Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1931, Page 3

BTH MARINES BEGIN' FIRING ON RANGE Half of Brigade Takes Up Preliminary Target Practice. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CAMP POLLARD, Virginia Beach,; September 1.—Half of the 6th Marine Brigade is on the rifle range firing pre- liminary rounds today. Record firing begins tomorrow, when | the 1st Battalion, 20th Marines, takes the range. Half of the brigade is afield today at extended ordor drill practice | hikes and bush warfare plans. i The remarkable progress made in| learning the intricacies of parade for- mations was shown when a perfect | parade was staged without the services of a single officer. non-commissioned officers functioning in the various com- missioned positions. Brigade Sergt. Maj. Johr E. Fondahl acted as brigade | commander, with First Sergt. Kenneth ! J. Zoeller as regimental adjutant, First Sergt. R. L. Jenkins as brigade medical officer, Paymaster Sergt. Harry Vaughn | as brigade paymaster and Supply Sergt. W. E. Riley as_quartermaster. Sergt. Maj. Harry F. Volkman com- manded the Ist Battalion, 20th Ma- rines, with Corpl. John D. Doerr as adjutant. Sergt. Maj. H. D. Johnson acted as commander of the 2d Battalion, with Sergt. P. L. Edwards as adjutan Sergt. Maj. O. C. Brown com: the 1st Battalion, 23d Mar Sergt. John B. Deshay as adjuta Cunnery Sergt. Earl Mathe: manded tF Battalion, 23d M with Gunnery Sergt. Lewis Bey adjutant. Company Commanders Listed. Acting company commanders were as follows: A, 20th, First Sergt. Willlam R. El-} liott; B, 20th, First Sergt. Edward H Hamilton; C, 20th, Gunnery Sergt. W. M. Eger; D, 20th, First Sergt. Hany W. Warner; E, 20th, First Sergt. James ‘Tawney; F, 20th, First Sergt. Carl Tom- lins; G, 20th, First Sergt. H. W. d H, 20th, First Sergt. R. V. Essex: A, 23d, First Sergt. Cyril W. Pitts; B, 23d. First Sergt. James W. B: C, 23d, First Sergt. Frank O. Brass First Sergt. Charles C. Brown d, | First Sergl. W. R. Via; F, 23d, Gunnery | Sergt. Frank Gelfound; G, 23d, Fairfax Walters: H, 23d, First Sergt. Lewis Berry; Medical, 20th, Staff Sergt. Legate; Medical, 23d, First Sergt. James Shipee. The daily brigade parades have been attracting large crowds of spectators. The medical detachment is one of the showiest and most efficient organiza- tions in camp. Another fine unit mak- ing rapid progress is the brigade signal | detachment under Capt. Windsor B. Stroup. With the brigade operating under field conditions, the organization is in constant command by field radio headquarters in Washington, as well as with Quantico reserve flyers. Much time is spent in practicing fire control from the air. Brigade Is Praised. Both Marine and Army chservers are Joud in the praise of the advancement being made by the 6th Marine Brigade. The health of the brigade remains ex- cellent, the percentage of morbidity re- maining remarkably low. One case of acute appendicitis occurred yesterday, the patient being taken to the Norfolk Naval Hospital by brigade ambulance. An operation was performed within an hour from the time the man was stricken. GETS BUTLER’S PLEA The request for retirement of Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, commanding general of the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va., went to President Hoo- ver today. The Navy Department for- warded the request after the judge ad- vocate general had ascertained that it | ‘was legally in order. If the request re- czives the approval of the Chief Execu- tive, Gen. Butler, long a picturesque figure in the service, will leave the out- fit the end of this month. i { Council Meetings Deferred. FALLS CHURCH, Va., September 1 ‘(Special).—Special meetings of the *Town Council to close the business of the fiscal year and to reorganize the mew Council have had to be deferred for lack of a quorum, several of the, Councilmen being out of town on busl-i ness for the Government, SPECIAL NOTICES. " FLLis_P. NERAL DIRECTOR announces s dis solved partr Allen, _undertakers, now. 1 wil be at my residence, Isiand ave. nw. for business.’ You call Decatir 2584 until further notic Bew “establishment. Can care for worl § WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted by any other than myself. JAMES G. MELCHIOR, 900 C st. ne. 1 AUTOMATIC REFRIGERATION SERVIC] Call guaranteed work on all makes. <" coils, brine tanks for _sale "w..'2nd floor. ~ Met. 7967. % CHAIRS FOR REN1, SUITABLE FOR BRIDGE PARTIES, banquets, weddings and meetings, 10c up per day each; Dew chairs. Also_invalid rolling chairs for rent or sale: ONTTED STATES STORAGE CO. 418 10th st.n.w. Metropolitan 184 may e of any FURNACES ~cleaned (including smoke pipe) and paint- & for $3.80: repnirs. parts for every furnac s hot._w: er heatink. Robey Hea 1440. 1395 Fla. ave. n. W 'ROM BOSTO! O} 0 And_ali_points N th ALLIED VAN LIN; We also pack and ®hip by STEEL LIFT VANS anywhere SMITH'S TRANSFER & STORAGE, CO., 313 You St. N.W. Phone North 3342-3343. Elberta Peaches Ripe AT QUAINT ACRES Choice Yellow Free Stones for Canning Large crop. low prices. Open daily from % am. til 9 pm. Drive out through Silver Spring. turn right on Colesville Pike (Route 27). Only 5 mil miles from the District. _sepl* Get Acquainted With our new location and greater facilities for PRINTING service. {The National Capital Press Fla. Ave. 3rd and N N.E. _ Lin. 6060. ROOF WORK —ot any nature promptly and capably looked after by practical roofers. Call us up. Roofing 119 3rd St. 8.W. HOOUINS corspany_~ District ooss. PEACHES—PEACHES Chain Bridge road between Vienna and Fairfax, Va. Chilcott Bros. tel. Vienna 18-F:3. Furniture Repairing Upholstering Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG 1235 10th St. N.W. Metropolitan 2062 Same location 31 vears, which insures low prices_and_high-grade_workmanship. Get Ready for Winter t Us Repair Your Present Heating Plant or Install a New One. Free Estimates. BUDGET PAYMENT if desired. 3 FLOODS gy St. NW. Evf 0—Evenings. _Clev. 0619 e e Pine quality. no better fruit: 25c a basket and up. Bring your containers or buy a tree and pick it yourself. J. F. WORST, Route 27. Ashton. Md. . " THAT MATTRESS OF YOURS HA! Been slept on a good while now and needs renovating. You Are Also Wondering w»-why the bed looks humpy and feels un- ggniortavle. ‘We are awaiting your order Tenovate it. NAT. 3631. Bedell Mfg. Co. A0 B 8T. N.W. 2| Temperature of 90 or Higher Is Accused of 1 THE EVEN 2 Murders NG ‘WOMAN HELD INSURANCE ON ALLEGED VICTIMS. RS. ROSE VERES boarders in her in court yester: Stephen Mak, a boa cecurred in Mrs. Veres' home vealed the insurance policics on her vict also arraigned and held for questioning and o has been after having insured their lives, was arraigned | held on the technical chorge of murdering | ‘The latter's death was the twelfih which had | “ccused of the murders of 12 men, nd caused the investigation which re- tims. Her eldest son, William, 18, was Police claimed they experienced dif- ficulty in questioning the “witch of the Hungarian colony,” as Mrs. Veres is known, because she attempted to hypnotize her questioners Detroit Widow Is Arraigned Request to Bureau Here!F With Son—Dcaths of 12 Roomers Probed. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 1—While her attorney challenged a - claimed by the prosecuto:’s office, Mrs Rose Veras, rooming house proprief was held in the county jail last night charged with the slaying of one of a dozen men who died mysteriously in | bait which led to Brown's arrest at the | her home in the last e ear Mrs. Veras and_her son, William, were arraigned in Recorder’s Court to- day on a charge of slaving Steve Mak, one of the 12 men. Mother and son stood mute and were held without bond pending examination S:ptember 4 Person Left Unnamed. Prior to the arraignment, Duncan C. McCrea, assistant prosecutor, announced that Mrs. Veras had confessed to an unnamed person, “not connected with the Police Departme: had pushed Mak to his death from an attic window of her house after two attempts to poison him had failed After the ararignment ney, jr. attorney for she 'had denied confess: or to any one else, that she had refused to sign a paper offered her by officers because she could not read it and be- | cause her attorney was not present. Kenney sald Mrs. Veras charged that the police told her that her attorney was in jail and would be kept there| until she stgned the paper they