Evening star. [volume], January 12, 1923, Page 15, Image 15

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DEATH AN ACCIDENT,
SAYS HEIGHTS JURY
v Big Crowd Hears Verdict in
> i
■ the Case of Robert
- . Webster..
Tmpatch to The Star.
!CAPITOL HEIGHTS. Md.. January
ifcj— Despite the fact that County
* Ixxsecuting Officer J.’ Wilson Ryon
vthemently urged the coroner’s jury
investigating the death of Robert
\|ibster. who died late, Saturday
December 30. at*Casualty Hos
, Washington, as the 2 result of a
dupshot wound received while at the
iltfne of Frank Hubert, in this place,
if j bring in a verdict that the man
came to his^ death from a wound in
flicted by a pistol held by some
else than himself, the jury returned
a verdict here late last night that the j
deceased came to his death as the j
result of a “gunshot wound accident
ally inflicted.” So dense was the T
crowd to hear what promised to* be
some sensational testimony that it
was necessary to adjourn from the
office of Justice of the Peace Joint K.
Weast, acting coroner, on Cist street,
to the public schoolhouse on Central
avenue.
Witnesses who testified were Mrs.
Kellie J. Webster, mother of the dead
hiati; Mrs. Minnie Lloyd, who testi
fied that she was present with Frank
Hubert at the latter’s home when the
fatal shot was tired, and Frank j
Hubert, at whose house the shoot- j
ing occurred.
The prosecuting attorney in his ar
v gument declared statements of Hu- |
bert and the Lloyd woman were false j
•nd told the jury the man and woman 1
Ahould be held for the action of the i
grand jury in April without bail and
f*ken to Marlboro jail. He called at
tention to the fact that neither Hu
bert nor Mrs. Lloyd, according to their
own testimony, offered any aid to the
. wounded man. but that Mrs. Lloyd
had fled front tl»e scene with the gun.
which she threw away, and that Hu
bert seemed more anxious to get rid
of the bucket of liquor and the still
than h© did in aiding the dying man.
John Gabriel, former mayor of
Capitol Heights, was foreman of the
jury, his associates being D. C. Dowe.
Phillip Brainin. Max Kans, R. L.
Metzlnger, G. G. Rooney, P. C. Howell,
Samuel E. Fowler, Harry Kans. Bent
ley H. Feaster. J. F. Richardson and
.Frank Richardson. It is understood
that the vote on the verdict stood 11
to 1, Foreman Gabriel holding out
for a verdict that Webster came to j
his death as the result of a wound ]
from a pistol held in the hands of!
the person or persons unknown to j
the jury. •
Prosecuting Attorney Kyon. it
veloped today, yesterday received a
typewritten letter signed K. K. K., in
which ho was warned to be on his
best behavior and that the » visible
eye would be at the inque- J to ob
serve the state atftirney’s pa, in the
proceedings and that a report of his
activities would be sent back to the
klan.
Mr. Ryon today admitted that such
a communication had been received.
CROWD SEES PLAY/
Dramatic Club Presents “Clarence"
at McKinley . High School.
attendance marked the presen
tation of Booth Tarklngton's “Cfcirence”
at McKinley High School last night by
the members of the school’s dramatic
ctub.
Miss Margaret Bennil, a member of
the February graduating class, was
responsible for the staging and di
rection of the play. Miss Ruth Rus
sell, in the role of Corn Wheeler,
the spoiled flapper of the. family, was
undoubtedly the '•“ft -t>'4(jular »T the ;
cast. Merrill Burnside' as the hero j
.showed a real gift as an embryo"
actor, ami his make-up for the part
was especially good; Prentiss Taylor
laid charge of "making-up” the actors.
The rest of the cast included
Marion Brown as Mrs. Martyn, John
Schellhaas. Mr. Wheeler; Elizabeth
Gladman, Mrs. Wheeler; John Daly,
Bobby Wheeler; Mildred Volandt.
Violet Pinney; Olyve Barbee, Della;
Stuart Ball. Dinwiddle; Earl Basset.
Hubert Stern. Davis Beers was stage
manager.
The musical program was presented
by the Tech orchestra, led hy Dore
Walton, and the Glee Club, directed
by Miss Florence Keene.
