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® WITH SUNDAY MORNING. EDITION @The Toen ny Star, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1931 TWO POLIGEMEN SUSPENDED AFTER ROW ON HIGHWAY C. E. Showalter and 0. D. Rogers Accused of Appear- ing Intoxicated. PATROLMAN. ATKINSON RELIEVED FROM DUTY Charges Delayed Pending Full Report—All Men Have Good Records. Alleged to “have been under the in- fluence of liquor,” following their ar- Test by Maryland authorities yesterday, Cecil E. Showalter, pay roll clerk of the ‘Washington Police Department, and Olin D. Rogers, assistant property clerk, were suspended from the Metropolitan Ppolice force today. Officers at the Laurel, Md., substa- tion, where the two District policemen were taken after a dispute on the ‘Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, said they were carrying service revolvers. In Civilian Attire. ‘The dispute between the two men, both of whom were in civilian attire, attracted the attention of passing motorists. Maryland police were noti- fied, and Showalter and Rogers were taken to the substation. One of the pair was seated in Showalter's car and the other was standing in the road- way when the dispute began, police said. Laocal police authorities were notified, and Inspector Louis J. Stoll and Lieut. J. E. Bobo went to the Laurel sub- station and brought the men back to ‘ashington. Fails to Smell Liquor. Inspector Stoll reported he was un- able to detect the odor of liquor on nlmerhpohcem;: at that time. 5 men, however, were suspende and relieved of their police equipment, the report of the inspector stating that they appeated to have been under the influence of an intoxicant. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent police, o the,. opder i uspeasion: copy order of n. Charges may be flled against the two policemen within the next few days. Both men, it was said, had excellent records in tne department -prior to yes- terday's incident: Atkinson Suspended. Policeman Thomas D. Atkinson of the first precinct was suspended from duty last night for “conduct unbecom- ing an officer.” Capt. Frank Burke, his commander, announced today. Capt. Burke said no formal charge will be placed againgt the officer until In- spector Oscar J. Letterman completes a full report ) _ Atkinson wi it to the first pre- cinct by Inspector Letterman early this morning. .The officer has served two years at the first precinct, Capt. Burke says, and has an ‘exceptionally good | record, JUDGES RECEIVE CHART ON SPEEDING| Data on Result of Exceeding Limit Compiled to Aid in Traf- fic Cases. That they may be better able to de- termine the danger and risk involved by motorists in increasing their :peedl above. the limit for the sake of a few | paltry seconds per hour, Police Court fudges today were in receipt of a graphic chart, tabulated at the instance of As- sistant Director of Traffic M. O. Eld- ridge, showing in detail the amount of time saved by exceeding the speed limit and showing the corresponding stopping distance possible at the relative speeds. ‘The judges consider it a valuable table for use in the trial of speed and reckless driving cases. The table shows, for example, that only 36 seconds are saved in & mile by Increasing the speed from 20 to 25 miles an_hour and at the same time this 5- mile-an-hgur extra ayced 1ncxem: the s ing distance for an averagt nuwm'o”l?i‘l’: from 37 feet to 58 feet. “This possible saving of about one- half a minute,” Mr Eldridge explains in a letter lccommn{inu the chart, “greatly increases the likelihood of an accident. Time is valuable, but are these few paltry seconds which are saved by increased speed worth I‘hlls by taking chances with life and limb? Speed and distance table follows: Approx. Approx. eetdlsthnce distance VA" aveled 2-wheel 4-wheel . per sec. brakes, brakes. Time consumed e o Sosowonone! BEBBBLNET BETmoau EEstazsy! DmoNomNN THIEF LOOTS ROOM OF ACTOR ON STAGE Ring, Watch and Cash Reported Taken as Samuel Cohen Per- forms at Show. Theft of a $450 ring, a $135 wrist watch and $50 in cash from a dressing yoom of the Earle Theater was reported to police last night by Samuel Cohen, an_actor, Cohen told detectives the valuables disappeared while he was on the stage. The robber