Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1937, Page 17

Washington News §912,491 REDUCTION) I et President' N ELECTRIG RATE FORD. . PROPOSED Estimated Cut Is Revealed as Utilities Commission Hearing Opens. FEDERATION OFFICIAL ™ CHALLENGES LEGALITY Holds Proceedings Invalid in Ab- sence of Definite Valuation of Company. A reduction of $512,491.63 in elec- tric rates for Washington consumers, largest in recent years, was proposed by the Public Utilities Commission at hearings opening today on the appli- cation of the sliding scale un#fer which the power rates of the Potomac Elec- tric. Power Co. are adjusted each year. The estimated reduction for this year was based on a computed com- pany net return of 7.93 per cent on an agreed valuation of $70,134,509.79. As figured by the commission, this rep- resents earnings of $1,000,266.28 in excess of the 615 per cent return al- lowed the company by law. B. M. Bachman, chief accountant of the commission, presented the financial statement which drew no protest from the power company. It was expected the fight would come later over the method of spreading the distribution over the various classes of consumers, 3 Last year the excess amount resulted in a cut of more than $300,000, which was spread over the several classes of power users. . Commission Challenged. At the outset of today’s hearing, William McK. Clayton, chairman of the Public Utilities Committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, <hallenged the commission in two in- stances. He demanded that the North American Co., as a holding company, should be made a party to the case. Next he questioned the legality of the commission proceeding in the absence of a definite valuation of the power company. % Neither of these motions was ac- ceptible to the commission. Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman, disposed of the question of valuation by saying “the commission has for the past year been preparing a valuation of the Po- tomac Power Co., and is now nearly in & position to make a showing on orig- inal cost.” 8. R. Bowen, general counsel for the power company, protested that the North American Co. had no essential part in the hearing now pending. Clayton had contended that since the North.American Co. controls the Capital Transit Co., which in turn con- trols the power company, it plays a very important part in questions of policy. He referred to the recent hear- ings on one-man street cars, contend- ing that Bowen had stated at the hearing the transit company did not propose to go further than its appli- cation for one-man street cars di- rected. Future Policy “In Air.” If the North American CO. had been made a party to that case, Clayton contended, the question of policy would have been put squarely before the com- mission and definitely developed. As it is now, he indicated, the future poli- cy with respect to one-man street cars 1s still in the air. ° As the holding compan§, Clayton asserted, it should be made a party to the electric rate case, so that the future policy with respect to valuation and rate fixing could be definitely de- termined. Chairman Riley E. Elgin of the commission reminded him that this case involved only the sliding scale which has been fixed by law since 1924. In making his second motion, Clay- ton told the commission there is no valuation on the power company in the sense as required by law. His contention was that the commission ‘tannot legally proceed to fix rates unless it has a valuation, and that it lacked the power to enter in an agreement as to valuation, which was done in 1924. Sees Consumers Harmed. “That agreed.valuation was deter; mined behind closed doors and it_con- tinues today,” Clayton said, “The de- preciation fund has been treated to the detriment of consumers.” “The valuation you now have is not one under the law,” he added. Vice Chairman Keech at that point dis- posed of the question by reminding him that the commission, after a year’s study, is nearly ready to make a show- ing on original .cost. It was at.this point that Bachman was allowed to present financial evi- dence prepared by the commission bearing on the excess earnings of the company in relation to the sliding scale. Virtually only $8,470.44 appears in dispute between the commission and the power company with respect to the sum available for rate reduction. This was brought out by figures given for the company by A. G. Neal, vice president and general mandger. He fixed the rate of net earnings at 7.91 per cent, which would make $504,- 021.19 available for rate reduction as compared with the $512,491.63 shown by the commission, MANY D. C. STORES TO CURTAIL HOURS A number of retail stores here have decided to curtail their hours begin- ning next Monday, it was announced today by the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association. The following concerns have in- formed the association they will open at 9:30 a.m.