Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1930, Page 3

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PACKARD, Secreta: THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Wa Company for the y "elock p.m.. , 1931. ' The polls wiil THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1930. [1YDINGS ASKS CURB| ON REALTY INQUIRY iMaryland Senator Fails to: Limit Probe to Washing- ton Enterprises. (Continued From First Page.) use. District Attorney Leo A. Rover| now has possession of the records of the Country Club Properties Co., Inc., and is having them audited. ¥ At this point Senator Tydings inter- | rupted the proceedings. He suggested that the committee go over the list of | witnesses and summon only those | against which a prima facie case had | been made. Blaine Defends Quiz. ! “How are we going to establish a | prima facie case of wrongdoing if we do Inot investigate witnesses?” Senator Blaine retorted. he committee has employed an in- | vestigating agent to do this very work,” i said Senator Tydings. He added that | the committee should not “parade the | private affairs” of businessmen before the public at a hearing unless the in- vestigator had made out a case against them. Senator Blaine responded that such would be a very unusual proceeding for which he knew of no precedent. He declared this plan would make the in- vestigation as authorized by the Senate “practically impossible.” Referring to the Wardman case, Sen- ator Tydings said it might be that af- fairs of his concern needed investigat- ing, but that in the absence of any prima facie case the committee should net command him to produce the rec- ords of his corporation. Senator Tydings added that unless a private individual, the Better Business Bureau, or some other body did make a complaint against Wardman, or oth- ers on the list of subpoenaed witnesses, h‘f was not in favor of investigating them. Cites Senate Resolution. Senator Blaine responded that such a proceeding would be a challenge to the resolution adopted by the Senate authorizing the Senate District Com- mittee or a special subcommittee of that body to investigate the conditions in real estate in Washington, which resolution, he said, also set forth evils in the business believed to be in exist- ence here. Senator Blaine contended that the powers of the committee to investigate should not be restricted by any plan to investigate only prima facie cases. When Senator Tydings again asked | why Wardman and others had been subpoenaed, Senator Blaine retorted that there was no more reason than there was at the time Jacob Shapiro was subpoenaed, during the last session,| of Congress, except as for the facts that were developed at hearings in the Sha- piro case. Ex-Salesman Testifies. Testimony was given by a former salesman of Country Club Properties Co., Inc., that he had resigned from the Montgomery County, Md. concern be- cause promises to improve the devel- opment had not been carried out. The witness, William L. Abernethy, now a radio announcer for the National Broadcasting Co., told of the methods employed by the real estate enterprise in selling lots to women of advanced age. He declared the principal basis of the sales argument entailed stressing the possibility of quick resales at large profits. Senator Tydings declined to put his suggestion in the form of a motion for action by the committee, and since Senator Blaine stood out against any restriction of the scope of the hear- ings, the matter was allowed to stand unchanged at the conclusion of today’s session. Tydings Explains Stand. Senator Tydings explained that in opposing the procedure foliowed by the committee, and in objecting to what he described as a “one-man investiga- tion,” he did not mean to embarrass open between 1 and 2 o'clock p.m. —_HAREY M. PACKARD, Secretary. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK. holders of the District Title other business as may be properly brought before the meeting will be held at the office of said company at 1 o'clock p.m., Monday, January 12, 1931 The polls will be open tween 1 and 2 o'clock p.m. HARRY M. PACKARD, Secretary. _ AT 10 AM. O3 . DECEMBER 11, 1930 we will sell at public auction, with- in’ our fireproof warehouse, 418-20 10th st. n.w.. used furniture and household goods of every description, to pay storage charges due and unpaid, consisting of living room furniture, bed rdom furniture, dining furni- , beds, dressers, china- ITED STATES STORAGE CO., 418-420 10th_St. N.W. TERMS. CASH. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Lincoln Hall Association of the District of Colymbia will'be held Jan- that may be roperly . brought fore it " GEORGE F. REPETTL. Y WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE DEBTS contracted by any other than myself after ?«'emh'r 9, 1830. WM. T. BUELL, 9 5 st 5 w e THE OFFICE OF W. W. & E. E. THOMP- son. chiropodists, 12th and G sts. n.w.. will be open 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. continuously. CHAIRS FOR _RE! SUITABLE BRIDGE PARTIES, banquets, weddin meetings. 10c up per day esch: new s. UNITED STATES STORAGE CO.. 418 10th n.w.__Metropolitan_1844. EPUTAT, o > one an g es" ATIONAL DELIV- NC.. National 1460. NALLIED VAN LINE SERVICE ation-wide Long-distance Moving. 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O Rionmone, Nortoie Danere (N CET points South. Long-distance moving our Specinits: mith’s Transfer & Storage Company. o R85 ven 1me serlln® Senator Blaine, but rather felt that in fairness to Washington business men they should not be placed under a cloud of investigation without cause. Prior to this- discussion Senator Blaine called to the stand J. Henry Oehmann of 3916 Morrison street a certified public accountant, to testify concerning an audit he had made of the records of the Country Club Prop- erties Co., Inc. Questioned by Oscar H. Brinkman, the committee counsel, Mr. Oehmann said he found that no cash had been listed as capitalization of the company and that an item of $20,000 was charged to good will. N. B. Clarke, an official of the promotion concern was credited with having all but two of the 200 shares of stock issued. The promotion concern owns no real estate, it was testified, and was acting in the sale of the property under a sales contract with the former owners of the tract, Frank L. Hewitt and the Fairways Land Co., represented by Maj. E. Brooke Lee, $135,000 Paid on Lots. Ochmann _testified that from April 10 to November 25, lot purchasers had paid in to the company about $135,- 000 and that refunds to the purchasers of about $15,000 was shown on the company's records. It was brought out also that the audits showed approxi- mately $25.000 had been paid on prin- of the tract by the promotion concern, In this connection the resale value of the land was listed as $330,000. Questions by Senator Tydings brought out that Clark paid to the former own- ers of the lang the price of each lot as full payment was made to him by the subsequent lot purchasers. Oehmann said the records showed that 8 or 10 lots had been paid for in full by various purchasers. Senator 10 out of 200 lots subject to sale con- tracts made by the promotion concern. Few Paid in Full. This makes it apparent that only a small proportion of the total number of purchasers had paid in the tull gur- chase price, Senator Blaine said. Ques- tions by Senator Blaine and Brink- man also brought from the public ac- countant that the commissions and ex- penses pald by the promotion concern, as shown by the audit, amounted to about 25 per cent of the total sales price of the lots. Oehmann also testified that the audit showed an item of $1,400 as an account receivable, representing advances made to the salesmen, which would become an asset when they are collected. Also it was testified Clark owes the company $7,910, accounted for as advance salary, Abernethy was preceded to the wit- ness stand by Mrs. Carr, who said the salesman talked so enthusiastically of the prospects of the subdivision she had been led to believe “there ws 1 those lots.” i Asked About Instructions. Questioning by Senator Blaine of Wis- consin, the chairman, developed that Abernethy had been instructed to in- form prospective buyers they might ex- pect to resell any lot they bought at the end of two months for a profit of 50 per cent on their money, at the end of six months at a profit of 100 per cent or at the end of a year at 200 per cent, He sald that he had been positively ordered to show only one prospect around the development at a time. The only exception to this rule, he testified, was in the case of husband and wife, | which was quite rare. He declared he was “called down” twice for violating b nl‘ll:n in detail the “luncheon Explaini n “lunc! lecture” v‘:’m employed by the com- pany, w Two aviators were injured when their plane fell into a tree and crashed ! into the ground in the back yard of a home at Carle Place, Long Island. Walter C. Kolm, pilot and owner of the plane, was flying with a companion to Garden } City to visit the Department of Commerce inspectors and have his license re- newed. The injured men were taken to a hospital in Mineola.