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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27

Embarrassing elimination after the
Rockville bus crash.
He said the ideal solution would be
the construction of q dual highway,
asserting such a road now is being
built from Baltimore toward Phila-
delphia via Aberdeen because the peo-
pie In that section "agitated for It,"
He lauded the State Roads Commits
sion for improvements already made,
especially the widening Of the boule-
ward through Cottage City and Col
mar Manor, but noted that no road
building body can rest on its laurels.
Whites speech drew applause and
The Stars campaign for the modern
izing Of the road also was praised by
several speakers who urged that the
spotlight of publicity be kept on the
road until it is improved. BY way OF
appreciation Of The Stars efforts the
citizens voted to make its Prince
Georges County correspondent an
honorary member of the federation.
School Buses in Danger.
Henry w. Cord Of Ardmore, mem
Der of the Prince Georges Democratic
State Central Committee, said 1t took
him an hour to drive from Ardmore
to Bladensburg last Sunday night. On
the way, he said, he noticed several
buses pull out Of line and force on
coming cars to leave the road. A
reckless driver, who forced his car
from the road. could not be placed
under arrest until he founf an officer
at Bladensburg, Cord said, In stress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
LICENSE REvOK|NG
URGEDBY RUTLAND
Health Officer Threatens
New Course of Action
on Restaurants.

The threat of revocation Of bust
ness licenses was held out today by
Health Oficer George C. Rutland
for those eating establishments which
fail to comply with sanitary regula-
tons.
DR.. Rutland has sought prosecu-
ton in Police Court of more than so
proprietors accused of permitting in
sanitary conditions. When the first
batch were filed, he announced he
would continue to WELD the big
stick"
Failure of restaurant operators to
maintain reasonably clean establish
ments is sufficient cause for action
looking to revocation of permits is
sued under the general license law
of the District, Dr. Rutland has
been advised by Corporation Counsel
E. Barrett Prettyman.
As soon as Prettyman has prepared
a formal legal opinion to this effect,
DR.. Rutland will invoke this law, he
said today.
Most restaurant proprietors are CO.
operating in regard to health regula-
tons, but some are either ''too igno-
rant or too Indifferent" to try to COM
ply, the health officer declares.
Fines ranging from SIS to SIS for
violation of sanitary rules will not
solve the problem and it will be nee
essary to revoke some licenses, DR..
Rutland believes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
GUARDSMEN DRILL
ON GAS DEFENSE.
Smoke and Tear Fumes
Combine as Troopers
Simulate Advance.

Clouds of smoke and tear gas rolled
across Camp simms today as the
District National Guard went through
gas defense practice and instruction.
Fumes from smoke candles en-
veloped the parade ground as the
troops moved across it in a sirnu-
lated advance in the face Of gas
attack. When the men became ac-
customed to the smoke, small quanti-
ties of tear gas were mixed in.
Later in the day, the 12lst En-
gineers, comprising the major body
of troops in camp. were mustered
preparatory to pay day at the end OF
the training period.
Other training included musketry
and combat firing at 1,000-inch tar
gets.
Lieut.. Col. Julian S. Oliff, execu-
tive officer of the Engineer regiment
today issued his advance guard order
for the overnight tactical problem
which will begin Thursday morning
Company A, commanded by First
Lieut.. James Quade, was designated
the advance guard. 1t will clear
Camp Simms at am. Thursday and
proceed to Fort Davis at the end OF
Pennsylvania avenue extended, pre-
pairing the overnight camp site there
for the regiment.
Using the old Civil War fortiflca-
lions, the engineers will organize q
battalion combat center, spend the
night in shelter tents and return tc
Camp SimmS Friday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
Unique Children's ''Church"
In Cathedral to Be Dedicated

portions with small arches. There
Is rich color in the sculptured dec
orations, which portray the biblical
figures best known to children.
There will be no set services, ex-
cept for the baptisms which prob
ably will be administered there. Chill
dren are wandering into the room
already, looking curiously about and
shyly offering their prayers at the
small altar before they leave.
They group around the lifesize and
hfelike figure Of the Christ child
placed in sunny, recessed window.
It Is the plan Of the Cathedral staff
to throw open the room for the use
Of children Of any creed or color.
Since it win hold only about 80 at a
time, there viii be no large services
in the chapel. But Sunday school
teachers Of the city viii be invited to
bring their classes there for special
lesson days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
Commissioners Select Georgian
First Assistant to DR.. Rutland

