Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1937, Page 22

B—4 % SEA CAPTAN HED ONMURDEREOUNT Bones of Friend Yielded by Potter’s Field Grave After Woman Testifies. BY the Associatea Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 5.—Laban Blunt Howard, 42, former captain of 8 coastwise vessel, faced murder charges today while officers pressed their investigation into the slaying of Edward N. Hawkins, his companion, whose bones were dug from a Potter’s Field grave in Prince George County. ‘The warrant was sworn to yester- day by M. A. Cogbill, Commonwealth’s attorney of Chesterfield County, after officers said Violet Berry told them she was present when Hawkins, a former convict, was killed in a cabin near Murchie’s Mill, in Chesterfield County. Howard was in jail at the time the warrant was served, awaiting an ap- peal from a 12-month sentence on a vagrancy charge. y He denied knowing that Hawkins was dead but admitted to officers he knew Hawkins when they were prison- ers at the Virginia prison farm. “The last time I saw him,” Howard said, “was when he left the cabin at Falling Creck. He was reeling drunk and he staggered away from the place.” He did not say when this oc- curred. Cogbill quoted Miss Berry as saying that she, Howard and Hawkins had been drinking heavily in the cabin on the night of August 19, 1936. She said an argument started when How- ard complained Hawkins muttered in his sleep. Hawkins was shot twice in the fight which followed, she said. The body was taken in an automo- bile and tossed into a thicket near Petersburg. Lawrence Johnson, 21- vear-old farmer, found the body in tangled honeysuckle vines. It was buried unidentified. EDUCATOR ADDRESSES BAPTIST CHURCH DINNER Mitchell Making Nation Great as Moral Power. Emphasizing the need for making the United States as great a moral power as an economic and military leader in the world today, S. E. Mitch- ell, professor of political science at the University of Virginia, spoke before 335 persons attending the 135th an- niversary dinner of the First Baptist Church last night. “Any religion which blesses war must become a museum piece rather than an active factor in modern life,” the former president of the University of South Carolina declared Other speakers included Rev. Ed-| Emphasizes Need for strike. G STAR, WASHINGTO! Sit-Downer Seeks Alimony .. Prepared for a long siege, Mrs. Mildred E. Agness began a sit-down strike in the doorway of her husband’s Rochester, N. Y., cleaning shop. She said he owes her back alimony and that she will sit there until he pays, and may stage a hunger —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Mrs. Culbertson to Preside at Dinner pleases” is the setting for a Y. W. C. A. dinner meeting Monday in Barker Hall at 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Fred E. Wright and Mrs. Edwin B. Parker will report on their “Unusual Experiences in the Orient” at this all-members’ meeting. Mrs. Wright, first vice presi- dent of the local association and a { member of the Nominating Committee of the National Board, Y. W. C. A, at- tended the regional conference and the meeting of the Executive Commit- tee of the world’s Y. W. C. A. in Cey- |lon. The regional conference was planned and executed by the associa- tions of the East, the Western women | being visitors. | _ Mrs. Parker, member of the National Board of the Y. W. C. A. and also of ward Hughes Pruden, church pastor; | the Jocal Board of Directors, has just Assistant Secretary of State R. Walton Moore, Representative Clyde L. Garrett, Democrat, of Texas, and Dr. Rufus Weaver, thirteenth pastor of the church. Miss Snow Honored. Mrs. William F. Pearson gave & funcheon yesterday at the Shoreham in honor of Miss Florence Snow, sec- retary of the Alumni Association of Bmith College. Miss Snow is the house guest of Mrs. William Chapin Hunt- ington. Mrs. Hert Feted. Mrs. Alvin T. Hert was the guest in whose honor Mrs. E. Hope G. Slater entertained at dinner last night in Palm Beach. Mrs. Hert went to Florida Tuesday after attending the National Women's Press Club annual stunt party Monday night. Ex-Illinois Co-Ed Is Second Sultana Of Warlike Sulus