Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1930, Page 3

BODY OF BANKER LOCATED IN RIVER Vice President of Omaha In- stitution Had Declared Self “in Trouble.” By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Neb., July 8.—The body of Edward L. Droste, missing vice presi- dent of the Pirst National Bank of Omaha, was found floating in the Mis- souri River yesterday near Dakota City, Neb. The body was identified as that of Droste by E. F. Jepsen, his brother- in-law Droste disappeared from Omaha early Wednesday morning and was last seen in Soux City at noon the same day. Jepson also identified the signature found on a receipt check for a car rented in Omaha on July 2 and a note written on the back of the re- ceipt as being in Droste's handwriting. The dead man's clothes were also identified by Jepsen. The car receipt was issued by an Omaha garage to Droste on July 2 and carried that date. A note written on the back of the #lip read: “Grace, darling, forgive me. God bless you—dad.” Grace is the given name of Mrs. Droste. Droste, the night before his disap- pearance, had revealed in conversation with Denman Kountze, also an official of the bank, that he “was in trouble to the extent of about $25.000.” URCHIN GROWN RICH HUNTS PAL FOR PARTY Texas Jeweler, Worth Millions, Got Start With Companion on Stolen Newspaper. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 8—It is almost 40 qears since ‘two_little urchins on- the est Side saw a man’s hat blow off. He grabbed for the hat and dropped his newspaper. They grabbed the paper | and ran—sold it for a penny. The penny bought two more papers and Herman Kiar and Charley Davis were on_their way to riches. Yesterday reporters talked to a wealthy Texas jeweler, who revealed that he owned stores’ in Beaumont, Dallas and Fort Worth, Tex.; Musko- gee and Tulsa, Okla., and Shreveport, La. The stores grossed $3,000,000 last ear, he remarked. He was Herman ar, “But T'm looking for Charley,” he eommented anxiously. “Haven't seen him for 30 years—since a_ saloonkeeper gave us a $5 gold piece and thought it was a nickel. I want to give him the biggest party Chicago ever saw.” FOUR ARE KILLED IN EGYPTIAN RIO Two Policemen Are Slain in Fight With Followers of For- mer Premier. By the Associated Press: CAIRO, Egypt, July 8.—Two police- | men and two rioters were killed today | at Mansourah in a furious and pro- longed encounter between armed forces and followers of the recently resigned Premier Nahas Pasha. The police fired into the mob, which offered stub- resistance. A pitched battle was raging in the eenter of Mansourah, which the police and a detachment of troops appeared unable to end. The Nahas Pasha, who was in his motor car, was in the thick of the fighting. Mansourah is a notorious Wafd stronghold. The' Wafd Executive Com- mittee held a meeting last night to discuss its future program. A prominent member of the Wafd executive body informed the news- papers that the’ Wafd would do its utmost to hold its meeting in Man- sourah, notwithstanding a prohibition | by the government on the use of the delta railways. ON LIQUOR CHARGES | Arkansas Supreme Court Reverses | Decision Involving Passenger Carrying Rum. By the Assoclated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 8—The Arkansas Supreme Court has absolved taxicab drivers of guilt as transporters of liquors when a passenger carries in- toxicants without their consent or knowledge The question was decided in an opin- fon in which the court reversed judg- | ment of the Hot Spring Circuit Court. The lower court had upheld an order of the Malvern Municipal Court fining Ernest Henson, a taxi driver, $100 on a charge of transporting liquor. Hen- son’s passenger pleaded guilty to pos- sessing liquor. ELKS’ RULER HITS WAR AS “DESTROYER OF AGES” Addresses Opening Session of Grand Lodge—Charity Pro- gram Is Described. By the Asscciated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 8— Col. Walter P. Andrews, grand exalted | ruler of the Elks, said last night that| peace conferences will never be complish concrete results until fri ship and righteous dealing “shall be | established and enthroned among the governments of the world.” Speaking at the opening session of the sixty-sixth annual reunion of the | Grand Lodge, he called war “the diabolical and hydra-headed destroyer of all_ages.” Col. Andrews described the Elk | Natonal Foundation, which proposes to | center the efforts of all Alkdom on the | creation of an endowment fund, the interest of which will be used for charity, FESS’ SON IS DIVORCED Wife Wins Decree on Grounds of Cruelty. DAYTON, Ohlo, July 8 (#.—A 1A slice of bread with jam at 4 pfen- {monthly s divorce degree was granted in Domestic Relations Court here yesterday to Mil- dred Fess. from Charles Fess of Yellow Springs, son of United States Senator Simeon ' D. Fess of Ohio. The grounds on which the decree was given was cruelty. Lina Basquette Recovers. 