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Evening star., 1926-06-17
MARINE DECLARES
Staying UNINTENDED

Corpl. John Kulick of the Marine
Corps testified today in his own de-
fense before a jury in Criminal Di-
vision 2 He is on trial on an in
dictment charging him with murder
in the first degree in connection
with the killing of Pvt. John Ban
November S last. at the Marine
Barracks, when the private disputed
his order to get out of bed. kulick
was assigned to wake the 800 marines
that morning and got into a dis
pute with Ban
The accused told the jury that the
shooting was unintentional and that
his pistol exploded when he attempt
ed to strike the private on the
shoulder with the weapon after Ban
had struck him on the jaw. Kulick
said Ban refused when he told him
to get up from the bed. The cor
poral pulled the covers down, but
Ban replaced them.
The corporal then attempted to
turn him out by upsetting the bunk
but Ban hit him and showed him to
the wall, he stated. kulick then drew
his gun, with the intention as ex'
planned, and declared he was sur
prised that the weapon was fired
When he found Ban had been injured
he aided and called others to assist
him.
Attorney Frederick H. Myers is de
Tending the corporal, while the prose
cution is being conducted by Assist
ant United States Attorneys Collins
and Fihelly.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
COL. HENRY w. ANDERSON
RESIGNS AS u. S. AGENT
Declares Work of Claims Commits
sion in Mexico He Undertook
Is Nearly Completed.

President Coolidge today accepted
the resignation of Col. Henry w. An
derson of Richmond, Va, as agent of
the United States for the General and
Special Claims Commissions. United
States and Mexico, to become effective
at the end of this month.
In his letter to the President. which
was made public at the White House
today. Col. Anderson stated that the
work which he undertook has been
substantially accomplished and that
he is now anxious to give his atten-
ton to his personal affairs.
In replying to Col. Anderson the
President said: While l regret that
YOU have felt it necessary to tender
YOUR resignation, | understand YOUR
desire to devote your attention to your
personal affairs and must. of course.
accede to your wishes to be relieved
of your official duties. In doing SO
want to express my genuine appre-
citation of the valuable services you
have rendered to the Government
while occupying your important posi-
ton"
1t is understood that Col. Anderson s
successor will be appointed immedi-
ately.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
COURT UPHOLDS WILL
OF MRS. YEATMAN
Widow of Former Georgetown Law
School Official Left Most
to Brother.

\ jury in the Supreme Court of
the District OF Columbia, Justice A.
A. Hoehling presiding, today re-
turned a verdict sustaining the will
of Mrs. Annie V. Yeatman. the
widow of Samuel NJ. Yeatman. who
was for many years prior to his
death in 1905 secretary and treas
urer of Georgetown Law School Mrs.
Yeatman died in this city on March
2. 1925, leaving an estate of about
$50, 900
The contest directed against her
Will was instituted by Mrs. Yeat-
mans only grandchild. Mrs. Helen
Doughty Of Chattanooga. Tenn, who
claimed the entire estate.
Mrs. Yeatman had beQueathed to
Mrs. Doughty the sum of 81 900. leav-
ing the bulk of her estate to her broth.
er, Edward NJ. Hail. 1407 Kennedy
street, with whom she was residing
at the time of her death. Charitable
institutions mentioned in Mrs. Yeat-
mans will included the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home, Calvary Baptist
Church and the Baptist Home for the
Aged.
Mrs. Yeatman was one of the orig
inal incorporators of the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home, and was a past
the Eastern Star. She was also an
active member of the Excelsior Lit.
erary Club Of this city, and one of the
teachers in the Chinese missionary de
partment of Calvary Baptist Church.
where she attended for a number of
years.
Attorneys Cromelin & Laws, Eliza
beth c. Harris and Chester H. Gray
defended the will.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
JONES MAUSOLEUM
TO Be DEDICATED
Memorial at Warsaw, Va.,.
to Friend of Philippines to
Be Unveiled Sunday.

