Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1925, Page 26

26 SEVEN MEN SOUGHT IN ALLEGED FRAUD All Points Watched for Flor- ida Land Venture Firm’s Officials. By the Assoc CHICAC ictals throu sought five men of the for whom terday char tent to de officials two Company | issue | use of the mails with | ud a forme of the Flori which is said to have busi here sinee t the principal man so went o watch embar in the that he might country her, Nathan i here today and is the | in cu Deputy United | marsh sit in the = el | » sumptuously furni | > land company, which is | nimproved I and Land barber, and | land venture, | $1,500,600 | March, was ht and | tion points attempt be | the bre ted rson Factor, was only alleged land in senting cates mong Stanley repre- as improved property I in a suburb of Orlando. Ad an alde and a form li n, who were members « which went | to Florid property. | Adamkiew the | land be o charged inc e said he company sion ECUADCR'S ENVGY EXPLAINS MISSION| U. S. Finar;;m;;ests in .J-Iis; Country Safe Under Present Regime, Elizalde Says. was man th belie hat n 1se land a hizhe lots $800 pri; the | ymmis- | | from to the to the | Minister sion ser Rafael H. El r, on a specis For this | the article Ecuador by in Thurs: r. I feel obliged minor discrepan Recogn tion of T! to ask that several cies be corrected that T have s es the impression | ed from the Depart- | a ition of the pro. overnment of Ecus and not exactly in accord 1 the th of July last the De- tate has recognized, as { govern 1t which today is in power in Ecua- . and this is sufficlent to safe ard the interests of commer e s of the two countries inter ional re ve always 'existed be r and the United States the real purpose of the mis- has been intrusted to me. e stated that some ob- e recognition had been American holders of bonds aquil and Quito Railway | o stated that about $30,000,- 000 in bonds issued by this company \re held in the United States and that, except for one year, interest payments have not been made on these bonds for 10 vears. “If this last statement were true, it not be a reason against recog n favor of it, because re ponsih for default in pavment helongs the former governments nd because the principal object of the ment of Ecuador is to put in order to foreign reditors and give sec ty to the finances of the country. Proof of this s the fact that one of its first acts was to make an interest payment on e salt bonds, and another step in is direction as its bringing abc settlement between the agricultu on (Asociacion de A tores) ¢ Ecuador and the succ to the Me ntile Bank of the Am fcas, of New York, a settlement by which the latter will receive close to three million dollars. “I welcome the opportunity that is given me to make these statements. “The issue of Guayaquil and Quito bonds wi not $30,000,000, but $12, 000,000, Therefore ,000,000 could arcely be held in the United States This company was responsible for the service of its bonds, but it did not al- ways comply with this duty and the government, as guar: or, has made payments on the preferred bonds with the greatest punctuality and the other payments have been delayed be- cause agreements een the government and the company. Lately the government paid $600,000 for 2 per cent of the stock of this company. and tt es the government control of the company through ownership of 75 per cent of the stock. It is to be «hoped that the obligations of the com- pany to its creditors improve sub- stantially, for the new government of Ecuador is taking the most efficacious measures to this end. An American expert, Mr. John S. Hord, is the tech- nical adviser to the government or the purpose of continuing the work already assured of balancing the bud- get aad increasing the production, efii- ciency in collection and investment of the revenue; improving, in short, the economic and financial situation of the country vou! ftion but t t sors MIAMI TRIO PICKED UP AT SEA IN ‘DEAD’ LAUNCH Had Plenty of Food and Water in Disabled Boat—Taken Aboard by Tanker. _PHIA, Pa., August 29.