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The Washington times., 1930-09-18
BY TRIO,
STOREKEEPER
IS DEAD
Dying HoId-up Victim De-
scribes Robbers as Negroes
Or White Men With Masks

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md,
Sept, 1s.-Benjamin H. Lyons,
So, proprietor Of a store at
owings, Md, died at 3:25 o'clock
this morning in the Calvert
County Hospital here from .
slashed throat inflicted by three
men. who attacked him yesterday
in his store.
States Attorney Arthur w
Dowell and Detective Sergt.
Robert Bradley and Detective
william Flynn, of Baltimore, are
conducting the investigation into
the murder. Dowen declared to
day:
1--WE have no definite clues
in this case. All / can say Is
i the detectives from Baltimore
are here and that We are Wilsss
ming down every bit of informs
tiOn we obtain I'm the case.
Tells Of Attack
The storekeeper gained con-
sciousrless late yesterday after
noon and was questioned briefly
by Dowell. He told the States
attorney that he went to his store
between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday
morning preparatory to starting
on a trip to Baltimore.
Just after he switched on the
light, the dying storekeeper said,
three men. whom he believed to
be negroes, entered and demanded
money. During the struggle that
followed Lyons was beaten and
slashed across the throat.
Rufus D. Harrison, who was to
accompany Lyons on the trip
to Baltimore, heard the groans
of his friends as he neared the
store. He summoned members OF
Lyons family and medical aid
after finding Lyons in a pool OF
blood.
At Least $3.50 Missing
Lyons assailants apparently
succeeded in their robbery at
tempt. Mrs. Helen Lyons, his
wife, stated that her husband
had taken at least $3.50 for the
Baltimore trip, and possibly had
obtained more money from the
store. The only money found in
the store was IS, which was
among some Cancelled checks scat
tered on the floor.
The detectives. although work
ing on the theory that three
negroes are responsible for the
murder, also learned that Lyons
had stated he was not certain
whether his assailantS were ne
groes or whether the three had
their faces screened by black
masks.
The Washington times., 1930-09-18
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight, Friday poSsibls showers with
little change In temperature. Light variable
winds, mostly east and southeast. Temperature
yesterday Highest, sS, lowest, 20.
Full Weather Rsp0re Page 10
The Washington Timea ls only afterueon paper In
this city uuNthg tha Dispatches % International
News service and Uulveraal SeFvee.
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FLIERS DELAYED

CHARLOTTESTOWN, p. E. l.,
Sept. 18 U.N.S).-Although the
weather here was fairly good,
adverse weather reports from
Newfoundland today further de
layed the scheduled take-off of
Capt. j. Enrol Boyd and Lieut.
Harry Connor. who plan to fly
to Harbor Grace before attempt
ing a transatlantic flight to En-
gland,
The Washington times., 1930-09-18

were gained in the banking house
of H. E. Offley & Co., here in
1875. Later he was captains
clerk to the commanding officer
of the frigate Powhatan, U. s.
Navy from 1879 to 1882,
In 1882 he became assistant
teller at the banking house here
of Lewis johnson & Co. Later
he went with the firm of Bate
man 81 Co.
on October /. 1888, he aided in
the forming the firm of Crane.
Paris & Co. He was member
of that firm until his retirement
in 1916.
Mr.. Paris was one Of the orig
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The Washington times., 1930-09-18
Stin,son Denies Run1or
He, Will Resign
Secretaryship

Vague rurnors have been cur
rent in Washington this week
that Secretary Of State Stin1-
son might resign from the
Cabinet.
In denying today that he had
any intention of resigning,
StimSon said:
81 haven't even heard the
rumOrS."
The Washington times., 1930-09-18
YACHT
DOOMED TO
DEFEAT
Challenger Holds Lead Early
In Race But Is 0verhauIed
And Speedily Outdistanced

