Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Generally fair tonight and tomor- row; little change in temperature; moderate west and northwest winds. Highest, 84, at noon today; lowest, 67, * at 3:45 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 12 29,635. Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, D, C. No. * ch WASHINGTON, ?MacMillan Sails North Today ONIRAL RUBMN' Seeking Big Contini!t for U. S. “Navy Will II;l;l &i:;iever Land Y ou Dis- LSTORM CENTER ASKS RETRENENT Helped Fall Work Out Trans- fer of Reserves and Approved Leases. cover,” He Is Told B the Associated Press. WISCASSET, Me. Comdr. Donald B. M dav for the Arctic with authori nds he discovers - seas for the State Jand with a pledge from a caj | the United States Navy that Ameri s planted on known we will see keep it The authorization and pledge were ziven at a st night at South port, which ttended by many persons of prominence in State and national life. The dinner was given by the State and constituted the official June 20.—Lieut in 1in in ADVANCEMENT DENIED HIM TWICE SINCE THEN| the un- that you U. S. to Appeal Teapot Dome De- dsion—Sinclair Stock Up $43,000,060. Capt. D. E. Dismukes, commandant Eirs G of the Portsmouth, N. H. navy vard, wh represented Secreta! on. Who | ,f the Navy Wilbur at the dinner, in Teapot o short address, told MacMillan he Rear Admiral J. K. Rob was a storm center in the Dome investigation, and who twice!hoped he would di since has been denied promotion, has | possible, plant a Maine pine in it, nail led for early from the | the American flag to the top, and Ui aid, “We will see that you keep it There indication that the '(‘:\ application meets with the approval o { Millan * the Navy Department. and the sovereign State of Maine is concerned eral expectation that President to claim in our behalf such land Coolidze will act favorsbry upo be shall discover in this region that A< chief of the Navy's Engineering ill unknown Bureau, a post he still holds, Admiral ymdr MacMillan Robison helped work with Sec retary Fall the plan transfer of the Naval reserves the Interior Department, and later approved the leases & to Harry F. Sinclair and Edwa Doheny. retirement is every Iph O. Brewster authorized. in so far as the ser is as who was CITIZENS WILL AID GORDON IN WAR ON LEWD LITERATURE the for to Passed Over by Coolidge. | commended by | wotion to the A year ago he w a Navy board for pr permanent rank of rear admiral, but | there were immediate indications that | a long fight against his confirmation | would result if his name were sent to | the Senate. When President Coolidge | Jater submitted his nominations for | Navy promotions, the admiral’s name | was not among them. his vear the Navy Selecting Board itself passed over Admiral Robison, and the President told friends that he regarded that action as settling the matter. If the application should be granted before October 1, when his term as chief of the engineering bureau termi- nates, he would retire with the rank 3 i of rear admiral. At present his| To rid Washington of the indecent permanent rank is that of captain |literature that continues to clutter with the rating of rear admiral by |newsstands throughout the city, a reason of his temporary departmental | representative committee of citizens position ;mn greed to undertake a survey of Sisie { these publications with a promise from STOCK UP $13,000,000. | District Attorney Peyton Gordon that T by | he will institute immediate prosecution Sinclair Securities Boosted by Teapot | of every dealer found violating the Dome Ruling. e e strict Attorney Gordon as IW YORK, June 20 (#) 0 DB it Iney Somonas ' S i e similar burden last month result of Harry F. Sinclair's Victory in {a¢ the behest of the newsdealers, with the Government's suit to se' a | | their promise to remove from sale all the Teapot Dome ofl lease the market | magazines he found illegal, he de- value of outstanding Sinclair Oll se-|clared that he would not continue in curities has increased nearly $13,000.-| the role of a censor longer than June 000 already. ! {1, and would expect the dealers to After the decision was announced | know by that date what classes of Yesterday the common stock of the|jjterature and “art” might not be dis- Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation | tributed in Washington. shot up 2!z points to a high of 24%.