Split in Royal Family Leads to Naming of New First Lady. By the Associated Press. MANILA, March 5—Warlike Sulu- land had two Sultanas as well as two Sultans today, but leaders expressed hope their country will escape further bloodshed. The newest Sultana—a former Uni- wversity of Illinois co-ed—is Princess Tarhata Kiram, wife of a crown prince. She was proclaimed first lady of Sululand by Sultan Jainal Abireen II, because the latter's wife, a com- moner, could not be elevated to the throne. The other Sultana, Pangyan Hadji Piandao, is the consort of Sultan No. 2, Mohammed Amirul Umbra Amilbang- sa. She is pushing her claim, she said, because her late uncle, Sultan Jamalwl Kiram, ordered her to re- tain the sultanate at all cost. She was considered the power behind the throne while her uncle ruled. The two sultanas are nieces and adopted daughters of the late Sultan. Since the 500,000 Sulus in the South- ern Philippines and North Borneo have had a few months to grow ac- customed to the confused state of spiritual guidance brought about by a double sultanate, some of its lead- ers are asking, “Why shouldn’t Sulu be ruled in peace by two Sultans?” Leading Moros contend the split in the royal family need not worry any one, pointing out their people have the right to follow any Sultan they choose. Judge for yourself! Single rooms $6 to $8. Double rooms $7 to $10. Suites from $12. James O. Stack, General Myr. HOTEL ST. REGIS, Fifth Ave. at 55th Street, New York P { returned from a trip around the world where she visited many of the Y. W. C. A’s in the various countries of the East. Mrs. Willlam S. Culbertson, chairman ‘of the World Fellowship side and the balcony of Barker Hall will be open for guests. Phi Delta Gamma To Be Entertained Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta Gamma National Fraternity for Graduate Women will have “games nite” at the home of Mrs. Harold E. Warner, 1405 Emerson street northwest, Saturday evening, March 13. other chapters of Phi Delta Gamma who are in the city are cordially in- | vited to attend. initiated at the last meeting, which Moulton. Mrs. Thelma Harper, who was also pledged, was unable to at- tend the initiation ceremonies. “Ceylon’s isle where every prospect | Committee of the ¥. W. C. A, will pre- | All members of | Miss Imogene Ellls, Miss Isabel Fer- | guson and Miss Louise Babcock were | was held at the home of Miss Elma | STEEL DETECTOR ALERT ALBANY, N. Y. (#).—New York State installed mechanical “steel de- tectors” in prisons after a test in which a guard pretended he was try- ing to smuggle a gun past the device. A bell rang and a light flashed. Attendants “frisked” him and found the gun—but the bell kept on ringing. That puzzled everybody—until they found the “suspect” was wearing steel arch-supports in his shoes. 3 HAT-STYLE which will never wecr out its welcome is the chic beret, a constant favorite of smart young women. Knox has made it up in all the popular shades for Spring. Its sure to suit your suit. K WOMAN SIT-DOWNER YEARNS FOR SLEEP Hopes Settlement Can Be Obtained of Funds Claimed Due Her by Husband. BY the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y, March 5.— Mrs. Mildred Agness today expressed a wish for a settlement and a desire for sleep as she began the third day of & “sit-down” designed to speed collec- tion of maintenance funds she claims her husband owes her. “I just want this thing to be settled and go home and go to sleep,” said the weary-eyed, 35-year-old “striker.” She passed her second night on a table in the cleaning shop of her hus- band, Howard, and met the new day unyielding and undisturbed by com- ment of his attorney that “it's a good act.” The attorney, Maurice G. Lynn, singled out the fur coat with which she covered herself. “That fur coat is one prop that has no place in the pathetic picture of & helpless woman subsisting on donated lunches,” he said. Lynn declared his client has con- tributed to the best of his means to the support of his wife and their | 4-year-old son, and that her sit-down | is jeopardizing her own future by its effect on her husband’s business. 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