ABOARD The Os b ,.
KANE, OFF NEWPORT, r. l..
Sept. 10 (I.N.S.l Leading the
challenger, Shamrock v, by .
mile and q half at the 1O-mile
turn Of their 3O-miIe triangular
race today, Enterprise, defender
Of the Americas Cup, seemed
to be sailing to her fourth and
final victory, which would
clinch the 1880 international
yachting series. Barring an &C.
cident, Enterprise was believed
certain to win.
ABOARD U. s. S. KANE. OFF
NEWPORT, r. l., Sept. 10. qN.SJ
Enterprise, the defender, and
shamrock, sir Thomas Lipton,s
challenger, hreezed away from the
starting line ait 11.4O o'ci0ek tl1is
morning in the fourth, and per
haps the final, race in 1880 Tor
the Americas cup. Enterprise has
already won three Of the required
four contests in seven to retain
the trophy.
Betting odds were 8 to / that
Skipper Harold S. Vanderbilt will
again rlaneuver his sloop to vic.
tory over the green hulled Sham
rock and clinch the series.
Shamrock to Windward
Shamrock was in the windward
berth as the boats went over the
starting line, but Enterprise, cross
ing far down the line, was foot
ing faster. The challenger had
lost much way in delaying before
the start so as not to get over the
line before the signal.
It was a matter of diSput as to
which sloop got off to the best
start. Both boats crossed the
line on the starboard tack, but
Shamrock, after sailing only about
q minute, switched over to the
port tack which seemed to indt'
cate she did not find herself In
a very advantageous position. A
moment later Enterprise followed
her to the port tack.
Shamrock, in the first 20
minutes, opened up a scant lead
Of perhaps 400 yards on Enter.
prise. Captain Ernest (TeO
Heard, of the challenger, drove
his Sloop through a choppy sea
and into q l4-knot breeze to over
come any disadvantage his yacht
had encountered at the start.
Yachts Tilt RakishIy
Both racers tilted rakistly on
the port tack. Shamrock's skip
per bore off toward the shore in
an attempt to pick up sufficient
advantage to enable him later to
make a bid for the weather berth.
Enterprise, meanwhile, was
pointed higher and, although she
was trailing for the time being,
she was in strategic spot, bar
ring an unexpected burst of speed
on Shamrock'S part.
Somehow. Shamrock at this
juncture looked much better than
she did in the previous races. Her
maneuverS indicated she intended
to employ every resource in an
attempt to check her losing streak
and bad luck. The challenger
seemed to be footing faster than
Enterprise and the sluggishness
she had displayed previously in
the face Of hte wind was absent.
She was going along nicely.
Half an hour after the start,
Shamrock hauled in baby jib top
sail. evidently on the supposition
it was helping carry the challen-
ger too far to the leeward where
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dots - and "A, square 424s); to cost

dots 43 and A, square 424s); to cost
$1,000. :,
designer; J. G. Tower and G. II. Hot
thaus, builders; to erect one two-story
frame dwelling, PALS Brentwood road
northeast dot As, square 4Slo); 70 cost
$4,000.
Frame and StuccO House.
J. P. Reynolds, owner and builder;
Sears, Roebuck & Co., designers; to
erect one one-story frame-and-Stucco
dweuing, 1918 Alabama avenue south
east dots ID and 10, square $685.; to
cost $500.
Herman Fischer, owner: Thomas j.
Jones, designer and builder; to erect
one two-story brick dwelling, 1918
Twenty-f1fth street southeast dot 10,
square $500; to cost $500.
Lehigh Portland Cement Co., owners;
Blaw-KnoX Co., designers and builders:
storage building, Thirtieth and K
streets dot 800, square IND; to cost
$4,000.
Columbia Brick g. Coal Co., owners;
A. S. j. Atkinson, architect; to erect
one one-story brick Office, 1913 Cedar
street dot 2, square $3.50; to cost
United Cigar Co., Inc, owners and
builders; Claughton West, architect: to
make repairs, 1403 H street dot 80l,
square 22O); to cost $4,000.
Jack Schullman, owner; Kolodre
Construction Co., builders; to make re-
pairs, TAB to Al Eighth street south
east Qots 842, S43 and 844, square
90D; to cost 81 $50.
Cameo Furniture Co., owners and
builders; to erect one two-story brick
addition, 488 E street southwest dot
rs, square 1850; to cost $1,000.
w. F. Newton, owner; T. F. Collier
builder; to erect brick garage, 1911
Thirtieth street dot 805, square 1853
to cost 81 900.
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LAND PRICE INCREASED
Oil Company Buys Site in Silver
Spring for Filling Station.

