Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1929, Page 4

REALTORS LAUNCH SIGNBOARD FIGHT Boston Convention = Ends _Mter Delegates Move for Reduction of Taxation. BY DON S. WARRE! Stafl Correspondent of The S BOSTON, Mass., June 20.—Washing {on reaitors and the other 1,800 oft Qelegates to the twenty-second an convention of the National A: Boards leit practice for ap- te, tnis detailed | of the principal | nded proving standards praisal of Teal esta program being cne projects before T for universal country cbjective fi mer , A. D. Su K honors in the Richmond, ¢ annual home t night and Washington realtors he joined in a ¢ RAGE. his victory guests of John (Jd L‘A"A“ | §'Washington and Vir- i X & ook second | Hiace ningham, on | ss, | i ported as having insured his life for cr, president of the Feiate Board, and Mrs. terday, accompzanied by 3 L. King, for a ost convention tour in New England. | Other Washington delegates left by boat and train for Washington. The resolution adopied tion on outdoor adverti beijeve outdoor advertis A tracts from the sightliness of resident areas and mars rural scenic beauty, is unfair toethe general “public’ and the roperty owner. We believe that bi ards and other outdoor advertising; should not be permitted where they form a dangerous or unnecessary traflic hazard. We recognize the natural beauty | of our country i a public heritage to be conserved and the gigantic expenditures | by the public in its highways an in- | vestment to be protected. he conven- & . Investigation Is Asked. “The National Association of Real! Estate Boards reguests the Department | of Commerce to investigate, make rec- ommendations concerning the possibili- ties of just regulation of outdoor ad-| vertising, and this assotiation tenders to the Department of Commerce the full co-operation of its officers, directors and legal department as well as member boards in conducting this investigation. Declaring the mechanics’ lien law to | have become “so broad, comprehensive ! and complicated as to be burdensome | and to work hardship upon property | owners,” the convention adopted a reso- | tion stating that it was the sense of the national association that such laws should be simplified so far as possible by reducing rather than increasing the classes of persons entitled. to such liens | and by minimizing the duties that de- volve upon the property owner in order ito protect, himself‘against such liens. 4 The resolution further stated that fwhile it 1s recognized that a lien for Jabor should and will continue to be “provided for i such daws, the right.of.a /material man or any other class of Jienors to subject the owner of a build- ing to be erected or improved to dual ‘payments should be permitted only if and when such person has giver notice direct to such owner of his intention to | claim such a lien prior to the first pay- ment to the contractor. Study Taxation Methods. In regard to State and‘local taxation. the convention went on record to the ‘effect that the committee on. State tax- ation should give particular attention to two taxation methods, namely, sepa- rating sources of State and local taxa- tion and classifying property for tax: tion purposes with a view to devising proper means of applying such method: 50 as to bring about substantial reduc- tion in the tax on real estate. esolution added that the Na- ssociation should become more | actively interested in State and mu-| nicipal expenditures to the end that | the tax money be more wisely and eco- | nomically spent; that through the Na- tional Association or otherwise it should seek to develop in each State the senti- ment that economy should prevail in State and local governments and that | a public improvement should be ini- tiated after the demonstration of a public necessity for it and after the financing of it has been adequately and properly planned. The association, in adopting a resolu- tion regarding Federal taxation, re- counted the work of the national body in working for changes in ®Federal taxation deemed to be fair'to real estate interests and stated that it was the sense of the association that the | commitiee on Federal legislation and taxation should re-examine” the tax program with a view to making any necessary or advisable revisions; that the committee should consider what, if any, portions of this program shculd be presented at the next session of Congress: that adequate and ample preparation should be made by the committee and the general counsel for the presentation of the various points determined upon: that the points here- tofore adopted in regard to capital gains, co-operative apartments and syndicates and trusts be included emong those presented to Congre: the national association shou: permitted to lose any prestige in . matters it now may enjoy through any failure to maintain and improve any contacts heretofore established in| “‘Washington. i bz | COLORED ELKS’ LEADER Grand Exalted Ruler Wilson