Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1930, Page 22

B—6 =» RELIEF IS SOUGHT AS BANKS CLOSE Publie Funds of $8,000,000 Tied Up in N. C. County; Payments Suspended. By the Associated Press. AS] » N. C., November 22.— ‘With more than eight million dolars of iblic funds tied up through the clos- %‘nx three banks, the city of Ashe- and Buncombe County today cast about for means of relieving a strained financial situation. Strictest Economy Ordered. ‘The county, faced with greater dif- ficulties, suspended -all payments from its treasury until next week, while “strictest economy’ was the word passed down the line to city employes. The county today had in banks open and operating, $483,000 while its deposits in three banks which closed were $3,404,203. In the Central Bank and Trust Co, lhx.xxm bank in this section, the county 43,007,000 when it closed Thursday. other banks suspended opera- tion following its closing. In the American National Bank and the Biltmore-Oteen Bank, two of them, the county had $263,203 and $134,000, respectively. City Money Has Collateral. Among the problems the county faces is eeting one interest payment of $102,000 on December 1 and another of $86,000 on January 1 Although the city had $4,653,112.42 in | the Central Bank and Trust Co., its financial future appeared brighter than that of the county. “Every dollar that the city had in the Central Bank is secured by collateral,” said Mayor Gallatin Roberts. TENNESSEE BANK CLOSED. Heavy Withdrawals Cause Closing of Eighth Institution in State. NEWPORT, Tenn, November 22 (). —The First National Bank, capitalized at $50,000, closed today. J. A. Fisher, president, said the clos- ing was decided upon because of “steady and heavy withdrawals the past few days.” ‘This brought to eight the total num- ber of banks in Tennessee that have closed this month. e REORGANIZATION PLANNED. Arkansas Banking Department to Aid in Effecting Re-Opening. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, November 22 .—Progress in attempts at reorgan- ization was reported by several of the 67 banks closed in Arkansas during week, but the State banking de- partment received no reports today of -openings. unhnxmn@’rtment has taken Rock, as well as several process of being reorgan- department has announced 1t t in the reorganization of any nded institutions and will e to enable them to re- - m-amuumx ;!nfinn w:re reported banking department today. Under Arkansas law banks that sus- ts to tors may re- at end of five days or be in the hands of the State bank- department for liquidation. OFFICER IS DECORATED FOR HEROISM IN FRANCE First Lieut. John F. Pahlke Wins D. 8. C. for Extraordinary Brav- \ ery on Septembpr 27, 1918. Pirst Lieut. John F. Pahlke, United States Infantry, now stationed at Manila, Philippine Islands, has just been awarded the Distin, Serv- ice Cross by the War Department for extraordinary heroism in action near Eclisfontaine, France, September 27, 1918. He was then attached .to the Machine Gun Company of the 363d Infantry, 9lst Division, A. E. F. He is°a naidve of Germany, but was a fesi- dent of Miles City, Okla., whes entered the United States Army. According to the official citation, Lieut. Pahlke, with Sergt. Lamar Black of the same company, volunteered to go forward and rout some enemy who were annoying the com- pany. “After moving forward around the enemy’s flank and killing the snipers,” reads the citation, “they de- cided 1> flank some enemy machine gnnners vio were holding up the ad- vance of the regiment. Upon reaching the enemy machine gun line they cap- tured the flank gun with its crew. ‘The ers were then made to direct them to the next gun. This was re- peated, gv * 2fter gun, until more than 80 prisor were captured with their guns. A’ turing their prisoners over to an o.. .r of their regiment, both Lieut. Pahlke and Sergt. Black turned some of the enemy guns on the retreat- ing enemy. The success attained by Lieut. Pahlke end his companion, by their remarkable feat, was so great as to completely demoralize the enemy resistance and made it possible for the regiment to resume the advance with but little opposition.” 5, i3 st an C. J. WINSTON PEPPERED WITH SHOT BY HUNTERS Accidental Wounds Result When He Rises Suddenly in Path of Those Firing. | Registered at Sidney, Nebr., [ as Mrs. R. S. Allen. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, THOMAS H: ADAMS, CRUSADING EDITOR OF VINCENNES, IND.. DIES | Caused Inditment of State Governor and Mayor of Indianapolis. Note From Jailed Klan Chief Was Beginning of Fight on Corruption. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, November 22. —Thomas H. Adams, 70, militant Vin- cennes, Ind., editor, whose charges of political corruption in Indiana in 1926 land 1927 attracted Nation-wide atten- tion, died in a hospital here today. The cause of death was withheld Mr. Adams was brought to Indianapolis se;eu! d:'ys ago. A hson. C{,‘ff'.f' w. Adams, Vincennes, who 'publishes a newspaper at Lombard, Ill.; a daughter THOMAS H. ADAMS. living here, and his six grandchildren | s survive. corrupt practices act and resigned. Defeated for Governor. A note smuggled to Mr. Adams from Mr. Adams was an_ unsuccessful can- | h State Prison cell of D. C. Stephen- A0~ | con, former grand didate for the Republican nomination | jor, Termer grand dragon of the Ku for governor in 1928, after his name | i | had ‘become a_ household word because | Iiyeitisation. - Stephenson, & power in of his campaign against alleged politi- 1955 “urged Mr. Adams to find. his cal intrigue. x | (Stephenson’s) 'black strong boxes, It was a result of the investigation which were alleged to contain proof of that followed the newspaper man's | political corruption. charges that Ed Jackson, then Governor, |~ Mr. Adams was born July 19, 1860, and John L. Duvall, Indianapolis mayor. |at Grand Rapids, Ohio, and was edu- were indicted. Gov. Jackson was ac- | cated at Ohlo Wesleyan University and quitted on a technicality after being at Lincoln Memorial University. He tried on a charge of conspiracy to com- | controlled the Vincennes Commercial, mit a felony and attempted bribery. daily newspaper, for years, but relin- Duvall was convicted of violating the quished it several months ago. FIND TEACHER - WAS HOTEL GUEST Police Say Missing Woman | Navy’s Oldest Ship, U.S.S. Essex,Will Be Offered for Sale The oldest vessel in the Navy designed solely for steam propul- sion, the U. 8. 8. Essex, which has served under famous skippers and in little known ports, will be offered for sale by the Navy De- partment on December 17, When bids are opened. The little gunboat is but 185 feet long and displaces only 1,375 tons and was constructed at Kit- tery, Me., in 1876. She was com- missioned under the command of the late Rear Admiral Winfleld Scott Schley, then a commander. Africa, the South Atlantic, the Pacific and the Suez Canal saw this stout little craft in her wan- derings over the globe. In 1890 she took part in the reunion cere- monies cf the Army of the Poto- mac at Portland, Me. At An- napolis, Md., she was used in the instruction of midshipmen. The twentieth century saw the By the Associated Press. FORT MORGAN, Colo., November | 22.—Police investigating the reputed | kidnaping of Miss Enid Marriott, 28- | year-old Wiggins, Colo., school teacher, | late today sald that a young woman | resembling the teacher has been regis- tered at a Sidney, Nebr., hotel as Mrs. R. §. Allen. | Miss Marriott disappeared last Sun- day from a Wiggins railway station. Yesterday officers said a man driving an automobile had been seen at the station at about the time of the dis- appearance. Two Wiggins residents have testified they heard a shrill scream and a shot. Recognized by Woman. ‘Today Mrs. E. A. Lott of Sidney said she had seen a woman resembling the school teacher—whom, she added, she | knew personally—leaving a Sidney hotel Priday morning. The woman, | Mrs. Lott said, stepped back into the | entrance of the hotel as Mrs. Lott pass- ed, as though she did not want to be Cumberland Suit Against Railroad The hotel proprietor, according to| for Injuries Is Compromised. lice, said the woman resembling Miss Struck by Rock Essex unfit for vigorous service with the fleet, so for 12 years she served as training ship for the Naval Militia in Ohio. During her last three years she has been a training ship for the Naval Re- servists of the State of Minnesota. GETS $17,500 AWARD FOR HURTS IN BLAST flmofi! had been registered with a man uxger the names of Mr. and Mrs. P Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘Trainmen furnished what they con- | - sidered a further clue when they de- | CUMBI ND, Md., November 32. scribed the man who apparently waited | —The suit of Benjamin A. McDowell with a motor car at the train for the teacher, and the description of her purported companion seemed to tally | with that the hotel. of the “Allen” registered at | Personal Papers Burned. Coincident with these disclosures, an examination of the teacher’s room at the hotel at which she was living at ‘Wiggins showed all her personal papers that had been left there had been| Luke, this county, against the Balti- more. & Ohio Railroad Co. for $50,000 damages was compromised late yes- terday after it had gone to trial a: the plaintiff and his wife had testified. It is understood the plaintiff is to re- ceive $17,500 and the railroad company is to assume the costs of the plaintiff’s witnesses. A number of medical and surgical experts were brought from Bal- timore in the case. McDowell. a miliwrighi. employed by burned. These included NUMETOUS the West Cirginia Pulp & Paper letters. | while at work in the plant, was George C. Carlson, brother-in-law of | struck by a rock hurled from the rail- the missing girl, believing she has been | road tracks by a blast opposite the kidnaped, has offered a $1,000 reward plant. He alleged permanent injurles. for her apprehension. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE | Object Is to Prevent Distress Dur- ing Coming Winter by Sta- bilizing Work. Special Dispatch to The Btar. | STAUNTON, Va., November 22.