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Evening star., 1925-08-16
PARKRURST HELD
ON GIRL s CHARGE
Judge Would Acuuit on Evil
dence at Trial. However.
Says Ruling.
Special Dispatch TO The star


ROCKVILLE, Md. August ID
Robert s. Parkhurst. % years old. OF
Berwyn, Md, was held without bail
for action of the gran nd jury by Judge
Samuel Riggs in the Police Court
here late this afternoon following a
preliminary hearing on a charge of
having criminally assaulted Mary
Eliza beth Price, 16-year- old daughter
of George W. Price of Silver Spring
at Silver Spring last Saturday night.
Parkhurst's attorneys, Robert Peter.
jr., of Rockville and j. Hampton Ma.
gruder OF Marlboro, tonight an
nounced their purpose TO institute
habeas corpus proceedings in Circuit
Court next week in the hope of hav
ing him released. They and States
Attorney Joseph c. Cisseil have agreed
TO submit the case to the Circuit Court
judge on the stenographic report Of
todRy's hearing. thus making a repeti-
ton of the testimony unnecessary.
Would Free Accused.
In announcing his decision Judge
Riggs stated that II he were passing
upon the guilt or innocence Of Park
hurst, instead of simply presiding at
preliminary hearing. he would
promptly acquit him on the evidence
submitted, but felC that the State had
made out case sufficiently prima
facie 10 make II incumbent on him TO
hold the accused.
Parkhurst's mother, Mrs. Virginia
Peters Pa rkhurst, who recently an
nounced her purpose TO seek the
Democratic nomination for United
States Senator In Maryla nd next
year, with the young rsan's father,
Charles 5. Peters Parkhurst. was
present in court throughout the hear
ing, which consumed virtually the en-
tire day. After Judge Riggs had rem
dered his decision, she announced
that she would camp on the jail steps
until her son, was released, but was
dissuaded and returned early this eve
ninE with her husband to their Ber-
wyn home.
Alibi Evidence Strong.
Although seven OF eight witnesses
of excellent character built up an
almost perfect alibi for Parkhurst, ac-
counting for his whereabouts from
$50 o'clock until nearly midnight, the
night of the alleged attack, making
1t appear virtually impossible for him
to have attacked the girl at the time
and place she named. the testimony
of the girl was positive, Judge Riggs
said, and 1t was virtually her evidence
alone, he stated, which impelled him
to hold the youth.
DIR. I'll. ii. Hewlett of Silver Spring,
who made an examination of the giS,
testified he was unable to find an in
dication that a criminal assault had
been committed.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
BEACH'S COUNSEL SUE
TO REGAIN NARCOTICS
Also Want Merchandise. Seized
When Official Was Arrested,
Saying Raid Was Illegal.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. August 15-Attorneys
for Col. Will Gray Beach, suspended
narcotics chief, today filed a motion
asking the return of all the narcotics
and merchandise seized by Federal
agents as evidence against the defend.
ant.
The search warrant with which
special agents raided Col Beach s
rooms in the hotel where he resided
and warehouse where he had goods
stored were Illegal attorneys said in
a petition filed with United States
Commissioner Beitler.
Beach and his associates are ac-
cused Of trading narcotics to addicts
in exchange for stolen goods Com
missioner Beitler continued the matter
until Wednesday.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Automobile Leaps
Loading Platform
And Hastens Away

