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e SUBNURBAR NENG SCOUTS PRAISED AT ANNUAL FETE Two Get Silver Cups for Effi- ciency—Citizenship Build- ing Stressed. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 16— “The law looks to the Boy Scout as one of its army for reinforcement,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Albert V. Bryan told members of Troop 126 last night at their sixth annual banquet, held in the Westminster Building. “Bear in mind that in performing the duties of a Scout you are not only help- ing your troop but are a part and an arm in keeping peace in this good old commonwealth. . “When a boy joins the Scouts he raises himself above the average boy citizen. Never in my career as a prac- titiones before the bar have I been called upon to prosecute a Boy Scout. It was with very great pleasure that 1 took a Scout into my office last Scout day and showed him the routine of work that goes on in the office of the prosecuting attorney each day.” Former Representative William D. Upshaw of Georgia was one of the guests. Others were C. E. Drake of Washington, chief Scout executive of the Boy Scout Council; Rev. Ernest M. Delaney. pastor of the Second Pres- byterian Church; Rev. P. L. Vernon, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and Frank W. Noxon, a member of the Scout committee of the city. One of the features of the banquet was the presentation of silver loving cups to James L. Kelley and George A. Guthrie for general scouting efficiency in 1928. Presentation of the cups was made for the donors, William A. Moore ane John G. Graham, by Capt. George Evans, who, several vears ago, donated the first cup awarded to a member of the troop for efficiency. Capt. Evans said that he would give another cup | next year. It was announced by Frank W. Noxon of the troop’s committee and a member of the Alexandria Chamber of Com- merce, that it is planned to have Scouts assume charge of the Chamber of Com- merce’s ectivities for one day, similar to the annual Scout day when the boys occupy the various municipal offices. Demonstrations in Scout work were given by Jamey L. Kelley, Cecil How- %e;qsh‘fil!. George Rhodes and James NEW OFFICERS NAMED BY VIRGINIA LEGION Brs. A. P. McKinery, Tazewell, Appointed Chairman of Rehabili- tation Committee. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., February 16.—Ap- intments of various officers in the irginia department of the American Legion were announced today by State Adjt. W. Glenn Elliott. Mrs. A. P. McKinery of Tazewell has been appointed by Comdr. Nelson C. Overton of Newport News as chairman of the department rehabilitation com- Imittee. Mrs. M H. Porter of Clarendon. Mrs. Frank Irvine of Charlottesville, has been appointed a member of the committee, Other members are J, A. Nicholas, jr., of Rich- mond; A. T. Clarke of Norfolk, Dr. W. K. Vance, jr., of Bristol, and Deane Haw “n’ifih‘l”.';’smmm ' nf post athletic officers include R. c.og'hnmuon of Feonburg B K. Hawkine of Norolk. N. nburg, E. K. Ha) of folk, N. H. W\X;&ms' of cflu City, Paul W. Gundry of Appalachia, Charles E. Beaseley of d. UPSHAW TO SPEAK. Former Representative to Talk at| Alexandria Church. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. shaw of Georgla will deliver a non- partisan patriotic address on “Buflding Citizens for God and the King” tomor- row evening at the regular services in the| skeoonr] Presbyterian Church at 8 ©'clock. e church Wi reede s Al e, church, le an intro- duce the speaker. - — BRIDEGROOM ARRESTED. DANVILLE, Va, February 16 (Spe- clal).—Married only a few days Albpe.fi H. Rachlis is held in jail here, charged with grand larceny in Richmond. De- talls of the charge are unknown, a 3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929. BOY 'jsmUTs HONORED Scouts George }A. Guthrie (left), and James L. Kelley with their scout- master, who were b pnored at the annual Scout banquet last night in Alexandria for general efiiciencfy throughout the year, 1928. LEGISLATOIR FACES PROHIBITAON CHARGE Warrant Sworn /Qut for Rose After Raid on:i Baltimore Bu ilding. —r e . Special Dispatch ta ghe Star. BALTIMORE, ‘ebruary 16.