Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1930, Page 17

DRERFUS WITESS DECLARE COLPLE HAD ND QUARRE Dowd, Last Questioned by Grand Jury, Thinks Woman Killed Accidentally. FINDINGS EXPECTED IN ABOUT A WEEK Assistant U. S. Attorney Burkin- shaw Says Special Report Prob- ably Will Be Made. Mrs. Aurelia Fischer Dreyfus and Edmund J. McBrien, New #ork broker, never had a misunderstanding, James E. Dowd of Chicago, declared today in voicing the opinion that Mrs. Dreyfus was accidentally killed, when ques- tioned by reporters after testifying be- | fore a grand jury investigating the ‘woman's death. When Dowd had been excused, Neil J. Burkinshaw, assistant United States Attorney, announced no more witnesses would be questioned. He added, a special report of the grand jury's find- ings in the case probably would be made in about a week. More than twoscore witnesses have been called since the investigation was reopened several weeks ago. Questions were propounded to every person Burk- GEN. RETHERS T Unknown Soldier to Close Long Career. Medals During 30 Years in Service. Brig. Gen. Harry F. Rethers, assistant selected the body of the Unknown Sol- dier for interment in Arlington National Cemetery, will be placed on the Army retired list April 16 on his own appli- cation. With a distinguished record of 30 years of active military service, Gen. Rethers has taken part in practically ‘@ the campaigns of the Army during tnat time. His services have been rec- ognized frequently with citations. It was while Gi Rethers was in charge of the Graves Registration Service, after the armistice, that he was charged with the singular duty of selecting from some battlefield the body of an unknown American soldier to whom the American Government de- sired to pay its highest honors. During the World War Gen. Rethers in France Gen. Rethers' fighting record goes back to the Boxer Rebellion. He served also in the Santiago campaign during the Spanish War, and in the Philippine Insurrection. Most of his campaigning was done with the famous 9th Infantry. During the World War the Sth Infan- try was a part of the 2d Division. For gallantry in action at San Juan Won Many Citations -and, quartermasier general of the Army, who | served with the Quartermaster Corps | @he Toening Star WASHINGTON, D. O BE RETIRED BY OWN REQUEST ON APRIL 16 Officer Who Selected = the| Hill and at Tientsin he was awarded silver star citations and for his service with the Quartermaster Corps in France he was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal, the British Order of St. Michael and St. George and the French Legion of Honor. Gen. Rethers has served as assistant quartermaster general at the Munitions Building since April, 1926. H= has been rnntted leave of absence until his retire- ment. inshaw could find who knew anything about the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Dreyfus, attractive young divorcee, in & 20-foot plunge from a balcony last October 20 during a dance at the Potomac Boat Club. Misquoted by Papers. Informed he had been quoted in Chicago newspaper dispatches as as- serting he could give the grand jury startling information, Dowd contended he had been drawn into the case against his will and had been grossly misquoted. Dowd explained he had been a close personal friend of both Mrs. and McBrien, a New York Broker, who escorted the young woman to the dance the night she was fatally injured. He said he had been in their company on many oecasions, and “I never did see “Mac’ beat Aurelia or abuse her in any way. As a matter of fact, they were in love with each other.” Pointing out he had been informed of reports that McBrien had threatened Mrs. Drefus, Dowd termed such rumors as “pure hokum.” The former Chicago broker sald he knew of “absolutely no reason why ‘Mac’ should want to see Aurelia dead.” Dowd stressed the fact that he was not in Washington when Mrs. Dreyfus met death. He said he no first-hand information of the circum- stances surrounding the injuring of the woman. He concluded: “Aurelia was such a sweet, beautiful girl I was ter- ribly sorry to hear of her death.” Affidavits by Relatives. The grand jury investigation was in- stituted after relatives of Mrs. Dreyfus submitted affidavits to United States Attorney Leo A. Rover in which it was | charged McBrien had threatened the woman “because she knew too much” sbout the slaying several years ago of | Dot King, New York night club enter- tainer. Relatives argued McBrien had pre- vailed upon Mrs. Dreyfus to establish an alibi for his friend, Alfred E. Gui- | nares, after the latter was taken into | custody in connection with the King | girl's murder. i Other witnesses, however, made state- ments to reporters after testifying be- fore the grand jury which corroborated McBrien's declarations to police that he had gone after his hat and Mrs. Drey- fus’ wraps before she tumbled from the balcony. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict of | accidental death after delving into the | case. S VICTIMS OF ROBBERS INCLUDE 5 AT CHURCH Coats and Hats, Valued at $455, Taken at St. Luke's—Virginian Held Up—Purse Snatched. Petty and hold-ups netted bandits a total of $562, consisting pri- marily of clothing, last night. Five persons attending St. Luke's P. E. Church, Fifteenth and Church streets, were robbed of coats and hats valued at $455. Mrs. Abble L. Riddick ‘was robbed of a $300 fur coat. A coat valued at $100 was taken from Mrs. Elizabeth A. Holman, 1612 Ninth street. A $50 overcoat was stolen from James B. Lomack, 1922 Fifteenth street, and a hat valued at $5 was taken from Chauncey B. Cooper, 1936 Eleventh | street. John Coleman, Petomac Yards, Va., | reported he was held up at pistol point by an unidentified colored man at Third | and F streets and robbed of $7. A thief snatched the purse of Mrs. Ella A. Smith, 1720 Euclid street. when she was walking near her home, but the : pocketbook contained only her glasses ' and cards. MELLON ENTERTAINS. Becretary Presides at Luncheon for Customs Officers. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon was | host at buffet Juncheon foday at the | ‘Willard Hotel to customs officers gath- | ered here from every port in the United i | | | Btates, Porto Rieo, Alaska, Hawail and [§n the Virgin Islands. A distinguished guest at the luncheon was Alastair Macdonald, son of Prime | Minister Macdonald of Great Britain, a young architect, who is in this country studying American architecture. The customs officers have been called here for an extended conference on matters pertaining to the customs service. WOULD AID FATHERS. A measure to permit fathers of sol- diers, sailors and Msrines who lost their lives in the World War and who are buried in Europe in cemeteries to make & pilgrimage to the burial place of their sons at Federal expense was in- troduced today by Senator Allen, Re- publican, Kansas. Wife Asks Annulment, Annulment of marriage is asked in a ition filed today by Stella Mayo, 1101 clid street, against Charlie Mayo, 414 New York avenue. COUPLE TRAPPED BY FIERCE BLAZE Gas Station Proprietor and Woman Customer Severely Burned Following Explosion. Fire, caused by the mysterious explo- sion of coal-oil cans, trapped the pro- prietor of a gasoline station and a woman customer in the office of the establishment at 65 H street northeast late yesterday afternoon, the pair nar- rowly escaping death by jumping through windows shattered by the blast. Mrs. Della Hill, 31 years old, of Prov- idence, R. I, had just entered the office to pay the proprietor, Augustus Creecy, 44, for refueling her machine when sev- eral oil cans stored in the rear of the office blew up. Flames immediately filled the place. Frightened by the sound of the ex- plosion and the flames licking around her, Mrs. Hill leaped through a nearby window and was taken to Casualty Hospital, where she was treated by Dr. Joseph Rogers Young for serious burns of the face and head. Creecy, his clothing afire, ran from the office and was seized and held until the flames were beaten out and then ment for severe burns of the face, hands and body. Piremen extinguished the fire soon after their arrival. The cause of the explosion could not be determined. SCHOOL BOARD BALLOT DISCUSSION PLANNED | Civic Leaders Are Invited to Par- ticipate in Meeting Scheduled for Tomorrow. Several civic leaders have accepted invitations to participate in a discussion on the subject “Should the Board of Education be Elected by the People?” to be heid at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at the Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets, under auspices of the Citizens' Forum of Columbia Heights. They include Dr. George Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, together with several members of the latter organiza- tions. Paul E. Lesh, former president of the Washington Bar Association, will lead the discussion for the negative, while James G. Yaden, chairman of the fed- eration’s committee on education, will lead the affrmative group. The public is invited. “FREE” AFTER 7 MONTHS, MAN FACES NEW CHARGE Convinced He Showed Judgment in Having Overcoat, Detective Concurs in Prisoner's Belief. alias John Zuchelowski, entered Dis- ing charge. At 7 o'clock this morning his time up, he stepped into the ante room. “Glad I have my overcoat,” he re- marked, with a glance at the wintry | landscape outside. “Perhaps you won't need it after all,” replied Detective H. K. Wilson, there to take Zucker in custody for Chicago police, Zucker, Wilson explained, was wanted Tllinofs as & man who jumped bond after a $2,500 swindle, F “All right,” sald Zucker, “If they bring the proper papers, I'll go to Chicago.” “Anyhow,” grinned Wilson, “you'll need that overcoat on your way to a precinct downtown.” taken to Providence Hospital for treat- | tion and presidents of citizens’ associa- | ‘Twenty months ago Walter Zucker,l trict Jail to serve sentence on a swindl- | RETIRED FURRIER |Suicide of Leo Geschiskter | Indicated