Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1929, Page 22

REATL The Private Life of JT he Prince of Wales (As Told by an Intimate) Chapter XIIIL Prince as a Landlord BY W. T. MARSDON. Written Exclusively for The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. When the Prince of Wales was 18 he came into full control of the estate of the Duchy of Cornwall, thus be- coming one of the largest and wealth- jest land owners in England. The estate of the duchy is chiefly In Cornwall, but part of it lies in Ken- nington, a poor district in Southeast London. | The Oval at Kennington is one of the most famous cricket grounds in Eng- land, and it is on the Prince’s property. The ground is about three acres in ex- tent; three acres of grass in the heart of London! It would bring at least a million pounds an acre if it came into the market. The Prince, as a matter of fact, has had bigger offers, but he wouldn't en- tertain them. Even if he desired to sell the Oval, which he does not, he would not dare. The late King, when he was Prince of Wales and in possession of the duchy, received an offer of two millions for the Oval from a building syndicate. His reply was: “I know of no surer way of ending the English monarchy than by selling one of London's most famous cricket grounds to a building syndicate.” H. R. H. is a good landlord. His London tenants are all poor, but there has not been an eviction on the Prince’s property since he came into possession. If a tenant, through his own fault, say by drinking or gambling, gets into dif- ficulties and cannot pay his rent, the Prince gives him so much money down to go elsewhere. Helps Distressed Tenants. If, on the other hand, a tenant, through no fault of his own, falls into difficulties, the Prince not only foregoes his claim for rent for a certain time, but often helps to put such a tenant on his teet again. When the Prince came into posses. sion of the duchy some of the London property was dilapidated. He set out at once to improve it. It took seven years to carry out the improvements and cost the Prince hearly half a mil- lion sterling. Streets that might have degenerated into the worst slums are now clean and bright. One of the Socialist members of Par- liament, speaking of the Prince as a landlord, said: “If all London landlords put as much into their property as the Prince of ‘Wales has done, and took as little out in rent, I do not see why there should be any bad slums in London.” Nenlfl a rter of the County of Corn belongs to the Prince of ‘Wales. He visits his property two or three times a year and is on excellent terms with his tenants. He makes all the necessary improvements or even advisable improvements as lpeedflY as ible. He gives a great deal of ught to the needs of his tenants. In this connection one of his danc- ing partners has told an amusing lwz of him. When she was dancing wit! him, she observed that the Prince was unusually silent. “You're looking very thoughtful to- night, sir,” she said. “Is it a coming speech?” His thoughts on Pigsty. “As a matter of fact” replied the Prince, “it is not. It's a pigsty.” ‘The Prince was thinking of the best l{ofl&m for a new pigsty on one of his arms. ‘The Duchy of Cornwall is managed by a council of eight, inclu Sir God- frey Thomas and Lord Revelstoke, the banker. The rental value of the duchy 1s 246,000 pound a year; outgoings (in- cluding 14,000 pounds for charitable subscription) amount to 112,000 pounds a year, leaving & net income of 134,000 pounds. ‘The accounts of the duchy, issued in the form of a parliamentary paper, show that the Prince last year drew out 84,000 pounds, so 70,000 pounds were available for investment on his behalf. It is estimated that during the last 10 years at least 800,000 pounds have been invested on the Prince's behalf, and adding interest even at 4 per cent to the amount invested each year, there must now be well over a million sterling Window shades reflect shades, in time to ecarelessness. tune with th 830 13th St. N. W. STOKES SAMMONS, Proprietor ax Tl ! WOOD 2000 NEWT BRICK room, side porch built-in bookcases, excellently planned ESTATE. invested for the Prince out of the rev- enues of the duchy. ‘The Prince of Wales spends very little money. Probably no Prince of Wales has spent so little. He does not keep a yacht or run a racing stable, nor has he a big country house. His two hunting establishments are modest af- fairs, and in the Summer cost him virtually nothing. When the revenues from the dvxchy’ of Cornwall were settled as a provision for the Prince of Wales, it was -assumed | that the Prince must always marry, in which case he would require a Xz\irl_\'} big income properly to maintain his po- sitfon. But the present heir has pre- ferred to remain a bachelor so far. (Next—The Prince as a Patron.) (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) NICARAGUAN REBELS EXECUTE GEN. JIRON Former Sandino Insurgent Leader| Shot by Own Troops After Treachery Court-Martial. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 9.