Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1929, Page 22

22 %a% THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, TEACHER'S SLAYER CONFESSES BIGAMY Killer Tells Officers He Mar-| fied Four Women in Last 15 Years. Br the Associaied Press. REDWOOD CITY, Calif, November 18.—Sheriff's officers announced here today that Ira Kirk, 36 years old, who confessed Saturday that he slew Clara Boeke, 30, a San Francisco school teacher, because of her refusal to wed him, admitted today that he had been married to four women in the last 15 vears and legally separated from only | o | | ne. As disclosed by Sheriff J. M. Me-| Grath, Kirk's admissions follow | In 1915, married Miss Ethel Cherrv. | at. Breckenridge, Tex. she divorced | him later for misconduct. Deserts Next Wife, | In 1924, married Miss Fthel Stine- man at Breckenridge, and deserted her a few months later. | In 1925, married Miss Ethel Stewart at’ Amarillo, Lex., deserting her within | a few months, | In 1929, during his courtship of Clar: Boeke, married Miss Marie Lee at| Yuma., Ariz., deserted her in August and | filed suit for annulment in September. | Attorney Tells Action. | J. T. Summerville, San Francisco at- | forney, revealed that Kirk retained him | 10 bring annulment action last Septem- | ber in connection with his last ma riage. As ground, Summerville told police. Kirk declared he was insane at the time of the ceremony and produced records to show he previously had been confined in an asylum. Kirk was unable to provide informa- tion &s to the present whereabouts of | the four women. | “I just loved them and left them police quoted him as saving The slain young woman was a grad- uate of the University of Chicago. WOO0DCOCK TO AID HOOVER COMMISSION Maryland U. S. District Attorney to Assist in Study of Prohibition. | | | | 1 | ! President Hoover's Commission on | Law Observance and Enforcement an- | nounced today that Amos W. W. Wood- | cock, United States district attorney in Maryland, will assist the commission for | a short period in its studies of certain | phases of the problem of prohibition en- forcement. On behalf of the commission, it was | said that Mr. Woodcook's assistance had | been obtained through arrangement | with the Attorney General. | A mwember of the American and Maryland Bar Associations, Mr. Wood- | cock has been United States attorney | since 1922. Prior to that time he was engaged in private practice. During the World War Mr. Wm\dcn('kv rose to the rank of colonel with the| 115th Infantry Regiment, winning pro- | motion for gallantry in action as com- | mander of a battalion in the capture; of Rechene Hill, north of Verdun. | | | i Anti-Blue Law Group to Meet. Members of the District branch of | the National Association Opposed to Blue Laws will be addressed tonight at 8 o'clock in the little green teahouse of the Dodge Hotel, 20 E street, by Chester | C. Platt of Batavia, N. Y., one of the| association’s national vice presidents. ‘The program further includes ad- dresses by several national and local | officials. P. W. Austin, president of the District_association. will preside ! i To I Baltimore Hourly Express Motor Coaches 7 Motor Coaches Daily to PHILADELPHIA 50 _ round $G50 trip '“ Connecting at Philadelphia for Atlantic City NEW YORK round St For timetables and information Telephos Metropolitan 1512 Ticket Office and Waiting Room UNION BUS DFPO:I 1336 New York Ave., N.W. 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GIRL RESERVES ESKIMOS CHEW GUM IN BIG WAY BEFORE RESELLING AT SLIGHT LOSS Chicago Academy Told of Achievements and Hyw Deer Hair Strengthens Tobacco. By | “While gum is° considered a great Gum delicacy,” Capt. Brower said, “the turn- iha Associated Press CHICAGO, November 18— . | the natives go on chewing it fo ve Academy of Sciences has found, is one | after the departure of |hegfllvo:rP2:sh of the unsung achievements of Eskimos. | sticks are added occasionally, as the Not only is the Eskimo & constant|wealth of the chewer permits, and in time the amount of gum in chewer of gum, but long-distance of one Eskimo is astounding. champion as well. The academy has heard with amazement that one stick of gum will last an Eskimo days and days, and then have a value on the resale market. Much gum data was obtained by the academy from Capt. Charles D. Brower, “white father” of the Eskimos at Point Barrow, Alaska. the mouth commissioner at Point Barrow and | general storekeeper and collector for the Chicago Academy, remarked also upon the popularity of tobacco among the natives, The tobacco, he explained, is strengthened by the addition of rein- | deer halr, must be included on the program b, the commitiees of the local Girl Re: serves, The newly organized Glee C! | of the Reserves will attend to the ar- | rangement of the musical part of 1he | program. The complete club, which TO HOLD CONFERENCE Plans Being Made Here for First Midwinter Gathering January 31 and February 1 and 2. | senlor high schools of the District, in- | cludes—Business High, Ida Raffel, Lil- | llan Dipson, Gertrude Feldman, Helen Fleishman, Sally Ross, Frances Brady; Eastern High, Margaret Dean, Mildred Feorey, Helen Jones, Dorothy Seaton, | Catherine Richardson; Central High, | Mary Lesta Wakeman, Dorothy Det- | weiler, ~ Elizabeth Archer, Margaret | Spier, Margaret Hedgecock, Katherine Erickson; McKinley High, Ruth Nalls Betty Greene, Beity Goodyear, Edith Cook, Agnes Adamson, Bernice Drissel: Western High, Beatrice Spasoff, Evelyn Padgett, Beatrice Mullen, Beverley Jennings, Emeline Jennings, Elsie Bar- ber and Gertrude Weitzel. The annual Midwinter conference of the Girl Reserves of the Young Wom- en's Christian Association will convene in this city for the first time in the history of the organization on January 31, February 1 and 2. Representatives of associations in 36 Eastern cities will attend the conference, which will be held in the Y. W. C. A. headquarters, Seventeenth and K streets. Plans are being completed for th entertainment of the visitors and ar-| Portugal plans to increase its water- rangement of the different events which power production to 150,000 kilowatts. WARD —1The Christ Metal Card Tables Little More Than the $2,95 Former Wholesale Cost Neat looking and made to serve many, many card parties. The tapered metal legs lock automatically. Red, green and mahogany duco finishes; moire cov- ered tops. Metal Folding Chairs® $2.95 each FURNITURE, SIXTH FLOOR. Personal Greeting Cards Bespeak Extraordinary Good Taste If Chosen From Our Stocks Never have we had such splendid assortments with each design selected especially by us. .An. all-too- ‘short time remains for you to order in time for ad- dressing and mailing, so stop in tomeérrow and make your selection. ENGRAVING SECTION, Fmast FLOOR. 