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The Washington times., 1925-04-02
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nounced that he will go into the
meeting under protest, having
failed yesterday to get the board 20
reconsider its decision to meet be-
hind closed doors.
The school board meeting yes.
terday was perhaps the most dra-
matte session held by that body
for several years.
Fully 100 spectators, largely dis.
barred high school students, crowd
Cd the board room. At q sharp re.
tort of Ernest Greenwood In OPP
position to the rule, burst OF APP
plause broke from the assembly,
which was sharply brought to
order by President James 7. Lloyd.
Peyser Pleads Cause.
Captain julius /. Peyser pleaded
the cause Of fraternity and sorority
members. closing his speech with a
formal motion to revoke the
Boards anti-fraternity ruling. He
based his argument on the right
of free assembly and cited the
latest decision OF the supreme court
Of Missouri that fraternities can
not DC D4EISu 80 SCu0Ut S1SsAAe1AbACS
have done here.
E. C. Graham spoke In defense
of the rule and made the substitute
motion which prevailed. and to
which Captain Peyser and Mr..
Greenwood agreed, TO obtain some
action by the board.
The Reverend r. ]. A. Bennett
defended the rule on the basis Of
morality, drawing q sharp retort
from Mr.. Greenwood, who declared
that school authorities have been a.
derelict in enforcing the rule as
students have been In breaking
1t.
Full Probe Urged.
Authorities and students are all
tarred with the same stick. would
like to see the whole matter aired
all the way from administrative Of
ficfals dewn," declared Mr.. Green.
wood,
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IDLE MAIL BOX TRAPS
PARTRIDGE M WINTER

- WINSTED, Conn.,, April a.
A steel mail box fastened 10
hemlock tree at Highland LAX.
a summer resort, trapped and kills
a full grown partridge last wintc:
The bird was found IN the mail BIZ
when the cover was lifted. The DO
had not been used for other tina
cold storage purposes since las
fall, az the r. r. D. carrier doesn
travel that way in the winter. Hie
winds, It is believed, blew dow
the steel lid imprisoning the htrt
In it's novel winter home.
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BUT
CANNOT De
FREED
Forgeriss for Which He Was
Convicted Never Com.
mitted. Says Court.
BY international News Service.


EDINBURG H. April "A
young man Is serving seven years
imprisonment for forgefies which
the court Of session-the supreme
court OF Scotland-has declared are
not forgeries.
David Chalmers Anderson Is the
victim Of this miscarriage Of jus.
tice. From 1920 to 1922 he was
private secretary to the late John
Wilson. wealthy Edinburgh mer.
chant, who died leaving Q fortune
Of more than two million dollars.
Six months after Wilson's death
Anderson was arrested and charged
with fraud and with uttering forged
stocks and bonds. the property Of
his late employer.
Anderson pleaded not guilty and
said that all he had done had been
with the approval Of his employer.
But this plea did not avail him;
and he would have had to serve
the remaining five years Of his
sentence had not further litigation
with regard to Wilson's estate
Onsued.
Lived EXTENSIVELY.
It was a bank case. The executors
Of Wilson sought to recover from
the Bank Of England bonds and
stocks to the amount OF $3.50. 900,
watch. they said, had been sold by
Anderson with the aid Of q forged
@B4hority in Wilson's name.
At Anderson's trial 1t had been
urged that his conduct was such as
70 show he was misappropriating
money. He had been living at a
very expensive rate. He had lost
large sums in betting on horses; he
owned three expensive cars and
was buying another for $1,000. He
had also entered into q contract TO
buy q dancing hail at Edinburgh
for $165, 900 and had paid &110,0
Of the price. It was these facts
that led the court to disbeIieve his
story at the trial.
But now Lord Ashmore, highest
judicial authority In Scotland, In
giving judgment for the bank, held
that there was no forgery by An
derson, and that the secretary
signed the transfer documents OF
the stocks on the authority Of Viii
son and in his behalf. This judg
ment meant that Anderson was in
nocent.
Stranger Sequel.
Then followed an even strangel
sequel. It seemed that Wilson, the
most respected man in Edinburgh
who died. honored by all, at thu
ego Of ninety-three, had for years
been carrying out a series OF 81
tengive frauds.
For many years he had been de
frauding the Inland Revenue DE
partment in regard to his income
tax and supertax. Lord Ashmor'
said that before Wilson employee
Anderson he had been very much
upset by the determined inquiries
e. the officials of the Inland Rev
enue Department. For this reason
n seems to have employed an In
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PERJURY
LOSES SUIT
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preached both by the assignee and
the assignor. and further finds that
the defendant, Lillian Gish. has
been over.reached and, that the con-
ddence she imposed has been taken
advantage Of"
The court then touched on gem
eral phases Of the action ana said
that in "only one other civil case"
over which he had had Jurisdiction,
had there been more downright
perjury committed that on the part
Of Charles H. Duell."
: Duell. In addition to being a film
producer has been a lawyer and the
reference. to disbarment had no
bearing on the brother. Holland
DUEL, who acted as attorney for
the plaintiff, Charles H. Duell.
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PIRATES
FIRE upon
TUG-BOAT
Hi-Jackers in Coast Guard
Uniforms Stop and Search
Craft for Rum
BY international News Service.


