Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1929, Page 19

¢ THE SUNDAY STAR.- WASHINGTON, D. JUNE ' 23, 1929—PART 1 SHORT COURSE OVER FOR RURAL WOMEN “Graduation,” White House ! Reception and Tour of | City for Members. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ! COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 22— Elaborate “graduation” exercises for the 38 members of the class of 1929, a reception at the White House, a sight- seeing tour of the National Capital and a picnic supper in Rock Creep Park yesterday brought to a close the sev-| enth annual rural women's short| course canducted this week at the Uni- versity of Maryland. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture R. W. Dunlap delivered the principal ad- dress at the “graduation” exercises in the morning in Ritchie Gymnasium. The certificates were presented by Dr. Raymond A. Pearson. president of the university. Musical features were given by John McDonald, Mrs. Laura Rogers and Mrs. Louise Young. Rev. Ronalds Taylor pronounced the invocation and benediction. Mrs. Ulysses Hoge of Mount Rainier was president of the class. Greeted by Mrs. Hoover. The women were greeted by Mrs. Hoover at 2:30 o'clock in the White House gardens, after which they made a tour of the city, 20 busses being re- quired to transport the party, which numbered more than 500. Inestimable benefits will accrue to their State and Nation if they give their per- manent support to movements for more agricultural research, Dr. A. F. Woods, former president of the university and now director of scientific work at the United States Department of Agricul- ture, told the women at exercises_held in Tecognition of the Master Farm Homemakers Thursday morning. Others on the program were C. W‘ ‘Warburton of the Department of culture, Dr. Pearson, Mrs. J. W. Smi & former Master Farm Homemaker, Am Miss Bess M. Rowe. The title “Master Farm Homemaker” is given by a farm publication in co- operation with the extension service of the University of Maryland in recogni- tion of distinguished service to their families, their communities. and their te. The Maryland rural women so rec- ognized Thursday were Mrs. W B. Har- rison of Annapolis, M!‘E R. . Spoer- lein, New Windsor; Mrs. J. " Crouse, E. uppheou 'ood- Queen Anne; Mrs. J. Colora, and Mrs, J. C. McKinney, W bine. Awarded C«tflu‘e& ‘Those who receive certificates members of the class o( 1929 ymmy follow: i Hoge, Mrs. Mary E. Bcrm wa snv.\e C. Cunningham, Mrl rosene from a bottle which Cnrneul M. M. Flack, Mrs. George F.|she managed to obtain Thursday after- Feeser, Mrs. m Flzey Leifch, Miss | noon without - attracting- her parents’ ALEXANDRIA, Ve, June 22 (Spe. cial) —Hilda M. O'Neill, 14-month-ol daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. O'Nelll Franconis, died at. the Alexandria tal yesterday as the result of Monita Akehurst, Mrs. Harry A. Doane, |‘atténtion. Funeral services are to take | ings Mrs. L. Edwin Grimes, Mrs. W. G. Jack; | place “here tomorrow afternoon at 2| As a tombstone the walls of the newly lue dreds of Civil War soldiers who sought Mlle deep in the earth ng t soldiers of Ohio companies have chipped their names in the rocks as a lasting memory ALEXANDRIA NEWS 9 OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIER opened “ Grottoes,” near Harrisonburg, Va., record the names of hun- he conflict of the 60's. In the photo above mostly of the t of that day. —Harry Staley, Harrisonburg, [FISHBONE IN APPENDIX; CHILD UNDERGOES KNIFE Case of 3-Year-Old Son of Shep- herdstown- Minister Is muth, spectively, “Aexandria Kiwanis oo, Tett today 1o atiend the Kiwanis Daalitn: Intermational Ovnvem-lm, ‘which - will open at Milwaukee. Randall Caton, Special Dispatch to The Star. jr.. member of the Jocal. club and_ & | / MARTINEBURG, W. Va. June 22— | ca trustee for the national body, left-earlier in the week to attend. executive meet- |A fishbone lodged in the appendix was prior_to the convention. | blamed for a forced emergency opera- e local delegation which will attend | tion on 3-year-old Edwin Lowe, son the State Republican convention at | ket, the Natural Chimneys and Sap- | upon its walls and which can easily be NEW VIRGINIA CAVE OPENED T0 PUBLIC Blue Grottoes Is Famed for| Part Played in the Civil War. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISONBURG, Va. June 22— Another beautiful underground world— the Blue Grottoes, the caverns used in part by soldiers of the Civil War hiding place and camping site and on the walls of which are inscribed the names of thousands of Confederate and Union vn.rnon from Ohio, !on‘ ln- Vi week by Cal. E. T. Maj. Edward M. Brown, who have spent more. than $100,000 in developing this cave. ‘The opening of the Blue Grottoes makes six caverns in operation in the limestone country of the Shenandoah Valley. More than $1,000,000 have been :fi:&e’efil developing me;g u;ll'eml for purposes and it is known that uo&)m has been refused for them from Northern capitalists seeking 10 _operate the group as one chain. The Blue Grottoes was developed by the Brown interests, which have ex- pended more than $1,000,000 in develop- ing the Endless Caverns near New Mar- phire Pool near Mount Solon, Va. Beautifal Formations. ;| Chief interest in Blue Grottoes cen- ters around the thousands of names of Civil War soldiers which are inscribed read today. The caverns also have the vari-colored formation Reculhr to places of this kind and which are formed by drops of water through limestone for- mations extending over thousands of years. The caverns are located 8 miles Jorth of Harrisonburg -on the Valley pike and Tun under a hun limestone knoll on the Moore During the Civil er both Confeder- ate and Union soldiers made part of these caverns, running back under the knoll, & hiding place and a camping site, especially in stormy weather. The mouth of the cave was large enough for many horses to enter. In fact, the first opening was used as a stable for horses. The soldiers would go back further into the channel where, safe and unmolested from the enemy, they carved their names on the sides of the Natural Tunnel Deseribed. In seeking another entrance to the engineers discovered a natural tunnel, arched as if made br man, which for fl“xm burroml under the huge Blasting quickly tore down a small wall of stone this tunnel from the rooms in cave. The old stome stairway, built by the soldiers and known as the soliders’ sairway for 50 years or more, has been preserved. This stairway led from the e main Mrs, Leora Edna Little, Mrs, L. P.|o'clock at Demaine’s mortuary chapel Bankert, Miss Mamie Elizabetth Farver, Mrs. Harrlet Graves, Mrs. A. F. Lam- bert, Mrs. Horatio M. Loats, Mrs. Mar- shall Nusbaum, Mrs. Marion Runkles, Mrs. M. E. Gray, Mrs. Raymond Cork- ran, .Mrs. Ronald E. King, Mrs. Gabe Lawson, Miss Ellen Joyce Smith, Miss H. Madelynne Smith, Miss Rhudelia C. Zimmerman, Mrs. T. E. Zimmerman, Mrs. C. C. Beachy, Mrs. Caroline Dewey, Mrs. Charles E. Mullineaux, Mrs. Sandy Mullinix, Mrs. Viola F. Harkins, Mrs. ‘Anna McK. Urie, Miss Julia Beall, Miss Pear] E. Marlow, Mrs. Clarence C. Offutt, Mrs. Marguerite L. MacNef, eanxlukl.suu M. Gardiner and Mrs. Frank Ins. EUROPEANS SUSPECT DOMINATION BY U. S. 2 Fears of American Automative Su- premacy Abroad Expressed at Paris Meeting. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 22--Intensive produc- tion and higher wages for women were the questions discussed today by dele- gates to the Fourth International Con- gress for Scientific Management at the Sorbonne. Many delegates took the view that higher wages for women | would destroy the benefits reached by | intensive production. There was an underlying fear on the {:.I of some delegates that the en- nce of American automobile manu- facturers into the French fleld would cause an upheaval in French automo- bile manufacturing methods. ican delegates argued that in- creased pay for workmen, far from dis- rupting American labor conditions, had made the American working man the most prosperous and tha ‘most produc- tive in the world. it WEIGH GUARD STATUS. ‘Would XKeep State Control, Place Units in U. 8. Army. CHICAGO, June 22 (#).—Army offi- eers from eight Army corps areas met in committee here today to study means to make the National Guard a component part of the United States Army without removing them from State control. Msaj. Gen. Benson Hough of Co- lumbus, Ohio, chairman: of the com- mittee appointed by the Nluonll Guard Association, declared members of the Guard should not have to be drafted in time of war. As a part of the Regu- lar Army drafting of Guardsmen would be unnecessary, he pointed out, but it was regarded as a difficult problem to place Guards in the Federal Army | without removing ' them from State control. but| DORMITORY WORK BEGINS. ! New Addition to Hond College Will Cost $175,000. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star FREDERICK, Md., June 22—Weork has begun on a new dormitory for Hood College, the leading education in- stitution for’ women of the Reformed Church in the South, and when com-| pleted will house 140 students. It is the third dormitory of a group of buildings, valued at several million dol- lars. The cost of the structure will be about $175,000. Erection of the building is under the direction of the building and finance committee of the college, composed of Emory L. Coblentz, chairman; A. R. Brodbeck, Hanover, Pa.: Theodore M Wood, chnmbenburg, Pa; Dr. E. Sykes, Cumberland, and Junu H. Gambrill, jr., this cuy. —_— INSURANCE RATE FOUGHT. BEATRICE, Nebr, June 22 (#).