The Washington Post
July 8, 1927

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ee ee ee ee 00 YOUTHS START ! ' ; | MONTH TRAINING AT “THE WASHINGTON Post: | —— nd A be : 4 ry : ; P 7 pitt foe ot, ‘i wi lk ‘i of bi : 3 . idl bis in aia - FORT MYER SCHOOL Members of Cavalry Branch From Third Corps Area Store Citizens’ Clothes. INSTRUCTION COURSE BEGINS THIS MORNING. Regular Army Officers As- signed to Teach Soldiers Mysteries of Service. With the habiliments of civilian life stored away for the duration of the camp, 200 youths today will begin a month's intensive training in the schoo! of the Cavalry at Fort Myer, Va. They are the members of the cavalry branch of the Citizens’ Military Training Camps, gathered from all over the Third Corps Area, including dozen from Washington. The youths at this camp are recruits. One of the requirements for admission to the Cavalry school is that they must have had at least month's service in Infantry school. The group arrived at the camp yé€sterday. From early dawn until late last night one nearly a/| no | they were arriving singly and in groups. | Each man was registered, assigned to. a troop of the Third Cavalry, given a physical examination and equipped as/ They will sleep in tents close | a soldier. by Arlington National Cemetery where so many of the Nation’s youth sleep their last sleep. Plenty of Food on Hand, A lunch, consisting of ham and eggs bread and butter, strawberry jam, sliced | was given each | watermelon and milk one as he arrived. Last night’s dinner was more pretentious. It consisted of steak, gravy, lima beans, mashed po- tatoes, pickied beets, lettuce and mayo- naise, sliced cantaloupe, bread and but- ter and iced tea. For morning they had fresh fruit, corn flakes, bacon’ omelet, butter, milk and coffee. Regular Army officers of the Thira Cavalry are commanding and instruct- ing the “soldiers.” sergeant, a supply sergeant, three pla- toon sergeants and a troop clerk from the Third Cavalry will be attached to each civilian training troop cutlets, hot rolls. Start Training Today. This morning at 7:30 they given calisthenics, they will have Infantry drill, from 9 to 19:30 they. will be instructed in the art of saddling an Army horse and from 10:30 until 11:30 they will be initiated into the mysteries of “stables,” or grooming. The afternoon will be de- voted to athletic games and sports. The officers in charge of the instruc- tion are Capt. Samuel V. Constant, camp executive; First Lieut. Mark A. Devine, jr., First Leiut. George G. Elms, First Lieut. Charles V. Baum, Maj. Cadmus J. Baker, who is camp surgeon, First Lieut. Alexander George, First Lieut. Samuel P. Walker, First Lieut. Hugh B. Waddell, Maj. Reginald lL. Foster, Capt. Walter P. King, Chaplain John T. Axton, jr., Capt. James M. Shelton, First Lieut. George B. Hudson, Capt. Jess G. Boykin, Second Lieut. Carl W. A. Raguse, Capt. Julian W. Cynningham, Capt. Louis G. Gibney LA. First Lieut. John B, Cooley. District Revenues At New High Mark The Distr licenses and will ict revenue other from sources that Laxes, tax collector, amounted to $30,291,.667.58 for the twelve months ended June 30. Towers announced yesterday. This was the biggest year’s | in the history of the District, compar- ing with $26,600,000 the preceding oi and $22,000,000 biggest monihs were December and April, at real estate tax paying time, When receipts were $6,094,319.28 and| $6,985,826.92, respectively. Coast Guard Swept the year before, The To His Death at Sea. (Associated Press.) Loss at sea of Cadet Henry L of Brainerd, Minn., cutter Mojave, was reported Quarters here last night by now in English waters. The message said Jones was lost over- board July 3 in a northwest gale. body was not recovered. Jones to head- the ship, Rockville Marriage Licenses. Licenses have been issued at Rock- ville for the marriage of Angelo Armel- ‘Oo, 22 years old and Miss Filla Heyduck, | 19 years old, both of Baltimore: Thomas W. McCowan, 22 years old. Chase, and Miss Kate M. years old, of Washington, min Adelman, 23 years old. Dorothy Gritz, 19 years old, Washington. FIRE RECORD. —2162 of Chevy Freeman, 20 and and 12:38 a. m. rhirtieth a. m.—Rescne squad to 1002 FE] eventh | northeast; man _ suffering from id - m.