NORFOLK, Va, April r.
Efforts to identify the supposed
coast guard rum chaser said by
Captain B. C. Tolson to have
fired at his ship, the ocean going
tug Joseph D. Wood, Of Norfolk,
are being made here and in New
York upon the arrival of that
vessel from New York in Hamp-
ton Roads today.
While off Brigantine Buoy, N.
j., late Tuesday afternoon, accord
ing to Captain Tolson, he was
stopped by q shot across his bows
from a vessel that sent officers
aboard to search the craft for
liquor. After the search, he de-
clares, he was permitted to
proceed.
Believed Hi-Jackers.
The ship that stopped him bore
no marks Of Identification, he de-
clares. Coast guard vessels are
easily recognized, coast guard Of
ficials here say, each ship bearing
the service ensign at the bow and
flying the stars and stripes astern.
Some shipping men here are in
clined to the belief that the board
ers" wer hi.jackers disguised as
coast guard officers.
A short time ago a Norfolk tug
was fired upon by supposed coast
guard vessel in the lower Chesa-
peake.
Identity OF the craft that fired
the shot on that occasion never
was established.
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Pay Enforcement For
1925 To Cost u. S.
S56.OOO.OOO

Uncle Sam viii dig down into
his pockets and spend $50, OO0,-
900 for prohibition enforcement
this year.
That was the sum estimated
today by Treasury officials for
the Administration Of the coast
guard, customs and prohibition
units. The new war to be
fought this summer by the
coast guard on rum runners on
every coast has boosted the cost
of mailing down the dry lid, the
Treasury said.
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Child Fasts 70 Death
Mourning Missing
Father
~ EnternatIonaI News Service.

AUBURN, N. T., April Z.-
Mildred Martin, five, died at
her home today a martyr to her
love for her missing father.
Mildred, who refused food for
seventy-six days because her
father failed to come home after
q two-year absence, sank rapidly
during the night and physicians
were unable to save her.
Medical science was baffled
by the strange obsession that
seized the child's mind. During
the delirium that followed her
hunger strike she constantly
called for her father.
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necent young man to cloak his
actions.
But although Anderson has been
pronounced innocent, there is no
legal machinery In Scotland for his
There il no Court OF Cfimi-
nal Appeal In thu matter; and the
Secretary for Scotland has stated
that he has no power to deal with
the case.
Accordingly, petition has been
drawn up. and is being extensively
signed throughout Scotland. appeal
ing to King George to exercise his
power and grant Anderson what Is
known as a free pardon" This
will authorize the authorities TO re-
lease the prisoner, put IT Will not
legally establish his innocence
The Washington times., 1925-05-01

Under the direction of Captain
Alfred W. Johnson, u. s. NJ, Cap
tain Emory s. Land Of the con-
struction corps of the navy. on
duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics,
Commander Kenneth Whiting ana
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Major F. w. Browne, United
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COMMISSION is
INSPECTING
PARK SITES
Making Complete Survey OF
Projects, Planning Purchase
of Lands Needed

Thorough survey of prospective
District park sites, which may re
sult in immediate purchase of the
most important of those now threat.
ened by construction projects, is
being made today by members Of
the National Capital Park Commits
sion.
The entire commission, with the
exception of Staator Arthur Capper
of Kansas, cha A'man of the Senate
District Committee, is making the
survey, under direction of Lieuten-
ant Colonel c. o. Sheriff., executive
officer. The commission member
ship includes the chief of engineers
of the army, the director of the
National Park Service, the chief tof
the National Forest Service, the
officer In charge of public buildings
and public parks, the .chairmen of
the Senate and House District
Committees and the District Engin-
eer Commissioners.
The commission met before 8
o'clock this morning in the office
of Colonel Sheriff., in the Navy
Building, and left by automobile
at 9 o'clock. The inspection con-
tinued all morning and will con-
sume the greater part of the after
noon.
No formal announcement will be
made of any of the prospective
purchases until they have been
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OBSERVATION Of
MANILA DAY"
PLANNED
Ceremonies to Mark Twenty
seventh Anniversary OF
Dewey's Victory

