]m.i,ug & reign of havoc in mountain °rds. One of the cats, weighing 221 pouncs, was the largsst ever seen in the Brocks Gap country, and put up a hard fight b-fore falling with two shot- run loads. One of the others weighed 18 pounds. ‘The third was smalier and was described as only a kitten, Firemen Pick Officers. | Spect:l Dizpatch to The Star. | BERWYN EEIGHTS, Md, January 5.—Fire Department officers were elect- ¢d last night, as follows: S. H. Moyer, president; C. H. Stein, vice president; Frad Frost, secretary; J. E. P. Taylor, treasurer; C. E. Walker, chief; Edward torne the plaintif was a minor and was suing through her mother, Mrs. Viola Hudson. The husband’s last known address was given & Winston-Salem, N. G- Sy t Weaver, assistant chief; M. C. John- s a clerk by the Southern Railway Co. He is survived by three sons and three daughters. Final rites for Miss Mary J. £hinn, who died at her home Wednesday afternoon, were held yesterday after- noon at Demanie’s mortuary chapel. The week of prayer services to be held under auspices of the Alexandria Ministerial Association will open Mon- day night at the Methodist Protestant. Church with Rev. P. L. Vernon, pastor of the First Baptist Church, delivering the sermon. A Secrel Service operator yesterday visited the four local banks and showed bankers a fiv-dollar bill which had been cleverly raised to $20 and warned them to be on the lookout for persons dis- tributing the currency. Weekly meetings of Sarepta Lodge, No. 46, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, will be held Tuesdays in the fu- ture, instead of Thursdays. Deeds conveying a tract in the square bounded by Madison, Wythe, Pitt and Royal streets from Hugo Herfurth, j to the Tidewater Ol Sales Co. for $10, 000, and a second tract from D. E. Bay- liss to the same company for §5,000, have been placed on record in the office of Elliott F. Hoffman, clerk of Corpora- tion Court. City Council on Thurs- day granted the ol company permission to construct a $77,000 bulk storage sta- tion in that square. Police Capt. W. W. Campbell is con- fined to his home with la grippe. Past National President Mrs. Emma Buell has installed officers for the Pa- iriotic Order of Americans, Camp No. 8, of this city. . Relic Presented Church. A brass alms basin, presented by Mr. and Mrs. Harley P. Wilson of Hollin Hall, Fairfax County, is now the prop- erty of Grace Episcopal Church. The bowl is 100 years old and was purchased in Edinburgh, Scotland, by Mrs. Wilson the past Summer. The basin bears a unique description in Scotoh dialect. E. R. Thomasson, district deputy grand master of the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, and his staff, com- posed of F. L. Flynn, A. F. Ellmore, J. A. Martin, James Haynes, A. D. Yates and Thomas S. O'Halloran, will install officers of Acootink Lodge, No. 75, Mon- ink, Va.; new _&l:&era of Sarepta Lodge, No. 46, here lay night; Falls Church Lodge. No. 11, at Falls Church Thursday night, and Po- tomac , No. 38, here Friday night. The annual banquet of Potomac Lodge will be held in conjunction with the in- stallation Priday. S. 0. Wall, of the New York-Rich- mond-Jacksonville all-motor passenger bus service to be conducted by the Grey- hound Line, announced here yesterday that the line will begin operation within the next few days. Officers of the Alexandria Kiwanis Club have been installed. Elliott F. Hoflman is the new president, succeed- ing Thomas Chauncey. Dr. W. Clyde West, Alexandria health | officer for the past two and a half years and city bacteriologist for the three | years preceding his appointment as | health officer, has resigned to devote his entire time to private practice. | City Manager Paul Morton has named IDr’ W. Lewis Schafer, city bacteriolo- gist and physician to the city poor, pending an appointment by the city couneil. g Kiwanis Club President. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISONBURG, Va., January 5.— Samuel J. Prichard, banker and World War veteran, has assumed the presi- dency of the Harrisonburg Kiwanis Club, succeeding Jacob A. Garber, county treasurer and Congressman- elect from the seventh district. Mr. Prichard is secretary-treasurer of the Harrisonburg Building & Loan Associa- tion and is a former president of the Rockingham American Legion Post. Accident Victim Buried. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., December 5 —Puy- neral services were held at Brunswick, Md., today for Miss Irene Kaetzel, 22- year-old school tsacher of that place, who died of injuries received in an auto- mobile accident near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., last Tuesday. Samuel Remsburg s'one, captain; Charles Lovlass, fire hal. An oyster and chicken sup- will be held January 31, town, who were visiting in Miss Kaetzel, accompanied the homes L4 COURTHOUSE PLANS| HELD IN ABEVANGE Big Montgomery Courthouse Not Needed, Senator Jones Tells Conference. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 5.— ‘Whether Montgomery County is to have a $450,000 courthouse and jail on a somewhat larger site than that of the present structure has not yet been de- termined. At a conference here yester- day afternoon, participated in by the county’s representatives in the Legisla- ture, the courthouse building commit- tee, the county commissioners and the courthouse architects, it was decided that if the more elaborate structure is to be built the site would have to be enlarged by the purchase of about half of the block immediately to the West, which would necessitate shoving Court street to the west and moving back a number of buildings. No legislation authorizing the bond issue is possible unless favored by Dr. Eugene Jones, who represents the county in the State Senate. Opposed by Senator. At a conference two weeks ago, at- tended by those present yesterday, Dr. Jones declined to commit himself until he “studied the situation, ascertained the county’s total bonded indebtedness and whether it was in a position to stand raore of the kind proposed and }:,'med how the taxpayers feel about “I am going to begin this session by opposing this extra bond issue,” de- clared Dr. Jones, in a statement read at the conference yesterday, “I do not believe it is necessary and I shall en- deavor to treat all other requests for more bond issues the same way if they do not appeal to me more strongly than the proposition we have before us. “In taking a stand for a reduction of taxes,” continued Dr. Jones, “I am reasonably sure the majority of tax- payers of this county are in sympathy with me.” 1t was evident that Dr. Jones’ opposi- tion to the proposed $450,000 building was due to some extent to a feeling that such a large building on the present courthouse site would be a “mon- strosity,” and when the idea of obtain- ing additional land was developed the State Senator manifested interest, but let it be understood that he would not favor such a program if it meant an increase in the tax rate, or, in fact, if it would prevent a decrease in the rate. Another Conference Set. It was decided to hold another con- ference next Friday. Yesterday's conference, like that of two weeks ago, was attended by Robert G. Hilton, Judge Robert B. Peter, Pres- ton B. Ray, Berry E. Clark, Dr. Benja- min C. Perry, Clagett C. Hilton and Otho H. W. Talbott, composing the building committee; Maj. E. Brook> Lee, Dr. George L. Edmonds, Richard H. Lansdale and Harvey White, the county’s representatives in the House of Dele- gates; County Commissioners Lacy Shaw, Robert L. Hickerson and Downey Willlams and Architects Rossell E. Mitchell and Delos H. Smith. LEAVE FOR MANEUVERS. Battleships and Cruisers on Way to Guantanamo Bay. NEW YORK, January 5 (#).—The battleships Wyoming and Arkansas and the cruisers Cincinnati and Rich- mond left the Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday for Yorktown, Va., on the first leg of a cruise to Guantanamo Bay for annual Winter sbattle maneuvers. A fleet of 10 destroyers laft yosterday accompanied by the destroyer tender Dobbin. They, with the giant subma- rine V-5, which was also assigned for the maneuvers, will participate in sham battles, smoke screen tests and target PARTNER WANTED n a business that should appeal to ‘man "of Migh social position. With : of s $10,000 for one-half sponses confidential. Address Box 335-M. Star office. not. interest; re- Bhellmous Bougquet Coffee 4(0c Lb. Quality Never Better N. W. Burchell 817-19 Fourteenth St. Its performance and en- durance add a unique and § distinct improvement to any motor car or truck. Lasts longer, serves better. Nothing is more important than thorough lubrication. AUTOCRAT—THE Ol S DIFFERENT FROM All:l..l(-T“l'AHTlll: and'Miss Charlotts Remsberg of Middle- i o body Beware of Substitutes. Bayerson Oil Works Columbia 5228 TAX REFUND FIGHT WAGED IN HOUSE Treasury Approves $26,000,- 000 Item for Steel Corpora- tion; Hits Other Claims. By the Associated Press. The Treasury advocates the return of $26,000,000 in taxes to the United States Steel Corporation and it opposes the recolution proposing that the Govern- ment give 26 States $200,000,000 in taxes alleged to have been illegally col- lected from 1866 to 1868. This and the fact that the House appropriations committee approved a $75,000,000 item for tax refunds in the first deficiency bill were the principal developments yesterday when the ques- tion of tax refunds bobbed up from two sources. The approval of the item in the deficiency bill came after an un- successful fight by Representative Gar- ner of Texas to launch an investigation of tax refund settlements. Assistant Secretary's View. Assistant Secretary Bond of the Treasury, in testifying