Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1925, Page 12

12 40000 TAX FRAUD PENALTY IS LEVIED i‘erchant Also Gets 10 Days. . Criminal Sentence Is Be- ‘eved First. the Associated Pross, NEW Ma 5.—Receiving tes District Attorney r said he believed riminal sentence for | & ax returns ced yes- | Io er dge Augustus Hand vernment $40,000 and to serve 10 days in Tombs prison. The $40,000 was the sum withheld from the Government by Noveck by | tatement in returns of sev- d. 0-day sentence leferred for two eck opportunity to restitution, the eeks to give rake the $40,000 sistrict attorney said Noveck pleaded guilty to perjury of | ncome tax returns in for the | company of The indict m with understating by §15,000 | that sum and for $2 addi [ which represented alleged | inderstatements in previous years. DIVISION REPORTED | IN COLONIAL DAMES | President and Two Other Officers Declared Out on Clubhouse Purchase. Associated Press. | May 5.—The New E that Mrs. president; Mrs. Barrowe, secre- was caused, the , by the recent purchase of the Adams mansion on East Sixty- street as a clubhouse for the nization. The building, in a part wf the city once beautiful but now vvershadowed by two huge gas tanks, s bought for $45,000. This move s opposed by some members, who aid it put too great a financial strain on_the society. Mrs. Loom at a meeting Thurs- . the Tim 1ys, assumed full re- GIFTS HALF MILLION EACH Contributions Pledged to Erect Y. M. C. A. Buildings in Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., May 5.—Tw gifts of a half million dollars each were announced at the beginning of a_‘“drive” to produce funds for six additional Y. M. C. A. bulildings in Detroit last night. The first half million was the joint gift of the six Fisher brothers, munufactures of automobile bodies, and the second that of Mrs. W. H. Hannan. Former Secretary of the Navy Denby presided at the dinner at which the gifts were announced. Swift & Co. Buy Packing Plant. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MENTAL PLEA MADE IN KILLING OF GIRL > Depositions to Be Taken in United States on Condition of Lieut. John 8. Thompson. | By the Associated Press. MANILA, May 5.—Trlal by court- martial of Lieut. John 8. Thompson, U. 8. A, for the murder of Miss Au- drey Burleigh, 18-year-old Memphis, Tenn., girl, started here Vesterday. After a number of witnesses, who larly upon Lieut. Thompson's mental condition. The defente indicated that it would show Lieut. Thompson’s mental con- dition on the night Miss Burleigh was shot was such that he could not be declared responsible for his acts. Two corporals «ho were on duty at Fort McKinley the night of the kill- ing testifled that Thompson arrived at the fort about 1:30 a.m. in an auto- mobile carrying Miss Burleigh's body. They said he told them to take care of the body and then lock him up, be- cause he had killed the girl. After Thompson had pleaded not guilty his counsel stated that the de- fense admitted the Killing, but de- clared that it was not premeditated and therefore could not be considered first degree murder. . The custom of Oriental women of TUESDAY, VIRGINIA SHIPPERS FACE QUIZ AT RATES HEARING I. C. C. Takes Up Complaint of Discrimination in Favor of North Carolina. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, May b.—Testi- mony of individual Virginia shippers will be required to substantiate the rate exhibits offered by the Virginia State Corporation Commission in its complaint that _interstate freight rates between Virginia and North Carolina are discriminatory and ex- cessive as compared with those ob- taining for equal distances within the State of North Carolina. MAY 5, 1925. It came at the instance of opposi- tion counsel after T. D. Geoghegan, trafic commissioner for the Virginia Shippers’ Assoclation, took up the reading of a ponderous volume of 30 exhibits, a work of rate compar- isons which he said required more than two years of labor. Mason Manghum, commerce coun- sel to the Virginia commission, an- nounced he would call probably 100 shippers to testify before the hear- ing concludes. It is expected that the whole of today will be consumed by Geoghegan's testimony. The case involves only those Vir- ginia points that are on and south of the Norfolk and Western Rallway, including Richmond. Rail Official’s Home Bombed. LISBON, Portugal, May 5.—A bomb DES MOINES, Iowa, May 5.