Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1929, Page 6

B. . REALTY PROBE 6P O BE PUSHED | jury proceedings. | Sena that the District committee conducted | Ya- esolution’ Asking Inquiry Is| evised, Eliminating Name: "ofVSmith Company. The Senate probably will be asked ad®within the next few days on the revised resolution approved by the Sen- afe District committee yesterday after- noon to provide for an investigation of 1 estate financing methods, with & Wew to preparing any new legislation that ma¥ be found necessary. "The inquiry was proposed two weeks 0 by Senator Brookhart, Republican Towa. who wrote intb- his original ed to the subcommittee on banks insurance the resolution was 1e- itten, eliminating all réference to the it compans. - ; “When Senator Blaine of Wisconsin. epairman of the subcommittee, reported t@e substitute measure to the full com- yesterday afternoon it was adopted after a brief discussion. The substitute resolution asserts that the Jution a number of ‘charges against the F. H. Smith Co. When it was re- | ¢ ahd District is without adequate laws to | govern the issuance of seeurities, to reg- ulate real estate and finance operators and to define the method of foreclosing mortgages. Senator Blaine pointed out that he confered with Corporation Counsel Bride before outlining what he regards as the inadequacy of existing General Inquiry Provided. As it stands today the resolution pro- vides for & general :nquiry into the sub- ject, without mentioning any concern specifically. Senator Vandenberg, Re- | publican, of Michigan, said this takes he matier out of the reaim of grand tors Glass and Capper recalled a similar inquiry about five years ago in connection with legislation then pending to continue the Rent Com- mission, and Senator Blainie added that he recently studied the record of that | earier investigation. The indications are that if the Sen- ate passes the substitute resolution, the District ‘committee will center its ef- forts chiefly on the formulation of new laws along the lines suggested in the resolution, without holding protracted hearings on specific complaints. Text of Resolution. The substitute resolution, made pub- | Me for the first time following its ap- prayal by the committee, follows: “Wiiereas it is alleged that many mil- lions of dollars of real estate mortgage | notes and bonds, secured by trust deed | or otherwise, on real estat; within the District of Columbia, have been issued, in excess of the value of the propertics | | so mortgaged, and which securities have | been sold throughout the United States | through alleged questionable means and methods, o innocent purchasers, and that purchasers of homes and other real estate are denied their day in court in default of their payment of principal or_inferest: and “Whereas the laws for the District| of Columbia are either absent or in- effective for the protection of innocent purchasers of such securities and homes and real estate, in the following par- | ticulars, namely: “(a) No adequate law relating to the THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTOX, | 1ssuing and sale of stocks, bonds and }MOTHER SHOOTS SON mortgages and other securities, as ef- | fecting real esate or otherwise: ” ! “(b) No law inhibiting unethial, un- | fair and unscrupulous real estate and | finance operators: “(c) No law providing foreclosure of trust deeds, mortgages or | contracts relating to the purchase and | sale of real cstate, through court pro- cedure; “Resolved, That the committee omr the | By the Associated Press. District of Columbia, or a duly author- | | forth, including the issuance and methods of sale of stocks, bonds or other | Securities of a different character than | heretofore stated, and other relative or | similar matters, and to report to the | Senate as soon as practicable the re- | <ult of its investigations. together with | its recommendations, if.any, for neces- | sary legislation.” | | **The Femainder of the resolution gives | the committee the authority to employ clerical assistance, subpoena witnesses and papers and incur contingent ex- penses. COLLEGE RULES LIFTED. | !Carleton to Permit Upper Clasemen to “Cut” at Will. | NORTHFIELD, Minn. ().—An edu- | cational experiment under which upper | classmen will be permitted to cut classes | at their own discretion without penalty | is. to be tried at Carleton College next Autumn, “ All restrictions, which at present re- quire that juniors and seniors shall be | ineligible to take final examination if | | their records show more:than a limited | | number_of “cuts.” will be removed. 