Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1935, Page 28

. B8 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1935. __——_______—_—_——_—._——-———_*h—_——————_—————————'——————m AMNESIA BLAMED BY ACCUSED MAN, Former Mayor, Charged With Embezzlement, Says He Lost Memory. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, February 21— John 8. Schnepp, 68, former mayor of Springfield, Ill, said in a state- t . | ment today he: deliberately became | schnepp to Tllinois to stand trial on & “newsboy” here in the hope that some one would recognize him. He said he recalled nothing prior to # major operation he underwent in Houston, Tex., in 1932, and since that time had “spent most of my meager earnings in wandering over the coun- try with the sole purpose of having my real identity established.” Schncop added he had “no fear of the ultimate results and I am most anxious to rejoin my family and have all matters satisfactorily adjusted so : shown here as any one I've ever seen.” the disagreeable cloud of perplexing uncertainty.” He had gone under the name of John L. Mason, and police said they had found letters and stocks in his possession under the name of John L. Shepherd. Mrs, Henrietta B. Logan, & gov- erness, was to see him today in &n effort to identify him directly as the John L. Shepherd who, she said, had employed her to care for his two chil- dren here and in San Diego in 1931 and 1932, This Shepherd, whom Mrs. Logan told detectives pictures of Schnepp resembled, had a young wife, she said. Schnepp, shown several pictures of Shepherd, said: “I don’t think I am the man in those pictures. I don't recognize the woman or children Mrs. Logan said the last she knew of Mrs. Shepherd she was in St. Louis. Papers for the extradition of embezzlement charges have been for- warded here from Sacramento for Gov. Frank Merriam's signature. a. Burglar Accepts Challenge. ATLANTA (#)—In a’cabinet ll-[ beled “burglar-proof,” W. C. Leach | kept spare clothing worth more than $100. It disappeared, he told police. | A burglar who didn’t believe in signs i BOTH SIDES CLAIM NEW LAMSON FACTS State May Seek to Show Nurse- maid Was in Cottage When Body Was Found. By the Assoclated Press, SAN JOSE, Glul.,‘!'ebnllry .- Strong indication both the prosecu- tion and the defense are armed with new evidence was given today as the battle over selection of 12 jurors to decide *he second trial of David Lam- son, Stanford University press execu- tive accused of wife murder, went on into its fourth day. A hint the State may seek to show that Mrs. Deloris Roberts Sorenson, nursemaid, was in the Lamson campus cottage on Memorial day, 1933, when Mrs, Allene Lamson's nude body was found in the bath tub, cropped up in the questioning of & pr tive juror. Deputy District Attorney A. P. Lind- say asked Mrs. Carrie Hays if she knew the girl “who was in the home that day?” Defense Attorney Edwin V. Mc- Kensie protested she was not there, but Lindsay coolly rejoined “That is a disputed point.” Mrs. Sorenson was not & witness nor was she prominently mentioned in Lamson’s first trial. That hearing resulted in a death sentence, which E:. zvurulad by the State Supreme urt NEW YORK’S BASIC TAX RATE FOR 1935 IS $2.71 Increase to Be Offsey in Many Cases, However, by Scaling Down of Assessments. By the Associated Press. . NEW YORK, February 21.—Con- troller Frank J. Taylor last night an- nounced that New York City’s basic tax rate for 1935 will be $2.71 for each $100 of assessed valuation of _3eal properl;y‘ as compared with $2.56 for 1934. He explained, however, that except in Manhattan and the Bronx this will probably mean a smaller tax bill for the same property because of a scaling down of assessments. ‘The total assessed valuation on real property for 1935 is $16,649,771,199; compared with $17,149,226,557 in 1934, a reduction of approximately 3.6 per cent. The 1935 total valuation figure includes $128,239,330 on properties not heretofore taxed. 126,000 Idle in Free State. ‘The Irish Free State now has about 126,000 unemployed. FRENCH DELAY ACTION ON TREATY WITH U. S. Move to Abolish Doublé Taxation on American Business Strikes énl‘. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 21.—The Senate Finance Commission has decided to postpone indefinitely action toward ratification of the treaty abolishing double taxation on American busi- ness in France. The commission decided the accord ‘was not fully reciprocal in that'it gave the United States a heavy advantage. Premier Pierre Etlenne Flandin had {sought to force through the Senate ratification as a means of improving Franco-American relations. - TRICO Radiator Covers NT SMUDGE, VIDE PROP. TREATY IS RATIFIED Equal Nationality Pact Is Ac- cepted by Mexico. Miss Doris Stevens, chairman of the Inter-American Commission of ‘Women, has been notified that Mexico has ratified the equal nationality treaty, signed by 19 American re- publics at the Montevideo Pan-Ameri- can Conference. This treaty was recommended to the conference by the Inter-American Commission of Women. It guarantees | to men and women equality in nation- ality in the law and practice of the countries concerned. The guarantee is now in effect between the United | Mexico, America | ihe Ay Ghrtier | School House for Sale. and deposited its ratifications| GIBBSBORO, Pa. (#).—For some Pan-American Union as re- | One who wants a good education op- the terms of the treaty. portunity, there is a chance to buy & " whole school house for $10 or $15. The Wear Heel-less Shoes. old Greenwich Township school build- 5, ing, condemned One London firm has 6,000 customers el S sale and the School Board will who wear only heel-less shoes. ' at bargain prices. i WoobpwARD & lLoTHrROP OHUME D G Srrents Prose Distmcr 5300 On Friday, February 22nd The Fountain Room will serve Breakfast, Luncheon and Light Refreshments until [ P. M. The Tea Room, Seventh Floor, Will Not Be Open on This Date that I no longer will remain under | was blamed. 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