Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 23

PATRIOTIC GROUPS TOHONOR LICOLN Loyal. Legion Plans Cere- monies Wednesday Paying Tribute to Emancipator. ¥ The Military Order of the Loyal Tegion will mark the 121st anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln Wednesday noon, when the District of Columbia commandery will hold exer- cises at the Lincoln Memorial. Maj. L. C. Crawford, United States Army, is chairman of the committee of arrange- ‘| To Receive Medal ments. | Rear Admiral F. C. Billard of the| Coast Guard, will deliver a brief ad- dress and the Marine Band will render music as a feature of the exercises. ‘The escort of the national commandery | oolors will consist of soldiers, sailors, imarines and coast guardsmen under | s, On_behalf of President Hoover and the District Commissioners a wreath will be placed at the memorial. The principal patriotic bodies will be rep- resented: by delegations presenting wreaths and bearing their own colors. A business meeting will be held at Willard Hotel, with a luncheon at o’'clock, following the exercises. These organizations will be represented: American Legion, American Gold Star Mothers, American Women's Legion, American Red Cross, American War Mothers, American on _Auxiliary, Astec Club of. 1847, )y “Scouts of America, Children of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames of Ameriea, Dames of the Loyal Legion, Daugiters of the American Revolution, Daughters of Union Vetferans of the Civil War, Disabled American .Veterans of the ‘World War, Girl Scouts of ‘the District of Columbia, Grand Army of the. Re- blic, Ladies of the Grand Army of the | public. Legion of Loyal Women, Mili- | tary Order of Foreign Wars, Military | Order of the World War, Military Order of the Carabao, Naval and Military ©Order of the Spanish-American War, Order of Indian Wars of the United States. Sons of the American Revolu- tion. Sons of the Revolution, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, United States Daughters of 1812, United Spanish War Veterans, United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary, Vet- erans of Foreign ‘Wars of the Unifed States and Women's Relief Corps. FRED J. MERSHEIMER DIES AT CAPITAL HOME Former. Employe of Utilities. Firm .Here xchml Year Ago Bq cause of Health. . . Mersheimer,. 73 years old, the lntlfidep-r: y zcn c Co. for many years until fail- ing health resulted in his. retiring a r ago, died yes! y morning at his E'm, 1304 East Caj Mr. Me: was , N.¥., March 26,1857, and prior 10 coming to Washington, 28 years agu, was a resident_of Jersey NS | having been claim attorney for the street railway system, a membér of thc board of education and active many years in Democratic politics in Hudson coaxc; came to Washington to accept’a position*with the local tractien com- pany, édntinuing with it Gntil his iliness fi:.rmnhdmer was_a past exalted Tuler of the Washifigton’ Lodge of Elks and .took active interest in all the af- fairs of that organization. For many years he served as chairman of ‘the orphans’ outing, which is sponsored annually by Lodge No. 15, and it was through his efforts that the Christmas entertainment for -children held under the auspices of the Washington Rallway Relief Association .. . He was also a meml '?l% of Masons. 2 His first wife, who Wwils Miss Sarah Sunkle of Jersey City, ‘died in 1‘9‘?‘: of this city, survive him. In 1908 Mr. Mershiemer married Miss Kate Cattell of this city, Who survives him. brother,” Charles Mershelmer, lives in Jersey City. a Funeral services will be held at the Tesidence tomorrow at 2 p.m. and inter- ment will be in Congressional Ceme- DAIRY MERGER NEARS. Kraft Cheese and National Product | | Corporation Seek Combine. NEW YORK, February 8 (#).—A merger of the National Dairy m Corporation and the. Kraft Corpor Phenix Cheese ration has reached & negotiation stage, it was learned ay. Last Autumn, K a merger of Kraft| Phenix with the Hershey Chocolate Corporation and the Colgate-Palmolive- Peet Co. was under discussion, spon- | sored by National City Bank interests, but the plans were interrupted by the ¢ crash of the stock market. | %Art” Hickman Leaves $125,000.‘ SAN FRANCISCO, February 8 (#).