Many high officials of the Federal
Government and of the State Of Viz.
ginia will visit Warsaw. Va. next
Sunday afternoon TO take part in the
ceremonies attending the dedication
of the mausoleum resting on the grave
of William Atkinson Jones. former
congressional Representative from that
district. Representative Jones was the
author of the bill. known as the Jones
act extending larger measures of self
government to the Philippine Islands
with q view to the ultimate independ
ence of the people. He died in this
city April IS, 1918, and the people Of
the Philippines at once inaugurated a
movement in recognition of his serv
ices in their behalf. The mausoleun1
now to be dedicated was constructed
by noted Italian artist and will he
erected over Mr.. Jones' grave in War
saw with funds raised entirely through
voluntary contributions in the Philip
pines.
Formal presentation Of the memorial
will be made by Sergio Osmena, presl-
dent of the Philippine Senate. and viii
be accepted on behalf of the State Of
Virginia and the family of Mr.. Jones
by Senator Carter Glass of Virginia.
Judge Joseph w. Chinn of Warsaw
! will preside at the ceremonies, and the
actual unveilng will be performed by
William A. Jones, Sd. and Archibald
T. Hopkins, grandsons of Representa-
tive Jones. In addition to the pres
entation and acceptance speeches, ad-
dresses also will be made by Repre-
sentative S. o. Bland of Virginia. Mr..
Pedro Guevara, resident Philippine
Commissioner, and State Senator
Thomas j. Downing of Virginia. Re-
ligious exercises will be conducted by
Rev. Arthur h. Kinsolving of ST.
Paul's Church. Baltimore. and music
will be rendered by the Army Band.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
HOUSE PASSES SEVEN
SENATE INDIAN BILLS
Six Ready for President. One Pro-
posing Dam Goes Back
$n

Seven Senate bills pertaining to In
dian affairs were passed yesterday by
the House. Six of them now go to the
President. while the other, proposing
an irrigation dam on the Walker Riv-
er. in Nevada, goes to conference be-
tween the two houses for adjustment
Of minor differences. The bills pro-
pose:
Use of Memaloose Island in the Co.
lumbia River for a burial ground for
Yakima Indians and confederated
tribes.
Erection, at Burns. Greg. of an
$4,000 school for Piute Indian children
Payment of S611.55 to Truck zee Car
son irrigation district in Nevada to re-
imburse for money spent maintaining
drains in 1924-25.
Appropriation of $4,000 for an irri.
cation dam on the Walker River for
irrigation of Indian reservation.
Appropriation of $l25. 900 for compile.
ton of road from Tucson to Ajo via
Indian Oasis. Ariz.
Setting aside of Rice Lake and CON
uguous lands in Minnesota for eXclu-
sive use and benefit of Chippewa In.
dians.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
THOUSANDS GREET PRELATEs.

SYRACUSE. n. Y. June Il PD.-
Reverent crowds greeted the cardi-
nails special train as it crossed New
York State last night bearing nine
princes of the church and their suites
to the eucharistic congress in Chicago.
At every hamlet and cross roads
throngs watched the passing Of the
seven-car train with its coaches
painted red. 1t stopped at larger
cities, and thousands received the
papal benediction from Cardinal Bon
Zano, the apostolic delegate.
In Syracuse more than $4,000 per-
sons greeted the cardinals and their
retinues.
Old Albany. which in its youth
knew the Jesuit fathers of the Iro-
quois missions, gave the cardinals a
tumultous welcome. They were well
coined by Bishop Gibbons and Mayor
Thacher.
From a balcony Of the railroad sta
ton Cardinal BonZano gave the bless
ing to the silent throng that knelt in
the rotunda. Then from a train plat
form he repeated the benediction for
thousands gathered in the streets out
side the station.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
U. S. POSITIONS OPEN.
Several Vacancies Announced by
Civil Service Commission.

The United States Civil Service Com
mission has announced open competi-
tive examinations to fill the following
vacancies:
Junior typist at s1.140 a year, jun
ior stenographer at 1890 a year, de-
partmental service. Washington.
Assistant architect. supervising
architects office, Treasury Depart
ment. at $2,400 a year.
Economist taxation) at $3S00 a
year. associate economist ttaxation)
at $4,000 a year, assistant economist
(taxation) at $2.40O a year. Forest
Service. Department of Agriculture,
for duty in Washington or in the field.
Associate natural gas engineer, Bu-
reau Of Mines. Department o. Com
merce, for duty at Fort Worth, Texas,
at $4,000 a year.
Assistant scientific aid (pharmacol-
ogy), Bureau of Chemistry. Depart
ment of Agriculture. for duty in Wash
ington, or in the field. at $500 q year.
Senior medical technician (pathol
ogy), Surgeon Generals Office, War
Department, at 81, $50 a year.
Special agent, intelligence unit. Bu
reau of Internal Revenue. Treasury
Department. at $2.400 to $4,000 year
Junior aquatic biologist Fisheries
at $1,860 a year. Junior aquatic biolo
gist 0imnology and oceanography) al
ST. $50 a. year, Bureau of Fisheries, De
partment of Commerce, for duty in
Washington, or in the field.
Naturalization examiner, law, Nat
uralization Service. Department of La
Dor. for duty in Washington, or else
where. at $2,100 a year.
Assistant statistician. Bureau of the
Census, at 81 400 year.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained from the office
of the United States Civil Service
Commission. 1924 F. street
Evening star., 1926-06-17
AMERICAN CONSUL'S CLEVER
RUSE SAVED Annoy TO CHINA
Johnson Got British to Enter on Heels of Japanese.
Paid Off Native Troops, Then Got Both
Armies to Leave Port.

