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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
FIRST LADY TO PLANT
MURCH SCHOOL TREE
Children, Including Boy and Girl
Scouts in Uniform, to Witness
Ceremony Thursday.

Mrs. Hoover, whose interest in chill
dren and their welfare has been known
since long before she became the First
Lady, will plant tree at the new B.
w. Murch School, Davenport street and
Grant road, at IL o'clock Thursday
morning.
The ceremony to be attended by
every child in the school, together with
groups of Boy and Girl Scouts in uni
form, will inaugurate program of
tree planting that is designed to beatl-
tify the barren grounds Of the new
structure. The program is being ar
ranged with virtually no Formally, it
being planned principally to permit the
children to meet" Mrs. Hoover as init
mately as possible.
Mrs. Leslie Wright is president Of
the B. w. Murch Home and School As
ISOLATION, under whose auspices the
planting will take place, while Mrs.
Gerald p. Nye. wife of the Senator from
North Dakota. is chairman of its build
ing committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
|MYSTIFYING TREE SPRING FLOWS
ONCE MORE AFTERLONG DROUGHT
"Wlow Spout" Near Saunton, Is Revived by Divertng
Water From Private Use

spring water during the long drought,
rejoice to see it functioning again. It's
ceasing was but another indication Of
the severity of the present drought,
since no ordinary dry spell has ever
affected it, according to the Oldest resi-
dents hereabouts The flow was brought
back to normally by diverting part of
the supply which had been given to
private use. The spring is on Augusta
Military Academy property and nor
mally there is enough flow to supply
both the spout and a residence.
Amazed travellers in the valley see
this spring and think there must be
some trick about it. From a point
some feet up the trunk of an ancient
willow, there spouts a large natural
flow of clear sparkling water In Civil
War days soldiers of both armies drank
from it, and in later days it has been a.
point of interest in this section for
tourists.
When the valley pike was built, in
1926, workmen brought water to the
roadside by means of pipe that was
made from willow logs through which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
BEST IRISH ORATOR
HAS SINGING FAME
William Hayes WIN Take Part
:ze Contest Here on
October 26.

A 17-year-old lad with music in his
voice will represent the Irish Free
State in the Fifth International Ora
torical Contest finals here October 26.
He's William Hayes of EdmonStown,
Rathfarnham, in County Dublin, and
with his singing and his oratory he al
ready has won the respect Of the little
isle that has produced so many whose
voices have carried them to fame. He is
the first youth of Ireland too, to come
to Washington for the contest which
each year names the worlds high
school speech-making champion.
Has Won Singing Laurels.
According to information that has
preceded him to contest headquarters
in The Star Building, William Hayes
will give a good account of himself
when he takes the stage with other ma
tional champions in Constitution
Hall His elders have told Randolph
Leigh. director general of the contest,
that he entered the Castle Park Pre-
Daratory School in Oakley, County
Dublin, at 10 years of age. -Four years
later he entered st. Columbus College
in Rathfarnham, which is the only
public school conducted like the great
English foundations in the Irish Free
State The lad still is a student there,
wheTc his career has been distinguished.
Ill 1926 young Hayes won the F'elS
Cecil - national music festival - gold
medal for solo singing, and in 1929 he
won the principal school prize in
mathematics. an award founded by the
Earl of Pembroke and usually captured
by older boys Last year he was made
Junior project in St. Columba's. In
addition to the field of music, William
HAYES used his resonant voice In the
forensic field, winning early this year
the wardens gold medal for oratory,
a distinction which marked him for
competition in the international ora
torical contest.
Engages in Athletics.
Nor is the Irish Free States repre-
sentative entirely of scholarly mlen.
He has made name for himself in the
school life of Dublin County by playing
good games of rugby, foot ball and
cricket for st. Columba's.
In his oratorical contest particlpa-
ton. Hayes speaks on The Irish Free
state" There is no erratic lombard
ment in this lads speech. but rather
dignified expression of his ideas en-
riched by the oratorical tradition of his
land. Behind him is this tradition.
and ahead of him is stiff battle
against the best young orators the
leading nations of the world could pro-
duce, and with him there is youth and
native ability.
HAYES lands in New York with his
parents October Is from the same ship
that is bringing Jack Mallard German,
England's spokesman in the contest.
He will reach Washington the following
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
S1OO,OOO OFFERED
FOR TRACE OF SON
Capt. Gross, Secretary OF U. S.
Legation in Switzerland,
Cables Reward Notice.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October Capt Chris
ton Gross, secretary Of the American
Legation in Switzerland, offered $780,
600 reward for information as to the
whereabouts of his -year-old son
Peter. in a cablegram received by his
attorney here today.
Capt Gross was granted divorce
from Virginia Harrison Gross, daughter
of former Gov Francis Burton Harrison
Of the Philippines, August 8. and won
custody of their two children.
He contended Mrs. Gross forged a
separation agreement in Paris in 1927
by which she obtained custody of Peter
and he was to have Barbara. aged six.
He alleged she substituted the agree
ment after having him sign the final
page Of the draft. Under the alleged
substitute she was to receive $3.50 900
from a fund on deposit in New York.
Capt. Gross charges his wife is hid
ing Peter to force payment of the $780,
600. The cablegram said he offered
$4,000 and his father added $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
$50 DAMAGES GIVEN
IN MoTORCRASH DEATH
Special Jury Makes Award to Ad-
ministrators of John W.
White Estate. ~

