Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1929, Page 2

2 e THE- EVENING PEDESTRIAN DIES OF AUTO INJURIES 13 Persons Are Hurt Traffic Accidents Over Week End. One person dead and 13 injured | was the traffic toll for the week end, according to police reports. George McKenney, 44, of Jackson Hall alley died in Casualty Hospital last night of injuries received when an automobile ran him down at Fourth | street and Pennsylvania avenue Satur- day. Police say Joseph Martin, living on New York avenue near Twenty-first street, was driver of the automobile. Martin took McKenney to Casualty Hospital. An inquest in the case was ordered at the Morgue today. William J. Cox, 39, of 219 C street, | sustained severe injuries yesterday when an automobile he was driving was in collision with a truck at Massachusetts avenue and Eighth stzeet northeast. At Casualty Hospital physiclans saild Cox was suffering from concussion of the brain. Police have not identified the truck driver. Crash Injures Three. Three persons were injured when two automobiles collided at~ Franklin and North Capitol streets. They were Moses Gass, 28, and Gertrude Gass, 20, both of 135 M street southeast, and Charles P. Herold, 30, of the 100 block of Franklin, street. All were treated at Sibley! Hospital Apmnrhl‘r and daughter were injured mn an accident at Nichols avenue and Congress street southeast, as a result of which Joseph M. Newman was arrested. Mrs. Mary V. Dean, 54, and Mary A. Dean, 14, both of Giesboro Point, were treated for cuts on the head at Emer- cy Hospital. g“(‘)l%)ers l\’niul’ed included Willlam R. Cempton, 22, 1107 Eleventh street; Gem’pge W. Dalzelle, 35, Chevy Chase, Md.; Amos Talbot, colored, 23, of Gales- ville, Md.; Albert Riley, colored, 34, 803 Delaware avenue southwest; Wilbur Taylor, 35, Philadelphia; M: ck Smith, colored, 30, 1126 Lingers court, and Cornelius Stewart, colored, 3 years old, 35 Patterson street northeast. Two men were brought to Washing- ton hespitals as the result of accidents athern Marylend. 1 A. Cole, 39, 600 block of A street southeast, was brought to Providence Hoepital ‘and treated for injuties sus- ined in an accident near T. B. “Alben Brown, colored, 35, of Wooll~ ville, discovered in an unconscious con- dition on the Southern Maryland road, was found to have a possible fractured skull at Casualty Hospital, where he was treated and later removed to Gallinger Hospital. Two Women Hurt. Following a collision between two automobiles at the crossroads at Wheaton, Md., two women were sent to Washington and Maryland hospitals in a serious condition last night, ac- cording to a report made to the north- ern district police substation at Sligo by Patrolman E. R. Jones. The cars were driven, the report said, by J. E. Davis, 100 block of Wesley street, Washington, and John Moran of Baltimore. Mrs. Davis was taken to the Washington Sanitarium, at Takoma Park, while George Barrett of Hyatts- ville 'and Mrs. Moran were sent to the Walter Reed Hospital. Police of the northern district sub- station ere searching for the driver of 2 car which late yesterdey is salleged to have hit one driven by Alice Graves, 2315 Branch street southeast, Wash- ington, about a mile south of Olney, which narrowly missed turning over. The number of the other car was given to Sergt. Guy Jones and Officer Joseph Nolte, who have a warrant for the owner. The car is alleged to have had three men in it at the time. s DIE AS 80 FLEE BALTHAORE BLAZE; FIREMEN OVERCOME (Continued From First Page.) tugging at men and restraining them from running into the burning build- ing in an effort to rescue those who ‘were dying. ‘A color:d man, who slipped away in the crowd before his name could be Jearned, saved several women from be- ing trapped on a fire escape. They had descend:d to the sliding ladder and then found that they were not able to release it. The unidentified man pulled himself up and battered the ladder loosz with a hammer. People who were in the neighborhood when the fire started said those on the lower floors of the building were un- aware at first that there was a fire somewhere in the upper floors. When the first alarm was turned in, women on the fourth floor were already scream- ing tor rescue. Ambulances sped to the scene with the fire apparatus, and treat- ment of the overcome and the injured went forward on the pavements. Great clouds of smoke from the burning build- ing rolled over the Guilford avenue ele- vated street car tracks. Three of the firemen who were ove come were revived with resuscitating apparatus and returned to their posts. Miss Minnie Frank, one of the wom- en who leaped from the windows, had the last rites of the Catholic Church