AIDE TO WALKER
IN MEXICO CITY
Personal Accountant, on
Honeymoon, Says He May
Remain Indefinitely.
Br ths Allocated Pr*s*.
MEXICO CITY, October 17.—Russell
T. Sherwood, personal accountant of
Mayor James J. Walker of New York,
who has been sought for questioning
by the legislative committee Investigat
ing New York's municipal affairs, was
at the Hotel Rltz here yesterday after
noon.
Sherwood said he was here on his
honeymoon and might remain in Mex
ico indefinitely. He refused to discuss
anything connected with his business
affairs In New York or the municipal
Investigation.
"My visit to Mexico is entirely a per
sonal matter," he said, "and I do not
think it would interest the public."
He said he intended to visit points
of scenic interest in Central Mexico
and mentioned Cuernavaca. Attempts
to reach him at his hotel later last
eight failed.
Sherwood's presence here was re
vealed to correspondents of New York
newspapers by a man who said he had
known him for years in New York.
Sherwood said he had made no effort
to conceal his identity, that he had
registered under his own name and
moved freely in social circles. He has
been here more than a week.
SCAN SHERWOOD FINANCES.
Income Tax Investigator* Work on
Bank and Brokerage Accounts.
NEW YORK. October 17 (/P).—Fed
eral income tax investigators yesterday
were working on the bank and broker
age accounts of Russell T. Sherwood,
missing accountant for Mayor James J.
Walker, which have been reported to
show transactions of large amounts.
Newspapers saw in the announcement
a hint that Federal powers may be used
to find Sherwood, who has been sought
by the Hofstadter Legislative Committee
for 10 weeks.
Samuel Seabury. counsel for the
committee, whose aides have been por
ing over the accounts for days, said he
was powerless to issue a subpoena for
Sherwood, even if he did locate him in ,
another State.
He pointed out that Sherwood was re
ported in Atlantic City last month, but j
that the committee could not send for j
him because its jurisdiction does not i
go outside New York State.
If the Federal Government joins in |
the hunt, its agents would be able' to 5
bring Sherwood back to New York by
procuring a grand jury subpoena, valid
anywhere in United States territory.
Income of Six Probed.
The incomes of six Democratic poli- '
ticlans which the Hofstadter Committee i
revealed as totaling nearly $2,000,000 in j
the last six years, also are under Fed
eral scrutiny.
Seabury defended for the second time
the committee's right to hold private i
hearings when he argued in Brooklyn j
Supreme Court a case brought by Rob- |
ert Kennedy, sales manager for a badge 1
manufacturing firm.
Kennedy had been subpoenaed to
produce books of the concern after S;a- j
bury had charged the company was |
selling badges which cost 50 cents each
to city employes for $5.
Kennedy's attorney contended the
Legislature had no power to order an 1
investigation into a particular unit ot !
the State except as an emergency i
measure, which would require a two J
thirds vote. The bill creating the Hos- !
stadter Committee was passed by only ,
a majority vote.
The court reserved decision and asked
counsel to submit brieis by Monday.
The previous test case was brought by
Minthorne T. Gordon, bus operator, but
it was based on another contention,
that the committee lacked power to ap
point a subcommittee of less than three
members to hold private hearings.
The court ruled against him and he
was ordered to appear for private exam
ination Monday.
One thousand men and women in !
cycling and hiking outfits attended serv
lce at Ripon. England, recently.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
fiOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THERE
will be a meeting of the stockholders of
Herman Shaoiro Company. Inc., a corpora
tion of the District of Columbia, on Satur
day. November 28. 1931. at ten o'clock am.,
at the office of the company. 1211 G st. n.w..
Washington. D. C.. for the purpose of elect
ing trustees for the said corporation and
for the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before the meeting.
MAURICE SHAPIRO.
Secretary. •
APPLES FOR BALE--B ALLINCAR A. BAKER
Orchard. Germantown. Md. Pick your own
apples, from ground. 25c per bushel; from
trees. 50c. Prime apples. Fine varieties.
Low prices. Bring baskets. •
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contracted by anybody other than
myself. CHARLES J. MAINS. Brentwood. Md.
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS
other than those contracted by myself. Bert
E. Banfleld. Sargent rd,. Broyklanri. D. C. •
AWNINGS REMOVED. REPAIRED. STORED
reasonably; order now. Window shades, all
grades: terms. PROCTER. 214 H. Nat. 1456
PEONIES- $3 FOR J I.OO—NEW VARIETIES:
guaranteed to bloom; large, strong roots;
planted properly free. 322 First se.
CHAIRS FOR REN'I, SUITABLE FOR
BRIDGE PARTIES, banquets, weddings and
meetings. 10c up per day each; new chairs.
Also invalid rolling chairs for rent or sale.