place left vacant by the resignation
some months ago of DR.. Edward J.
Schwartz.
DR.. Seckinger, SO. was born at
Rincon, Ga, and won his A. B. de-
gree from Lemon-Rhyne College, his
A M. degree at the University of
North Carolina and his M. D. from
Johns Hopkins University Medical
School. Baltimore.
He has served as bacteriologist In
the city Health Department of Sa-
vannah, Ga; was assistant city OBJ
stetrician in the Baltimore Health
Department and deputy commissioner
of health for Savannah, Ga, and
Chatham County. Ga.
His salary would be IS 500 a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
ENDING OF CONGRESS
is DECLARED RELIEF
BY the Associated Pres

BY the Associated Press.
Capt. William H. Stayton, secretary
of the American Liberty League, Is
sued a statement today saying ad-
journment Of Congress Should prove
relief to the country"
He accused Congress Of blind &C
ceptance of unwarranted, extra-legal
executive dictation."
Few peace-time sessions" he said
have resulted in so many new laws
of far-reaching Importance, and it Il
certain that none has left more con.
fusion and perplexity in its wake.
This is true both as to the real
meaning Of the legislation passed and
also as to its constitutional aspects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
U. S. ACCEPTS FOUR BIDS
TO SCIENCE MEETINGS

By the Associated Press.
The United States accepted four In
vtations yesterday to participate in
international scientific conferences.
Invitations accepted today were for
the seventh American Scientific Con-
gress, to be held in Mexico City; the
l90th International Congress Of Orien-
salists and the 18th International Hor-
ticultural Congress at Rome, and the
Conference on Biological Standardizs-
ton, to be held at Geneva.
They bring the total acceptances Of
such invitations since July to 81.
In the fiscal year Of 1884 40 invita-.
tons were accepted and in 1885 Amer.
lean delegates participated in Sc such
meetings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
M'ADOO SEES PRESIDENT
ABOUT WESTERN TRIP
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Plans for the Western trip of Presi-
dent Roosevelt we're discussed at the
White House today by Senator Nc
Adoo, Democrat, of California.
The Senator said he spectncally
discussed visits at. Los Angeles ana
San Diego and it was assumed the
President would call at both places.
There was no announcement at
the White House on the probable
time Of departure Of Mr.. Roosevelt
for the West nor were any specific
dates mentioned for the stops at Los
Angeles and San Diego.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
SU|TORS HUNTED
IN WOMAN'S DEATH
One of Four Detained for
Questioning in Maryland
Park Case.
BY a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY a staff Correspondent of The Star.
MARYLAND PARK, Md, August
27.-Convinced jealousy was the mo-
tive for the Staying of Mrs. Estelle M
Teulon, 40, whose body was found in
her home here yesterday, Prince
Georges County police today launched
a search for her many suitors.
Four men, said by police, to have
been her friends, were questioned last
night, and all except George Lusby
IS, a railroad employe, were released
He is being detained for further
questioning today while the officers
search for several others reported to
have been rivals for her affections.
Had Little Money.
MRS. Teulon lived in modest cir
cumStances. Her lack of any con-
siderable sum of money eliminates
robbery as a motive" Officer Elon
Turner said. ION the other hand, she
was quite popular with men, and some
were keenly jealous Of her"
AS police pushed their investigation
of the crime DR.. James I. Boyd
coroner's physician, prepared to per-
form an autopsy this afternoon to
learn definitely the course taken by
the bullet which entered the top OF
Mrs. Teulon's skull. Meanwhile Act
ing Coroner Harry I. Anderson set
September 3 as the date for an in
quest.
Discovery of a bullet hole in the
ceiling of the bed room where Mrs.
Teulon's body was found led police to
believe she may have been shot during
a gun battle Beside her body was a
.45-caliber revolver, which neighbors
told police belonged to her. This led
the officers to conclue she attempted
to defend herself from whoever shot
her.
No Relatives Appear.
DR. Boyd expressed the opinion that
Mrs. Teulon had been dead at least
a week, after viewing the discolored
body, which was removed to Richie
Brothers funeral home at Upper Marl-
boro, where the autopsy will be per-
lOTIIlcu ILLS al GCl HULL. OAASldS VI
the undertaking firm said this morn
ing no members of her family had ap-
peared to make funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Teulon lived alone In a two
story house on Oak street here. She
was said to have relatives in Indian
head.
Three young men who went to the
well in her yard for drink decided
to search the house when they re.
called she mad not been seen for a
week. They were Herbert Mcdonald,
Chester Foote and Samuel Acuff. The
latter called his father Mayor Har-
mon o. Acuff of Seat Pleasant, when
the body, fully clothed, was found
sprawled on the bed room floor. There
was no evidence Of struggle in the
room.
Neighbors recalled that her little
white dog had appeared at nearby
store last Saturday. Although it was
unusual for the dog to leave the prem
ises without its mistress, residents at
tached no significance to its appear
ance at that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
C0RC0RAN MAKES DENIAL
OF OWNING SECURITIES

