Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1930, Page 24

an—— later he entered St. Columba's College HAS SINGING FANE William Hayes Will Take Part » Contest Here on October 26. A 17-year-old lad with music in his voice will represent the Irish Free State in the Fifth International Ora- torical Contest finals here October 26. He's Willlam Hayes of Edmonstown. Rathfarnham, in County Dublin, and with his singing and his oratory he al- ready has won the respect of the little isle that has produced so many whose voices have carried them to fame. He is the first youth of Ireland, too, to come to Washington for the contest which each year names the worlds high school speech-making champion Has Won Singing Laurels. According to information tiat has preceded him to contesi headquarters in The Star Building, William Hayes will give a good account of himself when he takes the stage with other na- tional _champions in _Constitution Hall. His elders have told Randolph Leigh, director general of the coniest, that he entered the Castle Park Pre- paratory School in Dalkey, County Dublin, at 10 years of age. Four yvears in Rathfarnham, which is the only public school conducted like the great English_foundations in the Irish Pree | State. The lad still is a student there, where his career has been distinguished. In 1926 young Hayes won the Fels Ceoil — nati music festival — gold medal for solo singing, and in 1929 he won the principal school prize in mathematics, an award founded by the Earl of Pembroke and usuelly captured by older boys. Last year he was made junior prefect in_ St. Columba's. In addition to the field of music, William Hayes used his resonant voice in the forensic field, winning early this year the warden's gold medal for oratory, a distinction which marked him for competition in the international ora- torical contest. Engages in Athletics. Nor is the Irish Fre: State's repre- sentative entirely of scholarly mien. He has made a name for himself in the &chool life of Dublin County by playink good games of rugby, foot ball and cricket for St. Columba’s. ; In his oratorical contest participa- tion, Hayes speaks on “Th- Irish Free State.” There is no erratic bombard- ment in this lad’s speech, but rather a dignified expression of his ideas en- riched by the oratorical tradition of his land, Behind him is this tradition. and ahead of him is a stiff battle against the best voung orators the Jeading nations of the world could pro- duce, and with him there is youth and hative ability LT Hayes lands in New York with his parents October 18 from the same ship that is biinging Jack Mallard German, England’s spokesman in the contest. He will reach Washington the following $100,000 OFFERED FOR TRACE OF SON Capt. Gross, Secretary of U. S. Legation in Switzerland, Cables Reward Notice. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 4.—Capt. Chris- tion Gross, secretary of the American Legation in Switzerland, offered $100.- 000 reward for information as to the whereabouts of his seven-year-old son Peter, in a cablegram reccived by his attorney here today. : Capt. Gross was granted @ divorce from Virginia Harrison Gross, daughter of former Gov. Francis Burton Harrison of the Philippines, August 8, and won custody of their two children. He contended Mrs. Gross forged a separation agreement in Paris in 1927 by which she obtained custody of Peter and he was to have Barbara, aged six. He alleged she substituted the agree- ment after having him sign the final page of the draft. Under the alleged substitute she was to receive $250.000 from a fund cn deposit in New York. Capt. Gross charges his wife is hid- iag Peter to force payment of the $250,- 000. The cablegram said he offered $50,000 and his father added $50,000. ANNEFIELD CUP RACE PLANNED THURSDAY Bilver Cup to Be Prize for Winner of Contest Over Flagged Course, With Jumps. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BERR' , Va., October 4 —The ninth annual running of the Annefield Cup race will be held Thursday, Oc- tober 23, at Annefield, the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Bell Watkins, near Berryville. | lodked up his record and found that WILLIAM HAYES. MARINE T0 ESCORT PRISONER RESCUER Pvt. Guthrie in Custody of Man He Saved From River. May Lose Job. Pvt. Ronald §. Guthrie of the Marine Corps was stil) under arrest today, and it seemed probable that Corporal John J. Antinovick would be well enough to serve as Gythric’s guard on the way back to QuAntico, thanks largely to the prisoner’s own_efforts. Antinoyick fell overboard from the orpoise Friday while guarding as_the ship lay at anchor off Antinovick