Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1930, Page 17

AN SHOOTS SELF |AS WIFE WATCHES; INQUEST ORDERED Police Find Minor Conflicts in Stories of Death of Irvin W. Zepp. FRIEND, CYRIL B. SMITH, INTERFERES TOO LATE Affair Takes Place in Driveway onl Connecticut Avenue After Country Club Dance. Because of minor conflicts in the focounts of eye-witnesses and the “un- wsual” nature of the wound, an in- Quest has been ordered in the death early yesterday of 25-year-old Irvin W. Zepp, a salesman, who fell in the driveway of an apartment at 1150 Con- Ve , plerced & bullet, e emy pleed, 1 5 il shooting occurred in the presence of Eepp's wife and a man friend of the couple. P%he! learned from the wife, Mrs. Mattie Lou Zepp, who had been em- ployed as a telephone operator at the Connecticut avenue apartment, that Tepp turned the gun upon himself just a8 the friend, Cyril B. Smith, reached his side and tried to take the weapon. Smith, & radio dealer of 2710 Ontario explained that he ran up when mvxgepp produce the gun, but was tunable to reach his side before the shot was fired. Investigators were informed that the Zepps had quarreled at a dance earlier in the evening, and that Zepj had ited that he intended to Inquest Tomorrow. After an lfilmdntlon by Lieut. Ed- ward J. Kelly, , Inspector Albert J. Headley and it. W E. Holmes, Coroner J. Ram- say Nevitt called the inquest for 11:30 tomorrow mo';nmg and ordered the body Temoved to the morgue. An autopsy, Dr. Nevitt said, disclosed that the heavy-caliber bullet which killed Zepp entered below the right col- lar bone and ranged upward through the top of the lung. He described the wound as “unusual” in suicide cases, but said it could have been self-inflicted by a person in haste. ‘There were powder burns about the wound, and police learned that the gun was one which Zepp procured some months agd and left in a room which his wife used to change in while at work in the Connecticut avenue apart- ment, which was thanaged by Zepp's father, T. Raymond Zepp. From Dance. Returning The Zepps and Smith had attended & dance at Argyle Country Club near Silver Spring, Md. They drove out in Smith's car and returned with him, re- qQuesting that he drop them by their Tesidence at 1803 Biltmore street, where bepg had left his machine xuked. The couple then drove off in their car with the intention, Mys. Zepp said, of gef something to eat. Smith, she explained, knew of their plans and was asked to follow in his machine. Mrs. Zepp said her husband drove reck- lessly. She recalled he remarked, “T'll you something you've never seen fore.” Al pproaching the Connecticut avenue spartment, Zepp turned into the Eight- street driveway and Smith fol- ed by another entrance. Zepp went e, Smith said, informing him he 55, Secording o s colerad bellboy a colore s Brown, asked for the key to wife's room, obtained it and went . coming out in s few minutes, which Smith spent in the hallway out- Smith Tries to Interfere. Zepp walked toward his wife, seated the car outside. As he approached, . Zepp sald, he raised the gun, mped it once and fired an instant Smith arrived at, his side. Smith carried Zepp into the office of . Sterling Ruffin, inside the apart- nt buflding, who pronounced him ‘The shoot occurred shortly after 2 lock and al was witnessed by a Sawyer, of 14321 -fifth street, 'hbu"bld :‘E'url h; standing across the street an & commotion before the shot. The couple had been married about Ir years. Zepp was a traveling sales- for & Philadelphia tapestry and bric firm. —_— FIREMEN SAVE GIRLS WHEN ELEVATOR STOPS §wo Escape After Rescuers Open Door to Btalled Car in Senate Apartments. Piremen of the rescue squad and po- released two girls from an suto- tic elevator in the Senate Apart- ments, at 120 C street northeast, last ight after they were imprisoned when &B elevator balked at the second floor. The girls, Peggy O'Nelll, 13 years old, #nd Virginia Longest, a year older, stepped out unharmed when the door was removed. The girls were descending from the #hird floor, where Peggy’s parents live, to the apartment of Virginia's mother, on the ground floor. Other tenants Jearned of their plight and telephoned % No. 9 precinct. HEARING IS Capper Car Liability Bill to Be Taken Up Wednesday. ‘The hearing before the Senate Dis- frict committee on the Capper bill, gelating to financial responsibilities of otorists, will be held at 2 o'clock ‘ednesday afternoon, instead of tomor- 90w _afternoon, as originally planned. ‘The bill is directed at drivers who are convicted of major traffic offenses, end provides that following such con- wvictions, they must show ability to meet future claims before having their gight to drive restored. A similar bill Dy Representative McLeod of Michigan been favorably reported by the District committee. Mass Meeting Tonight. AURORA HEIGHTS, Va, May 26 ‘@pecial) —Prof. Fletcher Kemp, county superintendent of schools, and C. L. Kinnier, county engineer, are announced &8 speakers at & mass meeting to be held tonight at the James Monroe School wunder