Several men and women on street
car loading platform on Pennsyl-
yania avenue at Eleventh street mar
rowly escaped injury last night when
. colored driver plunged his light
ear over the corner Of the platform
and into the car track space. He
left without any one getting his num-
Der.
Coming up the Avenue at high
speed. The driver evidently was try
ing 10 pass another car on the left.
When he saw he could not make il.
he jammed on his brakes. too late 10
prevent bouncing up on the loading
platform, and narrowly missing the
crowd waiting for q street car. He
backed out hurriedly and made away.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Fake Dry Agents Loot Home
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CHICAGO. August 15-Represent.
ing themselves as Federal prohibition
agents, three men were admitted to
the apartment Of Mrs. Frank Canfield
this afternoon. They bound a maid
to bed and forced Mrs. Garfield 10
opeE wall safe, from which they
took jewelry valued at SIS, 600. Mrs.
Canheld is the wife of the president
Of ths Garfield Manufacturing Com,
pany,' s~@'.t
Evening star., 1925-08-16
SHELL HITS NEAR YACHT.
Vanderbilt Racing Schooner Bare
ly Missed by 1,600-Pound Shot.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW LONDON. Conn, August Is.
While the New York Yacht Club on
its annual. cruise, was of Fisher s
Island on the way 10 Block Island,
yesterday, Commodore Harold S. Van
derbilts racing schooner yacht Va
grant narrowly escaped being sunk
by a l0-iHch mortar shell weighing
500 pounds. Fired by Massachusetts
Coast Artillery troops in target prac-
tice at Fort Wright, it struck the
water within 100 yards of the craft.
The mortar battery on the island
had just fired it's initial shot at a NOV
ing. target 5000 yards at sea.
CONSERVATION reigned aboard the
Vanderbilt yacht several minutes. dur
ing which an American flag was en-
ergeticaIly waved by sailor standing
on the jib-boOm and protests were bel
lowed across the water by the Va
grants fog horn.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
FUTILE DREAM HIDDEN.
Elder Spas Girl, Ill, in Ignorance
of Sisters Fate.

DENVER. Colo, August Is OPD.-
Mildred Spas, 23 years old. sister of
Mary Louise Spas. seriously i'll with
tuberculosis at a Denver sanatorium
is ignorant of the bursting of the
bubble of wealth of her sister.
officials of Agnes Memorial Hos
pital here, where Mildred is laying,
announced today she had not been in
formed of the end Of her sisters adop-
tion by Edward Browning. New York
millionaire, and the occurrences which
took place during Mary Louise's brief
pose as modern Cinderella
Mildred is still critically i'll. physi.
clans said.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
FARMER HURT BY CAR.
Auto Strikes Wagon, Hurting Hin
to Ground-Nose Broken.

Ludwig Heidi, farmer of BladeRs-
burg, Md, was seriously injured last
night on the road at Cottage City, Md,
when an automobile struck the wagon
he was driving, knocking him to the
ground At Casually Hospital where
he was taken by G. Baumgartner of
Barney street. Brentwood, Md, 1t
was found he sustained q fracture of
the nose and probable fracture of the
skull.
Prince Georges County authorities
are investigating the accident. The
name of the driver of the automobile
In the, collision was not available last
night.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
CHINA QUITS OPIUM
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Will Not Participate in Meet.
ing of Commission to Be
Held August "a.

By Cable TO The Star and New York World.
GENEVA, August 15.-China, as q
result of the treatment accorded her
in the recent international opium con-
ference, has withdrawn from the ad
Visory opium commission of the
League of Nations and will not parti-
cipate in the meeting August "a.
In view of the inn0cuous treaty re-
sulting from the conference after the
withdrawal of the United States,
which was followed by China walking
out. PekiRg is reported as regarding
further participation in the leagues
anti-epium crusade as futile 80 long
as the European opium bloc refuses
to cease exploitation of the Chinese.
The advisory committee consists OF
Sir John Campbell, for India: Van
Wetum, for the Netherlands; Prince
Charoon of Siam, DIR. Anselmino of
Germany, Sir Malcolm Delavigni of
Great Britain. DR.. Thumari for Japan
Ferrieva OF Portugal, Jovanovitch of
Jugoslavia, and Pinkney Tuck. United
States consul at Geneva, sitting only
as an observer. Chao Hsin Chu, Chin
ese charge daffaires at London. has
heretofore co-operated with the COM
mittee. Mrs. Hamilton Wright of
Washington is among the three as.
SCISSORS.
Eleven Must Ratify.
There are IA items on the agenda
but none is important except the pos
sible consideration of the extension of
the principle internationally of the ex-
tradition treaty between the United
States and Canada. The commission,
composed entirely of powers in the
opium bloc, is naturally unwilling to
upset the recent convention, and hence
il is said it will merely indulge in
platitudes.
1t is significant that thus far not a
single ratification has been made of a
treaty which the United States refused
to participate in drafting. Eleven ma
tions, seven of them members of the
council and two of these permanent
members, must ratify the treaty before
it becomes effective. Consequently,
Representative Porter's statement tha t
ii is not worth the paper upon which
il is written is borne out.
tCopyright. 1929
Evening star., 1925-08-16