ROYAL BARRACKS RENAME^.
DUBLIN. January 12.—The Royal
barracks, which were recently evacU- !
• ated by British soldiers, are to be re
named "Collins barracks” inTnemory
of Michael Collins, and Richmond
barracks will b« renamed “Keogfh j
barracks” in memory of Gen. ffom
Keogh. Other barracks in the city j
and vicinity are also to receive new
names.
* CONFIDENCE IN
YOUR DENTIST
W» cheflih y»ur een
fldcnce and mean ta
accumulat'd experience
at thla attic* and etaft
•f axpert, careful den
tlsta. SI yaan at pead VjgSHHPF
haneat dantrlatry aur
retard. /jvggppV
My P'ffddt Suctlan
HflgßSSEroTMth will Not Slip
ar Orti—s3.oo
Other Sets of Teeth $5 Up !
Fillings, 50c Gold Crowaa
to SI ip and Bridge
In gold, allver. Work.
. amalgam or fs.o0 —$4.00
porcelain $5.00 Per Tooth |
, Na pharit far painUat extraction when I
v ether warfc li dene. All warfc luaranlead. ! ■
DR. WYETH
1(27-29 - 7th St. N. W.
Opposite Lannburffh * Bro., and over
Stand Union Tea Co. Largest and 1
hnoat thoroughly equipped parlors la
Washington. Phone Main a I
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Hard, Large and Bed. Lost Rest
At Night. Cuticura Heals.
•’My face was broken* out with
pimples and they were very hard,
§ large and red. The pim
ples itched and burned
awfully, and they were
scattered all over my face.
The irritation caused me
to scratch, and 1 lost my
rest at n%ht. My face was
badly disfigured.
“I began using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, and after using one cake
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of
©’ Cuticura Ointment I was healed.”
(Signed) Miss Lela Plemons, R. 9,
Box 83, Quitman, Texas.
* Rely on Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Takum to care for your akin.
Ssaele leek Ttm hr Kali. Addrese: “OWUme tok
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THE WEATHER
District of Columbia and Maryland—
Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly
colder tonight, freezing temperature;
fresh westerly winds.
Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow;
cooler tonight: fresh westerly winds.
West Virginia—Fair tonight and to
morrow; cooler tonight.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometer—Yesterday. 4 p.m., 37:
8 p.m., 36; 12 midnight, 37. Today, 4
a.m., 36: 8 a.m„ 35; Noon, 48.
Barometer—Yesterday, 4 p.m., 30J)4;
8 p.m., 29.93; 12 midnight, 29.76. Today,
4 a.m., 29.68; 8 a.m., 29.71; Noon, 29.77.
Highest temperature, 48, occurred at
noon today.
Lowest temperature, 34, occurred at
7:13 a.m., today.
Temperature same date last year—
Highest, 30; lowest, 21.
Condltion.of the Water.
Temperature and condition "of the
water at 8 a.m.. Great Falls—Tempera
ture, 32; condition, muddy.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States coast and
geodetic survey.)
Today—Low tide. 10:12 a.m. and 11:01
p in.: high tide, 3:34 a.m. and 4:12 p.m.
Tomorrow—Low tide. 11:12 a.m. and
11:58 p.m.; high tide. 4:38 a.m. and 5:12
p.m. >
The Nun nnd Moon.
Today—Sun rose 7:2'7 a.m.; sun sets
"5:06 p.m.
Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:26 a.m.; sun
sets 5:07 p.m. .
Moon rises 2:50 a.m.; sets 1:33 p.m.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities.
-"H *3
5 Temperature. •?.
o g 3
Statious. . H JS ft 1 J State of
<? In' Sa °*“
■ y Jr .J x weather.
