Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1935, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, FLOPERS ONVAY TOVISTFLORDA Anna Cooke Phones Aunt “We Are Having One Grand Time.” “We're on the way to Florida, and having one grand time.” This message from 22-year-old Anna Ccoke, who went along when the family chauffeur eloped with her younger sister Jane, evoked at kaszl one sympathetic response here today. It came from the aunt of the two girls, Mrs. John J. Madigan, jr., who said she understood the bridegroom, George S. Scarlett, 3d, 21, was a “fine young man,” and expressed the con- viction the young people could “ex- plain everything” on their return home. Telephoned Last Night. Mrs. Madigan was telephoned last night by Anna, who acted as spokes- man for Jane, 20 years old and young Scarlett. Anna refused to say what city she was calling from, or what section of Florida they would visit, or just when they planned to return to Washington. Anna’s cheerfulness, however, was not shared by her mother, Mrs. How- ard de Walden Cooke of Chevy Chase, Md., who, according to her attorney, Webster Ballinger, has no intention of withdrawing the warrant she swore out for young Scarlett on charges of stealing $5,000 worth of her jewels. Anna last night told her aunt, a resident of the Broadmoor Apart- ments, that they had not ‘“touched one thing belonging to mamma. We took along only what belongs to us,” the girl added. This included an automobile regis- tered in Jane's name, some jewelry and two of Jane's dogs, a Boston buil and a wire-haired terrier. Ballinger Returns. Ballinger returned last night from Winston-Salem, N. C., where the three young people spent Saturday night in the home of the groom's parents, Mr. end Mrs. E. S. Scarlett. Ballinger said the elder Scarlett had advised his son and daughter-in-law, who were married in Washington Fri- day, to return here and ‘straighten things out.” This, Ballinger said, the young couple agreed to do. Mrs. Madigan said, however, that Anna explained her sister and brother-in-law were “disgusted” with the publicity attending their marriage, and the three of them had decided to carry out their original plan of visiting Florida. Ballinger said he “assumed that Mr. and Mrs. Cooke had no intention of recognizing Scarlett as a son-in- law,” and that the warrant “would be withdrawn if and when the jew- elry is restored to Mrs. Cooke.” Scarlett, a stir high school foot ball player in North Carolina, had ‘been in the employ of the Cooke fam- ily for only three months. Ballinger denied that he was “a companion as well as a chauffeur.” The attor- ney said Scarlett was “just an ordi- Scenes in Fire at Old Adams School Building Miss Lorraine Wolfman, who escaped unaided, and Charles Smith- Beall, who led three women to safe! which he also saved ty. He is holding two guinea pigs, Firemen examining the wreckage in one of the rooms. |DREADNAUGHT SQUADRON | LONDON TIMES HISTORY Dr. Jessie La Salle, who was led from the fire when she was blinded by smoke. k2 —Star Stafl Photos. history of the Times is being issued today. The book carries the name of D. Miss Esther Scott (left) and Miss Hannah Stolar, who were led from the building by Smith-Beall. (Story C., MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1935. on Page A-1). SHAKESPEARE HELD FOREIGN TRAVELER| French Scholar Says Bard of Avon | Not Dependent on Other Authors. By the Associated Press. NEBRAC, France.— A theory that Shakespeare traveled abroad to gather | material for his works and did not, as generally believed, rely on informa- tion gleaned from other authors, has been advanced by the French scholar, Mathias Morhardt. Morhardt quoted several passages | from “Love’s Labor Lost” in support | of his argument before the Congress | of Writers on Aquitaine. The English bard, Morhardt con- | tended, visited France and especlallyl Nebrac, since all the characters in the play are faithful portraits of French nobility of his day who frequented | the town. | He said he had no difficulty in identifying Biron as Charles de Go- then and Boyet as Guy de Faure de Gothen, the queen’s chancellor in Shakespeare's d: MONETARY CONFERENCE IS INCORPORATED HERE Non-Profit, Non-Partisan Organi- zation Under D. C. Laws An- nounced by Owen. Incorporation of the National Mone- tary Conference under the laws of the District of Columbia “through which | the national organizations for mone- tary reform will speak and act on a| common platform.” was announced | yesterday by former Senator Robert L. | Owen, co-author of the Federal Re-| serve act, and president of the con- ference. In a statement issued through the conference, Mr. Owen pointed out !he‘ conference “is a non-profit, non-parti- | san organization to promote legislation | by the Congress * * * for the purposei of having the Government control the issue of monetary credit and cur-| rency * * * regulating the value of | money * * * and for other allied or | collateral purposes.” EASING OF RELIEF LOADISINDICATED Employment and Industrial Activity Statistics Raise Hopes. By the Assoclated Press. Cheerier statistics on employment hope that the country is heading to- may be lighter. Observers took particular note of figures indicating a rise in activity at a time when trends normally are downward. Reporting an increase in output of basic industries in December, when such production usually declines, the Federal Reserve