Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1925, Page 2

FLDRIDEE T STUDY PERMITREVOCATION Wants to- Know Power for Dealing With Drivers Al- ready Licensed. Traffic Director Eldridge announced today that he will make inquiry to find how much authority he has to revoke operators’ permits already sued for causes other than those for which revocation is specifically pro- vided in the law Mr. Eldridge saild his observations a spectator in Traffic Court have given him the impre: that there are some driving automobiles who should have their permits revoked. The director pointed out that the situation will be taken care of with regard to the future, by means of the new regulation, which gives the au- thorities 10 days in which to check up on the qualifications of an applicant before issuing permanent permit. Wants Power Determined. The question the director plans to look into is whether he Las nower to permits already issued to in dividuals who might be found nc physically, mentally or moral qualified to drive Mr. Eldridge also s problem of how to control the vehicle ope or who not ally e ible for damage he do to othe traflic dire 1 motoris: who are revoke aid he is studying motc financ may Th bondir in order to reach financially ir responsible. He believes such a step would be an undue burden on the many who are able to meet their I bilities, number Revocation as Penalty. One method being considered by Eidridge of s ing the roblem obtain legislation under which he could revoke the permit of a driver who has a judgment for damages pending against him, until such judg- paid Mr. Eldridge said, “would nancially irresponsible driver at least until he had wgainst him for dam- e else. als expressed the belief today that the motoring public is gradually becoming more familiar with the new restricted parking rules, and they believe the number of violations will decrease as drivers accustom themselves to the signs. CANPBELL GUILTY, JURORS DECIOE 0il Man Convicted in Mon- tana Is Sentenced to Two Years and Fined $1,000. T the streets, paid the claim age to some o Police ofl Br the Ascociated Pri GREAT FALLS Mont May 6.— Gordon Campbell, discoverer of the Kevin-Sunburst oil field and the man who emploved Senator B. K. Wheeler | at $10,000 a year as his attorney foi- lowing Wh election the today was found guilty court here by a jury fraudulent oil pro- motion the mails to defraud. The was out 29 hours and re turned a sealed verdict at 9:30 o'clock ast night. The verdict was read be- fore Judge G. M. Bourquin this mornin, Campbell under another indict- ment in the District of Columbia with Senator Wheeler and E. S. Booth, former solicitor of the Interior De- partment, charged with conspiracy to | procure Federal land by fraud. The oil operator wa sentenced at once by Judge Bourquin to two years’ in the Federal penitentiary at Leaven- worth and was fined $1,000. SUTER FOR OFFICIAL STATUS FOR COUNCIL| Backs Proposal of Col. Bell That Congress Recognize Civic Body: Meeting Called. eler’s to Federal charges of and usin jury under Approval of the suggestion of En- gineer Cominissioner Bell that the Citizens’ Advisory Council be given | gome official recognition by Congress | was voiced today by Jesse C. Suter,/ president of the Federation of Citi- | zens’ Associations and chairman of the council One of the reasons which prompt- ed me to work for the formation of he counc suid Mr. Suter, “was the possibility that it later would be given some official status.” Mr. Suter today notified the eight other members of the council to be present at the first meeting with the Commissioners at the District Build- ing at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning. In forwarding the invitation for the initial meeting to the council yes- terday, Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the Commissioner also sent Mr. Suter the tentative draft of an oath of office to be taken by the council- men Mr. Suter expressed the belief to- day that it would be a desirable move o have the members of the counefl take some form of oath. RAIL LINE FAILURE PROBE TO BE ASKED| the Investigation of the recent failure of | the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad will be demanded by Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wisconsin, im- mediately after Congress convenes in December. Senator Lenroot announced today that he would introduce a resolution | calling for an inquiry either by the! Senate or by the Interstate Commerce | Commission. There are 1,100 Wisconsin residents stockholders in the Milwaukee road,” he sald. The Government is creditor to the amount of over $55 000,000, and the generai public is con- cerned as well. “I have no reason to doubt the honesty and efficiency of the manage- ment of the road in recent years, but there are rumors that a receivership was not really necessary, but was brought about by a group of bankers, and not in the interest of the stock- holders. I believe also that an in- vestigation will tend to bring about greater protection to the stockholders in the reorzanization proposed to be effected.” R Associated Press tor is not in favor of | | Chapter ! homes and | the ! name of Robert Once Immigrant, Buys Former Astor Home at $3,000.000 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 6.