Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness tonight and tomorrow, followed by rain; slightly warmer tomorrow. Temperature—Highest, 40,'at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 31, at 8 a.m. tod: Full report on page 9. #(losing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 Entered as se No. 30,186. nd class matter hington, D. C. he WASHINGTO. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening Star. D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2: 1926 — F( s JRTY-TWO PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. (#) Means Associ ed Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,073 TWO CENTS. post office, Was| . FALL AND SINCLAIR MUST STAND TRIAL PLEA OVERRULED Justice Bailey Refuses to Quash Indictment—Case Will Open February 2. TWO WITNESSES NOW IN FRANCE, COURT HEARS { Government Asks Subpoenas for | Americans Abroad to Be Served by Consul. Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of | the Interior, and Harry F. Sinclair, ofl magnate of New York, will go to trial Wednesday, February 2, in Crim- fnal Division 2 of the District Su- preme Court on an indictment charg- ing them with conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the lease of the Teapot Dome naval | ofl reserve in Wyoming. Justice Jennings Bailey this morn- ing set this date for the trial after overruling motions to quash the in- dictment which he took under advise- ment last Tuesday. The defendants were then arraigned, and, nfter’ waiving the reading of the lengthy in- | dictment, each pleaded not guilty. | Owen J. Roberts, chief counsel for the Government in the oil cases, asked that the trial be set for Feb! ruary 1, but Justice Bailey suggested that was the day for impaneling juries agd declared he would not} name that date. Attorney William | E. Leahy, representing Mr. Fall, re-| quested a delay until the last week of February or the first week of| March. He explained that Mr. Fall! has been here for several weeks and must return to New Mexico for busi- | ness reasons. The court refused the | application and set the trial February 2. Witnesses Now in France. Application was made today by eounsel for the Government to Justice Bailey for the issuance of subpoenas to be served in France on James E. O'Neil and Harry M. Blackmer, who | are said to have been connected with | the Continental Trading Co., Ltd., which is alleged to have made a dis- tribution of Liberty bonds as a divi- dend and of which certain of these bonds were ‘“subsequently delivered by or.on behalf of Harry F. Sinclair to the other defendant, Albert B. Fall.” The court took this applica- tion under advisement. ' o'm{‘u. it is l:gdemood Cannes and Mr. Blackmer and summons will go oue&- u) der the authority of the act of Co s— of July 3, 1926, granting to the nited States the.right to serve sub- poenas on American subjects through consular officers in foreign lands if the application is granted. This act a maximum penalty of $100,- 000 for failure of a witness to appear at a trial after he is served under the provisions of the act. Should the witnesses be found they will ‘be tendered their traveling ex- to Washington and return and the petition of counsel suggests that about $500 for each witness be | allowed. Court Files Opinion. *Y have decided to overrule the mo- tions and have filed a brief memo- sandum opinion,” said Justice Bailey &t the opening of court. He then read his opinion denying the contention of the defendants that their rights had been infringed. The text of the court’s opinion fol- ws: “The motion of the defendant, Hasry F. Sinclair, to quash the indictment is upon the grounds that Congress by a special joint resolution directed prose- cution of the charges against the de- 1 o'clock. Mail Plane Falls In Dense Fog, Pilot Jumps to Safety ted Press ! SVELAND, Ohio, December —Warren D. Williams, pilot of Cleveland-Chicago air mafl plane, saved his life t by leaping from his plane, “fiying blind” in a thick fox 3 miles south of Bowling Green, Ohio. The plane crashed a few seconds after Wil linms made his parachute leap. The plane was demolished, re- ports said. Willlams was unhurt, except for bruises and scratches. The mail was recovered by a Bowling Green police officer and sent on to Chicago. Cause for the crash was laid by Jocal alr mail officials to the thick foz that blanketed northern Obio. PRESIDENT T0 JOIN INCAROL SINGING White House Family to “Tune In” Tomorrow Night—Tree Lighted at 6 P.M. President and Mrs. Coolidge prob- ably will be a part of the vast radio audience which will join in the Nation- wide chorus of Yuletide carols to be sung this Christmas eve through the medium of far-flung broadeast sta- tions. It was indicated at the White House today that the presidential family is looking forward with