administered to her as she lay in the street, by Father John Morgan of St. Ignatius Church and E. A. Morton of Loyola High School. Elevated Trestle Protected. One of the firemen who was over- come had not been revived after 20 minutes of strenuous working over him with the resuscitating apparatus. The men operating the apparatus, however, did not give up. The fire spread to the elevated car tracks on Guilford avenue, and several times the tles were ignited, but the fir men soon had the elevated trestle pro- tected by a steady stream of water. All of the women who were saved from the burning building uninjured were excited. Some were hysterical and some sick from smoke. They were taken nto neighboring offices to be quieted. The fire seemed to gain headway, de- spite the efforts of the firefighters, and a half hour after they had been on the job flames were leaping 30 and 40 feet over the building and additional alarms were sent in. An hour later the firemen #aid they had the blaze in hand. MELLON TO GO F Treasury Chief Plans Vacation Off Bahama Islands. Secretary Mellon plans to spend Christmas vacation fishing and cruis- ing near the Bahama Islands m the yacht belonging to his nephew He will be accompanied by his son Paul and his daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. David E. K. Bruce, and a college friend of his son. BAMND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band this afterncon at 4 o'clock at the Auditorium, Marine Biiracks. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur . Witcomb, second leader. March, “Florentiner” Overture, “Leonore” No. 3. “Londonderry Afr” (Old I Melody) ar Scenes from .Pucik ecthoven rish . .Lake . Sullivan Lister: to My ...Sousa “Romance” . ‘Svendsen “Toccata Marziale”. . Vaughan Willlams emper Fidelis” Sousa es' Hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” Representative Frederick N. Zihlman, ISHING. | | | Members of the Japamese delegation to the arms conference, photographed for conferences here before they depart for the conference sessions. ‘Wakatsuki, one of the delegates; Secretary Stimson, Admiral T. Takarabe, a deleg: rigl STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . C., . MONDAY, ‘JAPANESE ARMS CONFERENCE DELEGATES ARRIV a(hUnlon Station today when they arrived Debuchi of Japan; E. , and Mme. Takarabe. -—Star Staff Photo. BANK EXAMINATION MAY BE PROLONGED Negotiations Are Under Way! for Control of Southern Maryland Trust Co. (Continued From First Page.) again today and a police patrol inaugu- rated Saturday was kept in force at Seat Pleasant. Hospelhorn said Commissloner Page would visit Marlboro tomorrow. He is ;:pekeud to qualify as receiver for the nk, Until recently the Southern Maryland ‘Trust Co. was known as “the bank with the largest capital and surplus in Prince Georges County.” It had the fourth largest Christmas savings account in the county, consist- ing of 500 depositors who saved ap- proximately $23,000. It is said & num- ber of the Christmas savings checks have not been cashed. PLAN ATTACK ON INDICTMENT. [ W ¥rawd Charge. An attack on the grand jury indict- ment charging them with using the mails to defraud was to be made today by the accused officials of the F. H. Smith Co. ‘Through their attorneys, Wilton J. Lambert and Rudolph Yeatman,, they were expected to file with the court pleas in abatement, alleging that the indictment returned sagainst them i d fuvalid. The pleas wcre mw qeicndants ia New Yorl last W for toclr clgnatures, and were expected back today, They will be filed by Mr. Lambert as goon as re- cefved. ‘Those named in the indictment are Accused Fight Mzil chairman of the House District com- mittee; Daniel R. Crissinger, former controller of the currency, G Bryan Pitts, chairman of the board of direc- tors; Samuel J. Henry, president of the corporation; C. Elbert Anadale and John H. Edwards, jr., vice president, and Henry C. Maddux of the Hamilton Hotel Corporation. Of these defendants Zihlman and Maddux are not represented by the firm of Lambert & Yeatman. It was not known whether they intend to join the other defendants in the attempt to quash the indictment. W. Gwynn Gardiner, who filed suit Priday asking for the appointment of a receiver for the company, said today that he will appear before Justice ‘Wheat Wednesday morning to inform him of the “filing of the suit and non- service of papers.” Gardiner Secks Check. Subsequent to the filing of the re- ceivership petition, Mr. Gardincr filed a formal motion to prevent defendants from removing articles cf value ‘Tom this jurisdiction, Saturday night Dep- uty United States Marshal John J. Clarkson attempted to serve notices of this motion on all of the defendants, but