Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1923, Page 23

REAL DECLINES 10 QUASH ROBB INDICTMENT Judge Rules Physician Must Face Trial in Suit Case Murder Mystery. Dy the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 29. ! —Denial of pleas in abatement and | mbtions to quash the indictments against Dr. Willlam M. Robb of Bos- ton and Dr. Dalva H. Swope of Brock- ton, was made by Judge McLeod in the superior court yesterday. Rapb is under indictment for murder in the first degree and Swope as an accessory in connection with the death of Mrs. Alice M. Wolschendorf of East Bridgewater, Parts of the woman's body were found in two suit cases in the Merrimac river at Tyngsboro on September 1 and 2. Counsel for the defense announced that they would take exception and Were given until next Friday to file them. = District Attorney Reading moved for arraignment of Robb and | Swope, but after objections by the defense it was agreed that they should be arraigned next Tuesday afternoon. The district attorney yaid that he would ask for a speedy rlal. In taking up the principal conten- tion upon which the defense had lald ss in its motlons. Judge McLeod d that the presence of a stenog- pher attached to the district at- torney’s office, in the grand jury room as both stenographer and witness | could not be construed as illegal. i The prokecution maintalns that | Mrs. Wolschendorf was last seen alive | When she entered Dr. Robb's office and | that_she had gone there on advice of Dr. Swope. Although the head still_is missing, the body was iden- tified by the woman's husband and her brother. Changes in Stations of Army and Navy Oj cers Of Interest to Capital Army. Cols. Frederic D. Evans and Wil- liam M. Fassett, both of the infantry, will be retired next January on their own upplications. Capt. H. J. Hutter, Medical Corps, | has been relieved from duty at Wal- teed General Hospital, this city. | signed to duty in the office of i this_city. rde W. Dozier, y at the Infantry Fort Henning, Ga, having absent without leave since Feb- | 3§, Was been dropped fromr the | of ‘the Army. J. C. Rhea, United States cav- | alry, of the of the chief co- | ESTATE. MAPS OF HEAVY TRAFFIC | STREETS GIVEN COURT All Prominent Arteries of Travel, Clearly Shown in Muts Pre- sented by Eddie Hines. Sixty heavy waterproof cardboard mats, twenty by thirty inches, upon which are clearly drawn in colors the intersections of all the prominent streets and avenues, showing circles, parks and reservations and car tracks, have been presented to the Traffic Court by Eddie Hines of the Radio- | Auto Company, 920 D street north- w The dlagrams were drawn by Mr. Hines froni the officlal map of the | city and are authentic in detail and measurements. showing clearly just how the streets and avenues intersect. Mr. Hines was for a number of years a professional sign writer, and he has put his best efforts in the work. Theve diagrams will be used : in the Traffic Court in the trial of cases where the topography of the streets enters into the determination of the gullt or innocence of persons charged with colliding or other of- fenses against the traffic laws and regulations. PRESIDENT NAMES CADETS. The President has appointed John S. Knudsen, at Fort Douglas, Utah, and Edmond K. Daley, at Pittsburgh, Pa., as_cadets at large at the United States Military Academy, subject to the usual examination. AUTOiSI G-OES TO JAIL. In the Traffic Court yesterday John Turner, charged with operating his automobile without the required opn erator's permit, license tags or lights and with reckless driving, was i $10 in each of the cases or ten davs in each case in default of paying the fines, and $50 for reckless driving or fifty days. He committed to jail on failure to the fines. He will | serve eighty *days in Jjail unless he pays the $30 fi BAND CONCERT. At the White House Ellipse this afternoon at 5 U the Army Band W. J nard. band leader. March from “Tannhause Overture, rhoe Suite, “Atlantis”. (1) 'Nocturne and » Hymn_of Praise. (2)"A Court Function. (3) Duet, “I Love Thee” (the