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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
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IN ENGLISH FIRE
Six Members of One Family Lose
Lives as Flames Level
q.
Buildings.
Bx the. Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SMETHWICK, Staffordshire, Eng
land, September 2.-Eleven persons
six of them members of one family
named Mcdonald, lost their lives in a
fire here today which originated In a
confectioner's shop and spread to a
theater and living apartments. Three
others are in a hospital suffering from
severe injuries.
Several families were trapped IN the
burning building. Some occupants
escaped by jumping from third-story
window. Firemen searching the ruins
found the remains of McDonald's fam
lily, father, mother and children, hud-
died together.
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and potatoesjust Ike the mother and
father. ssg Esb5 51
!. Over the beM was .l5ft, dark airless
and hot Here. the children Sleep The
father, motherza1d baby sleep EEa4he
bed. There is barely enough room to
move between the bed and the stove.
This family gets along very well In
the mountain sides and vegetables In
the garden. Like most of the families
in this part of the mountains they keep
no domestic animals. There Is nothing
for hog, cow or chickens to eat. The
mother and children tend the little
corn patch.
Accompanying the party which vis-
tied the hollow was wealthy Washing
tonian, who proceeded to distribute
coins among the children and showed a
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EDISON, ILL WITH COLD;
DOCTOR BANS CIGARS
Orders Are Issued After Family In
vents Way to Keep Inventor
From Smoking.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WEST ORANGE, N. j., September 2.
Thomas A. Edison, suffering from a
cold, must forego cigars until he is
better.
The venerable inventor on Saturday
invented a way of smoking, In effect
to wit: The doctor had not forbidden
smoking. And so the inventor puffed
with delight. But the cold got worse.
Then the family invented q way Of
having their wishes regarding smoking
restricted. They told the doctor and
he issued orders.
Mr.. Edison, who Is 81 years old, is
expected by his family to be back at
work in q week.
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FOUR ARE DROWNED
IN POTOMAC RIVER
Mother and Two Children
Perish When Boat Sinks
at Seneca.

Four persons, two of them children,
were drowned in the Potomac River at
Seneca, Md, IL miles northwest of
Rockville, last night. Three lost their
lives when a motor boat, in which the
party was riding, sank. The fourth
lost his life when he stepped out of
his depth and was unable to swim to
safety.
The dead are: 50
Mrs. Ray Wilson Waters. SO, of Rock
vile.
Martha, her 6-year-old daughter.
Thomas Dawson, jr, years old, Of
Rockville.
Melvin Myerly, 2e, of Mount Rainier.
Md. -.
The triple tragedy occurred at about
z O'Clock last night. when a party of
four adults and three children was
crossing the river in a small motor
boat which had been hired for a pleas
ure excursion. In the party were Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas L. Dawson and their
two children, Thomas, jr., 6, and Anne,
4; Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Wilson Waters
and their daughter, MarthEsS
Believe Boat Was OveesSaded.
The accident is believed to have
occurred when Mrs. Waters called out
to her husband, who was attending to
the engine, to cut it OF. 1t Is said that
she feared the effects OF the wake set
up by another motor craft. Mr.. Waters
is said to have cut OF the power. ana
Immediately wave set up from the
propeller's wash combed over the gun
vale Of the boat and 1t sank. Rlver-
men are said to have been OF the
opinion that the boat was overloaded
and dangerously low IN the water at
the TIME it set out.
When the accident occurred, William
de Vries Of Hagerstown, Md, ana VIII
liam StinSon of Howard County. Mo.,
sons -in-law of q. McCubbin Waters OF
Montgomery County, Md, In announcer
motor boat sped to the rescue. Iney
said later that Mr.. Dawson stood either
on the river bed or on q rock Jutting
out and held his wife and his daugnter
Anne, and pleaded with the rescuers
to save his wife and child. The rescue
party managed to get all three aboard,
Mrs. Waters was floating In the river
nearby, and an oar was extended to her.
She made a clutch for it. missed 1t,
and sank out Of sight.
Darkness Hampers Rescue.
Meanwhile, a second rescue boat had
reached the scene, manned by Stedman
Prescott, q Rockville lawyer, and other
members of the Seneca Club. This
party rescued Waters, but Mrs. Waters
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The bed was not a pleasant sight.
There was a straw tick covered by an
indesetihably hltisy. israggeds blanket.
Under the blanket was baby months
old. It's big, black eyes stared from
the pile of rags. Sprawled on top OF
the blanket was a girl of or 5, OBJ
viously quite sick. The three other
children, all In rags. sat on the edge of
the bed. The room was filled with
flies that settled in black patches on the
babys face.
without Meat or Milk.
Both the children and herself, the
mother said. were always sick. Some
times. on warm days, she takes the baby
out in the sun, as the doctor from the
Summer hotel has advised her. The
children very seldom have any milk Or
meat. They eat corn mush, cabbage
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H0LD-UP is ION TIME"

