Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly warmer today; tomor- row probably fair; showers tomorrow night or Tuesday; gentle to moderate southeast and south winds. Temperatures—Highest, 78, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 57, at 5:45 a.m. yesterday. Full report page A-6, Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and (#) Means Associated No. 1,642—No. 33,731. Press. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he REBELSTAKEKEY POINTS, DRIVE ON SAN SEBASTIAN; PARIS REDS CALL STRIKE Bay City MayT . Surrender I at Once. GUADALUPE IS EASY TARGET" Fuenterrabia Also Falls in ‘Victory’ March. BACKGROUND— Fascist dictatorship and Com- . munist or Socialist liberalism have ! been engaged in death struggle since July 17 when rebellion broke out in Spanish Morocco. The Fascist rebels have made strong gains in the last few weeks, the most important this week be- ' ing the scizure of the border city Irun. Loyalists, fighting to keep terri- tory in Madrid area, have rallied . peasants and workers as French . Communists stage demonstration . protesting that country’s unwilling- mess to aid Spanish Communists, By the Associated Press. HENDAYE, France, September 5.— Fort Guadalupe, former Spanish gov- ernment stronghold, and the town of Fuenterrabia fell tonight before Fas- cist rebels marching victoriously west- ward along Spain’s northern coast from captured Irun. Pressing toward San Sebastian, Epain’s one-time Summer capital, now held by government forces, the nsurgents took the fort and the little goastal town with slight resistance. Dispatches from San Sebastian said the city may surrender without a fight after resisting bombardments many ‘weeks. Popular Front forces were re- ported split. Retreating government militiamen fad set fire to Fuenterrabia, deter- mined to leave their enemies only snother ruined town. It was there that United States Ambassador Claude G. Bowers made his headquarters ®arly in the revolt, before he quit Fpain. Fort Guadalupe Evacuated. Fort Guadalupe had been evacuated Jwhen the government soldiers’ position became untenable by the fall of Irun. Fuenterrabia apparently was defended pnly slightly. Most of the defenders, finding them- belves surrounded by the enemy, erossed the narrow Bidassoa River to France or took boats to San Sebastian. The capture of the two coastal Points tightened the insurgents’ con- trol of the possible sources of pro- yisions in Northern Spain. Conquest of the region, the rebels assert, would frustrate government efforts to bulwark the Madrid defenses by at- Racking the insurgents morth of the gapital from the rear. With Fuenterrabia in flames, as frun had been before, thousands stood AMBASSADOR CALDERON Resigns post here because Spain took Reds into cabi- net. Union Protests Neutrality of Blum. SPREAD FEARED IN WALKOUTS Communist Stand Seen Weakening People’s Front. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 5.—The French ’Metal Workers’ Union tonight ordered |a one-hour strike Monday to support Communist demands for aid to the Spanish government in the face of the French cabinet’s decision to con- tinue its neutrality policy. A delegation of metal workers said Socialist Premier Leon Blum told them | flatly the French government would | mot lift its arms ban against Spain. | Abandonment of work for one hour in airplane and automobile factories of the Paris region was called by | union delegates as the forerunner J | to a possible general strike if Pre- PREMIER BLUM. War in Spain brings him Communist crisis at home. PRINCE VON BISMARCK Represents Reich on mneu- trality control. (Photo made here in 1925 when he called on President Coolidge.) CALDERON QUITS WITH HIS STAFF on the beach here and watched the blaze leap high. Peasants Watch Flames. Spanish peasants huddled in dis- eonsolate groups on the French side Pf the border, their eyes fixed on their homes at the outskirts of Fuenter- fabia, Some of the peasants could distin- Buish their homes already aflame. Machine gun and rifle fire was heard from the hills behind the town ®s & rebel column drove down to neet reinforcements advancing from grun. While government snipers delayed the advance of the insurgents, their icomrades dashed from house to house Wwithin PFuentherrabia and carried away anything that might be of value to the enemy. Hendaye watchers saw one group of povernment fighters enter a house. A minute after they emerged it be- eame & mass of flame. A group of men drove automobiles they had gathered from streets and garages in Fuenterrabia to the docks wnd pushed them into the sea. Anarchists Destroying All. Refugees who reached Hendaye by boat said anarchists were “destroying pverything.” Dozens