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Evening star., 1933-10-30
Accused of Accepting Bribe
of $50 From Man They
Arrested.
SUPERI0RS SEE DEAL
FROM HIDING PLACE
Harry G. Bauer and Rudolph
Schleichert Seized After Victim
Tells Plans to Authorities.

Two members of the police liquor
squad were charged with extortion and
suspended from the force today. after
q captain and two lieutenants are al
legged to have caught them accepting a
$50 bribe from a man they arrested
Saturday on liquor possession charges.
The officers were Harry S. Bauer and
Rudolph Schleichert, and the alleged
deal took place near Eighth and N
streets about 8:45 am. Capt. James
E. Bobo and Leuts. Oscar j. Letterman
and Emil Desch, who declared they hid
in a moving van said they witnessed
the acceptance Of the bribe..
According to Capt. Bobo, an envelope
containing $50 in marked money was
handed to Bauer and Schleichert by
Alfred H. Dudley %, of 1882 Calvert
street.
Information regarding the alleged ex
tortion had been in the hands of police
officials since shortly after Dudley's
arrest, according to Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent of the depart
ment. He refused to reveal the source
Of the tip. however.
Auto Figures in Deal.
Bauer and Schleichert will be
handled just like any ordinary prison.
or" said Maj. Brown. They were sus-
pended by Capt. Bobo Immediately
after their arrest and, like anybody else,
were required to post $500 each before
they were freed"
Dudley was arrested on charges of
possession of % quarts of liquor and 26
quarts of alcohol According to the
information given Capt. Bobo, Bauer
and Schleichert agreed to arrange for
the return of Dudley's automobile,
which was seized at the time of his
arrest, and also to go easy on him in
court.
Dudley reported the matter to United
turn. notified police officials After a
conference between Maj. Brown and
Lieut. George Little. chief of the
the case and arrangements for the trap
were made
Step From Hiding.
Bobo. Letterman and Desch Ssecreted
themselves in a truck parked nearby
and waited for Dudley and the two
liquor squad members to appear. After
the envelope had been accepted by
Bauer and Schleichert, it was said, the
officers stepped from their hiding place
and placed the pair under arrest.
The case of Dudley, who was arrested
in the 2100 block of Fourteenth street,
probably will not come up in Police
Court until after the charges against
Bauer and Schleichert have been dis
posed of, it was said at police head
quarters. Bauer and Schleichert will
be arraigned in Police Court tomorrow
Their case will not be taken up by the
Police Trial Board. however. until it has
been settled in court.
Bauer, who is So and lives at 420l
Fourth street, has been a member OF
the police force since March 16, 1919.
He has a good record and has been
commended several times for his work
Schleichert, a member Of the force
since July l, 1925. also has good
record. He is 80 and lives at 1873 Bay
street southeast.
Both officers were charged with ex-
tortion in warrants issued by the
United States attorneys Office.
Evening star., 1933-10-30
CHANGE SWINDLER GETS
$40 FROM DRUG STORE
DR.. Samuel Eisenberg Reports
doctor" Asked to Have Goods
Delivered to Home.

Washington's change swindler'
went back to work last night-mulct-
ing another druggist of S4.75 In cash
and merchandise worth $5.25.
DR.. Samuel Eisenberg. 2448 Wiscon-
sin avenue reported he received tele-
phone call from a man who identified
himself as "Dr. Anderson" and asked
that the merchandise and change be
sent to an address in the 2800 block
of Wisconsin avenue.
The employe making the delivery
took the merchandise and the money In
exchange for a. $40 check and said he
would call at the pharmacy for the
remainder of the change. He failed
to do so, however, and the druggist
reported the case to the police.
Evening star., 1933-10-30
BLIND PROFESSORS WIFE SLASHES
WRISTS, FOUND % HOURS LATER

Discouraged because failing health
threatened to end her role of helpmate
to her blind husband, Mrs. Violet
Walker Burda, So, returned to their
former residence Saturday afternoon
and attempted to end her life.
Twenty-Five hours later she was
found sitting on the front porcn Of
the home at 371O Thirtcenth street
northeast with both wrists SlaShed. A
neighbor. John F. Monahan, discovered
her shortly before noon. Police were
summoned and she was removed to
Casualty Hospital. where her condition
was reported still critical today.
Mrs. Burda is the wife Of Prof. Fran
els X. Burda, instructor in physics at
Catholic University for the past Is
years About 10 years ago he lost his
sight, and since his wife had been his
Evening star., 1933-10-30