was swept the keel and s:emed likely to until his prisoner dived in and Hero Act in Record. Persons interested in Guthrie's act préviously he had plungsd into the turbulent current of the Coco River in the attempt to save the life of a com- rade while in Nicaragua in 1928. Al- though unsuccessful in his efforts to Tescte the drowning man, Guthrie’s at- tzmpt was officially commended by Sec- retary, Adams. Escort o Quantico. Antingvick was none the worse for his experience and likely will be as- signed to, see that Guthrie is returned to the Marine post at Quantico, where, his officery say. he is slated for dis charge from the service because of Te- peated absences without leave. In may he incidental, but officers pointed out that Guthrie's case will be disposed of bX Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, commapder at Quantico and himself the holder of two Congressional Medals for brav $8,000 DAMAGES GIVEN IN MOTORCRASH DEATH Special Jury Makes Award to Ad- ministrators of John W, ‘White Estate. Special Dispatch to The Ster. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., October 4. —Administrators of the estate of John | ‘W. White were awarded $8,000 damages Ly a special Stafford County jury in & $10,000 suit in which the Richmond- Greyhound Lines was defendant. ‘White, a Norfolk man, who was em- ployed in Washington, was killed two days before last Christmas when the car he was driving was in collision with & Richmond-Greyhound bus on the ‘Washington highway just north of here. In the same accident Mrs. Charles Boorman of Washington and \Norfolk, a passenger in White's car, lost\her life and her husband sustained serious in- juries. The party was en route to their homes to spend the Christmas holidays hen the fatal accident occurred. A motion was made by defense counsel to set aside the verdict-as being con- trary to law and evidence, and will be argued before Judge Frederick W. Cole- man at a later date. THREE SHARE EQUALLY IN $55,000 ESTATE Widow and Two Children Given Property of Fitshugh Elder of Staunton. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va.. October 4 —Dis- posing of an estate of $55,000, of which ‘This Tace is run over a flagged course with fair hunting jumps. Members of | any recognized hunt are eligible, and will ride in colors for a distance of 31: miles, the prize being a silver cup. In ad he Ann the Ke c. the W Plate and the Old Dominion Cup will be Tun the same afternoc These races are an a i given under auspices of Hunt Club, by sanction of the Hunvs Committee of the National Steeple- chase and Hunt Association. SPEER RITES TODAY Special Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va., October 4.—Funeral rervices of Mrs. Nettie Thomas Speer, a prominent civic and church leader. who died at the Columbia Hospital, Washington, D. C.. yesterday, will be held from the Central Methodist Epis- ~opai Churci: South tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock She is survived by her Ellsworth Speer: three Hudson. ¥ Sanford T. Edmonston Clarendon, Thomas. Amon Cemetery ishand, Elmer E. of and . Mrs. Roberta F. C. Imboden. of brother, Brron will be at the ille, Va and cne Interment Fores NURSES ELECT OFFICER District Association Hears Reports at Winchester Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHEYTER, Va. October 4.— H. D. Fuller, for many years president of the Districe Nurse Association, was Jast night unabimously re-elected to that office for snother vear. Others clected were: Vice sidents. Mrs rence Hard: nd Mrs. M treasurer, The 2 pitine A approximate on Snajp, Martin Misses y.. Dean, made 400 visits 1o sick adults and childre September. The hot and dry weather, they said, was mainly responsible for most of,the iliness among young chiidren. Belgium Lowers Budget Total. BRUSSELS, October 4 ().—The Bel- gian cabinet, sitting late last night, de- cided to reduce budget expenditures by $1,000,000 in the economic depression. An incre~se - lil!lon is under consideration. ‘ > | or security. | Jose- | view of the heavy dey/ crease in tax receipts resulting from 840,000 is personal and $15,000 real, the will of the late Fitzhugh Elder has been probated in Corporation Court. The widow, Mrs. Sophie E. Elder, and Michael Kivlighan, the latter a friend deceased, wers named executrix and executor, respectively. Mrs. Elder qualified, with Mr. Kiv- ighan declining to serve as executor. A watch of great value was left to his son. Fitzhugh Elder, jr. The estate is directed to be divided into three equal parts and bequeathed as follows: One- third to the widow, one-third to a daughter, Nancy Morris Elder, and & third to the son, Pitzhugh Elder, jr. The executrix and executor were likewise named guardians of the two children, both to serve without bond The will is dated May 15, 1930, PLAN OYSTER SUPPER Special Dixpateh 1o The Sta LAUREL, Md,, October 4—Thursday, October 30, has heen set as the date for an oyster supper o be gven by the Woman's Club of Laurel in St. Mildred's Hzll, Main and Eighth streets, from 5 to 7 o'clock. s | Pollowing ‘the supper, there will be a | dance recital by Estelle Dennis and her | dancers. Miss Esther Wiley will be the pianist, |me;r Given $132 In Death of Cow Laid to Nail Feed Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., October 4.