Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1931, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1931. . music and other sttractions, and at nl‘hb the annual fair dance will be held in the high school auditorium, while at the fair grounds at night there will be fireworks, J , free acts and | music. | Half a dozen or more members of the | 101 Ranch company, stranded in Wash- | ington, gave demonstrations of trick riding, trick roping, Indian bow-and- | arrow shooting and performed stunts | at the fair yesterday and today and County Seat Gardsn DA 1L sk ooy Wins Evening Star ARLINGTON BRIDGE Flower Trophy. ' PAVING BIDS ASKED » | ROCKVILLE, Md., August 19 —pine Call Is Last of Major Steps in Com- Weather and an elaborate progrem pletion of Memorial Span drew a large crowd to the opening of the Rockville Fair yesterday. Early by 1932. crowds today indicated the attendance ¢ would again be high. The fair closes Injtiating one of the last major steps tomorrow. 1n the evelopment of the main project, Thousands of persons from the Dis- | Ljeut. Col. U. 5. Grant, 3d, executive frict of Golumbla, the county. adfoln- |officer of the Ariington Memorial ing countles and nearby Virginia were | on hand, although attendance cid not | Bridge Commission, today called for set a record. Reduced admission prices | Dids for the paving o® iae great span prevail this year and the day's receipts | ACToss the Potomac River, west of the Are expected to be below those of some | Lincoln Memorial. Bids will be opened of the big days of former fairs nere. |8t 11 o'clock on September 9 in Room | 1613, Navy Building, Eighteenth street Flower Show Popular. and ' Constituticn avenue. Completion The flower show, the beauty spot of | 0f this work will permit the bridge to the fair, is proving a delight to many. be opened to the public next Spring , Long tables are lined with specimens.| The main bid provides for a cold Judging wes concluded yesterday after- | bituminous pavement, but alternative noon and the premium winners an- | bids will be received on a granite block nounced. pavement, known as “durox.” Both of The silver cup donated by The | these types will be grayish in tone, the Evening Star was awarded to the Rock- | cold _bituminous pavement lacking a ville Community Garden Club. It was | distinctive pattern, but the “durax for the best basket of flowers, with |type possesses this. foliage permitted, and the coni:st was | Col. Grant said that all of the work open to garden clubs only. must be finished within 50 calendar The Rockville club also won the |days after the signing of the contract silver cup offered for the most poin‘s | It is expected the bridge will be opened won in the general exhibition by mem- | about March 1. bers of a garden club. | ST Today's big crowd had mno dMBCULy | . qme traditionsl account of the death finding amusement. ~The midWay, or" the famous Athenian Ilegislator, which opened up full blast this mom- | Hraco who lived in the seventh con- ing, attracted many, the exhibils were | tyry B, C., teaches the lesson that one inspected, the sideshows were patron- | may sctually be “killed by Kindness ized and the cat and flower shows | <The story goes that Draco was so popu- were visited. 1In the early afternoon, jar that once appearing at the theater almost everybody moved toward the the populace showered him with their race track to witness the six-horse caps and cloaks, and so smothered him race scheduled, view the parade of live \ with their apparel that he died, smoth- stock around the track and enjoy the | ered to death. free open-air acts and music. Pony Show Attractive. | e = Thi -five beautiful little imals | i perieimsisd " inepony wmow semer: |{| Real Estate Loans o (D. C. Property Only) which proved a delight to the | large number of little folk in attend- ance. The judging was done by Pat (W. 5. Northington of Petersburg, Va., | ‘who experienced no easy time fixing the awards. The prizes and ribbons | o were awarded as follows: Four-pony races, two at 2 furlongs ek and the others at 4 furlongs, afforded il No Commission Charged both the spectators and riders lots 4 . st of fun and proved excellent contests. You cin take 12 years to f§ ‘The riders of the winners received | pay off ymfr loans ‘}"1"0\’(') :)?;) hies. expense of renewing. $1/ The cat show began this mnmlnwf for $10 per month, including with 108 felines on exhibition. Tt 8 (Ml jnterest and principal. Larger being ~staged