by Slashed Wrists and Note. TAKOMA PARK, Md., February 17. —Leo Geschiskter, 65, retired furrier of Washington, was found dead today |at his home, 17 Montgomery avenue, | by Sergt. E. H. Burdine of the Mont- | gomery County police substation here | when ‘neighbors reproted they had de- | tected the odor of gas. Following an | investigation State's Attorney Robert | Peter said that he was convinced it | was a suicide. The evidence found in the home in- dicated that the man, who had one leg | and used a wheel chair, had slashed his | wrists in the bathroom with a razor | which had subsequently been washed. | He then apparently wheeled himself to | the kitchen and laid his head on the | gas stove after turning on four burners. | He was tied to the chalr with a strap | of his bathrobe. He -left a letter explaining that he { contemplated the act and leaving cer- | tain directions to his family, conclud- | ing with the request that his body be cremated and his ashes thrown in the | Potomac River. He left a note whicn |sald: “I am threatened with the am- twt::.llon of the other leg—I prefer leath.” | de riod when all members of the fani- ly would be away. His widow, Mrs, Ross Geschiskter, left last night for Baltimore for medical attention in | Johns Hopkins. She was taken by a | son, Dr. Charles Geschiskter, who is at- tached to the Maryland institution. In addition to these he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Jeanett Kern of the Iowa Apartments in Washington, Mrs. Frances Newman, 1400 block of Chapin street; Mrs. Gertrude Luce and Mrs. | Josephine Smith, both of the 2500 block of Seventeenth street, Wash- ington. \CREDIT LEADERS OPEN THIRD ANNUAL SESSION | President Husselton Tells Group | That Present Is Witnessing Only the Beginning. ‘The present is witnessing only “the beginning of the credit age in the mer- ‘ chandising fleld,” T. L. Husselton of At- | lantic City, president of the Columbia ‘!Rc(lonll Conference of Credit Bureau Executives, told that body at the open- ing of the third annual session in the Hotel Mayflower today. The session was opened with invoca- { tion by Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgom- {ery, chaplain of the House of Repre- | sentatives, and an hddress of welcome | was made by Albert G. Keen, president of the Associated Retail Credit Men of | Washington, A banquet and dance will be held by the organization tonight. PLANS TO ME.ET SALARIES OF CUSTODIANS STUDIED Capitol Officials Seek Means of Pro- viding Funds for Force of 140 Workers. Officials at the Capitol today were comlderlnfi plans for temporarily taking care of the salaries of the custodian force in the Senate Office Bullding un- til a deficlency appropriation can be made for the fund from which these workers are paid. Approximately 140 laborers and char- women employed in the Senate Office Building have not received pay for the first half of February. The deficiency | appropriation bill has not been acted on thus far at the present session of ' Congress. Her She i ‘The mystery surrounding the disap- pearance early this month of Jane Sedgwick Duvall, 20-year-old former University of Maryland co-ed, appeared solved today when it was learned that the girl voluntarily had withdrawn from GIRL’S DISAPPEARANCE BELIEVED SOLVED AS MARRIAGE IS REVEALED! { Dean of Women at Maryland U. Says Jane Duvall Told Was Wed. | , Washington police were told that Jane last was seen at the corner of , Tenth and E streets, where che parted from her mother, Mrs. Harry presumably to return to the university. ‘The girl had $60 in her possession at She says her hus- |the home economics course of the uni- | that time, but this money was said to band left her February 1, saying he was | versity at the end of January after ' have been returned to her father, a going to return to his first wife. inquiry revealed, she states, that under the name of Robert Smith the defend- a erst, + tity of her husband, but is belleved to currency. a4 e & eer, -'tl'hAl;nhprhr have left the university in his company. | the note also stated “revenge is sweet. Va., September 21, marriage has never been dissolved, sh rsserts. Attorney Louis B. Arnold ap. pears for the wife. been married last June. ‘The girl refused to reveal the iden- Authorities of the university point out that she was not a student at that In- stjtution at the time she disappeared. An | telling the dean of women that she bhad | Pullman conductor, the next day, with ed note to the effect that she ave no further need for the Members of the family said | an unsiy would | 'The girl was & member of the sopho- more class at the university. She re- sided with her parents at Cheverly, Md. FOUND GAS VIGTIM { The man timed his death for the | uvall, | FRIENDS OF MISSING MAN ARE PUZZLED BY STRANGE ACTS Mysterious Disappearance Starts Police Search, Which Is Halted. NOTIFIES EMPLOYERS IN LETTER HE HAS QUIT Left Boarding House Thursday, ‘With No Trace Until Richmond Office Gets Resignation. Alfred Joseph Lefebvre