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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
WHEELER CASE Up
BEFORE GRAND Jury
Governments Naval Oil
Lease Cases Also Consider
ed at Today's Session.

The Governments naval oil lease
cases and the new proceedings in the
case of Senator Wheeler of Montana,
both were considered today by the
special Federal grand jury in session
here.
Having been occupied for several
days in considering the Wheeler case,
the jury was called on for an hour by
the Government oil counsel. to her testi-
mony by M. D. Thatcher and l.. p.
Rule, officers Of the First National
Bank of Pueblo, Colo. in connection
with new inquiries into the oil leases.
1t was this bank whose deposits and
Withdrawals, as connected with pri-
vate transactions OF Albert B. Fall, be-
came a matter of interest before the
Senate oil committee a year ago.
Previous to the temporary assign
ment of the jury to the oil lease prose-
cutions, 1t took testimony from Ru-
dolph Roseth of Great Falls. Mont, an
oil operator, bearing upon the Wheeler
case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
MAI. EDWARD LLOYD DIES
IN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
Retired Army Officer, Formerly
Was Meteorological Observer in
o. S. Signal Service.

Mai. Edward Lloyd, L. S. A, re-
tired, veteran of Indian wars and
other campaigns and formerly a me-
teorlogical observer in the old United
States Signal Service, died at Elmer
gency Hospital, Wednesday. He had
been q resident OF washington 20
years.
Mai. Lloyd was born in Virginia
and was appointed a second lieutenant
in the 18th Infantry in 1880. He was
retired from active military service
about 20 years ago, due to disability
Prior to his appointment in the Army
he was well known as a weather fore-
caster in the various cities in which
he had been stationed as meteorol-
oefst He was an instructor or
meteorology at the University of Ken
lucky in 1874.
Mai. Lloyd was adjutant of the ex-
pedition against the Apache Indians
in 1881, under Gen. Guy V. Henry.
He served in Chicago, ILL.,, during the
strikes of 1894. where his services
were highly commended by Gen. Jesse
Lee, then departmental inspector gem
erai Maj Lloyd went to Cuba in
1898 with his regiment in the army
of occupation, and was in command
of his company in the Chinese re-
lief expedition in 1900. He was sta
toned in the Philippines in 1901, when
he rec established civil government In
the southern part Of Luzon- He was
professor of military science and tao
tics at the Maryland University, 1906
1908 He also was on similar duty
during the World War at St Johns
College here.
Funeral services will be conducted
at St Thomas Catholic Church to-
morrow morning at $3.50 o'clock,
where mass will be said. Interment-
with full military honors, will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Mai. Lloyd lived at 2301 Connections
avenue He is survived by his wife,
Mrs Kate E. Lloyd, and three sons.
Edward Lloyd, jr.. Egbert T. Lloyd
and Richard Bennett Lloyd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
TWO GET 50 YEARS
IN PURCELL KILLING
Fifteen Year Sentence Given
to Two Others Accused in
PoIiceman'S Death.

Ernest Brown and LLOYD Monroe,
two of the four colored men held re
sponsible for the killing of Policeman
John w. Purcell October Is. 1923, In
an alley in rear of the Bell School. a Il
Second street and Virginia avenue
southwest, were sentenced today By
Justice Hoehling. in Criminal Division
1, to serve 80 years each in the peni-
Tertiary. Brown pleaded guilty TO a
charge of murder in the second degree
and a jury found Monroe guilty OF a
like offense.
William Ludley and Joseph r.
Slaughter. the other men implicated
in the killing, pleaded guilty to a
charge of manslaughter, and Justice
Hoehling gave them the maximum
sentence of Is years each in the pent-
Tertiary.
When called on before sentence was
imposed Ludley declared he was =
square away when the policeman was
killed, and Monroe reiterated his
claim of innocence. Brown and
Slaughter remained silent.
Justice Hoehling declared the four
men as menaces to society and equal
ly culpable, but he had to deal out
sentences according to the pleas
which had been accepted by the prose-
| cution, he said.
Wife-SIayer Gets 20 Years.
The minimum sentence of 90 years
| in the penitentiary was imposed by
Justice Hoehling on Scott Winfield
White, colored, who pleaded guilty to
| second-degree murder in connection
| with the killing of his wife, Lottie {.
| White, May 10, 1924. The staying
occurred at their home, 335 c street
southwest, following a quarrel, when
White demonstrated with his wife
| for attending too many parties.
William Hutchinson, colored, was
given four years in the penitentary
for an attempted criminal assault on
| a young colored girl. Hutchinson
| hobbled into court, having lost one
| of his legs in the World War.
Three years in the penitentiary was
| the sentence given to Harry Clinton
Allen, a young white man convicted
of two charges of housebreaking.
| John Dorsey, colored, drew term OF
one year at Occoquan on charge Of
| housebreaking. Earl J. Thomas, col
| ored, will spend five months at Deco
guam for violating the anti-narcotic
! law.
] Probation was extended to Stanley
! Carlin for larceny and Joseph r
| Statesman, colored, violating anti
narcotic law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
FINED S25 IN CONTEMPT.
Apartment Manager Accused of
Baking Summons.