gained entrance, the in- tigators reported, by breaking open fire escape window. Police were un- able to find any clue to the identity of the intruder. Mrs. Mary E. Laudick of 3711 In- gomar street reported jewelry worth $530 had been stolen from her car or los: in the downtown shopping district. pARCSITAS 4 SEARCH FOR WIFE ASKED Mrs. Clara Blaine, 18, Disappeared From Home Last Night. Police were asked today to search for Mrs. Clara Blaine, 18 years old, of 1217 Tenth street, who disappeared from -her home last night. The search was re- quested by her husband, Roger Blaine, 24 years old. When the girl disappeared she was wearing a black hat, a brown fur coat, Tight stockings and biack shoes. Police #d her eyes were blue and that she had light hair. lh:nll‘ll been in 11 Teatity Pru Hlan merh | commander First Sign of Spring - JASMINE BLOOMS wha first flowers of the Spring at Ha! MRSA LILLIAN REEVES posed for The Star cameraman today with the | AT HAINS POINT. ins Point. The blooms, yellow jasmine, are forerunners of the beautiful Potomac¢ Park display.—Star Staff Photo. TWO ARE VICTIMS OF ESCAPING GAS | Woman, 81, in Critical Con-| dition—Another Takes . | Poison by Mistake. { Believed to have been victims of care- lessness, tWo persons were overcome by lluminating gas and a third was madc seriously ill by poison tablets yesterday, according to police. | Mrs. Jane Randall, 81 years old, was | found unconscious in her apartment at | 2106 F street last night with gas flowing from an open fixture. She was found | by Mrs. Mary Smiley, a nelghbor‘ who smelled the gas. | At Emergency Hospital her condition | was described as critical. Police who | investigated said they believed a gas jet | on the kitchen stove had been left open accidentally. Samuel Thornton, colored, 40, of 413 | Third street southwest was also over- | come by gas, which police said had es- | caped from a fixture unintentionally left opey. He was not seriously affected. | Responding to a call from 1100° W street southeast yesterday, members of the fire rescue squad and Dr. J. F. Col- lins of Casualty Hospital found that Mary Graves, 52 years old. had taken a poison tablet by mistake. Her condition is not serlous. LODGE 70 HONOR ALMAS POTENTATE AND DIVAN Meeting Tomorrow Evening Trans- | ferred Because of Large Crowds Expected. Bamuel Gompers_Lodge, No. 45, F. A A M. will be host tomorrow eve- | ning to the members of Almas Temple, A. A O N. M. S. Robert S. Regar, potentate of Almas Temple, who is also grand marshal of the Grand Lodge of the District, together with his entire divan and all the uniformed bodies of Almas Temple, will visit the lodge. To accommpdate the large number ex- pected to be present the meeting will be | transferred from lodge room No. 3, the usual meeting place, to lodge room No. 1, Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue, After a ghort | business _session, during which the | guests will be formally received by Louis J. Raebach, master of Samuel| Gompers Lodge, all present will parade from Masonic Temple to the Shrine | Club House, 1315 K street, where the re- | mainder of the evening will be devoted to entertainment. Refreshments will | be served. | Col. C. Fred Cook, grand master of | Masons in the District of Columbia, will be the special guest, The program of enterfainment includes several mu- sical, dancing and singing numbers. The ‘officers and members of other Ma- ( sonic lodges, as well as all members of | Almas Temple, have been invited to at- | tend by Worshipful Master Raebach. KONG HEADS DEUM CORPS John L. Kong has been selected as | of the Overseas Band, | Drum and Bugle Corps of the Veterans | of Forelgn Wars, succeeding Mal. | Harvey L. Miller of the 20th Marine | Reserves. A. E. Harper, band leader, was re- placed in the election by Alvin I. Lorig. BLOSSOMS HERALD UNOFFICIL SPRING Normal Rain Opens Buds, but Weather Man Predicts Freezing Tonight. Spring may_not be recorded officially as having arflved in Washington, but on the strength of a .61-inch rainfall | since Saturday night and signs of bud- ding blossoms and leaves there are Capital residents willing to believe it has come a little ahead of time. Washington escaped the March storm that swept eastward to the Atlantic Coast from