—1764.K street north west: house. 12:00 noon—635 Ingraham street northwest; mattress. -69 p. m.—Fourteenth and R street S$ nor West; automobile. ~ 7 Pp. m.—Fourteenth etreet and Ohio ave. nue northwest: trash. 9:58 p. m.—1016 Sixteenth street incinerator. 10:36 p. false. 11:04 p. m.—West Neale * lege northeast: northwest: m.—Fifth and E streets northeast; Virginia and false. Pp. m,—Third and I streets northwest: avenue false. In addition, a first | be from 8 to 9 o'clock pass, through the hands of Chatham Towers, | of the Coast Guard | His | Benja- | Miss | both of} Street north- | eas | Upper left—Detective Lieutenant James A, Mannings ward L. Mills with State’s Attorney Robert Peter, Jr., of Rockville. old, youngest child of the slain farmer. ed the shooting of his employer. Lower right—Dorothy Mills, Hugh Miller, Post Staff Photographer. , left, of Baltimore, discussing the murder of Ed- Upper right—Sidney Mills, 12 years Lower left—Clarence Miles, farm hand of Mills, who witness- 17-year-old daughter of the victim. 40-Minute Process Makes Student Soldiers of Bovys 1,600 From Washington and Nearby States Enter Fort’ Eustis Warehouse in Mufti and Emerge Later Uniformed From Head to Toe. breakfast this | Special to The Washington Post. ;mond.and Washington—were served Fort Eustis, Va., July 7.—Citizen stu- | Tefreshments by the Girl Scout troop dein die: ' f Washington ana|° Fort Eustis and the wives of officers ee: ee. eee ashingto - |of the 34th Infantry, on duty here. nearby States attending the Citizens’ in had passed the entrance inspection Military Training Camp here today got/| in time to have luncheon in their com- their first real taste of soldiering when | pany messes. they passed through the * ‘processing | _ Col. Thomas W. Darrah, command- warehouse,” received their uniforms, | ing the Thirty-fourth Infantry, and were examined physically and took Y laa E. V. D. Murphy greeted the can- the. routine of company life didates as they arrived. Henry D. Green 3d, 17 years old, son! The candidates this afternoon of Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Green, of 1669|tened to preliminary talks on disci- Columbia road, Washington, first of the 1,600 youths attending the;the C. M. is 5; camp to pass through the entering; Today the candidates will ge own | process. After Green a continuous pro- | to the real business of the camp, the | cession passed through the warehouse, | morning being devoied to physical ex- the young men entering as civilians/ercise, drills, talks on citizenship, and 40 minutes later emerging from /cleanliness and ee eae the other door as uniformed student, Arrangements are eing made 0 | soldiers. istress the sports facillties of the camp. Those who arrived at the camp early Teams _ will be organized within the) enough this morning had breakfast in|companies for intercompany competi- company groups, but those arriving|tion, The swimming pool and tennis’ later—and this included about 400 can-| courts, recently improved, will be at didates who arrived by train from Rich- | the disposal of the candidates. CAPITAL RESERVISTS PARK VIEW CARNIVAL TO LEAD NAVY SHOOT CHAIRMAN SELECTED Held Off Newport, R. |., Next Week. Street Dancing to Cele- brate Lights. District naval reservists aboard the) Committee chairmen for the Park destroyer, Allen, now delayed for repairs | View Business Men's Carnival to be at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, are prepar- | held in the fall in celebration of the ing pa plage ta pag tnnreng Pa Wren installation of new street lights on country in short range ba j | with 3 ae item of ae olodsiein fleet off | Georgia avenue, were named last night | Newport, R. I., next week. | by C. T. Denekas,. carnival chairman, at Scores will be sent to the Navy De-|a meeting of the business men at the 'partment for comparison with those of! Tenth Precinct,’ other reserve units throughout the A. Bovello was appointed chairman country, and officers of the local re-/| of finance; F. Walker, speakers’ chair- ' serves are calling on the men to do good; man; I. W. Hitchcock, publicity; S. E. ‘shooting so that the District may lead,/| Frederick, program, Capt. Fred Corn- and the scores show real efficiency. | wall, public safety; Lieut. J. A. Sullivan. Reports from the reservists yesterday, marshal, J. W. Smith, decorations, and stated the Allen after leaving the navy | Mr. Hitchcock, printing. A committee | yard, Saturday, on its way to New York | of the Columbia Heights Business encountered heavy ground swells after | Men’s Association, composed of J. Clin- ‘leaving the Potomac, and a majority| ton Hiatt, Miss Elizabeth A. Hayden experienced their first seasickness. and W.1. Swamton, is cooperating with They kept at their posts, however, and the group. 