was successful only in serving | Maddux and R. Golden Donaldson, for- mer attorney for the Smith Co. Donaldson was accused by the grand jury with accepting fees from the Boyle-Robertson _Construction Co. in return for securing for them contracts from the Smith company while repre- senting the latter organization. The grand jury report relative to Mr. Don- aldson was turned over to the grievance committee of the District Bar Associa- tion for consideration. C. F. R. Ogilby, vice chairman of the committee, said today that the committee has not taken any formal action on the report. “We have a meeting scheduled for Wednesday,” he said, “but if we follow our usual procedure, we will not take final action on the report at that time.” If the committee finds that the charge against Mr. Donaldson can be substantiated, it has authority to rec-| ommend his disbarment. Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney General, who is in charge of the investigation which resulted in the indictment of the Smith company offi- cials, is making an examination of the books and records of the company to determine what further action, if any, the department will take against them. It was understood that the department agents are finding the task of examining the books a laborious one, and that there is little likellhood of them pre- senting any additional evidence to the grand jury in the near future. It is known that the Justice agents are investigating activities of the Smith company in various sections of the country with the possibility of bringing additional charges. Berlin for Clean Streets. Berlin, Germany, has started a cam- paign to keep its famous streets and avenues clean, and is using an American cleaner to do so. Whirling brushes in the machine clean every nook and cor- | ner, and the waste material is sucked up into & large container. All “Christmas Music in the Churches” Must be received, typewritten, by the Music Editor of The Star not later than Wednesda to be published Saturday, De Material for =y ociated Press. Pl ING, China, December 16.—A limestone bed at Chow Outien, 30 miles from here, was believed by scientists to- day to have ylelded skeletons of 10 men who probably were among the first an- cestors of the human race. Nine of the skeletons were headless, leading some to believe the limestone bed might have been the scene of pre- Neanderthal executions and beheadings. |In such a case, since the skulls were not found, it was suggested the heads may have been removed for some strange prehistoric rite. One skull was discovered, a Chipese geologist unearthing it. He claimed it belonged to a species of the famous “Peking man,” the “Sinanthropus pekinensis,” associated with the period of the Piltdown skull and the Java ape man. Many of the bones discovered were broken sharply, 2s.if by human bands. The scientists, in reconstructing the life of the distant day, suggested the an- clent man might have done this in or- der to get the marrow, probably con- sidered a delicacy. The scientists who have worked in the limestone excavations have been sworn MILLION-YEAR-OLD SKELETONS., LIKE “PEKING MAN,” ARE FOUND Nine Are Headless, But C;; Skull Is Be-| lieved to Link Species With Period of Java Ape Man. its kind ever made. Both the skull and the 10 skeletons are in a splendid state of preservation. ‘The discoveries were made in the same limestone quarries where “monkey man” jaw teeth were found in 1928. The scientists believe that with the discovery. of the skeletons the site of a prehistoric, probably pre-Neander- thal, Home of a distinct time of primi- tive man has been uncovered. ‘The scientists believe they have enough material to reconstruct the en- tire life-drama of the prehistoric col- ony, or at least to sketch a portrait of man as he existed near Peiping more than a million years ago. Some other bones were discovered also, among them the fossil skull of a rhinoceros and heaps of bones believed to be those of other animals. Many of thess were broken, possibly by marrow hunters, Scientists have placed the life of the so-called “Peking at probably one million years sgo. antedating the Neandertha! man r.ad probably co- temporancous with the Heidelberg men of Europe. Two tceth of the “Peking man” have been discovered. Some con- sider the “Peking man” on a stage of development between the modern hu- man and the anthropoid apes. r. J. G. Anderson, Swedish adviser to the Chinese geological survey, and others now have entered upon a par- ticular search for heads of the skele- to secrecy, but they regard the dis- coveries as the greatest human find of tons. Wllea ja Duck Sliad JAMES C. BLACKWELL. —Star Staff Photo. COUNTY CLERK SHOT TO DEATH