108 ANGELES, July 8 (#)—Lina Basquette, screen. actress, who under- went an operation last night for acute a) dicitis, today was reported by her s recovering satisfactorily. THE EVENING MARRIED FIFTY YEARS . o Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hurley of 222 Fourteenth street northeast, who yesterday celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. —Harris-Ewing Photo. BEGGARS OF BERLIN WELL ORGANIZED Mendicants Sell Housewives’ Offerings Regularly to Unemployed. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, July 8.—To what extent the underworld is organized in the German metropolis may be judged from the beggars’ bourse and kindred institutions for the brotherhood of alms seekers in the city's slums and elsewhere. The bourse s known only to the ini- tiated and accessible through a small and dingy public house which is the nightly rendezvous for. the poorer ele- ments—working men and unemployed, with a plentiful sprinkling of shady characters—all drinking beer and talk- ing at once, but always suspiciously siz- ing up every newcomer, Mendicants Sell Offerings. Ever and anon a beggar arrives and with eel-like agility squirms through the motley crowd to a trapdoor leading to the “Sandwich Bourse.” Here men- dicants representing every conceivable type of suffering sell to the hungry v employed the bread and sandwiches doled out to them during the day by kind-hearted housewives. Quotations vary with the season, the colder weather seeing & boom in the proverbial crust of bread. Dry bread is quoted at an average of 2 pfennigs. nigs, with liver sausage ‘at 6 pfennigs, with Swiss cheese at 12 pfennigs and with ordinary sausage only at 8 pfen- nigs. In the slums of the city’s northern section there is also a beggars’ livery, doing a thriving business, especially in | the early morning hours, the rush be- coming $o great by 9 a.m. that new- comers have to awalt their turn in a queue. Begging Equipment Sold. Here mendicants for & daily fee or a bscription are speedily equip- ped with all the appurtenances for their calling, ranging from hand organs and lead dogs for the blind to soleless shoes and crutches. In an obscure street of the fashion- able west end, on the other hand, is located the well ovnnlmd beggars’ in- formation bureau, whic: mping speci- mens of human misery enter to lay aside their crutches, in which the blind suddenly are able to see and the deaf and dumb start swearing. Here the beginners in the fraternity purchase or- derly kept lists of addresses of resi- | dents considered easy marks. SRS France expects to break all records for_electrical production this year. Hechinger Always Saves You Money on Your Building Needs GET OUR ESTIMATE! | FOUNDATION T0 ROOF ROCK-BOTTOM PRICES 3—Branches—3 MAIN OFFICE-6™ & C.Sts. SW. CAMP MEIGS-5™ & Fla. Ave.N.E. BRIGHTWOOD-5921 Ga Ave.NW. Popular Excursion VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY Washington, D. C. and Alexandria, Va. + To Charlottesville, Va.$3.00 = Culpeper, Va. Danville, Va. Lynchburg, Va. Orange, Va. Saturday, July 12, 1930 ‘Tickets will be honored on train No. 31, or section thereof, leaving ‘Washington (Union Station) 6:40 P.M, Alexandria, Va, 6:57 P.M,, July 12th. Returning, tickets good on all regular trains EXCEPT CRES- CENT LIMITED, up to train No. 36, leaving above points Sunday, July 13th. - Similar excursions will be oper- ated August 2nd, 30th, Septem- ber 20th and October 11th. PLAGUE OF MOSQUITOES MAY HINDER GOLD RUSH Several Hundred Prospectors Mov- ing Toward Cassiar Region, With Neither in Demand. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. WRANGIL, Alaska.—Mosquitoes may defeat the quest of several hundred gold prospectors about to rush toward the Cassiar region, where rich pay gravel has been found. Inexperienced miners are among the crowd who have left for the diggings. Unless they have provided themselves with netting the insects may make them forget the yellow metal. Reports from the village of Glenora, scene of the find, say high water and heavy rains have developed an unprecedented number of mosquitoes. 'GAS STATION.DEALERS APPEAL T0 GOVERNOR Californians Ask Young to Halt Price-Cutting War to Prevent “Utter Ruin.” By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 8.—Directors of the Retail Service Station Dealers’ Association today asked Gov., C. C. Young to intervene in the California gasoline price-cutting war and save them from “utter ruin.,” The telegram, signed by President Joseph ~ Devencenzi, suggested ofl companies be declared public utilities and placed under the control of the State Rallroad Commission. Unless some action is taken within a week, Devencenzi sald, hir members would sell gasoline at cost. Gosoline has been selling at 10} cents to 17 cents a gallon, including the 3-cent State tax. Waitress Learns to Fly. VALLEY STREAM, N. Y., July 8 (#). —Beulah Unrah of Betterfon, Md., is & flying waitress. Having passed tests, she received a limited commercial air pllot’s license. For instructions she saved 13,000 tips averaging a dime. MAN CALLED RACKETEER IS GRANTED NEW TRIAL Chicago Judge Says Epithet Should Not Be Applied Until Charge Is Proved. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 8—Calling 8 man a | “racketeer” is not a good idea until the man has been proved to be such, Judge Phillip J. Finnegan said yester- day, granting Thomas Cregan, union | official, & new trial on charges of | conspiracy to obtain money under | false pretenses. In closing arguments Cregan was| called a ‘“racketeer” by prosecutors. | Judge Finnegan held that use of this | term and other prejudicial epithets was | Suflclent grounds for granting & new| trial, | Base Ball Hurts High. NEW YORK, July 8 (#).—An insur- ance company's analysis of claims for vacation injuries would indicate that base ball is the most dangerous recrea- tion Injuries noted were: Base ball, 807; swimming, 562; scuffling, 287; bowling, 269; tennis, 211; freworks, 194; hunting, 177; golf, 164, agd ping STAR, WASHINGTON, T WRIGHT SUED FOR TAXES Baking Powder Magnate Defend- ant in Kentucky Action. LEXINGTON, Ky, July 8 (— William Monroe Wright, Lexington, trotting horse brecder and retired founder of the Calumet Baking Power Co., Chicago, was mude defendant in a suit filed here yesterday for alleged back taxes on intangible personal property aggregating $141,000,000 over a period of five years. The sult was filed by the State and seeks the State tax of 50 cents on $100 valuation plue penalty and interest. TUESDAY, ST = TAKES MISSIONS POST Dr. Cleland B. McAfee Going to Presbyterian Board. NEW YORK, July 8 (#).—Dr. Cleland | B. McAfee, professor of systematic the- | ology at the Presbyterian Seminary in | Chicago, has accepted the secretaryship of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it was announced yesterday. He wiil assume his new duties about September 1, succeeding Dr. Arthur J. Brown, who is retiring from the post. JULY 8, 1930. pong, 3. —and $9.75 for finest ““Carlton” Shoes that were $10.50 to $18.50. Women who wear them regularly will need no sec- ond invitation to come to this sale. Incliding all the popular white, colored kid, and other stunning Sum- mer models. o It isn "t expensive to ‘exercise good taste if you purchc se bed room Jurniture at Mayer & Co. Costliness has no more to do with good taste than wealth has to do with culture. At Mayer & Co. every suite and piece of Lifetime Furniture is selected with critical and experienced eyes — demanding quality and good taste always—yet prices are kept within sensible bounds. The fairness of Mayer & Co. values is expressed by the thou- sands of families who have purchased Lifetime Furniture. Artistic Bed Room Suites at $225—$250—$275— $285—-9$350—~$365—$395~%$425 and up MAYER & CO. Seventh Street Between D & E out lusband ITrades Cars Often Why Not Trade-ln Your Old Stove? O MAN would tolerate for a single day—in his factory or some, efficient new Insulated Glene wood DeLuxe. Exchange uncertainty, office — equipment ‘as antiquated labor, and waste for positive results and unsatisfactory as many of the [p4.ined easily and quickly. Make stoves fha\f their V{iv't permit fo re- your kitchen a place of beauty and main in the kitchen—When a man's a workroom of joy. automobile begins to lose pep or to look shabby he soon trades it in for a new and smarter model—And, in that, there's a lesson for you women. Trade in that old outworn cooking equipment of yours towards a hand- Washington Gas Light Company Phone Nat. 8280 Georgetown Gas Light Co. Rosslyn Gas Co, Chevy Chase Branch, 5632 Conn. Ave. Phone Cleveland 7405 Remember that the tailor- ing determines the price you pay;and alwaysbesure to look for this label in the garment before you buy! AT THE LADIES! They’ve given up the steel stays and the skirt that bit the dust. They’ve gone in for air and Jreedom, while man sits tight and suffers. LOOK Wake up, old chap! Sink that notion that style is married to discomfort. Go modern — step into breezy, light, washable Palm Beach. It will make you feel ten pounds lighter than nothing at all . . . It will add giuger to your step and pepper to your personality. For those new weaves in Palm Beach Suits are amazingly smart, and there’s a color to blend with every mood and every occasion on your calendar. Try one of those bisque sharkskins for that Fri day go-away, and one of those worsted-looking grays (with vest, of coum) for the evening’s joust. Their service and satisfaction are a double surprise when you recall the modest price. Time to go modern. Time to get wise. Say “Palm Beach” to your favorite clothier — today. THE PALM BEACH MILLS Goodall Worsted Company, Sanford, Maine Selling Agent: AL Rohaut, 229 Fourth Avenue, New York City PALM BEACH SUITS