'Lieut. Comdr. A. S. Wolfe, regular of- The committee ficer in command, complimented the through Park View, terminating in . ; = front of the school, where exercises will crew in getting “squared away” down | the Chesapeake. j plans ~ a parade be held. There will be dancing later on Otis street, between Sixth and War- der, the block being roped off for the purpose. The carnival will run for two Prese dns October 13 and 14. GROCER IS SLUGGED, THEN CHASES BANDIT | Explosive Concentration Halted. | Plans of the Navy Department san a }contemplate moving of any mo plosives into the ammunition meets. at Yorktown, Va., Secretary of the Navy | Wilbur said yesterday, except by way} of replacement. He said they con. | templated further the construction of | magazines to house explosives now in| the open there. Sues to Enforce Sale. Frank L. Vettori, 1101 New Hamp- | capes and Victim Collapses shire avenue northwest, filed sult yes- During Pursuit terday in Equity Court against William George Decklebaum, 56 years old, a |E. Gore, 819 Fifteenth street north- | west, to compel Gore to live up to the | terms of an alleged agreement to buy | grocer, of 950 R street northwest, was premises 2111 L street northwest. for | ne heed tb nemee. esr $6,000. Attorney F. E. Elder appeared | | Beaten on t 7 ee ly for Vettori. | attempted to rob him. Regular advertisers who use Post| cried for aid and thwarted the attempt Classified Ads will tell you of the quick | Of the robber. results secured in the morning. Just | @ chase of several blocks. phone Main 4205. | Decklebaum told police the negro en- AS x Sa a store at 5 o'clock. little everyone and looking. stor’. Linen Suits need ‘‘boosting’’— knows that they are COOL mighty good This Low Price tells it’s own Also complete assortments of Palm Tropical Worsteds and other cool materials favored for warm weather wear. EYER'S SHOP 331 F Street leaned over to gather 5 pounds of po-- tatoes which the man had ordered, he was slugged. Stunned, he fell to the floor and then screamed. The negro ran from the store. After a pursuit of several blocks, in which the grocer ‘was joined by neighbors, Decklebaum. col- lapsed. He was treated at Garfield Hos- pital for scalp cuts. Bert Romey, 611 K street southwest, told police his son, Lennox, 6 years old, was robbed of $1 by an “obliging” ne- gro woman. Romey said he sent the boy to a neighboring store to change a $1 bill. | fled when he gave it to her. They will be alter- cd and delivered the sume day, if desired. West Point Candidates. District candidates designated yester- day for the West Point entrance ex- amination beginning March 6 were the following: John Alvin Croghan, 2233 Eighth street northwest; William Menoher, 2227 Twentieth street north- west; Robert Totten, the Benedict, Washington, D. C.; Rush Blodgett Lin- _coln, jr. War Department. Mrs. C. C. Saunders Seeks Decree. Mrs. Carrie C. Saunders filed suit yes- Beaches, T. Saunders, northwest for an absolute divorce. parties were married August 6, 1921. Attorneys Mason, Spaulding & McAtee appeared for the plaintiff, was the | pline, courtesy and esprit de corps of | Zs Oe The boy was accosted by | 'the woman at Sixth and K streets, who | declared she would change the bill and | POLICE GRILL ELEVEN IN MARYLAND MURDER CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1. _biind, calculated to throw off the in- | } vestigators. It was reported to the in- | vestigators that Mills recently had a | moonshine | quarrel with a neighbor over some whisky. According to in- | formation given the police, Mills owned , a still in conjunction with two other | men. | Attorney Robert Peter, lis- | } | | and helped carry Mills’ | The possibility