—Swift co., at recelver's auction, the plant of the | a Packing Co. packers, yesterday bought |been heard, The purchase price $405,000. States depositions Tke Kresge Department Stores Courteous Service Quality Merchandise A Sale Which Gains Momentum Day however, are leaving the Philippines soon, had adjournment was taken for three months to allow the defense to obtain from the United bearing particu- An Unusual Sale of High-Grade Corsets and Non-Lacing Girdles Regularly $5, $6.50, $7.50 and Underprice Sale $2.95 reclining on the floor on cushions or lying on couches, instead of sitting erect on chairs, often has a beneficial effect on the health, according to one eminent health specialist da; by This was the ruling of Examiner Carter of the Interstate Commerce Commission, who opened the long- deferred rate hearting here yester- The Palais Reyal Ynderpiice Hale Day! Tempting New Offerings Are the Compel- ling Power! Those Itemized Here Cannot Fail to Interest Every Woman was exploded yesterday in the garden of the superintendent of the Tramway Service. The explosion was in pro- test against the company's running street cars, Underprice Sale - Hand-Blocked Printed Silk Dresses HAS POST IN HONDURAS. | Former New Orleans Police Chief Sails for Porto Cortez. NEW ORLEANS, May 6—Guy R Molony, who resigned May 1 as| superintendent of the New Orleans police department, safled yesterday on thesteamer Cholutrea for Porto Cortez Honduras, where it is understood he will reorganize that country’s police force. He formerly was an officer in the Honduran army, served under the late Gen. Lee Eversharp Pencils ‘Wahl and Other Makes of Fountaln Pens Walford’s 909 Pa. Ave. N.W. Children’s Stamped Dresses Underprice Sale 95¢ Made up and stamped on or- , chid organdy. Neck and sleeves * L. S. Plaut & Co. Newark, N. J. The Fair, Chicago, IlI. several Central American revolutions and held the rank of colonel in the United States Army during the World War. American students in Sweden usu- ally have breakfast in bed. Is Going Charter a Bus Cest Surprisingly Small 50114 14th St. N.W. are finished with hemstitching. nsibility for the purchase and of- tered to pay the society every dollar it has spent on the mansion. The presidency of the society has been assumed by Mrs. Charles Law- rence Riker. U. S. AND SPAIN EXTEND TRADE PACT FOR YEAR This Country Gets All Advantages Recently Given Britain Under Treaty. By the Associated Press. : MADRID, May tended the efforts o otlators concerning the commercial | ireaty with Spain. The treaty has been extended for a full year, with an iydefinite continuation in operation { ifterward, unless either Spain or the United States gives three months’ no- tice of its denunciation. The United States, under the agree- ment, has obtained all the advantages | accordel Great Britain by Spain in he recently concluded treaty, and when eventually a new treaty is drafted will be in a favorable posi- tion, as no other nation concluding a treaty with Spain can, under Spanish v, obtain greater concessions than 20 per cent under the second column. The year's extension will permit traders to make their arrangements for goodly periods ahead. . Miner’s Home Bombed. : CLARKSBURG, W. Va., May 4.— The home of I. D. Carpenter, a non- union miner, was wrecked by an ex- plosion early today. Carpenter, his wife and four children escaped injury. Lafayette Males and Joseph Showell, union miners, were later arrested by State police and committed to the Harrison County charged with | X 2 , disfigure and Success has at- he American ne- Dated 1935 Remarkable New Gold or Silver Construction TEN years ahead of ordi- nary fountain pen con- struction. Not only beautiful but practically unbreakable. Fine balance, perfect writing qualities. Backed by the guar- antee of The Wahl Company — foremost manufacturers of fine writing equipment. Try a Wahl Pen at your dealer’s. The Wahi Company, Chicago This group includes Bien-Jolie, Binner, Palais Royal and Mme. Lyra models. Designed to fit every $14.75 Designs simple but effective for colored embroidery. Sizes 2, 4 and 6 years. type of figure, in one style or an- oth <% er. Materials of fancy brocade and sturdy coutil. Non- lacing models combined with surgical elastic, in various lengths. Sizes 23 to 36 in the group. Palais Royal—Third Floor $1 Silver Bangle Bracelet Underprice Sale Very heavy bracelets, nicely engraved. Underprice Sale Blue and all the pretty pastel shades. Palais Royal—Main Floor 69c $1.00 Pearl Bead Chokers (Manufactured) 59c days. dresses. straightline models. Sizes 16 to 20; 36 to 40. Palais Royal—Third Floor These Lovely Silk Prints are just the dress for street and business wear for the present and for the hot summer Twenty-six