inter- est to this unusual musical event, and it is predicted that the White House radio set, in common with countless others throughout the country, will be tuned in tomorrow night on the radio choir which will lead the sing- ing. The radio feature, being sponsored by The Star and other prominent American newspapers, will begin at 10:30 p.m. It will follow a community carol concert at the north portico of the White House, starting at 9 Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge and their house guests are expected to take part also in the earlier observ- ance, Linked With New York. WRC, local station of the Radio Corporation of America, will be linked with WEAF in New York City for the carol program, which wiil be sung from the studio of the latter station. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, noted an, already known to radio will be in charge of the ob- servance. Dr. Harry Rowe Shelley, organist, composer. and choirmaster, will be the musical director. The musical &ccompaniment, which will e and 60-voice choir of Dr. church_ in Brooklyn. The “church singers will open the program with the “Halleujah Chorus” from *“The Messiah.” Dr, Cadman will then make an introduc- tory address, inviting all within reach of the radio to join in the old- fashioned carols to follow. With these preliminaries over, the radio audience will forsake its passive status to become an active partici- pant in the most pretentious Christ- mas eve celebration in history. Will Give Coples of Songs. In order that every one may jcin in the singing, The Star will furnish free with its regular edition, tomorrow a music of the complete program of {carols to be sung that night. These | selections_include such old favorites |as “It Came Upon the Midnight i Clear,” and “Stlent Night,” which will be the closing number. Chimes will ring out in accompani- | song, bringing the observance to' a | close at the hour of midnight. ! Washington’s formal celebration of | | { | i i fendants under the direction and con. | Christmas eve will be ushered in with ; trol of special counsel to be appointed | colorful ceremonies at the community | by the President by and with the ad- | tree in Sherman Park, south of the| yelief an vice and consent of the Senate; that Treasury. HARD WORK AHEAD HAUNTS HOLIDAYS OF CONGRESSMEN Legislation and Probes Pil- ing Up at Rate to Make Leaders Watch Clock. CAN IT BE DONE BEFORE MARCH 4, IS QUESTION Philippines, Campaign Funds, Pro- hibition, Farm Relief Only Few of Controversial Issues. By the Associated Press. Members of Congress began their Christmas-New Year vacation today, but like most folks who have regular jobs, their freedom was not without the usual price of work piling up to be done when the holidays end. ‘When the Representatives go back to work, January 3, they will have plen- ty to do in committees and on the floor, while the Senate's list of in- vestigations was increased yesterday, and a number of other matters were jammed in the offing waiting for con- sideration. Meanwhile, the leaders who are kept busy charting legisla- tive courses are compelled to bear in mind that the Sixty-ninth Congress goes out of existence March 4. In the eleventh-hour rush to get away for the holidays, the Senate made quick work of the Interior De- partment supply bill, the second regu- lar appropriation measure it has passed, and the House hustled it into conference for adjustment of differ- ences. But other developments of the day were portentous of more pro- longed disputes. Rivers Bill Conference. The House received from the Senate its version of the hotly contested rivers and harbors bill and from a committee the Swing-Johnson Boulder Canyon Dam proposal, and the Senate, in receipt of the alien property ad- justment bill passed by the House, heard the first thunders of the fight against it by Senator Borah, Repub- lican, Idaho. and was given Controller General McCarl's report on the con- duct of the Alien Property Custodian's office. Senate hearings were begun to find out what the Federal Trade Commis- sion and the Department of Justice did to curb possible monopolistic ten- dencies when they took cognizance of the financial district’s reports of the ‘Ward-Continental-General Baking Co. merger. Steps also were taken to learn whether the Chester concessions in the Mosul oil fleld affected Turkish. American relations, what can be done to aid in bringing about order in Nicaragua, and what the trade com- mission knows about stock dividends. Prohibition Bills Coming Up. Prohibition and the ever-widening ramifications of the campaign funds investigation were other problems given to the members of Congress to think about during the holidays. The Philippines question was revived by report of his investigation there as President Coolidge’s