— Three Miami fishermen who were pick ed up three days ago off the coast of lorida in n open launch with no power arrived in Philadelphia to- day. Unable to make any progress, but with plenty of food and water, the men suffered only anxlety and a lot of sunburn. When the rescuing ship, the tanker Agwibay, docks tomorrow afternoon or Monday morning they ill return to thelr homes in Miami Ly train. The men rescued are Henry K. Doles, owgsr and master of the launch; Roy Willette and Harry Van They were picked up by the ¥, en route here from Tampico. ‘e sighted the launch on Wednes. aid Capt. Fred W. Stehr of the Agwibay. “The sea was too rough for us to put out in a boat and the only thir s for us to run close to the which we did. The ved their desire for help We struck the launch a glancing blow and it almost capsized, but we were able to drag the men aboard.” ‘When a Chinese woman wishes to show her affection she gently touches the hand of her beloved, but never kisses him. - FIGHTING CALIFOR KAPP CASE IS DROPPED. Leader in 1920 German Revolt Is Given Amnesty. August 29 (P).—The au- ave canceled the pt. Ehrhardt, commander of the naval brigade with whose aid Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and others in March, 1920, attempted to-overthrow the Republican government. This c by the Reichstag. The warrants against all those in- volved in the Kapp affair whose trial has not yet taken place are also an- nulled. SEEKS INSURANCE. Alleged Slayer of Spouse Wants Money to Appeal Conviction. CHICAGO, August 29 (®)—Mrs Bernice Zalimas, sentenced to prison for 14 s for killing her husband by poison, today filed suit against the New York Life Insurance Company an effort to collect his ins nce. The im is based on a double in demnity clause of the $5,000 policy, the double amount being stipulated in case of dental or violent death: Her attorney explained that she seek: the insurance money in order to ap- peal from her conviction. warrant | ncellation was in connection | with the amnesty law recently passed | THE SUNDAY NIA FORREST FIRE Flames have swept big Tujunga Can. yon, east of Pasadena, Calif., endan- gering the towns of Sunland and La Crescenta. Thousands of acres of tim- ber have already been burned and hundreds of conscripted fire fighters are endeavoring to get the fire under rol. Many of the men fighting the flames have been prostrated by the smoke fumes and others have been severely burned. Photo above shows the flames sweeping the can An overcome fire fighter being car- ried to safety, at the left. —Acme. © |FAMED CHICAGO MARKET, | 122 YEARS OLD, CLOSED | | Center of City’s Produce Exchange to Be Razed to Make Way for Double-Decked Street. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 29.—The Old outh Water Street Market, which for > years has been the center of Chi- produce exchange, today pass- ed into history. It had its final jam of Saturday vehicles and tomorrow the commission merchants will move out in a body. The old stone build- ings then wiil be razed to make way for the new Wacker Drive, a double | decked boulevard along the Chicago | River. | A new co.operative market center | covering six blocks was completed last week, and at dawn Monday trading will Start in the new center located ix blocks from the loop. Trade at the old market started when Indians Janded in that conven- ient spot by the river and bartered | their native berries, wild grapes and | prairie_chickens for white men’s bau- bles. In 1830 many commission mer- chants traded on the street. A price | list of one of these houses in 1840 quoted chickens at 10 cents each, ap- ples at $3.50 a barrel, whisky at 50 cents a gallon and Spanish cigars 25 cents a dozen. 2 From that beginning South Water street developed until its yearly trade | was more than $500,000,000, and 25,000 vehicles a_day went to and from its | market. For many vears it has been ness DEATH LAID TO OFFICERS. MADISO! ., August 29 | . —Roy V. Miller, Federal prohibi- tion officer, Hopkinsville, and Clar- | ence Gossett, deputy, were held over | to the September grand jury today, on |a charge of willful murder, in_con- nection with the, shooting of Frank Sears August 21. Sears, an alleged | bootlegger, was slain in Daniel Boone County when halted on the road at { night by dry officers. /22447277227 H2 221 P AL AL LA 44727 27 (AITITILLILEITITESRS 7L LTSS ELEF LTI LS IL ST 74 F 5 8 | CHARGE ACCOUNTS INVITED SATISFACTORY TERMS Q ARRANGED 9 Hamilton Watch Club Another Getting ready for the Fall Now Forming and pre-holiday trade, our stocks are