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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
ANCESTRY IGNORED
IN WHOLEAN SUIT
Attorneys Say Parentage Not
Involved in Suit Against
Mrs. HenderSon'S Gift.

Although Mrs. John B. Henderson re-
iterated her denials that Mrs. Beatrice
Henderson Wholean is her adopted
daughter, attorneys for the latter de-
clared today that formal adoption pro-
ceedings, disclosed after a six-year lapse
yesterday, were initiated by Mrs. Hen
derson and kept secret by the court at
her own request.
At the same time counsel for the
claimant to the Henderson millions an
nounced that the question of Mrs.
Wholean's ancestry, raised by Mrs. Hen
derson, is in no way pertinent to Mrs.
Wholean's suit to have the 90-year-old
widoW<of Senator Henderson removed as
trustee of the Henderson estate.
Suit Would Bar Gift.
The suit by the young woman whom
the world has regarded as Mrs. Hen
derson's granddaughter also would pre-
palatial new residence at 2437 Fifteenth
street to the Government as home
for Vice Presidents.
Mrs. Wholean is not interested in
any statements Mrs. Henderson may
make on the street, in the park or in
her home" Prescott Galley, attorney for
Mrs. Wholean, said today.
Mrs. Wholean has presented her case
to the court and Mrs. Henderson has
ample opportunity to make any defense
she may wish to in the case. The
question So prominently discussed in the
press is entirely outside and beyond the
issues raised by Mrs. Wholeans suit,
and is entirely foreign to the subject"
Sought to Avoid Publicity.
Mr. Wholean said today the adop-
ton procedure in 1924 was conducted
in strict accordance with Mrs. Hender-
sons instructions. Secrecy was main
tanned because Mrs Henderson did not
wish any publicity given to the matter
at that time, he stated
Friends of the Wholean family said
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
Col. Campbell Hodges Goes to
Little Rock to Ascertain
Extent of Need.
PRESIDENT TO STAND PAT
AGAINST s25, 900, 900 FUND
Chief Executive Insists Charity of
American People Will Meet
Demands of Situation.

Prompted by the continued reports
from drought-stricken Arkansas of in
creasing human distress, President
Hoover has sent Col. Campbell Hodges,
his chief military aide, by airplane to
that State to make a survey to de-
termine the actual situation.
Col Hodges left Boiling Field late
yesterday in transport plane, used
usually by the Secretary of War, and
piloted by Lieut.. Cornelius w. Crous-
land, the latters special pilot.
To aid Col. Hodges in this survey
the President has detailed Capt. Lewis
A. Pick of the Engineer Corps, sta
toned in Texas, who was an aide to
Mr. Hoover when he directed the relief
work following the Mississippi flood in
1927 Maj. Oliver S. Wood, Infantry,
assigned to the Military Bureau. and a
native of Arkansas, accompanied Col.
Hodges on his flight and will assist in
the survey.
Secrecy surrounded this movement of
the Presidents and the fact that his
representatives were flying to Little
Rock was not learned until today. The
White House then explained this in
formation had been withheld because
of the Presidents wish that his repre-
sentatives arrive at Little Rock before
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
SEVEN HELD AFTER KIDNAPPING:
VICTIM NAILED IN COFFIN BOX
Chcagoan Almost Smothered by "Joke of ''Torturers
Before His Cries Attract Attention.

They threw clods of art at him. When
he jerked one of his arms free, the
men found a wooden box, the kind
in which caskets are kept, near new
ly dug grave. After gagging him they
forced him into it, nailed down the
lid and tried to throw it into the
grave.
The box, however, did not fit well, so
the abductors tied a rope to the box.
fastening the other end to the auto
mobile, and dragged it to the point
where Wittbrod was found.
you are getting yours now" Witt
brod quoted one of the men as saying.
I'VE told you we were going to take
you for ride "
Wittbrods cries attracted the atten-
ton of a farmer, who summoned two
highway policemen. They reported the
man was almost smothered.
The victim told the police he had
often been the butt of pool room jokers,
but he knew of no reason why the
men would want to torture him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
PITTS DENIED BAIL
ON HABEAS WRIT
Justice SiddonS Rules Plea
Pending Appeal Is With
out Merit.

