Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1930, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, DR WILEY FUNERAL RITES TOMORROW Father of Pure Focd Act Wi!!l\ Be Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. Fureral for Dr. Harvey W, Wiley, father of the pure food and drug | act and one of the foremost scientists times, will be held tomorrow | oon_at 2 o'clock in the Vermont | Avenue Chri ch. Rev. Dr Earle Wilfley or, will officiate and intorment in ek Ceme Dr. Wil ing his of heart disease, services made Rock terday morr at resider 5 Ashmea place after a long il before h he con- in all matte the £ th in gen ness tim 86 years ng administra of and drug ac and hea Palibearers, e services t of Dr. Wile associates his life's wo bearers. ] number iends and former resent many sides of 1 act as honors Dr. Ch: E. Cosgnos Club, Dr. W. D as in the E u of Dr. Wiley was its chief; 1er of the Bu- an lter G. the food, drug and tration, Departmen nator James morrow a s old who re Campbel insecticid of Agrict son_of rict; Dr. Percy { the | Yo E] , Dr, Edw of Easton, the Americ Chemical Society: Cabot Stevens of the Washington Harvard Club, Dr. George F. Bowerman, representing the Literary Society, G. Meem of the an & Trust Co,, in which Yy was a di tor, H. Widow Survives. Dr. Wiley is survived by widow, Anna Kelton Wiley, daughter of Gen. | John C. Kelton, former adjutant gen- | eral of the nd 2 sons, Har- Preston, and also | s and 14 grand- | They are the children of Judge U.! Z. Wiley, former judge of the Appelate Court of Indiana; Carl Cole Wiley of Charleston, W. Va.; Mrs. J. Hanselman of Santo Domingo, Maxwell H. Wiley of Bay Shore, N. Y., and Ulric Weir Wiley of Cuba, 1 John L. Fuelling, who lives in the old family home in Kent, Ind., and her brother, Mr. Hubert Ed- son of New York, children of a sister, Mrs. Mira Edson, and the son of Dr Elizabeth Corbett of New York and Harvey Wiley Corbett, noted architect. Dr. Wiley was a member of most of the leading scientific associations of the country and had received foreign hon- ors for his distinguished public services, He was a chevalier ‘'of the Legion d'Honneur of France and had also re- ceived the medal of Merite Agricole of France. He was a member and former president of the Cosmos Club, a mem- ber of the Chevy Chase Club, a member and former president of the Literary Society of Washington, a member and former of the American Chemical Society, a member and for- mer president of the American Thera- peutic Society, a member of the Amer- ican Association for the Advancement of Science, president of the Pharma- copoeial Convention from 1910 to 1920 | and member of t of | the Sons of the American Revolu DR. WILEY'S WILL FILED. Wife of Noted Medical Man Is Named as Executrix. of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, famous pure food authority, who died yesterday, was offered today for probate. It was executed April 2 last and names | his widow, Mrs. Anna Kelton Wiley, as executrix and trustee and gives her the life use of the bulk of the estate, | the value of which is not disclosed. The widow is to have his scientific books, periodicals, medals, decorations, jewelry and paintings to distribute in accordance with a letter from her hus- band., She is to hold $1, and from the income is to pay nually to the trustees of the Ch Church of Kent, Ind., in memory of his parents who were members there. The remaining estate is to be used by the widow for life, with power 16 dis- pose of the estate by her will to their | sons, their descendants, or to Hanover College of Hanover, Ind. In the ab- sence of such disposal by the wife's will, the estate is devised in equal shares to the two children. Harvey W. Wile Jr.. and John Preston Wiley, or to their descendants. In the event of a failure | of issue of the sons, the estate is to €0 to Hanover College. MRS. M. E. BRADLEY DIES AT HYATTSVILLE The will Passes Away at 71, at Home of }{erl Daughter—Born and Reared atch to T ar | VILLE, Md, July 1.—Mrs.| Bradley died yesterday morn-( e home of her daughter, Mrs. | ards Shepherd | radley, who wa had ‘been in fail-| and her death re- | breakdown. Her | Bradley, died | husband abo | A nd reared in | iage 1 on, Va. She came | with her daughter eight | Besides Mrs. Bradley. 40 a son, James avenue, this | ce, survives. r left no rs or sist being the last sur- vivor of 8 ) d tomor- Franct: terment | andria g, retired | ug rector re, will c Gasc al par Hill Ce Episcopal minister of Pinkue officlate LOWER TAX RATE FIXED FOR ST. MARYS COUNTY County Commissioners Provide Re- duction of 8 Cents From Last Year. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md County Commissioners of County—C. L. Johnson, Thompson and President Cecil—Saturday closed the 1930. The rate per $100 was fixed at $1 being 8 cents less than the rate 1929, which was $151 per $100. The total tax for 1930 is $8, 749: that of 1929 was $8 536,890, ‘The lowering of the tax rate for 1930 is on account of the loss of the Vir- ginla & Maryland Steamboat Co., which has moved its headquarters to 1.—The Mary's | Peter H. George B. levy for | | figures | life-st | mache carriages, | burned at the gra Papier mache horse and carriage and saddle horses carried in a Chinese funeral procession to give the impression that the deceased had these luxuries in life. These and other symbols of wealth and position are burned at the grave. PROF. LABAT FUNERAL RITES WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY NANKING OPPOSE COSTLY FUNERALS » |Elaborate Rites Include Pa- pier-Mache Figures to Indicate Wealth. PEIPING (#)—Chinese of the North ways indifferent to the reform meas- s of the Nationalist government at Nanking, has made the costly carried funeral processions mbolic not only of their beliefs about he life hereafter, but also of th 2l intransigence. Nanking i Is as entai 0 families can_ afford. have also den eived by Buddhist purposes of private revenue cited glaring instances of ng ly Nationalist tes as con priests for and have profiteering. With the Chinese a funeral is an ex- pensive affair. A coolle will pawn his ricksha or the tools of his trade in order to provide elaborate last rites for a relative, believ the departed are in position to protect the living and the be kept in good humor The { 1 ceremony of the North as carried out by the Manchus exceeds in extent and expense even their elabo- rate wecdings. In the case of a person of real importance, the cortege is fre- quently a mile or more in length First there are lions and devils with glaring eyes to frighten away any evil spirits that may be lingering along the funeral route. Then comes a smiling Buddha, followed by a long line of be: gars bearing banners on which are in- scribed extravagant praises of the vi tues of the deceased. Beggar c ) follow with emblems of mourning, all of which are white. Of recert years it has become the custom for relatives of the departed to try to deceive the gods of the next world by providing their departed kin with equipages of a sort far superior to those which wre theirs in life. So a full size papier-mache automobile with ed figures of chaufleur and foot- men will Be carried as well as papier- harness_ and saddle horses, coachmen and grooms. These may be provided even though the de- ceased in life may have had means to_hire only an occasional ricksha, In addition there are paper images of men and maia servants and of elabo- rately gowned concubines, all to be in _order that the dead man may enter the next w uitably equipped for a high place in its council. paper | cod Transfusions From Eight of His Students Fail to Save His Life. Was Well Known in Diplo- matic and Educational Circles of Capital. | — | | vices for Prof. Jean J.| crgetown University, who vesterday in the Emergency | will be held Thursday morn- 9:30 o'clock in Dahlgren Chapel t Georgetown. Prof. Labat died after © t of his students had given their | blood for transfusion in futile attempts to save his life. » Interment will be made at Forrest- ville, Md., on_the estate of his father n-law, Dr. Willlam M. Stewart. Ar-| rangements for the services will be com- pleted with the return here of Rev. V. Coleman Nevils, S. J., and Rev. R. Rush Rankin, S. J., president and dean, re- spectively, of Georgetown, who were ab- sent from the city at the time of Prof. Labat’s death. Prof Labat had undergone an erati for appendicitis five and when intestinal trouble developed a crisis in his condition, 25 students of the School of Foreign Service, where he was head of the romance languages de- partment and member of the executive faculty, volunteered to give their blood Despite the transfusion operations hope was abandoned for his recovery. | Four Who Gave Blood, Pallbearers. | Four of the Foreign Service School students who gave their blood, Henry | Trautwein, George Griffin, James Pow- ers and Elmer Bourgerie, will act as pallbearers at their teacher's funeral. Other pallbearers will be Leslie Mayer, Leo Hogan, Raymond Trainor and Jack McFall, former students in Prof. Labat’s classes. Prof. TLabat, a native of France, was well known fn diplomatic and educa- tional circles in Washington. He had made his home here since 1917, when detailed with the French High Com- mission and later as assistant military attache to the French embassy for a numbeér’ of years. He resided at 1632 Riggs place With a gallant war record that won him promotion from private to lieu- tenant and a Croix de Guerre, he had served three years at the front with