Guest at Testimonial Meeting of Members of the Order. A program of music and: addresses featured a testimonial mass meeting in honor of J. Finley Wilson, grand ex- alted ruler of colored Elks, by members | of the various lodges of the order in| the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church last night. Washington, Baltimore and Alexandria, Va., lodges were repre- sented. Herbert E. Jones was master | of ceremonies and Thomas Hoiland | chairman of the reception committee. Among speakers were - Willilam B, Harris, general chairman; Dr. Leo Hol- land, Perry W. Howard, J. C. Bruce, Col. West A. Hamilton, Robert J. Nel- £on, Ida R. Cummings, Dr. C. B. Fisher, | Sarah O. Washington, Capt. Sylvester | Epps, Agnes Garrett, Dr. Charles A. Marshall, Roy S. Jostah Henry, Mrs. Rosa Conley and Mrs. M. Piper, Music included a vocal solo by Lawe rence Curiis, selections by the saxo- phone band, composed of Women frcm Baltimore, ‘and selections by the choruses from - the Columbia ‘emple, No. 422; Forest Temple, No. 9, and Co- Jumbia 'Lodge. Presentations in be- ation ap- ! T d ¥y I to canc | Berlin and Paris Embassies { total abstainer and the question of sery- and that | >nd, John Murphy, ! EDITH MASON D |Opera Star Says Directcr! Polacco Was Extremely Cruel. 1 ! i SR {Annoyed” Before Singing, Chicago Application Avers. their ho! d ac. or just before sk she could 1 told of occa b was kdown. said suffered & own from her husband's mistreatment and was forced | Nervous Bre: she 1 an operatic tour. | Maestro Polacco is 54 years old and | | Miss Meson 36. Their only child,| Grace Edith, was born in the Summer of 19; with Mrs. Arthur Meeker act- ing godmother, When the child | s still an infant Polacco was re- decision to seek a divorce CHARGES THREAT TO KILL IVORCE SUIT VFTERANS PROPLSE LEGISATOR GHEY port of Move to Legalize Boxing Here. A check on Senators and members of Congress who vote against measures | for the elleviation of World War vet- erans and on the stand taken by every member on legislation affecting the veterans of any war to be forwarded to the “respective districts of Congress- {men at least one month before eech | national election” is proposed in a reso- d unanimously by the Dis- Columbia Department of the s of Foreign Wars at the en- nent in Western High School last i night. The motion will go before the National Encampment of Veterans at St. Paul, in August, to seek the approval of the entire_organization. It also was voted to present a plea ational encampment that each hroughout the country seek sup- of its representatives in Congress for a_measure to legalize boxing in the Distriet of umbxa. Such a law would be similar to the boxing law of Wisconsin, in which 10-round bouts are mitted under supervision of boxing commissione who receive no salary O{hl utions adopted included a peti EDITH MASON. lomestic troubles to interfere with t when the new civie | e opens late this Fall. Wants Girl's Custody. | intended her daugl T n to the District Commissioners galize the soliciting of funds by vet- as 1o inform ges were contained in the bill, but | friends of the couple were of the opin- | fon that the divorce ¥ asked on tech- nical grounds. At the tme Polacco insured his life in favor of his daughter he was qu as saying lot of her mother.” ~ Miss Mason is one of the fc icag-born women o attain h on ‘the internat'onal opera st iather was a St uis fon as to what s for Poppy day, which bound the crganization to carry the matter -to Congress unless the veterans were ac- corded the same privileges of solicitation that are enjoyed by the Community | Chest; the purchase of a home - in e | Washington to serve as general head or a trict posts and_the if she is anything l\kc‘p’ cing of a contaet mar';’ in thedVetE ; | erans’ Bureau to represent the members | Amer- | of {he organization. Support for Lsis h place | pending in Congress ‘o increase the . Her | pensions of veterans d:cabled by loss of grain operator. | limb also was pledged oy the encamp- My, daughter will need & | quarters v comparatively reccaily 1 | Her voice vas developed by study in | ment, p act that on April 7 last the | Europe, especially Paris, mer- | Capt. Frank Lockhead, reliri Polaccos ook onth lease on a | ican debut wi Metropolitan, | mander tot of the D Folaccos {o A (oA dem Metror | mander of the Department of the Dis- | that M'ss Mason did not intend to al-|don, Paris and New Yorl | trict of Columbia, delivered a report 2go in. 1920 nd farewell address to the department, 1 onductor of | urging loyaity to ideals upon which the he directed | organization was founded and to spread Lon- | an interest in its work emong all with | whom members came in contact. Elec- Polacco came to C music drector an the civic opera, ou opera_in Petrograd. Buenos DAWES NOT ALONE 14 LIQUOR STAND | Officially Dry, as Is Lega- tion in Denmark. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 29.