of-| fersd her. Held Insurance Policy. McCrea said Mrs. Veras' alleged con- fession had not been reduced to writing, but asserted she had told the unnamad person that she had ced Mak to climb a ladder to an attic window and enter the attic, af* which she pushed him to the ground McCrea said Mrs. Veras also confesced that she killed Mak to obtain in: nce of which she | was_the beneficia ank M. Ken- Veras, said | > police Veras did not confess any other slay- ings. Investigators today continued their efforts to determine the circum- | stances under which the 11 other men | died. Mrs. Veras is said to have paid premiums on 75 life insurance policies | taken out by roomers in her home. Almost 100 persons in addition '40‘ Mrs. Veras have been questioned re- | garding the 12 deaths, the causes of 5 of which are listed as “unknown.” Two of the men are said to have died from alcoholism, another by hanging | himself, two by asphyxiation in the ga- | rage at the rear of the home and an- | other from pneumonia. CHICAGO JUST MISSES Reached on 22 Days During June, July and August. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 1.—The past Summer was not the hottest Summer in Weather Bureau history here, al- though Chicagoans were justified in thinking so. The months of June, July and August produced 22 days, a record number, on which the temperature rose to 90 de- grees or higher, and the average daily excess was 3.3 degrees, the bureau said today. This total was second only the meteorological Summer period of 1921, when the excess was 4.2 degrees a day. There were only 18 days of 90-degree heat in 1921. The Summer of 1874 produced .an average dailv excess temperature of 2.9 degrees, 17 days of 90-degree heat, and stands as the third hottest Sum- mer since 1871. Highest temperature this year was 99 degrees; in 1921 it was 97 degrees, while the record for one day was 103 degrees, set in 1901, the fourth hottest Summer. Will Rogers BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. —Not much news over the wi look at news nowadays. China drowned a million. We take that with as little concern as a New York gang killing or the 50 people killed in autos over the week end. Mr. Mellon is today’s head- liner, borrowing one billion one hundred million at three per cent. Could have got 1t about one and a half, but wanted to give th® boys a break. This means they are going to finance by borrow- ing instead of increased taxes on those able to pay. It's too close to election to antagonize the big | t The assistant prosecutor said Mrs. | there. The medical examiner said the | to|for an automobile wl ‘Wide World Photo. LANDLADY DENIES _ PENSION BAIT TRAPS ADMITTING MURDER SLAYING SUSPECT Causes Arrest of Man Whose Bride Was Slain in 1918. By the Associated Press. FALL RIVER, Mass., September 1.— A trap set 13 years ago has snapped about William Brown, 55, and he is on his way back to Massachusetts from | Tennessee to face an indictment for the killing of his wife. A pension based on his service in the Spanish-American War was the Soldiers’ Home in Johnson City, Tenn. Word was sent back to Messachusetts yesterday that Brown had waived ex- tradition and was returning to Fall River in the custody of two officers, Search Began in 1918. Since 1918 Massachusetts and Fall River authorities hgd searched the United States and Canada for him. Often there were reports he had been seen, but no tangible Bureau at Washington where, sooner or later, the authorities believed, Brown would apply for payments on hs pen- sion. Arrangements had been made to trace immediately any communications from him and just such a request, made a week ago, led to his arrest. In the Fall of 1918, men working along the water front here became suspicious of a package and opened it to find part of a torso. Later other packages were found, which identified the victim as a woman. Fi{lally the head was found. Found Dissected Body. In the meantime, friends and rela- tives of Annie Donovan, 20-year-old Fall River girl, who had married an itinerant mill worker named William Brown, but known to his friends as “Tato” Brown, became alarmed over her disappearance. They appealed to the police, who learned the dead woman was