Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1930, Page 21

SHLVATON ARNY HEAD COMING HERE Lleut. Commissioner Damon Will Take Part in Local Ceremonies. Lieut. Commissioner Alexander M. Pamon, new commander of the South- ern territory of the Salvation Army, and Mrs. Damon will be welcomed by Sal- vation Army officers of Maryland and the District on their first visit here next Saturday. Arrangements have been made for them to take part in several ceremonies and services on Saturday and Sunday. Column to Be Dedicated. On Saturday Commissioner Damon will take part in the dedication of the column in the new Red Cross Bullding which is dedicated to Evangeline Booth and other Salvation Army women who k part in the World War. Following this meeting he will be a guest Satur- v night at & welcome meeting held at the Salvation Army Auditorium, 606 = stveet, to which the public i ‘mwitad, Among the speakers will be Elwood Btreet, director of the Community Chest, and Dr. Willlam L. Darby, sec- retary of the Federation of Churches, Sunday will be devoted to a series of meetings at the Salvation Army audi- torium, at which Commissioner Damon will preside. ‘The new commissioner, whose head- quarters are in Atlanta, has been an officer in the Salvation Army for nearly 40 years and has occupled practically every position in line of service. He has had an unusual personal history. At the l{! of 6 he began to help make the family living by selling apples to the employes of a cotton mill. The family consisted of two boys and a girl, the latter being blind. Owned Grocery Store.. At 15 young Damon was the owner of a thriving grocery store. He came into contact with the Salvation Army when 17, and after some months of deliberation cast his lot with the then struggling concern. Commissioner Damon has done some outstanding social service work for the Salvation Army, particularly in the matter of material relief among the poor. He is also an authority on per- sonal and business efficiency and is the author of several efficiency pamphlets which have wide circulation. He holds a degree of doctor of di- vinity and is considered one of the foremost orators of the Salvation Army. | | He is also the youngest commissioner | in the Salvation Army. Wife Accompanies Him. Mrs. Damon, who accompanies the | eommissioner, is an suthority on social | service and has served the Army in this position for many years. She or- ganized the army social work in sev- Zral of the large cities of the United States, Lieut. Col. Albert Marpurg, chief sec- | retary of the Southern Division, Sal- | vation Army, and Mrs. Marpurg also | will be here nevt Saturday and Sunday. | MARVEL APPARENT | WINNER IN DELAWARE | Vote “Very Close” in Democratic Delegate Election, With Returns Slow. By the Associated Press. 3 WILMINGTON, Del, September 13. ~While returns from the Democratic | delegate election were slow in coming | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 14, 1930—?ART OXNE. King Carol of Rumania is reported having abandoned plans for his coronation, and asserting that Queen Helen (center) should leave the country. Mme. Magda Lupescu (right), his companion during his long exile in France, s re- ported at the royal palace at Rumania’s Summer capital. t Here in tonight, indications were that Josiah | | Marvel, president of the American Bar | Association and candidate for the | United States Senate, would be the candidate over Thomas F. Bayard, former United States Senator from Delaware. In rural New Castle County and this eity, the vote for delegate to Tuesday’s Democratic Convention was said to be very close, but with complete returns from the various districts unavailable the result could only be approximated. At the headquarters of the Marvel and Byard factions the only thing Jearned was that it ‘Is very close,” each faction ¢laims to have been successful. At the organization Democratic head- quarters it was said Marvel would have a majority of from 8§ to 10 delegates in this city. Owing to the volln“hpmcmcu being in widely scattered tricts it is not | expected that complete returns will be made before Monday. > YOUTH IS ACCUSED .. OF TORTURING GIRL Burned Her Dozens of Times With Ends of Cigars and Cigarettes, 8he Charges. By the Associated Press. BEAUMONT, Tex., September 13.— | Charges of assault to murder and | eriminal assault were filed today | against Clarence Rogers for his alleged part in connection with the torturing of Miss Edith Bozeman, .20, who claimed she was burned with lighted cigarettes and cigars. Rogers had not been arrested, and officers were seeking him in North ‘Texas after he had been seen aboard & Texas & New Orleans Rallroad train | yesterday. Miss Bozeman claimed she was lured | to a hotel room, where she was tor-| tured with fire. She sald coals on the | ends of cigarettes and cigars had been | pressed to her body. Scores of seared | places were on her face, breast, arms | and legs, officers said. She said she was rescued from the | room early yesterday morning. Mem- bers of her family said a young man, ‘who was a stranger to them, had made & date with her for & picture show. | R et CUBAN JOURNALISTS ASK PRESS FREEDOM Newspaper Men Meet to Discuss Threat of Periodical Suppression. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, September 13.