UNITED STATES STORAGE CO.. 418 10th
»t. n.w. Metropolitan 1844
Five miles from D. C. line on Ga. ave.
pike Grimes Golden. Delicious. Winter
Banana and Smoke House apples. $1 bushel.
Cider. 40c gal. in your container.
J. E WEISMAN. Proprietor. »
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steam and hot-water heating Leaking fur
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From HOUSTON. TEX OCT. 28
From MONTGOMERY. ALA OCT. 26
Load to CHICAGO OCT. 30
Load to ASHEVILLE. N. C . immediately.
Call Met. 4474.
WANTED—LOADS
TO NEW YORK OCT. 20
TO PITTSBURGH OCT. 25
TO BOSTON OCT. 29
And all points North and West e.GENT
ALLIED VAN LINES We also pack and
Ship by STEEL LIFT VANS anywhere
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APPLES, SWEET CIDER
Grimes Golden and Delicious apples.
Stavman Winesaps. York Imperials. Sweet
rider made from clean, hand-picked apples.
Drive to Rockville. Mn., 2 blocks beyond
Court House, then one mile out Potomac rd.
Rockville Fruit Farm
Hollywood Orchard.
Out Georgia ave. 3 miles past D. C. line.
Delicious Altered cider. 35c per gal.; bring
containers. Apples. 50c per bushel. 18*
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designed to meet modern busines*
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we Are
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Will Rogers
Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif—Mex
ico’s whole cabinet retired whole.
Headline says
"Chicago Elec
trocuted Four
Gang st e rs.” |
Their limou
sine must have
crossed a live
wire. “Hward
Bars Almee
From Campus.”
Harvard must
have some
smart men to
think up all
p
the fool things that school does to,
get notoriety. Thirteen nations
asked us to Join the League to try
and help make Japan behave. That
number 13 ought to be the tip-off
right there to stay out of there.
MOTHER KILLS SELF
AND FOUR CHILDREN
Unemployed Worker Finds
Five Bodies on Return
to Home.
By the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON. Ohio. October 17 j
A 35-year-old mother shot and killed j
her four children and then committed j
suicide at their home, in Reesville, near j
here, last night.
The dead were:
Mrs. Russell Ward and her children,
Arlene. 11; Audrey, 8; Edith, 7, and
Richard. 4.
Authorities blamed financial troubles
for the tragedy. The mother, who had
told friends she was so worried she
I "couldn't think," went to the village
school to get her children. She told
• them they were "going away.”
The husband was in Wilmington at
the time of the shooting. He found
the bodies when he returned home.
Those of his daughters were on the bed
room floor. The mother lay in a door
way leading from the room and nearby
: was the body of the boy.
Ward picked up the boy and found
!he was not dead. He tried frantically
j to revive the child, but death came
j within a few minutes.
The father, a toolmaker, had been
! without employment recently, except for ,
! odd jobs. .He said his wife had been
| acting strangely for several weeks and
1 had complained of feeling ill.
The house, a one-story cottage,
dark, but the doors were unlocked, when
Ward returned. He declared he went
first to the kitchen and. finding his
family gone, assumed they were visit
, ing neighbors.
Several minutes passed before he
| entered the bed room to find the bodies.
The mother left no note, but the eoro
' ner was convinced she slew the children i
. and herself because she was tired of
1 poverty.
i Ward, almost prostrated by the trag
| edy. said his wife often had threatened
ito kill herself and the children. As a
I precaution he had taken the cartridges
from his revolver, which he kept in the
] bed room. The weapon was used tv
; Mrs. Ward, however, and Ward was at*
a loss as to how she obtained cartridges.
Mrs. Ward apparently took the chil
| dren to the bed room on the pretense
j she was going to dress them for a trip.
' It was believed the three girls were
j slain first. Authorities theorized the boy
i was running from the room when shot
; down, his body falling near the door- i
| way only a few inches from that of the
mother.
(olony Hill
a'Restricted Community of Early American Homes
$25,000 to $35,000
Due to Many Requests We Have Decided to Keep 1705
Hoban Road Open From 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Daily
WE BELIEVE THESE HOMES THE GREATEST VALUE OF THE DAY AND THAT YOU
WILL BE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THEM AT THESE PRICES A YEAR FROM NOW
In April, 1931, the work of constructing homes was started on Colony Hill, District of Columbia, a new
Boss and Phelps development. The architecture of the first four houses was “commended ’ by the Board of
Review of the Architects’ Advisory Council of the District of Columbia. This is the highest award given
before completion.
Colonv Hill will be a community of about seventy detached, individual homes, pure I'.arly American and
Georgian in design, planned by Horace \Y. l’easlee. Vice President of The American Institute of Architects.