Board found that factory employment also rose between mid-November and mid-December contrary to seasonal tendencies. Pay Rolls Increased. This, it said, brought a “consider- able growth” in factory pay rolls. Figures on employment were sup- plied previously by the Labor Depart- ment, Which said that about 340,000 more persons were at work in De- cember than in November and that p»ar A2 e DEFENSE SESSIONS OPEN WEDNESDAY Tenth Women’s Patriotic Conference to Be Held at Mayflower. Leaders of practically all the wom- an’s patriotic organizations of the nd industrial activit | country will take part in the Tenth b activity led today 0 |G, s Patriotic Conference on Na- tional Defense, to be held at ti ward a point where the relief load | Mayflower Hotel Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday. They will direct the work of 1,000 delegates from 39 or- ganizations in formulating policies for co-ordinated action by the 1,000,000 | members of these groups in support of strengthened national defenses. Presiding at the conference sese sions will be Mrs. Albin Charles Carl- son of Willmar, Minn., chairman of the conference. Mrs. Carlson is na- tional president of the American Legion Auxiliary, which with 400,000 members. is the largest of American woman'’s organizations. Five Presidenis to Serve. The presidents of five other patriotic organizations will serve as | vice chairman of the conference. In the office of first vice chairman will be Miss Faustine Dennis of Washing- { ton, D. C., national president of the | Woman's Overseas Service League, the pay rolls increased by $10,800,000. Of these totals, factory employment accounted for an increase of 110,000 workers and $7.500,000 in pay rolls. “Brisk demand in retail trade, re- inforced by a rise in basic industrial activity,” were credited by the de- partment with responsibility for the improvement. How soon such a trend—if con | tinued—would show a marked effect on relief rolls was a question con- sidered difficult to answer. The sta- tistics served to recall, however, the administration’s pledge that Govern- ment aid to the jobless would tape off when private business took over the task of providing work. Industrial Improvement. Improvement was noted chiefly in the automobile, textile, shoe and tire industries, the Reserve Board said, but some decline from recent high levels of employment in the meat- Blow Torch Ignites Gas Main. CHICAGO (#)—Robbers took a brass valve from a gas main, but that wasn't what aroused official ire. Instead of a saw, they used a blow- | packing industry was reported. | The Reserve Board's production | index increased from 74 per cent of the 1923-25 average in November to | 85 per cent in December. The board reported increases in torch, and when firemen arrived & |both wholesale and retail commodity 20-foot sheet of flame was spurting | prices. from the severed pipe. | ROOF REPAIRS Snow Removed—Leaks Stopped Gutters and Spouts Clzaned, Etc. | organization of women who served | with American forces in Europe dur- ing the World War. Mrs. Edward S. Moulton of Provi- { dence. R. I., president of the Rhode | Island Association of Patriots, will serve as second vice chairman; Mrs. | William E. Ochiltree of Washington, | D. C., national president of the Amer- ican War Mothers, as third vice hairman; Mrs. Frederick S. Pendle- | ton of Brooklyn, N. Y. president general _of the National Society of | New England Women, fourth vice chairman, and Mrs. Thaddeus M. | Jones of Washington, D. C., national president of the Daughters of Found- |ers and Patriots, fifth vice chairman. The work of secretary of the con- | ference will be conducted by Mrs. Percy Young Schelly of Philadelphia, Pa., honorary national president of the Dames of the Loyal Legion, while Miss Helen O'Neill of Washington, D. C., part commander of the Na- tional Yeoman F, will serve as treas- urer. . Ghost Stories Barred. Dublin, Irish Free State, is trying to stop the circulation of stories of ghosts haunting houses in the city. Having “June in January” $¢ is an old experience with users of Marlow’s Famous Reading Anthracite. This better Pennsylvania hard coal fears no frost, quits for no blizzard. Enjoy even, steady, healthy temperature in your home at low cost and with little effort. Just Call Nat. 0311 mary chauffeur” and had neves been| pEQUMES GUN PRACTICE| PENNED ANONYMOUSLY | po sutnor or citor. in xeeping with Immediate Service - He also denied that Mr. Cooke, | the Times’ long-standing requirement of anonymity. Reasonable Prices well-to-do heir of a wealthy New | ive | First Volume of Series Tells of Yotk miniter, was in sympathy With Macon Takes to Sea on Extensive the elopement. Flight to Participate in Founding by Walter and . Early Career. The Times was founded January 1. 