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P DOHENY BRIEF SAYS - DENBY GAVE LEASE Supreme Court Appeal Ab- solves Fall in Elk Hills Deal. Money Gift Upheld. 2 By the Associated Press E. L. Doheny’s Supreme Court fight to retain leases on the Elk Hills naval ofl reserve, in California, was begun today, when his counsel filed with the court a voluminous brief to be used as the basis of argument when the case comes up for hearing next month. The brief seeks to sustain the con tention that Secretary Denby of the Navy and not Secretary Wall of the Interior Department made the leases 1o the reserve and the contract for the construction by Doheny of the storage tanks for the Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawail. The Paderal District Court at Los Angeles cancer~d the leases and co! tract on the general ground that they were tainted by fraud. That court held, however, that the Government m pay about $12,000,000 for the storage tanks Roth the Government and Doheny appealed to the Circuit Court. which held that the contracts having been tainted with fraud, the Government could not be compelled to reimburse Doheny for his outlay for their con struction. This contention is disputed by Doheny. The famous transfer of $100.000 by Doheny to Fall was described as an entirely honorable transaction be tween friends of long standing. which could in no wiy he held either to vitiate the contracts and leases be- tween the Government and Doheny's companies or relieve the Government of the obligation to pay for the stor- age tanks. In argning the case, Frank J. Hogan, one of Doheny’s counsel, will contend that Doheny and his com- panies received nothing of value from ¥all as a result of the loan except his promissory note. \s added the evidence showed | Denby's varticipation in the agree ments was not “perfunetory, passive and formal. FASCISTI AT'I:ACK DEPUTY. Socialist Clubbed on Denying Hav- ing Opposition Documents. ROME, September 13 (#).—The So- cialist deputy, Attilio Susi, was clubbed by a band of Roman Facisti vesterday at his villa at Santa Mari- nela, 30 miles outside the capital. Susi is said to have agmitted to the band that he was in relation with C are Rossi and Carlo Bazzi, who are credited with directing the anti-Facist campaign in France. He was clubbed when he denied possession of docu ments from Rossi and Bazzi. MERTON DECLARES HE KNOWS NOTHING OF FEE “SPLIT-UP” ed frevi ¥frst Pake.) attention from giving other details of ownership. Merton had been regarded as the chief Government witness, but when Feders t recessed Friday till toflay defense attorneys seemed more pleased than perturbed by his ac- count of the payment of $7,000,000 to German claimants from the Ameri- can Treasury Under cross-examination Friday, Merton said that documents which led 10 the payment were perfectly truth- tul, and that American officials had not been informed that Germans owned a ity of stock in the neutral Swiss corporation through which the claim was filed In direct examination Merton told of paying $441,000 to the late John T. former Republican national tteeman for Connecticut, but not_been connected in testi- mony with the defendant. King was indicted with them in May, but died a week later. Merton contends that he shared the money with them. A letter from Government files tend- to show that the Societie Suisse Pour Valeurs de Mataux was not Ger n-owned vead into the test- mony today am S. Rand, coun. 1 the lengthy docu- w The govern has claimed that the Swiss organization w a holding company for the two German organiz. ations, the Metallbank and the Mezall- geselschaft. The assets of the Ameri- man Metals Co., owned by the German companies, were seized during the war and sold for $£7.000,000, which Iater| was turned over to the allegedly neu- tral Swiss organization. Clashes With Judge. Sharp clashes hetween counsel for the defense, Mr. Buckner, and Judge Jultan W. M precipitated by in- sistent questions from of the ors, interrupted the cross-examina n The nestion nent two ahout the e of the ac- of the trouble centered f the exact of the Metals Co. American to §Jcuments ‘et i property the thig to th contalned the so- filed with the alien d been read to Wit it was apparent that had not been made clear 4 » panel. when two juror tnterrupted with questions. Merton, the Government's star wit- who was on the stand last week, . had been expected to undergo further rross-examination at_the resumption of the trial today. There was an ap- parent discrepancy in his testimony regarding the Swiss organization. He W RX‘P last Wednesday that the society 4 in owned by his family. On Friday estified it was not and never had been an enemy corporation Cites Swiss Judge’s Opinion. Mr. Rand also read to the jury a copy of an opinion of a Swiss judge aupholding the legality of the claim of viss society to the assets of the n Metals Co. ages from papers filed In connection with the Societe Su ‘s claim, calculated apparently to uphold the contention of the defense that the claim was perfectly legal, were read to the jury. Merton has already tes- tifled that the assets in quesgion were transferred to the Swiss company oral- 1y before the United States entered the World Court, but that no written confirmation of the transfer was made until more than two vears later. After the documents had been read, Merton was recalled to the stand and his cross-examination resumed. Juror Asks Question. Tiger. juror Neo. 10, asked Mr. Rand: “Will you please make it clear to me, by reading from one of those papers you have already read. just when that American Metals ock was actually transferred to the Howard L. PRESIDENT SETS Woodsmen Forced to Run to Keep Up With Him in - Adirondacks. Feel Rewarded With Ease With Which Executive Learned Fishing Lore. By the Aesociated Press. PAUL SMITHS, N. Y., September 13.