The total sale price of the houses will aggregate about $2,000,000. Miss Rose Greely is the Landscape Archi
tect, and all details and drawings of gardens in the community will be made by her. Jhe development of
Colony Hill will be under the personal supervision of Harry K. Boss, of the firm of Boss and Phelps.
' On the tract of ground, beautifully situated high above the Potomac River and adjoining the English sec
tion of Foxhall Village, which has deservedly attracted nation-wide attention, Colony Hill, only ten mjjjutes
from the center of the city, will have that delightful degree of privacy which is all essential. It is truly a village
in the city.
Hoban Road is the street on which the first houses have been built. Very fittingly, in recognition of the
splendid service rendered the architectural art of this country, this street is named for Captain James Hoban,
a talented young Irishman, selected by a commission appointed by George Washington to be the builder and
architect of the White House, one of the most perfect examples of Georgian architecture now in existence in
this country.
Go west on Q Street to Wisconsin Avenue, north one square to
Reservior Road, west to Hoban Road just beyond 44th Street.
BOSS & PHELPS
Creators and Exclusive Developers of Foxhall Village and Colony Hill.
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•THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, I). C., SATURDAY, OCTOUiG 17. 1931.
THEATER BOMBING
SUSPECT BURNED
Sulphur Machine Ignites Be
neath Coat —Five Others
Are Injured.
By the. Associated Pres*. ,
CHICAGO, October 17. Chicago's
sixteenth theater bomb seriously burned
the man, police said, who caused It to
explode.
Peter Mooney, who was released four
years ago from Joliet Prison, was in
jured about the face, body and legs
when the sulphur machine Ignited be
neath his coat during the climax of a
motion picture at the Colony Theater,
on the Southwest Side, last night.
Police said the bomb was intended to
terrorize the audience of 800. Two
women, Mrs. Margaret Kane and Mrs.
Bella McClure, sitting In back of
i Mooney, were burned, but little prop
erty damage was done.
Audience Quickly Calmed.
Three others, who extinguished the
fire in Mooney’s garments, suffered
burns about the hands.
The audience, alarmed by the flash of
bluish flame and the sharp odor of
burning sulphur, was thrown into mo
mentary panic. It was quickly calmed,
however, and the motion picture con
tinued after Mooney was carried Into
the lobby.
Mooney, before lapsing into uncon- ;
sciousness, declared the bomb had been
hurled from the balcony. Police said i
i this was impossible, since he was sitting
on the first floor at the rear, many tee)
back of the balcony ledge. Besides. Mrs
1 Kane and Mrs. McClure said they saw .
| Mooney fumbling with "something 1
| wrapped in wet clothes, then thrust tt |
! under his coat,” only a minute before j
the explosion.
Man Refuses to Talk.
Lieut. Walter Storms, acting deputy j
detective chief, questioned Mooney early 1
today, but the man refused to talk.
Fifteen other bombs have been set off
Permanence in
FOXALL
Few things in life bring greater joy
; or happiness than the ownership of
one s home ... a home built to
endure ... in an environment per
manently protected. The superior
ity of our materials, workmanship
and construction insure durability,
while Foundry Branch Valley Park,
the Upper Potomac River Park De
velopment and surrounding estates
assure the continuance of its pres
ent ideal environment.
Visit our f urnished Model Home,
open until 10 p. m.. at 4400 Volta
Place, three short blocks south of
Reservoir Road, and see for your
self what living in Foxall really
means.
Paces $11,350 to $14,950
&
WAVERLY TAYLORS
1522 K Street Nefl 1040
during the controvery between the Al
lied Independent Motion Picture The
ater Owners' Association, with which
the Colony House In affiliated, and the
Motion Picture Operators’ Union. The
owners have refused to accept demands
of the union that two operators be em
ployed in each theater per shift, and
since August 20 have been operating
with imported operators.
Last night the owners were reported
by the Herald and Examiner to have I
raised an additional $50,000 to continue i
their fight against the union. Four at
tempts by authorities to have the two
organizations arbitrate their differences
have failed.
Son Mistakes Mother for Fox.
Thinking she heard robbers In her
farmyard near Bordeaux ( France, Mme.
M. Blza, a widow of 60, aroused her son,
who crouched by his window and shot
at a fancied fox. He then found he nad
fired at his mother, who had gene into
the yard without his knowledge. She
wes seriously Injured.
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The Virgin Islands are trying to at
tract tourists, and hotels and other
facilities are being planned.
j HOME BARGAINS !
I DETACHED HOUSES
| BIG PRICE REDUCTIONS
♦ 4009 20th St. N.E.
18 rooms. Lot 40 bz 107. Garage. Sun parlor—porches and detached.
Regular price, $11,500. Now, $9,650.
! 20th and Bunker Hill Road N.E.