Mrs. Brown. In the flat Mr. and Mrs. Brown had occupied, they salid they found a table with bloodstains on it and other evidence, which led them 0 believe the woman had been slain slayer had strangled and beaten the woman and then dissected the body. At the Johnson' City Soldiers’ Home, Brown told police: he had been in the veterans' home at Dznville, IIl, until June, when he transferred to the John- son City institution. He said he was born iu Liverpool. England, and had been | married twice. AUTO AND CAB COLLIDE; VIRGINIAN IS INJURED Driver Arrested on Hit-and-Run Charge—Lookout Broadcast for Elusive Car. Edward G. Wells, 34, Alexandria, Va., sustained a severe laceration to his forehead last night when his automo- bile was in_collision with a taxicab operated by W. Price, 21, 726 M street, at First and E streets. Wells was taken to Emergency Hospital in a passing ““,}%T‘:bm‘ h rteenth precinet police arrested Robert Herson, 1000 block of Webster street and charged him with leaving after colliding in connection with the running down of 16-year-old Lena Robertson, 41 Nicholson street, Sunday night at Blair road and Rittenhouse ::Arjfxerll Mi;s Robex;:son .;ustuned minor les. erson said to have ldent.\fle‘d by three witnesses. e A loox-out was bro%(?c‘:st last night ich has eluded eleventh precinct police on four occa- sions. Last night Policeman A. Moore pursued the car for zbout a mile through southeast Washington before los!l?]g zLd "I"I;e driver is wanted for reckless driving and operatin, vi dead tags. et $40,000 WILL FORGED, CHICAGO COURT HEARS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 1.—Testimony was given yesterday before Oscar S. Caplan, probate judge’s assistant, that a pencil-written will, dated October 19, 1877, and put forward by Dr. Edmund J. Bolio of Detroit to support his claim to the $40,000 estate of the late Mrs. Ida Marcoux, had been forged. The pul}porte% will, having an ap- pearance of great , left all her - erty to Bolio. e e Frank Sullivan and Whliam Lee, public administrator’s investigators, tes- tified Dr. Bolio had told them he could duplicate inks used in 1877, but he later decided to use pencil. Besides Dr. Bolio, claimants to the estate are Cook County and Frederick Matthews, who claims to have been Mrs._Marcoux’s common law _husband. Enjoy a Delightful Breakfast, Luncheon, Dinner or Supper at 74th Year STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1931. [HUNT FORPOWERS | VIGTIMS CONTINUES Clarksburg Police Doubt His Statement That Five “Are All There Are.” the night of last July 4 and 5, and that a domestic had identified them as Powers, Mrs. Eicher and Mrs. Lemke, a city detective went to the house, owned by Frederick Ott, to investigate. The man and two women were identified by the domestic employed by Ott by means of photographs of Powers and the slain women. ‘The domestic sald that some time before the killing of the women was disclosed, she had told her employer of the visitors; that the women “seemed greatly depressed,” apnd that one of them was concerned about her three children whom she said she left with a nurse in Chicago. Police say Mrs. Eicher left her children while she came here with Powers. The domestic quoted the woman as saying: “Please pray for us.” The three persons were asked to seek quarters elsewhere the following day because the man became disorderly, apparently having been drinking, the woman said. Films Developed. Photographs of Mrs. Lemke and Pow- ers were in the possession of authorities today, having been developed from the same Tole of films found in a small box camera. Officers said they apparently were taken near here while the woman was being “brought to Clarksburg from Northboro, Mass. When photographed, Mrs. Lemke was clad in the same dress and wote the same jewelry she had on when her body was found buried near Quiet Dell. The woman was smiling, obviously un- aware of the fate that was to be hers. Powers, too, was smiling &s he posed for the photographs. He and the woman apparently had taken turns at photographing each other ajong a high- way and on & rocky prominence over- looking a body of water. PLAYED FOR SMALL STAKES. Mrs. Eicher’s Safe Deposit Box Reveals Debt and One Cent. CHICAGO, September 1 (#).