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, 1926-06-30

The pupils of the Christiansted Public
Schools are now being branded with tell
ing falsehoods as is seen from a note in
Saint Croix Tribune Of today's date.
The note states that the pupils are re-
sponsible for the statement that pupils
of the" public schools in the recent a.
chievement test, were asked: Why does
St. Thomas favor the naval government?
which was published in the Ii bune for
June 10.
West End News found hat statement
to be false, and circulated the informa-
lion. The Tribune in today's issue says:
1--WE have learned that another question
dealt with the deadlock between the
Council and the Governor, school children
being asked why the st. Croix Council is
not functioning."
The News has found that all the ques-
lions in the test are printed in a book
used in schools in the States. The
book contains no questions dealing with
local a~ffairs. politics or otherwise.
Answers to all questions were written
in the book by the pupils themselves.
Teachers who corrected all the answers,
saw no question OF answer dealing with
, 1926-06-30
Publication,

IT is hereby made known that the
i Horse, Carriage and Boat Taxes
for the second half year 1926 will
be received at the Police Offices
in Christiansted and Frederiksted
from July 20, 1926 to August 10,
1926, both days included, after
which time the list of arrears will
be transmitted to the Director of
Police for further measures.
Each debtor of tax will be sub
ject to a fine Of Franc LOO if the
tax be under Francs $500 and
Francs 200 if the tax be Francs
$500 or above, besides the ordiua-
ry levy expenses.
The taX-lists will be distributed
by the Police Department and are
to be filled out in conformity with
the Ordinance Of February %, 1853,
and returned to the respective Po-
lice Offices within AZ hours for the
towns and 4 days for the country
districts.
Government of the
Virgin Islands of the United States.
ST. CrOiX, 20 June, 1926.
G. P. SHAMER,
Uespatching Secretary.
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Greqa Elected Howard U. Head
Bishop Of Africa Of A. M. E. Con
nectiOn Will Succeed Durkee

Concluded from yesterdays AvjS)
Having no personal ends to gain. |
have not therefore been tempted. even
into those political, financial or so
ciaI combinations which so afte1 blur
the vision and blunt the achievement.
There has been but one purpose ever be-
fore me. Wien | received this Trust
from the University, | felt that in a vast
er degree. | had received d trust from the
whole colored race. So my one purpose
has beer to build here a modern Univer-
Sly second to core in WORK, standing
and contribution to The sun total of
, 1926-06-30
Publication.

IT is hereby made known, that the
, Tax on Auto Vehicles and Auto
Truck Trailers in accordance with
Section 81 of the Ordinance con-
corning Public Roads in St. CroiX,
approved July IA, 1923, will be
payable, at the Police Cffices in
Christiansted and Frederiksted from
July 20, 1926 to August 10, 1926,
both days included for the second
half year 1926.
Parties remaining in arrears for
this tax after August 10, 1926,
viii be subject to the same penal
tics as in the case Of the Horse,
Carriage and Boat Tax.
Tax-lists will be distributed by
the Police Department and they
must be correctly filled out and
returned to the respective Police
Offices within two days after re-
ceipt in the towns and four days
after receipt in the country dis
tricts.
Government of the
Virgin Islands of the United States,
st. Croix, % June, 1926.
G. P. SHAMER,
DeSpatchjRg Secretary
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has been to that end. Every charge pre-.
posed has had that goal in view. | have
been forced to see my plans 90 asfray,
and a vast amount Of needless delay,
which forces me to retire this year Ieav-
ing projects unfujfiIed which might east
~ have been completed arc the Urlver-
sity be that much farther On its WY to
greatest usefulness. However, | am
glad to have piloted forward thus far
and TO leave the University in a posi-
ton so far in advance of wh&tZit was
eight years ago"
Doctor Durkee rehearsed in detail! the
outstanding accomplishments of his adj
ministration during the eight years he
has served as Presidentof the UniVel slty.
The Secretary reasurer's Report
The report of DR.. Scott, Secretary
Treasurer, reviewed the financial c0ndi-
ton of the University during the school
year 1886, and detailed at some length
the general improvements which have
taken place in connection with the edu-
c|atiOnal plant of the University, and the
University's general expansion in other
directions. The greatest improvement
during the year has been the completion
of the Gymnasium Armory and Athletic
Field project al a cost If nearly $500, 600.
S197, $50 of which was appropriated by
the Federal Government. The Sec)y-
Treasurer reported that the budget for
the year 1926 26 has amounted to $685.
745. not including the ~uneXpended por-
ton of the Government appropriation for
the New Medical Building amounting to
1868, 842.
University Budget For 1862.
The University budget for 1926-27 as
recommended will amount to 1858, 600.
In addition to the Government apprOpria-
for S218, 600 for current expenses and
equipment. the budget for next year also
includes the unexpended portion of the
Government appropriation made last year
for the new Medical Building amounting
to 1870, 600.
Resolutions
Resolutions reading as follows were
adopted depIoring the recent death of Mr..
Charles |. Corby, a member Of the Board
Of Trustees.
Resolution In Memory of ChaPles |. Corby =
The passiny of Mr.. Charles |. Corby
leaves a great vacancy in the heart of
his home. his friends, and his business
associates. He was SO genial, SO balanc-
ed, so willing 20 spend and be spent in
the service Of others.
Howard University sustains a very
great loss ia his going, Freely did be
give Of bis time and energy to assist and
serve as a Trustee. His contribution 10 the
fund Of the School of RELIGION was ppnpr-
, 1926-06-30