HUNTING (Continued From First Page) they went out in the boat to get the ducks. While out they heard another shot which sounded muffled, but thought he was shooting at another duck. Shortly after a duck flew over and they called “mark.” When no shot was fired they returned to the blind and found Black- well on the floor with two 12-gauge shotguns near him, Investigation by local police disclosed that one shot had been fired from the barrel of one gun and that both cham- bers of the other were loaded. Blackwell was a member of A. F. and A. M. Lodge of Seat Pleasant. His hunting license was issued September 14, at Seat Pleasant, Md. SCHEDULED TOMORROW Senator Shortridge Plans to Force Early Settlement of Nye Resolution. By the Associated Press. The meeting of the Senate elections | committee for consideration of the Nye | resolution denying Senator Grundy of | Pennsylvania his seat was postponed | today by Chairman Shortrdige until - | morrow. Senator Shortridge intends to force an early settlement of the dispute ! over Grundy’s right to retain the Penn- | sylvania seat to which he was appointed | by 9‘“‘ Fisher as a successor to Willlam | 8. Vare. Schooner on Rocks, Crew Escapes. | SEATTLE, Wash., December 16 (#).— | A message from the naval radio station at Tatoosh Island, at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the, Bremerton Navy radio station, reported that the steamer Skagway went on the rocks south of Tatoosh Island at 8 am. today. The crew was said to have taken to life boats. i cember 21. American pears ‘were recently intro- duced into France. f} LEXINGTON READY T0 FURNISH POWER Aircraft Carrier Ties Up at Tacoma So Ship’s Gener- ators May Aid City. By the Assoclated Press. TACOMA, Wash, December 16.— Tied to a dock with many hawsers, the aircraft carrier Lexington was awaiting today the strands of copper cable which will link it with Eacoma's municipal electric system in order that the big generators of the ship may serve for the next 30 days as an auxiliary power house. Due to a protracted drought in the Puget Sound region, the big Lake Cush- man reservoir of the Tacoma-Yoro electric system was depleted to serve Tacoma’s industries, stores and homes. Rain during the last two days has raised the lake 4 feet. Tryouts of the hook-up between the Lexington and the city system are set for tonight, with the augmented service to follow Tuesday morning. When this service starts, the Lake Cushman plant will be left idle so that the basin may fill up against possible drought or freezes later in the season. Tacoma plans to use the current from the Lexington 12 hours each day, two smaller municipal plants being capable of carrying the load during the night. With the Lexington in use, the many mills and factories which have been running night shifts wiil be allowed to return to regular daylight hours and production schedules will re- {turn to the status prior to the curtail- 1 ment. {" For a month’s use of the ship, the | city light department will lose an es- | timated $66,000, the difference between ithe Navy charge for the ship, current and dockage, and the amount will be re- | ceived from' the current furnished the icity’s customers. The Navy is charg- {ing $45,000 as a standby charge and 1 {cent per kilowatt hour, Dockage | charges will amount to $600 a day. The city will receive rates as low as 3!, lmll!s for the power obtained from the i ! | Lexington. DID_You Do WITH THE. LIST WE SEND XMAS CARDS To ?" XMAS SEALS OVER W MY DRAWER l {Full Time to Be Devoted to ISENATE'S LEADERS AGREE ON PROGRAN Tariff Bill After Christ- mas Recess. | By the Associated Press. | An agreement was reached in the Senate today among factional leaders to devote the full time of the Senate after the Christmas recess to the passage of the tariff bill. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- publican leader, entered into this agree- ment with leaders of the Democratic- Republican independent coalition dur- ing a discussion of the program on the Senate floor. Fresh from a conference with Presi- dent Hoover, during which the congres- stonal program was discussed, the Re- publican leader joined in a promise not |0 ask consideration of any legislation, even of appropriation bills, after the holiday recess until the long pending measvre is disposed of. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, one of the Republican independents, had given notice during the discussion that after the recess he would object to any legislation except the tariff. Senator Borah of Idaho, another of the independents, asked Senator Wat- son if he would agree not to propose or to vote for consideration of any other legislation after this week. Sena- tor Watson replied that such a program Was just what he was proposing. . LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO DR. M. F. CUTHBERT Widely Known Physician, Native of Philadelphia, Came to Cap- ital at Early Age. | Dr. Middieton Pulton Cuthbert, 69 | vears old, for the past 46 years a prac- ng physiclan and widely known here, died al his residence, 1462 Rhode Icland avenue, late last light after 2 long illness. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Cuth- bert came here with his parents at an early age. After attending local pri- vate schools, he attended the old Co- lumbian Coliege, now George Washing- ton University, and was graduated in medicine there in 1883. He had been a_member of the staffs of Providence, Emergency and other | hospitals. He was a member of the| Metropolitan Club and the Medical So-| ciety of the District of Columbia. i Dr. Cuthbert was never married. He \is survived by three sisters—Mrs. Ada Aspinwall and Mrs. George Whitfield Brown, both of this city, and Mrs. William L. McPherson of New York City. Funeral services will be conducted at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church Wed- | nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. Dr. Charles T. Warner officiating. In- terment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. EDITORIAL ON D. C. POLICE PUT IN SENATE RECORD Article From the Woman Voter Printed at Request of Sen- ator Blease. An editorial from the December issue | of the Woman Voter, criticizing the District Commissioners, officlals of the Department end the dbsirict at- un witn iac ncludisg Pherson c crivencr mysh?’. has gwt been printed in the appendix of the Congressional Record at the request of Senator Blease, Demo- crat, of South Carolina. The editorial is headed, “Attention, Mr, President,” and reviews the sev- eral investigations that have been car- ried on in the District in recent months. . - 1 $330,0000,000 URGED i Clancy of Michigan Introduces Bill in House to Cover Two- Year Program. By the Assoclated Press. An appropriation of $330,000,000 for Federal aid in the construction of rural postroads and forest roads and trails, would be authorized in a bill introduced today by Representative Clancy, Repub- lican, of Michigan. The measure would provide $300,000,- 000 to be authorized for rural post- roads, to be expended in the fiscal years, 1931 and 1932, and $30,000,000 for for- est roads and trails in the same period. HOUSE INCREASES CAPITAL BUILDING PROGRAM FUNDS __(Continued From First Page) Library of Congress, this site having already been purchased under a sep- arate appropriation. The site is be- tween First and Second streets, East Capitol street and Maryland avenue northeast. Elliott Explains Bills. Both of these bills were passed with- out opposition in the House. They were explained by Chairman Elliott of the public buildings and grounds com- mittee and by Representative Jeff Busbey, Democrat, of Mississippi, who emphasized that credit for the Federal building program, both in the Capital City and throughout the Nation, be- longs chiefly to Chairman Elliott. The public buildings bill passed today carries an increase of $115,000,000 for the.Federal building program through- out the 48 States of the Union. Already, legislation has been passed authorizing an expenditure of $248,000,000 and the bill approved by the House today in- creases this amount to $363,000,000. Chairman Elliott explained that the amounts thus provided are deemed sufficient to carry out the program for Federal housing in the National Capital and to construct throughout the coun- try post offices where needed in towns having more than $20,000 annual post office receipts. Program Would Be Speeded. The legislation passed today carries two provisions for speeding up the Fed- eral building program. One of these increases the amount to bz expended annually from $35,000,000 to $50,000,000. Previous legislation has authorized the annual expenditure of $25,000,00 throughout the States and $10,000,000 in the National Capital. This now is increased to $35,000,000 throughout the States and $15,000,000 in Washington. “The second provision for speeding up the program is for authorization of the employment of outside architects under the supervision of the Treasury Department. General's Suicide “Reported. NANKING, China, December 16 (#).— Official dispatches from Canton today said that the noted Gen. Chang Fak- wel, leader of the rebellious “Ironsides” Division, had committed suicide Decem- ber 12 after failing to capture Canton from the Nationalists. * DECEMBER 16, 1929 On December 16. 