Justice Hoehling of the District Su-
preme Court today fined Frederick
Ryan, manager Of the Argonne apart
ments, $25 for contempt of court, for
with two deputy United
states marshals who sought to serve
a witness summons on a painter en-
ployed at the apartments. Ryan said
in defense of his action that he did
not like the attitude of the lawyer
who accompanied the deputy on one
occasion, but admitted that he did not
aid the deputies IN securing service. In
imposing the fine, Justice Hoehling
pointed out that the action of Ryan
Had retarded the trial of a case, and
had kept the court and jury waiting.
Such Interference with the admins
tration Of the law, the court declared,
should not be overlooked.
AS Ryan was not prepared to pay
the fine. the court permitted him to
go and secure the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
COMMERCE CHAMBER
NAMES COMMITTEES
Public Utilities and Convention
Groups Chosen-Former to
Meet Monday.

The appointment of committee on
public utilities and committee on
conventions of the Washington Cham
Der of Commerce was announced at
the chambers headquarters today.
The committee on public utilities is
to hold meeting in the chambers
rooms Monday at noon
The committees are as follows.
Public utilities committee-Harry
King, chairman; A. E. Seymour, vice
chairman; Harry C. Allen, George E.
Bedell, Gen. William NJ. Black. H A
Brooks, M. e. Buckley, Harry r. Car
roll, Henry G. F. Castens, DR.. Charles
W. Cuthbertson, Charles w. Darr T
V. Davis, Robert Dougan, Proctor 7,
Dougherty, A. H. Fernandez, G. Man
son Foote, o. B. George, E. C. Graham
Charles F. Guerin, Robert E. Heater
J. E. Heberle, James B. Henderson,
Milton Hopfenmaier, John s. Horn,
back, A. L. Howard, Isadore Kahn.
Cyrus Kehr, Jacob Kohner, J.. c.
Rooms, Ralph w. Lee. Martin A. Leese.
Thomas P. Littlepage, F. L. Marshall
jr., A. G. Neal, John ]. Noonan, Burd
w. Payne, Horace J. Phelps, Albert
Schulteis. Mrs. Frank Hiram Smell.
Thomas H. Travers, Edwin West. ir..
and Charles T. Windle.
Conventions committee-Martin A.
Lecse, chairman, sidney West, vice
chairman: Mrs. Elinor T. Abel, Ralph
d. Angel, Ross p. Andrews, DR.. Ber-
nard A. Baer, w. A. Berkeley, George
j. Bernbach, e. J. Brennan, wrisley
Brown, Appleton P. Clark, jr.; Rus
sell A. Conn, John B. Dickman, Rob-
ert S. Downs, w. Clarence Duva1l,
Harry 8. Evans, Miss Maud Fell
heimer, Edward T. Fenwick, Frank p.
Fenwick, A. II. Ferrandou, p. B..
Fletcher, G. Manson Foote, Louis J.
Fosse, Morris Ganss, p. c. Gordon,
Charles T. Guerin, William F. Ham,
John H. Hanna, William B. Hardy,
Robert N. Harper, Frank s. Hight,
John s. Hornback, Henry A. Jaffe,
Albert A. Jones, George C. Jordan,
Rudolph Jose, Harry King. Robert
Kressin, Julius Lansburgh, Pierce c..
Lewis, Sidney b. Lust, John w. Lyons,
Mrs. Arvillee McDonough, D. S. Mack
all, H. L. Merry, William ]. Meyer,
o. o. Mills, Alfred L. Nader Howell
Peoples. F. ]. Pickett, Clarence E..
Rubel. Frederick A. Schultz, Samuel
Shapiro, Noble c. shit, Walter v.
Shfpley, Arthur c. Smith, R. l.. Swats,
Thomas H. Travers, j. Clinton Tribby,
Ivan C. Weld, Edwin West, jr., and
Schley Zirkin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06