G. Bryan Pitts, former chairman of
the board of the F. H. Smith Co., now
in Jail under sentence of IA years i'm
prisonment imposed on him by Justice
William Hitz following his conviction
of conspiracy to embezzle funds of the
company, was denied release on bail to-
day by Justice Frederick l.. Siddons.
The court ruled that there was no
merit in the contentious made by At
torney T. Morris Wampler in an appli-
cation for a writ of habeas corpus to
secure the release of Pitts pending the
hearing of his appeal from his convic-
ton and sentence. Justice Siddons
pointed out that the case is now before
the Court of Appeals and that tribunal
has authority to release on bail. He
wrote a memorandum opinion and an
nounced that he will sign an order de-
nying the prayers of the petition and
Diminishing the writ Of haheas corpus.
Hearing January rs.
Hearing on the writ was held January
26, at which arguments we're made by
Wampler in support of the petition
which was opposed by Assistant Attor-
ney General Nugent Dodds and Assist
ant United States Attorney Neil Burkin-
shaw. The court has had the matter
under consideration until today.
Wampler had commended the trial Of
Pitts was illegal because conducted by
the Criminal Division of the District
Supreme Court and not by that court
sitting as a District Court of the United
States. In refuting that contention
Justice Siddons reviewed the powers re-
posed in the District Supreme Court
and its predecessor, the Circuit Court Of
the District of Columbia, and declared:
TT may be observed at this point
that it is believed that never in the
whole history of the judicial systems
that have been created for the Dis
trict of Columbia has there ever been
a trial of a criminal case in the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column Sd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
PATRIOTIC INVENTOR
MAY BE REWARDED
Bill introduced to Retire Master
Sergt. Nelson With Pay of
Captain.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Master Sergt. Paul r. Nelson of the
Coast Artillery, who two years ago
decided to the Government an invention
worth hundreds of thousands Of dollars,
will retire next June with the rank and
pay of a captain if Congress can be
induced TO act.
Representative Hull OF Wisconsin,
with War Department approval, has
introduced bill providing for Nelson's
promotion when he retires with 30
years service TO his credit.
Nelson, working on his own time, in
vented simplified system Of coast
defense submarine mine control It was
estimated it's use would save the Gov
eminent $1,000 900 over 10 years. He
applied for a patent and assigned all
his rights to the Government purely
from a sense of duty, loyalty and
patriotism to the United States"
The details of the patent have been
kept a secret of the War Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
DOG POINTS OUT TRAGEDY

PITTSBURGH, February 4 o.
Neighbors watching f1remen in futile
battle to put out the flames consuming
the home of George Meyers, 75-year-old
blind man, tried to quiet the dog that
has led him about for years.
And when he would not be still, they
followed him to thicket not far away.
In ciump of bushes they found Meyers,
dying from shotgun wound.
Meyers set fire to his home; then shot
himself, the coroner reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
STATUE OF MONROE
TO STAND AT HIS VIRGINIA HOME
Figure in Marble Was Intended for Erection in Capital of
Venezuela, but Revolution Changed Plans.

The figure weighs three tons, and was
made by Attillio Piccirilli, New York
sculptor on the order of President
Crespo. president of Venezuela. Before
the completed monument could be
shipped a revolution resulted in the
overthrow of the government and Senior
CreSpo died in jail.
Jay w. Johns, owner of ash Lawn"
is much interested in Monroe. and is
one of the instigators of the movement
to have Virginia honor her distin-
guished son.
The Monroe statue is to stand within
sight of Thomas Jefferson's home.
Monticello. dwelling of the monument
is planned for April %, the birthday
of Monroe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
HOLD-UP is FRUSTRATED
BY BLOW ON MANS HEAD