the lower Missourli and Mississippi Valleys, leaving in its wake half a dozen snowbound Stat but it experienced the heaviest raini ‘since goodness knows when,” according - to Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell of the United States Weather Bureau, ‘The rain, which started " Saturday night and continded at intervals through Sunday, puts the official rain- fall in the Washington area for the first eight days of March well above normal. | It was just a boon to farmers in this | area. The entire area east of the Mississippi has been benefited by the moisture brought by March gales. In those sec- tions unvisited by snow, more water | was deposited over the parched surface than at any time since the drought be- gan. Local rains reduced the deficiency of precipitation in this area since January 1 from 423 inches to 3.62 inches, ac- cording to official computation. They transformed a deficiency of .31 of an inch for the month of March to a sur- plus of .30 of an inch. \ It is not probable, however, that there will be any more rain this week. With clear weather and freezing temperatures tonight and _tomorrow, Bureau says Spring can hardly be said to have arrived. day will witness a gradually rising tem- perature, followed by a slight drop in the mercury. At Hains Point, it was reported to- day, the blossoms of the hundreds of vellow jasmine bushes are beginning to show. Robins today were out digging for worms and leaves and early Spring blossoms began to sprout. But the Weather Bureau officials do not see any t;nrly tokens of Spring in these even| Rain Breaks Drought. ‘The general rain and snow fall over the week end, ranging from an inch to over two inches over much of the coun- try east of the Mississippl were de- scribed today by the Weather Bureau as ‘“exceedingly helpful” in breaking the grip of the drought. The Central Ohio Valley, including | Kentucky, Southern Ohio and Indian: and all of Illinois, which has long suf fered from aridity, was.perhaps the most_benefitted. K J. B. Kincer, agriculture meterologist, said it recelved from an inch to a lit- tle more than two inches of rain and snow. The heaviest fall along the Atlantic coast was from Baltimore north, with | the greatest amount, 1.6 inches, at New York. LA TN Sty Thanks Geographic Spciety. PARIS, March 9 (#).—President Dou- mergue through Ambassador Edge to- day conveyed his thanks to the Ameri- can National Geographic Soclety for electing him an honorary life member. COMPLICATIONS OF GETTING RID OF ALLEGED RUM TIE UP CASE Prosecutor Delays Hearing to Untangle Details of Charge Growing Out o Because of the complicating circum- stances surrounding the charge of pos- sessicn of intoxicating liquor lodged against Paul M. Ward and his wife, Margaret Ada Ward, of the 400 blocu‘ lafield place, Assistant United States District Attorney David A, Hart | in charge of Police Court liquor prose- 1 cutions, announced today he would continue the case for further investi- gation. The couple was arrested Sat- urday afterncon, following an accident | in tfle 900 block of Eleventh street, after which two pints of alleged liquor was confiscated by police. Mrs. Ward was fincd $10 on a charge of operating with bad brakes. Police- man R. E. Burton testified that a test he made Saturday night showed that while the brakes passed, the hand brake could not stop the machine in less than 200 feet at 20'miles an hour. When Mrs. Ward objected to this tes- timony, stating that the officer's test f Automobile Accident. Policeman Burton during another brake test this morning while the court re- cessed. Shaw's test showed the car unable to stop in 198 feet with the handbrakes. The machine she was driving is said to have struck James B. Carroll of 908 Eleventh street. According to information papers filed with the liquor charge, the husband is said to have reached into the back of the machine immediately after the mishap and removed a package which he handed to a passerby, Mrs. Mollie Clark of Garrett Park, Md Mrs. Ward, who was driving the machine, quickly took the package from Mrs, Clark and rushed into a grocery store nearby, riheul;: she hid it. E. Lihl:ollnd' a cle'rtk n the store, then \ogk package out- side again.and gave it to Mrs, Clark, instructing