Prince and Aana). (4) The Destruction of At- lanti Grand Safranek orning “Attila,” Verai .Waldtuefel William Rossini enes from Valse, “Tres Jolie,'" Ballet_ music from - o T (1) Allegretto. (2) Bolero. (3) Soldiers’ Ma Excerpts from : Herbert Finale march, “Maj. Gen. Hanson B. El -..Dahlquist “The d Banner.” ordinator, this city, has been assigned | 1o the command of the 10th Cavalry | at Fort Huachuca, Ariz, | Capt. D. J. Canty, Quartermaster| Corps, at New YorK city, has been| awsigned to duty in the intermediate | depot, this city. H First Lieut. Raymond Randall, Vet- | erinary Corps, at the Army Medical | School, this city, has been ordered to San Francisco. Luther . Idaho, military instruetor, Academy, Portland, Ore Staff Sergt. Walter Harrls, Infantry, at Fort Benning, Ga. been retired on account of age. Chaplain W. J. Donoghue has been transferred from Fort McKinley, Me., to Camp Lewis, Wash., and Chaplain 1 F. Monohan from Camp Lewis to Fort MeKinley. i Maj. E. A. Lohman, air service, at Kelly' }ield, Tex., has been ordered i to the proving ground, Aberdeen, Md., | and Maj. J. H. 1rie, air service, from * the Aberdeen proving ground to Lang- | ley Field, Va. Felker, retired, at! has been detailed as! Hill Military | 24th ! has | Navy. i Lieut. R. A. Deming, commanding : the S-34, has been assigned to dut on the staff of the commander, sub- marine division, Pacific fleet. Lieut. F. D, Clancy, Dental Corps. at New York city, hay been ordered to} the naval hospital, Boston. { Commandem G. A. Alexander, at-| tached to the Rochesier, has been : ordered to the receiving ship a Philadelphia. and Lieut. Commander B. Y. Rhodgs of the Birmingham, has : erred to the Rochester. | been tran Lieut. Commander F. C. McCord has : been assigned to the command of the | Charles Ashburne. i Lieut. Commander N. R. Van der | Veer at Mare Island. Calif. has been ordered to treatment at the Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C. Lieut. O. D. Colvin, Construction Corps, at the navy yard, Boston. has been ordered to take a course of in- struction at the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology. The resignation of Ensign Albert §- Arkush, attached to the McDermut, has been accepted to take effect at once L. T. GRAVATTE 921 15th St. N.W. Phone Main 753 NEAR SAUL'S ADDITION $0.500—A Preston-built home, nearly new: twenty feet wide; large concrete front 'porch: glassed-in sleeping porch: six large rooms; hardwood floors through out: open fireplace: large cloets, Unusual By, “Firt time oftered OVERLOOKING PARK Fight rooms, two baths: h.-w.-h.: elec- tricity; breakfast and sleeping porches: hardwood floors throughout & built. Phone for apnofntment. 'ON BALTIMORE PIKE Tdesl place to make on Wasbington and beautiful home with house b electricity; heamed garage. Very reaon- s a Tea House. Im- Would consider rent- VENIENT N.W. SECTION 70—Delightfully situated “and un- ily well planned semi-detached. brick; ng sx large room: i open fire: large porches: builtin heated A bargaln. Immediate pos- L. T. GRAVATTE Personal Eficient Service 031 15th St. oW Phone Main 753 0TS WANTED From 1 to 30 lots, with or without improvements, within half-mile jus of Chevy Chase Cirele, D. C., at once, for cash. We will assame any payments due on contracts or trusts om lots we huy. Offer holds ®ood until Monday, October 1, 1923, Chase Construction Co. 921 15th St. N.W. Office open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. No Phone Propositi WE GIVE YOU Free plan and_specifications to suit your ideas for your HOME or other building th complete estimates of cost and will built for you at a SAV. ING ‘of 35 per cent on cost and 09 per_cent of worry and _trouble. YOU PAY US NO MONEY UNTIL WE DELIVER THE GOODS., We can rnish_your First Trusts at r B e BONUB, to run “trom B 7te 10 years. This offer limited—act at once. Chase Construction Co. Architects, Builders, Ensincers 921 15th St. N.W. ‘We Build Anything, Open to 8 TREES FLOWERS SHRUBS! The three magic words that transform the house to a home! One or two small plants will fill the bill, perhaps—the trans~ formation will be complete! ‘Won't you let us advise you? This service is gratis. HIGHWOOD NURSERIES 33rd & Rittenhouse Chevy Chase, D. C. THE EVENING' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1923.