Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1925, Page 2

- * DENTISTGETS 150 FNE I TESTCASE ! WITH RUM {Blockade Is Great Task and Undertaken With | 1 i { Admits Allowing Unlicensed, Zeal, He Adds. Practitioner to Work in Office. The first conviction under the new uct passed by Congress making it unluwful for a pro- prietor of a vermit the 1 unlicensed persons Police Court today when Johnston, pleading uilty Schuldt was fined According to Detective n A. Saunders, Dr. Johnston conducts dental offices at 443 Seventh street vd 406 Seventh street The first mamed address is the headquarters where Dr. Johnston performs dental work. At the latter Saunders stated, there are censed dentists. A brother Johnston, Gieorge L. Johnston, is em oved there as financial se ry. Through the District Board of Dental Examiners, it was reported t the police that George 1 hnston., at various times, was performing dental operations, although never llcensed. ollowing an estigation the her was arrested and brought into Court several weeks ago. he was convicted and fined cticing of denistry was obtained by in e o0 Detective two I of Dr place, w y»“v(‘ %100 Brought as Test Case. As a test case, one said to be of great importance to the dental fra fernity, a warrant was sworn out for Or. Johnston, and, after a few con. tinuances, the matter was brought before the court today. Alexander Hamilton Bell, jr., assistant corpora tion counsel, made the recommenda tion of a $150 fine, inasmuch as the nditfon had been rectified since the conviction of George L. Johnston. The two places of business operated by Dr. Johnson were formerly known 5 “The Moon” and “Dr. WeHs. Under the same act of Congress both establishments were compelled to use the name of the owner, which require- ment was complied with, and no secution was attempted. The law under which Dr. Johnston was prosecuted toduy reads as follows: “Section 26 of the act to amend the sct regulating the practice of denistry in the District of Columbia Text of Law. being a manager, operator or conductor of a ce performing dental operations, employes a person who is not a Ji- censed dentist to perform dental opera tions as defined by law, or permits such persons to practice dentistry in his office, or whoever practices den-| tistry under a false name, or assumes | tle appends or prefixes to his name letters which falsely represent | him as having a degree from a char-| tered dental coliege, or makes use of | 1he words ‘dental college’ or ‘school’ or equivalent words when not law- fully authorized so to do, or imper. sonates another at examination held | by the Board of Dental Examiners, or knowingly makes a false application or a false representation in connec tion with such examination, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $200." DISABLED VETERANS GUESTS OF COOLIDGES Attend Annual Lawn Party at White House in Wheelchairs and on Crutches. i | ro- | L | Whoever. vrietor, or The President snd Mrs. Coolidge will be hosts to more than 1.000 dis- abled soldiers and saflors, patients in Yederal hospitals in this city, this afternoon on the rear lawn of the White House. It will be the first White House garden party of the season. In the Summer of 1921 and Mrs. Iarding initiated the idea of holding a lawn fete in honor of disabled World War veterans, and it has become an annual affalr. On these occasions the President and the First Tady. members of the cabinet, rank ing officers in the Army and Navy, membere of the diplomatie corps and their ladies recelve these veterans and personally contribute to thelr| vleasures. Many of the patients will be in wheelchairs and some on wrutches. To make sure that their guests are properly cared for during this pie- turesque affair, Mrs. Coolidge has asked Gen. Hines, director of the Vet erans’ Bureau, to designate from his hureau one girl from each State to mselst in the reception. There also ~ill be members of the personnel fts from Walter Reed, Mount Alto, St. Blizabeth's and the Naval Hos yitals, and representatives of the vari- ous veterans’ organizations, to aseist in making their visit enjovable and comfortable. At the request of t".e President, Tom Aix, movie star, wi.. do trick stunts on his celebrated horse Tony to amuse the soldlers. Refreshments will { be served and the United States \farine Band will furnish the music. T reception will commence at & o'alock and will be concluded at 6. $50,000 SLANDER SUIT ON GOVERNOR DROPPED @&ormer Head of Bay State Senate Is Satisfied by Fuller’s ‘Explanation. President | 1 By the Associated Press BOSTON, May 21.—The $30.000 /mlander suit brought by Edwin T. Mc- nizht, former president of the State e, against Gov. A. T. Fuller was ontinued in the superior court to. After a conference with Judge Keating, McKnight's counsel an. nounced that the suit had been drop- ped as a result of Gov. Fuller's testi- mony yesterday. James 1. McConnell, chief counsel for McKnight. suld that the gov- fernor's testimony and letters read in jcourt upon which the suit was based khowed that Gov. lier had not imeant to say that McKnight person. ally profited from deposits made by the State in the Widelity Trust Co. of Boston, but that the bank had re. geived profits. { The statements in question were smade by Cov. Fuller in the Autumn of 1920, When he was a candidate for fthe Republican nomination for lieu- ftenant governor and McKnight was lvice president of the Fidelity Trust lo. and president of the Medford triust Co. LAWYER KILLS SELF. HARTFORD, Conn.. May 21 (®).