Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1929, Page 4

NEW MEXICAN ART EXALTS HOME LIFE :Youth of Nation Encouraged by Government in New Style of Painting. The new Mexico, the Mexico of Calles Portes Gil and President-elect Rubio and | United “States Ambassador Morrow. 15 aying an important role and will play more important one in new world af- fairs. "1t is a different Mexico: how dif- Terent s told in & series of dispatches written especially for The Star and sociated newspapers of the North Ameri- | ean Newspaper _Alliance. is the | seventh of the series. This BY HUBERT \; KELLEY. MEXICO CITY, December 28 (N.A.| N.A).—What are you doing, little boy. | standing here in the cloister chill of | this ancient convent? You are the | color of the gloom: only your bright| i dark eyes seem alive in this dead place of gray stone and crumbling plaster. | “I am carving my soul, Senor. upon | this chest of cedar. See? This wood is not dead. I am bringing it to life with | my knife.” | It is an urchin speaking. a Mexican | 10 or 11 years old, barefoot and clad in ragged overafls. Three months ago he learned that the government maintained a public school of sculpture and wood carving in a crumbling con- vent in the swarming market plac He had seen the beggars carve jumping | Jacks: he had filled his hungry mind | with the ancient Aztec sculpture in the | building excavation fust off the Zocalo, the heart of the city. He would like ! the feel of a chisel or knife in his tiny | hand. And so he sought out this place and was enrolled as a student, to come and go as he wished. “They_do not tell me what to carve. Senor. 1 choose strange fancies out of | the dark, or cut out the images of | church and my_ home, or, if I wish, carve the animals there in the muddy | courtyard.” i More than 400 years ago this great | edifice was reared by peons under the Iash of the Spanish whip. The ex- terior walls of plaster are peeling and erumbling. Step through the great portal and | you find yourself in the patio, sur-! rounded on four sides by Spanish | arcades, heavily ornamented with Images indistinct with grime. In the midst of the spacious court are piles of | rude cages for animal modcls. Life and the boy's own soul are the only models | in_this school of free expression. | In one cage a black bear pursues its | tail. In another, two brilliant - cocks strut. There are badgers, monkevs, | doves, rabbits, rats and turkeys in those and five dogs are | | cages. Near at leashed to a pillar. 1s School of Liberation. In the whole school one cannot find 8 classical model, the Greek athlete, the Roman emperor, god or goddess. This i8 & school of liberation, a school of ‘ne revolution. Boys from 7 to 18 are ad- | mitted without fee. Their tools and materials, wood, stone and metal, are provided. Some of Mexico's best artists | are the instructors. Their chief busincss is not to intrude their own personalities upon the children. They instruct by | not instructing. They teach the use of tools, the correct very bad technique by » system of suggestive questioning and encourage the expression of individ- uality. “We learn from the children,” the teachers say. “They do things we can- not do, so bound are we by tradition.” | In the dank, gray cloisters dozens of | lttle boys and a few older ones, oldést a common laborer, play knife or | chisel on wood or stone. A 7-year-old gemin is carving the school scene itself upon the panel of a huge door. He is | as diminutive beside it as the great Diego Rivera is beside the 1,000 square | meter mural he is painting on the wails ! of the national palace. i Some of the boys cannot resist carv- | ing the angelic harp players they have scen on the doors of the Spanish church. They carve out in peculiarly original style the images from home, #chool and the market place, the fa- miliar things of their lives. A few unconsciously hew from gray granite or colored volcanic stone the idols of the Aztec ruins. One boy chisels a like- ness of Guillermo Ruiz, one of the in- atructors, himself a sculptor of repute. Ruiz is perpetually delighted. He laughs | enthusiastically, shakes his head and clasps his hands over each original creation of the child artists. “I can't believe it of them, even when I see what they have wrought,” | he_exclaims. In strolls the important Gerado Murillo, a slght, dapper man in a salt and pepper suit, his great gray beard | covering his shirt front. He has Astec- | his name to Dr. Atl” or. in the language of Montezuma, Dr. Water, the | fluid one. The return to Aztec things| is part of the educational revolution, Just as the return to ancient Gaelic things is part of the revolution in Ire- | Jand. Dr. Atl interpreted Mexican creative art in 1922, the beginning of the educational revolution, in his two | volumes, “Las Artes Populares en | Mexico.” He lives somewhere over a grocery store. Finds Boy's Work Amazing. This distinguished Mexican art critic talks excitedly about a small boy's!