Travelling expenses in excess of SIS
incurred by students of the State in
going from their homes to the uni
versity and return are paid from the
State treasury of Montana.
Evening star., 1925-08-16

1t is neither healthful nor necessary
TO go into the water after heavy
meal-there are plenty of restaurants
on dry land.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
ENGINEER Is BLAMED
FOR WRECK OF TRAINS
81 Persons Injured in Collision of
Steam Locomotive and Electric
Coaches in California.
Nv the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 15.-A
board of inquiry tonight placed blame
for wreck at Sausalito. today, upon
the engineer of Northwestern Pa.
Cific Railroad steam train which
crashed into the rear of a two.coach
electric train. Twenty-seVen pa ssen.
gers were injured, four seriously.
The crash came when the south.
bound steam train running from
Healdsburg to meet the II o'clock
ferry at Sausalito, struck the electric
while it was waiting for block signals.
Evening star., 1925-08-16

Only real olive oil may be sold under
the name of ''oiive oll". in Spain. &C.
lcording to new ruling.
Evening star., 1925-08-16

Babies and pianos would make less
noise If grown people would let them
alone.
Evening star., 1925-08-16

II 1t weren't for occasional lynch
ings there would be more trials in
this world.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
MACMILLAN FINDS
FIRST ARCTIC BASE
FOR NAVAL PLANES

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we'll liked by his buddies and fine
soldier. His loyalty to his country
is a sermon in patriotism. His
bravery taken for granted because
he belonged to the Marines. He
died as only a fighting Yank could
wish. Private Gehrke, the Legion
honors your Memory, remembers
your service and salutes your Sac
rifce.
The last week in April the Coun-
tvs quota to the National Army
was eleven men. These left the
week Of April Goth for Camp Grant.
Of this number, Christian Wirth of
the town Of Lincoln and Gustav
Hedeen of Conover will play the
stellar roles. Wirth will end up on
the Rhine after having passed
through the Meuse-Argonne. He
deem will also pass through the
Argonne and immerge so shattered
that his death follows quickly up
on MS discharge from the service.
April also saw Villas County go
over the top in the Third Liberty
Loan. The quota Of the county
was raised slightly over that of the
two previous loans. This raise was
to be expected when the state
found out what the county could
really do This time $25,00O.00 was
set as minimum effort. The
Drive started with a bang and in
this loan Villas County oversub-
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scrlDed larger percentage than
did any other county in the Ninth
Federal Reserve District. This Dis
trict comprises the states of Mon
tana, North and South Dakota,
Minnesota, Northern Michigan and
Northern Wisconsin. Her contri-
button at this time was 92,050.00,
a mere trifie over 36S per cent
This gained the county two stars
on the honor flag. That record of
good sense and unselfishness rather
speaks loudly for itself. 1t speaks
very poorly for the German SYM
pathizers.
In May the town Of Arbor Vitae
suffered its second casualty at the
hands of the enemy. Willow Trapp,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Julius
Trapp died in service when his
transport, the armed merchantmen
MOldavia, was torpedoed in the
English Channel, with loss Of So
American lives. Trapp had been
indicted into the service with the
second Villas County contingent
September 10, 1917 and was mem
Der Of the 341st Infantry. 86th
Division. He was twenty three
years old, real fellow, a good SOL
der who died, | believe without a
soldiers fighting chance. 1t was
the miserable fortunes of modern
warfare. He died for his country
as stoically though with less gla-
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The Start The Finish
Continued from page ?