—When President Coolidge returns to Washington late this week he will say ' good-by to the two men with whom he has spent many of the hap- piest and most care-free hours of his Summer vacation. This pair of friends is Oscar Otis and Ormon Doty the Adirondack’s woodsmen who have acted as Mr. Coolldge’s guides since he came. to White Pine Camp more than two months ago. 1In their company the President “has fished and tramped, Jjoked and chatted, gone hungry and thirsty, wet and cold, and from them he has obtalned many close-ups of nature's lavish treasures of moun- tajn and forest. The Chief Executive's fondness for fishing, which apparently has a decper fascination for him than any other recreation, and his ability to shuffle off the cares of office when he stepped into a guide bhoat or onto a forest trail, have been fathered in large measure, his friends say, by the reciprocal interest which 'Mr. Coolidge and his guides have taken in each other. Caretaker of White Pine Camp. Both Otis and Doty have spent their lives in this vicinity. ~ The former is caretaker of the Irwin R. Kirkwood camp, where the President is spend- ing his_vacation, and is the head guide, Tt is Otis who has arranged the fishing trips and outings and watched over Mr. Coolidge’'s leisure hours to make sure that he had a good time. Doty, who each Fall takes hunting parties into the woods for deer, lives at Rainbow Lake, about six miles from camp. Both are young men as age ®oes in this mountain country, where octogenarians are the rule rather than the exception, but have a rich store of woodlore, upon which President Coolidge has drawn heavil, Pleased by his interest in the nts and enes that make up their lives, they have done everything in their power to make pleasant his sojourn in the woods, Their efforts, they feel, have heen rewarded by the ease with which “the boss” became adapted to their ways and by the comradeship they have had with him. He has talked freely and lengthily about woods. higs boyhood days in the Vermont hills and the in- teresting experiences they have had together during the past weeks. Taugh Him Fishing Lore. Early in the Summer, when the President was something of a novice with rod and line, Otis and Doty de- voted hours of patient effort to teach- inz him the finer points of the art with which they have heen so long familiar. They criticized his cast. ing, taught him to know good “fish g weather” and showed him how strike the big pike, bass and brook trout. As he gained in proficiency they took him from wel] stocked pre- serves and lakes to wilderness spots which few casual visitors ever see, where only luck and skill can fill a creel and even a guide is not sure of a good catch. On all these trips, whether on little Osgood Lake, which is the dooryard of White Pine Camp. or a distant body of water, Mr. Coolidge has gone as a THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. ( U.S. AD OFFERED {JONES IS LEADING RAPID PACE FOR GUIDES ON FOREST HIKES ORMON DO fisherman and not as' a President. Years ago, before the days of the se- cret service, Grover Cleveland and later Theodore Roosevelt came to the dirondacks to hunt, tramp and fish with native guides, whom they num- hered among their best friends. Their exploits on trail and stream are still discussed by the older mountaineer: who delight in reminiscences built around the intimacy they enjoved with their distinzuished visitor In his own way Mr. Coolidge has laid the foundation for a similar tra- dition. His companionship with Otis and Doty has not heen as unrestricted as that of his predecessors with their guides, hecause the President nowa- days must not even go fishing with- out a secret service escort. Except for these attendants, however, Mr. Cool- idge has passed many hours alone with his woodsmen, plying them with almost a steady stream of questions about their lives in the mountains, the depth of the snow in Winter, the four-footed creatures of the wilder- ness, the habits of trout, bass and pike, the fickleness of the Adirondack weather, the uncertainty of crops in a country where Summer is a brief season and the problems of existence in a land of peaks, forests and lakes Only One Sign of Position. length the mar moods of nature and the mountains, but there has been no reference to politics or gov- ernment, or to the fact that the least- tanfied member of the trio was the President of the United States only one way have Mr. Coolidge’s companions made him recall his po- sition as Chief Executive—they have always addressed him as “Mr. Presi- dent.” Aside from this mark of re- spect, Mr. Coolidge has traveled with Otis and Doty as a friend of long standing, one who has been ready to tell, and. perhaps, take a little joke, and to do his share of the work in Boat or on the trail. The Chief Executive's guides have been surprised and pleased by his physical endurance. Otis and Doty are strong, agile men, and they were astonished as well as a trifle chagrined by Mr. Coolidge’s ability not only to keep up with them as they broke through the brush, hat at his eagerness to set the pace. Syme- times his gait has heen so rapid that they have been forced to dog-trot to keep at his heels. On at least one of these occaslons the President is said to have dry asked his gulde whether he was running to keep warm. ident