her to give it to a policeman. It" was following this that the liquor charge was made out. was made on & wet street, Jledl! Gus A. Schuldt instructed Richard' W. Shaw, et WA b dAvive the machine fiw Mr. and Mrs. Ward were arrested by |in a smalt space hetween the pipe and | Michigan avenue, the pipe was thrown |to the engineer, T. C. Atkinson. but the Weather | ‘Wednesday and Thurs- | JPnllcemnn J. P. Bowers of No. 5 pre- ~net, |ONE DEAD, ANOTHER| HURT BY SHIFTING PIPE ON FREIGHT Rescuers Work Two Hours With Torch and Bars to Free Men From Car. 500 PEOPLE LINE B. & 0. TRACKS ON MICHIGAN AVE. Howard McIntyre, Colored, Dies. W. F. Clark, White, Is in Casualty Hospital. One man is dead and another is in a serious condition at Casualty Hospital today after rescuers, working for more than two hours with an acetylene torch and crowbars, extricated them from a steel gondola car attached to a freight train in which they were crushed be- neath tons of iron pipe last night. A crowd of approximately 500 p>rsons lined the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad near Michigan avenue while the rescuers, spurred on by the cries of the entrapped men, worked to remove the pipe. Train service was at a standstill, and traffic on Michigan avenue was so hopelessly jammed that police fram the eighth and tenth pre- cincts and the Traffic Bureau were called to untangle the snarl, The dead man is Howard McIntyre, 25 years old, colored, of Durham, N. | He and William F. Clark, 25, of Steven- | son, Ala., who is suffering from a possi- ble fractured pelvis and internal inju- ries, boarded the 60-car train sbout two miles north of Washington. They stood the end of the car. Crushed by Shifting Pipe. ‘When the train jerked to a ttop near forward, crushing the men against the end of the car. Their screams were heard by Frank R. Wurzbacher, who was sitting in the living room of his home at 1117 Michigan avenue. Mrs, Elizabeth Borry and Miss Marie Shauer, who also live at the Michigan avenue address, were on the frunt porch. They, too, heard the men's cries. ‘Wurzbacker ran to the railroad tracks and, after climbing over a freight car which blocked his path, ran along the long line of cars until he located the one from which the screams were ema- nating. Just then the train jerked forward, about to pull out. - Wurzbacher yelled was unable to make himself heard above the roar of the locomotive. By this time the train was slowly moving forward and Wurzbacher ran to the locomotive and, finally succeed- ing in attracting Atkinson's attention, begged him to stop the train. “Stop!” he yelled. “Somebody is hurt!” Leads Crew to Trapped Men. The train came to a halt and Wurz- bacher led Atkinson and the conductor, W. C. Hale, to the car in which Clark and Mcintyre were trapped. Mean- while the cries also had been heard by John G. Schulz, 4206 Tenth street northeast, and John Maddox, 3616 Thirty-first street, Mount Rainier. They, too, hurried to the scene. ‘The fire rescue squad and the police were summoned and a mobile derrick was taken to the scene from the Bu- reau of Mines and a railroad derrick was dispatched from Baltimore. In the meantime, however, the rescuers ad begun work with the acetylene torch, burning through the huge pipes in an effort to reach the men. While a pipe just a foot from Mc- | Intyre's body was being burned through, the colored man sang “Alabama.” The song, which was punctuated with fre- quent groans, died on McIntyre's lips as he lapsed into unconsciousness. He was given oxygen for more than a_ half-hour, while Dr. A. 8. Grosbeck of Casualty Hospital administered re- | | storatives to Clark. Order Car Panel Cut. Finally, Battalion Chief Charles W. | Gill and Fire Chief George W. Watson | ordered ths rescuers to cut through the | | rear panel of the car. Wielding their | crowbars, the firemen broke the panel | open and continued their efforts to re- | move the men from beneath the pipe. A plank was stretched from another car, and MclIntyre and Clark rested their heads on 1t while the rescuers worked. ‘The men finally were extricated and the ride to Casualty Hospital was be- gun. Mclntyre, who had regained con- sciousness, asked to be baptized, and Father Michael of the Order of St. Benedict, who had