| turtle, embossed upon & little block of | wood. Amazing! incredulous! Over in a corner of the court is a| large dome of crude masonry, the fur- nace for the metal castings, made from | clay models by boys whose hands six months ago knew only how to pat out tortillas. The national pancake. | There are no hours in the school. | ‘The students work when and as long as they like. It is required of them only that they work. They may sell their| finished work, but there is very little | market for creative Mexican art. | Only a few years ago the great Mex- | dcan artists, such as Rivera-and Goitla, | banded together in a syndicat> to de- | mand a scale of wages similar to that, enforced by plasierers and sign paint- ers. Rivera himeelf, Mexico's greatest artist, is paintng the history of Mex ico upon the great walls of the N, tional palace—at 20 pesos a day. So| & friend said in his presence, and he did not deny it. Ten dollars a day for fine art. And why? Because, he said, “I love the revolution and Mexico. This is my gesture.” But that is another | story. Oben-air painting schools are being | established by the government in many | parts of the federal district. Art is taught in many of the rural schools. | Children just out of the cradle ave ! painting marketable pictures. It s | that the Mexicans particularly have an | understanding of color, form and per- spective, or is it the method? Some say one thing, some another. Ruiz be- lieves the same me°thod could be ap- plied in the United States. “Turn the children loose,” he says “Let them express themselves. Let, them depict the thing as they see it, not as you see it. Do not say, ‘This is the way to draw that. This is the picture.” Now copy it Give them free dom 10 do as they wish, and the sults will amaze.” Evidently it 15 not idle theory. Visit the children’s art_exhibition in ihe un- finished National Theater, one of Diaz's conceptions of grandeur. There water colors, pastels, crayons paintings in that collection worthy of hanging in the exhibition of the aver- age adult art class in the United State = renditions of the Mexican scene, a new art scene in Mexico, Spanish _grandees—flowers of Spain, deities of Spain—long have dominated puinting in the City of Mexico. A creation had to be tinged with classicism before it was marketable. | mystertes, | Outstanding Lawyer of Virginia| d [good health. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, bition. ‘The little adobe hut is rebuflt in color. Futuristic cactus puszles the eyes even as it does upon the mesa. Mexico’s own splendid trees grow along straight receding walls. The beg- gar in the market place, the farmer in brilliant zarape, the patient old woman grinding corn with a stone, the Indian family ruddy with the glow of | charcoal, the burro with a load of | faggots—ali have been exalted in the fine arts of the new Mexico. The flair for color arrangement and symmetry to be found in the humblest dwelling and market place of impoves ished Mexico is finding expression last. Mexico, shattered and individual- istic, is attaining some cohesion in art. (Next: Educational tion.") (Copyright, “An Revolu- 1929. by North American News- paper Alliance.) BESSIE LOVE WEDS WESTERN BROKER Film Actress Becomes Bride of William B. Hawks in Hollywood Ceremony. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 28.— Bessle Love, screen actress, has taken her place in Hollywood as Mrs. Willlam Ballinger Hawks. At the altar of St. James" Episcopal Church Miss Love last night became the wife of the prominent young Beverly Hills stock broker, whose two brothers, Kenneth and Howard | Hawks, already had married into film- land families It was an event which captured the Cinema city's social fancy, and the per- conages of moviedom filed into the up- holstered pews to witness the ceremony and extend wishes for happiness. - The wedding attendants represented a roll-call of movie land’s upper strata. | Blanche Sweet, now Mrs. Marshall Neilan, in rose pink taffeta, with cor- sage of butter-vellow roses, was matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Ralph Blum, Carmel Myers, Mrs. Irving Thal- | berg, the former Norma Shearer; Mrs. | Howard Hawks, sister of Mrs. Shearer; Mrs. Kenneth Hawks, the Mary Astor of | filmdom; Bebe Daniels and Edith and Irene Mayer. Howard and Kenneth | Hawks acted as ‘best men. ! Neither Miss Love nor Hawks have | been married before. Both, in applying | for their marriage license, gave their ages as 28, SUSPECT ARRESTED INOLSON MURDER Youth Believed to Be Loni Sought Slayer of Sweet- heart Is Held. ['H] By the Associated Pre: 8 FLORENCE, Wis., December 28—A | guard kept watch today over the jail | cell of a youth, said by Florence County officials to answer in detail the de- scription of Erdman Olson, fugitive slayer of his sweetheart, Clara Olson. | Arrested at a lumber camp near the | upper Michigan border, the youth re- fused to give his hame or tell where he had come from. Sheriff Miles Davis said his general pearance was the same as that of n, central figure in one of Wisconsin's strangest murder The suspect, like Erdman, has two! front teeth missing and has had his ' tonsils removed, according to the | sheriff. For several days he had been under surveillance in a camp near Tripler, 20 miles from here. He was arrested vesterday and brought to the | county jail. Officials of Crawford County, diag- onally across the-State in the south- western section, declined to become aroused over the arrest, although they did send a detalled description and hotographs of the missing Gale Col- | lege student to Florence.