Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1929, Page 9

THOUSANDS WATCH - DAIRY:SHOW OPEN $1,000,000 Worth of Aristo- ,eratic Cattle Go on Display at St. Louis Exposition. | By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, October 12.—The largest | show ever held by the National Dairy | Association got under way here today with more than $1,000000 worth of aristocratic cattle from - the Nation's | finest dairy herds on display in the arena, mammoth new exposition buila- ing. The start of the dairy show also marked the opening in the same build- ing of the St. Louis National Horse Show,*which has drawn 492 fine horses, Including prized mounts from the coun- try's best stables. Cash prizes in the horse show total $35,000, including a | $10,000 stake for five-gaited saddie horses. The entry list in the dairy show ex- ceeded 1,500, by far the largest as- semblage of thoroughbred cattle for the | annual event. It was made up of the standard Breeds of Jerseys, Guernseys, Holsteins, Ayrshires and Brown Swiss. These combined shows, with several added attractions, drew an opening-day throng estimated at 20,000 persons, iu- ‘cluding 2,000 boys and girls, students |- of vocational agriculture, and 4-H Club representatives from 40 States. Outstanding events today were the 4-H Club cattle-judging contests, the vocational students’ milk-judging cor- test, cattle parade and two horse show performances. ~“Winners in the judging contests are to be announced next weex when the judging of cattle for cash prizes will get under way. Before the blue-blooded bossies were placed on parade today each was given & haircut, a bath and had her horns and hoofs shined. ‘The exposition will continue througn October 20. Several special trains are to be operated into the city with thou- sands of visitors from the agriculturai districts. OIL MEN QUESTIONED AFTER WOMAN’S LEAP ‘Wichita, Kans., Police Probe Re- ported Incident in Office In- volving Wife of One. ‘WICHITA, Kans., October 12 (#).— Charles A. Smith, president, and C. H. ‘Wells, general manager of the Citizens’ Oil Co., were arrested for questioning early today after & woman who at- tempted to conceal her identity was found critically injured in an alley Behind a downtown office building. Police said the woman, who at first ‘u@eclared she was Mrs. Lela Smith, but “later was found to be Mrs. Leila Shober, 20, a widow, fell or jumped from the third-story window of the oil company oOffices after Smith's wife had arrived there with her 14-year-eld son and ereated a disturbance. GENOA-CLAIM% COLUMBUS. Book Contains Document Fixing Birthplace of America’s Discoverer. tute, of a book on cartography, containing a document which 1s said to prove that Columbus was born in Genoa between the end of Au'\ut and the first of Oc- tober, 1451. Junior James Boys Find Getting in But Half gf a Robbery By the Associated fgess. CHICAGO, r 12.—The James boys, Prank, 19, and Earl, 15, bave discovered that getting into a place to rob s only half of it. _Getting out is the big thing. The youths descended through the skylight of a Madison street hardware store and collected sev-. eral articles. When they were ready to leave they found all doors locked. It was impossible to go out by the skylight. Eventually they had to go to the front door and shout for po- lice to let them out. An officer rushed up, let them out and gave them a nice little ride to the po- lice station. De Molay Boys Elect Officers. CUMBERLAND, Md., October (Special) —Hehry Gehauf was elected councilor of Cumberland Chapter, Order at the annual meeting held at Masonic Temple. Other officers Arthur Seibert, senior Alfred Jeffries of Frostburg, junior councilor; Harold Smith, treas- E. Harold Ford, secretary. The Tuther League of St. Luke's Lutheran play, during the eve-| of De Molay, chosen were: councilor; urer; Church _presonted ~a _one-act “Sister-Sweetheart,” ning. FHE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. C, OCTOBER 13, 1929—PART 1. PLANS LECTURES ON “CURRENT TOPICS” s. Georgette Ross Howard to Give Series of Talks Com- mencing Tuesday. Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard will give the first of a series of talks on “Current | Toples” on Tuesday at 1634 I street |and these will be continued every Tues- | day morning during the season until December- lg Mrs. Howard, who has been activé for many years in civic af- | fairs, is the daughter of former District Commissioner John W. Ross, and or- District, its library wn;k in connection with the public schools.” Mrs. Howard followed Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor as leader of the dlvic section of the Twentieth Century Club and for the past two years has lecturéd on 12 | current events at Walter Reed Hospital | and at the Young Women's Christian Association. ‘Those who are