tremendously augmented in all departments. This is especially true of our assemblage of the proverbi- ally dependable HAMILTON WATCH. We were unable to care for belated applicant s for membership in the last club, with the convenient payment privileges then ex- tended. in_all the new and NEW CLUB and a N Make your selection early. pely Our repleted stock of HAMILTONS, 1 however, models, gives occasion for a W OFFER. It has too small to accommodate the busi- | 1925—PART 1. The map calls only for its extension to Wisconsin avenue, however, but eventually plans may make it the linking boulevard with an extensive parkway between the lurge tracts. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, AUGUST 30, NEW PARK AREA OPEN TO PUBLIC AFFORDS RARE SCENIC BEAUTY| |JAY SAILS FOR ARGENTINA Newly Chosen Ambassador Pleased | to Serve U. S. at Important Post. | S NEW YORK, August 29 (#).—Peter THE | Augustus Jay, newly appointed Am- || GEEETES] CONCORD VILLA semn | for Buenos Aires to take up his dutics, | A Subdivision of ! He was accompanied by Mrs. Jay and | LAKE CITY nial convention of the Delta Tau Delta, national fraternity, ended here today with the election of Alvan Duerr, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, Flect Alvan E. Duerr. | president. Savannah, Ga., was select A | ed as the ineeting place next year CONNEAUT LAKE PARK, Pa.| About 800 members of the fraternity August 29 (P).—The forty-eighth bien- ' attended the final banguet tonight D. T. D. SESSION ENDS. Annual Convention of Fraternity Foundry Branch Valley Tract, Gift to District, Is Surveyed—Roadways and Paths Await Funds—Campers May Be Admitted. The raw material for Washington's |avenue. Grant road has been blocked third largest park, which consists of | off near Connecticut avenue and is wooded tracts donated to the District | gne of the streets which eventually by Charles C. Glover and Mrs. Anne | i he wiped off the map. Years may Archbold and extends from Reservoir | : i road to Massachusetts avenue, has | €lapse, however, before this is realized. Start Has Been Made. been surveyed during the past month | by engin from the office of the di-| rector of public buildings and grounds, | Something of the plan is being car which now s ready to go ahcad with | ried out at the junction of Nebraska soon ‘as money is|and Wisconsin avenues, where th T I Ao Tl e heTUnitediStatest . Nishall endsavor: circle has been laid out and provided | {0 continue the excellent work started that it mow can be located easily.| With curbings ;';;e Iy predecessor, Ambassador Rid Eventually the plans call for auto-| Nebrasia avenue completed would i ats mobile ro-ds und bridle paths, with |form a natural link between the two | A other deve'rpment to conform to the | parks, although it does not directly | Soaring prices of rubber in Great natural terrai { touch the Foundry Branch area, but | Britain has caused a formal protest ||| The tra onsist of 4 part of the|connects with it through Massachu-|by the Indla Rubber Manufacturers’ | Viranch Valley and, some ad. | S€tts avenue extended. Association, which represents 95 per joining The historic stream | Arizona avenue, a street which does | cent of the consumers of crude rub- flows almost through the center, amid | N0t €xist now, is marked out on the | ber there; against the continuation of a scenic beauty which hardly is dupli- | development plans as the exit from | the Stevenson scheme, which is caus- cated in Washington parks. | the Foundry 1ch tracts to the e ing the boost. The engineers have done nothing | vet toward marking out the proposed | 10-Pc. Dining Room Suite roadways because of hesitancy to use Tudor design; French | his two daughters, Emily and Susan | "“I am grateful for this appointment | to what I consider one of the most | important posts in the d‘plomatic serv- |ice,” he said. “I am happy to go to |a country with such a bright future |as Argentina I anticipate that my | most important work will be to foster and further the already happy rela- tions that exist between Argentina and LAke CiTy g o S e |. The Gateway & mark the boundar.es of the area so | Fe or Over Two-Thirds of the Motoring Visitors to FLORIDA Situated on the famous Dixie Highway, the first city reached by motoring visitors from the north. Whatever the ultimate