Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1934, Page 36

B—18 BULLETS N HEAD, AN BEATSLAW Gun at Cemetery Fails to Prove lllegal Possession of Firearms. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 13.—The law, as well as bullets, has failed to stop Leo Schild. “the man who couldn't die.” Schild stood in court yesterday with two bullets in his head and heard the court dismiss a charge of illegal possession of firearms. There wasn't any doubt about Schild’s having possessed a pistol. He had gone, more than a month ago, to the cemetery where a former wife lay buried. Standing by her grave, he had fired a shot into his eye. Fired Second Time. The shot failed to kill him. Regain- ing consciousness, Schild fired a second shot into his head. Still he did not die. With blood from his wounds leaving a trail from the grave, he staggered from the cemetery to the garage of an undertaker. There, in the under- taker's automobile, he lay down again to await death. He was found and his life was saved. Constantly attending him at the hos- pital were his second wife and their young son, and not far distant was a policeman, there to arrest him for vio- lating the Sullivan anti-firearms law. Technicality Saves Him. A technicality of law came to Schild’s rescue from this charge at | yesterday's hearing. His counsel ar- gued that the gun was found on the | grave, a quarter of a mile distant from where Schild was found. The law reasoned that when so much territory extended between Schild and the pis- tol, Schild could hardly be guilty of possessing firearms. There were, of course, the two bul- lets from the gun which were still lodgea in Schild's head. But if these can be considered evidence, they won't be evidence long. In a fortnight Schild proposes to submit to an operation for their removal, ALASKA HELD BEST ASIATIC WAR BASE Stefansson Says Tokio Twice as Far From Honolulu and Ice Safeguards Planes. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, December 13, — Vilhjalmur Stefansson, explorer of frozen lands, looks upon Alaska as the United States’ most effective military base in case of war with an Asiatic power. : He told a Pittsburgh group in an address yesterday that “in the frozen Arctic regions America will find a new frontier,” an economic empire in time of peace and a fortification in time of war. “Alaska, not Hawaii, is our natural base,” he said. “Tokio is twice the distance from Honolulu it is from Alaska.” The man who has spent most of his life in the Arctic added that “there is a great kindness in the ice. You cannot sail through it but it is a great convenience if you want to walk—or land a plane. “The recent Pacific flyers fell into the liquid sea, and although rescue ships came almost immediately, they could find no trace of them.” MANUFACTURER DIES Thompson Smith, Retired Paper Company President, Expires. LOS ANGELES, December 13 (#)— Thompson Smith, 69, retired paper company president, died at his home in La Canada of a heart attack. Smith was a native of Toronto and was president of the Eagle Paper Co., | Joliet, Ill, until 1928, when he retired and came to La Canada, Los Angeles suburb. A -«« THE EVENING Campus Queen SELECTED BY STUDENTS AT ARKANSAS, MISS MARY BERRY, A senior in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas, has been elected campus queen. The selection was made re= cently by students at the Fayette- ville, Ark., institution. —A. P. Photo, LIBEL HEARING SET Rabbi's $100,000 Case Against Chicago Publisher December 21. CHICAGO, December 13 (#).—The $100,000 libel suit brought by Rabbi Benjamin M. Marcus of Chicago against the Morning Freedom Pub- lishing Co. of New York was set for hearing December 21 yesterday by | Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan, Basis for the suit is the charge by | Rabbi Marcus that in an article which appeared July 11, 1934, in the Morn- ing Freiheit, Yiddish paper published by the defendant, he was denounced as a spy, snooper and provocateur for the Czarist government and the Men- shevik regime which immediately fol- lowed the Czar. ON FINE LINENS Consisting of Handkerchiefs, Scarfs, Towels, Linen Sets. An opportunity to save money on fine linens for Christmas gifts. Come in Tomorrow Semi-Annual Sale Millinery At this time each year it has been our custom to have this sale. You will find a complete as- sortment of dressy and smart tailored hats. 85—37.50 & 510.00 formerly selling at $7.50 to $25.00 1742 Conn. Ave. 7. Storewic Sale of PIANOS At Greatly Reduced Prices! Including practically our entire stock of New and “Remade” Pianos—such famous makes as Knabe, Weber, Fischer, Kurtzmann, Stieff, Kimball, Cable- Nelson, Melville-Clark, Schmer, Wurlitzer and many others (over 100 are brand-new and the latest models). To make it easier for you to buy at once, if you wish, you need pay— (NO MONEY DOWN| {NO MONEY DOWN}}~; —and as little as $1 weekly thereafter. There is no delivery charge, and each purchase includes a bench or stool. Increasing business has forced us to take extra storage space away from our store, and rather than go to the great expense of moving a large group of pianos we're holding this sale, thereby saving money for both ourselves and purchasers. piano now! Buy your Grands, $165—$185—$215 and Up Uprights, $29 Up—Players, $49 Up Homer L. Kitt Co. 1330 G Street Open Evenings Until Christmas Woo The Third and Fourth Floors WARD « The Christmas Slore . have enormous displays of Junior misses’ tailored leather slippers with hand-turned soles, in blue, black, red, or green; sizes 31 to 8— Brother will much pre- fer the very masculine leather opera-style slip- pers—brown, blue or red; sizes 1 to 6— $|.95 Little Cavalier boots of kid, have patent-leather cuffs and Talon fastener —red, blue, brown; sizes T $19s Fluffy, fur-trimmed Scuffs, will delight sister —in blue, green, bright red, coral or black vel- vet. Sizes 3 to 8— Fluffy pompons on soft- sole kid slippers, in red or blue; sizes 6 to 3C— $1.25 CHILDREN'S SHOES, FoURTH FLOOR. Flattering satin mules with maribou—turquoise blue or peach— $5 An exquisite mule in satin with strappings of crushed kid in gold and silver—black or white— STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934 & Lo ROP oty Comfy slipper in quilted satin, comes in lovely colors—French blue, dusty rose, deep rose, black— Back-strap mule in metal- print satin—lined with contrasting color; white with silver or gold— black with . gold— Corduroy scuffs choose a bou trimming to chic advantage —blue, red, black with peach, and peach— $2.25 The bridge slipper in satin, with a chic little bow; peach, French blue, flame, dusty rose and black— $5 Black satin mules have a gay quilted, rolled cuffi— $8.75 For warmth and comfort —these plaid woollen slippers, made in Eng- land— zFmr-n-immecl satin_mules # with not too high French heel—Lido blue, red, white, peach, or black— Toeless sandals, for one's hogteu gown—black or white satin — contrasting lining— $4 Fleece scuffs will find o warm welcome—white with orchid, green, pink, red, or blue— $3 Soft-sole, leather hee D'Orsay, if she likes tai- lored things—red, black, blue, green, brown— $3.50 WOMEN’S FOOTWEAR, THIRD FLOOR.