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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
TWO SEEK DIVORCES
IN MARLBORO COURT
BENJAMIN L. Fowler Names Co.
respcndent-Mrs. McDonough
Alleges Desertion.
special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
UPPER MARLBORO. Md, Novem-
Der 4.-Charging misconduct and NAM
ing a correspondent Benjamin L. Fow-
Ter of District Heights has filed suit in
the Prince Georges County Circuit Court
here for absolute divorce from Jessie
Pauline Fowler.
According to the bill, the couple were
married November 90, 1870, in Wash
ington, D. c., and the husband charges
he was deserted September Is, 1927,
by his wife and that she then went to
Florida with the correspondent. The
husband states his wife when last heard
from was living in Tampa, Fla.
There are three children. the Oldest
8 years, now in the custody OF the hus-
band.
Mrs. Asanta McDonough of Brent
wood alleges desertion in her suit for
absolute divorce from James S. Nc
ponough, whose last known address,
according to the bill, was in the 3400
block of Thirty-fifth street northeast
washington.
1t is set forth in the bill that the
couple were married November n, 1920,
In washington. d. CT and lived Io-
gether in Washington until April TO-
1926, when the wife charges she was
deserted. There is one child, aged
71a years.
Attorneys John H. Bittenbender and
Altha Warmar of Washington appear
for the plaintiffs in both cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
AIR OF MYSTERY
SURROUNDS ATTACK
Authorities at Sea Over As
sauIt on Harry E. Thomp-
son at T. B., Md.

Declaring that he was unable to iden-
tify his assailants, Harry E. Thompson,
1918 w place southeast, an employee of
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
who was severely beaten about the head
near I; B. early Yesterday, could sug-
gest robbery or fi-jacking as the only
possible explanation of the motives of
those whom he claimed assailed him.
Inasmuch as the man had neither
liquor In his car nor much money about
his person, and that neither his car nor
his clothes were searched, the case con-
tains an atmosphere Of mystery which
Prince Georges County police may try
to fathom.
Back From Postum Hunt.
According to Thompson, he was re-
turning alone from poSsum hunt In
Charles County and stopped by the
roadside near T. b. Immediately upon
allghting the occupants of another car,
which he says had been following him
for several miles, rushed upon him from
behind and he was hit over the head
with club.
"paralyzed" him, Thompson says, so
sailants were white or colored, or
whether they drove District or Mary
land car.
Upon being felled, Thompson states,
the men kicked him in the face. About
that time, he claims, several other cars
came into sight and his assailants fed
Refusing to ask assistance the man
drove to his home, at times having to
wipe the blood dripping from the deep
gashes in his skull to enable him to
see.
Taken to Hospital.
Milton Hefiin, ThompSon's brother
in-law. who also lives at the w street
address, took the injured man to Cas-
ualty Hospital, where 20 stitches were
required to close his wounds. It was
$50 am. when he was admitted to the
hospital.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
against the advice Of hospital physi-
clans, who say he has a possible frac-
ture Of the skull, Thompson signed a
release and returned with his wife and
brother-in-law to his Anacostia home
This morning 1t was said he was still
dizzy from loss of blood, but felt pretty
good
Thompson is a native Of Southern
Maryland, and his wife says he drives
down there frequently, sometimes pull
ing alongside the road and taking a nap
If he is sleepy on the return trip Mrs.
Thompson says her husband was the
only Washingtonian on the 'possum
hunt over the past week end. She de-
clared he had one little 'possum in his
car when attacked. but this was not dis
turbed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
ELECTION OFFICERS
NAMED IN LURAY SECTION
sJudges Selected to Direct Ballot
ing Tomorrow in Thirteen
Precincts.
Epeeial pispatch 70 me star.