—The Americen | embassy in London, now “dry” in sc- cordance with the decision of Ambassa- dor Dawes, is not the only “dry” spot in the American diplomatic service. | No spirits have been served in the American legation in Denmark for the | past two years. The embassy in Berlin is officially | dry and only tea and coffee were served | at the “house warming tea” in April, | the only officlal entertainment vet held | in the new building. The situation, how- | ever, is not comparable to that in Lot- don,” becatise the embassy building houses only _the chancellery and not the Ambassador's residence. Conse- quently there is little entertaining there. Schurmann Serves Wines. l Since his arrival, Ambassador Schur- mann always has lived in private quar- 2t his own expense. In oificiul dinners of the past, the Ambassador ing the usual wine cou | followed the Furopean custom of ses The American embassy in Paris has been closed since the death of Ambase sador Herrick. No liquor ever is served in the diplomatic chancellery, which Is the only part of the embassy now fune- tioning. | | The American Minister at Oslo is a | ing alcoholic beverages or of following the example of Ambassador Dawes has not arisen there. The embassy at Madrid said that no | change had been ordered at the Madrid | embassy regarding the character of the | refreshments that may be served there, | while the embassy in Rome had no | comment to make on Ambassador Dawes’ action. Most Follow Custom. So far as could be ascertained, none | of the American embassies in South- eastern Europe and the Balkans has yet followed the Dawes example, although a number of American diplomats at | these places rarely if ever touch liquor unless invited out to dinner. They feel international courtesy and ordinary hospitality require them to serve their foreign guests with their customary re- freshments. CONDITION OF ACTRESS IS EXTREMELY CRITICAL Blood Transfusion Is Resorted to in Hopes of Saving Gladys Brockwell's Life. By the Associated Press. 1LOS ANGELES, June 29.—The con- dition of Gladys Brockwell, mot vas reported by p v as_“extremely critical.” s Brockwell and Thomas Stanley nan, Los Angeles advertising man, were seriously injured when their motor car plunged over a 75-foot embankment at Calabasas, Calif., Thursday night. Brennan was reported to be resting easily. A blood transfusion was resorted to! yesterday in an effort to save Miss Brockwell’s life. : Although Brennan at first was re- ported to have been driving the car, Miss Brockwell was said to have told | one of her physicians yesterday that| she had been at the wheel. Because ()(‘ thefr condition, investigetors were un-| able to obtein a coherent story of the accident. | | i | | | Atlantic Cify Sundays, July 7, 21 Also Thursday, July 4 SPECIAL THROUGH TRAIN Via Delaware River Bridge | 8 Leaves Washington. .. Leaves Ballimore (Fe Returning, leaves Atlantic half of the lodges were made fo the grand exalted ruler by Marie Madre: -.adarshall, Pennsylvania. Railroad | GROUP OF 8 | stamping ground of the Mohegan and | many of the boys are going for the ——————— [tlon of officers will take place at the 0 BOYS PLAN | :;:1':; s -_Io—n:!—the encampment to- 60-DAY OUTING IN CAMP'pDAMAGES DENIED AUTO STRUCK IN DRY CHASE | | Controller General MecCarl Says No |- Appropriation Is Available for Purpose. 5o Party From Cleveland Park and| Chevy Chase to Leave Tomorrow for Connecticut. About 80 boys from Cleveland Park and Chevy Chase will leave tomorrow afternoon for Lantern Hill Camp, Old | Mystic, Conn., where they will spend the next 60 days. | ages to the automobile of a private citi- This camp 35 located on the old |?¢R When the damages are Incurred in connection wiih enforcement of the ) law. > did so in disallowing a bill of $89.10 incurred in repairing a small au- tomobile ' which had been damaged hen struck by a_commandeered auto- mobile in which Prohibition Officer W. E. Bedenbaugh was chasing an alleged _ Controller General McCarl has held that the Government cannot pay dam- Pequot Indians and is operated under the direction of Dr. George Earnham, | pastor of the Cleveland Park Cong tional Church and professor of pu speaking in George Washington rsity. e is assisted ift Moore, physical dir Westes tor ~ 6f High School, and a corps of able coun- | bootlegger in Florida. McCarl sald | seiors. | there were no appropriations available This is the third season for Dr. |fo pay the damage. Ferpham’s Lantern Hill Camp. and | ARl | 'ROBBED OF $11,000. Salesman, “Taken for Ride,” Loses Diamond Ring and Cash. eersmith Suc-| KANSAS CITY, June 29 (®).—Louls | Rabinowitz, traveling jewelry salesman Q | of Kansas City, revealed today that he Maj. Robert JE. Messersmith of the | Was taken “for a ride” two weeks ago Marine Corps died at the hospital, | by five gangsters, who took -his dia= Quantico, Va., this morning, the Navy | mond ring, valued at $3,000, and, aftér Department was informed. Maj. demanding $25,000 on threat of death, sersmith wes on duty at the Navy De- | compromised on $8,000, which was paid. partment some years ago. Rabinowitz said he had not reported His next of ki is Mrs. Sarah C.