—Damages in the sum of $132 were awarded Albert Johnson, this city, against Vitality side company w locally,. on his suit chargi death of a cow was due to horse- sHoe natls, bits of wire and pleces of | iron in food purchased from the | Vitality mills. ‘ Johnson claims he found foreign material in the feed, and dissection | of the cow also showed foreign sub- ! stances. The company falled to ac- cept responsibility, he said, and he had a car of feed at a county point attached, the company then giving Lond. Tha desision. given in a meg- istrate’s court, was appealed. | | { | tional | states that a study of statistical evi- { dence business is neither so hopeful as whole- salc dealers in optimism profess, nor as despairing as retailers of pessimism be- belicve. uation baffles exact understandi STATISTICS GIVEN ON PRESENT SLUMP Board Declares Business Is Neither Despairing Nor Hopeful. By the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, October 4. Industrial Conferenc indicates that the outlook for Announcing the results of a compara- tive study of the business depressions of 1920 and 1930, the board says indica- | tions are that the present slump was les severe and consequently good ground for hope that 't will not be so prolonged.” there 1s Situa; Is Bafing. Saying that the present business sit- board adds “that it cannot be denied that there is an undercurrent of feeling in the business world that the situation is worse than the newspapers-seem willing to admit.” T | Discussing the psychology involved in this attitude, the board believes it is in part a reaction against the facetious optimism which, in the beginning of the decline, was sponsored by high au- thorities, both public and private. “Those who register and interpret the facts of business are ever holding out | rays of hope—that the worst is ove: | that things soon will begin to mend, |and that prosperity is at aur doors waiting only for us to'open them and bid it enter, “Never before has there been such 1 and boisterous whistling as we I passed through the dark lane of business decline. Editors and speakers | have been encouraged to equip them- | sclves witn rose-colored spectacles and |to sive all their utterances a joyous | tone. | | Both Views Overdone. | “Along with this official campaign of | optimism and partly stimulated by the distrust of public utterances, there has | gone a ‘whispering campaign’ of quite |a different character. Where business | men congregate togetlier they hear from |one_another tales of woe which make {them view the situation darkly. Out of this scattered evidence they uncon- sciously tend to form in their minds a picture of a situation in which plants generally have only half of their ac- the | customed output, afford to labor only'the retaflers of pessimism.” Peter J. Nee, Founder ke . FINEST FURNITURE VALUES - IN FIFTY tomorrow MOHAIR LIVING ROOM SUITES ‘194 ONCE MORE AFTER LONG DROUGHT | 3 “Willow Spout,” Near Staunton, Is Revived by Diverting Water From Private Use. Special Dispatch to The Star. | spring water during the long dronght, STAUNTON, Va., October 4.—“Willow | rejoice to see it functioning again. Spout” ‘is flowing again after having| ceasing was but another indication of gone dry over two weeks ago for the| the severity of the present drought, first time in memory. This remarkable | since no ordinary dry spell has ever spring, which flows from the trunk of | affected it, according to the oldest resi- a willow tree, is located at Fort Defiance, | dents hereabouts. The flow was brought nine miles from Staunton on the Lee | back to normalcy by diverting a part of Highway, and is known to thousands | the supply which had been given to who, touring the Shenandoah Valley, | private use. The spring is on Augusta have stopped to gaze and wonder at the | Military Academy property and no strange flow and have gone on refreshed | mally there is enough flow to supply from its cooling draught. | both” the spout and a residence. € Inhabitants