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'KRESGE CHARGED
WITH MISCONDUCT
Chain Store Millionaire Had
i
Successive Affairs, Says
Wife’s Attorney.
St the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 17. —While'
Sebastian R. Kress*'. SI. wealthy chain
store operator, was Bivins huge sums !
to charities he was indulging in suc
cessive affairs with two women, one a '
Kiri of 17. counsel for Mrs. ltoris M. j
Kresge said in a plea for counsel fees j
to prosecute her suit for divorce.
In a hearing preliminary to Mrs.
Kresge's divorce action, her counsel!
yesterday told of a raid on an apart
ment off Fifth avenue, in which he
said Kresge, under the name of Jones,
was found with a scantily clad girl. who
■was hiding under the bed and whom
he identified as Miss Gladys Ardelle I
Fish. 24-year-old stenographer, former- j
Jy of Natick, Mass. The girl was j
named as a co-respondent. Indiscre-1
tions with an unidentified 17-year-old
girl were also charged.
Kresge’s Lawyer Makes Denial.
Walter J. Lynch. Mrs. Kresge’s law
yer. said Kresge lived in New York
from December of last y ear to April of
this year with Miss Fish, a sister of a
girl employe in one of the Kresge j
stores and known to her associates as
the '‘Princess.” The attorney also said i
Kresge was with Miss Fish in Natick !
l*st August.
Max D. Steuer. Kresge's counsel, I
said the merchant is agreeable to a di- '
vorce, but makes a general denial of j
his wife's charges, which were de
scribed by Steuer as efforts at ‘'brow
beating.” “I want to Ite rid of her. I
want to be free,’* an affidavit by
Kresge said in reference to his wife.
Kresge is worth 1265,000.000. despite
large sums he has given to charitable
causes, counsel for his wife asserted,
arguing that the wife of so rich a inan
must be allowed to live up to her po
sition.
Pre-Nuptial Agreement.
Steuer said the merchant had settled
upon his wife stock in the Kresge Co.,
now worth more than $2,000,000, in a
pre-nuptial agreement in lieu of dower
rights. Mrs. Kresge claims to have
used tip all her income for the past
two years and SIOO,OOO besides in legal
battles with her husband. She needs
an allowance for counsel fees, her at
torney said, and asks $25,000. She is
asking no alimony.
Decision on the motion for counsel
fees was reserved by Justice Churchill.
Kresge recently was restrained by
the Supreme Court from continuing a
suit for divorce in Wayne County,
Mich., until disposition had been made
of his wife's suit.
DENIAL BY GIRL’S PARENTS.
Kresge and Miss Fish Are Merely
Friends, They Assert.
NATICK, Mass., December 17 (/s*). j
Denial was made by Mr. and Mrs,
Albert J. Fish of this town that their j
daughter. Gladys Ardelle Fish, had '
been caught in a New York apartment
with Sebastian S. Kresge, as charged :
by counsel for Mrs. Kresge fn her i
divorce proceedings. They asserted '
that the young woman and Kresge j
were "mere friends,” having met each j
other through attendance at the same j
church in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Fish said that Kresge j
had made one visit to their home.
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REVOLUTIONARY GRAVE
AT POHICK MARKED
D. A. R. Ceremony Is Tribute to
Dr. William Brown, Physician
General in Continental Army.
Old Pohicit Church, half way b*- j
tween Mount Vernon and Gunston !
Hall, Va., was the scene of a ceremony I
Sunday when the Susan Riviere Hetzel i
Chapter, District of Columbia, D. A. j
R„ placed a bronze Revolutionary sol- j
dier marker on the grave of Dr. Wil
liam Brown, personal friend of Gen.
Washington and physician general in ,
the Continental Army.
The ceremony was opened by Miss
Leah Burkhardt, chaplain of the chap- ;
ter, and was continued by Mrs. Ger
trude J. McPherson, regent, and Mrs. 1
David D. Caldwell, district vice regent.
A short history of Dr. Brown was read
by his great bldl-granddaughter, Mrs. j
Bessie AV. Gahn, who also unveiled
the tablet in the name of the chapter, i
Among those invited were Gen.
Summerall, chief of staff, United States
Army, and Mrs. Summerall; Dr. Fred
erick V. Coville and Mrs. Coville, Nel
son T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of
State, and Miss Johnson; Dr. Melvin
C. Merrill and Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. i
James M. Willey, state regent, Dis- i
trict of Columbia D. A. R., and Mrs. |
David D. Caldwell, vice regent; Mr.
and Mrs. Walter A. Browne. Mr. and I
Mrs. Robert Hoge. Mr. and Mrs. I
Arthur S. Browne, chapter members, j
D. A. R-. and immediate descendants I
of Dr. William Brown.