— Native papers today said Gen. Manuel | Maria Jiron, former Sandino insurgent | leader, who has been in the custody of Marines for the last month had been executed by members of the Nicaraguan volunteer constabulary. Jiron accompanied a volunteer patrol, promising to lead it into a location where he said the insurgent leader, Augustin Sandino, could be captured. Instead, members of the patrol found he was leading them into ambush. The leader of the volunteers placed Jiron under arrest, tried him by court-martial and ordered him shot. Jiron for more than a year was Sandino’s chief leader and last April he headed a group of the insurgents who blew up the Pispis mine. Marine headquarters here had no information regarding the execution, although all native papers published accounts. ENDURANCE FLIGHT ENDS IN 11 HOURS Stinson and Page Forced Down by ‘Wind and Snow on Sagi- naw Bay. BAY CITY, Mich,, March 9 (#) —The endurance airplane flight of Eddie Stin- son and Randolph G. Page ended after approximately 11 hours of flight last night, when they landed on the. ice of Saginaw Bay at 9:50 o'clock. Heavy snow and a strong wind forced the land- ing. Stinson said. The two veteran Detroit pilots took off from the ice runway on the bay here at 10:45:15 o'clock yesterday morn- ing, planning to stay aloft 80 hours. ‘Their motor was functioning perfectly, they said, but the driving snow which came with nightfall and a gale sweep- ing in from Lake Huron made flying conditions dangerous. Stinson, who twice has held the en- durance record, only to see it surpassed, said after landing that he did not know whether the Sally Sovereign, his plane, would be used in another attempt to re- gain the honor. ‘The time of landing was not official. Hamburg Rotarians to Visit U. 8. HAMBURG, March 9—Members of European Rotary clubs today announced an American tour, sailing on the Hamburg-American liner Cleveland May 8 to attend the international con- vention at Dallas May 27. The trip will include also visits to New York, CHAPTER XXIIL (Continued, from _Yesterday's Star) | HE door had closed upon Audrey before Dora Elton recovered | some of her normality. She| was trembling from head to| foot, her head was swimming. | | Slick Smith took her arm, led her into the little sitting room and pushed her down into a chair, and she did not resist him. “Get your lady a glass of water. said to the agitated parior maid. rehearsals of amateur theatrica certainly fierce.” Dora loked up wonderingly . " she said shakily. ked the sympathetic woman makes a r some man. It's too he | | se 1s are The maid came back with the water and Dora Elton drank greedily. Pres ently she pushed away the glass that he held. “She was to blame” she gasped. “She—she-—oh, she is hatefull” “I won't argue with you,” said Mr. Smith diplomatically; *“it would only | make you worse. She always seemed to me fo be a very nice girl. She went | to prison to save you, didn't she?” | Dora looked at the man again and | began to realize dimly that h. was a, stranger. In her elementary passion | she had seemed to know him. ‘Who are you?” she asked. “Your husband knows me, I'm Smith —=Slick Smith _of Boston. Shannon thinks I'm bluffing when I say that I operated in America, but he’s wrong. I'm English born and Boston bred; the most elegant combination known to humenity—class and culture. Lady he's | not worth it.” He changed the divection of his speech so quickly that she did not grasp his meaning at first. “Who—who isn't worth it?"” “Marshalt—he’s dead wrong; you don't want me to tell you that?> He'd use his first-born for shoe leather if he wanted boots. I like Martin—he's a good fellow. And I'd hate to see some- body club him just as he was turning his gun on himself, And maybe you'd go to the trial and he'd smile at you when the Awful Man put on the black cap before he sent Elton to the death cell. And you'd be sitting there frozen —thinking what a skunk Marshalt was | and how you'd brought both men to a | grave. There's only three clear Sun- ays after a man’s sentenced. Three Sundays, and then he toes the T mark on the trap. You'd go and see Martin the day before and he'd try ever so hard to cheer you up. And then you'd have a pight of hell, waiting. And when the clock struck 8—" “For God's sake, stop!” She jumped up and pushed both her hands across his mouth. “You're driving me mad! Martin sent you—-" “Martin hasn't seen me today and hasn't spoken to me. You don't know what a cur Marshalt is, Dora. I'll say you don’t! There's no part of his heart that'd pan a trace of gold.” She lifted her hand to arrest the curjously soothing stream of sound. “I know. Please go now. Did you come to see me about that? How Unapproached Value! HE RAGGED | >~ RINCESS | v Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News 2017 3rd St. N.E. Near New Tech High 7 Large, Bright Rooms Attractive Tile Bath Modern Kitchen Inclosed Porches Deep Lot Very Easy Terms Robt. E. Kline, Jr. Owner 718 Union Trust Bldg. Main 5246 or any broker Location Philadelphia, New Orleans, Galveston, San Antonio, El Paso, Mexico City, Vera Cruz and A Fact Dupont’s Tontine window shades are specified in nearly all important build- i specifications. are waterproof and washable. RIDGE ON 5T. N.E. NEW DETACHED CORNER HOME Priced Exceptionally Low Eight rooms (four bedrooms), sun- (concrete floored), kitchen, fireplace, center hall, two-car Just _south of 3rd and R. I Aves. ICE By strange! Everybody knows I care for him.” Slick gently closed the door behind him, tiptoed down the passage and came into the street in time to sce Martin alighting trom a cab. At the sight of | the crook his brows mst “What the devil do you want?” Mar- tin asked aggressively. “I haven't time to tell you—but an income, a grand piano