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ORTIZ RUBIO PROBE TAKEN FROM ARMY Attempted Assassination of Mexican President Investi- gated by Attorney General. Br the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, February 8.—Emilio Portes Gil, minister of interior and tem- porary head of the government, in a brief announcement today, said that Daniel Flores, who Wednesday shot and wounded President Ortiz Rubio, had been placed at the disposal of the Mex- ican attorney general, Aguilar y Maya. He and the police chief, Mijares Pa- facios, will continue the investigation of the attempt against the President’s life. Previously it had been said conduct of the investigation was to remain in the ' hands of the military. Condition of President Ortiz Rubio was sald to be steadily improving. FLORES MOTHER EXPIRES. Threatened Arrest of Sons Blamed for Heart Attack. By the Associated Press. SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico, Febru- ary 8.—Arrivals from the town of Char- cas, near here, today said that the mother of Daniel Flores, who attempted ‘Wednesday to kill President Ortiz Rubio, died of a heart attack when police ar- rived at her home to arrest Daniel's brothers, Pilar and Arnulfo. The Catholic priest Gregorio Romo and his brothers, Prancisco and Pedro, ere arrested at Charcos in connection with the attempt on the President’s life. Fster de Santiago, a school teacher, also was arrested. All have been sent to Mexico City. STUART FUNERAL RITES AT TAKOMA PARK TODAY Assistant Husbandman in Bureau of Dairy Industry Died on Thursday. Funeral services for Duncan Stuart, 55 years old, assistant husbandman in the Bureau of Dairy Industry, Depart- ment of Agriculture, who died at his home, 205 Cedar street, Takoma Park, D. C., Thursday, are being conducted in Takoma Park Presbyterian Church this afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. Dr. R. Paul Schearrer, pastor, officiating. Interment is in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Stuart is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella M. Stuart, and a son, Allen F. Stuart, who lives in New York. He also leaves four brothers, William Stuart of this city, John Stuart of Dayton, Ohio; Norman Stuart of Spokane, katchewan, Canada, and two sisters, Mrs. 8. J. Carson of Pipestone, Minn., and Mrs. Thomas Duncan of Hunting- don, Quebec, Canada. KENTUCKIAN JOINS STAFF| OF EPIPHANY PARISH HERE | Rev. Alwin L. Wills of Covington | ‘Will Assume Duties About March 1. Rev. Alwin L. Wills of Covington, Ky., has accepted a call to join the staff of Epiphany ‘Parish and will assume his Dr. % 5. "Ehillips, the rectds: il have for the theme of his morning ser- mons for the next five or six Sundays “THe Historical Christ.” There will be a celebration of the holy communion at 8 am. At 9:30 Epiphany Sunday school will assemble and at 6:15 p.m. the weekly meeting of the Young People’s Society will be held. MISSIONARIES TO TALK. Rev. and Mrs. Chauncey Sheldon to Show African Pictures. Rev. Homer A. Kent, pastor of l.he] Pirst Brethren Church, will preach, tomorrow morning on the subject “A ¢ ‘Transforming Vision.” At 7:45 p.m. his subject will be “Redemption—Its Meaning, Price and Effects.” Rev. and Mrs. Chauncy B. Sheldon, missionaries from Africa, will address the church and show stereopticon pie- tures of their work Thursday evening. Sunday school meets at 9:30 am. and Christian Endeavor at 6:45 p.m. MEN’S DAY PLANNED. Howard U. Dean to Speak at Mount Zion M. E. Church. Men's day will be observed at Mount Zion M. E. Church tomorrow at 11 am. William B. West, dean of men, How- ard University, will deliver an address 2t 11 am., and at 3:30 p.m. the speaker will be Canon G. Freeland Peter of the Washington Cathedral. Dr. Willlam H. ‘Wilson will speak at 8 pm. Dr. T. Ed- ward Jones, assistant surgeon-in-chief, Freedmen’s Hospital, will preside at the alternoon service, while the pastor, Rev. Jullus 8. Carroll, and Harry Bell will preside at the morning and evening services, respectively. 2 _SPECIAL NOTICES. WE MOVED YOUR NEIGHBOK—LET know where and when you wish to m d_ 5o . will like our_service. Call DAVIDSON TRANSFER & | will be ’hlld February ?i at 8 n.fl:. the ome inton, treasurer, 1627 - a8 e Metnod 25 the el e_fleld. o __J. F. MOODY, Secretary. 9°* NOTICE 1S HFREBY GIVEN THAT 1 WILL not be responsible for any debts unless con- | tracted byd myself. OLLIE BISSETT, wA_n»; i —ROOMS, Ul ¥ou have the paper; will bring samples. T Sombesatlvraimnaacmca T 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY | debis contracted by any other than myself. H B. COLLINS. 