Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1931, Page 25

THE EVEN STAR, WASHINGTON, D. JANUARY 2 \BARONESS ENDED LIFE " COMPANY TO CONTINUE |G. P. BICKFORD IS NAMED WITH POISON, JURY HOLDS sqtiion tor zasurance Group me.| WIFE'S ADMINISTRATOR . MRS, CATT NAMED CHARNAN AGHI Cause and Cure of War Con-| | § ference Adjourns Sixth Annual Session. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt was elected chairman of the Conference the Cause and Cure of War at closing meeting last evening of sixth annual conference, held at Hotel Washington. | In an address, Mrs. Catt declared that the havoc created by wars, economically and morally, was more | ble even than the human lives which were sacrificed. “The greatest cost of war is not in human life, but is economic and moral bankruptcy,” she declared Delegates to the conference were urged to interest. themselves and cthers as much as possible in a promotion of better international understancing as | & means to the accomplishment of world peace. Fourteen suggestions were presented advising tolerance toward all and a study of “b-th sides of the ques- | tions” in all problems. | “Choose wisely in giving games and | toys to children” was one of the 14| suggestions. At a recent address de- | livered to the delegates of the confer- | ence, one speaker strongly condemned | the costom of giving t v soldiers, toy | guns and other warlike toys to chil-| dren. | A report by the Scholarship Com- mittee was also submitted at th clos- | ing session. It was agreed that a young woman, “preferably abcut 30 years old,” should | be chosen to go to Europe to make a | study of her subject, sympathetic understanding of international affairs; | that she shall attend the Assembly of the League of Nations and after her visit attend the next Conference on the Cause and Cure of War and report her_findings. | The “Economic Causes of War” will be the subject discussed at the next! eonference. KINGSLAND CASE REHEARING ASKED American Interests Appeal to Claims Commission Against Rauling for Germany. Appeal has been filed before the German-American Mixed Claims Com- | mission by the American representatives for a rehearing of the Kingsland case. In this case. which was recently decided , in favor of Germany, the commission sgreed unanimously that there was no evidence to show that the fire at the J., plant of the Canadian . on ¢ nuary 11, 1917, had been ca by Gerinan agents. The decision was rencered simultane- ously with that in the famous Black Tom Terminal of the Lehigh Valley can agent, Robert W. Bonynge, has al. ready presented a brief asking recon sideration of the Black Tom case. The announcement of the new re- quest in the Kingsland case was made by H. H. Martin of Atchison, Kans, counsel for the American agent. It was followed immediateiy by a statement suthorized by Dr. Karl Lewinski, ‘German agent, before sail for Ger- many on the Bremen Wednesday night, | | whose engagement is reported to have Miss Katherine Lowman, daughter of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Seymour Lowman, and Willlam Ja dine, son of the Minister to E been broken. — Harris-Ewing Photos. TALKS ON KIWANIANS Civic Organization Hears Speech by Lieutenant Governor. Robert A Hutchison. lieutenant gov- ernor of the first division of Kiwanis Clubs, of which the local club is a member, was the guest speaker of the Washington Kiwanis group at its weekly luncheon meeting at the Wash- | ingtcn Hotel vesterday. Mr. Hutchi- | son discussed the history of the Kiwanis, International, the anniversary of the | founding of which occurs this month. | heard. members to volunteer as workers in the Community Chest drive. ! el sl WOMAN KILLED BY GAS A 65-year-old colored invalid, Jane Alexander, died from gas poisoning. and | her nurse, Mary Spriges, colored, 55, of 2320 L street, was overcome late yes- terday afternoon by gas escaping from a b>d rocm heater at the former's home, | 1128 New Hampshire avenue. The Spriggs woman was removed to American aire: countries in 1930. de Pidoll Stricken on)| Steamer While En Route From Japan to Shanghal. By the Associated Pr SHANGHAL January 23.—A verdict of suicide by polsoning was reached to- day at the inquest in the death of | Baroness Paulette de Pidoll, di here yesterday in & hospital turning to Shanghai from Japan. The baroness was the estranged wife of Baron Charles de Pidoll, local rep- resentative of a Luxemburg steel com- | 1t was said toda | came 111 trom poison Sunday | steamer Nagasaki Maru, which brought her here from Japan, where she had aboard the a man friend. was sent to 19 ceivership Is Dismissed. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., January 23 (). —Petition for a receiver for the Home Life Insurance Co. of Little Rock | was dismissed in Circuit Court Wednes- | day on motion of the defense coun . who said the company was not solvent. W. E. Floyd, State insurance com- missioner, in a letter to Attorney Gen- eral Hal Norwood, who filed the pe- | tition, advised, “It is best to let the Home Life Co. have further oppor- tunity to realize on the $800.000 and 300.000 contracts it has with the K stone Holding Co. and the Int southern Life Insurance Co. of Louis ville. I think this should be done in the interest of the policyholders.” |~ Mr. Floyd then advised Mr. Norwood he was withdrawing a certification to the attorney general that the com- ! pany's reserves had been impaired. By a Stafft Correspondent of The Btar. UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. January 23.—Gershon P. Bickford of Berwyn. husband of Mrs. Lula A. Bickford, a Republican candidate for the Orphans’ Court judge in the last election, who died recently, has been appointed administrator of her estate. Bond was set_at $3,000. i The County Orphans’ Court has also appointed Hamilton Hall administrator of the estate of Mary E. Sheckells. He | was ordered to file $200 bond. | " Other administrators or executors appointed by the court are: Marie C.! Gorely, executrix of the estate of Ma- | : J. Wilson admin- | rd Jackson, | argaret Brown, administratrix of | the estate of Ruth Harper. Heavy rains have caused great dam- age to crops in France recently. LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store ® Clearance In Children’s Wear There are savings Children’s Shops th on every hand in the ese days! Thrifty Mothers will find a trip to our store well worth while! Girls’ Dresses Reduced $3.95 Dresses $5.9 .85 Wool jerseys and wool crepes trimmed with white cuffs; jumper styles; 7 to 14. Beautifull collars and tweeds; all crepe, wool 5 Dresses y made dresses of wool jersey, and flecked colors; 7 to 14 years. Girls’ $7.95 to $10.95 Dresses Jumpers, bolero styles, ensembles, one and two 9 5 piece models; velvet, wool crepe, plaids, wool jersey and s . novelty tweeds; 8 to 165 in which he characterized the American | Emergency Hoepital when fire rescue | petition as “merely a reargument of the | gqusd workers succeeded in reviving case.” ' her. LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store Women’s and Misses’ Coats Reduced Or Recently Purchased and ¢ Marked at New Low Prices A widely anticipated event offer- ing values of conspicuous merit. Fine coats—for misses and women —Iliberally reduced for immediate clearance. Included are: $35.00 to $39.75 Value; Smart rough woolens and fine broadcloths, cor- rectly tailored and finished with unusual details. Trim- med with caracul, lapin* and dyed skunk. Sizes 14 to 48Y5. $49.75 to $59.50 Values A group that includes coats fashioned of the $ finer type broadcloths and trimmed with luxurious furs. Mostly all black; sizes 14 to 20 and 36 to 46. $59.50 to $79.50 Values High fashions—tailored of the smartest and new- $ est materials and trimmed with Persian lamb, cara- cul and skunk. Sizes 14 to 20 and 36 to 44. 35Y, to 4114 for little women. *Dyed Rabbit. COATS—SECOND FLOOR GIRLS’ SHOP—FOURTH FLOOR Tots’ $7.95 to $10.00 Coats A midseason opportunity to buy a smart tai- lored or more dressy coat for miss 3 to 6; at worth- while savings. Tweeds well represented . . .sinart fur collars on all. Boys’ and Junior Boys’ Wearables At Great Reductions $7.95 to $9.95 Sport Coats and Overcoats Black or brown leatherette coats, lined with wombatine; sizes 8 to 16. Overcoats in blue, las, tan, blue, brown. grey and brown, sizes 4 to 9. horsehide coats, 10 to 16. $4.95 Tweeduroy Jackets Some with all-wool reversible linings! Grey, $3;£ tan, brown; 8 to 16. BOYS' WEAR SHOP—STREET FLOOR $12.95 to $18.95 Overcoats and Horsehide Coats $ 1 0.90 Overcoats for boys 4 to 10— pile fabrics and warm chinchil- Black Children Enjoy Comfort in Fitz-Well Shoes This well-known comfortshoeis made in styles for children, misses, junior girls, youths and boys. Of pat- ent leather, brown and black elk and two-tone sport ef- fects — all with Goodyear welted soles. $3.50 to $5.00 SHOES—SECOND FLOOR. Children's Sport Hose 25c Of fine cotton in designs that will please boys as well as girls! With smart turnover novelty cuffs. Sizes 7 to 11. SOCKS—STREET FLOOR. LANSBURG 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store Junior Misses! Here Are the Smartest Coat Fashions—Reduced to $ I 9'.75 Bright red, blue and green rough woolens, smartly trimmed with rich black lapin*. And fine black broad- cloths with luxurious sets of pointed black furs. A style-right group! Sizes 13 to 19. *Dyed Rabbit. Faggotting . . . .. Is Foremost In Jr. Misses’ Dresses $]075 The smart younger Junior scorns frills and furbelows for frocks with yokes and trimming of simple hand- faggoting! Flat crepes and printed crepes—in the new orange, gold, rose, red, green and blue shades. Sizes 13 to 19. JUNIOR MISSES' SHOP—SECOND FLOOR. 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