Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1927, Page 5

WITH MSCONDUCT Chain Store Millionaire Had Successive Affairs, Says Wife’s Attorney. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.—While Sebastian §. K e, 61, wealthy chain ®tore operator, giving huge sums to charities he was indulging in su airs with two women, one a | M ¢ Mrs. Doris counsel fi 5 ounsel fees divoree ¢ told of ment off Fifth avenue, in which said Kresge, under the name of Jones, was found with a scantily clad girl. who was hiding under the bed and whom he identified as Miss Gladys Ardelle r, former. named as a co scre. tions with an unidentified 17-year-old Birl were also charged. Kresge's Lawyer Makes Denial. Walter J. Lynch, Mrs. Kresge's law- from December of last vear to April of this year with Miss Fish, a sister of a girl ‘employe in one stores and known to her associates as the “Princess.” The attorney also said Kresge was with Miss Fish in Natick last August. Max D. Steuer. said the merchant is vorce, hut makes = his wife's charges, h Yer, said Kresge lived in New ank[ | Kr s counsel, ble to a di- 1 denial of v hy Kresge said in reference to his wife. Kresge is worth $265,000,000, des large sums he has given to chax | causes, counsel for his wife asserted, arguing that the wife of so rich a man must be allowed to live up to her po- sition. | Pre-Nuptial Agreement. Steuer said the merchant had settled | upon his wife stock in the Kresge Ci now worth more than $2,000,000, in pre-nuptial agreement in lieu of dower rights. Mrs. Kresge claims to have used up all her income for the past two years and $100,000 besides in legal batties with her husband. She needs an allowance for counsel fees, her at- torney said, and asks $25,000. She is asking no alimony. Decision on the motion for counsel fees was reserved by Justice Churchill. Kresge recently was restrained by the Supreme Court from continuing a :}x‘lczh for t;lli\:,qrca in Wayne County, ., until disposition h of his wife's suit. i e taads DENIAL BY GIRL'S PARENTS. _ Eresge and Miss Fish Are Merely Friends, They Assert. NATICK, Mass., December 17 (#).— Denial was made by Mr. and Mrs Albert J. Fish of this town that their of the Kresge | O | reliet a | of the committee, shows that £4 | ton. and one son in this city. THE EVENING SIMMONS HOLDS SENATE WILL RAISE TAX CUT FIGURE (ontinued from First Page.) X3 | T Authorities Di“e_r | T read a helpful magazine, whose covers glow with red and green. On pages twenty-three and four, a learn- ed physician had the ffoor: he wrote, of modern styles ir. "It was,” he wrote, when _women sheared their locks away. Repeated cutting makes the hair grow coarse as bris |'tles on a bear: the silken locks girls had of yore will soon be visible no more. And worse than that, bald will come, to strike the hobbed- damsels dumb. And they'l rough and wrinkled necks, e them look like total reat Scott,” 1 cried, why did the he girls cut off their long and lus- . 6 trous curls? 1 they all could | OKLAHOMA CI d this pie wobhing | A <! i unother | SCventi nedidile) awaited ratification as the lower branch of the self-convened Legisk adjourned impeachment proceed GOVERNOR ACCUSED ONMORAL GROUNDS Oklahoma House Commiltee; Is Unanimous in Making Charge Against Johnston. —& tax reduction, He declared that he would like o see the war-time taxes wiped out entirely. Contending that it is high time that the Federal Govern- ment got back to normal in the mat ter of taxing the public. In his opin- | ion, there is no excuse or a need at this time for large Treasury sur pluses. He looks upon these surpl of the Federal Gover - public, and he I ves the time has come when Con | sress should take steps to put a stop to surpluses and decide definitely upon | & program for liquidating the nitional fideht Scnator with ¥, December 17.— turpitude, the ommit nston, 1 | | nmons does not agr And there d that w n | 1ars business will continue to pi per, but believes the present state of the | asury does not warrant a reduc | »xs of Mr. Mellon's §225.