Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1930, Page 5

EDUGATORWALK INO FRE DES Drl ‘lames Finch Royster of| North Carolina University Takes Life. the Associated Press. 3 ND, Va., March 22—Walk- | deliberately into a trash fire on the ds of a sanitarium here where he & patient, Dr. James Pinch Roysterg dean of the Graduate School at the | versity of North Carolina, suffered | yesterday afternoon which caused | death last night. 4 Doctor Explains Act. Pr. J. H. Hale, Royster's physician, sajd the dean was tending the firo and ring trash in the company of 10 ori'12 other patients and nurses. With- out warning Hall said, Royster walked | into the flames and his clothes were | set on fire before the nurses could reach him. His clothes were virtually burned from | his body before the fire could be ex-| tinguished, Hall stated. County Coroner A. P. Traynham conducted an inquest and delivered a verdict of burns self-inflicted. Dr. Royster was on leave of absence from the University of North Carolina. In I Health for Month: CHAPEL HILL, N. C., March (#%.—Dr. James Finch Royster, who was burned to death at a Richmond, Va. sanitarium, was dean of the Graduate School of the University of North Caro- lina. He had been in ill health for several months and was on a year's leave of absence. The educator was considered an authority on Chaucer and Shakespeare and was author of several books. A graduate of Wake Forest College, North Carolina, he first came to the State University in 1907 as a teacher in the English department. In 1914 he went to the University of Texas as| d of the English department. He returned to Chapel Hill in 1921. Frank Royster of Cleveland, Ohio, is & brother. Biggs and Umstot Nominated. WESTERNPORT, Md., March 22 (Special) —Harry J. Biggs and T. W. Umstat, incumbent, were nominated for commissioners at the mass primary at the city hall here last night, when 205 votes were cast. The vote was: Biggs, 159; Umstot, 146; Ray L. Wilt, 56, and Joseph P. Guy, 48. Wilt 1s @ retiring commissioner. The election will be March 31. Eight Motor Fatalities in Week, BALTIMORE, March 22 (Special).— ‘There were eight fatal motor accidents in Maryland last week, according to the Teport of State Automobile Commis- er E. Austin Baughman. Six of the fatalities were in counties apd the two were in Baltim ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 22 (Spe- «¢ial).—In an effort to raise $4,000, one- half of which amount is needed to pay off an indebtedness brought over from last year and the remainder to pay the county’s share of the salary of Scout Executive Henry R. Coates and other ‘expenses in connection with his work n 1 county this year, a campaign will e inaugurated April 1, it was decided at a meeting here of the chairmen of Scout committees in various parts of the county, which was conducted by William F. Prettyman, chairman of the Montgomery County Council of the Boy Scouts of Americ erica. ‘The drive will be directed by Chair- man Prettyman, and will be in charge of committees to be named by the vari- ous community chairmen. 8. Walter , cashier of the Bank of Bethesda, \xh b !g:‘l" ted by the d prisoners, indic y an Jury here early in the week, wu‘ern- Taigned before Judge Robert B. Peter in the Circuit Court here yesterday, and the trials of all of them were set for ‘Thursday of next week. They were Philip McAbee and John T. Dove, charged with larceny; Alexander M. e and Rl!l!?