Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1924, Page 17

GEM SMUGALE TI BRINGS IN $150.000 How Letter From Paris Led to Exposure of New York Banker Bared. By the Associated Press. N YORK, January 5.—Greater activity on the part of “tipsters” who inform Treasury Department officials of gem purchases by wealthy Ameri- cans abroad today was expected to result from the announcenfent yester- day that co-operation between a “tip- ster” government agents and the American Jewelers' Protective Asso- clation led to the payment by Simon . Straus, investment broker, of $150.000 in duty and benalty for fail- ure to declare jewelry brought from | Europe last November. Df this amount ihe person who sup- i th formation will recefve 7,500, o per cent. | Other Jewels Taxed. Mr. Straus, it w arned, paid the government' §108,875 to recover the Jewels he brought here November 2 wwhen he arrived from Europe. He ®1s0 paid a penalty of $41,125 for neg- Ject to declare the jewels on his cus- toms list and $18,000 claimed by the government for ulleged undervalua- tion of gems sent here through vari- ous shipping agencies. President Meyer D. Rothschild of the jewelers' assoclation said the Straus transaction was brought to the attention of the government by the association and a “tipster” in Yarts. The assoclation officlal said 1hc government was offering to pay £5 per cent of moneys recovered in suties and penalties for information &bout smuggling attempts by return- ing Americans. MUSSOLINI PROMISES EARLY SHOW-DOWN No Backward Step Likely in De- cision as to Continuation of Rule. 5.—The suspense Mussolini’s plans they concern his con- ther with of without is about to be broken. An unique contains this “The premi nee last December | has made irrevocable decision con- cerning the political situation. These will be published during Political Pot Bofling. Meanwhile the political pot is boil- ing. The newspapers are filled with conjecture on the political line-ups which they think are imminent. Re- viewing the situation, the Glornale d@'Italia expresses the view that the premier will adhere to the old Ttal- in making his declsion, he worst step s back- aper believes that the 1 surely go forward and I _aiso views the of former Premier i a ng distinct political import, for. it says, when parlfament is not sicting the veteran statesman always seeks his own fireside at Cuneo. ‘Certainly Signor Giolitti is not in me to admire the snow-covered city,” it adds. “Signor Glolitti has but one passion; that passion is poli- tiea” POSTS OPPOSING BONUS ASPIRIN WIN FIGHT IN LEGION Groups Which Announced Stand| Against Bill Upheld by In- vestigating Committee. By tiie Associated Pros NEW < 5.—Propo- | m of speech” within'| the American Leglon ation when a grievance | investigating charges of | of by-laws against two York posts supported the'right o public statement of views on the tldier bonus question. The commit- tee found, however, that a by-law | quiring tke fillng of a cony of pub- | sentiments with the county uander had been violated by Club Post. other ost. d the onposition 3 Post and the George * Henry Post to the soldier bonus. | mittee found that a telegram the City Club Post to the| Secretary of the Treasury expressing | 7hir opposition was permissible. The | technical omission cof filing a cop telegram with the county | mmander, however, will result in| « recommendation for discipline. | NEW YORK WORLD FIRE FORCES CREW TO FLEE Plames Shoot Up Elevator Shaft From Pressroom to Top of 14-Story Buildihg. Tix the Associnted Press. | NEW YORK. January "lames. | wting from a short circult in thel ypress room of the New York World, in the basement of the Pulitzer building. last night, shot up an elevator shaft 10 the top of the fourteen-story build- | ing, engendering dense smoke, which i sorced a general evacuation of the editorial and composing rooms, in the upper stories. ' orking under the difficulty of hav- ing to draw lines of hose up stairs, | firemen controlied the fire in an hour and employes of the newspaper reor turned to