Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1931, Page 16

Just Think of It!! A 6-Room House WIRED FOR ELECTRICITY For As $I05 Low As This price includes -all Edison_Bulbs and hand- some Fixtures complet Convenient Time Pa ments may be easily ar- ranged. C < MUDDIMAN 911 G St. Nat'l. 0140-2622 WITNESS IN BRIDGE DEATH STIRS CLASH Judge Denounces Prose- cutor’s Threat to Impeach Testimony. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, February 27— Threats of James R. Page, prosecuting attorney, to impeach the testimony of a State 'witness heightened interest to- day in the trial of Mrs. Myrtle A. Ben- nett, 35, accused of slaying her hus-| band after a bridge game quarrel. Judge Ralph S. Latshaw, presiding, | deaounced the prosecutor for *“legal third-degree methods” in a sharp ex- change over the testimony of Charles | M. Hofman yesterday that the widow | wept as she lay beside her husbandis |body and “wanted to use the gun o | herself.” | “Suppose this witness is a perjuror,” | the judge demanded. “Where is your case?” Hofman and his wife were players in the bridge game that preceded the fa- tal shooting of John G. Bennett, wealthy representative of a perfume company, September 29, 1929. Heating Specialists for Over 25 Years You’ll Save —cash by letting us equip your home NOW with a United States Oil Burner, and have AUTOMATIC HEAT for changeable Spring wcather, United States OIL BURNERS t Special Low Price for Under Fire of Reed. mmediate Installation Page, denied an opportunity to “re- \ fresh the memory of this witness, dget Pasments can be |||Inunched an attack which drew fife b g ; rom the judge as well as defense coun- ‘fr‘}" Estimates without || 3™ 5o 2SR, " Reed, "former United 2 | States Senator, and J. Prancis O'Sulli- van. With the jury excluded, he quoted e J. Colbert Co. ||| rom™ the s purporting to be Hof- (G, HEATING, TINNIN man’'s statements at the preliminary spppRsiRIe | || AR brushed me aside and PLU “In every particular,” the prosecutor esserted, “this witness has changed his t . Unless I am allowed to com- | pare these stories before a jury I may as well dismiss the case.” Mrs. Bennett, unrouged and pale, sat intent at the counsel table, nervously biting her lips. “The prosecutor,” Reed observed, “threatens to make another case out of this one.” He demanded that Page be stopped from “bulldozing and intimi- dating” Hofman. Judge Latshaw turned to the prose- cutor. “You are threatening the wif ness,” he said. Warning of Error. However, Judge Latshaw anncunced immediately before adournment he would permit Page to attempt to (m- peach Hofman's testimony, warning the | court was committing “a fatal error in | the event of conviction.” | Hofman related earlier Bennett slap- | ped his wife after she termed him a “bum bridge player” for losing a double bid on four spades. Mrs. Bennett obtained a pistol upon her husband’s request, he said, when Bennett announced he was leaving on a business trip. Hofman said he did not know in what direction the shots were fired; explaining he was “paralyzed” by shock. We have first ortgage ney avail- for loans REAL ESTA MORTGAGE & GUAR, TY CORPORATION 1610 K St. N.W. Call National 1403 o ae ‘There are at least 60 stars to every man, woman and child in the world, : says a European scientist. Read this list if you are looking for real SAVINGS—but act quickly, as the quantities are limited. 54-inch and 60-inch. (3) $9.95 Simmons Metal Cribs. Wood finish. (1) $49 Child’s Bedroom Suite Dresser, bed and chest. Ivory finish, (2) $49 Englander Coil Beds ... Cretonne mattress. (1) $35 Oak China Cabinet.. (1) $195 10-pc. Dining Room Suite Oak finish. 60-inch buffet. (11) 810 Bed Room Chairs In walnut, mahogany and green enamel. (4) 87.50 All-Cotton Mattresses 4.6 and 3.3 siz (5) $3.75 Console Mirrors Polychrome frames, (1) $195 2.pc. Overstuffed Suite THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, “Hungry” Mayor PHILADELPHIA HEAD EATS IN SHELTER FOR IDLE. . Sk eaas e > HARRY A. MACKEY. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 27.—In order to get first-hand information concerning the manner in which a shelter for homeless men is being con- ducted, Mayor Harry A. Mackey has eaten and slept in the shelter disguised as_one of the unemployed. His makeup was so good he was not even recognized by guards assigned to the execntive offices at City Hall. Instead of a modishly attired chief magistrate, he emerged a shambling figure with unkempt hair and a set of whiskers, He wore a dotted blue shirt open at the neck. old corduroy coat, baggy trousers, squeaky shoes and a battered felt hat. He has played three one-night stands at the shelter during the last two weeks and found the food and sleeping ac- commodations “excellent.” The Mayor made these disclosures during a conference with a committee which asked that the city appropriate $9.000,000 for the unemployed and that jobless men be paid $15 a week. Criticism of conditions at the shelter brought a sharp reply. “Don’t you tell me anything about the shelter,” the Mayor said. “I go there constantly, mingle with the men | and sleep there in disguise. I spend a | great deal of my salary there. I take | the men music and last week I took | them 5,000 cigars and cigarettes. The shelter is operated by the Mayor' Comumittee for Unemployment Relief. gl o il Ten Locomotives Purchased. NEW YORK, February 27 ().