— Petition for probate of the will of Ar- thur G. “Art” Hickman, widely known orchestra leader, who died January 16, | filed here today by his mother, Mrs. Lucinda E. Hickman, revealed an es-| tate valued at $125,000. The will leaves her the bulk of the estate after a $25,- A | tion that there are many. DR. IRVING LANGMUIR, Associate director of the research lab- oratory of the General Electric Co., who will receive the - Willard Gibbs - goid ‘medal of the Cliicago section of the American Chémical Society for 1930, The award is one of the highest dis- tinctions which can be conferred upon a chemist, and is annually conferred upon the scientist whose work in either pure or applied chemistry has received world-wide recognition. —Associated Press Photo. CITRUS QUARANTINE RELIF 15 URGE Florida Business Men Protest Fruit Fly Barrier to Middle West. By the Associated Press. ORLANDO, Fla., February 8—Des nouncing as a.commercial failure the present system of processing citrus fruit under Mediterranean fruit fly quaran- tine regulations, a committee represent- urged the Department of Agriculture to modify the rules to permit shipment of unprocessed fruit from any section of the State into the Middle West. . .. Under the regulations now in ‘force all citrus fruits shipped into the Middle Western, States. from- Florida must -be processed except that grown outside the fruit fly eradication . area, commonly known as zone 3, which- produces less than 20 per cent of the Stafe's entire clt{_u.s crop. e present system of processing:the fruit is by subjecting it to & um;en- ture of 110 degrees in order to destroy ’:ny“ evidence of the fly that may be n it. 4 The :committee also suggested that the advisory board seriously consider another proposal for extending beyond March 31 the final date for, shipping either processed or unprocessed - fruit out of the State this season. . | MANY ATLAN';'A OFFICIALS FACE GRAFT INDICTMENTS: P P Acting Foreman of 'Gung Jnry Conducting Investigation Pre- dicts Charges. By the Associntéd Press. ATLANTA, Ga., - February dictments against many city offic will'be retirnéd ‘wheh the Fulton Coun~ tout of ickod PrUmICioR) S, B of m aft, Byron Souders, acting foreman of the fi‘r’y, said in a statement-tonight. Mr. Souders, who is. acting in the absence of W. Rawson Collier, said his statement - was _issued with the ap- proval of his fellow grand jurars. .“We _res ,". the. statement said; “that there are many good, honest men % | connected with the. ¢ity * government. ' from but we have also - found sworn evidence in oyr five weeks .of delibera- men - con- nected- with the city government in various ~departments who - have been guilty of graft and corruption. Real Estate Loans (D. C. Property Only) | 6% | No Commission Charged -You can take 12 years to pay off your loan without the expense of renewing. $1.000 for $10 per month, including interest and principal. Larger or smaller loans at. proportion- ate rates, Perpetual Building Association Esta ed 1881 Largest in Washington Assets over $20,000,000 Cor. 11th and E N.W. JAMES RERRY, President 000 bequest to his sister, Pearl Hick- EDWARD C. BALTZ. Seeretary -~ Lone Star Trainy fom M Mornings at 8:30 -:- Evenings There is Hospitalit N eflpfiifiw\fg\*{ at 10:30 / y When You Travel South * Deft attendants . Cotton Belt oil Shreveport Dallas Ft. Worth Houston San Antonio Burning Locomotives ing ‘Florida's ‘leading industries today | - THE. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 9, 1930—PART ONE.._ | Fired on Onii Rubio FEDERAL BAR ET DATEFORBAOUET Annual Dinnerto Be Held at Mayflower on. Night of February 22. The Federal - Bar Assoclation an- nounced -yesterday that it will_hold its Annual dinner the evening of February 22, at 8 o'clock, in the Mayflower Hotel. Seth W. Ric] , Assistant Attorney ,?m'" w:nm act as toastmaster and o e- perrig e committee on arrange Charles H. Tuttle, United States at- 'y for the southern district of New | York, is expected to deliver one of the principal addresses. The association made public the fol- lowing list of names of Government officlals’ who have been designated the honorary dinner committee: Elton Lewis Marshall, solicitor of the Agriculture 'partment; Horace J. Donnelly, solicitor of the Post Office Department; Ephraim F. Morgan, solic- ftor of the Commerce Departme! Theodore C. Risley, solicitor of the La- bor- Department; ‘Clarence N. Charest, general counsel of the Bureau of Int SEnl” counse, O et Serpien , “United States Shipping Board; Robert E. Healey, chief counsel, ;b'g;rl:l :;rl‘llde‘ Comml?hn; Thad H. , eral counsel of the Radio Commission; I. George F. Weisel, ‘éfiii“:‘é’a o_i_ vl:s }A‘merlcm Law Insti< 3 « A “Hostetler, soll M ::“ 5 G fl't solicitor of lembers of the association have been designated chairmen of va us. com- mittees, as follows: Maj. orace T. | Jones, social; Fenton W. Booth, Judges; Ralph C. Cornell, invitations; i E.: Mosty, tacuu; ‘Thomas Sher- man, reception and seating: - Maj. Charles W. Freerhan, music; uiltond 8. Johnson, committee on members of IOon.reAs; W. L. Starbuck, broadcasting