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Evening star., 1923-10-08

Isaac S. Lyon, eighty-six years old,
for many years a resident of the Dis
trict of Columbia. died this morning at
his residence, 112 I'd street southeast.
He was born in East Brookfield. Mass,
January 81, 1887. and, after primary
education in the public schools of that
state prepared for college in the acade-
mics of Wilbraham, Mass, and Char
!otteville. n. Y. He then entered Yale
University, from which institution he
was graduated in the class of 1861, and
enlisted Immediately with the Union
forces in the civil war He served as
an officer in the Signal Corps, and was
later transferred to the stan of Gen.
Sherman. where he remained until the
close of the war. He then came to
Washington, where he engaged in the
practice of law. and later became con-
nected with the Department of Justice,
serving as special agent under the as
sIstant attorney general in Court of
Claims cases. His work carried him
United States.
After his retirement from govern
ment service he again took up the
practice of law in Washington, mainly
in the prosecution of claims before the
executive departments. He married
Miss Addie Thompson of this city,
who, with four daughters and. one son,
Robert /. Lyon, survive him.
Funeral services are to be held at
the residence Wednesday at pm.
Rev. DIR. Joseph Dawson Is to officiate
Interment is to be in Congressional
cemetery.
Evening star., 1923-10-08
BECK VISIT ST|RS
ENv0YSH|P TALK
Possible Successor to Harvey
in Conference With
Mr.. Coolidge.

James M. Beck, solicitor general of
the United States, who Is being prom
inently mentioned with a dozen or
so of others for appointment by Pres
ident Coolidge as ambassador to the
Court of st. James to. succeed Col.
George Harvey. was IN conference
with the President at the White
House today. The Interview was
brief and the solicitor general said
afterward that he would again con-
fer with the President later in the
week.
When asked for an expression re-
garding the persistent manner in
which his name is being mentioned
in connection with the London post,
Mr.. Beck responded that he did not
know whether his name would be
considered or not. He declined to
amplify this answer.
Noted M Speaker.
Solicitor General Beck. native Of
Philadelphia, is looked upon as one
of the foremost lawyers or this coun,
try and ranks high as an orator and
after-dinner speaker.
The fact that Mr.. Beck entered the
White House office today In company
with Secretary of State Hughes nat
urally gave rise to consideraDie spec
ulation in connection with filling OF
the Enthusiastically to Great Britain
This was only coincidence, how
ever, and Secretary Hughes said
afterward that his call on the Presi-
dent had nothing to do with Mr.. Beck
nor the filling of the Harvey vacancy.
Those who are in a position to know
are Of the opinion that the President
will move slowly in arriving at a
conclusion in making this important
appointment.
Successor to Child
No information has been given
either as to the Presidents possible
choice of successor to Richard
Washburn Child, who has resigned
as ambassador to Rome. 1t is under
stood. though, that this appointment
will be made somewhat in advance OF
filling the st. James post. Many of
those who have discussed the matter
of an ambassador to Mexico with
President Coolidge recently are Of
the opinion that he will name Col. r.
q. Creager of Texas. who was a per-
sonal friend of President Harding.
Eugene Nolte, the republican state
chairman Of Texas. who was at the
White House today, said that he had
reason to feel that Col. Creager. had
been decided upon.
Mr.. Nolte said that the republican
prospects in Texas are especially
bright at this time and that he ex-
pected the party's organization to
make a record-breaking showing in
the next national campaign. He said
that the people of his state, at this
moment, are more interested in busi-
ness and industry and agriculture
than they are in politics.
Col. Thomas w. Miller, alien prop
erty custodian, reported to the Presi-
dent today that the special commits
sion from his office sent to Berlin to
open branch for the alien property
custodian had safely arrived and
would Immediately enter upon their
duties.
Among others received by the Presi-
dent today were: The three members
of the United States Civil Service
Commission, who discussed routine
matters with the executive; Harry
NJ. Blair, F. ]. White, Senator Dial of
South Carohna and former Senator
Sutherland of West Virginia.
Evening star., 1923-10-08
SEPARATE DRY LAW
BUREAU IS URGED
W. c. T. U. Convention of Maryland
Told of Possibilities by
W. F. Cochran.
Special Dispatch tn The Star