administered to the men while the firemen were working to save them, sent to hfs room at Catholic University for holy water and the oil used in the sacrament of extreme unetion. The priest administered con- ditional baptism to the colored man en route to the hospital. Was on Way to Family. McIntyre was placed on the operating table, but efforts to save his life failed. He died shortly before 1 o'clock this morning. Internal injuries and loss of blood were given as the cause of his death. He had been badly cut about the legs. Clark, who said he recently was dis- charged from the Army after 16 months’ service in Central America, was bound for his home in Stevenson, where his wife, Mrs. Lena Clark, two children and a step-child awaited him. MclIntyre was on his way to Durham to visit his brother. The relatives of both men were notified by police. A third man is said to have been in the car with McIntyre and Clark, but | he leaped to saftey when the train Jjerked to a stop. The pipe, a consignment from the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Youngs- town, Ohio, was being taken to the Potomac Yards. = Plan Suitland Card Party. SUITLAND, Md., March 9 (Spe- cial) —To raise money for charity, a St. Patrick’s day card party will be held under the auspices of the Suitland Citi- zens' Association the evening of March 17 in Suitiand Hall. The admission ticket also will be good for a plate i lunch of chicken salad, rolls and coffee. [ Deaths Re, eorled. The following deaths have been reported to the Health Department in the last 1 | 24 85, Providence Hospital. | tile, 84, 1763 Q st. ine M. Peftit, 82, 945 Mass. ave. ‘W.' Engelbright, 19, 237 Cromwell st. n.e. John W. Brown, 78, Home for Aged and e 2859 2 Helen i " Derkoph, 67, 248 Guackenbos st. Leo D. Shire, 65, Bmerxency Hospital. gln L {enhing. 64 1457 Fairmont ‘st , imer, 63, 4918 7th st. oty L. Devlson, €0, Home for Aged and HEAE St TR g n M. pDanielFel ’ ., 37, ital. o Ofrectmensy Hosvital in W. Da ey iy D Arthur_Prye, Anna Green Al Slipiny O meer General News Rush for 3-Cent Car Tickets CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BUY FIRST BOOKS. ALES of books were held today at various schools here 24 hours before the 3-cent school fare act becomes effective. There was an unusual'rush for the ticket books at Central High School and the scene above shows Blossom Wein- berg purchasing a book from Mrs. R. K. Gessford, a traction company clerk, with E. 8. Ivey, cashier of the Wash- | lung of one human victim, according ington Railway & Electric Co., looking on. ~—Star Staff Photo. SOLDIER'S ESTATE CHECK CONTESTED U. S. Home Official Sues to Recover $5,202 Sum Paid After Man’s Death. Application for letters of collection on the estate of Philip Ryan, an inmate of the United States Soldiers’ Home, who died October 24, 1928, was filed today in the Probate Court by W. C. Bab- cock, secretary-treasurer of the home, through United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States At- torney James J. Wilson. Ryan made a will four days before his death while on furlough from the home and residing at the home of Alvin 8. Callahan, 605 Taylor street. The will was filed promptly, but no ac- tion was taken under it. Callahan was named as sole beneficiary under the terms of the document. Babcock asks the court to appoint kim as collector of the veteran’s estate and in his petition tells the court that Ryan died at 3 o'clock in the'morning on October 24, 1928, and at 8:30 o'clock the same morning Callahan appeared at the Park Savings Bank with a check signed by Ryan and dated October 20, 1928, for $5,202.68, representing his en- tire deposit, with the exception of ‘5 cents. The bank, not acquainted with the fact that Ryan had died, and being satisfled with the genuineness of the signature, paid over the money, .the petition states. The petitioner declares that since the check was cashed after the death of Ryan, Callahan is not entitled to re- tain the proceeds, and that administra- tion should be had on the esiate. Cal- lahan has told him, he says, that he | does not intend to ask for letters on the estate and Babcock claims that in his officlal capacily he should be appointed to wind up the estate. SIX MONTHS GIVEN ON ATTACK CHARGE