- m x the surnlus fiseal vear at § 000+ ,000.000 will not here: This is taken into consideration by the President, it was aid, along with the gertainty that the Treasury will be asked to provide | sums for flood control, new | | craft and other purposes. Above all, he believes that a con cern like the Government, whose annual transactions total about $4.000,- 000,000, should arrange its affairs so | {hat at least a small surplus would be found at the close of the vear. While Republican lead pared to attempt to hold the tota within range of the adminisi limit of 000,000, they no predictions of suc uper displayed by men b 58 since the session | May Defer Act Treasury esti for the current 000, of which § after be available. nav I her head, perfors too sane and wise for any of hroughout th | as soon as possible, | the dent be reduced & ally, ¥ | view to its complete removal within a | period of about 25 vears, He pointed | }lout that the States of the Union ha D heen foreed o lay la and he ings over the week end. tative 1. Tom K min of the House invest mittee, announced that the charg been unanimously reported out executive session yesterday. of hair that kept away the good o ;fr»»’h air, and aches that stahbed e e taxes to mect conditions growin them like a knife took all the pleas- |ion of the newest alle; of the World Wa o reconstrie- e i of e slin women sacri. [ the governor, with a view to ratifie-| of I SOLRM LR [ fce their locks, defying sneers and |tion alang with the six counts \l\lnj“m""“' ndithat the Hedetal Qo | toolish talks, ‘the e Te [ hill of impeachment already voted by | 2T d ax quickly as possib foolish talks. ‘the old time headaches, | bill Bf fmpeachment 1ty TN (| lite its portion of the tax burden from wide and weird, have folded up and | & the people . ed” “Gri ones.” 1 cried, | Was slated Monday, A Kight said. Ppeopie. disappeared. Great Jones,” I cried, | AP Barty diinea [Fox (Copyright. 1027.) ‘H which several witnesses lcsxflr(rl.“l‘ defense of the % . | The inauley ceritersd on Mrp cut recommended by the | the last regular session of the Legis ‘i‘{mhdxe as the Senate is forming on | 1ature as “the woman governor.” | strictly party lines to consider the T ',f"_“',:':“ib”l‘,‘,f;‘,"’(,';‘a“n’,’:f",‘:,‘ | adviser to the governor and his oppo | by the House. h nent in the primary election for 'h-{ The President feels that the cut | cent tornado and will close headquar- e ters in the Ale Chamber of the chief executive In docl |/ 4" eir way with the measu ant in the light of the 7 and yesterday was spent in making o inn ) ports from the files which were H“l{.‘l‘:‘n:;l;‘ et pects that when the bill reaches his ers shows that 77 families were aided L Hanmay 3 o e in repairing and rebuilding thei She is above reproach,” said the 0 families. The financial st made by C. 8. Taylor Burke, tre | mat | | | posed by Sec 000, n this View he is supporte Ch nan Smoot of the e finance | committee, which will besin work on | fter the holiday . ! Bl atic view g | from Representative Oldfield e | kansas, chaivman of the Demoes rongressional campa N commitn o who saw in the success of the House Democrats in materially revising the bill a lesson to be learned by the party throughout the country. Scoffing at suggestions bronght yes- ter from the White IHouse by Representative Tilson of Connecticut, the Republica, floor leader, and others, that the President might veto | the measure unless its total is cut down, Mr. Oldfield remarked:" “How he could justify such a veto when we are annually collecting hun- dreds of millions of dollars from the taxpayers more than is needed for | Government expenses 1 cannot see. The House bill is a fair and just bill, but will leave the Government with ample money to provide for flood re- liet and other much needed pur- poses.” Business Depression Hinted. The possibility that the feature might bring a business depression | convinced at once, “that other writer | Approval of the charge exect was a dunce” WALT MASON. |tive session followed an open hearing ling Republicans 1000,000 maxi | Hammonds, confidential secretary rv‘w{;‘}‘{“ o ALEXANDRIA the governor. who was described at|Treasury has come from President ALEXANDRIA Va, December 17 | (" b ™ tommer legal | $289.000.000 reduction bill handed it the Red Cross have completed their : il s work of aiding the sufferers of the re. | Democratic R\"’"‘” torial ";""}:‘-"“'"-‘r..w.x by the House, where the Demo- | d that Mrs. Hammond often in-| o ond o handful of Republicans Commerce today. t elaim for e ot of it gt [ committee” that ~this “influence had | oy i xerted in the interest of persons | ury’s condition, lle confidently ained. The report of the Red Cross work- ov. Johnston again defended nmonds, homes, and clothing, furniture s supplied (o approxima snate leaders indicated they were pressing preparations for the ivial of Gov. Johnston and two other officials named in impeachment Dbills by the House. NEELY 0. K.’