Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1929, Page 26

A0 T0REPLACE Prophesies Change Within Century. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 31.—Prediction that gasoline will be abandoned within the present century as fuel for automo- & biles in favor of radio-derived motor power was made here by G. Williams, president of the Marmon Motor Car Co., 2 st th eautomobile show. :v The automobile of the future, Wil- ,. liams prophesied, will be operated elec- & trically through radio equipment, the H power being furnished by central pow- er stations. He declared that engineers H are now considering- plans for - such % automobiles. “I can forsee with a reasonable de- gree of accuracy. each automobile own- er being assigned a specific power re- ¥ ception designation or wave length and : all that would be necessary. for him to @ start his car would be to pull a switch on the instrument board,” Willilams « said. 2 “These automobiles would be built t in different horsepowers, their power; & receptions being controlled by rheo- H stats, used similarly to the accelerators of today. A meter would be installed 2 in each car so that its owner could pay & at stated intervals for the amount of power actually used.” Elimination of moving parts and & noxious gases, minimizing of mainte- . nance costs, simplicity of operation and z'renr,er acceleration and deceleration, 2 thereby speeding up traffic, will re- 3 sult from the radio cars, ‘Williams pre- H 2 dicted. EVIGTIMIZED 'CHURCHES BECAUSE OF GRUDGE Defendant Explains Minister Once Testified Against Him, 1 Embittering Him. SATRIEANAAFALALLATANRA LA AR MRS IRAI Y Because a preacher in his home town fonce testified against him in a joyrid- ing case. David Albert Stuckey, 26 ears old, has become so embittered mgalnst churches in general that he is Swilling to violate the law in order to be venged against them. Stuckey, who lives in Carlyle, Pa., Smade this explanation today, tolluwlng 2his arrest on charges of obtaining $281 Sfrom Washington religious organiza- etions on the false plea that he was a tormer convict trying to make good. “I am bitter against all churchu 'he said. “They gave me a dirty deal. $'The oniy decent thing in my life has #heen my love for a girl who lives in $Washington. I hope she doesn't find Zout about this, She knows. me under ther name.” L Stuckey said his arrest last Sunday Sprevented his marriage to the girl, Swhich was to-'have taken place this 'Week ' The young man, who says he was| formerly a student at Georgia Tech, | as arrested by Detective Howard Ogle n complaint of Louis F. Melchior, rep- esenting the Keller Memorial Church t Ninth street and Maryland avenue ortheast. WRETIRED ADMIRAL DIES AT ANNAPOLIS rvices to Be Held Saturday at Naval Chapel for F. H. Delano. ——— T IV T vanmgnnnn Announcement was made at the lhvy Department today of the death wll.l De held in the Naval Academy ?‘h on Saturday at 4 o'clock. h-sl Delano is survived by hls Swidow and his son, Maj. Frederick , U. . C., retired, whnue\ , Annapolis. Delano was born in Mount | $Carmel, Ohio, April 14, 1848, and was Sappol pointed to the Naval Academy in #1863, graduating in 1867. He refind rom active service at his own request, | fter 40 years’ service, in 1905. - URGLARS AVOID ALARM IAND ROB CLOTHES STORE zwh:dow- Smashed to Gain En- trance to North Capitol Street Shop. w Burglars who avoided setting off an xumlve burglar alarm system, robbed | he store of Jack Stein.at 715 North ‘apitol street last night and escaped | ith clothing valued at $500. | The robbery was discovered this Zm)msng when Stein opened his store | or business. It was found that the GAS AS AUTO FUEL Marmon Motors President THE EVENING INVALID CAPITALIST WILL WED GIRL PURSUED ACROSS NATION Mystery That Hid Plane Race With Train Also Shrouds Wedding. Father of Bride-to-Be Blamed Her Poor Health for Flight to Coast. By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, January 31.—Today was the wedding day—perhaps—of Miss Ruth McConnell, 26, Indianapolis art and music student, and Kenneth B. ‘Cofilur, 43, Cllfton Springs, N. Y., cap- talist. But the mysury which has surrounded their romance since December, when the gir' fled from Rochester, N. Y., to San Francisco by train, pursued in’an air- i plane by Dr. D. O. Meeker, who appar- ently was commissioned by Coulter, per- sisted, and whatever wedding plans they may have were kept secret. ‘The couple, Coulter appearing in a wheel chair, obtained a marriage license Tuesday. To the license clerk Miss Mc- Connell explained they would be mar- RUTH McCONNELL. ried Thursday by “Rev. Mr. Roberts, who does not live here.” Miss McConnell and Coulter were be- lieved to have spent the night at the McConnell home here. To all telephone inquiries a series of “noes” was the re- Smart and Comfortable for Cold Days! 89 Pair for 3. Swanky Boots Originally $10.75 If you haven't already bought a pair of these cold weather boots, this is your chance. This is the lowest price at which they have ever been shown in Washington! Six styles; all sizes. Shoe Shop—Second Floor LANSBURGH &BRO 7th, 8th and E Sts—Franklin 7400 TRUE ECONOMY comes, not from a buyer’s