French infantry and machine gun de- tachments. He also was awarded the | Polish War Cross for his service: 1 Educated at the College of St. Joseph ' and the College de L'Assomption in op- weeks ago { France, Prof. Labat continued his studies’ at Georgetown University, ob- taining degrees of bachelor and master of arts, and was studying for a degree in philosopt the time of his illness, It was his custom to attend advanced c es d the Sum versity of Dijc in Fr president of its foreign Several years ago Prof, an American citizen. Active Scholastic Affairs, During his eight years at Georgetown, Prof. Labat, was active in scholas fairs and unde: direction the guage department became one of major branches of the university, A year ago he was given a position as a member of the executive fac of the Foreign Service School, in recognition of his valuaple services. He organized a number of student activities, includ- ing four French clubs and was a mem- ber of Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity. He also was head of the modern languages’ department -at the college at the time of his death During the recent International Radio Congress in Washington, Prof, Labat served as official interpretor for the Government, a duty he had filled pre- viously at a number of such conferences between' foreign countries. In recogn: tion of his educational work he had been made an officer in the order of the Star of Roumania and also an offi- cer of the noted French academy. ce, udl Labs and was bed, became lax the Prof. Labat married Miss Marie Stew- | art, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William M. Stewart of Washington and Forrest- ville, Md., and besides his widow is sur- vived by a 1 r-old son, Stewart, His other relatives live in France. Refrigeration Cost Less Than Carfare! You cents a day is Tur ice cubes 2. 3. 4. 5. ASHIN Mhawe; WEsT 0615 Cambridge. ‘The State tax for 1930 for St. Marys County is $20,679.31 and the county charges are $11,800,455, Hosrxss Monki Prrcrmo- Lexshown above, makes 45 large tiny 0as flams takes the place O Gl moving warta. 1. Permanently noiseless Absolutely safe Costs 5 to 10 cents a day Lasts indefinitely No mechanism to wear out GEORGETOWN GAS LIGHT CO. 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TRENTON d v 1 | tion of tentative platforms declaring for repeal of the eighteenth amendment was expected as the Democratic and | Republican State conver vened today Republica p nti-prohib had an opp | test, they adoption of Delegate platform resolutions committee platform re- | | iterates the for of the eighteenth the State e Hoover depression SPEAKS Association | Ratifica- ed dry dele- th to th said to be prepared platform. Democratic conven- ith the b; Philippine Catholic Sponsors Program. | Addresses, musical selections and | dancing featured a meeting, under the auspices of the Philippine Catholic As- tion of America, otre Dame Hall last night n. in Frank McIntyre, trade of the Philippines in aced the history of the e taken in the de- Philippines. Miss Mary Boland 'd regent of the Catholic Daughters of America, and M S. Balco, president of the association, also addressed the meeting. i The entertainment program included commissi Washington, t part_Catholics velopment. of the sclections by the Philippine _String Orchestra, Hawaiian guitar numbers by | A. N. Salcedo, solos by U. A. Zafra and Mary O'Donoghue, violin solos by | Mary Rich and Irish folk dances by Miss A. Connor and Miss C. Mulroe, A Aquino presided at the meeting. | TENNESSEE GROWS Census Figures Show Quarter-Mil- | lion Gain in Population. | NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 1 () Tennessee gained more than a quarter of a million in population during the last decade. Tabulation by the Associated Press of census reports from 93 of the State’s 95 counties showed a population of 2,573,291, Estimating that the two un- reported counties, both small, have the same population ‘as in 1920, the 1930 population of Tennessee is 2 608,439, as compared with 2,337,885 in 1920, Pedestrian Hit by Auto, | While croscing at Pennsylvania ave- nue and John Marshall place about 8:30 oclock last night, John M. Hairston, colored, 33 years old. of 109 East Clay street, Richmond, Va. was knocked down by an automobile driven by James M. Cu of 3217 Fifteenth street southeast and painfully injured. . He was given first aid at Emergency Hos- ital, ing Portes Gil's Rest Program. MEXICO CITY, July 1 () —It was stated unofficially today that Portes Gil, minister of the interior, will go to Eu- tope this month for a r —— call on the | ng | 3 JULY 1, 1930. % A—11 Girls Not Only Buy, But Admit Having Chewed Gum: Fired By the Ascociated Press. 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