Speclai Dlspatch TO Inc star.
BALTIMORE, October s.-Placing
of prohibition enforcement under a
separate bureau was advocated by
William F. Cochran, member of the
headquarters committee of the Anti
Saloon League, in an address before
tie state convention of the Women's s
Christian Temperance Union.
Mr.. Cochran said he believes strong
pressure will be brought to bear to
place the enforcement OF prohibition
In separate bureau. He suggested
civil service examinations<i in appoint
ing prohibition agents.
A number Of resolutions were adopt
ed, including call upon all organi-
zations civic. philanthropic and relig-
ious to join in a vigorous educational
campaign in the interest of obedience
to all law. Another part of the reso-
luton protested against such modi-
fication of the enforcement code as
wine and beer.
Another resolution urged the "sa-
cred duty of an aroused electorate
with a keen sense Of it's civic re-
sponsibility,"' to vote for candidates
who will uphold the laws of the re-
public and stand for reconstructive
legislation.
Resolutions deploring the use of
wheels of fortune and other gambling
devices at community gatherings,
fairs and carnivals and racetrack
gambling were also adopted The
resolutions pledged the unceasing ef-
forts of the organizations against
these evils until they are banished
from the state"
Other resolutions were adopted de-
claring for an intensive educational
campaign against the drug menace,
and constant effort to impress upon
children's minds the harmful effects
of the use of tobacco. especially con-
demning the growing habit among
women,
Evening star., 1923-10-08
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. October S.-Gov.
Lee Trinkle Of Virginia has notified
the local Masonic committee that he
will be In Alexandria November 1 to
attend the laying Of the corner stone
of the George Washington Masonic
Memorial Temple and to greet, In the
name of Virginia, President Coolidge
and his party. The city Is preparing
for what is expected to be the largest
gathering In its history.
The Greater Alexandria trades ex-
hibit will open in the Armory Hall
here tomorrow night and will con-
tinue Wednesday and Thursday. Miss
Lorrine Bunch, who WAS Miss Wash
ington" in the Atlantic City beauty
contest, will be the feature of the
program as living model for clothes
exhibited ~, Alexandria merchants.
An automooile will be given away
during the week. 80
An unusually small docket was
called as the corporation court, Judge
Howard W.. Smith, presiding, con-
vened today for the regular October
term. Dates were set for the various
cases before court adjourned
Owners OF automobiles on which no
state tax has been paid this year will
pe hailed into court lis week.. ac-
cording to Paul Morton, director of
public safety; 1920 automobiles have
been registered while 1t is believed
that there are more than 1,700 within
the city. Merchants will also be
called In such cases where II Is found
they have not paid the city tax. The
offences are punishable by fines from
81 to 500 or imprisonment for terms
xanging upward to ninty days.
Evening star., 1923-10-08
new WITNESSES HEARD
IN M'CRAY INVESTIGATION
Returns of Civil Suits Against Gov
ernor Expected to Be
Made Today.

INDIANAPOLIS, October s.-The
Marion county grand jnry's investi-
cation into Gov. McCray's transac-
tions with the Marion. Ind, National
Bank was resumed today, when addi-
tional witnesses testified. The num-
ber of witnesses yet to be heard Is
not known, and officials In charge of
the case. who have declined to reveal
the nature of the testimony so far
presented, would not express an opin-
ion as to when the inquiry will be
completed.
Returns on number Of civil suits
filed by Individual creditors against
the governor at Kentland. Ind, are
expected to be made today at the
opening of the regular fall term OF
court there. A petition asking that
the governor be declared bankrupt is
pending In federal court at Fort
Wayne, IND. where It was filed Sat-
urday. =
Evening star., 1923-10-08
FIRST FOX HUNT SUCCESS,
Large Field Follows Hounds With
out Serious Mishap.