- The Olson case drew national at- tention three vears ago and since that time an unending search has been con- ducted for Erdman, who vanished from college a few days before his sweet- heart’s body was found in a shallow grave on a hill near Rising Sun, Wis. The girl's parents believe Olson still | is alive and possibly living within the | State of Wisconsin, JAZZY MUSIC GLORIFIED BY BRITISH COMPOSER | Constant Lambert. at 24, Makes Place for Himself With New Work, “The Rio Grande.” LONDON, December 28 (N.A.N.A).— Constant Lambert, young English mu- sician. has now definitely made a place | for himself among modern composers. His new work, 'he Rio Grande,” writ- ten for chorus, orchestra and solo piano- forte, caused a great sensation when it | was performed recently at Queen’s Hall. Some critics say the young composer has transformed jazz into music of real | genius. “The Rio Grande” was inspired y & poem of Sacheverell Sitwell’s and ! i3 derived directly from native Amer- | ican dance forms. It is rhythmic, with | brilllant orchestration and some ex- tremely choral writing, while the piano part dominates the score. Mr. Lambert, who is the son of| George Lambert, A. R. A.. and a brother | of Maurice Lambert, the sculptor, is only 24. His face is adorned with the beginnings of sidewhiskers and he is addicted to very vivid-colored shirts and | collars. He composed a ballet for the late Serge Diaghileff when he was In his| teens and has also written a plano| sonata and the incidental music to Matheson Lang's production of “Jew| Suss.” In addition, he writes about mu- sic and declares that English music was non-existent for nearly a century until the advent of Dr. Vaughan-Willlams, whose pupil he was. (Copyright, 1929, North American Newspaper Alliance.) RICHARD M. WARD DIES AT WINCHESTER HOME| Stricken With Heart Attack at Age of 72 Years. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va.,, December 28.— Robert M. Ward, 72, for many years an_outstanding Virginia lawyer, ~died early today from a heait attack. He at- tended a Christmas party last night at the home of Dr. E. C. Stuart and re- turned home and retired apparently in He was stricken several hours later. He represented this district in the Virginia Senate some years ago and was prominently identified with the legal profession of the State and president of the city board of education until recently. He was senior warden of ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 28 (Special) —The condition of Fenrick Carroll, 23, of 1113 Prince street, who was Injured when the automobile in which he was riding skidded in the Theological Seminary grounds, west of the city. and struck a pole, Thursday afternoon, was descri as extremely critical at the Alexandria Hospital this morning. Carroll has never regained consclousness after being hurt, Julian Coombs, 43, of 318 South Fair- fax_street, a helper at the lumber yard of W. A. Smoot & Co., recelved a con- | tusion of the brain yesterday while at work at the lumber yard. He is said to TR TR | have been injured by a flying belt. He Special Dispatch to The Sta.. | was taken to the Alexandria Hospital, ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 28— | Where his condition was reported as Qeorge Washington's birthday, Febru- |serfous. He was slightly better today, ALEXANDRIA PLANS WASHINGTON FETE Birthday of Father of Coun-| try to Be Observed With Big Parade. | May appointed a nominating committee | ings on the last Monday night of each ary 22, will be celebrated here in 1930 | by the customary biennial parade, ac- cording to a decision reached at the annual meeting of the Washington Birthday Association, held in the Cham- ber of Commerce rooms at the George Mason Hotel last night. Invitations to the parade will be sent to President Hoover and to Gov. John Garland Pol- lard, who will then be in office, and if they are accepted, the Virginia governor will probably have as his escort the famous Richmond Light Infantry Blues. Coolidge Was Present. The last parade was held in 1928, and | Calvin Coolidge, then President of the | United States, came down the Potomac in the Mayflower and disembarked at | the wharf here and was escorted to | private, glass-inclosed box on North | Washington street, from where he viewed the parade. The President and his staff were greeted by Gov. Byrd of Virginia and were given & reception and buffet luncheon. The question of the parade was voted unanimously by the association, with J. William May. president, in charge of the meeting. The question of the eléction of officers was then brought up, and composed of Harry D. Kirk, chairman; Martin E. Greene, present secretary of the association: John H. Trimyer and Charles W. King. The committee will nominate officers and chairmen of vari- ous committees and report at a meeting to be held January 3, when the elec- tions will be held. Annexed Citizens Invited. ‘The association also extended an in- vitation to the citizens of the territory | which becomes a part of the city Janu- ary 1 to participate in the parade, and it