Epecial Dispatch to The Star,
LURAY, Va November 4.-The fol-
lowing judges for the Is precincts in
Page County have been appointed for
the election tomorrow:
Jolletts-W. D. Meadows, j. c..
Weaver and N. I. Meadows.
Shenandoah-V. G. Grifnth, j. l..
Foltz and H. H. Pritchett.
Newport-G. C. Koontz, c. A. Shuler
and D. A. FoltZ.
Honeyville #. Keyser, j. T. Young
and N. o. Sigler.
Marksyille-E. j. Shuler, r. d.
Koontz and F. w. Huffman.
Leaksville-T. r. Shirley, r. d. MIL
Ter and @. j. Sours.
Massanutten-John T. Shirley, 2. M
Shirley and w. T. Brubaker.
Luray-W. E Frank, j. William RUIZ
ner and David B. Coffman.
Stoney Man-D. N. Splitter, j. l.
Hoax and N. A. Warner.
Rattlehurg-T. w. Sours, s. B. Miller
and w. T. Griffith.
Springfield-G. T. Kemp, o. o. Baker
and j. w. Foley.
Hall School House,. d. Pom, j. s.
Judd and j. w. Alther.
Rileyville - r. II. Abbott, II. j.
Good and d. M Cameron.
1t is believed by those In position e
Judge that Pollard will carry the county
,y substantial majority. although thu
aeuntg is normally Republican
*
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
BEING TESTED
FOR TUBERCULOSIS
Fairfax County's Campaign Starts
With Naming of DR.. Poole
Inspector.
pisnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, November 4.-Fair-
fax County's campaign for the eradica-
ton of bovine tuberculosis started Mo-
Herndon was appointed by the Federal
Government as county inspector. This
appointment was made with the ap-
prevail of the State veterinarian, DR.. H.
c. Owens of Richmond. The local
board of supervisors, which has appro-
priated $500 as the county's share of
the expense for the first year, at its
last meeting refused to make recon-
mendation for this appointment, sew
eral local men being candidates for the
position.
DIR. Poole has been doing this type
of work for the past 10 or IL years,
since he was first appointed on the staff
of the Federal Bureau Of Animal In
dustry. For the past six years he has
been a veterinarian in Fairfax County
and this Summer has been working in
Loudoun County in the bovine tubercu-
losis eradication project. Loudoun
County has just finished its second
test and received its certificate of ac-
creditation last Friday.
The inspection in Fairfax County will
be in charge of DR.. j. A. Mailman of
Fairfax. veterinary inspector for the
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry.
DR.. Hailman estimates that it will take
him and Dr. Poole between six and
nine months to complete the first test.
There are approximately $4,000 cows in
the county, at least one-half being
found In herds of 20 or more. With
cooperation from the local dairymen
the work can be materially speeded up.
DR.. Mailman started work this morning
In Centerville district, near old Farr
Post ONCE. and DR.. Poole will begin
in the northern tip of Dranesville dis
trict. 1t is planned to go first to the
outlying sections of the county, where
the dirt roads would make travelling
difficult In the Winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
BIC FIELD TRIALS
OPEN TOMORROW
Montgomery Hunters Asso-
citation to Have Five Days
of Chases and Bench Show.
special piypatch 70 The star.

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ROCKVILLE. Md, November A.
Five consecutive days of chases, a
bench show and a ball are announced
as the outstanding features of the an
nual meet of the Maryland Fox Hunt
ers' Association to be held in this county
this week
The field trials will begin tomorrow
morning, the Derby, or contest among
young hounds, being the first event on
the program.
IS Dogs to Take Part.
According to Clarence L. Gilpin, who
will act as master of hounds, about 65
young dogs are expected to participate
in the Derby. Two days will be re-
quired for this feature. The first day
will be elimination day and on We'd
nesday the high-score hounds will try
conclusions.
The all-age contests will start on
Thursday and are expected to require
three days, as something like $50
hounds are expected to be entered.
casters Mill, the farm of Thomas D.
Grifnth, Potomac and the Lay Hill
neighborhood.
The huntsmen and their dogs will
leave Rockville each morning In time
for the dogs to be cast at sunrise. En-
tries for the Derby close at midnight
Monday, and those for the all-age stake
at the same hour Wednesday. The
sport will be conducted under the rules
of the National Fox Hunters Associa-
ton.
Ten Field Judges.
z. McCubbin Waters, president of
the association, has announced that
there will be 10 field judges, and all Of
them experts.
The bench show will be staged. at the
fair grounds here Friday afternoon, the
Judge to be B. H. Brewster, jr.
Three challenge cups are to be won
in addition to numerous handsome
prizes In both the running stakes and
bench show.
The ball will be in the hall at the
fair grounds Thursday night. Otto G..
Trundle Is chairman of the committee
In charge, and Mrs. Charles G. Holland
and Mrs George M. Hunter of Rock
vile will be the chaperons.
Final arrangements for the big week
will be made at a meeting here this
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
TAKE ONLY CIGARETTES.
Thieves Break Into Grocery at Vir
ginia Highlands.

