Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-21
AUTO ACCIDENT rs
MISS SCHAIDLAPP KILLED-AM
INDICTMENT ASKED.

MARsEILLE. September 2I.-As J. @.
schmidlapp and his daughter. Charlotte, OF
Cincinnati. were touring yesterday in
Provence In an automobile lent by Charles
n. Schwab OF New York. the car coIIisied
with a cart on the road between Aries
and Salon, near st. Martin de Crau Miss
Schmidlapp sustained fatal injuries and
died within an hour after the accident,
Mr.. Schmdlapp suffering a rib broken.
The automobile was wrecked.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 21.-The
following cablegram was received here yes
terday from L. A. Ault:
Aries. France. September 20.-Charlotte
died at o'clock this evening as the result
Of an automobile accident caused by a
country cart backing into the machine.
Mr.. Schmidlapp slightly injured. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ault unhurt- Communicate to family"
Plans Were Changed
Mr.. Schmidlapp and his daughter and Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Ault formed a party that
sailed for Cherbourg August 80 Until .
few days before his departure he had in
tended to remain at home, but the fact that
his eldest son, Horace. and his bride for
merly Miss Jean Maxwell, were In France,
inviting their parents to join in their tour,
induced Mr.. Schmidlapp al the last moment
to reconsider his determination and sail for
Europe.
His daughter, Charlotte. had made other
arrangements for summer consistent with
her fathers original plans. Consequently
the trip is a tragic incident in the history
OF the Schmidlapp family. Several years
ago Mrs. Schmidlapp and their eldest daugh-
ter were killed In railroad accident In
Kansas on New Year eve. Mr.. Schmidapp
had not recovered from the effects OF that
tragedy. In memory OF his wife and daugh-
ter he erected as an annex to the Gin
cinnau Art Museum a costly pile, which
is one of the most artistic and elaborate
memorials TO be found in the United States.
The daughter who killed in Kansas
was nineteen years Of age, and coinci-
dence of yesterdays tragedy is that Miss
Charlotte, who was killed in France, had
just reached the same age her sister at
the time of her death.
Mr.. Schmidlapps intention on this tour
was to become acquainted with provencal
France. He was preceded on this journey
by Charles Schwab. the steel magnate.
who was a guest at the Schmidlapp home
a few months ago. Mr.. Schwab wrote to
Mr.. Schmidlapp. detailing the pleasant ex-
perlences to be encountered in \ trip
through rural France and offered to leave
his auto and a chauffeur at the disposal OF
Mr.. Schmidlanp.
Meanwhile he Aults had arranged quite
independently a trip to the same country,
and Mr. Schmidlapp invited them to be
his guests in the Schwab auto. Mr..
Schnidlapp had communicated only occa-
sionally with his business associates in
Cincinnati, but their understanding is that
the Schwab auto was placed at their dis
posal Immediately after they reached
France and that they marked out tour
embracing the rural districts of the coun-
try and the leading manufacturing cities.
Ran Man Down.
CAMDEN. n. j.. September 2l.-Prose-
cutor Abbott of Atlantic county this state.
will ask the grand jury to indict Hart ID.
Newman, president OF the Commercial Ma
tional Bank of New Orleans, for man.
slaughter. Mr.. Newman, it is charged.
while passing through Absecon, n. J.. in
an automobile on September g. ran down
Joseph A. Bartlett. who died last Sunday.
State Agent Smith of the department OF
motor vehicles charges that Mr. Newman
violated the speed regulations and carried
a fictitious automobile number. Should
dent requisition will be made upon TIE gov
ernor OF Louisiana.
Turns Somersault.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, September 2I.-In an
automobile accident near here yesterday
c. A. Winslow, assistant city engineer, and
Ernest Jackson were knocked unconscious.
Councilman NJ. Haas and City Charter
Baumgartner escaped with slight bruises.
The accident happened While Mr. Jack
son was driving his automobile from White
Deer village to St. Paul. The car was go
ing at about twenty-five miles an hour
when, at a sharp bend in the road. II turn
ed completely over. landed on the ground.
bounded into the air again and struck right
side up. The five occupants of the car
were thrown some distance.