Twenty-seven years ago today the
Pacific squadron of the United
States fleet, under the direction If
Admiral George Dewey, defeated
the Spanish squadron in the battle
of Manila Bay.
The victory Of Dewey's fleet,
without the loss of a man, was the
outstanding naval achievement of
the Spanish American war.
Fitting observance of Manila
Day" will take place this, afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock in the Bethlehem
Chapel of the washington Cath
edral. A special service, attended
by veterans of the Sranish-Ameri-
can war and naval officers who
served with Admiral Dewey at the
battle of Manila bay. will be con-
Quoted by the Right Reverend
James F. Freeman, Bishop of Wash
ington.
The Cathedral choir, under the
leadership OF Edgar Priest, organist
and master OF choristers, will sing
q special setting Of the evensong
service.
The professional hymn will be
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm. hath bound the restless
wave" which is sung daily at the
United States Naval Academy as
prayer for those who are in peril on
the sea. Bishop Freeman viii de-
liver the sermon.
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OLD FIGHT OVER
FIRST PLANE
RENEWED
Smithsonian Head Says
Wright Objects to Placard
on Langley Craft

Echoes of the bitter conflict that
waged between American inventors
in the race to develop the first
successful airplanes were recalled
here today with the announcement
that the original Wright machine
will not be placed In the Smith
sonian Institution here for future
generations to marvel at, but will
instead go to the British Museum
Orville Wright. surviving brother
of the pioneer Wrights, declared he
would not permit the machine to
go to the Smithsonian because Of
lack of confidence" In the officers
of the institution.
They permitted. he said, Lang
ley's priceless relic" to be taken
out IN 1914 and "mutilated' to
satisfy private parties in q pat
ent suit. This is understood to-
refer to the lengthy patent litiga-
ton between the Wrights and the
Curtis company.
Doctor C. d. Walcott, head Of
the Smithsonian, took exception to-
Wright's statement today. He said
he had permitted. the Langley ma
chine to be taken out and re-mod-
elled for scientific reasons.
Mr.. Wright does not like the
card on the Langley machine in the
museum here, which says. This Is
the first airpIane capable of
flight" said Doct n Walcott.
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completed, it is stated by Colonel
Sheriff., in keeping with the past
policies Of the commission. This
step. he explained, is taken TO pre-
vent undue increases in the price
of the necessary land.
The commission Is scheduled to
complete inspection today of a
large number OF sites in and near
the District, including the pro.
posed civil war fort parkway, the
Piney branch, Patterson and
Klingle valley sites, the upper
Anacostia parkway, the extensive
forest tract at the head of Six
teenth street northwest, sites along
the headwaters of Rock Greek and
it's tributaries and points along the
shores of the Potomac.
The National Capital Park Com
mission was created by Congress
nearly two Years ago and was au"
thorized to make expenditures not
to exceed $1,1O0.000 annually for
purchase of land for extension Of
the National Capital park and play
ground systems
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ACCUSED.
Of CO[L|D|NG,
ASKS TRIAL
Henry M. Butler, u. s. M. c.,
Released on Bond, Officer
Fails to Appear