their work. Three of the fourteen presses in the basement were announced, however, that the e would not interfere with pub- lication of the paper. Valuable Acreage Suitable for sub - division. Well located in northwest section, close to- Bethesda. Large frnntwe overlooking golf course. e predict rapid enhancement. Price only $1.200 per acre. - Builders, Attention! We offer several attractive building sites in Chevy Chase, D. C., suitable for detached residences. Full particulars upon application. ALLAN E. WALKER & CO., INC. 813 15th St. N.W. | prescribed by physicians over. twenty- [N our TOWN| Mothers, having obtained their na~ tional rights, are now expected to rec- ognize the rights of small sone—with these two cases for illustration: 3 Little ‘Willle was given the price of « haircut and shoe- shine, was handsome, but unfortunate — see- ing that he re- turned within the ,hour to take off - the polished shoes. Naturally, mother wanted & reason. And got it: “Gee, Mom, reg nlar fellowvs ‘wear shiny like these. What itete giry 1 what little girl I'm golng to call on. Old shoes for me}’ The proud -mother of little George, cleven vears old, fitted him out for Christmas with & handsome gray cor- duroy kulckerbocker sult, with down wool stockings n'everything i match. And he wore his grandeur to one of the public schools north of 14w street ands Spring road. He got there Al right, but later returned to the fam ily apartment In a high state of Indig- | natlon. and began to put himself baclk into everyday fixings. The astounded burent asked for an. explanation. And ot “Well, mother, you alwags® tell me not to fight, but I've had three at school this morning—and got the best of one fellow, too. Gee - Whillikins, mother, 'm no slésy boy, and [ won’t stand for the gang's calling me ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy.’ You b ever ses me in this rig any more. Diplomacy and persuation availed not | with little George. rights. He was within his And as the Constitution guar- antees equal rights to all, .what's good for mother Is goed for littie son. As the astronomical Mr. Jasper would ut it: he son do move. " COLLEGE GIRL DIES FROM SHOT IN HEAD Wellesley Girl, Found in Library, Believed to Have Slain Self by Accident. By tha Associated Prens. CINCT TI. Ohlo, January 5.— Miss Myra Strauss Freiberg, nine- teen, a student at Wellestey College, was found lifeless, with a bullet wound in her head last night in the private library of her cousin, E. B. Tauber, i Beside her was a revolver. one of @ callection of firearms kept by Dr. Tauber. A bullet had entered the &irl’s mouth and passed through her head at the base of the brain Coroner D. Handley notified police that, from what could be learned, Miss Freiburg's death was accidental. Relativew told the coroner Miss Freiberg went to llbrary alone this afternoon to read, as was her cus- tom. When she did not return for dinner a search was begun. They advanced the theory that curlosity had prompted the girl to examine the collection of firearms, and in hand- ling one of the revolvers it was dis- charged. Miss Freiberg. only daughter of Sidney H. J. Freiberg, president of a local "realty company, recently was elected editor of the freshman class paper at Wellesley. She was to have returned to_college tomorrow. Beware of Imitations! Genuine “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” have been proved safe by millions and three years. As is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic- The result | turn- | n'the latter's apart- | . 'THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON; D. C STEPSON OF AUTHOR ‘DIES NEAR HER GRAVE Hero. Falls o' Death: in' Canyon Where Helen Hunt. Jackson “Is Buried: ' |HE WON LAURELS AT VERDUN Every Bone in’ Body' Broken ‘by Plunge in Darkuess. 4 By the Avsociated Press. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., January —A few hundred yards from. Helen t v | Hint Jackson's grave in South Chey- enne canyon, searchers -found the V{body of Kveret H. Jackson; thirty- | two. Rhodes scholar and ‘war ‘hero, | who was her stepscn. He had fallen 1100-feet to his death over an-ice-coated j etifr. The fatal plunge occurred some i time ‘Tuesday night, -it is thought, ! terminating a trip alone into the hills. | Jackson's bLody was frozen when | found. Virtually every'bone in it was broken and his hands were cut and torn, mute evidence of.the demperate stryggle he had made to stop his fall down the precipitous slope. At Oxford, when /the. world war started, Jackson enlisted in American * ambulaiice unit ‘and w: decorated for bravery near. by~ Marshal Pe! entry, he enlisted a: Logan and at the end of the war was a major in charge of the Coast Ar- tillery Training School. at Fortress | Monroe. After the war, Jie was a pro- | fessor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston His father was W. S, Jackson, wealthy mining man, whose first wife Helen hunt, author and poet. f D. C. LAD IS ORATOR. Charlton MacVeagh, a Washington student at Harvard University, has been. elected class orator by the sen- for class, according to word received here from Cambridge. Mass. He also was recently chosen pr nt of the Harvard Deguln( Union, orgami- zatlon on the model of the Oxford Tnlon. Besides being managing edi- tor of the Crimson, the Harvard dally, MaoVeagh has taken part in othér college activities, notably arvard-Oxford debate last fall iy “BOMB”. SCARES- BOSTON: 01d- Civil- War ‘Projectile : Starts d Reports of Plot. BOSTON, January 5.—A relic of the olvil war, preserved for many years in an office at the statehouse, pro- vided Boston with a bomb scare. Boores —of phone calls to: the stutehouse departments and to police headquarters announced that a dan- gerous bomb Lad been placed under the Mount Vernon archway and t! the capital was threatened. Police traced the e to the pri ence of an old projectile of the Par- Tot typé In Mount' Vernon street where that street passes under the statehouse. The projotile had been removed from the office of the adju- tant general, where it had been an ornament for years. It weighed 100 pounds and’ was filled with gun- powder. thHc. dumped it into Boston har- or. RICH BROKER SLAIN BY NEW YORK THUGS Hold-Up Men Escape Pursuing Po- lice After Shooting E. H. Dolge in Railroad Station. By tie Astociated Press. NEW YORK,.January 5.—Edward H. Doige, wealthy resl estate broker of Mount Vernon, N. Y., dled n Lincoln Hospital ‘today from pistol shot wounds suffered last midnight when attacked by two_thugs on the stairway of the Funts Point station of the New. Yorl, Westchester and Boston railroad. He was fifty-five vears old. life ebbed, Mr.-Dolge attempted to give certain instructions regarding his affairs to police at his bedside. They asked him to describe his -assaflants, who had escaped in a limousine after ed: ing to describe them? Yow'll never get those fellow The thugs-éscaped fn an automobil after being chased for several mil by policemen in roundsmen's run- abouts. One of the police miachines was_wrecked when a bullet from & bandit gun entered a tire, throwing the car off the roadway. Mr. Dolge had alghted from a tax- foab @nd started” up the. stairway when a man standing at the foot called him back, declaring he had not paid -his full fare. As the broker walked down the steps two men pointed guns at him and ordered his hands up. He swung his arms at them and both fired. Mr. Dolge was shot in the abdomen and back. i New Northeast Homes 1400 to 1428 Morse St. N.E. (One Block North 15th and H Sts.) First Time Offered Strietly high class in every respect. Inside house, $7,850. smnradcuh payment and $70 month, including interest on, first and second trusts. BRIEF DESCRIPTION: BSix Some have bulltzin gar: ROBERT acidester of ‘Salicylicacid. : ’l-i_ome_s - Now that the ;-us_h and excitnient of ‘the hd}idzys is over, we seriously-invi& your - attention 'to that “Home Problem” of*yours. In ofder ‘to enjoy the .pleasure of living, ° We in your own-home. this coming spfing, 3:0u,shoukl‘make i Our files .show a number.:of splen call. ' ‘We have selected a open fer your convenience