The Washington herald., 1922-12-04
THIRD CRIMINAL
TRIBUNAL ALSO
TO Be STARTED
Ryan-Gompers Feud, Involving
s25, 1000 Damages Against
Labor Leader, Is Scheduled
RESUME MCDONALD WILL
Money-Printing Machinery Pat
ent Rights Are to Be Settled
in RaIph-Stickney Litigation

The District Supreme Court,
rated as the busiest Federal trib-
unal in the United States, will be
the scene of more than unusual
activity this week. Outside of the
Inauguration of a third criminal
court, which is in itself an extreme
ly rare event in this jurisdiction,
three important cases are sched-
uled for trial.
THREE BIG CASES UP.
These cases are the Ryan-Gom-
pers feud. the Mcdonald will case
and the alph-Stickney case. Thus
the court will have before it a law
suit growing out of remarks al
legged to have been made by Sam
uel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. the
freak" will of James Mcdonald,
ST., Standard Oil magnate, and a
case involving money-printing ma
chinery of the type now said to be
turning out German marks at the
rate OF five billion a day and Rus
sian rubles by the trillion.
The Ryan-Gompers fued was
brought into court by p. j. Ryan,
former editor of the plate Printer"
who became peeved at remarks
made by Gompers which he con-
sidered slanderous. Ryan demands
$4,000 damages from Gompers and
his subordinates. William d. Clark,
Chris Lehmkuhl and James A.
Early
The case in which the money
printing machines are involved,
was started by oseph E Ralph,
former Director Of the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing, who had
a disagreement with BENJAMIN
Stickney, mechanical expert who
was among the lot of officials and
subordinataes who were discharged
from the Bureau by President
Harding last spring.
MCDONALD WILL FIGHT.
The Mcdonald will case recalls
the forlorn attempt of the Mar.
chioness of Huntly, formerly Mrs.
Charlotte Isabella Jane Mcdonald,
widow and second wife of James
Mcdonald. Standard OF millionaire,
| to obtain possession of $1,000 worth
l
closely associated with her de-
ceased husbands first wife. James
Mcdonald. jr., son and heir of the
deceased magnate, accused his step
mother of forging his fathers name
to bill of sale which was present
ed in evidence at the trial as hav-
ing been signed by Mcdonald before
his death. The case fell through
i and the steDmOther lost
| Mcdonald. jr., now is attempting
to have the court annul the freak"
clause in his fathers will. At the
time of McDonald's death he pos
sessed an estate estimated at
1000 900. The residue now amounts
to $2.447 ,170, to which must be add
ed the accumulated income of
+s156.53I. The payment of bequests
together with annuities, account for
the shrinkage.
| The clause complained of by the
son violates that provision of the
District code relating to perpetui-
ties. it is claimed.
REQUEST TO CHILDREN.
This clause bequeathes to each
child the son might have an annuity
of $4,000 a year after the child
reaches its twenty-first birthday
this amount to be paid until the child
reaches the age of thirty. If Nc
Donald. jr.. is alive at that time, the
clause provides. the residue is to be
divided-the children receiving one.
half and their father the other half
Mrs. Mcdonald was married to
Earl Charles Gordon Huntly. of
Aboyne Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland,
an aged Scottish peer. Recently the
Scotsman sold his ancestral castle.
which is located not far from Bal
moral Castle, the Scotch residence
of the British kings. The castle was
purchased by James Mearns. a com.
moner.
i This case comes up before Chief
Justice Mccoy in Equity Court.