of the Swiss Bank, which re- ferred to a series of negotiations starting in February, 19 and cul- minating “at the end of March, 1917,” and resulting in the transfer, The juror then turned to said: You testified that Dubois was pressing the German companies for assurances that the guarantees would be made good. Was the first formal request, for the assignment of the American Metals Co. shares made at that time “They had been pressing us a long time.” Merton replied, “and I remem- ber that 1 talked with my brother Al- fred about it back in 1916, and he said then that if it came to the worst we would offer them the American Metals_Co. stock.” Mr. Rand interrupted to ask: “So you discussed it with Alfred Merton?" “Yes, it was after the March, 1916, meeting,” sald Merton. “He said something about the American metals stock being sufficient to take care of our obligation of guarantee to the people headed by Du Bois. 1 think it was in May. 1916." Mr. Tiger whispered with one or two jurors and rose to his feet again “It_still is pot clear to me.” he in sisted. "I want to know just when Merton Metals stock was made to the societe Suisse.” Mr. Buckner Why don't you about the March, 1917, meeting.” he inquired of Col. Rand. “It doesn’t tell where it was held. who was there or when the shares were transferred. Every time the juror asks about the transfer you read something about the 916 meeting at Basle. 1 underszood the juror to ask when the Swiss bankers were pressing for ssurances that this stock would pro- tect their rights”” Mr. Rand retorted. I have had the statement about the 1917 meeting read three -times al- ready and I'm willing to have it read again.” “Where does it mention Basle as the place of the meeting. Show me where,” was Buckner's answer. Fails to Find Place. brief hunt by Mr. Rand. who finally admittel that the meeting place was not named. Mr. Tiger resumed whispered conversa- tion wiht fellow jurors. Mr. Rand then precipitated a brief legal argument by asking Judge Mack to rule, in view of the juror's ques- tions, that the transfer of the Ameri- can Metals stock was legal, if made before October 6, 1917, the date the trading with the enemy act went into effect. “You see, your honor,” he said, “April 6, 1917, becomes an unim- portant date, because the act had not been passed when war was declared and a transfer before its passage would be legal. ‘Il agree to that,” Buckner said. “if the court will also rule, as a Federal Court has already decided in another case, that a transfer of enemy aliens’ property Within two months of the declaration of war was presumptively fraudulent.” Steuer Raises Objection. Max D. Steuer, counsel for Daugh- erty, announced his exception to Mr. Buckner's comment. “That was an entirely different case,” he declared, “and the district attorney has no right to make such a comment when the issue in this case is entirely different from one involved in the decision he men- tions. [ ask you, since it may be- come important later on for our to rule about the status of atter October, 1917." “Very well,” Judge ck said, * then took a hand. read that affidavit There was a iete Suisse” Col. Rand’s son, who is assisty in the trlal, then reread a poruo:" an afidavit by Leopold du Bois, pi consider that actual transfers of allen enemy property were forbidden after October 6, 1917, by the trading with the actual transfer of the American | the | the enemy act. T emphasize the words ‘actual’ and ‘transfers.’ "’ “And transfers before the date of act were legal?” inquired Col. Rand. “That all_depends,” was the court's answer. “I make my ruling in the other form.” Gives Date as March, 1917. Mr. Rand then asked Merton when the transfer took place. He started to answer and got as far as the word “March” when Mr. Buck- ner mentioned the date “1917.” “Yes,” Merton replied. Rand protested to the court. “The witness sald ‘ves.’ Judge Mack answered. *“As I have observed him he is an extremely careful wit- ness."” A number of documents included in the claim papers filed by Merton with the alien property custodian in Sep- tember, 1921, were read. They in- cluded affidavits of individuals who alleged they were present at a meet- ing in Basle, Switzerland, of the direc- tors of the Societe Suisse on March 25, 1921, at which time the two Mer- ton-controlled German corporations guaranteed they would save their Swiss bankers from loss. The papers | referred to the stock of the American Metals Co. specifically as a guarantee against such loss. Explains Need of Haste. Merton was asked why speed was necessary to get the Societe Suisse's claim through, and he explained that the company of which he was head had guaranteed bondholders against loss. Balance sheets were required before Juna 30 of each year, he said, and he made the trip to America in April, 1921, to expedite matters. He said he was afraild the Merton family would lose control of its business un- Jess assurance could be had that their interests were protected properly. “I was afraid, too,” he added with a smile, “that I would get kicked out of my office.” American Ice cream was sold on the streets of Shanghai during the prolonged hot spell last Summer. The three have discussed at great | 10 END UPRISING American Diplomat in Nica- ragua Directed to Assist Moves to Bring Truce. By the Associated Pres MANAGUA, Nicaragua, September 13.