—Harry Powers, alias Cornelius Plerson of ! Clarksburg, W. Va., was gambling for i small stakes when he killed Mrs. Asta Buck Eicher of Park Ridge and her three children. Her safety deposit in the Park Ridge State Bank, opened yesterday revealed, | aside from evidence of debt, one copper cent. She owned her home. which might have been worth $12,000 in a good market, real estate men said, but there were mortgages for $7.000 on it. She {had $3.84 in a checking account in the bank, and her children had $42 in a savings account. Bank officials disclosed that Mrs. Eicher’s checking account had dwindled steadily since 1926 when there was $10,000 on deposit. Officials Seek to Learn If Women Are 1 Missing. DETROIT, _September 1 (#).—The prosecutor’s office announced today that investigators dre checking the names of |from which Harry F. Powers obtained | the names of his victims, to determine | whether any are missing. ‘The list of 1,200 names were sur- rendered by Albert B. Plater and his wife Olga, which has’ its headquarters in Detroit. Investigators said three stenographers were kept busy at the society’s offices answering requests for names from matrimonal candidates. Records of the society disclosed that Powers joined the organization Jan- uary 12, 1931, under the names of Cor- imonthly lists containing the names of 1,200 women. Fifty resided in Detroit. The investigators said there were no records to show whether he correspond- ed with others than Mrs. Asta Eicher of Park Ridge, Ill, and Mrs. Dorothea Lemke, Worchester, Mass., whose bodies, with those of the former's three chil- dren, were found near Powers' garage at Clarksburg, W. Va. {ORATORY CONTESTANT WILL REMAIN ABROAD James A. Moore of Western High Plans to Study at Lausanne for Coming Year. James A. Moore, Western High School graduate, who represented The Evening Star's area in the Naticnal Oratorical Contest here last May, will remain in Switzerland for a year's attendance in school there when his fellow orators sail from Europe September 8, it was announced today by Randolph Leigh, contest director general. The decision that the boy go to a Swiss school during the coming Winter was reached after his father, Virgil Moore, talked with him by transoceanic telephone vesterday. Mrs. Moore is leaving the United States shortly to visit Jimmy before he enters classes at Lausanne, ‘The other six orators, including Rob- ert Rayburn, the Newton, Kans., boy who won the championship, will sail a week from today, to arrive in New York City September 15. The others in the party of speechmakers who have enjoyed the 2l-month prize tour of Europe include Miss Ever Louise Con- nor of Chicago, William J. Codd of Spokane, Wash.: Jack Emmett of New York City. William J. Donohue of Herkimer, N. Y., and James H. Pelham of Birmingham, Ala CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Bingo party, Capitol Lodge, No. 8, Shepherds of Bethlehem, 808 I street, 9 pm. FUTURE. Luncheon, Lions’ Club, Mayflower Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Monarch Club, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, noon. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Meeting, Joppa Lodge, Chapter No. 27, O. E. S, Masonic Temple, 4209 Ninth street, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Luncheon, Exchange Club, Carlton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 Poland expects to receive $2,000,000 from its state lottery this year. GULOENS @\ Mustard g operators of the society, | nelius O, Plerson and received four | Slayer’s Wife '] Faces Probers RETURNS TO HOME AFTER C. Southern with the murders. Mrs *he crime in his confessicn. lengthy questioning in jail (left) and Chief She was RS. LUELLA POWERS, wife of Harry F. Powers, Clarksburg, W. Va. ‘Bluebeard,” who has confessed the murders of Mrs. Asta Eicher and her three children, and charged with slaying of a fifth victim, Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke, of Worcester, Mass., being quizzed by Detective Powers was absolved by Powers of any complicity in | SEVERAL HOURS’ GRILLING. of Police C. Duckworth in connection permitted to return to her home after | -A. P. Photo, By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 1.