personal repre- sentative, and the campaign funds committee’s findings entered into the fight against the appointment of Cyrus | E. Woods of Pennsylvania to the booklet containing the words and | Interstate Commerce Commission. Resumption of the session is ex- ected to find the prohibition admin- istration’s bill to permit concentration and manufacture of medicinal whisky by a Government-controlled corpora- tion ready for consideration. It was introduced by title yesterday by Chair- | ment to the inspiring tune of the final | Man Green of the House ways and means committee, a procedure which allowed the writing in of details dur- ing the recess. Coal and Other Issues. railroad consolidation, farm d immigration also are listed Coal, At 6 o'clock President!|,n the program of House committees these counsel so appointed did appear | Coolidge will push a button that will | for cons.derati before the grand juty snd the Taliet. | turn on the bRILENt testoons of HENt |~ Chatman Parker of th sy & ment in this case was found by that | draped around the living spruce. Sen- | commerce committes plans to . put grand jury accordingly; joint resolution being so limited to the prosecution of the charges against preside. The Marine Band will play. The carol “sing” within the White these defendants and being in contra- | House grounds will be led by the choir vention of the general laws of the United States deprived these defend- ants of the due process of law, to which they are entitled under the Con- stitution of the United States, “I see no reason why Congress can- mot provide for the employment of special counsel and the control hy them of particular cases. The defend- ants have not heen deprived of their right to be indicted by a grand jury properly empaneled before being put on their trial. There may be many reasons in particular cases why Con- gress should deem it expedient that counsel who usually conduct the pros- ecution of criminal cs do s0 and why others pointed for that purpos “The cases cited those in which the court itself has undertaken to appoint counsel to ute particular offenders and not where the Legislature has by law di- rected the executive to do so. Motion Held Untimely. “In my opinion, therefore, the mo- tlon is not well founded “In addition, 1 think that the motion i8 not timely. The questions raised by the motion are as to matters aris ing in the yrocuring of the incict- ment which should properly be raised by plea in abatement. The t that these questions are here raised by a motion to quash does not change the essential character of the defense, and after the defen: demurred to th counsel are indictment, I do not think that he can thereafter question | the manner in which the indictment was obtained, “The motion Harry F. Sin overruled. “The motion of the defendant, Al- bert B. Fall, is directed rather to the prosecution of the case by special counsel than to the methods of obtain- ing the indictment, but the reason I have given above apply also to this motion. Besides, the district attorney §s assisting in the prosecution of this fendant, , will therefore be case. Y “This motion will also he overruled.” Government Petition Given. The application of the Government counsel—the first to be filed under the new law—reads: ““The petition of Peyton Gordon, District attorney, and of Atlee Pom- erene and Owen J. Roberts, special cssigtants to the Attornev € (Continued on Page 4, Column . ¢ carols. jof the First Congregational Church, which Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge attend. The public is invited to join in the | demonstration. Georgetown Celebration. Carol singing will mark a number of scattered Yuletide celebrations | scheduled this season. Georgetown | citizens will gather around an elec- trically lighted tree in Montrose Park at 7:30 o'clock tonight and lift i their voices in song. The Sixteenth {Street Heights Citizens' Association !will co-operate with the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Northminster Pres- { byterian Church in arranging a carol | service tomorrow night at 7 o'clock, at the church. A tree on the lawn |of the church grounds will be the | center of the celebration. Led by a trio of costumed boys !holding giant lighted candles, 62 puplls of the Columbia Junior High | School filed through the corridors of the Franklin School Building to- | day, serenading Dr. Frank W. Ballou, | superintendent, other | officials and | the clerical force with Christmas | i The blending of the voices of the| children in popular Christmas songs | | was impressive and won_enthusiastic |applause from the administrative | | group at the Franklin School, who | :lined the path of their march. Teacher Explains Ctstom. Miss Hannah_ Bonell, music teach- er at the Columbia Junior High | School, was in charge