Not only is Dr. Brown honored for
his noted medical work during the
Revolution, his heroism at Valley |
Forge and his self-sacrifices in behalf ;
of the Continental Army, but for
writing and compiling the first Ameri- j
can pharmadopoea, an original copy j
of which is now kept under safety
vault in the War Department, cate j
of the surgeon general.
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SUSPECT QUESTIONED
ON ROBBERY SLAYING
Arrested After Man Held on Other !
Charges Tells of Hear
ing Story.
A colored suspect was taken into |
custody this morning by Inspector 5
Pratt’s murder squad for questioning
in connection with the slaying of j
Charles F. Waldron, manager of a
chain store at First and P streets,
who was beaten to death by a bandit j
the afternoon of November 5.
The suspect and Howard Lewis..
■ lias ‘‘Jllgll iNs-ketcolored. who is
reported to have confessed attackiugl
several women for the purpose of
robbery, were friends, and the latter
is reported to have said the mail just
arrested related to him a story of
the details of the Waldrop slaying.
Both were closeted Willi the detec
tives at police headquarters today
amt closely questioned, and the at
(-used man is said to have denied
statements attributed to him by
Lewis.
Defectives have questioned Lewis
about several unsolved homicides. He
denied implication in any of them,
however, and early this afternoon dr
tectives said they bad obtained no
evidence to Implicate him In any of
them.
NEWTON HALL SOLD.
Newton Hall, five-story fireproof
apartment located at 1417 Newton
street, has been sold by Harry AVard
man to a local investor whose name
withheld. i» was announced today
by the Warrtman firm. The con aid
eration involved in the transaction
vas said U> approximate $250,000.
The Wardman firm acquired title
to the property several months ago
in connection with other realty trans
actions. Newton Hall Is a modern
building of brick construction and con
taina 40 apartment suite*.
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Authorities Differ
*
I read a helpful magazine, whose
covers glow with red and green. On
! pages twenty-three and four, a learn
led physician bad the ffoor: lie wrote,
in evident despair, of modern styles
in women's hair. “It was,” lie wrote,
"an evil day when women sheared
l their locks away. Repeated cutting
j makes the hair grow coarse as bris
tles on a bear; the silken locks girls
bad of yore will soon be visible no
more. And worse than that, bald
spots will come, to strike the bobbed
hair damsels dumb. And they'll
have rough and wrinkled necks, to
make them look like total wrecks."
"Great Scott,” I cried, "why did the
the girls cut off their long and his
' trous curls? 1 wish they all could
i read this piece—perhaps this bobbing
! then would cease.” 1 grasped another
| magazine Which does to learned dis
j cessions lean. And there a learned
I physician said that woman, when she
I bobbed her head, performed an act
I too sane and wise for any one to criti
i eize. “Throughout the ages.” wrote
j the scribe, "sick headaches scourged
the female tribe. They wore a heavy
mat of hair that kept away the good
fresh air. and aches that stabbed
them like a knife took all the plcas
! tires out of life. Since women saeri
; ficod their locks, defying sneers and
j foolish talks, 'the old time headaches.
! wide and weird, have folded up and
! disappeared.” "Great Jones,” I cried,
j convinced at once, "that other writer
| was a dunce'" WALT MASON.
iCocrrieht 1027.1
ALEXANDRIA.
i ALEXANDRIA Va., December 17 j
! (Special).—The rehabilittation workers i
I sent here by the National chapter of ;
! the Red Cross have completed their
work of aiding the sufferers of tHe re-
I cent tornado and will close hendquar
j ters in the Alexandria <‘handier of
! Commerce today. The last claim for
relief was disposed of Thursday night
and yesterday was spent in making
out reports from tlie files which were
maintained.
The report of the Red Cross work
ers shows that 77 families were aided
in repairing and rebuilding their
homos, and clothing, furniture and
food were supplied to approximately
30 families. The financial statement
made by C. S. Taylor Burke, treasurer
of the committee, shows that $4,285.02
was used to aid sufferers. Os that
amount $2.'138.87 was contributed by
citizens and various organizations of
this city, leaving the National chap
ter to pay a balance of $1,597.05.