| A survey of the city has disclosed First lien 6 per cent bonds of the |that although most newsstands have corporation soared 4% points. Other | Femoved the publications banned by = the prosecutor, from 10 to a dozen bonds of the corporation scored lesser | ooy FFGEERHTRT Jrom 10 1o & cozen gains. As there are about 4,491,893 |reach are still available to any pur- shares of common stock outstanding, | chaser—man, woman or child. It was the gain of value for this item alone | to examine these particular magazines is figured at $11,229.7 that the committee was formed, com- Edward L. Doheny is also sub.|Posed of the following five persons atantially wealthier on paper, al-| Personnel of Committee. though the Government < won its suit so far as his companies were con-| James T. Llovd, president b Board of Education; Jesse C. Suter, president of the Federation of Citi zens’ Associations; Miss Sarah E. Sim- [mons“head ‘of the English depart ments of all high schools in the Dis Dissipates | yrict of Columbia: Rev. Dr. W. L. | by, executive secretary of the W |ington Federation of Churches, and |Henry K. Bush-Brown, prominent Sculptor and authority on art. When asked for his opinion as to [the value of such a committee, Dis- | trict Attorney Gordon gave it his en- Decision rendered in the Govern if,l.’,‘:“s,sfic e afelns it B ment's lease unnulment suit here ves-| provent him from giving as much time terday by Federal Judge T. Biake | ; e ° by : ! . | to the examination of magazines as the Kennedy smothered every charge of|occasion demands, but that he does scandal, collusion and fraud in con-| EGffes ok c g nection with the leasing of the Dome = office a8 proaccutor will | not believe h: Tnder & 95.000-word ruling, The Goy, | Permit him to continue censoring the ernment announced it would appeal | publications any longer. the case Suspected Magazines and Report Findings. of the ! TO APP AL. Court Ruling Scandal Charge. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 20 (P).— Teapot Dome, which for three ves has been a storm center of National politics, was left today in the legal possession of Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate. Fall Says h- Prosecution man for Secretary Wilbur. Maine | if the | farewell to the explorer and his party. | big a hole as| Volunteer Committee to Scan | ANUNDSEN PARTY T0 BF WELCOMED ROVALLY N 0510 Return From Perilous Trip iny Arctic Arouses Whole of Native Land. by Official Spokes- |last speaker at the dinner. made no reference to these remarks and a dispateh from Washington said Gov. | Brewster's statement had failed to| the silence that the State De- | ment has maintained concerning | [ “liat wation mignt caim | MUCH OF HEROIC FLIGHT REMAINING TO BE TOLD| any fand lving between her and the | North Pole, It was pointed out, how. | |ever, that no formal interchange of | notes on the subject has passed be ween the two governments. | Gov. Brewster in explaining his statement said there appeared to be nothing in either the State or Federal Constitution in derogation to the in- herent right of the State soverelgnty of claims to territory which it shall discover or explore. If question should arise with foreign countries, | he said, it should be adjusted amicably | through the courts The two MacMillan | Ellsworth Sharing Popularity With Leader for Bravery in Sav- ing Comrades. By the Associated Press OSLO, Norwa; | Roald” Amundsen the | explorers will have an enthusiastic | | Bowdoin_and Peary, will sail at 2|welcome when they arrive here, with- | | o'clock, Eastern standard time, this|in the next few davs. on their return | | afternoon. Huge crowds are expected | from their perilous airplane expedi- | at this little village to watch the!tion into the Actric | Geparture and hundreds of small craft | Though they failed in their main will gather in the Sheepscot River {object, that of heing the first 1o reach and accompany the ships out to the |the North Pole by air, their exploit in open ocean. Thousands of school chil- | fiying to a point within, 150 miles of dren of the State will line the hill-| their goal, their survival amid untold - - hardships and their return to Spitz- (Continued on Page 4 | bergen in their remaining plane are | | regurded as forming a wonderful feat, | | shedding glory upon Norway as well ! VAN ORMAN PROTESTS | as the indfvidual participant AWARD TO VEENSTRA| t il \ With each succeeding report of the | | experiences of the fyers the popular | | enthusiasm grows, and it already | | been expressed to some extent in the | | numerous wireless mess sent to| the explorers from the Kiug, the gov- | ernment and their friends. There is praise also for the heroism June 20.