—The pala tial mansion of Vincent Astor at Fifth avenue and Sixty-fifth street, long known as one of the social landmarks of the country, was the property today of Benjamin Winter, who, 25 years ago, was a pennile immigrant boy from Poland. The price was approximately $3,000.000. The residence will be demolished and a new $10,000,000 apartment house erected, Mr. Winter said. For many vears the house was the social center of New York's b0 The residence contains the Astor art collection, one of the most famous private art collections in the world. The new owner of the mansion began his career as a house painter. He gradually accumulated a little capital and entered the contracting business. His real estate operations began in 1914, He has purchased $10,000,000 worth of real estate within the last 10 wecks. SCHOOL FRAT ISSUE PUTUP TO BOARD | Legal Proceedings to Follow Refusal of Demand Made for Debarred Students. Demands were made on the Board of Education today by the parents of five Washington high school boys to restore their sons “forthwith” to of-| s in school organizations which | lost recently because of affiliation | in debarred secret societies. This : tion, it is understood, was taken upon | the advice of John E. Laskey, former | United States district attorney and | counsel for the secret organizations. | which have united in a fight against the school board's anti-fraternity rul ing. Mr. Laskey indicated today that the | demands of the parents of the hizh | school students is merely a prelimi- | nary to the legal proceedings threat- | ened by the fraternities. If the board reinstates these boys, it is probable | that court action will be avoided Board Will Meet Today. The school board meets noon, and it is considered it may give some consideration to the | demands, although it definitely dis. posed of the fraternity question about a month ago by vigorously reaffirming | its stand in opposition to the secret organizations. ! Parents of the five boys based their demands on the following grounds 1. That said allesed rules as adopt. | ed by your board were in excess of | the powers conferred upon it by law. | | feace] this after- | kely that | “2. That said alleged rules are an abuse of the discretion vested in said board and, therefore, void. 3. That said alleged rules are ar- | bitrary, capricious and discriminatory | and, therefore, void and invalid.” THE EVENING SHIPLEY LEADING INGOLF TOURNEY Ahead in Field of 50 in Quali- fying Round at Wash- ington C. C. M. A. Shipley of Rock Creek Park led a field of 50 golfers competing this morning in the first day's qualifying play of the Washington Golt and Country Club’s Spring golf tourna ment. Shipley had a score of 79, out in 37 and back in 42. Four shots be. hind Shipley came W. J. Cox, also of Rock Creek Park, who had a card of 83. Few Complete Round. Fewer than 20 of the competitors had finished their qualifying round up to 1 o'clock today. Other scores turned in up to that hour follow; L. L. Buchanan, Washington, 86; M. O. Mackey, unattached, 83; C. A. Ran som, unattached, 92: G. W. McCarter, unattached, 95: G. W. Llewellyn, un attached, 95; J. S. Moses, Washington, 96: H. H. Thompson, Washington, 98 W. Middleton, unattached, 100; S. B. Hardwick, Washington, 100: P. V. Peyser, Washington, 102. Weather Conditions Splendid. Threatening skies early this morn- ing turned into a splendid Spring day, a different weather atmosphere from that in the Indian Spring tournament last week. The course Is slow, due to recent rains, but is in splendid condi- tion Shipley’s course of 79 is expected to be bettered this afternoon, as among those who start later today are sev eral of the city's leading players. Leaders Going Around. Among the men who started today are some of the leading players about the city, including a trio of club cham- pions. Roland R. MacKen lumbia, the District amateur cham- pion, winner of the Indian Spring event, and outstanding golfer about the city, will start tomorrow after- noon, while many more of the golf leaders about the Capital have asked and been signed to play tomorrow Earl McAleer, the Manor Club cham pion: Henry R. Swartzell of Wilson, N. ., an outstanding golfer of North Carolina; B. Houghton, a public links star; inald A. Loftus, youth ful Chevy Chase crack: Gene Kane of St. Louis, a Georgetown student, and a fine golfer, and Howard Nordlinger, former holder of the Town and Coun try Club title, are among the playvers going over the course in their qualify- ing rounds today. Tomorrow a group of more than 20 playe: from Baltimore will come over and play their qualifving round. Don ald Anderson of St. Louis, champion of Missouri, will play with Roland MacKenzie fomorrow Has Six Flights. Members of the golf committee pre. dicted that a score of 82 or better would be needed to qualify in the first flight, while it was said a score of 96 or better would be required to make the last flight. The committee has dded another flight, making six in instead of the five originally out ined Pairings for the match play rounds on Friday will be made tomorrow night. A golf dinner for the contes tants in the tournament will be held at_the clubhouse tomorrow night also. Additional entries for tomorrow of Co- Names of Boys Interested. | The boys who figure in the latest] development in the fraternity contro- | versy are Chester C. Ward of West- ern High Schdol, a member of Gamma | of Sigma Delta Fraternity; | Robert Yellott. also a student Western: Charles Russell Dodson and | Howard Richard Garrett. both McKin ley Technical High School students