Charles Allen Gore, of Fredericks
burg, a fireman for the Richmond,
Fredericksburg A- Potomac Railroad
Co., was arrested here yesterday on a
charge of forging and cashing worth
less checks. Gore was taken into cus
tody by Police Sergt. Edgar Sims.
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine
V. Miller, widow of John R. Miller,
will be held here this afternoon at 3
o’clock at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Thomas B. Brown, 907
Prince street, by the Rev. William J.
Morton, rector of Christ Episcopal
Church. Interment will be in Metho
dist Protestant Cemetery. The de
ceased is survived by several daugh
ters, living in this city and Washing
i ton. and one son in this city,
i William H. Bagot. of 212 Duke
street, died at bis home Thursday
' night after a short illness. He is sur
! vived by five children and two sisters.
! Funeral services will take place Mon
day at 2 p.m. at the residence, and
j will be conducted by Rev. Ernest M.
i Delaney, pastor of the Second Presby
! terian Church, and burial will be in
j Beth gl Cemetery,
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THE EVENING ST AH. WASHINGTON. T). C. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1327. _
GOVERNOR ACCUSED
ON MORAL GROUNDS
Oklahoma Committee
Is Unanimous in Making
Charge Against Johnston.
By the Associated Pres*.
OKLAHOMA CITY, December 17. —
A charge of moral turpitude, the :
seventh drafted by a House committee j
against Gov. Henry S. Johnston. To
day awaited ratification as the lower j
1 bra ii. 'll of the so If-con veiled Legisla j
tme adjourned impeachment proceed
ings over tin* week end.
Representative 11. Turn Kight, chair
man of the House investigating com
mittee, announced that the charge had
been unanimously reported out at an
executive session yesterday. Discus
sion of the newest allegation against
the governor, with a view to ratifica
tion along with the six counts in a
Hill of impeachment already voted by
the House and accepted by the Senate,
was slated Monday, Mr. Right said.
Approval of the charge in execu
tive session followed an open hearing,
at which several witnesses testified.
The inquiry centered on Mr*. O. O.
Hammonds, confidential secretary to |
the governor, who was described at I
j the last regular session of the Legis
! lature as "the woman governor.”
Witliam M. Franklin, former legal |
adviser to the governor and his oppo
npnt in the primary election for the I
Democratic gubernatorial nomination, I
alleged that Mrs. Hammond often in-I
flue need the chief executive in deci-1
shins on State affairs. lie told the
committee that this influence had
been exerted in the interest of persons
outside the capitol.
Informed of the nature of the in
quiry. Gov. Johnston again defended
Mrs. Hammonds.
"She is above reproach,” said the
governor.
Senate leaders indicated they were
pressing preparations for the trial of
Gov, Johnston and two other officials
named in impeachment bills by the
House.
NEELY 0. K.’S PROPOSAL.
Senator Approves Shipping Board
Plan for Coal Exportation.
Recent proposal that the Shipping
Board establish lines for the exporta
tion of coal has met the unqualified
approval of Senator Neely, Democrat,
West Virginia.
The soft coal industry is faced with
a crisis, lie said, and there have been
many bankruptcies and extensive un
empioyment.
"To increase our exportation of
coal.” lie declared, “would afford both
the coal operators and the miners im
mediate relief.”
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Auto Tags Go Fast.
Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND. Va.. December 17.
License tags were sold with a rush
with the opening of the offices for the
benefit of auto owners, more than
1,500 having been sold up to noon
todav. Under the new laws the own
ers can get the tags and place them
on their cars now.
SIMMONS HOLDS
SENATE WILL RAISE
TAX CUT FIGURE
(Continued from First Page.)
lax reduction. He declared that be
would like to see the war-time taxes
wiped out entirely. Contending that it
is high time that the Federal Govern
ment got back to normal in the mat
ter of taxing the public. In his opin
ion. there is no excuse or a need at
this time for large Treasury sur
pluses. He looks upon these surpluses
as the results of the Federal Govern
ment Weeding the public, and lie he
lieves the time has come when Con
gress should take steps to put -n stop
to surpluses and decide definitely upon
i a prog lit m for liquidating the national
! debt.
Senator Simmons does not agree
i with ('resident Coolidge that there is
•any urgent haste in reducing the debt
its soon as possible, lie favors letting
the debt be reduced gradually, with a
view to its complete removal within a
period of about 25 years, lie pointed
out that the States of the Union have
been forced to lay large and heavy |
taxes to meet conditions growing out
of the World War and the reconstruc
tion period and that the Federal Gov
ernment should as quickly as possible
lift its portion of the tax burden from
the people.