— ‘Edward McAllister, consul of the Mod- ern Woodmen of America here, an- nounced today that plans are under way to institute injunction proceedings against new insurance rates fixed by the Head Camp at Chicago earlier this month. ‘The néw rates will affect all but 80 of the 400 m!mhers here, McAllister said, adding that “there are possibly :&nooo Woodmen who would be af- ted ‘The lodge is chartered in Illinois and McAllister said he was not yet sure whether the court proceedings would be msiuuied Chicaga. -Biere-or AL | cision charged that the court-martial and burial will be ‘t Franconia. Firemen of No. 5 Engine Company presented City Manager Paul Morton with a leather billfold, embossed with a gold Scottish Rite Masonic emblem. last night at a farewell reception held at the engine house. Charles W. King, company treasurer, gmlded. Councilman E. F. r, Police Justice William S. Snow and H. E. Howard, secretary of No. 5 Company, spoke, while the presentation of the billfold was made by Carroll Moore, captain of the company. The committee which had cha of the reception was com- posed ‘of nk R. Cockrell, chlirmln" Edward Cockrell, Willlam Merryman Inl! James W. Baber. AL e s Arm a reception for s g Hisht Excursionists Held On Boat for Failure To Tell of Coming By the Associated Press. | WINDSOR, Ontario, June 22— Because they failed to notify Canadian immigration authorities that they were coming. 2,000 ex- cursionists from Ashtabula, Ohio, have been prohibited from land- " ing tomorrow from the steamer Chippewa. The Windsor Police Depu'fim!m -was -notified today by Distri xcursion. A lmb:e distance te!uphum call Teceived a local docks -that would bt mflmt. Adams said. ‘Windsor police understood the excursion probably would be can- celed or diverted to Detroit or nother American port.- VETERANS EXPEL WILLIAM T. HENNING National :Senior - Vice -Commander. Loses by Reversal of Court- Martial Findings. DENVER. June 22 (P).—William T. Henning, national senior- vice com- mander of the Disabled American Vet- { erans of the World War, was formally “expelled from the Colorado Depart- ment” of the organization by the State | executive committee today. The executive committee in its de- | of five members which had delred\ Henning on April 15 of -charges which | arose from the conduct of a mara- thon “had been tampered with.” The -court-martial had heard -charges | that Henning had entered into a con- tract with the promoters of the dance marathon, and that proceeds from this contract were not turned over 1o the | organization, which had sored the marathon. A. F. Burkhardt, then State treasurer of the organizatioh, and now State vice senior- commander, charged that three of the five members f the court-martial “believed Henning guilty but vated not gullty on l_he understand- ing that he would resign.” Burkhardt then asked for.a review of executive eommlcm “today followed. have -been mm of the committee " forw: to the national headquarters. Henning is & Colorado man. * Students on Long Tour. BLACKSBURG, Va. Jupe 22 (P).— A party of 19 ‘students of - Virginia Polytechnic Institute- and others left | here today on an 18,000-mile tour th-!. will touch 20 States, Mexico and Can- | |ada. The purpose is to study geology | in the various sections. Five cars are | in- the caravan, each lettered *Virginia Tech Geological Excursion.” . - ly 34,000,000° sq) Nearl square meters of lass” are “being each “month Belgium. & - | Manday night at les Camp Hall for Alexandria % 'Will Compete in Semi-Final Richmond Wednesday nl;hv. will - leave | by bus from in front of the George | Mason Hotel that afternoon at 2 o'clock, ‘The quarterly rally of the Methodlsb Episcopal Church South will-be hel tomorrow morning at 9:30 in the church auditorium. - James L. Carter, 62, died yesterday at his home at Lincolnia, Fairfa: County, leaving his wife, Mrs, Daisy L. Carter: three children, a sister and three brothers. Puneral services for the deceased, who was employed L switchman at Potomac Railroad ya will be held tomorrow afternoon lt 2 30 | o'clock at St. Paul's Episcopal Church | at Lincolnia. ‘The Merchants and Manufacturers’ Bureau of th! Alexandria Chamber of Commerce has adjourned for the Sum- mer months. A meeting of the Alexandria Fire De- | partment Auxiliary is to be held Tues- dly nllht at 8 o'clock at No. 5 Engine % Beins eard party will be held day nursery. FIVE SCHOOLBOYS FACE EDISON TEST Examinations for Virginia | Candidate. By:the Associated Press. June 22.