nd members of Beta Chapter of igma_Delta, and Wilton Brown Gib. son, Eastern High School student and | a member of Phi Alpha Epsilon. They | were selected because of their high | scholastic standing, as well as the im portant positions they held in school activities prior to the fraternity expose. The letters sent by the fathers of the boys are all identical in text. ex ~ept for variations made neces: by the different school activities with which the students were connected Sample Letter Quoted. The letter of J. Moultrie - Ward. father of Chester Ward, in part, fol- low “We, the undersigned, Chester Ward | and John Moultrie Ward, his father | and next friend, the said Chester | Ward being a member in the Gamma Chapter of the Sigma Delta Fraternity, an organization of yonng men of pre paratory school age, having for its object the promotion of high moral standard of living, proper scholastic standing, good fellowship and the bet terment of the individual and social life of its members, holding its meet- ings on Saturday nights only, in vhc-” under the supervision of | the ents -of - its members, hereby respectfully request that vou restore| forthwith the said Chester Ward as| president of the senior class of the Western High School, to which office | he was duly elected by the vote of members of said class; as vice president of the ‘W' Club of said Western High School, to which office he was duly elected by the members of said ‘W’ Club; as athletic editor of the Yearbook and as literary editor of the Breeze, student activi- ties and representative honors which he has heretofore held and enjoyed as a student of high scholastic stand- ing of the senior class of said West- ern High School, from all of which positions, activities and representa- tive honors he was, under the opera- tion of your alleged rules respecting fraternities and sororities, wrongfully and illegally suspended.” It was pointed out by Mr. that failure of the board action on the demands will legal proceedings. Two _separate writs probably will be filed, it was said. One will be in the name of Chester Ward and_the other in the Yellott. Ward will graduate in June and Yellott is a junior. This will be done to protect the fraternity’s case in the event the court proceedings are delayed until er the graduation date. Laskey to take result in The taxi drivers of Washington are Zoing to remember the seventh quin- quennial of the International Council of Women for experiences compargble only to those of the disarmament con ference. Many of the foreign delegates can- not make the drivers understand their wishes and frequently foreign money is offered at the end of the trip. A long argument always follows, neither | e understanding the other. One| Iriver sald last night that he had | tailed to collect several fares that because some of the delegates thought their cabs, like their hotel bills, were being paid for by council expenses— as the United States Council is enter- taining the foreign women. The other night the solemnity of a formal meeting of the quinquennial was interrupted by a call from the The glass roof of Victoria Statien, London, covers an area of 10 acres. who had ridden from Mrs. John B. | follows stage for a certain American delegate | have been received and paired as 10:40 a.m., H. Parker, Indizn g. and A. C. Yates, Washington: :55 a.m., A. H. Havenner, Columb, and I E. Shoemaker, Columbia; 1:40 pan.. Frank Weinkam, Maryland ( C.. and Charles N. Agnew, jr.. Ban nockburn 60-MILES-AN-HOUR SPEEDERS IN CRASH Two colored men and a colored woman miraculously escaped death early this morning when an automo- bile in which they were speeding at a rate of 60 miles an hour, according to police. overturned at Virginia ave nue and Sixth street southeast when a lefthand turn was attgmpted. The men, apparently unhurt, scram bled from the car and fled. leaving their companion, Bestrice Carter of 1632 Kramer street northeast, lying in the street. Badly shocked. but not seriously injured, she was taken to ualty Hospital Motor Cycle Policeman F. J. Scott of the tenth precinct was on his way at 813 F street northeast, short v after midnight when he sighted the speeding car and pursued it. It was going 60 miles an hour, he re- ported. PROGRAM AT THOMSON. Visual Sprin Instruction Series to Be Launched Tonight. The first of a struction series of visual in- programs arranged by the Community Center Department of the public schools will be given at the Thomson Community Center, Twelfth and L streets, at 7:30 o'clock this evening by Mrs. Edith H. The program inciudes: (illustrated), sung by lecture on Mexico (illustrated), Mrs. Hunter: song. Mrs. J. H. Wootan: S dance, Ruth Her vel; song, ‘“Juanita,” Ruth Lusby: panish dance, Marion Woodruff: song. Paloma,” Margaret Reed: recitation, “Mexican National Hymn," Ernest Stout, and “The Star Spangled Banner." At New Eastern High School this evening at 8 o'clock the Community Center Department will present in the auditorium the third of its series of United States Signal Corps motion pictures, which have mnot previous been seen here. The program includes four reels of the congressional trip to Panama and to Alaska, showing scenes of a stop in San Diego, in Hollywood, at the Presidio, as well as a_number of remarkably beautiful scenes of the “land of the midnight sun.” There is no admission charge for these pictures, which are proving so popular that the series has been extended