is understood that various commit-. tees will have representatives from the new territory. ‘The meeting was addressed by Wil- liam B. McGroarty, president of the| Washington Soclety of Alexandria, who | assured the hearty co-operation of that soclety in plans for the celebration. He sald that Alexandria should be the center of the bicentennial celebration of Washington's birthday in 1932 and that the celebration in 1930 should be such_as to attract the attention of all to that fact. Harry D. Kirk, treasurer of the as- sociation, presented his annual report, showing that the last parade, held in 1928, cost _approximately $4,000, an amount that will again have to be| raised by popular subscription and | membership fees. One large item in 1928 was transportation for the Rich- mond Blues, but this was practically covered by.a donation of the R., F. & P. Ratlroad. ‘The invitation to President Hoover and Gov. Pollard will be extended in person by a committee of officers of the association and city officials, and will probably take place shortly after the January 3 meeting of the associ tion. LOT FOR NEW HOME Ground Donated by R. T. Ballard Accepted—New Officers Elected. Special Dispatch to The Star. VIENNA, Va., December 28.—The De- | cember meeting of the Vienna Volunteer | Fire Department, Incorporated, was held last night in the council room at the Town Hall with the president, Leon L. Freeman, presiding. James B. Sellers, secretary, who has recently moved to Lvon Park, tendered his resignation, which was accepted. The annual elec- tion of officers resulted as follows: President, Leon L. Freeman: vice oresident, ‘W. Leonard: secretary, M. P. Smith: assistant secretary, G. Owens | Berry; engineer, Floyd Waggoner; chief, | Loyd Wright: first assistant chief, | Lovell Jefiries, and second assistant chief, E. W. Parker. It was reported that the charter had been received | from the secretary of the commonwealth | of Virginia. The date of the annual | election was set for the last Monday | night in December of each year, and | it was decided to hold monthly meet- month hereafter. | Treasurer Gowin Teported having paid | however. Arresting John Jubb of Baltimore, Md., on a charge of speeding through the streets at 50 miles .an hour, police early yesterday found his car to contain three quarts of alleged whisky, and he was also booked on a prohibition charge. In court Judge Snow fined him $100 and $40.50 costs on the prohibition charge and $28 for speeding. The ar- rest was made by Sergt. George Everly and Motor Cycle Patrolman Suthard. One vear in the penitentiary was given Clarence, allas Joe Frazier, col- ored, by Judge William P. Woolls, in Corporation Court yesterday on a charge of passing a bogus check on Howard Bros., local grocers, for $56 on July 6. last. A second charge of passing a similar check on Well Bros. was con- tinued. ‘The funeral of Miss M. L. A. Greenough, who died on Monday in Exeter, N. H., was held yesterday from Wheatley's funeral home. Services were conducted by the Rev. Percy Foster Hall, rector of St. Paul's Epis- copal Church, and interment was in Oakwood Cemetery, Falls Church, Va. The deceased was an aunt of Mrs, Wil- mer Joyce Waller of this city. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Mc- Cormick, wife of John McCormick, who died Thursday at her home, 125 West Bellefonte avenue, Potomac, was held yesterday from the home. The Rev. Plerce S. Ellis of the First Baptist Church, this city, conducted the serv- ices and the body was sent to Nashville, Tenn,, her former home, for burial. Mrs. Lydia A. Goodrick, for many years a resident of this city and well known here, had a bad fall at her resi- dence on Girard street, Washington, Christmas evening. She suffered a broken ankle and severe body bruises and is now a patient at Emergency Hospital, Washington, where she is reported to be doing very well. While riding a bicycle on the 400 block South Lee street yesterday Frank C. Hall was bitten on the leg by a dog. While the skin was broken, injuries were reported as not serjou: by the health office, where he went for treatment,. Directors of the First National Bank will act on a resolution for the in- crease of the number of shares of capi- tal stock on Janhuary 28. It is pro- | bosed that the stock be changed from 2,000 shares of par value of $100 to 8,000 shares of par value of $25, and u})‘ exchange four new shares for one old share. et MR RCL FAIRFAX TROOP GIRL Members Scattered, So Organiza- | tion Decides to Discontinue at Third Birthday Fete. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., December 28.