Just finished. Detached, attractive home*. General Electric Refrlger
! T ator*. Bln porches. *8.950 to $9,150. Don't miss these. "
! 1322-4 and 6 Potomac Ave. S.E.
Just completed. Beatulful new homes. 40-ft. parking. Built-In garage.
Large porches. One sold. Just south Pa. Ave. "
. 1737 Upshur Street N.W.
I'i squares west 16th Street. 8 rooms, double brick garage, 2 baths,
| General Electric relrlgerator. Reduced $2,000.
| 1214 Hemlock Street N.W.
• 2 stories 8 rooms, bullt-ln garage: just east of 16th St. and Alaska
4 Ave. N. W. Drive out 16th St. and turn right on Alaska Ave. to Hemlock St.
| and then right 100 feet to house. Reduced $4,000.
I 3400 15th Street N.E. (Corned)
♦
4 Semi-deteched beautiful new- home, just north of Lawrence Street and
4 just south of Monroe Street; busses. Open and lighted. R-duced $2,000.
i 6403 to 6411 Third St. N.W. I
• :
* New detached Lots 41 by 110 to alley. Drive out Georgia Avenue to j
• Rittenhouse Street end thence east to Third Street, or cats pass door. Only
* 1 left. e
| 4710 Chevy Chase Boulevard N.W. i
Just west Chevy Chase Club grounds. Special bargain Only on* of j
; these. Drive out Wisconsin Ave. and Just this side of Bradley Lane turn west t 1
r l< 2 squares 4 .
| A GENUINE BARGAIN—S3OB Illinois Ave. N.W. j
Attractive new home on this beautiful wide avenue. Regular price. $8,950. •
T Reduced to $7,950. e j
j 1117 Seventh St. N.E. j ,
• i
. a pretty 6-room and bath home on a big lot. and double metal garage. ;
. Only $6,950. 4 [
| 1218 Owen Place N.E.
4 4 :
4 New house, just north 12th St. and Florida Ave. NE A perfect little ; ,
4 home with garage. Only $7,450. j
| Inspect Any Time—Open Till 9 P.M. .
j H.R.hIOWfeNSTEIN
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j 1311 H STREET NORTHWEST
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120,000,000 CATS IN U. S. ]
Society Secretary Says 7,000,000
Are In New York.
NEW YORK, October 17 UP).— [ There
are, says J. M. Loughborough, 120,000,-
000 cats in the United States—7,ooo,ooo
in New York—which is approximately
one cat for each man, woman and
child.
I Sixty-five of every hundred are stray,
explains Loughborough, secretary of
the International Cat Society.
Which explains the nightly yowls on
the back fence.
Germany shipped 8,330 bicycles to
Lithuania in the first six months of
this year.
Enjoy a Delightful Breakfast,
Luncheon, Dinner or Supper at
gs 74th Year
ristauaant Jr
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THIS IS ONE OF
THE
NEW SHANNON & LUCHS HOMES
AT
Rittenhouse St. and Broad Branch Rd.
Chevy Chase, D. C.
That Have Caused Such a Sensation in Home Building Circles
in the Past Two Weeks
THEY ARE DIFFERENT
And llieir Values Are Protected for All Time to Come Because the Grouping Is
COMPLETE AND ALL ARE DIFFERENT
It Is Here You Will See The New
FIRST FLOOR SERVICE ROOMS. A FULLY INSULATED HOME.
AUTOMATIC HEAT. INCASE RADIATION. EXQUISITELY FINISHED
EVEN IN MINUTE DETALS, AND LOTS OF NEW IDEAS.
Don’t miss these homes. They are an excel
lent guide to what to demand for your money.
TO INSPECT
Right from Chevy Chase Circle on Western .4 venue two squares
to Ritterhouse St., right two squares to Broad Branch Road. Bus line
passes property.
An Extraordinary Feature
I> 1 hat All of the Refinement Accomplished Here Has Been
Accomplished Within the LOW-PRICE RANGE of From
s l 3,450 to 5 14,200
Note —I he Above Is a Corner Home (One Left) and Is Priced at $14,200
Built-in (iarage
OPEN DAY AND EVENINGS
[Shannon & luchS]
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(Q Westchester’s Nezc Building C/
Bivited inspect Westchester’s
or not, we believe you will
t assured that you are more
The Approach ...to Your Home in Westchester
Sweeping driveways, beautifully landscaped, lead you into quiet and beautiful est-
Chester, giant evergreens, a gorgeous sunken garden with its rustic stone walks, bab
bling waters, green terraces and multicolored blooms, greet your approach. A truly
wonderful setting, so typical of the unusual beauty and refinement of Westchester.
Apartments ranging from one room and
bath to seven rooms and three baths
VEST CHE STIR.
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