—The Amtorg Trading Corporation announced yesterday the purchase of 10 steam loco- motives from the American Locomotive Co. and the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The locomotives are of the 2-10-4 and 2-10-2 types. This is the first purchase for the Soviet Union of locomotives of these types in the United State: RVALRY OF TATE INDIVORCE CROS 90-Day Arkansas Bill Signed. Idaho Backing Plan—“Mail Order” Bill in Nevada. By the Assoclated Press. RENO, Nev,, February 27.—Rf ;among States to break Nevade's q divorce monopoiy continued today with | the signature of Arkansas' Governor | on a 90-day civorce bill and Idaho's| House of Representatives’ indorsement | on a similar measure. | In the face of this external attack a “mail-order divorce” bill prepared by Senator Duane Bush of Humboldt | County (which receives little of Ne- vada's divorce business) brought em- barrassment to Reno's legislators at Carson City. | Determined to maintain Nevada’s pre- eminence, the latter have sponsored a | bill which would make six weeks' resi- | dence sufficient for the filing of a ce_petition. If the purpose,” said State Senator Bush, “is really to bring speedy comfort | to the unhappily married, let us go the limit. My bill provides the divorce | seeker need only write a Nevada district | judge of his or her intention, retain | an attorney by mail and present evi- | dence by deposition.” | Is Not a Lawyer. Senator Bush is not a lawyer. Neither is he interested in Reno hotels, Montana apparently dropped out of | the spirited race to speed severance of | marital ties, the Senate summarily re- fusing to concur in a House measure which would reduce the State's resi- dence requirement to 90 day The Arkansas bill, signed FRIDAY, by Gov. Harvey Parnell, will become effective June 12. Idaho's House of Representatives passed the ‘“quick divorce bill” by a vote of 38 to 29 and 'sent it to Gov. C. Ben Ross, whose signature will make the State's divorce law the same as in Nevada. . Opponents in the Arkansas’ Legisla- ture characterized the divorce measure as an attempt to enter Hot Springs into competition with Reno. Proponents did not deny the charge. Gov. Parnell signed the bill without comment. Only One Change. The only change in the State's divorce laws was to reduce the residence requirements from 1 year to 90 days. Gov. Ross of Idaho said ‘he planned “to sleep on the bill at least one night. Mrs. Maude Largent Cosho, repre- ntative from Ada County, sald lack gambling facilities_prevented Idaho from competing with Nevada. “Visitors would go back East and say they had to sit around for three months and crochet,” she declared. “That isn't as good advertising as we are getting from spuds and Senator Borah.” When women in the gallery ap- plauded Representative Hansen of Bonneville, started to reprimand them, but, noting “most of them are young women,” he said nothing further. . Radio apparatus exported from the United States in a recent month was valued at $3,896571, an Increase of $856,204 over the corresponding month of the previous Brookland Coal Co. inc. B. & 0. R. R & Mich. Ave. N.E. Phone Decatur 0180-0181 Famous Reading Anthracite Prize Winners in the Slogan Contest Will Be Announced Thursday, March 5 MARKET If you want foodstuffs, espe- cially good, or hard to obtain elsewhere, come here 70 Live Dealers Anxious to Serve You 14th & Park Rd. 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Two months of intensive study at the Mount Wilson Carnegie Institution of Washington Astronomical Observatory and the California Institute of Tech- nology physic research work have given him much to think about, Einstein said, ‘The Einstein party will spend tomor- row a$ the Grand Canyon of the Colo- rado, in Arizona, continuing by train direct to New York after making a motor trip Sunday through the Petri- fled Forest of Arizona. No appearance will be made in Chicago. The party will embark on the liner Deutschland for Germany upon arrival in New York, March 4. Einstein is to appear at a Jewish banquet there be- fore sailing. | Murderers Pay Penalty. COLUMBIA, S. C., February 27 (#). | —Six colored men were electrocuted in | today for the murdsr of two Lexington | County white men. the South Carolina Penitentiary early | RELIEF TO CONTINUE {Red Cross Aide Says Kentucky Counties in Dire Need. LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 27 (#).— Rellef may have to be given drought sufferers for two more months in at | least a score of Kentucky counties, J. H. Heckman, State supervisor of Red Cross drought relief, said yesterday. Mr. Heck aan, on his return from a trip nto the neediest of the 102 counties where the Red Cross is feeding 150,000 persons, sald the hill sections of East- emn and Southeastern Kentucky and the bottom Jands of the Ohio and Missis. sippl Rivers continue in dire need of relief. While They Last— The remaining Suits and Overcoats—Fashion Park and Mode Makes—regardless of what the former prices have been. Just a few—scattering sizes. Choice Alterations at Cost Linen Street Vests Small lot $8.50 $10 single and double breasted Vests......... Soft H and 95¢ The Mode—F at Eleventh Mode Madras Shirts Separate collar and collar attached. Were $3.50 and $4....... 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