—Five Vir- ginia high school boys have been se- lected. to compete in semi-final exam- inations for State .candidate for the four-year technical school scholarship being offered by Thomas A. Edison, it was.announced today by State Depart- ment of Education officials. ‘The five students are Jerry Lyttig of | Richmond, William Frank Richmond, jr., of Wise; Raymond Arthur Dillon Roanoke, Harold Lee Beamer of P\nuki County High School and Julius Halpern of Norfolk. mi-final examination for these flv:x; o alternate for selected from the five. The candidates from the 48 States and the District of Columbia will be in- vited by Mr. Edison and at his expense to visit the laboratories at West Orange, N. J., where they will personally meet || him | Mr. Edison and by given an examination to determine the ultimate | winner. ‘The selection of the five boys toemer the semi-final examinations was by State Board of Education officials. FLOOD MEETING CALLED. Il Memphis Seesion July ‘11 Substi- * tute for Annual Gathering. MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 22 () — | Flood control- leaders in every State of | the Mississippi Valley were asked to meet here July 11 on a call announced today by W. H. Dick, president of the Mississippi River Flood Control Asso- clation. The meeting originally was called for July 4. Mr. Dick said the gathering would substitute for the usual annual meeting of the association, which has mlm postponed because of high wa Egyptian King to Receive Degree. honorary gree of doctor of philosophy from Karls University here, which he had once attended for several yeafs.. The de- gree will be bestowed ln the presence of President Masaryk and the diplo- | matic corps. . !cmoln N-hvel Attack Police. APIA, Samoa, June 322 (£).—A po- lice inspevtor and two proceeding to make an arrest, were at- | uclud lm‘e yesterday by a ' consider- of natives who were armed o ives and ‘sticks. The officers the attackers with revolvers unm pnlh nlntnreemenu arrived and ound they had dispersed. constables, | | old entrance into the main cave. There las been talk for ‘years th-t' a large Federal pay roll was buried in the caverns, and natives have spent ::;u“: day_digging in a futile effort to of the Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Lowe, Shep- herdstown. at a local hospital yesterday, | | the first time, to the knowledge of local | | surgeons, that an appendectomy has | arisen from this cause. | Surgeons, anxious after the opera- tion to know the cause, found- the bone !in the appendix. His father recalled the boy having recently eaten fish. The boy's condition is favorable, FESTIVAL SCHEDULED. Special Dispateh to The COLVIN RUN, Va, June 322.—The, Colvin Run School and Community | League will hold its dance and ice| cream festival next Friday. Mrs. J. H. Coulter, Mrs. Bernard Roberts, Mrs. Lucy Brown and Mrs. Will Oliver are the committee arranging for the festi- val at the school. Mrs. G. A. Money, Willlam Cockrill, Marvin Sanders and d:mn. Marle Keane will manage the ce. The Ladies’ Ald of Brown's Chapel will meet Tuesday afternoon. Daughters of ng to Visit. FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 22 (Spe- 1al) —The Washington diocese, Daugh- ters of the King, will pay a visitation to the Falls Church branch Tuesday evening. The meeting Wil be held in | the Parish Hall at 8 o'clock, and will be in charge of Rev. Calvert E Buck, superintendent ofiithe Washingto npu- copal Eye, Ear and Throat SPECIAL SALE Apricot Queen. Apricot color. Beauty of Livermere. Very Cerise Beauty. Delie: d ark velvety red. Lisht caris k. siiky texture. 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Allen Wever, 66, native of this coun- | bersburg, ty, former bank examiner, president of one local bank and director of another, died at a sanitarium at Relay, Md., ;‘,L" where he ha Storm Relief Fund Rai FREDERICK, Md., June 22 (Special). —The campaign for $5,000 by a citizens’ committee, - under the auspices of the Frederick County Chapter of the Red Cross, for the relief of sufferers in » recent tornado, closed yesterday with an over-subscription of szo’nz One property, that on John W. Fout, nea Harmony Grove, and the birthplace the late Admiral Winfleld Scott Schie was wrecked. The loss of Fout is esti mated to be about $20,000. weall lmd:hy what dissipated in recent years. A lo- cal attorney qualified as administrator today. The body will be brought back her for b urial. Surviving are three children, John R. Wever, this city; Royce Wever, Cham. d Mrs. Viola Taber W. VA, BANKER DIES. Allen Wever, Former Bank Ex- aminer, Was Ill Several Years. MARTINSBURG, W. 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