— Philip Roberts, former assistant cor- poration counsel of Hartford and nephew of former Gov. Roberts, com- mitted suicide by shooting at his home here today. He served overseas as a lieutenant in the 360th Infantry. He \ae graduated from Yale fn 1910 and from the Harvard Law School three vears later. He leaves a wife and an “infant child. lust | dental establishment to | Samuel B.! before | t] Admiral Billard has been or; Does Not Know How Long It Wiil Take to Clean Up East Coast. BY WILLIAM P. HELM, Jr. “The Coast Guard is virtuaily war footing. to seize any American jmakes contact with a foreign | ship lying off our consts. The enemy are well organized and have uniimited | funds at thielr command. They make |every effort to threaten, hamper and | discredit the Coast Guard in all pos sible ways und they are becoming more and more desperate in their ef- forts along these lines. So states Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, j commandant of the Coast Guard, who | directing the spectacular blockade of rum row off the Atl: coust inizing | his forces for the blockade ft many | months. e has supervised personally the building of the new Coast Guard | navy. lie has personally examined | the records of the new personnel en- | listed by the Coast Guard to make the blockade eftective. The authorized interview granted by him to this correspondent in his first statement made for publication since the blockade was declared. His state- ment, prepared with extreme care in response to many questions, is as follows: “The press is giving considerahle publicity to certain activities of the Coast Guard directed against the rum flest 1¥ing off the approaches to New York. These activities are simply a purt of operating plans formulated by the Coast Guard when authority was | granted by Congress to increase lhtl personhel and mat 1 of the service to combat the smuggling of liquor into | the United States from the sea | on a Our forces have orders | raft a rum Coast Guard Record. Coast Guard has been given the dut of preventing the landing of liquor on our shores from rum | supply ships that fly foreign flags and | that hover off our coasts for the de-| liberate and well known purpose of flaunting the Constitution and of vio- lating the laws of the United States. “It is a task of very great magni- tude and one which the Coast Guard is undertaking with the rame zeal, ecarnestness and devotion to duty that have established Its splendid record of service to the country, both in peace and in war, since 1790. The standards of devotion to duty on the part of the Coast Guard have been pretty well cryatailized through rervice in” peace and war during 135 years of our na. tional life, and its Ideals of conduct and traditions and record are second to those of no other military organiza- tlon in the world. “The Coast Guard has S0 many other important duties to perform, chlef of which being the assistance of lives and property In danger at sea, that It was evident that it could not hope to carry out successfully this lap enforcement” work without some in- crease In its facilities. Accordingly, Congress authorized an increase in tha personnel of the service and appropri- ated funds for reconditioning some 20 old Navy destrovers and for bullding about 300 patrol and picket launches. “Reconditioning of these destroyers, the bullding and fnspection of this number of motor launches in plants all over the country, the enlistment and training of the increased enlisted force, and establishment of sultable operating bases, all in addition to the regular prescribed work of the Coast Guard, have constituted a very large problem for a small service such as ours, which numbers only 245 regular commissioned officers. On War Footing. “I know of nothing comparable to this problem that a maritime force has had to kolve in time of peace. The Coast Guard has pursued this problem unremtttingly and as expeditiously as Is consistent with the careful consid- eration that must be given each step taken. “While all of the additional boats contemplated are not yet in commls- slon, the Coast Guard is now entering upon the operatlon phase of its plane. The average person has not the slight- est conception of the difficulties and obstacles that confront our Operations to prevent smuggling. The Coast Guard is virtually on a war footing, but has not the freedom of action or the advantage of the popular enthu- slasm and support that go with a state of war. “To maintain a large fleat of small motor launches on the high seas, cov- ering a large area, and under all con ditions of weather and sea, presents difficulties that the gverage landsman cannot appreciate. Our officers cannot be given expliclt instructions as to their legal rights with