to cover two more weeks. Quinquennial Delegates Exhaust Urbanity of Capital’s Taxi Drivers When the American woman arrived at the desk escorted by the entire reportorial staff of the quinquennial, who saw a good story in the offing, she was told that the taxicab driver had reported that when he put down the Norwegian woman at the Grace Dodge Hotel, according to instruc- tions, instead of entering that hostel- ry she had walked around the corner and disappeared, and that he feared that she was lost as he watched there for some time and she had not re. | turned. le stated that during the ride to the hotel the foreign delezate had seemed very excited and talked vol- ubly to him without result. A search began for the “lost” dele- gate. In a few minutes she was found serenely enjo ings, unaware of the stir that her lit tle expedition from the Grace Dodge Hotel to the Continental Hotel, where Henderson's in a taxicab with a Nor: wegian delegate. ; #she was registered, had caused in taxicab and press circles. the audience; | ving the proceed | STAR, By the Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 6.—The weather prospects at Spitzbergen are reported excellent for the forthcom- ing attempt by Capt. Roald Amund- sen’s expedition to reach the North Pole by airplane. Both the planes will bhe flown northward today, following the two expedition steamers, Farm and Hobby, which yesterday left for the intended hopping-off point on Danes Island A dispatch from Oslo, Norway, last night said the dash for the pole of the Amundsen planes might possibl start this (Wednes ¥) afternoon ut 4 o'clock from Danes Island, on the northwestern coast of Spitzbergen The first plane is to be plioted by Lieut. Rieser Larsen, with Amundsen as passenger, and the second by Oscar Omdal, with Lincoln Ellsworth, an American engineer, as navigator. The planes will fly 100 meters apart at an altitude of 500 meters, keeping in touch by wireless throughout the trip. I3ach passing of a new latitude will be signaled from one to the other. It is expected they will take from three to four hours to reach the island. The dash for the pole will prob ably be started early tomorrow The planes have a speed of more than 90 miles an hour, making it pos sible, the explorers believe, to reach the pole in about 8 hours. The dis tance is, roughly, 680 miles. If possi ble, they will land. THREE TO MAKE ATTEMPT. iated Press. NEW YORK, May 6 Roald Amund TETRAETHYL LEAD’S DANGERS ARE TOLD BY DOCTORS HERE from ¥ (Continued st_Page.) contact with it. In the New Jersey |laboratories it was handled under all ipossible precautions, the workers there wearing rubber clothes, rubber gloves, rubber caps and shoes and n rubber face protectors. Yet the i seeped finto their system in sufficient. quantities to make them dangerously ill “Its effect.” he from anything 1 self or ever heard described It acts mostly like delirium tremens, but it affects different individuals different] Some cases are violently hopeles: others moderately severe and a few only serious enoligh to cause nausea or other effects that usually pass off comparatively quickly. Ordinaril; however, the moderate cases are the majority. said have ever wig different in Patients Recovering. “In these moderate cases the effect is usually about tha same. The patient seldom realizes he has been poisoned. He is first attacked with a slight nausea. Then he complains of pains in the head, chest or abdomen Insomnia follows and if the suffered can sleep at all he is attacked by distressing dreams, he develops an insatiable thirst and finally becomes too tired and weak to work or care much about anything. “Most of these patients gradually improving and T they will eventually completely re. cover. T believe, however, that the manufacture of tetraethyl should be permanently abandoned and that the industries uld find other substi tutes which would give the same ef fect on gasoline engines but would not hold such dangerous possibilities to human beings.” Another physician attending the meeting described the fancies of one of his own patients who had been poisoned by tetraethyl lead and ex pressed the belief that he would never again recover his normal faculties. He has improved to a point of com: paratively passive insanity, although he still suffers from the most acute hallucinations and up to the present time has shown no signs of overcom- ing them. are now Hallucinations. “He will stand calendar on k thinking it is his mother,” the doc said. “He often imagines he hears the voice of God and on occasions will strike violently at a vase or pedestal under the hallucination that it is a man trving to attack him. He is nossessed of suicidal tendencies and cannot be left alone near an open window. 1 doubt if he will ever be come a normally minded person again. The annual meeting of the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons divided this morning into sectional gatherings. comprised of a dozen or more different medical associations or societies. This afternoon these so- cieties will combine in a general meet- ing of the congress in the Hall of Nations at the Washington Hotel. Dr. William J. Mayo. the prominent | Rochester specialist. who is president of the congress, will preside. 