Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1931, Page 7

EIGHT MEET DEATH DURING WEEK END Merchant Falls Off Train in Maryland—Virginia Driver Is Killed. Violent and accidental deaths took the lives of eight persons in nearby Maryland and Virginia over the week end. The body of a ninth person who died last week was found in the Potomac. Most of the accidents were in West- ern Maryland, where a merchant who mysteriously fell off a fast train from ‘Washington died in a Frederick hos- pital; a fisherman, believed to have rolled into the river while sleeping, was found at Hancock: a miner com- mitted suicide, after belng twice dis- armed, and a Hagerstown man suc- cumbed to the fumes from the exhaust of his automobile. In Virginia the fatalities included a woman who burned to death following an automobile accident near Richmond, and an Arlington County man, who ‘was accidentally asphyxiated in his | home. Soldier Fatally Hurt. Charles Oliver Miller 21-year-old soldier stationed at Bolling Field, was fatally injured on the Southern Mary- land pike yesterday, when an automo- bile in which he was riding overturned after being struck by another car. Miller was pinned beneath the car | and sustained a fractured skull. He | was pronounced dead upon arrived at Casualty Hospital, where he was taken in a passing machine. Russell A. Boggs, another Bolling Field soldier, and two girls who were riding in the machinie with Miller, caped injury. ‘The car whicf struck the machine in which Martin was riding failed to stop, police were told. Stabbed in the back during a “grudge fight” and left bleeding on the | sidewalk Saturday night at the square at Emmitsburg, Morris Fitz, 30, Em- mitsburg, is at the Gettysburg Hospital in a serious condition. Elmer Wetzel, Blue Ridge Summit, and John Wetzel, ‘Waynesboro, Pa., brothers, accusedas his assailants, are at the Prederick County Jail, being held without bond,! County officers say the Wetzel brothers | met Fitz at Emmitsburg Saturday night and a fight ensued. They also charge that the ill feeling between the in- Jured man and the brothers has been of long standing. Man Found on Tracks. Harry M. Rich, 26-year-old manager of a chain store in McKeesport, P who was found unconscious on the - road tracks near Catoctin Swith, clad only in his trousers, died in Prederick County (Md.) Hospital last night. Rich was returning to his home from ‘Washington with a party of business men who missed him when they arrived in McKeesport. As Rich was traveling on a fast train, all the doors and win- dows of which are kept closed, his pr ence on the tracks has mystified ral road officials who are investigating. ‘The body of Chester Hiles, 45, who has been missing from Berkley Springs, W. Va., since April 11, was found float- ing in the Potomac River at Hancock, Md., yesterday. Hiles had been on a fishing trip Wl(.hr 2 group of men, all of whom want to sleep on the banks of the river. It is believed he rolled into the water while sleeping. An open gas jet in his room resulted Gas Takes Life. gflpcrflonltelv more beds than might me in the asphyxiation yesterday of John tof D. McDevitt, 42 years old, 106 Main street, Ballston, Va. He was discovered by wife, Mrs. Loula McDevitt, who summoned Dr. W. C. Welburn and the | ©f clinic visits than is the average for Fire Department Rescue Squad of ‘Washington, both being too lat> to save the man's life. Coroner B. H. Swain issued a certificate of accidental death. McDevitt was a native of Prederick, Md., and a house painter by trade. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mae McDevitt, 12 years old; his mother, Mrs. Martha McDevitt of Washingto: four brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, | conducted by the Rev. S. T. Nicholas, | pastor of Keller Memorial Lutheran Church of Washington. Burial will be | in Columbia Gardens Cemetery. Charles E. Kinsell, 49, Hagerstown | silversmith, was found dead beneath his | automobile, the engine of which was running, in his garage this morning. | Boys passing through the alley near; the garage heard the engine and noti- | fled the police. Kinsell's police dog was dead on the rear seat of the machine. Kinsell came here from Philadelphia and leaves no near relatives. WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH. Three Others Injured When Crashes Near Richmond. Bpecial Dispatch to T RICHMOND. Va Florence A. Bishop, 65, dean of King's | Daughters Hospital, Portsmouth, was burned to death and three others