auspices of the Aurora Heights Citizens’ Association. Prof. Kemp will tell of plans for enlargement of the eounty school facilities, while Engineer Kinnter will explain details of the pro- "POSTPONED chief of the homicide | p; CAPT. HARRY W. SWANN. MAN HURT FIGHTING MLL PLANT BLAZE Fireman Falls Down Smoke- Filled Shaft While Di- recting Men. Groping his way through blinding smoke at a fire in the millwork plant of the Stern Co.,, 120 Q street north- east, Capt. Harry W. Swann of No. 12 Engine Company fell 20 feet down an elevator shaft early today and received serious injuries. Capt. Swann, who is 49 years old and resides at 1604 Otis street north- east, was commanding Fire Battalion No. 1 in the absence of Battallon Chief H. F. McConnell. He is reported in a cmcl.l condition at Emergency Hos- The fire captain was directing the firemen in laying their lines of hose through the smoke-filled woodworking shop when he stepped into the open shaft. His unconscious form, crumpled on the concrete floor below, was picked up by Sergt. D. F. Sullivan and Pvt. R. E. Fennelly of No. 12 Company. A car attached to Pire Rescue Squad No. 1 carried Capt. Swann to the hos- pital, where Dr. I. Rutkowski found him to be suffering from possible frac- tures of the spine and right hip and internal injuries. The fire was extinguished after it had done about $7,500 damage. Sev- eral newly installed woodworking ma- chines were ruined and a quantity of choice lumber was destroyed. The blaze, believed to have started from a short circuit, was discovered by a passer-by shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. Engine Companies 3, 6, 7 and 12 and Truck Companies 1 and 4 fought the fire for an hour and & half. 20 NURSES GRADUATE AT GARFIELD SCHOOL Judge Butler of Supreme Court to Make Address—Dr. Howard to Present Diplomas. ‘Twenty students of the Garfield Memorial Hospital School for Nurses will graduate at exercises to be held at the hospital Thursday night, 8 o'clock. ‘The address to the graduates will be made by Plerce Butler, associate jus- tice of the Supreme Court. The exercises will open with a prayer by Rev. Moses Richardson Lovell, pas- tor of the Mount Pleasant Congrega- tional Church. Dr. J. Burton Glenn, representing the medical staff of the hospital, also will speak. Diplomas will be presented by Dr. Degne C. Howard, superintend- ent of the hospital. The program will end with benediction by Rev. Lovell. The graduates follow: Eleanor Vir- ginia Morton, Emma Florence Chilsholm, Grave Viola Rusmiselle, Anna Adalene n, Estelle Iranna Puryear, Doro- thy La Rue Nokes, Ruth Estelle Rich- ardson, Virginia K. Patton, M. Harriet Haines, Minnie Chambliss, Feild, Eliza- beth F. Harlin, Evelyn G. O'Hara, Cartie Floyd, Dorothy Snyder, Zola L. Hall, Georgi: Fleet, Carrie M. Frey, Molly Elizabeth Clark, Eleanor D. Clinton and Vivian D. Shenk. MRS. HAJEK I'S PERMITTED TO RESUME MAIDEN NAME Court Approves Plea of Woman ‘Whose Seven-Year Bearch for Husband Proves Futile. Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the Dis- trict Supreme Court today granted the request of Jacqueline Wallart Hajek, 1768 * Church street, to resume her maiden name, Jacqueline Wallart, fol- lowing her search of more than seven years to find trace of her husband, Vaclav A. Hajek, attorney, criminolo- gist and secret vice operative, who sailed from Brussels, Belgium, for the United States February 7, 1023, on urgent professional business, en route through New Orleans to Milwaukee, and has never since been heard using her maiden name and wanted it legalized so that she would not have to explain the absence of her husband, whom she believes to be dead. ARRESTED AFTER THEFT OF GIRL’S CLOTHING Marius McDuffey Ordered Held for Observation on Complaint of Grace Lastern. Marius McDuffey, 47 years old, who old police he formerly was a physical culture instructor, was arrested Satur- day night by Detective Spottswood P. Gravely and Policeman Irving Rosen- berg of the third precinct on com- plaint of Grace Lastern, 17 years old, and held for investigation. Yesterday he was taken to Gallinger Hospital for mental observation. ‘The girl said that she and McDuffey, both residents of New York, had trav- eled as far as Miami and several other places in Florida together. She said she left him after they reached this city, she going to a rooming house near Seventeenth and P streets, while he went to a C street hotel. The girl told police the man came to her room Saturday and took her cloth away. After his visit to her to bond for installation s sewer system. room sl led to the police. She was deulngp:ldn material witness. WASHINGTO. PRATTT0 ENFORCE 0. RESIENCELAW FOR ALL OFFEERS Those Who Already Have Es- tablished Homes Elsewhere Are Not Affected. LEGISLATION IGNORED UNDER WAR CONDITIONS Fire Department Always Has Ad- hered Strictly to Dis- trict Code. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, has issued an order enforcing & long-ignored District law requiring members of the police force to reside within the District of Columblia. Hereafter, under the order, all mem- bers of the force must live “within the metropolitan district,” except those who have “already established homes in nearby Maryland and Virginia as the result of the war time housing condi- tion.” ‘The act of Congress establishing the police force designated a “metropoli- tan district” as the only place of resi- dence for members of the force. This had always been interpreted as the District of Columbia, but when hous- ing conditions became so acute in ‘Washington as a result of the war, the letter of the law was not observed. Like other Washingtonians, many po- licemen were compelled to seek resi- dences outside the District. Now that conditions have changed, Maj. Pratt has restored the old law to good graces, and present and future members of the force must reside within the District, except for those who have previously established homes outside. ‘The real reason for enforcing the law, however, is because of the inconvenience of getting in touch with policemen when they are needed in emergencies. Maj. Pratt estimated approximately 200 policemen out of a total of 1,313 in the entire force as maintaining resi- dences in nearby Maryland and Virginia. ‘These, of course, are unaffected by the order, he explained, but new members of the force must show a District resi- dence hereafter. Firemen Must Take Oath. The Fire Department always has ad- hered strictly to the law requiring fire- men to live within the District, and members joining the force must take an oath that they live within reason- able distance of the fire quarters. here are a few isolated cases, how- ever, of firemen residing outside the District. These are men who acquired their homes during the housing emer- gency, and which, for good reasons, are being permitted to retain them. It is understood that those who do reside outside the District limits are located within a very short distance of outlying fire stations to which they are attached. The Fire Department, it was sald, rigidly requires all its members to live inside the District. . SALTZMAN RETIRES FROM ARMY SERVICE Lieutenant of Engineers Accepts Position With American T. & T. Co. in New York City. Lieut. Charles Saltzman, Corps of Engineers, U. 8. Army, attached to the 13 ineers at Fort, Humrh!‘!yl, Va, has resigned his commission in the Army, effective at once, to accept a posi- tion with the American Telephone & ‘Telegraph Co. in New York City. Young Saltzman is the son of Maj. Gen. Charles McK. Sdltzman, former chief signal officer of the Army and now chairman of the Federal Radio Comm!s- sion. He was graduated from the Mili- tary Academy at West Point No. 4 in the class of 1925. He was quite prom- inent in foot ball and sports. Prior to ent West Point he was a captain of ts in Central High 8chool here. He was & Rhodes scholar at Oxford and is & -!ndun.e of Magda- len College, the alma mater of the Prince of Wales. He served recently as one of the President’s aides at the White House. It is his intention, he says, to keep contact with the Army, in which he was bred, and will apply for :: commission in the Officers’ Reserve orps. REMOVAL OF REFUSE DEPARTMENT ASKED Davison Urges Measure to Provide More Room in District Building. With a view to providing more office space in the District Building after July 1, Assistant Engineer Commissioner Davison is investigating the feasibility of moving the city refuse department and several of the other smaller ones to District-owned quarters elsewhere in the eity. He proposes to house the city refuse personnel in the stable and repair shops maintained by the division in an alley in the vicinity of Thirteenth and D streets southeast. This plan is not particularly pleasing, it was said, to the employes themselves, on account of the location. ‘The stables, where wagons used by the department are repaired and housed, has a loft which Maj. Davison believes could be remodelled into offices for the force. His plans also contemplate removal of the insurance and playground di- visions and the office of the superin- tendent of weights and measures to the Fendall Building, which the District owns. Maj. Davison said he has made no recommendations to the Commis- sloners in regard to removal of these various offices and is merely studying the problems which they entail in the hope that removal eventually may be effected. After July 1 many of the larger departments of the District will need considerable more space, and the District Building i8 crowded enough as it is, he explained. Bowie @Girls to Give Play. BOWIE, Md., May 26 (Special).