! line Of rain was measured at the Fort
here this morning and 81 lines at Kings
Hill.
, 1926-06-30

New York sugar prices for the period
ending June Il were: June Is, Is and
II, $4.18; and June IS, 10 and q, $4. IA.
Porto Rico Progress, June 20.
, 1926-06-30

local affairs in the book.
Teachers in Frederiksted district cor
rected the work done in Christiansted
district, and vice. versa. - West End
NelUS. Jlne 25.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
.CAL V|N|5M BAD
|. FOR D. CLAIM

LONDON, Sept. 17.-E @.
Bowen, of Aberystwyth College, in
the course of an address at the
British Association at Oxford a
few days ago on an anthropological
survey Of southwest Wales in order
to work out correlations with q
number of sociological data and
the distribution Of tuberculosis said
the problem that arose was how
was it that among the short, dark
5lonpheads Of the hill districts or
rural Wales the disease was SO
rampant; yet when the same physl-
cal tyne came down to the ap-
parently worse conditions of the
Industrial area he tended to be-
come immune?
Ho walso was 1t that the tall
fair-headed persons were immune
while on the open agricultural
lands, yet when they We're caught
in the wheels of industrialism they
seemed to fall an easy prey to in
fecting bacillus?
Mr.. Bowen answered that the
single farms system of the moor.
lands demanded much outdoor
WOIk ana AtA~
quality of the meals was also very
bad.
The emotional characteristics Of
dark longheads led them to chapel
gatherings and singing festivals.
Those meetings were often over
crowded, and ventilation was gen.
orally bad: and the congregation
had to walk long distances home
in the cold night air.
The main currents Of thought IN
these moorland areas ran in re-
ligious and theological channels,
chiefly Calvinistic factors, he said,
which led up to a fatalistic view
Of life and an ver-emphasis on a
future existence. This was re-
flected in the tendency to think
OF the human body as an object
Of corruption unworthy Of atten-
tion-a well-known feature of Cal
whistle hymnology.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
MARKET SITE PLEAS
GIVEN COMMISSION

The market committee of the
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission heard arguments
In favor of the midcity site for the
new Center Market yesterday.
A. J. Driscoll headed a delega-
ton from the Mid.City Citizens AS
sociation to advance the claims of
that location. Other witnesses also
were heard.
The Cosmopolitan Club. meeting
at the Lee House last night, re-
ferred the entire market site issue
to subcommittee headed by Ralph
Goldsmith. Frank Ghiselli made a
plea in favor of the midcity site
and advocates of the southwest
the latter
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
~ International News Service


NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Secre'
tary of the Treasury andrew w
Mellon arrived here today on the
S. S.5s Berengaria, after several
weeks vacation in Europe. and
asserted that, all rumors 10 the
contrary, at no time while IN
Europe did he confer on financial
matters.
Secretary Mellon admitted that
he had met a number Of distin-
guished statesmen, but said that
not once had international affairs
been discussed.
The secretary said that Premier
Mussolini, of Italy, seems to have
things well in hand" =
He is a very interesting man, >
said the Secretary. II saw him
twice.
The Secretary, his son, Paul, and
James Mckay, a schoolmate OF
Paul, were greeted by Philip Elting,
collector Of the port; Gerald b
Winston, Undersecretary OF the
Treasury, and others.
The Secretary is proceeding to
Washington this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
JAIL FOR
AUTO THIEVES
N international News Service