5 2 —• ■
• aa- ■
* ? JI I
Abilene, Tex. 30.10 TH 34 ..., Clear
Albany 29.74 24 10 0.42 Snow
Anbury Turk 34 32 0.02 I*l.cloudy
Atlantic City 2«.7« 36 on Clear
Haltiniore ~20.70 40 34 Clear
Kirminshoui. 30.18 (Ml o 4 Clear
Itisiuarck .. 30.08 2ti 14 Cloudy
Bustos . 20.80 28 22 O.IS Snow
Buffalo 20 (Hi 22 22 0.08 Snow
Charleston,. . 80.00 58 54 Clear
Chicago 80.02 40 20 Snow
Cincinnati... 30.00 58 30 Clear
Cleveland ..20.82 30 30 Snow
Denver 30.14 52 28 Clear
Detroit 29.80 30 xrt 0.08 Cloudy
iKI Paso 80,04 tin 3K .... Clear
Galveston ..30.10 70 <44 .... Clear
Helena 30.02 3t! 24 .... Clear
Huron. S. D. 30,10 84 14 Clear
Jacksonville. 30.22 Oil 52 .... Clear
Kansas City 30.18 58 30 .... Clear
lans Angeles. 20.0 S7O 44 .... I’t.cloudy
latulsville ~30.08 58 34 .... Pt.cloudy
Miami. Fla.. 30.20 70 02 Clear
New Orleans 30.18 74 00 .... Cloudy
New York.. 29.70 32 88 0.08 Cloudy
Okla. City.. 30.10 08 30 Clear
Philadelphia. 20.72 30 32 .... Cloudy
Phoenix, Ariz 20.98 78 42 .... Clear
Pittsburgh., . 29.84 44 34 Cloudy
Portland. Me. 30.04 28 8 040 Snow
Porlland.Ore 33.12 44 38 0.34 Cloudv
Ualeizh.N.C. 20.00 48 14 .... Pi.cloudy
5 Imke City 30.04 70 32 .... Cloudy
San Antonio. 30.02 80 50 .... Fogjr.v
Sau Diegoy.. 20.08 00 48 .... Cloudy
S. Francisco 30.14 52 40 .... Foggy
St. Lulls... 30,12 08 34 .... Clear -
St. Paul 30.10 88 8 0.01 Cloudv
Seattle 30.08 44 30 0.00 Kain
Siwkane ... 30.10 40 32 .... Cloudy
WASH.. DC. 80.70 38 34 .... Clear
FOREIGN.
(8 a.m., Grceuwich time, today.)
Stations. Temperature. Weather.
Luidon. Kngland 38 Part cloudy
Paris, France 32. "Part cloudy
Vienna. Austria 30 Clear
Copenhagen, Denmark 30 Kainuig
Stockholm, Sweden 30 Part cloudy
Horta (Fayall. Azores 02 Clear
HamUton, Bermuda 58 Part cloudy
San Juan, Porto Bico 74 Cloudy
Havana. Cuba <lO Clear
Colon, Canal Zone.. 80 Clear
Why Men Leave Home.
The Agent—Better let me sell you
this portable radiophone equipment.
With this outfit you can listen to
your wife talking to you, no mfltter
where you are.
Mr. Longsufferer—Nothing doing.
Want to spoil my perfectly good va
cations? m
j
Your Choice
2-Pants Suit aißh
IN BOTH STORES |
.50 Only 3 Prices
Valoes HI ■
Nothing Higher
The greatest 2-pants suit offer we’ve ever made. In
* eludes every suit in both stores. Plenty in light shades,
suitable for spring wear. All models, from snappy spdrt ~ .
and Norfolk styles to conservatives and semi-conserv
atives. Soft-finish cloths, hard-finish cloths, tweeds, blue
serges, etc. All sizes in regulars, slims, stubs and stouts. *
Choice of Any Overcoats
One-Pants Suit That Sold Up to $45
*l5 and *2O % 47^*23^*29^
©Bell Clothes Shops A
Stores All Over the Land—-Two Stores in Washington
-Look for 920 F Street N.W. 941 Penna. Ave. N.W. .. Look f „
THE EVEXIXG STAB. WASHINGTON. D. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 12. 1923.
WOMAN GIVEN POSITION
, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER
With . the teoncurrence of the Civil
Service Commission. President Hard
ing has authorized the reappoint
ment of Mrs. Anna M. Curran as
printer’s assistant In the bureau of
engraving and printing, Treasury
Department.