—Moses Rose, Democratit assemblyman from the first legislativ p district of Baltimore, is formally charifed with violating the Volstead act in a warrant issued yes- terday by Uniteri States Commissioner J. Frank Supple p. ‘The charge regainst Delegate Rose is the outgrowfih of an investigation into seizure of ‘a quantity of alleged liquors by dry /gents in a building on West Lexington 'street a week ago. Rose is saild/ to have admitted he owned the prerpises in which, authori- tles charge, thitre was a saloon. Because they' assemblyman is il United States “Attorney Amos W. W. Woodcock saidf that the warrant prob- ably would noft be served until later. ALEXANDRIA PUZZLED BY ‘HOIBO’ SESSION PLAN Will Seek !fnformation From Mem- phis on Ifleeting Set for Wash- in gton’s Birthday. Speclal Dispi itch to The Star. ALEXAN DRIA, Va, February 16.— Alexandria j authorities plan to investi- gate, as fai t as possible, a conference on unemployr aent to be held here by James Eads How;, the “Millionaire Hobo King,” beginning ‘next Friday, according to an announce ment made by How at Mem- phis, Tei in. City Mhnager Paul Morton admitted today th at the city can do nothing to prevent ] How and his associates holding their con ference here as long as the visi- fors_beh ave themselves, but said that he woulr } endeavor to learn from Mem- phis off jcials the fature and behavior of a sinfilar parley held there by How this wer sk, “Wha £ puzzles me,” Morton said, “is why Hipw selected George Washington'’s bii:thd;& to hold a conference in this city. No # {formation regarding the meeting nor th g place in this city where it will be hel i could be learned. TMO HURT IN CRASH. Falls{Church Men Injured When Auto Turns Over. LEXANDRIA, Va. February 16 (Sgkdll).—"l‘. R. Mickey and McDonald Jnhm, both of Falls Church, Va., are conj to the Alexandria Hospital with mJ received last night when an al ile in which they were riding 511 led and turned over on the Little R{ ver turnpike about two miles west = th s city in Fairfax County. ohnson sustained a fracture of the sfspall, according to hospital authorities, V) led Mickey received & bad scalp ¥.found. lUNCoNsclous EIGHT DAYS telegram being received b 1 thorities here %o take him {n&o:;:x: Arrest in Students’ Death. RUSSELL, Ky., February 16 (#). Phillip Robey, 16, Russell High School student, was held under $5,000 bon¢| Jast night to await trial on murdes: charges lodged against him in conneq » tion with the death of Curtis Hern, e11; a fellow student, who died in an Irontd hospital today from -a broken neck re: ceived during basket ball practice yef j- terday. Robey was arrested on a waj f- rant sworn by Hern's uncle, who alleg] bd Robey struck his nephew with his fis¢, Mrs, Leila S. Burch Expires, : LYNCHBURG, Va, February (Special). —Mrs. Lelia S. Burch, 'vpife of John M. Burch, died Thursday r an iliness of several years. She - was a member of Rivermont Meth edist Church. She is survived by her ; hus- band and the following children: { Mrs. Frances B. Campbell of Roanoke, John Ng. t?‘urch’. jr., and Miss Mary S. E urch of this cf Woman Stricken in Church 7 bies. CUMBERLAND, Md., (Special) —Stricken while mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic ¢fhurch yesterday morning, Miss Susan Eliza- beth Rarig, well known business wom- an of this city, died last night: nt the home of her niece, Mrs. Thomasi Shan- non. She was a daughter of t/ ge late Valentine and Susan Rarig. Man Charged With Forg iry. LYNCHBURG, Va, Febrdary 16 (Speclal).—Charged with forg ing two bank checks, Donald Hamilton ; was held for the March grand jury afte y a pre- limipary trial in the Municig al Court here. m—— p— Just What You H eI Been Looking for—iJ, Cottage Dupliex —APARTMEN'— Just Like a Cottage. Hiedrooms and Living Roomis on Separate Floof 5. Of Course, You Waint to See It. Nestled in the : Million- Dollar Co-operative Mansion. 1661 CRESCENT PL. Adams 9900 o 16 ht at her home, 1005 Early street, 3 Kter Februa ry 16 att inding /Marjorie Dowdy, 10, Struck by Auto, Suffers Brain Concussion. LYNCHBURG, Va., February 16 (Special) —Marjorie Dowdy, 10, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dowdy, 111 Langhorne lane, is still unconscious at Memorial Hospital with concussion of the brain, sustained February 8 when she was struck by an automobile near her home. Auto Victim, 64, Dies. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., February 16 (Special)—John Anderson Crim, 64, retired Baltimore & Ohio conductor, died at a local hospital of injuries sus- tained when he was hit by a car driven by J. D. Mowery. e E=THAN REGUL CREAM Clev. 2453—6:00' /to 7:30 Gift Fire Engine Goes Begging for Place to Be Kept Special Dispateh to The Star. ‘WILLIAMSBURG, February 16. —The city council and the resto- ration officlals are yc* undecided as to the location for building the two-story brick fire house for the new fire engine donated to Wil- liamsburg by John D Rockefeller, Jjr., a short time ago. It had been decided to locate the East but Dr. the firehouse near ern State Hospital, George W. Brown, superintendent objected to such proximity to the institution; then Robert Lecky, jr., of Richmond, who has charge of the real estate end of the restoration movement, indieated that it might be located on the opposite side of Duke of Glouces- ter street, also on Henry street, but residents objected. The problem is still an open question, JURORS ARE CHOSEN FOR ROCKVILLE COURT Names of Those to Compose Grand and Petit Panels in March Drawn. . ROCKVILLE, Md., February 16— Judge Robert B. Peter yesterday after- noon drew. the jurors for the March term of the Circuit Court for Mont- gomery County, which convenes here Monday, March 18. The list shows 48 of the county’s most substantial citizens, 23 of whom will compose the grand jury and the others the petit jury. The list is as follows: Laytonsville district—Harry S. Riggs, Leslie C. Wachter and Charles D. King; Clarksburg—Willle W. Price, Edward C. King and Julian B. Waters; Pooles- ville—Thomas B. Lambert, William L. Aud, Paul Dyson and Isaac Fyfle; Rock- ville—Max Wenner, John Vinson Peter, Eugene A. Veirs, Theodore H. Lenovitz, Henry Hartman and Harry G. Poss: Colesville—Maurice Bready, George W. Acorn, Willlam A, Bean and William T. Milstead; Darnestown — William L. Schaeffer, Benton Higgins and Clarence H. Higgins; Bethesda—Frank A. Bock, William S. Corby and Lewis Keiser; Olney—Milton H. Bancroft, Frank J. Downey, Henry L. Benson and Hiram . Harvey; Gailthersburg—Washington . Burdette, McKendree Walker, John A. Selby and Otho C. Trundle; Po- tomac—Noble B. Embrey, Joséph H. Bo- dine and Enoch S. Creamer; Barnesville —Lewis W. Poole, Maurice M. Mossburg, George O. Holland; Damascus—Harry L. Watkins, Earl J. Linthicum and Her- man W. Mullinly; Wheaton—Harry C. Peacock, Nicholas J. Welch, Ben. @, Davis, William F. Fisher and Bernmd R. Gannon. ELECTION ACT APPROVED. Hancock Chamber Indorses Change in Polling Date. HANCOCK, Md., February 16 (Spe- cial).—Directors of the Hancock Cham- ber of Commerce last night, at a spe- cial meeting, went on record as favore ing an act of the Legislature authoriz- ing the municipal election here to be held every two years instead of annually as now. It is felt, because of the feeling that has been worked up in previous campaigns,” they should be further apart, o AUTO THROWN OFF ROAD. Man Escapes Serious Injury as Car Hurtles Into Creek. o MARTINSBURG, W. Va,, February 16 (Special) —Herbert C. Brooks, con- tractor, this city, narrowly escaped seri- ous injury last night when his auto- mobile was hurled from the State road east of here by a bursting tire and —Star Staft Photo. | classed as labor foreman and whose thrown through bridge approach funrds into Opequon Creek. car ded upright in the bed of the creel Ll e LTI WA \\ Dairy PIG POINT POWDER BLAST KILLS FOUR Explosion at Army Ammuni- tion Depot Severely Burns Four Others. By the Assoclated Press. NORFOLK, Va., February 16.