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The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Mr. Curtis Is
Dinner

The vice President, Mr.. Charles
Curtis, is returning tonight from
Atlantic City, where he made
an important address, last eve
ming. before the 43d annual in
ternational convention of the
Loyal Order Of Moose, Of which
Senator James j. Davis, Of
Pennsylvania, is director gen.
eral.
Senator Davis entertained at
dinner, last evening, In honor
of the Vice President, when his
guests included the national
officers Of the organization.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Will Sail Tomorrow

The former Assistant Com
mercial Attache of the Argen-
tine Embassy, Senor Don
Manuel G. Durand, left last
evening, for New York, where
he Joined Sonora de Durand
and their son. Charles. prepara-
tory to sailing tomorrow for
France. After motoring through
northern France, the Senor
and Sonora de Durand will
spend a week in Paris before
continuing on to Marseilles..
where the former will take
over his new duties as consul.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Gives Supper Party

The former Minister Of
Bolivia and Sonora de Medina
have returned from Atlantic
City, where they were the
guests, over the weekend, Of
the Minister of Guatemala and
Sonora de Recinos.
Senior de Medina entertained
a small company at the supper
dance last. evening at LIE Para
dis roof.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Names Attendants
For Bridal Event

Miss Anne Hurd. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Frederick
Hurd, of New York, has selected
her attendants for her marriage
on September IL to Mr.. Mahlon
Hutchinson, son Of Mrs. Edith
Hutchinson, of Devon, Pa, and
the late Mr.. Mahlon Hutchin-
son. The marriage viii be
solemnized in the Congrega-
tional Church, Colebrook. Conn,
by the Rev. DR.. Karl Reiland,
rector of st. Georges Episcopal
Church, StuyveSant Square. A
reception will take place at the
Hurd country residence. Seven
Brooks, North Colebrook. Conn.
Mrs. Lloyd Renshaw, of West
Chester, Pa, sister of Miss Hurd.
will be matron Of honor. The
other attendants will be Mrs.
John Hurd, Of this city: Miss
Phoebe Vail, of Troy, N. Y;
Miss Elizabeth Greenleaf, Of
Hewlett, L. l., and Miss Clara
Pandleton, of this city. Miss
Mary Caroline Renshaw, Miss
Hurd's niece, will be flower girl.
Mr.. Edward s. Page, of Balti-
more, will be best man. Ushers
are to include Mr.. Robert H.
Page, jr., Mr.. Alexander Sellars,
Mr.. william Sellars. Mr.. Wheeler
Page and Mr.. Percy H. Will
son, jr. i-...
After a trip, the young couple
will reside in Paoli. Pa. Miss
Hurd attended Miss Halls
School at Pittsfield, Mass, and
made her debut two years ago.
Mr.. Hutchinson attended st.
Georges School at Newport
r, I,
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Senator Couzens
To Celebrate
Natal Day

Mr.. william Jeffries Chewing
jr., and his cousin, Mr.. Marshall
Beverley, have returned to
Washington from Fredericks-
burg, where they were the
guests of the formers parents.
DR.. and Mrs. William Jeffries
Chewing.
Mrs. Chewing is in the West,
visiting her father and mother,
Senator and Mrs. Couzens. She
will return later in the season.
Tomorrow win be the fifty
ninth birthday anniversary Of
Senator Couzens, which he will
celebrate surrounded by the
members of his family.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Minister Host

The American Minister to
Guatemala and Mrs. Sheldon
Whitehouse entertained at one
Of the largest dinner parties
Of the season. last evening, at
Newport, where they are occu-
pying the villa Of the formers
brother and sister-in,law, Mr..
and Mrs. Norman Ogden White.
house. who are in England.
The Minister and Mrs. White
house will return to Guatemala
about the middle Of September.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Washington Girl to
Take Part in Ball