respect to selz- ures in all cases, because the declxions of the courts differ widely on such matters. “However, our forces have orders to selze any American craft that makes contact with a forelgn rum ship lylng off our coasts. The enemy (for surely men who make a business of violating the laws of the United States and of endeavoring to render of no avall a provision of the Constitution of the United Statés may be characterized as national enemies) are well organized and have unlimited funds at their com- mand. They make every effort to threaten, hamper and discredit the Coast Guard in all possible ways, and they are becoming more and more des- perate in their efforts along these lines. “The Time Will Tell “Enlisted men of the Coast Guard are the same type of clean-cut, young American boys who are enlisting every day in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. They are young, full of life and the spirit of adventure, and have the same judgment and sense of re.! sponsibllity as are to be expected of young men throughout the country. It one of these boys is found derelict in his conduct, in any respect, the Coast ‘Guard takes immediate ‘sum- mary action by-court-martial proceed- ings, but the bootlegging fraternity makes the most of the incident in an effert to discredit the Coast Guard. “Through All these difficulties the Coast Guard is pursuing the even tenor of its way toward a successful accompliehment of the duty assigned it, namely, the suppression of smug- gling of liquor from the wea Into the United States. “The Coast Guard is making no statements, and intends to make none, as to what it expects to sccomplish. How long it will take, or what addi- tional facilities, {f any, will be needed to put down rum smuggling on all our coasts, only time and experience can determine. “I do nd® hesitate to say that there are uo finer, more devoted, or more loyai men in the mervice of the United States, in their respective ranks and ratings, than the officers and men of the United States Coast Guard, and there is no organization with a finer record of devotion to duty, service -and that | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, COAST GUARD VIRTUALLY AT WAR FLEET, BILLARD SAYS REAR ADMIRAL F. C. BILLARD, Who is directing the Coast Guard's battle against rum-runners. job with every ounce of zeal and possesser. T hope the will get the pleture of this vice, with a proud record in every war in which the country hax heen enguged. now fighting, in time o peace, against innumerable obstacles, to uphold the dignity of the Constit tion, and that in this fight we will have the wholehearted wupport of every true American citizen who wants to sce the dignity of our laws and of our flag properly upheld.” 5.) 30 DRY CARS SEN rnestness it country lttie (Continued from First Page) Hotel. another hotel nearer the ferry dock wus crowded and approximately 500 men had been served within 30 minutes after the spigots were open- ed. Most of them were workers on their way to Detro In most cases the spectators out numbered the drinkers. The hotel men were not disappointed, however They said they expected “a mass attack” from Detroit during the noon hour, and pointed out that resery tions for thix evening virtually were | exhausted some time ago. 750,000 Gallons Ready. Officials of the two breweries sup plying the border cities’ trade an nounced that 250,000 gallons of the beverage were avallabie in their ware. houses for dellvery tonight. The ferry company owners had madé no plans | for increased service between Detroit | and Windsor. Many Inquiries had been received, however, they sald, as to whether it would be posstble for downtown employes in Detrolt to go to Windsor and back for a drink dur- ing the luncheon hour. The ferry companies expected to maintain the regular 10-minute schedule between Detroit and Windeor, using four boats. If necessary, it was stated, the schedule could be speeded up to a salllng every elght minutes. The new beer, according to Henry Henrius, brewmaster for one of the breweries, analyzes as follows: Water, 4 per cent: alcohol, by volume, per cent; extractive mat- ter (malt, lactic acid, etc), 4.7 per cent; carbonic acid gas, 0.4 per cent. EIGHT-YEAR DROUGHT ENDS. Entire Dominion Went Dry as War Measure. OTTAWA, Ontario, May 21 (®).— Real beer was on xale legally today in Ontarlo, Canada’s banner province, for the first time in eight years. In 1817 the whole Dominion went dry as a war measure. After the war the liquor question in each of the nine provinces was left to referendum. Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan have re- turned to a full wet status. The maritime provinces—Nova _Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island-—remain in the prohibition column. Ontarfo voted twice on the sub- ject, the drys winning each time. The Provincial Tegislature lately amended the act to legalize the sale of 4.4 per cent beer under restrictions. The provinclal authorities regard this “four-by-four” beer as non-in toxicating and perhaps it 18 going to disappoint parched throats from Vol- stead land. It is 4.4 per cent alcohol by welght, or 2.5 by volume, with a kick presumably less potent than the disappointing 2.75 beer =old in the United States under war-time pro hibition. The one-half per cent limit of the Volstead act refers to volume. Border Cities Interested. Border American cities, notably Niagara Falls and Buffalo, N. Y., and Detrolt, were especiaily interested in the advent of “four-by-four.” Reservations from Detrolt exhausted the supply of tables at Windsor, On- *ario, hotels. Windsor, a 10-minute ferry trip from the motor metrépolia, expected a lucratlve trade from Amer. teans. Approximately 1,600 applica: <ion blanks for licenses were obtained in Windsor alone. One hotel fitted up an old English taproom and hired cockney barmaids. Another reported reservations from as far South in the States as Arkaneas. At the Prince Edward Hotel there will be a "New Beers day” celebration tonight. In Niagara Falle, Ontario, the W, C. T. U. threatened a boycott on all gro- cers who might sell the beer. Ten hotels applied for licenses. Beer may be sold at government- licensed hotels from 7 o'clock in the morning until 11 o'clock at night. It may be sold only at tables by the glass or bottle, and cannot be sold at bars. Grocers, however, may supply the brow to familles for home con- sumption. Bottle Costs Quarter. The retail price is § to 15 cents a glass. A bottle costs 25 cents. The brewery price is $15 half barrel. Ten cents for 10 ounces, however, is the average price. The province col- lects a 10-cent tax on each gallon. Blllboards advertising new brews have been added to the landscapes in various parts of the province. In ‘Windsor yesterday gayly decorated trucks carrying the British flag pa- raded the streets advertising ""Four by four.” “Four by four” has already been christened “Fergie's Foam,” since it is sponsored by the Ferguson govern- ment, which believes it will be bene- ficlal in satisfying thirst without hav- ing folks resort to poor bootlegged Wwhisky. Wheeler Sees Harm. Wayne B. Wheeler, géneral counsel of the Anti-Saloon League of America, who was in Buffalo when the Ontario flood started, said Americans would he disappointed in "4 by 4,” although he expressed fear that the general result might be detrimental to prohibition in the United States by giving bootleg- &ers more Opportunities. Mr. Wheeler's presence in the border city apparently had nothing to do with precautions taken by United States I succassful accomplishment than that of the Coast Guard. “The service is .pitching into this prohibition agents to meet the new dn;!nr of a leak in the roof. He was in Buffalo to address a Sunday school convention, . CANADIAN BEER SALE STARTS | Ontar INDITS BABY FARN WINERAS SLAYER Grand Jury Accuses Mrs. Geisen-Volk of Causing Infant’s Death. Br the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 21.—Mrx., Helen Auguste Geiren-Volk, owner of a “buby furm” in 1 Lighty-sixth sireet, to ¥y was indicted for degree man. fstaughter geund jucy. afier an fnvestigation which showed that | | Willilam Winters, 6 months old, dled [in the womun'® place after his «ikull lhind been fraciured The Winters infant children who died in the | Experts said the injuries indicated the {infant had been thrown mgainst a wall Health department records showed that 14 other children died fn another aby farm” which Mrs. Geisen-Volk formerly conducted on upper Park avenue. “The woman was indicted by another grand jury Tuesday on n charge of ubstituting chlldeen placed in her She was pleading not guilty to this charge in general sessions today when the mansluughter indictment ! | was returned. ifer ball of £36,000 on the child substitution was continued und she returned to Jull The Winters child was one of (wo whose bodles were exhumed _for |wutopsy after the district attorney had heen told of ulleged cruelties in flicted upon children in the “baby farm.” The mothers of several other children also have msked for the ex- humation of their bables’ bodle: T TO BORDER; ast Y o one of 30 | The opening of spigots next door is the latest of a series of developments concerning King Alcohol whick kept Uncle Sam busy wecks past. 1iis Coast Guard blocl aders have driven whisky ships off his Atlantic coast o Halifax Harbor only to have similar craft appear off southern Californfa and the Gulf coast. “WET AND DRINKABLE, Ontario’'s New Beer Found factory in Toronto. TORONTO, Ontarfo, May 21 UP).— new 4.4 per cent beer, on sale for the first time today, i8 ‘‘wet and drinkable.” Such was the verdict of most of the early drinkers. Opinions varled as to the elegance of its taste and its po tentiality as an intoxicant, but drink ers admitted that.they were still in the experimental stage. As far as Toronto was concernad the beverage created no great excite ment. When the beer was placed on sale there were line-ups in front of several places that had planned to make a great show of the strong beer inauguration, and as the day went on there was a noticeable in- crease in the number of customers. NIAGARA SEES RUSH. S Accommodations at Premium as Thirsty Cross Border. NTAGARA FALLS, Ontarlo, May 21 UP).