of the sing- ing. Miss Alice Deal, principal of | the Columbia Junior High, explained jthat it has been an annual custom for the children to go through their own school singing Christmas carols iand’ it was thought this year it would be a_good idea to_entertain (Continued on Page 5, Column 5. e —— Christmas Carols Tomorrow With The Evening Star To insure coples place orders | s Chairman Parker of the interstate that such 'ator Arthur Capper of Kansas willi forward his bill to give the President power to control the coal industry, in {times of a natlonal crisis January 4, jand his proposal to facllitate railroad consolidation January 11. The new McNary-Haugen farm re- lief bill will have the right of way in the House agricultural commiitee, Chairman Haugen announcing that hearings would commence January 6. On the same date, the immigration committee is to discuss the Senate bill which seeks to permit entrance into the United States of close relatives of allens already in this country, even though quotas have been filled. {POLISH AGENTS HOLD ‘GERMANS FOR SPYING Charge Papers Seized Show Illegal Employment by Upper Silesia Official at Border. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Poland, December 23.— Polish secret service agents near the frontier at Kattowitz have arrested several Germans whom they accuse of being spies. The agents said that papers had been found on them showing that they were employed illegally by Dr. Luka- chek, German member of the Inter. national Control Commigsion for Upper Silesia, created under the treaty of Versailles. Instructions and an un- cashed pay check on the Deutsche Bank at Kattowitz were reported to have been found. The Polish authorities said the Ger- mans had been spying on Polish fro tier garrisons, traveling about by au- tomobile with fake diplomatic pass- ports. BLACKSHIRT HONORED. Fascist Leader to Outrank Foreign Envoys at Italian Court. ROME, December 23 (#).—The blackshirt henceforth will outrank the decorated dress uniform of foreign diplomats at the Court of the House of Savoy, the ruling house of Italy. Under ‘the terms of a decree an- nounced today the secretary-general of the Fascist party will take prece- dence at court and in all public fune- tions over foreign ambassadors, with your newsdealer today. ministers and special envoys. His title has been changed from plain “mister” to “your excellency,” Marie’s Welcome In U. S. “Merited,” Ferdinand Says By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, Decem- ber 23.—Queen Marie's welcome on her American visit was “well mer- ited,” King Ferdinand told a dele- gation of Senators and Deputies who called to deliver their loyal re- sponses to the address from the throne on the opcning of Parlia- ment. He addad that the demonstration of loyalty was gratifying under present circumstances, when “the state of my health worries my peo- ple.” It showed “how profound and solid are the relations between the country and the dynasty.” Ferdinand was able to leave his bed several days ago, and a com- munique from the palace says he has recovered from his recent oper- atlons. AUTO ACCIDENTS ARE FATALTOTWO WHO SAYS THERE IS NO SANTA éLAUS? COST OF UTILITIES SET AT $a.432.475 Outlay if D. C. Were to Buy Power and Traction Com- panies Estimated. The District government would have to pay at least §65432,415 for all the securities of the Washington Railway and Electric Co., the Capital Traction Co. and the Potomac Elect Power Co. if municipal ownership {should be sought, according to figures tragsmitted to Chairman Capper of the Benate District committee by the Public Utllities Commission today. The report was in further reply tc a query of Senator Capper last week for figures as to the possible financia arrangement that would be necessary utider Government operation. The statement gives $65,432,415 as the market value of the securities of the companies and shows that the earnings are $5,187,129 for a year. The commission then assumes that the city could get the purchase price at an interest rate of 4 per cent, which would make the annual interest charge $2,617,296. This would leave a balance available for retirement of capital, reduction in rates or expan- sion of property of $2,569,833. The statement next shows that if | the presentation of Carmi Thompson's | all of this balance was applied to & sinking fund at 4 per cent compound interest the entire purchase price could be retired in 18 years. A table is included showing that the retire- ment of the purchase price could be spread over a period of anywhere from 25 to 50 years, with smaller an- nual allotment to the sinking fund. Savings Seen in Merger. The report then deals with a hypo- thetical discussion of what could be done in the way of rate reduction it the difference of $2,569,833, plus