—Pine Tree Patrol, Fairfax Girl Scout Troop, No. 64, celebrated its third birthday Wwith & surpris> party at the home of Mrs. . George Robey, sponsor of the troop, at whose home most of the meet- ings have been held during the past three years. The troop officially disbanded, to mect again in 1932, when members will dig up the bottles filled with wishes which they planted in 1927 with great ceremony on the Cedar avenue property of their Scout mistress, Miss Ludema Sayre. These bottles were planted in a circle around the troop’s living Christ- mas tree and were to be opened at the expiration of five years. Owing to the fact that the 23 glirls who composed the troop are now scat- tered among elght different schools, in various parts of Virginia, North Caro- lina and Washington, and to the ab- sence of a sufficient supply of younger 8irls to take thelr places, it was deemed best to disband officially rather than to llllow the charter to lapse. The troop willed its basket ball to Pope’s Head School on the road to Polly Ann Farm, and Esther Kincheloe was appointed to arrange for special presentation exercises. Emmett Day, teacher, will be asked to hold a Sspe- clal meeting of the pupils Saturday morning after school reopens. The Scouts will attend in a body and will teach the children games which can be played with the ball. The troop's other cherished posses- sion, the Scout ring, awarded annually to the outstanding Scout of the troop $1,400 on the contract for the purchase of the new pumper, the remounting of | the chemical apparatus of the depart- | ment on a new chassis and the five- | horsepower fire siren, which 1s ex- pected in the next two weeks, Treas- urer Gowin also reported a balance on hand of $300. with an appropriation | of $250 from the Ladies Auxiliary which | is available when needed, and unpald | pledges outstanding of nearly $500. A committee from the department | was named to confer with the town council relative to providing an ade- quate water supply for fire protection. The committee on the location of the | new engine house rcported in favor of the acceptance of the lot offered by | Robert T. Ballard on Railroad avenue, | and its report was adopted. Joseph Berry was asked to make a survey of the lot. It was decided to start construction shortly of the new home of the de- | partment, which will be of hollow tile | with a front of brick, 28x30. The sec- retary was instructed to communicate with the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- | phone Co. relative to connecting the same to the local telephone exchange and with the Virginla Public Service | Co. relative to the electrical wiring nec- essary to its installation. . A committee consisting of Lovell Jef- fries, Lovd Wright, William Bennett and Edgar W. Parker was named to look after the temporary installation of the | siren in the rear of the new engine house. Arthur W. Leonard offered the | department a coal stove, ‘which will be installed in the engine room at the Town Hall to protect the apparatus from freezing during the Winter months. Dues for 1930 are now payable to the treasurer, Vernon Gowin. Victim of Pneumonia. WARRENTON, Va., December 28 (Special). —Griswold Grey Perkins, 56, dled yesterday at his home near Casa- nova after a few days' illness of pneu- monia. He was a native of Connecticut and descended from prominent New England families. - He had lived in this community for two years and married Miss Eleanor Edmonds of Casanova, who survives him. was sent to Ellizabeth Marshall, who recently moved to Bedford, Va., to keep the bond between her and the Fafrfax troop. Warwick Rust, Roberdeau Alli- son and Mary Walton McCandlish were ppointed to draft the resolutions which will accompany the gift. At the end of a year this ring will be given by Elizabeth to the girl who has done the most. outstanding work of the year. The troop presented to Miss Lud-ma Sayre, its Scout mistress, a brass door knocker, and to Mrs. George Robey, its sponsor and hostess, & framed Godey print for her new home. The members of the troop were attired in Colonial costume, the last of the costume parties Wwhich the troop has made a feature of its social gatherings. Wife of Baltimore Merchant Run Down at Annapolis. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, December 28.—Said to have stepped out past a row of parked machines into the path of a moving one, Mrs. Joseph W. Valiant, 53, wife of a Baltimore merchant, was injured here yesterday. A truck driven by William Rogers of Deale, Anne Arundel County, struck Mrs. Vallant. Rogers stopped the ma- chine and Mrs. Vallant was taken to the Emergency Hospital., Rogers was released by Patrolman Virgil Linton, who said the accident was unavoidable. COTTONSEED MAN DIES. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND. Va, December 28.—T. J. King, 65, originator of the King cot- tonseed and for many years a promi- nent seedman in Richmond, died at a local hospital this week and was buried in his native town of Lewisburg, N. C. Mr. King some years ago was a whole- sale seed merchant here. ; He was commended by the United States Department of Agriculture for development of the cottonseed. Self-Indié;d i\;[ax; FreediFro“m Prison Because Law Cannot Verify Arson Story By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va., December 28.