Additional Fine of $10 Is Made Upon Conviction for Intoxication. Earle R. Polen of 400 Twelfth street southwest drew a six months sentence in Police Court today after being con- victed before Judge Isaac R. Hitt on a charge of assault growing out of an alleged attack on his wife Saturday, during which he is said to have torn her clothes from her and placed her on a hot radiator. Polen was also fined $10 on an intoxication charge. Polen, the father of three children, was arrested by Policeman E. A. Mumper of No. 4 precinct on complaint of Mrs. Ethel M. Polen, his wife. The court was informed that the man did not have a steady job, but was able to obtain occasional work. Judge Hitt, before passing sentence, asked the man where he purchased his liquor, intimating that by disclosing to the court the whereabouts of the boot- leggers might serve to liberalize his sentence. He refused to do so and was sentenced. A short time later he sent word to the court via & bailiff that he did not know the names of the boot- leggers but could give their addresses. Judge Hitt intimated later he might entertain a recommendation for pro- bation for Polen. Summons Aid FIREMAN IS INJURED IN CENTER MARKET FIRE Blaze Starts in S8awdust and Repels Fighters Two Hours—Man Falls 15 Feet. More than two hours were required for firemen to extinguish a stubborn blaze today in the west wing of old Cen- ter Market, now being razed. The fire was in thick layers of saw- dust between the first and second floors, originally placed there to prevent noise in bowling alleys on the second floor from disturbing persons below. Origin of the blaze was not determined. Sidney Carter, fireman of No. 3 truck company, suffered¢ a broken ankle when he fell about 15 feet from one roof to another while fighting the flames. He was removed to Emergency Hospital. ‘This was the second fire that has oc- curred at the market since workmen began wrecking the structure to make way for the Government building pro- gram. The first blaze occurred several ‘weeks ago and was of more serious pro- THREE STl HELD INTHEFTOFBONS éAttempt to Secure Loan on Stolen Certificate Ends in Arrest of Six. Three suspects were still held in cus- tody today in connection with the Ped-} eral investigation into the alleged theft | of a soldier's bonus from Michael J.| Higgins, war veteran at the Soldiers’ | Home at Old Point Comfort, Va. Six men were arrested Saturday after- noon at 233 Pennsylvania avenue by M. P. McInerney, special irivestigator | for the Veterans’ Bureau, and Detective | Sergts. Clarence Talley and Willlam Messer, but, upon close questioning three | were released today. The three still | neld are Joseph Francis Frye, 34 years | of age; Thomas C. Evans, 51, and James | 1saac Moore, 38. | Orderly at Home. Frye, according to officials, had been | an orderly in the same institution where Higgins is now under care of the Gov- ernment. Higgins' papers had been made out to be presented to the Vet- erans’ Bureau here, and the check was to be mailed to general delivery here. Following a probe, the raid was made Saturday afternoon before any one re- ceived a check on Higgins' adjusted service certificate. Officials are still looking into the pos- sibility that more certificates may be in_the hands of unauthorized persons. Meantime Gen. Frank T. Hines, ad- ministrator of veterans’ affairs, urged veterans to get their bonus loans as close to their homes as possible. Com- menting on the fact that some vet- erans are still migrating to this city to get their loans, Gen. Hines empha- sized the fact that it is greatly to the advantage of the veterans to apply for these loans in their own communities. Applications by Mail. If an original loan is being made, said Gen. Hines, veterans should apply to the nearest regional office or to their own bank, but if a previous loan has been made at a bank and the note has been sent in to the central office of the bureau in Washington, D. C., for re- demption, application for reloan should be made by the veteran by mail. The administrator pointed out that | | expedite the loan and is merely a source of expense to the veteran. In brief, what is necessary to secure a loan is to get the veteran's application into the same k or office where the certificate