esti- mated savings resuiting from consol- idation, were applied to rate revision. This table shows that the savings re- sulting from merger have been vari- ously estimated at from $200,000 to $1,500,000 a year. On the basis of the minimum esti- mate of $200,000 saving added to the balance of $2,569,833, the commission calculates that the street car fare could be reduced to 5 cents, but would necessitate some increase iy the ele tric light rate. Estimating the saving from merger at $200,000, the commission stirtes _that a 5-cent car fare would leave a defici of $42,841 to be made up on the elec- tric 1ight rate. 1t as much as $500,000 could be saved through a merger, the commis- Sion estimates, car fare could be made 5 cents, with a balance of $257,179 to be applied toward reduction in electric rate. Against Public Ownership. The report also includes other tables showing what would result from merger with a 10 cent cash fare and tokens at b cents, or with an §-cenc casn fare and tokens at 5 cents. In a previous letter to Senator Capper, the commission made it clear that it was in no sense favorable to Government ownership, and Senator Capper also stated in his first letter to the commission that he was not committed to such a proposal but wanted to study any figures that might be available on the subject. It is understood that the accountants of the commission prepared much of this iInformation sometime ago in gonnection with a suggestion that the ©ity, without going into municipal ownership, might be able to extend cheaper credit to the public utilities The reductions discussed in the hypo- thetical table are based largely on the assumption that the city could borrow new capital at & much lower rate of interest than the utilities have to_pay. It was explained by an official of the commisison that the figure of $65,- 432,415 as the probable purchase pric was based on the present market value of the stocks and bonds of the company and that it did not necessari- ly follow that they could actually be bought at that figure. BREWER SHOT NEAR HOME TROY, N. Y., December 23 ®).— George H. McCarthy, jr., secretary of the Stanton Brewing and Malting Co., was snot and seriously wounded by an unidentified assailant near his home today. Four bullets took effect, one lodg- ing in McCarthy’'s head. The man emerged from an alley as McCarthy came along. He fired without warn- ing and escaped. Radio Programs—Page 16. Pied Piper Paged As Army of Rats Takes Rice Fields By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif., December 23.—Farmers of Glenn and Colusa Counties are hoping that some sort of a Pied Piper will precede Santa Claus in a tour of their district to exterminate thousands of rats which recently centered an in- vasion in the rice-growing com- munities. Norman Buhn of the State De- partment of Agriculture is leading the drive by distributing neatly wrapped packages of poison meat. le declared the rodent invasion most unusual and that a ware- ouseran at Williams had trapped 3,000 rats. Buhn reported heavy losses to poultrymen as well as by rice and grain growers. NEW BLOCK ASKED FORCITY BUILDINGS Advisory Council Wants Addi- tion at South to Supplement District Structure. Allotment of the square directly in back of the present District Building for much-needed and new municipal structures is advocated by the Cit! zens' Advisory Council in a report made to Senator Capper, chalrman of the District committee, today. The square in question is bounded by D street, Ohio avenue, Fourteenth . progr Commission it has been set aside fof a general supply building for the Fed- eral Government. e It has been the view-of members of the Public Buildfngs Commission that the District government should meet its expansion by buying the Southern Railway offices, just east of the Djistrict Building. In its report the council states. in pert quare 257 is directly behind the present District Building, and on it should be erected a building suffi- ciently large to house such activities as the office of recorder of deeds, Po- lice Department, Traffic Bureau, Fire Department and the Bureau of Public Welfar The present District Bulld- ing is badly congested, and the mov- ing of the offices of the Police and Fire Departments, Traffic Bureau and Board of Public Welfare would re- lieve this congestion and permit a more logical arrangement and better grouping of functions. Not only is the present District Bullding over- orowded, but many activities of the District are occupyving buildings, owned by the Federal Government, that shortly will be demolished to make way for the Federal building program.” COL. HARVEY DENIES QUOTING PRESIDENT Declares Expression of Coolidge Running in 1928 for Presi- dency Is Own View. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 23.