—The gray steel doors of the city jail swung 'n yesterday and gave a self-in- Christ Episcopal Church. Surviving are a widow, formerly Miss Emily Funsten, and one brother, Dr. Julian F. Ward, former mayor of Winchester. The artists’ syndicate and the ministry of education in seven years have changed that concept. So the peon's dark eyes stare out from the walls of the children’s exhi~ ‘When first taken from the mines, opals are so soft. that pleces can be ‘picked off with the.fSngers, dicted man liberty once again. In the eyes of the law Newton Ma- goun, 63, is innocent. In his own heart he is guilty of arson. Ten days ago the aged man walked into police headquarters and announced he hndu‘l.:onfmwn 10 make. “He as- fired his house in Pembroke, Mass., in order to collect insurance of about $400 on some furniture. “I want to get right with God,” police said he told them. Efforts have been made to verify his story, but o far they have availed nothing. A neighbor wom: recalled the fire, but said it came from an over- heated stove. Magoun's story tallled with that of the woman, except that he declaved he placed fire in.a box of ia 4892 or thereabouts he the -house, wood behind the stove before leaving 0 ARRESTS MADE INPRINCE GEORGES Many Persons Who Cele-| brated Holiday Too Well Heard in Court. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Decem-| ber 28.—Christmas holiday celebrants! whose exuberance led them to celebrate not wisely but too well, according to legal standards, kept the Hyattsvilie and Marlboro branches of Prince| Georges County Police Courts busy | Thursday and yesterday, when nearly | 50 cases were heard id more than $1,000 in fines imposed. Charles J. Duvall and Virgil C. Boyd, both of Seat Pleasant, who told the court they had visited Charles County to purchase some Christmas cheer with funds collected among a group of their friends, were fined $50 each by Judge J. Chew Sheriff for illegal possession of liquor. County Officer Prince made the arrests. Lee W. Stevens of Brentwood. who was taken into custody by town officers | following a family argument on Christ- mas day, was given a similar fine for a like offense. Ray Pierce of Washington, who was nccused by Officers Reese and Brown | of iflegal transportation and possession of 16 cases of liquor, was fined $300. A $200 fine was imposed on P. J. Kittrick, 500 block of Massachusetts avenue, on a similar charge, while Willlam D. Cochrane of Beltsville drew a fine of $50 for_possession. Harry F. McMahon, 600 block of F street northeast, Washington, was as- sessed $101 for driving while intoxi- cated and reckless driving. Judge Sheriff announced that the| court would follow this week's proced- ure by postponing all its cases sched- uled to be heard on Wednesday, New Year dav. in Hyattsville until the fol- ! OFFICERS RETAINED | BY PAST MASTERS Masonic Association of Montgom- ery County Holds Annual Meet- ing at Silver Spring. Special Dispatch to The Stat. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 28— Hanson G. Cashell of the Gaithersburg Lodge and Dr. George E. Lewis of the Rockville Lodge were re-clected presi- dent and secretary-treasurer, respect- ively, of the Montgomery County Past| Masters' Assoclation at the annual | meeting of the organization held in Ma- sonic Hall at Silver Spring last night and attended by 125 of the present and past worshipful masters of the various Masonlic lodges of the county. Milton W. Phillips of the Poolesville Lodge was chosen vice president in lace of Joseph A. Griffith of the Silver gprlnl Lodge, it not being customary | to re-elect the vice president. Under the direction of President Cashell the past master's degree was conferred upon the newly elected wor- shipful masters of the different lodges of the county, as follows: Bethesda, Ed- ward Fagan: Silver Spring, Martin H. Kinsinger, jr.; Kensington, Raymond L. Burgdor{; Rockville, E. Stedman Pres- cott; Gaithersburg, Ira Darby; Pooles- ville, George E. Hicks. ‘The usual other business was trans- acted. While the seating of the associations was in progress, the wives of the mem- bers were entertained in a nearby room by the dramatic club of Job's Daugh- ters of Washington, and earlfer in the evening the ladies were guests of honor at the annual banquet of the organiza- t . Griffith, the retiring vice presi- dent, mcted as master of coremonies at the banquet and delivered the address of welcome, and short talks were given by President Cashell, and others. ROCKYVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md, (Special) —Josiah W. Jones, m’e!lde’nnl announced today that the Montgomery | | Decergber 28 County Farm Bureau will be repre- sented at the annual meeting of the Maryland Farm Bureau Federation, to be held at Baltimore January 8. 9 and 10, by these delegates: Mrs. Josiah W. Jones, Granville Thompson, Leon- ard C. Burns, Herbert Barnes, James M. Kemp and William J. Hines. Others from the county expected to| attend are Josiah W. Jones, Otto W. Anderson, James D. King, George Plummer, Barry Beall, Leslie Beall, G. Rust Canby, Josiah J. Hutton, Hobart Hutton, Mrs. James D. King and Yel- Iott Canby. ‘The principal address at the banquet to be held in connection with the meet- ing will be by Rev. Robert Arthur El- wood, it has been announced. Miss Helen M. Sanderson and Clar-. ence F. Kernkamp, both of Washing- ton, were married in Rockville Thurs- day evening by Rev. George C. Minor of the Christian Church, at the par- sonage. The same minister officiated at_the marriage here the day before of Miss Clara V. Smith of Hyattstown, Md and Charles K. Hyatt of Woodboro, Md., the home of the minister being the scene of the ceremony. Rev. Henry K. Pasma of the Pres- byterian