CHICAGO, September, 2 R.-The
weekly theater holdup-there has been
Sunday night robbery almost weekly
for several months-was at the New
Regent Theater last night.
Although the theater was packed
when the robber forced his way into
the cashiers cage, he obtained the
smallest sum taken In any Of the
theater thefts, $50. The night receipts
had been collected and locked away
shortly before.
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y OFFICERS BRANDED AS s'UNFTT"
BY GRAND JURY ARE BACK ON JOB
Philadelphia Director Restores Men to Duty Under
Protest ON Orders Of Civil Service.

lice bribery and most of them had been
under suspension more than six months.
Under the order returning the police
men to duty, the Civil Service Commits
sion directed that their back pay be re-
stored. Director Schofield refused to
allow this, contending that under the
law the men are only entitled to 80 days
back pag.
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DOCTOR FACES ARREST.
Chinese Attempt to Seize y. {
Medic In III Boys Death.

HANKOW, China, September 2 lP.--
Chinese authorities at Nanchang and
Kiangsi are seeking the arrest Of an
American physician, Walter Libby OF
the general hospital of the Methodist
mission at Nanchang, on a charge
growing out of the death OF Chinese
boy after an unsuccessful operation
from which blood poisoning resulted.
In order to SEEK protection, Libby
came to Eankow, where the American
consul general lodged q protest with
the local authorities. The mission
headquarters are In New York.
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Skull Fractured by Hall.

MOBILE, Ala, September Q Dr.
Arts Cody, 10 years old, amateur ball
player, Is In local hospital with q
fractured skull and In serious condi-
ton as the result OF being struck on
the head BY. d pitched ball yesterday
in bali game. Physicians said today
Cody has small chances Of recovery.
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BY THOMAS r. HENRY,


September 2-The log cabin, in the
of approximately 10 by Is
feet square.
filling bed small rusty
father mother and children 1t
mother five of her brood
tight nailed that it could
py loose the nails She wanted the closed
said two of the children were sick
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FAMILY OF NINE. WITH TWOUL.
- LIVES IN TINY MOUNTAIN HUT
Children. en- in Blue Ridge FIollowsof vir-
I ginia Are Sewed in Clothing and Go
Bathless 6or,Y e Surgeon Reveals.

This the fourth OF series fre articles describing conditions
National
Park area-ess than hundred miles from Washington
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HOOVER TO HELP
MOUNTAIN FOLK
President Plans to Launch
Move for Education of
Children.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MADISON, Va, September a.
President Hoover has decided to initiate
a move looking to the education of
the mountain children living in the
sparsely-settled region surrounding his
fishing camp on the headwaters of the
Rapidan River in Virginia.
The Chief Executive proposes per-
sonally to head committee which viii
raise funds to building little school
house in the mountain region. He also
has undertaken the formation OF q
local con1mittee to confer with Virginia
stats authorities over obtaining q
teaoher for the school.
81 It became known today the President
had decided upon this course after a
long conference yesterday with pa"
Burraker, father of the 14-year-old
Ray" who several weeks ago entered
the presidential camp unannounced and
president Mr. Hoover with a possum.
Discussed Plan for School
For some time Mr.. Hoover has been
impressed with the lack of advantages
for children In this section of the Blue
Ridge Mountains and yesterday asked
pa" Burraker to visit him. Plans for
the school were discussed as the two.
one the President of the United States
and the other a rugged mountameer,
sat beneath the trees which shade
the fishing camp
Burraker agreed to head committee
of local citizens while the President
promised to head a national committee
to raise funds for the purpose.
1t is expected that only $1,000 viii
be needed to erect the school building.
There are five families in the i'm
mediate neighborhood. including the
Burraker family, which has five chill
dren Of school age.
Star Series Discloses State.
The living conditions of the noun
taineers in the Oldrag area, 10 miles
from the Presidents camp. were dis
closed by a series of stories in The Star
by Thomas r. Henry, who went into the
mountains to investigate reports that
mountain people were living under early
eighteenth century conditions, unable to
read or write.
How true he found the reports and
other conditions are described in the
articles. one of which appears in The
Star today.
Previous to Mr.. Henry's investigation,
Rex Collier, another Star reporter,
sought out the family of Ray Burracker
for the first story of the boy who visited
President Hoover at his camp. The
President showed an unusual interest in
the mountain boy.
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Darkness Hampers Rescue.