‘ld L. Wysong, charged common 1w burglary and house- breaking, and Richard E. Williams, Thousel and larceny, all of whom pleaded not guilty. Ral) in- ! dicted on a larceny charge, pleaded gullty. Page and Wysong are white and the others colored. Augustus Cranshaw Thompson of this ‘county has instituted suit in the Cireuit Court here for an absolute divorce from Mrs. Marjorie Exley { 2800 Connecticut avenue, Washingtos ing that on November 30, 191 deserted” without just cause, plain- ttorney Stedma: ‘The bill sets forth that the couple ‘were married at Kensington, this county, July 30, 1919, and have one child, Nancy Aubyne pson, aged 9 years. .. The Woodside Park Property Owners' , Association met at Woodside early in the week and elected these officers: ! President, J. Reginald Boyd; vice presi- dent, Shirley Stephens; secretary, Mrs. ! J. Reginald Boyd; treasurer, 8. F. Birth- right. The chairmen of standing com- mittees named are: Publicity, Hiram E. ;. Johnson; ways and means, Victor E. Grotlisch: publie utilities and legisia- tion, Ralph Lee; entertainment, Mrs. ' Shirley Stephens; welfare, Mrs. Ralph , Lee: restrictions and buildings, Arthur L. Blakslee. . G. Thomas Dunlop, administrator of the personal estate of Willlam T. Bing- . ham, has filed his first and final ac- count in the Orphans’ Court here, which shows that Mrs. Alvin Blackwell, Mrs. Lavergne G. Clark and Mrs. F, W. Free- man will each receive 36 shares of the stock of the Capital Traction Co., 25 shares of the stock of the American ‘Telegraph & Telephone Co. and $42.03 cash, totaling $9,313.53. Farmer Smiles At Chicken Theft, He Has Insurance Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., March 22.— Chicken thieves in the Cumberland Valley hold no more terror for pru- dent farmers. Theft insurance is now available. This was brought to light today when E. M. White, farmer, near ‘Hagerstown, smilingly reported to the sheriff’s office that 13 fowl were last night purloined his coop. "gut. I'm not worried in the least.” said White when questioned. *All of my 53 chickems are covered by in- surance and $13 will be forthcoming pretty soon.” According to White, an insurance company offers a policy guarding against chicken thievry and pays $1 for chickens over a vear old, 75 cents for those under a year and 25 cents for “chicks.” It is estimated that between $50,- 00 and $60,000 worth of chickens have been stolen in the Cumberland Valley during the past year. FIND PLIERS USE IN WOMAN’S MURDER Blood-stained Weapon Clue to Slay- ing of Danville Store- keeper's Wife. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va, March 22—With the discovery today of a heavy pair of bloodstained plyers found behind a radio set in the store of W. L. Stone, who on Thursday afternoon found his wife and Thomas Howerton lying dead, Henry County authorities expressed the belief they had solved the mystery in| the double tragedy. The assumption is | that the pliers were used by Howerton to crush Mrs. Stone's skull, after which he killed himself. However, the pliers were not behind the radio set on Thurs- day evening as the instrument was withdrawn from its position against the wall by reporters who were hunting for the weapon. BURNT MILLS DWELLING IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Occupant Severely Cut Fighting Blaze Which Razes Home and Contents. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md. March 22— Fire yesterday destroyed a dwelling at Burnt Mills, near here, occupied by Cleveland R. Milstead and owned by John A. Wheeler, according to a report made to the northern district station of the Montgomery County police by Patrolman Joseph Nolte. Milstead was severely cut about the hands and suf- fered from shock and exhaustion as a result of his futile efforts to extinguish the blaze. According to Milstead, the police say, the fire started in the stairs, from an undetermined cause. Milstead made an effort to check the blaze, but, fanned by the strong wind, it rapidly gained headway, and spread to_the vegetation surrounding the house. Both the house and contents were destroyed. ‘The Silver Spring and Takoma Park Volunteer Fire Departments answered a call for aid, but when they arrived the fire had gained such headway, and in the absence of a water supply they could do nothing to check the flames in the dwelling, but confined their ef- forts to preventing its spread to out- buildings and_extinguishing the blaze | in the grass. The contents of the house were said to have been insured. - Glee blub to Give Concert. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, March 22 (Special).