414 Va. ave. se. * LL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS made by any other than mysell. GOLDS- BOROUGH FERRIS. Vienna. V: . WANTED_RETURN LOAI From WINSTON-SALEM From NEW YORK §2_AND UP_IF | gan EEY. <10 CITY. HEADQUARTERS FOE LON UNITED STATES STORAGE CO. 418 10°h St. N.W. Metropolit TEPECIAL NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. A special meeting of the stockholders of the Thrift Commercial Company. I hereby called for March 5th, 1930, o'clock pm. at 1943 Vermont ave. n. ‘Washington, D. C., for the purpose of chang- ing the charter of said company and to transact such other business as may be in- cident thereto. C. V. Banton, 3 Y- Harmon. Fiod &° Fliswuen, M & Koomcs, i Zhugh, M. : TOH Greene, .t Touis R. Mehlinger, ANTED—RETU! AD OF FURNITURE e E L BLSAD0” Auaeis (i N'J: Richmond. Va.. and Baltimore, Md. Smith’s Transfer & Storage Co. 1313 U 8t North 3343 _ ROOF WORK of any nature promptly and capably iooked after by practicsl roofers KOONS gootnss. l_?});:glgstfngu.' A Printing Service LS National Capital Press '2210-1212 D ST. N.W. Phone National 0650. Ohrist Meets Every Need.” Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the church, and at 2 p.m. the Prayer | when Miss Ruth | ( | | GV IS OR AL THE EVENING CHARLES WENGE Water Department Worker, Past Retirement Age, Denied Pension. Although 76, Per Diem Work- | er Classification Bars Him From Benefit. Long past the retirement age, Charles | Wenger, 76-year-old employe of the| District Water Department, must con- tinue to work because there is no pro- vision for the retirement of per diem workers for the District government. esday he celebrated the fifty- eighth anniversary of his service in the Water Department, having entered its employ as a plumber at the age of 18. For the first 13 years he was on the regular rolls of the District, but was transferred to the per diem classifica- tion in order to secure higher pay. At present he is an inspector of water meters. When he first became a District | plumber his sole equipment was his tools and a wheelbarrow which he trundled throughout the city to the va- rious places where the water system needed repairing. At that time the transportation equipment of the Water R CONTINUES IN LONG SERVICE OF DISTRICT| CHARLES WENGER. —Star Staff Photo. Department consisted of three wheel- barrows and a horse and wagon. ‘Wenger, who lives at 2030 First street, is in excellent health despite his age and long years of work. He attributes his_heartiness to the fact that most of his days are spent out of doors. He has two sons and a daughter. NATIONAL BAPTIST SERVICE PROGRAM Rev. G. G. Johnson to Preach Twice | at Memorial Church—Special Meetings Scheduled. At the National Baptist Memorial to- morrow morning, the pastor, Rev. G. G. Johnson, will preach on the subject, “A League of Pity, or the Compassion of Jesus,” and in the evening on “How ‘The white cross committee will meet League will meet at the home of the Misses Venable, 1508 Columbia road. There be a meet- ing of the pastor and the deacons at the church at 8 p.m., and at the same hour the Egbert class will meet at the home of Miss Annie Willlams, 1722 | Nineteenth street. ‘The Bible school board will have a | dinner at the church Thursday at 6 p.m., after which there will be a busi- | ness meeting, at which all the officers, teachers and other members of the board are urgently invited to be pres- ent. The subject for the midweek service is “The Holy Spirit a Person.” The Boy Scouts, Troop 43. will meet at the church at 7:15 p.m., Friday, and he Sea Scouts, Ship 203, at 7:30 p.m. | Both will take part in the service to- morrow morning in connection with the twentieth anniversary, Sunday, of t Boy Scouts of America, renewin; e 0l- oath in open church. This will lowed by the flag ceremony, in which Schaffner, who was | of the troop to the bugler is Earl the recent delegate the | rvor;d conference of Boy Scouts in Eng- land. s v Bl FILIPINOS HONOR PRESIDENT HOOVER By the Associated Press. dent of the Filipino Federation of | America, yesterday presented President Hoover with a gold medal bearing an inscription expressing the good will of tthe 10,000 Filipino residents of the Pa- cific Coast. Following his interview with the Presi- dent, Dr. Moncado forbore comment on the recent Watsonville disturbance. Moncado is editor of the “Filipino Na- tion,” a magazine devoted to interests | of the Philippines. | The medal presented President Hoover | bore the inscription “Filipino-American | Goodwill Medal” on one