of this quarrel having some bearing on the murder is being investigated by the authorities. Those questioned last night were for | the most part neighbors, relatives and friends who visited the Mills farm after the shooting. The questioning o’clock and began about 8 was conducted by State’s jr., and Detec- James A. Mannings, of Balti- It was still in progress at mid- tive Lieut. | more. | night. Man and Wife Questioned. The questioned were as follows, Perl | Baughman, 23-year-old farmer, and his) | wife, Marian. They live at Travillah. about two miles from the Mills farm- house. Baughman was one of the first to arrive at the scene of the murder, body into the | house. The Rev. H. H. Nicoll, Baptist min- ister, who also arrived soon after the murder. He spent the day comforting , Mrs. Mills. Osborn Henderson, a neighbor and his son, Albert, who helped Baughman | carry Mills’ body into the house. Paul Mills, 18-year-old son of the ‘slain man, who saw his father’s mur- derer fleeing from the scene. Clarence Miles, 20-year-old farm ‘hand, who is the only witness to the Competitive Firing Will Be Committee Plans Parade and. actual slaying. John W. Mills, aged uncle of the slain man, and his son, Ernest Mills. Leo Clagett and Bruce Conners, | neighbors of the Mills. Mills, well to do, and the father of three children, was shot and killed just as the sun rose yesterday morning while he was in a field preparing to milk some cows. After firing five bullets into Mills, | the murderer pinned a sheet of paper to the slain man’s shirt and disappear- | ed in a nearby woods. Confession Found Unsigned. The paper, bearing about 300 type- written words, was in the form of a 'confession. Evidently it was meant for | Mills to sign, and the shooting started | when he refused. Had he signed, Mills would have con- fessed to having had an illicit affair | with | é Early Morning Robber Es. | yesterday morning when the intruder | The grocer | The negro escaped after | | day. an unnamed young married woman. The “confession,” written by a person largely illiterate, is for the most part unprintable. State’s Attorney Robert Peter took charge of the investigation as soon as he learned of the crime. Under his direction the Rockville police, the Montgomery County police, and the men of the sheriff's office questioned everybody likely to know anything about the murder. Rumors were rampant during the It was reported that a farmer living near the Mills’ farm, owned a typewriter, and had a wife who might }answer to the description of the | young woman mentioned in the “con- fession.” The man was questioned by police, but was not arrested. Farm Hand Saw _ Kijling. The murder was witnessed by Clar- ence Miles, a 20-year-old farm hand employed on the Mills farm. It. toox place about 4:45 o’clock in. the morn- ing. Miles was standing near a barn and his employer, Mills, was on a hill- | side about 150 yards away. “I saw a man’s head pop out of the | bushes,” Miles told the police, “and then I saw the man walk up to Mr. | Mills. He had on a black shirt with white buttons, a dark hat and dark pants. “He talked to Mr. Mills for a few / minutes, then he pulled out a pistol tered shortly after he had opened the | As Decklebaum | and started shooting. Mr. Mills tried to take the pistol away from him, and just about that time I ran into the barn to get Mr. Mills’ son, Paul.” When Paul Mills, 18 years old, reached the hillside, his father was dead. , Policeman Forrest L. Magruder, of the First Precinct, nephew of Mills, arrived on the scene of the crime shortly after the murder, and immedi- ately started an investigation. He fol- | lowed footprints of the slayer from the ' woods. scene of the shooting into the nearby He insists that his uncle was killed by a farmer living nearby and asserts that there should be little trou- | | Stupendous task may make it necessary ble in arresting the culprit. Stabbing Charged in Altercation. Henry Mason, colored, 49 years old, of 23 Allans court southwest, was | stabbed and seriously wounded yester- 'dey during an altercation with Frank | conduct & search for Perry Briggs. 