by the Columbia Catifl .or iilie- loans at proportion= Fanciers of Washingtos She rhten . Hantzman is show manager. ‘The judging, which began this morning, is not expected to be concluded until | Hf tomorrow. It is being done by Mrs. | Karl Hoenig of Columbus, the cats that are being shown, 88 are (i counters and the others Kitiens, include many aristocrats as well re| tatives of the domestic breeds. | | orrow’s program includer six horse races, a parade of live stock | around the race track, a terrapin race, | postponed from Tuesday, free acts,' Association Eatablished 1881 Larges: in Washington Assets Over $25,000,000 Cor. 11th and E N.W. L OWARD O BALL: INSSTERSLAYNG |Alienist to Determine If 11- | Year-0ld Child Knew Con- sequences of Act. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md. August 10.— Harold Burkholder, 11-year-old son of | Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M. Burkholder of Upton, Pa., near here, who two weeks | ago shot and killed his 7-year-old sis- ter, Vera, after threatening her and hi< mother, will know soon whether he will face ‘trial for manslaughter or murder, or be declared incapable of BREAKING ALL RECORDS R.Harris &. Co. Jewelers and Diamond Merchanis for Over Half a Century OLD GOLDS callin’ on the girl friend tonight,’ BOYTOLEARN FATE forming the desire to kill or of knowing the consequences of his act. Future action will be determined by District Attorney Grant Benedict, upon | A report to be made by Dr. Max Levin, Harrisburg, Pa., alienict, Benedict said. The allenist and district attorney ex- amined the boy at his home yesterday. A report also will be made by the State police who investigated the shooting. Bill Died in Committee. Had the bill introduced in the last Pennsylvania Legisiature, providing for disposition of such cases under the Juvenile act, become a law instead of ying in committee, the Burkholder boy’s case could have been disposed of by sending him to reform school, Bene- dict said. As it is now.” the district attorney said, “the burden s placed upon the commonwealth to determine whether the boy has the mental ability to form a desire to kill, and such a decision cannot be reached without mental tests. | Under Pennsylvania law, children from 7 to 14 can have the mental ability to form the desire to kill, but it is up to the commonwealth to prove it.” Miss Ruth Garnes, Harold's teacher. came to his defense today, when she —for value in American-made watches. These modern Elgins are priced one-third less than the same quality cases and movements in the regular Elgin line! R. Harris & Co. entirely controls these models — you can't buy them elsewhere. They're the smaller size rectan- gular mo®ement . 15-Jewel—14-K., Gold Filled ELCINS $2485 F Street at 11th Maybe you think that the Big Fel- low who guides a truck, a steam- shovel, or a drill isnt in “Keeping Kissable". wrong! There's a girl he cares a lot about—sweetheart, wife or mother. And he doesn’t like to greet her with a breath like an ASH-TRAY. The OLD GOLD smoker evades un- pleasant cigarette breath for two reasons. FIRST, he is smoking PURE TOBACCO...free of greasy, breath- tainting,artificial flavorings.SECOND, OLD GOLDS are never stale or dry. They reach the smoker's lips factory- fresh, from the Cellophane package. | denied reports that she had threatened to quit if the was sent back to school. She said he behaved about as well as some others, and that he was obedient, but she believed it would re- lieve every one if he wasn't sent back. Says He Abused Sister. | Harold's parents testified at the in- | quest that he had abused his sister and | [ threatened to shoot her and their moth- er. Mrs. the gun away when her son pointed it at her once and the bullet barely missed his sister. She also testified that after the fat~1 shooting, Harold hed grabbed her about the neck and held his hand over her mouth to pre- vent her from calling for help. Three boys who played with Harold | also said he threatened to kill himself after shooting his sister, and asked | them to get him a gun and cartridges. When they refused, they said, he | threatened to shoot one of them. | The boy used his father's gun. Heavy extraordinary government ex- penditures caused by the recent revolt in Portugal are to be spread over the next five years, interested But you're Burkholder said she pushed | i WOL Every Thursday Night at ond Hear the Fairfax. 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