—"Four-point-fout” beer went on sale here this morning and thirsty Americans flocked across the inter- national bridges by hundreds to samplé it. So many American auto- mobiles came over that parking space was at a premium within several blocks of the hotels where the beer was belng sold. Inside the beer parlors chairs were all too few to accommodate the thirsty. Under the law, the drinkers must sit at tables, and in some instances Americans offered to buy keats from the Canadlans, who had arrived earlier to sample the “four-point-four.” The parlors—there are no bars in Ontarfo now—were &cheduled to open at 7 am., but the sale of beer was delayed because of the late receipt of the permits and because of tardy de- liveries of the new brew. No draught beer was on sale here today, and hotel men sald it would be réveral days before they were ready to serve the new brew from taps. Bottled beer sold at 25 cents a bottle. The city, in gala attife, had the ap- pearance of a holiday. Flags ware fiying everywhere and some of the hotels were decorated with bunting. NEGRO CONVICTED ON SLAYING CHARGE Verdict of Second-Degree Murder Given by Jury in Stokes Case. Charles Stokes, colored, was convict- ed of murder In the second degree today by a jury in Criminal Division 2 befote Chisf Justice McCoy for the killing of Thomas Pappas, propriator of a Greek festaurant at 1302 Seventh street northwest, March 5. Stokes was charged with murder in the firat degree, but the jury, after two hours of deliberation, reduced the offensa to second degree. The verdict carries & minimum of vears' im; in_the penitentiary. TS s Through Attorney E. Russell Kelly, the prisoner clalmed he acted in sel defense. Taking the stand, Stokes told of belng émployed by Pappas before he was sent to Atlanta to serve a term of imprisonment, and said Pappas owed him $3. On his release, Stokes declared, he tried to collect the money from Pappas, but was put off from time to time. On the mornihg of the tragedy he insisted on payment, and clalmed that Pappas struck him over the head With a monkey.wrench. The risoner declared he took the wrench rom Pappas and struck him to save his own life. Assistant United States Attorneys Burnett and Colling conducted the prosecution. VAN ORSDEL HONORED. Justice Made Vice President Gen- eral for 8, A. R. Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel, past president of the Sons 6f the Amer! can Revolution of the District of Co- lumbia, Was -chosen vice president general for the Middle States dis- trict, National Soclety of the Sons of the American Revolution, at the closing session of the annual con- at Swampscott, Mass., yester- according to.word recelved here today. Judge Harvey F. Remington of Rochester, N. Y., was elected pres- ident general. Justice Van Orsdel succeeds Carl M. Vall of Ridgewood, N. J.. Phila- delphia was chosén as the next con- vention eity, : D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1925. MACMILLAN PLANE CARRIER CHRISTENED—FLAG PRESENTATION CHAIRMAN VIEWS CAUSE STIR Some Apprehension Felt Here on Statement Discussing French Debts. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Published reports to the effect that Chalrman Green of the House ways| and means committee, after an inves- tigation of Europe's attitude toward the payment of war debts due Amer- fca, feels no real settlement i In sight caused uneasiness today in offi cial quarters. Mr. Green disclosed in an Interview | in London that France's plan was to ask America to accept a percentage of the receipts from German repara tions under the Dawes plan and that in his opinion this meant a guarantee by the United States of the collection of money from Germany by F' Wisdom Is Doubted. This phase of the debt question is not new, but the announcement b: Mr. Green that he would oppose suc @a settlement is decidsdly new and sig- nificant, for the administration has not reckoned on congressional sentl- ment in advance of a_knowledge of the French proposals. Negotiation for a rettlement of war debts is a delicate subject at best and at this stage of tha conversations it 18 a matter of se- rious doubt whether much progress can be made by open announcement of the congressional view. It so_happens, of course, that the World War Dept Refunding Commis. slon has in the past taken the posi- tion that the debts due the United Etates from the allles are not to be cofisidered in velation to sums owed by the alifes to each other or money due from Germany. But since the Dawes plan was put into operation there has been a feeling that perhaps Congress might consent to an altera- tion of this view, particularly if the guarantes of payments from Germany were accomplished without Americah moral or material aid. There may vet be an opportunity for a settlement through the use of the money to be collected under the Dawes plan, France has had no real difficulty in borrowing mnoney In the United States &ince the war from pri- vate bankers. If the sums due under the Dawes plan are really good assets, they will appeal to private bankers as a basis for a loan even more quickly than they would appeal to the World War Debt Funding Commission. If Germany borrowed