is held, because no action looking toward making a loan can be taken until the application and the certificate can be considered together. ORDERED TO TOKIO Maj. Rufus S. Bratton, United States | Infantry, a student at the General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., has been directed by the Secretary of War_to attend. the second course at the Japanese General Stafl College, at December 1 next. which Maj Masafumi Yamauchi of the Japanese Army is now serving as a student at the General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth. Maj. Bratton is from Yorkville, S. C. and has completed a course of study in the Japanese language. KRG T $14,757 for Maryland Camp. An allotment of $14,757 has made by the War Department for the extension of!the water and sewer sys- tems at the National Guard camp at Oascade, Md. . & i the trip to Washington could in no way |y WOMAN IN SUICIDE NOTE S IDENTIFIED Chicagoan Reveals She Was Referred to by Shire, Who Shot Self Here. Mystery surrounding the identity of the “Margaret” mentioned in the note which Leo D. Shire, 65-year-old Mar- shall, Mich., business man, wrof te daughter before shooting himself in his | room at the Hamilton Hotel last week was dissipated yesterday when Mrs. Margaret Featherstone of Chicago re- vealed that she was the woman. The revelation was made in Chicago, where Mrs. Featherstone. a widow, and Shire's daughter, Rita, 15, a student at Kiddkey College, Sherman, Tex., were preparing for the funeral. Had Planned to Marry. PAGE B-1 TINY “BUGS” SEEN 'AS POSSIBLE CAUSE OF PARROT FEVER Virus Found in Laboratory Here Linked With Fatal Epidemic Disease. ANIMALS ONLY .00003- INCH LONG SUSPECTED Progress Made in Study of Malady of Which Only Medical Record Was 50 Years 0ld and Wrong. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Some queer little “bugs,” only about three hundred-thousandths of an inch long, may be the causative agents of the mysterious tropical disease, parrot fever, which again has broken out in the United States. Discovery of these ultra-minute or- ganisms, members of the filterable virus family, at the National Institute of Health is announced by the United States Public Health Service. The tiny creatures were found both in the livers of laboratory parrots who died of the disease and in the pneumonia-infected to the report of Assistant Surg. R. D. Lillle of the National Institute staff. Their extreme minuteness is shown by the fact that they were found congre- gated in great numbers in the vacant space inside of- cells themselves micro- |scopic in size. No such organisms could be found in the cells of parrots which did not have parrot fever lesions. Still Merely Suspected. As yet the strange little “bugs” are only under suspicion—mysterious ers caught lurking near the scene of the crime. But, says Dr. Lillie, “their presence is suggestive and merits further study.” They have beeh tagged with a Latin name, rickettsia psittaci, and will be subjected to all the third- degree methods known to bacteriology to _get a confession. The staff of the National Institute is find the A T disease, last Winter attacked 11 of its own In his note to his daughter, Shire sk wrote: “Rita, Margaret is your mother.” Shire's business partner, Edward Cohn of Chicago, and other friends were quoted by Associated Press dispatches as saying they were unable to identify “Margaret,” but had always been un- der the impression Mrs. Shire, who died several years ago, was Rita’s mother. Mrs, Featherstone, who said she and Shire had planned to marry as soon as he recovered from an attack of influ- . S| Was. I had promised him that if anything ed to him, I would care for her as if she were my own daughter, and I intend to do so. After the funeral Rita will go back to school, and during the vacations and after she finishes school, she will make her home with me.” Was in Xil-Health. Shire died at Emergency Hospital the day after he had shot himself in the head. He had been a patient at the hospital, where he was treated for grip, scveral days previously, and the note to his daughter stated ill-health was the cause of his suicide. }-}_‘1: body was sent to Chicago Friday night. G.U. DEBATERS DEFEAT PITTSBURGH U. TEAM Successfully Contend