An attempt to hold up the grocery
store of F. D. Caprino at Ninth and
" streets was frustrated today when
Steve Biancanello, who runs a shoe
shop next door to the grocery, entered
while the hold-up was in progress and
slugged the colored bandit with a
candleStick
The man was arrested and taken to
the second precinct, where he was
booked as william Brown, % years old,
who said he had been out of work for
about two weeks.
According to Caprino, the man showed
a gun against his body and demanded
his money. Caprino had three or four
dollars in change and the bandit or
dered him to lay this money on the
counter and then forced him into a
back room, demanding more money.
Just then the shoemaker entered the
store The bandit, alarmed, jumped
backward and Caprino made lunge for
him. The bandit swung his gun at the
grocer. cutting his hand, and the two
were locked in a struggle when Bian-
canello grabbed a candlestick from the
counter and came TO the grocer's
assistance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, February Acting on
information given them by George
Wittbrod, "a. whom they found in a
coffinlike box on a lonely road early
today, police arrested seven youths for
questioning on charges of kidnapping
Wittbrod, torturing him and then
leaving MIN in an open grave.
The men, Albert Ehmann, 20; George
Schimmel, 10; Joe Klopp, 10; Michael
Kuhn, 10; Fred Cost, 21 Richard
Morawez, Fl, and William Meddy, all
six feet tall, confessed the abduction,
police said, but argued it was "just
joke" They refused to explain ref
erences to Wittbrod as stool pigeon"
Wittbrod, a rubber salesman, whose
left hand is crippled, said that seven
men took him from pool room as
practical joke" put him in an auto
mobile and drove to ; the cemetery.
He lost consciousness for time, but
when he woke up he found himself
tied to stone cross in the graveyard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
speclal Dispatch to The star.

WINCHESTER, Va, February A.
The long lost statue" of President
James Monroe. which a South American
revolution prevented from being erected
IN front of the Venezuelan Capitol in
Caracas. and which was found recently
in a New York sculptor's studio, is
about TO be erected permanently at
Ash Lawn, Albermarle County, Va,
where Monroe lived for 20 years.
The figure of Monroe. standing IL
feet high and carved from a solid block
OF Carrara marble 33 years ago, will
be the first statue of Monroe, author
of the Monroe doctrine, to be erected
in his native State. It will also be the
largest figure of any statue now in
Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
Talking in Sleep
Costs Liberty of
Escaped COnvicts
ey the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Febru-
airy talking in their sleep
cost two escaped convicts their
liberty yesterday.
The two, David Griff and Will
liam Hanley, both of Chicago,
who escaped from the reforma-
tory at Pontiac last night, fell
asleep while riding in the truck
of a friendly driver, who over
heard what they said and notified
State highway patrolmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04

Radio Programs on Page B-S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
"Front Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton IS delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04

Slightly colder tonight minimum tenn
perature about q degrees; tomorrow fair.
observation-disclosures 48. at noon
today; lowest, 81, at 1880 am. today.
Full report on page 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-14
DIVA SAYS SHE WE'D,
BUT CLERK DENIES 1T
Hilda Burke and Belgian Baritone
Maintain They Married in
West New York, N. J.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST NEW YORK, N. j., October
lathe marital status Of Hilda Burke
Chicago Opera Co. soprano, and Desire
Defrere, Belgian baritone. remains a
jig-saw puzzle of denials and assertions
In Baltimore the couple said they
were married in West New York. N. j.
last Thursday after failing to obtain 9
license in New York and Newark, N. j.
But the license. maintained Assistant
Town Clerk Harry Swensen, Is still In
his Office here.
Rev. John Lehnert, who was said By
the singers mother to have performed
the ceremony. denied he married the
couple But he added: Call me up in
two weeks and I'll tell you" Then he
hung up.
Mrs. Walter J. Hopkins. the prima
donna's mother, said in Baltimore she
knew" her daughter and the baritone
were married by Mr.. Lehnert, because
she said, she was there with her hus-
band as witness.
To cap it all. William Murphy. who
signed the license as a witness, could
not be found at the address he gave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-14
MASONS TO OPEN
BIENNIAL SESSION
Meetings of Scottish Rite
Council Start Sunday.
To Last Week.