Special Dispatch to The Star
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, October 4.
Administrators Of the estate of John
w. White were awarded So, 600 damages
by a special Stafford County jury in a
$4,000 suit in which the Richmond
Greyhound Lines was defendant.
White, a Norfolk man, who was en-
ployed In Washington, was killed two
days before last Christmas when the
car he was driving was in collision with
a Richmond Greyhound bus on the
Washington highway just north of here
In the same accident Mrs. Charles
Boorman of Washington and Norfolk,
passenger in Whites car, lost her life
and her husband sustained serious in
juries. The party was en- route to their
homes to spend the Christmas holidays
when the fatal accident occurred. A
motion was made by defense counsel
to set aside the verdict as being con-
trary to law and evidence, and will be
argued before Judge Frederick w. Cole
man at later date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
SPEER RITES TODAY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALLSTON, Va, October 4.-Funeral
services of Mrs. Nettie Thomas Speer,
prominent civic and church leader,
who died at the Columbia Hospital,
Washington, d. c., yesterday, will be
held from the Central Methodist Epis-
,opai Churci: South tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 O'Clock
She is survived by her husband. Elmer
Ellsworth Specr: three sons, Alton E. Of
Hudson. N Y; Roylsnd Layton and
Sanford T., Two sisters, Mrs. Roberta
Edmonston and Mrs. F. c. Imboden. Of
Clarendon, and enc brother, Byron
Thomas. Intermcnt will be az the
Arnon Cemetery. Forestville, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
THREE SHARE EQUALLY
IN SIS, 1000 ESTATE
Widow and Two Children Given
Property of Fft9hugh Elder
Of Staunton.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va October 4.-DH-
posing of an estate of SIS 900. Of which
$4,000 is personal and $4,000 real,
the will of the late Fitzhugh Elder has
been probated in Corporation Court.
The widow, Mrs. Sophie E. Elder, and
Michael Kivlishan, the latter a friend
of the deceased, were named executrix
and executor, respectively.
Mrs. Elder qualified. with Mr.. Xiv
lighan declining to serve as executor.
A watch Of great value was left to his
son. Fitzhugh Elder, jr. The estate is
directed TO be divided into three equal
parts and bequeathed as follows: One
third TO the widow, one-third to q
daughter, Nancy Morris Elder, and q
third TO the son, Fitzhugh Elder, IT,
The executrix and executor were
likewise named guardians OF the two
children, both to serve without bond
or security. The will is dated May
Is 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
GIVEN
| ON PRESENT SLUMP
Board Declares Business Is
Neither Despairing Nor
Hopeful.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 4.-The Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board
states that a study of statistical evil
dence indicates that the outlook for
business is neither so hopeful as whole
sale dealers in optimism profess, nor as
despairing as retailers of pessimism be-
believe.
Announcing the results of a compare
tive study of the business depressions of
1920 and 1880, the board says indica-
tions are that the present slump was
less severe and consequently there is
good ground for hope that It will not
be so prolonged
Situation Is Battling.
Saying that the present business sit
uation battles exact understanding, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
ANNEFIELD CUP RACE
PLANNED THURSDAY
Silver Cup to Be Prize for Winner
Of Contest Over Tagged Course,
With Jumps.
snecial pi.natch to Tha Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BERRYVILLE, Va, October 4-The
ninth annual running Of the Annefleld
Cup race will be held Thursday, Oc-
tober 20, at Annefield, the estate of Mr..
and Mrs. William Bell Watkins, near
Berryville.
This race is run over tagged course
with fair hunting jumps. Members of
any recognized hunt are eligible, and
will ride in coloTs for a distance of 81
miles the Prize being silver cup.
In additicl 10 the Annefield Cup race.
the Kentmcre Plate. the Walnut Hall
Plate and the Old Dominion Cup will
be run the same afternoon.
These races are an annual Fan event
given under auspices Of the Blue Ridge
Hunt Club, by sanction Of the Hunts
Committee of the National Steeple-
chase and Hunt Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
Owner Given $132
In Death of Cow
Laid to Nail Feed
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, October
damages in the sum of 1892 were
awarded Albert johnson, this city,
against Vitality Mills, Inc, an out
side company whose feeds are sold
locally. on his suit charging the
death of a COW was due to horse
shoe nails. bits of wire and pieces of
iron in food purchased from the
Vitality mills.
johnson claims he found foreign
material in the feed, and dissection
of the COW also showed foreign sub
stances. The company failed to &C.
cept responsibility, he said, and he
had car of feed at a county point
attached. the company then giving
eond. Thu decision. given in a meg
istrate's court, was appealed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05