constant companion and guiding spirit
in his work. Some time ago Mrs.
Burda's health began to break under
the strain of her activities, and recently
she had been living at downtown hotel
and Prof Burda at university dormi-
tory in order to separate her from her
customary responsibilities
This plan did not work out salts
factorily for the couple, however. and
they resolved to take an apartment
near the school, where they might be
reunited. On Saturday Mrs. Burda had
set out to search for place to live,
when she passed by her former home.
She went inside for a few moments.
Alone with the remembrance of the
past, she became despondent and de-
cided to take her life.
Physicians believe she has a good
chance to recover.
Evening star., 1933-10-30
POISON KILLS SOLDIER
Army Man, 90, Succumbs at Wal
ter Reed; Probe Is Begun.

Vernon H. Mccoy. 90. a soldier
attached to the Carlisle, Pa, Barracks
died in Walter Reed Hospital today O,
poisoning.
officials of the hospital said Mccoy
who lives in Carlisle, was transferred
from the barracks last Tuesday and
placed under the care Of Maj. I. F
Peak, attached to the hospital staff.
Members Of the homicide squad an6
Acting Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
are investigating.
Evening star., 1933-10-30
Utilities Commission Asks
Hearing by District Su-
preme Court.
ACTION WOULD Defer
DEPRECIATION QUESTION
10 Per Cent Reduction Held Up by
Chesapeake & Potomac Move
for Legal Ruling.

The Public Utilities Commission to-
day asked the District Supreme Court
to set a date for trial Of the COM
mission order for a 10 per cent dis
count in rates of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. The rate re-
duction order, adopted by the commits
sion a year ago. applies to all customers
except those having P. B. x. boards.
The request of the commission today
is embodied in motion to advance the
hearing of the telephone rate and valu-
alton case, which was taken to court
when the company contested commits
sion decisions.
The motion applies only to that part
of the case related to the commission
rate reduction order This means that
the commission is seeking to have the
rate litigation separated from the COM
mission order on depreciation account
ing which was designed to effect a
saving to the telephone users The
commission will ask that this phase of
the case be tried separately at a later
date.
Writ Blocks Cut.
The public as yet has not received
the benefit Of the rate reduction order
The legal contest brought by the tele-
phone company resulted in an injunc-
ton preventing the rate cut until the
case can be tried on its merits. The
ton to the public should the company
lose its case.
The rate reduction was ordered when
the commission. after valuation of tele-
phone company properties, found the
fair value for rate making purposes of
company properties used and useful in
telephone service could not exceed S28.-
100000.
The commission last October ordered
the telephone company to credit to its
depreciation reserve sum equal to in
terest at per cent on the amount Of
its depreciation reserve at the begin
ming OF each month. This interest
charge was to be deducted from sums
to be collected from the public for
replacement of telephone properties.
Collections Cited.
This order resulted from a finding
by the commission that between 1920
ana 1881, inclusive, the company had
collected from its subscribers Sl2,028,-
ITO for retirement of old properties. but
that the actual cost of requirements
amounted to but S8.361 ISL
Since the company had the use Of
the greater sum. the commission held
the subscribers should be credited with
interest at per cent.
The commission asks that this de-
probation order be severed from the
rate case since the Interstate Com
mere Commission as yet has not issued
an order relating to accounting for de-
probation.
Evening star., 1933-10-30

Capt. Richard Mansfield of the ninth
precinct, whose sketches are published
weekly in the magazine section of The
Sunday Star.
Capt Mansfield and other police Of
ficers who ire talented, according to
Maj Brown, not only could give in
structions to boys who are interested
in their particular lines, but could en-
tertain boys who have no talent for
drawing. cartooning, music, etc.
Maj. Brown is anxious for interested
citizens to help with the work Of estab-
Evening star., 1933-10-30
SLUGGED IN HALLWAY
Man Reports Mysterious Attack
By Stranger.

Police today were investigating a
mysterious attack on Jacques Du Bois,
40, of GIT H street, who reported he
was slugged by an unidentified man In
hallway in the 800 block of Eleventh
street yesterday.
Picked up by George Dacey, 1910 K
street, a taxicab driver, Du Bois was
treated at Casualty Hospital for two
wounds on his head. Later he was
transferred to Gallinger Hospital and
at the same time booked for investiga-
ton at the first precinct. He was un-
able to describe his assailant.
Evening star., 1933-10-30
LUNCH ROOM ROBBED
Colored Girl, Found Behind Coun
ter. Denies Taking $50.