ence, since it appeared that no agree
ment could be reached which would
be satisfactory to the American dele
gates.
A State Department announcement
today said the American delegation
had reported that the conference
cannot be expected to reach an
agreement which would be satisfac-
tory to this Government as carrying
out the purposes Of The Hague opium
convention of 1912 or acceptable to
1t as according with the purposes set
forth in the joint resolution Of Con-
eress of May Is last, which author
lied the participation Of this Gov
eminent in the present conference"
In this connection with the resolu-
ton it was pointed out at the State
Department that the American dele
CATION was specifically directed not
to sign an agreement which did not
contemplate suppression of produc-
ton of opium or its derivatives for
any use except medicinal and scien-
tific 49, re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
CONTINUED BY WOMEN
Determinations in Certain States
Are Cited in Argument to
Senate Committee.

Further argument for the equal
rights amendment to the Constitution
was heard today by a Senate sub
Judiciary committee, prominent woman
lawyers and leaders of the National
Women's Party supporting the reso-
luton for the amendment, which has
been introduced in both House and
Senate.
Citing discrimina tons against wom-
en- in various States, Mrs. Burnita
Shelton Matthews, member of the Mis-
sissippi bar, pointed out differences in
the status of men and women in in
heritance of property and citizenship
rights, in guardianship of children,
ONCE holding and jury service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
Fireman, Anauck,
Brondishing Knife,
Put in GaHinger
Five Charges Are Filed
FolIo,Uing Rampage in
Downtown, District.

If fire hose had been handy last
night around Ninth and H streets IL
probably would have been brought
into play on Albert Levin, fireman,
after he had run amuck on the
streets, police say, with butcher
knife.
AS it is, Levin is cooling off under
the more or less agreeable surround
ings provided by the management of
Gallinger Hospital, while police are
investigating two charges of as
sault with dangerous weapon, n
charge of intoxication, another of
disorderly conduct and a technical
one of need for mental observation"
lodged against him.
Fireman Levin is said to have APP
peared IN the vicinity of Ninth and
H streets about s o'clock last night,
brandishing a knife and making eff
forts to slice a chunk here and q
strip there from the anatomies of
innocent bystandcrs.
In his anxiety to perform as many
operations as possible before the pe-
lice closed in on him, Levin acct
dentally cut himself on the arm. Po-
liceman U. M. Gale is credited with
making the arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
ANDREWS RENAMED
BY BUSINESS MEN
Re- Elected President of Mer-
chants and Manufac-
turerS' Association.

Ross P. Andrews was reelected
president of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers Association at the annual
meeting of the board of governors at
headquarters in The Star Building yes
terday.
Stanley Lansburgh was reelected
first vice president and Maj. Gen.
Anton Stephan second vice president.
Louis Levy was reelected treasurer,
NJ. d. Rosenberg general counsel anS
Charles j. Columbus secretary.
The board of governors placed it..
self on record in favor of the abolition
of street vending licenses. The board
also urged that where the District
Commissioners have permitted stands
the occupants should be made to keep
such stands clean and not allowed TO
occupy them after or Z pm.
The board praised efforts of the
Commissioners to obtain additional
snow, removing equipment and went
on record in favor of the means taken
by the Commissioners to insure the
quick removal of snow. Praise was
also given to those members OF the
local detective force who worked on
the shoplifting squad during the Christ
mas rush.
Board Elected.
The following members of the board
of governors were elected and named
as chairman of the designated sec
tions in the association: Maj. Gen.
Anton Stephan. china and glassware;
Joseph A. Fisher, confectioners;
George 8. De Neale, department
stores; George NJ. Fisher. dyers and
cleaners; E. c. Graham, electrical
supplies; ]. NJ. Hausler, engravers;
H. d. Ormsby, and 10 cent stores;
Charles B. Smith, furniture; Samuel
Zirkin, furriers; I. A. Slyder, heating;
A. F. Jorss. iron foundries; s. M.
Selinger, retail jewelers.; Maurice
Kafka, ladies' speciality stores; Louis
Levy, laundries; Charles A. Camalier.
leather goods; John A. Eckert, photo
photographers; Joseph A. Burkart,
manufacturers; ]. c. Callahan, manu-
featuring jewelers.; Sidney West,
mems wear; Philip King, millinery;
j. c. Parker, novelties; NJ. A. Leese.
opticians; John Dunn, paints and
glass: F. w. Harper, paper and sta
tionery; George w. Harris, photog-
raphers; o. J. De Moll, musical in
struments; Claude Owen, plumbing
supplies; Charles F. Crane, printers
and publishers; Arthur Copeland,
tents and awnings; Harry Crandall,
theaters; J. H. Hanna, traffic; H. O.
Thompson, wall paper; NJ. E. Horton,
food products jobbers; J. Hertzberg,
house furnishings; Ford e. Young,
Ice cream; Lee Thompson, diaries;
M. G. Gibbs, druggists, and E. H.
Daniel, ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
PETITIONS FOR REMOVAL
OF GOV. SCOTT C. BONE
John w. Frame Accuses Alaskan
Executive Of Depriving Him OF
National Committeeman Post.