mistake nor a ‘manufacturer’s loss, but from the nfllnlml co-ordination of retail and nunu!ururin‘ units on a successful plane. Msuw VALUES the direct result of scientific manu- facturmg and efficient distribution by the manufacturer of his own his own stores sieso SPRINTEMRS # obbers had entered through a rear vindow, which they smashed with an | ron bar found in a garage in the rear, hich they entered by “jimmying” a Wwindow, ' 4 Stein thinks the burglary was com- | $mitted by the same men who attempted | #to rob him several months ago but were | Sfrightened away by the ringing of the | urglar alarm. This time they knew | ow to avoid the alarm, Stein believes. | f they had attempted to open the win- low it would have been sounded. The | lothing stolen consisted of 7 overcoats. | suits, 3 dozen neckties, 5 suit cases, (3 ps and 54 shirts. st A AR Nearly $2,500,000 worth of fel'.ll"l’s fivere shipped from the Irish Free State | fn_the past year. i MOVING, PACKING & 'STORAGE. L STORAGE XPRESS CO., INC. 3O | lOAD Y SYSTEM w ! Full or part load shipments, flllly ichmond, ‘B:mmo:e Philadel- § and New Yori Use ourvaus\f v RETURN MOVE Without Worry or Risk. Re- sponsible service—Low Rates Storage 1n rooms, $2 mo. and up. Expert fiNOTHER harbmger of spring in this vanguard of Nisley s;;les l1s “Printemps”~ an intriguing new one strap. Presented in patent leather with black lizard trimming and in hazel brown kid with water snake trimming. Paris heels. @ Jocfluzg C"jl‘ylzsl dc;ys. “Marron Glace” is the correct shede in silk stockings to wear with hazel brown kid for harmony, while “Rose Nude” is best far con- trast. “Gunmetal” and “Misty Mom” for h-mwn with black kid and "Pluzl Gray” or ‘Moonlight” fm wntrm These and mnny nll\ei shades in sheer l: hiffon i nd weight nodunfswn square, pointed a new French heels ere available in Nisley stores at $1.15 $1.35 $1.65 SEVENTY STYLES Sizes 2% t0 9 s Selec(ed Styles AM to D NISLEY—In Washington, 1339 F St.,, NW ) % % ) ) ) e sponse. Reporters knocking at the frcat door were met by dimmed lights. Mean- while, according to one newspaper man, Coulter sat inside in his wheel chair and stared through the glass at them. Conflicting reasons were given in De- cember for the impromptu cross-coun- try race, which ended when Dr. Meek- er's airplane was forced down in Ne- vada, Henry Earl McConnell, the girl's father, gave out a statement here that the young woman was in poor health. Coulter, at the marriage license bu- reau, gave his occupation as “railroad treasurer.” has been paralyzed since a foot ball accident nearly 20 years ago. Miss McConnell, instructress in Eastern private schools, is reported to have met Coulter in a sanitarium at Clifton Springs about two years ago, when both were undergoing treatment. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY FORMER EMPLOYE IS FINED AS “GHOST” Man Accused of Causing “Haunts” in Methodist Building Assessed $25. Deciding that Clifford Wiedeman, former employe of the Methodist Build- | man of being o1, 1929: ploye. After & munkm of the ous happe Bchum O.he Method!fl Board of Tempcnnee Prohlblflon and Public Morals, testifie when on the stand yesterday that mere been noises heard in the at nllht and that the lights in ad flashed on and off the night -mr Wudemln was discharg Daw is said Wl'éfl- to have accused Wlede- the cause of the happen- ing, was the ghost who had caused all | ings and Wiedeman then struck him in the disturbance in the uhblhhment last Sunday night, Judge Gus Sugulld'. settled the case in Police coun 2 Wiedemnn, who at one time was em- ployed as an engineer, was charged with assaulting Clarence Daw, another em- Formerly $15.95 to 18 Sports Frocks 4 Sports Frocks 4 Sports Frocks Formerly $59.50 to 40 Erle-Maid & Sport Frocks -$19.50 86 Erle-Maid & Sport Frocks Formerly $25 to $29.50 . . Formerly $35 to $39.50 . . Formerly $45 to $49.50 . . 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R s It's difficult to make your views clear to a thick-headed man. = fihtltpfihum 606 - 614 WOMEN TO BE SPEAKERS. A Oregon and Neely of West Virginia. The MRS. McCORMICK GUEST. Quartermaster Society to Invite ‘Women to Luncheon. Mrs, - Ruth Hanna McCormick, re- Congress from Illinols, guest of honor at the next artermaster Society, to be held at the Carlton Hotel next Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock., Women from every part of the coun- try are scheduled to speak at a hearing tomorrow morning on the equal rights amendment before a Senate judiclary subcommittee composed of Senators Wateyman of Colorado, Steiwer of posed amendment, by the Rational Woman's Party and introduced | , At former luncheons, attendance was i to officers, but at the coming in the Senate by Senator Curtis, pro- Vides that men and women shall have | lun: the list of invitations will in- equal rights in the United States and | clude women, as well as officers of all every place subject to its jurisdiction, | branches of the lel"&td llgel\lllr Nfi& “6 hearing will be held in the Sen- | tional Guard, Organ! eserves an ate Office Building at 9 o'clock. affiliated organizations. ELEVENTH ST. 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