17 terday in Equity Court against William | 2809 Twenty-eighth streci | ¢ The | Marshall, colored, 36 years old, of the same address. The altercation oc- curred at 49 Capitol court southwest. Mason was treated at Emergency Hos- pital. Marshall was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Youth Believed Making for Sea. Police yesterday were requested to years old, 515 Thirteenth street south- east. Who disappeared from his home that the youth had often spoke of a seamian's life, and he is believed to have | gone to Norfolk, Va, | first lord of the British admiralty, /another private talk this evening in ' the situation. ‘and his wife, Mrs. was during the morning. Police were told |Smith in Equity Court. } ee : ; - , Ja a pt eye, i@. 6d -., ay YW FRIDAY, ‘JULY & a ee oe PERSONALITIES IN MONTGOMERY FARM MURDER | ? DESPONDENT, END LIFE SOUGHT SUICIDE TWICE | Mrs. Brooks, 62, Ill, Swallows Poisonous Cleaning Fluid and Dies. MAN KILLS SELF WITH GAS. Two persons ended their lives yes- terday. Mrs. Alice Brooks, 62 years old, swallowed “poison at her home in Sil- ver Hill, Md., and died upon arrival at Casualty Hospital, Eugene F. Farmer, 48 years old, was found dead in a gas- filled bed chamber at his home, 1002 Eleventh street northeast. Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, District coro- ner, conducted an investigation into the deaths and issued certificates of suicide in both cases. His investigation revealed that both were prompted to take their lives by despondency and that each had sought death before. Relatives who brought Mrs. Brooks to the hospital told physicians that she had been in ill health for more than four months. She had often complained, they deelared, of “being a burden,” and on two former occasions had attempted to take her life. Weapons and poison were carefllly guarded from her, the physicians were told. Yesterday morning she succeeded in finding a bottle of poisonous clean- ing fluid and swallowed the contents. The hospital ambulance was sum- moned, but the woman died before reaching the operating table. Farmer had been despondent over business worries and failing health, Ninth Precinct police were told. On two former occasions he was rescued when he attempted to kill himself by taking gas. George E. Lawson, a Eleventh street northeast, called on Farmer yesterday morning. He smelled gas escaping from his friend’s bedroom and forced an entrance. Farmer was dead in bed. JAPANESE DEMAND friend, 643 a Ener} ie i Bat ‘MAD MUSICIAN’ BELIEVED TO HAVE VISITED OTHERS “Decayed European Gentle- man” Sought Piano Pupils Among Northwest Families. HIS DESCRIPTION TALLIES Fresh clews developed last night in the police hunt for the “mad musician” who,, after being fed and clothed by Abraham Dobkin, 2032 Seventeenth street northwest, attempted to choke his daughter, Doris, 11 years old, Wednesday morning. A man, closely with that of the “madman,” ap- proached Tuesday Dr. and Mrs. Paul Kaufman,’ who were standing in the front yard of their home at 3000 Tun- law road northwest, with Maj. and Mrs. Richard R. Pickering, 2908 Forty-third street northwest, neighbors, In select ; English, with a sli he inquired if Dr. him the name of any one who de- sited to learn to play the piano. He told them that he was a pianist of note in his native country, but that over here he “lived in the woods.” Dr. Kaufman described the man as having the appearance of a “decayed European gentleman,” about. 5 feet 6 inches tall, of slight build, with blond hair, light eyes and a slight, pointed beard. His left hand was bandaged in a handkerchief. He wore a shabby gray suit and no hat. When he received no encouragement from the company 4as- sembled there, he made a polite de- parture. Mrs. Dobkin, mother of the child at- tacked by the-musician, said the descrip- tion tallied perfectly with that of the man who stayed at her home. BOERSIG DIES IN CHAIR FOR SLAYING CHILDREN — foreign accent, MORE SUBMARINES | Alexandria Man Electrocuted CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1. tons for both classes than suggested in the American proposal. Difficulty will be found perhaps in inducing Japan to specify in the treaty what proportion of auxiliary surface warships would be classed under the heading of cruisers, and wha under destroyers. But experts seem in accord that under the Japanese plan