side, and the following words on the other: “This medal is sincerely presented to His Excellency, Herbert Hoover, Presi- dent of the United States, who has won the admiration of the members of the | Filipino Federation of America, Inc., through the establishment of peace and good will among all peoples.” LUTHER LEAGUE A special life service meeting was held at Atonement Church last night, Formhals of the | Church of the Holy Communion, Phila- delphia, Pa., spoke on “The Call to Youth.” The quarterly meeting of the league will be held at the Church of the Ref- ormation March 4 and the theme “Ed- ucation.” Rev. N. J. Gould Wickey, ex- ecutive secretary of the board of edu- cation of the United Lutheran Church in America, will speak. A joint missionary program of the lo- cal leagues will be held March 16, when missionary objective of the Luther League of America, will be given. “The Bible, the Home, the Church and the Nation” is the subject of a lecture delivered last Monday evenin; by Dr. H.' Dennington Hayes, pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, at the Washington Lutheran Training School for Church Workers. Monday cvenlnfi graduation exercises will be held for al enrolled members. In addition to the award of certificates the program - ‘Mfil for an illustrated lecture and a social. “Ways of Studying the Bible” is the topic which will be presented at St.| Paul's Luther League tomorrow eve- ning by Roland W. Renkle, while “Les- sons from John's First Epistle” will be the topic of discussion at the Zion League service, led by Henry Crossman. A novel program has been planned by the St. Mark's League for Wednes- day, when the subject will be “Love” and the Jeader “Hearts.” “A Bargain's a Bargain” is the title of the farce presented by Atonement League in the Dr. Hilario Camino Moneado, presi- | wi {llustrated lecture on Porto Rico, the | Scout’ Drama Guild one-act | Rhine Will Rogers Says: NEW YORK, N. Y.—Remember in one dispatch I told you I had a red-hot tip that Mr. Macdonald might propose something pretty sweeping.. Yesterday he did it. He proposed to sink all our battleships and all France's submarines. Of course, he would sink theirs, too. Now here is the but: They don't need the big ships; they don't have to go as far for their wars as we do. ‘We have no naval bases; we have to 80 away off and fight all afternoon and then have enough sandwiches and gasoline to get back to Newport News, while England’s naval bases are as monotonous as speakeasies. He didn't offer to abolish light fast cruisers, and France's subma- rines are her ace in the hole, but our delegation knows all these things and we are still in safe hands. PASTOR CONTINUES SERMONS ON “LIFE” Dr. J. J. Rives to Speak on Topic “If I Were 21 Again” Sunday. Dr. J. J. Rives, pastor of Prancis A!burfl M. E. Church South, will preach tomorrow morning on “The Heart's Desire” and at night on “If I were Twenty-one Again,” continuing his series of sermons on “Life.” At the Epworth League devotional service at 7 o'clock Dr. Rives will con- tinue his review and discussion of Dr. King's “Practicing the Principles of Jesus. The Hi-League and Young People’s Missionary Soclety is joining ith the Epworth League in these meetings and the leader for this serv- ice will be Raymond Coe of the Hi- League. The Epworth League will have charge of the service at Central Union Mission February 15, with Rev. Ken- neth Carson as the speaker. The prayer meeting will be held at the church Thursday at 8 o'clock. A joint social will be held Friday evening at the church, the Gamma Sigma Sun- day school class being entertained by the members of Dr. Rives' class. The Woman's Missionary Soclety Circle meetings will be held, as follows: Circle No. 1, at the church, Monday at 2:30 pm.; Circle No. 2, at the home of Mrs. Totten, 3149 Mount Pleasant street, Wednesday at 8 pm.; Circle No. 3, at the home of Mrs. Winters, 1434 Spring place, at 8 pm. and Circle No. 4, at the home of Mrs. :(antyre. 