—The Girls' Friendly Soclety play, “The Chil- dren of Youth,” wil given at Bt. James' Hall, Bowle, Thursday, for the m“ &l Glenndale Band will furnish " the occasion. it of Prince Georges County f e eth and the G F. B The musie for D. ©, Swan Boat Saves Youth From Peril In Upset Canoe ‘The Swan Boat on the Tidal Basin, ordinarily used to give joy-rides to children and their adult friends, played an impor- tant part in saving life yesterday when United States park police, directed by Sergt. William F. Shelton, requisitioned the craft and rescued Joseph J. Blick of Plainfield, N. J., 18-year-old youth, from drowning when a sudden gust capsized his canoe. Blick, here on a sight-seeing trip, decided to try & canoe ride in the Tidal Basin. When he was about in the center of the lake a gust capsized his craft. Park police responded promptly to cries of distress and a crowd on the shore cheered the rescue. Blick was taken to Emergency Hospital, where he was treated for exposure, and later released, seeming little the worse for his experience. BREWSTER TAKEN T0 WALTER REED Baker Murder Suspect Sub- jected to Another Sanity Examination. Howard L. Brewster, the soldier who alternately confessed and denied having murdered Mary Baker, was taken to ‘Walter Reed Hospital today for another examination by an Army medical board appointed to inquire into his sanity. Plans have been made at the hospital to keep Brewster under close observa- tion until tomorrow afternoon. Period- ically he will be questioned by psychia- trists and subjected to a series of sclen- tific tests designed to show his mental condition. In the meantime Lieut Edward J. Kelly, head of the homicide squad of the detective bureau, and Department of Justice agents will continue to search for the gun used in slaying Miss Baker. ‘The weapon is regarded as the real key to the solution of the crime, and until it is found, the authorities belleve little progress can be made in their investi- gation, irrespective of the outcome of the sanity proceedings. Corroboration Needed. ite certain statements made by Brewster and which he has not denied, the authorities declared they are not in a position to take any action at this time. Corroborative evidence must be found, it was sald, before charges are preferred. For this reason the investi- gators are exerting every effort to locate the murder gun. Shortly after Brewster was taken to Walter Reed, announcement was made at the detective bureau that the itiner- ant painter for whom a search has been made for the last month, has definitely been of any connection with the crime. The ice, it was sald, carefully checked the man's movements on the day of the crime on the basis of information which came to head- quarters from a reliable source, and learned that he could not have been with Miss Baker at the time she was seen s ling with & man in her car near Seventeenth and B streets on the afternoon of April 11. The elimination of this man left Brewster as the sole remaining sus- t. The soldler, however, steadfast- ly clings to his denial that he shot Miss Baker, although he admits strik- ing & woman in & machine near Seven- teenth and B streets on the afternoon of April 11, and has identified a pic- ture of the slain Navy Department clerk as being that of the woman he hit. Allowed to Rest. After the seven-hour grilling to which Brewster was subjected Saturday by Lieut. Kelly, Department of Justice agents and Commonwealth Attorney William C. Gloth of Arlington County, the investigators permitted him to rest over the week end without further questioning. The only new information obtained from the soldler as a result of this examination, it was revealed, was an lon by him that several weeks 8go he chased two young women around the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. The names of the two women are un- known, but they reported the incident to police headquarters in an anonymous letter, reciting the detalls of their en- counter with a soldier who, they sald, resembled the picture of Brewster pub- lished in the newspapers. The letter ‘was read to Brewster and he is sald tc have told detectives he recalled thc incident. Brewster's admission of having tried to force his attention on these two un- known women, coupled with his iden- tification by another woman who claimed he accosted her in Potomac ! Park, and other stories told the inves- tigators, have convinced them that he spent. considerable time in Potomac Park. Thus they are more inclined to believe the soldier's story that he struck & woman in an automobile when she repulsed his attentions, Clothing Unstained. While the investigators would like to believe Brewster's original story which he recanted of having killed Miss Baker and thrown her body into the culvert bordering the Cemetery road, in Arlington County, and close the 1nvuuf|tlon of the case, they can- not reconcile the fact that there is no :nvldtnce of bleod on the soldier’s cloth- g. ‘The officials pointed out that it ‘would have been virtually impossible for any person to have carried Miss s body from the car and placed it in the culvert without getting his clothing B'Anlned with blood. rewster’s only suit of civilian clothes, which he is known to have worn on April 11, has been subjected to a thor- ough microscopic examination and failed to show any indication of ever having been blood stained. Neither is there any evidence that the sult had been recently cleaned. The clothes are now in the Pol!!ulon of Inspector Wil- liam 8. Shelby. D. C. HOSPITAL