Miss Hilah White, of Wash
ington, and Miss Helen David
son, of Bay City, Mich, will
take a prominent part in the
"Old White" ball to be given
next Friday evening at White
Sulphur Springs.
Maj. Gen. 10 Lane Stern, OF
Richmond, and Mr.. Thomas B.
Paine, of Atlanta, will lead the
cotillion. A number of interest
ing features will be introduced,
and a large number Of the
visitors now at the resort will
be present,
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Officers of British
Flagship Are Feted

Vice Admiral Sir Vernon H.
s. Haggard, commander in
chief of the Atlantic and West
Indies squadron of the British
fleet, with the officers of the
British flagship Delhi have
been extensively entertained.
during their visit to Murray
Bay. Canada, by the leading
Canadian and American mem
bers of that summer colony.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Honored at Resort

The Second Secretary Of the
British Embassy and MRS. c. j.
w. TORI, who are the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Appleton
Curtis, at Southampton, have
been extensively entertained
during their visit there. They
we're the guests Of homer, at q
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Miss Lucy Larner
Names Bridal Date

Miss Lucy Larner has chosen
September 5 as the date of her
marriage to Mr.. Hugh McAllis-
ter Banks. The ceremony will
be performed at 4:3O o'clock at
the summer home Of the brides
parents, AnnSfield. in Mifflin-
town.. Pa.
Miss Larner is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Lar.
ner, Of Washington. A recep-
tion will follow the, marriage.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Daughter Engaged (
To Naval Officer

Mrs. Casper Henry Eicks, Of
Forest Hills, L. l., has an
nounced the engagement Of her
daughter, Miss Adelaide Mar
garet Eicks, to Lieut.. Francis
Bowie Stoddert, U. s. N, son of
Mrs. Robert Bowie Stoddert and
Of the late Mr.. Stoddert, of Bal
timore, Md.
Miss Eicks was graduated
from Bryn Mawr College. Lieu
tenant Stoddert is a graduate
Of the United States Naval
Academy in the class of 1920.
He is a member of the Society
Of. the Sons of the Cincinnati.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Mrs. Loose Cruising
Off New England

Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose,
who has been spending the
summer at Bass Rocks, is now
cruising off the New England
coast, aboard the yacht, Media.
With her she has q party of
guests, which includes Senator
David I. Walsh, of MaSsachu-
setts. Major General and Mrs.
Edward Logan.
Senior Don Manuel G.. Du-
rand. assistant commercial at
tache OF the Argentine EN-
baSSy, and Sonora de Durand
are at Wardman Park Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
New Chilean
Envoy to
lArrive

The newly appointed ambas'
sador of Chile. senor Don
Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal,I is
due to arrive in New York TO-
day and he will come at once
to Washington.
He will be met by the mem
bers of the embassy staff and
escorted to the embassy. The
Ambassador has served before
in Washington, where he has
many friends to welcome him
back.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
w. Denegre Hosts

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter w.
Denegre, of New orleans, who
are well known in this city, have
concluded their visit with Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall Langhorne,
of Washington, and are now
at the Malvern, where they en-
tertained at a large party last
evening.
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Col. and Mrs. Harry L. Steele
will leave Washington the first
of September to motor to San
Francisco, from which port they
will sail october "a for Homo
lulu, where Colonel Steele has
been transferred for duty.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Guest Of MitcheIIs

The Attorney General and
Mrs. william Dewitt Mitchell,
who have been cruising off
Newport for several days, had
as their guest. over the week
end, Justice Pierce Butler.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Flies to CapitaI

The Assistant Secretary of.
the Navy, Mr.. Davis S. ingalls,,
returned yesterday by plane
from his summer home at
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where he
spent the weekend with Mrs.
ingalls, and their four young
daughters.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Former Consul at
Toronto in the Civ

Mr.. Christian M. Ravndal,
former United States consul at
Toronto, has come to Washing
ton, and will be Joined here
later by his wife and their two
children, who are now in
Vienna.
Mrs. Ravndal is with her
family in the Austrian capital.
Mr.. Ravndal's father recently
retired as consul general at Ber-
lin, so his association with the
foreign service dates back many
years.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
PaImers in North