Meanwhile, a second rescue boat had
reached the scene, manned by Stedman
Prescott, q Rockville lawyer, and other
members Of the Seneca Club. This
party rescued Waters, but Mrs. Waters
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

Saturdays Circulation, 97,S38
Sundays Circulation, 106,304
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
D. A. R. AT SPRINGFIELD
Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter Members Attend Pageant, "The
 Growth of . Nation"

On Monday sixteen members and friends of Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, b. A. R., accepted the invita- tion of Presidnt McGowan of the American International College at Springfield. to attend pageant, "The Growth of a Nation" in four acts. written by Florence Eldridge and pre- scented by the students of the college
 The college Is doing a remarkable work in Americanization. IL has en- rolled l5l members of thirty-one nas tionalities.
 Follow ng the pageant, tea was sery- ed in the b. A. R. building, which was built for the college by the Massachu- setts Chapters of the D. A. R.
 Professor MeGowan announced that during the eighteen years since the college was inaugurated. more than SiO0.o00 had been given by D. A. R. societies.
 Those who attended were Miss Sarah Crosby, her mother. Mrs. Crosby, Mrs. Leon Wilson, Miss Emma Roberts, Miss Annie Andrews, Mrs. w. R. Bar Der, Mrs. C. D. Sharpe, C. D. Sharpe Mrs. Alice Carpenter, Mrs. Lillian Phillips. Miss Mary Wheaton, Mrs. E. M. Wheaton, Mrs. c. s. Andem. Mrs H. L. Pease. Mrs. Arthur Tourtellotte and Mrs. Newton Ballard.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
OIL COMPANY WOULD
 LOCATE IN PUTNAM
Agreement Reached For Sale of Cutler" Property If Perrnis- sion to Erect Storage Tanks Fs Granted

fl is announced that a group of Putnam eitizenf. owners Of the 70 called Cutler" property on Main street. between Bridge and May streets have reached an agreement for the aale of the property to the Beacon Oil Company of Everett. Mass Il is said that the consuma- tion of the gale depends upon the action of the common council at its next regular meeting when the oil company wilI submit its plans for using the property as 8 distribution plant in the event a permit to do SO iS granted
 The property was formerly owned by the late J " Cutler The home stead stood in front and in the rear were q large barn and coal pockets. Mr. Cutler was for years engaged ia the coal and wood business The pro- perty is now tbe site of a boarding house. the office of Medbury & Trow- bridge. 6 garage. and junk storage warehouse
 The property ad5elas 4sss E. N. F. 4 H. Railroads tracks which are some feet above on an embankment. II is understood that it is planned Co unload the product of the oil com pany from ears above into the latest model hre proof, or fire prevention tanks.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
Mrs Eugene Gsgns

Mrs. Rose Gagne, wife of Eugene Gapne. died suddenly at her home on Buck street, Thursday evening. The cause of death was heart disease.
 Mrs. Gagne was apparently as well as usual early in the evening and ate her supper with the rest of tho fam ily. Soon aftorward she complained Of not feeling well and in a short time she was dead.
 Mrs. Gagne was born in panielson, May i2, 1879. daughter of Mrs. Celia Labonte. Her father died when she was a child She was married May II. 1899, 10 Eugene Gagne of Putnam, and has since lived here. where she had a wide circle of friends and ac- quaintAnees.
 The funeral service and mass were from St. Mary's church Monday morn ing at nine o'clock. The mass was sung by Rev. Ernest Boileau. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. The bearers were Albert Gagne, Albert Jarvis, Frank Jarvis, Joseph and Felix Labonte. and John Cronin.
 Besides her husband Mrs. Gagne leaves two sons. Theodore and George !: three brothers, Felix Labonte of Wau- regan. and Joseph and Leon Labonte of Danielson, and a sister. Mrs. Della Bizaillon of North Grosvenorcale.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
Eugene Duroeher