Church officiated at the mar- riage_here of Miss Evelyn M. Scheuler and Floyd L. Cox, both of Washington, at_the manse. Licenses have been issued here for the marriage of Willlam S. Heidt, 39, and Mrs. Susie L. Brown, 43, both of Savannah, Ga., and Benjamin D. Sib- ley, 21, and Miss Dorothy Jane Thomas, 18, both of Charlottesville, Va. Henry L. Colller, 70, a well known and lifelong resident of the upper sec- tion of the county, was found dead in bed yesterday morning in the lock tender's house at Campbells Lock, on the Chesapeake & Ohlo Canal, near Dickerson, this county. He was un- married and lived alone in the house where he died. County Policemen Harry Merson and Robert Howes made an investigation and decided death was due to natural causes. The body was turned over to Undertaker Clagett C. Hilton at Barnes- ville for burial. Collier was a brother of the late John W. Colller, formerly sheriff of the county. Miss Dorothy Jane Thomas and Ben- jamin D. Sibley, both of Charlottesville, Va., were married in Rockville on Thursday by Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Baptist Church at the parsonage. At the monthly meeting of the Rock- ville Volunteer Fire Department Thurs- | day evening plans for the annual| smoker or ‘‘he night” were discussed | and F. Barnard Welsh, president, who ! has successfully managed all similar events staged by the department, was made chairman of the general commit. tee of arrangements and authorized to name all committees and assume full charge of the preparations. The date was not definitely selected, but there was an_understanding that it will be around l’"‘brl\m;y ?'JA The usual business was transacted under the direction of President Welsh. —e g Government Department of Sports. ‘The French Goveroment has an undersecretary of physical education, but it is proposed to go further and establish & department of sports. There is to be an interpellation in the Cham- ber of Deputies upon “the urgent ne- cessity of creating a government de- partment of sports, which shall control physical education of the young and insure the healthy and moral vrac- tice of sports In France,” Jured by a splinter, 1929 Boy Loses an Eye Firing Rocket at Christmas Fete Special Dispatch to ‘fhe Star. DANVILLE, Va. December 28.— Memor Hospital had another Christmas victim today. i Guy Adams, 4, son of B. B. Adams of Java, was holding a Roman candle yesterday when one of the balls of fire struck him in the eye. ‘The boy's left eye was removed today, as was the eye of C. 8. Taylor, jr, child vietim of a “blank” pistol. —e MOTHER DIES IN FIRE WITH HER DAUGHTER' Effort to Save Child Ends in Wom- | an's Death in Gas Blast Blaze. | Special Dispatch ‘o The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., December 28. —The bodies of Mrs. Anna Pearl Glass, 38, and her daughter Evelyn Grace, 8, burned to death in a fire which wrecked | their home on Ascension street Christ- mas night, were taken to Bayard, W. Va., for burial. Virgil, 7, who threw gasoline on a stove fire, causing the conflagration, received a badly-burned hand. The gasoline had been brought into the house by Luther, 19, a brother, to _clean clothing. ‘The explosion blew out the windows and doors and scattered flaming fluid about the interior. The, mother, who was in an upstairs room with the daughter Evelyn Grace, attempted to battle the fire for a mo- ment, and then rushed up the stairway for the evident purpose of rescuing the child. There is evidence that she attempted to return with the little girl, | but was driven back by the smoke and flames. The heat was so intense that the firemen were thwarted in every attempt to reach the room where the mother and child were trapped. It is a mystery to the firemen how other members of the family in the h?mfi escaped, especially the small boy Virgil. QUARRYMAN IS KILLED IN PREMATURE BLAST Upper Part of Foreman's Body Is Blown Away as Dynamite Charge Explodes. . Special- Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., December 28.—Harry Fellers, 38, foreman at a limestone quarry near here, was killed instantly when a charge of dynamite he was ready to fire exploded prematurely. ‘The upper part of his body was blown away. Coroner H. G. Tonkin held the death due to the premature explosion and an inquest unnecessary. The quarryman is | survived by his widow and four chil- dren. | WIFE-SLASHER FUGITIVE IS STILL AT LARGE Harrisonburg Man Alleged to Have Attacked Mate With Pocket Knife, Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISONBURG, Va., December 28. —Police_today had found no trace of Staton Landis, 40, who is accused of slashing his wife with a pocket knife Thursday night. Mrs. Landis is in the hospital “here. The tip of one finger was cut off when she threw up her hands to ward off the attack. Landis, who only recently returned home from Baltimore, departed after the attack, which occurred on a street near the Landis home. Landis, police sald, objected to his wife and daughter leaving him Thursday night. He ac- companied them for a block, police said, and then drew his knife. BOY ON SLED FATALLY HURT BY MOTOR TRUCK Son of Smithburg Couple Injured ‘While “Hooking On" to Another Automobile. Special Dispatch to The ‘Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 28.