Japanese cruisers would not exceed the Ameri- can minimum figures for Japan. The submarine problem, which Japan has added to an already difficult situa- tion, May prove troublesome, but in- dications are that Admiral Saito will stick tenaciously to his demands, as | Japan tentatively possesses 78 sub- marines of a total tonnage of 79,000, these figures including 12 in the pro- cess of construction and. 7 for which appropriations have been made. The United States has 124 subma- rines of an aggregate tonnage of 91,- COO. Several of. these are over 2,000 | tons, but more than 40 of this total are out of commission. Gibson and Bridgeman Meet. Hugh S. Gibson, head of the Ameri- can delegation, and W. C. Bridgeman, had an endeavor to see eye to eye and. save This continues critical because of the failure of the American |}and British delegations to get near to | each other on total cruiser tonnage. “We are going to get somewhere,” Ambassador Gibson remarked, smiling- ly, before the meeting. “I think we can find a compromise, and we will be glad if anybody can help us get there. We are both making a very honest ef- fort to see each other’s viewpoint. We are trying to get our tonnage, their number of cruisers.’ It has been tentatively planned to} convoke conferences of the executive | committee for tomorrow. A British spokesman said today that | both the American and Japanese ex- pertS appear to have misunderstood the British figures and that an agree- ment could be reached if every one would realize that Great Britain does not intend to include projected build- ing programs in her cruiscr figures, but only ships actually appropriated for. Quiet Assurance Felt Here. (Associated Press.) Quiet assurance was evident yester- | day at the State Department that the cruiser problem at the Geneva naval limitation conference would be untan- gled with satisfaction to the three par- ticipating powers. With the definite aligning of Japan in support of the American proposal for a cruiser total tonnage far under the British recommendation of 600,000 tons, officials were more confident that an acceptable compromise would be worked out. The concerted effort being made by the powers at national capitals as well as at Geneva to find a common meet- ing ground, evidenced Wednesday with the call of Ambassador Howard of Great Britain upon Secretary Kellogg, was emphasized yesterday when the Secretary received the Japanese Ambas- sador, Baron Matsudaira. The depart- ment again yesterday declined to throw further light on Sir Esme’s visit, and if the Japanese Ambassador amplified in- formally to the Secretary the strong declaration made by the Japanese chief of delegation in Geneva yesterday against British cruiser tonnage pro- posals, the department did not find it expedient to reveal the fact. COMMISSION TO AID DRY ENFORCEMENT Will Continue Civil Appointment Pending Reorganization. Despite failure of Congress to appro- priate funds for the examination of ap- plicants for positions in the newly organized Bureau of Prohibition there will be no interruption in the work of prohibition enforcement, even though the examinations be not completed by October 1, the date upon which the re- organization is scheduled to be com- pleted, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Civil Service Com- mission. After pointing to the difficult task which the commission faces in examin- ing 19,000 applicants for the 2,500 jobs, the statement says: “The Civil Service Commission explains that the failure of Congress to provide funds for this to defer for a time the completion of the oral tests and character investiga- tions in the cases of the lower grade positions, but the Prohibition Bureau can go on with its work without inter- ruption through temporary appoint- ments.” The work of the bureau is now being carried on under such temporary ap- pointments, and the commission, it is pointed out, can continue these until registers of eligibles become available “upon completion of the examinations. Ceurt Legalizes Adoption. The adoption of Barbara C. Brooks, aged 6 months, by Joshua E. Hannum Amy M Hannum, legalized’ yesterday by Justice The decree changes the baby’s name to Mary E. Hannum. Attorneys Freeman & Ben- nett appeared for the foster parents. | they | | Service | at Richmond for Ridge- way Murders. Richmond, July 7.