holes had been tediously bored. At
the base of the tree now known as
Willow Spout there was a cavity, doubt
less made by washing rains. and from
This hole a workman drove an -auger
upward into the trunk and completed
ms experiment by sinking another hole
AT right angles and then filling in
where the earth had been removed.
-, This forced the water up and out
through the opening. and in ensuing
years the stream has flowed through
the old channel, concrete replacing
being used,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
PLAN OYSTER SUPPER

Special Disps tch to The Star.
LAUREL, Md, October 4.-Thursday
october 30 has been set as the date
for an oyster supper to be gwen BY the
Woman'S Club of Laurel in ST. Mildred's
Hall, Main and Eighth streets, from
TO z o'clock l.a
Following the supper. there will be a
dance recital by Estelle Dennis and her
dancers Miss Esther Wiley will be the
pianist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05

one-half Of the usual opportunity, have
permanently reduced working forces in
large measure and have cut wages
generally.
If one turns to the picture which
trustworthy recorded statistics unfold
one finds that it is neither so hopeful
as that of the wholesale dealers in
optimism, nor so despairing as that of
the retailers Of pessimism"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
NURSES ELECT OFFICERS
District Association Hears Reports
at Winchester Meeting.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHEETER. Va. October A.
H. D. Fuller, for many years president
Of the District Nurse Association, was
last night unanimously reelected to
that Office for another year. Others
elected were: Wee presidents. Mrs.
Clarence Hardy, Mrs Maurice NJ. Lynch
and Mrs Mason Sna1p, and secretary
treasurer, Mrs Martin. Wisecsrver.
The association nurses, Misses jose
prime Arthur and Evely., Dean, made
approximately AGO visits n sick adults
and children in September. The hot
and dry weather, they said, was mainly
responsible for most OF the illness among
young children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
Special Dispatch to The Star.

STAUNTON, Va, october 4.-"Willow
Spout" is flowing again after having
gone dry over two weeks ago for the
first time in memory. This remarkable
spring, which flows from the trunk of
willow tree, is located at Fort Defiance,
nine miles from Staunton on the Lee
Highway, and is known to thousands
who, touring the Shenandoah Valley,
have stopped to gaze and wonder at the
strange flow and have gone on refreshed
from its cooling draught.
Inhabitants of that section, many OF
whom have been dependent on this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
CLASS TO BE CONFIRMED
Bishop Freeman to oficiate at
Upper Marlboro Today.

Upper Marlboro Today.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md, October
Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Wash
ington, will administer confirmation
and preach in Trinity Church here to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock.
Sunday evening services will be re-
sumed in Trinity Church tomorrow
evening at 1880 o'clock Rev. J. c. M.
Shrewsbury, rector of the church, will
speak on the parallels of Jesus at the
evening services this Fall and Winter
Bishop Freeman will administer con-
firmation and preach in st. Barnabas'
Church, Iceland, tomorrow morning at
$50 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
Belgium Lowers Budget Total.