-and close at 5:45 pm.: Brooks, Erlebacher, L. Frank Co., Julius Garfinckel & 8o, Goldenberg Co., Hecht Co,, Frank R. Jellef, Inc.; Lansburgh’s, Palais Royal, M. Philips born & Co., Raleigh Haberdasher, Rich’s, Kann’s and Woodward & Lothrop. Other stores planning to change their hours are: Kaufman, Inc, 9:15 to 545 pm., and W. & J. Sloane, 9 a.m. t0 5:30 pm. N t he Zn ening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1937. PR Ball Tickets Miss Mollie Jargoe, left, niece of Commissioner Allen, and Miss Janet Johnson, daughter of Senator Johnson of Colorado, are shown receiving tickets to the President’s birthday ball from Commissioner Hazen. They will act as ticket salesgirls about the downtown department stores. Mrs. Roosevelt will make her annual tour of the seven local hotels staging celebrations while her husband delivers his ad- dress Saturday night jrom the White House. .. TRUCK AREA HEARINGISENDED I. C. C. Hears Last Witness on Determination of Boundaries. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion hearing t6 set up a “metropolitan area” for application of the motor carrier act was concluded today after Washington's business interests had continued their fight to have a sis- able section of nearby Maryland and Virginia incorporated within the ter- ritory. The principal witness at the final session before Examiner Paul Coyle was Robert J. Cottrell, secretary of the Board of Trade, who said the ordinary commercial zone served by ‘Washington merchants ran from 20 to 25 miles in both Maryland and Virginia. Within the limits to be set up, interstate operation by commercial trucks and busses will not be subject to the rates and licensing provisions of the act, and opponents have de- clared that to allow too much lati- tude will militate against proper ad- ministration of the act. Railroad Practice Cited. ‘This opposition has argued that the area should end at the District’s boundaries, and testimony designed to show that railroads consider these the zopcr lines slso was introduced to- Y. A. R. Eldred said that the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads confine their switching, operations to the District’s lines and that the Penn- sylvania, B. & O. and R, F & P. con- fine their free pick-up and delivery service to the same boundaries. The B. & O. pick-up and delivery goes out a short distance into nearby Maryland in the general vicinity of Bethesda; S!};er Spring and Takoma Park, he said. M. R. Palmer, representing A. P. Woodson Co., coal dealers, said’that about 20 per cent of his firm's busi- ness is in territories surrounding the District. About 10 pér cent of the business is handled by contract car- riers, whose operations would be a fected by the zone limits. Private ca riers are not touched. Disposition Is Speeded. Tt was decided as the hearing ended that no briefs will be filed, facili- tating ultimate disposition of the case. Under commission procedure, Ex- aminer Coyle will make a proposed report. If no exceptions are taken to this within 20 days his findings will be entered as an order of the commission. Otherwise, the commis- sion will hear arguments on objec- tions. Specifically, Cottrell said in his testimony the trade board would in- clude Gaithersburg and Laurel, Md., and Fairfax, Arlington and Alexan- dria, Va., in the “metropolitan area.” He said this is a “consumer market” of Government employes from Wash- ington and that deliveries involved such items as dairy products, bakery products and food in general. About 25 per cent of the 3,800 members of the board are resident outside of the District, he said. Concrete Operations Described. T. Y. K. Howat, representing & group of transit mixed concrete op- erators, said there were five com- panies in this group who make daily deliveries to building operations as far as Hyattsville, Silver Spring, Rock- ville, Arlington and occasionally Fair- Co., offered in evidence a publication issued by The Star—"Interesting Facts on Washington, D.