Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1930, Page 23

S CHACO GANESTER ~ 15 HOT IN WA contemd Sfayer - Charges Victim: Alienated Wife’s Affections. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., February 22—M. H “Doc” Beddell, 32, Chicago gambler and gangster, died a gangster's death to- night as Joe Cook, 29,.took pistol toll for the alleged estrangement of the lat- ter's pretty young wife. Five minutes later Cook, also an al- racketeer, walked into the county turned over his pistol and made a statement of his side of the case. Beddell died en route to a hospital with a bullet wound in his heart. Cook sald Beddell, who came here from in November, alienated his wife's affections, but said Beddell’s tory remarks about Mrs. were the direct cause of the shooting. Justice of the Peace Warren L. New- eomb, however, said Cook, & Miami resi- dent for three years, had been before ||| him twice on charges of mistreating his ‘wife, but that on both occasions Beddell and . Cook had intervened. Cook recently was arrested for striking his wife on a downtown street, but in his statement tonight he said Beddell had hit her and had threatened him if he revealed her assailant’s name. The shooting took place in & Flagler street pool room. Cook was held without bond. Jus- tice Necomb said he was wanted under & warrant charging wife beating at the time of the shooting. CITES TRICKS USED IN PUBLIC SPEAKING Dr. Councilor Tells Y. M. C. A. Class Picturesque Phrases Are Essential. dinner Socarer Bas “a BRgtl of tricks” wl to draw, and not the least of picturesque words and phrases, Dr. Homer J. Councilor declared in open- | |} ing & l’?eflfl course on ‘“spontaneous " at the Southeastern Univer- of the Y. M. C. A. Iast week. ‘The average audience tires of a mo- motony of ordinary words, but its.im- agination readily is stimulated by words or phrases which conjure up pictures in “themselves, Dr. words, he said, are “chivalrous,” “wistful,” icified,” and suggestive phrases are “knight- hood of knavery,” “candle-lighting time” and “freemasonry of rascality.” A “lack of terminal facilities” has ruined many & speaker, the class was | |i told. “When your audience ‘catches a point, swp right there,” the : instructor ex- plained. “By so doing you compliment its intelligence and give its imagination an opportunity to function, Don’t give your sudience too much detafl, too or story and work the statistics in ‘as inci- dentals.” the students enrolled Monday night were a lawyer, a physician, two Government trade officials, & secretary toa and an educator. All said they needed training to be able to respond when unexpectedly called upon to_address public gatherings. The class will meet again tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock and on each suc- | |f ceeding evening during the remainder | ||l of the term. FOUR SHIPS CRASH OFF COAST IN FOG || Two Are Damaged Sufficiently to il Cause Return to New York to Examine Hulls. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 22.—A heavy | | blanket of fog off the coast caused two ship collisions late today and two of the four craft were forced to turn back to port, damaged. ‘The more serious collision occurred between the Ward liner Monterey, bound for Havana, and the Italian iter Isario, inbound from Norfolk, Va., about 35 miles south of Sandy Hook, N. J. The other crash, between the United Pruit Co.’s liner Maya, outbound for Central and South American the Swedish-American Liner Kungsholm, Tadioed that his ship was Cook | = THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, GEORGE WASHINGTON’S VERACITY WINS RELEASE ON DRUNK COUNT Defendant, Father of 10, Is Given Freedom After Arrest for First Believe it or not, but George Wash- ington came into Police Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to being drunk. In- vestigation showed that he had told the truth when he said he had never been arrested before. Judge Gus A. Schuldt allowed him to go free on his personal Tecognizance. Washington, a colored resident of North Carolina avenue southeast, was found staggering up his native street by Policeman W. S. Beck. So crowded was the court docket. yesterday that no one, including the judge and clerk of court, appeared to notice the name which defendant No. 17 gave. Washington told Judge Schuldt he had been employed at Center Market for 15 years and that a wife and 10 Offense. children were dependent on him . for support. The probation office found that his story was true. “Personal bond,” ordered the judge. “The court takes your personal bond not to repeat the offense,” droned the clerk and George Washington went home to eat the holiday dinner with his family. Honduran Orders Plane. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, February 22 (/) —President Mejia Colindres has | cabled to Minister Don Ernesto Argueta in Washington to sign a contract for the construction of a special airplane for a flight from New York to Teguci- galpa. The airplane will be piloted by the aviator Lisandro Garay. ==CONVENIENT CREDIT LAST WEEK of the ebruary Sale Offer!,-PriceDays, For the last week of this sale we are offering a number of pieces of furniture at half price to close out. All suites and odd pieces we have only one of you will find marked at 1/; to close out. Here’s your chance to buy high-grade furni- you want. 3-Pc. Bed-Davenport Suite Upholstered in velour. spring filled cushior give extra years of servis wing and club_chair. Kitchen Cabinet $29.75 Sliding porcelain top, large flour bin, compartment yrssrs, for storage. [£5sx: BOULEVARD WIDENING WORK TO BE FINISHED Laurel to Hyattsville Stretch on State Commission Program for This Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., February 22— The widened Washington Boulevard will be completed in 1930, the State Roads Commission announced today. The length of the road to be widened this year is 12.38 miles, from Laurel to Hyattsville, and will ‘necessitate the widening of 11 bridges, which cross the highway, along the route. Completion of the project during this year will give motorists a 40-foot roadway from the Baltimore city limits to the junction of the Rhode Island extension and the Washington Boulevard at Hyattsville. According to plans the work on the stretch will be divided into sections, which will be awarded in separate con- | tracts for speed. The commission al- ready has secured rights of way for por- re at a real uvinn.to you. You don’t have to pay cash—all the credit - Cn.:ell Chair . "lfi.fl;w‘u n ¥ elours, by Carriage Pallman style; uphol- stered body. s Clean-Up of All 'Refrigerators Top-Toér Styles..oueeane 3-Door Styles. . . $5-allowanee for your old Refrigerator ‘whose I .ml.hfiy damaged.’ \ the Monterey and the Maya re- by wireless they were retus ‘Quarantine, in New York lebor?.mt: survey the damage. JDE MILLE'S DAUGHTER WEDS RAILROADER'S SON Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Calvin Will Meake Home in Hollywood ‘ Atter Honeymoon. By the Associated Press. 'HOLLYWOOD, Calif., February 22.— A railroad family and & motion picture family were united by marriage bonds this evening when Cecelia Hoyt De Mille became the wife of Francis Edgar Calvin. ‘The bride is & daughter of Cecil B. De Mille, motion picture director, and the bridegroom the son of Edgar E. Calvin, retired railroad executive. Calvin is in business in Los Angeles. ‘The couple will make their home in Hollywood, where Miss De Mille is noted as & horsewoman, after a honey- moon trip. She has never appeared on 1he screen. TEXAS WOMAN AND GIRL RIVER MYSTERY VICTIMS Bcores View Bodies, One of Which ‘Was Wrapped in Blanket and Head Crushed. By the Associated Press. FORT STOCKTON, Tex., February 22.—Scores of persons today viewed the bodies of & woman and a girl found in the Pecos River, hoping to aid authori- s body indicated death. The e river about 10 thousand acres of scrub cov- ered peat land in New Zealand are ! being transformed into cultivated flax 4-Pc. Spne Bed Room Suite er, full size Bed, 339,75 Consists of Di Dining Room Suites at !5 Prices 8-Pc. Golden Oak Dining Room Suite M“ Phone Stand and Chair. | Mahogany finish $9.75 . $19.75 oose suto spring _cush- ion, Cretonme covered 10-Pe. Dining’ Room Suite Reduced to Reed Fibre Rocker— $8.95 Mirror Polychrome Frame $1.00 | work is being don tions of the instances the cases courts. The roads body will keep one f the highway open while mm e on the opposite side. ‘The fl':n lo have a real boulevard be- tween Capital City and Baltimore was started in 1928, when a 3-mile stretch was finished just outside of Laurel. In 1929 the remaining dis- tance was completed to this city. Another piece of road work, which 15! under consideration, is the requested continuation of the Columbia pike, from White Oak to Avenel, .in Montgomery | County. The roads body has been re- quested by the residents along this route, through Senator Millard E. Tyd- ings, to include, this work in the year's | program. ‘work. In some are still in the PRESERTIRL 0o 5 Archbishop Entertained. ROME, February 22 (#).