° CENTRALHGH BDS MALRER FARENELL Retiring Principal and His Successor Honored - by Faculty and Students, Central High Sclool's faculty and student body bade farewell to their retiring principal, Robert A. Maurer, and welcomed his successor Stephen E. Kramer, at a celebration yesterday at the school. Mr. Maurer's resigna- tion as principal of Central becomes | cffective Sunday. On Monday Mr. Kra- |mer will relinquish his post as as- sistant superintendent of schools and | take over the principalship of Cen- | tral. Teachers and janitors in the schools | of the seventh division over which ! Dr. E. G. Kimball has been supervisor | for a number of years also joined to- | day in honoring him on the eve of his transfer to the supervising principal- | ship of the third division. Dr. Kimball | will succeed Robert L. Haycock, who becomes assistant superintendent of schools Monda. Luncheon to Dy. Kimball. ) The teachersat the Wallach-Towers Group School gave a luncheon in Dr. Kimball's honor at noon. At the close of school the more than 100 teachers and janitors in the division resented him with a floor lamp and ountain pen. To Mrs. Kimball they gave a basket of flowers. Officials of the school system and the clerical force at the administra- tion headquarters at the Franklin School honored Asst. Supt. Kramer at a luncheon yesterday afternoon. Speeches were made by Harry O. Hine, secretary of the board of edu- cation; Alexander T. Stuart, director of intermediate instruction, and Rob- ert L. Haycock, supervising principal of the third division, who succeeds Mr. Kramer on Monday as assistant The luncheon was the supervision of secretary to superintendent. arranged under Miss Elise Zuberano, Mr. Hine. Open for Inspection 3816 4th St. N.W. Corner of Randolph. A new, 8- room and tiled bath; large front and rear porches; built-in” garage. All modern. Lacy and Belt - 493 G St. SW. Phone Franklin 5772 Main 528 Takoma Park Homes Old Home, The Swormstead hom: sale at an attractive price. large living room and dining rc first floor; 4 bedrooms and bath, attic and’ storage rooms. Oak floors throughout feet, with garden and fruit if desired. rebuilt and modernized, 1t consists of reception hall, extra third fioor. N Two open fireplaces. Double garage. One of the choicest locations in the Park. Modernized is offered for om, kitchen, bedroom and bath, ond_floor, and 2 New steam Groun Price $1 Two Modern Adioinine Bungalows A splendid opportunity for two relatives or friends to locate sile by side. Two modern five porches, and all improvements, $6 sold separately. Cash pay Other Houses of All Kinds. m_ bungalows, and 50. with sleeping Or either will be nent, $500 to $750. May Be Seen Any Time Lillie & Hendrick 23 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park NEW, EXCLUSIVE APARTMENT BUILDING 2500 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. Fashionable Sheridan Circle Residential Section Each apartment and 4 baths, combining all the comforts of a home with the modern conveniences of an apartment building. and dining rooms, 24 feet. Adams 3801 contains 10 rooms Living rooms SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE Garage accommodations, refrigeration, real open fireplaces, servants’ rooms and baths. REVISED SCHEDULE OF RENTS NOW IN EFFECT. Designed and Built by Sholtes and Co. Re.pmm!afivc on Premises Daily and Sunday H. L. RUST COMPANY, Agents | 912 15th Street N.W. Unequalled Values In ‘New BRICK Homes NINE BUILT i 36550 TWO SOLD! EASY TERMS Tapestry .brick homes, colonial style. Double rear porches, including large : sleeping porch. Tile baths, electric lights and gas. excellent gas®stoves and enameled sink and drainboard. Bedrooms extend full width of house and contain two large closets. house, with laundry trays. Ample space for garage. alley. Kitchen equipped with Concrete cellar under entire Lot over 100 feet deép, extending back to a large SAMPLE HOUSE, 218 BRYANT ST. N. E. . Open Daily and Sunday for Inspection To Inspect Take any car going out Rhode island avenue northeast. Get off at Fourth and Rhode Island avenue, walk two blocks west on Adams and one block north on Second to property; OR—phone for free auto service. 