—The American charge, Lawrence! Dennis, has received instructions from the State Department at Washington that the United States was willing to lend its good offices to assist in the re-establishment of peace and consti- tutional government in Nicaragua. The instructions are based on the fact that Gen. Chamorro, the de facto President of Nicaragua. had request- ed such aid from the United States Mr. Dennis is authorized to exer- cise his friendly good offices in order that a truce may be brought about by the contending factions. A conference to this end may be held on an Amer- jean warship, if so desired. May End Hostilities. It is belleved that this note from Washington will go far toward bring- ing about a cessation of the hostili ties. The battle at Kl Bluff continued yesterday morning. Although there are reports that the revolutionary forces had captured part of the town, the government still expresses confl- dence that it cannot be taken. Serious fighting took place around El Bluff, between the revolutionary forces and the government William J. Crampton, the American collector of customs at that place, telegraphs that the revolutionists succeeded in capturing part of El Bluff and the leland between that town and Blue- fields. Garrisons Are Bombarded. The garrisons at El Bluff were bom- barded heavily Saturday with shrap- nel shells, one exploding within a few yards of the trenches. The govern- ment artillery destroyed one machine ! gun nest, demolishing the gun and killing 17 of the enemy. Revolutionary machine guns on the beach concentrated a heavy fire on the wharf where government troops were stationed and the custom house was riddled with bullets, Two vessels Were engaged in the bombardment and three others were standing by It is declared that American ma- hogany and fruit companies are suf- fering heavy losses on the east coast of Nicaragua, the revolution causing a cessation of boat services. Defeat Is Reported. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal- vador, September 13 (#).—Nicar: guan revolutionary headquarters an- nounces in a communication just is- sued that the forces of Gen. Chamorro, the de facto president, have been de- feated at Somotlelo, and that Gen. Beltran, revolutionary leader, has taken El Bluff. The communication reports great activity among the revolutionaries in Nicaragua. PRELATES HOLDING ONFERENCE HERE Sixty Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops of Catholic Church Due During Week. The trustees of the National Cath- olic. Welfare Conference. headed by Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco. are in session here today in the first of three meetings to be held during the week hy members of the Cath- olic_hierarchy. The most important of these meet- ngs will be on Wednesday and Thur: day, when the annual meeting of the hierarchy will he held at Catholic University, attended by approximate- Iy 60 cardinals, archbishops and bishops. At this meeting it is probable that the Mexican situation, particu- Jarly as it concerns the attitude of the United States, will be given full consideration. 2 The meeting today was devoted to a routine consideration of the finan- cial and administrative affairs of the conference. The trustees of Catholic University will go into session to- morrow, headed by Cardinal O'Con- nell of Boston. | Cardinal O'Connell arrived here yes- | terday, accompanied by his secretar: Mgr. Richard Haberlin, and is making his headquarters at the House of | Studies of the Oblate Fathers, oppo- ! site the university grounds. While no advance information was given out concerning the action to be taken on the Mexican question, it was | thought likely in well informed cir- cles that the meeting will make un- mistakably clear that the leaders of the church in Mexico have the firm | support of the church in this country. The prayers of American Roman Catholics may be asked for the sup- port of those In Mexico. A year ago the conference expressed a most Vig- orous protest concerning persecution of the church in Soviet Russia. Cardinal _O'Connell explained he Lcould not discuss in advance ques- tions likely to be taken up at the meeting. He was mnot certain just what would be taken up. There are no unusual national problems con- fronting the church in this country, it was explained. Will of Stac-y Anson A trust fund, one-half of the inter- est of which is due to be set aside until it forms a total of $500.000,000, when it will be used for the protection of wild and domestic animals and for the punishment of those who practice cruelty upon such' animals, is provid- ed for In the will of Stacy Anson Ran- som, who died August 26 last, filed in the Probate Court today. The will Is dated July 21 last. The Washington Co., is left $40,000, in trust. to be known as the A. Ranson Fund for Animal Relief. One-half of the income from this fund i to be used to protect animals and for the preser- Loan and ‘Trust kinds in the world at large, and for the prosecution of those guilty of cruelty to animals. The other half of the income from this fund is to accumulate and to be invested until it reaches the great total of $500,- 000,000 when the whole is to be used for the protection of animals everywhere and the prosecution of those gullty of cruelty to them. Widow's Share of Estate. | Mirs. Edith ansom, widow of the testator, is to receive the household [ furniture. personal effects. jewelry | tife insurance policy and $10.000. The | Washington Loan and Trust Co. als |is bequeathed another trust fund of vation of animals and game of all; Ransom Provides Huge Trust Fund to Safeguard Animals | have the proceeds of a life insurance policy and $10.000. The Washington Loan and Trust Co. is given a third trust fund of $10,000, the income from which is to be paid to Martin Lex Bundy for