1773 Our Forefathers Said—Not With Flowers— But With Tea Leaves— NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRE SENTATION This is the 156th anniversary of What was the Boston Tea Party the Beston Tca Party. 2 It was the American Colonists’ protest against Taxation without Representation. YOU—YOU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Are subjected to Taxation without Representation—without a voice or a vote in the levying of the taxes which you pay— Without a voice or vote in the making of any of the laws of your country— Without a voice or vote in the vi the Republic, as it so often has by grave emergencies— ital issue of peace or war when been in the past, is confronted Without a voice or vote in respect to any issue whatsoever which the rest of the country—the enfranchised citizenry of the United States—has a right to determine at the ballot box. VOU—YOU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMRIA Have a duty—today—now—a dut; ty from which the members of the Boston Tea Party did not shrink— The duty to voice your demand for National Representation, for the right to have District of Columbia spokesmen in Con- gress— The duty to call for the privilege of participation in the election of President and Vice President— The duty to ask access to the Federal Courts, access not denied to citizens of the States— tne duly to appeeal Lo Conguess Zor a square dsal Yor Washis ton, Yor relief from the un-American disabilities under which ic now suffers. HIGHLY RESOLVE This day that the spirit of Boston Tea Party still lives in the disfranchised District of Columbia. HINESE BANDITS TAKE MISSIONARY CAPTIVE Religious Worker Is Being Held for Large Ransom by Hupeh Band. By the Associated Press. HANKOW, December 16—Rev. S. W. K. Sandy, a representative of the British Wesleyan Mission at Tayeh, in southwestern Hupeh Province, has been captured by bandits, who are reported to be holding him for a large ranson. Word of Sandy's being taken pris- oner, reaching here today, said the cap- ture had been carried out in the same s and by the same band of al- Communists who carried off Rev. Ulrich Kreutzen, Michigan missionary, November 11. Rev. Kreutzen later was released on payment of a small ranson. Several missionaries who 1:ft the in- terior as the result of recent uprisings arrived here today. Declaring the furore caused by Dr. isolation of the germ causing influenza American Medical Assoclation, in an edito announcement as ‘‘unwarranted.” CURTIS BACK AT CAPITOL. Absent Several Days Due to At- tack of Grippe and Laryngitis. Vice Presidént Curtis returned to the Capitol today after an absence of sev- eral days on account of an attack of grippe and laryngitis. His voice was still husky. Protests Jockey Club Gambling. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, December 16 () —Fred O. Eberhardt, Tallahassee publisher, announced today thatappli- cation for a temporary injunction against the use of Keeney Park by pcr- sons “betting or wagering and gambling money” would be filed in St. Johu's County Circuit Court at St. Augustine Thursday. He said notice of the appli- cation would be served during the dayv on the Florida Jackey Club, operator of the park. Isadore S. Falk's announcement of the to be inexcusable, the Journal of the rial of the current issue, denounced the Dr. Falk made announcement of his discovery Friday. He is professor of: hygiene and bacteriology at the University of Chicago. Tnformed of the editor- | al on his work, Dr. Falk replied: “All I can say is, I made my report before (he Bacteriology Club of the University of Chicago and the evidence will shortly be in print in more detailed form.” —Assoclated Press Photo. ROVER MAY REDPEN DREVFUS FALL CAE | Relatives Indicate Woman Was Slain, in Affidavits Made to Prosecutor. Information contained in afidaviis | received by United States Attorney Leo i A. Rover was being checked today in an Ieflurc to determine whether a grand jury should investigate the death of Mrs. Aurelia Fischer Dreyfus, young divorcee, at the Potomac Boat Club October 20. Rover revealed he had obtained affi- davits from several relatives of M Dreyfus indicating the woman might ) have been murdered. He added every effort was being made to learn whether the information in his possession was of sufficient value to warrant a grand jury investigation. The United States attorney explained the case would not be taken before the grand jury unless it should be decided that there was an element of mystery surrounding the young woman's death. He pointed out that several days prob- ably would be required to delve into the case in such a thorough manner that a definite decision might be made. Many Witnesses Heard. ~ A coroner’s jury heard numerous wit- | nesses before deciding that