3106 Thirty-fourth street, at pm. REV. EDWARD 0. CLARK TO PREACH TOMORROW “The Christian’s Secret” to Be Morning Subject at Chevy Chase Baptist Church. Rev. Edward O. Clark will preach at the Chevy Chase Baptist Church to- morrow morning on the subject “The Christian’s Secret.” A story-sermon will be told the children of the junfor church. The Boy Scouts of Troop 54 will attend the church service at 7:45 p.m. Mr. Clark will take as his topic, “A Y e of Honor.” The School of Missions, which meets Thursday evenings, will continue for two more weeks. Representative Grant M. Hudson leads a study group in “The Second Survey,” and the pastor a group on mountain school work. . PASSION PLAY LECTURE. Dr. Councilor Will Illustrate Talk With Colored Slides. An {llustrated lecture on the Passion Play of Oberammergau will be given at the Central Y. M. C. A, tomorrow at 4 o'clock by Dr. Homer J. Councilor, president of the Organized Bible Class Association of the District of Columbia. ‘The lecture will be illustrated by col- ored slides showing the village of Oberammergau with its native life, and scenes from the Passion Play. Moving pictures also will be shown of Ger- many, the customs of the le, scenes in the Black Forest and the country. The lecture is open to play tournament. oy the general publis. STAR, WASHINGTON. U. . WORKERS' AID SOUGHT FOR CHEST Cards Are Distributed to Em- ployes in All Federal Departments. (Continued From First Page.) ver, it was sald, is sympathetic with the atrangement under which Govern- | Chest fund. No solicitation of employes is being done. The cards are there to be filled | out if workers wish and will be re- !ment clerks may contribute to the| ). G N turned to Chest headquarters before Monday evening, when the final report | is made. | Prior to this arrangement it was| necessary to solicit contributions from | Government. employes at their homes. Owing to the heavy snowfall corly in| the eampaign the number of hom-s Vis- | ited was small. Many employes have . indicated that they were anxious to, contribute to the campaign fund if! cards were made avalable to them. | | Stress Need for Increase. ‘The Special Gifts Committee, thei Mekmfl.ln Unit and the Group So-| lcital Unit were making every ef-| fort today to obtain increased contri- | butions from those who already hnve' given to the Chest and were on the| trail, also, of new subscribers. Chnh‘-‘ man Newbold Noyes of the Special| Gifts Committee "was in telegraphic communication with many absent Washingtonians. ! With two more days of solicitation re- maining, it was expected that the Met- | ropolitan Unit under Merritt O. Chance | would clean up its outstanding list m’ about 20,000 names, representing givers | of last year, who either were not ap- | proached this vear or failed to renew their contributions. In each case the need of at least a 20 per cent increase mn the amount of the gift will be | stressed. | Al radio stations will be busy with special Chest appeals tonight. Bishop John W. McNamara will speak at 6:15 o'clock over Station WRC. At 7:15 o'clock Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, wife of Commissioner Taliaferro, will speak | from Station WMAL. Mrs. Taliaferro is | one of the most active of all the Chest | workers. Rabbi Abram Simon of the Washington Hebrew Congregation speaks at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon over Station WMAL. Those who spoke last night over the radio were Right Rev. James E. Prec- man, Bishop of Washington; Mr. Noyes, Huston Thompson, Clarence Aspinwall | and Radford Moses, also of the Chest organization Churches Plan Appeals. Churches of almost every denomina- tion are planning special appeals in be- | half of the Chest deficit at services to- morrow. Archbishop Michael J. Cur- ley of Baltimere, it was said, has ar- ranged fo send another letter to be read at all Catholic masses and a_program for the Jewish synagogues is being di- rected by Oscar Leonard and Maurice Maser. ‘William Knowles Cooper, former gen- eral secretary of the Y. M. C. A. and one of the leaders in the Chest cam- paign, is organizing special meetings and appeals at the Protestant churches of the city tomorrow, Working until late last night, the auditing department of the Chest was unable to finish tabulating the pledges | received at Thursday's meeting and the | official results from that meeting prob- ably will not be ready until some time tomorrow. The auditing probably will show a slight shrinkage in the total amount raised, but not enough, officials believe, to have much bearing on the final results. Gifts More Than $100. Gifts of $100 and over announced today were as follows: $1,000, Wardman Construction Co.; $500, Mrs. F. S. Bright, Senator Bron- son Cutting, Donohoe Brothers, Mr. | and Mrs. David C. Mearns, Leonard P. | Stewart; $425, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Bliss; $400, Capt. W. C. Boud, Willlam C. Eustis; $350, Sarah Lynch Murdock, | anonymous; $300, Coleman Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. John M. O'Rourke; $250, Mrs. E. E. Robbins, Maj. Howard C. Davidson, R. L. McKeever; $233.27, | Miss Madeirt’s School resident pupils; $225, Mrs. Margaret Adair. $200—Mrs. F. S. Holbrook, A. T. Smith, Mrs. Stella R. Whitaker, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Mikkelson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Brown, Scott E, Welker, W. D.' Green, Frank E. Altemus, James Ernest Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Henderson, Dr. and Mrs. John Minor, James L. Karrick, Mrs, Robert P. mont, Mrs. Henry B. Spencer, Bitum- inous Products Co., Miss 8. Virginia Moore, Alexander W. Gregg, W. Elmer Bacon, Mr. and Mrs, George A. Didden, A. H. Baker & Co. $175—Rev. George W. Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Dion S. Birney. $160—Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Hodges. | $150—Thomas H. Kearney, Dr. James G. Cumming, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Scott, J. B. Eastman, Comdr. and Mrs. W. C. L Stiles, Mrs. James F. Mitchell. $144—Our Lady of Perpetual Help. | $125—E. Brooke Lee, Andrew R. Ben- son, Ralph W. Richards, the Globe ‘Wernicke Co. $120—Patrick Shugrue. $110—Mrs. Philip A. Walker. $100—Mrs. David L. Wing, Miss Madeira’s School, Inc.; Miss Harriet P. Winslow, S. Powdermaker, George W. Slater, Dr. Thomas E. Neill, North- east Motor Co., Inc.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry N. Rickey, Mrs. Charles J. Wil- liamson, Mr. and Mrs. Willam G. Wheeler, Mrs. Albert J. Gore, the! Wright Co., Luther M. Cornwall, M. E. Tydings, Holy Trinity Church, Ba ington Moore, League of ths Covenan! P. T. McDermitt Co., Inc.; Mrs. Hare Lippincott, Maj. H. C. Maddux, Mr. and Mrs. John Lord O'Brian, Mr. and Mrs John H. Dellinger, Wayne Kend- rick, Avignone Freres, Mr. and Mrs. Bates Warren, Hotel Harris, Mrs. Per- cival Ridsdale, Southern Building Sup- ply Co., Miss Florence Harding, Mr. Karl Knox Gartner, James W. Peters, Mrs. Nellle W. Schircliff, Cora Emilie Noyes,. Mrs. William B. Rayner, Harry F. Clark, Miss Margaret Eustis, Mrs. Hannale B. Sanders, Dr. and Mrs. | Frank Edward Duehring, J. A. Camp- bell, Elwood Mead, George Martin, George R. James, George Akerson, C. H. Sorrell, Mrs. Thomas Newton Wood, Mrs. Mary W. Parker, Col. Spencer Cosby, Berkeley L. Simmons, Katharine H. Nigle, Mrs. Alice M. Turner, Miss C. 8. Orth, E. R. Leonard, Mrs. A. Geary Johnson, James E. Barnes, Miss Annabel Matthews, Mrs. Anna Miller, A. Lynn McDowell, Flieschman Co., Dr. Grant 8. Barnhart. C. E. BIRTHDAY PROGRAM. Rev. W. H. Foulkes to Be Guest of Golden Rule Union. The Golden Rule Christian Endeavor Union of the District of Columbia will celebrate the forty-ninth anniversary of the International Society of Christian Endeavor Friday night at Zion Baptist Church. Rev. Willlam Hiram Foulkes of New Jersey, vice president of the Interns- tional Soclety, will be the guest speaker of the evening. Among other features of the program will be a vell period for the Juniors, Negro spirituais and work contest by the Intermediates and the Senior En- deavorers’ contest for attendance and best work accomplished during the year. The committee on arrangements is Miss Sarah Whetts (chairman), Miss Inez Brown, Miss Bernice Jackson, Mrs. URDAY., FEBRUARY 8, 1480, Mrs. Herbert Slocum, president of the Woman's Board of Emergency Hos- —Star Staff Photo. pital, presenting a medal to Miss Barbara Edwards. PLEAIS PRESENTED FOR TARIFF ON OIL Independent Operators Ask! House Committee for Duty of $1 Per Barrel. | By the Assoclated Press. | A group of independent oil men from ‘Western States today asked the Hous: | ways and means committee for a duty of $1 per barrel on ofl, i Oil now is on the free list and the | group insisted a tariff was essential to the industry. They appeared at a hearing on the Hastings bill to provide | such a rate. | The ways and means committee drafted the tariff bill now pending in | the Senate. It is the first time since the House passed the measure at the special session that this committee has heard any one seeking tariff changes, as the Senate now has custody of the Must Await State Action. After the Senate passes the measure, | however, it must be returned to the House, which will ask a conference to | consider Senate changes. Several mem- | bers of the ways and means committee will be members of the conference group. Chairman Hawley of the ways and | means committee sald today that his| committee had no intention of reporting | on the measure at present. Hearings Regarded As Courtesy. ‘The hearings, he said, were being held as a gesture of courtesy for al- | ‘most 400 producers, who came to Wash- | ington to make a direct request of | Congress for tariff protection. ‘Testimony taken at the