The former Attorney General,
Mr.. A. Mitchell Palmer and
Mrs. Palmer, with their daugh.
ter, Miss Mary Dixon Palmer,
are at the Red Lion Inn, at
Stockbridge, Mass, for the late
summer
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Socid|IQotes

Baron Robert Dohlhoff has
returned to his apartment in
the Shoreham after spending
the weekend in Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic D. Nc
Kenney and their daughter,
Mrs. Blaine Mallan, who have
been in Europe for a month, will
sail for home on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKenney are
now in Vichy and their daugh-
ter is in Paris, where she will
be joined by her parents a few
days before sailing. They will
come Immediately to the Capt.
tai on landing in New York.
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Mr.. and Mrs. C. de la Tor
riente, Of Havana, have come to
the Capital 10 make their home.
and have taken an apartment
at Wardman PARK Hotel.
Comdr. Albert C. Read, q. 8.
~, who until recently was serv-
ing on the u. S. s. Saratoga,
stationed at Puget Sound, has
arrived in Washington, accom-
panied by Mrs. Read and their
two children. They have taken
an apartment at Wardraan
Park Hotel for the coming sea.
son.
a
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H, Durham
have returned to their apart
ment at the Shoreham after
spending several months in st.
Louis.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Sail for Europe

Mr.. Walter r. PrendergaSt,
secretary Of the United States
Embassy in London, together
with Mr.. Harold e. Wander
bilt, sailed last night on the
s. s. Europa, for Europe.
Mrs. Eugene Vidal will leave
tomorrow for Fort Monroe,
) where she will be the guest of
Major and Mrs. Harold F..
Loomis for several days.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Key-Smiths Return
From Summer. Post

Col. Francis Key-Smith, Re
serve Corps, U. S. A., and Mrs.
Key-Smith have returned from
Old Point Comfort, where Col.
Key-Smith has been on duty
throughout the summer. Col.
Key-Smith is a greatgrandson
Of Francis Scott Key, author of
THE Star Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1931-08-25

supper dance given by their
hosts Saturday evening.
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The counselor of the Costa
Rican legation, Senor Don Gull
lermo E. Gonzalez, entertained
a small party last evening at
the dinner dance at LIE Paradis.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Luncheon PARTY

The former Commercial
Counselor Of the Polish EN-
bassy, Mr.. Alexander woytkie-
wicz. entertained informally at
luncheon, yesterday, at the
Carlton.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
New and Events Of Persons Of Society the National Cap
Mrs. Fahnestock Is
Donor of Trophy

Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Of
this city, has given one of the
handsome prizes for the annual
sand-modeling contest, which
will be held Saturday at, Bal
ley's Beach, Newport, in which
38 children have already en-
tered, The children will be di-
vided into two classes, accord
ing to their age,
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
In Washington
QtQQQd Qduuct,

Historic Kenmore, the picturesque old estate OF Betty
Washington Lewis only sister of George Washington, at
Fredericksburg great gathering place in the Colonial
days for many of the patriots 1t is being beauted this
by the Garden Club of Virginia whose members are
planting 61O feet of lockwood hedge either side of the
walk the old terrace between Kenmore and the home OF
Mary Washington, mother of our first President
The lockwood about three feet high and OF fine growth
but the magnificent memorial planted at the entrance
to the mansion is famous among lovers of this pungen
smelling hedge and from it's size might easily have been
planted the year that Washington born This hedge
presented the Kenmore Association by Miss Ella
Duekett, Of this city in memory Of her mother.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Rear Adm. and Mrs.
I. Chambers to Sail

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Frank
T. Chambers are sailing today
on the liner Exochorda for
Italy, where Rear Admiral
Chambers will attend the In
ternational Navigation Congress
to be held in Venice.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Doaks Will
Leave City
Tonisht