BRUSSELS, October 4 (F9-The Bel
gian cabinet. sitting late last night, de-
cided to reduce budget expenditures by
81 900, 900 in view of the heavy den
crease in tax receipts resulting from
the economic depression. An incrc-3c
il taxation is under consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05

board adds that 1t cannot be denied
that there is an undercurrent Of feeling
in the business world that the situation
is worse than the newspapers seem
willing to admit"
Discussing the psychology involved in
this attitude, the board believes it is in
part a reaction against the facetioIS
optimism which, in the beginning Of
the decline, was sponsored by high au-
thorities. both public and private.
Those who register and interpret the
facts of business are ever holding out
rays of hope-that the worst is over:
that things soon will begin to mend,
and that prosperity is at our doors
waiting only for us to open them and
bid it enter.
Never before has there been such
loud and boisterous whistling as we
have passed through the dark lane of
business decline. Editors and speakers
have been encouraged to equip them
selves with rosc-colored spectacles and
to give all their utterances a joyous
tone.
Both Views Overdone.
along with this official campaign of
optimism and partly stimulated by the
distrust of public utterances, there has
gone a whispering campaign of quite
different character. Where business
men congregate together they hear from
one another tales of woe which make
them view the situation darby. Out
of this scattered evidence they uncon-
sciously tend to form in their minds a.
picture of a situation in which plants
generally have only half of their ac-
customed output, afford to labor only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

that q census Of the present and 20
tential population is now being made
to determine the present and future
needs of the area
The board voted down a proposal for
a school boy patrol to act in cooper
alton with the American Automobile
Association. Such q movement, 1t was
said, would put the board under q re-
sponsibility which it does not care to
take. The board, it was pointed out,
could be relieved of responsibility for
any harm that might happen to men,
bers of such patrol by getting per-
mission from the parents but it could
be held to account for any injuries suf-
fered by children being conducted across
the road by members of the patrol.
It was voted by the board to have
County Engineer G. L. Kinnier pre-
pare plans and call for bids for the ex-
tension Of the Washington-Lee High
School sewer. An extension of approx
mately 1000 feet is necessary. 1t was
said. to abate nuisance at the sewers
outlet.
Appointment of one new teacher at
Westinghouse was authorized by the
board. An additional teacher at the
school is made necessary, according to
Prof. Kemp, due to the recent Inaugural
ton of the sliding scale of classes.
The night school being conducted at
Westinghouse has cost the school
board $10.50 from October l to Febru-
airy 1, according to report of Prof.
Kemp The tuition fees of the rs
pupils amounted to $6o7.50 and the ex-
penses of running the school have
totaled $4,000.
Request of the Arlington Citizens
Association that it be allowed to use the
Patrick Henry School for It's meetings
was approved by the board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
BOARD APPROVES
SCHOOL REPORT
U. S. Bureau Recommends
tionS for Arlington InStitu-
: tionS Favored in Principle.
BY JOHN T. LIPSCOMB,
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

CLARENDON, Va, February az
The report Of a county school survey
made by the United States Bureau of
Education under the direction of DR..
Frank M. Phillips and w. S. Deffen-
baugh and recommending additions to
the Westinghouse High School and
several elementary schools at an esti-
mated cost of 1855, 900, was last night
approved by the county school board
IN principle, the board reServing the
right to amend any or all of its pro-
visions and recommendations.
The report recommends a bond issue
OF $3.50, 900, the balance after deduct
ing cost of proposed construction to be
used in liquidating an Indebtedness of
1925. 900 in short-term loans, used dur
ing the last building program.
Plans Special Meeting.
Announcement was made that the
the near future more carefully to con-
slider the various features of the re-
port In the meantime, the civic or
carnations Of the county, it is expected,
will study the proposal and register
their sentiment. Already two Of these
organizations. the Lyon Park and Lyon
Village Associations, have approved the
plan in so far as the Improvements
proposed for the Westinghouse High
and the James Monroe and Henry
Clay Schools are concerned.
Pleas of citizens of jefferson district
for high school in that section to re-
place George Mason High, which was
lost to the district through annexa-
ton, were brought to the attention of
the board but no action taken. fol-
lowing sdvices of Prof. Fletcher Kemp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Clearance of Mems
Furnishings