The first fall meet Of the Rock
Creek Hunt Club held Saturday
brought out a large field Of fox
chasers and a big gallery Of friends
in motor cars. who came to witness
the start and finish of an exciting
and successful run. Hounds. horses
and hunters met at the Point-to- Point
Riding School and followed the trail
over fields and fences for ten miles
without serious mishap, under Mel
vim c. Hazen. master of the fox
hounds. with Roland H. Dawson as
whip.
The second hunt will be held next
Saturday at 1880 am, starting in
the meadow in Rock Creek Park, d.
rectly Ia front Of the home Of Rudolph
Kaufman on Military road. Menu
bers and prospective members of the
hunt club are urged to be at the
starting point promptly. Next Sat
urday's course is partly paralleled
by roads, and motorists and horse
men who do not care to take the
jumps will be able to follow the
run close enough to see some OF the
sport.
Evening star., 1923-10-08
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE. Md. October s tSpe-
ciaD.-Forty hours devotion began
in st. Mary's Catholic Church here
yesterday morning. 1t Is being con-
Quoted by Rev. Francis Neville. a
Redemptorist missionary, of Annapo-
John T. Coolahan. pastor of the
church. Father Neville is scheduled
to deliver all the sermons. The edi-
fee is beautifully decorated: The
services will conclude with high mass
Tuesday morning.
Miss Edwina Benson. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Edgar Benson OF
Bethesda, this county. and Theodore
A. Ricketts, of Rockville were mar
ried in Baltimore on Saturday, and
are on honeymoon trip.
Officers of registration for the
various election precincts of the
county will hold their final sessions
of the year for registration and
tomorrow. They will sit from 8
o'clock am. until 9 O'Clock pm. On
Tuesday, October 16, the registrars
meet to revise the books.
Montgomery county democrats, both
men and women, are displaying un-
usual activity in matters political
and seem to be looking after party
interests more carefully than for a
number of years. The women appear
especially Interested, and are organ
iaing clubs in various parts of the
county for the work of the campaign.
One Of the last such organizations to
be formed was ai Germantown, Mrs.
Richard L. Waters. president.
The annual fox hunt of the Hender-
son-Smith- -Edmonds Post of the
American Legion of Rockville was
held Saturday night, when about
forty members of the organization
and their friends spent several hours
in the vicinity of Travilah. The chase
dog roast, staged on the farm of J.
w. Nicol at Travilah, did, and many
dozens of sandwiches and large
quantity Of cider were made to quick
Valentine Wilson and Warner T.
Humphrey were in charge of the ar
rangements.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret A.
Coleman, widow of Thomas w. Cole
man. who died at the home of her
grandson, George Coleman, at Gath
ersburg, aged eighty-nine years. took
place at o'clock yesterday after
noon from the house where she died.
The services were conducted by Rev.
p. Rowland Wagner, pastor of the
Rockville Baptist Church. and burial
was in the cemetery at Jamestown.
Mrs. Coleman's death was due to the
infirmities of age and was not un-
expected. She leaves a daughter,
Miss Annie S. Coleman.
IoV. Albert =. Rltcnie addressed
two big meetings in this county
Saturday night. The first was held
at Silver Spring, where former
United States Senator Blair Lee, and
John A. Garrett, candidate for states
attorney, also spoke and he later de-
livered an address at Bethesda, as
did Mr.. Garrett. In both speeches
Gov. Ritchie denied the assertion of
Alexander Armstrong, his republican
opponent, that appointments on the
school boards of the state have been
made for political considerations. He
will speak at Rockville next Satur-
oay afternoon, which Is expected to
be his last appearance of the CAM
paign In this county
Evening star., 1923-10-08
BONUS COST ESTIMATED.

Revival Of the discussion of a
bonus for world war veterans, fol-
lowed by statements Of the American
Legion that Legislation vetoed by the
acted at the next session of Congress,
has brought forth statement from
the national industrial conference board
of New York, pointing out that the
cost of such a bonus to the people, and
the additions 1t would put on the ma
tional debt with its accompanying in
crease in taxation.
The statement Of the board says
that 1t will cost about four billion
dollars to carry such a bonus law into
effect, in the event that all veterans
elect to accept it. OuA-of the total,
1t was asserted in the statement.
$1.136, ,741. $40 would have to be met by
taxation or by loans in the next
twenty years. IL
Evening star., 1923-10-08
MANY HURT AS TRAINS
CRASH NEAR CHICAGO
Sudden Stopping of Leader as Air
Hose Breaks Brings Rear-End
Collision.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October S.-A number OF
persons were injured when two trains
crashed in a rear-end collision on the
Aurora. Elgin and Chicago electric
railway west of Oak Park. Ten per-.
sons were rushed to the hospital.
The forward train of three cars waS
automatically stopped when an air
hose burst and caused the applica tion
of the brakes, and the following train
crashed into 1t. The rear car of the
first train was rammed and telescoped
by the motor car of the second train.
an express from Wheaton to Chicago
Besides those taken to hospital
nearly dozen others were said to
have been hurt
Evening star., 1923-10-08