and a manicure set come nigh top of the list. Elton, you jump too quick. You jump on me because I make a call, you jump on feather-headed young people because they want variety.” His bright eyes were fixed on Mariin and he saw the | young man change color. *You jump at | casy money from Italy because that big stiff Stanford told there had never been anything like it Martin was white enough now and without, words “Mind you don't jump into bad trou- ble. That just-as-good money was of- fered to me. Glovanni Strepessi of Genoa akes it, and certainly there's | a lot in circulation. As a sideline bur-~ ary is less risky and a little baccarat game a blooming sinecure!” “I don't know what youre talking ebout,” said Martin at last. “Stanford nt to Italy to buy jewelry. “Mayb> there was somebody in the room you didn’t want to know when he told you that,” said Slick. “Don’t go, chauffcur—you can take me home. And, Elton——" He lowered his voice. “Even the graft of old man Malpas is petter than Stanford's new hobby.” “What is his graft?” “Malpas?” Slick pondered the matter a moment. “I don't know exactly—but never see sim in his house alone,” he said. “I ww hig once—but he didn't see me. That's why I'm alive, Elton.” ( (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) EIGHT TAKEN IN CANADA AFTER PAY CAR HOLD-UP| | Twenty-Mile A Chase | Follows $3,000 Construction Job Robbery on Streets of Toronto. ntomobile By the Associated Press. TORONTO, March 9.—Eight men were under arrest today in connection with a $3,000 pay-car holdup: Six of them were captured by police after a 20-mile automobile chase. The car carrying money to pay work- men on & construction job was held up yesterday on a downtown street. A posse of police armed with sawed-off shotguns stopped & speeding taxi, the driver of which said he was Antony Elardo of Buffalo. The driver and five passengers were arrested as suspicious persons. ‘Two other men were arrested in this city, one of them, Percy Brenzel, being identified as a participant in the rob- bery by 15-year-old Claude Biselle, who witnessed the holdup from the window of a hospital across the street. 433 Peabody St. N.W, A New semi - detached English designed home of 7 rooms (4 bedrooms); tile bath with built-in tub and shower. Oak floors through- out. Paneled walls. Garage. Paved street and alley. This home is new and cannot be duplicated with- in $1,000 of the price asked. only $8,950 Moderate Terms Salesmen on Premises Sunday NORTH WASHINGTON § & REALTY COMPANY Silver Spring, Md. Shepherd 2400 FOR LEASE "wDOW SHADES | OFF SPACE 10,500 Square Feet South half of second floor of the Homer Building, 13th and "“F" Streets NI, Al Shevine may be divided to | 809 15th St. N.W. It Makes a ce, which, however, suit tenant, Term lease, at an exceptionally low rental. EAVER BRO REALTORS Main Difference | where you buy Lumber We haven’t a corner on all the good lumber in the state, | sharps are known to the officers of the | his_reputation. e e T T T “My Thirty Years at Sea” 4y CAPTAIN GEORGE FRI (Copyright, 1029, Associated Press.) CHAPTER XII Supervising the operation of the ves- sel is not always the master's greatest | dificulties. There are times when he might wish he were a sort of walking encyclopedia. He must answer ques- | | tions concerning the ship, storms, water and hundreds of other subfects pertain- | ing to the sea, and should always be | ready’ to tell stories, especially in the dining saloon. Catering to the traveling public and protecting it also are tasks of the cap- tain. On the North Atlantic the pro- fessional gambler hunts his prey, especially at the height of the tourist season. Warnings are posted in con- spicuous places against the professional gambler, but sometimes the unwar tourist, wishing to pass the time aw tnnocently in a small game, gets in the web. The gambler always starts in a small way and only begins to win when the stakes get large. Many of these card but now and then a new one comes along. I recall meeting a couple on the deck one day, an attractively dressed pair, who greeted me effusively. During the conversation the woman re- ferred to her 14 pieces of baggage. This struck me as rather strange. I inquired and found there was no baggage in the | hold belonging to that couple. I was | suspicious. Later I saw them playing cards. Offered Check. They were winning. T warned their | would-be victim, but he did not take me seriously. He fully appreciated the situation the next day when he won and they refused to give him cash, in- sisting that he accept a check. The gamblers had allowed him to win to vary the monotony. The matter was| brought to my attention and the cash was turned over at my request. No fur- ther games were held in which the pair participated for the remainder of the | vovage. The victim of a swindle of this type sometimes takes his medicine ather than let any one know that he has been “taken over,” thereby hurting ships, The ship's pool satisfies the average traveler who wishes to gamble, The pool is made up by passengers, who pay from one to several hundred dollars for a ticket. Each ticket is numbered. Sometimes it is auctioned off to the | highest bidder. When the ship’s run is posted, the ticket bearing the number comparing with the last numeral of the mileage is the winner. Settling disputes also go to the cap- tain. 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