Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1931, Page 3

Famous Hotels Use. IBUILDING EXHIBIT URGED FOR GAPITAL Ty New Yorker Tells Realty American Drivers will take your __order for American Quality Coal storc:“ln Burglar- $5 Storage Vaults. Steaming and Glazing Free VERY LOW PRICES ON REPAIRING AND REMODELING Phone Nat’l 5628 and we will gladly call for your coat. ISADOR MILLER Mfg. Furrier 809 11th St. N.W. Nat'l 5628 Thoroughly Cleaned Inside and Out, and Working under arti- ficial light, or reading fine print, driving into glaring headlights— puts a tremendous strain on our eyes. Have your eyes exam- ined now. ETZ Optometrists 1217 G St. NW. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE METROP- olis tion Slireckors aRd. such giufi:n’.’“fl"i-’y' B gome before the meeting will be s¢ the ofce of the association, Wed 857 oclock pin. CEDWARD AT TRIPE, *Boards It Would Aid En- tire United States. BY DON S. WARREN, Real Estate Editor of The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., May 27.—Estab- lishment of & permanent exhibit of housing and city planning in Washing- ton, D. C, as a means of stimulating the construction industry, was proposed today to the National Association of Real Estate Boards, in convention here, by Edward A. MacDougall of New York ‘The proposal was laid before the 1,500 realtors of the country this morning at the first general session of the three- day convention which was opened with addresses of welcome by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, and Mayor Howard Jackson of Baltimore and & | statement by Harry S. Kissell, Spring- field, Ohio, national realtor president, that “the strength of real estate has been the great stabilizing factor in the past two years.” The proposed permanent housing ex- hibit in Washington, if adopted, would | be organized by the national reai ‘estate body, the United States Building and Loan League, American Institute of Architects, American Federation of Labor, American Bankers' Association and others, together with Government experts. | Stresses Educational Value. Mr. . MacDougall, exponent of the “garden” type of city development, jurged creation of an American Institute of Housing in the National Capital, where the public, architects, builders, students and foreign visitors could view exhibits of the best in American home development and gather composite in- formation. Such a permanent exhibition would encourage home-owning and conse- quently assist in reviving the building | building, he said. The speaker, one of the developers of Jackson Heights, Long Island, also de- clared that home building costs, rising {more rapidly than incomes, had made i1t necessary for the family of limited means to accept smaller quarters than formerly. Mr. MacDougall lauded the efforts of the White House Conference on Home 1Owning and Home Building, but de- clared that the following changes would have to b2 brought about before any “substantial” progress can be made in_expansion of home ownership: Readjustment or “equalization” of la- bor costs, new or improved methods of real estate mortgage finance, relief from the burden of real estate taxation, more general adoption of zoning and deed restrictions, better housing plans, safe- guarding the building industry against unwarranted trade combinations to ad- vance and control costs of building ma- terials and renewed confidence in the buying public. Kissell Is Hopeful. President Kissell in upholding the utation of realty investments, on Tepi Co. | the basis of the last two years' experi- - | ence, declared, “If real estate had taken | vice. the same precipitous drop which other 't | commodities took during the last de- in be_ hel it rroulgmn.“an& .. for Durpose of 3 ‘managers to serve during the en- ¢ HENRY 8. MA’ s, BTG B e o VISl gl ANY OWE YOU MONEY? fl’"‘I. tion is made. SUREAD. 301 Bond . Nati n e ot 3 R Hutlvust, ot tion to X s lien: * RAMA IS‘{I‘M AGE o s rd. June I WILL NOT BE RESPOI Sner than those Ine H. R _YATES. 118 B st. ne. 1, 1931, at f electin: 3078. 