REPORTS CASE OF TYPHUS FEVER 19-Year-Old Farm Hand of Acco- tink, Va., Under Treatment—Re- garded as Mild Attack. Washington's first case of typhus fever in nearly a_year is under ob- servation of the District Health De- partment at one of the local hospitals. The victim is Clarence Ray, 19-year- d farm hand of Accotink, Va. who contracted the erous disease from being bitten by ticks. Health officers say the case appears to be a mild one. There have been only about six cases of typhus fever here in the last four or five years, three of these cases occurring last Spring, resulting in the death of one of the victims on June 26. Ray came to Wi & week ago yesterday in a very sick condition and went to & hospital for treatment. MONDAY, MAY 26, 1930. IPARK BILL PASSAGE HELDVICTORY OVER POWER INTERESTS Capper Broadcasts Benefits to Be Derived From Cramton Measure. GREAT FALLS BEAUTY DECLARED THREATENED Points Out Congress Specifically Reserves Power to Control Sites for Future Needs. Passage of the Cramton-Capper park bill was characterized as “a victory for the people over power interests” by Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis- trict committee in & radio talk over the Columbia chain today, in which he described to a national audience how the scenic beauties around Wash- ington will be preserved under the measure. In telling his radio audience about the George Washington Memorial Park- way from Mount Vernon to Great Falls, which is the main feature of the bill, Senator Capper said: “This section of the Potomac has wonderful potential power possibilities. The power interests wanted it. They have been after it for years. A few years ago Congress adopted a resolu- tion prohibiting the Federal Power Commission from turning over this power site or any power rights to any private company. Industrial Suburb Threatened. “The construction of a hydroelectric power plant at Great Falls and below the gorge would have done more than destroy the beauty of the Great Fall: section of the Potomac. It would have inevitably industrialized this suburb o the Natlonal Capital and Congress be- lleved—and the letters and indorse ments from all over the country justify that belief—that the people of the United States desire that the Nationa Capital be kept free from industria’ plants and surroundings.” Senator Capper pointed out that while preserving Great Falls for the people the law just passed at the same tim- reserves specifically the power of Con. gress to control the site in the interes: of the people. In picturing the proposed parkwa: along the Potomac Senator Cappe: Said: “This strip of some 30 or 35 miles of Potomac _reaches from the home of George Washington at Mount Vernon, through the National Capital that he founded and which was named after him, to the old Potomack Canal and the mill and foundry which he built at Great Falls. “The parkway will include the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, when con- structed, and also a highway to be built from Fort Washington to Great Falls on the Maryland side of the Potomac.” Tells Maryland Plans. Senator Capper told of the park plans in Maryland toward the north of the city, as follows: “A second phase of the program in the same measure contemplates the ex- tension of Rock Creek Park and the Anacostia Park system into Maryland. This affords an opportunity for a con- |yt tinuous park system with contiguous areas in Maryland. The hundreds of thousands of tourists who enjoy Rock Creek Park are all the testimony need- ed to the public benefits of such a park system, and amply justify the ex- tensions. Futhermore, this extension of Rock Creek Park protects the sources of Rock Creek and other streams and Is of incalculable advantage to the Dis- trict of Columbia park system.” The third feature of the bill, Sen- ator Capper said, is the loan of $16,- 000,000 to the District for development of 'the park and playground system within the city of Washington, to be reimbursed without interest at the rate of $1,000,000 & year. “It is my judgment,” the Senator concluded, “that as time goes on, the people of the United States will get greater personal, individual pleasure and contentment from this George Washington Memorial parkway and park development of the National Capital act than from any enactment by the present.Congress, although this Congress is passing and has on some of the most important legislation in years.” Most Beautiful Capital. Declaring that Washington is on its way toward becoming the most beauti- ful Capital City in the world, Senator Capper said visitors from abroad are entitled to boast of the beauties of Parls, Vienna, Rome, Berlin and other capitals, “but here at home your Washington and my Washington has natural and architectural beauties, some of them developed, more of them po- tential and in the making, that can be surpassed by few, and which lose nothing by comparison with the crum- bling glories of a world that is older than ours. Washington is becoming a magnificent expression of a young and vigorous