70 as Average Life. In his annual address at the open- ing session of the congress last night Dr. Mayo declared that medical science, having lengthened man’s span of life 12 vears since the Civil War, has now set the ripe age of 70 years as the average human life. At pres. ent it is 5S. but Dr.. Mayo feels con- fident medicine and science combined will achieve the goal. Dr. Mayo asserted that the old ele ment of uncertainty and pure gues work that was associated with sur- gery has been largely eliminated. Now the . surgeon can estimate astonish- ingly close the amount of shock his patient can bear, and as a result he can help prepare the patient to endure the ordeal better. Methods employed by surgeons today, he sald, are “pre- cise Has talking wall by to the the hou Fatalities Are Cut “Not many vears ago.” Dr. Mayo continued, ‘“between 10 and 25 per cent of the patients who underwent operations for cancer of the stomach dled from the operation. but today fatalities from this surgery are less than 5 per cent.” The noted surgeon lald particular stress upon the ad- vances that have been made through the co-operation between science and medicine. Science discovered, he said, that water, sugar and salt injected into a man’s veins will do much tempo- rarily to sustain life. As a result, the surgeon has a new and almost certain method of not only preparing his patient for an operation, but also of assisting him in the task of rehabilita- tion afterwards. “Rehabilitation,” the speaker ndded, “is to become a master word in medicine.” SAYS QUESTION STUPENDOUS. Yale Professor Asseris Motor Trade Depends on Leaded Fuel. By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, May 6.—Prof. Yan- | dell Henderson of Yale, head of the laboratory of applied physiology, said that the subject of leaded gasoline for automobiles “is probably the seen my- | believe | WASHINGTON, |AMUNDSEN POLAR DASH TO BE AIDED BY WEATHER Aerial Party Set for First Lap in Sensational Effort to Reach Farthest North—Planes to Keep | y | | ment test | cars will run. O, in Touch by Wireless. cen’s impending dash to the North Pole by airplane, tentatively set to start from Spitzbergen, Norway. this afternoon, marks the beginning of the efforts of three nations to conquer by air that portion of the frozen north- ern wastes, which in 400 vears of ex- ploration Ly ship and dog sled has been reached by only one expedition, that of Admiral Peary 16 years ago Amundse -overer of the South Pole, carrying the flag of Norway, will ‘be followed fn June by expedi- tions headed by Donald B. MacMillan, United States, and Grettir Algarsson, Great Britain, all three taking to the air from bases to be established ap- proximately 5560 miles by airplane from the pole. Algarsson's attempt has been term ed as daring as the MacMillan United States Navy expedition is conceded to be the most elaborate of the three. In a blimp, the gas bag capacity of which is less than one-twentieth that of the Shenandoah, Algarsson hopes to take off from his ship, Liverpool, anchored somewhere west of Spitz- bergen. Like Amundsen, he will be content with merely a dash to the pole and a few days’ exploration MacMillan's is the on! expedition which hopes to chart definitely that vast unexplored area on the Alaska- | side of the pole. Half the size of the United States. this area may be the unknown continent hoth Peary and MacMillan on his previous expedition clalmed they saw but could not reach Because of the thoroughness with which the MacMillan-Navy expedition has been planned, it may come to pass that the Americans will be call ed upon to rescue the two more dar. ing _explorers. Wireless apparatus will be carried by all three parties. FIGHT GONTINUED FOR PRINTERY J0BS Veterans’ Committee Would Reinstate Ex-Service Men Despite Sargent. Stberia Despite the ruling by Attorney Gen- eral sargent that Public Printer George H. Carter acted legally in dis- harging more than 70 employes, the fight to have the ex-service men who were discharged reinstated will be con- tinued by the veterans’ joint commit- tee, it was decided last night at a meeting of representatives of all the member bodies of the committee. The representatives of the various veterans' organizations, in voting to continue their efforts in behalf of the discharged printers, said they believed that all the facts were not before the Attorney neral when his decision was reached. No member of the veterans' joint committee, nor any of the veterans af- fected by the dismissals, so far as could be ascertained, had been inter- viewed in the matter, comitteemen declared. A thorough investigation, they said, would reveal that there was no justification for the dismissals. Charge Rolls Increased. The committeemen charge the rolls of the men employed at the Govern Printing Office were unwar- rantably increased for the purpose of ultimately discharging those not in the public printe: favor, under the guise of economy. Members of the committee Briscoe Goodhart and E. D. Godfrey, representing the Grand Army of the Republic; Albert Michaud and James A. Burns, the United Spanish War Veterans; Chauncey O. Howard and C. L. Fox, the Army and Navy Union; Robert R. Parrott and Fred B. Lucas, the Veterans of Foreign Wars; Frank 1.. Peckham and Francis F. Miller, the American Legion, and Daniel J. Hussey and George R. Martin, the Disabled American Veterans. Mr. Carter is upheld in an_official opinion given to President Coolidge by Attorney General Sargent. According to the Attorney General, after a careful examination of the | facts in the case, Public Printer Car. ter did not act arbitrarily or illegally