According to the executive order,
Mrs. Curran served in that position
from September 15, 1918, until August
13, 1921, when she was furloughed
because of reduction of force, “her
furlough being largely due to the fact
that her husband was employed in
the government service.”
“Since her furlough.” says the
. order, “she has been left a widow by
the assassination of her husband. She
received several bullet wounds in
trying to protect him. She has been
out of the service too long to be
eligible for re-employment, and the
executive ' order under which she re
ceived appointment has been revoked.
She could have remained in the serv
ice Indefinitely if no occasion had
arisen to require her separation. In
view of all the circumstances the Sec
retary of the Treasury recommends
; her reinstatement. The Civil Service
’ Commission concurs In the recom
mendation that she be reappointed,
with the same status she would have J
; had if she had remained In the serv
ice under her original appointment.”
PORTO RICANS ON WAY
TO U. S. TO END DISPUTE
SAN JUAN, P. R., January 12.
Santiago Iglesias, socialist labor
head, and Robert H. Todd, republican
national committeeman, left for
Washington yesterday to confer with
the unionists there and with ad
ministration officials for the purpose
of ending the controversy centering
about Gov. Reily. Mr. Iglesias said
he had been ready for some time to
i make the trip when a possible solu
! tion was in sight?
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I A Haven of Interest to the Gift |
Seeker. Collector and
Lover of Home
3ntique£
i i&eprotmctions
In Jewelry, Furniture, Mirrors, j
Silver and Sheffield Plate, Brasses, j
Curios, Diamonds and Art Objects, j
H. Jf. grnolb
Art Galleries Auctioneer i
1323 G St. ISW.
Juniper Tar
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MW 35c a Bottle
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This old reliable medicine has re
lieved thousands— It will relieve
vou--Try it Today.
WINS SIO,OOO VERDICT.
Woman Awarded Damages Against
Washington-Virginia Railway.
Mrs. Bessie M. Shaw has been
awarded a verdict for SIO,OOO dam
ages against the Washlngton-Vir
glnla Railway Company by a jury lit
Circuit Division 1, before Justice
Hltz. She was* a passenger on a car
of the company July 7, 1921, when It
was In collision with an electric
truck on 14th street between B and C,
streets. Mrs. Shaw suffered a con
cussion of the brain, injury to her
spine and Impairment to her vision.
She was represented by Attorneys
Wilton J. Lambert and Rudolph H.
Yeatman.
Fancy Work.
Aunt Lucy—Do you ever do any
needlework?
Philippa—No. We have a jewel
pointed needle on our phonograph
and I don’t have to change ’em.
Midwinter Clearance Sale
of
Childr ens Shoes J
Growing Girls Fancy Top
High Shoes Shoes
Tan, Black. Cun Metal and Patent Lace, with Gray and
Patent Leather, English and Field Mouse Kid tops. Tan
square toe shapes. Rubber with light Tan Kid tops.
Sfr R «,©- 11 *2.95
2 78* 8 ,$3.9d llt/4,2 $3.45
Smaller Sl»e>« _
$2.95 ami 53.45 2 /2 ’ B s 3 ‘ 9;> |
Boys' Lace ®° r y^
btormnghters
Onoes Especially reduced. Full
In' Tan and Black, solid high rut, two buckles at top.
leather construction. Bellows tongue.
9, 13'A $2.45 9, 13 Vi $2.95
1, 5V’ $2.95 1, 6 $3.45
I I
I T) C a. All Sites to 6 d*l Qrt
I Doy ocouts Spec al at VI.VD
Tan & Black Oxfords 1 ” $3.95 1 I
Rubber Boots $2.45. $2.95 (j $3.45
Hirsh'S Shoe Stores
(026-/023 SEVENTH ST^N.W.
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CANTONESE FLEE BEFORE
ADVANCE OF SUN YAT SEN
City Officials and Citizens Bush to
Hongkong to Escape Ex
pected Siege.
By the Associated Press.
HONGKONG, January 12.—1 n ex
pectation that the troops of Sun Yat
Sen, former president of China Re
public, will besiege Canton, Chen Chi-
Yuan, civil governor of the southern
capital, dame to Hongkong with his
family and a number of city officials
seeking protection under the British
flag.