Removal from office Of Gov. Scott
c. Bone of Alaska was asked in
sworn complaint filed at the White
House today by John w. Frame, who
declared the governor had been in
strumental in deprivinC him Of the
ONCE of Republican national commit
teeman from the Territory after he
had been duly elected as such. The
comnlaint was referred to Secretary
work Of the Interior Department.
The complaint also charged that
Gov. Bone had made bad appoint
ments to Office, had used his infiu-
ence to entice Federal once holders
to vote the Democratic ticket and
had caused friction between the ma
tive and white population by Insult
ing the intelligence Of the natives.
It asked that Federal officers in
volved with the governor be removed
tro,,, nuhlio office instanter," on the
ground that such practices were not
permissible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
RAMS HEAD PLAYERS
END SEASON SATURDAY
"a Dolls House" Will Be Closing
Performance-Perf Enter
on other Engagements.

The RAMS Head Players, directed
by Robert Bell, with James Reynolds
of New York as art director, will
close their third consecutive WASH
ington season Saturday night with
the production Of Henrik Ibsen's "A
Dolls House." featuring Josephine
Hutchinson as the heroine Nora.
Since early in November. when the
players opened the new Wardman
Park Theater, six productions have
been given, each running two weeks,
as is customary, the single exception
being the Christmas pantomime, "A
Story of Pierrot,' which was held
over for a third week. For this rea-
son, it has been found necessary to
omit the second week Of "A Dolls
House." as two members OF the COM
pany have engagements elsewhere.
Plays presented during the present
season of 12 weeks included "The
Eaglet," a new translation by Basil
Davenport of Rostand's "LAiglon";
"The New York Idea" by Langdon
Mitchell; "a Story of Pierrot," The
Hero" by Gilbert Emery; THE Man
Who Was Dead" by Bertram Bloch,
and "a Dolls House."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
Be0te1, in Stone
Case, O,cnbey Viii
Move to Canada

Unsuccessful in his effort to
block confirmation of Attorney
General Stone to be a Supreme
Court justice. James A. Ownbey,
Colorado mining man, has told his
friends here that he will renounce
his American citizenship and move
to Canada.
Ownbey insists that he was de-
MED justice in the suit brought
against him in Delaware by the ex-
ecutors of the estate of the late
j. Pierpont Morgan, for whom Mr..
Stone acted as counsel before the
Supreme Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
FEARS END; is SUICIDE.
"Last-Day" Prospect Also Causes
Farmer to Shoot Wife.

MONROE, Mich. February Elk
pressing the fear that the world
would come to an end some time to
day, and that his property, worth ap-
prcximately $4,000. amassed during
years or economy. would become
worthless, Karl Frederick Danzeisefi,
40, farmer, living near Temperance,
10 miles from here, shot and ser;,
ously wounded his wife at their home
late yesterday, and then took his own
life with the same revolver
His wife said today that Danzeisen
had become terror stricken over pre-
dictions the world was to end TODAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
WITHDRAWAL EXPLAINED.
State Department Says Hope for
Agreement Abandoned.