in any respect and that the dismissals, which called for protests from several quarters, were made with discretion Closed Incident at White House. o far as the White House is con- cerned _ the protests against Public Printer Carter are now a closed inci- dent. The opinion submitted to the Presi- dent by the Attorney General is con- tained” in the following statement made public at the White House: “The Attorney General, after care- ful examination of the report and all circumstances surrounding the dis- missals, now advises the President that ‘Mr. Carter has not acted arbi- trarily or illegally in any respect; that it became necessary because of a shortage of funds to reduce the force at the Government Printing Office; that Mr. Carter used his discretion in discharging those who could best be spared from the service, and that in no instance was the statute giving preference to ex-service men violated, as it appears from Mr. Carter’s state- ment of facts that the ex-service men discharged were either temporary or probationary employes, or that their efficlency rating was not good.’ The Attorney General adds: ‘It is my opinion from all the facts submitted that Mr. Carter’s action in dispensing with the services of certain employes at the Government Printing Office in the interest of economy and to bring the force within the appropriation for the Government Printing Office should be sustained.’ " Restaurateur Dies. John J. O'Dea, 65 vears old, who was in the restaurant business in this city many years and who was in- terested in several local hotels, was found dead this morning in the Bene- dict Hotel, Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street. His death was due to natural causes. The deceased was a widower, his wife having died several ars ag health,” in a statement to the Yale News today. He said that the size of financial interests involved “is stu- pendous. It is not a matter of mil- lions or even hundreds of miilions, but literally of billions. He said that except in New York City and its immediate neighborhood leaded gasoline was being introduced throughout the country as fast as it can be supplied. He also said that it is now sold at little or no profit, and that the profit in the future will con- sist in control of the gasoline busi- ness and control of the automobile in- dustry. “The power or combihation of pow. ers that holds the patents on tetra- ethyl lead will be the only one that wili be able to make cars that we will want to buy, the improved cars for which we will discard those we now have,” he said. “That power will also control the only fuel on which those The financial stake is single question in the field of public)almost inconceivably great.” WEDNESDAY, { Edward Terry are | MAY ORATORY FINALIST AKES LONG TRIP Contestant From Los An- geles, Due Here Tomorrow, to Be First to Arrive. 6, 1925, The first finalist to arrive in Wash- ington for the final meeting of the Natlonal Oratorical Contest, Friday evening, will be the one who has to travel the longest distance, Eugene F. McElmeel of Los Angeles. He will reach this city tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. He will be accompanied by Prof. A. F. Blanks of the Uni- versity of California, manager of the contest in southern California. The Pacific Coast champion will stay at the Raleigh Hotel. Shortly ~ thereafter the zone champion, Robert Sessions of Birmingham, Ala., (the youngest of the natlonal finalists), will arrive with a party of five relatives. They will stay at the Wardman Park Hotel Max N. Kroloff of Sioux City, Towa, Midwestern champion, will arrive late tomorrow afternoon, accompanied by George Whitaker of Sioux City and Miss Prudence Nicholas, oratorical Southern Changes Murder Story NICHOLAS LUCIANO. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 6.— ciano, missing witness contest manager for the State of Towa. The Iowa party will be at the Washington Hotel. George Stansell of Chicago. Central States champion, will arrive tomorrow night, accomganied by C. B. McKin ney, oratorical contest manager for that territory. Miss Flora Longenecker, Tlion, N. Y. Northeastern Zone champion, will ar- rive Friday morning and will be ac- companied by members of her family. They will stay at the Washington Hotel. 3 Seventy-Five in Party. Philip Glatfelter of Columbia, Eastern champion, will drive Pa., down with a party of 75 friends and fellow | townsmen, reaching Washington Fri- day morning. Other members of the Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jer- sey delegation backing Glatfelter will arrive throughout the day. Senator George Wharton Pepper of Pennsyl- vania and W. L. McLean, publisher of the Philadelphia Bulletin, will be among the 700 Pennsylvanians who will_attend the meeting. Miss Asenath Graves, District of Columbia champion, will continue her work up to noon Friday, rehearsing her speech occasionally in leisure mo- ments. H. Dean Fitzer, oratorical manager for the Kansas City Star, in general charge of the contest in the States between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, will arrive early tomorrow morning, although his own paper will have no representative national finals. The Kansas City Star attaches so muchimportance to the contest that, in addition to its regular Washington correspondents, it is sending Mr. Fitzer as its staff correspondent here to cover the final meeting. contest Time Limit Rigid. Special importance