sponsoring the lectures, which will be given in the lounge of the | clubhouse of the American Association of University Women, are Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mrs. Paul Kaufman, Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, Mrs. Virginia White Speel and Mrs, Harvey Wiley. P‘l‘mnny! Ilntmployed now total | more than 700,000, Room Size ORIENTAL RUGS ganized for the Public Library of the | These Genuine Orientals, 9’ x 12in size, are offered in ‘ah interesting selection. of colorings and patterns and, during this October Event, are marked at the réison- Between 50,000 and 60,000 brook trout grown to maturity in the pools on the large tract of Lawrence Richey, one of President Hoover's secretaries, near Catoctin Furnace, Md., were given away yesterday to members of Izaak ‘Walton leagues and,other angling or- ganizations within a radfus of 50 miles for the purpose of stocking streams within their sections. Soon after Mr. Richey purchased his Catoctin Furnace tract, President Hoo- ver, on an early visit to the place, suggested that he stock it with trout fry. Following this advice, Mr. Richey stocked Little Hunting and other creeks on his estate with 100,000 fry and fingerlings. and feeding with ground liver and heart, these trout have reached sizes beyond all expectations. Mr. Richey has gone to his estate | to distribute these fish this afternoon. | According to figures furnished by him | | to President Hoover of the 100,000 | trodt placed in his streams last May not mote than 10 per cent were lost and seven to eight inches in’ length, 12,000 | are six to sevén inches, and about 60,000 | five to six inches. It is known that President Hoover | expects to raise many trout in the streams running through his camp in | the Blue Ridge Mountains. The streams After a Summer of careful attention | | that of ‘the bnllnce 5,000 are from | | ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 12 (Spe- n Trout From Richey’s Estate Are Given To Maryland Anglcrs for plat‘nting ; were well stocked during the Summer. It is thought likely that the President will be able to distribute several hun- dred thousand trout raised in his camp to pecple in the vicinity next Summer. - |SIR ESME HOWARD SAILS FOR WEST INDIES British Ambassador to Month's Vacation on Island of Tobago. Spend the Esme Howard, British Ambassador to | Washington, who accompanied Premier | Ramsay Macdonald to New York, sailed today on the liner Bermuda for a month’s vacation on the Isle of Tobago, British West Indies. Fined for Speeding Despite Friends. cial) —In fining Edward Zeger, 35, of | Washington, $7 and costs in Police Court today for speeding, Judge Willlam ‘S Snow cautioned him that it is a serious offense for friends to intercede | with a judge before trial of a case. NEW YORK, October 12 (#).—Sir | BIG 10 ROUND-UP HERE IN NOVEMBER Invitations Sent to 2,000 Alumnae of Western Conference Universi- ties for Annual Meeting. With invitations out to 2,000 gradu- }nus and former students of Western Conference universities, the ninth an- nual round-up of the Big Ten schools will be held at the Hotel Washington, Saturday, November 23. This get-together event is held each year at the close of the Western Con- ference foot ball season to acclaim the winner of the conference championship. ‘The committee on arrangements has | provided for dancing ané cards. Alumni of the Big Ten schools here include two secretaries to the President, three members of the cabinet, between 40 and 50 members of the Senate and House and many employes of the differ- ent Government departments. ‘The arrangements for this year's ent, are in the hands of a continuing ‘Ten committee organization, whose ers are elected each year. This year's committee is as follows: Karl Hoffman, Iowa, president; Miss Marie Mount, Indiana, secretary: Miss M. M. Murphy, Minnesota, assistant secretary and treasurer; John W. Fisher, Towa; R. H. Anderson, Minnesota; D. F. | The Fall Showing of FINE FLOOR COVERINGS is the Most Complete and Varied that We Have Ever Assembled T contains all that is new in Domestic Rugs and Carpetings as well as a collection of Oriental Rugs that has evoked the favorable comment of all who have seen it. Space permits of but a suggestion of its importance, SMALL ORIENT Jfrom $20'00 () S ALS L 2 ORIENT AL RUNNERS Christy and Dr. J. W. T. Duvel, Ohio State; George Ward and R. L. Jarnigan, Tilinois; Norman Damon and Dr. M. E. Bru!hlrt Michigan; Mrs. R. E. Law- rence, representing the Michigan alum- | Chicago 9 zation of woman mmm among the Big Ten groups in Washington; R. L. Van Boskirk and Miss Elizabeth M. Haney, Northwestern: D. L. Wickens, ; T. Weed Harvey, Purdue, and nae, which is the only separate organi- | Miss mely Clark, Wisconsin. Special Notice! 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