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OF CONTRACTOR IS
OBJECT OF TESTS
Brain Specialist Seeks
Cause for Illness of
Arthur G. Brinkley.
SAYS HE WANDERED
AIMLESSLY IN SOUTH
Tells of Being Kidnaped and
Robbed by Colored Men
in Arlington.
Tests were being made today to
ascertain the cause for the dazed con
dition of Arthur G. Brinkley, 47-year
old painting contractor, who told his
family yesterday, at the end of a mys
terious nine-day disappearance, that
he had wandered aimlessly through
the South after being kidnaped and
robbed by a group of colored men In
Arlington County on September 15.
Dr. R. B. Thibadeau, brain special
ist, who is attending Brinkley, said it
is possible that all or part of his story
may be a delusion, which might result
from toxic psychosis caused by some
physical condition.
“We do not know yet how much truth
there may be in the story of the hold
up,” Dr. Thibadeau said. “It probably
will take a day or so to reach a defi
nite conclusion. Mr. Brinkley still is
suffering considerable mental confu
sion.”
Arlington County Detectives Hugh
Jones and Harrv Woodvard. who I
questioned Brinkley briefly yesterday
afternoon, said they would make no
further investigation of the case un
less Brinkley desired to take it up
with them again.
"From Brinkley’s remarks up to
the present we have concluded that
there is no cause for an investigation
of a robbery or assault,” Woodyard
said. Sheriff H. B. Fields of Arling- |
ton County referred all questions about
the case to Woodyard and Jones.
X-Ray Tests to Be Made.
An X-ray examination was to be
made today to determine if Brinkley
suffered from a blow on the head.
Laboratory tests were being made to
check up on the possibility of a toxic
Infection. Pending results of these
tests there can be no definite expla
nation of Brinkley’s condition, Dr.
Thibadeau said.
Brinkley was resting at Homeo
pathic Hospital today. Attendants
said he had spent a fairly comfortable
night, but was not in condition to
receive visitors. He was said to have,
rubbed his head tenderly throughout
the night, even in his sleep.
Gorman Brinkley. 21-year-old son 1
of the contractor, said that, although
his father might be suffering a delu
sion, he was convinced there were
some facts in his story.
"But, of course, we can’t tell the
facts from fantasy yet,” young Brink
ley said.
Remembers Kidnaping
Gorman said his father appeared
to remember clearly being kidnaped
and robbed, but could not give a ra- j
tional account of what followed the j
asserted robbery on the morning of ,
September 15. Nothing had been ■
heard from him since then until he j
telegraphed his family from Laurin- ,
burg, N. C., Thursday night that he (
was coming home. j
Arlington County police had been ]
convinced that Brinkley was alive, de- (
spite indications of foul play that (
came to light when his abandoned ,
automobile, containing his empty wal- j
let and smashed eye-glasses, was
found on lonely Kirkwood road, in ^
Arlington County, the morning fol- j
lowing his disappearance. t
Brinkley's confusion was such that t
he could not remember ever having c
worn eye-glasses, his son said, al- (
though his wife had feared that he {
would not be able to see without ^
them.
He also did not remember being i
away from home more than one ]
night, young Brinkley said, and could s
not believe that younger children of <
the family already had started to s
school.
Haggard and unshaven, Brinkley •
appeared yesterday afternoon at his '
home at 5514 First street. He was
not sure whether he had arrived by I
taxicab or had ridden on a produce '
truck.
Cashed Check in Rosslyn. j
He said he remembered clearly, ac
cording to his son, going to a bank
tn Rosslyn, Va., and cashing a check
for $282 on the morning of Septem
ber 15. Then he went out to his car
before putting the money into his
wallet. I
As soon as he got into his automo
bile, he recalled, a colored man who .
apparently had slipped into the rear
seat unnoticed, stuck a gun to his
back and told him to drive on. He .
drove to a lonely road—he didn't
remember where. There, Brinkley said,
he was forced out of the car after :
giving the colored man his wallet,
which did not contain any money. .