|the affair to the police because “noth- Messersmith of Pleeiwood, Berks County, | ing had been done in similar kid- Pa. He was born October 24, 1885, | napings.” third time. MARINE OFFICER DIES. Maj.- Roberty, B e cumbs at'@uantico Hospital. K 'OODWARD X LLoOTHROP DOWN STAIRS STORE On Sale Monday Another Shipment 600 New Sleeveless Handkerchief Linen Dresses 3.95 New Shipment of Lovely Handkerchief Linen Dresses that usually sell for a great The fineness of tailoring and newness of style are entirely unusual at this low price, $3.95. Make an early selection Monday Morning. {Also Will Ask- National Sup-| Values that are truly Exceptional OTIS HANKINS, Fourteen-year-old Pine Bluff, Ask., is held in the slaying of his fa Police said he confessed killing father when he swore at him. ~—Associated Press Photo. Henry Ford Favors Employes Between Ages of 35 and 60 boy, ther. his| | | | | Values Experience Above, Physical Strength, Auto Magnate Says. | Special Dispatch to The Star | PHILADELPHIA, Junc 29.—Henry | Ford, in the July issue of the Ladies | Home Journal, says that he should | prefer, if he could make the choice, | to have all his employes.between 35 and 60 years of age. |, “For then,” the automobile manu- | | facturer adds, “we should have a stable {and experienced force. We would not | care how much over 60 the men were 0 | | long as they could do their work.” i | “Under no circumstances would we have a working force made up of only | young men,” Ford says. “It is abso- lutely necessary, in order to get the | work through, to have a solid frame- work of older and more experienced men who know exactly what they are doing. “It is not to be expected that a man {of 70 will have as much endurance as | one of 25. It is not at all necessary that he should have, for by the time a man has reached 70 he ought to have something a great deal more valuable than_ physical strength. “The records of the employment de- | partment show that the work which {cells for endurance Is best:served as & rule by men who are 40 and over. | Younger men seem to tire of jobs of this kind rather quickly and want to be transferred to lighter work.” “Having lived a number of vears,” Mr. Ford says, “is a great advaniage to any one if those years have brought a | background of experience. It is usual | o associate age with years only because |so many men and women somewhere | By the Assoclated Press | | | Elected National Commander of DANELS FORESEE AMERCA N LEAGUE Tells Educators He Expects World Association Member- ship by 1939. ATLANTA, Ga., June 29.—Prediction that the United States will be a mem- ber of the League of Nations or “some ! like association of nations” within 10 | years was made here last night by Jo- sephus Danlels, Raleigh, N. C., publisher and former Secrstary of the Navy, in an address at the opening session of the National Education Association’s annual convention. “It may be 10 years—I do not believe it will be that long—-before the vacant seat at Geneva is occupied,” declared Mr. Daniels. “We shall come to it step by step,” he added. “Those who oppose any un- | derstanding—the ‘bitter-enders’ so- called—have been almost silenced.” Peace Steps Are Reviewed. As indication of America's desire to join other nations in making “war an outlaw,” the former Navy Secretary pointed to the Washington Naval Con- lerence, the presence of observers, “even unofficially,” at League and other inter- national conferences: the Dawes repara- tions agreement, the Geneva Naval Conference, the Briand-Kellogg treaty, the recent Young reparations pact | and the approval of the World Court by the Senate, “even though not as forward looking as could be wished.” “With war effectively outlawed, the next logical step,” Mr. Daniels declared, “is a world agreement to substitute the arbitration of reason for the arbitration of war. That achleved, whether the outcome carries us into the League of Nations as now constituted, or into some like assoclation of nations, is of relative little moment. Pleads for Individuality. JOSEPHUS DANIELS. MILWAUKEE CHOSEN BY LUTHERAN SYNOD 1932 Triennial Conference to Be Held in Wisconsin—Nine Churches Admitted. | By the Associated Press. RIVER FOREST, Ill, June 20.