Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1927, Page 17

. ILLIONS ARE LOST * ON FAKE ESTATES Sir Franols Drake Case Tops . Bait to Fleece “Suckers” Over Country. Wy the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 5.—Phantom ®atates of fanciful proportions, hark- ing back even to that colorful six- teenth century British mariner, Sir Francls Drake, are the means by which geneological sharks, shysters and unprincipaled financiers pry mil: lions yearly from the gullible. A l{um longing for the illusory old at the rainbow’s end drives thousands of credulous persons to feverish search of family Bibles and ancestral records in hope fabled for- tune will be theirs. They are told by alleged agents of #uch estates as that of Drake, Anneke Bogardis, Sir Hugh Mosher and Joseph Wilson Ingraham that for $25 or more they will get a proportionate share of untold millions. 1,000 Per Cent Profit. A profit of 1,000 per cent is prom- sed, and it is explained that the fees collected are used for court cost Jawyers and investigators. Widow disabled veterans and those of mode: ate means have been generally selected as victims. Activities of the agents were once confined to persons having names similar to the estates they were supposed to be attempting to recover for helrs, but as the game progressed any one who had the money was a customer. Investigators for Flint Grinnell, chief of the Chicago Better Business Bureau, found that a vice president of a city bank was interested in one of these schemes. He promised tre- mendous returns for money invested, but was too clever to put his name to a receipt. Sir Francis Drake. Probably the most picturesque of the propositions is that of Sir Francis Drake supposed to have died intes tate, leaving millions of dollars in English banks, as well as rich lands. The estate, so the story goes, was un- disturbed for many years until some “heirs” took steps to galn possession of their rights. Legal difficulties arose and litigation has continued to the present day. Persons by the name of Drake are informed by agents that they are en- Eight-Mile Tunnel Nears Completion As 2 Crews Meet By the Associated Pres ST. PAUL, March 5.—Two-thirds of the Great Northern Railway eight-mile tunnel through the Ca: cade Mountains was completed yes- terday when crews met under- ground between Berne and the Mill Creek shaft. Word that the crews had “holed out” was received at the office of Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern. The tunnel will be 41,143 feet Jong, the longest railway tunnel In America and the fourth longest in the world. e EXPRT DECLARE | YOUTH BANSSHEA Leaders in Education Find No Retrogression—Would Make Gain Over Past. By Consolidated Press. DALLAS, Tex.. March 5.—In spite of greater opportunities for wrong-doing and the greater freedom granted the youth of presentday America, boys and girls are no worse than they were in the generation when the edu- cators of today were school boys and girls. But the home and the school should make it possible for them to | be better because of the greater op- portunities of all kinds. This is the general result of ex- change of opinion of men and women who represent all branches of educa- tion, through the national convention of the department of superintendence of the Natlonal Education Associa-} tion, which was held in Dallas this ! week. Whatever semblance of more youth- ful crime and immorality there is comes from the new openness of the youth of today, these authorities said. and the blame for the misdeeds must be lald in great part at the door of the parents for the loosening of family standards and of home dis- cipline. titled to a share of the estate and will be admitted to the proceedings on payment of a fee. The same game and story is fol. | lowed in other ates” of which there are about in the United States, totaling approximately six billlon dollars. Any of the bogus geneologists can provide a family “tree” proving the ‘“heir” a direct descendant. Tt is not necessary to be actually in direct line, the geneologist attends to that. Field Is Unlimited. ‘The field of ‘“‘suckers” is unlimited, for as the years roll on, the numbers of ‘“heirs” to the great estates increase. Postmaster General New has issued a fraud order