Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1930, Page 7

THE EVENING * FLKS PAY TRIBUTE | * TO NATIONAL TEAM Griffith and Judge - Predict: Club Wil Finish Close ‘ ~ to Top or Winner. { Last night was “base ball night" for + Washington's Elks. and members of the Capital's base ball team were honored guests. f Among the speakers were President Clark Griffith and Joe Judge, captain of the team, both of whom predicted that the club would finish the season close to the top. Griffith said that, although in past years the team seldom has climbed into the first division before July, his men have made a flying start this year and are likely to be in the running when the world series nears, Judge pointed out that the team is functioning splendidly, and he expressed the conviction that Washington will finish the season not lower than third place, with excellent chances for win- ning the pennant. Engel Praises N Tributes to the capabilities and achievements of the Washington team were paid by Joe Engel, president of the Chattanooga base ball club and former Washington scout. Exalted Ruler George E. Strong, Judgs Robert E. Mattingly, Harry I. Quinn, Inspector | Willlam S. Shelby and other prominent | Elks. After the ceremonics, Nick Altrock and Al Schacht, comedy team of the; al club, entertained the crowd of al- ost 500 persons. John L. Ray, Robert - Hoy and Moses Herzog also contributed to the entertainment. Seven new members were initiated. | ‘They were A. N. Insertell, E. P. Schimpf, Charles McKinley, John Zimmer, Louis | H. Phelps, Herman Otlin and Michael | Hyman. Visiting Elks Are Guests. Several Elks from other cites were present as guests of honor. They in- cluded: J. Harry Rice of Alexandria, ‘Va.; Meyer Midoff of Philadelphia; W.!| B. Carr of Junction City, Kan.; J. W./| of Elizabeth, N. J.,, and James P. | Coghlan of Queens, Long Island, N. Y. It was announced that plans are near- | ing completion for an elaborate Flag | day celebration to be conducted by the | Elks of Washington in the Central High | School Stadium on the afternoon of June 14, ONE WITNESS TO WILL i ILLEGAL, COURT RULES | &pecial Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va, May 15.—Pro- bating of the will of J. W. Bennington, | wealthy Frederick County farmer, was | in Circuit Court yesterday by Judge Philip Williams because there was only one subscribing witness to the signature, and the State law requires two, it was held. Hal Bennington left a will wholly in his own handwriting, mmn said, no subscribing witnesses have been necessary, but his sig- nature would have to be proved. Bennington sought to dispose of quite a large estate among members of his family in the will he had dictated ' and signed in the presence of only one witness, but in view of the error the estate will be divided according to State interstate laws. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings From New York. ionals. Nerissa—St. John's. ‘Western Ocean—St. Thoma: DUE TOMORROW. Bermuda—Bermuda Mauretania—Sout| DUE SATURDAY, MAY 17. Hamilton-Nor{olic DUF SUNDAY, MAY 18. Hamburg—Hamburg Berlin—Bremerhaven Statendam—Rotterdam . U 1a—Port_Limo; ; George_Washington—Ha) Santa Elisa—Valparaiso DUE MONDAY, MA California—Glasgow .. Conte Grande—Genoa Coamo—Santo Domingo City Ponce—San_Juan. Cristobal—Cristobai Drottningholm—Goth scar openhagen. Minnetonka—London . Westernland—Antwer} ery nc: Yoro—Kingston ....... Car, Southampton Samar iverpool ... DUE TUESDAY, Orizaba—Havana . Carrillo_Kingston John DUE FRIDAY, Bermuda—Bermuda .. Aquitania—Southampion .. President Roosevelt—Hamburg OUTGOING STEAMER SAILING TODAY. Tuscania—Plymouth, Havre and London. Scythia—Galway, Cobh and Liverpool. New Amsterdam—Plymouth, Boulogne and | Rotterdam | Tle de France—Plymouth and Havre. Stutteart—Cobh, Cherbourg and Bremer- | aven San Lorenzo—San Juan and Santo Domingo City. Majestic—Cherbourg and Southampton. Lapland—Plymouth, Cherbourg and Ant- | werp. I Dominica—Grenada, Trinidad and George- | own, Gatun—La Cefba. _ American Shipper—Plymouth and London. Anjer—Alexandria. Anaconda— Antwerp. Cliffwood—Copenhagen, Exiria—Genoa | +Express_Piracus. | Harold Walker—Arul | Knappings-horg—St. Polycarp—Iquitos. SAILING TOMORROW. Rellance—Cherbourg, Southampton Hambur, American Bantos, May 21 | May 17 ‘May 14| ba Thomas, i | and | %esion—Bermuda, Rio de Janeiro, | ontevideo o | P Sond v ‘ 5 Togteso and Vera Cruz. Astren—Turks Island jo Nassau—Tnagia and Port au Prince. 