Mrs. Dreyfus died as a result of an accident. Her death was caused by injuries suffered in a 20-foot plunge from a balcony. She was “sitting out a dance” when she either fell or was thrown from the plat- form. She died soon after in Emer- gency Hospital. Shortly after the woman’s death police took Edmund J. McBrian, New York broker, into custody. He was questioned and released. McBrian told detectives he had been with Mrs, Drey- fus on the balcony, but had left to get her wraps. He declared he believed she fell while sitting on the railing. No one saw the woman topple, so far as is kné:ewn. ekl veral other dancers strolling alo: the balcony hecard thud :., A d Dreyfus’ body struck a platform. Tk ran to the wo! side and found in a pool of blood. She was removed to Emergency Hospital. Physicians m- jected oxygen into her lungs in an un- successtul effort to save her life. Affidavits Not Public. ‘While the affidavits obtained by Ro- ver were not made public, it was undex- stood certain relatives charged McBriau, an old friend of Mrs. Dreyfus, had made threats on several occasions. The day of Mrs. Dreyfus' death, some of her relatives declared they believed she had been a victim of foul play. Mrs. Dreyfus formerly was the wife of Herbert Dreyfus, New York broker and club man.” The couple were di- vorced igumzq.h ews patches from New Yorl - day revealed that Mrs. Drey(u:°1: b?:!- lieved to have been the same woman who appeared before a grand Jury m New York in 1923 and testified in the investigation into the slaying of Do King, Broadway chorus girl. This mys tery witnoss_concealed identity at that time. She was s: to have told he grand jury she was with Albert E. Guimares at the time of the King girl's murder. Guimares, a friend of the chorus girl had been held in con- nection with her death, e Family Belief Is Expressed. other, father, brothers and si: of Mrs. Dreyfus, refused to beldlev;es';:: death was accidental. But they would not discuss the possible connection of Mrs. Dreyfus’ tragic end with the New York murder of Dot Zing. d'.Dé-‘!:.hc" Ister of Acre, Dreyius, you iainz if we co: va fi:gflufiflcd wita ih2 ver&laf%fhi .: 2r's jury, we would hav L i e e whole famil had suffered almost beyond kl\’xm‘ll;“e:z durance and that they would not again undergo the ordeal of an investigation if they did not believe that the truth about her sister's mysterious death might develop from investigation. Mother and I have both been in the hospital simply because of all we had zemlge.";‘smesa‘m. x‘;and another two a 80 to the hospital oSt had to MURDER STILL MYSTERY. NEW YORK, December 16 (%) = , (P)—~The slaying of Dot King, whose real name was _Ann Keenan, an artist’'s mode;, six_years ago, and with whose death and that in Washington recently of Aurelia Fisher Dreyfus a connection 1s seen by Washington police, remains one of New York's major murder mysteries. Miss King's body was found in her fashionable Fifty-seventh street apart- ment March 15, 1923. An empty poison phial lay near the body. The apartment had been ransacked. {BYRD THANKS JAHNCKE | FOR NAVY’S GOOD WISHES Expresses Appreciation for “Inval- uable Assistance” to Expedition. The Navy Department today made public its first official word received ;ll;om Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, following s epochal South Pole flight on Novem- ber 29, in which the a?nppex I:wt“the Antarctic expedition expressed his ap- preciation of the message of congratu- lation, dispatched on November 30 by Aas!sunt Secretary Ernest Lee Jahncke, De’lc?;‘b!::sii;le. ;lhlch bore the date of and was sen Am;:’lcm follows: i ““For Assistant Secretar; Ernest Lee Jahncke: Titatenar +On behalf of my shipmates and my- self, I send you sincere thanks. What we have been able to accomplish has been made possible by the invaluable co-operation and assistance given our expedition by the Navy, and 1 am vegy glad to tell you that the men of Vne Navy and Marine Corps who are kere with us have done their jobs splendidly and are a credit to the service. Upon completion of operation, will radio re- orts to the Navy Department. The inhabitants of Liitle America join in respectful regards. “RICHARD BYRD.” Given AVERT TRAIN BOMBING. ZAGREB, Croatia, December 16 (#).— Police announced today they had dis- covered & bomb charged with 60 pounds of dynamite on the Zagreb- Belgrade Railway track. They believed it had been placed there to do harm to & special train carrying 400 Croatian citizens to King Alexander’s birthe celebration at Belgrade. Four persons were arrested. The news of the intended outrage caused gloom at the capital. A newspaper publishing an account of the affair was confiscated. Shopping” Days to Ch/r tmas/