in- jured yesterday morning_ when their | automobile crashed into Falling Creek Bridge, on the Petersburg turnpike, ' and then caught fire, en route to Washington. The injured are: Mrs. Annie Privatt, 60; Miss Elsie P. Privatt and G. E. Nelms, 42, all of Portsmouth. They were brought to Memorial Hospital here, where Mrs. Privatt was found to be suffering from head and chest in-| Jjuries. Miss Privatt and Mrs. Nelms| ©only suffered minor cuts and bruises. When the accident occurred the oc- cupants of the machine were trapped in the car and Mr. Nelms had to| break the glass in order to extricate | the women. He was unable to free ! Miss_Bishop fr he flaming car and her body wa ned beyond recogni- tion. He raid that fered from heart trouble and expressed the opinion that she had died from shock immediately after the accident The party left Poi r yashington to se which have attracted thousands Spring, and Miss Privatt was driv- 1 the accident occurred. She ly lost ccntrol of the car on ve at the brid the coner s of the bridge, snapping them, and ecned to the other side and v s Privatt was arrest- man- Cyr April The bod; Portsmouth last The burial, it is said, will prob- be in Arlington Cemstery beside 2b'y who was a major in the her father, Army HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1886 HOLDS BANQUET 69 Members and Guests Attend Re- union Event, Mrs. Freeman Being Elected Head. ‘The Washington High School class of 1886 held its forty-ninth annual banquet and reunion at the Raleigh Hotel Sat- | urday night with 69 members of the class and guests attending. Mrs. Louise G. Preeman was elected president of the class. Other officers were: Thomas C. Barr and Miss Dela P. Mussey, vice presidents; George Prancls ‘Williams, secretary-treasurer; Joseph H. Saunders, orator, and Mrs. Guy M. Neely, poet. Speakers included Gideon A. Lyon, te editor of The Star; E. Horton, retired, jod Stephen , assistant super- l U. S. Village Offers | Health Association under the auspices ExiledRoyaltyHome, Good Water and Milk By the Assoclated Press. Alfonso may be an unwelcome guest in France as the exiled King of Spain, but there’s at least one point in the United States that wants him there. ‘The Junior Chamber of Com- ‘merce of Water Valley, Miss., has adressed an _invitation to him through the President of France. “Our city cannot cffer you the plquant wines of old Spain,” it sald, “but we can furnish you with pure water, distilled in Na- ture's laboratory. Also the many cows that feed in our green pastures assure you and your family a bountiful supply of nourishing milk. “We invite you to take up your residence here in Water Valley, where wild-eyed revoluticnists will bother you no more.” MORE FACILITIES INHOSPITALS ASKED Report Suggests Capital Pro- vide Better for Chronic and Convalescent Patients. ‘Washington, although it is adequately equipped with hospital cots and clinical facilities for medical and surgical treat- ment, is in need of additional facilities for specialized cases, and its social serv- ice could be improved, according to the Community Relationship of Hospitals Section of the health and hospital sur- vey made by the American Public of the Washington Council of Social Agencies. The report was made public today. The chief recommendations are that ‘Washington be provided with additional facilities for convalescent and chronic patients; that a tuberculosis sanitarium for children be immediately established; that more adequate care be given to acute communicable diseases and that the facilities at St. Elizabeth's Hospital be improved. The report suggests also a more thorough system of collecting | payments for hospital care. Most Cost Less Than $5. ‘The report reveals that of the 10.834 beds available in and nearby the Dis- trict for all types of cases, 67.7 per cent are procurable at less than $5 per day. Excluding Walter Reed, Naval, Mount Alto and St. Elizabeth’s Hospitals, there are about 12.4 beds per 1,000 population. “In general hospitals, excluding tuber- culosis, communicable disease, mental, convalescent and chronic beds and all hospitals of a Federal nature, there are 2,573 beds, or 4.7 per 1,000 population,” the report states. “In general hospitals, including facilities used by the District in Federal hospitals, there are 2,973 beds, or 54 beds per 1,000 population. For tuberculois cases, there are 255 beds, or 0.5 bed per 1,000 population, or-0.45 bed per annual death. For communicable disease cases, there are 224 beds, or 