before the ap- propriations committee, said the settle- ment with the United States Steel Cor- poration, if accepted, would be in lieu of a claim for $161,000,000 made by the corporation. The hearing before the appropriation committee also disclosed that the Treasury since 1917 had col- lected $4,061,769,209 in back taxes, but that it had refunded in that time $975,- 012,356. In opposing the claim by the States for $200,000,000 in direct taxes, Secre- tary Mellon in a letter to the commit- tee said that several hundred millions of dollars would be needed to settle all claims for illegally collected direct taxes since 1868 and that it was doubt- ful if any accurate record of the claims by the States could be produced. Charges Injustice to States. Senator Stephens of Mississippi, one of the leaders in the fight for refund- ing, said the States had been treated unjustly and argued that the Govern- ment should pay the debt. Representative Garner, in seeking an investigation of tax refunds, criticized the Treasury for settlements of tax refunds claimed by the Aluminum Co. of America. Garner said that in 1921 the company got a refund of $621,000 and a credit of $665,000. “I do noi know who owns the Alum- inum Co. of Aemrica,” he declared. “but if the Secretary of the Treasury did own it and his own company made a report in 1917 that it owed that much taxes and he comes along in 1928 under the general provisions of law that you can settle as you please regardless of the law, and gives them back $1.- 286,000, somebody ought to look into it.” COMMITTEES LISTED FOR CORN-GRAIN SHOW Names of Many Virginians An- nounced at Leesburg in Prepa- ration for State Event. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va, January 5—Com- mittees have been appointed for the eighth annual convention and State corn and grain show to be held here January 24 and 25, as follows: Arrangement, H. S. Clapp, Sam D. Preston, L. C. Beamer, John S. Ward, J. R. Lininer and James Godkin. Entertainment, Stilson H. Hall, F. D. Cunningham, H. C. Littlejohn, Josephus Carr, P. J. Coleman, James Godkin, O. L. Emerick, Miss Harriett Cocke, M. N. Lyon, R J. McCray, Frank E. Saunders, C. Oliver Iselin, E. L. Mc~ Farland, Alexander S. Jenkins, E. L. Norman, Mrs. H. C. Littlejohn and Mrs. F. D. Cunningham. Program, T. B. Hutcheson, John S. Ward, J. R. Lintner, Sam D. Preston. Publicity and ad- vertising, Dr. T. K. Wolfe, Stilson H. Hall, Mrs. Grace B. Popkins, R. F. Nelson, Sam D Preston, A. E. Lybolt, W. H. Byrne. Exhibits, John S. Ward, W. R. Perkins, John Cockerille, J. T. Hirst, W. S. Jenkins, H. C. Thompson, Russell 8. Hickman, H. C. Rogers, B. A, Rucker, W. R. Linthicum, J. F. Potts. Utility, James Godkin, W. R. Perkins, T. T. Curtis. The judges are: T. B. Hutcheson, agronomist, V. P. I; Dr. T. K. Wolfe, agronomist, editor of Southern Planter; G. W. Patteson, agronomist, Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau, Washington, D. C. Literature Bill Delayed. DUBLIN (#).—Discussion of the government's bill for the suppression of immoral literature has been post- poned three months by the adjourn- ment of the Dail. Sixty amendments have been proposed. Some object to the famous measure because it is too le&x‘lent and others because it is too strict. We Specialize in FUR REMODELING Expert Workmanship — Best Quality Findings—Modcrate Prices Estimates Gladly Given New England Furriers Benjamin Sherman, Prop. 618 12th St. Franklin 6355 YOU ARE INVITED TO INSPECT 2446 Belmont Road Facing Rock Creek Park Any Dcy from Two to Six Furnished by Reynolds with Genuine Antiques. STONE & FAIRFAX 1008 Connecticut Avenue Main 2424 WOMEN FIGHT MAN IN COURT AFTER LOSING SUIT FOR COLLIE Former Bulldogger in Circus and Mother Are Fined for Contempt. Both Under Peace Bonds. One Faces Judge Again in Second Offense. Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va, January 5—Mrs. Pearl E. Loude and her 18-year-old daughter, Miss Mary Howard, paid $25 fines each in Circuit Court at 11 o'clock last night and were placed under $25 peace bonds in Police Court this morn- ing in a controversy over a dog. Judge Howard Smith awarded the dog to Percy Fields, who had sued the women, and they attempted to thrash Field: resulting in the fines for contempt o | court. When Sheriff Fields had taken the | women from the courthouse to jail after the hearing, the women threatened to beat up Fields when they were free and the younger woman said she would pump him full of lead, the sheriff told Police Judge Harry Thomas this morn- ing. Miss Howard formerly was a bull- dogger in the 101 Wild West Circus. She is going back to circus riding in the Spring. Second Case Called. Mrs. Loude was fined $5 for another row in court this morning when the second case was called. She had been charged with failing to procure 1929 license tags for her automobile. She