Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1931, Page 22

[RTTa— B—6 HORSEBACK RIDER OFF ON U. 5. TOUR Kensington Man Plans to Visit 48 State Capitals in Two-Year Journev. Riding his pony, Spot, James Unger | of Kensington, Md., left Washington today for a two-year horseback journey in the course of which he expects to{ visit each of the 48 State capitals. Unger, who has dubbed himself “The Capital Rider,” says one reason for making the trip is to test his horse. "There is, however, another reason, which | Unger says he cannot disclose at this time. Spot has had a varied career. Dur- ing the Mississippi flood he was used in Tescue w one occasion swimming 15 miles on a rescue mission. _For two years he was used in training he at various race trac cluding Laurel. to make 1 average of Unger hope He started for Rich- 35 miles a mond, V He 'says he is going to keep a diary | of his trip write a book when he | gets back to Washingion. GIRL, 14, DIES OF POISON | Resents Elde Attending New Year Party. CHICAGO, January 2 (#).-—Elsie McEirath, 14, was told by an elder sis- ter that she too young to go to a| New Year She went anyway. | After she returned, th» elder sister at-! tempted to chastise her, but she ran| into the bath room of her home, locked ! the door and drank poison. Ehe died in a hospital. SHIPPING NEWS | | Arrivals at and Sailings Fiom New York. December 23 *December 13 | F s December 23 | DUE TODAY, | s Aurcs...December 15 Tachira—La G Aconcagua—V De Grasse—Hav Eastern Prince. Deatschland—Hamburi Qottica—Port au Prince Morro Castle—Havana December 4 December 28 December 31 ..December 27 December 24 ....January 2 smon . Decemboer 27 Beafora—Liveipool. . Decemoel 47 Granae—West Incies ciuise. hia—Havana January 1 3 5 2 Pan America—sermuda. 32 California—West Indies cruise. DUE MONDAY, JANUARY 5. | American Legion—Buenos Aires.December 19 o 3 ‘Decemper 27 December 27 December 31 December 31 | December 30 | | Latayetie—Wwest_indies cruis Reliance—West Indies cruise. DUE TUESDAY, JANUARY 6. Malestic—Soutnampton X vre g an Buren— Toltec—Puerto Barrios 3 Oriente—Havana ..... livar—Puerto Colombi. DUE WEDNESDAY, Zacapa—Santa Marta . ise. ecember 30 . .January 3 December 2¢ JANUARY 7. . .December 31 OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. Northern Prince—Rio de Jai 0 ana. Progre: American Shipper—London. rma; SAILING TOMORROW. Mauretania—Plymouth, Cher London. Sister’s Chiding for| * . Bantos. | Havre and h_and Havre Thomas. ristobal, Callao and Val- | paraiso. Cleveland—Cobh, Cherbourg and Hambure. n—Cherbourg, Sov-hampton and Brem erhaven. California—Hav Puerto Colombia, Cartagens, to and San Francisco. n, Puerto Cas- nd Maracaibo. n Cabello and ‘and Barcelona. o Colombia werp ~Lisbon and Barcelona. Viborg—8an Domingo City SAILING SUNDAY, JANUARY 4. Musa—Puerto Cortez. SAILING MONDAY, JANUARY 6. California—Belfast and Glasgow. nte Gri rmuda—B n America—Be; SAILING TUESDAY, JANUARY 6. Nieuw Amsterdam—Plym Boulogne and Rotterdam Cristobal—Port au Prince and Cristobal Oscar II- d, Oslo and Copen- hagen. Resolute—World_cruise CONNECTICUT AVE.af CALVERT What will your nleasure be f Dinner Dances In the Louis room every Seza evening o' 950 » dance. 10 i Saturday Night Dances 0 9 apecial dinnes, ert, Lowe-.vevins SHOREHAM ORCHESTRA Paul Fidelmon, Directing a, Panama Canal and San | braltar, Naples and Genoa. | a THE EVENING STAR, \\'ASHIXHT(L\'. D. €. FRIDAY. JANUARY 2, 1931 James Unger on hig’ pony Spot at the start of their trip, which is expected | Capt. Alfred P. Meade of the United States | Geological Survey and Andrew L. Bain, his grandson, are biding him adieu in | Hoosier poets and patriarch of the In- to take in every State in the Union. the photo. l OFF ON VISIT TO EVERY STATE I —sStar Staff Photo. MINER-RAILROADER DIES | Herry R. Bostwick Decorated by Two Oriental Emperors. | SARATCGA, Calif., January 2 UP).— | Harry R. Bostwick, 60, known through- out the Orient for his mining opera- tions and as a railroad builder, died here yesterday after a long iliness Bostwil constructed the first elec- | tric railway in Seoul and was engaged in many Korean development projects He was deccrated by the Emperor of Korea and by the late Emperor of Japan. More tha® 21,000 cafes serving for- elgn foods have been opened in Japan. Get Ycur Applications for Auto License Tags at Our Service Desk, Slreei Fl;«;rr $2.00 Full-Fashioned Perfect Silk Hose 95 Twin-Point Heels “L'Opera” Sheer Chiffon Silk Hose, in twenty | shades, also black, off- | black and white. Lisle- lined welt and foot. Street Flocr. With the New expense. PRAISE LETTER IS OFF Magazine's Administration Project Killed by Publicity. NEW YORK, January 2 (#).—A plan of the magezine World’s Work to pu lish in newspapers throughout_the Na tion an open letter praising President Hoover’'s administration has been aban- doned because of “unfavorable and un- timely publicity,” the editors announced today. Senator Harrison of Mississippl_as- sailed the project on the Senate floor several weeks ago. The open letter was to have been an advertisement paid for | by sponsors, who were asked to under- write not more than $100 apiece of the WRITERS DWINDLES Kin Hubbard’s Death Leaves Three Stars Calling State Capital Home. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, January 2.-—The death of Kin Hubbard left only three who continue to call Indianapolis their home of that Hoosler capital group that editors. Booth Tarkington and Meredith Nich- olson, novelists, and Willlam Herschell, Tarkington spends most of his time | elsewhere. |an Indianapolis transient. | Brook, but is almost as much at home in the capital. Kent Cooper, general manager of the Associated Press: Roy Howard, chairman s-Howard newspapers, and Long, editor of Hearst magazines. were of the group. They live in Ne | York. Harry S. New, President Cool- |1dge's Postmaster General, also of the select circle, no longer has his home in Indianapolis. ~All Worked on newspapers ere. Riley Was Newspaper Man. James Whitcomb Riley, dean of | dianapolis Writers'” Guild, had_estab- | lished a newspaper reputation with his | verse before a volume was published. | - Riley died first. Following him were | Albert’ J. Beveridge, former United | States Senator, blographer of John Marshall, and at work on a life of Lin- coln when he died, and Ann .Nichols, | critic and narrator. The late Charles W._Fairbanks, publisher of the Ne | | Telephone National 5000 | For immediate delivery of The Star to your home every evening and Sunday morning. 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