0.41 bed per 1,000 population. For mental | cases, there are 2,571 beds, or 4.7 beds per 1,000 population. For convalescents and chronics, there are 221 beds, or 0.4 bed per 1,000 population. Colored People Cared For. “The interests of the colored people have not been neglected, and they have expected if the sole basis of allot- t were the relative percentage of 1 population. ‘'Washington has no deficiency of clinics and can show a larger number most citles comparable in popula‘ion. The charges made in the clinics are comparatively low. “With an adequate, well crganized soclal service and an extended visiting nursing service which in numbers would be more in keeping with the population both from the standpoint of its numbers | and its racial elements, there would not | be 50 many who fail to ask for or to| obtain the services of a physician, or of | such other convalescent services as th should have to restore them to e~oncmic | 1sefulness and personal happiness. More of Type Needed. “Outside of the provision made at the | United States Soldiers’ Home fcr the | chronically ill in that institution and | at the Home for the Aged and Infirm there are not more than 135 beds reg- | ularly set apart for the use of the| chronically il or the incurab'e | “There are very few cities that have | anything like adequate provicicn for | chronic and incurable cases, but a good | number have according to population | made more ample provision than Was ington “There are no doubt a few patie in general hospitals that becausz of the nature of their illness or some compli- | cation make it desirable to keep them 20.—Miss | in general or special hospitals for a | Tibet longer period than thres= months, but in many instances the patients have to be kept in hospitals because they still need some surgical, medical or nursing | attention and there s no suitable con- valescent home either attached to or indepencent of the hospitals to which such patients should be transferred Such a transfer in many cases would b2 better for the hospital, better for the patient and a saving to him and to the community.” EXAMiNES.CHILDREN ‘ Doctor to Test Those Who Will En- ter School Next Fall. Children who are to enter kinder- garten or first grade in school next Fall will be given physical examinations fr s at the Gage School, on Second street between U 2nd V, in connection with the “May day Summer round-up” at the school Wednesday afternoon from 1 to 3 o'clock | Parents living in the vicinity of the school who wish to have their children | examined should communicate with Mrs. L. Sflverberg, 2235 First strect, ch:irman of the “round-up.” it is an- nounced. Dr. Harry Priedenberg will b2 the examining physict Graduate McCormick Medlcal gin Collese Eves Fittea amined DR. CLAUDE S SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phone National 0721 409-410 MeLachien Blds.. 10ih_and G Sts. N.W SHOULD GO by 5™ HOUR Musterole safe rimnt, o =3 .4 applica n-|l|d ally aws out muscular sorenees and pain by 5uh hour. | Regular Deliver Over 100,000 families read The Star ever day. The great ma- Jority have the paper delivered regularly every evening and Sun- day morning at a cost of 11 cents daily and 5 cents Sunday. If you are not taking advan- " | tage of this regular service at this low rate, telephone Natlonal 5000 now and service will start |to recommending optional forms, and THE EVEN. NG AUTO LEGSLATON FACES ASSEWBLY Virginia Lawmakei-s to Get Taxation and Regulation Problems. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., April 20.—Legisla- tion related to taxation and regulation of vehicles operated on the public high- ways promises to take a place beside redistricting as one of the major prob- lems before the 1932 General Assembly of Virginia. While the campaigns for the Demo- cratic nomination for seats in the Sen- ate and House will not be in full swing until the entry lists close on June 3, candidates are already devoting time to study of problems to be encountered by the _successful candidates. In many districts the Democrats nominate by convention, as does the Republican party, and a number of nominations have already been made, especially in the Southwestern part of the State., Many Auto Problems. A canvass of members of the 1930 | General Assembly, many of whom are seeking re-election, indicates that gaso- line tax distribution, bus and truck regulation, abolition of highway dis- tricts, safety and responsibility laws for drivers on the highways, and automo- bile license legislation will be phases of the major subject of highways to clim the attention of the 1932 law-making body. 