Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1933, Page 4

FRED EMERY URGED FOR COMMISSIONER Society of Natives Indorses Native, Washingtonian for, District Post. Fred A. Emery, native Washingto- nian, and a widely known jouralist, whose reporting activities in the eap- ital have covered a span of 40 years, was proposed as a District Commis- sioner by the Soclety of Natives of the District of Columbia at its meeting last night in the Washington Club. Mr, Emery’s name was proposed by | Mrs. Roscoe L. Oatley and was prompt- | 1y seconded by George Sullivan and James F. Duhamel. The society en-| thusiastically cast a unanimous vote approving Mr. Emery, past president, | for membership on the Board of Com- | Indorsed JOAN CRAWFORD QUITS HUSBAND Leaves Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.—Love-Theft Suit Filed Against Actor. By the Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, Calif, March 18— ‘The efforts of Douglas Fairbanks, jr., to “say it with flowers” brought no en- couraging response tods from his estranged wife, Joan Crawford. The agiress announced last night, slightly more than 24 hours after Pair banks had been made defendant in a love-thedt suit, thaf®she had separated from her actor husband.- Miss Craw- Mrd, however, denied young Fairbanks | legal troubles had entered into the sep- aration, and said divorce proceed! were not contemplated. District’s Heroes in the World War Complled by Sergt. L. E. Jueckel. Peter C. Harrls, major general, the Adjutant General, U. 8. Army, was awarded the Distin- flxhhed Service Medal for ex- ceptionally meritorious and distin- . = gul ! 8 recorded in the official citation, the Adjutant Gen- eral’s Department, his zeal, energy and judgment have been made mani- fest by the reforms lecomplkl:hed in the record-keeping sys- tems in the War Department and in Army. Retired with the WoopwARD & Lo 0™ ™" AND G STREETS dresses. THROP PHone Districr ~Jetus le‘qoz'u We have really covered the fashion-ground thoroughly for pur collection of We have discovered the most intriguing new types—such as the missioners, FRED A. EMERY. “It is merely a case of two people be- rank of major gen- The society also reaffirmed its lx:-:,,,_ T, - dorsement of Miss Etta Taggart, an at- torney for nine years, for the position | only six months in office and he was of judge of the District of Columbia | succeeded by Christopher Richmond, Juvenile Court, |a former Revolutionary War Army of- In proposing Mr. Emery's name, Mrs, |ficer who lived only nine months after Oatley declared that a District Com- | his appointment. It was during this missioner should be “a person of high- | period, Mr. Duhamel related, that Post- est integrity—one capable of making | master General Habersham authorized judgments without the thought of in- |the local postmaster to employ letter dividual honor or personal remunera- | carriers who were required to give tion.” Such a person, she asserted, is | bond and who were permitted to col- ing unable to get along together,” she said. “It is the only brave thing for us to do. When two people are unable to get along the right thing to do is to part, ‘Willing. to Support Husband. “I want it definitely understood these damage suits have nothing to do with it. I have known about them all along and I have discussed the matter with Doug- las. The charges are utterly ridiculous, eral, he resides at the Highlands, Connecticut avenue tnd California street northwest, Wash- ington, D. C. . $100,000 PROPERTY . OF KREUGER FOUND sheer frock that has two chic blouses—the field-flower print that includes an unlined coat to go with it—dresses with capes and jackets that make them wearable for any number of occasions—exciting new sheer fabrics—exciting new color-combinations that make a fashion in themselves. And in a season when there is such a bewildering number of new styles from which to chooss, it is good to know that you can find all the really wearable, successful types gathered right here on our fashion floor—The Third—and smartness is not con- CAPE-JACKET FROCK —in that fashion-wise com- bination—black and white. Mr. Emery. lect 2 cents from the addressee of | and if it comes to a point where it is In his ‘seconding speech, Mr. Sulli- |each plece of mail. These pioneer let- | necessary for me to appear in court to i 8 van, long a leader of the affairs of the | ter carriers: were called “The Penny |aid him I will do so without hesitation.” | Personal Effects,' Including 0il Federation of Citizens' Associations, re- | Post” after the old English fashion.