Policeman Clarence Brandt, of
the Traffic Bureau, who arrested
Major Henry M. Butler, U. S. M. c.,
Quantico, last night, on charge of
driving while drunk, colliding and
leaving after collision, failed to ap-
pear in police court today against
the marine officer.
Major Butler pleaded not guilty
and demanded jury trial. He was
held in 81 100 bond.
The major, in company with MS
wife were on their way to week
end party in Philadelphia.
Police say his automobile was in
collision with cars operated by
William M. Fithian. 1920 Seven
teenth street northwest, and Al
Thomas, 535 Florida avenue north
west, at Fifteenth and u streets
northwest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Burns in
a machine accompanying Mr..
F'ithian followed the majors car
and cornered it at Fifteenth street
and New Hampshire avenue, where
they held it pending the arrival of
Policeman Brandt, wh arrested
Major Butler.
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Lieutenant Commander r. H. Pau
mack, of the navy, and Major
Edwin H. Brainerd, of the marine
corps, are engaged in the study
of the future personnel require
ments of the navy, including the
various methods of acquiring the
number of officers which will be
needed to fill the requirements OF
the fleet and shore stations of the
navy.
Consideration will be given to the
problem of assignments to duties
so that each officer will get ade-
quate flying experience in various
types of planes and squadrons,
securing the broadest development
in aviation training, on all the va
rious classes Of ships carrying air.
planes.
A board of radio postgraduate
officers of the fleet has submitted
a report on radio material condi-
tions in the battleship division.
Among other things, the board re-
ports that any marked improve
ment in receiving conditions in the
fleet can not be hoped for until the
more or less antiquated receivers
now in use are replaced by the
modern receivers developed by the
research laboratory. Two models
Of this type are now installed on
the u. S. S. California. These re-
ceivers are very sensitive, selectvie,
and hold their celebration.
Flight pay allotments for various
camps where enlisted pilots are
serving in the Army Air Service,
have been increased for the next
two months as a result of the saw
ing effected early in the year. The
funds have been distributed among
the various camps and greater
training opportunities are to be pro-
vided. While no addition enlisted
men will be assigned to flying
duty, more opportunities will be
made available for the men now
On this detail in the air service.
A board Of officers, on duty in
the office Of the chief of the Air
Service of the Army, has prepared
sets of questions to be forwarded
10 air service stations for use Of
examining boards in examination Of
candidates who have applied for
promotion. The tests will be held
during the week of May 5. The
successful candidates Will be added
to the eligible lists in the office
Of the chief Of air service. The
last examination for flying cadets
was held on April IA. The next
one will be on July IA, which will
be the final opportunity for candi-
dates desiring flying training in
the cadet courses beginning early
in September. Approximately 125
men VIII be selected for flying
cadet training this fall and next
year.
Major r. w. Browne. United
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States Army, of the Finance De-
partment, who has been on duty
with the service school at Fort
Leavenworth, as student mas
been selected as the assistant to
the finance officer of the Third
Corps Area, it has been announced
Rv making new uses of power
tabulating machines in the Bureau
of Supplies and Accounts OF the
Navy, extensive and valuable data
now is prepared in regard tc move
ment of navy freight. Appropriate
cards show in detail, at short no.
tice, the movement of navy freight
between the east and west coasts,
and among the navy yards. whether
carried by Government transporta-
tion or otherwise This will tell in
what manner the heaviest drains
are made on the freight approprla-
tions.
On Nav / the student officers OF
the ouartermaster corps, with he
motor transport school, Camp Hola-
bird, Md, will leave on long dis
tance motor convoy. This convoy
will take them to Camp Jesup, At
lanta, Ca, and return to Camp
Holabird, where they are due back
on June II.
Daily control points will be desig-
mated, correct convoy formatlo1s
maintained, camps and parks estaD-
lished nightly and broken the fol
lowing morning, sanitary .reguia-
tions observed, and all the details
that make up efficient convoy op-
erations will be adhered to. The
cargo trucks will be loaded with
motor vehicle supplies destined for
organizations and installations sup
piled by Camp Jesup.
On the return trip, thirty stand
ard B trucks now in storage ut
Jesup will be brought back to Hola-
bird to replace unserviceable We
hicles in the first, second and third
corps areas. The return of the
convoy to Camp Holabird will be
so timed that the same convoy
and student personnel will be en-
abled to participate in the field
exercises of the student officers of
the quartermaster corps school at
Philadelphia.
Two days rest will be allowed,
then the convoy will proceed to
Mt. Holley, N. J., and take part
in the field exercises of the quarter
master corps school students Off
GERS, June / to June 10.
On the basis of reports received
and computed in the office OF the
director of fleet training f0:' the
competitive year. except those on
| the Asiatic station, leading boats IN
| the destroyer and light mine layez
class stand as follows, in engineer
| ing:
1, Hubert; 2, Perry; 8, Percival
4, Burns: 5, Marlborough; 6, Ludlow
IL, Smith. Thompson; 8, Reno: 2
Tracy; 10, Paul Hamilton; II, J. y
Edwards; 12. Melvin; 13, Decatur
IA, Pillsbury; Is, Pope; 16, Truxton
IT, Doyen; 18, Marcus; 19, Litch
field, and 20, Lawrence.
Captain Charles Morris, United
States Navy, the new head Of the
bureau of supplies and accounts OF
the Navy Department, is a son OF
Brigadier General Charles Morris, a
grandson of Lieutenant Colonel
Charles Morris, who was killed in
the Mexican war, and g. great grand
son -of Commodore Charles Morris
and John Downes, both of whom
served as junior officers with Com.
modore Stephen Decatur, the great.
est American sailor in our navy, al
the time of the recapture and burn
| ing of the steamship Philadelphia
at Tripoli.
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SACRAMENT SOCIETY WILL
ENTERTAIN At PARTY