The Texas Co., oil producer and dis
tributor, has purchased property at
the intersections Of Georgia and Mont
gomery avenues and the Baltimore
road, in Silver Spring, fol- a price
amounting to $4.25 per square foot, ac-
cording to an announcement made to-
day by Phil D. Poston, real estate
broker, who handled negotiations.
The same property was bought 10
months ago for price reported to be
So per square foot. About a decade
ago the property sold for cents per
square foot.
The Texas Co., which acquired the
property from the Baltimore Washing
ton Realty Corporation, is planning the
erection of large filling station there
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APARTMENT HOUSE
PERMIT GRANTED
100000 Structure to Be
! Erected Along Cathedral ,
- Avenue.

Plans for the construction OF a
100000 apartment house, to be the
first Of a large quadrangle of buildings
to be erected on a 28-acre tract lying
along Cathedral avenue between Wesley
Heights and the Washington Cathedral
were approved during the past week by
the District building inspector, Col. John
w. Oehmann.
This project, previously announced,
was the largest in the list of new opera
lions for which permits were issued
during the past week. The total cost
Of the new projects, exclusive OF Fed
eYal building was estimated at $l,lS3,-
375. Other new projects included plans
for IS private dwellings. Permits Is
sued included the following.
Westminster Development Corpora
ton, owners and builders: Harvey War
wick, architect; to erect one 8-story
brick and concrete apartment, 5000 Ca
thedral avenue parcel $3.50, square
lS05): to cost 100000.
Columbia Construction Co., Inc, own
ers and builders; Georg T. Santmyers,
architect; to erect three two-story
brick-and-frame dwellings, 7110, IA
and Is Ninth street dots So to %,
square 1850; to cost $4,000.
w. G. & A. N. Miller, owners ana
builders: G. E. MacNeil, architect; to
erect one three-story brick dwelling,
AIT lockwood parkway Qot 7, square
1870; to cost $4,000,
p. j. Grady, owner, designer and
builder; to erect two two-story frame
dwellings, 1921 and 1925 Randolph place
northeast dots 10, 20 and 81, square
4240); to cost $4,000.
Two-Story Brick Dwelling.
,McKendrie & Ryan, owners and
builders; George T. Santmyers, archl-
tect; to erect one two-Story brick
dwelling. 1925 Military road dot ID,
square 2025): to cost $4,000.
Alfred H Bellman, owner and builder;
r. M. Briscoe, designer; to erect two
two-story frame dwellings, 5000 and
1905 Twentieth street northeast Qots
7and 8, square 419S); to cost $4,000.
Jacob Bass, owner; William Halfpap
designer; George I. Willis, builder; to
erect one two-story store and dwelling
1922 Seventh street Qot Is, square 419) ;
to cost $8,750.
j. H. Robey, owner; George T. SAINT
myers, architect; Robey Bros, builders;
to erect one two-story brick-and-frame
dwelling, $3.50 Nebraska avenue dot 81,
square 199D; to cost $4,000.
:Fflippo GervaSio, owner: George E.
L6cknane, designer and builder; to erect
three one-story brick and concrete
block stores, 3709 and IL New Hamp-
shire avenue and 800 Rock Creel:
Church road Got 20, square 303o); to
cost $1,000.
Henry Herbert, owner and builder;
r.. w. Briscoe, designer; to erect one
tvo-story frame-and-Stucco dwelling
1904 Twenty-fourth street northeast
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defense and proceeds from the perform
ance viii aid in its educational work
along patriotic lines.
Mrs. David D. Caldwell, who was
recently elected to membership on the
councils national board, is chairman
of the auxiliary committee which Is
sponsoring the benefit. Other members
are Mrs. ]. Edward Cassidy, Mrs. c. C..
Combs, Mrs. j. H. Harper. Miss Sophie
Casey, Mrs. z. L. Whitney and Miss
Helen Commings. "Dracula" is billed
by the National Theater Players for
this week.
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Lafayette Dales has revealed that the
wife whom he left many years ago has
remarked In the belief that her hus-
band was dead
He abandoned his wife Eliza and
their three children in 1903, and in
1918 she remarked Henry Rourick.
with whom she lives now at Owen
Sound.
MY children are grown UP now, but
they and my wife want me and want
to go back to them" Dales wrote to
the pardon board.
But Mrs. Rourick, gray-haired and
10, says: "Dales died 81 years ago. His
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
Gene Tunney Ring Referee.