phrodibus Lawson of Rappahan-
mock, the oldest will on record in
the country. and that Of Joseph
Ball. The will of Lawson Is dated
March 21, 1862. and, therefore, four
years older than the Charles coun-
ty, Md, will which for years was
considered the Oldest in America,
1t reads as follows: "In the name
of God, Amen. l., Epraphrodibus
Lawson of Rappahannock, being
sick of body, but of perfect
memory, Glory be to God, do make
this my last will and testament. I
make and ordain, We child of my
wife-my heir-my-wife@
third. March 31st, 1852. Epraphrodi-
bus Lawson. Witness: Elos Lors,
Joan Lee, William Harper. Recorded
June, 1862. G. John Phillips" (The
wear and tear of time effected the
, portions of the writing noted.)
saThe will Of Joseph Ball, father Of
Mary, the mother Of Washington"
is dated June S. Hill, opens with
words similar TO those above.
Evening star., 1923-10-08
One-Room Virginia Courthouse
Houses Records of $50 Years
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, octo-
Der 8.-Virginia, rich in lore of the
early days of the republic, has a
one-room courthouse in Lancaster
county where for more than $50
years the records have been
housed. Oscar B. Chiffon. clerk of
the court. says that of all the
counties of the United States Lam
caster Is the only one that can
boast an unbroken record OF court
transactions from the date of the
erection of its courthouse. August
6, 1852. Mr.. Chiffon also boasts of
having the oldest index In the
country. beginning on the date of
the country's birth and continuing
complete for five years.
The courthouse records contain
two famous wills. that of Epfa-
Evening star., 1923-10-08
FRENCH GARRISON
MASSACRED IN AFRICA
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DAKAR, French West Africa, Oc-
tober s.-The massacre of the garri-
son of a French post sixty miles
north of Timbuctoo was revealed to-
day. Armed natives, with an es-
timated strength Of 900 rifles, sur
rounded the camp on September 81
during the absence of it's command
ing officer. who was away recon-
noitering. and after a seven-hour
siege exterminated the garrison, con-
sfsting OF sixty Senegalese soldiers
and one native non-commissioned
officer.
The French governor-general of
West Africa is organizing an ex-
pedition to proceed against the rebels
Evening star., 1923-10-08
POLICEMAN ACTS AS NURSE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, October S.-The peak
of police efficiency was attained at
the Northwestern Police Station the
other night when Rex Moore, teIe-
phone clerk, sent patrolman to the
trict to see that she took her medi-
cine.
Her physician, attending a case ar
a hospital, feared that she might for
get the medicine and that she had
the next day. She has no telephone
and he couldn't go to the woman's
home himself. SO he called the police.
The message was delivered by the
biggest policeman in that district
Evening star., 1923-10-08
City to Call Halt
On Fire Trucks
Racing to Duty
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DIspafch 70 The Etar. =
WINCHESTER, Va, October s.
Drivers of costly motor fire ap-
paratus here are to be called on
the carpet by a committee of the
city council, according to reso--
luton passed last night, and
given orders to stop the practice
of racing their trucks and en-
gines through congested districts
in responding to alarms of fire.
Several councilmen fnveighed
against the reckless drivers"
and demanded they be prosecuted
In criminal courts and their IL
censes revoked. The council,
however, decided first to give the
drivers another chance.
Evening star., 1923-10-08
LOSES DEsERTIoN SUIT.

Justice Stafford of the District
Supreme Court has dismissed a suit
for a limited divorce brought by Mrs.
Gertrude L. Towers against John r,
Towers. The couple were married
September 1, 1921, and have no chill
dren. The wife claimed desertion, but
the court did not consider the evil
dence sufficient
Evening star., 1923-10-08
CONSTANTINOPLE BARS
AND LIQUOR SHOPS CLOSE

By the Assoca ted Press
CONSTANTINOPLE, October S.-The
Angora government has ordered en-
forcement of the prohibition law in
Constantinople, beginning today.
All bars and liquor shops in the city
were scaled by the police.
Evening star., 1923-10-08
CONTEMPT RULE ASKED.