hearings, he added, would be used in conferences on the bill if the Senate should amend | it by taking petroleum from the free ist. Russell Brown of Oklahoma, the first | witness, said the independent operators | in 1928 had produced between 70 and | 80 per cent of the country's total, but | that conditions since then had cut this percentage to about 50. | The large committee room Was crowded to the doors by the visiting oil | men. Wirt Franklin of Ardmore, Okla., | president of the Independent Petroleum | Association of Am{ex;ll:l and ;cknn:flé edged kesman of e group, asserte the ln?e%endmu “would be extermi- nated” unless granted relief in the form of a tariff. RETIRED ARMY MEDICAL | OFFICER, 86, SUCCUMBS i | Col. William H. Corbusier Dies in | Ban Francisco Hospital. Col. Willlam H. Corbusier of New York, who entered the Army Medical | Corps in August, 1876, and was retired | for age in April, 1908, died at the Let- | terman General Hospital, San Francisco, yesterday in his 86th year, according to | War Department advices. Col. Cor- busier was a graduate of the Bellevue Hospital Medical School, New York City, | and served in all parts of the United States and its possessions. He was re- called to active duty during the World ‘War, nine years after his transfer to the retired list, and served for about a year at the port of embarkation, Hoboken, N. J. In recent years he made his home at Alameda, Calif., with his son, Prancis E, Corbusier. Another son, Col. Philip W. Corbusier, U. §. Cavalry, is on duty with the Texas National Guard at San Antonio. AT | Metropolitan Baptist Pastor Con- ducts Evangelistic Meetings. At the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Pastor Rev. John Compton Ball, is be- ing assisted in evangelistic meetings by Miss Amy Lee Stockton and Miss Rita | Gould of California. Services wil be held every evening except Saturday. Miss Stockton will speak tomorrow morning on “Life’s Supreme Choice” and in the evening her theme will be “The Judgment of the Great White ‘Throne.” \ During the week the following themes will be presented: Mqnday, “A Pink | Rose Service With the Story of a Soul | b) Gift of a Rose”; Tuesd: s Thursday, or Miracle”; Frida: the story of her SURPRISES BURGLAR. Thief Leaves by Rear Door as Mer- | chant Enters Store. An unidentified white man gained entrance to the store of William Law- man, 3042 Fourteenth street, early this | morning by hurling a brick through a | panel of the front door, and was sur- Miss Stockton tells Nellie Reese, Mrs. M. L. Johnson, An- drew Samuels and Elphonso W. Free- man., James Brown, the president of the union, will mm.) prised in the store when the proprietor reached there shortly before 6 o'cloc] He managed "t:,:uve by & rear door and |AMATEUR disappear the vicinity before Lawman could summon a policeman, Prominent Elk Dead FRED J. MERSHEIMER. PAST EXALTED RULER OF ELKS HERE EXPIRES Fred J. Mersheimer, 72, Was Claim Adjuster for Traction Firm for 25 Years. Fred J. Mersheimer, 72 years old, past exalted ruler of the Washingon Lodge, No. 15, of Elks, and for the past 25 years claim adjuster for the Washing- | ton Raliway & Eleetric Co.,, died at his home, 1304 East Capitol street, to- day after a long illness. Mr. Mersheimer had long been a member of the Elks and also belonged to the Hope Lodge of Masons. He was widely known in this city. He was a native of Jersey City, N. J. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Kate Mersheimer, and two daughters by a former marriage, Miss Mary E. Mersheimer and Mrs. Sadle A. Mo- honey. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence Monday afterncon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Congres- EUR BOXING IN DISTRICT URGED IC. of C. Requests Congressional Hearing on Abolition of Death Penalty. Support of a bill providing for ama- teur boxing in the District and a re- quest for a congressional hearing on the abolition of capital punishment here were voted by the committee on law and legislation of the Washington Chamber of Commerce at a meeting | late yesterday in the Homer Building. The request that the proper com- mittee of Congress hear the -citizens of Washington on the subject of capital punishment is in line with the. stand taken by the chamber following a spirited debate about four months ago. In advocating amateur boxing for the District, the committee went on record as opposed to the professional game here. Dr. Frances Moon Butts was appointed by Chairman Mary O'Toole | & draw up a resolution stating the committee’s views. Judge O'Toole was authorized to ap- point