nation.” DEATH AFTER SCUFFLE LAID TO HEART ATTACK Coroner's Jury Absolves Friend From Blame for Overexertion of Floyd Garland. A coroner’s jury conducting an in- quest into the death of Floyd R. Gar- land, 30 years old, of 769 Quebec street, who collapsed and died following a friendly tussle with a fellow employe in the mailing room of the Daily News' circulation department Saturday, today B. W. Morse, 24 years old, of 230 ‘Tenth street, who was wrestling with Garland at the time, was absolved of blame in connection with Garland’s death by the jury’s finding. ANTIQUES ARE STOLEN Police Probe Loss of Furniture From Guarded Lobby. ‘The theft of $276 worth of antique furniture from the lobby of the St. Nicholas Apartments, at 2230 Cali- fornia street, where employes are con- stantly on duty, is being investigated by police today following a regcn of the robbery made yesterday by Leo Simmons, manager of the apartment. ‘Two antique chairs, valued at $125 aplece, and a $25 mahogany bench were stolen some time late S8aturday or early Sunday morning, mu were told. Simmons said he no one under suspicion. Above: The motor boat which was swamped in the Cobb Island. drowned. storm Saturday near Three of the four persons aboard are believed to have been Below, left, Richard Klimkiewicz, who has not been seen since he jumped overboard to swim for help. Right, Francis D. Klimkiewicz, father of Richard, who was saved after he had floated for 25 hours on two seat cushions. CURTISS AIR RACES SET FOR SATURDAY [ Dirigible Glider Launching Is; Planned as Previously Announced. The Curtiss marine trophy races, postponed because of the gale which struck the National Capital Saturday afternoon, will be flown at 3 p.m. Sat- urday, and, so far as possible, all of the special features which had been plenned for what was to have been the Capital's greatest aeronautical event will be flown in accordance with the original program, according to tentative plans announced today. 8o far as could be determined today, all the events which had been planned except the review of the 10 squadrons from the battle fleet probably will be glven Baturday. This will include a Vvisit by the Navy dirigible Los Angeles, the launching of a glider from the dir} and the attachment of a plane in ht, combat and acrobatic demon- strations by Navy and Marine Corps pllots and parachute jumping. The storm which broke up the races last Saturday resulted in damage to three of the Navy planes which were flown here for the event. One of them was damaged when the wind shifted as was landing at Anacostia, one crash- ed through a fence in a forced landing at Fort Meade, Md., and the third was damaged landing in rough water at Hampton Roads yesterday. None of the pilots were injured. The 10 squadrons which came here Saturday and which landed during the storm returned to Hampton Roads yes- terday morning. Six of them were scheduled to leave aboard two of the Navy aircraft carriers for the Pacific Coast early this week, and the other four were to participate this week in Joint Army and Navy coast defense maneuvers in Long Island Sound. PARALYSIS INQUIRY STARTED BY DORAN Dry Head Visits South to Study “Ginger” Mal- ady Causes. A more intersive investigation into the cause of the “jake” ‘K:r-lym prev- alent in many parts of country has been instituted by Prohibition Commis- sioner Doran. Returning to Washington after a two-week trip in Mississippi and Louis- iana, he sald the concoction consisted of creosote, carbolic acid, alcohol and gin- ger flavoring and contained some im- purity which was believed to be causing the malady. He expressed the opinion that the impurity was contained in the creosote. The commissioner said that on the Southern trip he recelved direct infor- mation as to the activity of the dis- tributers of the concoction. Doran sald that the drive would be directed particularly against persons in Northern Louisiana and Mississippi who had been selling the bootleg Jamaica ginger. He said there probably had been as many as 6,000 or 7,000 cases of paralysis all throughout the South and Southwest from the bootleg concoction. Many victims show no improvement in this condition, said Commissioner Doran. A few of the very mild cases seem now to be recovering very slowly, he added. COLLINS SERVICES TOMORROW MORNING Funeral services for Thomas Collins, 75 years old, an inspector for the Southern Rallroad, who was fatally in- jured Friday night when run down by an automobile at Thirteenth and Ken- yon streets, will be held tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock at the resi- dence, 3117 Thirteenth street. Celebra- tion of requiem mass will follow at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. A native of Petersburg, Va., Mr. Col- lins had been connected with the Southern Railroad for 35 years. He re- cently celebrated his golden wedding anniversary. Besides his widow, Mrs. Julia E. Col- lins, he is survived by two sons, Dr. James C. Collins of Fairmont, W. Va. and Rev. Henry D. Collins of Longgreen, Md., and three