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Sate s s el BUGE .18¢ o | over in this commodity is not.large, as | FECHET DEPLORES LACK OF AR FUND Failure of Congress to Make Appropriations Is Attacked by Corps Chief. Failure of Congress to supply ap- Capt. Brower, who is United States| propriations sufficient to keep up the | with three other branches of the Army. Army Air Corps' five-year building pro- | gram, now in its fourth year, has se- riously handicapped the air defense | program and in some instances has | created dangerous conditions in the | military air forces, it Is stated in th annual report of Maj. Gen. James | Pechet, chief of the Air Corps, made : 8, 5% MONDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1928, 1 Texas, for the adequate housing of air- planes and equipment of the attack group, stationed at that post. It is contemplated increasing this group to its authorized strength, however. This increase will necessarily consist only of an increase In personnel, as no hangar space is available for an increase in the number of airplanes assigned. “At present only. one observation squadron is available for all the mis- sions required in conjunction with other troops on the c Coast. ‘This squadron is stationed at San Francisco |and is able to perform only a small | proportion of the missions which should be expected. Prospects Held Brighter. | “No Air Corps troops are stationed | i1n the vicinity of Puget Sound, where excellent facilities exist for training T 4 | This condition cannot be corrected un- | til the necessary increase in equipment | o units becomes available. Lack of | tunds for the transportation of Reserve |umcu prevents their assignment to | foreign possessions. where an acute nee | exists for additional pilots to operate he aircraft assigned.” | “Prospects for carrying out of the announcement that the mext budget will eall for the full building program appropriation in the final An effort also will be gress provide the deficiencies, in & propriations over the first four years in a lump sum, it was indicated. Gen. Pechet outlined plans for Air training on an elaborate scale during the coming year, including long- range cross-country operations by Air Corps tactical units to points as far distant as Panama, “with a view to obtaining the necessary training and information for concentration of the air force in the fiscal year 1931 for a| troops, such as & defense of the Pan- ama Canal.” Completion of & study of airplane| accidents during the seven years end- ing with 1927, Gen. Fechet reported, show “a marked reduction in t™ e of accidents per flying hour during re- | cent years.” Pilots' errors were found to constitute the major cause of fatal accidents, The rate of accidents of all kinds is only half as great among pilots who fly 50 to 100 hours a year as among those who fly less than 50! hou DIVER IS TRANSFERRED. Tibbals’ Work in 8-4 and Other Submarine Disasters Recalled. Chief Gunner Clarence L. Tibbals, noted diving expert, has just been transferred from the U. S, 8. Argonne | to the U. S. Widgeo This_an- nouncement, made today at the Navy Department, recalls the outstanding | work done by Chief Gunner Tibbas in | the S-4 and other submarice disasters. ‘The chief gunner conducted a series ' | maneuver in conjunction with ground | of experiments at the diving school at| is assisting the famous the submarine the Washington Navy Yi in perfecting “the lun; life-saving device in service. Louis D. Bliss to Speak. Louis D. Bliss, president of the BIi Electrical School, will deliver an ad- | dress at a luncheon of the Lions Club in the Hotel Mayflower Wednesday | afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. Vocal solos | will be rendered at the meeting by Miss Julia Waters. CLAFLIN Opticicn—Optometrist 922 14th St. NW. Established 1889 Burchell’s Famous Bouquet Coffee Never Better 37c Ib. N. W. Burchell 817-19 Fourteenth Street b | ently has held down appropriations be- | brighter, since the report was written, i= com- | posed of representatives from the five | public here today. | terms of the five-year program during Congress, Gen. Fechet sald, consist- | the fiscal year beginning next July are low the annual amounts made neces- | sary by the five-year program. | Field Conditions Meld Dangerous. [ “Hindrances to tralning here re- sulted, due to poor conditions of hangars and other essential equipment necessary at flying fields for the pur- | pose of maintenance and protection of | aircraft” Gen. Fechet said in his re- port. “This condition has become so | acute as to be classed as dangerous at some stations, such as Kelly Field. | " “Unless funds are made available for temporary repairs pending the perma- nent construction proposed in the five- year program, this condition will be- | come worse. “At Rockwell Field, California, space is available for the storage of | bombardment,_type airplanes, so it is | necessary to leave these airplanes ex- | posed to the weather day.and night. ack of funds has prevented nec Fort Crockett, as a result of a recent White House ———— PAN \& DYER/, i " FELT HATS soc “ nd Blocked no I 1735 Conn. Ave. N.W. 605 15th St. N.W. 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