Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1929, Page 4

ADNITS T0 POLICE CLERGY ON HOME BOARD. Danville Council Selects Three Min- isters for Commission. LTS B. C. Saul of Pittsylvania Sur renders—Says He Acted in Seif-Defense. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. Va., October 12—A. C. Rockingham County, N. ., at 2 odock this morning, admit- ting that he had killed Gordon Slayton last midnight at the latter’s home, 200 ymu over the State line near here. declined to discuss the case other thm to say he acted in self-defense. He was bruised and lacerated about face. Mrs. Slayton found her hus- Mrs. stumbled over his body. ‘were trying to find eye- ~T. A. VOTES TO KEEP| POLICING OF SCHOOL Henry Clay Group Ask That Tem- porary Officers Continue Duties. Howard B. Fields to have the three temporary poueemen retained for the entire school term. FIREMEN ORI FIRST-AID CLASSES iPrince Georges Rescue Squad to Give Separate Instruc- tion to Women. Special Dispatch to th HYATTSVILLE, Md,, October New classes-in first aid instruction will be started by the rescue squad of the Prince Georges County Volunteer Fire- men’s Association, the latter part of !hu month, it has been announced by L. Leonard, chief. Appuctt!ool to take the course have been received from mm%e than fift) I and del-l'lh classes for them. Heretofore the instruction has been con! to men. Applications have been received from around forty fire- men who wish to take the course. One group of classes will meet at Mount Rainier or some other place in this section with Chief Leonard as in- structor and another at Glenn Dnle with Dr. J. H. Truitt, squad surgeon, in ‘The action was taken after members | temporarily flm:uochua were told that the |slong part of the dutles of the kmpmmno(mrflm- These men are stationed at the | the on_ main highways morning, 2& -:f‘la'noon to pmuct children ¢t the muauun o( a schoolboy to be opposed the school mdmud by meu:herh Kamli. '.Iuc fim bonrd would be held responsible for the death or injury of ony child who met with a mishap in Qmflp%s to direct trafic and assist other across the highways. Con in the county are much @ifferent from those existing in Wash- , Where schoolboy patrols are used, it was pointed out, since there motor traffic is much slower due ‘to intersections, while in Arling benefit of the rescue squad was a ed success. Pmott.heproeoedlm', toward the new ambulance. ‘Ambulance service is furnished at a cost to Yflaldfin':l o‘s the county the rescue squad and when a person :.’nnoznmml p:ymem—vluutm FINE STOCK ARRAYED AT ST. LOUIS SHOW 1,599 Dairy Cattle and 500 Hotses THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ROCKVILLE COURT DRAWS JURY LIST e | Selects 50 Names for Grand and Petit Jurors for November Term. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 12.—The November term of the Circuit Court for the county convenes here Monday, November 11, and Judge Robert B. Peter yesterday afternoon drew the following from which the grand and petit juries will be selected on the open- day of the session: 3 y\‘mu“ district—William H. Clarksburg—Emest King, Eugene McAtee and James F. Purdum, 5 Plhlm Ind Joseph Frank Allnutt. enry J. T. Kraft, William D. Clark, Martin P. Heim, Frank Pol- Hilton and Joseph Colesville—George L. Tolson, Jesse D. Brown, Willlam H. McCeney and Eugene L. Duvall, Darnestown — Thomas C. Darby, Brooke Vincent and Forrest King. Bethesda—George F. Hane, Buulun J. Ross and Edward G. Boswell. Olnty—RnbenH Chichester, Tarlton Brooke, Willard Harvey and Frank Cashell. Gaithersburg—Edmund A. Oloyd George L. Crawford, jr.; Joseph Potoms Keys, Samuel T. Butt and Earl Lechlider. Barnesville—Charles E. White, Frank- ln A Pearce and Edward M. Horine, Damascus—Randolph H. Jnuph D. Watkins and Ed Whel'nn—f, Mason Miller, Thomas CITY POST ABOLISHED. Danville Council Consolidates Two Offices. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., October 12.—The position of city purchasing agent is to be abolished and eonlolldlud with tlllfl of the city auditor. For this reason B. A. Pollok, who has held the post for B.|some years has not been re-elected as were uvm other officers for terms of two years. Those Te-elected without opposition were City Health Officer R. W. Garnett, City Auditor C. B. Strange, Fire Chief L. F. Mi!chcll City Collecmr D. P. Utilitles E. .| Garvin, Public lllnu!r Brabtly, City Engineer C. L. Scott, and City Attorney A. M. Alken. WoODWARD & LOTHROP 10 11™ F axp G STREETS C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1929."’ Woopwarp & LLoTtHROP 10" 1™ F axD G]S'rn::ra Jeweled Leather Gifts for Brides Since the days of the old Florentine guilds, when the art of hand- tooling leather was perfected, the formal beauty of tooled leath- er has always been ad- mired. Our new col- lection is handsomely decorated. with gold fleurons on green and red leather with insets of jade or cinnabar. Tooled leather makes gifts of quiet splendor for brides of this season. Desk set in green leather, tooled in gold with Book ends to match the desk et below; gold tooled green leather with inserts of jade, $15. Bridge set, lower right corner—the . gold tooled leather, with carved cinnabar medallion, $25. at Opening of Exposition to : g hand-carved insetts of Soo Chow jade. Includes é desk pad, inkwell, roll blotter, lett ' Continue Eight Days. o et et e e 1 ARE FINED IN COURT the AT CAPITOL HEIGHTS Prisoners Taken in Two Raids Are Penalized for Disorderly Conduct. ber 20. In the dairy show are 1509 head of hbred _cattle, constituting the ‘the history of this > | Stock Show in_conjunction with the Sherift Heights. Judge Sheriff Berry $100 for maintaining a disorderly houunndlmmdnnudt:looru on_the others, for disorderly conduct. Poe and & deputized citizen, John , staged the other raid Thursday night in the same vicinity. Georfll Wflhnl d.rew a $50 fine for disorderly six other )m.wnen were DS ‘The defendants, witnesses and spec- tators crowded to overflowing the i\u- house, used for the weekly sessions of Court here, and the crowd was boisterous and unruly at times. FLUENCY IN PROFANITY IS WOMAN’S NEMESIS Lourt Convicts Her on Disorderly Conduct Charge Because of Her Testimony. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. garet Gray of Greater Capitol Heights, Md., used profanity on the witness stand in Circuit Court Thursday led to her conviction on a charge of dis- urdefly conduct, preferre Mrs. @Gertrude Hardesty, a neighbor. Both women testified that the other. had without provocation, used pro- fanity, and each quoted the words said to have been uttered. State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer, attorney for the defendant, informed the court the prin- cipals had a habit of taking thelr quarrells to court, and pointed out that inasmuch as the testimony of each’ witness counterbalanced the other, the burden of proof was on the State. Judge Joseph C. Mattingly declared $he case probably should never have been brought to court, but inasmuch as 4t was before him he would have to decide that the flueney with which the profanity was quoted in court could only come from long practice, and the defendant would have to be held gufity. Bentence was suspended. Auto Racer Killed in Arkansas. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., October 12 (P. ~—Ray Hess, of Chicago, automobile racc driver, was instantly killed during a race at Arkansas State fair grounds yesterday when his racing automobile trashed through a guard railling and E’I:nled down a 30-foot embankment. head was crushed. Braddock Scouts Reorganize. BRADDOCK., Va., October 12 (Spe- iclal) —Troop 144, Boy Scouts, of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, has re- erganized with Charles East scoutmas- ter and Jack Boswell skipper of the Sea Scouts unit. High School Bids Rejected. FRANKLIN, W. Va., October 12 (Spe- ©ial).—All bids for the proposed high school building in Franklin were re- ected yesterday when opened s being| s . Four bids were submitted. e Deard adjourned: until Octobeg 18, when it will consider the bids al in and any others that may be sub- fmitted. ——— ! Receives $10,000 for Injuries, LYNCHBURG, Vi chb!r 12 (8pe- accept " |'ly Turkey bordering the Iraq when that other events. Prizes totaling $35,000 are offered for the best show horses. There will be two performances in the horse show each day and a parade and judging of ume in the dairy show. lpednl rains 1 .re to bring thousands of persons, mcludm school children lnd college students, here for the exposition. Judging events scheduléd for today were the 4-H Club and vocation stu- dents’ cattle judging contests and the vocational students’ milk judging con- BRITISH VISIT TURKEY. Fleet Makes First Call to Govern- ment of Mustapha Kemal Pasha. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 12 () —Part of the British Mediterranean fleet visited Constantinople today, the first call made upon the Turkey of uslnpha Kemal Pasha by the British Among the ships was the Queen Elizabeth, bearing Admiral Field, who was believed to have the greetings of the new British Labor government to the Turkish republic. The Turkish military museum - at Seraglio Point contains shells shot by the Queen Elizabeth against Turkish forts at Gal- lipoll during the World War. Much importance was attacked here to the visit of British warships at this time. It was believed the Turkish government invited the demonstration ll evidence that Greece does not have ly of British friendship in th part of the world. It also was suggested Great Britain hastened to the invitation, desiring a friend- country is mm m full lndependence WILKINS AT RIO. Explorer Says He May Work With Byrd. By Cable to The Star. RIO DE JANEIRO, October 12.