—Col. George Harvey today said that he was incor- rectly quoted yesterday in an inter- view in the Paris edition of the New York Herald-Tribune, in which he was represented as having said that Presi- ient Coolidge had told him he would run again for the presidency in 1928 if the Republican national organization and the voters wanted him to. The former Ambassador to Great Britain declared that he had merely expressed his personal opinion that the President would be a candidate again under those conditions—an opin- ion which he expressed just before sailing from America. “If the American people want Pres- ident Coolidge to continue as Presi- dent,” Col. Harvey said today, “the Republican party is bound'to renomi- nate him. Nothing he could say would affect that happening one way or the other, and his only conceivable course, if nominated, would be to ac- cept. He could neither seek nor de- cline the renomination for personal reasons without reversing his unvary- ing policy from the day he entered public service.” ELIGIBLES SOUGHT FOR UTILITIES BODY President Begins Sifting Sug- gestions—Judgeship Also to Be Filled Soon. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Coolidge has at last en- tered upon the task of finding two men for appointment to the newly created Public Service Commision of the District and for a third man to fill the post of people's counsel for the new. utilities-regulation group. Since signing the bill creating the new commission, President Coolidge has been too engaged with other mat- ters to give any attention to making these appointments. He sent for Samuel G. Prescott, chairman of the Republican State committee, and con- fererd with him today regarding this matter. He asked the opinion of Mr. Prescott regarding those persons who already have been suggested for con- sideration, and asked for suggestions. Inquiries To Be Made. The conference was concludd by the President requesting Mr. Prescott to do some investigating for him in connection with several of the as- pirants for these places who are to be given more serious consideration by the President. It is known that the President had before him today the names of at least | 10 persons recommended for appojint- ment to the commission and possibly four or five names recommended for appointment as people’s courisel. The two places on the commfssion will pay $7,500 annually and3he Deople’s coun- will pay_$6,000 annually. The ident ig-fequired by the law gov- erning thése appointments to make nle‘g{uvns of only bona fide residents of tife city and persons who have had A direct or indirect relationship with utilities in this city. Judgeship Is Vacant. The President has expressed himself as being displeased with that section of the law which requires him to se. lect only those who have been resi- dents of the city for three years and who have had no experience in public utilities matters. The President, how- ever, was represented as expressing himself today to the effect that he is hopeful of making the selections for these places within the next few weeks. President Coolidge also has another important appointment to make, to fill the vacancy on the local munici- pal bench caused by the recent death of Judge Charles V. Meehan. The President, less than three weeks ago reappointed Judge Meehan for another term and must now cast about for some one to take his place. The mat- ter of selecting a successor to Judge Meehan also was taken up by the President with Mr. Prescott today. 43 PETS WILL RECEIVE AT PARTY FOR ANIMALS Hostess Insists Upon Good Will at Christmas Feast for Stray Dogs, Cats and Birds. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Kans, December 23 —Plans for maintaining a ‘‘good- will toward all” atmosphere at her fifth annual Christmas tree feast for birds, stray dogs and cats were an- nounced today by Miss Henrietta Ja- cobs at her home here today. A large evergreen tree has been se- cured and will be lighted by clectric- ity. Cups containing grain will be placed on the upper branches, while lettuce, bread and cake will also be available for the feathered guests. A large assortment of bones and other food prized by dogs will be scattered about the base of the tree. E£mall milk containers have been provided for the cats. Twenty-elght cats and 15 dogs, kept at the Jacobs home, will be near the receiving circle. 18 ARE HURT IN WRECK. Man Is Seriously Injured in Ohio Train Derailment. TIFFIN, Ohi., Dcember 23 (#).