denying the use of the mails to the Coate-Coppoek Estate Corporation of Philadelphia. The corporation was organized to recover the “Coate-Coppock estate” for the “heirs.” Horace J. Donnelly, solicitor for the Post Office Department, sald that the enterprise was based on an _aileged family ition that the ‘“Marma- duke estate” and one Moses Coppock “and others” owned about 1,200 acres of Venango County land in Pennsyl- vania, 1,800 acres in Chester County and 976 in Philadelphia, and that on July 23, 1816, these persons gave a 99-year lease to Caleb Mendahall and others, Many “heirs” have been inveigled into paying over money to the pro- moters of this scheme, Mr. Donnelly said, by false representations of al- leged evidence and proof of the ex- istence of the estate and prospcts of its early recovery. “Heirs” of Bogardis. fabulous of 1 the stories of the one told ‘“heirs” of Anneke Jans Bogardis, who was a resident of New Amsterdam in the Jatter part of the seventeenth cen tury when New York City was a province of Holland. The properties oclalmed are the holdings of the Trin- ity Church Corporation and estimated 10 be worth more than $1,000,000,000, with an $1,250,000. Claims to the Trinity holdings have been defeated so often by court de- cistons, running back to 1749, that they ehould bo regarded as mythical, helieve authorities of the church, who have attempted to dispel the delusion and protect people agalnst schemers. The Bogardis “heirs” are numerous, however, and the task hard Some months ago the National Bet- ter Business Bureau explained the early history of Wilmington, Del., be- cause of stories which have led some members of the Springer family to hopes which were regarded as un- likely to be realized. There was a meeting recently at Dayton,“Ohio, of the Edwards family helrs. From Kansas City come reports, the Chicago Better Business Bureau said, of another Anneke Jans Bo- gardis organization. In Cleveland the hureau there reported members of the Smith family received requests for contributions to a Smith memorial. Investigation showed the Smith who sent out the requests had lost inter- st in the scheme and was willlng to return all the money. B B AR WOMEN WIN FIGHT. | 014 Chicago Cafe Gives In and Sets Out Ash Trays for Them. CHICAGO, March 5 (#).—After vears of courteous request to women not to puff cigarettes at its tables, one of Chicago's oldest d most famous restaurants, Henrici's, finally has set out the ash trays for them, the last in_downtown Chicago to succumb. Permission for woman patrons to smoke first was extended experimen- tally to take care of the demands of theater crowds from 9 p.m. until mid- night. Then the demand for the breaking down of all bars became so strong that women at last may smoke ;t-'brelklaa!. luncheon, dinner or sup- Men always have been perm!tted to amoke at all hours annual income of about Views of Association Head. Francis G. Blair of Springfield, TIL. president of the National Education Assoclation, was one of those who came to the defense of youth. “The boys and girls of today are no worse than when I went to school,” he said. “They do have greater free- dom of opportunities and need greater attention from the school: There are few “sneaks” among the vouths of today, according to S. Mon- roe Graves, superintendent of schools of Wellesley, Mass. “Modern youth is out in the open,” said Mr. Graves. “Thelr impulses, whether for good or bad, are straight- forward. This spirit of frankness can be made a powerful factor for good, with the right influence of home and school, or it can become a bold flaunt- ing of moral and spiritual misbehav- Jor.” There is no reason, however, to accept complacently the youthful de- linquency 6f today on the ground that it is no worse than that of plf-l vious years, according to Walter M. 1y, deputy commissioner of educa- tion for New Hampsh “The actual number of youthful delinquents is all too large,” said Mr. May, “and constitutes @ problem which challenges the best efforts of the three institutions concerned with | character development—the home, | the school and the church. It should not be accepted with thankfulness that it is no worse, but all forces should unite to improve it."” Solution of Problem. James M. Glass, authority on junior high school work, now with the State department of public instruction of Florida, offered a solution of the prob- lem of the “bad” boy or girl. 