—Capt. nd his five fellow ships Column 6.) Enthusiasm Growing. Action Automatically Halts Pres- entation of Balloon Race Cup to Belgian. By the Associated Press. i BRUSSELS, June 20.—The Amer-of Lincoln Ellsworth, American mem- | ican balloonist, Wade T. Van Orman, |ber of the expedition, who saved Leif | today formally protested vesterday's | Dietrichsen and Oskar Omdahl when decision of the Aero Club, declaring ! they fell through the ice the Belgian, M. Veenstra, winner of | Published non-copyright accounts | the recent Gordon Bennett cup bal- | of the fiyers' experiences say they en- loon race. The protest automatically | countered a fog soon after starting | suspends the award of the cup to|from Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, on Veenstra. | May 21, Kising above the mist, they | R D held to their course for some hours, | until compelled to alight because half | | their gusoline was exhausted. Then, | when it seemed they had founa sarety | in a plece of open water, where the | planes alighted, they were suddenly | | confronting with catastrophe. ) The ice closed in, immovably jam-| ming both machines. Without imme- jdlate ~ means of transportation, |stranded amid a limitless waste of | water and ice, the circumstances were | S {such as to cause dismay, but Amund- | |sen and his companions proved equal | Crowds Gather Along Route [i"iie tmergence. ; Tl | . Dislodged Plane. of Funeral Train—Sue- | . ¥ | pVith the greatest of exertion, call-| ; ling for every ounce of courage, cessor Is Studied. muscie and determination, they sac: s | ceeded in dislodging one of the planes, | | although the effort cost 24 days or! | By the Associated Press {exhausting work, during which their! LA FOLLETTE FUNERAL TRAIN, | rations were rapidly disappearing and GARRETT, Ind., June 20.—Returning |the Drospects of a safe return seem- to Wisconsin her favorite son, the |ingiy dwindling. Courage and perse- cial train bearing the body of |Verance won through and at length, Jzpe k {discarding all the equipment they | Senator Robert M. La Follette passed | coulq spare and with only enough early today across the Middle Western | gasoline and food to take them back— plains, which in vears gone by “Fight- | provided there was no further trouble ing Bob” had on more than one occa- | —they intrusted themselves again to | | sion made his political battling ground. | the air, heading for Spitzbergen. Herelendjinesy longithal maviot| o s choriea vo necsiven satineation | | the journey from Washington crowds |5 e, "ihe” miles of dreary ice fields, gathered to pay a last tribute t0 a|yynout a trace of land, the plane | leader whose voice, but so lately a|flew southward, sometimes encoun-| power in the Nation, is now forever |tering the dreaded fog, but always stilled in deéath. Many got only a|keeping on until the explorers were fleeting glimpse of the funeral car as |able to land safely on the shore of it dashed by villages and way sta- |Northeast Land, part of the Spitz-| tois bergen Archipelago. | Scarcely had the machine alighted | Running well ahead of .«rhpdu!e’ i asiir by se; | time, the first long stop will be made |When, almost as if by arrangement, e e IV 1g stop |the X orweglan sailing boat, Sjoeliv, at Chicago, where the four cars mak- | * o] capta P ing up the special will be transferred (ROVe into sight. =The captain and | from the Baltimore and Ohio to the | FT8W OF BIRE, O TR0 TUTE of the se: | Chicago ~ and Northwestern _ tracks, |ter hed heard the droning of, the 5ot | over which the journey to Madison |Pane's engne MEs SHay, ot | will be completed about midday. et e A s s Immediately upon arrival of the | ditlon out to sca train at the Wisconsin capital the |5 MENDE SXUNS incation of the casket will be removed to the state. |, The SITPTRC 450 Sreh (AU N red R avhere 1t owill lie in state untll | heir mistake must have equaled that thaltiour o thettunerall services) nn=go || et rmlatake must BAye equelecAE | [, oy ot torment will be in | Vation at hand. Capt. Wollan speedily Sy P etinar® e ey UTied | recognized Amundsen, notwithstand- foptor La - Follette's mother and |yt e month's growth of hair cover- e = ing his usually clean-shaven face, and Family Bears Ordeal Well. ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | President Coolidge and they exchanged cordial greetings. As the long journey was nearing its Is Promised. |end, Mrs. La Follette, companion and The ruling of Judge Kennedy was | tnterpreted by former Secretary of the | Interfor Albert B. Fall, with Sinclair a leading figure in the oil leasing in vestigation. as refuting all taint of scandal, a statement to the Associated Press indicated Through a spo Doheny, like Sinclair. magnate whose leasing reserves also has been court investigation, gratification over decision Maj. Gordon said he would await the opinions of the committee members |and immediately after receiving their | verdict would ask the Police Depart- | ment to send out officers to purchase copies of publications found objection- able and order the immediate arrest of offending newsdealers. The prose- cution of such offenders, Mr. Gordon said, would be waged without mercy, | the aistrict attorney taking the stand | that he has given news dealers ample time to clean up their own houses. A reporter for The Star made an ex- Sees Handling Empowered. amination of newsstands in scattered sections of Washington and found held that the act|ipat the campaign waged last month enabled the Secre-|p.4 succeeded in banishing virtually to handle the naval| " of the so-called “art” magazines aw fit, and without |, 00" the stands and a number of from Congress, Hef e most objectionable cartoon publi- Admiral J. K. Robison, | ,jons. 1t was these classes that evgineering; 1. C. Fin- | \jo5 " Gordon scrutinized more closely T e A Srcretary of ) last month, and they have all but dis: W. Ambrose of the Federal Bureau of Mines and former Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy Roosevelt “from any incriminating fault as to frau- | dulent motive” in their connection | with negotiating the lease. i Whe decision declared that the loan | @? $25,000 made by Sinclair to Fall in June, 1923, was a “suspicious circum- stance, but that it could not be judi- cially stamped as fraud, because of the willingness of Sinclair and his attorneys to explain to a Senate in- vestigating committee that it was made to the former Interior Secre- tary to enable him to go to Russia with Sinclair in connection with the latter's oil operations. { Judge Kennedy also declared that persons who held mineral leases in Teapot Dome were not to be blamed for attempting to get money from their holdings when they were sought by Sinclair. He pointed out that the @ft magnate had paid about $1,000,000 for claims held by the Belgo and Rioneer Oil Companies in the naval reserve. Bank Account Ruled Out. Judge Kennedy struck from the regord all evidence relating to the bank accounts of Fall and declared that the evidence did not prove there wes a connection between Fall, Sin- alair and the Continental Trading Co. of Toronto that had any bearing on allegations of the Government in the {Continued on-Page 2, Column 4] dward L. prominent ol of naval oil subjected to also expressed Judge Kennedy esman Judge Kennedy of June 4, 1920, tary of the Nav: oil reserve as h any assistance ahsolved Rear chief of Navy appeared The prosecutor did not the | time, however, to go deep nto “(Continued on Page 4, Coiumn 1) have By the Associated Prees. HUNTINGTON, W. Va, June 20.—William F. Porter, chief of Federal prohibition officers in the Huntington region, was shot and . E. Workman, State of- was shot twice and seriously unded, and George Ball. chief of State officers, was wounded in a gun battle between Federal and State officers on Camp Creek, in ‘Wayne County, early today. The battle started when Federal and State officers, both approach- ing a still location from opposite sides, mistook each other for moon- shiners. Homer Joy, another Federal of- ficer, said he was sleeping on a hill overlooking the scene of the sus- pected still when he heard shoot- ing. He flashed his light and rec- ognized Ball in the State forces, velled to the men to stop shooting, but could not be heard above the din. 'i:qnumwm(..v_rm.. U. S. and State Dry Agents Battle - By Mistake; One Killed, Two Wounded adviser to her husband in all his long public service, and her daughters and sons were bearing with good fortitude the strain of the sad mission which takes them back- home. In accord with the wishes of the Senator, none of the family is wear- ing mourning. Banked about the casket where it rests in the observation section of the private car are many floral pieces, among which is a circular wreath of roses, lilles and evergreens sent by Plutarco E. Calles, President of Mex- ico. MEMORIAL IS PLANNED. Home State Prepares to Pay Tribute La Follette. MADISON, Wis., June 20 (#).