The Secretary Of Labor and
Mrs. william N. Doak will leave
this evening for Binghamton,
N. Y, to attend the fiftieth
anniversary celebration being
held there.
They will be accompanied oy
the special representative of the
Secretary, Mr.. w. w. King, and
expect to return to Washington
Thursday,
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Rear Adm, Butler
Flies to Virginia Spa

The commandant of the
Navy Yard, Rear Admiral
Henry Varnum Butler, spent
the weekend with Mrs. Butler
in their summer home near
Orkney Springs, Va, where he
flew last Friday.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Mrs. Fletcher Is
Luncheon Hostess

Mrs. Henry P. Fletcher, Of
this city, who is spending the
summer at Rockery Hall, her
summer, home in Newport, was
hostess at a luncheon there
yesterday. ..-'
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
-Cunston Hall and its Famous Boxwood

Perhaps the famous lockwood in America is to be
found at Gunston Hail. the home of Mr. Lewis Hertle at
Loron, the Potomac, just below Mt. Vernon. This
famous old mansion home years past of the writer Of
the Virginia Bill of Rights filled with the most interest
ing relics Of Colonial days
feature of the house is atthe left Of the main
entrance four pages copies of the
original BILL are emplanted in the wall the Fireplace
In this room in which this famous document written,
is to be found the original desk used by Mr. Mason, and
the entire house. beautifully restored by Mr. Here and
his late wife, who beloved by all who knew her in
the Capital Of furnishings of the period
in which the house built.
ing room which is the most perfect example of Chinese
Colonial architecture America Many distinguished people
have visited this beautiful old home the guests of Mr.
Hertle and notable among them Mr.. Balfour, who
headed the British mission which visited Washington at the
conclusion Of the war.
lockwood in England and whose estates there noted
for the finest examples the British Isles frankly ad
mtted that the hedge this Virginia plantation outrvaled
his 1t borders the path from the mansion the
house, overlooking the odfashioned garden
and the river and probably several hundred feet long
1t is high that may walk in among the branches
and it towers far above the taes Like the Colonial
mansions Of its time the kitchen smokhouse and slave
quarters form an interesting group of outbuIdings at
Gunston Hail. and fine old trees and tall shrubs make an
effective setting.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
States 79.
CASES TODAY

RENO, New, July 20 GN.SD
Reno's marital laundry today was
prepared for an extremely busy
wash day with 79 cases already
on the calendar and % filed
Saturday which may be heard
today.
The possibility that the Van
derbilt divorce suit might go to
trial today increased interest.
Attorneys for the principals re-
fused to confirm or deny rumors
that a property and alimony
agreement had been effected.
Mrs. Aimee A. Lawson, socially
prominent New Yorker, was Sched-
uled to receive a default decree
from Edgar Percy Lawson of
New York, today, as was Frances
L. Tyler Levinge-Whyte, formerly
of Santa Rosa, Calf.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
FALL RESTS UP
At HIS RANCH

SANTA FE. N. M. July 20
1.N.SD Albert B. Fall, former
Secretary of the Interior, was to
resume his journey to the State
penitentiary here today after rest
ing a day at the Three Rivers
Ranch, 200 miles away. Fall IS
under sentence for accepting q
500, 900 bribe in connection with
naval oil leases.
Fall arrived at the ranch late
Saturday from III PasO after
travelling 125 mile in an an1bu.
lance. DIR. J III. Gambrell, his per-
sOnal physician who accompanied
him, believed the aged man
should have q days rest before
continuing to prison.
Under present plans. Fall will
start from the ranch late today
so that arrival at the peniten.
tiary will be after nightfall ir an
endeavor to avoid as much pub
licity as possible.
Mrs. Fall and their 16-year-old
granddaughter, Martha Fall.
were with Fall at the vast ranch
which figured prominently in the
oil scandals.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
DUkER HAS SLIM
LIFE THREAD
Photo by International