a special committee push action on an automoblile title law. The Howell bill was discussed, but was referred to a subcommittee composed of Martin J. McNamara, Robert H. :\:cg’flll and F. B, Hoffman for further study. Mrs. Hoover Draws States in Order of Journeys to France ‘The official guide of the War Department in arranging the pilgrimages of mothers and widows to the cemeteries of Europe was written yesterday in the red room o fthe White House, with Mrs. Herbert Hoover, the wife of the President, taking the leading role. At a brief ceremony, attended by the Secretary of War, Gen. John J. Pershing and other rank- ing officers of the Army, Mrs. Hoover determined the priority of the States and Territories drawing cards from a silver bowl. District of Columbia was the fifteenth name drawn and thus the mothers and widows of the District's World War dead will be fifteenth among the groups for whom pilgrimages are arranged. A record was made showing the order in which the names were drawn and this be- comes the official guide of the ‘War Department. Nebraska was the first name drawn by Mrs. Hoover and Colo- rado the last. Her home State, S:lu«:ml; was drawn as num- T NURSE GETS MEDAL FOR HEROIC RESCUE Risked Three-Floor Plunge| to Prevent Patient From Leap at Emergency. 5 Emergency Hospital took cognizance | | yesterday of the heroism of a diminutive | | nurse, who risked plunging three floors into an areaway beneath the colored women's ward to grapple with a de- mented patient intent on flinging her- self from an open window. Somewhat overcome by all the atten- tion she was receiving, 22-year-old Bar- bara Edwards smiled and tried to hide | her blushes while a gold medal “for ex- | ceptional heroism” was pinned on the starchy blouse of her uniform by Mrs. Herbert Slocum, president of the wom- en’s board of the hospital. ‘The award was the occasion for an informal assembly in the nurses’ home adjoining the hospital, and the audi- ence included officials of the hospital, ! nurses and several score of nursing trainees. Ends Training Course. It was also the occasion of Miss Edward's final day of the three-year training course she has been taking at the hospital. The young woman stood | | beside board members while her fellow students filed by and clasped her hand. As related by Slocum, Miss Edwards {was on duty in the colored women's | ward on the morning of January 25 when the screams of several patients attracted her attention to a patient who was dashing for the window. Miss Edwards ran in pursult of the woman and overtook her as she paused to wrench open a window. A struggle fol;nv:;‘d dualn‘ which Miss Edwards an e patient came perilously near plunging to the areaway. Believed Strapped in Bed. The patient in question, Mrs. Slocum explained, was thought to have been securely strapped in bed by a special arrangement of the sheets, She had been admitted to the hospital on the previous night following an attempt to kill herself with poison. Others at the informal award pres- entation ceremony included Mrs. George P. Scriven, member of the women's board; Miss Janet Fish, superintendent of nurses, and & number of doctors and hospital officials. In one corner of the room sat two colored woman patients, who had wit- nessed the struggle between Miss Ed- wards and the would-be suicide and wished to look on when her act re- ceived recognition. PRACTICAL TOPIC CHOSEN BY PASTOR -Dr. A, J. McCartney to Discu | Religion an Asset or a Liability ?” “Is At the Church of the Covenant to- morrow morning Dr. Albert J. McCart- ney's sermon will deal with a question of practical religious life, under the topic “Is Religion an Asset or a Lia- bility>” He will stress the importance of joy as an essential element in both "o Wil Speak G e yoi le of 3 speal young people of the church at the fireside me’:!olnl in the church house, 1229 Connecticut av- enue, at 7 o'clock. Tea is served at 6:30 o'clock and the meeting is ad- Jjourned at 8 o'clock. The Every Girls' Bible Class will have 8 supper and business meeting Monday at 6 o'clock, followed by a party. Dr. McCartney's subject Thursday | ,evening will be “Practicing the Pres- ence of God,” a study of the Ninety- first Psalm. OLDEST OIL MAN DIES. | Grande | Great Federation of the Lictor. A3 FASDST LEAGLE, NS REVIIG New York Paper Quotes Leader to Effect Meetings Will Be Public. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 8.