Gene Tunney in the ring a9ainI In
dinner coat he appeared as referee and
promoter In the very square circle in
which he beat Dempsey at Chicago.
Mrs. Tunney watched from the ringside.
George Gershwins Rhapsody In Blue"
Was played by the composer. It was q
charity affair for needy children. Mr..
Tunney made a speech and said he felt
more nervous than when flghting. The
fighters were amateurs.
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s0RoPTIMISTS MEET
90 Delegates to Philadelphia Meet
Entertained Here.

A delegation Of so women from the
Middle West and the Pacific Coast,
passing through Washington en- route
10 Philadelphia to attend the national
convention Of Soroptinist Clubs, were
entertained here yesterday and last
night by members of the Washington
chapter.
The visitors were guests at luncheon
ct the Open Door Tea Room, were
taken on q sightseeing trip in the
afternoon and attended a supper and
sw1m ut the Marjorie Webster School
last night.
Among the delegates were Mrs Jennie
Todd Of Oakland, Calf, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Bertha knight Landes, first
woman mayor of Seattle and second
vice president, and DR.. Elsie Seitz of
Detroit, third vice president.
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PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE
SPONSORS PERFORMANCE
Proceeds From Show Tomorrow
Night Will Aid Educational
Work of Council.

The auxiliary committee of the
National Patriotic Council has arranged
a benefit performance tomorrow night
at the National Theater. The council
is committed to adequate national
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clothes and q tintype photograph were
laid on my doorstep one night and I
have not heard anything of him since
then. Ten years later I married again.
No, no. 1t must not be opened again.
Dales is dead"
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GEM SEARCH Is SPREAD
TO SEVERAL OTHER CITIES
New York Police Detectives Dis
patched to Seek Other Stolen
Jewelry.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 31.-Detectives
have been sent to several cities In the
United States and Canada, police an.
nounced today, to search for additional
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PARDON PLEA REVEALS
MISSING HUSBAND LIVES
Wife, Who Had Remarked, Asks
That Case Not Be Reopened
Again, Despite His Act.

By the Associated Press.
TORONTO, May 31.-A dispatch to
the Toronto Star from Owen Sound says
Nebraska pardon board at Lincoln by
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Arthur Putnam, Sculptor, Dies.

PARIS. May 81 (H).--Arthur Putnam,
American sculptor, died suddenly Tues
day at his home at Vile Davrsy. near
Paris, at the age of SIS. His body will
be cremated and the ashes taken to
America
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stolen jewelry In the roundup Of 4
gem theft ring, seven alleged members
of which were arrested here this week
Police refused to reveal the cities x
which the search has been spread.
here led to the seizure Of 81 900, 00(
worth of stolen jewels. Police still are
holding $4,000 picked up from q packet
Of bills tossed out OF hotel window by
a member of the gang during the raid
In which the flrst Ave were arrested
The Archbishop Of Malta has becoml
an aviation enthusiast
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Fabulous Fortune in Rare Gems, Impounded
Since Death of queen Margherita, to Come
Into Possession of Pretty Princess Marie
Jose Of Belgium ON the Day She Weds
Groom Prince Humber.

