Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1928, Page 6

U. S Has 2,000,000 FURSERYSTORY e 2n SOUDFIRSTIID) ¥ors or i the Associated ™ | Nearly 2000000 girls under 20 : : Shtns .| years of age are working for a living Price Paid for “Alice in Won- | year of ake are work der'and" Be“C\'ed Record Mrs. Mary Anderson, director of for Manuscript. the Woman's Bureau of the Depart- ment of Labor, set this figure today in connection with the issuance by WASHINGTO D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL his right name. He gave the name uH Hemingway when arrested yesterday in Forty-second street after a spirited BANKERS 0. K. ESTES. SPRECKELS TAX PAID. DIES AT AGE OF 120. | dead nere :“Dapper Don” Collins Accus- CONFIDENGE MAN FACES LIFE TERM ed of Impersonating Dry Agent for Extortion. chase by a mounted policeman. He had eluded Yastrub by Sllpplnl out of his coat. His name was mentioned in connec- tlon with the murder of Willlam Des- mond Taylor, movie director, in 1922, and he was arrested in Paris on the charge of shooting John H. Reid, a silk manufacturer, in 1924, He never was tried on either charge. When arrested in Paris he was en- gaged to Mrs, Helen Heyworth, divorced wife of Otto Young Heyworth, grand- son of Otto Young, wealthy Chicagoan. His arrest, however, caused cancellation of their plans, as he expected to re- celve a prison sentence on the Reid | Messages Indorsing His Integrity Read Into Congressional Record. A telegram testifying to_the char- acter of Col. Carl Estes of Tyler, Tex., whose_recent conference with Secre- tary Work has been the subject of Senate controversy over the Secre- tary’s actions, was read into the Con- gressional Record yesterday by Sen- ator Mayfield, Democerat, Texas. The message included statements from bank presidents and ministers of Tyler testifying that Estes is a “truthful, upright citizen and that you may depend on what he says as being th absolute truth.” California Gets $750,000 on In- heritance Levy Against Estate. SAN FRANCISCO, April 4 (P).—A check for $750,000 was paid the city treasury yesterday as a part payment of the inheritance tax on the estate of | the late Adolph B. Spreckels, financier. ! The city collects the tax for the State. Spreckels' estate was appraised by the executors of his will at §14,944,495, | tending that Spreckels had given his | The State took the matter to court, con- | | wife and children from $7,000,000 to | NEW YORK, Apri bich Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbac a patd for “Alce in W London yeste: ever paid for ught a fifteenth cen- ated “Book of the Hours' t mp(mm of bstween $150.000 and $00.- ©00. but that was considered art T than litera- a8 the great ema or be brought to this coun- try depends on the attitude of the Brit- ish public. Dr. Rosenbach phoned his brother Philip Rosenbach. president of the com ny. here that he had offered to se. he manuscript to the British govern- ment at the price he paid for it and had offered to contribute £1.000 toward Taising a fund by private subscri Dr. Rosenbach said his brother considered derland” was properly a British national treasure and that they hgped their offer | of £1,000 to start the furid would be ac- cepted. “But if It is going into private hands we want it.” he said RECORD BID BY PHONE LONDON, April 4 (#.—A record sight-unseen offer for the manuscript of Lewis Carroll's “Alice In Wonder- | land” has been made by transatiantic . A. S. W. Rosenbach of who purchased it at auction, said today. Dr. Rosenbach jd £15400 (roughly $77,000) lice’s adventures, added 1 “I have already had many propos- als from the other side by telephone and also cable, but I pledged my word not to make any move until I return from the continent in a fortnight.” The directors of the British Mu- seum will meet this afternoon to de- termine the possibilities of raising suf- | “ficient money to accept Dr. Rosen- bach's suggestion that he would per-| mit the British nation to have the ;!\lnuscflpt at the price he paid for t. sl ! District Sued for $10,000 Damages. The District of Columbia was sued y for $10,000 damages for al- breach of contract by Hugo Her- . ‘The suit grows out of the erec- tion of the addition to the Bruce School on Kenyon street in November. 1926. || The pmmnh charge that the District refused to pay for extra work done in the building of the school. They are ted by Attorneys Douglas, r & Douglas and E. D. rtment of a poster called merica.” s a group of fac- n l‘\t‘ noise and stir of m, with distant windows sted the freedom of the | and ends with the have youth—have v opportu Anderson said that the care rking girls by their em- mmunities in general nce to thelr wel- | n general | ightning Net Planned by Fxpen: Lincoln Shrine. coln Memorial is to be fitted work of lightning protectors. of Public Buildings and o Parks of the National Capital aced that bids for the placing for of the necessary wire and 12 contact | Bureau of Standards. nded the protectors because of | he open ;\:w!mn of the Memorial. $13,000.000 FOR ROADS. Dallas and I-sno ments, Including Levee Project. DALLAS. Tex. April 4 (#).—More than $13,000,000 in bonds to be used in a levee project along the Trinity River | and in improving Dallas County high- ways was voted here yesterday. Recently | bonds totaling $23900,000 for gen- | | eral municipal development voted. STOMACH UPSET Get at the real cause. Thats what thousands of stomach suf- ferers are doing now. Instead of taking tonics, or trying to patch up a poor digestion, they tacking the real e of the ment—clogged liver and disorder- ed bowels. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets arouse the liver in a soothing, healing way. When the liver and bowels are performing their nat. ural functions, away goes indiges- tion and stomach troubles. Have you a bad taste, coated tongue, poor appetite, a lazy, don't-care feeling, no ambition or energy, trouble with undigested foods? Take Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil. Know them They do the {or Improve- | pain. All Drugg Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief. Eat what you like. 15¢, 30c, 60c. | By | Don" has been in and out of the hands harge, and is said to have urged her o give him up, as he would be brokne | in health before he was free to marry her. the Associated Press, NEW YORK, April 4— Dapper Don" Collins, internationally known cunn—] dence man, today faced a life sentence as a fourth offender under the Baumes | | law 1f his latest alleged offense against | the law is proved. During the last SAYS HUSBAND IS CRUEL.| Mother of 81,400,000 Heiress Sues for Divorce. COVINGTON, Ky. April 4 (®.—| Mrs. Madeline ' Morgan, mother and guardian of Theresa Corby, 8-year- old heiress to the $1,400.000" est the late Thomas Corby of Detroit, 3 | terday sought a divorce from her sec- ond husband, Russell Morgan of Cov- ington. | extorted $700 as| “sne’ charged that he “lived like a hush money after | milljonaire” at her expense and treated | a raid on his real| her cruell estate office, where | =—————= two quarts of gin| weore confiscated. | Collins denied he | ever had ssen 25 years “Dapper | of Federal, State and city officers on charges ranging from extortion to liquor running. He was arrested yes- terday on the com- plaint of a man| who alleged he had | posed as A& pro-| hibition agent and | List Your Rented | $10,000.000 “in contemplation of death,” and that this sum is taxable. Spreckels died in 1924. 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