—War-! rant Officer R. Q. Andrews, badly burned yesterday in an explosion at the Pig Point Army Ammunition Depot, in which three others were killed and four severely burned, died in the Naval Hos- pital at Portsmouth this morning. The explosion of 1,000 pounds of powder occurred at 3:40 o'clock in magazine L-12, in which the eight men, two white and six colored, were en- gaged in repacking the explosive. The cause could not be learned today, as the conditions of all of the survivors was such that they could not be ques- tioned, and physicians at the Naval Hospital, where they were taken, said it probably would be two days before questioning would be possible. The dead, besides Andrews, are Clyde E. Curting, 35, a civil service employe, residence was on the Pig Point Reser- vation, and John Duncan and Sam Freeman of Norfolk County, both col- ored laborers. Maj. E. H. Chase, commandant of the ammunition depot, ciassed the ex- plosion as a “small one,” saying there was no detonation, but merely a flare; hence failure of the explosion to be heard in the surrounding territory. The magazines are so constructed, he said, that in case of an explosion they col- lapse instead of blowing outward. The workmen were engaged in taking the powder from a steel box car to the magaine. The car was badly wrecked. DENVER MILLIONAIRE TO WED IN HONOLULU Frank E. Kistler, Divorced in Juarez Last Month, and Mrs. Antonides, Socially Prominent. By the Assoclated Press. DENVER, Colo., February 16.—News that Frank E. Kistler, Denver multi- millionaire, plans to marry Mrs. Lena Antonides in Honolulu today was re- ceived here almost simultaneously with the announcement that he had been di- vorced in Juarez, Mexico, January 21. It was understood that Mrs, Kistler, ‘Wintering in Palm Beach, Fla., obtain- ed a substantial property settlement and under an agreement will receive a large monthly allowance for herself and their four children. ‘The Kistlers and Mrs. Antonides for many years have been members of the most exclusive circles of Denver so- ciety. Mr. Kistler, former president of the Producers & Refiners Corporation, 1éft Denver for Honolulu recently. Mrs. Antonides went there about two months ago with her two children, Ralph, jr., 6, and Bill T., 8. Her husband, Ralph Antonides, bond broker, died more than 2 year ago. Mr. Kistler is 46 years old and Mrs. Antonides, 28. VIRGINIAN ACCUSED OF SLAYING ANOTHER Man Held Says Shooting Followed Quarrel Over Tripping of Wife. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. STUART, Va., February 16.—Elijah Dehart _of Vesta, member of a well known Patrick County family, is held in jail at Martinsville charged with the murder of Daniel Handy. Testimony at a preliminary hearing revealed that the two men quarreled after Mrs. Dehart had suddenly tripped up as she was leaving the Handy home. Dehart insisted that Handy tripped his wife, and that after the two men, who had been drinking, passed words Handy drew & revolver and advanced on De- hart. Dehart sald he wrested the weapon from his antagonist and fired five shots into his body. ZOOLOGICAL TRIP SLATED. Former Reporter to Sponsor Expe- dition to South Pacific Lands. CHICAGO, February 16 (#).—A zoological expedition to New Zealand, Borneo, the East Indies and other South Pacific lands is scheduled to leave San Francisco on February 18 on behalf of the Field Museum of Natural History, Stephen C. Simms, director, said today. ‘The expedition will be sponsored and led by Phillip M. Chancellor, former Chicago newspaper reporter, who re- cently inherited a fortune from his grandfather, the late F. N. Mathieson of La Salle, Ill. associated with Chan- cellor is Norton Stuart of Santa Bar- bara, Calif,, an experienced naturalist. - S e Crane Party in Tahiti. CHICAGO, February 16 (#).—The Field Museum of Natural History has received a radiogram that the Crane Pacific expedition, aboard the yacht Tllyria, arrived safely in the harbor of Papeete, in Tahiti. After collecting zoological specimens in Tahitl, the ex- pedition will visit other islands of the Southern Pacific Ocean. , Inc. Established 1881, e — ‘BYBUREAN NEWS, 7 THE RAGGED PRINCESS By Edgar Wallace. CHAPTER I HE fog, which was later to de- scend upon London, blotting out every landmark, was as yet a gray, misty threat. The light had gone from the sky, and the street lamps made a blurred showing when the man from the south came unsteadily into Portman Square. In spite of the raw cold he wore no over- coat; his shirt was open at his throat. He walked along, peering up at the doors, and presently he stopped