— Gaither Robinson, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson, Smithsburg, Md., Was probably fatally injured late yester- day when he was struck by a truck driven by Richard Geiser, The youth, on a sled, had just re- leased himself from the rear of an au- tomboile and slipped beneath the truck, coming in an opposite direction. He sustained a compound fracture of the skull and Washington County Hospital surgeons hold no hope for his recovery. | F. E. KAHLER DEAD. Pumping Station Employe Expires From Paralytic Stroke. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHERRYDALE, Va. December 28— Frederick E. Kahler, 52, well known resident of this place for the past 21 years, died suddenly Christmas day. He suffered a paralytic stroke about 1 o'cloek, while having his car repaired in a Georgetown garage and died at 8 o'clock in the evening at his home on Preston avenue here. The deceased, who was born in Bal- timore, had been employed at the Dis- trict of Columbia pumping station for the past 28 years. Funeral services will be held today at 2 o'clock at his late residence, with Rev. Charles Sparks, pastor of the Epiphany Episcopal Church, officiating. e serv- ices will also include rites of the Junior Order United American Mechanics by the Anacostia Chapter, of which he was a member. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery of Falls Church. Besides his widow, the deceased is sur- vived by two sons, Frederick E. Kahler, jr., and Eldridge Kahler, PAGEANT PRESENTED. Sunday School of 8t. George's Church Holds Holiday Fete. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va., December 28.—The candlelight pageant, “The Adoration of the Kings and Shepherds,” was pre- sented by members of the Sunday school of St. George's Episcopal Church before an overflowing audience last night. A Christmas party for the school and parents was held in the parish hall at the conclusion of the services, with Mrs, Frank Davis in charge, The principal characters in costume | were portrayed by Miss Elinor Wilson, Lawrence Ball, Charles Smith, Harold Upfold, Vincent Arnold, David Ander- son, Francis Mayer and Harlan Myers, with 16 girls acting as the angel escort. ‘The church choir, led by Karl 8. Kerr, sang Christmas carols. First Tularemia Victim ioporud.l LEONARDTOWN, Md., December 28 (Special) —The first case of tularemia 8o far reported in St. Marys County is that of Mrs. John H. Russell of Oakley, Md.,, 12 miles town. Mrs. Russell stricken with |HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER IS HELD IN DEATH Bethesda Taxi Operator Also Sen- tenced to Jail on Traf- fic Charge. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. Decem- ber 28—Willlam Rawlings, Bethesda, Md., taxicab driver, who is alleged to have been the operator of a taxi which | struck and killed Paul Goode on Cen- | tral avenue, Capitol Heights, December | the grand jury. burn and Robins man Bloom invest! tinued on its way and was later found within the District of Columbia with two passengers, in the cab but ed by its driver. The also taken custody and lease it 5 s d as w to ? call e uty Sher [epas and State Police- ted the case. il YOUTH RESCUES COUPLE FROM GAS-FILLED ROOM | Mr. and Mrs. McKeever Taken Un- conscious From Home at Martinsburg. Special Dispatch to The Star MARTINSBURG, W. Va, December rabbit fever 24 hours after skinning a rabbit and has continued 11l for several weeks, The infection is believed to have entered a finger which ‘been in- 3, yesterday was held for the action of the grand jury on a charge of in- voluntary manslaughter and given fines and jail sentences on serious traffic charges, Police Court Judge J. Chew Sheriff set Rawlings’ bond at $1,500 in the manslaughter case and sentenced him to nine months in the Maryland House | the gas stove in their kitchen, putting of Correction for “failing to stop after |out the flame and leaving the flow .of a fatal accident to give his name and |gas uninterrupted, investigation indi. render assistance.” On a charge of | cated. Mrs. McKeever said she recalled reckless driving the man was fined $25. | losing consciousness while dressing.. Mr, Goode was instantly killed when hit | McKeever was overcome while sleeping. by the taxicab, which, police say, con- | They were taken to a hospital. | 28.—Mr. and Mrs, Asa McKeever, aged 82 and 78, respectively, were rescued, | unconscious, from a gas-filled room at | their home here by Eugene Bowers, a | youth, who called to take them -teo. a grandson's for Christmas dinner. They were revived after some hours, A kettle of water had boiled over on Woobwarp & LoTHROP 10™ U™ F axp G Strrere Start the New Year with Woodward & Lothrop 1930 Diaries 15¢ each, 2 for 25¢ On sale throughout the store. Splendid little books, notably better than any preceding years. Contain all sorts of useful information, in m dition to 16 special pages and the daily entry pages. Straw. touches herald New Millinery Fashions, $10 Felts to wear with new Silhouette frocks for this festive season are not only matching notes, But fashions so new they boast of straw trimmings. 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