of that section, many of | Amazed travelers in the vailey see whom have been dependent on this | this spring and think there must be [ some trick sbout it. From a point == some 5 feet up the trunk of an anci one-half of the usual opportunity, have | Willow, there. spouts . large. pasieat permanently reduced working forces in | flow of clear sparkling water. In Civil large measure and have cut wages | War days soldiers of both armies drank senerally. R e hicn | fom it. and in later days it has been a o the picture whic in cti trustworthy Tecorded statistics \mlold,‘{):?uritr.L:l i e TR one finds that it is neither so hopeful | When the valley pike was built, in as that of the wholesale dealers in| 1826, workmen brought water to the optimism, nor so despairing as that of | roadside by means of a pipe that was made from willow logs through which B iy YEARS Test the chairs or the davenport: of ‘this suite. There's comfort for you as well’as beauty, and beauty the three pieces have in full measure. Shown in‘the setting ‘above and in detail at right. We repeat at $194 . . . the finest furniture value in 50 years. The three pieces consist of two chairs as shown and large devenport, covered all over in mohair. of fine quality with the five loose spring-filled cush- ions reversing in frieze. Offered in choice of taupe, green, rose, mulberry. May also be had if preferred in all-over tapestry. P, SEVENTH an Jn e\ \ p H STREET/S, Its | | | holes had been tediously Lored. At| | the ‘base of the tree mow known as | | Willow Spout there was a cavity, doubt- | | less made by washing rains, and irom | this hole a workman_drove an auger upward into the trunk and completed| his experiment by sinking another hole At Tight angles and then flling in|Chi T ; Where' the ‘eatth had been removeq. | onildren, Including Boy and Girl This forced the water up and out| i i i :]::';"x:‘hmeg ikt L ’mm“‘ Scouts in Uniform, to Witness 3 s e stream has flowed through the old channel, concrete replacing | Ceremony Thursday. the old wooden pipe and later metal | being g used. oy | Mrs, Hoover, whose interest in chil- CLASGO B'é CONFiRMED | dren and their welfare has peen known 1slncc long before she became the First ; it e .l | Lady, will plant a tree at the new B. |Bishop Freeman to Officiate at|W.Murch School, Davenport street and | Upper Marlboro Today. Special Dispatch to The Star. Grant road, at 11 e'clock Thursday morning. UPPER MARLBORO, | The ceremony, to be attended by R J.:: : oc::::"cvery rhi,ldBln lhcdsc(t;fil. together with - - Freeman, | groups of Boy and Girl Scouts in uni- | Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Wash- | form H form, will inaugurate a program of ington, will administer confirmation tree planting that is designed to beau- and preach in Trinity Chureh here to- |ty the barren grounds of the new morrow morning at 11 o'elock. structure. The program is being ar- | ranged with virtually no formality, it Sunday evening setvices will be re- being planned principally to permit the sumed in Trinity ‘Church tomorrow | children to “meet” Mrs. Hoover as inti- evening at 7:30 q'clock. Rev. J. C. M. | mately as possible. Shrewsbury, rector of the church, will| Mrs. Leslie Wright is president of speak on the parables of Jesus at the | the B. W. Murch Home and School As- cvening services this Fall and Winter. | sociation, under whose auspices the Bishop Freeman will administer con- | planting will take place, while Mrs. firmation and preach in St. Barnabas' | Gerald P. Nye, wife of the Senator from Church, Leeland, tomorrow morning at [ North Dakoia, Is chairman of its build- 9:30 o'clock. in mit FIRST LADY TO PLANT _MURCH SCHOOL TREE CELEBRATING OUR FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY A. LAMP of the new and good looking reflector type complete with paper parch- ment shades bearing histor- ical prints; wrought metal bases: GOLDEN ‘UBILEE PRICE tomorrow $13.40 B. DESK of the winthrop type of splendid workman- ship, design and finish, are of genuine walnit or ma- hogany, or maple veneer. GOLDEN JUBILEE PRICE tomorrow $55 C. END TABLE. The illus- tration gives a good idea of~ how great this value is and how good looking the table of genuine mahogany. GOLDEN JUBILEE PRKE fomorrow $4.75 D. TABLE of solid mahog- any top, beautifully worked, with shaped top as shown. Especially well adapted for use with the mohair suite shown. GOLDEN JUBILEE PRIGE tomorres 9740 .E. CHAIR. A veriation of the Martha Washington chair, solid mahogany frame, upholstered backs and seats. Choice of tapestry, ddmask, denim or.art denim. GOLDEN JUBILEE PRICE tomorrow $94.75 EVERYTHING FOR THE MOME