—Archbishoj | John T. McNicholas of g?nclnnm tndal; |gave a small dinner for Archbishop Ed~ |ward J. Hanna of San Francisco at | Mary Knoll College, where Archbishop | McNicholas 1s staying. Others at the dinner were Mgr. Urban J. Vehr of Cincinnati and members of-the faculty and student body of the coll ACHMAN D. C, FEBRUARY 23, 1930—PART ONE. BUSINESS 1S EXPECTED O BE NORMAL BY JUNE National Industrial Statisticians Report That January Total Was Better Than December’s. By the Ascociated Press. NEW YORK, February 22.—The like- lihood that business activity will not reach normal Jevels before May or June was announced today by the National Industrjal Conference Board, Inc., as the consensus of-the conference. of sta- tisticlans in industry, which operates under the board’s auspices. The statisticlans’ February statement showed general business in January somewhat improved over that of Decem- ber, but the lowest for any January since 1922. Signs of increasing activity were noted jn the automobile, iron and steel and construction industries, with contemplated new work in the latter p: east of the Rocky Mountains tegory totaling nearly $1,500,000,000, the largest total recorded for any month. I l 5-Pc. Enamel Breakfast Room Suite 51695 8% Consists of four well made chairs rated, See this big value. Living Room Suites at % Prices 3-pe. Suite, loose cushions. g Cane Living Room -~ 3.pc. Velour Living Room Suite, covered all over. $69-00 New Account Opener Inner Spring Mattress 14 '95¢ Down—25¢ Week Clean-Out of all Rugs 9x12 Velvet Rugs, patterns 9x12 Tapestry Rugs, ‘seamless .. Suite, frame top. ... 82678 3.pc. Mohair Living Room able . $139 Mattress. PLAN UNION SERVICE. Special Dispatch to The Star. ' HYATTSVILLE, Md., PFebruary 22— At & meeting of a committee of the re- cently organized Hyattsville Council of Federated Churchwomen, held at the home of Mrs, Louis Dashiell, president, it was decided that a unlon service | would be held the afternoon of March 7, at 2:30 o'clock, at the First Blptlali Church, in observance of the world day | of prayer. . H. W. Giibertson, president of the organization, and the vice presi- | dents from the five churches in the council form the committee arranging for the service. A representative of each church’ will have charge of some phase of the service. Shot by Rejected Worker. NEW YORK, February 22 (#).—A man who had applied unsuccessfuily | for a job a few minutes before, re- turned to the office of the New York | Inquirer, a Sunday newspaper, today | and shot Cyril Griffin, 28, the adver- | tising manager, In the arm. Then he fled. Griffin’s wound was not serious. PLANE LANDS WILKINS AT URUGUAYAN PORT Noted Explorer Returning Pro:. Antarctics Given Reception by Large Gathering. By the Associated Press. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Pebruary 22.—Capt. Sir George Hubert Wilkins, noted explorer, who is returning from the Antarctic, arrived here this after- noon in & hydro airplane with Pllot Chessmann. Sir Hubert left the Norwegian steamer Heinrich Tbsen when about 125 miles from this port and flew here in little over an: hour. ‘The explorer was given a tion by the stafl of the American mflt- ish embassies and the Uruguayan au- thorities. The Heinrich Tbsen was ex- pected later in the day with the other members of the Wilkins expedition. Scotch linen, so popular in the United States and Canada, is so little known in England that its use is being pro- moted there. HOME: OF VALUES; Nicely deco- e 3-Pc. Metal Bed Outfit Gonsists of full size Bed, com Spring, reversible Col 3-Pc. Bed-Duofold Suite Golden size bed; covere 4-PC. SUITE Walnut Finish “You’ll Always Do Better Here” Corner 8th axgd:E Sts. _N.W. Metal ends, creton: covered mattress. h frame, opens up to full 4.PC. SUITE Genuine Walnut Veneer Com, Upkolstered in velour, spring or scoop snat. Davenport Table $13.95 Pedestal base nivie. Golden Oak Large Mirror ¥49 4-PC. SUITE Genuine Walnut Veneer Bassinettes witl “$3.98