Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1928, Page 24

224 DIHENY TORETRE FROM DL INDLSTRY Operator Who Amassed For- tune Negotiating for Sale of $43,000,000 Properties. ! By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Novemfer 13.—Edward L. Doheny, who amassed a huge for- i tune in oil after an accidental “strike” while prospecting n California 37 years . ago, has taken final steps to quit the in- dustry. ¢ The New York banking houses of Blyth, Witter & Co. and J. & W. Selig- ¢ man & Co. have virtually completed arrangements for the acquisition of % nearly all the oil-producing properties in California ovned by the Petroleum | : Securities Co., which Is controlled by | Mr, Doheny and his family and is val- | ¥ led by the banking group at $43,000.000. The pending sale is the latest of three by which Mr. Doheny, who is 73 years { old, is divesting himself of his extensive petroleum holdings. Two Former Sales of Record. In 1925 he sold control of his Mexican | roperties to the Standard Oil Co. of ndiana, while last May he sold the 3 marketing cnd of his California proper- ¥ ties and some producing fields to the Richfield Oil Co. of Califorina. Mr. Doheny's start in the oil business came after he had made and lost sev- ! eral fortunes in gold. It was while prospecting for gold near Los Angeles | % 37 years ago that he discovered a bed | ; of “brear” or pitch, and leasing a va- cant lot he and an assoclate started * searching for oil. At a depth of 225 { feet he breught in a gusher, which was the beginning of the rich Los Angeles ; ofl field. § It was not until four years later, how- fever, when the Fullerton field was opened that he began to amass a for- ftune. In 1899 he invaded the Tampico field in Mexico, paving the way for petroleum investments in that country which_eventually amounted to $750,- 000,000. New Company in Prospect. The banking group announced that 1f the pending negotiations are success- {ful a new company will be formed : which will probably be known as the iPacific Western Oil Co., with Jacques { Vinmont, formerly president of the Cal- “ifornia Petroleum Co. and a director of “the Texas Co. as chairman of the sboard, and William C. McDuffie, for- +merly production manager of the Royal :Dutch-Shell Companies, as president. ¢ Public financing of upward of $30.- £000,000 is contemplated. The properties +involved total over 40,000 acres and “have been valued at $43,000,000 by Rob- rt B. Moran, an independent enginzer. 'RAIL BRIEF HOLDS 1. C. C. {FREE TO VALUE PROPERTY ‘Richberg Asserts Principle of Ap- { praisal to Accomplish Gov- : ernmental Regulation. i In a brief made public yesterday iwhich was prepared for submission ;to the Supreme Court, Donald R. 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A story of how a Kiowa Indian cast gis first ballot has just reached ere. “Me wanna vote—part chicken, part eagle” announced the brave, when he arrived at his polling place. Under the emblem of the eagle, he voted for Herbert Hoo- ver and other Republican candi- dates. Under the rooster, he cast a vote for Jed Johnson, Demo- cratic Representative, who was returned to office. d Press. WooDpwARD & LLoTHROP NOVEMBER SELLING—SILKS Every vard of this luxurious, lovely silk is of the usual Woodward & Lothrop fine quality— specially priced only for this Annual November Selling that continues throughout this week. The savings are substantial enough to warrant buying for future needs. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1928.° WINDOW SMASHED, by Samuel Rod, in business at 2104 Eighteenth street, and Harry O'Connell, OVERCOAT STOLEN |5t"ece ‘tner ot a st of clotns trom his delivery truck in front of 1801 Cal- vert street, while the latter reported Other Thefts of Clothing‘ Jewelry | ;h(‘ loss of two suits of clothes from his and Money Reported to Police. Using a brick wrapped in paper a robber last night shattered the show window of the Bell Clothes Shop, 94i Pennsylvania avenue, and stole an overcoat. Several other overcoats were | Street northeast, oom. Thefts of jewelry were reported by Joseph A. Handiboe, 833 Florida ave- nue northeast; George Hicks, & Dupont Circle, and Norman C. Tanner, 1343 | Childress street northeast. The jew- | elry was valued at $150. Handiboe and Tanner also were robbed of pistols. Two small savings banks containing $750 were stolen from the home of Mrs. Willlam Ratcliffe, 1341 Childress esterday. The_in- left in the window. The Tobbery is the | truder also fook $13 4n bills. Susie latest of several committed recently in | Stewart, 1534 1%w "Jersey avenue, re- the shopping district in the same man- ported the theft of a savings bank con- ner. In each case the thief left the brick and its wrappings as a souvenir for police. Other clothing thefts were reported taining about $30. New York has a league of Unitarian women. 10™ 11™ F aNp G STREETS Continuing Our Annual Two Outstanding Values Satin Georgette $1.95 yard Fine georgette with a lustrous satin surface—a most popular sheer fabric. Marillyn Satin Crepe $245 yard One of the outstanding satin crepes in fashion- importance—that may be used on their side. Street and evening shades. Marillyn Crepe $225 yard High-quality crepe with no 10ading or weighting. Light and dark shades. Black Satin Canton Crep $2:50 yard Since dull crepes are most fashionable this season, this is an important crepe. dye. 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Cape Cod Fire Lighters, $535 to 3950 These are the efficient substitutes for the old-fashioned, laborious method of lighting fires with papers or matches. In this price range are five different stvles that match the various fireplace fittings listed above. FIRePLACE FITTINGS, PIFTH FLOOR. The Hoover Vacuum Cleaner an easy, efficient means of cleaning the Thanksgiving Home “Positive agitation,” the exclusive Hoover device that “beats, as it sweeps, as it cleans,” will make it easier and more pleasant to thoroughly clean your rugs, carpets, draperies and overstuffed furniture. The cleaning devices are priced extra; the two dif- ferent sizes are very popularly priced. = Two sizes; each with Positive Agitation $59.50 Errctrica APPLIANCES, FIFTH FLOOR. DEFERRED PAYMENTS YIS