913 15th Street N. W. OM Sunday From 2 to 5 1320 Buchanan St. NW ~ Semi-detached, tapestry brick, six rooms, reception hall, tiled bath, hot-water heat, electric lights, {ront porch, two-story rear porch, garage. Reduced to $10,500 $2,000 cash and $80 monthlv, including all interest, or smaller cash payment with la. . :r monthly payment. Quinter, Thomas & Co. -Real Estate Financing 819 15th St. N.W. Main 8416 "Easy Terms PRICE, $5,650 New Southeast Home These new brick homes offer an opportunity to those who desire a° moderate priced home that can be purchased on terms equivalent to rent. They contain four large, bright rooms, bath, cellar, furnace heat, large yard. Room for garage. Convenient to cars, school, thea- ters, etc. 1417 Ives Pl S.E., be- tween 1ith 15th St ope 2 ¢ Oplrn“ Sun. 10 AM. to v rm, They Deserve Your Immediate Inspection B. F. SAUL CO. Main 2100 1412 Eye St. NW. Ne. 10 Quincy Street A Custom-Built Home in Chevy Chase, Md. A delightful modern home, built by day labor, best workmanship and material used, brick construction, ex- ceptionally large and sunny rooms, three baths, large living room with open fireplace. Every modern conven- ience and many unusual features. Spacious lawn, well planted with shrubbery, flowers and trees, the result of many years’ careful attention. Large garage. Owner-oc- cupant will give possession with deed. This property will appeal strongly to those desiring an attractive suburban home. Representative on premises from 2:30 until 5:00 Sunday H. L. Rust Company 912 15th St. N.W. Main 6888 OME BUYERS Inspect Sunday 143 C ST. NE. Open2to6P. M. Representative cn Premises Price, $6,850 Very Easy Terms Seven large rooms (4 bedrooms) and modern bath. Elec- tric lights, cellar, stoves, and plumbing in excellent condition. House papered and painted throughout. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION J. DALLAS GRADY 322 Maryland Building 1410 H Street N.W. S Main 727 Member Washington Real Estate Board - Unusually Designed Homes BUCHANAN STREET Just West of 16th Street In the best section of Washington See Our Exhibit House, 1616 Buchanan Street N.W. The entrance at the side of the house permits a center hall plan, with & spacious living room with open fireplace on one side anu & beautiful dining room and breakfast room on the other side. A tand floor contains one large bedroom with private bath and dressing room and built-in wardrobe, also !PHQ other bedrooms and bath, including large sleeping porch, servant's room and bath in base- ment, two-car garage, oak floors throughout, automatic water heated, linoleum on kitehen floor. Convenient Terms Arranged Open for your inspection every day and evening until 9 P.M. L. E. BREUNINGER & SONS Owners and Builders 706 Colorado Building Main 6140 REAL ESTATE. lieduc;d Rentais 1016 Sixteenth Street N.W. Best Section Exclusive and Fashionable 16th Street New modern fireproof building offering con- veniences only found in high priced buildings, yet the prices are reasonable. The building is of the best. construction, contains two elevators, refrig- eration and unusual kitchen equipment 4 rooms and bath, $100.00 to $110.00. Also five rooms and bath, $130.00. Representative on premises daily and Sunday H. L. RUST COMPANY 912 15th Street N.W. INSPECT SUNDAY Corner Georgia Avenue and Fern Street . There are still 5 beautiful detached homes left in this group, varying in style from the Dutch Colo- nial Homes of seven rooms, to the six-room home with the living room across the entire front of the house. The houses are all moderately priced. All have. open .firgplaces, hardwood floors, hot-water heat, electric lights, and are on large lots running back to a 20-foot alley. 