566, suc- FOR ANY by mysell. OWNERS., WE PROP- . We have & well organized department for the man- "No sttier Buarees Tef § i Sales ob Decatir 3506, lete service. -1 $ OUR ful “on- wi carries Pprotectic 3 'years. Now is the time. Reduced ices. STATES STO! 5 (18 100 B R e HBOE PARTTES. Deriaucts, meetins, 10 up per ‘day cach: mew chairs STATES Ao invatid Chairs for rent UNITED 'STORAGE CO. 418 10th st. nw. Met: litan 1844, e e e THE GATES OF ROCK Creek Cemetery will be closed to all vehicular traffic on Deco- ration Day, Saturday, May 30, ,1931. By order of the execu- tive committee, R. D. HOWELL, Sec. To NEW YORK P To machine ~ or hand work. NASH FLOOR CO. 1016 20th st. West 1071 ALLIED VAN LINE SER Naflon-Wide' Long-Distance Movine. T NTED—RETURN LOADS ND 2 T weekly ‘service ‘for 1 ;v:a‘f:'(nmfl . Baltimore, Paiadels 51;,;1-‘. 'STORAGE ©O.. INC., 4 8t. N.W. _Phone Met. Toas. DR. AN BRENTWOOD, 1 Tbdteal Teiorse, Seasiz O Cing A ihe service, will specialize on NON-SURGI- CAL treatment of sinus disease, gail stones and ailments of childhood. Office hours. 9 to 7 dafly. . enced Tinners At Your *I"Iu to Bave You Money on BUBGET PAYMENTS Tt desired. 3. C unv &FLOOD§ iy y. Dec. 2700—Evenings. Clev. 0619. _ - Day. Dec. 27 ROOF WORK any nature promptly and capably looked A MILLION DOLLAR .—.Pnnflnl plant equipped to handie any kind of printin problem. Distinctive The Nat;;n.al Capital Press 1210-1212 D_ M. N.W. _Phone National 0850. YOU NEED plumber i & hurry call Flood. Shop on reel®is Save you money on small Jobs. BUDGET PAYMENTS it desired. JLFLOOD ¢ 11 v C. D 0. y._Dec. 2700 Evenin; ~—of after K worl —for your Summer Cottage. Be sure and see it before building. it S J. FRANK KELLY, Inc. 821 Ga Ave. NW. g —| k—Paint— Kl haint s, OF THE |others. Mr. ofice | showing North 1343 To to | pression, this country would have been a financial shambies Comparing realty investments to Kissell quoted statistics that industrial stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange showed & depression of 62 per cent be- twezn their high of 1929 and their low of May, 1931. ilroad stocks listed lhuve«g a depreciation of 54 per cent, utilities 61 per cent and the stock of 11 leading banks in one large city, all of which are in an unusually safe position, showed a de) tion of 63 per cent. as between high and low points in stock sale prices in the past D ana g that this was not a - m Ou!klt banks mt’ldpredmtmg:?h':t 8 prices would rise, the - o il 25 e - grea iticism of real estate is that it is frozen, that it lacks liquidity. We admit we have no exchange on which we can throw our real estate and but we submit that t i are willis take the same depreciat B n_on real lepreciatio - | estate which stocks have taken within the last two years, if you are willing to Do cent, ' the Tack of Bauiciy bes cent n of uidity be- 8ins to fade away. . = Y Sees Safety of Real Estate. “If you have a $100,000 propert which is distressed and you ‘Pup;"{ mitted to sell it for $40,000 to $45,000, I question if you could not find a buyer for it over the tel 3 “No bank which has made real estate loans based on a scientific, intelligent and honest appraisal—which the bank itself should have made—should have lost any appreciable amount on their real estate loans during the last de- Ppression.” A better understanding of appraisal matters was set up by President Kissell as one of the four major objectives of the association. “Four years ago the association went on record warning the financial instit: tions and the public against buying called real estate bonds based on in- sufficient and incompetent appraisals, 33| The method of appraising land and buildings separately and basing earn- ing power of the project on peak ren was absolutely a false way to deter- mine the real value of the completed structure.” WILL PRESENT PLAYS Pirst and second prize winning plays in a recent contest sponsored by the Arts Club of Washington will be pre- sented by the club tomorrow night. The plays are “Honeysuckle,” by Mrs. Bd- ;’d‘:flnélz’ fimbyplh:fi vllnnelr, and “An ace,” Isabel McDougal which won second honors. ! Members of the cast for “Honey- suckle” are Ann Ives, Ray Montgomery, Belle Bohn, Ed Muth, Andrew Dent, jr, and Joseph Atchison. The actors in the second play will be Jane Plum- mer Rice, Muth, Arthur White and Harold Long. Both plays are under the direction of Mrs. Willlam J. Peters. Balkans in Pnrle;. SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 27 (#).