—Col. Charles { A. Lindbergh lost the spotlight to his wife here last night. The colonel him- self commented on it. The cccasicn was the brilliant dinner given by Reijiro Wakaitsuki, premier of Japan, to the Lindberghs, bringing to an end the ambitious round of social | functions in honor cf the fiyers. To begin with, the invitations were phrased so that Mrs. Lindbergh came first. Wakatsuki gave the dinner to | “the daughter of my friend, Dwight W. | Morrow,” New Jersey Senator, her husband.” During the evening, when cabinet | tinguished guests gathered around Mrs. | Lindbergh, the colonel remarked: Agrees It's Her Party. about that.” Later he again sgreed that proof, and always | 50 Detroit women, listed in the files| it w; 's party, all right” the trap was set. It was in the Pension | of the American” Friendship Boclety | e aiole weas dec . The affair was described as one of the | most brilliant in Toki> in many years. The flying couple today turned their attention to the prospect of sightseeing at Karuizawa, where American Ambas- |sador W. Cameron Forbes maintains his Summer hcme. It is near Mount Asama, the famous volcano which re- cently bagan erupting. Afer a few days of sightseeing, the LINDY LOSES SPOTLIGHT TO ANNE AS JAPANESE PRAISE HER FATHER Distinguished Guests at Premier’s Dinner Gather Around Mrs. Lindbergh—Flyers to Leave for China in Few Days. “and | members and their wives and cther dis- | “She’s the belle of the ball—no doubt | | Lindberghs will fly on to China. They decided today that Nanking, the Na- tionalist capital, would be their first of- |ficial stop in the Far Eastern republic. | Prom Tokio they will go to Nagmsaki, Japan, and thence to Nanking. They set no date for their departure for Nagasaki. Senator Morrow Praised. At the premier's dinner Lindbergh apparently_enjoyed getiing out of the spotlight. With Premier Wakatsuki, he and other guests who are acquainted with Senator Morrow made the former Ambassador to Mexico the topic of their conversation, and, as Wakatsuki -de- clared in introducing the Lindberghs to the Japanes: ests, most of those present knew the Senator in London, New York or Paris. Wakatsuki, who emphasized his great admiration for Mrs. Lindbergh's father, met the former Ambassador in London | éuring the Naval Conference last year, at which they both were delegates of their respective countries. Anne answered many questions con- cerning her parents—their health, what her father thought of the Oriental tour, whether they had had word of their son, who is with his grandparents, and many other details. | The Lindberghs also were luncheon | guests of the Japan Air Transport Co yesterday. Previously the colonel ad- | dressed 600 army and navy aviation of- | ficials and a group of civilian fiyers, | discussing his favorite topic—American 'aviation. BCDY FOUND IN PLANE Owner Killed in Bermuda Crash Into Waters of Grassy Bay. HAMILTON, Bermuda, September 1 (#)—The body of Cyril Nelmes, owner of a plane which crashed in Grassy Bay near here yesterday, was found in the upturned fuselage of the plane after it had been towed to its hangar, on Hinsons Island. ) John Runger of New York, who also was in the plane, was fished out of | the water and was reported last night to | be suffering from severe shock, but progressing favorably at the hospital. | Nelmes was stunting above a tender | on the way to take passengers off the | liner Franconia when the plane sud- | denly shot into the water and was wrecked. W. O. Murthie of Stockbridge, Mass., the second passenger in the plane, was picked up unconscious and taken to a hospital. ONE DEAD IN CLASH SARAGOSSA, Spain, September 1 (#)—One man was killed and three were seriously injured last night in a clash between civil guards and a group of workers. As a result, the workers decided to call a general strike through- out_the city today. The guards were escorting & num- ber of telephone company employes to repair some equipment when a crowd of men fired on them. The guards re- turned the fire. The dead and injured were by-standers. /S WING'S 'prWll-CI.Ill Jg; COFFEE “THE COPFEE CLASSIC™ NVALID CHAIRS For Rent & For Sale GIBSON'’S 