Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1929, Page 18

Atlantic City SUNDAYS September 1, 15, 29 SPECIAL THROUGH TRAIN Via Delaware River Bridge Standard Time shinglon AM. timore B Lv. Atlantic C Pennsylvania Rai you keep the memories fresh with clean, wholesome rugs. Do you know that rugs more than any other single item reflect “the true charm of your house? Clean, fresh rugs bring new warmth and added beauty to every room. They hold their original newness when washed and sterilized here. Tet us help Phone National 3257 or 3291 Sanitary Carpet & Rug Cleaning Co. 106 Indiana Ave. Robt. Lee Pyle Thirtvseven Vears' Practieal Experience N.W. LB WLSONHEAS FOURPHONE UNTS Elected President of C. & P: Branches Operating in D. C. | and Adjacent States. Lloyd B. Wilson ot New York was chosen today at a meeting of the boards of directors of the four units of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. operating in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia 'to succeed the late Albert E. Berry, for- | mer president, who died three weeks ago. He will assume the presidency | September 1. Mr. Wilson comes to Washington from New York Citv, where, since 1925, he has been on the staff of the American Telephone & Telegraph- Co. engaged in the development of the commercial phases of the telephone industry from | a Nation-wide viewpoint. Native of Nebraska. The new head of telephonic ~ommu- | nication in this section is a native of Nebraska and has had extensive and varied experience in the telephone in- | dustry through a period of more than 30 years. He entered the employ of ‘he | Bell System in 1899 in the capacity of night telephone operator in his native town of Plattsmouth, pursuing his studies in the public schools during the day. Two years later he was working as an installer and repairman, and in 1903 was appointed manager at Central City, Nebr. He was made district man- ager for the Western portion of Ne- braska in 1906. Has Rapid Advancement. In 1913 he became commercial super- |intendent for the States of Nebraska and South Dakota, with headquarters at Omaha. Four years later he was chosen as commercial supsrintendent for Minnesota and North Dakota, with | headquarters at Minneapolis, and in 1919 was -advanced to the position of general commercial superintendent of the entire Northwestern Bell Telephone | Co:, embracing the States of Nebraska. North and South Dakota, Iowa and | Minnesota. In this enlarged fleld he demonstiated unusual executive ability and had an | active part in firmly establishing the | telephone industry in that exteasive |area. He remained there until 1925, when he was called fo New York. King Fuad of Egypt has been visiting in Europe during the Summer. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, "19%9. LLOYD B. WILSON. WEST VIRGINIA FARM BOYS TOUR CAPITAL Visit Dr. Lane—Plan Trips to Ag- ricultural Experiment Stations. Fourteen boys, comprising the Elk District Chapter of the West Virginia branch, Future Farmers of America, arrived in Washington by hus yesterday, and after touring the city today and to- morrow, expect to return to their homes tomorrow afternoon. They paid a visit today to Dr. C. H. Lane of the Federal Board of Vocational Education and hope before their de- parture to meet Secretary of Agriculture Hyde. During their stay here, they were to see most of the Government bulldings, the Beltsville and Arlington experimental stations and the plant at the University of Maryland. Arthur H. Holland, vocational agriculture teacher at the Elk District High School, is in charge of the party. Senate Meets Again. By the Associated Press. The Senate Tesumed its recoss pro- gram today and after another perfunc- | tory session of 2 minutes adjourned un- til Saturday. It will get down to busi- ness next Wednesday with the opening of debate on the fariff bill. KILLING INQUEST Clearance in Shooting by Watchman. A coroner's jury this afternoon de- cided that the shooting early last night of a colored man on the Camp Meigs property was unintentional and freed Joseph H. Seaton, 55-year-old watch- man, who shot the man, as yet un- identified, through the brain with a .38 caliber revolver. Seaton had been held pending the inquest. Mrs, Rebecca Greathouse, assistant district attorney, who was present at the inquest, said afterward she thought the case should go to the grand jury and that she intended to confer with United States Attorney Rover on the matter. ‘The three eyewitnesses to the killing were Seaton, his nephew, Norris Seaton, 16 years old, of 633 F street northeast, and his 12-year-old daughter, Ruth | Seaton. ‘They testified that the watchman found a colored man on the property and ordered him to leave. Seaton took him by the arm and escorted him | almost_to the street. They said that when Seaton released him the colored man made a movement as if reaching |for a gun and then ran back into the | grounds. Both the children say that Seaton yelled at the fugitive three times to stop before firing the shot which resulted in his death. Seaton testified that he did not in- ‘lrllhun him away. Both he and the children told the coroner’s jury that it Organized | Responsibility Use Yellow Cabs and Black and White Cabs . Owned and Operated by ‘ Brown Bros. VERDICT DISPUTED = tend to shoot the man, but merely to | was some minutes later before they km: that the bullet had found a mark. ‘When arrested, Seaton told police that a colored man tack his wife, Mrs, Laura B. Seaton, on Monday night and since then he had more apprehensive, .. SOLDIER BADLY INJURED | Sergt. Gregory Freeman Dragged Bome Distance When Animal Bolts Through Park. Gregory Freeman, 22 years old, of 12812 Quarry road, a staff sergeant at- tached to the chief of cavairy’s office in the Munitions Building, was in a se- rious condition at Walter Reed Hospital today from injuries sustained yesterday when thrown from his horse while on an early morning ride through West Potomac Park. Freeman may have a fractured skull. Bystanders said Freeman was drag- ged for some distance after he was un- seated when his horse became fright- ened and bolted wildly for about half a mile. He was taken to Emergency Hospifal in a passing automobile, treat- {ed, and transferred to Walter Reed | Hospital. In addition to & possible fracture of the skull, Freeman sustained scalp | lacerations and severe bruises. Bank Robbed of $7,500. PEQUOT, Minn., August 28 (#).— | The Farmers' State Bank of Pequot 1 was held up today and robbed of $7,500 |in cash by three men. The trio fled ll(ur locking bank officers in the vault. | M | ‘ tempted to at- | WHITE HOUSE IS SILENT ON R. T. DAVIS RUMORS No Comment Is Forthcoming on Story He Will Be American Ambassador to Peru. No_comment was forthcoming from Rover Aid Not Satisfied With) WHEN THOWN BY HORSE |the ‘White House foday cancerning report. appearing yesterday in an Eng- lish paper published in Lima, Peru, that Roy T. Davis, American Minister to Costa Rica, had been chosen Ambassa- dor to Peru. The news article yesterday in the West Coast Leader, a weekly newspaper, said: “It is authoritatively reported that Roy T. Davis has been named Ameri- can Ambassador to Peru to succeed Am- bassador Alexander T. Moore.” Mr. Davis has been stationed in Costa Rica for the past seven years and was called upon to use his good offices in the recent dispute between Honduras innd Guatemala. o ‘The new air mail service between the United States and Chile has cut the mail time between the two countries to eight days. 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