—Under the chairmanship of Premier Liaptchefl of Bulgaria an all-Balkan agricultural conference opened today to discuss mu- tual problems relating to production, consumption and marketing of produce. e Open Every Stately, Artistic Memorial Wreaths Delivered Anywhere $1.50, $2, $2.50 and up Colorful artificlal flowers artis- tically designed. Also choice collection of fresh-cut seasonable flowers. ial attention to phone orders. telegraphed anywhere, FLORIST 9, At. 0162 e NURSERYMEN ‘Cottage City N 5000 "netiimare Bouleverd " SPECIAL NOTICES. 28 5&:@:’% =1 | industry and raise standards of home | get the money for it within an hour, | W09 Anna "Moore Converse, Ed | b THE EVENING ’ Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif —At a conference in London on what to do_sbout the world’s surplus wheat it broke up as usual. They even eat 2 cornbread dur- ing the . confer- ence. Russia proposed export wheat on a quota basis. We wouldn't agree to 1t, so anoth- er conference breaks up, with us being the “goat.” Will we ever quit send- ,ing delegations off to conferences? We just wait for a cn&f;’rence to get in wrong with somebody. There should be a heavy export duty af “good will” groups and delegates to conferences. We have had so many conferences that we are even sore at each other here KRKLAND GETS ONETO TEN YEARS Verdict Will Result in Dis- missal of Four Others In- dicted for Murder. By the Assoclated Press. VALPARAISO, Ind., May 27.—Virgil 'Kh-klnnd. Gary youth convicted yester- day of assault and battery with intent to rape, was sentenced today to serve one to 10 years in the Indiana reform- atory at Pendleton for the death of Arlene Draves. Sheriff Burney Maxwell of Porter County arranged to take Kirkland to Pendleton at once. Judge Crumpacker told Kirkland he had been “extremely fortunate in many ways.” “Your sentence is a very light one,” he said. “You were fortunate in many good attorneys and expert testimony of | physicians. I cannot condone your | conduct on the night this unfortunate (girl was killed. It was reprehensible !'and very deplorable. You are not with- out fault in the matter. You should i congratulate yourself that you escaped so easily.’ Youth’s Knees Tremble. The court room, crowded to the walls during the trial, held fewer than 50 per- sons today. Kirkland stood before the judge in a blue suit, the pallor of six months of prison on his face. ‘The convicted youth's knees trembled | as he faced the court and he moistened his lips frequently as he looked straight at the judge. Prosecutor Estill shook hands with Kirkland and enjoined him to obey Judge Crumpacker’s admonition to conduct himself differently after his Telease. Kirkland promised to follow the ad- John Crumpacker and Oscar Thiel were the only defense attorneys pres- ent. Their colleague, Ronald C. Old- ham, was on his way to Hamilton, Ohio, in custody of a sheriff to face a charge of issuing & check against insufficient funds two years ago. The verdict will result in a dismissal of the charges against four other youths indicted with him, Prosecutor Estill said. They are Henry Shirk, Leon Stan- ford, David Thompson and Paul Barton. “After what happened to Kirkland we ought to pin a medal on the others and send them off with a hurrah,” the prosecutor declared. The 20-year-old Gary, Indiana, steel mill worker and former High School foot ball player, was elated with the outcome. “Gee, I'm happy,” said the youth, ‘whose first trial last March resulted in & recommendation for life imprison. ment. There were some in the court room, however, who cursed him as he was led to await the formal passing of sentence by Judge Grant Crumpacker y. Pandemonium marked the finish of the four weeks' trial. Charles Draves, father of the