from the bankers specific sums to be paid to the Ameri- can Government, and used the repa- ration recelpts as collateral, the chances are that her borrowing could not be accomplished at a lower rate of interest than she would have to pay the United States Government, inh which case she might prefer to elimi- nate the intermediary step. Reaction Is Seen. Some method of bridging the gap between German reparations and the debts due America from Franceé can be found {f the Dawes plan is really #oing to wark. But at this early date, when formal proposals have not vet come from France to the United States Government, the point raised by Mr. Green wlill have an important reaction on the negotlations. Mr. Green has said bluntly what thes American Gov- ernment might have had'to say later on if the French proposal involved any guarantee by the United States of the collection of German reparations. Officlals would prefer to have the negotiations conducted without pub- lic statements from members of Con- gress in advance of definite proposals, but the viewpoint of Chalrman Green will have to be taken into considera- tion by the commissioners when nego- tiating with France, and it 8 not in- concelvable that Mr. Green's réemarks have already been noted by the I'tench government. (Copstight, 1926.) ELLINGSON GIRL HELD SANE; WILL BE TRIED Prosecutor to Press Charges Against Matricide, After Report of Eight Physicians. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.—Doro-| thy Ellison, 17-vear-old San Francisco matricide, is sane, and must go te trial on a charge of murder. Dr. J. M. Scanland, medical super- intendent of the Napa State Hospital, and his staff of seven other physiclans yesterday presented a report to Dis- trict Attorney Matthew Brady = say- ing that a close observation of the gifl for more than 30 days had deter. mined that she was in full possession of her facuities and mentally respon- sible in every way. Assistant District Attorney Har.|J. mond Skillen, the prosecutor in the [ sald that he éxpected to ha the girl returned to the county jall here today. He was ready to go ahead with the murder trial on Mon. , he said. d‘%he girl was committed to the hos. pital_on April 9 after a jury had found her Insane. The insanity hear- ing was substituted for the murder trial because of the girl's hysterical outbursts in the courtroom during the latter hearing. = Dorothy Ellingson, “fazz:mad” dis. ¢iple of the night life, shot and killed Upper: “The Peary christened of the late Robert Lower: Gilbert H. Grosvenor, the M. flag to Capt. Donald B. M YD ERWDOD, fillan Arctic Expedition ship, which was esterday at New York by Mrs. Mar Peary, North Pole discoverer. president Society, under whose aus) h‘ew"tllle Arctic flight is to be made, presenting a | W!ll arrive from Peary Stafford, daughter of the National Geographic OYSTER IS HONORED PEARY'S DAUGKTER BY SCHOOL BOARD Work Eulogized in Resolu- tions—15-Minute Observ- ance Ordered Today. Resolutions eulogizing the life and work of the lata Commissioner James F. Oyster were adopted by the Board of Education at its meeting yesterday afternoon, in the Franklin School. As | A further tribyte to Capt Oyster's memory, the ™ adjourned without taking action:on any school business. Its only othefat was to instfuct Sec retary Harry 0. Hine to send a letter of sympathy te one of its members, Mrs. Howard 1. Hodgkins, who is i Emetgency Hospital recovering from & fracture of the hip, sustained in a fall more than a_week ago. Presented by Bdwin C. Graham. the Ovster resolution pointed out that “the Board of Iducation recognizes the fact that the District of Columbia has lost an_ exemplary o leader, the cause of education a great advocate and mankind a benefactor.” The scene of Capt. Oyster's most helpful and far-reaching ministrations on behalf of the community, the reso- lutions explained, “{s undoubtedly with the public school: He was one of the nine original appointees of the Board of KEducation, and for nearly seven years he was the directive head and executive force in the policy and prosress of public education in the istrict Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of wcheolw, announced that he had ostponed a meeting of the Teachers’ natitute this afternoon in respect to the memory of Capt. Ovster, and ordered the suspension of all school business between 2 and 2:15 o'clock this afternoon, during the funeral services, Teachers have been in- structed to devote this 15.minute period to consideration of the public service of the late Commissioner. CITY PAYS TRIBUTE AT OYSTER RITES; COOLIDGE ATTENDS (Continued from First Page.) Department, and Capt. Edward O'Con- nor, Lieut. G. C. Meeks, Seérgt. J. W, Allan and Pvt. W. H. Crack of the Fire Department. The mountéd policemen who were assigned to escort the cortege were W. F. Sager, Thales Bowen, J. K. Bdwards, E. F. Lewis, W. L. Davis, T. R. Lusby, A. L. Lucas and E. L. Taylot. ‘Work was suspended in the District Bullding during the funeral and many empl.oI.! who could be epared at- tended the church services. The 50 members of the Police De. partment assigned to form the guard ©of honot