destination may be, Lake City has first and last opportunity to display its charms. LAKE CITY justly derives its name from the fact that within its environs are no less than seven beautiful lakes Here all roads diverge East, North and South. See A. A. A. Maps. Good Roads, Good Schools, Good Churches, 3 Banks, Chamber of Commerce, Active Civic Community. Property 208 Ft. Above Sea Level. Boulevard Cuts Thru. Price Only $150 Per Lot Size 25x100 feet For Particulars, Without Obligation, Call, Phone or Write Concord Villa Sales Co., Inc. | 205 Continental Trust Bldg. Main 9686 st. other parks for this | Greater Values in LAMPS We claim Leadership on LAMP VALUES such as these. Black Gilt-trimmed Lamp, complete with pleated Georgette Shade. $11.75 Compare with $15.00 Lamps SPECIAL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE VALUES ..$3.75 up to provided nothing is done | interfere with plans for future develop- ment. [ Plans for the linking of the Foundr: rk with Rock C mile to Electric Irons. Curling Irons........95¢c up Hair Driers. . U sa95 Electric Toasters...$3.75 up Vacuum Cleane: ....$39.50 eck Park, the east, and the | fitting in of the new area with the | general parking development plans | for the northwest still are indefinite and hinge somewhat on street de-| velopment. | The plans for that section call for | Che Home Stsatiic Shop 517 10th St. Main 6549 MAIL THIS COUPON FOR FULL DETAILS a boulevard along Nebraska avenue into Rock Creek Park, but these now | are delayed by the position of Grant road extending from Connecticut avenues houses the Wisconsin nd bloc! ed route of to ,‘hlllfll \ ! m A I A \ I\ IANAARAARR AN | SRR LT \\ Every public- spirited Washing tonian should sup- Reltef nittee and a Ticket! AFTER TOMORROW—August Sale prices will be discontinued— THE WRIGHT CO. prices are alwways as represented. THE AUGUST FURNITURE SALE IS A GENUINE INSTITUTION WITH US. We are going to make the 1925 AUGUST FURNITURE SALE LONG REMEMBERED WITH A SENSATIONAL CLOSE—-carefully read the few items described below—they are just a part of the LAST DAY SPECIALS. Police and Firemen Base Ball September 7th $15, $18, $20 Floor Samples Simmons Metal ZEE S8 S Beds -Pc. Overstuffed Suite Jacquard velour uphol- colored enamel and wood stery. Rose and taupe, Square and 1 blue and taupe. Best of Three Last Day “TABLE” Specials very high class suite in funds needed for purpose. The development is expected walnut finish; 60-inch buf- fet, semi-inclosed china to come eventually from an inci a | general appropriation for the office | limits can b wsferred from one permit can be obtained, Maj w recreational use for an almost virgin to injure the beauty of the site or | cabinet, oblong extension table, cupboard server, rather than a specific apgropriation District T funds within certain park to another as needs develop, ac- | cording to Maj. Carey H. Brown, as-| sistant to Lt. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, | officer in chargc i Now Open to Publi | The woods and streams are open to the public for any purpose for which a sald. The office is anxious o- | operate with any who can find a forest area fringing a populous part | of the city, chairs in genuine leather. Last Day price In finishes—also ivory Graceline tubing. 4-6 3% sizes. Last Day price . materials, style and wor manship. Last Day price, % become a mattér of ‘habit for all HARRIS Watch Club Membership lists to fill quickly, with late-com- ers invariably applying for mem- bership after the quota is filled. Men’s Ladies’ Hamiltons Hamilton $35 Wrist to Watches $150 $44 to $70 NO Special Values in Lustrous, R.HARRIS & CO. 7th & D Jewelers and Diamond Merchants for More Than Half a Century Z % e = Mahogany-finish End Table A striking example of the extra- ordinary valueoffered in these Last Day 4-PC. BEDR Of good style and dimen- sions. 45-inch dresser, chiffo- robe, full vanity and bow bed; French walnut finish. Last Dayprice ......oicoe.. i, “139 Always Right w Quality and Price 905 7th Street 2 e e e C e, . . Genuine Mahogany-top Gate Leg Table 36x48 size—an occasional piece that adds greatly to the ap- pearance of slsi ‘White Porcelain-top Kitchen Table 5.0 1ily construct- ed, cutlery drawers. Last Day price. any room. Last Day price. Stand 30-inch. Mahogany finish. Last day price— $2.99