of small craft plied between Hendaye and the Spanish town, bring- ing Loyalist refugees and their belong- ings into France. A heavy rain which started at dusk failed to quench the fires in Fuenter- wabia. Government militiamen, numbering Bbout 100, who had fled into France when Irun fell, wached the activity at Fuenterrabia and decided to join their pomrades. “They will need all the men they iean get when the rebels reach San Se- bastian,” said one. “We have lots of fight left in us yet.” Some plunged into the wind- hipped bay with all their clothes on i (See SPAIN, Page A-3) HENDERSON PROMOTED IN MOSCOW EMBASSY It was said authoritatively, however, that his advarcement did not neces- sarily mean that the United States ‘would not designate a new Ambassador to the Soviet Union to succeed William C. Bullitt, who recently was transferred as envoy to Paris. Some responsible quarters expect President Roosevelt to name a new American representative to Moscow ‘within the next few weeks. Until that is done, Henderson will remain in of the embassy. | Commercial Attache Report- ed Only One Left—Several Still on Leave. By the Associated Press. Don Luis Calderon, Spanish Am- bassador here and veteran career man in the diplomatic service, resigned his post here yesterday rather than co- operate with the new government which assumed power in Madrid Fri- day. (In the newly formed Spanish cab- inet are two Communists, marking the first time that political element has been represented in a government there.) Maj. Jose Vidal, military attache of the embassy, announced later last night that he also had resigned his post as a result of developments in Spain. He said he had submitted his resignation to Madrid immediately after the resignation of Ambassador Calderon. Embassy attaches said all other members of the embassy staff here have resigned their posts since the outbreak of the bloody revolution rag- ing in their homeland, except Don Juan Terrasa, the commercial attache. Several are on leave and the em- bassy does not know their present status. h An embassy attache, who announced (See CALDERON, Page A-13.) | mier Blum persists in refusing aid to the Madrid Socialist-Communist | regime. Some observers feared the Com- munists might wreck the French Peo- ple's Front by their demands. Usually | well-informed political sources, how- ever, saw the Communists’ action as an attempt to gain a greater voice in the Blum government. (The cab- inet contains no Communists.) Continue to Aid “Front.” Communist leaders, informed per- sons said, will continue to support the People’s Front administration because they fear its overthrow might bring Conservatives into power. A detailed program to build up the French Army air force to match Ger- many's growing military power was submitted to the cabinet at a three- and-one-half-hour meeting by Edouard Daladier, minister of national defense, and Pierre Cot, minister of air, usually reliable sources said. Included in the program, it was un- derstood, were an increase in supplies of ammunition, gas masks and other war materials; construction of addi- tional frontier fortifications independ- ent of the famed Maginot line along Germany’s border, and increase in the number of technicians attached to the army and air force. ‘The cabinet, informed persons said, approved Daladier’s stand against in- creasing the term of French conscript military service, now two years. Ger- many recently extended its period from one to two years. Credits From Poland. ‘There were reports France soon will give Poland extensive credits for the purchase of war materials in Prance. Such a move, it was said, would be an outgrowth of the exchange of visits between Gen. Marie-Gustave Game- lin, French chief of staff, and Inspec- tor Gen. Edward Rydz-Smigly, “strong man” of Poland. The cabinet ministers’ meeting in- dicated they would speed application of the new 40-hour week law and the (See PARIS, Page A-3.) UNION PARTY LEFT OFF BALLOTS OF LOUISIANA Official Comment Lacking in Omis- sion of Names of Lemke and O’Brien. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., September 5. —Louisiana ballots for the November general election went to press today with the candidates of the Union party left off, There was no official comment on the omission of the candidates, Rep- resentative William Lemke for Presi- dent and Thomas C. O'Brien for Vice President. The bailots will carry the Roosevelt- Garner Democratic ticket, which the State administration is backing; the Landon-Knox Republican ticket and also & blank column for writing in independents. Gerald L. K. Smith, “share our wealth” organizer under the late Sen- ator Huey P. Long, said recently an attempt would be made to place the Union party on the Louisiana ticket. 