Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1929, Page 5

For Impaire'd. Vision —conultan E'ye Physician Tt is said that no physical defect contributes more di- rectly to fatigue and in- efficiency than eyestrain, or is more responsible for waste of effort; vitality, time and material EDMONDS == OPTICIAN— 915wl'ifl.een\h Street A:!_-(I N.G_'TON Established 1899 @he Fnening Stae ADVERTISENENTS G. O. Breck’s—15th & U Sts. Is a Star Branch Office The Classified Section of The Star offers a quick solution for many problems—you’ll find it easy to supply help; to obtain a position; rent rooms or an apartment; sell or exchange things which you have. A properly worded and classified advertisement in The Star will put you in touch with practically every one in and around Wash- ington. g Leave copy for Classified Ad- vertisements for The Star at the Branch Office in your neighbor- hood. No matter where you live, in town or the nearby suburbs, you'll ind a Branch Office handy; ready to serve you without fee, ‘only regular rates are charged. | ABOVE SIGN I 18 | DISPLAYED | BY l AUTHORIZED STAR BRANCH OFFICES The Star prinfs such an over- whelmingly greater volume of Classified Advertising every day than any other Washing- ton paper that there can be no question as to which will give you the best results, “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office ANERGAN EXPRES BOUGHTBY ADAMS Purchase Price Undisclosed. Regional Directors Chosen at Meeting. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 4—The history of the great American express companies, of which the early annals were embel- lished with Indian skirmishes, took still Co. bought the holdings of the American Express Co. in the former's operating concern, American Railway Express Co., and the Rallway Express Agency, Inc., which now does the actual axpress business, and held its first meet- ing. Adams, which has been an investing company since the war, when American Railway Express was formed to combine the businesses of Adams and American, purchased the 122710 shares of the American Express holdings in the op- erating company, giving it, in addition to its previous holdings, 75 per cent of the stock. No indication as to the purchase price was disclosed, but at the current market price the shares $20,000,000. Adams previously held about 36 per cent of the stock. $42,000 Cash Pald. its business to the Railway Express Agency, Inc., which was organized by the railroads, as of March 1. It received $42,000,000 in cash In addition to the l| | cash, it has a valuable charter permit- Ung it to do almost any sort of business. What will be the status of the com- | | pany may be disclosed after a meeting || of ~directors today. Officials of Adams, which now has complete con- ever, that it will be operated other than as an investment trust. ‘There have been various rumors as to what may be done with American Rail- way Express. It has been reported that |it would go into the business of han- dling freight in less than carload lots, |or that it might organize an airplane | express system. These rumors, however, I >hlve been discredited by officials. A report that it might bs merged with | Adams also has been dismissed as un- I| | likely. American Express still has its trav- | | eler's check, foreign travel service and forwarding business. What use it will make of the cash received from Adams l| | remains to be disclosed. Directors Chosen. At the first annual meeting of the l| | stockholders of the Railway Express Agency, all of the common stock of which is held by the bulk of the rail- roads of the country, the following di- rectors for the Eastern district were elected: J. J. Bernet of the Erie, F. G. il | Buckland of the New Haven, Patrick D. Crowley of the New York Central, Elisha Lee of the Pennsylvania, T. C. Powell of the Chicago & Eastern Ili- nols, and George M. Shriver of the Bal- For the Western district: Charles Donnelly of the Northern Pacific, Carl Gray of the Union Pacific, Hale Holden of the Southern Pacificc W. B. Storey of the Atchison and W. H. Williams of the Missouri Pacific. | For the Southern district: C. S, Capps | of the Seaboard Air Line, Lyman Delano {of the Atlantic Coast Line and L. A. | Downs of the Illinois Central. Director at large: Robert E. M. Cowie, formerly president of the American Railway Express. RN Delegates from 40 countsedwiil “at- jf | timore & Ohio. tend the International Council " of Women meeting in London April 29. to May 9. 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AURORA, 111, April 4—Eugene Boyd Pairchild, county dry investigator, was being sought by county authorities to- day for the second time since the fatal shooting of Mrs. Lillian De King in & liquor raid based on his affidavit. A warrant charging the jnvestis with perjury. was issued y@aferday had not been served early today, though a large force of deputies had | been sent on & search for him. A port from Springfleld said that Fal child had been in that city and was tending to return to Aurora and surren- der, Was Previously Returned. Falrchild’s first disappearance was the | day after the shooting. He was found | at his father's home in Odell, Ili, and brought back for the inquest, ‘The perjury charge grew out of his testimony at the inquest Tuesday. He then denied buying liquor in the De King home, as he had stated in his af- vit, The county coroner also made sure yesterday that Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith, who shot Mrs. De King, would e on hand for the grand jury investiga- tion. He issued a mittimus for Smith's arrest, to be used in case the deputy is able to leave the hospital where he has been confined since the raid with & bullet in his leg. Conference to be Held. Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom said last night he would take no action on the request that his office take over the investigation until after a confer- ence in Chicago tomorrow. Another inquiry by the State was pro- posed in a resolution offered in State Assembly by Representative John ¥, Petit of Batavia. He asked the House to appoint a commission of seven to in- vestigate the De King slaying, operation and enforcement of prohibition and ac- IllVll.hs of the Anti-Saloon League, GIRL ASKS DAMAGES. Files Suit for $10,250, Growing Out of Collision. ' Blanche Gibson; 8 schoolgir], of 1034 Bladensburg road northeast, filed sult in the District Supreme Court yesterday for $10,250 damages against Russell Gil- bert, 1725 Varnum street, as a result of a traffic mishap. She tells the court she was sitting in a-parked automobile near Kensington, MX: Jast January 24, when Gilbert’s car crashed into the machine. She was se- riously injured as a result, she says. ‘The suit was instituted through D. R. Gib- son, as next friend, and was filed by At~ torney R. H. McNelll. PLAY TO BE GIVEN. Lower: Philip Johnson (left), whe purchased the liquor evidence against the De Kings, and Eugene Boyd Fairchild, dry investigator. Resulted in Death of Mrs. De || St. Gabriel’s Group to Present Pro- gram Monday and Tuesday. The St. Gabriel's amateur player group will present & mystery e_onudy “The Hidden Guest,” at St. Paul l‘fl Pifteenth and V streets, at 8:15 o'clock Monday and Tuesday nights. The players include Kathleen Baker, Mary McCarthy, Helen Ryan, Dorothy Collifower, Leone Hayden, Joe Fallon, Willlam Ryan, Matthew Fenton, Harold Hamill, Reymend Quinn and Paul Murphy. o OFFICERS INSTALLED. Upper: Gerald De King on the witness stand at the coroner’s inquest into the | slaying of his mother, Mrs. Lillian De King, during s dry raid upon their home | Gerald shot one of the raiders in the leg after his mother had { {0 be used as | Hughes Quits Police Post. CHICAGO, April 4 (#®)—Michael Hughes, former police commissioner and detective chief, resigned from the force yesterday. Since his retirement as commissioner upon the accession of William F. Russell last year, Hughes had been carried on the roster as a police captain. wee Heaters | NEW-—First Quality—$5.75 wp i o 3 BRANCHES 6"&C.Sts SW. . S"&FlaAeNE I 5021 Ga A NW .00 Trin COLUMBUS OHIO Sunday, April 14 ., SPECIAL TRAIN 6:02 P.M. B ewark 'S8 M Bennison o b :88 P.M., Dennison Coach Lunch Service b: Raiiread attenda: Pennsylvania Railroad sylvania R 0, 72208 CO-OPERATIVE APT. 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