917 G St. N.W. No More Buzz or Bite ° When You Dethol ] Definitions of Weather. | The weather we have always with us, and therefore it is an ever-fruitful! subject of conversation, and yet very| | few persons are really acquainted with | the commonest terms made use of. For | instance, the Weather Bureau calls it | “clear” when not more than one-third of the sky is obscured by clouds. It is| “cloudy” when four-fifths of the sky is covered. Any precipitation is called “rain,” but fall of 2!, inches in 24 }hours is called an ‘“excessive rain.” A “light frost” destroys only the tender plants, but a “killing frost” destroys all vegetables, “Fair weather” means no| rain whatever, and it is “foggy” when objects 1,000 feet away are hidden. A “fog” consists of droplets of moisture and is really a cloud close to the earth. A “haze” consists of dust particles. | . Gladys Prichard, 15 years of age, was ‘kflled while talking to r!]l':g:ls at | Longton. England, by a bolt of light- | ning that dislodged some bricks and passed through a bedroom floor. —100% Perfect Diamonds! For 43 years we have stead- fastly insisted that the most important feature in any DIAMOND was its degree of PERFECTION —and that same argument holds good today. LABOR OUTCASTS RETRING SEOUTED Few Think MacDonald and Thomas Will Pass From Political Picture. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 1.— Ramsay MacDonald ard “Jim” Thomas have been hounded from the labor organi- zations to which they have devoted most of their lives, but few observers believe either of them will be driven from British public life. There are too many big jobs to be done after the present financial crisis i3 solved, it is felt, for them to re- tire—the prime minister to his Scottish village to write the biography of John Knox, something he has been trying to do for years, or the dominions sec- retary to his fireside and pipe. Mr. MacDonald’s active parliamentary life will be ended with the coming ses- sion of Parliament, according to those who know him well. He is not likely to stand for re-election, but it is held that the nation will continue to call on his_talents for the solution of many problems. Lord Balfour, it is recalled, ren- dered his greatest public services after his retirement from the political arena. His mission to the Washington Arms Conference and his activities in the Near East are cited as examples. ‘The prime minister has even a greater range of international interests. ‘The Indian round table conference is one which will require great statesman- ship to handle. The League of Na- tions is another international ugency that needs able men. His skill in diplomacy is recognized by all classes and with his friendship among Americans and knowledge of the United States it is belleved he would make an ideal ambassador to that country. Career diplomats usually fill the post but should an emergency occur he could be called on as have such distinguished men as Lord Bryce, Lord Reading and Sir Auckland Geddes. As for Mr. Thomas he will be lucky to escape the directorate of one of the four big railway systems of Great Brit- ain in view of his many years as leader of the National Railwaymen's Union. If he does he is likely to be recruited to help handle great empire problems with which he has been familiar as dominions' secretary. @he Foening Htar %% A—3 ARMY T0 PROMOTE COL DARRAH TODAY Third Corps Area Staff to Be Brigadier General Despite Protest. Elevation of Col. Thomas W. Darrah, . chief of staff of the 3d Corps Area, to | the rank of brigadier general will take | place today despite the protest of Rep- | resentative Wyant of Pennsylvania to President Hoover and Gen. Douglas | MacArthur, chief of staff. | Wyant's protest was based largely xu?on Col. Darrah having heen relieved of command of an Infeniry brigade in | France. The Representative said he acted the request of Pennsylvania National Guard officers who served un- der Darrah during the war. Will Ask Reed for Hearing. Gen. MacArthur said tonight Col. | Darrah would become a brigadier gen- | eral tomorrow. Such promotions are | subject to approval of the President be- fore becoming effective. Darrah’s appointment, however, re- mains subject