will be attached to the time-keeping at the final meet ing in the Washington Auditorium Friday night. There will be an abso- lute time limit of 10 minutes. No ex tension will be granted in case con- testants are interrupted with ap- plause, unless the chairman attributes such interruption to malice. . The pro- gram will be broadcast by WCAP. President Coolidge will be introduced by the chairman of the meeting and will make an address. The judges, Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Associate Justices Willis Van Devanter, Pierce Butler, sanford and Harlan F. Stone, will be seated in different parts iditorium and will rate the nts without consulting one The national finalists will be the guests of the District of Columbia champion at 12:30 Friday at Eastern High School for luncheon. rest throughout the afternoon in prep- aration for the contest that night. Saturday the contestants will be the guests of the Evening Star in a series of entertainments, including a sightseeing trip over Washington and its environs. MUST ENFORCE DRY LAW OR FACE MODIFICATION Anti-Saloon Leaders Note Flagrant Violations of Volstead Act Tak- ing Wide Range. the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Towa. May 6.—The Towa Anti-Saloon League in a report today declared either the State and By Federal liquor laws must be enforced | with utmost rigidity”” or the people of Towa “must face possible modifica- tion to permit the manufacture and sale of light wines and beer.” “Violation of the prohibition laws in five Mississippi Valley cities,” said the report, “ranges from almost open sale of intoxicants over the bars of sa- loons to numerous ‘canned heat jags’ in lieu of something better. It is be- lieved that more stills exist in a given area around Dubuque than in any other place in the United States.” Sentiment for enforcement was found in one city, but elsewhers, said the report, “sentiment for modifica- tion to permit light wines and beer has reached huge proportions Should this move for modification become organized, the report believed, “prohibition will face one of the most serious menaces yet encountered and may destroy all the good work that al- ready has been done.” FROST DAMAGE LIGHT. Tender Vegetation Slightly Nipped in Montgomery County. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 6.—Some damage to tender vegetation was dis- covered this morning as a result of a light frost in rural sections of Mont- gomery County last night. The temperature Wa above zero about 6 a.m. 38 degrees Sioux Band Defeats Revolving Door In Visit to Modern Newspaper Office Aboriginal cunning which flouted high stockades and barred doors of the early American settlers pit- ted itself today against the door- way devides of a modern civiliza- tion, and_won after being tempo- rarily baffled. ; All the native wiles and physi- cal strength that a band of painted and feathered Sioux could invoke from the traditions of their ances- tors falled for a time to master the mysteries of a revolving door of The Star Bullding. Intent on visiting the editorial rooms of The Star, the braves, in flashing war apparel, dashed up to the building in a snorting gasoline stagecoach, dismounted in a_group and prepared to storm the editorial blockhouse. Forward, with a swish of feathers, they plunged, the leader’'s eyes fastened on the barrier. There was cnnnda:;hle ‘whisper- ing and grunting, and then the at- tacking party advanced. The ob- They will | trial of Anthony Pantar | who surrendered himself in Bayo |N. J.. faces an | as the result of his afidavit testimony against Brooklyn bank 1 Luciano was arraigned y charge of perjury and grand jury action today Joseph ~ and _ Morris | brothers, and J Fari trocuted for 1 | sengers. while times, is now | Sing Sing. |ing essenges was held Pantano, tried in the death Luciano would house sa SI00000 1S RAISED Lauds Workers. The Japan recons paign of the Epi: Chury ‘Washington officially closed at a cial meeting in the Churc cension this afternoon, and reports dicated the $100,000 sought recelved. Actual cash in hand, ever, was about $85,000, but w reports to come in m among the workers, committee felt that quota would be completed. opal h the ingly impossible thing, existed at the daily Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, rect St. John's Episcopal Church, pre & = | to Friend and $5,000 to E Woman Servant. The will of Robert S. Downs. {manager of the Washington 'dated January 2 last for probate. He effects, jewelry leaves his pe: The son is also to receive |ceeds of life insurance, 50,000, of which §: in_monthly installments of $300 Mr. Downs gives § his sister, Grace V. brother, Rev. Howard | pastor of a church in |to Lewis E. Smithers, | “friend and co-worker.” Wright and described Mrs, | Henry C. benefit of the son, Donald. The |come from the estate is to be t It {to the-insurance money. son becomes fifth of the estate, and a Should the son die without Waugh Chapel at Third and |stone church edifice as a to the parents of the testator, Wilford and Mary C. Downs. be equipped with a nool, bowling alleys, quet rooms, as well club as and a auditorium. church trustees for inaintenance. JEWS SLAIN IN RIOT. PARI Agency).