styles in youthful Lovely color combinations. Trimmings of frills, pleats, laces, band- ings of contrasting colored silk, scarf ef- fects, jabot effects, flare bottoms and Sizes to 50 Attractive New Apron Dresses of chambray, linenes, crepe, sateen, zephyrs and hams. imported ging- Pretty styles in all the popular colors. Practical dresses for house or porch wear. Embroidered, piped and novelty trimmings. Palais Royal—Third Floor. New Offerings in Neckwear! $2.50, $2.98 and $3.98 Guimpes Underprice Sale Long Sleeve Guimpes in net or voile. Some have peasant collars, others with V- shape neck or round collars, Palais Royal—Main Floor °1 $2.25 and $3.50 Rhinestone Ornaments Underprice Sale $1.49 Ornaments a n d Buckles of brilliant rhinestones and col- ored jewels, to adorn the evening gown, shoulder straps, or can be used as hair bandeaux. Palais Royal—Main Floor Toilet Articles 35c size of Pour La France Talcum Powder. 2 9 Underprice Sale, 2 boxes, C Lady Mary Talcum Powder. Underprice Sale, 2 boxes, c Mavis Talcum Powder. Underprice Sale, 17c each, or 3 boxes, 480 45c Jardin de Paris De- odorizing Powder. 25 Underprice Sale, bottle, c 50c Woods’ Depilatory Powder, for removing 35 Palais Royal—Main Floor superfluous hair. Underprice Sale, bottle, Underprice Sale, $ 8 3 6 0 50c Leather Bellts Underprice Sale, 2 90 Made of kid or patent leather. Plain and per- forated styles in J:-inch and 135-inch widths. Colors: Black, brown, tan, copen, red and green. $3.50 and $5.00 Beaded Bags Siieree $2.69 An odd lot of Exquisite Handmade Beaded Bags, beautiful designs and_rich colorings in dull or bright crystal beads. Solid beads or com- binations of satin and heads. All silk lined. Drawstring or frame models. Palais Royal—Main Floor New Peasant Overblous Regularly $1.98 Underprice Sale $1.59 Smart overblouses, made of excellent quality white voile. All have the full sleeves and some with fine shirring at the neckline— © i and youthful lines as well as smart, distinctive touches of colored embroidery. Sizes 36 to 42. Palais Royal—Third Floor Women's Costume Slips and Vests Palais Royal—Main Floor Stamped Buffet Sets Underprice Sale, _ZOC Many designs stamped on white or unbleached muslin. fet or vanity sizes. Stamped Centers and Scarfs Underprice Sale, 490 EaCh Linen-colored lin ene—stamped in rayon rope embroidery. 36-inch Center and 18x54-inch Scarf. Finished models on display. Palais Royal—Main Floor Desk Lamp and Frame Underprice Sale $1.19 A vase lamp—wired with 5 feet of cord, a two-piece plug. frame for covering. Complete height 11 inches. Art Dept.—Main Floor Underprice Sale $1.79 Soft Little Sweaters of all wool.- Some are slip-overs, others button front. Light weight, yet warm enough to protect the little folks from the cool Spring breezes. A variety of colors, also white. Sizes 1 to 4 years. 31 and $1.50 Knickers, Gym Bloomers, Skirts and Overblouses Underprice Sale Here is an opportunity to get a supply of these useful gar- ments for vacation time. Featured in Lonsdale Jean, Khaki and Galatea. white or Khaki. white and the skirts are blue. Palais Royal—Third Floor Gym bloomers are black. The overblouses are Buf- a floral spray design for With a wire 88¢ Middies of $5.98 and $7.98 For Boys and Girls Underprice Sale 70x80 All-wool Blankets. The quality makes it worth careful consideration. The range of colors are rose, blue, gray, tan, lavender, orange, black and white and red and black. These bright plaids are most desirable. . $2.50-Piece Longcloth 10 Yards, $2.19 A special Soft-finish Longcloth, ‘snow-white bleach. Free from dressing. Palais Royal—Second Floor $2.95 Rayon Costume Slips Underprice Sale Women's Costume Slips, bodice style, with picot edge trim. 20-inch deep hem, making 2 35 H2. Women’s Rayon Vests Underprice Sale 5 90 them shadowproof. 5 _ Colors: Black, white, maize, orchid and First Quality Rayon Vests, low-neck bodice style. Colors: Pink and peach. All sizes. bright colors for street wear. Palais Royal—Main Floor $5.00 Splendidly tailored coats for children in bright colors. Some of flannel and polaire. Sturdy coats for the little boy of tweed or polaire with various trim- mings and emblems. Sizes 2 to 6 years. Palais Royal—Third Floor Underprice Sale + , Made by the makers of EVERSHARP L] L] L} n L L] - L] = L] " = L] L] = L] u - L] - - L] L L] L] [ ] ® L] | = L] n | ] - ® L] - L] L] L] u E L] L} L] L] | L - L] L] - L ] L] L] | ] L] L] - - L] u L] L] - L] L] L] L] L] 2 L] & L] - L] - L] L] [ L] L] L] L] - L] [ ] L] L] " & - u = ® L} L] L} | ] - L] L] | L] | ] - L] ® L] 2 »