2,648 Prisoners Are Crowded Into Quarters Built for 1,930 Lorton and Occoquan Guard Staffs Are Undermanned, With Shocking Lack of Hospital Facilities. h t 8 This is the first of a- series :t O sy e crowded conditions and pro of stories describing® over- stitutions—the reformatory at Lorton and the workhouse at (o] n. “prisoners. ccoqua The stories are based on an exhaustive survey at the institutions and interviews with both officials and The second article will follow tomorrow. CHINN. BY JAMES E. Dormitories so crowded that prisoners are forced to sleep cheek to ‘undermanned, and Occoquan, Va. - Steadily, the population at both the reformatory at Lorton and the workhouse at Occoquan has grown in the last four or five years without a corresponding increase in facilities. “The workhouse, with maximum accom- modations for 850 prisoners, is housing 1,126. At Lorton there are 1,522 inmates jammed into dormitories built to accommodate a limit of 1,080. Similarly, the guard staff has not kept pace with the increase in popu- lation, a situation that is who still have fresh in their minds 1933 and 1934, At present there is the rebellions among WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION ROOSEVELT LABOR MESSAGE QUTLINES NEW J0BS SET-UP Visions Objective “So Finely Balanced Worker Is Always Sure of Job.” LIVING WAGE GUARANTEE EMBODIED IN PROGRAM President Will Speak in Nation- wide Radio Hook-up—Green Declares Open Warfare. BACKGROUND— One month ago a long-drawn fight between industrial unionists, headed by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and the craft union majority faction of the American Federation of Labor reached a climaz when the Ezecutive Council of the Federa- tion voted to suspend 10 unions afiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization. This sus- pension order went into eflect yes- terday and 1,174,500 members of the 10 industrial unions were ousted from the A. F. of L. Last night, almost at the same moment Presi= dent Roosevelt was addressing his Labor day message to American labor, open warfare was declared between the two great branches of organized labor, the A. F. of L. and the ousted unions composing the C. 1. O. By the Associated Press. In a Labor day message to Amer- jcan workers yesterday, President Roosevelt outlined as a national ob- jective the achievement of “a na- tional economy whose factors are so finely balanced that the worker is always sure of a job which will guar- antee a living wage.” “By a living wage,” the Chief Execu- tive added, “I mean a wage which will insure the worker and the work- er’s dependents a living in accordance with American standards of decency, happiness and self-respect.” The President’s statement was made public here on the eve of his retura to the White House for a radio ad- dress tonight in which he will give not only his impressions of the drougat area, but will discuss re-employment. A White House announcement that the Chief Executive would make a ‘“special announcement” regarding private re-employment has stirred speculation over the nature of the President’s speech. He will talk from 9:45 to 10:15 p.m. A. F. of L. Declares War. ‘While the President was preparing for his Labor day address, the Amer- ican Federation of Labor declared open warfare on the Committee for Indus- trial Organization for control of or- ganized labor in the United States. As the 10 unions in the committee, headed by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, passed out of the federation—in itself a historic incident in American labor history— ‘William Green, A. F. of L. president, issued the declaration of war in a formal statement, saying the federa- tion would “carry on aggressive or- ganizing work in all flelds and among those employed in all industries.” In his Labor day statement, Mr. Roosevelt said employment and weekly pay envelopes had increased during the past three years and had been (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-4.) Train Kills Man and Baby. DETROIT, September 5 (#).