Mystery today surrounded the theft
of sac from the Dupont Lunch Room,
2O31 M street.
Dunning Nunnally, proprietor, re re-
ported his night manager. Jesse FOilln
returning after few moments aosenes
last night. found colored glfl Denlnu
the counter, her arms ioaaeo "''A
cigarettes and other merchandise.
Although the money was MISSING
from the cash register, she deniro nav
ing taken 1t. and search OF ner per
arrested however, on charges OF
drunkenness and petty larceny.
Evening star., 1933-10-30
WORKERS RE-EMPLOYED
18 q. s. Workers Dropped Are
Given Other Positions.

Given Other Positions.
Eighteen more Government workers
dropped in the retrenchment program
were placed in other positions in the
past week, 1t was said today at the
Civil Service Commission.
It was repeated at the commission,
however, that despite these replace
ments, the unemployment registers are
growing because Of additions from the
field
Evening star., 1933-10-30
CAPT. BOONE LOSES
APPEAL IN CRASH
District Appellate Court Holds
Him Liable for Private
Use of Car.

Federal officials using Government
automobiles for private uses cannot es-
cape liability for accidents on the the
ory that the car was assigned to them
in their official capacity, the District
Court of Appeals ruled today in de-
Gliding a damage suit against Caot. Joel
T. Boone. White House physician dur
ing the Hoover administration.
The decision reversed the ruling in
the Municipal Court which had held
Capt. Boone was not responsible for an
automobile accident in which ms Off
cial car was involved on April i9, 1882
Returning From Opera.
The evidence disclosed DR.. Boone
with his wife, had driven to Baltimore
that evening to attend the opera with
friends On the return trip to Wash
ington their automobile, driven by an
enlisted man in the Navy Department,
collided with another automobile. Vir-
ginia B. Phelps, occupant of the other
car. contended the chauffeur of the
official car was guilty of negligence. and
this was not disputed on the appeal.
DR. Boone insisted he was subject to
call whenever he might be needed at
the White House and, since the auto
mobile was assigned to him for the
purpose of enabling him to respond its
use by him on the evening in question
was in his official capacity.
Private Nature Cited.
The Court of Appeals. in an opinion
written by Associate Justice Groner,
held, however 'the statement of the
purpose is itself enough to indicate very
clearly the purely private nature of the
trip to Baltimore.
1T does not matter we think, that
because there might have been a sum-
mons to DR.. Boone to return to the
White House, and because in that case
the car would have facilitated the re-
turn, the quality of the use is thereby
changed"
Since DR. Boone assumed the right
to use and control the car and driver
for a private purpose he thereby as
sumed responsibility for the conse-
quences of such use and control, the
opinion concluded. Associate Justice
Van Orsdel dissented
The case was sent back to the Mu-
nicipal Court for new trial The
plaintiff was represented by Attorney
Edwin c. Dutton.
Evening star., 1933-07-02
STOCK LIST GAINS
13 PCT. IN MONTH
Market Value of 100 Issues 96
Per Cent Higher Than Before
Bank Holiday.
Special atch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 1.-The market
value Of 100 representative common
stocks increased $l,765. .141 900, or 1873
per cent, to $14,974.895 900 in the
month Of June, according to Frazier
Jelke & Co. The market value of the
100 stocks at the end of the month
was s67 per cent higher than on
March 8, 1888, the day before the bank
holiday, and 1876 per cent higher than
of the bear market. The June gain
of 1873 per cent compares with an in
crease Of 17.8 per cent in May. with
an appreciation of ass per cent in
April and q. gain Of 4.8 per cent in
March.
In June each one Of the 13 sub
groups constituting the index advanced.
The largest gain on q dollar basis was
$296, TIC, 900 IN the motors, the rails
gained $275, OPT 900 and the oils $751;
10000. On q percentage basis the
building shares led the June rise, add
ing 30.2 per cent. The railroad equip
ments gained 22.7 per cent: the mo-
tors. 21.9 per cent; the steels. 1873 per
cent; the retail shares, ITO per cent;
the rails, 161 per cent; the utilities.
12.1 per cent; the foods, 11.2 per cent;
the oils, 109 per cent; the chemicals,
106 per cent: the electrical equipments,
8.6 per cent; the mines, 81 per cent,
and the industrials, AZ per cent.
As compared with q year ago, the
motors are up AIS per cent, the mines
373 per cent. and the rails. 262 per
cent. The smallest gain for any group
since June 80, 1882. Is S8 per cent in
the utilities. Since the bank holiday
the building shares have experienced the
largest appreciation. advancing 221 per
cent.
Evening star., 1933-07-02
L0AD|NGS
GAIN DURING WEEK
Increase of 16,737 Cars Is
Reported by American
Railway Association.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The American Railway Association
announced yesterday that revenue
freight loadings fer the week ended
June "a, was 6O4,66s cars. an increase
of 16,737 over the preceding week and
1o5,675 over the same week in 1892.
Miscellaneous freight loaded during
the week Of June "a was 231 1856 cars,
an increase of 2,450 over the preceding
week and II, ,963 over the corresponding
week in 1892; less than carlot merchan-
disc 169,902 cars, an increase Of 1872
over the preceding week, but 4,465 below
last year; grain and grain products, 38.-
34l, increase 1874 and 10,731; forest prod
ucts 27,733, increase 2,213 and 11,124;
ore 1882, increase / ,266 and 1859; coal
102.0l5, increase 8,411 and 33,760; coke
5,656. increase 748 over the preceding
week 2,698 over last year and 507 over
1881 and livestock 1888, increase S3
cars and 905 cars.
Evening star., 1933-07-02
FIRM BASIS FOR BUSINESS
RECOVERY IS ESTABLISHED
Half.Year Ends with More Hopeful Pros
pect for Industry. Public Conf
dence Gradually Restored.