—Wide World Photo. OFFIGIALS OF CHEST PLAN SOLCTATINS Organization of Group Unit Outlined at Meeting of Executives. Plans for organization of the group solicitation unit of the Community Chest in the coming Chest funds drive were outlined at a meeting of the Chest Executive Committee held yesterday at the Hamilton Hotel, with E. C. Graham, chairman of the unit, presiding. Chairman Graham announced that only willing givers will be solicited this year, and instructed his division chalr- man to see that no coercion is em- ployed. Elwood Street, director of the Chest, addressed the group on the need for raising $200,000 more this year than last, because of the demands made upon family organizations as a result of the unemployment situation and be- cause the first year’s Chest surplus was turned into the budget last year and will not be available this year. A partial list of division chairmen was named, as follows: Restaurants, Frederick Buchholz; pure food products, Walter Leaman; transportation, Daniel Moorman; transfer and express, C. H. Frame; printing and graphic arts, Charles Crane; retallers, Frank R. Jelleff, with Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith as vice chairman; public utilities, Lloyd B. Wilson; construction and building trades, Willlam A. Russell; newspapers, Frank R. Jellefl; automotive trades, George W. Offutt, jr.; laundries and dry cleaning, Edward B. Farren; banking and brokerage, E. J. McQuade; schools and colleges, Dr. T. W. Sidwell; cosmopolitan, L. E. Rubel; social agencles, Miss Gertrude Bowling; theaters, Sidney B. Lust, and Sanitary Grocery Stores, E. G. Yonker, with James E. Anderson as vice chairman. employed to solicit prospective custo- mers. He asserted the potential patrons obtained in this manner were provided free transportation by automobile to the properties some three or four miles beyond the spot where the District line crosses Sixteenth street extznded. He added they then were served a free lunch, after which a lecture was given by one of the officers. He ex- plained this lecture dealt principally with civic development and tales of money making. Abernethy sald the women then were shown over the property by highly trained salesmen, Closing of Deal. At this point Abernethy related the woman would be ushered into a “cubby hole” about 4 feet square, A man known as a financial manager then would enter the booth and seek to close the deal. He said they were successful in many instances. “Less than 1 per cent of the people [ talked to,” Abernethy said, “were men. Practically all of them were woman from 45 years of age up. Many of them were widows, more or less de- pendent on their relatives for support.” “I was one of their first victims last May,” Mrs. Carr told the committee immediately after being called to the stand. “Did you pay anything for your lunch?” Senator Blaine inquired. “No,” the witness responded, “but I paid plenty before I got out of there.” Frequently drawing laughter from the crowd which filled the committee room to overflowing, Mrs. Carr intoned her story. “This man,” she said. as she pointed to one of the spectators, “tooted his horn 8o fast that I didn't think there'd be enough lots to go around. He did that to excite us and stimulate sales.” The witness said she was among 150 women present the day she bought a lot. She said the money she invested represented the greater portion of her life savings. She insisted she had been promised she would make a profit of $200 within a month through a resale. She sald she had acceded to a request of a representative of the company to turn over to him her bank book. No Previous Experience. ‘The woman declared he failed to ful- fill his promise to return the record and she found it necessary to call for it. Questioning brought out that Mrs. Carr had been given nothing in writing, which told any promise of a resale. She explained she had had practically no previous experience in real estate trans- actions. \ Mrs. Carr said she failed to examine the title of the lot she began buying prior to the time when a foreclosure was entered because of her failure to keep up the payments. She sald she had been told her money would be re- funded should she find it impossible to meet the obligations. She contended that officials of the company had de- clined, However, to carry out this agree- ment. Will Rogers HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Been an awful lot in the papers lately about Russia. Funny thing about human nature. When we ain't feeling so good, we always want to read about somebody that is worse off than we are. That was a ter- rible trick that fellow Stalin played on those eight convicted men. They had confessed, thinking they would be hung and put out of their misery. Now he tells 'em they got to live, but in Russia. Not chang- ing the mb]"%.'h.bzm somebody wz Just telling us Congress was session. We inly that rumor is unf STATETAKES OVER BALTIMORE BANK l(:ommissioner Acts on Re- quest of Institution—Not in Reserve System. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 10.—The State bank commissioner late yesterday took charge of the Chesapeake Bank of Baltimore. A type-written notice on the door announced “This insttiution is in the hands of the State bank com- missioner.” Three branches in other parts of the | city also closed. The bank, established {19 years ago, was not a member of the Federal Reserve system or of the Balti- more clearing house. In its most recent statement, issued September 2, it showed d;poslu subject to demand of $1,833,- 9.31. George W. Page, bank commissioner, issued a statement saying he had been asked by a vote of the board of direc- tors to take over the institution. “There has been something of & run and the bank was unable to pay,” he said. “It is not possible at this time to say anything about what the assets or lia- bilities are, but we hope to take imme- dwl::e' steps for the relief of the deposi- Waldo Newcomer, president of the Baltimore clearing house, expressed re- gret, and sald “the clearing house will do what it can in the situation.” Included in the funds on deposit in the bank was a $400,000 account of the city government. Of the sum, $300,000 was a time deposit requiring 30 days’ notice before withdrawal. About $100,- 000 was a deposit subject to immediate withdrawal. Two per cent interest was paid on the latter and 3 per cent on the time deposit. ‘The bank’s business hours were from 9 am. to 9 pm., the only institution in the city with these hours. The officers are J. Monroe Holland, president; Willlam Edwin Bonn and Milton B. Delcher, vice presidents, and Milton L. Hollard, cashier. Shortly after the bank closed crowds gathered about the entrance, but there was no disturbance. Police were sta- tioned both inside and outside the build- \CLERK FOUND DEAD; | MISSING THREE DAYS R. L. Carter, 41, in Apartment When Friend and Police Gain Entrance. After failure to report at work this | week, Robert L. Carter, 41 years old, | clerk in the audigdivision of the gen- eral accounting office, was found dead yesterday in his apartment at 219 H street, when police forced open the door at the request of friends. A trained nurse from the general ac- counting office went to Mr. Carter'’s apartment Monday and again yesterday and received no response to a knock on the door. Subsequently E. W. Bell, assistant chief of the audit division, went to see about him, and being un- able to enter summoned the police, who gained entrance. Last Sunday's newspapers were found in the man’s apartment, leading to the belief he died either late Saturday or early Sunday. An autopsy was ordered. Mr. Carter had resided in this eity for the past 15 years and had been with the general accounting office since its establishment. Some years ago he served as civil service attache with the Marine Corps and was with the ma- rines at Vera Cruz in 1914. He was a native of Atlanta Ga. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Annie L. Carter, and two brothers, Josiah Carter, jr., and Richard H. Carter all of Atlanta, and a sister, Mrs. A. H. Ulm of this city. Funeral services probably will be held tomorrow afternoon. Reserve Commissions Issued. Commissions in the Reserve Corps of the Army have been issued by the War Department to Philip Robin, 509 Crit- tenden street, this city, as a first lieu- tenant in the Dental Corps, and to Ralph H. Peterson, Washington Navy Yard, as a second lieutenant in the ! Coast_Artillery. o UN ITEDXSTATES TORAG OMPANY our customers very frequently say, “We are recommending you to all our friends.” 3% We are led to the conclu- sion that there must be satisfaction back of this kindly gesture! 2 Call Metropolitan 1843 for an estimate. ¥ 418 10th Street X IDESCRIBES SOVIET SUCCESS IN RUBLES Kalinin Points to Millions In-| vested in Industry and Ag:_ riculture Since 1917. The following is the second of a series of four articles upon condi- tions in Russia. BY VICTOR EUBANK, Associated Press Staff Correspondent. MOSCOW, December 10.