for Dry Law Repeal and State Liquor Control. Georgetown University's varsity de- bating team received a unanimous ver- dict over University of Pittsburgh last night at Gaston Hall. 1t was the first Intercollegiate contest on its home grounds for the Hilltop team, which successfully contended for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and control of the liquor traffic by the several States. In its first contest last Friday night, the Hilltop team debated Washington and Lee University at Lex- ington, Va. in a no-decision contest involving the same question. The visiting team was composed of Edward T. Crowder, jr. of the College Al of Liberal Arts; Emanuel Fishkin of the 8chool of Business Administration, and 2. J. Milroth, also of the college. George town’s varsity team, chosen from mem- bers of the 101-year old Philodemic Society, comprises John C. Hayes of Chicago, Willlam A. Sullivan of Yonkers, . Y., William G. McEvitt of New York City and Lawrence J. Mehren of Chicago, alternate. osed as pneumonia and died five days later. ln‘cl:r four woman relatives were Cases Thought Influenza, time before the presence terious disease was ted. Meanwhile the Na following up the virus with a vengeance. When it first broke out in January, 1930, all that was known about it was from studies of a similar outbreak in Paris 50 years ago. At that time French phbysicians found what they. thought was the causative agent, an extremely small which traveled in the blood, but which did not penetrate the fof)li.ed - ‘lx\‘ln;. ‘The bacteriologists n vain for anything answer: this description and were 1o¥ced to cu‘:’ clude that it didn't exist, or at least nothing to do with psittacosis. The French doctors may have seen some- thing which happened accidentally to have been associated with the disease in both parrots and men. In their day, it is pointed out, the mechanical means :lfl:lacov‘fln‘ rickettsia psittaci didn't Neot Ordinary Pneumonia. Otherwise the National Institute ‘workers have learned a good deal about the disease. the points out- lned by Surgeon Charles 3 who, himself contracted the lady while studying it, are the following: It is not ordinary pneumonia whose victims happen to be associated -with some physicians claimed at In every case it was traced back to contact with recently imported sick _Dbirds—parrots, love birds and canaries. S Man cal es disease from bitds, rather than birds from man. There was Cases us 5000 35 & FIF Bird tornitng as a quaranf was enforced and the infected shipments collected and destroyed. The disease broke out at about the same time in lh:en!inlug States, Awulu‘;:ml. Japan, , Germany, , England, stk Bwieriad. Bt jal and mark, , , and Hawail. This leads to muhdun that it is & widely spread endemic dis e 3 - The virus strain apparently originates 1n the tropics, but biras apparently have 2 high natural resistance to it. It ‘The board of judges last night was composed of Chief Justice Fenton W. ooth of the United States Court of laims; Chief Justice William J. justice of the Court of Claims: Robert J. Maw- hinney, solicitor of the Treasury and Charles V. Imlay, local attorney. PLANE HELD .NOT MOTOR VEHICLE IN THEFT CASE Supreme Court Declares Transporta. tion Does Not Violate Federal Auto Stealing Law. By the Associated Press. e Court decided ‘The Suprems today that interstate transportation of an air- plane does nots of ltute a violation th A been | peal decision e tthuhlln‘lixhl:é: X a “vehicle” under vehicle theft law. breaks out among them, and is trans- ferred.to human cases, in temperate climates. This leads to the belief that sudden change of climate lowers Graham of the United States Court of | resistance and largely confines the mal- Customs and Patent Appeals; Edward [8dy to the temperate sone. The in- K. Campbell, former chief cubation period is from 6 to 15 nneueombbmannm can be transmitted directly from man SAILOR HELD IN CHASE Albert Stellern Charged With Leav- ing Scene of Auto Crash. Albert C. 2 28 old, attached to the United States Navy re- celving ship Relna Mercedes, at” An- was on a charge of napolis, arrested leaving the scene of an accident after colliding. the & e s By Richard Roilinson of 2103 Rhode

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