called Sheriff Fields a liar. This con- stituted contempt, Judge Thomas held, and he imposed the fine, which was paid. The peace bonds then were ar- ranged. Mrs. Loude and her daughter said they would carry their fight for the dog to the Virginia Court of Appeals. She proved that she had tried to obtain the automobile licenses, the delay being no fault of hers, and the charge in this case was dismissed. The dog over which the litigation was started by Fields is a white collie. When turned over to Fields after his explanation of how he came to be its owner the animal sprang to the man and his wife, barking and dancing with delight. Miss Howard Walked up to Fields and inquired: “Why didn’t you tell the truth?” Strikes Him in Face. Before he had an opportunity to an- swer she struck him in the face. Sev- eral other blows were struck before Deputy Sheriff Harry Woodyard could drag the young woman Kkicking and screaming’ from the room. Mrs. Loude then rushed at Fields and he fell. over the dog leash. As Mrs. Loude was being tugged out of the courtroom Judge Smith ordered both brought before him and the fine was imposed. ‘Testimony shawed that the dog ap- peared at Fields’ home in Ballston when it was a puppy between 3 and 4 months old. After attempting to locate the owner, Fields and his wife obtained a license tag. The dog remained at the Fields home from July, 1927, until September, 1928, when it disappeared. After it had been gone for some time it returned, again disappearing after a few days and later returning the second time. Tells of Taking Dog Home. On November 5 Miss Howard ap- peared at the Fields home and asked whether any one had seen the dog. When told that it belonged to Fields she is said to have told how she took it home one night when she saw it being stoned by several colored men. Her mother would not permit her to keep it until it had been washed, a task that she accomplished the same night. 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No A personal survey of our immense shop will convince you of our merits. Leaders for 15 Years to take it home and if it would stay without being tied she could have it. ‘The dog again failed to return home and Fields said that he passed the home of Mrs. Laude and her daughter several times and found the dog tied in the back yard. After at first denying that the animal had ever been tied except after being placed under bond to await trial, Miss Howard finally admitted that it was tied when Sheriff Fields went to her home for it because “the parlor foor had just been varnished.” When interviewed last night at the jail the woman said that they came here four months ago from Atlantic City, explaining that the reason they had District of Columbia automobile tags on their car was because they had | not yet completed a deal to purchase the house in which they are living. Not satisfied with the ‘explanation, Sheriff Fields ordered their car held un;ll the matter has been straightened out. MARC McDERMOTT DIES. Veteran Actor's Life Despaired Of for Four Weeks. GLENDALE, Calif,, January 5 (#).— Marc McDermott, veteran stage and film actor, died at the Windsor Hos- pital here today. His life had been despaired of for the last four weeks following treatment for a liver ailment. He had been ill for some time previously and was removed to the hospital when his condition became critical. Mercury 26 Degrees BEW Zero. TUPPER LAKE, N. Y., January 5 (). —The mercury dropped today to 26 de- grees below zero, the coldest of the |CHURCH UNION PLANS FOR CO-OPERATICN Baltimese Protestant Denomina- tions to' Unite in Evangelistic Program—40 Groups Formed. Special Dispatth to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 5—The cre- |ating of distiicts for the city's Pro- testant churches for community co- operation as @ part of the evangelistic program adopded by the Ministerial Union of Baltimore has just been com- pieted, it was announced this week by the Baltimore Pederation of Churches. ‘The congregations of the city and adjacent suburbs have been classified into about 40 comtiguous groups, each having a resident pastor as a ‘“con- vener.,” who is go call together the neighboring clergymen for discussion of their particular problems. _Among the suggestions offered for the district programs are canvasses to dis- cover the non-church members; simul- taneous visitations of those believed al- ready interested; -weekly or nightly series of unlon evangelistic services; in- struction In church classes as a pre= paration for membership, and a “co- ordinate calendar of specific emphasis ior successive Sundays in Lent,” as well as cevotional topics for midweek meet~ e programs are not imposed, it is 2 ned, but each district is free to determine for itself how it can achieve unified evangelistic effort. 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