—Plans for a suitable memorial to its dead leader were started by Wisconsin as the State prepared today to receive v of Robert M. La Follette. A 1t on_the Capitol grounds by | ed on Pa olumn 2) | State officer, to the ground and was grappling with him, Joy sald. Porter was believed to have recog- nized Poe and started to let him up, thinking Poe had also recog- nized him. Then, Joy said, Poe fired and Porter fell. Joy covered Poe with his gun and ordered him to disarm before Poe realized he was fighting fellow officers. A party of young women return- ing from a hay ride came upon Workman and Porter lying by the roadside on the Wayne road and brought them to Huntington. Porter ‘was dead and Workman was shot through the head and shoulder. He was taken to the Huntington Hos- pital in a serious condition. The nature of Ball's injury had not been learned. Poe was arrested on a homicide charge and committed to the county jail when he appeared at the hospital to see Workman and Ball. Physicians held little hope for their recovery. 4 |the cutter really bore Amundsen and | Little Food on Boat. The explorers were soon aboard and welcomed with the utmost hospitality, although the sudden addition of six hungry men made big demands on the Sjoeliv’s small larder, and there was not much to eat and drink but seal | beef, eggs and cider. A hawser was passed to the plane and the voyage to Kings Bay was be- gun as speedily as possible, Amundsen being anxious to get there in time to forestall departure of the patrol ex- pedition which, he was told, was about to start out to seek him. There was a small mishap, the haw ser breaking. This repaired, the voy- | age began again. ‘The weather became rough, and to prevent damaging or losing the plane the Sjoeliv took shelter in Lady Franklin Bay, ‘where the night was passed. The weather still being bad the following morning, Amundsen de cided to lay the plane ashore for fu- ture salvaging. This was done and the voyage was continued without in- cident until Kings Bay was reached, about an hour before the patrol ex- pedition was due to start on its search. The onlookers assembled to watch the departure of the éxpedition, saw the Sjoeliv approaching, but little suspected who was aboard, believing the vessel to be that chartered by the correspondent of the Associated Press. Their astonishment and excitement was great when it was discovered that his companions and the watchers fell over one another in their rush to shake the hands of the returned.voy- agers, whose safety had been discus- sed with misgivings. Story Yet to Be Told. The full story of the expedition's adventures is still to be told, but the incident which roused the greatest interest was the narrow escape from drowning of Dietrichsen and Omdahl, who, while the members of the party were separated, fell into an ice fissure. Amundsen and Riiser-Larsen heard their shouts for help and hastened to launch their canvas boat, but this proved impossible because of the coating of sharp ice on the water, which would have cut the canvas. Meanwhile Ellsworth came to the rescue of the imperiled men and r 3 Gumnzy | Radio Programs—Page 9. NEW U. 5. ENVOY LIKELY INMEXICO Ambassador Sheffield Is Blamed in Southern Capital for Stern Stand of U. S. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. 1f Ambassador Sheffield returns to his post in Mexico City it may be only for a short while. For the question has been raised whether he is persona grata any long- er to the Mexican government. The Mexicans blame Mr. Sheffield for the entire change of policy on the part of Secretary Kel- 10gg from one of silent co-operation to open threats of withdrawal of recogni- tion. Mr. Sheffield, on the other hand, is said to take the position that his use- fulness as Ambassador would have ceased anvhow if he had not per- suaded the American Government to make a public demonstration of its concern over the way things have been going on in Mexico. the its The facts which prompted American Government to issue statement of warning to Mexico are | not vet available to the public, nor does it appear that members of the enate