| Fairbanks, joining his wife in declar- fined to any particular size. Women’s Sizes, 34 to 44 The fabric an embroid- ered sheer crepe—the strong sccents of white make it « socfety, rea local postmaster. i e viewed the frequent controversies over the eligibility of men appointed as Dis- trict Commissioner. native of the such difference cannot arise. “And.” Mr. Sullivan added, “if Pres- | ident Roosevelt gives us a native as our Commissioner, he will be so pleased with the result that I am sure Presidents will continue the practice.” Philosophy of “Home Rule.” Mr. Duhamel, in adding his support to Mr. Emery’s candidacy, asserted that as an advocate of “home rule” Presi- dent Roosevelt would have in the nam- ing of Emery as Commissioner & splen- did opportunity of carrying out his phil- osophy., Both Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Duhamel paid tribute to Mr. Emery's devotion to the District of Columbia, , in a brief acknowledg- ment of his society’s action following its unanimous vote, pledged his con- tinued interest in ' “things Washing- By appointing a | District, he contended, | | Edward Eno was the first letter car- | tier to be appointed. He served until 804 when he resigned “in an unpleas- ant frame of mind, probably,” Mr, Duhamel suggested, “under the impres- sion that there was too much work for so little pay.” Some of the early postal rates, Mr. Duhamel listed as 6!y cents a letter delivered within 30 miles of Washing- ton; 10 cents for a distance between 30 and 80 miles; 18 cents from Wash- |ington to Philadelphia, New York or | Pittsburgh, and 25 cents to Chicago or New Orleans. In 1859, Mr. Duhamel said, the Penny Post's fee was reduced to 1 cent and in 1863, the regular salaried let- ter carrier was authorized by the Gov- |ernment. The title of “Penny Post,” however, continued for many years, Following the business session, & pro- gram of entertainment was presented It included a group of old-fashioned harmony songs by the Beall Brothers Quintet of Rockville, Md. The broth- ers’ costumes were blue overalls and red neckerchiefs and the singers were Ralph, first tenor; Millard and Otis, second tenors; Leonard, first bass, and | “If T ever falter in my loyalty to the District of Columbia,” he declared, “I wish you'd say all the mean things in the English language about me.” {Bal Perl bemti s Tt el Born in Washington, August 13, 1875, the son of George S. and Abbie A, | included aiso vocal solos by Mis. Frieda Emery, Fred Emery was educated in the Washington High School and at Colum- bian. now the George Washington Uni- versity, Law School. He is a cousin of | the last mayor of Washington, Matthew G. Emery, and is a descendant of the or Delanos family, from ent Pranklin Delano Roose- | velt also comes. Served Under Lansing, He began his newspaper work as a reporter on The Washington Evening News in 1892. He subsequently worked | in various capacities in the Washington Bureau of the Associated Press from 1893 to 1918, during which time he also was Washington correspondent for sev- eral out-of-town newspapers. He was made chief of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau of the State Department in | 1918, serving under Secretazy of State | Robert Lansing. When he left that service in 1923, after having been in of- fice during the acute World War period, he was the recipient of numerous com- mendations from Government officials, | who paid tribute to his judgment and | skill in handling his highly important | work. His news-writing work included White House and Congressional report- ing during the Spanish-American War and Congressional reporting during the World War. Mr. Emery was one of the founders of the National Press Phillips, readings by Mrs. Margaret Mc- Mullen, and solo dances by young Christine Davidos and Marjorie Bow- RANGED FOR BRIG. GEN. KING Military and Masonic_Groups at Milwaukee Plan Impressive Serv- ices for Veteran of Five Wars. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, March 18.—While military organizations and the Masonic lodge planned impressive funeral rites, the body of Brig. Gen. Charles King, 88, veteran of five wars, lay in state at & funeral home today. ‘There were no flowers on the casket. | At the request of Wisconsin's premier soldier, flags of the country which he served for 70 years alone will be his funeral decorations. Col. Fred C. Best, an old friend and Army comrade of Gen. King, delayed Club and he announcement of funeral arrangements long has been active in his member- | {J!Endlng word from Comdr. Rufus King, . S, ship in the Society of Natives, the Connecticut Avenue Citizens' Associa- tion. Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, the Chevy Chase Citizens' Association, the Wash- ington Board of Trade and the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations. His Washington home is at 5315 Connecti- | cut avenue, and he maintains a Sum- mer home at Danville, Vt. Postal Srstem Reviewed. Besides the nomination of Mr. Emery, last night’s meeting of the Society of Natives of the District of Columbia was | marked by a review of the history of the postal system of the United States which Mr. Puhamel, historian for the Going back in his paper to the earliest Colonial settlements on this continent, Mr. Duhamel told how the Colonists first had to rely on the travelers and sailboat skippers for the carrying of letters. For 65 y. he said, no effort was made to establish a postal system and | finally in 1692, Thomas Neale secured | a contract from the British to open | a mail route between Jamestown in Virginia and Portsmouth in New Hampshire. Stops were made at An- ‘napolis, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The early system wavered | through