'he majority of students who are ssed as bad are merely boys and girls who are being forced to do things which they do not like,” he said. “The introduction of occupa- tional courses into junior high school courses gives these problem students an opportunity of finding their indi- vidual interests. Misfit courses will mean students ‘bad’ in conduct and ‘bad’ in grades. The modern educa- tion tendency is to eliminate the mis- fits.” Mental deficlencies should be taken into account in school coursese, and if this situation is properly handled, many ‘“bad” children can be made good, according to John Franklin West of Pasadena, Calif., another junior high school authority. “It is a crime for an educational system to permit any boy or girl to fail,” he declared. “The system should provide facilities for every grade of intellectual abllity. A fail- ure in this means a crime against soclety, for the less mentally gifted boy or girl whom the public school system fails is handicapped through lite.” AUSTRALIANS IN U. S. TO STUDY INDUSTRY Party Coming East From Seattle ‘Will Be Guided by Department of Commerce Man. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash.,, March 5.—To make a study of industrial conditions | and practices during a Natlon-wide tour ending in San Francisco next June, a commission of Australians ar- rived here today. The party wiil travel eastward from here tomorrow, Spokane being the first stop. Members of the party include: Richard J.Murphy, secretary and gov- ernment representative; M. bell, soap manufacture foundryman; Charles Ludowici, ta ner and leather belt manufacturer; A. J. McNeil, member of labor arbitra- tion boards; A. MclInes, labor official; C. J. Munden of the Australasian Society of Englneers, and J. Valen- | tine, locomotive engineman. Miss May Matthews, welfare work- er, and Dr. Kate McKay, woman medi- iy KILLED IN AUTO CRASH. Bernard Marcel of Ridgeway, Md., Dies in Shelbyville, Ky. SHELBYVILLE, Ky., March 5§ (#) One man, {dentified as Bernard Marcel of Ridgeway, Md., was killed, Charles C. Mantell of Concord, N. H., was seriously injured and two other ‘men shaken Uip when an auto- moblle, said by officers to have been stolen, crashed into a bridge near here this afternoon. Mantell, whose injurles include prob- ably & broken back, told police his companion’s name was Marcel, Leo- nard Gibbs and Ernie Zimmerman, both of Louisville, were arrested cal inspector of factories, are unoffi- cial members of the party, which also includes Australlan newspaper men R. J. Phillips of the machinery divi- slon of the United States Department of Commerce is accompanying the Aus- tralians, MAN BELIEVED SUICIDE. Philadelphia Police Find Papers Giving Clue to Act. PHILADELPHIA, March 5 ). — Letters and papers bearing the name of Harry Kent Oliver in clothing found by a guard on the Delaware River Bridge today lad police to believe that a man by that name committed sui- &de by leaping Into the river. Oliver is safd to be a former Army aviator. after they had fled from the wrecked . They sald they were in they ware balng | & hiker who has wall Among papers found was a will ad- dressed to his wife, M"i,".:m C. Oliver, acry Continent and back. gl [ s = THE $2 Pointex Hosiery, $1.29 Full-fashioned Pure Thread Silk Stockings, the silk i reaching to welt Slightly {rregular—but hurts are trifling-—merely heavy threads or irregular weave, Monkey skin, biscult, French nude, grain, atmos- phere, belgique, birch, glow, woodland rose, champagne, noisette, moenlight, l‘rlsnllh,fiun metal and black. Street Floor. Ekonomy Kolumn $2.50 Stamped Cloth, $1.75 ‘(l,!‘ ‘Int;‘h lla\‘lll-rr lnen breakfast cloth " floral” deaten, Luncheon Sets, 35¢ Stamped 30 inch square and four pking of unbieached cotton. nap Sf.l‘) Stamped Gowns, 98¢ Made up, Muslin and colored voile or crepe. Small stamped pattern. Stamped Curtains, 75¢ pr. Sash curtains o! white volle with blue voile Design for work_in- colors. Stamped Scarfs and Pillows, 98¢ ea. Ususl $1.10 and $1.28 geurfy and piliow tope and backs of firm_ biack Venetian cloth. Two pretty patterns for color work. Street Floor Sock Garters, 10c pr. wdA( n?;r;uurlmlmt of children’s Stickeri Edge, 3-yd. po., 50 Also 10c rickrack brald. ~Various colory and style 39¢ Hair a'Straightem-,rs 29 ¢ fine edge. With Coupon Only 29c Tnvisible Dress Shields, 21c¢ pr. Flesh Silk Shields. Street Floor eet, 3/c Pure gum rubber in 27x86 inch size. 25¢ Sanitary Aprons, 19¢ Flesh and white with net top. Shadow Skirts, 5 anitary skirt of fine cotton with rubter panel SuF oats’ Darning Cotton 2 for 15¢ Black and white. Mercerized. 