Party Lines Form.
A rallying cry calling Republicans
to defense of the $225,000,000 maxi
mum tax cut recommended by the
j Treasury has come, from President
Coolidge as the Senate is forming on
| strictly party lines to consider the
$289,f(00,000 reduction bill handed it
I bv the House,
The President feels that the cut
voted by the House, where the Demo
crats ami a handful of Republicans
j had their way with the measure, is
extravagant in the light of the Treas
ury's condition. He confidently ex
pects that when tlie bill reaches his
desk for signature or veto its reduc
tion total will be that originally pro
posed by Secretary Me110n—5225,000,-
000. In this view he is supported by
Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance
committee, which will liegin work on
the measure after the holidays.
Another Democratic view came
from Representative Oldfield Ar
kansas, ehairman of tlie Democratic
congressional campaign commit' *•
who saw in the success of the House
Democrats in materially revising the
bill a lesson to he learned by the party
throughout the country.
Scoffing at suggestions brought yes
terday from the White House by
Representative Tilson of Connecticut,
tiie Republics. floor leader, and
others, that the President might veto
the measure unless its total is cut
down, Mr. Oldfield remarked:'
"How he could justify such a veto
when we are annually collecting hun
dreds of millions of dollars from the
taxpayers more than is needed for
Government expenses I cannot see.
The House bill is a fair and just bill,
but will leave the Government with
ample money to provide for flood re
lief and other much needed pur
poses.”
Business Depression Hinted.
The possibility that the feature
might bring a business depression
with its resulting effect on Govern
mental revenue is one reason sup
porting President Coolidge s desire to
hold tax reduction down to a low fig
| ure. He has every expectation, it
! war. said at the White House, that
business will continue to prosper, but]
lie believes the present state of the j
Treasury does not warrant a reduo- j
tion in excess of Mr. Mellon s $225.- i
000.000 figure.
Treasury estimates fix the surplus <
for the current fiscal year at $252,000.- ;
000, of which $75,000,000 will not here- j
after be available. This is taken into
consideration by the President, it was
said, along with the qertainty that
the Treasury will be asked to provide
large sums for flood control, new
naval craft and other purposes.
Above all, he believes that a con- |
eern like the Government, whose
annual transactions total about $4,000,-
000,000, should arrange its affairs so ;
that at least a small surplus would be j
found at the close of the year.
While Republican leaders are pre- i
pared to attempt to hold the total cut
within range of the administration
limit of $225,000,000, they are making
no predictions of success in view of
! the temper displayed by members of
i‘ungross since tin* session began.
May Defer Action.
The Senate finance committee prob
ably will defer consideration of tlie
bill until after the Christmas holi- '
days, but it. plans no extensive bear
ings. Secretary .Mellon and other ofli- i
I eials of the Treasury will be invited
in for a furthre expression of their
views as to where the cuts should be
made.
Aroused by the action of the House
in going beyond the reduction that
had been set by Republican leaders
there, Chairman Madden of the House
appropriations committee gave notice
yesterday that House members had
"foreclosed their chance of making
any argument with me” for appropri
ations. Madden, who was one of the
24 Representatives who voted against !
the bill, added that he had endeavored
to keep some money in the Federal
Treasury to meet the demands that
will be made upon it during this ses
sion of Congress.
Representative Garner of Texas, the
ranking Democrat on the House ways
and means committee, issued a state
nient more fully explaining the small
corporation tax amendment which was
approved by the House at liis sug- j
gest ion.
“Corporations with incomes of i
$1.8,000 or less get the benefit of this ;
provision,” he said. "They first get a I
reduction of $3,000 before any tax is |
levied. The rates then apply as fol- !
lows:
"Nine per cent on incomes between !
$12,000 and not in excess of $15,000, ■
7 per cent on incomes between $7,000 I
and $12,000 and 5 per cent on incomes j
of $7,000 and under.
"This tends to equalize the tax bur- ]
den of business conducted by Individ- |
unis, partnerships and corporations
whose profits are SIB,OOO or less. The j
rate on an individual whose net profit '
is SIO,OOO is about 5 per cent. The
rate under this hill on corporations j
with incomes of SIO,OOO also is 5 per
cent.
"The same principle applies to the
next brackets, only not so forcibly.
Moreover, the small corporations have
less opportunity to pass on the tax to
the consumers than do larger corpora
tions.”
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