Then some more colored men drove up,
put something over his head, un
dressed him and searched him.
They took all his money, it ap
peared, except $120 which he had
hidden in a tom cuff of his trousers.
The $120 was still there when Brink
ley returned home. His son said he
kept feeling through his pockets as
If he thought he should have more
money.
After being searched, Brinkley said,
he was thrown into the back of an
automobile. There his memory grew
confused. He talked incoherently of
being in Staunton, Charlottesville and
Luray, Va., but did not remember
sending th” telegram to his family
from Laurinburg. He spoke of seeing
men shuck com and shucking corn
himself and of everywhere hearing
boys ask to shine his shoes.
BAND CONCERT
By the Soldiers’ Home Band in the
bandstand at 6:30 o’clock tonight.
John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmas
ter; Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, “Interlochen”-Roberts
Overture, “Stradella”—--Flotow
Entr’acte,
(a) “Melodic in Ab”.-Zimmermann
(b) “Whispering Flowers,” Von Blon
Excerpts from musical comedy,
“Maytime” —.Romberg
Popular numbers,
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”-_-Kern
“Rag-a-Minor” _Lenzberg
Walt* suite, “Confidences,” Waldteufel
Finale, “Sousa's Triumph"-Boyer
A
Missing Man Returns
Arthur G. Brinkley, contractor, who returned to his home
yesterday after being missing mysteriously for nine days, is
shoivn (with his Hat pulled down) with his son. Gorman, 21.
—Star Staff Photo.
FORT DRIVE DELAY
’iece-Meal Work Criticized.
$125,000 Each Year to
Push Plan Urged.
Delay in construction of the pro
jected Fort drive, which would encir
:le the District high lands, connect
;he forts and tie the entire parks
lighway system together was criticized
jy Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, highway
iirector, in a talk yesterday at the
irst Fall meeting of the Advisory
3oard of the A. A. A. District Motor
Jlub.
After hearing John Nolen, jr„ di
■ector of planning of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commis
lion, describe the commission's plan
'or parkway development in and near
Washington, Capt. Whitehurst de
:lared he felt that at least $125,000
ihould be made available each year
tor Fort drive until the project is
:ompleted. He said he could not see
my beneficial results from building
ihort stretches “that do not connect
jp with anything.”
Turning to his five-year road-build
ng program, Capt. Whitehurst said
uoposed expenditures are conser va
lve and will be closely comparable
vith the annual expenditures in the
0 years preceding the depression.
5lans for redesigning Scott, Thomas
ind Dupont Circles, he said, are prac
ically complete, and the projects will
ie recommended for construction in
939. He said plans for construction
if a by-pass express highway to relieve
Georgetown traffic also are practically
omplete, but estimates are not yet
eady.
Nolen told the Advisory Board
Vashington has potential parkway
ossibilities equal to or better than
,ny city in the United States, adding
hat “Washington is way behind what
ther cities of comparable size have
lone in this direction.” The parkway
ystem, he said, merits more rapid de
elopment than is contemplated.
David C. Book, chairman of the
ewly formed Alexandria Advisory
Soard of the motor club, was present
,t the luncheon, at which George W.
>ffutt, Advisory Board chairman, pra
ided.
V. W. MILLAN RITES
IELDATASBURYM. E.
ustices Among Pallbearers at
Prominent Lawyer’s Fu
neral Services.
Funeral services for William W.
Lilian, 74, prominent lawyer who died
Thursday, were held today in Francis
tsbury M. E. Church, South. Burial
vas in Rock Creek Cemetery.
The following members of the Dis
trict Bar Association were honorary
mllbearers:
Joseph A. Bur kart, Alexander H.