By the Associated Press.
Thomas Corcoran, youthful r. r. c.
attorney. who was a storm center Of
the utilities control fight in Congress,
denied today he owned public utilities
securities.
Replying to q written inquiry from
Representative Disney of Oklahoma,
he said: II have never in my life
bought or sold or owned any public
utility securities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27

with the United States Marine Band,
under the direction of Capt. Taylor
BranSon.
Several Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, representing the different Con-
federate organizations as official ladies,
will make the trip to Amarillo. Maj.
Robert w. Wilson also will attend,
representing the Confederate Veterans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
PARALYSIS KILLS
ALEXANDRIA GIRL
Sixth Death in District Is
Recorded as Clara Dixon,
10, Dies.

Clara Dixon, 10, of 305' West Wind
sor avenue, Alexandria, Va, died In
Children's Hospital at noon today
from infantile paralysis after an ILL
ness since Friday. This is the sixth
death to occur in the District from
paralysis since January l, two of them
being brought here from elsewhere.
The child Is the daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Dixon of Alexandra
and is one of four children. She is
believed to have contracted the disease
from an older sister. who returned re-
Gently from North Carolina, according
to DR.. j. G. Cumming, assistant Dis
trist health officer.
Taken Ill Friday.
Taken seriously i'll at her home
Friday, the girl was taken to the
Alexandria Hospital, but physicians
were not certain of their diagnose;
and called in DR.. Hugh ]. Davis Of
Washington, who diagnosed her case
as infantile paralysis and ordered
her moved to the Children's Hospital
here last night. No report of the
case had been made to the city
health Office at Alexandria.
Twelve cases of infantile paraly-
sis are under treatment in the Dis.
trict at present, Dr. Cumming said
There have been IS cases reported
here since January /.
While declaring there is no cause fo1
alarm in the infantile paralysis situa
ton, DR.. George C. Rutland, health
officer, advised parents today to hav'
their children given medical examina.
ton before the opening of school.
He asked that physicians be callet
in to give the children last CHECK
over" before they present themselve'
for enrolment.
Diagnoses Advised.
The school medical inspector SERVES
of the health Office performs some worl
in this direction, but the voluntary Co
operation of parents is needed in hav
ing family physicians called into serv'
ice, DR.. Rutland said.
IL CIl11uIc ell al ou4ACAA4S S'SA AAOAA
minor colds, cough or slight fever, N
advises parents to keep them out o
school until a physician has made
diagnosis.
This is not to be taken to indi
cate any suspicion of alarm" SAT-
DR.. Ruhland. 1T Is rather a matte
of plain common sense"
DR.. Ruhland hopes to find fund
for expansion of the school medica
inspection service, although the sec
ond deficiency bill, as finally passes
by Congress, did not allow for this
His original requests for the de
ficiency appropriation contained sum
for expansion of the medical service
but the total was cut and this phas
eliminated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27

Washington and
Maryland delega-
ton to the Con-
federate reunion
to be held Sep
TENDER &c at
A m arill o, Tex.
The group will
leave Saturday.
Delegates from
Harrisonburg. Va,
and Remington,
Va, will join the
local delegation
here Saturday,
the party leaving
m the Same train
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
TRUCKS ARE PROTESTED
Thirtieth Street Residents Com
plain of Noise and Hazards.

