Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1930, Page 5

JURORS MAY PROBE SALE OF NECKLAGE Archduke Admits Receivingi Fee in Napoleonic Heir- loom Transaction. By the Assoclated Press, NEW YORK, March 5—Grand jury @ction was in prospect today in connec- tion with the sale of the historic Napoleon diamond necklace, heirloom of the Hapsburg family, to a local Jeweler for $60,000. Representatives of the aged Arch-| duchess Marie Theresa of Austria, for- mer owner of the nesklace, which she values at $400,000, claim the arch- duchess received only $7,270, while her agent, Charles L. Townsend, believed to be en route to India, retained $52,730 | of the sale price for expenses. The | archduchess claims the sale was effected | by Townsend after she had revoked his | power of attorney. Archduke Leopold, grandnephew of the archduchess, yesterday told Harold | 'W. Hastings, assistant district attorney, that he was present at the sale of the necklace to D. M. Michel, a jeweler, and had received a commission from Townsend in connection with the sale. The amount of the commission was not revealed. Leopold said Michel bought the dia- monds for what he appraised their in- trinsic value and had promised to re- turn the silver setting to him. He said he *i t return the setting to the archdu .” He told Hastings he had no idea where Townsend was, as he had not seen him since the day of the sale, February 11. EXPENSE HELD DOWN. Rivers and Harbors Requests Are Cut Hard. President Hoover was assured today by Representative Dempsey of New York, chairman of the House rivers and harbors committee, that the omnibus rivers and harbors will be kept down to the extent of the absolute needs of commerce. Representative Dempsey told the President that the bill has been drafted “'fim mn;l;mmn-e in view and that it will probably aggregate not more than $100,000,000 in authorizations. He THE EVEN WS AL STEN | Coremr e | Members of the Trinity College team | Legio; who are leaving tomorrow for Convent Station, N. J, and New York City to meet teams from St. Elizabeth’s Col- lege and Mount St. Vincent-on-the- Hudson. Upper, Mary ter, Mary Delaney, doria Grey. also said that this is the first omnibus rivers and harbors bill in three years and necessarily a large number of items had to be taken care of. ORATORY WINNER! Chosen Best Orator of Glasva High School—First Victor in The Star Contest. Miss Alice Stein of Rock Point, Md., was chosen yesterday as the best orator of the Glasva High School of Faulkner, Charles County, Md., marking the first winner selected outside of the District | in The Star area of the seventh Na- tional Oratorical Contest. Eliminations had been in progress at the school for the past week and yes- terday the finals were held, with six girls and two boys competing. The winner is but 16 years old and is a senior at the high school. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stein of Rock Point. Besides Miss Stein the participants in the finals were Margaret Lloyd, Ellen Sweeney, Catherine Simpson, Magdalen Simms, Edwardina Budd, Charles Car- penter and Thomas Higdon. Mrs. P. D. Brown, Neale Hamilton and J. P. Burdette were the judges. The contest was stagted under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Bouchet, history teacher, By virtue of her victory Miss Stein is now eligible to compete in the Charles County finals, the winner of which will be awarded a handsome medal by The Star. If she should be selected to rep- resent the county she would become one of the competitors for the $100 | that is offered the best orator in the Maryland district. |CONFIDENCE IN PRATT VOTED BY LEGIONNAIRES Complete confidence in the executive | v 00dstoc! ability of Maj. Henry G. Pratt, super- lnwll'ldne.gt of pulicle.,swu exnres';ed E’le a resolution passed last night by the Vin- cent Costello Post, No. lE‘YAmeflcln m. The resolution, introduced by William F. Franklin, called_attention to the service record of Maj. Pratt dur- ing the World War and to his accom- plghmems as rouee head. Another resolution was approved rec- ommending that a bill to provide pay- . | ment of $5,000 to widows and children of District police and firemen killed in ggne o:l m'x:y ?emmznd:su'g include T:wll lents of the dece 5 ormu bill was introduced g'y";um- Richard A. O'Brien, post commander, presided at the meeting. MISS ALICE STEIN. DIES IN MARYLAND. Miss Julia Sheetz Expires in Pikes- ville Hospital. Miss Julia Sheetz, 46 years old, sister of Capt. Ira Sheetz of the tenth police precinct, died yesterday at a hospital in Pikesville, Md. Miss Sheetz suffered 2 breakdown more than a year ago. Besides Capt. Sheetz, Miss Sheetz, long a resident of Woodstock, Va., is survived by another brother, Sanford Sheetz of Cumberland, Md., and five sisters, Mrs. Mary Wilkins, 8. Wolf, Mrs. Ida Didwick, Mi Swartz and Mrs. Rebecca Peters, Interment will be made in ‘Woodstock. Because of the bumper banana crop in Jamaica last year natives are buying many luxuries. NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MMRCH A 1930, LEGAL CONTROVERSY DEVELOPS ... OVER LOCATION OF CEMETERY Maryland Courts to Decide Whether Burial of Infant Is Sufficient to Establish Title. .| eral weeks, the county sioners, J. F. Lillard, Wesident of the cemetery company, declared that this " inasumuch as the Cemetery Co. was orgamized, had chnmtl and owned the property before June 1. Following an_executive session with their attorney, M. ton Magruder, who has been studying case for sev- mers A yesterday passed a formal order stating that they had been advised that the cemetery company “has undertaken to sell lots in violation of local laws,” and directs = “to u.nmmeh legal action as necessary to prevent & continuance of the violation.” The cemetery company advertised that it expects to spend several million dollars in developing the project. The question whether the burial of an infant on the site of a proposed ceme- tery actually establishes a cemetery or is pure subterfuge is one of the points o be decided by the Maryland courts as a result of an order by the Prince Georges County commissioners directing their attorney to take legal action in the case of the Northwest Cemetery Co., Incorporated, which plans to develop Washington Memorial Park, a 100-tract of land near Takoma Park a%rllz.r ln'io & cemetery. " nder a law passed at the last of the Maryland General Ammbl?.l‘:g effective June 1, last, a permit is re- quired from the county commissioners before a cemetery can be established, A few days prior to the time the law mthm:‘n!deflec!':hn : ullle(ed, an infant was buried on the of s e the proposed In a statement to the county commis- DE MOLL’S Radio Department This department is managed by one of the best known radio experts in Washington. - All installations of sets are made under his personal supervision, which guarantees perfect service to our customers, Let Us Demonstrate the RCA RADIOLA We guarantee our prices to be as low can be found in the city. Special terms. DE MOLL Piano and Furniture Co. 12th & G Sts. 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