Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1930, Page 10

A—10 «« DATES FOR HORSE SHOW ANNOUNCED Prince William Event at Nokesville Thursday and Friday. Special Dispatch to The Star. | NOKESVILLE, Va., August 4.—The | Prince Willlam County Horse Show with the dates set by the Virginia State Horse Show Association, will be held here on Thursday and Friday with the ldrgest list of entries ever to enter com- petition in this show. “Included among the entries are some of the finest horses in this section of the country,” said H. W. Herring, presi- dent of the Prince William Show, today. Famous stables which will be repre- gnted are those of John R. Massie, imn Arnold, Ray H. Norton, Melvin C. Hazen, Mrs. W. J. Chewning, ir.; W. Frank Burrows, Mrs. Henry Parson Er- win, all of Washington; Dr. E. T. Trice and Edwin Vaughan of Richmond; Mrs. D. N. Lee, Mrs. D. O. Furr, E. L. Red- mon, Middleburg; Courtland H. Smith and Frost Anderson, The Plains; E. R. Conner and J. Carl Kincheloe, Manas- sas; M. M. Washington, Greenwicl Ernest Woolfe, Upperville; Charles V. Hunton, Brooklyn, N. Y.; W. H. Her- ring, C. C. Herring, Frank Cockerelle, E. E. Hale, Nokesville; T. M. Waller, J. T. Gwathmey, D. B. Smith, J. North Fletcher, and S. J. Macy of Warrenton, and numerous other prominent horse- mén. Thirty different classes will be judged ; by Dr. R. L. Humphrey of Mountsville, Col. S. C. Reynolds, U. S. A, Remount Station, Front Royal, and Dr. P. C. Hayes, Johnstown, The classes in- clude green hunters, 3 and 4-year-old hunters, lightweight hunters, thorough- breds, Corinthian hunters, pelo ponies, hunting toams, caddle horses, ladies huntors, draft hors>s and many special c“;‘sr:lfé ing on Thursday there will te © hunt ball and ire customary dance on the final n'ght will be atonicned. 2 PROGRESSIVES SEEK JOBS IN MONTGOMERY William H. Thompson of Silver Spring and Richard T. White of Buck Lodge File Papers. the - show Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 4—Wil- liam H. Thompson, a Silver Spring con- tractor, today filed with the Supervisors of Elections here a certificate of his candidacy for the Democratic nomina- tion for county commissioner from the fifth commissioner district, composed of Colvesville and Wheaton districts, and made the necessary cash deposit to have his name appear on the official primary election ballot. He will, it was stated There today, be backed by the progressive, or anti-organization, wing of the party, and leaders of that faction announced that he will base his claim to the nomi- nation largely on the ground that the Wheaton district, in which he re- sides, has not had the position for 17 years, Mr. Thompson will oppose at_ the primary election the incumbent, Lacy Shaw, who has already filed a certifi- cate of ’candidacy and is being sup- ported by the organization forces. Another Progressive Democrat, former County Commissioner ~ Richard T. ‘White of Buck Lodge, formally placed himself in the field today by filing a certificate of candidacy for the nomina- tion for register of wills and making the ired cash deposit. The candidate of the organization faction for this nomination is the incumbent, Perrie E. Waters. SRS FIFTIETH VICTIM IS ADDED TO FAIRFAX CRASH TOLL Wife of Naval Officer, Resident of Norfolk, Succumbs to In- juries at Boston. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 4.—The fiftieth wvictim of the Fairfax-Pinthis steamship disaster on June 10 was added to the rolls today. She was Mrs. Katherine Marsh, 25-year-old wife of Lieut. John Marsh, U. S. N., a passenger on the Merchants and Miners’ line steamer Fairfax, which rammed the oil tanker Pinthis off Scituate during a dense fog. Mrs. Marsh died last night. She was a resident of Norfolk, Va. At the same time it was learned that the Merchants and Miners’ planned to have Capt. Archibald H. Brooks on the bridge of the again tomorrow when the reconditioned liner makes her first regular trip since the collision. The Fairfax will sail from Baltimore for this port. Brooks is awaiting trial on charges preferred by the Board of Steamboat Inspectors. Last Day A rare machine bearings. Sent To You On Free Trial Every rebuilt Eureka offered in this sale carries a full year's guarantee and at any time within 90 days after purchase, you may exchan, new Eureka, and all money will chase price of the new cleaner. Onlys1§ Down Phone or mail coupon today and a Factory Rebuilt will be delivered to your home for free demonstras If you are fully satisfied, pay as little as $1.85 down, balance easy payments, with small carrying charge. Hurry! Hurry! Phene today! This Offer Ends nity—ends this week. Every ghly rebuilt in the Eureka Factory. They are all mechanically perfect with new bags, brushes, cords, and THE EV SHOWER OF METEORS IS DUE TO REACH.EARTH AUGUST 11 “Pluto’s Playmates,” SO Dubbed Because of Nearness to New Planet, Frolic at Rate of 50 to 150 Per Hour. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 4—“Pluto’s playmates,” the annual shower of perseid meteors, are due Monday night, Augyst 11. ‘They are dubb>d “Pluto’s playmates™ after the newly-discovered planet Pluto, because the outer edge of their orbit is believed to be closs to the path where the new planet swings. A good show is promised—150 meteors an _hour—for patient watchers who are lucky enough to get the right sky con- ditions. The public is invited to sit in this year and help the astronomers by getting hourly counts of the perseids. These reports should be sent to Dr. Charles P. Olivier of the American | Meteor Society and director of Flower Observatory of the University of Penn- sylvania. “It can always be truthfully stated” said Dr. Olivier, “that is a person will observe from a favorable locality and with a fine sky on any night from August 9 to 13, inclusive, one will ses numbers of meteors. The maximum is either August 11 or August 12, accord- ing to unpredictable conditions and eir- cumstances. On the. best night, with moon absent, from 50 to 150 meteors per hour may be counted if the sky is per- fect. The least haze or nearness to a city cuts dgwn the numbers tremen- dously, as the faint meteors are most numerous. | “The average amateur can aid by | hourly counts of all meteors seen. But a good locality should be chosen. We hope to have simultaneous work at sev- eral stations near here by persons already trained. This will include care- ful plotting of brighter meteors and later the calculations of their heights. Photography probably will be tried. “The perseids give the best annual shower and come at a time of year when the nights are pleasant. They are therefore the best stream for the casual observer to watch for. Also in August many other minor streams are in activity.” Observers should look northeast, low in the horizon early in the evening, and faisly high up at midnight. More meteors are likely after than before midnight. Astronomers use the count and other observations to study the earth’s upper WASPS ARE RELEASED iN DRIVE ON MOTH Sixteen Colonies Expected to Ex-| terminate Foes ®f Peach Crop in Maryland. By » Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., August 4— Resorting to the strategy of controlling moth pests with other insects, s colonies of parasitic wasps were re- leased in various parts of Maryland last week. It is hoped the wasps will re- duce the damage done to the peach crop by the oriental peach moth. The wasps were released in Anne Arundel, Worcester, Harford and Wash- ington Counties. The parasites were bred by the United States Bureau of Entomology and the Department of Efgmolo’y of the University of Mary- N In the last year Australia's popula- tion increased by 77,587. Summer Vacation Excursions At Special Low Rates From WASHINGTON, D. C. To New Orleans, Edgewater Park, Guilfport, Pass Christian, Miss.; Mobile, Ala.; also cities I(I:l-h:lofll. and to Havana, on August 9th & 23rd, 1930 Good to retun within thirty days. For reservations and tickets, call on S. E. Burgess—D. P. A, McPherson Square Phones National 1465-1466 . Washingten, D. C. Next Back Home Excursion Oct. 4 Southern Railway Slstem Saturday GUARANTEED FACTORY REBUILT fans ge it for a brand be credited on the pur- THIS SALE ENDS SATURDAY tion. atmosphere and the mysteries of outer space by these, the only concrete mes- sengers from the outside universe. There is still much to be learned about the perseids. Oswald Thomas, the astronomer, esti- mates their orbit as extending outward about 3,000,000,000 miles from the sun. Dr. Harlow Shapley's latest res on the distance of the new planet Pluto are 2,800,000,000 miles in 1988, when it will be closest to the sun. Perseids seem to travel in an endless stream, with width calculated at about 70,000,000 miles. Dr. Olivier suggests that certain meteors recorded 1,100 years ago were perseids. ‘They seem to offer no threat of bodily harm, for they ignite at about 70 miles elevation and burn out usually by the time they have dropped to 55 miles. The effects of meteors on slowing or speeding the earth’s revolution, and on heating the atmosphere have been calculated and the amounts reduced are exceedingly small. Strangely enough their effect on rotation, if any, is to speed the earth because the fall of meteor dust makes the globe heavier and causes it to drop a little nearer the sun. RICHARD SUTRO DIES Banker and Utility Leader Expires at Age of 66. NEW YORK, August 4 (#).