Abatement of noise and alleged
traffic hazards resulting from opera
ton of heavy trucks passing through
Thirtieth street between Bladensburg
road and South Dakota avenue north
east was asked by citizens Of the
section yesterday in petition to the
Commissioners.
They asked that a left turn at
Thirtieth street and Bladensburg road
be abolished and that trucks be COM
p&led to go to South Dakota avenue
to avoid the steep grade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
BY the Associated Press,


To the right of the Great Choir
in Washington Cathedral is a little
chapel which Is unique in church
architecture, room designed and
dedicated for the use Of children only.
Recently completed, dedication of
the chapel is planned for the Fall.
No other cathedral in the world
includes such a room. Children taken
to church by their parents either have
been left in Sunday school rooms
or taken, restless and awed, into the
chamber used by adults for their reg
ular services.
Words went over their heads. Adults
sat about them, stiff and solemn.
Silence had to be preserved. In the
larger cathedrals the high vaults Of
the ceilings seemed far away and
cold.
z The children's chapel changes an
that. It is designed in children's pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27

Selection Of DR.. Daniel Lamont
Seckinger, attached to the Georgia
State Health Department, for ap-
pointment as first assistant District
health officer. was agreed to today
by the Commissioners. Formal ap-
pointment will be delayed until the
Civil Service Commission has passed
finally upon the qualifications Of DR..
Seckinger and until he definitely has
accepted the offer of the post.
Appointment of DR.. Seckinger was
recommended by DR.. George c. Rub
land. District health officer, who indi-
Gated privately several days ago an
out-of-town physician might have to
be selected.
The new appointee will take the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
PAVING CONTRACT LET

Contract for paving approaches to
the new Calvert Street Bridge over
Rock Greek was awarded today by
the Commissioners to Corson & Cru
man. The cost will be approximately
$4,000.
The new bridsA is expected TO be
finished late IN October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
VAN SWEARINGEN
HEADS DELEGATION
Sons of Confederate Veterans Will
Leave Saturday for Amarillo,
Tex. Convention.

Maj. w. F. Van Swearingen, division
commander Of the District of Column
bia and Maryland Division, Sons Of
Confederate Veterans. will head the
Evening star., 1935-02-10
Youths Fish Huge
Alligator Out of
Se,Uer in Harlem
Animal Believed to Haze
Been Brought From
Florida as Pet.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February e.-An g.
foot alligator, evidently in a bad
temper; was fished from Harlem
sewer today by three youths who q
lew minutes before had been dump
ing snow on top of the chilled reptile
While the boys examined the rep
tile, he suddenly came to life and
snapped viciously at them, narrowly
missing Salvador Condulucci, Is.
They leaped back and picked up
over the head until he ceased to
move. Their purpose, they said
merely was to stun him, but instead
they killed him.
The boys had been shoveling snow
of the streets.
Condulucci was lowered through
the ma 1hole, a rope about his waist
He stood on a ledge and fastened the
rope around the alligators neck.
Haul away" he shouted.
Frank Longo. l8. and James Mi
treno, l9, did. Neighborhood children
gathered about them. For a time
their catch ignored the close exam
ination. Then the huge jaws snapped
and the shovels came into play.
There were some who suspected it
might have been brought up from
the South as little fellow" by some
one who could find no other way to
get rid of his pet and so dumped him
into a sewer.
Evening star., 1935-02-10
O'MAH0NEY TALKS
ON AIR TOMORROW
Forum to Hear Discussion
of Taking Postmasters
Out of Politics.