to confirmation by the Senate. Representative Wyant has said he would ask Senator Reed of Pennsyl- vania, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, to conduct a hear- ing on Darrah’s fitness. MacArthur Lauds Darrah. Gen. MacArthur said the removal of Col. Darrah from his command during the war had been considered in the recommendation for promotion and | found outweighed by his accomplish- ments in the service and the “circum- | stances” of the action. He called Dar- | rah one of the three best Infantry | colonels in the Army. Militla units of Maryland, Delaware, | Virginia, the District of Columbia and | Pennsylvania are under command of the 3d Corps headquarters, which is at Baltimore. HELD IN $600 THEFT Two Men Arrested o:::hnrge Made by Virginian. ‘Two men were being held and a third | was sou&ht, by police today in connec- | tlon with the theft of more than $600 |from Samuel A. Topley, 143 Melwood | avenue, Cherrycale, Va. | Topley toid police he was with | men between 9 o'clock Sunday |and 7 o'clock yesterday morning, when | he said he lost the money. He gave police the names of the men, and two were arTested. three night ADVERTISENENTS Rivca ofF [} RECEIVED HERE Quickly Found Through a Star Classified Adv. S OMETHING that has been lost, or the owner of something that has been found, can be most quickly located through the “Lost and Found” column of The Star. Copy for The Star Classified Section may be left at any of these authorized Branch Offices. No fees for Branch Office service; only regular rates are charged. In the Northwest 11th and Park rd.—Arm- strong’s Pharmacy. 14th and P sts.—Day’s Pharmacy. 1135 14th st. — Marty’s Cigar & Magazine Store. 17th and Que sts. — Ken- ner’s Pharmacy. 15th and U sts—G. O. Brock. 2912 14th st.—Colliflower Art & Gift Co. 3401 14th st.— Bronaugh’s Pharmacy. 2 14th and Buchanan sts.— Hohberger’s Pharmacy. 14th st. and Colorado ave. —O’Donnell’s Pharmacy. 3209 Mount Pleasant st.— Mount Pleasant Cigar and News Shop. 1773 Columbia rd. — The Billy Shop. 2162 California st. — Co- lodny Brothers. Wardman Park Pharmacy. 215 N. Y. ave. — Sanitary Pharmacy. Ist and K sts.— Duncan’s Pharmacy. 7th and K sts—Golden- berg’'s (time clerk’s desk). 7th and O sts. — Lincoln French Simpson. 11th and M sts.—L. H. Forster’s Pharmacy. In the Southwest 10th st. and Va. ave.— Herbert’s Pharmacy. 316 43 st. — Harris’ Drug Store. 4% and L sts—Columbia Pharmacy. In the Northeast 208 Mass. ave. — Capitol Towers Pharmacy. 4th and H sts. — Home Drug Store. 907 H st—Garren’s Music Store. 12th and Md. ave—Luck- ett’s Pharmacy. 7th and Md. ave.— Louis F. Bradley. . “Gem O’ My Heart” PERFECT DIAMOND For as. $50 Low as 81 CASH—and wear it $1 WEEK—pays for it Home WM cm_sy'r“ 4 &SON &85 North Capitol and Eye—Ken- ealy’s Phar- nuy.‘ Sii 20th an ave, — Collins’ Pharmacy, ‘Woodridge. 8500 12th st. — Brookland Pharmacy, Brookland. 4th and R. L ave. — John . Biggs’ Phar- m: acy. Chesapeake Jun F.L. Wight, jr. There's One Near You 9th Hunton’s Pharmacy. Ga. ave. and Upshur st.— Petworth Pharmacy. 221 Upshur st. — Monck’s Pharmacy. 5916 Ga. ave.—Brightwood Pharmacy. Ga. ave. and Kennedy st. —Lampkin’s Pharmacy. 2901 Sherman ave.—Sher- man Ave. Pharmacy. 6224 3rd st. — Stewart’s Pharmacy. 1905 Mass. ave. — Dupont Pharmacy. 18th and Fla. ave.—Bern- stein’s Drug Store. Fla. ave. and 1st st.—N. Reiskin. North Capitol st. and R. L. ave. — Parker’s Phar- macy. 1742 Pa. ave. — J. Louis Krick. 21st and G sts.—Quigley’s Pharmacy. 25th st. and Pa. ave. — Herbst’s Pharmacy. 3315 Conn. ave. —Joll’s Newsstand. Wisconsin ave. and Macomb st.—Harry C. Taft. 4231 Wisconsin ave.—Mor- gan Bros.’ Pharmacy. Takoma Park, 359 Cedar st. —Mattingly Bros.’ Phar- macy. In Georgetown Bros.’ Pharmacy. 30th and M sts.—Brace’s Pharmagy, 3411 M st.-—Moskey’s Phar- macy. 2072 Wisconsin ave.— Haney’s. Wisconsin ave. and O st.— Donahue’s Pharmacy. 35th and O sts.— Sugar’s Drug Store. 5104 Conduit rd. — Modern Drug Store. In the Southeast 3rd and Pa. ave.—0'Don- nell’s Drug Store. 8th and Eye sts. —F. P. Weller’s Pharmacy. 11th and Pa. ave. — Fi s Pharmacy. 1907 Nichols Capitol sts. — %ll:leoln Park armacy. 2204 Minnesota ave. — Sloan’s Drug Store; F. S. Boisfeuil- let, prop.