before No. 551 and made a survey of the dark- ened windows. The corner of his scarred mouth lifted in a sardonic smile. Strong drink magnifies all dominant emotions. The genial man grows more fond of his fellows, the quarrelsome more bitter. But in the man who har- bors a sober grievance booze brings the red haze that enshrouds murder. And mounting the steps, he tapped slowly at the door. Instantly a voice asked: “Who is that?” “Laker—that’s who!” he said loudly. A little pause, and the door opened noiselessly and he passed through There was nobody to receive him, nor did he expect to see a servant. Cross- ing the bare hall, he walked up the stairs, through an open door and a small lobby into a darkened room. The only light was from a green-shaded lamp on the writing table, at which an old man sat. Laker *stood just inside the room and heard the door close be- hind him. “Sit down,” said the man at the far end of the room. The visitor had no need for guidance; he knew exactly where the chair and table were, three paces from where he stood, and without a word he seated Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News morning. ‘The man he called Malpas drew his padded dressing gown a little closer around his shoulders, and chuckled. “I don’t know, en? Don’t know that Dacy Marshalt is living next door? ‘Why do you think I'm living here, you fool, if it is not to be next to him?” The drunkard stared open-mouthed. “Next to him—what for? He's one of the men you're robbing—he's a crook, but you're robbing him! What do you want to get next to him for?” “That’s my business,” said the other curtly. “Leave the stuff and go.” “Leave nothing,” said Laker, and rose awkwardly to his feet. “And I'm not leaving this place, either, till I know all about you, Malpas. I've been thinking things out. You're not what you look. You don't sit at one end of this dark “I'm Going to Have a Good Look at You Son, and Don’t Move.” Laker had both the grievance and the medium of magnification. He would teach this old devil that he couldn’t rob men without a come- back. The dirty skinflint lived on the risk which his betters were taking. Here was Laker, almost penniless, with a long and painful voyage behind him, and the memory of the close call that had come in Cape Town, when his room had been searched by the police. A dog’s life—that was what he was liv- ing. Why should old Malpas, who had not so long to exist anyway, live in luxury whilst his best agent roughed it? Laker always felt like this when he was drunk. He was hardly the type that might be expected to walk boldly up to the front door of 551 Portman square. His long, unshaven face, the old knife wound that ran diagonally from cheek to point of chin, the low forehead, cov- ered with a ragged fringe of hair, taken in conjunction with his outfit, suggest- ed abject poverty. He stood for a moment, gazing down at his awkward-looking boots, and then, himself. Again that grin of his twisted his face, but his repulsive-looking host could not see this. “When did you come?” “I came ir the Buluwayo. We docked this morning,” said Laker. “I want some money, and I want it quick, Mal- pas.” “Put down what you have brought, on the table,” said the old man harshly. “Return in a quarter of an hour and the money will be waiting for you.” “I want it now,” said the other with drunken obstinacy. Malpas turned his hideous face to- ward the visitor. “There’s only one method in this shop,” he said gratingly, “and that's mine! Leave it or take it away. You're drunk, Laker, and when you're drunk you're a fool.” “Maybe I am. But I'm not such a fool that I'm going to take the risks I've been taking any more! And you'rs taking some, too, Malpas. You don't know who's living next door to you.” He remembered this item of informa- room and keep the likes of me at the other end for nothing. I'm going to have a good look at you soon. And {don’t move. You can’t see the gun in my hand, but you've got my word it's there!” He took two steps forward, and then something checked him and threw him back. It was a wire, invisible in the darkness, stretched breast-high from wall to wall. Before he could recover his balance the light