The administrations plan to take
the postal service out of politics will
be discussed by Senator Joseph c.
OMahoney. Democrat, Of wyoming,
in the National Radio Forum tomor-
row at 1890 pm, Eastern standard
time
The National Radio Forum is ar
ranged by The Washington Star and
broadcast over a Nationwide net
work of the National Broadcasting
Co
Senator O'Mahoney has sponsored
the administration bill which would
definitely place all first, second and
third class postmasters in the classi-
fed civil service. A similar bill has
been introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Mead of New York chair
man of the Post Office Committee
Under existing law, despite the
fact that examinations are held when
appointments for postmaster are
made, politics and patronage play a
large part The proposal to put all
postmasters in the classified civil serv-
ice is regarded as long step forward
for the merit system in the public
service
Senator OMahOney was formerly
First Assistant Postmaster General In
the Roosevelt administration and has
been a strong administration sup
porter.
Evening star., 1935-02-10
FATE OF SHEPARD
IN JURY'S HANDS,
Judge Orders Delay in An
nouncing Murder Case
Verdict.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., February ga
jury slept tonight on the fate of Maj.
Charles A. Shepard, facing a possible
sentence Of death by hanging on the
Governments charge that he fatally
poisoned his second wife.
The jury retired to study the two
weeks testimony at 1903 pm. but
Judge Colin Neblett advised the Kan
sas tradesmen and farmers he would
not receive their verdict before to-
morrow
II will be available tomorrow at
any time" he said.
Hanging Penalty Possible.
The jury, if 1t agreed with the
guilty verdict returned in Shepards
first trial four years ago, had the
added task of deciding whether the
retired Army tuberculosis expert
should be assessed penalty of life
Imprisonment or hanging. The pre-
vious jury. at Kansas City, Kans.,
decided against the death penalty.
While Kansas law forbidS capital
punishment except in cases Of trea-
son, Maj Shepard's case came under
Federal Jurisdiction, since Mrs. Ze-
mana Shepard died in 1929 on
Government property at Fort Riley,
KanS.
After Shepard's convention the Su-
preme Court granted him a retrial on
the ground the trial court errone-
ously had admitted as a dying dec
laratlon the testimony of a nurse at
tributing to Mrs. Shepard the quota
ton: DIR. Shepard has poisoned me-"
Judge Careful in Summation
Evidence in the 6-year-old case
based on the Governments charge
that the 63-year-old defendant sought
his wife's death in order to wed a
Texas bl0nd-WaS completed last
night. Today was devoted to the argu-
mentS OF counsel.
Judge Neblett. a New Mexico jurist
called to the Shepard trial after both
Kansas Federal judges we're disquali-
fled, closed the case tonight with a
careful summation of the evidence.
Circumstantial evidence" the court
told the jurors, lis to be considered
the same as direct evidence because
crimes are often done in secret with
no witness to the actual deed"
Evening star., 1935-02-10
A. A. A. Am EN- TENTS
EXPECTED TO PASS
Extension of Wallace's Power,
Fought at Last Session,
Now Is Favored.
BY the Associated Press.

Chairman Smith of the Senate Ag-
riculture Committee said yesterday
that the A. A. A. amendments which
caused such a furore last session
might be introduced this week and
that they were satisfactory in the
main.
The amendments, which propose to
extend Secretary Wallace's power to
enforce the agricultural adjustment
act, aroused such opposition last ses-
sion that the administration dropped
them. Smith was one of the leaders
in the successful attempt to prevent
passage.
After conference with Chester C.
Davis, farm administrator, and Chair
man Jones of the House Agriculture
Committee, Smith said:
with one or two exceptions there
won't be any great trouble about the
new amendments as now prepared"
Since rejection last year the amend
mentS have been revised.
Evening star., 1935-02-10
LLOYD GEORGE STIRS
POLITICAL RUM0RS
War Leader Believed Bidding for
Premiership as Macdonald
Loses Grip.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, February s.-Britain's
political pot, which has been bubbling
merrily since David Lloyd George
tossed in his new deal, has produced
some absorbing topics of conversation
recently-including one that the
white-maned war premier may be on
his way into the cabinet with Prime
Minister Ramsay Macdonald and
others on the way out
Nothing more concrete than that
has developed from the political talk,
however. The eye of the public is
upon the next general elections, pos
sibly late in the Fall or early in
1895.
Although Macdonald has come
under increasingly adverse criticism
lately. including some of the seVerest
heckling of his career. speculation has
arisen as to whether his physical con-
dition might not play large part
at least serve as an excuse-should
government heads decide on his
removal.
Evening star., 1935-02-10
1853 GROUPS ASK
POLICE INCREASE
Memorial to Congress Voted
After Brown Voices Need
of Men.

A memorial to Congress, asking for
an increase of 141 in the personnel
of the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment, was voted last night by dele
gates from II business, citizens and
Parent Teachers Associations meet
ing in the District Building The
memorial was concurred in by l52 or
ganizations of Washington. it was
announced.
Police Supt. Ernest W, Brown, who
attended the meeting. explained the
need for the additional police and
expressed appreciation for the action
of the committee which drew up the
memorial. He said the expense OF
equipping and paying the salaries of
the additional men would increase the
budget by about S288,l27
Burd w. Payne of the Citizens
Forum of Columbia Heights. acting
for A. R. Swan, president OF the Co.
lumbia Heights Business Mems AS
sociation, presided at the meeting
He was chosen to present the memorial
to the Senate and House District Com
mittees.
At the suggestion of Maj. Brown.
the delegation voted to send rep
resentative to testify before the House
Crime Investigating Committee.