BY bLAH JOTTEspOhueHL OF The GLdF.
VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS, Va, Mo-
vember AFTER having bored holes
through the door, broken a lock and
hasp from q screen door and then re-
moved the glass from a small transom,
thieves who broke into the Sanitary
Grocery store here last night took only
cigarettes, 1t was revealed this morn
ing by A. G. Henry, manager.
A search around the premises this
morning revealed a number Of tools
that had been used by the thieves and
abandoned under thu platform on
which the rear door opens. Henry said
that no attempt was made to open the
safe In which all of Saturdays receipts
had been placed. Arlington County
police are investigating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
Forestrv Tonr Of Counties.

COLLEGE PARK, Md, November 4
Especially "A number Of wardens, busi-
ness men and farmers are expected to
join the first forestry tour Of Prince
Georges, Calvert and Anne Arundel
Counties to be conducted by the State
Department of Forestry and the Mary
land University Extension Service to-
morrow. Fred b. Trenk and the county
agents Of the counties visited will be In
charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
MARLBORO FlREMEN
NAME COMMITTEES
Three Special Boards Selected at
"Get-Together" Meeting
of Volunteers,
special pispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Novem-
Der affection of three special COM
mittees featured "get-togsthsr" meet
ton held in the firehouse here for the
purpose of organizing for the Winters
activities.
The committeeman selected were Will
liam T. Davis, Irving B. Trabend and
Ernest Coale. finance; Harry e. Nichol-
son, A. Wells, Jerome Pollock, Tilden
Talbot and George Buck, entertain
n1ent, and Martin Buck and Herbert
Pollock, custodians of the engine.
President T. Van Clagett, who pre-
sided. announced that another meeting
would be held next Friday night, when
the newly appointed committees are ex-
pected to report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
Hunter Shot in Hand.

CUMBERLAND, Md, November 4
Especially Ray Cornell of Clearville,
Pa, was brought to Memorial Hospital
here yesterday with a badly-lacerated
hand received in hunting accident.
He was sitting on a fence when he lost
his balance and fell. In attempting
to break his fall. he accidently. dis
was amputated by DR.. Frank M. VIII
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
Lynchburg Fire Loss 500.

LYNCHBURG, Va, November A.
The loss occasioned to the Municipal
Building by a fire in the basement last
Saturday afternoon amounted TO only
about 500. The fire started in a
storage room In the basement, but moth
ing Of value was touched by the ire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
CIVIC BODY TO MEET.
Arlington Federation to Gather in
Community Hall at Lyon Park.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CT ARENDON, Va. November 4.-The
monthly meeting of the Arlington
County Civic Federation will be held
tomorrow night in community hall of
Lyon Park.
The executive committee had con-
sidered postponing the meeting on ac-
count Of election, but decided not to,
as there are q number of important
matters before the organization reuuir-
ing immediate attention. PRESIDENT
Hull urges all delegates to beSpresent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-04
COUNTY DOCTORS MEET.
Prince Georges Medical Association
Has Social Session.
By q stan Correspondent Of The Star.

BY stan Correspondent OF The Star.
COLLEGE PARK, Nd, November
4.-The quarterly meeting of the Prince
Georges County Medical Association
turned out to be strictly social af-
fair Saturday, when the members, after
luncheon in the Terrapln Inn, adjourned
to attend the foot ball game without
holding q business session.
Among those who attended the lunch
con was DR.. William s. Keister, county
health officer and secretary of the as
ISOLATION, who returned few hours be-
fore from convalescent visit to Nor
folk following serious abdominal op:
Grafton.
The physicians decided to have a
round-table discussion on the value and
use of biological preparations in gen.
eral practice as the feature of their
next meeting. DR.. W. H. Gibbons of
Croome will start the discussion.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
MACHINERY THAT rs OUT or DATE

Herbert Hoover was elected President of the Unit
ed States the other day. No, it didn't happen last
November, you may have supposed; it took place
just few days ago. when the electors of the various
states met an> formally cast their ballots Before
then, Hoover not technically, president-eect
Now he is
This incident serves apt reminder of the out
of-date wasteful, cumbersome appurtenances of by
gone age that still clutter up governmental ma
chinery. The time has to modernize things, and
the administration nigh we'll make that of the
first items its program.
In the early days of the republic, of course, those
old contrivances justified. Most travel by
horseback and it took weeks get from distant parts
of the country to Washington So the electoral col
lege was perfectly satsIactory and So also, the
provision that the newy-eected congress should not
take office until year later
But today these things are anachronisms. Con-
slider, for instance, what is happening in Washington
today.
A congress that is not in any way responsive to
public sentiment is sitting and passing legisa
ton Of the highest Importance. Many of its members
retired to private life at the last eection yet,
for two months, they continue to govern Unless
a special session is called, the who elected
last November will go work until next December.
Meanwhile, the President has lost his influence
congress, and the incoming president is unable to
begin putting his policies into effect. The lame
duck congress is responsible to 1t COM
NIT the country to anything it pleases. No can
lead it, and need heed the wishes of the voters
There is no earth why the lame duck
session should not be abolished along with the useless
business of the electoral college. 1t is earnestly to be
hoped that the next congress remedy both matters.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WTGGILY AND THE
COLD STONE