One of Washington's: best builders has just completed two attractive small."homes that have a strong appeal to the se priced property. Leocation: Underwood, is convenient and Iras six rooms, bath-and all the modern fea- tures. The lots are” large, bei price is less than $12,000. , With' very. reason- able terms Open. All Day Sun 221 Bryant Street N.E. Seldom is the opportunity offered fo acquire” a practically new home of brick construction at a price as. low as $6,500. - This house con- tains afx rooms of generous size, and one bath. It is in first-class condition and very attrac- tively finished and decorated. able cash payment we can make very low monthly payments. lar rooms, tiled bath; electric ®ahite porcelain kitchen cab- and servants' toilet in cellar. Opcn'for Inspection s Sample House No. 1400, Heated and Lighted Full Commission to Brol MUNRO Owner and Builder Main 5793 or Franklin 6250 1606 20th St. Facing Conn. Ave. 15 rooms and 3 baths. Lot 50x100 to alley. Desirably located and suitable for remodeling for physician’s. office. Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738. 15th St. N:W. Can Recommend i your selection-now.— ... . d opportunities and our services are at your few ‘especially’ good honfes and have arranged to-have them - Sanday. ker -of medium 204-206 East pleasing. Each ing 50x125—the terms can be chaser. day” With reason- 2 cash payment can be paid like rent. Open-Sunday From 1 to-6 P.M. " ‘Mhain 4752 Saul’s- Addition The:owner of this splendid detached home at- 1405 Decatur St. is leavi:_n the city and. -is anxious to.sell at onee. splendid size and completely detached. Stucco coustruction, slate roof and- parquet floors. The eight' rooms-and bath are -all of large size—the property is modern, with a servant’s room on the third floor; garage facilities. The neighborhood is of the best; unusulll?'_ good arranged: for responsible e house: is of * pur- Open. Sunday 1-to 6 P.M: 1160 Fourth Street N.E. Only. three left of 2 group, of 32 new homes -, of brick: and. .concrete canstruction, one of the best and most convenient sections of the northeast. . These hom;: ‘were unusually. care- + fully planned -and built and have proven a - revelation ‘to home, buyers. “Each rooms, bath and three porches, a built-in fire- proof garage, hardwood floors” both and down—the kitchen and pantry are models of “efficiency. - The bas_six upstairs $8.650, with rice .is_onl, as.low.as SI,N& the balance . Open Sunday t since' the year 165! The situation different FROST HALTS MENACE OF FLOOD IN PARIS ColdWave, if Utntinned, Expected to Spare Oity From Purther ' Disaster Now. and st ty, the prospect of gmumlnl T damage te their ousehold goods. most &re a of the Marne very te: Uinted"en cent and the, ely by workers. SEINE RISE LESS RAPID|, Gool2T Doree sast Mareh b : ite, Mary cross-petition Thousands Face Ruin by Damage Done by Waters. misconduct and mndents. They men wers. have one child. " Attorne: & King represent. the husban: _ITSTOPS THAT COUGH By the Associated Press, PARIS, January G.—The spell of frosty ‘weather that set in yesterday, After 80 many days of rain, seems likely to last, increasing the hope that the end of the Seine flood {s well n sight. The flrst effect of the change was to slacken the rise in the river, which &t Parls between S o'clock last night and midnight had gained only four inches. Present indlcatlons are that, barring - another varlation fin the weather, there will be a rise of four or five inches more between now and Sunday, after which the waters will recede. The frost came inethe nick of time, for the water, filtering through the porous soil, had begun to fill cellars on the Champs Elysee. With the ex- ception of persoms residing vicinity. of the river bank ulation of Parls proper has n Inconvenlenced. With the exception of the disaster of 1910, the flood is GIVES QUICK RELIEF FCR USED 50 YEARS WITH WONDERFUL SUCCESS INEXPENSIVE=2 DOSES 15 For Colored of the Better Class GLENDALE 1 Bungalow on 44th & Dix . . .. .$4,150 s...u 1 Bungalow on 44th & Clay . . ...