—The claims of the Soviet government*® to real achievements in the 13 years of its existence are described in terms of billlons of rubles by Michael Kalinin, president of the Central Executive Com- mittee of the U. 8. S. R, in a recent speech. Kalinin said that since the revolu- tion in 1917 the sum of 10,800,000,000 rubles had been invested in industry in Russia and 26,400,000,000 rubles in agriculture. (The ruble is supposed to be worth about 50 cents.) Most of this huge total, it was explained, was pro- vided from government funds, but a portion of the agricultural expenditures was made by the peasants themselves. Summarizes Communism. The results of communism, Kalinin sald, can be summarized as follows: (the past six years) Soviet Russia built 2,222 new factories and plants, 320 power stations and 19,663 kilometers of new railways. “The total output of Soviet industry is almost double the prewar period. During the past six years farm machin- ery plants produced 1.160,000,000 rubles worth of machinery and next year it is expected they will turn out some 800,- 000,000 rubles’ worth of these neces- | sary aids to agriculture. Only 16,000 tractors were manufactured in the six- year period, but in 1931 alone this number will be exceeded. Farn. movement Gains. “The collective farming movement is galning in popularity and at present the community farms are cultivating some 38,000,000 hectares of land. (A hectare is equivalent to 247 acres.) The “soclalized sector,” which includes both state and collective farms, has about 42,000,000 hectares under culti- vation. “Within the past six years the gov- ernment has spent 2,100,000,000 rubles on the construction of new houses. The housing problem is rapidly being elimi- nated and it will be but a short time until we have comfortable quarters for everybody living in the cities. The urban centers have become overcrowded in the recent years, but the Soviet gov- ernment has added 15,500,000 square meters of living space to the badly crowded quarters. “Finally, the government has estab- lished a number of new universities, hundreds of sclentific research institu- tions. and many thousands of new clubs, schools, libraries, hospitals, sana- toriums, rest homes, etc.” * CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Benefit dinner, Shrine of the Sacred Heart, parish hall, Sixteenth street at | Park road, 4:45 to 8 p.m. Meeting, Burnside Corps, No. 4, Woman's Rellef Corps, Soldier, Sailor and Marine Clubhouse, Eleventh and L streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, American University Park | Citizens' Association, Hurst Hall, Mas- | sachusetts and Nebraska avenues, 8 | p.m. Meeting, Park View Citizens' Assocl- | atlon, Park View Platoon School, 8 p.m. Lecture, Fred Payne Clatworthy, First | Congregational Church, 8 p.m. | James' Catholic Church, auditorium, Thirty-seventh street and Rhode Island | avenue northeast, 4:30 to 9:30 pm. | Meeting, Geological Society of Wash- | ington, Cosmos Club, 8 p.m. Meeting, District Dietetic Association, Red Cross Building, 8 p.m, A banquet in the nature of a fare- well to the old church at John Marshall place and C stfeet will be held by the women of the Metropolitan Memorial Church at 6:30 o'clock today at the church. The old building will be va- cated in January to make way for the Federal building program. The speak- ers will be Senators Simeon D. Fess and James E. Watson and Clifford Berry- man, cartoonist of The Star, Card party, Catholic Daughters of | America, 601 E street, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Abandon Endurance Test Flight. ORAN, Algeria, December 10 (#)— | The Algerian flyers, Bossoutrot and Rossi, who had been trying to establish a new endurance flight record here, “During the reconstruction period | yn, | with recpect to jurisdiction over such pper and bazaar, Sodality of St. | o abandoned their attempt this morning | because of bad weather. | ! T i il i) it DISTRICT. COMMISSION ASKS CONSOLIDATION WITH TRAFFIC OFFICE (Continued From First Page.) and authority the Commissioners may exercise the same through the Metro- politan Police and such other existing | officers or agents of the District as the Commissioners may by regulation des- | ignate.” Control Is Changed. Section two of the new bill, which is to be an amendment of the trafic act passed in 1925 and setting up the office of the director of traffic, reads as follows: | “That such act be, and the same is | hereby amended, so that wherever the | word. ‘director’ 'appears in such sact. | sald word ‘director’ shall be stricken and in lieu thereof the word ‘Commissioners’ shall be substituted.” In the bill sent up on December 1,| the Commissioners simply sought to give | to themselves the power now restin, exclusively in the director of traffic o orlgmuhln'gwne' traffic regulations. At present Commissioners have the veto power over any new ation suggested by the director of lc, but all regulations must originate with him, and if it happens that he does not choose to recommend a regulation which the Commissioners want passed they are | helpless. Agreement Is Claimed. In the letter of transmittal to the Congressional Committee of the District of Columbia the Commissioners say: “This draft differs from that sub- mitted to you on December 1, 1930, with respect to the provisions concern- g common carriers. It has been rec- ognized that both the Public Utilities Commission and the Board of Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia are interested in the regulation of the movement of common carriers and as & result of joint conferences we have agreed upon ‘the revised proposal here- with submitted as a complete and sat- isfactory adjustment of the differences carriers in traffic, To Correct Defects. “We have endeavored to convey to you the earnestness of our desire to have this legislation enacted as soon as possible. You undoubtedly are aware of the grave difficulties in the enforce- ment of traffic regulations that have arisen as a result of defects in the present traffic act, as well as of ju- risdiction of problems which have ham- pered and impeded the efficient admin- istration of the intention of Congress as expressed in the traffic laws. “If your committee desires to hold public hearings on this proposal, we urge that such hearings be at the earliest possible date. In view of the agreement of the administration agencies most affected by traffic prob- lems and the absence of controversial matter in the proposed bill, we respect- fully solicit its early indorsement and enactment by Congress.” The section which was inserted to dispose of the clash of jurisdiction be- tween the Commissioners and the Public Utilities Commission is found in a pro- viso to another section giving the Dis- trict Commissioners power to make, modify and enforce reasonable regula- tions with respect to brakes, horns, lights, mufflers, and other equipment, the speed, length, weight, height, rout- ing and parking of vehicles and the es- tablishment of hack stands. The proviso is: “That as to all com- mon carriers which enter, operate in or leave the District of Columbia, the power to route such vehicles within the District of Columbia, to regulate their equipment * * * {5 vested in the Public Utilities Commission of the Dis- trict of Columbia, but that whenever any order from the District Commis- sioners, shall be made, involving the movement of traffic, which is inconsist- ent and repugnant to any order of the Public Utilities Commission, or vice versa, it shall be referred to a joint to be composed of the District Commissioners and the members of the Public Utilities Commission, which is hereby authorized and created; and such joint board may, by.the affirma- tive action of any three members there- f, adopt rules and regulations, which, when promulgated in accordance with provisions of this act, shall be and shall have the full force and effect of law; provided, further, that the En- gineer Commission shall be the chair- man of such joint board, and shall have but one vote.” French Legion Honors American. RIVERSIDE, Calif., December 10 (#). —Dr. Rufus B. Von Kleinsmid, presi- dent of the University of Southern California and chancellor of the Insti- tute of Infernational Relations now in session here, was given the medal of the French Legion of Honor last night. — e e Steamed Oysters Oysters steamed in shell and served in “Harvey” Oyster Sauce and Melted Butter. 72v0 YearR Delicious Dinners, $1.25 and $1.50 Pennsylvania Ave. at 11th Street CHRISTMAS WREATHS Beautiful floral concep- tions, Magnolia Leaves, Red Ruscus, Pine Cones and Heather. $3.50 Priced We Ship Them National 4905 1407 H Street 3 Doors West of 14th St. \ | E=GIFT HINTS wiyy /// sl BUYERS TESTIFY IN SHAPIRD TRIAL Home Purchasers and Sales- man Say $2,500 Trust on Property Was Hidden. Three witnesses, two buyers and a | salesman, testified today in the trial of | Jacab Shapiro, realty operator, in Dis- | trict" Supreme Court on charges of placing “hidden trusts” on realty, that they transacted for the transfer of a | plece of property without knowing that in addition to an $8,000 first trust, there was an additional $2,500 trust on the | roperty. e ‘IPhee {wo buyers were Mr. and Mrs. W. Calhoun Furr, who testified they bought the property at 1716 Hobart street from the Joseph Shapiro Realty | Co., of which Jacob Shapiro is presi- | dent. The salesman, not now connected | with the Shapiro firm, was Louis Paul- hemus, with whom Mr. and Mrs. Furr negotiated for the transfer of the Ho- bart street property. 