—Announcement is made that the glee club of Catholic Uni- versity, Washington, will give a concert under auspices of Court Bishop Carroll, Catholic Daughters of America, in Gib- bons Hall April 29. CCUMULATE $100 in ‘this bank at 3%, then take out a Time Certificate paying 4%. A Time Cer- tificate matures in 6 months, but if neces- sity forces you to draw upon it be- tween the interest payment dates, you will receive 3% in- terest. THE DEPARTMIENIAL “YOUR BANK” 1726 Pa. Ave. N.W. Phone District 2709 Under U. S. Government Supervision . NEW NORTHEAST HOMES 100 CASH BALANCE, $16.25 WEEKLY 1926 4th St. N.E JUST NORTH 4TH & T STS. 6 Rooms and Bath—Hot-Water Heat Electric Lights—Big Porches Very Large Lot Cars Pass to Wide Alley the Door Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M, Call at His Office for Auto to Inspect WE TEl 1NCORPORATED 13} H STREET NORTHWEST THE EVENING FUNERAL PARLOR ATTACKED IN SUIT Rockville Citizens Bring Ac- tion to Stop Business in Residential Secton. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 22.—Walter A. Willlams, Miss Lucy S. Simpson, Nicholas Brewer, Mrs. Bessie S, Brewer, Mrs, Ella M. Laird and Mrs. Augusta P. Daisley, prominent residents of Rock- ville, late yesterday afternoon instituted proceedings in the Circuit Court here to restrain William R. Pumphrey, jr., & weli_known Rockville undertaker, from establishing a funeral home on West Montgomery avenue at Williams street, in the extreme western section of Rock- ville. \ It is represented that as a result of the presence of such an establishment in that neighborhood, where no com- merecial or industrial effterprises of any kind have ever been located and which STAR, WASHINGTO is described as Rockville's best residen- tial section, “your orators would be irre- parably damaged, their valuable resi- dences depreciated in value, the health and ha) of their families inter- fered with and be deprived of the com- fort and repose of minds to which they are entitled, in that their cheerful sur- roundings would be destroyed, and they would be continually confronted by the pressing remembrances of death and by the mental depression, horror and dread thereof.” ‘The plaintiffs are represented by At- torney F. Bernard Welsh. Mr. Pumphrey and his brother, War- ner E. Pumphrey, recently dissolved partnership, and both are now sepa- rately engaged in the undertaking busi- ness in Rockville. WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF HUSBAND’S MURDER ment—Alleged Sweetheart Faces Trial on Similar Charge. By the Associated Press. ANAMOSE, Iowa, March 22.—Mrs. Tilda Miner last night was found guilty of first-degree murder for the slaying of her husband, Edward Miner. The | jury gecommended life imprisonment. | Albert Hdrtwig, Mrs. Miner's alleged sweetheart, awaits trial on a similar charge in September. [Jury Recommends Life Imprison-| CREATIVE ARTS CLUB {HEARS GIDEON A. LYON Speaker Discusses Phases of Japa- nese Life He Observed in Tour of Orient. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | completely illustrated lecture people, was delivered last night by Gideon A. Lyon, associate editor of The Star, to the Creative Arts Club of’ Ar- i""'m" County at the chamber of com- | merce. Mr. Lyon's lecture, the feature of the | program, was preceded by a trumpet duet by Olin McKnight, son of Mrs. J. A. McKnight, president of the club, and Roy Wiseman of+Washington, and songs by Mrs. Cleo Scanland Parks, so- loist of Calvary Baptist Church, Wash- companist. Last night's program was in charge of Mrs, Willlam Waddington Wells. In | | UPON | gre literate, while 90 | Japan, its beauties and customs of its | Chirese are illiterate, he said. ington. Miss Katherine Wells was ac- | were badly wrecked. suspices of the Carnegie Endowm: for International Pelcee.