went out. And then there came upon the man |8 fit of insane fury. With a roar he .leaped forward, snapping the wire. A Isecond obstruction, this time a foot | from the ground, caught his legs and | brought him sprawling. “Show a light, you old thief!” he screamed, as he staggered to his feet, pistol in hand. “You've heen rol me for years—living on me, you ol devil! I'm going to squeal, Malpas! You pay or I'll squeal!” “That's the third time you've threat- | ened me.” The voice was behind him, and he tlon, discovered by accident that very | {SMALL BABE ADDED TO MYSTERY ROLL Infant of Woman Accused of Slay- ing Eight Children Reported to’ Have Recently Disappeared. By the Assoclated Press. ST. JOSEPH, Mich.,, February 16.— Disclosure of the disappearance within the last month of an infant son of Mrs, Ethel Lewis, awalting trial on charges of slaying eight of her children and grandchildren, added a new element of mystery today to the story of wholesale infanticides told by the woman'’s daugh« ter, Mrs. Okel Gorham. Investigators were turned to a quest for the missing baby by a statement made to police of Dowagiac, Mich., by | Mr. and Mrs. James Wallace, who said | they have known the Gorham and Lewis familles for several years and formerly lived with them in a two-room house at Dowagiac. Mrs. Wallace told police that only | last month the youthful Mrs. Gorham | expressed fear that her mother would kill the youngest of the Lewis children, a boy but a few months older than Clarence Wesley Gorham, 5 months old, whose death Sunday caused arrest of the two women. The child has since disappeared. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace also told of tl.e death under unusual circumstances of another child of Mrs. Gorham in Febru- ary, 1925, when it was 10 days old. Herbert Gorham, 61-year-old husband of Mrs. Gorham, yesterday requested the Probate Court of Cass County to appoint a jury of alienists to test the sanity of his wife and her mother. o it tocesn SN spun around, and, in a frenzy of fury, fired. The draped walls muffied the ex- plosion, but in the instant’s flash of flame he saw a figure creeping toward the door and, stark mad with anger, fired again. The reek of burnt cordite hung in that airless room like a veil. “Put on the light, put on the light!” he screamed. And then the door opened and he saw the figure slip through. In a sec- ond he was out on the landing, but the old man had disappeared. Where had he gone? There was another door, and he flung himself against it. “Come out!” he_ roared. and face me, you Judas!” He heard a click behind him. The door of the room whence he had come had closed. A flight of stairs led to an- other story, and he put one foot on the lower stair and stopped. He was con- scious that he was still holding the lit- tle leather bag that he had taken from his pocket when he came into the room, and, realizing that he was going away empty-handed, with his business in- | complete, he hammered at the door behind which he guessed his employer was sheltering. “Aw, come out, Malpas! There’ll be no trouble. I'm a bit drunk, I guess.” ‘There was no answer. “I'm sorry, Malpas.” He saw something at his feet and, stooping, picked it up. It was a waxen chin, perfectly modeled and colored, and it had evidently been held in posi- tion by two elastic bands, one of which was broken. The sight of this tickled him, and he burst into a yell of laugh- te: “Come out T. “Say, Malpas! I've got a part of your face!” he said. “Come out, or Il take this funny chin of yours to the police. Maybe theyll want to recover the rest of you.” No answer came, and, still chuckling, he went down the stairs and sought to open the front door. There was no han- dle and the keyhole was tiny, and, squinting through, he could see noth- ing g. “Malpas!™ His big voice came echoing down from the empty rooms above and, with a curse, he flew up the stairs again. H;e'u halfway to the first landing when something dropped. Looking up, the hateful :-3' above, saw the he saw black weight falling and strove to avoid it. Another second and he was sliding down_the stairs, an inert mass. 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