ATLANTA. Sept. 17.-Lonser
terms on Georgia chain gangs we're
urged by Superior Judge John T.
Humphries In denouncing the prac-
tice of giving suspended sentences
to youths convicted OF stealing auto.
mobiles. Judge Hunphries made
the accommodation in charging the
county grand jury.
Pointing out that 1905 cars we're
stolen in Atlanta in the space OF
one year. Judge Humphries de-
cIared automobile thievery wiIl
never be curbed unless stiffer en-
tences are imposed.
Judge Humphries also hit the
practice OF discriminating in favor
aof youths who came from good
families.
Before would discriminate in
favor OF boys with good families,
against the boys who have never
had the chance OF life they en-
joyed, would rather resign my
iudgeship," he declared. I'M
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
BROTHER, IDENTIFIED
AS CORPSE. FOUND HOME

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ll.-
Stricken with >apoplexy at Broad
way and Walnut Street, Camden
last night. an aged man was hur-
ried to Cooper Hospital. where the
doctors said he had died almost
instantly. A policeman and sew
eral other persons who saw hin
said at once that the victim was
Benjamin Fl. Roberts, Of Fourth
and Penn Streets. Asa. q younger
brother, was notified and he visit
ed the hospital.
"Yes: that Is my brother. said
Asa as. he turned sadly away.
With heavy heart he FASTENED 70
the Penn Street home. There sat
Benjamin reading newspaper.
81 just identified your body at
the hospital. gasped Asa.
After several hours. investtga-
tion the police discovered that the
dead man was Robert w. Janyier,
u years old, OF No. 572 Washing
ton ST
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
0. K. B STREE I
WIDE Ming

The widening Of B Street from
sixth 10 fifteenth Street Northwest
was formally approved by the Ma.
tional Capital Park and PLANNING
Commission today.
Al stretch. 20 feet in width. viii
be cut from the south side Of the
street. the north curbtng not being
touched. The new Archives and
Internal Revenue Building. which
are 10 Be erected on B Street, will
be set back so feet from the North
Curb line.
Formal approval Of the six ties
for bathing pools, that were not
definitely determined upon at last
months meeting, was voted today
Following the action OF the Fine
Arts Commission yesterday IN
sanctioning them. These sites al
ready have been made public.
At It's October meeting the Com
mission plans to make trip
down the Potomac as far as Wake.
field, the birthplace Of George
washington, with a view to de
|ternining what sites can be ac-
uuired for q new park system In
the environs of Washington. Forts
Hunt and Washington viii be
visited
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
JOHN e. DRAT.EY

John z. DraIey, Of 641 Morris
SC. N. &, died at his home yester
day. Funeral services viii he held
from his late residence tomorrow
morning at $50. Requiem mass
win be sung at the Church Of the
Holy Name at 9. Relatives and
friends have been invited to attend
Interment will be in st. Mary
Cemetery.
Mr. Draley was a member OF
Keane Council No. $50, knights Of
Columbus. Grand knight John e
Burns has requested members OF
the council to attend the funeral
In a body.
The deceased was the son OF Mrs.
Margaret and the late William ORA
ley.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
'ENTEZAN CASE
IS STUDIED

The District Commissioners today
considered the report OF Traffic Di-
rector M. o. Eldridge in the "Ente-
zam case" in which the director
requests that the city heads confer
with the State Department on the
advisability of requiring all mem
bers of the Diplomatic Corps who
drive automobiles to obtain opera
tors permits.
Eldridge's report on the case in
which Nine. Abdullah Entezam, wife
of the third secretary to the Per
sian embassy. was found responsible
for the death of Thomas j. Cadel IN
a traffic accident, is several pages
in length,
He sums up the testimony ad
duced before the coroner's jury and
adds that the Commissioners could
prevent a recurrence of such acci
dents by asking the State Depart.
ment to order the issuance or per-
mits.
Taking Lesson
It was brought out that Nine
Entezam was supposed to have been
under instruction at the time OF
her collision with the machine IN
which Cadet was riding.
The city heads hesitated in re-
leasing the report for publication
in view of a communication from
Nine. Entezam's attorney, in which
il is alleged that Eldridge has placed
the facts in the case in the wrong
light and that an answer should be
made to the report before further
publicity.
Eldridge's recommendation repre-
sents a wide departure from past
practices. Adoption Of his sugges-
tion by the State Department would
provide restrictions on the driving
by attaches Of embassies and lega-
tions which had never been con-
sidered before.
Criticism Harsh
The directors criticism OF the
carelessness OF diplomats who drive
automobiles about the streets Of the
city in apparent disregard of the
regulations is vehement.
The Commissioners said, however,
that no communication would be
made to the State Department until
after an opportunity has been af-
forded Nine. Entezam to, reply to
the statement Of the director.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
U. S. DEFERs ACTION
IN "plPL LoMA MILL" CASE