-C., Market”"—to il- lustrate the suburban trading ares open to District interests. He also put in a chart from the Audit Buresu of . | Circulation to show the suburban cir- culation of Washington newspapers in both adjacent States, '3 \ —Star Staff Photo. AUDTORIM BIL TOBE DCUSSED Ickes Expected to Be at Conference of Senate Committee. ‘The Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee will meet Thurs- day at 10:30 a.m., to consider the Rob- inson bill to set up a commission to prepare plans for an auditorium in which future inaugural ceremonies and other important gatherings in the National Capital could be held. It is expected that Secretary of the In- terior Ickes, who was one of the first to call attention to the need for such an auditorium, will be invited to at- tend the committee meetings. Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas, is chairman of the committee. Davis Proposal Revised. ‘The current discussion of Washing- ton’s need for a public auditorium has led to revival of a proposal by Sen- ator Davis, Republican, of Pennsyl- vania, for a large centralized high school on the outskirts of the city, in which an adequate assembly hall for large gatherings would be a feature. The Pennsylvanian first advanced the plan while he was Secretary of Labor in 1921. He outlined it in dg- tail at that time in a letter to Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, Need Pointed Out. ‘While the Davis plan was intended primarily as an educational program, the then head of the Labor Depart- ment pointed out at that time—16 years ago—that Washington badly needed an auditorium. He said the hall to be included in the centralized high achool layout could be used for conventions and other iarge gather- ings, as well as by the high school students. e A large tract of land was proposed for the project, so that a farm for vocational agricultural training could be incorporated in the scope of ac- tivity. The plan also called for a stadium. Schools Needed at Time. When the plan was first proposed, ‘Washington was in need of additional +igh schools, several of which have been built since in different parts of the city. Commenting today on the objec- tion that some students would have to travel too far to attend such a centralized high school development, and that it would be an added expense for farnilies of low income, Senator Davis said this could be met by seek- ing a cut in the school transportation fare, or by having the city help pro- vide the cost of transportation, or even lunches, if necessary. Espanas Meeting Postponed. The meeting of the Instituto de las Espanas, scheduled for tomorrow at the Washington Club, has been post- poned until 8:15 p.m. Friday. Dr. Jacinto Fombona Pachano, counselor of the Venezuelan Legation, and Don Juan Lecuna, attache, will speak. Burned Girl, Fig D. C. LOSES DAY; RED RIDER REPEAL AGTION POSTPONED liness of Chairman Norton, Absence of Kennedy De- lay Measure. HOUSE COMMITTEE PEPPERED WITH PLEAS Consideration Now Automatically Is Prevented Until Feb- ruary 8. House action on the Kennedy bill for repeal of the .o-called “red rider” to the 1936 District appropriation act was automatically postponed today until February 8 as the District gave up its first legislative day of the cur- rent session of Congress. Two unforeseen circumstances were responsible for the delay—illness of Chairman Norton of the District Com- mittee and unexpected absence of Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland, author of the bill. Mrs. Norton is contined to her apart- ment with a mild attack of influenza and probably will not return to her office for several days. Kennedy was detained in Baltimore on business and was unable to reach the Capitol in time to take charge of his measure on the floor. Meantime, the House Disttict Com- mittee was bombarded with pleas for early action on Kennedy's repealer. One from Caroline Hogue of the Washington Branch of the American Association of University Women urged Mrs. Norton to do “everything in her power” to get House action on the bill today. The Interprofes- sional Association of Washington sent a telegram urging Mrs. Norton to seek immediate House action on the measure. The District Committee also an- nounced receipt of communications from Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, president of the Kalorama Citizens’ Assoclation, and the Parent-Teacher Assoclation of McKinley High School, indorsing Kennedy's bill. ‘The District will not have another legislative day in the House for two weeks. The “red rider” repealer, under the rules, will have to wait until that time before it can be called up for consideration. Kennedy's bill was the first District measure placed on the House calendar at the present session of Congress. In a vigorous denunciation of the red rider, John R. Fitzpatrick, dean