Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1935, Page 16

A—16 PURSUERIS SLAN BYSTORERUBBER Baltimore Man Found Shot After Manager of Place Is Left Bound. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, February 11.—Charles Schimunek wes slain early today try-| ing to halt the flight of a young rob- | ber who had bound and gagged a chain store manager and ransacked his_establishment. Three shots were fired at Schimunek, 47-year-old owner of the store build- ing, who had gone from his home next door to investigate. The store manager, Oliver Von Hagel, 24, was bound by the robber with a piece of clothesline, gagged with a piece of soap tled in his mouth and shoved into a rear room of the store. At the sound of the shots he managed to break his bonds and rushed into the front room to find Schimunek fatally wounded. Neighbors had summoned the police. ‘The officers were given a detailed de- scription of the hold-up man by Von Hagel. The robber escaped with about $15 in cash. DR. WELCH, 81, DIES AT ANNAPOLIS HOME Was Member of One of Oldest Anne Arundel Families, Native of County. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, February 11.—Dr. William Sellman Welch. 81, member of one of Anne Arundel County’s oldest families, died early today at his home, the Graystone, here, follow- ing an illness which developed dur- ing the past Christmas season. Funeral services will be held Wed- nesday afternoon at 3 p.m.. at St. Anne's Episcopal Church. Interment will be in St. Anne’s Cemetery. Dr. Welch was a devoted churchman and served more than half a cen- tury as an active member of the parish. He was born in the South River section just outside of An- napolis, the son of Charles Sellman Welch and Ann Bell Welch. He graduated from the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, now the Univer- sity of Maryland Medical School. Surviving are his widow, two daugh- ters, Mrs. Mary Peyton Ritchings, widow of Edward Ritchings; Mrs. Susie Gray Terwilliger, wife of Prof. C. V. O. Terwilliger of the Navy Post Graduate School of this city: a son, Dr. Robert S. G. Welch, local| specialist, and an _older brother, Cleland N. Welch of Dilley, Tex. Five grandchildren also survive STRIKE THREATENS BALTIMORE TIE-UP| Tugboat Companies and Employes Unable to Agree on Pay After 3 Days. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, February 11.—A/ strike of tugboat sailors and firemen threatened to stall lighterage and barge movements in Baltimore Harbor again today. No agreement between the tugboat companies and employes appeared forthcoming as the strike entered its third day. Demanding higher pay, the men went on strike Saturday. Tugboat officers, while not on strike themselves, sympathized with the sailors and firemen and declined to accept new crews. T. Barborka, business agent for the local longshoremen, said that group also would strike if the makeshift crews were accepted. C. H. Spedden, president of the Curtis Bay Towing Cos., one of the largest concerns affected, said wage scales at present were 7 per cent above the war-time peak and that the strikers’ demands, ranging as high as a 25 per cent increase in pay, could not be met. N Evening Suits Blue. Navy blue evening suits are being worn by many men in London. PASSENCERS 8. S MAHL NO LONGER EXPRESS Famous “Florida Flyer” combines greatest speed with utmost dependability and comfort. Steam-heated, sound-proof cabin. . RATES and TIME from WASHINGTON to* OneWay RoundTrip Time $1295 $21.60 80 minutes 14.52 1hr. 40 min, 50.18 2hr.50 min. 60,17 3hr.45min, 7271 4hr.20min, 1 6 hr. 45 rgin. Also New York—New Orleans and Chi lami @ Eastern Air Lines operates with Mailand expressover as more than 25,000,000 miles of flying experience. RESERVATIONS: At hotels, travel USE GENERAL AIR EXPRESS Convicted F. E. R. A. INSTRUCTOR SEN- TENCED AND FINED. WARD H. RODGERS, Vanderbilt graduate and former Boston University divinity stu- dent, who was convicted at Jones- boro, Ark., on charges of “sharchy, acts of intimidation and conspir- acy to usurp the Government.” Rodgers, an educational worker for the F. E. R. A. in Arkansas, denied the State’s charge that he made remarks te share-croppers intended to incite them to acts of violence against planters. He was sen- tenced to six months and fined $500. He will appeal. —A. P. Photo. U. S. VESSELS LEAD IN PANAMA TRAFFIC 5342 Ships Passed Through in 1934, Paying Tolls Amounting to $24,358,323. >~ By the Associated Press. The Stars and Stripes led all other flags through the Panama Candl in 1934, with the Union Jack next in line. The War Department’s record of canal activities showed today that 5342 vessels passed through the big ditch during the calendar year. They | paid $24,358,323 in tolls. In 1933 the 4,612 vessels which used the canal paid $21,403,255. Over half of the 1934 traffic—2.245 ships—flew the American flag. The other nationalities were represented as follows: British, 1,241; Norwegian, 509; | German, 318; Japanese, 277; Danish, | 129; Chilean, 9; Colombian, 2; Dan- | zig, 54: Finnish, 7; French, 109; Greek, 12; Italian, 79; Netherlands, 106, Panamon, 7; Swedish, 116; | Venezuelan, 6; Yugoslav, 19, and Spanish, Polish and Soviet Russian, 1| each. The total included 17 foreign war- ships—11 British, 2 French, 2 Pe- ruvian, 1 German and 1 Spanish. REPENTS RESIGNATION CLYMER, Pa. (#).