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said an operation will be necessary If
and when the injured man rallies suf-
ficiently.
En- Route to Residence.
Senator Schall and Leen were en-
route from the Senate once Building
to the Schall residence, Wyncrest, at
Berwyn Heights, Md. in the automo-
bile Of Harold Birkeland of Mime
apolis, an old friend and house guest
Of the Senator. With them was an
other friend, James Laughlin, also OF
Minneapolis.
When the party drove into Cottage
City, Birkeland stopped the car while
the Senator and Leen alighted to pur-
chase some sandwich bread and meat
from a grocery across the boulevard
The Senator wished to make the pur-
chaSes personally so that sandwiches
could be prepared for Laughlin and
Birkeland, who planned to leave for
Minneapolis early this morning.
The Senator and Leen were struck
as they reached the center of the
boulevard. Humphries was en- route
from Washington to his home when
the accident occurred.
The fender knocked Leen free Of the
car, but at least one wheel must have
passed over the Senator's leg.
Both men were rendered uncon-
scious. Birkeland and Laughlin
warned other automobiles away from
where the Senator lay in the middle
of the highway while the ambulance
of the Bladenshurg rescue squad was
on the way to the scene.
Fear to Lift Senator.
They were afraid to lift the uncon-
scious Senator lest the effort cause him
additional injury. The men placed q
coat under Mr. Schall's head an6
guarded him until the ambulance ar
rived some Is minutes later. Leen re-
gained consciousness in the ambulance
on the way to the hospital.
The accident occurred about 200
yards this side of the Peace Monument
at point, police said, where automo-
biles can be seen for at least several
hundred yards In either direction.
The rescue squad ambulance en-
route to the scene was delayed by
scores Of automobiles which had halted
in the busy thoroughfare, and by
throngs Of curious persons who COL
lected about the spot where the Sena-
tor lay.
Humphries reported to Justice of the
Peace w. A. Bobb at Cottage City
He was arrested on a technical charge
Of reckless driving by Policeman Ar.
thur Brown Of the Prince Georges
County force and released on his
personal bond for appearance before
Justice Of the Peace Herbert A. Mof-
fett at Hyattsville on December 80
Humphries told Bobb that just be-
fore the impact he saw the two men
in the boulevard Jump away from an
automobile which had Just passed
him. He said the two leaped into
the path Of his machine. The justice
Of the peace said 1t was his under
standing that Humphries' car was the
only one Of several automobiles pass.
ing at that time, which was not speed
ing. The speed limit at this point
Is Is miles an hour.
In the initial confusion, the acci-
dent was reported to Washington
police as hit-and-run case.
This report was corrected sh=tly
later. Oficers who tested Hgmph-
ries' car reported the brakes were in
good condition. 50
Many Accidents In Family,
The accident which befell the Sen
ator was only one Of series which
the Schall family has met with forti-
tude in the AZ years that followed
the binding oe Mr.. sehAll. 5has oe.