—8ir Hubert Wilkins, the explorer, was in port here yesterday, aboard the S. S. Northern Prince, en route to Monte- video, Uruguay, ‘where he will embark on the steamer Melville for the Falk- 1and Islands to resume exploration work in the Antarctic. BSir Hubert said gen- eral hfldqulrten of the expedition would e located on the Falkland Islands, but the real base of operations will be at Deception Island, where the atrplane etiulpmen'. is to be located. Actual exploration will start early in December. The expedition will remain in the Antarctic for six months. He said his expedition would work jointly with the Byrd expedition if they should happen to meet. KING'S SISTER WORSE. Princess Royal Ceases to Show Im- provement in Gastric Illness. RAEMER, Scotland, October 12 (/). —-'!'he condition of the princess royal, dowager Duchess of Fife, was causing anxiety last night. The attending phy- sicians, in their bulletin last night, in- timated that there had been a cessation in her slow improvement. Their daily bulletin since she suffered a gastric hemorrhage on September 29 had hith- erto indicated a gain in health and strength. ‘The princess is the eldest of the three sisters of King George. ——t— Pastor to Be. Honored. SILVER SPRING, Md., October 12 (Special) —The congregation of the Silver Spring Mission, Episcopal, will tender a reception to their new pastor, iclal) —Mrs. Susanne B. Miller of Roa- noke has recovered a verdict for 1$10,000 in a suit unmz Julius Hm tor of Rev, Alfred Cheatham and Mrs. Cheat- ham, Monday night at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. May Kelly, Falkland drtve md Violet street. All members are invited to attend. mmn t Has ts be What would you bid Miiton C. Work’s ““Three Afternoons of Contract Bridge™ Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 29, 30 and 31, at 3:30 IN THE TEA ROOM, SEVENTH FLOOR Can you value a bridge hand correctly? Are you sure of your Do you know the value of a small card? lexing problems that Mr. Work The three demon- defensive leads? These are among the many pe —our eminent authonty—wrlY strations of this fascinating, smart game are designed to im- Erove the game of both experienced and advanced contract ridge players. Latest developments in bidding, leading and playing will be shown by actual playing. It is urged that groups of four be formed in advance among friends Players will be seated at tables in order to play the illustrative hands given by Mr. Work, and in order that important points may be visual- ized as well as heard. Reservations will be made at the Seventh Floor Service Desk in the order in which they are received—Accommodations are limited. Series of Three, $3 Have you seen the new 12-piece Earthenware Tiffin Sets, $3:50 They have just arrived in our China Section, fifth floor, from abroad—and are creating quite an ado among bridge entertain- ers. You know any earthenware table appointment enjoys a new fashion importance this season; these little lap sets are smart for that reason, and for their gay, colorful flower designs. Cuina, Frrre FLOOR. Delightful Bridge Gifts; a wide assortment of gllu noveltm, in- cluding smoking sets, vanity sets, bowls, vases and tableware, will be arranged on table in our Glasware Section. Each.....$1 Gurasswars, Firte FLOOR. Single Demonstration, $1:25 StATIONERY, PRST FLOOR. “First Breakfasts are happily served on these Embroidered Breakfast Sets, $3 What more appropriate gift to be appreciated by young brides than a gift that in some way adds to the pleasure of the “first breakfasts” at home? Woodward & Lothrop imported these little three-piece linen sets just with that thought in mind—they use mosaic embroidery to a most artistic advan- tage, and each time they are laundered they look better. 16x24-inch Centerpiece LineNs, SEcoNp FLOOR. From France comes this fa cologne, in novelty bottle, $5. From France comes this lovely atome izer, in La Lique-like design, $7. From Italy comes this large alabaster-like powder bowl, $3. F 4 13x13-inch Napkins Novelties for the Bride What a charming cus- tom this showering is —and what charming things one finds at Woodward & Lothrop to shower with—de- lightful imported nov- elties brought from England, Italy and France for the bride. A labaster-like powder bowls—fascinating at- omizers—lovely Eng- lish dresser sets— French colognes—and many other imported luxuries from many nations offer a varied gift selection, From England comes this dresser set of shagren, brush, $5; simple end graceful—including mirror, $15; comb, $1.75, an cloth brush, $4. Tomer Goons, Fmst Frook.