Ono day when Uncle Wiggilr
WAS hopping around in the snow,
looking for an adventure, h.
sncezed 50 hard that his glasses
fell eff and bumped on a plac"
where the wind had swept tn
ground bare Of the white snow. TIL
ground was very hard. for il Was
frozen, and the rabbit gentleman ;
glasses broke.
''Oh. DEAR he said. Now
can I see very wen. l will hardly
know an adventure if | get clos"
to one. Oh. dcar,'
Uncle Wiggily could see we'll
enough to pick Up the broken pieces
II his spcctacIes, and he could al.
see well enough to find his way
home. But without his gldsscs lr
knew he could not tel one Of his
little rabbit children from anothcr
II he saw Buster he might think j.,
was Custer. And Jingle would look
the same as Jangle.
:" l must take my glasses to TIL
shoemakcr's shop and have thc',
mcndsd,' said Mr. Longears as hn
put the pieces in his pocket. '.Oh
dear,
And then, to his surprise, he
heard another Voice close to hii..
say:
"Oh, dear
why, who are You and what :
the matter" asked the rabbit.
u am 50 cold,' was the answer.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14

will take care of YOU! "
''Thank YOU, : said the voice, an !
Uncle Wiggily could see well
enough without his glasses to pick
up the cold, black lump winch h'
rut in his pocket. Then he hoppcd
on to his bungalow.
".Wcll, did you have an adven
turc 20 asked his wife as she let him
in.
Il sncczed my glasses off and
they broke and | brought home a
cold stone to get warm, answered
the rabbit gentleman.
"A cold stone laughed NJ.
LongcarS Whoever heard OF
bringing home cold stone to get
warm. lIa. iIa,.'
"Ha! Ha," laughed Uncic Wiz
cilv 1T does sound rather qucc e..
Bat here it is and, taking The
round, cold, black thing, spotted
with red and yellow out of his pock-
It. the rabbit gentleman put it in
the kitchen CLOSE to the stove Whcr,
-\ufs" Jane WAS making eLoF' ''
pic.
"What have YOU thcrr!H asked
The nlu>krat lady housckceper.
A cold stone vino wants to get
Warm,'' said the rabbit.
Dear me | never heard of hrins,-
ing Il cold stone IN to warm it,
squcakcd Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. "You
are so kind, Uncle Wiggily.'
"Indccd he is echoed voic'
from beneath the stove. ''Oh, ),
was so cold! 50 very cold out in ths
snow
"My goodness. Whoever heard of
u stone talking" cried Nur>'
Jane.
This is u very smart stone! -
said Uncle Wiggily with laug' D..
"If it can talk | will keep it in
my bungalow all winter, and it WI
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14
OPPORTUNITY

The rise Of giant industrial corporations in Amer
lea, controlled BY vast wealth, has created or
less general impression that ambitious poor boy has
less chance today reach the heights than his father
had in day when business was conducted on smaller
scale. The new era, we feel is not SO hospitable to
indvidualism.
John F. Sinclair writing in the current Review of
Reviews declares that this impression is mistaken. The
larger the corporation he the more is compelled
look through its ranks for able who can fill the
big jobs. Consequently, the young man starting to
work can rest assured that any signs Of unusual ability
on his part will be noticed quickly
The rewards that industry offers today are great
er than ever before It Is comforting to learn that
they are no harder to obtain.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14
CONNON SENSE

Common sense sometimes will see a silver lining
where great learning see only storm clouds.
Chicago discovered the other day that it had had
fewer marriages in 1923 than in any year since 1922
Promptly socioogists and economists began moral
ize One said that this proved that companionate
riage the rise. Another said the high cost of
living keeping young folk from marrying. Others
blamed the hectic pace travelled by the modern genera
ton.
But Judge Joseph SABBATH, veteran divorce court
jurist, to the rescue with little sense.
He declared that many Chcagoans ever are get
ting marred-but they're going to We "Gretna Green's
Of Crown Point Ind. and Waukegan, Ill, to do it. The
figures don show the records, but doesn't
anything.
How many doeful predictions about modern life
could be dispeled by little application of that same
kind Of common sense!
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January IA, 1909