Eugene burocuer. lifelong resi- dent of Putnam, died at the Day Kim ball Hospital Saturday morning. from heart attack. While he had been af- iiicted with heart trouble for some time, ne had been up and about and worked until short while ago. His last illness lasted over d period of three weeks.
 Mr Duroeher was born in Putnam February 25, 1882. son of Eugene and Delima tpatenAudel Durocher He attended s. Mary's school and after finishing his education was employed for years in the mills of the city.
 Mir. Duroeher was married twenty three years ago to Aibina Lake who, with four children, Rose, Wilfred. Al yin and Therese, survive. He also leaves his parents. two brothers, Moses Of Taftvillc and Edmund of Putnam. and two sisters. Mrs. Regina Laplante of Wallingford and Mrs. Rose Poieir of St Madeline, Canada.
 He was member sf the K. of C. and of St. Joseph's Society. The fu- neral was Tuesday morning at 10 o'. clock. the mass being sung by Rev. Father Boileau. Burial was in St Mary's cemetery.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28

Mrs. Samuel Yarock of Providence street received cuts about the head and an automobile owned and driven by her husband came out second best in crash with a silent policeman in the highway at Oxford Sunday eve ming.
 According to Mir. Yarock's story to a selectman of Oxford he was blinded by the headlights of an approaching car as he arrived at the intersection where the silent policeman does duty.
 In the crash that followed the left side of the car was badly damaged. Mrs. Yarock was thrown against the rear window. The glass was shattered and the back of her head was cut. She was treated at a doctors office.
 The other occupants of the car. Gertrude, IsadOre and May Yarock. were uninjured. The wreck blocked traffic, which is heavy at this point on Sunday evening.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
Mi.. IIarriett s. s,ewar,

On Saturday. March 23rd. following an illness of several weeks, Miss liar riett S. Stewart of Dayville died at The Haven, Abingdon. She was a sis ter of Mrs. Anna C. Keith of this city, where the body was brought preceding the funeral and mass which were held from s. Mary's church. Tuesday morning, followed by burial in St. Mary's cemetery.
 Miss Stewart was born in Kill.ngly, May 2, 1852. Her younger life was spent in Putnam. She later engaged in the millinery business in Dayville, and conducted the business for many years She was member Of the Woman's Relief Corps of Killingiy. and a faithful and conscientious mem Der of Sc. Joseph's church, Dayville
 Miss Stewar, is survived by her sis ter, Mrs. Anna c Keith, and niece Miss Marguerite G. Keith, Bellevue street
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
Obituary
Mrs. Frank C. Bailey


 Mrs Ida CogsweU Bailey. @ife os Frank G. Bailey, died very suddenly last Friday. March z2Bd. at her home in Worcester.
 Mrs. Bailey was the eldest child Of Benjamin and Sarah Cogswell, and was born la Paseoag. R. l.. November 10, 1859. When she was but a girl the family moved to killingly. where she attended the public schools and graduated from the killiDgly High school. finishing her education at La sell Seminary.
 January i. 1883, she was married to Mir. Bailey, who was connected with the Danieison Cotton Company. About ten years later they removed to Wor- eester. where Mir. Bailey engaged in the manufacture of bricks. Mr Bailey died iu October, 1923.
 Mrs Bailey is survived by three sons. Garvin and Francis of Worces- ter: Philip of Watertown. Mass.. and by one daughter. Mrs. Ida Bailey Al len of New York City. and five grand children. William Dyke Cogswell, Benjamin Cogswcll. the Misses Cora and Berniee Cogswell, of DayYille. and Mrs Erie II Johnson of Putnam, are brothers and sisters.
 Funeral services were held frea the nome Sunday, followed by burial in the Dayville cemetery
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
FRANK T. COFFIN SAFE OUT
 OF TURBULENT MEXICO

George M. Coffin. receiver of the First National Bank. has received word that his son. Frank f. Coffyn. who was last heard from in Mexico. as told In the Patriot two weeks ago, called from Mszatlan, March 18th
 and is safe in Los Angeles. On ac. count of the revolution in Mexico Mir
 Coffin was q bit concerned for his
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28