of the Columbus University Law today recommended its im- repea] as a ‘“vote of confi- dence” in Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super- intendent of District public schools, and the Capital's public school teachers. “If allowed to stand, the red rider is a signal for another bloc of con- gressional zealots to enact further legislation affecting the individual freedom of 130,000,000 Americans,” Pitzpatrick wrote Representative Schulte. Democrat, of Indiana, mem- ber of the House District Committee, who solicited his opinion. CRUSADE ON REDS T0 OPEN TOMORROW | Catholic Daughters to Launch Of. | fensive—Archbishop Cur- ley to Speak. A national crusade against com- munism will be laun tomorrow under sponsorship of Phe Converts’ League of the Catholic Daughters of Americs, with a meeting at 8:15 pm. at the Willard Hotel. The main address will be delivered by Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore, who will come here at the invitation of Miss Florence M. Win- ter, national chairman of the league. Rev. A. J. Burggrafl, C. S. P, chap- lain-spiritual director of the league, and Rev. J. Roach of Washington will make short talks. From tomorrow night’s meeting the campaign against communism will be carried by the league into every State through educational meetings, public discussions and panel forums. The entire personnel of 200,000 Catholic women and girls in 2,000 subordinate courts of the C. D. of A. will be placed behind the movement, with the ap- proval of Miss Mary C. Duffy of New- ark, N. J, international head of the organization. The campaign is & part of the pro- gram of “Today’s Challenge to Catho- lic Womanhood,” which is being con- ducted in 48 States, the possessions of the United States and Cuba. It will continue until February 22. Miss Augusta Uhl, grand regent of the District Court of the Catholic Daughters, will open tomorrow’s meet- ing and reception with a brief address of welcome. Miss Winter will preside. A short recital will be given by the Catholic University Glee Club. Chiropractor Speaks. Dr. Cralg M. Kightlinger, president of the Eastern Chiropractice College, New. York, addressed District chiro- practors and their friends yesterday at the Willard Hotel. He discussed the various glands and their func- tions. hting for Life, Given Money for Special Nurse Friends and strangers alike are providing nursing care for Miss Doro- thy Fenwick, 31, who has become the “pet of Gallinger Hospital” since she was critically burned last October. This morning a sympathetic Wash- ingtonian, who asked that his name be withheld, telephoned the hospital that he was sending a check for $150 broke over the stove on which she was preparing breakfast. Hospital physicians said the burns were the worst they had ever seen. A long series of skin-grafting operations lies ahead of the patient, whose cour- age and good humor have won the admiration of nurses and doctors. The hospital, due to lack of funds, cannot provide special nurses. The nursing staff has been cut to a min- imum and must work long hours be- cause of economies forced by the District budget. Miss Fenwick, doctors said, still is How to Be Success as Stepmother Arlington Woman Belies Their Reputation of Being Cruel Mrs. Irene Sholtes with her step-daughter, Miss Eleanor Sholtes (left), and daughter, Miss Taskmistresses. Sarah Carroll, Orlando (Fla.) beauty contest winner. BY PHILIP H. LOVE. TEPMOTHERS aren't the cruel taskmistresses they are-painted. That, at any rate, is the set- tled conviction of Mrs. Irene Sholtes—and, as one who has moth- ered two sets of stepchildren, she ought to know. Mrs Sholtes, who lives at 1625 North Lexington street, Arlington, Va., was only 17 when she became a step- mother for the first time. That was back in 1911—26 years ago today, in fact—in her home town, Atlanta. “Since then,” she said today, “I've done my best to be a regl mother to 10 children, altogether—four that my first husband had by his previous wife, two that we had of our own, and four that my present husband had when I married him. And,” she added with srome show of prit “every single one of them loves me.” Tried to Be a Friend. The one big secret of being a suc- cessful stepmother, Mrs. Sholtes de- clared, is to avoid any appearance of “trying to take the place of the real mother.” “I've never made any attempt to make my stepchildren believe me to be anything but what I really am,” she saild. “I've encouraged them to regard me as a friend, a pal, rather. than a mother, step or otherwise. Why, they even call me Irene!” Mrs. Sholtes eloped with her