Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 18

D. C, DECEMBER 21 CHILDREN PAY WITH FOOD TO SEE MOVING PICTURE Packages Given by Many Throng- ing Theater Will Be Dis- tributed to Needy. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., December 20.—Apollo Theater was packed here this morning by children for a &pecial showing, admittance to which was made !JURY T — ¢ Army Officer Acoused of Mur- & dering His Wife, Hears Clos- ing Trial Arguments. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Kans., December 20. —The jury in the case of Maj. Charles A. Shepard, accused of the poison mur- der of his wife, retired for the night &t _10:03 p.m. The jurors retited to deliberate at 2:58 p.m. after being charged by Judge Richard J. Hopkins. They were instructed that three vers dicts could be returned—acquittal, con- viction of first degree murder without reccmmendation, which means death, and conviction “without capital pun- ishment.” “Other Woman* on Hand. District Attorney Sardius M. Brew- ster in making the prosecution’s fitial pléa declared that Shepard had “put away” his wife because she stood in the way of his love for Miss Grace Brandon, blonde stencgrapher of San Antonio, who was a_Governmert Wit ness in the trial. i Harry 8. Class of Denver, chief of defensc counsel, told the jury that| Shepard had been “erucified” by the Government in what he termed a trumped-up case of circumstantial evi- dence. Officers and officers’ wives, many of them intimate acquaintances of the Shepards, were among the 100 wit- nesses to testify concerning circum- stances surrounding the death of Mrs. Shepard at Fort Riley, Kans, June 15, 1929. e —— R The Norris home is one of the historic spots in Culpep er, Va. The wife of President Chester A. Arthur, who was Ellen Lewls Herndon, was born in it in 1837. She died in 1880. President Arthur had erected in Old St. John's Church, Washington, a memorial stained glass window to her meiory, entitled “The Resurrection.” A rorhance, not generally known, was connected with their befrothal and marriage. President Arihur, while a tt was the Government's contention | student at Anmapolis, was passing Old St. John's Church and heard a beautiful voice in the choir, which so énchanted that Maj. Shepard and Miss Brandon | him that he went in and beheld the attractive young girl whom he afterward met and later wed. were engaged secretly in the Fall of The Home pictured above was purchased by Peter Jere miah Norris in 1855 and is still owned by the family, his son, 1926, that they wery openly engaged | John R. Norris, havirg been born there and still occupying the old home. & menth after Mrs. Shepard's death, gt i : e ammnes | AMERICA'S PERSIAN VALUABLES ' fobo ot st U ey s 5| SENT TO EXHIBITION IN LONDON?GAPUNE HENCHMEN - 3 SRR $50 Featuring three diamonds, set in 18-kt. solid gold, artistic mounting. 75¢c Week LA A L TR R TR LTS AT A SRR SR 15 LA NSRRI By the Associated Press. 1930~PART OXNE through giving one of more ;u:kuulclor.hlng and baskets—will be distrib- of non-perishable food, which will be|uted at the theater. distributed Christmas morning to need: families in connection with the annual Christmas party sponsored by the Ki- wanis Club and. Community Chest. The theater management called the af- fair wfllnn: “package party,” and pre- sented fil of special interest to the youngsters. On Christmas morning the benefi- claries of the Christmas party, confined to children whose needs have been ap- proved by the charity distributing agency, will be special guests at the theater, and the gifts—the food, toys, ARSI RN AR RN RN AR X Gifts fci Cveryone ko MONEY DOWN' DAYMENTS STAKT NEXTJANUARY —at MA Gift Diamond 8 pm, to e tollowed by & reffeshment A new departure in practical Christ- | used &. nn:““ :‘nogn'm records - rel mas charity was registered here today | for the sthool. . T . o when a baking company turned over to PO BT S % R & charity agency 600 tickets, each én- = titling the holder to a loaf of the coms Berlin Battles Noise. pany's bread, redeemable at any local| pppryny () _The Anti-Noise League is battling harsh sounds ia store. Berlin. City police prosecution of mo- torists for exceasive honking in the streets numbered 418 in the third quarter of 1030, six times hs many & during the first quarter. Columbia Park Entertainment. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLUMBIA PARK; Md, December 20.—The local public school will give & Christmas entertainment Mondey at <7 24 » AN Pecoltor Set $14.95 Heavily nickel-plated and unusually graceful in line. “ F s Cynthia Pieces ~include electric percolator urn, creamer, s sugar bowl and tray. 50c Weeh— No Money Down An_exclusive Marx creation offering 5 fiery diamonds in modern solid gold '\Hh‘ 4 1920, and that the major's gifts to World Collections Yield Precxous Ex- []RDERED T[] PRlSUN Miss Brandon, tall and blonde, was s striking figure as the “other woman.” She characterized the major as a “per- fect gentleman” and related she stil had a motor car, jewelry and clothing he had given her. n in which she expressed fear of a mental ailment to which her mother fell_victim. The major, a tuberculosis specialis who entered the service in the Worl War, apparently viewed the proceed- Miss Brandon prior to his wife's death, including jewelry, flowers, murder mys- tery novels and a canary, were prompt- ed only by his “friendly admiration” for the recipient. amples of Master Craftsmen \Datmg' Nitti Given 18-Month Term From 3.000 B‘C to present Tlme. and $10 000 Fine for Tax Mrs. Shepard was portrayed by de- fense witnesses as & women of many (D354 o A SRS o 4 s - E moods, The witnessss testificd ahe | By the Associated P | the largest loans to the London exhibi- Evasion. rank to excess ved i > the 1 3 4! v % § " NEW YORK, D ber 20.—Thoe tion were the Metropolitan Museum of teeth and was subjzct to periods of de- |, TRV SOLE. DUOHEr TLf0 | New York, the Museum of Fine Arts | ings calmly. is habitual calm was broken twice on the witness stand. He wept as he related how his wife, a divorcee and Burse, whom he married in Los Angeles in 1016, drank on their honeymoon. sobbed as he told the court Mrs. Shep- ard was a narcotic addict. He was éalm again as he asserted he and Mrs. Shepard had not lived together as man ‘tndm-vlu for six years preceding her eal Evidence Often Disputed. Circumstantial evidence, often identi- eal, suppofted the contentions of both sides. Dr. Winslow A, Rose, Army dentist, prescribed a mouthwesh containing polson for Mis Sheperd. The Govern: ment, ¢sserted she could not have ab. sorbed sufficient poisom to kill; the de- fense asserted she codld rave. Witnesses ranged in rank from Maj. QGen. M. W. Ireland, surgeon general of £ H £ i i 3 i H W. Crawford, colored “striker.” The fi?ml told of Maj. Shepard’'s appeal & transfer to San Antonio while in Los Angeles with the body of his wife. Crawford diffidently denied he knew the Fort Riley bootlegger from whom he sald he bought liquor for his mistress. The trial, Federal court attaches es- ¢ timated, cost the Government more than $150,000. Defense costs, exclusive of attorney's fees, were estimated by Shepard's counsel at about $5,000. s LIGHTED TREE WILL MARK WASHINGTON PLAN OFFICE the United States Army, to Pvt. Robert | art, surpassed only by the collecton of Boston, the Art Institute Chi- of 'the Shah of Persia, is in three C280. the Pennsylvenia and University | sh'ps on the high seas and bound for | Museums of Philade'phia, the Textile , London. ? seum- of the Dstrict of The objects, Givided for safety and " valued at betvccn five million 14 six | Yereity, the Detroit Institule of Arte, | million dollars, wete loaned by private the American Numismatic Society of | collectors and ‘museums for the inter- | New York, the City Art Museum of natonal Exhibition of Persian Art at Sl louls and the Cleveland Museum the Royal Art. February 28. _ Some of the private collectors send- The American Institute of Persian | In€ pleces are Horace Havemeyer, Val- Art and Archaelogy, devoted to re- | cntne E. Macy, jr, Mrs. Rainey Rogers, Academy January 5 to | O°f search in one of the world's oldert Philip Hofer, Miss Liczle Bliss, Mr. and civilizations, gathered the loans in this Ms. Sam A. Lewlsohn, George C. Stone country and Bir Joseph Duveen of | 8nd Mortimer Schiff. Lor';d;m stood the expense of shipment | - o — and insurance. | The exh'bition will bring together| PATRIARCHS MAKE GIFTS | Persian art I:hlch has been scaitered | over the world for centurle:, and, in | the words of the offcial annotincement, Received by Polish President in| LT T i i Ancient Celebration. mxpphm“:as never b;!ore al vfmpte WARSAW, December 20 (4).