8ardinian’ Prince— Montevideo. SAILING SATURDAY, MAY 17. | Pulsski—Copenhagen and Danzig. | Transyivania—Moville and Glasgow. | Bermuda- Bermud Roussillon—Vigo, Havre and Bordeaux Pennsylvania —Havans, Panama Canal and co. —Glasgow, Belfest and L Santiago, Kingston and rios Manaqui—Puerto Colombia. Toltec—Puerto Cortez. iboney-—_Havana < 1siand avana, Cristobal, Callao - and | Valparaiso. Clan Maclver—Capetown, A L. Kent—Montevideo, Bernini—Montevideo. Dorothy_8an Juan Nancy Weems--Porio Plata. Sud Americano—Rio de Janeiro. ‘Treyose—Maontevideo. BAILING MONDAY. MAY 19. Hamilton—Norfolk. SAILING TUESDAY. MAY 20. Bremen—Cherbburg. Southampton and Brem- erhaven. SAILING WEDNESDAY. MAY 21. Magretania — Plymouth, Cherbourg and ; Southampton Hambure — Cherbours, Southampton and Hamburg. - eton—Cobh, Plymouth, Cher- mburs. Soldier’s Tomb In this monument, in Arlington. the ashes of Brig. Gen hard L. Hoxie, who died in Floy April 29, were placed yesterday. —Star Staff Photo. Two Get Commissions. Commissions in the Reserve Corps of the Army have been issucd by the War Department to Paul H. Hartrick, 3121 Northampton street, as a first lieuten- it and specialist. and to Robert W Erown, 1368 Euclid street, as & second lieutenant of Cavalry. | | his wife, Ruth Lester Buchanan, daugh- : | son of the late Gen. Buchanan, who left BUCHANAN MARITAL AFEAIRS ARE AIRED Daughter of Local Attorney Sues for Maintenance in Court Here. | Domestic difficulties of John R.| Buchanan, wealthy society man of War- | | renton, Va., and member of the Metro- | politan Club, were called to the atten- tion of the District Supreme Court to- | day in a suit for maintenance filed by ter of Wharton E. Lester, prominent | local attorney. The wife charges that | her husband deserted her last February | and discontinued her monthly allow- | ance of $1.000. ‘The defendant is the | an estate in excess of $4,000,000. | Through Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert | | and Rudolph H. Yeatman, the court is | told of the marriage of the couple at St. | | Matthew's Catholic Church, January | 15, 1916, and that they have a daughter | 13 years old, and two sons, 11 and 7 years old, respectively. The daughter is | | at_school in Washington. | " Mrs. Buchanan says her husband has | | maintained a country home in Virginia | about 50 miles from Washington, where | they have lived continuously ' except | when in Washington or Florida. The | wife declares she is without means of | support and without funds to pay debts, | contracted before and after the alleged | desertion. Australians Damage Plane. BANGKOK, Siam, May 15 (#).—The | Australian fivers, Smith and Shirer, | damaged their piane badly in landing | vesterday at Bangkok and ‘may have to | abanden their fiight from Australia to | England. They left thelr homeland ! April 20, STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY. MAY 15, 1930.. Ballot Under Foot Decides Mayor’s Election—Maybe! By the Assoctated Press. EVANSVILLE, Wyo., May 1 The Evansville electorate as much_exercised today following yesterday's _mayoralty _election, apparently decided by a ballot lo- cated under a judge’s foot. Arrest of Oscar Felt, retiring mayor, who later was fined for assault and battery, added to the excitement. E. McFall and E. H. Shirmer each had 62 votes to their credit when the 125th ballot was di: covered under the table. The is- sue hasn't been decided yet to the complete satisfaction of the city council. THREE LOST AT SEA Liner and Unidentified Schooner Collide Off New Jersey. NEW YORK, May 15 (#).—The Sa- vannah liner City of Atlanta and an | unidentified schooner collided early to- day 47 miles off Barnegat, N. J., and three of the schooner’s crew were be- | lieved drowned. No further details of the accident were given in messages picked up b | wircless stations here. The City of Atlanta sailed from New York yesterday afternoon with 45 pas- sengers and a cargo of freight. She is due at Savannah on Saturday. Before continuing on her voyage she broadcast a request to ships to keep a lookout for the three missing men. A later wireless message from the City of Atlanta said the schooner was the Azma, and that the liner had taken the captain, mate and six sailors aboard. Available shipping records do not list the Azna, but carry the Azua, and it was believed the neme may have been garbled in transmission. An American firm is considering the establishment of a wireless telephone service in Colombia. WASHINGTON COAT GIVEN T0 MUSEUM Several Other Contributions Presented Through Mount Vernon Association. A brown coat worn by “The Father | of His Country” is among the highly | prized contributions to the George| Washington Museum at Mount, Vernon, received during the annual meeting of¥ | the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, now in session at the Virginia mansion | of the first President. The coat was presented by Mrs. C. B. Kefersten, through Mrs. Henry Danforth, vice regent for New York. Two origi- nal deeds for tracts of Mount Vernon land, covering Dogue Run and Hunting | Creek, also were donated by Willlam E\‘fl;!s Benjamin, through Mrs. Dan- forth, Mrs. R. D. Johnston, vice regent for | Alabama, donated a lock of Gen. Wash- ington’s hair, mounted in a crystal locket. | An’ old-fashioned needlebook made trom a dress of Martha Washington was added to the collection by the sons | and daughters of Mrs. Charles Custis Harrison, vice regent for Pennsylvania from 1896 to 1 They also presented a recipe for a cake written by Martha ke Custis for her grandmother, Mar- 1a Washington. ‘ Two coffin were contributed by Mrs. Abel | Waiter Spalding of Mount Vernon, N. o through Mrs. viee | Eliza_ Leary, regent for the State of Washington. i The only gift rencived from Washing- ton queathed by Miss Helen Coolidge and Death Certificate Remains Despite Woman’s Survival By the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, May 15.