dead Arlene, and his four sons left the room with hardly a word, but Guy Weaver, father of Mrs. Bernice Elser, a witness for the State, had other ledas. He sprang at Attorney Oscar Thiel, chief of defense counsel, with a cry, “You can't say things about my daughter,” and struck him three times about the face. Weaver then left the court room, while Thiel obtained a war- rant for his arrest on a charge of as- sault and battery. Referred to as Shameless. | Mrs. Elser, a young married woman who attended the fatal liquor party, testified that she saw her husband and Henry Shirk near a car in which Arlene lay in an unconscious condition, but that she did not tell her husband or offer the girl help. Thiel referred to her in closing arguments as “either shameless and inhuman at that tite or lying now.” The jurors, nearly all elderly farmers, required three hours to reach . their verdict, guilty of assault and battery with intent to rape. They passed over the charge of murder in commission of a rape, involving the death penalty, and | the charge of rape alone, calling for a | sentence of 5 to 21 years. The return of the verdict did mot end the jury's part in the proceedings. No sooner were the members dismissed by Judge Crumpacker than reports were brought hith that three jurors said they thought they had voted for a sterner penalty than the one-to-ten year prison sentence. Possibility of a mistrial vanished, however, when Pros- ecutor Estill announced that the stat- utes said a juror cannot impeach his own ve:':lct gw}: it is returned. The prosecutor sal e woul k an- other trial. L It was Balliff William Hardesty, who made the reports to Judge Crumpacker. He sald jurors Hugh Morrow and Claude Walters told him they thought they bad inflicted the death pm:fty. Another juror, Norman Ashton, said eant the penalty to be Feen-a-mint is the answer. Cleansing action of smaller doses effective becat you chewit. At {::r drnuha: the safe and scientific laxative, Feen-amint FOR CONSTIPATION STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, THREAT EVIENCE SOUEHT INSLAYIG Secret Boxes Fail to Yield| Sensational Facts Bearing on Double Murder. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 27.—A search for information that Herbert Spencer, slain magazine editor, once sald would “blow up some of these big shots around here” was pressed today on the eve of David Clark's preliminary hear- ing on a charge of murder. Before Spencer and Charles Craw- {ford, political boss, were shot to death last week, Spencer’s magazine intimated that sensational information reposed in a box he kept. Detectives have found three boxes. The third, opened yes- terday, was empty. A fourth was sought. Clark, former deputy Los Angeles prosecutor, who has admitted he was in Crawford's office during the shooting, conferred in jail with directors of his municipal judgeship campaign yester- day. The election will be in June. Gambler to Be Grilled. District attorney's investigators plan- ned further interrogation of Guy Mc- | Afee, reputed gambling “czar” and po- {1itical enemy of Crawford, who proved that he was at the Hall of Justice at the time of the shooting. McAfee has candidacy, which was opposed by Craw- ford and Spencer. Reports varied about the significance of four note books examined yester- day. Three of them were crawford's, the other Spencer's. Investigator Blayney Matthews said the books contained “startling in- formation” which he would not di- vulge. W. Joseph Ford, appointed to prosecute Clark, said he did not think much of the value of the contents He said, however, he had found that a pistol-carrying permiv was issued to Crawford in 1929 upon a report his “life had been threatened.” Feared “Ride.” Detectives sald Crawford told police several months ago he believed that members of an Eastern gang had come to Los Angeles to take him “for a ride.” County tax records showed that Crawford was listed as the owner of real property, furnishings, automobiles and jewelry valued in excess of $280,000. Executive departments of Uruguay have been ordered by the National Ad- ministrative Council to buy only na- tionally manufactured goods except where such articles are not produced locally. been identified as a supporter of Clflrk'si WOMAN OPENS EYES OF LAW ON DRIVING Speedometer Among Parts of - nition She Says in Test Aftc: Written Examination. | By the Associated Press. | EVANSTON, Ill, May 27.