$4,350 Cash 1 Bungalow on 44th & Brooks . . .$4,350 7<= These are ready to move in; 5 rooms; cellar; furnace; elec. lights; range. Opposste new school Take H Street car, marked D. C. Line, get off at 44th St. N.E. at the 3-way sign, go south on 44th to New School; or motor out Benning Road to 44th and turn north. Ask for Mr. Beverly. WILLIAM P. IRVIN Phone Main 3908 ANNOUNCING The Removal of Morris Cafritz Co., Inc. to Their New Home at 1416 K Street N.W. Our Enlarged Quarters and In- creased Personnel Will Better Enable Us to Handle the Demands of Our Clients S AFRITY . Realtors—Builders - 1416 K Street N.W. Main 617-618 ~ 4 mn All rooms of . exceptional size—reception hall, living room, dining room; breakfast room, kitchen, 4 master bed- rooms, 2 master bathrooms, 2 sleeping porches, 2 servarits’ rooms and bath and unusual storage facilities. - QUTSTANDING FEATURES . Red Spanish tile roof, buff tapestry brick (cement mortar raked joints), stone sills, concrete porch, lavatary on first floor; paneled colonial stairs and paneled side walls .in.dining . room; detailed corniced. ceilings; glass inclosed heated breakfast and sleeping porches;’a real ‘fireplace ; oak-floors; large closets; outside pantry. “Porte-Cochere” drive tb a 2-car garage. . . Thistis truly a fine home, and is priced considerably less ;than properties of similar' character® in - this- im- mediate -location. Open for Inspection Today and Snfiday . - Other Days By Appointment HEDGES & MIDDLETON; Inc. e e S P oo ey = ihe woret.the. capithl has experienced | in_ the suburbe n 1w n by the 'hich have suffered Those suburbs w] e confl\tl.l'!lgu of Paris. They are pop- O—————— ASKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE. Cecil H. Duckett, 'who was sued for A. Duckett, has filed a for an sbsolute divorce ainst his wife In'which he charges three cor married at gerstown, Md., October 9, 1912 and Newmyex JUNIPER TAR COUGHS, COLDS, SORE THROAT FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS 35¢ A BOTTLE AT ALL DRUGGISTS o Sy ot M i iable : etz will relleve you. TRY 1T Jameson-Built 2-Family Homes Let Your Rent Pay for Your Home Inspection at Any Time Open From 8 AM.to 9P.M, Potomac Ave. at 17th and E S.E. Sample House: 1728 Potomac Ave. S.E. Six large rooms and bath, hot- water heat, electric lights; kitch- en, built-in ice box, one-piece sink and many other extra fea~ tures; double rear porches. Second floor fitted as separate apartment. Sold on Easy Terms Thos. A. Jameson Co. Ask the Man Who Ouns One 906 New York Ave. NW. Main 5526 100, Maximum Home Comfort at Minimumv Cost Price, $ - $1,000 Cash 8 Built—2 Left—6 Sold Handsome tapestry brick fronts. Cellar under entire house. Colonial front porches. Steel-beam construction. Large, light rooms, large closets. Tiled bath. ‘Well arranged kitchen. Switches to all fixtures. 7j-inch oak floors. Corbin hardware. Breakfast porch. Holland shades. Sleeping porch. Attractive interiors. Hot-water heat (Arco system). Deep lots to alley. Last but not least, these splendid New Homes are in a good neighborhood, near churches, schools and car lines. Avail yourself of this opportunity to be your own landlord in a home of the highest grade. Sample House—328 Adams Street N.E. Open and lighted daily and Sunday from 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. ARNOLD AND COMPANY 1416 Eye Street N.W. Main 2434 ' WAGGAMAN ‘& BRAWNER, Inc. Price $5,750.00 Cash, $500.00 $45.00 Monthly Including all interest | and substantial pay- ment on second trust. | Nos. 301-307 17th St. S.E. Features Hot-Wnter Heat Electric Lights || Unusual Electric Fixtures Concrete Front Porch, with flower boxes Large Sleeping Porch Artistic Finish Throughout Convenient to New Eastern High School Description Tapestry brick houses, attractively arranged and finished. || Large Kving room opening into dining room. Weil planned kitchen ! _with large kitchen porch. Two bedrooms, large sleeping porch, large bath, Back yard. Terraced front. Prettiest small houses in southeast. 1 . Franklin 7485 732 Seventeenth: Street N.W.