Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1930, Page 47

CUSTOMS PENALTY OF 71328 1S PAID Clerk in Paris Store Who Told of Smuggled Goods to Get $50,000. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 1.—A certified| check for $213,286, representing largest customs penalty ever imposed | the Treasury Department for an at- tempt to evz ies, was in the of the collec the port t It was pai by M t L t of a cosmetic s and pena. . women's af y which Mrs. Dodge ar brought with them on the France April 15 and on five trips. The informer, who tipped customs of- s off to the contents of the 12 trunks brought in by Mr receive $50,000. The person cated to be a clerk in a Parisian store, When the Dodges landed, they de- clared $17,000 worth of baggage, n appraisal by customs men placed the actual value of the merchandise be-| tween $80,000 and $100,000. Of the total sum paid, $41,725 repre- sented duty and fines on jewelry and Dodge, presid to cover $38,245 on furs. A duty of $9.340 was 1] ewelry brought into the country previous to April The rest was the levy on the clothing, which in- collected on POLICE BOARD TO HEAR GRACELY SATURDAY Postponement Granted Yesterday Because Crotts’ Subpoena Had Not Been Served. Granted & continuance yesterday, Spottswood F. Gravely, suspended third ¢ detective, will be arraigned ay before the Police Trial Board e of unauthorized use of his The postponement was after attorneys for Gravely ex- ed one of the chief witnesses in James Crotts, had not been r th a subpoena. The case against Gravely resulted from the shooting of Crotts more than ago after he is alleged to have ted, with two other men, to ex- ney from Rose Marie Foster, resident of an apartment house in the 1200 block of First street. CLINCHBURG CASHIER ENDS LIFE WITH GUN Writes Fiancee and Bank President Before Committing Suicide. Examiners Summoned. attem CLINCHBURG, Va, May 1 (F)— After addressing letters to his fiancee to the bank president, Roland R, 33, cashier of the Bank of shot and killed himself roner’s jury returned a sulcide 'P. Buchanan, president of the cluded 52 original Paul Poiret gowns. United States Attorney Charles H.| Tuttle said he would not prosecute Mrs Dodge for smuggling, as he considered the civil fines sufficient punishment, and also because Mrs. Dodge. who is head of the Harriet Hubbard Ayer Co., is ill at her home in Mill Neck, Lg land. AIDE TO COL. GRANT | REPORTS FOR DUTY Lieut. Butler to-Take Place of Maj. Peterson, Who Was Trans- ferred Recently. First Lieut. Frederic B. Butler, Corps 3 . A., reported here aide to Lieut. Col. ctor of public build- | take the place of Maj. Virgil L. Peterson, assistant direc- | tor, who was_transfe duty in the office of the chief of Army Engineers. In his new post Lieut. But- ler will have close contact with the | housing of the various branches of the Government in the shift that is soon to | take place. In addition, he will relieve | Col. Grant of numerous details that have accumulated in the month that | he has been without an assistant. Lieut. Butler has been on duty in | San Francisco. BUILDING DELEGATION = | MEMBERS VISIT HOOVER President Discusses Forthcoming | London Meeting With 5 of 14 | He Appointed. | President Hoover yesterday received for a brief conference five members of a | delegation of 14 whom he has appointed | to attend a conference’of the Interna- | tional Federation of Building and Pub- | lic Works in London from May 26 to 30. | The delegation said they talked over | briefly the matiers to be discussed s the London conference, for which the will be leaving shortly. In the delega- | tion were Dr. Tohn M. Gries, chairman | of the group, who is chief of the divi- sion of public construction in the De- | partment of Commerce; Truman S. | Morgan of New York City, who is presi- dent of the F. W. Dodge Corporation and vice president of the internat federation; John W. Harris of Ne York City, David B. Riffle of Pittsburgh | and Col. George B. Walbridge of De- troit. GIRLS TO GI.VE CONCERT The Girls’ Glee Club of Juniata Col- lege at Huntingdon, Pa., is in Washing- ton to give a concert program at the Lincoln Park Methodist Church to- morrow night at 8 o'clock. The club also will give a similar pro- gram Saturday night at the Washington Church of the Brethren. wired the chief bank examiner of inia, asking that he send some one to take charge of the institution. Bu- chanan said the troubles of the bank started about eight years ago due to the defaleations of a former cashier. Then e and had succeeded ing the former diffi- WILL GO TO HAWAII Capt. 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