of q large portion Of the public that
expands or contracts its purchases, pays
its bills or withholds payment Of them
as the market moves up or down. 1t
has done more. It has recovered q con-
siderable portion of lost equity for the
fire insurance companies that were IN
a desperate state q few months ago,
when the receivership for one Of the
largest was caused by the depreciation
in its portfolio of stocks.
In the same period there has been an
appreciation in the market value OF
listed and unlisted bonds OF approx
mately $4,000, 100000. This has been
Of mere importance than the threefold
greater gain in stocks. as 1t has been
felt in some measure by at least IS per
now open, and lends itself to the reader
and more satisfactory liquidation of
those that arc permanently closed.
Advance in Commodities.
While securities have been rising,
there has been q smaller, but no less
influential, advance in the value Of
those commodities that create the busi-
ness and political sentiment Of large
sections of the country. To illustrate,
wheat futures are now more than 40
and corn more than 80 cents. Oats
are at the highest since December, 1890.
It is estimated that the greater values
Of these and other farm products have
added 81 ,250, ,0O0, 900 to the purchasing
power of the growers. Cotton Is about
cents a pound higher. Copper metal
has risen from AZ cents a pound. where
no mine could produce at a profit, to
cents, which approached a figure at
which earnings might be made on the
present wage scale. Hides have ad-
vanced 200 per cent from the low of the
year and silk 100 per cent. Iron is up
SO ten. Dealing with the index num-
Der of commodities as a whole, We find
that in the third work week of June 1t
had gained 81a points. or about Is per
cent, since the bottom was reached in
March. Wholesale prices have been
rising steadily since March, though
slowly, with q recovery from the low Of
less than S per cent.
All Of this price improvement has nat
urally stimulated industry. 1t has re-
leased buying power where necessities
were involved It has excited a con.
siderable amount Of forward purchases
against the prospect Of a further rise.
The immediate course OF business de-
pends not a little on the extent to
which manufacturers and merchan-
disers feel that they have covered their
requirements or are willing to follow
up the price rise. Their attitude Is
necessarily speculative. The business
index, which in March was almost so
per cent lower than in the Summer of
1929, rejecting relatively the most COM
plete stagnation that this country had
ever known, has since been steadily
rising. It has already recovered about
20 points of the 55-point decline, and
corresponds to the index Of June, 1881.
At the same time the rise In iron and
steel production from IS per cent Of
capacity in March to around 50 per
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Evening star., 1933-07-02
BUCHANAN CHOSEN
NATIONAL DIRECTOR
Association of Credit Men
H0nors Member of Local
Accounting Concern.