—Richard Sutro of the banking house of Sutro Bros. & Co. and a director of many large corporations, died yesterday at his home in Port Chester, N. Y. He was 66 years old. He retired as senior partner of the banking firm July 1 after 33 years to become a special partner. He was chair- man of the finance committee and a member of the executive committee of the . Connecticut Electric Service Co.; held similar offices with the Connecticut Light & Power Co., and was chairman of the board of the Connecticut Electric Syndicate. He also was on the boards of the Pierce Oil Corporation. In 1922 and 1923 he aided in the reorganization of the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Rail- road and was a director and member of the executive committee of the road. He was born in New York City and was married in 1889 to Ella Hunt, who, with two daughters, survive. Rumania Curtails 0il. BUCHAREST, Rumania, August 4 (#)—B. Madgearu, minister of trade, today issued a communique in which it was said the oil industry had decided to curtail production by 150,000 car- loads annually. Production has in- creased from 635 carloads daily in 1924 to 1,750 carloads daily at present. Louis XVI room can also be had with table, making 8 pieces Leave your car at Ott's without charge, ING Just imagine paying only $195 for this 6 Major Pieces—including the DRESSER—CHEST—VANITY—BENCH CHAR AND FULL SIZE BED Truly a remarkable value in the sale. The lowest price we've ever been able to quote for such a value. Pix pieces $195. from walnut and gumwood. FREE PARKING while Seventh Street STAR, VETERAN'S DEATH INQUIRED IN TODAY Alexandria Man Found Yes- terday Beside Potomac Yard Track. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 4.—City Coroner T. Marshall Jones was to con- duct an inquest at police headquarters at 2 o'clock this afternoon into the death of Thomas J. Bennett, jr., 32- year-old World War veteran, who died at Alexandria Hospital at 3 o’'clock yes- terday morning from injuries incurred in Potomac Yards a few hours before. ‘The immediate cause of death was shock and loss of blood. No one wit- nessed the accident. According to yard officials Bennett worked there at one time as a brake- | man, but yesterday morning was tres- | passing. They say he was found in the north end of the yard near Four- mile Run beside a northbound freight | track over which four trains had passed a short time before. He was found by W. O. Pollard, of 525 Second street southeast, Washington, conductor of a Pennsylvania Railroad yard engine, who heard cries as his engine entered the yard. Bennett was rushed to the Alexandria Hospital where it was found his left side was crushed and his left arm nearly severed. Blood transfu- sions were administered by Dr. M. D. Delaney, but he hed lost so much blood he failed to raliy. The man had recently worked as a seaman and friends expressed the opinion that he was making his way back to Baltimore to again go on a ship. He is survived by his mother, brothers and sisters, who live at 320 North Patrick street. He will be buried in Arlington Cemetery Tuesday. Look for this Seal of Quality on every Window Shade made of WASHINGTON, D, 0% MONDAY, AUGUST 4, - 1930. INSPECTORS APPOINTED (YELLOW KID SOUGHT Brunner and Riley Get Arlington County School Work Jobs. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va. August 4.—Ap- pointment of Earl Brunner of East Falls Church and E. L. Riley of Clar- endon as inspectors for the Arlington County school building construction, recently authorized when the voters approved a $620,000 bond issue, is an- nounced by the Arlington School Board. The former has been assigned to the work of inspection of the additions to Washington-Lee High School, the largest single project of the building program, while the latter will take care of the elementary schools. Work on the high school has been started and it is expected that plans for the elemen- tary school additions will be perfected in the next day or so. ——— A band of 12 auto thieves arrested in Cologne, Germany, had stolen more than 40 cars in the last six months. DETROIT Dally ‘13'Q Riding Patronise our parlor cars of motor buses, $he highwaye, Carstully sciected. welltrained drivers. ‘Courteous, responsible service. ARES Safe Regular Trips Easy- Richmond . . 3.50 Chicago . .18.00 P 00 New York .5.50 Winchester, Va. 2.50 gy g R politan 13850 BUS DEPOT 1336 New York Ave.. N. ‘Metropolitan The maker of a worthy product is glad to be identified with i we recommend Landers Washade because it is a worthy product, “Landers Seal of Quality” on every shade. 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