Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1928, Page 6

GAS FROM WATER HEATER KILLS MAN Overcome as He Sleeps., Death Fourth'in Family in Five: Years. on yesterday of James The asphyxia Bernard Clancy, 40 vears old, of 54 as overcome New York avenue, who was while he slept by carbon monoxide”gas | from an unventilated water heater,| marks the fourth desth in, the fnfim\‘ of ‘John P. Clancy, 68 years old, of the | New York avenue ‘address, within the} past five years. First a son, Robert J. Clancy, died in’ a hospital. Then another and, favorite son, Ernest Francis Clancy, was shot Last Summer the mother, sarah E. Clancy, died and ph could | give no name to her iliness. Her h\l‘-\ band thinks it was from grief. T terday leaves Mr. Clancy but five sons. Wis Room Above Kitchen. Mr. Clancy said today that his son, who is a sheet metal worker, sleeps in the room directly above the kitchen where the heater is located. Yesterday morning Mr. Clancy lighted the heater and after he left the house the fumes | began to mount through a vent to the bedroom where the younger Clancy lay. He apparently died without awakenir About 4 o'clock yesterday asterno when his father refurned from wor the Stuart Junior High School, w he is janitor, his son was dead. The | Emergency Hos ambulance! was summoned, and Dr. I Rutkoski of the hospital staff pronounced the man Gead when he arrived. Deputy Coroner | Joseph D. Rogers issued a certificate | of accidental, death. No Suspicion of Danger. Both the father and a brother, John | A. Clancy. who is employed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, say that although they. have lived in the | house for five years, théy did not sus- | pect the water heatet was a source oi danger. John Clancy declared, however, that | his brother underwent a mysterious ill- ness_several months ago, lapsing into unconsciousness while in the same room. He thinks it possiple that the iliness was caused by the same fumes which resulted in death yesterday. Clancy is survived by his father, his. brother, John' A. Clancy; another brother, Raymond Clancy of Oakland, Md., and two sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Red- dington of this city and Mrs. Mary A. Butler of New York. No arrangements have been made for the funeral. Robbers Get $10,000 in Furs. CHICAGO, Decembet 13 (#). —Two Tobbers entered a South Side fur storé yesterday, bound the proprietor and a United States mail carrier, locked them g l; rear room and escaped with $10,000 urs. MUSIC OLSZEWSEA-JOHNSON SONG RECITAL. Maria Olszewska, European contralto, who is on her first American tour, made her’ Washington debut in joint recital with Edward Johnson, Canadian tenor, at the Mayflower Hotel yesterday morn- ing. .This was second of the current series of gnor&l;x musical prog;sms pre- sented . Lawrence To 5 The audience was quité as’ lnrge‘m‘m uIflch mebed the artists of the first of the series last week. Mme. Olszewska has a Tich, true con- tralto, and sings with finished style. Her ‘enuneciation, especially in the Ger- man’ and Mallan, was excellent. The: rather moticeable effect of her breath control may be due to having heavy Wagnerian roles a great deal in opera wflh orchestral accompaniment. ‘The actual torie quality is lovely. Her first -number was the air, “Che faro senza Euridyce,” from the famous Gluck opera.. The group of Brahms and Rich- ard Strauss songs was presented with polished, individual reading, and Strauss’ “Zuelgnung” was the encore. Later.in the program came the “Car- men” airs and the duet, which proved an excellent closing number. It was in the fitle role of this opera that Mme. Olszewska made her American debut with the Chicago Grand Opera Co. in the initial performance of the season. Mme, Olszewska was admirably sccom- papied at the piano by Edward Ha: Mr. Johnson, a favorite cunoert md. opera artist with ‘Washington audiences, has never appeared here in better vocal form. - His engaging personality’ and dramatic style in interpretations were evident from the first notes of his open~ ing air, “Colpito qui _m’avete,” from Giordanc's “Andrea Chenier,” to the finish of his share in the “Carmen” duet. Among the most delightfully interpreted of his group of unusual songs were Ivor Novello’s “A Page’s Road Song,” Hughes® arrangement of the Irish “The Next Market Day,” “To Anthea,” by Hatton, and the encore, Edwin German’s ar- rangement of “Kangaroo and Dingo,” from Kipling’s “Just-So Tales.” Blair | Tuberculosis Association Goal Is | listed yesierday in »= THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. ! D. ¢, WTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1928. |0IL USED ON FIRE Killed by Gas ] Hl;s.' Martha Bradley of Near East | Falls Church Burned—Son Breaks | Leg in Second-Story Leap. . Special Dispatch to The Star. | FAIRFAX, Va, December 13— ; Authorities of Fairfax County deemed unnecessary an inquest into the death .