—Presi- Gvery known typ: from earlier than | " i i & ,000 B.C. to the prescnt will be repre- | Gcht Moscicki today received in audi sented in exhibits. | ence Metropolitan Germanos, delegate m"lnor nlwrelthlb 50 centuries art of | of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch at igh quality has been produced in Per- | 5 ot S R S R R ht.a'nbu'l. and was given the patriarchal bardly equeled in any other region,” | Pen:diction with a number of gifts. said Myron Bement Smith, secretary of Since the seventeenth century the the American Institute. “Evidence is | patriarch of the Eastern Church has accumulating that in Persia we shall | t delegates with gifts to each Rus- d the immediate antecedents of the |sian Czar after his coronation. Now Sumerian culture, one of the oldest | that the days of the Cars are over, that has yet been studied. | the delegate sent to Poland is the first “The art of Persia preceded that of | to go out on such a mission since Greece. It is no exn;gent on to say | Nicholas of Russia was killed by the that discoveries in Persia may yet | Bolsheviks. This is interpreted as a throw precious light on the very orig'ns | token of eppreciation for the interest of civifization.” the Polish government takes in its ernment got another man on an in- umita, | i Fogg Art Museum of Harvard Uni- | Somy oy csine char |a five-year Among American institutions making | Ofthodox pcpulation. CHICAGO, December 20.—The Gov. today—Frank “the enforcer,” finance” in the Capone aleohol an gambling syndicate. Nitti had seen h: boss, Ralph Capone, and his colleague, Jack Guzik, convicted of income tax evasions. Nittl, whose share of the Capone profits for three years ending Decem- ber 31, 1927, was $842,887.81, elected to plead guilty. The plea of guilly was a new de- parture in gangland affairs. It was the fifth score for the Government in its relentless campaign against evaders of income taxes. Two public officlals have been con- victed and three gangsters: Gene G. Oliver, Cook County assessor, sentenced to 18 months fined 612,500 for evading taxes on $250,000 income for three years, Ralph Capone, years in prison and fined $10,000 for evading more than $300,000 taxes on income estimated at $1,871,000. Lawrence C. O'Brien, State Repre- sentative, awaiting sentence upon con- viction of evading taxes on a three- year income totaling $436,000. Jack Guzik, Capone business man- ager, awaiting sentence upon convic: tion of evading $220,000 income taxes on an $1,000,000 in three years. pat g Bathing caps in the shape of penquin heads will be worn at English beaches next Summer. in prison and | 1 income totaling more than | sentenced to three | 3 No_Money Down Guaranteed movemeént in dainty case, with link band. 50c Week— No Money Down Man’s Diamond $37.50 A generous size diamond sparkles in this massive hand-engraved mounting Dainty Wrist Watch $1295 mounting. + $1.50 Week— No Money Down Birthstone Ring $8.75 % Always a popular giit. . Solid white gold mountings in assorted styles. 50¢ Weeh. No Money . Toilet Set 1975 A splendid gift that comes in choice of beautiful colors and finishes. Neatly boxed. 75¢c Week— No Money Down 50c Week—No Money Down A Gift of i Sl Y FOR THE FIRST TIME! Plotted Federal City, to Have A Christmas Decorations. $5'7-00 Starting tomorrow, a Christmas tree Allowance Is Offered for Your will adorn the park of the house at I Radio or Phonograph 3049 M street, now owned by Miss Alice " e rd, which £ oS for President Washington and Maj. L'Enfant when they met in the last days of March, 1791, to map out plans for the Federal City. Carols will be sung for the entertain- ment of the community's children. freshments will be served. The plac- ing of the tree is ar annual event. This ceebration i« made possible by the Social Agencies of Grorgetown, of which Mre. Fred T. Dubols, director of chil- aren’s aciivities of the Bicentennial Commission, s chairman. Assisting 'Mrs. Dubols in this work wil be Miss Louise Harlow, A. W. Eowles, Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, Mrs. k“g Arno'd and Mrs. Charles White- eac. ‘The Potomac Electric Power Co. will {urnuh the decorative lights for the 1ee. 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