—Stan- ley Sylkowski, 30, and his 19-month- old daughter Estelle were killed today by a train while they were looking over a fence at the races in the State fair grounds. Sylkowski, holding his daughter, was standing on the tracks when the freight train backed into him, wit- nesses said. Mrs. Sylkowski, who was summoned from her home, identified the bodies. Readers’ Guide PART ONE. Main News Section. General News—Pages A-1, A-20. Washington Wayside—A-2. Lost and Found—A-3. Death Notices—A-10. Resorts—A-11. Educational—A-12-13, Sports—A-14, A-16. Boating and Fishing News—A-17. Maryland, Virginia News—Pages A-8, A-9, A-20. PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial Articles—D-1. Editorials and Editorial Com- ment—D-2. Political Round-up—D-3-4-5. Financial News and Comment, Stock, Bond and Curb Sum- maries—Pages D-6, D-9. Organization Activities—D-10. PART THREE. Society, Classified. Society News and Comment— Pages E-1, E-T, Well-Known Folk—E-5, Barbara Bell Pattern—E-6. o g rtising. ve) j— Pages E-7, E-14. PART FOUR. Feature Section. News Features—Pages F-1, F-4. Johl:)fih&ett Proctor’s Article on Sunthy Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1936 —EIGHTY-EIGHT PAGES. = Every Aftefrnoon. TS TEN CENTS ID_SUBURBES ELSEWHERE TRADITIONAL CAMPAIGN STUNTS. Atlantic Flyer Is Unhurt In Forced Landing in Bog Mrs. Beryl Markham, First Woman to Make East-West Crossing, Suffers Only Scratches and Head Cut. B5 the Associated Press. LOUISBURG, Nova Scotia, Septem- ber 5.—Mrs. Beryl Markham, “feeling fine” and “with just a bump on my head” to show for her forced land- ing, ended her England to New York flight unexpectedly but safely today at Baleine Cove, near here. There were scratches on her nose and face and her plane was badly damaged, but the 33-year-old English matron was unhurt. “It was nice to have landed right side up,” she commented with a nerv- ous laugh. “This is my first visit to America, you know.” Mrs. Markham, who lifted her small monopiane, the Messenger, from the Abingdon Airport in England at 12:50 pm: (Eastern standard time) Priday, bl ‘heen ix, the air 23 hours and 15 mikgtes when she was forced down by lack of fuel at 12:05 p.m. (Eastern standard time) today. Foul weather MILLIONAIRE SHOT, NAMES SON-N-LAW Accused Man Also in Hos- pital, Hurt in Auto Crash Following Shooting. By the Associated Press. NORWALK, Conn., September § — Prosecutor Earl H. Jagoe of Westport said tonight he had issued a warrant charging Don Burdick, 36, with “as- sault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder” his 72-year-old father-in- law, Harry E. Byram, retired railroad magnate. Jagoe said he had given the warrant to State Policeman Robert Herr to serve on Burdick, polo-playing New York broker, at Norwalk Hospital, where he lies critically injured as a result of an automobile accident. ‘Tonight the prosecutor said he had set the bail for Burdick's release at $100,000 and sent State Policeman William Tripp to the hospital as a guard over the injured man until the bond is posted. Byram, former president of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee, St, Paul & Pacific Railroad, is a patient at the same hos- pital, a bullet wound in his head. His physician, Dr. Harry E. Phillips of ‘Westport, said the elderly millionaire’s condition was not critical, but no op- eration to remove the bullet would be attempted until he gained strength. Sergt. Irving T. Schubert, who is directing the State police investiga- tion of the shooting, said Byram was to have been married today to Mrs. Pran- ces Evans, 40, of New York City. The officer said he had questioned Mrs. Evans at the hospital this after- noon when she sought, but was re- fused, permission to see her elderly (See BYRAM, Page A-9.) MERRILL-RICHMAN RETURN HOP WAITS Good Weather Necessary for Hop, American Flyers Anrounce in London. Py the Assoctated Press. LONDON, September 5.—Dick Mer- clared. “You can take it from me, there is no question of our sailing back.” and his who were f¢ challenged her plane most of the way, eating up her gasoline supply more rapidly than she had anticipated. “I knew my fuel was almost gone, s0 I landed at the first clear spot I sighted,” she said after she had been brought to Louisburg. “I flew over Harbor Grace, New- foundland, after I had been in the air about 20 hours. The heavy fog there made a landing impossible. I then headed for Sydney, and here I am, safe and sound.” She was not quite “sound,” how- ever, for the cut on her forehead required a stitch or two. The plane landed in 6 feet of mud, coming down so suddenly that the propellor was smashed, the left wing torn and the undergear put out of commission. “The weather was very bad all the way across,” she said. “Fog and winds (See MARKHAM, Page ) FEDERAL WORKER FOUND MURDERED Wesley D. Amott, Resettle- ment Investigator, Vic- tim in Alabama. By the Associated Press. FAYS STATION, Ala, September 5.