with a similar number from the Fire Department were: Capt. W. Brown, W. H. Carlin, . W. Burke, A. §. P, Griffin, R. P. Aggleson, J. L. Klefer, C. H. Schreyer, L. C. Stevenson, J. I. Shotzberger, A. M. Winfree, T. O. Montgomery, S. M. Anglin, L. H. Gentry, J. H.'Hanna, P. G. Tanner, F. B. Ash hington, Anthony Damrow, W. J. Car- ter, G. E. Ttunnell, B. W. Morritt, F. W. Marple, W. S. Beck, W. E. Wil- liams, J. F. Boxwell, J. 1. Dallinger, J. C. Dalglish, J. A. Wheeler, J. W. Carroll,' M. P. Donohue, A. H. Poole, R. V. Wolte, E. W. Fuller, C. P. Rob- inson, T. J. Knoeble, Curtis Carter, R. Z Frug G. T. Néwton, I. H. Wilson, L. W. K. Bush, C. B. Cannon, D. L. Guest, W. T. Storm, W. J. Morrison, A. V.:Dixon, R. L. Coftren, G. W. Cook, Van Wooten, R. A. Burton, J. H. Mutphy, C. Humphries, H. H. Hoke, 0. H. Wells. All_branches of Police Court were recessed during the funeral of Com- missioner Oyster to allow Judges Gus A. Schuldt, John P. McMahon and Isaac R. Hitt to attend the services. SRLS O . W Tries 24th Time to Enter U. S. NEW YORK, May 21 (#).—Paui hér mother, Mrs. Anna Ellingson, at their home here 6n Januaty 13, after béing refused permission by the elder woman to attend a liquor party that night. The girl attended the party Jand was arfes tedvl‘ler 3 Kruot, German, a claimant for the “¢hamplon stowaway” title, arrived today on the steamer President Roose- velt from en on the twenty-fourth dttempt to enter the United States. He.was sent to Ellis. Istand. | | | | Pole. and her son. Robert E. Pear. CHRISTENS CARRIER Breaks Bottle of Water Over Plane Tender of MacMil- lan Expedition. Special Dispatch to the Sta W YOR} May lanes circled a dist ¢ officers k and Washi Marle Ahnighito Peary Waehington vesterday cl tened the vessel that will carry three United States Navy Amphibian planes assign ed to the MacMillan Arctic expedition by the name of her father, Perry Mrs. Stafford was born within 20 miles of where the expedition will ha base, a place which i8 recognized in her name, Ahnighito, which means, in Eskimo, ‘‘peaked moun n.' Dr. Gilbe, the Nat k sented to of the National which will be planted Stars and Stripes, on the expedition may find In response, Comd paid a tribute to “Peary as a Lead recalling that the United States Navy Department, the National Geograph Soclety and he all had a part in the discovery of the North Pole by Peary. as they ve in the present expedi tion, which is under the auspices of the National Geographic Society and on which the Navy is sending three of its planes to fly in search of land which no man ha cen, Mrs. Stafford used a bottle of Eagle Island water from the Peary Summer home, in Maine, and the case inclosing the bottie was that emploved by her when, during the war, sha christened a naval ves- &el the Peary, named in honor of her father The ceremonies yvosterday were at- tended by Mra. of this_city, widow of the discoverer of the North ir., Bowdoin College, ar Grosvenor Th N Soclety was repre- sented by Dr. Grosvenor, its president, and by John Oliver Gorce, vice president. Rear Admiral Charies P. Plunkett, commandant of the third naval district, in New York, and mem bers of his staff attended. Richard N. Byrd, U. S. N., who will be in charge of flying operations of the expedition, and a number of the flying contingent were present. Later in the evening Comdr. MacMil- lan went aboard the ship to take it to Boston, where on June 17, Bunker Hill day, the formal leave taking will be observed there upon invitation of the city of Boston. Comdr. Macmillan _will go from Boston to Wiscasset, Me., to superin- tend the overhauling of the expedi- tion’s other ship, the Bowdoin, which will carry the scientists and the equip- ment for the wireless station WNP (wireless North Pole), which will send back daily reports of the expedition’s discoverie WETHERED AND LEITCH IN BRI(ISH GOLF FINAL TROON, Scotland, May 21 (#).—The finals of the British ladies’ open golf championship, from which the former American champion, Glenna Collett, was eliminated yesterday, will be played tomorrow by the two outstand- ing stars among British women, Miss Joyce Wethered, the titleholder, and Cecll Leitch, former champion. Miss Wethered reached the final by defeating P. Jameson, 5 up and 4 to play, this morping and Mrs. Temple Lobell, 8 up and 5 to play, this after- noon. Miss Leitch beat Janet Jack- son 1 up this morning and was lucky to climinate B. Brown on the ecight. eenth green this afternoon. Mies Leitch did not play up to her best form and the predictions are that Miss Wethered will win easil Stafford . president of ic Society, pre- Milian a flag aphic Soclety, along with the any territory MacMillan a student at Miss Gertrude tional Geograph ¥, i - gana Italian Flyer Proceeds. RANGOON, Burma, May 21 (#).