Although the condition Of Her
man w. Duker, wanted in Wash
ington for questioning in connec-
tion with tbs Staying of Mrs.
Elizabeth Jaynes, cashier Of the
Garden I Shoppe. is reported by
Los Angeles officials to be un-
changed, police are hopeful that
the youth may recover from bull
let wounds inflicted by a Los
Angeles policeman a week ago.
Duker's mother, Mrs. Herman
S. Duker, of Baltimore, is ex-
pected to arrive at Los Angeles
tonight.
Duker, who is supported by
Washington police of having been
implicated in the hold-up and
robbery of the Garden T Shoppe
several months ago, is being kept
in a partial coma with narcotics.
If he RECEIVERS Washington of.
ficials will seek his return here
for questioning. The youth IS
also wanted in Baltimore for the
Staying of milkman.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
SUICIDE QUIZ
DEVELOPS
MYSTERY
Virginia Sheriff Reopens In
qufry Into Shooting of
PaIazzo; Women Hunted

New developments in the myS.
terlous shooting Of Joseph Palaz.
20, who was found dead in an
automobile on the Washington.
Richmond highway Thursday
and the subsequent disappear.
ance of Mrs. Lotta OlinsWorth,
reported to have been his fiancee,
were promised today, following
the reopening of the case by
Sheriff E. P. Kirby, of Fairfax
county.
Sheriff Kirby has received in.
formation which he says may
tend to make the original sui.
eide theory untenable. He has
sought the aid of Capitol police
in his search for Mrs. OlinS.
worth, who, he believes, may be
able to furnish the key to the
mystery.
He declined to express an opin-
ion as to whether Palazzo was
murdered or whether he believed
Mrs. OlinSworth also to be a
victim of foul play, but said in.
formation brought to him by
three friends of Palazzo made the
whole affair "look fishy."
He said:
Il believe there is more to the
case than has been brought out
SO far. / have mailed a full
report giving the most recent
information brought to me to
Washington police. They should
get the letter this morning"
Mrs. OlinSworth and Palazzo
were seen together by James
Matzo, a barber at Union Station,
the night before his body was
found. Near the body was a
note addressed to her reading,
IF you had met me last night,
this wouldn't have happened"
A note she said Palazzo had
given her the day before to give
to Mrs. Olinsworth was brought
to the Palazzo home, 704 E st,
S. E., by a friend of the family.
The note reproached the girl for
indifference, asked her to for
give him and bequeathed her a
watch as a remembrance.
Burial Of Palazzo in Mt. OliVet
Cemetery will follow services at
a. m. tomorrow at Holy Rosary
Church.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
STATUE SCENE
Of SUICIDE

Efforts were being made today
to find relatives and friends of
a man believed to be Martin Mil
Ter, 80, of Jackson, Mich, who
ended his life at the foot of the
statue of Gen. Winfield Scott
Hancock, Seventh Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest,
by drinking poison early this
morning.
1t is thought possible that the
aged man may have served under
General Hancock during the
Civil War, and records Of the
period probably will be searched
The body was found by John
Harris, 18, of Greenville, N. c.,
lying on a bed Of newspapers
In a hand stretched out toward
the statue was an empty bottle
labeled poison"
A doctor from Emergency Hos
pital pronounced the man dead
and the body was removed to the
morgue. Identification as Miller
was made by Park Policeman
William E. Riley from papers
and a prayer book in his pocket
A slip of paper in one pocket
revealed that early yesterday
Miller had been treated at Emer
gency Hospital for cuts on his
head and hands received when
he fell lown a bridge embank
ment at Alexandria. In a coat
lapel was an emblem of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians. The
man had been staying at the
Gospel Mission, 214 John Mar
shall Pl. N. w., for several days
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
College Loans Seen
As Bar to WedLOck