foreign relations committee are closely informed. It is known that enator Borah, chairman of the for- eign relations committee, while de- clining to discuss the matter, has grave doubts as to the wisdom of the step taken by the American Government in publicly threatening Mexico. If Congress had been in session, there is little doubt that the matter would nave been threshed out in the Senate foreign relations committee, if not in open debate in the Senate. The present episode has a parallel in the policy pursued by President Taft and Secretary Knox on the return of Am- bassador Henry Lane Wilson to Wash- ington. Conferences then were fol lowed by a military demonstration in Texas, and it was not long after that the situation became worse inside Mexico, and the American Govern- " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) U.S. OPENS WAR ON BONLS SHARKS 235 Soldiers’ Certificates Are Collateral in Hands of Money Lender in Texas. As a result of the seizure of 235 sol- dier bonus certificates in the hands of one money lender in San Antonio, Tex., the secret service today clared war on those who are traf- ficking in those certificates. e DRY AGENTS ACCUSED OF RECKLESS FIRING Senator Couzens Informs President They Shoot at Pleasure Boats on Detroit River. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., June 20.—Charges that Federal prohibition agents patrol- ling the Detroit River were firing upon pleasure craft were forwarded to Presi- dent Coolidge today by Senator James Couzens with a request that steps be takeh to prevent a repetition of such shootings. Senator Couzens mentions specifical- 1y the firing June 11 upon a launch containing two sons of Charles T. Fisher, local automobile body manu- facturer, and another youth. He de- clared the officers who fired upon the boys merit instant dismissal by ex- ecutive order. Another letter was sent to Lincoln C. Andrews, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in charge of prohibition en- forcement. In this letter Senator Couzens said he felt sure that Mr. An. drews was “interested in stopping this sort of thing.” de- | n Star. D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1925—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. Boys YoU'VE GOTTA GIMME CREDIT!{g | LosT ¥ HEAVILY BUT4 IVE PAID! ) HENRY BARRETT LEARNED, Whose appointment to the Board of ducation was announced today. LEARNED NANED T0 SCHOOL BOARD Former Member Succeeds Peyser—Mrs. Hodgkins and Johnson Returned. Henry Barrett Learned. a former member and vice president of the Board of Education, was today ap- pointed to the board to succeed Jullus Peyser, whose term has expired. Two other members of the board whose terms expired, Mrs. Marie W. Hodgkins and Hayden Johnson, were reappointed to succeed themselves. Prof. Learned, whose home is at 2123 Bancroft place, is well known in District educational circles. He was appointed to the Board of Education in 1917 and from 1919 to 1921 served as its vice president. Writes on Historical Subjects. Prof. Learned has been devoting his time recently to.writing on historical subjects and since 1921 has been the author of various papers along these lines. He received his early educa- tion at Smith Academy, in St. Louis, and studied for many vears at Har- vard, the University of Chicago, the Uni v of Lelpzic and Yale Uni lecturer in history at Wesleyan Uni- versity, and during the war served a a special investigator for the Depart- ment of Justice. He has been in- terested in educational problems for many years and is considered an au- thority on the subject. Prof. Learned’s reappointment to the Board of Education makes the membership of that body as follows: James C. Lloyd, president; Ernest C. Greenwood, Edward C. Graham, Dr. F. R. A. Bennett, Mrs. Coralie Cook, Mrs. Willlam H. Herron, Mrs. Hodg- | kins, Mr. Johnson and Prof. Learned. The Star’s every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,309 s Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. ARMY POLOTEAM DEFEATS BATISH Americans Win Game Eight Goals to Four, Taking Big Lead Early. | By the Associated Press LONDON, June 20.