Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1929, Page 19

THE STAR,, WASHINGTON, D. €.. FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1929 | N of the American Revolution, held re- i centiy at Springfield, Tll. Mr. and Mrs ! | Rowley have received many social at- | tentior i < Wash- EVENTNG PTOMAINE POISONING HITS 200 PERSONS sons who were recovering (onight from becn released Jast night. The condition | i of Mrs. George Higginbotham, ‘wife of LA LA R R ) the Muskogee fire chief, dangerously ill The victims, most of them firemen for several hours, was reported im- and members of their families, were | proved. I\lrk‘kfh shortly after the supper. Many | The Muskogee Fire D partment force | | became ill at a dance which followed. | was so weakened by the ptomaine at- Others, most of whom returned here tacks that volunters were recruited to WASHINGTOMN e their re- (Continued From Eighteenth Page) CHIEF EXECUTIVE = Dr. Perez Succeeds to Office Held by Gomez for 20 Years. By the Associated Press. CARACAS, Venezuela, May 31.—T Juan Bautista Perez, president of the Federal High Court of Cassation and temporary President of Venezuela, was elected President of the republic by Congress yesterday. He was chosen for the seven-year term expiring in 1936. Dr. Perez will succeed Gen. Juan Vicente Gomez, who surprised the country on May 4 by declining re- “==plection to the post which he had held gor 20 years, This unexpected develop- ment caused delay in filling the ‘Wn"‘ of chief executive un‘il today. Gen. Gomez expressed a_willingness to become commanc®r in chief of the | Ne Venczuelian Army #3d Congress today carried out that wi#§ by choosing him for_that post Dr. Perez before Congre CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Col. Martha Hamon of the women's social section of the Salvation Army for | the Southern Territory will speak to- | night at the Saivation Army Temple | Corps, 606 E street northwest. Al- | though Washington is in the Southern | territory and Col. Hamon has been an ! officer of the Army for 14 years, this will be her first visit to the Capital. ill take the oath of office ss today. Miss Nannie Burroughs, head of the | National Training School and daughter of the Elks' Columbia, No. 85, will pre- =ent “Ethopia at the Bar of Justice™ | tonight at the Third Baptist Church, Fifth and Q streets northwest. FUTURE. . ‘Washington Open Forum will hold a | plenic Sunday at 1 pm. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Keeley, River- dale. Md. (Two blocks west and two blocks north of Riverdale trolley sta- ifon. Autoists should turn off Balti- more Pike at Jackson avenue.) The picnic will be held jointly with | that of the Single Taxers. Gamma Phi Beta Alumnae Assocla- tion will hold its annual dinner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, at Rauscher's. All ‘members are urged to be present, 22 this will be the last meeting untii ‘The ways and means committee of Areme Chapter, O. E. S, will give a 500 and bridge party at the Annapolis Cafeteria, 8 o'clock, Monday evening. The National Woman's Party will glve a garden party in honor of the tenth anniversary of the passage by Congress of the Susan B. Anthony amendment Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Senator Watson will be prin- cipal speaker. ‘The District of Columbia Public School Association will meet Wednes- day from 8 to 10 o'clock in the board- room of the District Building. Dean W. C. Ruediger of George Washington University will speak on “The Broad- ening and Reorganization of the Cur- riculum.” ‘The first annual dance of Victory Council degree team, National Union Assurance Society, will be held June 5 at Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street, 9 to 12 o'clock. Brightwood Chapter, No. 42, O. E. 8., will hold & card party tomorrow night, 8:30 o'clock, at the Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast. 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The guests who honored Mrs Rowley on this occasion were Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president eral of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Mrs. Rhett Goode, presi- dent_general of the Children of the Amy an Revolution: Mrs. Josiah Van Orsdel, registrar gen: of the Daugh- !'ters of the American R | John Miller Horton, regent of the Buf- | falo Chapter, Daughters of the Amet | can Revolution: Mrs. Francis B. Culver, wife of the registrar general of the Sons | of the American Revolution, and Mrs | Adolphus Gaupner. | Mrs. James Irvin Steel will leave | | Washington todav. and will spend the | Summer at her home, in Pennsylvania |and in Massachusetts Gen. and Mrs. Avery D. Andrews of v York City are at the Carlton for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. James O. Watson have | with them at the Wardman Park Hotel their daughter, Mrs. Logan_Carroll of | Fairmont, W. Va. Mrs. Carroll will spend several days with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Coburn of Leba- non, N. 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