3ell, Judge Isaac R. Hitt, Justice Pey
»n Gordon, Justice Daniel W. O’Don
>ghue, Justice Joseph W. Cox, A. Left
vich Sinclair, Charles H. Bates, Leon
robriner, George C. Gertman, Walter
it. Bastian, Needam C. Turnage, E.
Hilton Jackson, Tracy L. Jeffords, R.
E. L. Smith, Andrew Wilson, Arthur
3. Keefer, Henry I. Quinn and Wilbur
h. Gray.
Frederick W. McReynolds, chair
nan of the Board of Public Welfare,
and Dr. H. J. Crosson and Frederic W.
Perkins, members, represented the
board at the funeral.
Mr. Millan formerly was chairman
Df the Welfare Board and was a past
president of the Bar Association. He
had practiced law here since 1890.
AMENDMENT ADOPTED
TO D. C. BUSINESS TAX
Designed to Prevent License
Which Will Permit Evasion
of Old Laws.
A new amendment to the business
privilege tax regulations was adopted
yesterday by the Commissioners to
make certain the granting of a busi
ness privilege license, under the new
tax act, did not permit the holder to
evade requirements under any of the
older District laws or regulations.
Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal
acted promptly to draft the amend
ment when he was Informed a person
holding a business privilege license
would claim he now had the right to
disregard provisions of the sorting or
liquor regulations. _
GETS NEW RECRUIT
Burroughs Citizens’ Asso
ciation Votes to Join
Suffrage Group.
The Burroughs Citizens’ Association
meeting last night decided without a
dissenting vote to become an affiliated
body with the District of Columbia
Suffrage Association, an organization
started recently to campaign for the
right of District residents to vote.
A protest on the advisability of
advocating suffrage came from W. I.
Peeler during the discussion. He
maintained that District votes would
bring about graft “by political vote
grabbers such as infest other large
cities.”
Kenneth P. Armstrong replied to
the objection, saying, “Having no
voice in that government which de
cides our fate is decidedly un-Amer
ican, and such a state should by all
rights exempt the local residents from
taxes. It amounts to the fact that
we are asking legislators from out
side States for permission t'o spend
our own money and however they
see fit." Wilbur S. Finch, president
of the city-wide suffrage association
and a member of the Burroughs group,
spoke.
A resolution was adopted to ask
Congress to bar non-resident children
attending local schools. Regulations
allowing such atendance were linked
with the suffrage question as a possible
example of “unjustness levied on the
local taxpayer.” Overcrowded condi
tions of schools were cited.
Since money for a traffic light at
Seventeenth street and Rhode Island
avenue northeast is expected to be
delayed, the citizens voted to request
as a temporary measure additional
policemen for the intersection as well
as for the whole precinct to protect
school children.
The Fire and Police Committee ob
jected to the practice of taking the
largest fire engine from the new sta
tion at Fourteenth street and Rhode
Island avenue northeast and using it
in town frequently as a “threat to
the safety of community residents.”
REV. i. H. DE PUE
DIES HERE AT 69
Former Pastor at Arlington Pres
byterian Church to Be
Buried Monday.
Rev. James H. De Pue, 69, of 1349
Henyon street, former pastor of the
Arlington Presbyterian Church, Ar
lington, Va., died yesterday in George
town Hospital after a short illness.
Mr. De Pue was pastor of the nearby
Virginia church until about 14 years
ago, following earlier service as pastor
of churches in Pennsylvania. A na
tive of Belvidere, N. J„ he was gradu
ated from Princeton University and
later studied for the ministry in Penn
sylvania.
In recent years Mr. De Pue had
preached in a number of Washington
churches and had been active in
teaching religious subjects.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Susan
R. De Pue; five sons, Stanley R., John
B„ Charles E., James P. and Hervey
De Pue, all of this city; two daughters,
Mrs. Sarah Morrison and Mrs. Ruth
Collins, both of Bethesda, Md.; a
brother, William H. De Pue, this city,
and a sister, Mrs. Florence Humphrey,
Elyria, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at 3
p.m. Monday in Chambers’ funeral
home, 1400 Chapin street. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Fenders of Rubber
Snap Back Unhurt
After Traffic Jars
Rubber fenders which look like
metal, but come unscathed out of
traffic mishaps which curl up
ordinary fenders, are being in
stalled on . many of London's
buses, according to a report re
ceived by the Commerce Depart
ment.