—Mil- waukee was chosen yesterday for the next triennial conference of the Evan- gelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, to be held in 1932. Application of nine churches for membership in the synod were ap- proved, but that of the tenth was de- nied because of a technicality. Churches approved include: Calvary, gl‘?ns Clty.flM Zlon, Binford, N. ;Dak.; Memorial, Toledo,” Ohio; - A plea for individuality in a machine | Gever. "SI iast, Th et standardized world was voiced by Wil-|more N. Y. Grace, Pontac. liam John Cooper, United States com- | Christ, Maplewood, N. J.; Redeemer, missioner of education, who discussed | Evansyille, Ind. and Trinity, Cissna phases that education can play in pro- | park, Iil. Changes in the constitution moting individuality. Mr. Cooper said |of the first two were requested to cone educators Lfihould Study objectively all| form with the synod rules. experiments now in progress. Because the application of the Grace Uel W. Lampkin of Missour, presi-, pyangelical Church at St. Petersburg, dent of the association, in discussing | Fi; “did not include the church con. the theme of the converftion. “educa- | gyitition, members of the Southern dis- tion for a new world” declared “the | i chie problem before educators is trict declined to act on the application. Expulsion of Imma: Whethet we are teaching children how | gpoblieion of Immenuel Lutheran fo Tive 25 years from now. No one can | Gr"jeh Of CEeRe. Jebf. tnd, s pas; definitely answer that question, but we | wors o By T SeERED, rort the synod are trying to get as close to the answer | vention after a stormy debate. The as we can in this convention and else- | grastic action ainst the Omaha where. i church resulted its “continual : : Welcome any suggestion from the Trens- > e ") | munion to msabers of secret lodges. ury Department on law enforcement. | . He said the association expected gestions from the Federal educat officials and as to prohibition practically | foreign competition, & oIf Sthtes required the - teaching thet | delegation will vislt' Buenos Alres, Ar- alcohol is injurious and that it is the | Sentina. . duty of all schools to teach observ-| ance of all laws. MURPHY HEADS VETERANS | Disabled Service Men. I DETROIT, June 29 (#).—William J. | Murphy, past State commander of Cali- | fornia, was elected national commander | of the Disabled American Veterans of | the World War at the closing session | of the veterans’' annual convention here | yesterday. The next convention was | awarded to New Orleans. | ‘Women of the D. A. V. Auxiliary won | a victoty yelwrdn&ln obtaining ge | B of a resolution officially recos it' as an affiliated organization. Mrs. F.' W. Lambertson of Denver was elected | president of the auxiliary. | Thurman L. 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Tuxedo sleeveless, sun back fast- Orchid for your new glasses. Nile Green OrTICAL DEPARTMENT, Fiast FLOOR. W ater-proof Dust-proof SEB WILL RETRE FROM FIRE OFFICE After 32 Years—Fine Record Cited. Fire Marshal Leonard V. Seib today applied for retirement from the de- partment after 32 years' service. Mr. Seib was one of the first men appoint- ed to the marshal’s office. There were but four employes in the office when he was appointed. There are now 18, and the work of the office has grown mark- edly. He said the stress of the work was affecting his health, although his application for retirement was not based on disability. According to Fire De- partment rules, he s entitled fo retire- |ment in the discretion of the Commis- sioners if he has served for 25 years nngshu reached the age of 60. Seib is 63. Joined Department in 1897, Seib joined the Fire artment March 4, 1897. He was p?:x;ohd to assistant tillerman in 1901 and to tiller- man (equivalent to the present grade of lieutenant) in 1903, “He was de- tailed as assistant fire marshal in 1905, made deputy fire marshal in 1906 and fire marshal on September 1, 1920, the position which he has held since. He was awarded a ribbon for his work dur- ing the Knickerbocker Theatre disaster in 1922 and was commended for his services st Kann's warehouse fire in 1925. He makes his home at 1404 Crittenden street northwest with a daughter, Mrs. Mary Woodward. - “Nothing I could say would be too high praise for Seib,” George S. Wat- son, chief engineer of the Fire Depart- ment, said in discussing the retirement today. “ has been an extremely faithful public servant and the pre- ventive work of his office has saved the District many millions of dollars.” Oil Burners Scarce. Seib said today that when he first started working, in the fire marshal's office there was no such thing as an oil-burning furnace in town, and when the department received a request for a permit for a 100-gallon gas tank, everybody got excited. Nowadays, he said, with gasoline stations on every corner and oil burners in so many houses, his department has to work to the limit to keep all the fire prevention regulations enforced. The post to be vacated by Seib will probably not be filled from the ranks, it was understcod. The duties of the fire marshal have 80 _complex and technical that a civil service ex- amination will probably be devised to | select an engineer for the post. —_— William W. Farnam Dies at 85. NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 20 (#).— William Whitman Farnam, treasurer of Yale University under the late Presi- dent Timothy Dwight, died from heart affection in his. 8th year, His father, with Joseph E. 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