Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1929, Page 24

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24 ® GAS KILLS WOMAN DOOMED BY REDS, Mrs. Pauline Shefts Escaped! Firing Squad in Russian Revolution. After escaping death at the hands of | & Bolshevik firing squad, Mrs. Pauline ! Shefts, 27 years old, fled to the United | States only to perish yesterday by as- phyxiation in her apartment at 310 | Third street. Dr. J. Ramsey Nevitt, | District coroner, issued a certicate of | accidental death. 'A. F. Gauvreau, manager of the apartment house, detected gas fumes issuing from Mrs. Shefts’ rooms and | + ‘entered after opening the locked door with a duplicate key. Mrs. Shefts was seated in front of the stove on which pots of food had been placed. Gas poured from two burners, the flames of which presumably had been extinguish- ed by a gust of wind. Casualty Hospital was notified and | Dr. J. Rogers Young responded. He pronounced her dead and said that Geath came approximately three hours earlier. George 1. Shefts, her husband, a | driver for the Connecticut Pie Co., was | absent when the tragedy occurred. It 1s said that the Shefts had been married only 10 months and moved to their present home recently. Extremely nervous, Mrs. Shefts was sald to be suffering from the ordeal of the firing squad in the Red revelu- tion. According to information given to Coroner Nevitt, Mrs. Shefts studied medicine in Russia and entered the World War as a nurse. Captured by the Red army, she was condemmed to face a firing squad with several other women. Although placed before a wall she managed to escape. The terror of the ordeal remained in her mind, it is said, and her nerves were Shattered, under- mining her health. Following her escape from the squad, she came to this country, where she met her husband a few years ago, and came here after their marriege in New ‘York. JEROME A. WILCOX DIES. | Jerome A. Wilcox, for many years .~ 8 newspaper man in Washington and Baltimore, was found dead at the home a friend in Baltimore Saturday morning. Mr. Wilcox was born at Stonington, Conn., in November, 1879, and went to New York when a boy. The greater rt of his life was spent in Washing- m-n and Baltimore. He recently re- turned there from a trip through the Southern States. He is survived by two brothers, Ben- gl;nlfl ‘Wilcox of .New York and Willlam jloox of Newark, and a sister, Cather- ine Wilcox of Stonington. Funeral services will be held at Ston- : ington at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. COL. W. P. RICHARDSON DIES AT WALTER REED Retired Infantry Officer Probably Will Be Buried in Arlington Cemetery. Col. Wilds P. Richardson, retired In- fantry officer, died at Walter Reed Hospital this morning after a long iliness. Funeral services will be held at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., and will be in the charge of Capt. J. O. Richardson, U. S. N, & cousin. The day of the services has not yet been set. Burial probably will be_in Arlington Cemetery. During the World War, Col. Richard- son served as commanding general of the American Expeditionary Forces in North Russia _and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal “for skill- ful handling of the many difficult situations which arose during the operations in Russia.” He was stationed in Washington for a number of years, following service in Alaska. Col. Richardson was born in Hunt County, Tex., March 20, 1861, and was graduated from the Military Academy in 1884. He was assigned to the In- fantry and reached the grade of colonel in April, 1914. Though retired in Octo- ber, 1920, at his own request after more than 40 years' service, he was reassigned to active duty from Decem- | ber, 1921, to May, 1923. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lula R. Turner of Ottawa, Canada. Mary C. P. Darby Dies. KENSINGTON, Md., May 20 (Spe- cial). —Mary C. P. Darby died at the Montgomery County General Hospital and funeral services were held from her late residence here. For the past 10 years she was supervisor of the World War division of the adjutant general's office. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Charles Sinkler Darby and Catherine Lowndes Brisbane of Charles- town, S. C. and Connecticut. Burial was in Washington, Conn. R sl Baggageman Seriously Ill CHESAPEAKE BEACH, Md., May 20 (Special) —Noble J. Dobson of Pindell station, baggageman on the Beach rail- way, has been taken to a hospital in Baitimore for the third time for an operation for intestinal trouble and his condition is reported serious. Dobson has been with the Beach road for some years and is well known to commuters. WHEN you THINK of painting & papering At Such Small Cost —for first-class work come in and look over our stock of imported and domestic designs. _ In Same Store Eighteen Years EDWIN S. RUCKER 1210 H Street N.W. Phone Main 333 FOR REN Downtown stores on F street; rent ranging from $175.00 to $250.00 per month. Address J. B. 482 Loui THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1929. OUTING SATURDAY T0 DRAW OFFCALS Five Members of Congress and D. C. Leaders Have Accepted Invitations. With preparations almost completed for the annual shad bake of the Washington Board of Trade Saturday at Sherwood Forest, Md, it was an- nounced today that five members of Congress and a number of high of- ficials in the District government have accepted invitations. Gibson, Zihlman, Beers, Bowman and Hall; District Commissioners Dougherty and Taliaferro, Assistant Engineer Commissioners Maj. Donald A. Davison and M. L. E. Atkins, Capt. H. C. White- hurst, District co-ordinator; Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, and Chief Engineer George E. Watson of the Fire Department. Busses to convey some of the 850 members to Sherwood Forest will leave the District Building at 9 o'clock Sat- urday morning. A special bus has been chartered to carry the Independent Boys' Band, which will lead the pro- cession. Police will escort them to the District Line, where they will be picked up by a detail of Maryland motor cycle police, who will go with them to their destination and remain throughout the day. Numerous athletic events have been scheduled and local merchants have donated prizes. Among features of the program will be seven boxing bouts, a WE PAY o OR MORE on your savings Guests will include Representatives | golf tournament, clay pigeon shooting and a base ball game between the pub- lic order committee and the member- ship committee of the board. Dinner will be served at noon. A lunch will be given the picnickers be- fore they leave for home, between 6 and 7 o'clock. Each person will re- ceive a bag containing 50 souvenirs. These bags will be packed by the com- mittee in charge of the trip at meet- ings Tuesday and Thursday nights at 1301 H street. The committee is headed by Elmer T. 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