The Supreme Council. Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite of the Southern
Jurisdiction, will convene in biennial
session at the House of the Temple, the
home of the Southern Supreme Council.
beginning Sunday. Sessions Will con-
tinue all week.
At the forthcoming sessions many
features of general interest to members
of the Scottish Rite, as well as OF the
other orders Of FreemaSonry. will be
considered. These embrace the Albert
Pike memorial service on the opening
day when the address on the life and
works of the great Scottish Rite student
and philosopher, Gen. Pike, will be de-
livered by Louis Block of Davenport.
Iowa, one of the youngest members OF
the Supreme Council in point of serv-
ice. Grand Comdr. John H. Cowles will
preside, the session beginning at
o'clock In the afternoon.
To Confer 33rd Degree.
Two important events of the session
will be the inyestiture of the rank and
decoration of knight commander OF the
court of honor and the comforting Of
the thirty-third degree upon outstand-
ing Masons.
A trip to Mount Vernon is scheduled
next Sunday, and an organ recital Will
feature the evening of the first days
program.
The investiture will take place We'd
nesday evening, and will be conducted
by the Albert Pike ConsiStory of Wash
ington. The comforting of the thirty
third degree is scheduled for Friday
night, following a dinner for the deslg-
mates and visiting Masons of that de-
gree.
Known as Mother Council.
The Southern jurisdiction of the order
comprises those States south Of the
Mason-Dixon line and the States west
Of the Mississippi River. 81 in all. 1t
also has jurisdiction over bodies in
China Japan. the PHILIPPINES. Alaska,
Porto Rico. Panama Canal Zone and the
Army and Navy. known as the mother
council of the world, it was founded at
Charleston. S. c. May 81. 1901.
1t is estimated there are approximate
" 100000 Scottish Rite Masons in the
Southern Jurisdiction and like number
in the Northern Masonic jurisdiction,
the see of which is at Boston.
Leading Masons from all sections OF
the country will be included among the
visitors at the biennial session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-14
NEW YORKER SPEAKS
Jewish Christian Bible Conference
Hears Dr. ]. s. Coming.

DR.. j. S. Coming Of New York,
superintendent Of Jewish evangelical
ton Of the National Board Of Mis-
sions Of the Presbyterian Church, was
the principal speaker last night before
the Jewish Christian Bible Confer
ence. meeting at the National Baptist
Memorial Church.
The meetings, which opened Sunday,
are In charge OF Rev. Jacob Garten-
haus, representative of the Home Mis-
sion Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention. Special services will be
held at o'clock each night through
Friday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-15

Liller, lila Cans, Hugh Rohrbaugh,
Norma Gano, Mae Liller, Thomas
Dixon, Theodore Liller and Wilma
Kalbaugh.
Those from Kitzmiller were Pat
Burns, Paul Ridder, Carl Kimble,
Glen Beals, Marguerite Willis, Char
les Jones, Maurice Kinkead, Janetta
Baldwin, Evelyn Cosner, Bernice
Campbell, Agnes Harvey, Bernice
Cosner, Harvey Covers, Mildred
Moore, Wilson Pool, Don Bender,
Vera Herman, Martha Macdonald,
Frank Watkins, Harry Arnold, Ar
vete Davis, Lewis WEIGHT, Justin Ar
mold, Rosemary Rollman, Lena Ad-
ans, Albert Mcintyre, Glen James,
Melvin Arnold, Colleen James, Robert
Sprague, Beuna Porter, Virginia
Barns, Rev. Barrick and Rev. Charles
R. Kupfer.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Cross, Of
Cumberland, visited here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Grant, of Keyser,
West Va, visited here during the past
week.
Mrs. A. M. Mortimore, Mrs. Luke
Bore and two children Robert and
Mary Elizabeth, of Bedford, Pa, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Jones on
Sunday.
Mr.. Alex Hawley, of Eagle Rock,
visited his daughter Mr.. and Mrs.
Aubrey Phillips.
Mr.. Clever Pool and Mr.. George
Pool spent Sunday and Monday with
the formers sister Mrs. P. B. Nc
Feely, of Rosewood, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Bean and
children "Billy" and Jean returned to
Rockhall after visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
1. E. Cosner.
Miss Agnes Harvey and Jimmie
Dale Phillips visited the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Harvey,
Eagle Rock.
Mrs. Gertrude Poole is the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. P B. McFeely,
Rosewood.
Mrs. Otha Sharpless and Miss Mil
bred Sharpless returned from Cum
berland.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Cosner and
Mrs. Lucy McMeaner, of Keyser,
visited here.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-15
Famous Old Structure Crossing
Cheat River Will Not Be Torn
Down, 1t Is Understood
STRUCTURE is UNSAFE
(By Mrs. Lee Sanders, in the Preston
County wv. Va.) Journal