11 Elm Avenue, Takoma Park, Md. This is the most attractive bungalow in Takoma Park. Five rooms and bath, with large front and rear porches. Hardwood floors and trim. Hot-water, heat and electric lights. Gas. Lot 45x210 feet, with numercus shade trees. Priced at $8,500, and on very easy terms. It is certainly a bargain that should appeal to the first home-seeker. 21 Baltimore Boulevard $7,500 To see this corner home of 9 rooms and bath is to want it. It is ideally arranged for 2 families, having 5 rooms and bath on the 1st floor, and 4 rooms, one of which is a complete kitchen, on the 2nd floor. Two- car garage; electric lights; gas. Large front porch, screened back porch. Lot 45x140 feet. The Realty & Investment Corporation of : Washington 735 13th St. N.W. Main 2908 “SEVEN OAKS’ 316-ACRE STOCK AND DAIRY FARM, SUBDIVIDED AND SOLD AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION TUESDAY, CCTOBER 9TH 10:30° A.M., en the Premises An Opportunity to Secure a Modern Dairy Farm, a Splendid Home, Truck or Poultry Farm, Within a Few Minutes’ Drive of the City—Abzolutely at Your Own Price. X > “Seven Oaks,” in Oxon Hill District, Prince Georges Co., Md,, is only four miles from the District, eight miles from the Capitol Grounds. All of which is over improved State Highway and gravel roads. HIGHLY PRODI{C"VE e “ n Oaks” is possibly better known to some as the E. Burgdsoervieestatc—!\{r, %urgdorf operated stables in the city and by the repeated applications of manure the natural productive- ness of this place was brought to a state where it was known far and wide. MODERN DAIRY—SI’LENPII")0 HOME] : © dairy barn, with _stanchions for 40 cows, is thorough- ly m’l(-)‘:‘]ce\]':‘E)AMP’:S PLANNED AND EQUIPPED. This is of tile construction, cement floors and cork brick under cows. There will be approximately 100 acres of good land with this barn. Ad- Joining tracts can be purchased should you want a larger farm. The main residence on “Seven Oaks” is a splendid 10-room structure. This will be so offered that you can buy cither a large or small acreage, garden and fruit. " The large horse and farm barn, with stall room for 16 head; hay and implement barns should be mentioned. TWELVE TRUCK AND POULTRY FARMS You khow how difficult it is to secure a small acreage near ‘Washington at any reasonable price. This property has been intelligently subdivided, so that you can buy a home site of from fve acres upwards. Should you want a larger acreage. you will have the privilege of buying adjoining tracts at the same price, thus allowing you to rc%uhlc the size of your property without bidding against yourself. i : k REMEMBER, in attending this sale and buying a portion of Seven Oaks you are securing some of the very best land near Washington City—land that is highly productive, that will grow 65 bushels of corn to the acre, alfalfa and other crops in proportion. AN ABSOLUTE SALE We have been commissioned by the owner, Mr. James M Beall, 1963 Calvert St: N.W., to sell this splendid property AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION, and in attending this sale_you do_so with the assurance you are face to face with a genuine auction. NO BY-BIDDING—NO RESERVATIONS NO UPSET PRICE In our ten years’ cxperience we have never taken down a piece of property once it was put under the_hammer. THERE ARE CERTAIN TO BE OPPORTUNITIES HERE ON OCT. 9TH FOR BOTH THE HOME-SEEKER AND INVESTOR. ] TERMS: Seven Oaks will be sold on the following' liberal terms: 10 per cent cash on the day of sale, 23%4 per cent in thirty days and the balance in three equal annual installments, with privilege-of anticipation. . TO INSPECT: From Anacostia take La P'ata State High- way by Silver Hill. Two miles beyond District Line, keep straight ahead on gravel highway. Turn left at marker—Sevea Oaks on right, three and two-tenths miles from District. Sale starting at 10:30 A.M. and continuing until all is sold. Church dinner will be served on the greunds. Don’t forget the date. g Jos. M. Samuels Conrad Realty Co., Inc. Orange, Va. Harrisonburg, Va. Real Estate at Auction