life. A fourth trust fund of §10,000 to the same company is to furnish an income to the testator's assistant, Wilna R. Remedies, for life, and a fifth trust fund of $10,000 will | provide an income to Dr. Agnes Walk- er of San Francisco for life. Included in other bequests are $3.000 to Emma Land of Atlanta, Ga $3.000 to Cordelia M. Levy of th city: $3.000 to Miss Mabel Grifiths of “this city: $2.000 to Mrs. Mary P, Griffiths of Washington; $3,000 to Ger- trude E. Rowen. a niece, of this cit $1.000 to Irving Bell of this cf $2,000 to John Howard Griffiths, a cousin, of this city. The remalnder of the estate is to go to the testator’s son, ‘Robert B, Ransom, and the Washington Loan and Trust Co. is named executor. Many woman motorists nowadays [can repair as well as drive their own [cars, but it is safe to say that very |few ‘of their number can make spare | parts a< well. One woman who does is | Lady Eustace Percy, wife of the pres- ent British minister of education, whe has a real workshop in her country ., MONDAY, IN AMATEUR GOLF Plays Two Strokes Under Par in First 18 of Quali- fying Round. By the Associated Press. SHORT HILLS. N. .. September 13 (P).—Bobby Jones, Georgla’s wiz- ard of the links, today played the difficult Baltusrol course in 70, two strokes under par, hole round of the qualification test for the national amateur champion- <hip. ptember 13. former California now making his SHORT HILI —Lauren Upson, intercollegiate sta home at Englewood, N. J., made a 76. Upson's card included a 6 on_the 440-yard tenth, but he had three birdies and was steady throughout the 18-hole route. One stroke be Dexter Cummings Augustus, former Cleveland. Sun Shines at Start. A warm_sun broke through the clouds as Jack Westland of Seattle, Wash., runnerup for the intercol- legiate championship two yvears ago, and-Edward S. Stimpson of Boston led off. ? Westland found trouble at the very outset, his screeching clout soaring out of bounds, to the left of the fair- way. Stimpson also got away to a had start, his ball slicing to the rough. Roland MacKenzie of Washington. D. C.. medalist of the 1925 tournament, opened his drive for the title more auspiciously, shoving a 250-yard slam straight down the course. Baltusrol and its defiant netwotk of traps gave early indication of rebuff- ing the morning starters. Heavy greens, blanketed with an overnight dew, brought many an extra putt, a nd MacKenzie was among the outstanding stars to suffer. The brilliant player, twi took extra sf were, sworth of a and city Upson > hampion young Walker cup oking into trouble, on the second and third hol ¢ par when he finished the fourth. He missed an easy putt for a birdie on the first and took a He also had 5s on the second and third, but escaped the treacherous water hazard on the fourth to bring off a neat par 3. Mackenzie Over Par. Westland came home with a spurt of brilliant golf to post the initial score, a 8. g Mackenzie continued to hook his drives and overshoot his putts during the remainder of the first nine, re- porting at the turn with 40, four strokes over par. His only birdie came at the 321-yard sixth, where he dropped a 30-footer for a 3. Jim Manion, the stout-hearted little St. Louls amateur, playing a round with the former champion, Davy Herron, negotiated the first nine in even Herron required five ad- ditional strokes, turning in 41. Manion's card contained birdies on the first, fourth and seventh holes. Guilford Starts Well. Jesse Guilford, the powerful-driv- ing Boston veteran, was away to a flying start on the first five holes, covering the distance in 1 over par figures. Eddie Wild, home club star, and Dexter Cummings of Chicago, the former intercollegiate champlon, also blazed dwal’ at a fast’ elip, the latter reaching the sixth tee in 1 over even fours. Winding up with an ugly 8 on the home green, Mackenzie brought in an erratic 81 for his round. The youthful Washington player drove into a brook in the eighteenth. His next thrust again struck the water and curved into the rough. He required 5 to get on and then need ed three putts to finish the hole. Manion's home coming march was le consistent than his outgoing journey, a seven at the tenth blasting his hopes. He also had a pair of sixes, one at the fifteenth and another at the seventeenth, finally turning in an 8L Herron required an 87. Jones Off to Good Start. Bobhy Jones, the marvel, got away to a flving st quest of his third national amateur crown. Two clever chips saved the cham- pion at the first and second greens. Bobby's approach at the first was in long grass at the left, but he tossed the ball within six feet of the cup and dropped the putt for a par 5. Jones was also slightly short of the second green, but again he dropped his chip dead and sank hi He was straight down the fair- on in two and took the conven- I two putts to make his 4 at the third. Playing machinelike golf, with drives straight down the fairways and approaches dead to the pin, Jones con tinued his parade to the sixth in par figur 2,000 Watch Jones. Bohhy was on the edge of the green with, his mashie niblick at the short fourth, his approach putt rimmed the cup, robbing him of a birdie 2, and his second was down for par 3. The champion, following by a gallery of 2,000 spectators, brought off a tre- mendaus clout of 250 vards from the fifth tee to the left of the fairway. on again in 2, 20 yards from and down in the usual two Jones again barely missed birdie at the sixth, and had to content with his par 4. Keeping éven with par on the first five holes of the incoming journey, Bohby finally