daughters, Mrs. 14 ARE INJURED IN AUTO CRASHES Woman, 83, Is Near Death in Hospital as Result of Collision. Fourteen persons were injured, three | seriously, in a series of automobile ac- |cidents in the District and nearby suburbs over the week end and today. Mrs. Caroline Zoller, 83 years old, of 2810 Thirtieth street southeast, is near death at Casualty Hospital as the re- sult of & head-on collision between two automobiles near Clinton, Md., mr- day morning. She is suffe possible fractured skull, possible internal injuries and lacerations of the head and scalp. Mrs. Edward H. Zoller, 40, her dlu,hwr-ln-hw. of the same address, received lacerations over the left eye in the crash. The two women were riding in an automobile driven by Edward Zoller, of the Thirtieth street address, when the car was struck head-on by another machine driven by Birger C. Boyd, 40 years old, of Thirteenth street near C street southwest. - Boyd is said to have driven away after the accident and was apprehended after a two-mile chase by State Policeman Booker. He is being held at the Marlboro Jail on charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a collision. Miss Rozella Slaughter, 25-year-old Department of Agriculture clerk, who lives at 1705 Lanier place, received a possible fracture of the skull in an ac- cident several miles from the District line on the Wheeler road, early yester- d:r morning. She was taken to Cas- ualty Hospital, where her condition is said to be serious. Steering Gear Is Blamed. A defective steering gear on the au- tomobile of E. L. Jeffers, 38 years old, of 1377 Massachusetts avenue southeast is belleved to have caused the machine to leave the road and strike a tree stump. Jeffers, who received lacera- tions to the face, and Miss Slaughter, mobile of Miss Justine Crosser, daugh- ter of Representative Crosser of Ohio, Who was on her way home from a dance which the injured couple are said to_have attended. In & head-on collision near St. Elisa- beth’s Hospital, Goodenough, 31 years old, of 466 E street southeast received a possible fractured skull and lacerations to the scalp. He was re- moved to Casualty Hospital, where his condition was said to be serious. The car in which Goodenough was & pas- senger crashed into a telephone pole. John A. McClain of 36 U street re- ceived injuries to his left hand and face when the automobile which he was driving collided with one driven by Ernest H. Abt, 1522 Ogden street, on Seventeenth street, near S street, late yesterday afternoon. and child, who were with him at the time of the accident, were uninjured. Frank 49 years old, of 410 Seventh street, received injuries to his left leg and shoulder when knocked down while crossing the street by an automobile driven by Albert Woodward, 52 years old, of 1821 Kilbourne place. The accident occurred at_the intersec- tion of Fourteenth and Irving streets. Botazzi was taken to Garfleld Hospital in_Woodward's machine. In a collision between the automobiles of Milton H. Wills, 21 years old, of 1339 T street southeast, and J. E. Saunders, colored, 25 years old, of 236 Fifty- seventh street northeast, Mrs. Edna Saunders, 30 years old, colored, and Ralph Baunders, 5 years old, colored, were injured. Mrs. Saunders was tre: ed at Casualty Hospital for shock and brulses and the boy for cuts to the head and hands. * Clifton P. Pollard of 1239 U street was the driver of a machine which col- lided with a street car at Seventh and T streets yesterday afternoon, but es- caped injury. Sailor is Injured. Harold Tibbetts, 19-year-old sallor attached to Eagle Boat 35 at the Wash- ington Navy Yard, was injured seriously Wwhen an automobile in which he was riding with Francis Brady, 22, of 1122 Eighth street northeast, at the wheel, overturned near Mount Zion, Md. Tibbetts and Brady were brought to Providence Hospital, where the former was treated for a fractured lower jaw and a possible fracture of the skull. Brady escaped with minor lacerations. A passing motorist, George Landis of 2444 Monroe street northeast, drove Brady and Tibbets to the hospital. Attendants at Emergency Hospital sald today that Eugene Travis, Mem- phis newspaperman, injured in an auto- Eob\le accident Sat: y, was improv- s.rlolu head injuries were received Clayton Duckeit, colored, 30 years old, of Townsend, Md., last night when a machine he was driving collided with another car at Waldorf, Md. He was brought to Providence Hospital and treated for a possible skull fracture. George Melling, Mrs. Jennie 8. Stone and Miss Rosebud Collins. Fourteen grandchil- dren also survive. were taken to the hospital in the auto- | f; McClain's wife | Southern SEAPLANE HUNTS 3 MISSING AFTER GALE SINKS BOAT Fourth in Party Is Rescued After Floating in River for 25 Hours. TRIO FEARED LOST HAD TRIED TO SWIM TO SHORE Each Took Life Belt—May Have Been Carried Onto Island by Wind During Storm. A seaplane, fishing smacks and speed craft were searching the lower stretches of the Potomac River near Kettle Bot- tom Shoals today for three men, two of them Washingtonians, who