—A | bureau, the object of which s to pre- vent distress by stabilizing employment here during the coming Winter, was opened here in the city manager's of- fice following a meeting of the Coun- cil's Co-ordinating Committec. People desiring work are invited to register, and those in a position to give employment will also be served. In this way every effort will be made to minimize suffering due to hard times and care for the community’s unem- ployed. Prominent citizens serving on the committee include: Clarke Worthing- ton, chairman, and A. E. Miller, M Kivlighan, Charles S. Hunter, sr., and Maj. E. Walton Opie. Car Injures 27 Persons. McDowell was represented by Horace P. Whitworth of Westernport, while A. Taylor Smith and Taylor Morrison were counsel for the railroad company. Report Craft Had Landed Safely Proves to Be Unfounded. MONTPELLIER. France, November 22 (/P).—Reports today that an Italian mail and passenger plane missing be- tween Barcelona and Marseilles had landed safely near Cette, Prance, ap- parently were unfounded and Prench destroyers were searching for the ship tonight in 'the Mediterranean. Seven passengers were aboard the plane when it left Barcelona yesterday gioming Constant Good % vision DR. DAN.l;.nkgsl\-;,wOPticinn ROSE OPTICAL CO. Just Think of It— The Star delivered to your BETHESDA CLUB NEET TUESDAY Miss Hilkka Brofeidt of Le-| gation of Finland Will Address Women. Special Dispatch to The Star. BETHESDA, Md., November 22— Clad in the costume of her native coun- try, Miss Hilkka Brofeldt of the stafl of the legation of Finland, will tell the members of the Woman's Club of Be- thesda at their meeting next Tuesday something of her native land and of its contrasts with the America with which she has become familiar through ex- tensive_travels during her three years in the United States. Miss Emma Hayes Heck, who has spent the past Summer in Sweden with her brother, head of the Division of Terrestrial Magnetism of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, will tell of her experiences and igpressions D._C, MISS HILKEA BROFELDT. of Sweden. ‘The luncheon meeting will open at 11 o'clock at the club house, with Mrs. J. Wilbur Green, chairman of the In- ternational Relations Committee, pre- siding. The program will include vocal solos by Miss Dorothy Sawyer of Wash- ington, accompanied by Miss Leaa Cash. and Mrs. Corrida Goldsmith of Zuba, who will play her own accompaniment on the guitar. Members will be per- mitted to bring guests. AVIATRIX FORCED DOWN PITTSBURGH, November 22 (#)— Mrs. J. M. Keith-Miller, who left here today en route to Jacksonville, Fila., on a propsed one-stop flight to Havana, Cuba, advised her backers here late to- night that she had been forced down at Charleston, 8. C. NOVEMBLER 23. 1930—PART ONE. SLAYS WIFE, FIRES HOME; ENDS LIFE Maryland Husband Goes on Ram- page After Estrangement and Visit of Spouse. | By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 22 —Mrs. Georgia Lena Shipley, 40 years old, was shot to death and her body just escaped cremation today when she vis- ited the home of her estranged hus- band, Robert T. Shipley, who shot her and then took his own life after setting fire to the house. His body was found in_a nearby barn. Mrs. Shipley and her husband had been separated two months, and she was reported to have entered divorce proceedings against him. Today she went to_ their former farm home at Alpha, about 15 miles south of here, to feed chickens. Ethel, 16-year-old daughter of the couple, was said by & deputy sheriff to have witnessed the shooting as she arrived at the house shortly after her mother. The girl ran to the home of neigh- ley house it was in flames. Persons who entered the burning dwelling found Mrs. Shipley’s body on the floor and dragged it outside. Their search for Shipley, blocked by a locked door, at first brought the report he had been burned to death, but his body later was found in the barn, dead from gunshot wounds. —_— Pneumatic tires and non-splinter windshield glass may be made compul- sory for all automobiles in England. bors, and when they reached the Ship- | Love’s Course Hits Obstacle, Groom Is Locked With Jurors By the Associated Press, laughi ‘at lock- ':. tlmkg a look at ¥ door here. Carson E. Parrish is behind that locked door. He is a juror in the trial of Austin Westberry, made arrangements for marriage tomorrow, but the bolt on the jury rodm interfered. Last night Parrish told Judge ‘W. E. Thomas about his wedding date. Sheriff U, L. Spivey later informed the bride-to-be of the postponement of her wedding. JAIL BEING ENLARGED Lexington, Xy., Prison Being Emptied to Make Addition. LEXINGTON, Ky., November 22 (#). | —The county jail will be empty Monday | night, but it won't be because every- body has started obeying the law. To connect a new addition it will be neces- sary to tear out the rear wall of the present jail. Twenty-one Federal prisoners were taken to the Winchester Jail today and 18 county and State prisoners will be transferred Monday to the jall at Nicholasville. The jail here will be empty about three weeks. FOUR PERSONS KILLED ‘. IN CALIFORNIA WINDS Ocean Shipping Halted Of Los Angeles — Much Property Damage Reported. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 22.—De- structive winds, roaring from the Rockies, halted Southern California ocean shipping today and did greater property damage. Four persons were killed and others injured by freakish blasts. A thou- sand men futilely battled a San Ber- nardino Mountain brush fire sucked through canyons by 50-mile gales. Meteorological observers at airline terminals registered the wind at 105 miles an hour 7,500 feet above the earth, and declared it suggested the xae:'i! of hurtling meteors in the higher s Shipping, both of the sea and the afr, was virtually at a standstill. Small craft and harbor frontages took' tell- ing blows from wind and sea. Scores of shattered plate glass windows; dozens of overturned garages: hundreds of uprooted trees, and many lifted roofs became commonplaces of a day of at- mospheric confusion. ‘Those who fell before the elements were two ‘motorists, killed near San Bernardino in a collision due to the blinding sandstorms; a forest fire dis- pateh rider, killed when knocked off his motor cycle by a motorist, and Howazd Collins, 11, killed by iron roof- ing torn from a building at Bakersfield. HOME LAUNDRY DEPARTMENT Realizing that the modern tendency is to do more and more laundry in the home, the Wash- ington Gas Light Co. has created a new de- partment—the Model Home Laundry Depart- ment. Mr. Peter Hill, who has had many years experience in the field of home laundry equip- ment, has been placed in charge.of it. This move was prompted by a considerable demand from many of our customers who have come to look upon their gas company as the headquarters for the most modern labor- saving devices and home conveniences. Accordingly, a complete line of modern gas laundry equipment has been added to our reg- ular stock. This includes gas ironers, clothes - dryers, washing mdchines and self-action stor- age water heaters. These are on display in our Model Home Laundries at our main show room, 419 Tenth street, and at the Columbia Heights Branch, 3310 14th Street N.W. Drop in to see this new department. It was ~) ‘ door every evening and Sunday created for your convenience. morning at 1%c per day and 5¢ . Sunday Can you afford to be without this service at this cost? Telephone National 5000 and de- livery will start at once. Clarence J. Winston of 1333 Park road was accidentally peppered with | bird shot in the face and arm yester- 22 (#).—A motor car in nearby Ostheim | day while hunting with a party of |drove into a crowd of pedestrians to- | friends near Silcott Springs, in Loudoun | night and injured 27 persons, 17 of | | whom were taken to a hospital in a | rose from .behind . a serious conditi STUTTGART, Germany, November | fence just as four men in the party, including his brother, William Winston fired almost simultanzously at a flock of birds. Mr. Winston made light of the acci- | dent. He said any one of the four might have shot him, and that earlier reports of the accident were exagger- ated He was given first aid by.a doc- tor and returned home. The two brothers, together with a friend from Washington, were guests of Ralph and Rodney Nichols on the hunt- ing party. MRS. OLIVER DEAD Resident of Fairfax Succumbs in Emergency Hospital. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. PAIRFAX, Va., November 22.—Mrs. Lewis B. B. Oliver, 42 years old, died yesterday morning in Emergency Hos- tal, Washington, as a result of cere- hemorrnage. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon in Fairfax, with interment in Fairfax Cemetery. Mrs. Oliver was a lifelong resident of this county and was Daisy Madelyne ‘Watkins before her marriage in 1914 to the son of tormer State Senator Walter Oliver. She is survived by her husband ana two children, Jane, aged 13, and Betsy, 5: her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Watkins, and D. two brothers, Watkins fax and mumm of Washington. e Galli-Curci, the reported have had k. | w1 P i you like \ |modern things and most people do, you’ll want | one of these mirrors. In rich silver and black, charmingly designed in the manner modern, an ornament to brighten the darkest corner, a smart mir- ror that will reflect your good taste in more ways than one. EJ Murphy & INCORPORATED 710 12th St. N. W, | | Other attractive designs ar. o on display National 2477 L] A genuine porcelain tub washer with heavy Armco steel construction, this Rotarex Washer at $79.50 presents a striking value. A small down payment and $3.75 a month on your gas bill will put one in your home for Christmas. There is no extra charge for financing. ete line of modern equipment can be seen at the following places: Georgetown Gas Light Company 1244 Wisconsin Avenue Chevy Chase Branch 8632 Connecticut Avenue Washington Gas Light Confpany 419 Tenth Street N.W. Columbia Heights Branch 3310 14th Street N.W. Rosslyn Gas Company oulevard oI [TTTT— Washington Gas Light Co. Tune ip; on WRC Saturday Evening at 6:15