Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1929, Page 3

STEINHARDT DEATH IS LAID T0 FRIENDS iFugitive Took Own Life After They Advised Suicide, Police Learn. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 20—A state- ment credited to David Steinhardt, fugitive New York lawyer, that friends advised him to commit suicide, in- creased interest in today's inquest into his death. Facing prosecution for embezzlement of $500,000 in bankruptcy cases, he drank poison yesterday while his wife and his attorney, Hérman L. Maris of this city, sat in an adjoining room at a hotel and as Assistant United States Attorney George Mintzer of New York was on his way from the railroad station to take him into custody. Steinhardt, a trustee and receiver in bankruptcy, had consented to surrender. Several letters were found in his pockets and in one of them, addressed to his | wife, he declared that suicide was the only alternative. Steinhardt had been a fugitive since | January 8, when, it is charged, he de- frauded a single client of $50,000. Mrs. Steinhardt and Maris were held as material witnesses and released in $3,000 bail each. PROBE WILL BE CONTINUED. Steinhardt’s Letter Expected to be of Use in Inquiry. NEW YORK, April 20 (#).—United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle pre- pared today to pursue his investigation of irregularities in Bankruptcy Court despite the suicide of David Steinhardt, fugitive lawyer, his star witness. Steinhardt’s usefulness in the investi- gation was not wholly ended with his death, however, for Mr. Tuttle said he had received an “outline” in the ; THE EVENING 'S;I‘AR, WASHINGTON, D MRS. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS - IS DEVOTEE i Secretary of Navy’s Wife to Continue Activities in Washington. Fond of Young People and Indulges in Pottery Work. ‘This is the first of a series of nine personality stories concerning the wives of the new cabinet members. BY MARGARET HART. Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, is a lover of birds and flowers. Tall, white-haired, aristocratic, she was a Washington belle 30 years ago when her father was a member of the House of Representatives. When she returned to Washington her first thought was of a garden, but there was only the “tiniest plot of land” around her new home. She envies Government clerks in the suburbs with their larger back yards which can be made beautiful with tulips and peonies, redolent with | yellow marigolds, and musical with the songs of bluebirds and the symphonies of bees. But there is no plot of land which cannot be made beautiful, Mrs. Adams argues, and she will devote her garden- ing artistry to thr, scanty material at hand. Mrs. Adams is a great believer in the benefits derived from proximity to_nature. “I think one of the most desirable things in the world is to have land about a home,” she said. “I have known people with troubles and cares upon whom work in a garden has had the most wonderful effect. Just being out of doors and getting close to nature does one & lot of good.” lawyer's handwriting, setting forth facts to_which he could testify. Discovery of Steinhardt’s irregularities led to the investigation of conditions in Bankruptcy Court which have brought about the resignation of Federal Judge Francis A. Winslow, while a con- gressional inquiry of his official acts was under way; the arrest of Max Pinner, Federal court clerk’s assistant, and the indictment of several atforneys and re- ceivers in bankruptcy. e LYNN RETREATS FOUR SECRETARIES’ PORTRAITS | Capitol Architect Returns Pictures ‘Which Hang in Diplomatic Room. Of the 40 or more portraits of former Becretaries of State recently turned over to David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, for such retreatment as the artists on his staff deemed desirable four have been returned and hung on the walls of the diplomatic room. ‘These are the portraits of Louls Mc- Lane of Delaware, who was head of the foreign office from May, 1833, to June, 1834; Edward L. Everett of Massachu- setts, from November, 1852, to March, 1853; William M. Marcy of New York, from March, 1853, to March, 1857, and Hamilton Fish of New York, from March, 1869, to March, 1877. All four portraits have been retouched, bright- ened and clarified. In addition to the canvas changes in the four older paint- ings, each has been provided with a new frame, with a glass front to protect the painting. Among other historic portraits in the collection still undergoing treatment by the Capitol artists are those of Presi- dents Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Q. Adams and Buchanan, and those of John Marshall, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Lewis Cass, Willlam H. Seward, William E. Evarts, James G. Blaine, Richard Olney and John Sherman. Former Secretary Frank B. Kellogg is now having his portrait painted. by Philip Delaslo, artist, of London for inclusion in the State De- partment collection. FELNE AN Alleged Usurers Appear in Court. LOS ANGELES, April 20 (/).