—The New York Herald-Tribune today said the Fascist League of North America, Mus- solini's organization of Black Shirts in this country, which was formally dis- banded on last December 31, is being reorganized. The new Fascist is called Federazione Littorio— Its or- ganization is under direction of Do- menico Trombetta, a former member of the Central Council of the Fascist League of North America. Most of his mnoY’{:fl“e s;nld w‘n; in the 'g.e!z}:elg populal portions of the New an and Middle Atlantic States. ‘The Herald-Tribune quotes Mr. Trom- betta as denying that the reorganization was undertaken under direction from Mussolini. “No one in Italy, either Il Duce or any one else, ordered this work,” Mr. Trombetta sald. “We are reorganizing the Fascisti openly. There is nothing secret about it. “The Fascisti League of North America made the mistake of holding its meet- (ngs in secret. The new order of Fascisti will hold open sessions and will keep nothing hidden. The old order never numbered more than 15,000. There are 4,000,000 Italians or sons of Italians in this country The Grande Rederazione Del Littorio will include nearly the en- tire 4,000,000 before long. Nothing can stop us. No one can interfere with us. We intend to defend at any cost this Fascist faith that no power on earth can destroy.” - CALIFORNIA SNOW GREATEST IN WORLD Geographic Society Lecturer Makes Unexpeoted Claim, bu! in Sierras. group Del B. R. Baumgardt, lecturing before the National Geographic Soclety at the Washington Auditorium last eve- ning, advanced an unexpected claim for California—that it has the greatest annual snowfall in the world. This occurs, he explained, in the high Sierras. The speaker frankly admitted he would have to list superlatives—super- latives which ranged from the hl‘mt mountain in the United States outside Alaska, the biggest telescope, the most varied cactl, the most rapidly grow- ing city and the only American active volcano. he frankly admitted, Earthquakes, California has, but explained that they were harmless, “much less 3 for example, than the tornadoes that oceur in the East.” He advanced the theory that renewed activity of some of the now extinct volcanoes might relieve the subterranean pressure and “cure” the earthquakes. The speaker showed beautifully-colored slides, ranging from the deserts and seaside scenes of Southern California, through the Yosemite, up to the moun- tains and the sequoia areas of the northern pert of the State. DA TOPIC IS ANNOUNCED. At Northminster Presb | Alaska avenue an morrow morning the church meet. At 11 o’ Dr. Otto will speak on “Life's Highest . At 6:30 rm. the Intermediate Society of Christian Endeavor will meet and at 7 o'clock the Young People's Soclety of Christian Endeavor will meet. The midweek prayer service will be held Thursday evening at the Presby- terian Home, on Newton street. There wflll b; cars leaving the chapel at 7:30 o'clock. Friday at 3:30 o'clock the * Around the World" will continue for n Chaj d Kal h!ud,puewl: school will John C. Blood Helped Drill Second | Oil Well in United States. | CONNEAUT, Ohio, February 8 (). | —John C. Blood, 85, named at the Tulsa, OKla., petroleum exposition a | few years ago as the oldest living ofl | man in the United States, died here yesterday following a stroke of apoglm. Blood helped to drill the second oil well in the United States which was sunk on his father's farm on Ol Creek in Venango County, Pa. | Pocketbook Snatohed. \ Mrs. J. R. Hood, 711 Third street | northeast, was robbed of her pocket- hook containing $3.50 in cash and val- uable papers last night. She told the | police she was on O street, between | Eleventh and Twelfth streets, about | 10:30 o'clock when her pocketbook was snatched by a colored boy. il John Chinaman _generally reverses | our order of things. He begins his news- | paper where we finish ours—at the end; he wears white for mourning. \ nt Open and Lighted U QlRlLTR] ~ ol (®f 130 H STREET children between 6 and 12 years of age. Custom in China forbids any outward show of affection between the sexes, but in private life the Chinese are very affectionate. National Fellowship Club's DANCES EVERY WEDNESDAY 9 to 12, 50e EVERY SATURDAY 8:45 to 12:45. 50 INFORMAL These dances are 3 open to the public THE CITY CLUB, 1320 G St nngp 21st and Randolph Sts. N.E. A Beautiful New Restricted Subdivision of Over 100 Detached Brick Homes 100 New Ideas . Open Fireplaces Attic Play Room Pool Room for Adults Closed Porches and Garages These Homes Adjoin Burroughs Park Grade and High Schools and Playgrounds Inspect Sunday—No Obligation to Buy Drive out Rhode Island Avenue to 22nd Street N.E.—then nérth to Randolph Street and left on Randolph to 2lst. ntil 9 0’Clock P.M. INCORPORATED NORTHWEST