The fenders are molded into
shape in a manner which pro
vides sufficient rigidity without
imparing flexibility, it was re
ported. It is said to be extremely
difficult to distinguish the rubber
fenders from the standard metal
type, except in case of accident,
when they snap back unscarred.
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WATERFRONT WORK
AWAITS APPROVAL
OF $68,000 SUM
Budget Bureau and War
Department Clear Way
for Project.
EARLY CONGRESS VOTE
ON FUND TO BE SOUGHT
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District’s Initial Share Set After
Long Negotiation on 8-Year
Development Plan.
Development of the Washington
Channel water front will be started
as soon as Congress approves an ap
propriation of $68,000 as the District’s
initial contribution to the total cost,
under an agreement reached by the
War Department, the District Com
missioners and the Budg. Bureau.
The plan is to submit the item as
a deficiency appropriation early when
Congress reconvenes and work may
be started in the Spring or early
Summer, if Congress approves the
financial arrangement, according to
Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sultan.
Col. Sultan made public a series of
letters among the three official
agencies which apparently clears up
the long dispute as to how much cash
the District will be required to provide
before the War Department could find
its wav leeallv nnen to nroceeri with
the- work.
The District’s side of the extensive
project involves the improvement of
Water street, construction of new Dis
trict piers, a new home for the water
front fire and police stations, removal
of the Morgue to a new location and
construction of a warehouse for ship
ments to and from the District Work
house at Occoquan. A yacht basin I
and anchorage places also are to be I
developed. The work would be done |
over eight years.
Initial Sum Agreed To.
The Budget Bureau, it is revealed,
has agreed to recommend to Congress
the appropriation of the $68,000 fund
to permit starting of the work.
Last July 6, the correspondence re
veals, the District engineer of the War 2
Department advised the Commis
sioners that the War Department “is
prepared to proceed with the author
ized improvement of the Washington
water front if and when the District
meets the established conditions of
local operation: To wit, the contribu
tion of a sum in the amount of $389,
000 to the cost of the improvement." j
On July 10 the Commissioners sent
to the Budget Bureau an estimate 1
calling for appropriation of $389,000. a
requesting that it be sent to Congress t
for inclusion in the third deficiency ^
hill, then pending. The item was not
approved, however. 1
One-Year Sum Fixed. v
On July 30 the Commissioners were
informed by the Budget Bureau that, c
after a conference with the office of ,
chief of engineers of the Army, Maj.
Gen. E. M. Markham, it had been c
arranged that the District would be t
required to pay in 1938 only that s
portion of the $389,000 as is repre- f
sented by the portion that the $282,- c
000 available to the chief of engineers q
for starting the water front work bears s
to the total cost of the work, or
$68,000. r
The Budget Bureau then stated, p
further, that it would submit this esti- q
mate of $68,000 i the first deficiency ^
bill, in January, and that subsequent t
appropriations by the District would v
be dependent on the prosecution of
the work. c
In a letter to Maj. Gen. Markham, ,
Commissioner Hazen yesterday asked r
that the work be started at the earliest s
date consistent with the law and the ^
policies of the chief of engineers. t
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MISS J. A. GRAVES ;
DIES IN MARYLAND i
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Long-Time Resident of District
Had Been Active in Welfare '
Work—Was 81. t
Miss Jennie A. Graves, 81, of 2029 °
Connecticut avenue, for more than :
50 years a resident of this city, died 1
yesterday of a sudden illness at Moun- !