brought off his first birdie on the 400-vard fifteenth. After a powerful drive his pitch overran the cup, but he dropped a 9-foot putt for a3 On the short sixteenth tha cham- pion almost &cored in a single stroke. His iron shot ran directly to the hole, hesitated for an instant, then rolled 5 vards from the pin. He then rimmed hlszcup with the second and was down in 3. After playing the first nine in par figures, Guilford came to grief on the long tenth, requiring two strokes te dig his way out of a trap. Finish- ‘ag with a six, the Boston seige gun finally brought home an 80. Scores Jones Takes Par 36. Bobby Jones finished the first nine holes in par 36, with regulation 1g- ures on every hole. Bobby was just over the green with a fine drive and spoon shot on the seventh. He chipped 12 feet past the pin and took his two putts for a par 5. Again Jones pitched past the flag on the eighth after a long drive kad carried him far down the center of be the fairway. Two putts gave him a par 4. A pretty spoon shot, cutting into the cross wind on the short niuth hole, placed him on the green, 5 vards from the hole. He took two putts for a par 3. Scores for 18 Holes. Among the scores were: Davidson Herron, Philadelphia, 41—46—8 James A. Fownes, Pittsburgh, 45— 4388, Chris Brinke Louisville, 41—43—S84. - R M. Moe, Iortland, Oreg., 37— $80.000, the income from which is to|house, where she makes use of the |4z be paid to Mrs. Ransom fojf life. Robert, B, Ransom, & 800, I8 knowledge she gained while a muni- J. Wolcott Brown;@¥pring Lake, N. e d—h— oot SEPTEMBER 13, 'SILVER-TONGUED ROOSTERS ja in the first 18- putt for a| 1926. The District Commissioners faced vehement barrage of opposition from pigeon fanciers and chicken breeders when they conducted a pub- lic hearing today on a proposed amendment to the police regutations to tighten the restrictions against the keeping of domestic fowls or pigeons in the densely populated sections of Washington. Attacks by several proponents of the regulation on silvertongued roosters and cackling hens provoked frequent outbursts of laughter from the Commissfoners as well as the more than three-score persons in at- tendance. Such questions as whether a well-bred hen cackles when it pro- duces egg and whether a rooster is indispensable in a barnyard fur- nished topics of debates between the opposing factions. The principal supporter of the pro- posed regulation was K. S. Carroll, 3410 Newark street, who told the Commissioners that he and his wife had been unable to sleep after 4 o'clock in the morning since last May hecause of the noise from the barn- vards in the neighhorhood. “One morning recently,” he said, “two roosters crowed 130 times between 4 and 7 o'choek.” Hold Health Endangered. Mr. Carroll also claimed that the chickens in his neighborhood are a detriment to health and sanitation. The humor began at the very out- set of the hearing as E. W. Johnson opened an attack on cackling hens and crowing roosters. Before he had progressed far with his argument J. W. St. Clair, 333 G street south- east, Interrupted with a strong de- fense of the hens. My heart sank within me when I read the proposed regulation,” he said, “hecause I have a lot of fine hens and there has_been no complaint against them in 15 years. T think we poultr raisers can do without the rooster that a hen is not a nuisance.” It is a nuisance when one lays an egg and cackles about it,” injected Mr. Johnson. A well-bred hen will lay without cackling,” retorted Mr. Clair. “That's A new one on me,” answer- ed Mr. Johnson. Mrs. Elsie M. Nauck, 1110 Fourth street southeast, also came to the de- an egg St. Infertile eggs are hetter, but I insist | fense of the hens. explaining to the Commissioners that she had one as a pet which is a prize egg producer. “Furthermore,” she declared, “T am interested in most every kind of an animal except a man.” The chief spokesman for the group opposed to the new regulation was | Flisha Hanson, representing the Aero Racing Pigeon Club, the District Rac- ing Pigeon Club, the Washington Racing Pigeon Club, the American Racing Pigeon Union and the Inter- national Federation of Homing Pigeon Fanciers. He contended that the pro- posed additional restrictions would make it impossible for any pigeon fancier to maintain a loft of racing pigeons and would compel the Army and Navy to give up its pigeons within the District. He further argued that the regulation is not only unjust but is illegal and cited a decision of the Court of Appeals holding invalid a similar regulation’ designed to pro- hibit the keeping of any kind of pigeons in any square or block in the city, wich had 75 per cent of its ter- ritory improved unless the consent of 75 per cent of the residents within a radius of 100 feet from the boundaries of the premises on which the pigeons were to he kept had heen obtained. Objects to Regulation Mr. Hanson voiced objection chief- Iy to one of the conditions set forth in the new regulation designed t« prevent pigeons from flving within 5 feet of any residential structure.p T cannot conceive of the commis- sioners adopting any such proposi- tion,” he said, “when it not only will destroy the sport of racing pigeons in the District; but will abselutely in- terfere with the work of our national defense now heing carried on by the | War and Navy Departments.” Maj. P. W. Evans of the Signal Corps, representing the chief signal officer of the Army confirmed Mr. Hanson's argument that the regula- | tion would have a disadvantageous effect on the flving pigeon of the Army. He pointed out that the sig- nal officer for some time has endeav- ored to foster the raising of racing pigeons among civilians in order to have well trained birds ready for use in the event of war. Other opponents of the proposed regulation were Morton J. Luchs, T E. Skinner, 1235 E_street southeast: Robert J. Tenney, 3110 Q street and L. H. Obear. e commissioners took the pro- inder advisement. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Septemher 13. Newspapers in the hands of prison convicts are just so many ‘“text hooks of crime,” hardening old of- fenders and teaching new branches of law-breaking to novices, according to a report of the penitentiary com- mittee of the grand jury. The report quoted an anonymous statement to the effect that the privi- Jege of reading newspapers in prisons converted those institutions into “laboratories of crime,” and the com- mittee recommended that prisoners Newspapers in Prison ‘Crime Text Books,’ Maryland Grand Jury Committee Holds| he denfed the right to receive papers “ag a part of thelr punishment.” The committee also went on record as heing “most strongly” in faver of capital punishment, holding it sure and certain penalty “for the wanton taking of human life.” The members further advocated the | whipping post in non-support cases. | The committee recommended that the more dangerous prisoners he isolated from the others, and that all their privileges, such as visito correspondence, etc., he taken aw Short rations also were advocated 5. H. Driggs, jr., New York, 43— 4. . Ross Somerville, London, Canada, 3980 Roland MacKenzie, Washington, D. €., 40—41—81, Silas M. Newton, 4389, Lauren Upson, 37-—39—T6. J. G. McMahon, 41 Baltimore, 46— Englewood, N. IJ., New York, 45— ie Wild, Cranford, N. J., 40— Augustus, Cleveland, derick M. 41—79. Charles H. Paul, New York, 43— 43—86. eorge L. Pittsburgh, 55—51--106. Willlam C. Fownes, jr., Pittsburgh, 39-—43 R. G. Pittsburgh, 43— 48—91. Max R. Marston, Philadelphia, 40— 42—8: E. Van Vleck, New York, 46— C. 46—9 Alfred C. Ullmer, Jacksonville, Fla., 44—10—R84, ngisell W. Martin, Chicago, 42— 42—84. Sherill Sherman, Utica, N. Y., 43— 42—85. ?’lD ter Cummings, 38— J William M. Reekie, Monclair, 41— 2—83: ¥F. B. Ryan, jr.,, Short Hills, N. T, 1444387, Jack Westland, Seattle, 41—37—78. E. S. Stimpson, Boston, 40—45—85. F. C. Newton, Boston, 42—44—86. Lawrence M. Lloyd, Greenwich, Conn., 43—46—89. Turrell, Morristown, Wright, jr., Boston, 38 Craig, jr., Morrison, Chicago, A 53 S. Knapp, jr., New York, Guilford, Boston, 36— Page Hufty, Washington, D. C., 46-—45—91. Richard A. Jones, jr., New York, 41—83. dward E. Lowrey, 49. 0. George Brush, New York, 40- 45—85. George Lawyer, 41— 43—84. Densmore Shute, Huntington, w. 40—42—82. Douglas, £ 45— 42 Boston, New York, New York, Byers, Sewickley, Storey, England, 40—41—81. . Standish, Detroit, 44—42—86. St. Louis, 43—49—! 5. Hart, jr., Chicago, 44—45—89. Cook, Atlanta, 44—48—9 P. W. Whittemore, Boston, 40—8: M. L. Massinglll, Fort Worth, Tex. 38—40—78. Clarence L. Wolff, 44—42—86. Nine Are Scratched. ~ine players were scratched, includ- ing Maj. C. B. Ormerod, one of the two British entries. Others to with- draw were Oswald Kirkby of Edge- wood, N. st. Paul, Minn; A, R. Maxwell of Pittsburgh; Louis Jacoby of Dallas, Tex.; R. C. Scott of San Antonio, Tex.. John MecKinlay of Chicago, A. C. Giles of Noroton, Conn., and John Simpson of Terre Haute, Ind. <. Davidson Herron, who defeated Jones in the final round of the 1919 ‘champlonship, joined in the hunt for the title as a post entry. - JAILED IN RUM RUNNING. Seven enlisted men of the Coast Guard, convicted by court-martial at Shipbottom, N. J., in connection with rum-running charges, have been transferred «to the Navy prison at Portsmouth, N. H.. to begin serving their sentences. The men. including one non-commissioned officer, were seateaced (o one year each. Sappington, Mo., 41— | : Harrison R. Johnston of | i { ! specially Babe Born in Auto As Mother Rushes Toward Hospital| i For the second time this month, a baby came into the world here in a speeding automobile when a daughter was born to Mrs. Fdwin Fuller early this morning near the Capitol while her husband was hurrying her to Columbia Hospital. The child is the eighth in the Fuller family, who live at Ames street and Division avenue north- east, and at the hospital it was said mother and daughter were “doing nicely.” Mr A. Yost of Prince Geor- ges County, Md., was the other mother to have a haby born near the District line while rushing to a local private hospital Septem- ber 1. MME. ENTEZAM BLAMED IN DEATH| (Continued from First Page.) circumstances to be of much ausisb‘ ance, she said. The only eyewitness to the accident who testified at the inquest outside of the occupants of the automobiles was Lewis J. Heath of the United Press, who testified that he was only 25 feet away when he saw the crash. lHe stated both machines were approach- ing at the rate of approximately miles an hour and that the crash oc- curred a short distance north of the center of the intersection. Mrs. Elizabeth O. Hume of 2235 Q street was a block away at the time of the accident and testified to the positions of the automobiles, which she noticed upon her arrival at the scene. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt presided at the inquest. Assistant United States Attorney Burkinshaw had been detalled tc represent the United " States District Attorney at the inquest because of the diplomatic privileges involved in the case. Eldridge Draws Diagram. ] M. O. Eldridge, traffic director of the* District, had a copy made of the testimony and drew a dlagram on a blackboard portraying the respective position of the machines at the time of the accident. The finding of the coroner's jury, he said, will come to his office, and he will transmit it to the District Commissioners for such action as they may deem ad- visable in the case. The case, according to legal ex- perts present, was outside the im- mediate realm of the United States district attorney and les in the province of the Commissioners, who may communicate such details as they deem fit, if any, to the State Department, in whose realm ultimate action on the case is said to rest. Husband Wins Annulment. A final dectee of annulment of mar- riage today was granted to Joseph Storey from his wife Irene W. Justice Hitz of the Supreme Cou granted the decree on the ground that Mrs. Storey had a husband livin from whom she was not divorced at the time she married Storey. jr-sstgari sk Voluntary Bankruptcy. Oscar V. Myers, manager of an au- tomobile service station, and his wife, | Agnes S. Myers, today filed petitions in voluntary bankruptcy in the Su- preme Court of the District of Colum- bia. The hushand lists his liabilities 26,800 and his assets as $100, while | the wife givgs $24.000 as her liabilities and no asds. Geldsteln appears for the petitioners. JAPANESE PRINCE AND ILL-BRED HENS ON TRIAL/ 130 Crows by Two Cocks Match Testi- mony at Regulation Hearing That a Modest Chicken Doesn't Cackle. AT LEAGUE PARLEY Emperor’s Second Son Mere- IIy Spectator—Germany Wel- comed by Assembly. By the Assoclated Pres a GENEVA, Switzerland, Septembe 13.—The presence of Prince Chichibu, second son of the Emperor of Japan, as a spectator featured. the seasion of the League assembly’s dlsarmam commission this morning. Senor Villegas, the Chilean chai d the Germ ded by Count von F mbassador to 1 unt von Bernstorff express gratification for sured the many des md earn work. He gested problems of tratic vate manufacture thereof might taken up hy the preparatory cov mission for general disarmame conference French Del M. Paul-R with this « conferences manufactin the same commissic posite concl the universal armament It the v eneral questic of disarr ment which must be It you helieve I do, that disar nament conference ¢ fn the not too distant we can abandon taking problems now." M. Paul B ure to convoke general conference would be a most serious the League. The fact that the atory commission was erable time to ove ome ¥hould not be interpreted cally. B that perhaps in arms and 1 be he 1dis " ind priva nerely go ove the preparate arrive Pleadc all pl ur war Predicts Suecess. for the general ence and emphasiz not succeed it we the world reverti ment competition w in this an all nouncement on White House s M. De I¥ ckere of e ported Paul-Bonconr. e that if th League ifter the ssedd on the v of Ge ance, did not push the task of armament and eall a general con ence within a year it would he fatal for its prestige and for its Asks General Conference, pre American The Irench delegation Aueed a resolution th ¢ armament conferen be called hefore xt September. 1f it were found im possible to conveke it within that period, a ial ference on pri vate man clture arms should b called immediately. Meanwhile study of privite manufacture shou be activ pursued wder to faci tate the work of the future general conference. It was decided resolution of a noon. ESTATE OF LINCOLN IS SET AT $1,125,000 Widow and Two Daughters Are Heirs-at-Law, Petition for Probate Declares. upon the this after to pass meeting A petition was filed in the District Probate Court today by Mrs. Mary Lincoln, 3014 N street, widow of ob ert Todd Lincoln, e Lincoln,_who_died July” 26, sceking let on the estate of the probate of tl The next of kin and he ven by Mrs. Lincoln Mary Lincoln Isham a daughter, and ) Johnson, 2908 N daughter. The petition states that Mr. coln possessed no real property Distriet ‘olumbia, but e, Hildene . Which for $125.000, consisting bonds and wank, is val £1.000.000, The petitioner sented by Attorneys Frost Te “SUICIDE NOTE” FOUND: POLICE DRAGGING RIVER < herse New Jessic street, near M X purps 1 that Letter Signed “Willis Gray” in Coat Gave Address Where Al- bert Gray Is Missing. Discovery at noon today of a c at the foot of D street southwi which was found a 1 pparently indicating its author planned suic sent harbor police on a s river bank to begin for the body of a youth supposedly dead. The note was signed “Willl and the address was given I street Officer Billman of the third precinet found that a family named Gray lived at the I street address, but that no Willis Gray lived there. By a strange coincidence, however, Albert Gray, 13 vears old, of 2522 I street. has been missing from his home for some time, police were in- formed. The note found in the coat by park police reads: “I think I've done what s right, that will take a burden from vour hands. Give the coat to John. Three people in family. Take coat and note to 2522 I street northwest. “WILLIS GRAY.” A search has been instituted for Albert G and BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. By the United States at the Capitol, 5 o'cloc Benter, leader; Charles W’ leader. vavy Band, Charles second TOMORROW. By the United States Soldlers’ Home Band, 5:45 o’clock: John S. M. Zimmermann, leader; Emil E. Fen- stad, second leader. Clergy Death Rate Low. LONDON, September 13 (#).—The clergy have the lowest mortality rate of any class in the British Isles. “One good thing about the modern Attorney Hyman M. | flappers” says the Altamont Times, “they don't need any introduction. [