Ladies of the Sacrament Society
for mi the @ beneft E Of the the Blessed Sac.
rament building fund at $3.50 o'clock
tonight at Rauscher's, Connecticut
avenue and L street northwest
There will be dancing from 8 o'clock
to. midnight.
Among the patronesses are Mrs.
George j.. Case, Mrs. Jules Fechet.
Mrs. Catherine v. Cooley, Mrs. John
Higgins, Mrs. Caroline H. Marshall,
Mrs. Walter Sullivan, Mrs. E. r..
Swetman, Mrs. j. Al. Mandenheusel,
Mrs. Alexander VarelIa and Mrs.
r. G. Ochesenreiter.
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Mitchell Will Talk to
ReserUe Officers;
Service Notes
By VIVIAN LEE TILLMAN.

Plans completed for the smoker to be held by
the Officers Association of the District of Columbia
Thursday evening May at the Army and Navy Club
Seventeenth and Eye streets northwest according to Captain
George E. Washbu O. r. Co. secretary OF the ASSOCIATION
chairman of the committee in charge of the smoker
largest affairs staged in Washing
by officers There close to 5000 reserve
officers District and it expected that most of them
attend Many officers of the regular have requested
reservations for the smoker.
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Part of the program will consist
Of an informal talk by General
Billy Mitchell, for he will never be
anything else to the loC-sl officers
but General Billy" on his hunting
experiences in Africa. There will
be moving pictures of the flight
around the world, staged by the
army air service. A buffet smoker
VIII top off the evening. A small
fee of 81 viii be taxed to pay the
expenses of this large evening.
Reservations should be made at
once through Major Jack Frost,
$50 Quebec place northwest. Only
a limited number of reservations
win be made, and 1t is going to be
a case OF first come first serve,
regardless Of rank, according to
Major Frost.
CoIonels James E. woodwafd and
Frank C. Jewell and Lieutenant
Colonel James H. Bryson, United
States army, on duty with the
War Department general staff, have
been detailed part-time, to duty
with the local units of the organized
reserves, headquarters at the Gra'
ham Building.
Reserve officers of the 30Eth
Cavalry. from Philadelphia, who
have been in training at Fort Myar,
Va, during this week will leave
the Virginia reservation bright and
early Monday morning for four
day stay in tactical exercises. Camp
win be pitched somewhere" IN
Maryland or Virginia, on Wednes-
day and the return hike to the
post will be started on Thursday,
arriving at Fort Myer on Friday.
During the maneuvers, the re-
serve officers will take all posi-
tions of the cavalryman, from pri-
vate to major, no officer taking
command above his grade and
rank, however. From Thursday
noon until Fridav noon, the squad
ron will be in command of the re-
serve officers. Saturday of next
week the camp for the officers of
the 305th regiment will come to a
close and pilgrimage back to Phila-
delphia will be started.
The Bureau of Engineering of
the Navy Department is arranging
a method Of obtaining complete
data on vacuum life. When this
method is placed in operation, 1t
viii be possible to determine what
the life of tubes is under service
conditions and also to classify the
causes of failures. One of the
water-cooled radio tubes in the q.
s. s. California has been in use
for more than 1 500 hours, and an
other for 1000 hours.
Under the direction of Captain
Alfred W. Johnson, u. s. NJ, Cap
tain Emory s. Land of the con-
struction corps of the navy. on
duty in the Bureau of -Aeronautics.
Commander Kenneth Whiting and
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ITALIAN AIR CHIEF
ARRIVES IN PERSIA

LONDON, May 1.-Commander
Francesca de Pinedo, chief Of the
Italian air staff, has arrived at
Charbaar, Persia, on his way to
Australia and Japan, according to
news agency reports from Rome.
De Pinedo left Rome April IL.
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Kills Wife Who Aided Him

HUNTINGTON, N. Y. May L.
John r. Davern. fifty-five, former
watchman on the Marshall Field
estate here, is under arrest,
charged with shooting to death his
wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Davern, whose
pleas recently saved him from be-
ing confined in an insane asylum