TAMPA, Fla, Sept. 17.-The pre-.
liminary hearing for DIR. George A.
Munich, local physician. charged
with using the mails to defraud the
Government in connection with the
operation of a diploma mill, = was
indefinitely postponed today at the
request OF Postoffice Inspector
Ward.
Ward requested the postponement
until he has time to investigate the
case further. He has been touring
the State for several days planning
to serve warrants on several ply
sicians suspected of practicing n1edi
cine with false licenses. But none
OF the writs have been served.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
AUTO THEFTs ARE LAID
TO FLOATING ELEMENT

ASHEVILLE, N. c., Sept. IT.
A large floating population AMI
ease of access to the States of
Virginia. Tennessee and Georgia
is assigned as the cause of an
unusually large number Of auto
thefts in this city lately.
Leland Harris. director OF the
local police auto theft bureau,
says that Asheville is at present
in the grip of a band of auto
thieves and that autos tare dis
appearing with great rapidity.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
ALFRED B. ROCHE

Funeral services for Alfred B,
Roche, who died Tuesday night, are
being held from hts late residence
1888 Columbia Rd. N. W., this aft
ernoon. Interment will be in the
Congressional Cemetery.
The funeral is being attended by
special delegation from Hope
Lodge, No. 20, F.. A.. A. M, OF
which Mr.. Roche was a member.
Mr.. Roche was the son Of Mrs,
Emma /. Roche and the late Pat.
rick II. Roche. For 28 years he
had been associated with Mayer
and Company, 419 Seventh st. N,
w, and at the time of his death
he was manager of the store. Mayer
and Company are closed today from
/ to p. m, out of respect for him.
Besides his mother, Mr.. Roche
Is survived by three sisters, Mrs.
Albert c. Beale. Mrs. David Yarnell,
Miss Elsie r. Roche and brother,
Harry T. Roche.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
ASKS POLICE TO MuzzLE
HER NElGhEoR,S CHICKEN

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Sept. IT,
A woman, who appeared at police
headquarters and demanded that
sOmthing be done to keep her
neighbor's chickens from awaken
ing her at o'clock in the morning,
declared she would go before the
mayor and the meeting Of the city
commission.
1T is awful the way hens and
roosters carry on. Something must
be done. One hen seems to be
Eysterieal. The roosters wake me
BY S a. m, when would like
to sleep until 8.
Police informed her that they
were powerIess to nuzzle the
chickens.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
TANNING RATTLEsNAKES
PLEASURE TO THIS MAN

MIDVALE, n. J.. Sept. 17.-Tam.
ing rattlesnakes Is a recreation
this summer of Arthur Hickey, a
resident of this borough. He claims
the amateur championship among
snake tanners.
He has caught nine rattlesnakns
on the slopes of Windbeam Noun.
tai during the last four months,
and says he has succeeded in pacify-
ing the wild instincts of the reptiles
until they eat from his hand.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
LUCK SHIP SAFE.
IN HURR|CANE:

NEW YORK. Sept. 17.-All the
luck sailors believe in--and that
means all the luck in the world
seems centered on the little old
Princess May. This antique steel
vessel steamed into port here after
passing through the hurricane that
carried the British freighter Loyal
Citizen to the bottom, with 80 men
trying to launch her lifeboats. The
Princess May came in with nothing
but salt-coated ernokestack to show
she had ever LETT port.
Where sailors meet and yarn,
there are hundreds of men eager ia
ship on this craft, From the day
she slid down into the sea In an. in
complete condition. properly douseo
with champagne, for she was
launched long before the prohibition
amendmeflt-the Princess May has
been lucky. Sailors know It. and
all are willing to gamble on her sea
worthiness, no matter where she
may be bound.
The Princess May was one Of the
first steel ships launched for regu-
lar commercial trade. She Is so. old
that her history includes the expert
enceS OF the famous klondike rush.
Even back in those days pros
pectors waited at Seattle until this
little one-stacker came in for an
0ther load. The myth was circu-
lated, and believed, that any man
who went to the gold fields on the
May would get a rich reward for
his patience at the Seattle pier.
There are gray-beards on the
Alaskan beach who still tell how
this story was justified.
The Princess May is only 1,703
tons grossa small steamship. But
that does not seem to matter. Year
after year she runs through the
worst Of the blows, and her crew
only laughs at the tempest. Super.
stitious as they are, they have come
to believe that aboard the Princess
May no harm can come to them.
Time, so far. has proved them right.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
DOG ADOPTS 4 KITTENS,
DRIVES AWAY MOTHER CAT

KINSToN, n. c.. Sept. IA
story OF how a small terrier dog
has been mother1ng four small kit
tens comes from Rich county.
A proud feline mother started IN
to rear the kittens and was appac-
entity making good job of it .unsil
the terrier took fancy to them.
She chased the mother cat away.
The kittens are now nursed by t.:e
dog and are apparently Indifferent.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
WOMAN EREcTs BUILDING
AS MEMORIAL TO SONS

COLUMBIA, s. c., Sept. IT,
Matilda Griffin, colored, is erecting
q unique war memorial here.
1t is a $1,000 modern brick bust
ness building being built out OF
insurance money paid her for tw0
sons killed in action during the
World War. The names Of the
soldiers, with the statement os
General Pershing as to their
deaths, will be inscribed on the
cornerstone OF the building.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
10TH DIVISION, A. E. F.,
is PLANNING REUNION

Members of the Seventy-ninth
Division. A. e. F., who live in
Washington, are planning to at
tend in large numbers the annual
reunion to be held in Philadelphia
September "a to 26.
Division members from Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland and the District
OF Columbia are requested to apply
to the Elks Club in Philadelphia
for all information as to the pro-
gram and the details of registration.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
PRIZE GIRL FARMER
SPURNS FOUR SuITORS

DANVILLE, N. H.. Sept. IT,
Miss Helen F. Bernsby, pretty
farmer maid, who recently won a
hand-mowing content In competition
with eleven men at the University
Of New Hampshire, has received
four proposals to marry and has
articles.
Miss Bernsby has turned them
all down. She will take a two
year agricultural course at the
State University.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
JURY MAY INDIcT YOUTH
FOR THEFT OF a BIBLE

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept. 1.-THE
Shelby county grand jury win be
asked to indict Leonard Enely II
Cleveland. Tenn, on charge of
larceny for the theft Of b Bible.
Arrested by detectives, the youth
Bible under the other. He admit
ted stealing the Bible.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
CHIPS OF LIBERTY BELL
COMPOSE FINGER RING

{ LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 17.--A
ring made from chips taken from
the Liberty Bell when it under.
went an operation in an effort
to restore its tone many years ago
is owned by Miss Helen Louise
Fry. daughter Of Prof. Howard M.
Fry, OF Franklin and Marshall
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
Princes in Cell

CAPEToWN, Sept. 17.-Princess
Retshosa and Obedsite Of the Ba-
nangwato tribe have been. sent &c
prison for 10, years for leading a
revolt against the new chief.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17

Two hundred points makes one
winner, zoo winners makes q Big
Time Party, which will see the
Dempsey-Tunney fight free. The
Times Herald pays the bills.
The Washington times., 1926-09-17
MRS. CAMILLA COLLINS

Mrs. Camilla Collins, aged 80
was buried in Congressional Gene.
terry yesterday, following funeral
services at the home of her son,
Thomas d. Collins, at his home,
APO New Hampshire Ave. n. w.
Mrs. Collins. who died at tho
home of a daughter in Brooklyn.
n. 2. was for many years a resi-
dent OF Washington. Fifteen years
ago she left this city to live with
her 1 daughter. Mrs. Walter de
Montreville.
The deceased, who was born in
Virginia, was the widow of John
w. Collins. She is survived by two
sons, Albert G.. and Thomas C. Col
Inns: three daughters. Mrs. de Mon
treyi1le, Mrs. John M. McDuell.
and Mrs. Robert z. Doyle, sr.;
nine grandchildren and eight great.
grandchildren. ssgesK