first husband—because, she explained, he was 22 years her senior, and her father objected to that as well as to his four children. “The oldest child was only 7 years older than me,” she said, “so it would have been silly to try to teach her to call me ‘mother.’” Road to Heart Through Stomach. Mrs. Sholtes—then Mrs. Carroll, nee Frey—found, she declared, that the road to a stepchild’s heart, like the more famous one to a man's, is through his stomach. “Everybody likes good things to eat,” she pointed out. “And I've taken pains to give all my youngsters plenty of good old-fashioned South- ern cooking. “In addition, I've done my best to be kind to them. And that pays divi- dends with the husband as well as with the children—because, if you're kind to a8 widower’s children, he can't help loving you for it.” Mrs. Sholtes’ first husband died in Orlando, Fla, on February 10, 1935, —Star Staff Photo. and she married her present husband —Louis E. Sholtes, a Government architect—14 months later. Sholtes, a District resident for 20 years, was in Florida on a vacation at the time. Wed Last April. “I rented him one of my tourist | cottages,” Mrs. Sholtes explained, “and—well, when the time came for him to return to Washington he wanted me to come with him.” Mrs. Sholtes became a stepmother | for the second time last April 20, with her oldest stepson by her previous marriage and his wife as witnesses at the wedding. All the first stepchildren are mar- ried now, Mrs. Sholtes said, so she has “plenty of time to concentrate on the new ones.” The oldest, 21, is a student at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity at present, but the others—a girl of 15 and two boys, 17 and 8—live with her. Mrs. Sholtes’ daughter, Sarah Car- roll, 21, winner of a beauty contest that made her “Miss Orlando” in August, 1935, also makes her home | at the Arlington address. “And,” Mrs. Sholtes declared, “we | all get along fine together—just by being real friends, instead of make- | believe kinfolks!” TWODIE, SEVERAL HURT. IN TRAFFIC Crash Into Pole Kills Guy A. Catterton and Injures Stepson, 17. A Washington man was killed and several other persons were injured in automobile accidents in the District and nearby Maryland yesterday, and | a second man died here of injuries re- ceived in a Maryland accident several days ago. Guy H. Catterton, 32, of 713 A street northeast died in Casualty Hospital early yesterday a short while after his automobile crashed into a telephone > pole on Suitland road near Sult- land, Md. Otto Wines, 17- year-old stepson of Catterton, was seriously injured in the accident. He is in Casualty with severe head injuries. The pair hgsp y a passing motorist. £ ‘The other vic- Bl \ .| tim was Elwin Otto Wines, CO¥AD, 44, of Oxon Hill, Md, who died in Casualty of injuries re- ceived Thursday while attempting to salvage a wrecked automobile near his home. Cowan and George Hig® bee, 52, also of Oxon Hill, were trying to right an overturned car with a tow truck when & machine driven by Mor- ris O. Jarys, Chillum, Md, crashed into the truck. Catterton, a cemetery laborer, 18 survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth H. Catterton; his mother and father and two children, Walter and Beulah Catterton. Two men were severely hurt early today when a taxicab and another machine collided at Eleventh and East Capitol streets. The victims were John W. Goodman, 59, of 236% Twelfth street southeast, driver of the cab, who may have rgceived serious internal injuries, and Frank Wahl, 42, of Forestville, Md., passenger in the taxi, who suffered cuts and bruises. John E. Bond, 18, of 308 Emerson street, driver of the other car, was unhurt, police said. WOMEN’S PATRIOTIC CONFERENCE T0 OPEN The twelfth Women’s Patriotic Con- ference on National Defense will open tomorrow at the Mayflower Hotel with nearly 1,000 delegates, representing 40 organizations, in attendance. Registration will begin during the day and in the afternoon & delegation will visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where a wreath will be de- posited by Mrs. Oscar W. Hahn of Wayne, Nebr., national president of the American Legion Auxiliary and conference chairman. The conference will be formally opened tomorrow night with & patri- otic mass meeting in the Mayflower ball room. Speakers will * include Harry W. national commander of the ALLEGED WIFE-BEATING CASE IS CONTINUED Mrs. Honora Lenihan Magargel TUnable to Appear Against Husband in Court. Charges of assault against Miles E. Magargel, 29, filed by Mrs. Honora Lenihan Magargel, 29, his bride of two months, were