NEW YORK, July 2O.-"Su,
perior women today are weigh,
ing the view expressed by DR..
Paul Popenoe, secretary of the
Human Betterment Foundation,
that lone of the diabolical ways"
of preventing them from marry
ing was through scholarship loan
funds.
Loaded with debt at gradua-
tion," asserted DR.. Popenoe in an
address to summer session stu
dents of Columbia University,
the girl must turn her back on
marriage until she pays it off
If a man proposes she cannot
answer, 7 should be delighted
to wed If you will assume my
college Indebtedness"
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
MGsOns at Services
For ROu1L Arch D0y

Preaching on the need Tor
hope based on God, the Rev.
John C. Palmer, pastor of the
washington Heights Presbyterian
Church, addressed Masons of the
District. observing Royal Arch
day, at Temple Heights yesterday.
The gathering stood in prayer
several minutes on behalf of the
Rev. Homer ]. Councillor, assist
ant pastor of the Calvary Baptist
Church. who died early today in
a local hospital following an
operation.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
Contracts DrdIUn
GShOU ISL Increase

A total of. 472 formal contracts
for District Engineer Department
work was drawn during the fiscal
year 1881, and $396,692.63
guaranty deposits were received
with contractors bids. Roland M.
Brennan, chief clerk of the de-
partment informed the District
Commissioners in his annual re-
port submitted today.
The number of contracts drawn
is an increase Of 181 over the POI
drawn during the 1880 fiscal
year, while guaranty deposits for
1880 totaled $218,858.50. Bids
opened for construction work dur
ing 1881, numbered 1877 compared
with 125 during 1890. A total Of
11,753 communications were re-
ceived during the 1881 year. while
8752 were received in 1880.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
WOMAN Of rs
EV|CTED BY
DAUGHTER
Rent Behind, Her PaItry Goods
Are Cast Out; Friends Help
But AImShouSe BeCkons

Evicted by her own daughter
for being behind with her rent
money an elderly woman is TO-
day being cared for by neigh.
bors who are trying to find means
whereby she can support herself
and escape the almShouSe.
Mrs. Frances j. Custer, who is
76 but, as she boasts, still Spry,
and a good housekeeper If I do
say so myself" has been living
in the four-room house at 2214
I st. N. w., belonging to her
daughter, Mrs. Barbara F.. Hall.
1t is a tiny frame house. old and
in winter none too warm, but it
meant home to Mrs. Custer. Her
husband, J. Alfred Custer, was
taken to the Blue Plains insti.
tuition three yeafs ago, but she
has lived on there, doing odd
housekeeping jobs, and exchang-
ing food and services with neigh.
bOrS.
Today, her household goods,
such as yhey are, were piled on
the sidewalk by the United States
marshal at the request of her
daughter, Mrs. Hall, while neigh
bors watched proceedings sympa-
thetically. One of them took
the Silver-haired woman in for
lunch; another may possibly find
a bed for her tonight, but none
is in position to keep her. She
has a son in Berkeley Springs,
w. Va, but he is said to be in
bad health.
Mrs. Hall is said to have
evicted her mother in 1925 for
non-payment of rent, but two
years later let her return.
The mothers earnings have
been insufficient to pay the rent,
and the daughter apparently is
unwilling to carry her further.
Eight weeks ago. the water was
cut off, and since then the
neighbors have carried buckets Of
water to the woman for her
modest requirements, and have
seen that she had food.
Daughter Adamant
Mrs. Hall said today she pos
itiveIy could not take her mother
into her home at Boutwell, Sta
ton, Vienna, Va. Their tempera.
ments do not agree, she said.
Asked what would become Of
the aged woman, Mrs. Hall said
that "the District has ways Of
providing for destitute persons"
Reminded that this might mean
the aImShOuSe for her mother,
she said, "Well, the almShOuse is
clean and she will get food
there" She reminded that she
needed money herself, like every
body else, and if her mother can
not pay the rent she must put In
another tenant. The house
brings about $40 a month rental.