‘l s Ref to the ancestor worship of the Japanese, Mrs. Wells declarea it was little different from reverence we show our dead and that Japanese and Americans were at heart the same. Mr. Lyon ‘explained the Carnegie En. dowment fund is to permit people of countries to better understand each other, the belief of the founder of the fund being that this would do more toward international peace than any other course that could be pursued. The Japanese, he declared, are a lik- able people who love their country. love CLARENDON, Va, March 322—A |beauty and surround themselves with beauty. Ninety per cent of the Japanese per cent of the Nearly Severs Tongue in Crash. STAUNTON, Va., March 22 (Special). —J. C. Rimel, prominent zs-ym-old Augusta County business man, bit his tongue, nearly severing it, in an auic- mobile crash on the Spring Hill road near here. He suffered severe loss of blood before he could be gotten to a physician for treatment. The occupant of the other car, Russell Hiner, 22, of Fisherville, was uninjured. Both cars Thomas Marshall, a blind pianist, was introducing . Mr. Lyon, Mrs. Wells ex- recently made an associate of the Royal Rlnlnofl that his lecture was based upon | Academy of Music in London, a distinc- is recent visit to the Orient as one of | tion which had been twice gained by a a group of editors sent there under 'sightless person. GOVERNORS’ PARLEY IS SET FOR JUNE 30 Dates Selected at Annapolis Meet- ing for Conference at Salt Lake City. | By the Associated Prees. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 22.—The executive committee of the national | governors' conference, meeting here yes- terday set June 30-July 2, inclusive as organization to be held at Salt Lake City and selected four topics for dis- cussion. ~ ‘The meeting was attended by Govs. George H. Dern. Utah; John H. Trum- | bull, Connecticut; O. Max Gardner, | North Carolina; Albert C. Ritchie, | Maryland, and former Gov. Cary A. | Hardee of Florida. | _ The topics to be discussed at the | June meeting will be taxation of na- | tional banks, unemployment and old- age pensions, the Hawes-Cooper bill which makes illegal after 1934 inter- | state transportation of prison-made goods and a sales tax especially as it relates to cigarettes, bacco, ete. Speakers to present the topic were not chosen, the dates of this year's meeting of the | 'OFFICIAL COUNT ADDS TO VOTE FOR MAYOR | Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 22.—By | the official count of the ballots cast at the municipal election Tuesday, Dr. Thomas W. Koon, for re-election for mayor, gained 300 votes and becomes the high man of the ticket, replacing Samuel Wertheimer, who led the coun- cllmanic ticket, receiving 6,312. The official count gives Mayor Koon 6,484 ;x;:a Charles F. Miller, his opponent, The position of the councilmanic candidates was unchanged by the offi- clal canvass. George W. Legge, who received the highest vote of the four defeated candidates, gained 90, his total being 4,210, while Col. Thomas G. ’P?!:nnll, lost 100, his official vote being WHY Take a Chance? When You Can Have RUCKEK —an_old reliable i irm—do yous ring and Painting at vers mode pricecs. 4-Cl Work erma.” Phone. Natl 0B EDWIN S. RUCKER 1210 H Street N.W. These Golden Anniversary Year Specials —On Sale Monday and All Next Week— Provide values of the most exceptional character and continue our policy of new groups each week Misses” Smart Frocks Last year when making plans for this—our Golden Anniversary Year— we determined to offer unusual economies during the entire year. To do this it was decided to present certain groups of new and wanted mer- chandise each week—at much less than regular prices. These are the Golden Anniversary Year Specials we announce each Saturday night. Golden Anniversary Year Special Soft chiffons and smart flat crepes—plain or printed — fashioned to stress feminine charm. Boleros, peplums, cap _sleeves, capes, 3-piece ensembles . . . suggest inclusiveness of their Spring smartness. Frocks of superior workmanship — y o u will know at a glance the 0 A 7 PNz ues they usually sell for more. Spring’s favorite shades. Misses’ BETTER GOWNS ‘THrp FLOOR, correct shades for Spring—Sunbasque, Havana Beige, Tan, Mirage, Muscade, : Each