four miles away. There you dis
covered camp laid out around the
old Pontenezen Barracks. These
barracks were built by Napoleon l
and hadn't been repaired since.
They were just about as inspiring
and inviting as jail or an orphan
asylum and in architecture they
resembled both those and several
other things, uncomfortable. And
then there was the mud. That was
the favorite surprise at Brest. 1t
was everywhere and had no bot
tom. 1t simply craWled up your
leggins like the rising tide and
stuck tighter than a porous plas-
ter. 1t accumulated like bee wine
always growing in size. And every
day it rained. There is an old say
ing in the "A. +. f. what is Brest
without a rainstorm." One day it
didn't rain and they recorded that
day in the Stars and Stripes" and
in the "Pontenezen blackboard >
the official camp paper Yes Brest
was the real thing in A. f. F.
camps. 1t was surpassed only by
some Of the camps back Of the
lines and by st. Afghan known to
the overseas man as St. Agony.
To the soldier who came over in
a tiny tub ana was shunted up the
estuary Of the Garonne, the hill
climbing episode also was a grim
reality. By the time that he finally
landed in the shambles Of Camp
Jennicourt Uennycart) or Pauiliac
he had climbed enough hills and
slid through enough mud to quail
ify for front line service.
After the hill climbing was over
the mud digested and the bum
eats licked up then came the "4C
and So. 40 men and" eight
horses, the French boxcars. Half
the size Of an American box car
to crowd forty men into one OF
them was nothing less than cruelty
to animals. But they did it. The
men often envied the horses that
were stabbed only eight to a car
There was no room to lie down
If one man did then two men had
to stand up. Crouched in sitting
position in a sWaying box car the
size Of a covered wagon, you bowlec
along on four flat wheels (they
always had four wheels instead OF
eight like we have and they are
always fiat while overhead swayed
your packs and equipment dashed
to the ceiling. If the curve was
any ways sharp at all several packs
would be accommodating enough to
bounce off your head just as you
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were trying to doze off to sleep.
You saw nothing Of the country.
In fact to those seated near the
door the country didn't seem worth
looking at anyway. Finally the
train stopped. You bad arrived.
You were Somewhere in France.
Nine times out Of ten you never
found out where you really were
The place was too small to be
found on the map. The natives
were not given to talking English.
You couldn't have spelled the
name Of the town the way they
pronounced it anyway. To half the
A. E. F. it was a visible relief to
head their letters Somewhere in
France and let the folks at home
do the guessing. Here your stay
depended on how badly you were
needed at the front. Some troops
went almost Immediately from the
ports to the trenches. Generally
some training in trench methods
was necessary. Then came the
quiet sector. The famous Toul
sector, the Vosges sector the St.
Die sector were all quiet, if you
know what that means. They
were quiet compared with a major
offensive. From then on for the
men of the Fourth, Thirty-second,
Thirty-third Divisions it was war
or just plain hell.
In January Of 1918, Villas County
suffered its first war casualty, Cor
poral Louis NJ Weed Of Phelps.
The SON Of Dir. and Mrs. Weed, he
entered the service at Camp Grant,
September 10, 1917. He had two
brothers in the service at the time
of his death, Linton and Alvin,
who were waiting shipment to
France at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas. Corporal Weed was a mem
Der Of the 503rd Engineers. He
died not in battle as he probably
would have wished but from bron-
chitis in a hospital in France.
The first week in April 1918
found Villas County sending eleven
more men to the National Army.
These men were about evenly div
ided between Camp Grant and
Camp Worden, Washington.
This first week in April also re-
cords Villas County's first front
line casualty, Private Emil Gehrke
Of Arbor Vitae. A member of the
9th Marines, the gang who were to
make history at Belleau Woods and
| Chateau Thierry, he was killed in
action on the first day Of April.
He was the son of MIR. and Mrs.
William Gehrke and had two
brothers both Of whom were in the
service before the war was over
and who certainly came in for their
share Of the general hardknocks.
Private Gehrke was a real fellow,
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mour than the man at the front.
The previous mentioned casualty
Emil Gehrke and Trapp were the
best of friends in civilian life and
lived within few yards Of each
other. Their deaths were less than
six weeks apart.
In June Of 1918 the Council of
Defense began to actively enforce
the work or fight law. To see young
fellows loafing around without
either working or fighting in a
time when every fiber of national
ism was strained to- the breaking
point was very offensive to all pa
triots. 1t was also very poor bust
ness for a country that wanted to
win a great war. If they did not
have pride enough to enlist in
either the army or industry, they
could be forced. This law was a