tain Lake Park, Md„ where she had
been spending the Summer. ‘
Miss Graves, formerly a member of Jj
the board of the Methodist Home for "
the Aged, had contributed to a num- J
ber of welfare activities here. She was 1
a sister of the late Mrs. William S. '
Washburn, with whom she lived at 1
the Connecticut avenue address until
Mrs. Washburn's death several years |
ago. Miss Graves was born on Green I
Valley Plantation in Maryland. She
is survived by several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held at
10:30 a.m. Monday at her Connecticut ]
avenue residence. Rev. Dr. James
Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the
House of Representatives, will offi
ciate, assisted by Rev. Dr. W. A. Keese,
pastor of Metropolitan M. E. Church.
Burial will be in Rock Creek Ceme
tery. j
FUNERAL RITES TODAY ]
FOR HOWARD P. BROWN ;
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Funeral services ior nowarar. crown, i
59, actuary of the Veterans’ Admin- i
istration, who died Thursday at his t
home. 2301 Cathedral avenue, were \
to be held at 4 t
p.m. today at
Hines funeral (
home, 2901 Four- t
teenth street, j
Burial will be in ]
New Lebanon, j
N. Y. ,
Mr. Brown, who
had been actuary j
of the Veterans’ ^
A d m i nistration .
for 17 years, for- ,
merly was in the
actuarial depart
ment of the
H. r. Brown. Berkshire Life
Insurance Co. of
Pittsfield, Mass., and was a former j
president of the City Council of that
city. He was a native of Lebanon,
N. Y., and was graduated from Willis
ton Academy In 1896. <
He is survived by his widow, • Mrs. «
D. Beatrice Brown; an adopted son, <
David Hargis Barker, who is a nephew i
of Mrs. Brown, and a brother, Avery
Brown, the latter of Pittsfield. Mrs. (
Brown before her marriage was Miss 1
Barker of r Athens, Ohio. i
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Bottle-Fed Baby Tiger En Route Here 1
“Harry," the Sumatran tiger which has lived one of a bottle during the last six of his
seven months’ existence, is en route to Washington’s zoo with Dr. William M. Mann’s animal
ark, the Silverash. Here you see Harry getting some of the attention to which he has become
accustomed since he left his native jungle.
Left to right are Mrs. Mann, Roy Jennier, snake and mammal curator; Lyang Gaddi, Dyak
native of Borneo, who acted as jungle guide; Malcotm Davis, bird curator, and Dr. Mann.
—Associated Press Photo.
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SOLD GREETS ‘ARK’
!oo Animals and Caretakers
Wait for Fog to Lift
Outside Harbor.
BY WILLIAM H. SHIPFEN, Jr., '
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
BOSTON, September 25.—Birds,
easts and reptiles from the Suma
ran jungles, Washington-bound
board the freighter Silverash, had
heir first taste of cold weather to
ay as Dr. William M. Mann's “ark"
oiled in the sea off Boston Harbor,
waiting for a heavy fog to lift.
Coming down the North Amerl
an coast from Halifax, Nova Scotia,
'here the entire expedition and its
aptives were the center of great in-*
;rest, the Silverash ran into a cold
oell and then into fog that kept it
worn docking in the Massachusetts
apital to unload a cargo of freight,
’he vessel was 12 hours behind
:hedule at 9 a.m. today.
Prom Boston, the Silverash will
roceed to New York, where it is ex
ected to arrive some time tomorrow’,
‘he animals will be unloaded Mon
ay and shipped to Washington’s Zoo :
y train. It was believed the boat
ould be docked at Staten Island.
The rare animals had been pre
ared somewhat for another battle '
bth the elements after a 24-hour j
sst at Halifax, where they were not
jbjected to the roll of the ship which
as brought them halfway around
wie world. At Halifax, the prizes of
ie jungle w’ere treated to a large
.ipply of fresh food.
Dr. Mann pointed out that the Sil
erash was carrying a cargo of freight
3 be discharged in Boston, as well
s playing the role of "Noah's Ark’’
sr the animal kingdom from Su
latra.