(By Mrs. Lee Sanders, in the Preston
County wv. Va.) Journal
Writing in the Preston County CIV.
Va) Journal at Kingwood from Row.
lesburg under date of September 80,
Mrs. Lee Sanders contributed the fol-
lowing concerning the old covered
wooden bridge on Route so, south of
Oakland. The bridge was built little
less than 100 years ago by William
Wheeler, of Rowlesburg, grandfather
of Mr.. Harry Loar, of Oakland.
Through late plans of the West
Virginia State Roads Commission, the
historical covered wooden bridge at
Macomber, five miles east of here, will
within the next few months, be aban-
doned as a crossing place on Cheat
River, for a newer and more modern
and up-to-date concrete structure.
And with the abandonment of this
bridge, although it is understood that
it will not be torn down at this time,
one of the most scenic spots on Route
so, now the Northwestern Turnpike,
will pass from easy view of the mo-
torist.
Labeled Unsafe
Notices have been placed on the
old bridge by commission employees
stating that the bridge is unsafe and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-15
Mrs. Hervey Roth on Sunday.

Mrs. Hervey Roth on Sunday.
Mrs. Nora Swires and daughter
Ruth, of Loeb Lynn, spent Thursday
with her daughter, Mrs. Walter
Schlossnagle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Swartzentru-
Der and son, Misses Audrey and FIRE.
da Sanders and Harold White atten-
ded a party at Mr.. Ernest Friends, at
Fairsweep, last Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Larney, Martin, Pennington,
w. Va, was a business visitor here
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mac Ridder spent
Sunday at Mr.. o. S. Riders, at Sill
yer Knob.
Messrs. S. w. Slabach, Joseph
Feathers, Mrs. Russell Beckman and
sons, Mrs. Will WEIGH, Miss Lena
Slabach, Mrs. Paul Welch, and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Sisk, and Mr.. Henry
Musser spent Friday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Barkman, at
Underwood.
Mr.. Harvey Gortner and family, of
Grantsvivlle, visited home folk on
Sunday.
The following were perfect in at
tendance in the Union Sunday school
the past quarter: D. L. Swartzentru-
Der and family, Melvin Keim, S. W.
Slabach, P. P. Gortner, Albert Sisk,
Ross Lichty, Jacob and Merle Swart-
zentruber and Mary Lichty.
Mr.. Edward Walls and son Will
bur, of near Grantsville, spent Mon
day at Mr.. S. J. Lichty's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Lichty and
daughter, and S. ]. Lichty visited the
Pritts' at Henry, w. Va, on Sunday
afternoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-15

read and located on different points
on the bridge are ct. NJ, 1852; IN.
NJ, 1852. "E. R. P" and ct. X. F."
carved their letters in acircle in 1877.
90. O. M" and "E. L. T." in 1862.
IN. E. R." and &c. E. L." in 1862, and
many more of more recent date left
their marks. Some few persons
placed their home state after their
names and they indicate states north,
south, east and west.
Indian Mounds
On the Golf bottom near the bridge
are the ruins of three Indian mounds
evidently the burial places of Indians,
and near the old bridge is trail,
known in the Eighteenth century as
the Indian Trail and Ford, and which
showed the natural instinct of the
Indians in selecting trail to cross
the Alleghenies, which possibly lent
helping hand to General Crozet when
he surveyed the turnpike.
-. Stemple, of Aurora, relates the
story of when his father, Major David
Stemple, was driving drove of cattle
over the old bridge there was one very
wild animal in the herd. At point
near the center of the bridge there
was an open space in the side of the
structure (the remainder was closed
in up to about two feet from the
roof, and the wild and frightened an
! imal jumped over the siderail and
landed on a portion of the abutment
at the waters edge, some twenty
feet below, and broke its neck. Stem
pie, with the aid of his drovers, hauled
the carcass up and butchered it at
once that the meat would not be
wasted.
Stemple at that time was operating
tavern known as the Rising Sun
Tavern at Aurora that catered to the
stage coach travellers. Many other
taverns were located along the turn
pike in Preston county, and few of
the old structures are still standing.
Much sentiment prevails for the old
bridge, and should new and modern
structure be erected, the old bridge
might well be preserved for many
years for pedestrians use, of which
there are many at this point on the
highway.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-15

GOLDEN TEXT--Open thou mine
eyes, that may behold wondrous
things out Of thy law.
LESSON TEXT--~Acts Hills; ]
Thess. 2:1-12.
PRIMARY ToPIC-How We Ought
to Hear.
JUNIOR ToPIC-Two Kinds Of Hear
ers.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Two Kinds of Hearers.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-Winning through Love.