—Maybe it was| because the councilmen had wrestled with the problem until far after mid- night and he felt sorry for them, but anyway A. P. Tate changed his | mind. Tate resigned from the borough Council and his ex-confreres sat far into the night trying to pick a suc- | cessor. Then Tate relented and was elected to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation. | 6 W THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. MISS RIDGELY WED 10 WHITNEY LEARY Member of Auto Firm and Bride on Honeymoon Trip to Mexico by Motor. Whitney Leary, 39, member of the automobile distributing firm of H. B. Leary, jr., & Bros, and prominent in civic and business circles here, was married last week to Miss Elizabeth Ridgely, 1620 Fuller street, and is now on an extended honeymoon trip to Mexico by motor, it was revealed today. Leary left unexpectedly last Wednes- day after planning the trip for sev-| eral months, his brother, Burton Leary, jr., said today. The brother received a telegram yesterday inform- ing him of the elopement, but could not say when nor where he was mar- ried. The bridegroom and Miss Ridgely have been friends for some time, the brother said, and it was his under- standing they were motoring to a ranch outside Mexico City with friends connected with the Mexican Embassy. According to the telegram, they would visit in Mexico, then go to the Pacific Coast and motor back across the country. Just when they would ar- rive back it was not known. At the Mexican Embassy it was said Eugene de Anzorena, a chancellor, and his wife left Wednesday with some American friends for Mexico. Leary lived with his paren! Jones Mill road, Chevy Chase, Md. — SCHOOL GROUP MEETS The proposed West Point for policemen drew a step nearer reality today with the first meéting of an advisory committee selected by At- torney General Cummings. Cummings planned to assign the committee the task of making de- tailed plans for the institution. Establishment of the school was recommended by the recent National Crime Conference. —_— Woman, 100, Plays Bridge. FORT WORTH, Tex. (#)—Mrs. Fannie Alford, a year older than the State of Texas, celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. With eyesight and hearing good, Mrs. Alford plays & good hand of bridge, like dominoes and has learned several new card games in the last year. She often sits up until midnight playing bridge with friends. C., VIENNA SOCIALISTS JAILED FOR RIOTING Anti-Government Show Leads to Police Dispersal of Radicals. By the Assoclated Press. VIENNA, February 11.—Ten So- cialists were in jail today as‘an after- math of rioting in suburban Floridorf in connection with the anniversary of last year’s bloody civil war in the factory district. The arrests were made last night as police swept down to disperse radi- cal anti-government demonstrations. Hundreds of workers swarmed the streets in bitter cold, shouting defi- ance against Fascist government and scattering thousands of anti-govern- ment handbills. Instructions for observance of the anniversary of the slaughter had been distributed among_Socialists through their underground organ, Arbeiter- Zeitung. They enjoined Socialists and Com- munists to “observe days of national sorrow” from Tuesday to Thursday for their comrades who died when “the dictatorship of aristocrats and priests shot to pieces with its artil- lery the rights and liberties of the people.” WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY e GEORGETOWN GAS LIGHT COMPANY N 2\ T WS ——_—_— hese smooth Old Golds ! AMERICA’S Somootliedl cufmn:ni MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1935. to the constitutional convention to Pinney, command be held in March. Mrs. Elsie M. s nder of the post, will preside at the meeting. “SHE’S FUNNY, THAT WAY-" \-.& P, “—buys a lot of stuff to keep her hands nice— then ruins them in the dishpan!” MRS. D: “Yes, that harsh soap she uses is awful — it leaves your hands so red and rough!” MRS. S: “With Lux, she’d get a beauty ', treatment for less N | —prevents ugly DISHPAN HANDS “LADYSHIP” IN LINE-UP Police Arrest “Lady Creighton” on Hotel Bill Charge. 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