50 yard epools. Street Floor .W(M' Coupon Only Coty’s Perfume Y oz., 8% Cholee of L'Origan, Paris, Chypre and Emeraude. Street Floor rselette, Fancy rayon stripe terial with elastic at hips. Two pairs hose sup- borters, Sizes 32 o 48. Infants’ Garments, 3% Flanneletto gowns, gertrudes and Kimonos. Trimmed 'with piok or ue. Infants’ Dresses, 39%¢ st ated i ohak ’“.,rb‘?h":‘l “dee. '"Szes 6 "months, 1 and # $1 Crystal Necklaces, 69c Fine tin-cut crystals, in gradustiog styls, White and preity colors. Spiral Bracelets, 49¢ Polished silver and gold plate. Very_gmart and new. oop Bracelets, 25¢ Chased _and polished gold plated hoops. ~ Worn_in half dozen ‘or ‘more. Leather Handbags, Sf99 Former $5 and Sffi black patent, seal ‘and calf bags. in underarm style with top nrug. A few red leather novelty bags_included. Street Floor With Coupon Only Octagon Laundry Soap 3 cakes for 15¢ Street Floor " Tace Scarls, 9% Filet mesh scarfs in cream. and flowers. _Self border sn - loped edge. ' 36 to 50 inch lengths, reet Floor Printed Georgette $1.69 yd. 36 inch width. Light and dark grounds, floral ne. 'ood Girdles, 59¢ 62 inches long. ¥inished ends. all desired colo! S Hair Switches, $5.98 Usually $10. Three parate strand, wavy hair ewitches in gray mixed. First guality. $1.50 Vestoes, 89¢ New—Ilace, d geor- With Coupon Onl) Assorted Ghocolates 24c Ib.» Street Floor il s, SL.! About 100 new styles and colors in_georget| d_silk. With Coupon Only Baby Yokes, 4 for 50c Round embroidered-finish- ed neck yokes. Street Floor Band top_vests in regular and ex- tra sizes. Slightly irregular. ‘Women’s Union Suits, 50c RS Ve R, sizes, * Slightly, 1 lar. i Children’s Knit Waists 19¢ RS H St 'omen’s Vests, Band top ves lar, 105, model in reruler and extes sizee, Pertect and i lar qualities. 5 nfants’ Hose, 1 Coty L colpon hose in Glack, white and lect. Infants’ Hose, 19¢ s"l”:‘?yv"od hr;:; in white and black. isses’ §port Hose, 59 '‘ancy rayon stocking n all smart cofor” FaTomeeiodings 408 5 With Coupon Only Octagon Soap, 3 cakes and 1 large Cannon Face Towel 18x36 inches, in blue and te. ‘whi 33c set Street Floor Misses’ Rayon Hose, 3% hvl“"flx tgfl:.'l:: top. Slight .lnem- Misses’ Sport Hose, 45¢ Fancy sport hose in all colors, Slight_{rregulars_ ayon Bloomers, 79¢ ldfhud ste] ‘III trimmed with lace or lored."" £ Knit Bioomen, 450 Pink knit in regular and extra sizes. fect. Rayon Underwear, §1 Women's perfect quality bodios fop. &lcotl p vests and chemige, lace imme and tallored, also bloomers and step-ins In all colors. loor Boys’ Knickers, 95¢ Formerly $1.20 $1'80._ Wool ue g Guroy. " Sites 8 10 17, reet Boys’ 79¢ Overalls, 470 Hea juality blue denim with high front and straps. Sizes 4 to 12, Street Floor Boys’ $1 Wash Suits, 69¢ M?hunhny Buite, i in flIDV‘:n styls sfice d to8. Floor th llfll’r belt, blue combinations. Men’s $1.69 Pninx:n. SL15 Street d od 1 Y}Ill“o!lln ari 3 hatio S Mae and fancies. ' Street Floor Men's $1.50 Khaki Pants, $1.09 fast-color khali, well tai- belt loops and cuft bot: Sizes 30 10 34 Street 810-818 Seventh Street v < New Fabric Gloves, 69c¢ They were made to sell for $1 a pair—but a special purchase brings this lovely assortment of all that is new for Spring. Washable fabrics in new fashions—dainty cuffed effects, handsomely embellished with embroidery, bralds, stitching and cut-out he cholcest tan shades and gray in all sizes 6 to 8% " -3 - Street Floor A Sensational Sale 250) Kasha Tweed Plaids Twill Checks Sheen Spring Coat Authentic styles for dress and sport wear. Fur trimmed and plain. A rare opportunity—a purchase of coats that under usual circum- stances would sell for much more than this featured price of $10. Ry Really remarkable values—the styles include the newest for dress and sport wear—and many are effectively adorned