—Eight try of 143 persons charged with usury in money lending in connection with the Julian Petroleum Corporation collapse appeared voluntarily in Municipal Court here yesterday, after they had been ad- vised by telephone that they were wanted. SPECIAL NOTICES. WILL PARTY WHO SAW BUS STRIKE parked car on 16th st. between L and M sts,. on Tuesday, April 16, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. please 5 ™ PAddress Box 183-R. Star Offce? THE OFFICES OF DR. H. H. 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Although she was born and reared within sound of the sea waves, and loves the ocean, Mrs. Adams has not gone sailing on a small boat or ac- companied her husband in his sea races for years, as she is a poor sailor, and the slightest roughness makes her sick. “Even when I went abroad last year, when the sea was calm as a millpond, 1 was far from comfortable,” she said. “When Mr. Adams races his boats, I am perfectly satisfied to watch from shore.” Mrs. Adams is skiliful in the art of molding pottery. “In Boston,” she explained, “we have a little club, the Pottery Club. Under do our own molding, glazing and bak- ing. It is fascinating, particularly the glazing, with which we experiment a great deal to get different colors. We send to England for most of the glazes, which after mixing with a little water and gum we paint on the pottery with brushes.” Many beautiful vases, bowls and fars are made by members of the Pottery Club, Mrs. Adams said, and after they have been properly fired in the kilns of the club, exhibitions are held. The work of the members is not only exhibited, but sold. May Continue Pottery. “I am so interested in the work,” sald Mrs. Adams, “that as soon as I have be- come established in my new home I hope to find a place in Washington where I can continue.” Mrs. Adams has a married daughter, Mrs. Henry Morgan, who lives in Boston and is the mother of three small sons. A son of Mrs. Adams, Charles Francis Adams, jr., is a student at Harv- ard, and his mother hopes he will spend most of his short vacations in ‘Washington. “I am very fond of young people,” she remarked, “and at my country place outside of Boston I always have a Iot of boys and girls around.” Mrs. Adams will return to this coun- place, the Glades, this Summer, and will be visited by her son, her daughter and her three little grandsons. (Copyright, 1929.) OTICE_18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE nership of Charles R. Ferris and Sidney . Faress has been dissolved and all debts and obligations of lunch room at 713 N. p. st. n.w. Wil be assumed by Sidney M. A5450. CHARLES R. FERRIS, SIDNEY M. WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLS fintrlc'&d by_anyone other than myself %in A, Gus Kenner, 1416 Ingraham st n.w. MEMBERSHIP _INDIAN SPRING _GOLP Club for sale at a real reduction. Georgia 714 after 6 p.m. PAPERHANGING—ROOMS, $2 UP, IF YOU have the paper: new samples. 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Police allege that they heard a woman screaming for assistance last night when in the 1900 block of K street. Investi- gation revealed a young woman, badly beaten, in an apartment. Wheeler is sald to have attacked her and, when police entered, to have hit Gravely. Despite the alleged attack which caused her to be taken to Emergency Hospital last night for treatment, the woman, Miss Alma Williams, expressed a desire not to prosecute the defendant. According to Gravely and Detective R. F. McCarthy, who accompanied him, it is the second time that they have been called to the apartment. Judge Given continued the case in order that Miss Williams might be brought to court to corroborate police allegations. MINISTER DEPLORES CRUELTY TO ANIMALS Rev. C. Ernest Smith Appeals for Preservation of Wild Life in Addressing Humane Society. Condemning cruelty to animals and appealing for the preservation of wild life, Rev. C. 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