—There was an expression of pain on the face of PFrank Kremly of the Bureau of Acci- dent Prevention yesterday. The cause was the answer given by 1 of more than 300 women who took a written examination on the theory oll automobile driving, which is expected to qualify them as either front or back seat drivers. “What are the major parts of the ignition system?” was the question. “The choke, the speedometer, heat, | ofl gauge, gas gauge, lights, starter, ' accelerator, clutch and the brake,” was ( one answer. ! Ambasador to Portugal Returus. LISBON, Portugal, May 27 (P)— John Glover South, United States Min- ister to Portugal, and Mrs. Sou'a sailed for America Monday aboard liner Saturnia for three months' home leave. On the same liner was Giacomo de Martino, Italian Ambassader to Wash- ington, returning to his- post from Italy. i NITED X STATES |+ | | ; When you go away | for the summer let the baby grand enjoy a more favorable climate, too, in our temperature- controlled piano room. The cost is moderate. Call Metropolitan 1843 for an estimate. * v 418 10th Street % WH 100000000000000000000000000000000006000000000000006¢ 10 Cafritz Lifetime Homes Were Sold First Time Advertisede The Best Home 4th & Emerson Sts. N.W. Buy in the City Worth Easily Come out and yourself one of tl Lifetime Homes e offered at such a price. 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PURCHASERS may select the varieties most suitabl needs. Also a complete selection of other plants on sale. VISIT THIS GREAT FLORAL EXHIBITION ANY TIME BE. TWEEN MAY 28th and JUINE 6th. A. GUDE SONS CO. to their il e Stgady" gains by Studebaker &5 continue . . . During April, Studebaker reg- istered more cars in Washington than any other car in its price class except one. During the first 20 days of May, Studebaker again registered more cars in Washington than any other car in its price class except this same competitor. leading, competitor showed a de- crease from the registrations of the same period in 1930 Studebaker showed very substantial gains. Studebaker is not resting on its laurels. It is hard at work winning fresh ones in a market which is more highly competitive, more discrimina- ting and more insistent on dollar But it is significant that where this value than ever before. F OFFICIAL REGISTRATION FIGURES May 1-20 May 1-20 1930 1931 48% increase decrease 27 70 40 54 STUDEBAKER Leading Competitor lower than it has been in months, Friendly owners have been respone sible for that. And finally—we are proud to represent Studebaker in Washing- ton—Studebaker with a tradition of almost 80 years of manufacturing leadership behind it—a Pioneer and a Pace-Maker in the automotive in- dustry. The thousands of Washington people who have invested in Stude- baker cars have placed upon us a very definite responsibility for fur. nishing the high type of service which Studebaker deserves. It is to us a source of great satisfaction that we are not shirking that responsibility. LEE D. BUTLER, PRESIDENT LEE D. BUTLER, INC. STUDEBAKER DISTRIBUTORS - 1132-34 CONNECTICUT AWE Opposite the Mayflower THIS IS ANOTHER STUQEBAKER YEAR We view with pardonable pride a record of steady growth and we wish to express our appreciation to the people of Washington for' their good will and friendly interest in our product and in our organization. ‘We view with pride the degree of excellence which has been achieved by our service department. Hard work, clear thinking and the helpful criticism and suggestions of our owners have accomplished this fine result. We are proud of the success which has rewarded a sound policy of conditioning and guaranteeing our traded cars. Our “used car problem” has be- come less and less a “problem.” To- day, our stock of traded cars is g 3 ¢ kj