1 Carlefon is a co-educational institute. for an orderly Bullet Accidentally Fired ' After ized subcommittee thereof, is hereby | Kqzial was afraid her 1l-vear-old son authorized and directed to make ' fuil | Louis would hurt and complete investigation in respect | family revolver, which he had discov- to tue several matters hereinbefore set | ered under the mattress. b “No, no, Louls,” she said, taking the brown, and another was of parrot green. e . As she fumbled with the mechanism, seeking to remove the shells, the gun was discharged and s bullet burried it+ self in the boy's body, above the heart. He may die. TRYING TO PROTECT HIM Revolver Is Taken From e — Boy, 11. Spots Lead in Riviera. Those moving among the best dress- ers at the ‘Riviera are seeing its. Especially is this true in scarfs, which are so ular. They are really big squares bird's-eye spotted foulard in the most vivid shades. One worn y & smart dresser was of CHICAGO, May 23.—Mrs. Catharine himself with the o Announcing Our 1143 Conn. 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That Good Gulf Gasoline is loaded with power when used in low compression motors : : : it is low in Carbon Content...and will give excellent service in trucks and heavy duty motors of all descriptions. Supreme Motor Oil makes a good combination with either of these fuels ... It wears well materially reduces dilution in the crankcase. el greveqts friction in cylinders and bearings . .. Leaves Less Carbon e cylinders.. . . It will also prove an efficient piston. ring seal which WE CORDIALLY SOLICIT THE PATRONAGE OF ALL MOTORISTS ' GULF REFINING CO. i Congress Authorizes Government to | take even the Strengthen Armament. MOSCOW, May 23 (#)—The Soviet | goriq war. The Congress said that this was being done despite obligations under }\Xnue‘ States Shipping Beard, estimates the Kellogg pact. P that :“In /the ‘next yéar there will be lmm tonnagé under ‘construction in American shipyards than at any tim Cos ernment, while continuing its work for peace, to take mensures to strengthen the defenses of Russia. proval of the government policy at the recent Disarmament Conference in Ge- struggle for peace had, to some extent, removed the immediate danger of war,” fn from him. “You might shoot your- |SQVIET ADDS TO DEFENSES Soviet disarmament proposals and the unwillingness of other governments “to smalles! | dzx‘;uon of armaments” had pr | : { other countries were ing their | SO SRR whole policy on preparation for & new | 27 the Associafed Press. yesterday instructed the gov- 1 Sonl L S action: followed unanimous ap- | John Saswell; Jr.; Is Commissioned. 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B ..$22.75 d Were $4.75. Rugs. .5 3x6 Reversible Wool $4.75 Were $12.50. Now...... 12 30x60 Reversible Wool Chenille Rugs. Were $8.50. Now.. ponnae P 11 26x54 Reversible Wool Chenille Rugs. Were $7.50. Now. $ A 1 7.6x9 Axminster Rug. Now Was $27.50. i Were $I1L75. ONDS of higher priced grade. Now..$3.78 Now $6.75 DOWN STAIRS STORE Women’s Silk Umbrellas, $2.75 Were $3.75 18 All-over Striped Silk Umbrellas. Purple, navy, green and red. 16-rib frames Handles, tips and ferrules of punjab and ambertone. Scrim Panels, 65¢ each Were $1 Fanels in belge with deep silk fringe. 1ong. Creionme. Serim and Was 28c to 55¢ yard. Rayon Sports Satin, 50c yard » al;‘vf lenzths of Crepe de and < Georgette. Pongee Greatly reduced for clearance. DOWN STAIRS STORE Cotton D.amasl{ ‘Tablecloths, 58¢ were 51 loths with hemstitched Were 75¢ and $1. N is. < Were $1. N Ghine, Fiat Broadeloth. Women's and Misses’ Silk Dresses, $7-50 were s10 ¢ s16.50 78 Tailored and Afternoon Dresses. Broken. sizes. Women’s and Misses’ Coats, $8:75 were s1e0 39 Sports and Dress Coats. some with fur. coliars or 8ilk scarfs. Broken sizes for w W B Bord e Bt e aha ten T A rimmed. “Blies 42 and 4 “lvere 5N Slip—on Sweaters, $2 were s2.05 rs, in blue, gray, red. purple, ore nd green. Sizes 34 to 42. X 19 8tik and Weol Dresiss, proken i 1 to $16.50. and navy. Broken sizes. Were $16.50. 30 Felt and Straw Hats, Special, $195 Special 30 Felt Hats, Were $3.95 and $4.95. Now.$1and $1.95 20 Felt Mats. .65 N STAIRS STORE i but it declared that ‘rejection of‘thefuvconnpn SEES B!G ERA IN SHIPBUILDING AHEAD Chairman T. V. o‘conn.or of the Many of the vessels, he says, will be | n s undertaken on this side of the Atlantic only recently.