with furs— moufflon, twin beaver (dyed coney or moufflon) and white coney. Every garment lined throughout and exceptionally well tailored. Colors include the new sand tones, navy, black with white, and Tweed and Moufflon beautiful plaids and mixtures as well as herringbones. Sizes 16 to 20; 36 to 48; 42 to 521, Two of the Many Styles Illustrated Second Floor—King’s Palace. i 600 Sport H Every one new, specially pur- chased for sale—otherwise $2.50 and $2.98 Scores of smart shapes—small, medium and large and in all head- sizes, too—medium and extra large. Milan Hemp A gorgeous color array—tans, sand, brown, red, green, orange, black with white, black and blue. All tastefully trimmed with tailored bands and cocardes of grosgrain ribbons in matching or contrasting colors and all are bound with matching ribbon. Street Floor—King’s Palace Azure Spread Hemp Spring Dress Fabrics—Spec 49c to 79c Dress Fabrics, yd. An unusually attractive fabric in plain and 3 I fancy jacquards, alpaca, stripes, embroidered, 75¢ Rayon Stripes, drop-stitch, raysheen, prints, checks and Gorgeous color harmonies in A silk and cotton 59c plaids. New colors. jacquardine stripes. 54c fabric in fast colors. YARD 75¢ Sans-Ray Rayon Guaranteed fast color and unusually attrac- YARD New printed patterns. $2.25 Silk Flat Crepe, y $1.7 $2 Black A new fabric in_embroidered and plain effects. At- tractive colors, war- 44c YARD tive. 39-inch width. Heavy weight in turquoise, rose, copen, navy, French blue, mulberry and black. Charmeuse, yd. $1.29 40-inch beautiful silk fabric. ranted tub fast. Very smart. $1.69 Crepe de Chine, yd. complete range of Spring colors, Lustrous satin face and per- also white and black. manent black. 19¢ Dress Ginghams, yd. 82 inches Ere 'y 12V5¢ checks and plain colors. 75c Printed Crepe, $1.25 Seamless Sheets 79¢ ea. ize, 81x00. Slight! oy e $1.00 Seamed Sheets 59¢ ea. Slihtly trre cotton, 72x00 size. 49¢c Pillowcases, 29¢c ea. Hemstitched and S(':,‘P.ocm Slips of firmly textured cot- ton. Slightly imperfect. 25c Pillowcases, 190 ea. More than 1.000 Hemmed Case i 1§${a¢fhwh Codaa Bleached 39-inch silk boxlosm crepe. A Trimming Furs for Spring The newer coats all bear a touch of fur in collar or trimming—these are the newer ones at special prices. Twin_ Bea: s 4 'H;:-%’!';;. (dyed coney), 4-inch $6 Linoleum Art Squares 6x9-foot size. Cut from the roll. Slight irregulars. Very 32,-98 desirable patterns suitable for small rooms, porches and halls. Genu- ine Certainteed burlap back, printed linoleum that will give a maximum of Third Fleor $7.98 yd. Sheared Coney, 4 inch, cross cut— all colers, $5.98 yd. 7Blnk and White Calfskin, 4 inch, " Strest Floor S e = 4 Two-Tone Mouflan, 4-ipch width, | 1,000 Home Frocks A Special Purchase— 95¢ Lovely frocks with set-in sleeves, uniforms and Hoo- ver aprons, at a price far be- low regular. Perfect—s m a r t—new— washable—pretty. Of. broadcloth, prints, chambray and linene, in bright colors— blue and white. Smartly styled with new collars and trimmings. Cut full, gener- ous hem and seams. Dress Sizes 36 to 50 Uniforms and Hoovers 36 to 44 § Second Floor—King's Palace Purchase—Sale 2,400 Opaque Window Shades 47c Seconds of $1 Quality Just at the beginning of March, when you are contemplating Spring house clean- ing and brightening up your windows. Ir- regularities are trifling and the rollers are perfect and easy working. Plenty of white, ecru and green—the most popular colors for Spring. Bring your list—and purchase all you can possibly use. Sémple Floor Lamps, 1, Price 10—$35 Lamps at $17.50 10—$25 Lamps at $12.50 A purchase of floor samples consisting of gold finish, fancy angl lain marble bases, wood and metal bases and polychrome finished marble bases. Complete with stunning silk georgette Third Floor—King’s Palace 9 Women’s $4 to $6 An exceptionally choice new assortment of nov- 32.95 new rose blush shades, grays, tan and black. Shiny and dull and oxfords are featured, ,”/ 9 3 9 Boys’ and Girls T, $1.75 and $1.95 Patent and tan with kid lining. Usually $2.50. zes 5 to 8 at $1.75 and 8% to 2 at $1.95. shades deeply fringed. . Spring Footwear elty modes including ‘the leathers and all the new heefs. Pumps ‘,‘:/}‘ Oxfords =Y Solid leather sojes and rubber heels. Second Floor—King’s Palace