William Gordon Buchanan, a partner
in the accounting firm Of Councillor &
Buchanan, was elected q national d.
rector Of the National Association Of
Credit Men at its 38th annual conven-
ton, held in Milwaukee this past week.
Mr.. Buchanan, who has been treas
urer Of the Washington Association Of
Credit Men for more than 10 years, has
been identified with the affairs of the
local association since 1918, and was
active as an organizer of its Adjusting
Bureau. During the war he was q cap
tain In the United States Army and has
been practicing accountant for the
past 20 years.
He has been head professor of ac-
countancy and business administration
at Georgetown University for IL years.
At the present time q new graduate
seminar course in Causes of and Rem
edies for Commercial Failures" Is being
conducted under his direction.
Mr.. Buchanan was recently appointed
by the Commissioners of the District Of
Columbia to be q member Of the Beard
OF Accountancy Examiners for the Dis
trict. He is State representative of
the American Society Of Certified Pub
lie Accountants and Is also chairman
OF the Credit Mems Committee on
Branch Banking.
Evening star., 1933-07-02
STEEL PRODUCTION
IS PUSHED HIGHER
Mills of Nation Now 0perat.
ing at So Per Cent of
Capacity.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1.-Steel mills en-
tered the third quarter operating at an
estimated So per cent of capacity, the
sharp upward swing from IA per cent
In March marking one Of the sharpest
recoveries In the history of the trade.
Quotations named today applied to
business booked in July only, rather
than for the third quarter There was
further moderate buying squirt for
second-quarter specifications earlier in
the week. Pig iron held steady In q
quiet market.
Zinc advanced 800 per ton for the
week on a more active demand in
fluenced by increasing consumption, es-
pecially in the steel industry. June
shipments were expected to be larger
than production for the month, caus-
ing ore prices to continue firm and
offerings were restricted as smelters had
q good backlog of orders.
Lead was steady and unchanged, al
though active consumer demand con-
tinued throughout the week. Orders
placed were largely for August ship
ment, although additional July require
ments were being anticipated owing to
increasing activity by many branches
Of the consuming trade.
Evening star., 1933-07-02
u. S. TOBACCO FIRMS
SEEKING LOST TRADE
Industry Hopes to Benefit by
Agreements at the World
Economic Conference.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
VIRGINIA BEACH, July THAT the
Washington administration is endeavor-
ing to include in the parleys of the
World Economic Conference at London
the American Tobacco situation, was
made known today by A. B. Darlington,
president of the Tobacco Association Of
the United States at its annual conven-
ton mere. The action, 1t was said by
Mr.. Darlington, is to be taken in the
hope that reciprocal arrangements can
be negotiated that will restore to Ameri-
can firms the market they have lost
through the high tariff barrier and re-
taliatory measures which the American
tariff has brought with it.
Mr.. Darlington in his report present.
ed Q complete picture of the national
tobacco situation indicating that 1t Is
the most encouraging in years barring
the export situation which it is hoped
will be remedied by the Federal Gov
ernment under its proposed action at
the London conference.
It was disclosed that the trade in
tends to appoint q practical tobacco
man to 60 to the conference The
Louisville Board Of Trade has already
sent @. o. Tuck, well known on the
Southern markets-as its representa-
tive and the Tobacco Association Of the
United States has retained his services.
Evening star., 1933-07-02
ADD
z NEW GOVERNORS
Officers for Coming Year Also
Elected by Local Insti-
tute Members.

At the annual meeting of the District
Of Columbia Institute of Certified Pub
lie Accountants, held at the Racquet
Club, Frederick M. Blum and John B.
Mckinley were elected to membership
on the board Of governors. The board
now consists Of the following members:
Frederick M. Blum, John B. McGin-
ley. Goodwin P. Graham, Harold S.
Roberts, Oscar J. Bernstein, Harold c.
Anderson and Wayne Kendrick.
Following this general election the
board of governors met and elected
Wayne Kendrick, president: Goodwin
P. Graham. vice president, and Harold
C. Anderson, secretary and treasurer,
for the ensuing year.
The meeting was devoted to discus
sion Of the recently enacted securities
act" The institute had as guests Paul
C. Bane, Edward r. Hicks and DR.. w.
H. England. all members Of special
committee Of the Federal Trade Com
mission engaged in the drafting Of
regulations covering the new law.
Evening star., 1933-07-02
u. S. Dollar Sinks
In Dealings on
Foreign Exchange
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1.-The American
dollar took another dive in foreign ex-
change markets today as the admins
tration tntimated that, in relation to
leading European currencies, 1t was still
too high priced
: Indications, at the same time, that
the Government would not object to
curbing exchange speculation apparent
ly were ineffective In stemming the
decline.
The British pound sterling advanced
6 cents to q cable rate Of $4331z
which compared with its recent post
gold standard peak Of SAB. French
francs gained OF of a cent at 5.02
cents, Dutch guilders we're up "a of
q cent at 51.20 cents and Belgian
belgas and Swiss francs moved for
ward "a and 2s Of cent. respectively.
German marks and the Scandinavians
got up to around ls Of cent each
and Canadian dollars were y Of a
cent higher at slA cents.