difficulties until Benjamin Franklin was made first Colonial Post- master General at a salary of $3,000 a year. Much of this sum, Franklin spent in building up the postal service, Mr. Duhamel related. In 1800, the Society of Natives his- torian continued, the private residence of Dr. Crocker at Ninth and E streel was rented to house the seven or eight members who comprised the entire past | office departmental force. Prior to that time, a local post office had been main- lg‘;led here, but it was highly unsatis- faltory because, Mr. Duhamel re- ported, “it had moved about so 8s to cause the citizens great dissatisfaction.” At various times it had been on East Capitol street, and at Fifteenth and F streets, but each of these sites was unsatisfactory to the people of the other end of the infant settlement which was to become the Capital. Thomas Johnson very early was made He died in 1794 after N., the general's sou, on duty somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. Next funeral date. Gen. King died yesterday. Physicians said death was hastened by shock re- ceived Wednesday when he tripped over a rug and fractured a shoulder. Born at Albany, N. Y, October ‘12, 11844, Gen, King began his military career in the Civil War. A. C. SMITH URGED FOR COMMISSIONER Central Business Men's Association Drafts Petition for Roose- velt. Members of the Central Business Men's Association - yesterday indorsed Arthur _Clarendon Smith, association president, for District Commissioner, The central association has drafted a petition urging President Roosevelt to appoint Smith. At yesterday's luncheon meeting a goal of 6,000 signa- tures to the petition was set. ‘Two weeks ago the association in- dorced George W. Offutt. LIEUT. BUTLER LEAVES Lieut. F. B. Butler, Corps of Engi- neers, U. S. A, assistant direttor of Public Buildings and Public Parks, yes- terday was detached and left Wash- ington for his new assignment as aide to the commandant at West Point, and as assistant athletics officer. In his new post Lieut. Butler will again serve as aide to Maj. Gen. Wil- liam D. Connor, commandant at the Military Academy, with whom he did duty in_Chira. Mrs. Butler was a secretary to Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Capt. E. E. Haring, also of the Corps of Engineers, has recently come to Washington from Denver, Colo., to re- lieve Lieut. Butler. ADVERTISENENTS B el ¢ Receven HeRe Sugar’s Drug Store—35th and O Sts. N.W. Is an Authorized Star Branch Office HE farther away from downtown you live, the greater you will find the convenience of the - authorized Star Branch Offices when you have advertisements for The Star Classifled Section. Copy left at any of these Branches (and there is one in practically every neighborhood in and around Wash- ington, displaying the above sign) will be promptly forwarded to the Main Office for appearance in the first available issue, There are no fees in connection with Branch Office service; only regular rates are charged, Tuesday was tentatively chosen as the | ing there was “no other woman,” said he was setting out immediately to woo Miss Crawford the same as he did be- fore she became his bride in 1929, He said he alieady had sent her flowers. “And I am going to send her flowers, | call her up every day and send her | telegrams when I can't get her on the telephone,” he said. “This is not like | other separations for we are still in love.” The alienation of affections sult was | filed against Fairbanks by Jorgen Dietz, | chemical engineer. who alleged the actor | stole the love of his wife, Solveig Dietz, | Danish actress. A total of $60.000 dam- | ages is sought by Dietz for the alleged | love theft, and for alleged false im- | prisonment. He claims Fairbanks was responsible for the ‘loss of his liberty for six hours while an investigation | ney’s office here of what Fairbanks alleged was an extortion plot in con- | nection with the then proposed filing of the suit. District Attorney Burton Fitts said today Fairbanks had made no request %o his office for prosecution of Dietz, and that no action was planned at this | time. Fairbanks aMeged Dietz had tried to sell him & necklace for $6,000, threaten- ing the suit in case he did not buy it. Fairbanks claimed the jewelry was | worth only $300. The necklace was the property of Lucy Doraine, screen act- ress, who claimed, her attorney said, that it is part of the crown jewels of the Hapsburgs and worth $10,000. Both Dietz and Miss Doraine were under investigation by the district at- torney’s office last December when Fair- banks complained of the case. Fair-| banks said he did not prosecute at that | time because of the tearful pleas of | both Dietz and Miss Doraine. THREE ENLISTED MEN WIN SOLDIER'S MEDAL War Department Honors Sergeant, Corporal and Private for Heroism. Awards of the Soldier's Medal for | | Herolsm to three enlisted men of the | Army. was announced today at the War Department. The men are Sergt. William M. Col- lins, a mechanic at Randolph Field, Tex.; Corp. Walter H. Schmidt, - tery D, 13th Fleld Artillery, in Hawaii, and Pvt. Ramon G. Smith, Medical De- partment, stationed at Fort