—Louis F. Boersig today paid with his life for the brutal murder of Loretta and Catherine Ridge- way in their home in Alexandria last March. Boersig was electrocuted shortly after. 7 o’clock this morning in the Virginia State Penitentiary in the presence of the institution’s physician and representatives of the Common- wealth. The slaying of the two children and the clubbirig into unconsciousness of their mother while their father was at work, furnished one of the most brutal crimes in tine annals of Virgin’:. Boer- sig went to the Ridgeway home and, after asking Mrs, Ridgeway for a drink of water, beat her and the children, and then made off with a small quan- tity of money Boersig was arrested shortly after the crime. Loretta, 5 years old, died the day after the attack; but her sister survived. a week. Mrs. Ridgeway re- covered, and at the trial identified Boersig as the slayer. Boersig, who said that he had been drinking at the time the crime was committed, inter- posed little defense. The execution of Boersig this morn- ing leaves his wife and three small children virtually destitute. The Sal- vation Army has agreed to’care for one of the children, and Mrs. Boersig, who stuck by her husband until his sen- tence was executed, said today that she would seek work in an Alexandria factory to support the other two. Virginians to Benefit By McElwee’s Will Waukegan, Ill., July 7 on June 26, was set for August 16 in Probate Court today. An estate of $2,500,000 was indicated in the petition. Beneficiaries include the widow, Elizabeth McElwee, Mary Waller, a grandniece,v and Irene Waller, surviv- ing widow of a nephew, of Highland Park, Ill. A sister, Virginia Bartholo- mew, of Palestine, Tex.; a brother, Will- iam M. McElwee, of Lexington, Va., and a sister, Flora McElwee, of Lexington, and Nannine Patterson, a niece, of Med- ford, Oreg. Bequests were also listed for the Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; Bethesda Church, Rock- bridge Bath, Va., and a number of Chi- cago Schools for boys. AIR MAIL PORT PLAN HERE FACES DELAY Installation of Lights Will Take Until November, if City Is Chosen. Regardless of whether Washington’ or Baltimore is selected as the stopping point on the New York-Atlanta air mail route, operations on the lime can not | be started before November. Capt. Frederick Hingsburg, chief of the airway division of the Department of Commerce, said that the delay will be due to the necessity of installing lighting devices along the airway. The survey which this installation will re- quire can not be completed before Sep- tember 1, and necessarily the actual work of installation will be delayed be- yond that date. Contracts for placing beacon lights. flares and lights marking obstacles to | fliers, such as high-power lines, water towers and tall buildings, will have toa be let. With this done, the contracting companies must be given sufficient time to install permanently these necessary safeguards. Growers of Tobacco Seek Earlier Market Special to The Washington Post. Danville, Va.. July 7.—The depart- ments of agriculture of North and | South Carolina toda. launched a movement to advance the date of the! ten days | Southern tobacco markets ahead of the time set by the Tobacco Association of the United States recent- | ES money unless they can realize on it beginning July 26. Tazewell Carring- ton, of Richmond, from Gov. Richards, asking him to give a conférence to representatives of the | two Carolinas tomorrow. He said how- | whose description tallies | aufman could tell | (A.P.).—A | | hearing on the will of Robert H. McBl- | wee, Lake Forest lumberman, who died | said the crop is maturing | rapidly and that the growers will lose | chairman of the board, said that he received a telegram | ever, that he was powerless to authorize | any changes from the original dates. but will confer with the representatives | in Richmond tomorrow. Wife Wins Decree. Mrs. Edna D. Parsons was awarded a | final decree for absolute divorce yester- day by Justice Bailey in Equity Court against George H. Parsons. The parties were married December 17, 1919. At- torney J. D. Eason, jr., appeared for Mrs. Parsons. Storm Causes Fires. Warsaw, V32.. and electric storm visited this section this afterncon. A barn of Eddie Wil- kins’ was burned, together with 2&5 bushels of wheat. At Gardys Mill Hill, this county, the dwelling of John Mc- Kay was also burned from like cause. July 7.--A heavy rain | ET ST ————