— George M. Allen, 46, Detroit, was seriously injured and 17 other passen- gers on a Pennsylvania train bound for Detroit were cut and bruised early today when the train was derailed at it of here. Allen's back ind he was taken to a ;l"he others continued on. Father of Seven Killed in Col- lision; Student Dies of Skull Fracture. Fatally Injured when the Auth Provision Co. truck, which he was driving, was struck and overturned Henry Cheek, of 3535 T street at Maryland avenue and Third street southwest at 6:50 o'clock this morning, Lewis Leapley, 40, of 708 G street outheast, extricated from the truck by Cheek, walked half a block to the Sharon Dairy at 324 B street south- west, where he told G. W. Speakes, route foreman, of 3168 Monroe street i northeast, to tell his wife to pay his life insurance at once. Speakes said Leapley then told him to telephone the Auth Co. and the fourth precinct, after which Leapley | went out the door and walked over to ithe truck, where he sat down and jdied a few minutes later. Car Is Overturned. Scarcely seven hours previous to this fatality, shortly before midnight, another traffic accident at Connecti- cut avenue and S street, resulted in {the death at noon ‘of Thomas | H. Seibert, 21 years old, son of Dr. | Edward G. Seibert, 1817 Seventeenth | street. Johannes Grinstad Bryn, 24-year-old son of the Norwegian minister, of 2137 R street, at the | wheel of his machine, going west on § street, had failed to negotiate the curve at the foot of Connecticut avenue hill, and the automobile ran iover the curb and across the triangu- lar parking at that intersection, over- turning and crashing into the auto- mobile of William Munn, 22 years old, of 2933 Upton street, with the resalt that Seibert and David M. Bark- ley, 24 vears old, son of Repre- sentative Alben W. Barkley of Ken- tucky, of 3201 Cleveland avenue, pas- sengers in young Bryn's’ machine, sustained severe head injuries. Young Seibert died at Emergency Hospital. Barkley sustaimed a laceration of | the ear, bruises and concussion of the | brain,”and was taken to Emergency | Hospita),” while Bryn was injured | about the read and wrist and severely shocked. He and Barkley are expecte: “to recover. Munn was not injured. Regarding the fatal accident a Third street and Maryland avenue southwest, Speakes, the dairy fore- man, sai “Leapley walked steadily when he { came in the door, but staggered and {reeled when he left. He walked over to the truck, sat down and died. I called the Emergency Hospital for an {ambulance, but when one came it was from Casualty Hospital. Being busy here, I could not leave, so I sent J. A. Jones, 708 Ninth street south- | east, driver, to tell Mrs. Leapley to pay her husband’s life insurance at | once. 2 Leaves Seven Children. | Upon hearing of the death of her | husband, Mrs. Leapley went to the Casualty Hospital in company with Mrs. C. Relucio, & neighbor, of 706 G | | street southeast. There she became hysterical, according to the nurse at | the hospital, and_was taken home about 8 o'clock by Dr. W. C. Cantrell. Mrs. Leapley is left with seven chil- dren to care for. Capt. Walter Need- ham of the Salvation Army said that everything possible_ would be done to help the family. Mrs. Leapley said that she paid the insurance at once. The children’s names are: Edna, 18, who is working temporarily; Helen, 14; Leona, 12; Buddy, 10; Lewis, 8; Ma. bel, 5, and_Alberta, 2. Rev. J. E. Slick, pastor of the Meth- odist Church at 407 H street northeast, sald that he would help the famiy ali he could and that as yet no plans have been made. The family were in desperation at the little house this morning. Cheel, driver of the taxi, said when interviewed by a Star reporter: “I was coming west on Maryland avenue coming south on Third street south- west. The truck did not have its lights on. “I pulled Leapley out from under the wheel of the truck where he was pinned down by heavy boxes of meat, and he went immediately to the Sha- ron Dairy.” Police Are Investigating. Policeman L. G. Scripture, fourth precinct, was at Four-and-a-Half and C streets at the time of the accident, according to Capt. A. J. Headley, and (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) by a Yellow taxicab, driven by James | and did not see the truck, which was | DR HOUGK GVES MORE CLUES T HSMSING W Physician Promises to Tell “Everything” if Dr. Kirk Is Made Officer. SEVERAL NAMES AND ADDRESSES REVEALED Gallinger Psychiatrist and Police Confer in Secret After the Interview. Dr. Knutt Houck, whose wife has been missing since thelr mysterious disappearance from their homo Wednesday a week ago, was put through a severe grilling by headquar. ters detectives at Gallinger Hospital today, but the result, according to de- tectives, gave them little additional information toward a solution of Mrs. Houck’s whereabouts. Early today Dr. Houck told Dr. Grover C. Kirk, psychiatrist at Gal- linger, that if he would have himself “deputized” he would tell him “every- thing.” Dr. Kirk communicated with police. He was sworn in as a special officer and with Headquarters Detec ive Kuehling and Capt. Wilson of the Anacostia precinct interviewed