Members of the expedition watched
with great interest and some trepi
ation the effects on the animals of
ne cold weather encountered. Many
f them were overcome by extreme
eat as the vessel passed through the
led Sea ei. route to the Suez Canal
nd the Mediterranean.
A broadcast from the afterdeck of
be Silverash w’as put on this morn
lg by the National Broadcasting Co.
Tie announcer interviewed Dr. Mann
oncerning his experiences in obtain
3g the animals and the long home
ward voyage. The radio man then
escribed some of the animals.
>OSTAL EMPLOYES
BACK FIDELITY PLAN
00 in Washington Branch Sign
Consent Agreements Covering
Individual Shares.
Approximately 100 employes of the
Washington Post Office adopted a
esolution last night approving pro
osed reorganization of the Fidelity
luilding & Loan Association.
The employes all signed consent
greements covering their individual
hares in the closed Fidelity and
lailed them to the receiver of the
istitution. The resolution spoke for
hem not only as individuals but as
mong the 1,378 members of the
Washington Postal Employes’ Credit
rnion, which also is a Fidelity share
older. *
The resolution, introduced by Rob
rt L. Kiser, chairman of the De
flators’ Committee of the postal em
loytes, approved reorganization of
Idelity into the First Federal Sav
igs Ss Loan Association on an 85 per
ent cash payment basis.
‘‘We believe the proposed plan to
e fair,” said the resolution, "and to
he best interest of all shareholders
nd recommend its approval in order
o prevent a costly liquidation.”
SEES BIG APPLE CROP
Lgriculture Department Sees
204,000,000-Bushel Yield.
The Agriculture Department yes
erday predicted one of the largest
.pple crops in 10 years and said both
lomestic and foreign demand would
mprove over recent years.
The crop is estimated now at 204,
00,000 bushels, a fourth larger than
he 1031-35 average. Last year it
pas only 118,000,000 bushels.
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Dr. Mann is shown here as he feeds one of the newly
acquired giraffes. The picture was taken at Halifax, Nova
Scotia. —Associated Press Photo.
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DR. I I
TO STAY IN CAPITAL
Declines Elevation to Epis- I
copate to Continue Serv
ice at St. John’s.
Rev. Dr. Oliver J. Hart for the
second time has declined to accept (
elevation to the Episcopate in order ]
to continue his service as rector of \
St. John’s Episcopal Church here. j
His formal decision not to accept t
the position of Bishop Coadjutor of j
Central New York, to which he was
elected on September 14, was an- ;
nounced yesterday. He rejected an c
offer to become Bishop Coadjutor of £
Tennessee last May. £
Dr. Hart said the “paramount ques- c
tion” he considered in reaching his
decision to decline the New York post
tion “is the first one asked a bishop
elect in our service for the cqnsecrea- .
tion of bishops:
“ ‘Are you persuaded that you are ,
truly called to this ministration, ac
cording to the will of our Lord Jesus '
Christ and the order of this church?’ ” !
"I am not so persuaded,” Dr. Hart '
said, “and, therefore, declined the
election.”
He added that he hoped the people 1
of the diocese “realize that I have 1
declined because I believe it is God’s ,
will for me to do so.” He said Bishop ■
Edward H. Coley had explained to 1
him his need of assistance “and I 1
should have been happy if I had felt ■
called to render that service.”
After declining the Tennessee offer j
last May, Dr. Hart told his congrega
tion that he had done so because he
“hoped to carry on the work done here 1
during the past three years.”
Dr. Hart became rector of St. John’s I
Church, known as “the church of the
Presidents,” in June, 1934, after pre- I
vious servioe as rector at St. Paul’s f
Church, Chattanooga, Tenn., and
Christ’s Church, Macon, Ga.