today had ! placed his friends and business asso- ciates in a state of perplexity. Lefebvre, 32-year-old representative of the Continental Ofl Co., with head- quarters at Richmond, Va. left his boarding place, at 1902 Calvert street, | early Thursday and has not been seen here since that day. The circum- stances of his disappearance were so! mysterious that the police were asked to institute a search. ‘This morning, shortly after an ap- peal was broadcast, the police were advised from Richmond to discontinue. Mrs. Margaret M. Bachtell, in whose home Lefebvre boarded, and his asso- ciates here, were astounded at the ex- planation. Letter Says He Had Quit. A letter, postmarked in Philadelphia, was delivered to the Richmond offices of the company this morning, officials there sald, which asked the company to please pardon the sender, Alfred Joseph Lefebvre, for quitting his job without notice. The man gave no in- formation about his reasons or his i f‘llms. but wrote that he was well. He | had eight months, officials said, and had & splendid record. Mrs. Bachtell and R. W. Berry, man- ager of the filling station at Tenth and E streets where Lefebvre parked his automobile Thursday, were gratified to learn of the ma: whereabouts, but | both wondered what would be done | with his effects. “Everything he has is here,” Mrs. Bachtell sald. “I never was so sui prised. He was a hard working man: often he left at 7 o'clock and didn't get back until midnight. He was very nervous, tall, slender and delicate, and didn't talk much. All his clothes are here and all his personal effects. Business Affairs Sound. The automobile Lefebvre left at the filling station is the company's machine, but in it were found an overcoat, over- shoes, a driver's permit and several letters. At the company offices in Richmond it was said that Lefebvre's business affairs were in good condition and that he was not under obligation to the company financially or otherwise. *“He was a good worker,” an official sald, “and-we thought our relations with him were entirely satisfactory.” suggestion volunteered to explain Lefebvre's sudden departure was that he had suffered some “frnvc disap- pointment” and felt impelled to e ! & sudden change. SAMUEL W. HENRY DIES AT AGE OF 64| | Brief Illness Is Fatal to Grocer and | Bank Director, Who Was a Native of Washington. Samuel W. Henry, 64 years old, a| grocer here for nearly a half century | and a director of the Merchants Bank and Trust Co. branch, Twentieth and Pennsylvania avenue, died early this morning at his residence, 1912 I street, after a brief illness. Mr. Henry, a lifelong resident of Washington, as a business man and member of the West End Citizens' As- sociation, was closely identified with the clvic growth of his community. His grocery store, at 1917 Pennsylvania ave- nue, is one of the oldest in Washington. Several years ago, when the old Ex- change Bank of Washington, Twentleth street and Pennsylvania avenue, of which he was a director, was taken over by the Merchants Bank & Trust Co., Mr. Henry was retained as a di- rector of the former. He was & mem- ber of the St. John's Masonic Lodge, No. 11, and Hiram Royal Arch Chap- ter, No. 10. Besides his widow, Mrs. Amie Gwin Henry, he. is survived by two sons, Jack W. and Clinton McEiwee Henry. A brother and sister, Frank C. Henry and Mrs. Frank L. Averill, also survive. Fu- neral arrangements have not been com- pleted. 1 RUM AND AUTO SEIZED BY ALEXANDRIA POLICE Collision Leads to Discovery of More Than 116 Half-Gallons of Alleged Corn. Alexandria police captured more than 116 one-half gallons of alleged corn whisky and an automobile here last night following a collision between the rum car and an automobile operated by A. W. Meade, 4203 Wisconsin avenue, Washington, D. C. The driver of the liquor car jum out after the crash and ran. Police were not able to locate Mm. No one was injured, although both cars were considerably damaged and had to be towed away. Meade told police the rum car crashed into him at Washington and Franklin streets, Alexandria, shortly after 9 p.m. ‘The other.car bore a Maryland license tag. Police brought the captured car and its cargo to headquarters, CENTERS ARE LAUDED. Excellent Conditions Reported by Community Becretaries. Excellent conditions in Washington's community centers were reported Sat- urday at a meeting of community sec- retaries. Community dances and other meetings of a purely social nature were iscussed. 