Sill, Okla. Sergt. Collins, & native of Wayne, W. Va.. is cited for heroism on January 25, 1932, at Randolph Field. At the risk of his own life, he prevented a serious explosion in the engineering shop. Corp. Schmidt saved the life of a fellow-soldier who fell down a cliff on | the island of Cabu, Hawaii, and landed | on a small ledge. The soldier's leg was broken by the . Schmidt risked a | fall of 500 feet by scaling the cliff and | rescuing him. The medalist is from | Merrill, Wis. The feat occurred on | July 4. Pvt. Smith of Stephenville, Tex., res- cued another soldier from drowning on | June 15 last. W. C. Unwin, Engineer, Dead. LONDON, March 18 (P —William Cewthorne Unwin, a bprominent en- gineer who in 1890 was secretary of the International Commission on the Utili- zation of Niagara Falls, died at his home here today. He was 94 years old. WooDWARD O™U™F 0 © Sramrs was being made by the district attor- | & Paintings, Stored in Jersey City Warehouse Vaults. By the Associated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. March 18— Personal property of the late Ivar Kreu- ger, Swedish match king, valued at more than $100,000 was found stored yesterday in the vaults of the Goodman ‘warehouse here. ‘The discovery was made when the vault was opened on an order obtained | from Vice Chancellor Fielder by the Irving Trust Co. of New York, trustee in bankruptcy for the International Euch Co., one of the Kreuger corpora- ons. Among the articles recovered today were a painting by Rubens, valued at $15,000, and another by Zorn, valued t $5.000. authorities said. This and other property belonging to aeuzer was stored, police said, artfields, which has been described in the investigations following upon the collapse of the Kreuger interests as one of the dummy companies. Police and warehouse officials esti- mated the total value of the Kreuger | goods in storage may reach $300,000. DR. GILMER BRENIZER IS HELD SUICIDE Acting Coroner Issues Certificate for Victim of Gas Heater. Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald yesterday issued a certificate of suicide in the death of Dr. Gilmer Bren- izer, 69, auditor in the Internal Rev- enue Bureau, who was found dead at him home, 1530 Thirty-fifth street, late yesterday. . Dr. Brenizer, who had retired from the practice of medicine about 10 years ago, was found on the bath room floor, his head muffled in a blanket with gas flowing from an open heater. The body was discovered by a maid. \ The fire rescue squad worked about half an hour in an attempt to revive | him. - He was pronounced dead by Dr. Sothoron Key. family physician. Mrs. | Nellie Brenizer, his wife, was not home | at_the time. Dr. Brenizer was sald to have been in il health, |CARDINAL BOURNE WORSE AFTER SUDDEN RELAPSE Archbishop of Westminster Re- turned to England Less Than Month Ago From Enforced Rest. By the Associated Press. ST. LEONARDS, Sussex, England, March 18.—Francis Cardinal Bourne, who has been recuperating here from a recent illness, suffered a sudden relapse on_Friday. ‘When Cardinal Bourne returned, after a serious attack of influenza in Rome in December, he assented to advice of physicians to rest for three months. He went to the Isle of Wight, and came to St. Leonards less than a month ago. He had been progressing satis- factorily and had planned to resume his duties as Archbishop of Westminster after Easter. & Loragor “Woodthrop” Foundations will “do” things for you— —are constructed to give unusually fine control in the lightest possible manner. One is hardly conscious of wearing one of these almost paper-thin elasti¢ and silk batiste foundations—yet the desired lines are achieved. Soft batiste and elastic foundation with brassiere, $12.50 Corsers, THIRD FLOOR. Misses’ Sizes, 14 to 20 Special Sizes—16Y; to 24Y2—42Y to 50V, " ENSEMBLE FROCK —every voung wardrobe should include at least one. The print frock in field flowers is charming—the unlined wool coat with cape shoulders is a fashion in it- self—together it is unbe- ably chic. And unbe- lievably inex- $16.50 pensive — for TUCKED SHEER CREPE —is the enchanting fabric used for thi: ghtful sheer frock. With its cape for street wear—without it, it becomes a bridge frock— two rhinestong buckles add further toit distimetion Women's sizes. . s25 TWO BLOUSES —for a single frock—that is a_delightful thing to find. The frock is fashioned of sheer crepe—navy or brown —wear it with the plaid or plain mousseline blouse. It is delightfully e D5 v JACKETS AGAIN —for a sheer crepe street frock, that has a blouse of printed chiffon—but it may be worn with other blouses, increasing its wearability. For the larger woman, who prefers the jacket-type to many others. slg'so particularly new — and S, 13 :i Ii::e. Designe or ll:oner wom- $|6.50 PRINTED CAPE FROCK —chosen because prints are particularly smart when they are as new—as color- ful this. It is in gray, d dash of red—but it may be had in other intriguing col- or - combina. tions. Wom. $19.50 en's sizes ... —_(r'vluitubb—-t—, street frock of navy or ® new lighter « blue orepe. Wear it with the jacket— wear it with the cape—weer with both—any way you r it, it hss groewt