24 Properties Held Involved. ‘The case on trial is based on one of a number of indictments against Shapiro, charging him with disposing of property on which there were “hid- den trusts,” and is the outcome of the current Senate investigation. In his opening statement to the jury yesterday afternoon, Assistant District Attorney John W. Fihelly charged that Shapiro placed “hidden trusts” total- ing $100,000 on 24 pieces of property, and that he sold the Hobart street resi- dence to Mr. and Mrs. Furr without revealing the fact that there was, in addition to the $8,000 first trust on the property, an additional $2,500 trust. Mr. Furr was the first witness in the case this morning. He said that he first started negotiating for the Hobart street property in November, 1928, completed the deal in the latter part of that month and took possession in Decem ber, 1928. It was not until one ye later, he testified, that he learned that there was the additional trust of $2,500 on the house and grounds. The noti- fication came in the form of a letter from a mortgage concern, he stated. Salesman Takes Stand. Mrs. Furr corroborated Mr. Furr’s tes- timony and added that she would not have consented to the transfer of her home on North Carolina avenue south- éast and cash and deferred payment considerations had she known there was another trust in addition to the stated $8,000 first mortgage. Paulhemus testified he was the sales- man for the Shapiro concern who first started negotiations with Mr. and Mrs. Furr for the transfer of the Hobart street ?ro y. He sald that at the time of e sale of the Hobart street property he was not aware that there was any other than the $8,000 first trust incumbering the property and so represeated the property to the Purrs. MOYE DIVORCE ASKED Wife Complains of Idquor Viola-| tions and Man’s Infidelity. Mrs. Louise M. Moyé, 764 Fairmont street, has filed suit for an absolute di- vorce from Thomas M. Moye, charging liquor law violations and infidelity. He was also cruel to her, she tells the court. They were married February 26, 1922. Attorney Raymond Neudecker appears for the wife, e s *e®¥ A3 WOOL MEN BENEFIT BY STABILIZATION Price Holds Up, While Other Commodities Fall, Co-o0p. Official Says. By the Associated Press. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, De- cember 10.—Wool growers and manu- facturers have received benefits co-operative efforts to stabilize wool prices during the past year, F. J. Hag- enbarth, president of the National Wool Growers' Association, sald in opening the sixty-sixth annual convention of the association here today. For the first time, he said, the wool grower is receiving full benefit of the wool tariff, and wool has fairly held its price within a narrow range of fluctua- tion when other staple commodities have fallen violently to lower levels. Activity of the association in connec- tion with the recent tariff revision was reviewed by Mr. Hagenbarth, * the new tariff as a whole and reducing its effects to dollars and cents, the | grower is better off by a considerable margin as well as the establishment of valuable precedents in wool tariff writing,” he concluded. He sald that up to date the Federa) Farm Board and the National Woo! Marketing Corporation have made good 100 per cent. Urging further efforts for advertis- ing to increase lamb consumption, he sald study and statistics lead to the conclusion that there is no overproduc- tion of lamb, but undercons: n. “One of our major labors during the next few years must be the education of our fellows as to the necessity of the advertiéing plans which we now have initiated.” A fund of $125,000 is to be raised for advertising this year, he sald, and the Executive Committee of the national assoclation has proposed a :lll!x'xld of $400,000 as & mark at which to Roger Gillis of Del Rio, Tex., presi- dent of the National Wool Marketing Corporation, in an address sald that since the corporation began operating in February, this year, it has controlled 35 per cent of the domestic wool out- put and 85 per cent of the mohair crop. A total of $37,000,000 has been advanced to growers by the corporation. “See Etz and See Better” (T [ Pleasing and useful Christmas Gift are pair of Eye Glasses— arrange for them now. 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