b- din- ner committee, and William A. Roberts, programs. FARM BOARD FACES ULTIMATE CRISIS Stabilization - Corporation Request of National Wheat Body to Be Decided. By the Assoclated Press. The Farm Board will be facing the ultimate emergency anticipated by the agricultural ting act when it meets tomorrow-to approve or deny the national wheat advisory committee’s request for a stabilization "corporation. were betore The bosrd's Jegel srafl sask were before 's ey as! night. If the 'd. agrees that the market situation is past improvement through normal “operations, such have been undertaken by the Farmers' National Grain Corporation, then the way is clear for the emergency measure —authorization of a stabilization cor- poration . to function entirely on Gov- | ernment-funds.and at Government risk. As interpreted by Chairman Legge, the emergency operdtion would. consist of buying and taking. off the market some considerable part of ‘the “tonna 80 as to relieve the pressure, and ch ing the product until some future da: in the hope that there would:be & more favorable nnpsommny.w dispose of it. ‘lt'.'::e ? r-:ih :r- -ue:’ op‘;nnu;l‘ sl a loss or deficit, Legge’ sald, suc Im would be borne by the $500,000,000 revolving fund provided by the agricul- tural marketing act. DANIEL FLORES, Twenty-two, who fired the shot that wounded Pascual Ortiz Rublo, Presi- dent of Mexico, as he was leaving the national palace en route to his home. This picture was telephotoed from Chi- cago. —Assoclated Press Photo. PLAN NEW AUTOPSY UPON WOMAN'S BODY | Hawaiian Sherif Awsits Permis-| sion From Col.’ Sevier in Death Case. By the Associated' Press. HONOLULU, ' February 8—Perniis- slon for- a- second autopsy upon - the body .of Mrs. Marion Sevier, wife of Col. Granville Sevier of the 64th Coast Artillery, was awaited from the -Col. today by.Sheriff Patrick Gleason, sact- ing coroner. Mrs. Sevier died in an A.rn.w hoepital near here in August, 1928. Gléason was awaiting a regly {rom the territorial board of health to- his request for ‘permission to remove ‘Mrs. Sevier's body. from.a vault for another autopsy. An autopsy last April resulted in the decision of four physicians that there were .no. indications of foul play, -but one physician added that the autopsy - left the igsue in doiibt. Mrs, Sevier inherited $700,000 from her mother, Mrs. Riette Shainwald of New York, who died in-1925. Later {n the same year she married Col. Sevier. 105 FOWLS FRICASSEED. Blast- of Still in Poultry House Followed by Flames. " PORTLAND, Oreg., February 8 (#).— ‘&s | A chicken fricassee, comprising 104 pul- lets an da réoster, resulted today from the blast of a 300-gallon still concealed in-a large poultry house on the out- skirts of the city, police said. The! still was discovered by firemen ocalled. to extinguish the blaze which followed ‘the blast. g : Viill Return to Face Trial. -1OB ANGELES, February 8 (A).— James A. (“Military”) Brown, alleged swindler, ‘today voluntarily -TM to return to Atlanta, Ga., where he faces tria! on mail fraud charges. He will be taken. to Georgia within the next 10 ‘The_'prisoner will remain in days. * 3 custody of Federal officers pending his removal. AR ASSOGATON T0 INSURE CLUBS Planes Used by Private Fly-; ing Groups to BePro- tected. —_— Refusal of insurance companies to issue policies protecting student pilots and flying elubs from losses resulting from damages to training planes, which in the past has been one of the greatest barriers to the formation of private fiy- ix;:c ;lsuhh:n;‘:ura. reuuludd in nll’:icmclon of nce undsrwriting through the private flying club eommu'ue of J:e National Aeronautic ition, it was announced last night. Crashes and consequent financial | losses have been accountable for the dissolution of more flying clibs than any other factor connected with their operation, the committee stated. Krowl- edge that crashes represent only .a very small fraction of the total number of flights made on established air routes, bas led the insurance companies to write policies for transport pilots, planes and assengers, .the committee stated. Ow- g to the extra hazards confronted in student instruetion, however, this form of insurance has been refused them. “In the cass of the student pilot, no company in the United States Ens seen it to assume a similar risk,” the com- lrn\rlmlce l‘1ll'ed “Due to lack of this & Of insurance, many flying clubs have started operations wlthnut'nulv- 1 Tage. As ld':u wveth pli accidents to ane ' a majority of cases have been: Instrumental lnbtugln‘ an experience into a ‘disgster. “That the private fiying club com- mittee of the National Aeronautic As- sociation is able to furnish clubs with crash insurance piaces the flying club in the forefront ms a means of velcl:ln' lnuderg how to fly, at the great savings ected . through grou ownership of a plane.” » = llef from: mental hazards of legal liability. also. tends to produce more efficient and reiiable student pilots, the committee report said. $2,149,434 TO BE.PAID ... IRISH" BONDHOLDERS. Receivers of Balance of Loans to Republic Report to New York Supreme Court. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 8.—Receive; of the $2,538,033 bllln‘;’. of the lrhhu Republic loans, in a report today noti- fled the State Supreme Court they were prepared ‘to make ‘rlymmu on claims of. 31,322 bondholders throughout the country. Since these claims total a greater sum than is in their ion, - the receiv- ers recommend that a distribution be made of the funds so that each of the bondholders would recelve 59 per cent of his claim, an ‘amount aggregating $2149,434.11. Of .the balance, more than enough is available to meet the disputed claims and cover expenses of wllr(l‘dlnl up the receivership, report said. The receivers, appointed in June, 1927, took over the sum new remain- ing for distribution as the balance of funds borrowed by the Dafl Eireann in the United States. - Flying Clinic Reaches Managus. MANAGUA, Nicaragus, Rel 8 (#)—The Pan-American flying clinic, composed of physiclans who have been touring Latin-America, arrived at Man. ;gludon schedule time today homeward | By the Associated Press. $1,350 ANNUITY AWARDED TO SLAIN MAN’S FAMILY Wife and Daughter Get Enough for Necessities From Cunning- ham Estate. NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 8— Chancellor James B. Newman entered a decree yesterday awarding Mrs. Era Helen Cunningham and hc: daughter, Novella, $1,350 a year from the estate of Turney Cunningham, Nashville hotel man, who was shot to death in No- vember, 1928, by Walter L. Liggett. The decree was entered after a com- mittee appointed by the court reported that $1,350 a year will be sufficient to provide mecessities for the two. The daughter is married. ‘The committee reported that at the t'm2 Cunningham was shot to death by Liggett when he surprised Liggett in the act of paying a call on Mrs. Cun- ningham, he was spending more than $350 monthly. for the living expenses of his wife and. daughter. . Liggett was sentenced to not more than five years in prison following his conviction at. Chattanooga recently. SOCIAL WORK BODY. Committee Formed at Fishburne Military School. Special Dispatch to The Star. WAYNESBORO, Va., February 8.—A committee for social service work was formed at a meeting at Fishburne Mil- tary School here. The meeting was called by the ministerial association and was présided over by Dr. Charles E. Steck, who presented the general plan. Prof. Mann. is being brought here from the University of Virginia for'two years of research work, and with Prof. F. W. Hoffer and Dr. House, addressed ‘the_meeting on sociological problems, ‘The permanent organization -was formed with Col. Morgan Hudgins, president;: 8. Heyward, vice president; R. H. Baker, second vice president; R. G. Vance, treasurer, and J. C. Holmes, secretary. The nominating committee was composed of Charles K. Yancey, Stanley Garber, Frank Harper, Mrs. Landon Davis and Miss Kate Collins, Ratify U. S. Financial Pact. ATHEN: February 8 (#).—The Chamber.of Deputies today ratified an WITHERS IS RELIEVED . OF ALIMONY PAYMENT Court Voids Order Giving $80 a Month to Actor's First Wife. By the Associated Press. < > LOS ANGELES, February 8.—Grant Withers, screen actor, who recently eloped with Loretta Young, 17-year-old film star, was released today from the | burden of $60 monthly alimony pay- ments to his first wife, who has been suing for an increase to $300. Superior Judge Walter Guerin sus- | Pa. tained Withers in his view that, since his mother instituted the annuiment petition that dissolved his marriage to Mrs. Inez Withers in 1925, the petition for an increase in payments filed against him was illegal and, moreover, that the original $60-order was void on.the same grounds. < WOMEN HELD AS RUNNERS Two in Pennsylvania Charged ‘With Transporfing 75 Gallons. WEST CHESTER, Pa., February 8 (). :—Nineteen-year-old 'Viplét B. Buéttner, who surrendered here yesterday to an- swer a charge of 75 gal- lmsotmraxlmnla,‘nneeuuf §1,000 bail. She is the sécond of two young women to come into contact with the local courts recently as alleged rum runners. The other is Mrs. Victoria Tavellz, 25, of Schoeneck, Lancaster | County, who was arrested last week. 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