—Wesley D. Amott, Federal resettle- ment investigator and one-time Mor- mon missionary, mysteriously missing four days, was found dead today, his head crushed, in a chinaberry clump by a cotton field. The 32-year-old man, whose family lives at Salt Lake City, vanished Tuesday, and Wednesday night Frank Greene, 29, was arrested at Demopo- lis, Ala., driving Amott’s car. Prisoner Denies Crime. Detectives reported Greene, in a Birmingham jail, clung dogedly to a story that he stole Amott's car near a Birmingham hotel and knew nothing of the Federal worker. State police arrested him after a mad race late Wednesday when Greene failed to pay for gasoline at a Demopolis, Ala., fill- ing station. Chief Walter K. McAdory of the State highway patrol called here after a colored boy notified authorities he had discovered a body alongside a road, said Amott's head had been given “an awful” blow. Dr. 8. F. Sewell, who conducted the (See AMOTT, Page A-8.) $1,700 PAY ROLL SEIZED Bandits Escape With Birming- ham Laundry Company Cash. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., September 5 (#).—Two young white men held up & laundry company here today and es- caped with $1,700 in pay roll cash in an automobile driven by a third man. Louis Zinkow, assistant manager of the Birmingham Linen Supply, said the men followed him when he en- tered the office with the pay roll money bag. He said he ran when the two bandits drew pistols. LABOR DAY SPURS POLITICAL AGTIVITY Maine Election Week From Tomorrow to Enliven Campaign. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The national political campaign swings into a new phase this week— the after-Labor day struggle, when the fight becomes brisker all along the line. One week from tomorrow the voters in Maine go to the polls—not to vote for President and Vice President, but to elect a Governor and other State officials—a United States Senator and three members of the House. The Re- publican campaign should pick up mo- mentum from the results there, unless all signs up to the present are in- correct. There still remain to be held a number of interesting primary elec- tions—not the least are those in Michigan, New Hampshire, Georgia and Massachusetts. Party candidates will be nominated. Final announce- ment of the plans of Senator Norris of Nebraska are still to come. The Roosevelt New Dealers are confident he will enter the senatorial race there as an independent candidate, with former Representative Simmons as his Republican and Representative Terry Carpenter as his Democratic opponent. New Deal Democrats have so far sought in vain to pull Car- penter out of the race. Primaries This Week. ‘The primaries slated for this week are in Arizona, Colorado, Vermont, ‘Washington and Georgia. In the last, Gov. Eugene Talmadge, who has been a bitter critic of the Roosevelt New Deal, is running for the Democratic senatorial nomination against Sena- tor Russell, who is seeking re-election. Other primary contests in the South have been victories for New Deal sup- porters by large majorities. Talmadge and Russell fight it out at the polls on Wednesday. ‘The last of the nominating pri- maries fall on September 15, in Mich- igen, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and New York. The Republican primary in Michigan holds attention principally because of the contest between Senator James Couzens, veteran Republican, who has recently declared his intention of sup- porting President Roosevelt, and for- mer Gov. Wilber M. Brucker. The Republican campaign would be in a pretty pickle if the party’s nominee for the Senate is an active rooter for Roosevelt. That is an end that is de- voutly desired by New Dealers. In the last few days the Senatorial Cam- paign Investigating Committee has rushed Louis R. Glavis, its chief in- vestigator, to Detroit to develop charges that huge funds have been collected for use in the elections there. Republican opponents of Couzens in- sist that this is an eleventh-hour ef- fort to bolster the candidacy of Couzens. Representative Prentiss M. Brown is expected to be the Demo- cratic nominee. The New Hampshire primary will settle the contest between Gov. H. Styles Bridges and former Senator George H. Moses for the Republican senatorial nomination. It is a race between a G. O. P. old guard man and the Governor, who belongs to the younger element of the party. The Democrats will nominate Representa- tive Rogers to run against the victor. Curley Expected to Win. Gov. James M. Curley, political storm center in the Bay State, is expected to win the Democratic senatorial nom- ination over Mayor Robert E. Green- (See POLITICS, Page A-4.) Landon Cut 10,000 Yule Cards To Save $50, By the Associated Press. “is not a big enough man for the presidency of the United States.” Mrs. Miller, a sister of Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania, of Demo- - | basket campaign’ Democrat Says he found that these cards were too large to be carried by one 1-cent stamp. They would have taken a cent and a half stamp, so Gov. Landon sat down with a pair of scissors and trimmed the 10,000 