Flags in the business section of the city and from public buildings were displayed at half mast. Tuesday. out of respect for General Ferdinand Fach. 1t was the funeral day of the great leader of the allied forces in the World War for whom all France is in mourning
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
HOUSEHOLD SCENES"
Franees Lester Warner Writes Anus
 ing Esssy in Harpers

Frances Lester Warner Mrs. Mayo D. Hersey) is the author of an amusing essay which appears in the "Lion's Mouth" Department Of Harp CTS Magazine, entitled How 10 Make Household Scenes" The article is written In the Putnam authors most witty style and will be read with ap- preeiation by many local friends.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
Restless Nights Is Natures Signal of
 Danger Ahead"
Mr.. B. R. Ball. Clean, N. Y.

Says, "Come or write to 4e3 i-2 North Union street. and l will tell you my full experience with Lithiated Bu- ehu Keller Formula)". It acts on blad der AS epson salts do on the bowels. Drives out foreign deposits and les sens excessive acidity. This relieves the irritation that causes getting up nights. The tablets cost cents each at all drug stores. Keller Laboratory, Mechanicsburg. Ohio, or locally at E. H. Burt's Drug Store.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
Albert E. Summer

Albert F. Sumner of Willimantic. & native of Eastford, died at St. Joseph's Hospital. Willimantic, Fri day afternoon, following an extended illness.
 Mr. Sumner was born in Eastford March 10, 1866, son of Axel c. and Sarah Jane Hanks Sumner. He ss survived by his wife. a daughter and two brothers.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28

Mir. and Mrs. Nareisse Bresult and daughter and Miss Margaret Dolan of Millbury, Mass. Mir. and Mrs. Fred Cartier, son and daughter of Provi- dence spent Sunday with Mir. and Mrs. William Joli of Mill street.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28

Mir. and Mrs. John Jackson and son Louis Jackson of Woodstock ave nue, motored to Hartford Sunday to spend the day with Mir Jaekson's brother, Louis Jackson. and family.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28

Mir. and Mrs. Angelo DeBerardinis of Walnut street whose home was recently damaged by fire, have been the guests of Mrs. Henry Sellig of Providence street for the past two weeks.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28

son's safety and was in communiea, tion with the American counsel al Mexico City.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28

eriy of this city, was in Putnam one day this week.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
wreashs Laid at Tomb

Representatives of various architec- ural and social organizations, of which Mir, Go0dhue was a member, laid wreaths at the foot of the tomb after the unveilinR. These included J. Mon roe Hewlett. vice president of the American Institute of Architects, Her bert Adams and Edwin H. Blash- field. of the National Academy of De sign; Charles A. Piatt, president of the Century Club: William Harmon Beers. of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects; Lu- cius Wilmerding, of the Grolier Club Kenneth Murchison. of the Architec. tural League; Thomas Hastings and Harvey W. Corbett. of the Royal In stitute of British Architects, and Rob ert Underwood Johnson, of the Ma tional Institute of Arts and Letters.
 Mir Goodhue was the architect f0l the Chapel of the Intereession and St Bartholomew Church. of this city and of the Chicago Chapel, the Nebras ka State Capitol and the Los Angeles Library, among other buildings.
 Tomb Designed by Ls~rie
 The tomb was designed by Lee Law rie. considered by Mir. Goodhue as thu greatest contemporary American sculptor. Of white marble. it's chiei figure Is a full-length figure Of the ar ehitect. Inscribed below are tho words "Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue f869-i924.
 ''This tomb Is a token of the affec ton of his friends. His great archi tectnral creations that beautify tho land and enrich civilization are hi monuments"
 A special musical service, arranged by Frank Turner Harrat, organist ana choirmaster of the chapel, was held iF conjunction with the dedication.
Putnam patriot., 1929-03-28
MEMORIAL TOMB
 UNVEILED SUNDAY
lcontln.d from Paee onel

(Continsd from Page One) was one of his traits. l think. to keep this fact in the foreground, to speak out like a man, Co recognize the ties that bound him to the everyday life of his fellows. But 1 never had any H. lusions about the prosaic, matter of fact tone that he often adopted. All the time, one felt beneath it the tenn perament and the inspiration of a poet"
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07

Experience breeds tolerance.