BALLOU SUPPORTED
BY CITIZEN GROUP
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Armcostia Unit Backs Fight on i
School Burden of Nearby
Pupils. i
The Anaoostia Citizens’ Association
last night voted to support Supt. of ]
Schools Frank W. Ballou in his stand 1
that the District should not be forced ■
to bear the expense of educating chil- ■
dren who attend from nearby areas. 1
Capt. Frank M. Dent, retired police ■
officer, introduced the resolution, citing 1
lack of adequate space as the primary
objection. 1
Capt. Dent commended Dr. Ballou 1
for his staunch fight on behalf of the 1
public schools to relieve congestion, f
declaring that this position was not <
being taken with the thought of se- S
curing revenue but giving the students
more favorable conditions under <
which to work. I
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VO EN
•air, One of Whom Sought
to Become D. C. Fireman,
Denied Bail.
Two would-be G-men, one of whom
Iso sought to be a fireman in the
iistrict of Columbia, were being held
r'ithout bail today while a New York
udge awaited information on the ex
ent of their alleged defalcations,
ireviously reported at about $50,000.
The pair, Raymond Davis, 30, and
acob Sielberman, 31, are members
f the New York bar and at present
nder indictment on a charge of mis
ppropriating $2,000 belonging to one
f their clients. It is alleged, how
ver, that they had made a practice
f such misappropriations in connec
ion with damage suits undertaken on
ehalf of solicited clients.
Judge Algernon I. Nova of New
fork, before whom the men were ar
aigned yesterday, said he would not
illow their release on bail until he
lad received a report from District
attorney William F. X. Geoghan
'showing the total amounts of the
lefalcations with which these defend
ints may be charged.”
Assistant District Attorney Joseph
ilonetti said the attorneys closed their
iffice in New York and disappeared
iarly in 1936. When they applied for
obs with the Federal Bureau of In
stigation recently, a routine check
evealed they were wanted in New
fork.
Monetti said Davis also had taken
i firemen's examination here and
leaded the list of eligibles with a
;rade of 98.
TJNERAL RITES TODAY
FOR MRS. WINDECK, 73
rative of Germany Was Resident
of D. C. for Many Years—Dies
on Visit to Illinois.
Funeral service for Mrs. Sophia C.
Vindeck, 73, for many years a resi
lent of this city, who died Wednesday
,t the home of her sister, Mrs. A.
tunart, in Winfield, 111., were sched
iled for 3 p.m. today in Glenwood
lemetery.
Mrs. Windeck, who came to Wash
ngton in 1900, formerly owned and
nanaged the Manchester Apartments,
400 block of M street. In recent
-ears she had lived with her daughter,
>frs. Malva Hall, at 1626 Rhode Island
.venue. She had gone to Illinois to
lsit about two months ago.
Besides the sister and daughter,
he is survived by another daughter,
itrs. Anna Manville, this city; two
irothers, August Wellensiek, this city,
,nd Hermann Wellensiek, Detroit, and
.nother sister who lives in Germany.
Ihe also leaves three grandsons.
Mrs. Windeck, a native of Germany,
ame to this country when a young
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VICTIMS INCREASE -
10 25 IN ECLAIR
POISONING CASES
Detective Bureau Seeking to
Find if Eclair Makers Vio
lated Health Laws.
PROSECUTION PROMISED
IF BREACH IS FOUND1
Chemists and Bacteriologists An
alyzing Contents—10 Cases
From Arlington, Va.
The number of victims of food
poisoning in the Washington area had
climbed to approximately 225 today
reports of 100 additional cases were
telephoned to the District Health De
partment by private phyiscians and
citizens.
Not a single case, however, was de
scribed as dangerous. Dr. James G.
Cumming, director of the depart
ment's Bureau of Communicable Dis
eases, said the victims were generally
improved and most of them were “up
and around.”
Chemists and basteriologists of the
department proceeded with analysis of
several dozen chocolate eclairs which,
victims said were responsible for their
attacks of food poisoning.