cards. He, per- sonally, trimmed 10,000 cards down to the 1-cent size. “Who in time would have the time to trim 10,000 Christmas cards but & small man . . . trying to cheat Jim Farley out of a few dollars. He wants to trim the presidency down . .. to his stature.” Mrs, Miller also assailed the “market " of the Republicans, saying it was conducted “by high soci- ety in the interest of high finance by low methods.” NINE PERSONS DIE IN CRASH, FIRE OF SIGHTSEEING PLANE ON THRILL FLIGHT Florida Girl Sole Survivor of Pittsburgh Disaster. Man Denied Seat in Ship Helps Identify Bodies. PROMISE OF ADVENTURE LURED 5 TO DEATH-RIDE Craft at 1,000-Foot Altitude in Trip Over County Fair Site When Trouble Starts—Thicket Hinders Would - Be Rescuers Reaching Scene of Tragedy. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, September 5.—Nine persons died in flames tonight as a tri - motored sight - seeing airplane crashed and burned in Buttermilk Hollow, near the Allegheny County Airport. One girl, Linda McDonald, a visitor from Miami, Fla, survived the ~rash. Hysterically calling for “Johnny,” apparently her escort on a sight- seeing ride over the Allegheny County Fair, Miss McDonald was found wan- dering helplessly around the burning ship by first would-be rescuers. No Marks of Injury. She was taken to a hospital, al- though she bore no marks of physical injury. The identified dead were William Leeay, 43, a janitor, his sister and her husband. A friend, Edward Helm, said he saw these three get in the ship and would have gone himself if the pilot had let him. “He told me he could carry no more passengers and I would have to wait for the next trip,” said Helm. “Gosh, but I'm lucky!” Identifications Tentative, A tentative identification list ine cluded the following names: Eric Beckley, 35, the pilot. Mrs. Ruth Sliter, Utica, Beckley’s sister. John Powers, jr, of Miami, 19, friend, who was visiting here with Miss McDonald. Ruth Ellinger of Pittsburgh. Merle Dennison of Pittsburgh. Phelan McShane of Pittsburgh. William Leay, 43, of Pittsburgh, a Jjanitor. Leay’s sister, a Mrs. Bradley. Mrs. Bradley’s husband. Miss McDonald said she and five companions went for the ride only N. Y, | because they were promised “a thrill or our money back.” 8he crawled unhurt, except for shock, from the wreckage of the broken plane just before it burst into flames. “There were six in our party and we weren't particularly anxious about going up. Promised Thrill. “But the man in the plane—he was from Miami, too—promised us a thrill or our money back.” While her feet were being treated for cuts in a nearby home, she said she tried to reach “Johnny,” but “a fat man was sprawled across him.” “In the air we hit several air pockets, but I didn’t think much of it,” she said. “Then we hit the land and the plane went up in flames. “I tried to reach John. I crawled up a piece, but there was a fat man sprawled across him and I couldn't get to him. “Then while the plane was burning I tried to get out. I finally found a window, but there was a bar across it. “Somehow I crawled through there and reached the ground. I can't re- member very clearly after that.” Miss McDonald said “Johnny and (See CRASH, Page A-6.) Man, 49, Killed by Train After Wife, 72, Dies. (Picture on Page A-8.) B & Staff Corresponaent of The Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md., September 5—Within 12 hours after the death of his 72-year-old wife, William P. Duvall, 49, disabled war veteran of ‘Washington Grove, leaped or fell be- fore a Baltimore & Ohio express train, a quarter of a mile east of here tonight and was instantly killed. For several years Duvall had nursed his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Reed Duvall, suffering & malignant iliness. She died at 7 o'clock this morning and her husband met his death at about 5:30 pm. According to Dr. William C. Miller, acting coroner, Duvall stood by the side of the track as the westbound express approached. Miller quoted the fireman as saying that Duvall leaped before the train as it rounded & turn, Funeral arrangements for the couple were not complete tonight. Surviving the husband are three brothers, Charles and Harry of Damascus and Thomas Duvall of Gaithersburg, and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Davis and Mrs. Rose Brooks, both of Washington. ‘Thomas Duvall said he saw the victim several days ago. Although his brother seemed depressed by his wife's iliness, he declared she was slightly improved. As far as could be learned tonight, no other members of the family saw Duvall after his wife’s death. No witnesses to the accident had, been located tonight, other than the engine firemen, who left with the train before questioning by Acting