8 Among the speakers, all of whom were optimistic, were Mrs. A, C. Driscoll, chairman; Mrs, L. W. Hardy, super- visor of the East Washinglon center: Mrs, M. W. Davis, secretary of the Southeast center, and Mrs. Martha Ellis, secretary of the Birney center. “Records and Statistics” will be dis- cussed at the March meeting. Mrs. A. L. Irviog will preside, | been with the company about | fi ! David SLINGLAND DEATH IN HOTEL PLUNGE HELD ACCIDENTAL Coroner’s Jury Returns Ver- dict in Fatal Fall by Salesman. BLOODSTAINED SACK HAD LED TO INQUIRY Tragedy Followed Drinking Party, Proprietor of Hostelry Tes- tifies at Inquest. A verdict of accidental death was re- turned today by a coroner’s jury in the &ase of Joseph Leo Slingland, 33, of 1009 North Capitol street, who was killed yesterday when, according to testimony, while intoxicated, he fell down a flight of stairs at a hotel at 709 North Capitol street, fracturing his skull. Chris James, one of the proprietors of the hotel, testified that Slingland and Donald Willlam King, 32, of 13 H street, came to the hotel Sunday morning, both intoxicated. Slingland and King started for a room which King had occupled the night before when on reaching the room discovered they had no key and ‘re- traced their steps. Slingland * stumbled and plunged headlong down the stairs, striking his head on a radiator on the first floor. Bloodstains at the head of the steps and on the wall were made by James and King, who got the blood on their hands and shoes when they attempted to assist Slingland, it was said. A pool of blood surrounded the body. A bur- lap sack covered with blood, found in the rear yard of the hotel, had been us:dd to wipe up the stains, it was testi- “We started downstairs,” King told police. “Slingland was ahead of me. I saw him stumble and crash down the stairway. He struck his head on the radiator Called by sixth greclnn police, Rev. lin of St. Aloysius Joseph J. McLaug! Church performed the last rites of the Catholic church. Slingland recently had been employed as a salesman. He is survived by a sis- ter, Miss Margaret Slingland of the Ethelhurst Apartments, Fifteenth and N lfl!mu, and a brother, John Sling- land. STUDENT'S LIQUOR HEARING IS DELAYED Captain of 8t. John's Basket Ball Team Will Face Court on July 1. Charges ‘against Eugene Agusterfer, 16, student at St. John's Preparatory School and captain of the basket bail team at that institution, involving alleged possession of one nint of whisky | were continued until July 1 in Police Court at Alexandria today. “ Agusterfer was arrested along with three other lads in Alexandria Friday night, when police broke up a dance at & local hall. The dance was in celebration of a basket ball game played in Washington between St. Johns and La Salle Prep School of Cumbers land, Md. The three other lads, two charged with disorderly conduct and one with being drunk, were assessed nominal fines in court Saturday morning. ESTRANGED HUSBAND FOUND SHOT TO DEATH Police Told by Wife, Man Seeking Reconcilation, Had Threat- ened Suicide. Costin Suel, colored, 39, & messenger in the Government service, was found shot to death with a revolver in his hand, about 10 o'clock this morning at 436 Canal street southeast by neighbo: summoned by the screams of Sue! estranged wife, Mary, She told police they separated a month ago, and that this morning he came to the Canal street address, where she resides with her parents, to seek a reconciliation. She said she was afraid to let him enter because he had threatened her life. Suel declared, police were informed, he would kill him- self unless he was admitted. According to the woman, she heard a shot and, fearing he had made good his threat, screamed for ald. PRINCETON ALUMNI WILL HONOR BAIRD ‘The Princeton University Alumni As- soclation of the District of Columbia will give a luncheon tomorrow at 12:30 at the Army and Navy Club in honor of Senator David Baird, jr, who will be_the principal speaker. Senator Balrd, who recently succeeded Senator Edge in the Senate, is a mem- ber of the class of 1903 of Princeton University. He is one of the two Princetonians in the Senate. Senator A. Reed of Pennsylvania being the other. — PREPARE FOR MOTORISTS. City Tourist Camp Has 40 Cabins Under Construction. ‘Washington is getting ready to wel- come a great influx of visiting motorists this season and the 40 new cabins now under construction at the Tourists’ Camp in Potomac Park will be ready for occupancy by April 1, F. W. Hoover, general manager of the Welfare and Recreational Assoclation of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc., sald today that 30 of the cabins are under roof and the frames of all are up. Twenty have been completely }in with wallboard, the windows and hard- ware are in, and the association is about to_undertake the furnishing of the lot. The contract was let early in Decem- ber and raised a protest from local hotelmen, who contended the Govern- ment was, in effect, in competition with their business. Quakes Damage Crete Village: CANDIA, Crete, February 17 (#). Severe eath shocks in Crete on Friday damaged several villages and broke 50 valuable and anclent vases in the museum here. Though no lives were lost, the Inhabitants were panic stricken, C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1930. | Cemetery this morning. DEATH AND POLICE CHEATED IN CHASE Liquor Suspects Escape on Foot as Furious Race Ends in Wreck. Through 25 miles of Brookland streets strewn with broken glass three motor- cycle policemen sped this morning .at speeds sometimes as high as 70 miles an hour, in pursuit of a suspected liquor car, only to lose their quarry when the pursued machine hurtled, ena over end, into Mount Harmony Ceme- tery, Ninth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast, and its three occu- pants, extricating themselves from the mass of twisted wreckage, made their escape apparently unhurt. No liquor was found in the wreckage that remained of the high-powered ma- chine, but the policemen reported jar after jar of alleged liquor had been thrown in their path as they dcggedly stuck to the trail of the fleeing car. The chase started at an early hour this morning at Michigan avenue and ‘Twelfth street northeast, where Police- men Thomas Heide, C. A. Berry and Watson Salkeld had been walting for some time for the car to appear. They fiick:d up the machine, traveling at a igh rate of speed, and stuck to its trail for more than half an hour. h many streets in Brookland the car went, often doubling on its trail in an effort to elude the pursuers. The policemen stuck doggedly to the chase, until the pursued machine, en- deavoring to make a right-hand turn at Ninth street and Rhode Island avenue at & speed near 70 miles an hour, turned over, struck the heavy wire fence of the | cemetery and then turned end over end, | landing among the graves right side up, the top broken in, the sides crushed, wheels broken: off and the hood smashed. The policemen could not stop their machines: when the crash occurred in tme to chase the three occupants of | the car as they crawled from the wreck- age and fled on foot. An investigation of the ownership of the machine is being made. MEMBERS OF VICE SQUAD ! S;rn. Thompson and Pvt. McCar- ron Accused of Misconduct and Neglect of Duty. Sergt. John E. Thompson of the sixth police precinct and Pvt. George C. Mc- Carron of Sergt. O. J. Letterman's vice squad_are scheduled to appear before the Police Trial Board Wednesday morning and answer charges preferred by_superior officers. It is said that both were guests at & Chinese New Year celebration in Chinatown the night of February 2, and the sergeant is charged with having neglected to communicate with the precinct station between 6:45 o'clock and midnight and also with failing to report off at the latter hour. McCarron is charged with having been under the influence of liquor and with figuring in an automobile crash on John Marshall place, only a short distance from where the Chinese held their celebration. A jury in Police Court last week ac- quitted McCarron of a charge of driv- ing while intoxicated growing out of the accident. Charges against him re- sulted from a report of an investigation | conducted by Inspector A. J. Headley JUDGE SCHULDT IS GIVEN COMMITTEE APPROVAL His Nomipation to Police Bench for Another Term Recommended to the Senate. ‘The Senate judicia: ) approved the nomination of Judge Gus A. Schuldt for another term on the bench of the District Police Court. The favorable action of the committee will be reported to the Senate within a day or two by Senator Hastings, Republican, of Delaware, who was chairman of the subcommittee in charge of the nomina- tlon. The other members of the sub- committee were Senators Stelwer, Re- publican, of Oregon, and Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas. Judge Schuldt has been on the bench at Police Court since 1923, when he was given his first appointment by President Harding. A native of Washington, Judge Schuldt attended Columbian, now George Washington University, and also studied at the National University. He Was at one time on the staff in the cor- poration counsel’s office. HELD UNDER CHARGES | The remnants of a liquor car, wrecked after a chase in Mount Harmony The driver and a companion got out and fled. —Star Staff Photo. 12 PERSONS HURT INTRAFFIC CRASHES 3 Reported in Serious Condi- tion—2 Firemen Listed Among the Injufed. ! Twelve persons, including four pedes- | | trians and two firemen of No. 4 Truck | Co., were injured in elght trafc acei- | dents reported to District police yester- | | day, three of whom are sald to be in a serious condition at the hospitals where they received treatment. Possibly the most eritically hurt is | Herbert L. Moon, 23, colored, of 2256 | | Twelth street, who received a fracture | of the skull and internal injuries when Traction Co. street car operated by Motorman Elmo A. Conrad of 8131 | Seventh street at the intersection of Seventh and R streets. Moon was taken to Freedman's Hos- pital in a passing automobile. Skull Declared Fractured. Joseph Eronesky, 32 years old, of 1800 C street, was treated at Emergency Hospital for a possible skull fracture and abrasions of the arms and feet fol- Ibwing a collision at Twenty-first street and E last night between his car and a machine driven by Joseph C. Mendez of 1819 G street. His condition was said to be still undetermined today. The two firemen, Pvts. A. T. Burgess {and A. L. Craver, escaped with slight lacerations and bruises