.S PROPOSAL. Senator Approves Shipping Board Plan for Coal Exportation. Recent proposal that the Shipping Board establish lines for the exporta- | tion of coal has met the unqualified approval of Senator Neely, Democrat, West Virginia. The soft coal industry is faced with a crisis, he said, and there have been many bankruptcies and extensive un- empioyment. To increase our exportation of coal,” he declared, “would afford both the coal operators and the miners im- mediate relief.” was used to aid suffe amount $2,638.87 was contributed by citizens and various organizations of this city, leaving the National chap- | ter to pay a balance of $1.547. Charles Allen Gore, of Fredericks- burg, a fireman for the Richmcnd, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Co., was arrested here vesterday on a charge of forging and cashing worth- less checks. Gore was taken into cus- tody by Police Sergt. Edgar Sims. Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine V. Miller, widow of John R. Miller, will he held here this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Thomas B. Brown, 907 Prince street, by the Rev. William J Morton, rector of Christ Episcopal Church. Interment will be in Metho- | dist Protestant Cemetery. The de- ceased is survived by several daugh- ters, living in this city and Washing- —o Auto Tags Go Fast. | Special Dispatch to The Star Va., December 17.— William H. Bagot. of 212 Duke street, died at his home Thursday a night after a short illness. He is sur- | RICHMOND, | days, | cinls of the vived by five children and two sisters. License tags were sold with a rush with its resulting effect on Govern- The Senate finance committee prob- ably will defer of the bill until after - but i Sec ¢ Mellon and other offi veasury will be invited furthre expression of their T in for a 1sed by the action of the Hou beyond the reductiol 4 by Republican 1 hairman Madden of the House appropriations committee gave notice yesterday that House members had “foreclosed their chance of makirg | any argument with me” for appropri- | ations. Madden, who was one of the 24 Representatives who voted agains! | the bill, added that he had endeavored keep some money in the Fedei sury to meet the demands that pade upon it during this ses sion of Congres esentative C Dem there, rner of Te with i et the henefit of this 1. “They first get a 3,000 hefore any tax is rates then apply as fol- rporatio $15,000 or less provision,” he reduction of levied. The Tow Nine per cent on incomes between $12,000 and not in e 5,000, 7 per cent on incomes hetween $7,000 | and $12,000 and 5 per cent on incomes of $7.000 and unde “This tends to equalize the tax bur- | den of business conducted by individ uals, partnerships and corporations | whose profits are $18,000 or less. The rate on an individual whose net profit is $10,000 is about 5 per cent. The | rate under this bill on corporations with incomes of §10,000 also is 5 per | cent. “The same principle applies to the | next brackets, only not so forcibly. | Moreover, the small corporations have less opportunity to pass on the tax to | the consumers than do larger corpora- tions.” SAVINGS DEPOSITS ?fi%flflflflfi%mm§ R R R R SRR pndmard & Lothrop DOWN STAIRS STORE Gifts—For Monday’s. 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Under the new laws the own- ers can get the tags and place them on their cars now. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S [reasury 1408 H ST.N. W. | Funeral services will take place Mon- {day at 2 pm. at the residence, and | will be conducted by Rev. Ernest M. Delaney. pastor of the Second Presby- terian Church, and burial will be in Bethel Cemetery. daughter, Gladys Ardelle Fish, had been caught in a New York apartment ‘with Sebastian 8. Kresge, as charged by counsel for Mrs. Kresge fn her divorce proceedings. They asserted that the young woman and Kresge ‘were “mere friends,” having met each other through attendance at the same church in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Fish said that Kresge had made one visit to their home. REVOLUTIONARY GRAVE | AT POHICK MARKED D. A. R. Ceremony Is Tribute to Dr. William Brown, Physician General in Continental Army. 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