Dr. Houck for several hours. Goes Back to Ward. After the interview Dr. Houck went back to his ward, leaving the police closeted with Dr. Kirk for some time. Afterward Dr. Kirk deciined to reveal what had taken place in the confer ence, while the police officers said that the only additional information Dr. Houck had furnished them con- sisted in one or two names and ad dresses of persons with whom Mrs. Houck may have sought refuge after leaving Washington. marked the search for Mrs. Houck gave way this morning to admitted concern over the young wife's fate and concerted efforts on all sides to solve the mystery with the utmost dispatch. A number of clues which had hither- to been regarded as unlikely to de- velop any important facts were ing investigated vigorously by police, while psychiatrists at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, where Dr. Houck was a member of the staff, disclosed ad- ditional facts which may have an im- portant bearing on the case. These strongly indicated that the woman could not have gotten ‘far from Wash- ington, if she left her home alive. Fear of Tragedy Grows. Police and physician friends of Dr. Houck admitted that they were begin- ning to become bewildered over the failure of Mrs. Houck to get in touch with some member of her family, if she is still alive. Fear seems to be growing that she may have met a tragic end the morning she disap- peared, eight days ago. Psychiatrists who knew both Dr. and Mrs. Houck well said they wers still convinced the young physician did not seriously harm his wife durins an episode of semi-coma when tha reakdown overtook him. They were qually sure nothing would have suaded her to commit suicide. On the other hand, they frankly declared they had expected to hear something {from her personally by this time. | The long, fruitless wait also began i to have its effect on Dr. Houck, who !inquired more frequently last night | and this morning whether “any word"” | had come about is wife. When close { friends visited him last night the air of buoyant optimism he has shown ever since his return from New York was gone. In its place, the visitor ad- mitted, was an apparent concern over the failure of police to find any trace of Mrs. Houck. Had Only $10 in Cash. It was learned that Dr. Houck told the police he was almost certain that his wife had no more than $10 in cash when she left their home. This would not have taken her far. and he gave the name of some friends in Norfolk, Va., who were close enough for her to have fled to them in her grief over domestic_troubles and his mental collapse. He also_suggested some people in Rochester, N. Y., and elsewhere, but attached most im portance to the Norfolk home. Physicians at St. Elizabeth's Hos pital disclosed for the first time today that Dr. Houck left a note and a check for his wife when he departed from their home, to show up two days later in Hornell, N. Y. The note simply stated that he had gone to St. Elizabeth's Hospital. The check was for about $77, the sum total of their balance in bank. But Mrs. Houck never re- turned to claim either check or note. Mrs. H. K. Houck, Dr. Houck's mother, called on District Attorney Peyton Gordon yesterday with a physician from St. Elizabeth's Hospi- tal to inquire when the deranged physiclan might be transferred to a private sanitarium. Mr. Gordon told them he could see no reason for not releasing Dr. Houck immediately, but suggested that the transfer be de- layed a few days so that the husband would be available if anything im- portant developed. Mother Returns Home. Assured that her son would be taken care of, Mrs. Houck returned last night to her home in La Crosse, Wis. She expected to ma'e one stop en route, the nature of which was not disclosed. She intrusted the transfer of Dr. Houck to his friends at St Elizabeth’s Hospital, who pointed out that it would be best to remove him as early as possible to expedite his convalescence. The apartment at 3127 Nichols ave nue, where Dr. and Mrs. Houck lived happily until they delved too deeply into the problems of psychiatry, was closed today. The owner said he would not attempt to rent it until the m tery concerning Mrs. Houck was cleared up. All of the furniture had been carefully removed to a Washing- ton storage house, where it would be avallable if it were needed by thc | Houcks again. Dr. Philip S. Graven, psychiatrist on the staff of St. Elizabeth’'s Hos pital, close personal friend of both Dr. Houck and Mrs. Houck and their fam- ily physician, was, called into a con- ference with District Attorney Gor- don this morning. It was Dr. Graven who, accompanied by Count Alfred Kurzybski, found Dr. Houck in his apartment a week ago yesterday sob- bing over the disappearance of his (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.)