continued in Po- lice Court today until February 9 because his wife was unable to appear. His right to demand a jury trial was reserved. Magargel was arrested Saturday on a warrant charging he beat his wife severely last Tuesday as the climax of an argument in their home at 61 Seaton place. Mrs. Magargel,' tele- phone switchboard opeartor at po- lice headquarters, is recovering in Sibley Hospital from a double frac- ture of the jaw and several fractured ribs. ], Post Office Department clerk and law student, remained at 2.","" under $2,000 bond set Satur- BILLASKS $34,00 FOR LOCAL NEEDS Airport Commission Item Among Those in First De- ficiency Measure. Appropriations totaling $34,000 for the District are carried in the first deficiency supply bill reported to the House today by its Appropriations Committee. ‘The major items of $10,000 each are for the expenses of the Airport Com= mission and to meet deficiencies in the employes’ compensation fund. Other items include $5,000 for printing and binding, $3,000 for the office of the register of wills and $3,000 for postage. ‘The bill also changes the phraseol- ogy of the provision in the 1937 Dis- trict appropriation act so the Pire De- partment may purchase additional equipment within the $92,0000 pro- vided in the act. Fire Equipment Provided. ‘The 1936 supply act for the District specifically provided the $92,000 for tion of $10,000 to pay its expenses. ‘The funds, however, never were appro- priated. The commission already has spent $500 in its investigation of pro- posed airport sites. ‘The $3,000 provided for the register Society and General PAGE B—1 NEW JEWEL THEFT HERE 1S DISCLOSED BY $a.000 L0OT Additional Jems Recovered in New York Believed Stolen in D. C. POLICE ARE TRACING EXTENT OF PLOTTING Mrs. Bugher Goes to Identify Be- longings—Suspect Again Is Questioned. While police of Washington and New York sought to determine if they had uncovered an extensive back- stairs gem theft plot engineered by servants of the rich, another un- explained element was injected into the Bugher robkery today with the discovery that a hitherto unidentifie! batch of jewels seized in New York apparently was traced in part back here. Valued at $50,000, this collection was picked up Saturday night in New York at the time police started a round-up of suspects in connection with the $300,000 theft from Mrs, Henrjetta Bugher, 1785 Massachu- setts avenue. This smaller lot first was thought to have beeén the pro- ceeds of Connecticut robberies, but Inspector B. W. Thompson, chief of detectives, said today that markings | on soms of it indicated it had been the property of the McLean family, to which Mrs. Bugher was related by marriage. It was possible, however, that this | angle would be cleared up today, as Mrs. Bugher, widow of Frederick H. Bugher, was in New York to identify her own jewelry and would have an opportunity to see the other, Suspect Questioned. Meanwhile, local investigators ar- ranged to renew their questioning of John Morcischeck, 49, dour Bugher butler, charged with grand larceny in the theft of the gems from his mistress, which he reputedly admits sending to New York, where they were located by Detective Sergt. Joseph W. Shimon of Washington. Morcischeck, believed also to have had some connection with this $50,000 lot, insists, according to police, that he found the Bugher jewels in the hallway of the ultra-exclusive Massa- chusetts avenue apartment house, Mrs. Bugher told police, however, that they were stolen from a cabinet to which she recently had moved them from a safe deposit box, so they might be handy during the social season. YOUTH DESCRIBES SLAYING SCENE Jones Testifies Acton Shot Mursch After Being Threatened. Prank H. Acton went on trial on a | first-degree murder charge before a jury in District Court today, accused j of shooting Donald E. Mursch, 29, at Eleventh and S streets southwest October 4, as a climax to a quarrel over an alleged debt. The first material Government wit- ness, Jesse Jones, 18, who is serving & prison term for housebreaking, testi- fied Acton shot Mursch after the latter had threatened him, saying: “If you have a gun, you better draw it now—becguse I'm going to take it away from you and stick it down your throat.” “When Mursch said that, Acton pulled his gun and shot three times,” Jones declared. Defense Attorney Ben Lindas un- successfully attempted, on cross-ex- amination, to get Jones to say Mursch had accused Acton of being a “stool pigeon.” Gun Taken From Mursch. The witness said the gun was taken from Mursch by Acton on the night of October 