Capt. Ira Keck of the Detective Bu
reau announced today that any vio
lations of the public health code, if
discovered in connection with the
poisoning cases, would be prosecuted.
Dr. Cumming has maintained close
touch with private physicians attend
ing the victims and he reported that
"generally there is much improvement
and m06t of those who were stricken
are now up and around.”
Meanwhile, chemists and bacteriol
ogists of the rienartment nrnreerieri
with j analyses of the contents of
chocolate eclairs, to which those
stricken attributed their condition. „
Dr. Cumming said approximately
300 of the 1,700 eclairs made by a
local bakery had been recovered by
police or sent in from homes.
Results of the analyses, he said, may
not be available for several days, be
cause the analysts must first isolate
the bacteria believed to have con
taminated the pastry. Then, Dr. Cum
ming pointed out, the germ must be
cultured, filtered and tested on guinea,
pigs. 4
Throughout yesterday, the Health
Department was flooded with reports
of new food poisoning cases, most of
them from Washington and many from
nearby Maryland and Virginia. A
number of victims telephoned police.
The first report was Thursday night
when the family of William Maher,
1208 Kennedy street, was stricken by
the poisoning. Ten cases were re
ported from Arlington. Va.
Dr. George C. Ruhland. District
health officer, issued a new warning to
pastry makers, cautioning them against
insanitary preparation of such prod
ucts.
“The Health Department,” Dr. Ruh
land said, “wishes to warn the pastry
industry again that the egg filling
requires the most scrupulous sanitarv
handling and if undertaken at all
there cannot be a single slip in the
observance of cleanliness of the uten
sils used, the person preparing it or
in the refrigeration of the product
itself.
"The source of the outbreak will be^
determined and the nature of the
organism will be revealed by the in
vestigators, but more outbreaks will
occur unless the pastry industry un
derstands that these acute food pois
onings are usually caused by bacteria
which are ‘virtually inoculated’ into
the pastry through unclean methods
and unclean utensils.”
Dr. Ruhland cited previous warnings
issued by the Health Department, one
to restaurant owners last July 7 re*"
garding the making of salads and
pastry and another to bakers on June
8, 1935, setting forth sanitary require
ments.
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HUNDREDS ACCLAIM
CUP REGATTA QUEEN
Street Dancing Virtually Falls
Through as Only Two of Four
Bands Beport. *
The reigning queen of the Presi
dent's Cup Regatta. Miss Mary Louise
Colbert, went on tour in an open car
down Pennsylvania avenue last night
to the acclaim of hundreds of specta
tors. The other attraction of the eve
ning's program, street dancing, virtu
ally fell through, however, when only
two out of four bands reported on the
Avenue.
The Tall Cedars of Lebanon Band
played for a while in front of the
old Post Office Department Building
and several spectators joined in danc-f
ing on the sidewalk. At Seventh
street and the Avenue, the Boys Chib
Band played martial music and the
listeners concluded it was not suit
able for dancing.
The bands offered their services on
a voluntary basis, a member of the
Program Committee for last night's
festivities said. The two that failed
to report were scheduled to play for
street dancing at the District Build
ing and Tenth and D streets.
HEARINGS TUESDAY
ON SCHOOL BUDGET
$6,058,214 Increase Asked Over
1938 Funds to Be Defended
by Officials. <
Hearings on the 1939 school budget
will be held in the District Building
at 10 a.m. Tuesday, it was announced
today by Supt. of Schools FranX W.
Ballou.
Members of the School Board and
administrative officials will be present
to defend the $6,058,214 increase asked
over the 1938 appropriation.
The estimates prepared for the Com
missioners by the school authorities
total $18,858,939.
Man Found Dead.
Gallie de Gaston, 35, colored, 1837
Sixth street, was found dead early to
day in the areaway at the rear of his
home. Police said he apparently had
fallen from his bedroom window on
the second floor.
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