Sherman kellogg Of Kansas,
brother of the late William Pitt Kel-
logg, war governor of Louisiana, to-
day asked the District Supreme Court
for contempt of court rule on Ed
mond C. Fletcher, his former counsel,
for alleged failure to comply with an
order Of court to return a promis-
sorry note. Fletcher had been attor-
ney for Kellogg In suit to break the
1il of the former governor.
Evening star., 1923-10-08
First Night Away
From Home Since
Civil War in Jail
Special Dispatch to The star.

opechI Dispatcn 10 The ETdr.
WINCHESTER. Va. October s.
The first night James Bucher.
eighty years old, Confederate vet
eran and well-to-do land owner.
spent away from his home since
the civil war in 1864 was In jail
here, where he is serving. thirty
days for a technical violation Of
state prohibition laws. Officers
found a barrel of mixture on
Bucher's farm and called 1t mash.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Little St. Kilda Stronghold
Of Great AUX in Its Last Days

! was built previous to the world war
| on the island. but 1t is said that, even
! before the Germans destroyed II, IL
was of no value to the islanders, Ioa
instrument. saying that 1T was
| against nature.
Handful of Inhabitants.
"The handful of men and women
who inhabit this outpost of the Brit
ish empire are evidently direct de-
scendants of the Black Danes. who
pushed down from Norway and Jut-
land. The blood of these royers
shows today in the broad headed,
dark k-compleSioned people of the Ork-
neys, the Hebrides and the coasts OF
the Irish sea. The, ST. Kildans. how
ever, speak Scottish Gaelic. Most
Of the Outer Hebrides also are dotted
with menhirs. cromlechs and circles
of standing stones somewhat similar
to the Druid circle at Stonehenge.
st. Kilda and other islands in the
group are remaining portions Of. the
land surface of the oldest continent
of which we have. any trace in Eu-
rope When the Caledonian earth
movements occurred at the close of
Silurian times, the ocean floor was
pushed upward. forming the mountain
peaks of what is now northern Scot
land. This oldest land mass in the
British Isles area, known as the
Huronian continent. is revealed in
the Outer Hebrides of today.
Land of Poor Quality.
"The land in many parts OF the is
lands west of Scotland is very poor,
and though the climate Is eQuable.
it is difficult to do any farming. The
rainfall is very heavy, but less than
that on some portions of the main
land The gray seal. which is re-
stricted to the shores of the North
Atlantic. finds friendly haunts on the
rugged coasts of the Hebrides: and
a characteristic race of small horses
is still to be found on the islands,
though they are fast. becoming ex-
tinct.
st. Kildans hunt, on the island of
Soay, lying about forty miles farther
west out in the Atlantic, sheep which
belong to large-horned breed once
widely spread throughout Europe dur
ing the Bronze age. These animals
are today the last representatives of
their race"
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Some Smart Dog.
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
Believe it or not, here is good
story about a dog: A little woolly
dog appeared with a bone in his
mouth on the main street of a Cali
fornia village. He was bent on bury
ing the bone. and to that end at
tempted to scratch hole in the pave
ment without, of course, making any
impression in It's hard surface. From
street to street he went with the bone
in his mouth, stopping at intervals
to scratch furiously at the pavement,
until finally he arrived at the corner
of street where new sign had
been erected. A resident of the town
saw the little pup gaze earnestly at
the sign for few minutes, and then
with the bone firmly clinched be-
tween his teeth, he darted off up: the
street and was still going at top
speed as far as the men could see
him. A moment later the resident
loked at the sign. 1t read: six miles
to a dirt road"
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Positive Proof.

From the London Answers
The door of the post office opened
and a man whom the postmistress
did not recognize as one of the peo-
pie living in the district walked in.
II am expecting a registered letter
to be left here for me-" he an
nounced as he approached the coun-
ter. What name, please?" asked the
postmiStress.
The man gave his name and the let
ter was produced but the woman had
some doubts as to whether she ought
to give it up, as she had no means
of identifying the caller.
Upon hearing this the caller took
a photograph from his pocket and
handed it to the postmistress, re-
marking:
Il think that ought to satisfy you
as to who I am"
She looked long and earnestly at
the portrait and then said:
Yes. that's you, right enough.
Here's your letter"
Evening star., 1923-06-29
MEASLES DANGEROUS DISEASE
"Toll Greater Than in Smallpox
Saws DR.. Pittam.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City STAR.
Dr. Radford F. Pittam. under the
auspices of the Health Conservation
Association, spoke in the Stars radio
studio on measles.
Most of my radio audience are
afraid Of smallpox, but not afraid of
measles; but you must know that
more persons die each year from
measles than from smallpox" said
DR.. Pittam.
1T is criminal and inhumane to per-
nit children known to be infected
with measles to come in contact with
we'll children. 1t is the duty of every
parent having measles in the home
10 see to it that this fact is reported
TO the local health authorities. 1t is
Your duty as good citizens to take
every known measure for the preven-
tion of this or any other disease
which represents not only a loss of
civic prestige, a loss of dollars and
cents. but, most important of all, a
needless loss of human lives"