have been missing since their 26-foot speed boat sank in_Saturday afternoon's lwArm off Cobb Island. ter he oated in the river for 25 hours with the aid of two seat cushions, is on his way to his home here. 4 The only known survivor is Franc D. Klimkiewicz, 52 years old, of 132 Twelfth street northeast. Missing are his 17-year-old son, Richard; his son- in-law, Owen D. Whitcomb, 33 years old, and Arthur Fenwick, oyster inspec- tor at Piney Point, Md. Water Smashes Windshield. ‘The party left the Klimkiewicz home at 11:30 o'clock Saturday morning to drive the speed boat to St. George Is- land, where they have a Summer cot- tage. Near Kettle Bottom Shoals about 3 o‘c}:ek they ran into the worst of storm, The gale-whipped water smashed the windshield of the boat, fi the craft with water. Richard, an expert swimmer, donned a life belt and dived overboard to swim ashore for help. When last seen by his companions, he was nearly half-way to the shore, about one-quarter of a mile away. A few minutes later the boat went down, leaving the other three men floundering in the river. Fenwick and Whitcomb selzed life belts and started to swim toward the shore. The elder Klimkiewicz, the only member of the lplrty unable to swim, could not find a life belt, 5o he placed a t cushion under each arm and man- aged to stay afloat. Late Sunday after- noon, after he had been in the water 25 hours, he was picked up by fishermen near the Virginia shore. He was suffer- ing from exposure and a cut on the hand, but otherwise was none the worse for his harrowing experience. Police Boats Search Vicinity. He told his rescuers that the waves were running so high when the boat went down that his compantons could rot aild him, despite the fact that they were good swimmers. When he last saw them, he said, they were swimming toward shore. Klimkiewics was taken to the home of E. C. Stewart, at Stratford, Va. where he spent the night before start- ing back to Washington today. Maryland State police boats, under the command of Capts. A. P. Cullison and Edward Plouder, together with a number of fishing smacks, searched the river near the spot where the boat went down several hours this morning, but found no trace of the missing men. It was feared they had drowned. Chief Aviation Piiot P. R. Gunn left the Naval Air Station in a seaplane this morning to search the river for the three men. His superior officers had not heard from him at noon today. Several speed boats also left Washing- ton this morning to participate in the search. Mrs. Whitcomb motored to Cobb Island last night shortly after she learned from her father of the acei- dent, but was unable to learn anything as to the whereabouts of the missing mer.. She believes they may have been carrfed ashore by the wind on some uninhabited island, from which they have been unable to communicate with the Ki“u" searching for them. ‘Whitcomb, who is employed by & re- frigerator company, live ‘with his ather-in-law. Richard is s student at Gonzaga High School. Mr. Klimkiewicz is a contractor. YOUNG ATTORNEY’S APOLOGY ACCEPTED Justice Bailey Dismisses Contempt Charge Filed Against Drury. Justice Jennings Balley today accept- ruo K. Drury, lawyer, Building, and [ charge of contempt of court which had been presented by United States Attor- ney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw be- cause of a atory statement made by the young lawyer when a jury brought in a verdict for $5,000 damages in & case in which he had been a wit- ness for the defense. Attorney Morgan H. Beach appeared for the young lnqer and explained that while Drury did not recall making the remark, he disclaimed any contempt of the court or of the jury and apolo- gized for the statement. He expressed the willingness of his client to make such further apologies as the court might require. ;| TOBACCO CONDITIONS IN ST. MARYS GOOD Inspectors Find Plenty of Plants Available and Absence of Wild Fire Pest. Spectal Dispatch to The Btar. LEONARDTOWN, Md., May 326.— After an inspection of the tobacco beds of 8t. Marys County, covering a period of several days, Dr. R. A. Jehle, plant specialist from College Park extension service, and G. F. Wathen, county agent, report conditions much better than expected. The shortage of plants at first re- ported is not serious, and there will be plenty of plants to supply all needs. No wild fire has been found in St. Marys County, but has been reported in Prince Georges County. All farmers are warned to be on the lookout for this &en and spray with bordeaux mixture, discovered. —_— Office Department clerk of 405 Clifton Terrace, and Mrs. A. C. Rauterberg, 50 years old, of the Alabama Apartments, Who is a clerk in the Treasury Depart- ment, escaped with minor lacerations His condition 8 reported to be unde- | heavily termined. | Mis Ella McCord, 60-year-old Post of the forehead this morning when an automoblle in which they were riding was struck on the Marlboro pike by a loaded truck. They were given' first-ald treatment at the Casualty Hos~ pital and later sent to their homes, ¢