BY the Associated Press.
Withdrawal of the American dele
cation from the Geneva opium con-
ference was authorized by President
Coolidge.
In his message to Mr.. Porter Presi-
dent Coolidge said he regretted that
the conference had reached no salts
factory agreement.
The President advised Representa-
tive Porter that he might. at his dis
erection, withdraw from the confer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
DELEGATES
TO TAX FARLEY NAMED

The District Commissioners today
announced appointment of six dele
gates to represent Washington at the
annual conference on taxation to be
held here February 10 and 20 by the
National Tax Association.
Those appointed are Edward F.
Colladay, Benjamin F. Adams, w. l..
Beale, John A. Petty, District Asses
sor william p. Richards and Newbold
Noyes.
The question of taxation on estates
and inheritances will be given special
consideration at this conference.
Informal inquiries Indicate that
most of the states will be represented
at the conference by their governors,
some by their tax officials and few
by their Representatives. or Senators
already in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
TEACHER BOUGHT
POISON At COLLEGE
Ohio University Man Says It
Was Obtained Year Ago
for Experiments.
BY the Associa ted Press


COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 6.-The
finding yesterday of a strange bottle
of strychnine in the dispensary at
Ohio State University no longer is a
mystery. William E. Keyser, an in
structor in the college of pharmacy,
today volunteered the information
that he purchased the bottle of poison
a year ago for laboratory work. 1t
was labeled In his handwriting.
Forty-one students. the balance of
those who were workers in the dis
ponsary last week, are scheduled to
be examined during the day. Exami-
nation of the first % yesterday failed
to throw any light on the presence
Of poison in the bottle of quinine cap
sules.
The nature Of the questioning Of the
students was the same as yesterday,
when they were asked about their ex-
perience with drugs their work in the
dispensary, their relations with their
fellow students and instructors, and
their theories as to how the poison
got into the bottle.
straightforward Testimony.
without exception the students told
straightforward stories concerning
themselves, denied unanimously that
they had ever filled any capsules in
the dispensary, and had nothing but
praise for Dean Dye Of the pharmacy
college and the other instructors.
Results of second examination of
the stomach Of David j. Puskin of
Canton, Ohio. who died Sunday. also
may be available today. Preliminary
investigation of the organ showed
positive traces of the poison, al
though the stomach was empty.
Prosecutor Chester Is to ask
Timothy J. Mccarthy of Fremont and
Harold E. Gillig of Tif1n, two Of the
three students who survived the
poison potion, to try to identify the
students working in the dispensary
who were on duty when they got
their medicine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
Man Found Dead in Bed.

Shelton Stroman, colored, 80. dining
car waiter on the Atlantic Coast Line
for a short period, and who is said TO
have lost his position yesterday, was
found dead in bed at ia F street this
morning, having been asphyxiated by
Illuminating gas. A tube was at
tached to a fixture. Coroner hewitt
Is investigating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
Rectory Roof Burns.

Fire broke out on the roof of the
rectory of St. Johns Church, 1888 o
street, adjoining the church, about II
o'clock this morning. The fire was
caused by tar igniting. Not much
Roadway was gained before the fire
was discovered. Damage to the build
ing amounted TO SIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
Smoking Chief Contention.

The principal point of contention
In the Geneva parleys was the prob
lem OF opium smoking in the Far
East. Two conferences were held
the first preliminary one confined
to nations with Far Eastern possess
sfons and the second comprising dele
gates of all nations.
The first conference closed without
achieving any definite result. Repre-
sentative Porter and his fellow dele
gates sought at the second conference
to begin suppression of smoking of
opium in China Immediately, with IT'S
abolition within a stated number of
years.
British delegates under Viscount
Cecil Of Chelwood argued that the
American plan was impracticable be-
cause of heavy overproduction of
opium and because of smuggling.
Cecil held that the world must first
stop overproduction and smuggling.
At one meeting Cecil made the
charge, which he later withdrew.
that the American people were usipe.
more narcotic drugs than the people
of India.
During all the discussions work
went forward in the preparation of a
new anti-narcotic convention. Dis
patches have indicated that whether
or not the United States adheres to
this new pact the other powers are
expected to sign it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-06
ARNOLD WHITE DEAD.
British Author Had Devoted Time
to Social Problems.

LONDON. February s. - Arnold
White, author, died yesterday.
Mr.. White was born in 1s4s. OF
late he had devoted himself to writ
ing on social problems Among his
publications were THE Modern Jew,"
English Democracy" ITS the Kaiser
YnsaneT ana FOR Efficiency"