when the fire truck of their company collided with a Washington Railway & Electric Co. street car at Ninth and N streets while Iretufnln‘ from a fire in the furnace room of & house at 1218 Eleventh street. The fire truck was badly damaged by the crash and it was estimated that it would cost $1,500 to repair it. The street car escaped without damage, while its passengers and crew were only slightly ken up by the crash. Bur- gess Craver were given first-aid treatment by Fire Surg. Marburry. Harry Furr, 59, of 414 Sixth street; James Dixon, 45. of 1325 M street; Howard Hayes, 48, of Clarendon, Va., and Miss Ruth Palmer, 26, of 1301 Buchanan street, were the pedestrians | injured when hit by automobiles. Suffers Hip Fracture, _Furr received a fracture of the left hip and contusions when an automobile operated by Willard Morse of 666 Mary- land avenue northeast struck him while crossing the intersection of Penn- | sylvania avenue and Third street. Furr | was treated at Casualty Hospital, where | his condition was said to be serious. | A machine driven by Frank C. Choat of 1730 M street knocked down Dixon on the west side of Thomas Circle and the man was taken to Emergency Hos- pital, where he was given medical at- tention for a broken shoulder bone and a bruised upper lip. Hayes was hit at First street and Maryland avenue by & hit-and-run driver and left lying in the intersec- tion of the streets until a passing auto- mobllist stopped and drove him to the Emergency Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg. Miss Palmer was hurt when a taxi- cab driven by Ralph Barile, 25, of 809 Twenty-first street, struck her at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue. She was treated at Emergency Hospital for a fracture of the left ankle and brush burns by Dr. John Schwarz- man, Accused of Driving While Drunk. William C. Loy, 33 years old, of 1627 R strect was arrested by four- driving while under the influence of liquor, after his machine struck a car driven by Emmons L. Kitchin, 23, of 6713 Second street. Loy was treated at Emergency Hos- pital for lacerations of the scalp, while Kitchin and two others riding in his car were taken to Georgetown Hospital for treatment. Kitchin sustained cuts about the head, Walter K. Rawlinson, 23, of 1811 Thirty-fourth street received & fracture of the right knee and lacerations of the right eye, while his son, Walter, jr., 20 months old, was cut about the head. STUDENT IS DEAD. William C. Zacharias Is Victim of Pneumonia. ‘William Carl Zacharias, a student of the School of Law of Georgetown Uni- versity, died of pneumonia at Garfield Hospital last night after a brief ill- ness. His mother, Mrs. Willlam J. Zacharias, was with him when he died. Zacharias would have graduated 4n law this year. The body will be taken to Brook- ville, Ind., for burial. Celebration of the Chinese New Year and the nineteenth anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Republic, start- ed two weeks ago, was brought to a close last night. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon members of the On Leon Chinese Merchandise Association an the Hip Sing Tong held thelr closing banque! in Chinese restaurants in Chinatown, later concluding their cel brations in their respective headqu ters, the former at 335 and the latter at 325 Pennsylvania avenue. Sing Bg# and Moy Shuck, presidents of the \Leongs, and Thomas Lee,of their places of busin {CHINESE NEW YEAR AND BIRTHDAY OF REPUBLIC CELEBRATION ENDS Local Merchants’ Association and Hip Sing Tong Hold ! Banquet Concluding Festivities. gmldmc of the Hip Sing Tong, were lonored by scores of members yesterday. The banquet of the ng Sings was held in the restaurant at 349 Pennsyl- vania avenue, while the ' On uonr gathered in & restaurant at Pennsyl- vania avenue and John Marshall place. Strictly Chinese food was served mem- bers of the organizations and friends, speeches being made both by the ‘hinese and their guests. The night celebrations lasted until after midnight and sleepy residents of Chinatown were not astir at the usual time of opening jess this morning. . his automobile collided with a Capital | teenth precinct police on a charge of | Leaders Charge Legislators Trying to Kill Al Legislation. DALE PLAN ENACTMENT URGED IN RESOLUTIONS Substitute Proposal Held “Perpet- ual Source of Bitter Complaint” to Widows. More than 600 employes of the naval gun factory at the Navy Yard and other branches of the Government, at a mass meeting yesterday morning in the Ave- nue Grand Theater, Pennsylvania ave- nue near Seventh street southeast, Joined in adopting unanimously resolu~ tlons of protest against the new Lehl bach retirement bill and demanded that the House civil service committee make & favorable report on the Dale retire- ment bill, already passed by the Senate, veral speakers, representing local and national trade union organizations of Government ewloyu, denounced the bill recently introduced by Representa- tive Lehlbach of New Jersey, chairman of