| of Mrs, Martha Bradley at Georgetown University Hospital yesterday after- |noon, of burns sustained when her |home at - Fostoria, near East Falls | Churen, was destroyed by fire. Frank | Bradley, the woman's 18-year-old son lis at the hospital suffering from a ! fracture of the leg. | Mrs. Bradley pcurcd oil on live coals in the stove at her home while clear- ing away the breakfast dishes. The flare caused her to drop the oil can, splattering the room and her clothing | with the blaging fluid. . Two small | children fled to safety as Mrs. Bradley [ screamed. Her son, employed at night, was asleep in his room on the second His leg was broken as he lenped HEALTH SEAL SALES |5 bt b REACH 1,900,000 Bmdley ‘Another neighbor, Mrs. Vel- lers, called the Ballston firemen, who arrived too late to save the building. P. R. Bradley, the woman's husband, is employed by the Marsh & Ames Lumber Co., of East Falls Church. He owned the building and carried no in- surance.. The family, with nothing left but the clothing worn by the father and children, were given temporary shelter over the offices of the Jumber company and neighbors supplied furniture. A fourth child“was not at home at the time of the tragedy. Mrs. Bradley was 45 years old. 4,000,000 at One Cent Each in Campaign. With the aid -of many volunteer women of different organizations en- GARFIELD GROUP FAVORS PROPOSED VAGRANCY LAW Acquirement of Land to vaelop Playground and Park Is Given Approval. charge of the spe- cial ‘booths for the sale of Christmas Hl alth Seals of the ‘Tuberculosis Asso- ciation combined fwith the numerous | self-service seal sta- tions . throughout, the city and the | continued receipt of response% from those who have re- | ceived allotments of | | seals on trial by mail, good progress was made toward the goal of 4,000,000 seal sales at 1 cent each necessary to pay for another year's aggressive fight against disease and for the protection of the community. Money received by the cashier of the association up to noon today represented the sale of over 1,900,000 of the seals. A novel and attractive window display which is now helping to boost the Christmas Seal sale focused the atten- tion ‘of many hundreds of Christmas shoppers during the day and evening in the corner store window at Four- The proposed vagrancy law for the District was indorsed last night by the Garfleld Civic Association at a meeting in the Garfleld School. A proposition for the acquirement of land in the rear development as a playground and park was approved. Committees were organized to canvass the neighborhood to secure signers to a petition seeking to have the gas mains exténdéd in certain portions of the community. teenth street and New York avenue. There the two prize-winning Christmas Seal ship models in the recent public school contest, sponsored by the Tuber- culosis Associatipn, are placed on view with easel placards telling the names of the schoolboy builders, Marion Newell and Arthur Davis, and a large placard informing the spectators that these models with their builders were received by President Coolidge at the White House, while on the inside of the win- dow is fastened an eplarged photograph of the President and the two boys which | was taken last weekat the time of the' reception in the interest of the seal sale. 7 R CAPTAIN OF INFANTRY SUMMONED BY DEATH William Henny Allen, Native of Georgia, Serving in Michigan, Passes Away. Capt. Willlam Henry Allen, U. 8. In- fantry, recently serving as an in- structor of the Michigan National g;mrd with station at Grand Rapids, led at St. eryl Hoaplf-ll in that city yesterdays to 'War._ partment advices. in_Rnoxville, Ga., November.. 3! :Capt. "Allen {* served in the Geonm lfionnl Guard from March, 1914, until October, 1917, when he was commissioned as second lieutenant in the United States In- fantry. Durmg the World War he served as a tain in the National md in Mfldl. 1920, reached the in ‘the Regular Army.” His. Mrss Lois. McConnell Allen, s, in Grand Rapids. NAVAL OFFICER INTERRED. Lieut. Comdr, A. , to Rest in Arlington.’ Funeral services for Lieut. Comdr. Allison John Hayes, Chaplains Corps, U. 8. N, retired, who died of pneumonia at his residence, 2540 Massachusetts avenue, Tuesday, were conducted ‘at Arlington Cemetery today. Interment was in_Arlington. Comdr. Hnyes is survived by his widow, a '2-year-old daughter and a brother. He: was 43 years old and a native of Jowa. He was retired from the Navy in 1925 after nearly 10-years Diamond Wrist Watch 18 dhmonll!‘ pl.nlnum and s '$135.00 soli uhr prloe. Our price < ody Neale was, as usual, his !horoughly ars service. Until recent]y he had been in r, Me. CAUSE OF FATALITY| JEWELERS Altitude Flyer MRS. LOUISE McPHETRIDGE San Francisco llyfl'. is awaiting decision | of the National Aeronautical Association as to validity of her claim to a new allitude record for women. The old record was 24,000 feet, reached by Lady Heath in England. DAYTONA BEACH PICKED FOR AUTO SPEED TRIALS Segrave to Seek 240 Miles Per Hour Record in Florida Early in March, By the Associated Press. Daytona Beach has been selected for the mternfluonal speed trials of Maj. D. Segrave, British racer, who was the first to attain a speed of 200 miles an hour, The trials, in which Maj, Segrave | hopes to send his car over the sands of Daytona Beach at a speed of 240 | miles an hour, the American Automo- bile Association contest board said in announcing the selection of Daytoha Beackl: probably will be set for early and adjoining the Garfield School for | Ma Officials of the Florida city are ex. pected here late today for a confe ence with members of the Automobile Association contest board concerning an official sanction for the race. The conference has been set for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. CHRISTMAS JEWELRY Greatly Reduced! 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Parker, war claims arbiter, yesterday handed down an administra- tive decision declaring that claimants for reimbursement for use of patents under the settlements of the war ¢laims act of 1928 “should. be clothed with all of the rights of an American citizen.” ‘The decision carried general fules for administering the act, which provides “fair compensation” to Germans, Aus- trians and Hungarians who owned pat- ents used by the United States or sold or licensed by the alien property Mnre than 900 claims are pending. bursement on the patents is llmlted by law to $100,000,000. Judge Parker, in his decision, pointed out under a provision of the act that, if the claimants at the time of filing their claims or upon the seizure of patents during the war, labored under any dis- advantage because of foreign citizen- ship, they would be treated under the present proceedings as if they enjoyed the full legal rights of American’ citi- MRS. J. I. CUMMINGS DEAD| Widow of Former Prominent At- torney Was Active Socially. MOTHER VETOES GIRL'S - IDEA TO FLY MAIL AERO 19-Year-Old Stenographer’s Plan for Adventure in United States Service Balked. By the Assoclated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La., December 13.— Miss Clara Meyer, 19-year-old New Or- leans stenographer, who has, never been | un in an airplane, but who aspires to | be an air mail pilot, will have to remain on the ground for a while. Without saying anything to her fam- | ily, she wrote the War Department to | leatn how she could become an air mail | pilot. The letter was turned over to| Postmaster General New, who gave the | information desired and explained the hazardous nature of the occupation. When her mother learned today of | what had taken place she immediately | vetoed the plan. She announced that her daughter would not become an air mail pilot. This is not the first time she has - | sought something adventurous to do. First she wanted to travel and write her experiences. Then she wanted to become a radio operator on a ship. Her mother voted against both these pro- posals also. number of years active in social circles here, died at her residence, 1756 K street, last night after a long illness. She was about 80 years of age, Mrs. Cummings was the widow of ORI, One requirement of the new course in general science in upper grades of elementary schools of New York City is the study of the water supply of New York City. with black lizard both @t.cceeenss e ——— = === A Salon D Supper Parties, Wed under the personal celebrated both here CANDIES Formal Our Eighth eAvignone Freres Extend a most cordial invitation to you and your friends to attend the informal opening of their new home at 1777 Columbia Road N. W ~ Friday December the Fourteenth From Seven to Eleven P. M. 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