1785, under the name Daily Universal Register, which was changed to the| present form three years later. The | founder was John Walter, 1st, a coal | merchant who had gone into under- | 77 Years of Good Coal Service Anna had lived until recently with T AR R PR AR MeOuBET Mrs. Madigan, her mother’s sister. Mrs. Madigan expressed the opinion | gy tne Associated Press. Maneuvers. By the Assoclated Press. the young people would return to ‘Washington in a few days, after they had spent such money as they took along. Anna told her aunt last night that she had left her father a note, ex- plaining their plans. The three later wired from Raleigh, N. C., saying they had decided to “go South,” and for the family “not to worry.” Until last year Jane was a student et the National Cathedral School for Girls. Anna is a graduate of Holy i o4 the West Virginia and the Maryland, Cross Academy. Both girls are widely traveled, having been abroad several WILLIAM S. LYONS CLAIMED BY DEATH Former Assistant Secretary of Union Trust Co. Dies After Long Illness. William S. Lyons, 40, former assist- | ant secretary of the Union Trust Co., died at his home, 818 Madison street, late yesterday after a long illness. Born in Washington January 7, 1895, he graduated from Business High School in 1912 and while in school was a lieutenant in the Cadet Corps. | He graduated from the Georgetown Law School in 1920 and a year later | was admitted to the District of Co-| lumbia bar. He joined the staff of the Union/ Trust Co. shortly after his high school graduation, held several important Ppositions and on January 1, 1921, was elected assistant secretary. On ac- count of continued poor health Mr. Lyons resigned his position in April, 1932, and was placed on a pension by the bank. The former bank officer was over- seas during the World War and had an excellent Army record. He is survived by his widow, Emma W. Lyons; three children, his mother, Mrs. John E. Lyons; a brother, Dr. John H. Lyons, and four sisters, Mrs. Chester Berry and Mrs. Frank Holford of Washington, Mrs. Daniel Wellwood, ‘West Englewood, N. J., and Mrs. War- ren Maxwell of Hartford, Conn. The funeral will take place at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of the Nativity, of which he was a member. NAMED ALTERNATE Special Dispatch to The Star. TAPPAHANNOCK, Va., January 28. ~Richard P. Rice, jr., of Essex County, student of Tappahannock High School, has received word of his appointment as second alternate to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. ‘The principal is Robert McCandish Evans of Saluda. If he passes the scholastic exami- nation, which will be held in Rich- mond in April, he will be in line to take the physical examination some time later. | SPECIAL NOTICES. I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS made by myself oniy. EDNA HUTSON. 4520 _Walsh st.. Chevy Chase. Md bd X OT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY | debts_contracted by others than myself Jan. 22,1935, J R. 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(#).—Patsy Pas- cretta was fast in getting away from the danger zone—entirely too fast. There was an argument over a card game in Patsy’s store and some one pulled a gun. Pascretta ran into the street and fell, breaking his leg. A stray bullet also gave him a flesh wound. Pigeon Startles City Counoil. WHEELING, W. Va. (#).—Some members of the City Council were in secret session to decide a matter of considerable moment. They heard a noise on the balcony and, fearing political opponents might be nigh, sent a policeman to investigate. Clambering out, the officer found it was only a pigeon. LAWYERS' BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON 8 2%/ Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at A.Kahn Jne. Arthur J. 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Two boys were ejected from a thea- ter in England recently for laughing - Storms frequef\t]_v break in the night. An alarm is sounded in the homes of more than 500 experienced men in all parts of the city. Each man reports immediately to a given point with a definite duty to perform. Within an hour’s time the more than 200 miles of trackage is under the watchful care of these skilled work- men. Thirty-six powerful sweepers emerge from nine strategically lo- cated points throughout the city fol- lowed by scrapers or plows mounted on trucks to push the snow back to the curb line. It is a constant battle—not only during the life of the storm but‘(re- quently for two or three days tHere- after—as long as there is the SLIGHTEST danger, either from ICE FORMATION, LINKS from BROKEN SKID CHAINS or other fruits of the storm which will ob- struct the free operation of switches and may (and frequently does) CLOSE the SLOT in the center of the track, thereby blocking the serv- ice until the obstruction can be re- moved. YOU sc rvice 50 Years of Competent Service National 4370 418 6th St. N.W. It may be of interest to the peo- ple of Washington to know that while in use in certain cities of Eu- rope, only one other city in the United States has adopted this “SLOT, OR CONDUIT SYSTEM.” The el’mination of poles and over- head wires unquestionably lend much to the beauty of the streets of our Nation’s Capital. It is to be had, however, only at the price of ETER- NAL VIGILANCE. Many of the men who compose our special storm troops work 24, 36 or even 48 hours without a break—ex- cept for brief periods at four-hour in- tervals, when coffee and food are provided by the company. You can now visualize one of our problems and better understand the reason for possible service interrup- tions even after the storm is passed. We further wish to take this oc- casion to express to the public our sincere appreciation of the kindly spirit of consideration which they have shown during this very trying storm period, and it is for this rea- son, in particular, that we wish them to know that everything possible is being done to give them service. Thank you, WMo PRESIDENT Marlow 811 E St. N.W. Coal Co. NAtional 0311