(S9 prs.) Mems $I.S5 Pa
jamas, soiled; sizes A and QOc
D only ........,........
3 prs, $3.50
(79 prs.) Mems $3.50 Silk
Pajamas, plain or @1 or
fancy; some soiled @4.SO
(63 prs.) Mems $3.50 and $2.95
Gloves, dress or lined; c1 Or
mostly size 8; soiled.. PA'|O
1897 Mems $1.69 Muff1ers, Reef
ers and Squares; some are QOo
muSsed ................
3 for S2.5O
(59) Mems $3.50 to $3.50 Ever
At Shirts, some muSsed; @O
sizes IA to 16. P@
(12l Mems 81 and $1.sO Neck
ties, one or two of kind, 90
some hand tailored. go. W.
for 50
a. Mans $2.7S DuofoId Long
sIeeved Shirt; white; @7 IN
Soiled; size SO. ....... P Low
(3S prs.) Mems $3.50 Hand
clicked Full-fashiOned CD IN
Silk Hose; 10 to liz. %N'OO
(27 prs) Mems $1.50 and $500
Wool Hose and including Our
Imports; sizes 1o15 and 70
Is prs.j Men: sa.5O step-in
Union Suits, plain colors; 10
sizes 36 and 80. ....... 80
1897 Mems 81 to So Athletic
Union Suits, some soiled; 10
sizes "a to 46. &c
~ Mems $4.25 DIR. DentOn's
Sleeping Garments, I'D IN
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(S) Mems S1.50 Long sIeeved
Cotton Union Suits, S0c
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(l32) 81 Fancy Silk Handker-
chiefs, some with hand 20
rolled hens. ............ W.
3 for So
(2l Mems IS Gold plated Buckles,
to fit only narrow % E0
style straps. ....... ~OO
(2l Mems $3.50 Blanket Robes,
soiled, dark patterns; &6 IN
small and large. go. %O'OO
"a Mans $40 Terry Cloth Robe.
soile Z fl, from display; $3.50
small size. .......... PO'oO
t14) Mems $3.50 Union Suits,
white knit, two-button CT
shoulder; SO and A.. Cpl
~ Mems $150 Dressing Gowns,
of imported fabrics, eco
musSed: medium size. %OO
(43) Mems $1.95 to $3.50 Muf-
fiers, REFERS and
s squares; some are $l.65
Solleu ...............
(ll2) 75c and 81 Athletic Pull
over Shirts, white, colored; co.
sizes "a to A. OSC
QS4l Mems 81 Fancy Shorts, full
cut; some soiled; % to SOc
~ sss..s'ss.s..sss
3 for Si.7S
(Ts prs.l S1.S5 and S1.sS Pa
jamas, plain or fancy; sizes
A to D in the @I 90
group ..............
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Clearance in the
Lingerie Dent.

ace PiecesJ 79c DeIustered Ray
on Lingerie, French Pants, Che
mise, Step ins nd Boomers;
lace trim m ID or tai @7
lored. 2 FOR. VI
(2O) $T.95 Handmade Imported
Slips, in flesh or peach OF or
t a. $685. GLOW. sink Sinrlettes.
ALL Sll,i1 tr3, ne garments 81. 95
49, $3.50 Brassiere Top Sim
glettes, attract vely or OF
lace trimmed. ...... %O' ~
a. $3.50 Illusion SingIettes,
lace lac , trimmed charm $7.05
(20) $S.95 Lace trimmed Che
mise, in delicate pastel Cd or
snaoeS ..............
1901 81 Costume Slips, light or
dark shades; sizes SO &7.30
go Pairs) Sc Black Rayon Pa
jamas; trimmed in red $l.60
or yellow ....... ......
(5O) SOC Brassieres, large
sizes; choose them in pas 9Oc
(asj $50 Rayon BIoOmers,
made with washable Sl.20
elastic tops .......... Vs.
go Pieces) $1.5O RayOn Under
E s,s'.n ,, Go contrasting ira $l.29
MAIN Floor. The Hecht CO.,