—Newspaper men of Cuba today held & mass meet- ing to discuss reiations in the event the government fulfills its threat to| suppress & number of Cuban perfodi- | which have been lampooning the administration in word mud icture. upon, the ts lved, m , the Tesolved, saj that the suppression of a daily or 'e{kly publication use its editors see fit to! criticise government activities is an un- Justifiable action. A committee of 10, with Senator Wil- fredo Fernandez as counsellor, was ap- pointed to act as an executive body with power to direct the course of action. PFour comic weeklies are understood to be on the government's black list, One of them is ikato, orders for the of which have already gone and the others are Bohemia, Critica and La Semans, all of which have been Whmeflmdmfi- Lieut. Commissioner Alexander M. Damon (upper), commander of the Southern territory of Salvation Army. Mrs. Damon (lower), who will accom- pany her husband to Washingion, TWO HELD IN ALLEGED DE PRIEST EXTORTION Pair Charged With Asking $10,000 } to Spare Colored Representa~ tive's Life. By the Asmsociated Pross. CHICAGO, September 13.—Two men were being questioned by detectives to- night in connection with an alleged attempt to extort $10,000 from Repre- | sentative Oscar De Priest, colored. Their names were given by police as Julius Link, a West Side politician, and Solly Lason, a milk wagon driver. Link and Lason were arrested today after the crime prevention committee {of the Chicago Assoclation of Com- merce and the State’s attorney’s office had spent several days laying plans for_their capture. De Priest had appealed to the com- mittee last Wednesday after he had received a letter demanding $10,060. The letter declared that the extortion- ists had received an offer of $5,000 if they would kill the Representative. They offered to spare him if he paid them that amount and an added $5,000. The letter instructed him to place an advertisement in a paper if he agreed. It was signed “The Brooklyn Rats.” Miss Hazen Given Y. W, C. A. Post. | LYNCHBURG, Va., September 13 (Special) —Miss' Dorothy Hazen, & re- cent graduate of Bauve School of the Boston School of Health Education, has been lrpolmkd director of health educa- tion of the Y. W. C. A,, succeeding Miss Emily Cate, who resigned last month. Miss Hezen is expected to begin her work here September 15. Missing From Epileptic Colony. LYNCHBURG, Va, September 13 (Special) . —Police here have been asked to be on the lookout for Robert Hughes, 20, who s reported missing at the State | epileptic colony. 'ROOFLESS ANCHORBAR PLATES Teeth Extractions by Experts Crown and Re ble Bridgework Placed Without Teeth BMILE UP FLIGHT SET FOR 10 TODAY Favorable Weather in Ger- many to See Rise of Prof. Piccard in Balloon. By the Associated Press. AUGSBURG, Germany, September 13.—The Riedinger Balloon Works an- nounced tonight that Prof. Auguste Piccard would start his projected 10- mile flight into the stratosphere by balloon at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, weather permutlnta Prof. Piccard, who is on the faculty at the University of Brussels, hopes to soar higher than man has ever gone before and study cosmic rays, which he believes will furnish clews to great sources of energy. The sclentist will use a balloon equij with an aluminum gondola which will contain all sorts of sclentific instruments. His companion will be Charles Kipfer. gigantic More Schools f;r‘Nl:king‘ NANKING (#).—Fifty more free ele- mentary schools are to be opened here this Fall, says the Government Bureau of Education. This almost doubles the number of free schools, the system hav- ing been started only two years ago. 85c Betty Faye | 25¢ 69c 50c Packer’s Olive 0il Shampoo flk 75¢ 35¢ Odorono Deodorant 17¢ Former 75¢ Yardley SOAP 45¢ Lowest Gillette Blades Beeswax Creams| Tooth Paste 14c Fleurs Talcum 49c CarroLL CYTRATE 50c New Type| Hard Water 1-Lb. Bar Castile Soap CAROL SAYS HELEN . OUGHT TO GET OUT King Reported Having Given Up Plans for Coronation With Queen. By the Associated Press. reports reaching here from the Ru- manian capital quote Carol II as say- ing, “The best thing Queen Helen can do is leave Rumania,” in connection with his perplexing situation. It is understood Carol has abandoned his proposed coronation ceremonies al- together, since the government and all political parties insist Queen Helen be crowned at the same time and be recog- nized as his wife. Carol is said to quote a precedent for this, pointing out that his brother-in-law, King Alexander Jugoslavia, reigned for a long time without coronation. The King's problem is increased by persistent reports that Mme. Magda Lupescu, his companion before he took the Rumanian throne, is at Sinala, the royal Summer capital. These reports gain more confirmation |dafly. The palace guard has been | trebled and the King has confined his cles, even his ministers being unable to obtain interviews, The Originators of the Penny Profit Idea— Quantities Limited—None to Dealers Beauty Advice by Experts OPEN EVENINGS ARROLLYS ORIGINAL CUTRATE - mes, Jorle? Iriicler, Cosmelicr 916 F STREET Carroll’s Great Million Dollar EXPANSION SALE NOW SEE OUR WINDOWS FOR THRILLING PRICE CUTS ON STANDARD BRANDS TOILET ARTICLES 25¢ Mavis Talcum 11 Listerine Quelques Mulsified 60c Shampoo NEET Depilatory 3lc 25¢ Colgate Tooth Paste 14¢ Cut-Rate BUDAPEST, September 13.