—The attorney general yes- terday was asked to cancel a death certificate for Juana Gon- zalez, a 101-year-old widow, who refused to stay dead. Her two grandsons reported her “death’ 'to the civil registry clerk at Guaynabo, went to buy casket, and on returning home found her revived. The physician certified that Senora Gonzalez was still living, but the clerk could find no law permitting cancellation of a death certificate. The woman resides in the Bar- rio of Pueblo Viejo, which was founded by Ponce De Leon, the Spanish _explorer who searched for the fountain of youth. DEER MENACE CROPS Americans May Eat Surplus Ani- mals, Ordered Killed. AUCKLAND (#).—Americans may be called upon to help New Zealand eat up its surplus venison. Deer of many varieties, introduced many years ago to provide hunting, now are a menace to crops, and the gov- ernment is employing hunters to reduc: the herds. Millions of the animals de- scend from their mountain retreats, destroying forest growths and ruining all pieces from Washington's -pastures, Small quantities of frozen venison al- ready have been exported to Canada and the United States. was a mahogany bookcase be- |operate with Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, and Representative Sol Bloom of New York, ented through Miss Jane A. Riggs, | associate directors of the Bicentennial regent for thé District. committee was appointed to co- Commission, in making arrangements for the Washington celebration of 1932. AS HAITI PRESIDENT Borno Finishes 8-Year Term—Plans | for Regular Election to Be | Developed. By the Associated Press. | PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, May 15— | Eugene Roy, selected for temporary | president of Haiti during the recent| Hobver Commission survey here, was | inaugurated shortly before 9 o'clock this morning without incident. | Mr. Roy, who is 69 years old and is| an’ independent in politics, succeeds | President Louis Borno, who finished an | eight-year term today. . | President Roy was selected by the| Hdover Commission after receiving al- most unanimous support from the vari- | ous political groups in Haiti. He was formally elected by the council of state | on_ April 21. Under the Haitian system the council | of state which served under President | | Borno will be dissolved and President | Roy will select a council. | | In accordance with the plan drawn by the Hoover Commission, the new president will develop plans for a pop- ular_election, either late this Summer | or in the Autumn, for a regular presi- | dent. PARIS (#)—Brimmed hats of horse- hafr lace which turn back abruptly off the forehead but reach almost to the shoulders at the sides and back promise to be a phase of Summer headgear popular with the continental debutante. Modified forms of the lace straw hats in black and dark blue are shown for town wear. For aflernoon wear at resorts and in the country vivid colors are preferred. ® A7 'ROY IS INAUGURATED |EXPERT OUTLINES FUTURE AVIATION William B. Stout Predicts Progress Which Will Make Past Achieve- ments Insignificant. The world is on the verge of a de- veiopment in aviation which will make even the progress of the past few years seem insignificant, William B. Stout, pioneer_acronautical engineer, designer of the Ford tri-motored transport plane and operator of his own transport line, told the Aero Club of Washington Chap- ter of the Natiopal Aeronautic Asso- ciation at a luncheon meeting yesterday n the New Willard Hotel. “The public today does not realize how many transport planes are in the air, how many passengers are being car- ried and what all this means to the world,” Mr. Stout said. The National Capital, he said, still is on the frontier of aviation development, despite the splendid work performed by such governmental agencies as the De- partment ot Commerce and the na- tional advisory committee for aero- nautics to improve the aeronautical in- dustry. The Capital, he pointed out, knows nothing of the type of air transport de- velopment which has taken firm hold in the Western States. Air transport schedules there are run with capacity passenger loads and passengers are he said. Heath, British flyer, who now is engaged in commercial aviation in this country, requested that the National Aeronautic Association col sider the creation of a women’s sec- tion. There now are more than 200 woman pilots in this country and they are playing an increasingly important part in aviation development. Adolf K. Barta, president of the club. presided. o For allowing a dog to wander after sunset, Mrs. Maud Kidney was arrested mmlmwu in Aghenlack, Ireland, re- cently. Note! 4-Piece Tweed and Shetland Sport Suits $31.50 of clothes. THROUGH co-operation of these makers, we offer you now at $31.50 the most out- standing $40, $45 and $50 2-Trouser Suits of the present season! Fabrics, style, tailoring, attern, trimmings, finish—everything about This is the Great Annual May Clothing Sale at Saks—but the values now offered actually surpass those of any previous event! SALE! 2-TROUSER SUITS THAT DUPLICATE OUR OWN $40, $45 AND $50 VALUES! 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