—Two Jews were killed there vesterday stacle was sides. attacked from still. Sturdily he agai; pressed his bod The door. gaining what bewildered, with it. happening he the chief had danded in With an slowly. With quick landed safely twos. steps elation flf,‘fli! victory. \ cholas Lu in the recent » for mufdé ne dictment for perjury for | urdering the bank mes- three BY EPISCOPALIANS Japan Reconstruction Fund| Drive Closed Today—Bishop ruction fund cam spe ivhnv a of the As had been how th more and much enthu Washing. hop James E. Freeman congratu lated the workers for doing the “seem-| ( and expressed the hope that the high morale which meetings would | continue to exist among the parishes. r of sided. DOWNS LEAVES BULK OF ESTATE TO HIS SON | Hotel Man's Will Gives $25.000 late Hotel was filed today sonal household articles and |automobile to his son, Donald Downs. the pro- totaling | 000 is to be paid 5,000 to a servant Ella Jones Hansen: $25.000 to a friend. lizabeth H. Manning: $10,000 each to his Downs, now itimore, and Sheridan and the National Metropolitan Bank, in trust, for the used o complete the boy's education, and he trustees may advance to him not | more than $700 per month in addition When the he is to have one. like sum each five vears until he reaches age of 45, when the trust is to terminate. issue before reaching age of 45 vears the trustees are directed to purchase ad |ditional land surrounding the present | Streets northeast, and erect a modern memorial | Rev. The will specifies that the building shall | ( large swimming ban Sunday school room, in- addition to the main Memorial glass windows are to be provided for the parents. brothers and sisters of the deceased Any money remaining is to go to the . May 6 (Jewish Telegraphic and fifty others injured at Oran, Algeria, as a result of the municipal elections both The door gave slightly to- ward the right, but renewed pres- sure of sinewed shoulders at the left soon placed things at a stand- The flustered force withdrew and the leader stepped forward alone. the door, and with a Turch | he and the door started forward momentum, swung round in a circle, and, some. went Before he knew what was the midst of his men on the pavement upward and forward sweep of his arin the aroused chief- tan marshaled his whole force, and into the entrance they went again. they within by ones and The' paleface crowd that had col- lected expressed aloud their appre- IRIFFS REPULSED INFIERCE BATTLE Many Slain by French in Violent Encounter in Forest Area. By the As ted Press RABAT, French Mor An official communique today {a fierce fight between | Riffian troop: which th | repulsed violent counter |ed “many of the enemy | some prisoners The communique says that Gen. ( lombat’s forces found : sanized: enemy 1 proaches and nearb | fortified and intrenche French troops took th |out fighting, according nouncement In the centé 1burg's troops c: \'l‘ 1ounat after a lent counter att which the Frer tion to the re several thousand men “Alv‘nfi.’ the Freneh line fc the French in this engage report French an Frenc ks. K taking at and flerce f ks b ht the tri repelled. Many Riffians Slain. ground and s ne | with Dispat ceived munique was forces had and sustained cor The d both' Colombat | meeting with {by the tribesmen these messages =oldier ging tre ganizing positions 20,000 IN RIFFS at RANKS Abd-El-Krim's F the Asso FEZ. Moroc Krim, the Morocc is reported to Riffian tribesme French zone Forces Far Exceed st Estimates B ated Prons have { viously estimated {5.000 are « in |Spanish and ¥ n the making r cupfed by the st Aut French outposts ated by of the Riffians from th: have been relieved by and the g with food and water ftory « advance of 1 The were in some of which iso the first movemer Spanist column, rrisons French Clear Sector Fr {fiercely cont ported to be clear tor, while to the of Tazat, Gen. ('z back the invaders, b pulsed a series of count Satisfied with the achieved and the pre for further developments governor general, M has returned to Raba The French eff, thus stated, have been purely paratory to a movement to taken when the circumstances bec favorable. Foch in Touch With Zone. Marshal Lyautey stant touch with Paris, acquainting aspects of the sitt nd has cor certed with him in all u essary for the dispatch of ments, should they by Gen. Count d inlaw of Nicho der - Marshal charge of the operations. 1 {marshal, he is well acquainted the mentality of the Moorish {men and their methods of warfare rations the Fr Ly t, on th rehal is keeping in Marshal Foch tion reinfor ne mbrun, Longworth Lyautey, in brothe is ur gener trit MUTINY ATTEMPT FAILS. as | | { Kath- | | erine Downs, the widow of a deceased | brother, is to have $3,000, and other friends ‘are remembered. The remaining estate is devised to Brazilian Army Officers Routed at Praia Vermelha the Associated Press BUENOS AIRF Nacion’s correspondent a Teports that a party of in- | military officers attempted last Satt day night to create a muti quarters of the 3rd Infantry at Praia Vermelha, on the ou of the capital, b retired brief fusillade, leaving two we one of whom died shortly Several of the officers are said have been recognized as participant in former revolts || Pmuco EnTRIES | FOR_THURSDA FIRST RACE—#Purse. $1.3 vear-olds: 4% furlor Elsie Louise an $Green Blazes By May t Rio 20 A claiming Gettysburs Tattle Blaze Majuha Buttercup Plheasant *Kickupoo | Cobra o 100 105 110 . 108 100 104 Julia O. . a9 Forelady 107 +Ral Parr-William Garth entry SECOND RACE—The chase. handicap: purse and up: 21s miles Bull's Eye 149 Double Tip +Houdini $Lieut. 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