—Rellable | of | of the city at 1,550,200, of whom about 1 audiences to the smallest possible cir- | 27 New Stores Being 60c Watkins 29¢ Ipana Tooth Paste 25¢ WE AIM TO UNDERSELL THEM ALL 75¢ Pinaud’s Cream MARINES WINNERS | IN RIFLE MATCHES Infantry, Navy and Cavalry Are Runners-Up in Three Week’s Shooting. By the Associated Press. CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 13— The 1930 rifle and pistol matches, de- clared one of the most successful series in results and number of contestants since the first matches were held in 1897, closed today with the United States Marines winning the national rifle team match with a score of 2,805 of a possible 3,000. The final match, with 109 teams entered, was fired over five stages, the final stage, 1,000 yards, being fired today. ‘The United States Infantry was sec- ond, with 2,799; Navy third, with 2,793; United States’ Cavalry fourth, with 2,777, and Oregon National Guard fifth, with 2,773. With Oregon in the top position among National Guard teams, the Massachusetts National Guard was sec- ond, with 2,745; Washington third, with 2,721; Ohlo fourth, with 2720, and Arizona fifth, with 2,715. Ohio finished tenth among all classes of teams. Among civilian teams, the American Legion was first, with 2,674; Oregon second, with 2,670, and Ohio third, with 2,665. More than 1,300,000 rounds of service ammunition were fired during the rifie and pistol matches this year, besides a half million rounds of other types of ammunition. There were 3,500 persons firing, with 1,650 of these competing in the Presi- dent'’s matches. The matches lasted three weeks and consisted of 95 events. D. C. GUARD RANKS TWELFTH. Washington Rifiemen Take Sixth Place Ameng Civillan Marksmen. Special Dispatch to The Star. CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 13.— The District of Columbia National Guard scored 2711 points to win twelfth place among the 109 teams snd sixth place among National Guard and civilian competitors. The class A medal winners and their individual scores are as follows: First Lieut. Walter R. Stokes, Medi- cal Detachment, 121st Engineers, 281 of a possible 300; Sergt. Harry B. Par- sons, Company E, same regiment, 277; Capt. Clarence S. Shields, same com- pany, 276; Sergt. Theodore L. Harrell, Ordnance Department State Staff, who earned all three legs on distinguished marksmanship this year, 275; Corpl. Philip C. Geraci, same detachment, 274; Sergt. Henry M. Boudinot, Com- ny E, 121st Engineers, 272; Second fi:ut, ‘Willlam R. Lane, same company, 271; Staff Sergt. Alex J. Thill, Ord- nance Department, 296; Sergt. Pranklin R. Bruckles, Company A, 121st Engi- neers, 263; First Sergt. Willlam D. Putnem, Company E. same regiment, 263; Capt. Just C. Jensen, Ordnance Department, team captain, and Lieut. T. A. Riley, Company E, 121st Engi- neers, team coach. _Alternates, Master Sergt. Donald A. Falk, Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, and Sergt. Louis A. Robertson, Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers. Hankow Has 1,500,000. HANKOW (#)—The Bureau of Pub- lic Safety here estimates the population 000,000 Chinese and 10,000 forefgners ide in the forelgn concessions. . 2001 16th St. N.W. 3 Rooms, Kitchen and Bath, $90.00 ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION Opened Soon Bulk Perfumes Coty Styx Gardenia Asurea Dier Kiss Night of Orient.. Aol Showers 35¢c Pond’s Cream 19¢ Prices Dusting CARROLL, 916 F. ST. N.W, Benedict Crowell of Cleveland, wartime Assistant Secretary of War, and donor of the trophy, Is seen here presenting the Crowell Cup to its winner, Sergt. Harold E. Brown of Ohlo, at the national rifle and pistol matches at Camp Perry, Ohie. & A. Photo. ¥ B-B' CURTIS QUESTIONS CAMPBELL'S STORY Points to Change in Prohibl« tion Agent’s Attitude on Buck Appointment. By the Associated Press. Vice President Curtis issued a state« ment yesterday telling of his interest in the reappointment of Willis A. Buck of Cherokee, Kans., as a prohibition agent which was discussed in an article published here yesterday and written by Maurice Campbell, former proh'bition administrator for New York. The Vice President quoted from the articlagy Campbell, in which he said he ¥¥8““convinced that the reinstate- ment should not have been made,” and then quoted from Campbell's report made at the time he recommended the reinstatement. Curtis said Campbell, in his report of June 6, 1927, stated: “In view of the circumstances and this agent's record in the service since 1921, to- gether with the testimony of the deputy administrator, George H. Wark, as to his past work and integrity, it is recommended that Willis A. Buck be reinstated in the prohibition service and by his work in the future be given a chance to redeem himself in the eyes of his superiors.” ‘The Vice President said: “I would suggest that Maj. Campbell take the time to write an article explaining why his statements of September 13 does not follow his report of June 6, 1927.” Carnival Benefits Church. OXON HILL, Md, September 13 (Special). —A handsome profit was real- ized from the recent carnival conducted under the auspices of St. Barnabas’ Church, it has been announced. The money will go toward liquidation of the debt contracted for finishing and deco- rating the church dining room. True Economy Means Good Furniture at the An enlarged and very complete new RUG DEPT. Wright Co. 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