3. He testified that when he arrived at Mursch's apartment, at Sixteenth street and Rhode Island avenue that right, Mursch was lying face downward on the floor under the threatening muzzle of a gun held by Acton, “Acton made me lie down on the floor alongside Mursch,” Jones con- tinued. “Then he took Mursch’s gun, my overcoat and my watch and left. Mursch told me that Acton also took $24 from him, and he took $28 from me, Assistant United States Attorney Roger Robb told the jury in his open- ing address that Acton claims he went to Murch’s apartment to collect a debt he sald Mursch owed him. Argue in Restaurant. It was because of this incident, Jones told Judge Oscar R. Luhring and the jury, that he and Mursch determined to seek Acton. They found him the night of the alleged hold-up at a res- taurant at Eleventh and F streets southwest, but there was no trouble then. About 11 o’clock the next night, accompanied by Jones’ brother-in-law, Bela A. Stramer, they again went to the restaurant. There Acton jumped up with his hand in his pocket as if holding & gun, Jones declared, and the four men went outside to continue their dispute, with Stramer attempt- ing to act as peacemaker. Stramer and Acton walked away talking, Jones said, and he and Mursch followed. After warning them to keep away, Acton turned and fired a shot in the air to frighten them, the witness declared. Not- withstanding this warning, they got into Jones’ car and drove to the place | where Acton and Stramer stood on the sidewalk talking together, the jury was told. Returned to Restaurant. Both Acton and Stramer got into the car, and they all drove back to restaurant to get Acton’s hat, testified. He said that while were parked there Mursch got o the machine and, ARRKOAGLDE \ ) In the collection are heirlooms once owned by Mrs. Mildred McLean Dewey, widow of Admiral George Dewey and aunt of Mrs. Bugher's late husband. Morcischeck, who for two decades had worked in wealthy American homes, was questioned again yesterday, but police said he gave no new in- formation. His fingerprints are to be sent to Paris, London and Berlin, to determine if police there have any record of him prior to the post-war period, when he was employed by the late John N. Willys, Midwest mo- tor magnate. When New York police, together with Shimon, went to work on the | case they picked up Mrs. Agnes Olsen Johnson, a domestic, along with the | $50,000 lot of jewelry, and charged her with receiving stolen property. Another woman also is held there. Mrs. Johnson, according to police, said she had not known of the jewelry until the package in which it was con= tained was opened. She said it came from Morcischeck with this note: “Please excuse my writing. Am sending parcel to you. Please hold. ‘The second woman held is Isabella Hutt, & maid, who, Inspector Thomp- son says, is the “Anna Hansen” to whom Morcischeck admits sending the Bugher jewels. They were intercepted in the New York post office by de- tectives and the woman was arrested yesterday when attempting to trace the package at a substation. Hansen Is Released. Marius Hansen, 64, and unemployed, who had been arrested Saturday night, was freed yesterday. Police say that he was brought into the case by dis- covery of a wire sent him Thursday by Morcischeck, who said: “Presents are coming. Give to Isabelle to give to Agnes. J. M."” New light was thrown on still an- other Eastern jewel robbery yesters day when a Massachusetts State po- liceman arrived in New York to claim $35,000 in gems, which were part of $125,000 loot taken at the home of William Kennedy, Southboro, Mass., last November. They were located in & jewelry store which police said was a reputable concern that had pure chased them unwittingly several weeks 2go. BAND CONCERT. By the. Marine Band, in the audi- torium of the Marine Barracks, at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Capt. Taylor Bran- son, leader; William F. Santelmann, assistant. PROGRAM. Marines’ hymn. March, “Inauguration”.._Henri Duval Violin solo, with band accompani= ment: “Scherzando Appas- sionato™ Overture, “Fingal's Cave,” -Paganinj (Played by the entire clarinet section.) March, “Times-Picayune Cen- Excerpts from the opera “El Es- clavo” March, “ B Selections from “The Gon- doliers” Hymn, “Come to Me". “The Star Spangled Banner.” the rumble seat, where Acton was seated, made the threat against him. Acton then drew his gun and fired three times, Jones said. Deputy Coroner Richard M. Rosen« berg said all three bullets entered Mursch's body on the left side. Hq apparently died & few minuies lslen x