—The States Army polo team won its match with the British army team plaved at the Hurlingham Club today by & score of 8 goals to 4. The Americans scored two goals and the British army team one goal in the first chukker The score at the end of the second chukker was: United States team 5 goals and the British team 2 goals At the end of the third chukker the score was: United States team 5 goals, British team 3 goals. America had the better of the play in the opening period, attacking with great speed from the moment the match started. States. At the end of the fourth chukker the score was: goals; British team, 3 goals. At the start of the second chukker | Hospital said tods the British team got away with the ball and Capt. McCreery s ing the count. ored, even- | 1 | NURSE NEAR DEAT ORDERLYHURT AS ETHER EXPLODES |Accident in Hospital Last !Monday Made Public as | United | 1, 1 [ | | | mediate and lower arms, Hope for Injured Girl Wanes. BLAZING LIQUID IGNITES CLOTHING OF VICTIMS Were Cleaning Operating Room After Major Operation, When Gas Goes Off. flames when a ethe ted in the op Homeopathic ond and N ast Monda carefully ifrey condition of Miss Bo is in Martinsbu concealed become known noon when th hose home 2 his hands Accordin the accide oceurred fter surgeons had ficult major operation tient. the att or other members of room staff were injured stepped out of the roo before the explosion. Wallace had removed the can of ether from an anaesthetizing ap paratus and was carryving it into the sterilizing room, a small chamber im adjacent to the operating room. On the way he passed too close 1o the hot sterilizing machine and the can of ether, a substance th: is highly inflammable, suddenly burst into flames. Help Arrives Late. Tortured by ad hospital _authorit immediatel completed a dif- but neither the physicians the operating as they had a minute the searing fire, which completely enveloped his hands Wallace dropped the can. Unfortunately Miss Bowers was standing directly beside the spot where the flaming anesthesia fell and be fore she could move her clothing was ignited. Falling to the floor in panic screamed for help, but before the physicians and other nurses could reach her side she was virtually en veloped in fire. Wallace, badly hurt himself, was helple: Wet blankets were quickly thrown over Miss Bower and the flames were extinguished, but she had lost consciousness before she conld be rescued. Everyvthing possible has since been she Capt. Rodes at No. 3 | gone 1 e the = played a strong game for the United | hut. she DA erovn mreatiet & onte. she has grown steadily worse. | From the time the flames caught her United States team, 6 | her own story of the accident. In the second chukker the Ameri. | cans dominated the play, Rodes con- tinuing his brilliant work. During the third chukker, which was even, Capt. Dening led the Brit- ish attack. The British scored first in the match. W. S. McCreery, at No. ball between the posts for the first goal. Rodes followed with two goal for the American officers. McCreery goal made the count 2 all, but Rode: soon turned the tide in favor of the United States team. Wilson followed with two more goals and the period | ended 5 to 2 in favor of the visitors. In the third chukker W. Me Creery scored again after a good run from midfield. In the fourth Wilson added another for the Americans and sent another shot which seemed good but which hit a goal post. In the fourth chukker Maj. Wilson was hurled from his horse at the board and the match was stopped for two minutes. At the end of the fifth chukker the score was United States team, 7 goals British team, 3 goals. The English team scored just as the fifth chukker ended, making the | standing 7 goals for the United States team and 4 for the British. Wilson returned to the fray none the worse for his fall and continued his good work. The American Maj. A. H. Wilson: No. 2. Capt. Charles H. Gerhardt: No. 3, Capt. Deter P Rodes, and Maj. Louis A. Beard, back. The British line-up was No. 1, Capt. R. L. McCreery; No. 2, W. S. Mc Creery; No. 3, Capt. J. P. Dening, and Maj. D. C. Boles, back. At the end of the sixth chukker the score was United States team, 7 goals; British team, 4 goals. This is the first of a series of three games to be played by the United States Army and British Army teams. The other matches will be played June 24 and June 27. King George and Queen Mary, the Duke and Duchess of York, Prince Henry and American Ambassador line.up was No. 1 The school board will hold its elec- | Houghton were among the distinguish- tions at its July meeting. MACARTHUR TO GET POST AT BALTIMORE Commander, of 4th Corps Area Will Succeed Maj. Gen. Sturgis on August 1. Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, now commanding the 4th Corps Area with | lining the accomplishments pf headquarters at Atianta, will be trans- ferred to command of the 3rd Corps Area with headquarters at Baltimore, effective August 1. He will relieve Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, who will retire August 1 and who has been granted leave from June 25 until his retirement. A successor for Gen. MacArthur as commander of the 4th Corps Area has not been designated. Navy Flyer Falls 3,000 Feet. HONOLULU, June 20 (#).—Lieut. Adams, an aviator attached to the U. S. S. Tennessee, was critically injured! of the King and Queen to the en-|Caval wiren his scouting plane fell gagement of their second daughter, | Dak., has been detailed as military into the residential district Princess Mafalda, to Prince Philip of |instructor at the High School, on Hawall Jaland. yesterday 3,000 fest of W |ed persons who witnessed the match. | GILBERT REPORTV ;AS QUIETING EFFECT Berlin Newspaper Expects Even Greater Results Abroad From Statement. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 20.—The Boersen | Courier says editorially that the recent rerort of S. Parker Gilbert, agent general for reparations payments, out- the Dawes plan, has had a quieting effect in Germany and in an even greater measure abroad. “From the standpoint of repara- tions,” says the newspapers. “the con- clusions of the report are of transcend- ing importance. If it becomes possible quietly to continue discussing all these problems on a basis of mutual trust then not only the reconstruction of Germany, but also the consolidation of all European conditions, may be expected with reasonable assurance.” Consent to Royal Betrothal. ROME, June 20 U).—The consent Hease wag-made pyblic today. | reached The st she had been unable to talk and tell Homeopathic National v that her condition critical, and it is feared she rvive. cials at the vas ver: annot s Facts Were Withheld. The first intimation of the accident late yesterday. late for an investigation then. When a reported called at the hospital this | morning he was refused all informa- sending the | | | | | port | quarters | tion by the woman superintendent on duty, who declared she thought the incident none of the public’s business, and that “the patient” in the operat- ing room at the e, might object to publicity in the matfer. Although she would not admit an accident had occurred, she carefully ined from denying it, and went in char s of the board of trustees. She rely upbraided the terfering” in the * | hospital.” Inquiry at the police station disclosed that no re. of the accident had been mac to the proper authorities and the in formation was communicated to head by the station, with a re- quest that a detective be a ed to the to inquire into possi bility of criminal negligence having caused the accident. When members of the board of second precinct trustees were informed of the serious nature of the accident, however, they immediately ordered a full report made to the police. The president of the { board, who had been out of the | for several days. knew nothing of the | affair until today and physicians w! | had been in the operating room ju before the accident expressed surprise |at the care with which it had been | kept secret. | AT ARLINGTON BEACH i [ et et | Companion Says Lifeguard, | Thinking Victim Was Fooling, Delayed Too Long. | Seized with cramps while in bathing at Arlington Beach at the south end of the Highway bridge shortly before {noon today. Charles Flynn, 16, 1206 | North Capitol street, was drowned The boy had gone to the re: eight friends for a morning {and, being a fair swimmer, ventured |out 'a few feet beyond the life rope. Harry Whalex, 15 years old, of 27 N street northwest said he was s with cramps and_went down twice {crying for help. “The life guard on |shore thought he was fooling,” said | Harry 'We saw he was in trouble jand was spitting out water and claw ling at the water and told the life |guard to get him. When he went !down a third time the life guard | pulled him out, but he was drowned.” Emergency Hospital responded to a call and administered artificial respi- ration to the body. A faint flicker of pulse was found, but the hospital phy- sician could not restore life. Flynn was a student at College. Gonzaga Made Military Instructor. Lieut. Col. C. E. Hathaway, v, stationed at Fort Meade, 4th S ! cester, Mass. lou- {