=NUE a NINTH Men’s and men will $] .85 Sennits that formerly $3.00. ‘4.75 Panamas, Leg- were horns, Pedalinos., formerly, $5.75. at Less Time for a fresh straw now savings on fine quality hats from P-B regular stock. $77.75 Panamas, horns, Pedalinos, formerly $10.00. Straws welcome these $7.85 Sennits that were formerly $4.00. 10°) Panamas, Leg- horns, Pedalinos, formerly $12 and $15 Leg- And at $3.75, Soft Straws that formerly sold at $5 exarryrrr ANOTHER MINISTER AT “GRETNA GREEN” New Jersey Pastor, at Elkton, to Marry All Couples Who Apply, He Says. Elkton, Md., July 7 (A.P.).—Minis- ters appear to come and go to the resi- dents of this “Gretna Green. " While a hearing is scheduled to be held soon for the Rev. while ‘ Richard P. Westren, erst- ‘marrying parson,” charged with performing one specific marriage with- out authority, two ministers have ap- peared in quest of his crown, cee CC LOT GIBSON STORE CLOSES SATURDAY 2 P. M. The second is the Rev P. C. Hoff- man, who said he was pastor of the United Brethren Church at Montclair, N. J. Today he established himself in the very quarters previously occupied by Mr. Westren—the residence of Rich- ‘ard Pierson. He said he came here for two purposes, to establish a United Brethren Church and to “marry all couples who wish to be joined in mat- rimony.”’ The Rev. Hiram McVey, of Green- wood, Del., came to Elkton when the Rev. J. W. Colona, superintendent of the Wilmington Conference, declared Mr. Westren was without orders of the Methodist Episcopal Church and ques- tioned the legality of 1,000 or more marriages he has performed. Mr. Mc- Vey went to the Pierson home and served as a “marrying parson.” Mr. Colona asked that he leave Elkton he agreed. ISLAND In Chesapeake Bay at the Mouth of the Magothy An easy motor run of an hour and a half from Washington, over uncrowded, improved roads. High, rolling land, protected from undesirable surroundings by miles of salt water. A unique devélopment, with higher standards than any other on'the Atlantic coast. $2,700,000 have already been invested in Gibson Island by the Company, the Gibson Island, Club and the families who own homes on the Island. The C6mpany, alone, has spent more than $1,250,000 in providing Hard macadam roads. Club house and club cottages. Bathing and boat houses. Electric light system. Fire department. Water works. Gibson Island makes a national appeal. Psporting 18-hole golf ‘course, Tennis courts. Harbor for boats of all sizes. Local and long-distance telephone exchange. One Hundred and Seventeen large building sites have been sold to professional and business people from seven States. Forty attractive homes have already been built and are now occupied. The development was laid out by Frederick Law Olmsied, one of the great landscape architects of the world, its unique natural beauty has not been marred. is taken in the selection of families to whom lots are sold so. 6C6that Great care , and the building restrictions in force are a guarantee against ugly or inharmonious improvements. Drive to Gibson Island and see its attractions for yourself. Call Stone & Fairfax, Main 2424, for seeing the Island properly. and make arrangements THE GIBSON ISLAND COMPANY Stone & Fairfax, Washington Selling Agents 804 17th Street N. W. ROUTE TO GIBSON Defense Highway at Take the new Monument. Follow the At the Crain Highway MGlenburnie. Defense Highway turn left and thence At Glenburnie turn right into the Baltinore-eAnnapolis Goulevard aud follow to l.ipins Corner Telephone Main 2424 ISLAND IsJladensburg Memorial to the Crain Highway. along that road to the At Lipins Corner take the left fork into the Mountain Road and follow to Gibson Island. x. B.—i1n goma to Gibson Island, after the right turn at Bladensbur Memoriel Monument you bear left at all intersections until you reae Glenburnite. Tertteret err. eo eer ee

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