The sports and afternoon dresses of the
princess are all being made In Brussels, as
well as her lingerie made in different shades
of the finest crepe de chine, trimmed with real
lace.
Speaking of laces, Marie Jose Is the owner
of one of the most splendid collections of them
in the world, assembled by her grandmother,
the late Countess of Flanders, who left 1t to
the princess in her will Among the laces Is
the wedding veil Of the late Queen Louise OF
Belgium, in which are woven the crests OF
the Belgian and French royal families. to-
gether with the Belgian lion and the Bourbon
lilies. This veil was worn by all Belgian prin-
ceSSes on their wedding day. It seems that
at first King Albert rather resented 1t because
his mother did not leave 1t to him, as head
Of his family. But it had been given by the
late King Leopold II to his sister in-law the
Countess Of Flanders and. Of course, she could
bequeath 1t to whomever she liked. She chose
to leave 1t to Marie Jose, who, from the very day
Of her birth, was her favorite.
Some very fine jewels WILL no doubt, be
also presented to the princess by her Belgian
relatives, but these win not equal In splendor
value the gems which the future wife Of Prince
Humbert Of Piedmont viii be offered after
her maxf1age-jewels which far SurpaSs in
worth. as well Is IN beauty the sO-called Italian
crown diamonds worn on state occasions by
Queen Helena Of Italy.
OUTSIDE Of small group of persons who
are intimate with the members Of the
House Of Savoy. few know the story Of this
unique Jewel collection.
At the beginning Of the last century the
Kings Of Sardinia were not rich and they did
not boast Of family jewels worth mentioning.
But when the sister Of the unfortunate King
Louis XVI Of France. Madame Marie ClotEde,
was married to the hereditary Prince of Pied
mont, she brought with her to Turin wonderful
diamonds and pearls. Nearly all of the jewels
were either sold or pawned during the Ma
poleonic wars, which completely impoverished
the treasury Of the House of Savoy. A few
were redeemed, but it was only after the mar
rage Of King Victor Emmanuel II with the
ArchduchesS Adelaide OF Austria that Jewels
worthy Of . Queen were seen at the court of
Turin. The Archduchess had been given as
wedding gifts by her Hapsburg relatives mag
niflcent ornaments, among others q parure of
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laide had passed away her husband had be-
thought himself that since italy was to become
great and united country, which even in
those early days he foresaw, it was BETTING
that there should be some jewels set aside
for its future Queens. Accordingly, he made
arrangements and instituted the rule that
certain sum should be expended every year
out Of the royal revenues for the acquisition
OF different ornaments, which were afterward
to be Incorporated together with other things
belonging to the crown and remain its property
When Victor Emmanuel us eldest son, Prince
Humbert Of Piedmont, was In his turn mar
ried to his lovely cousin, Princess Margherita
OF Savoy, the King put at her disposal the
crown jewels, in addition to those which his
late wife had left to Prince Humbert But
the young princess, who was very modern in
her tastes, did not care in the least for the
cumbersome and old-fashioned ornaments,
which she was forbidden to have reset according
to her own taste. She almost natly refused
to wear them and started assembling private
jewel collection Of her own.
She favored pearls Of which she already
owned beautiful necklace, Q wedding present
from her mother, the Duchess of Genoa Prin-
cess Margherita induced her husband to en-
large and complete it. He was only too glad
to please her, and it became an established
thing that on every Christmas, birthday and
namesday Margherita received few more
pearls After Prince Humbert succeeded his
1atner ne used Tor the purpose the sum which
the latter had allotted in the royal budget
toward the acquisition Of crown jewels Mar
gherttas necklace, which eventually became
the most wonderful in the world, consisted Of
IL rows Of pearls Of which the smallest was
the size Of Q red currant. All Of them were
nawleSs and the last row descended far below
the Queens waist.
In addition, the Queen bought a tiara set
with pear-shaped pearls, some splendid dia-
monds and o parure OF rubies from the late
Empress Eugenie's collection when the latter
decided to part with the contents of her pri-
vate jewel box after the fall Of the Second
Empire.
AS for the real crown jewels, the Queen
her only son, the present King Of Italy, was
married to the Princess Helena Of Montenegro.
the crown jewels were put at her disposal to
included the famous emeralds Of the late Queen
Adelaide.
This arrangement was satisfactory until King
Humbert was assaSSinated at Mona He left
will which caused considerable argument
because, among other things, it contained a
special clause by which all Of the jewels which
in the course of their married life he had given
to Queen Margherita were declared to be her
private and absolute property, of which she
was to have complete control and Of which the
disposal was left entirely to her.
It seems that this did not please her son.
Nor did 1t please the italian government, which
raised the question as to whether King Hum
bert had had the right to make presents to his
wife Of things bought out Of the fund created
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The late Queen MGrgheritG, whose will
provided that her famous collection of
pearls should be presented to the bride
of Prince Humbert.
emeralds and diamonds, consisting Of neck
lace. tiara, earrings, brooches and bracelets,
which to this day are considered to be the
finest In existence. After her death, as these
jewels were all her personal property. the
Kind divided them between her two sons, the
Crown Prince Humbert and DE Duke Of Aosta.
and her two daughters. Princess Clotilde-
who was married to Prince Jerome Napoleon,
the cousin Of the Emperor Napoleon III-and
the Princess Maria Pia who became Queen Of
Portugal However, even before Queen Ada