the civil service committee, as & ‘‘dangerous” measure and charged that ‘somebody” was trying to kill all retire~ ment legislation at this session of Con- gress. Killing Bill With Kindness. “We have good reason to believe,” declared N. P. Alifas, president of Dis. trict 44, Internation: tion of Ma- chinists, “that there are some members of the House who would like to kill this legislation with kindness. We have al- ways regarded Mr. Lehlbach as our friend. We don't know why he intro- iduced this substitute measure. We are | forced to believe he did it in good faith, but we hope the matter will be ex- plained and the Dale bill 5 The resolutions, which were adopted by acclamation, were offered by Dr. C. Eder Reed, secretary of the joint re- tirement committee of the naval n factory employes. They declared 't the new Lehlbach bill “has not received approval after careful study and thought by the several employes' organizations in the Government service, and in fact many of its provisions have not been {?n'e:r?'d' proposed or encouraged by Many of the provisions of the pro- posed bill were declared to be “detri- mental to the best interests of many, if not all, of the civil service employes of the United States Government, in that they grant too liberal powers to officials charged with the administration of the I'w and also in that they provide for forfeiture in cases of death of amounts credited to an annuitant rather than a return to his estate.” Source of Bitter Complaint. The $1 a month ded from em- ployes’ contributions, resolutions continued, will be “& perpetual source of bitter complaint” every time an eme ploye fails to receive his retirement f:nd deductions on separation from the service and evergeuru & widow does not receive the “retirement fund deductions made from her husband who died be~ fore he retired.” “What we see behind this bill,” said Leo E. George, president of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, “is & deliberate attempt to defeat liberalizi retirement legislation at this session Congress.” “1 wonder whether this is not a cun- ningly devised scheme to deprive us of {any bill,” declared M. L. Finnan, secre- tary of the National Association of Letter Carriers. Frank S. Bennett, vice president of the National Railway Mail Associat said: “The purpose of this bill is to gum things up and muddy the waters, so that it can be made to appear that the employes are divided, and that be used as an excuse for dropping th whole matter in Congress. 1t is an old- time game, but we are not fooled hy it." William H. Smoot, president of Co= lumbus Lodge, 174, International Asso- clation of Machinists, presided. He said the organizations represented at the gathering compriser 285,000 Government employes in Washington and through= out the country. He joined with Robe ert H. Alcorn, chairman of the joint conference on retirement, in explaining some of the alleged “pernicious” features of the new Lehlbach bill. “Ifs and Buts” Spoil Bill. Mr. Alcorn and Mr. Smoot said the new bill seemed on its surface to in=- crease annuities to Government ems ployes, but beneath the surface were found so many “ifs and buts” that no- body could tell how it would work. Seve eral other speakers charged that the bill was being sponsored by the Na- tional Fe‘erlnon of Federal Employes in the interest of the higher salaried employes and against the interests of the lower salaricd men and women, “Only a rare few would get the larger annuities,” declared Alifas, “and prac- tically none among the navy yard em- ploves.” He and other speakers protested against the proposal “to deduct $1 a month from all employes’ salaries to be impounded for use in purchasing an= unities.” It was asserted that all em- ployes who do not remain in the service 15 years “will forfeit this money for the benefit of the other employes.” Senate Expected to Balk. It was stated by several speakers that if the new Lehlbach bill were passed by the House, the Senate probably would not agree to it and an etirely new bill would be “written in secret” by the conferees. They demanded to be informed why, after all of the employes’ organi= zations had indorsed the Dale bill, this new measure was “suddenly slipped in like a bolt from the sky.” George said House members were afraid to oppose liberalizing retirement legislation openly, but were “well aware that the most effective way to kill a biil is to load it down with ‘liberal’ featur S0 that even many of its friends will oppose it.” “Why are they offering us more than we ask, and refu: to give us what we are willing to take?” demanded George. “That sort of thing always looks suspi= clous to me.” FUNERAL RITES TODAY. Mrs. Margaret B, Cuttis, 77, to Rest in Rock Creek Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Mnmnt ke E. Curtis, who died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Willlam ‘White, 1729 Park road, were held 2 o'clock this afternoon at the mer pastor of the Church Covenant. Interment was Creek’ Cemetery.