— Comdr. di_Pinedo, Italian airman, left Mergui, Burma, this morning for Ousket, . Siam, in continuance of his m:l;t from Haly to Japan and Aus- tralfa, | “OUSTED” CARRY-ON CLUB GREETS BLIND Opponents of Princess for House Possession Wel- come “Successors.” Under the white flag of an armed truce, a dramatic twist was given t the battle between the Carry-On Club 1600 Rhode Islund avenue, and Princess Elaine von der Lippe-Lipsk | this morning. when three blind veter ans, officers of the United States Bi Veterans of the World from Baltimore the the princess to cstabligh their natio headquarters in the spacious mansion and w eted warmly by members of the y-On Club. This strange combination of friendiy <nemies followed precipitation of the fight into the court vesterday, w resulted in Justice Hitz of the Dis Supreme Court issuing a temporar restralning order which prevents t princess from ousting the club to make room for the blind veterans Hearing on a permanent injunctior has been set for May 20 As the var d of t from Ive School for at Baltimore at the club greeted pers the this iy John M representing the Carry-On Club put his arms about the blind bo: welcomed them to the institut Kerr wh nd Greeted by Carry-Ons. Come right in he said make yourselves comfortable. e want you 1o feel right at Liome.” An Mr. Kerr, guiding the boys, ussisted them up the steps of the great gra house where contention and strife has for weeks been simmering untf it burst into court action. “We are glad to have these boj here,” said Mr. Kerr, in talking newspaper men. “We will maie ron for all of them who come, if we have to_crowd ourselves.” When the men had been escorted an upper floor, the welcomed by the pr peared shortly after their arri After greeting the blind veteran the princess escorted them to the of fice of her lawyer, Col. Ashbv Wi liams, where they were in length conference, The princess s she will fight 1 Carty On Club to a finish “to possession of her prope o blind veterans B Members of the they will make room veterans, and predict were cor coxs, wh club_dec for that Baltimore, mors of a ind men. are tl few more as there have been split in the ranks ru Blind Veterans' Plans. Raymond E. Day, nationo wer of the United States Blind Veterans of the World War, in whose rame the notice was n the fr or of the club yeste Lt provoking court action by th club president. headed the group a riving from Baltimore this morning and spoke f his organization. They plan, according to Lieut. Das 10 establish themselves at the inv tion of the princess, at 1600 Rhodc Island avenue, where as many b! veterans ® may be accommodated may Iive and where the national o | ganization may be headed up for tl | benefit of the bovs. An organizatior to halp them sell the products of the: handicraft will be buflt there, Lieut Day predicted, as the princess sat by £miling_approval into the sightles faces of the boys she is fightir help. IHis Li con 3 postec ssociation contains a large ma jority of the veterans blinded in the World War. Lieut. Day explained saying that there was an attendance of 175 at the annua nvention las: ear at Seattle. Coming from Balt re this morning with Lieut. Da were Lverett L. Radford and Harve E. Gilbert, both members of the e ecutive committse of the organization GORDON TO HANDLE | PENDING RENT CASES Ordered to Take Over “Meritorious” Issues When Rent Body Ex- pires Tomorrow. Cases of the Rent Commission. whi expires tomorrow, have been ordered taken over by District Attor Pey ton Gordon, it was announced toda by Attorney General Sargent No statement was forthcoming fron the Dietrict attorney. who said had not yet received the offic notice from the Attorney General At the Department of Justice s explained that the order to Mr rdon went ahead under the act of Congress creating the District Ren Commission The District attorney has been ad vised in his instructions, it was said ut the Department of Justice, to pro ceed with cases that ‘“seem 1o be meritorious.” FLOGGING DENIED BY TURPENTINE MAN Was Elsewhere at Tir Land Says in Peonage Trial—Five Confirm Story By the Associated Press. PENSACOLA, Fla., May 21 ther testimony of alleged floggings re ceived by turpentine employes and de nial by a Calhoun County turpentine operator that he had any knowledge of the maltreatment, marked the tri vesterday of filve men on charges of peonage. The Government accuses the defend ants of arresting, returning and fore ing certain negroes to work for the payment of debts. Charles H. Land one of the defendants, entered & gen erul denial of the charges from the stand. Five other witnesses had tes tified that he was elsewhere at the time of the floggings. Testimony for the prosecution has charged him- di rectly with only one phase of the a! leged peonage Violation. Judge W liam B. Shepherd had previously over ruled motions to dismiss the charges against Land, and William Proctor another defendant. George Diamond, a negro, alleged to have been held in a state of peonage, testified as to floggings he claimed he and two others received, and declared that after the flogging he was taken to the quarters of Land, and locked in a small private jail. The ollowing day, he sald, Federal authorities took him into custody as a witness, H Sleep;ng Sickness Increases. LONDON, May 21 UP).—Official sta tisties show that the slesping sickpes; from which Viscount Milner recently dled has been steadily increasing in ¢ England and Wales. The number of cases advanced from 16 in 1913 to 1,407 in 1924,