District Attorney Eshlcman has
uncovered Il bad state of affairs, in
the finances of the county. Through
oversight of a former auditor of the
county, $4,000 special school tax
was not collected from the Southern
Pacific. This amount had been
counted on and had been apportion-
cd, though not collected, and had
fallen on the general fund to carry,
crippling that fund
H. F. Barton has for several
weeks been engaged in organizing
the farmers of Imperial Valley to
an Independent body called the
Farmers Mutual Benefit association.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14
TEN YEARS AGO
January Ii. 1919

Imperial county will have an as.
sistant farm advisor within few
weeks if present plans matcrializc.
The appointment will probably 20
to j. p. Hertcl who resigned that
position last July TO enter military
service. This announcement was
made today by Mike Licbcrt, pres
ident of the farm bureau.
George Richter, former athletic
and military director at Central,
has AGAIN been named to this posi-
tion according to an announcement
from Principal Randall.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14

As we'll as he could, without ha"-
ing his glasses riding on his nose,
Uncle Wiggily looked around. II
saw no Bad Chaps, which he al
first feared he might see, but still
Il voice said again:
'Oh dear, am SO cold. So very
cold! Burr-r-r-r-r,
II don't blame You for feclin.
cold, - spoke the rabbit. =" For even
in my fur ovcrcoat | am littla
chilly. But who are YOU -
Then he looked around again and
on the ground, near where his
glasses had fallen and broken, h
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14

he company for you when you ar
in the kitchen, Nurse Jane
an right - said the muSkrat
lady. aud she went on with her pie
baking, while Uncle Wiggily ct
ready to take his broken glasses 10
the drug store to have them meme
ed. But he was hardly out of the
front door before Nurse Jane cam
running after him shouting:
"'tnclc Wiggily, Uncle Wiggily'
Come back! -
Pack where - asked Mr.. Long.
ears
Back to my kitchen and Sc
what has happcncd.' > shouted NurS'
Jane.
"Goodncss. Have you burned tn
dover pir?' asked the bunny.
Oh, no. squcakcd Nursc Jan,
"'But that cold stone you brougi :
home and put under my stove 10
get warm has come to life aud il :
crawling all around. II crawlcd ovr'
my tail and rolled into a corner.
Come and look at it
Dear me. This is very Strnuge,
thought Uncle Wiggily. THAT col |
stone getting alive. | must So
about this. -
SO, not bothcring to take n
broken glasses ia the grocery Stora
TO have them stuck together witt
molasscs, Uncle Wiggily hoped to
the Kitchen to see about the coi |
stone. And what happened next yor
viii be told in the story tomorrow
night, which will be about Uncle
Wiggily and Pokcy Hockey that IS
if the jumping Jack doesn't tura
the radio ON in the middle Of the
night and Mnkn mn tho nnld fi.h
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

\ Jolly bunch of knights of
Pythias chartered big Stanley
steamer stage to take them to Braw-
ley last night where they attended
installation ccrcmMies. Among
those attending were Roy Left
which, IL. b. Webb, II. l.. Iasigi,
Lewis johnson, W. b. Weaver, F.
b. Hurd and Mr.. Michacls.
At their meeting yesterday morn
ing Imperial Irrigation District di-
rcctors passed II resolution asking
the state engineer to approve issu-
ancc of bonds in the some Of $4,000,
00O.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14
4 EINE DISH

The newspapers, in some surprise, recently printed
stories the effect that corned beef hash Of all dishes
was served at a highly exclusive society breakfast
party at the Ritz-Carton hotel, New York
Why anybody should be surprised about it is more
than we can figure out Corned beef hash, properly
prepared is a breakfast dish fit for anybody 1t may
have plebian name but has taste to please cpl
cure. Unless you are of those unfortunates who
can't eat anything than toast and orange juice
in the morning you it to yourself to make its ac-
quaintance-provided, Of course that you haven't al
ready done
If society has taken NJ corned beef hash that
proves nothng except that society people know what's
good TO eat.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-14

saw what lootod like a round, black
>tou', with some rcd and yellow
~pecks an it.
"Oh, you poor, cold stonc!' cx-
claimed Uncle Wiggily. II am =
sorry for YOU | will put YOU in my
pocket and take YOU to my hollow
stump bungalow whore, am sure,
Nurse Jane has warm fire. Don :
feel sad any more, cold stone. /