Large numbers of Cantonese are
hurrying to Hongkong to escape the
fighting Which It is believed will fol
low the arrival of the Yunnan
Kwangsi army. The Sun troops have
thus far captured Wuchow, Shtuhlng
and Samshun in their advance on
Canton.
DEFENDANT ADMITS GUILT
I
Young Han on Trial for Arson
Changes Flea.
WINSTON-SALEAf, N. C, January
12.—1 n the trial in superior court
here today of Willie B. Chatmon and
C. M. Sawyer, charged with arson in
connection with the burning last Au
gust of a large brick building in the
heart of the business district of the
city, Chatmon, who te eighteen years
old, changed his plea of not guilty to
guilty, and spent most of the day on
the witness stand, giving his story of
setting lire to the building and de-
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i | This Great Clearance Sale Is Causing a Big Sensation -
(«% Suits and O’Coats
Hundreds of fine woolen suits ;tnd overcoats jS
offered to you in this great sale. Values that you j»
will marvel at and bargains that you will readily Ip
appreciate, when you see them. p
Q *1 —Of cassimeres, serges, M-orsteds. herring-
Olilts bones, etc. Made in single and double
breasted coats, sport models and conservative and S
semi-conservative styles. Altogether a great assort-
ment suitable for any occasion. Sizes 32 to 46, in
x. —lnclude brown, gray. tan. ox- j®
V/VC* COfllS ford, black, etc., in full belters, g
half belters, conservative and semi-conservative mod- p
els. They are great values, in sizes 33 to 40.
| Great Clearance Sale of Women’s Dresses, I
Coats and Suits I
iiv Tl
"B Ml A The dresses are canton crepe, satin, laces and
i m il II Be? georgette; all the leading shades, made with back or MbhHl|\ . «
'3 H il/l kr side panels: fancy double drapes; finished'with buckles
,5 MM A ■ ornaments. Sizes to 44. A few straightline models jHMlßiili
j ■ il in black or navy: extra sizes to 50. Specially priced BIK ’ ‘ p
| I I at 119.95, value to $49.50. . BHB|g
j* I , The coats are of all-wool materials, of brown, p
g Li- i tan. cocoa, navy and black; trimmed or plain tai- W)
.1 ■■ i-* lored. All silk lined: sizes to 44. Specially priced at
| • \ I \ The’ suits aro the long, straightline effect, in navy \i yk }5
LI or black; fancy stitch with arrow heads of silk floss Ki y\
, N>E> for finish; sizes to 44. Special at $19.95, value to $39.50. ” ’-j
A Special Purchase of 500 Pairs of Shoes Added to This 5
I Mammoth Clearance Sale of |
I For Women A Qij
For
For Girls A vast array of styles in this sale of hundreds of Vy P
——— pairs of shoes for every member of the family. Imagine f yap Jf p
getting good, serviceable shoes at less than the cost Os /\<l S
' labof and material. Cheaper than having old shoes AU £
Fnr rVllWrPn re4>a Women’s Black | Patent and Tan High Shoes. \ j
* vIUIUI Sturdy Scout Shoes. Boys’ and Girls’ Dress IE
—•: an d School Shoes.
daring he acted in response to the
persuasions and plans of C. M. Sawyer
and the latter’s promise to paV him
SSOO.
VISIT HOME OF SLAIN MAN.
SEATTLE, Wash., January 12.
The fourth day of the trial of Clara
Elizabeth Skarin on a charge that
when she shot to death Ferdinand
Hochbrunn she did it after fore
thought and 'to gel possession of his
large estate began here today with
a visit by the jury to the dead man's
home on the program.
The jury was under instructions
from Judge Mitchell Gilliam to study
the alcove where Hochbrunn was
shot hy Miss Skarin, who says that
he attacked her when she returned to;
get her elefthes she had left with
him.
The four women and eight men who
must say whether Miss Skarin isj
guilty were told to note particularly
i a hole in the wall caused by the,
bullet that killed Hochbrunn. which:
Miss Skarin testified yesterday was*
discharged in a scuffle.
Miss Karin was on the witness ,
stand yesterday and she
her Innocence of willful murder, de-’
daring she shot Hochbrunn only to
protect herself. '
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