'I'};xe redistricting problem includes not only the necessary abolition of one congressional district, but a reappor- tionment of seats in the Senate and House of Delegates of Virginia. Other matters which the survey in- dicates will claim attention in 1932 in- | clude stream pollution, sea food laws, | county government, workmen'’s compen- | sation and_education, the latter with especial reference to the equalization fund. Legislative commissions are now studying county government with a view the advisability of creating an insug ance fund for workmen's compensation. The question of gasoline tax distri- bution, brought to the fore recently by the State auditor's charges that the counties are violating the law relative to use of their share of the fund, ap- pears to have many sides. A definite movement for diversion of some portion | of the gasoline tax receipts to purposes; other than use on highways has al-| ready been launched in some of the | counties. Use for City Streets. Representatives from urban districts in some instances have indicated they will favor allocation of a portion of the fund for construction of city streets, and still others desire to continue the distribution on the present basis, all of the tax to be used in building high- CLARENDON SCOUTS WIN FIRST-AID TEST Annandale Troop Takes Second Place, With Cherrydale Unit Third. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BALLSTON, Va. April 20.—First place in the Boy Scout first-aid con- tests, held Saturday night in the Washington-Lee High School, was won by Troop No. 104, Clarendon, with an average of 992-10. This, according to William L. Leitch, Scout executive of Northern Virginia, Is the highest aver- age attained by any troop in the four contests that hve been held in this part of the State. The winning troop was captained by | Ivan Washburn, jr. and had as its| other members Delmar Ports, R. Rose, R. Rose and E. Alexander. It was coached by Percy L. Ports, scoutmaster, and Ivan Washburn, troop committee- man Second place was won by Troop No.| 150, Annandale, with an average of 948-10, and third place by Troop No. . Cherrvdale, with an average of 33-10. The former was captained by Omer Hirst and the latter by R. J New. Nine teams of five members each to the first-place winner | donated by the Arlington Rotary Club. Individual first-aid Kkits were given the members of the second team and the captain cof the third team was presented with a set of signal flags by Arlington Post, No. 135, American | Legion. German Explorer Dies. BREMERHAVEN, Germany, Aoril 21 (®)—Emil Trinckler, explorer. known! for his ressarches in Afghanistan and died nere today of injuries re-| ceived in an automobile accident. He was s_ol : Dessert | After every meal a b i ious Tastyeast. 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By a Staff Correspondent of The Sta CHEVERLY, Md., April 20.—Having voted in favor of incorporation Satur- ! day, the citizens of this community to- FOR INCORPORATION == 'APRIL 20, 1931. v day laid plans for their first municipal election to be held early next month. ‘The date of the election has not been definitely set. Under the terms of the charter pro- vided for in a bill passed by the recent ture and made effective through Saturday's referendum, a mayor and four councilmen are to be elected as soon as possible. The mayor and coun- cil will appoint & town clerk and treas- urer, a town health officer and & mar- shal or town bailiff. The health of- ficer is to be named with the approval of the State Board of Health. ‘The town officials are also given au- thority to levy taxes for local purposes from the first of July, the rate not to exceed 25 cents for $100. 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These streamers (in red, white and blue) appear in grocery an d delicatessen stores that sell bread made in Washington . . . the fine quality products of local bakeries... blended and baked by Union Men, under the direct supervi- sion of the Dis- trict of Colum- bia Health. De- partment. LLook carefully where vou buy your bread! Is .one of these stream- ers displayed there?_ This Advertisement Is Printed in the Interest of SAFE BREAD—the Products of Washington Bakeries—Always Pure, Fresh and Wholesome. Placed and Paid for by the ASSOCIATED BAKERY UNIONS “BAKERY SALESMEN'S” Local Union No. 33 hington Central Labor Union 4