group is Woodward & Lothrop quality merchandise. Each item has been bought at special concessions from one of our regular makers, Each quantity is limited and will only at the special price. be on sale for a limited time S 4 Each price is a special price—much less than regularly. Women’s Silk Chiffon Hose, $1.25 Fine chiffon hose—at a Golden Anniversary Year Special price. With the smart French heel, plaited sole, silk hem and p;icot ‘:op. In the WoMEN’s HostEry, Arsie 17, First FLOOR. In the Down Stairs Store Men’s Broad Golden Anniversary Year Special cloth Shirts $1.25 Men’s shirts of fine white broadcloth. Full cut, beautifully tailored. and neckband styles. Collar-attached Sizes 14 to 16%4. Pongee Slips, $1.15 Golden Anniversa All-silk pongee slips, in the natural shade that is both practical and smart. hemstitched top. ry Year Special Deep Fox Scarfs, $47.50 Ultra smart in this season of suits —and a Golden Anniversary special Year saving. Large skins in paradise blue, new hlue, silvertone, pointed, brown, red and cherry red. Fuony Misses” and Women’s Spring Coats For Sports and Dress Coats of covert, lacy tweed, basket weave, $19.50 s, THIRD FLOOR, Boys’ Sweaters $2.95 Striped slip-overs and plain coat tricolaine and camel’s hair—nicely tailored af ter the lines of Spring. Trimmed with broadtail, squirrel lapin or fox-paw. green, pilot blueg ox- ford, deer, black and gray. and 36 to 44. Also Women's Silk Coats, $19.50. y In Sizes 14 to 20 ‘THE DowN StAms Srtonk, sweaters that conform to young masculine Priced far price. THE Boys' Store, FourtH FLOOR. ideas of smartness. below usual selling Candlewick Bedspreads, $2.35 Double-bed candlewick spread: handmade by mountaineer women. Tuited ] orchid. Year special of which afford boudoir. BEDDING, SECOND FLOOR. in blue, rose, green A Golden Anniversary you can to buy several for . your Boudoir Clocks, $2.95 A notable Year Special. Gold Crocks, Aiste 1, Fist l'goo 3 Women’s Silk Umbrellas, $4.95 Women’s umbre self-bordered shades. handles. Grain, Gypsy Wrought Iron, Crystal and Eggshell, Golden Anniversary and black numerals on white, rose or green simulated mother-of-pearl frames. With such advantages need we remind you that immediate shopping is extremely advisable? Pure-Dye Crepe Costume Slips 53.95 Golden Anniversary Year Special Silhouette styles and smart models with in- verted pleats and deep hems. Of fine quality pure - dye crepe = daintily lace - trimmed —these slips are ob- viously exceptional values for $3.95. In white, flesh, blush and eggshell. CosTume Sures THmMD FLOOR. Silk Nightgowns, $7.95 Golden Anniversary Year Special Imported, Philippine and Domestic gowns of fine quality pure-dye crepe de chine, Pastel shades—embroidered, tailored or trimmed with exquisite laces. Smart styles with round, vee or square necklines, S1ux UNDERWEAR, THIRD FLOOR. Collar and Cuff Sets, $1.55 Golden Anniversary Year Special Collars and collar-and-cuff sets — made of lace, batiste and bati collar shapes in roun ste-and-lace. Flattering d, vee, yoke and sweet- heart styles . . . as well as jabot effects. NECKWEAR, Arsie 15, First FLOOR. Canvas Golf Bags, $5.50 Golden Anniversary Year Special Good news for your golf budget — an economical and attractive golf bag. Of gray canvas—Ileather trimmed. With slide- fastening pocket and hood. SrortiNG Goops, FourTR FLoOR. Hour-Glass Chairs, $6 Golden Anniver. sary Year Special Imported from China—made of the natural peel from rattan. WOVEN FURNITURE, SIXTH UmeneLLas, Aiste 20, First FLOOR. Junior Misses’ Coats and Suits $22.50 Dress and sports coats, plain and fur-trimmed. 3-piece suits of treco cloth, in green, tan, navy and black. JUNIOR Misses’ APPAREL Fourt FLOOR. At this special price— porches and verandas may boast several, FLoOR, Unpaifited Breakfast Sets Golden Anniversary $11.25 Year Special Unpainted drop-leaf table and four chairs— very specially priced. With this set—and your clever paintbrush — your breakfast nook will be dressed for Spring. Home FURNISHINGS, Frrra