visible relief to all hard working
citizens. 1t was enforced in the
county for the rest of the war.
Villas County's contribution to
the National Army in July was So
men. They came from every town
in the county and were sent either
to Columbus Barracks, Ohio or to
Camp Grant. Those who went to
Camp Grant were used to fill the
seth Division which was almost in
the act of departing for France. In
this list was Rudolph Gehrke of
Arbor Vitae, a brother of the first
Villas County man to die in action.
A major portion Of this contingent
saw service in France before the
war was over.
i he last week in July ten young
fellows all under eighteen and
therefore under the draft age en-
listed in the service. In this gang
was William Rand and Arthur
Ro2erick. This marks the third OF
fourth attempt of Bill to get into
the service. He travelled to recruit
ing Offices with practically every
one that went to enlist. He was
always rejected because he was toe
short. Whether he picked up an
extra inch somewhere or whether
the recruiting officers were tired of
turning him down is not known.
Anyway from now on Bill is in the
Navy. Art Roderick also was sue
cessful in joining up this time.
This marks his second or third at
tempt to enlist. The other young
fellows who signed up at this time
were Werner Ericsson, Emil John
son, Walter Dickman, Guy Dussault
all of COnover; and Francis Sailer,
James Hayden, Rex Kendall of
Eagle River.
In August the local Draft Board
sent eight more men to fill out the
quota demanded Of the county for
that month. They were sent to a
number Of different training sta
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t(NVT REGRET being unable this occasion to fol
w low the cOunsels of our masters the French but
the American Flag has been forced retire This is
uncomfortable and Of soldiers would understand
their not being asked to do what necessary
pair situation which is humatng to and unaccept-
able to countrys honor We are going to counter
attack american General to French Corps Comman-
der when ordered to retreat still farther during the
Second Battle Of the Marne)
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tions Five men went
Sweeney Auto School At p y
City; one man to the scbd NSaS
mechanics at Peoria, IlEroi,o. Z
man to the school for macboa
Indianapolis; one man to tbl $.
versity of Wisconsin and o
to Beloit college. '' ae
In August occurred
demonstration. A counh I aag
the Fighting Flodins. nil '%a
living west Of Conover b.J ''N
four sons and a son-in-Iaw
service. They were NOS old c w r
residents; in fact they had b r.,a&
the county only a little NV, W.. Y
year. Otto Flodin, the fatbo,
not even a natural born Ama,: "
but no man ever deserved tbo y, .S@
more. He was real Yank ~ 4,s
best adopted stock. The fopr u.
in the service were AIbn Io. so.s
Carl, and Oscar. The so.,i S,yIa
was Sprykimey Newton. 1i', :"
enough buddies to start ! Io ,..>
post Of their own. The "Pia5 so-
Flodins' is more fact than s e..
for at the time the county maJ
the call two Of the sons .Ta.. '.
and Carl were doing 4 man III.
in France. va
This record is surpassed sIiobs.
in numbers by the Deyine fon,a
This family gave seven sons f. A,
country's service. Daniel and r..
Devlne were residents Of co..
Lake IN the town Of Presouo n.
He was an Irishman; she a narr.
born Chippewa. Now if YOU c,r
find me more fighting breed VIZ,
go to it. The seven sons wor
James, Joseph, Thomas Georoo
Paul, Daniel and William. All II
unteered except Daniel who W,
married. The draft board pacn
him in Glass 4. He refused exom
ton and was about to be inducto
into the service at the close Of Il
war. This record Of fighting bIoo
and courage is one of the Countr
greatest monuments. it is hard +
beat it in any county in any stat
September found Villas Count
like the rest of the nation at II
highest pitch Of patriotic enthu,
asm. This war of ours had anna
emily been going on for years. II
first thought Of every person w
WAR; the second thought W
WAR. The end Of things was II
in sight, at least to the avera
mind. 1t seemed years since Am
Radcliffe had begun telling L
housewives just how much flo
they could use; just what subs
tutes they could best make up
Wednesday afternoons, or he
much sugar they could buy
Continued on Page EIGHT
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"CASH MARKET"
A. j. DenOyer.
Eagle River, Wisconsin

WV HEN the colors pass today
w Remember what they symbolic
Lexington Common and the savage cold of Vaev Force
Shiloh and the Widerness-San Juan-Chateau Thierry
and the Meuse.
For young lives risked given a strong secure
contented land acknowledges its debt today.
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VTHE power of the United States is a menace TO no
nation or people. 1t will never be used in aggres-
sion or for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT any selfish interest of
our own springs out of freedom and the service
OF freedom. Woodrow Wilson,
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"THE PINES"
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Morris
Eagle River, Wisconsin
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