lieved there was any breakdown Of
local authority. and both thought the
Japanese landing was in anticipation
of the partition OF China. Annoy was
the finest harbor In south China,
nearest to Manila, and hence John
sons anxiety that this harbor be not
alienated
Peking was in the hands OF the
Boxers, the legation just emerging
from a long siege; the Emperor and
Dover Empress were refugees. Still
the American consul protested there
was no disorder in the city war
ranting the presence of either Japan
ese or British troops.
But the ruse nearly went awry.
Chinese troops garrisoned there were
on the verge Of mutiny because their
pay was in arrears.
Consul Johnson was popular with
Chinese officials. They conf1ded to
him that unless they could produce
Immediately 100000 to pay the troops
they would mutiny and loot the city.
Johnson deliberated: then assured the
Chinese officials he would provide the
funds IL certain peace and order would
be maintained.
Silk Stores Looted.
The following night some Chinese
silk stores were looted but the looters
were caught. The officials reported
to johnson these arrests as evidence
Of the potency of the Chinese govern
ment of the region. Johnson directed
the matter be kept secret until after
the outlaws were executed. He de-
manded that the execution take place
at sunrise next morning.
At sunup troops. prisoners and
ha
but at signal the soldiers threw
down their arms, refusing to proceed
| unless their arrears OF pay were
forthcoming. It WAS feared they
would Join the looters. The American
consul hastened to the scene and
pledged the unruly soldiers he would
bring their money to the Yamen. The
| outlaws were beheaded and their
heads swung on poles with placards
proclaiming the crime and warning
others to behave.
johnson drew on the Secretary OF
State for $40 900, which he received In
silver dollars. He spent hours divid.
ing the money into sacks of 500 each
and that night supervised its delivery
| TO the Chinese military.
Then he called consular confer
ence and reiterated that the troops
| were not necessary since order was
being maintained. He cited the exc
cution as evidence The British
promptly agreed to investigate and, if
warranted. have the British force
| Withdrawn. providing the japanese
marines were. A few weeks later
both British and Japanese troops were
removed simultaneously. Some months
later the Chinese authorities refund
ed the $4,000 and made the offer
Of the island of kulangsu The Nc
kinley administration declined to ac.
cept it and suggested 1t be set aside
| as an international concession under
consular control. kulangsu has since
remained an international settlement
Evening star., 1926-06-17
V0|GT'S PARENTS
REFUTE CHARGES
Deny Mistreating Daughter
in-LaW or Alternating
Sons Affections.

Edward Voigt, sr., jeweler, and ms
wife, Mrs Charlotte Voigt, testlneo
today before Justice Hitz and jury
in Circuit Division 2 in the suit Tor
SlOO. 900 damages brought against
them by Mrs. Hilda c. Voigt, Whe OF
their son, Edward Voigt, who charges
that her parentS.inlaw alienated the
affections Of her husband. Both oe'
PENDANTS denied emphatically that
thew had ever attempted to have their
son mistreat his wife or had ever
spoken against her or told him that
she was not good enough for MN.
II absolutely deny that either my
wife or myself" testified the eider
Voigt. "ever told our son mat ne
should not have married his wife
or that Ire should have married for
money. We did not point out to hlm
a number Of women with money ana
suggest that he should have taken
one of them for his wife. We never
told him that she was not good
enough for him, and we never toio
him or her TO leave our house.
Denies Other Allegation.
The father also denied that he had
forbid the younger Mrs. Voigt to have
company. and that he had said she
could only bring her family at
Christmas. Noigt also denied spe-
officially the other allegations made
by the plaintiff while she was on the
witness stand.
The elder Mrs. Noigt corroborated
the testimony of her husband and
when asked if she had any affection
for her grandchildren. her eyes f1iled
with tears. II certainly have and
always had" she said "as I am god
mother for one of them and my hus-
band and I attended the christening
of both children" Mrs. Foigt denied
that she had used abusive language
to her daughterin-law or ordered her
to bring chair for young Voigt TO
the table.
Claimed Pleasant Relations.
"My attitude and that of my hus-
band toward our daughter-in-law,
said Mrs. Voigt, was always very
pleasant / never had any reason to
order her out of the house, as was
testified by her. nor for calling her
vile names" Mrs. Voigt, ST., stated
that she always had found her
daughter-in.law a good, moral
woman"
Attorney T. Morris Wampler cross
examined both witnesses, but they
stuck to their testimony. Attorneys
Charles w. Darr and Seton Darr
are representing the defendants.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
SUICIDE ATTEMPT FOILED
IN SECOND PRECINCT CELL

Police of the second precinct frus-
trated a suicide attempt last night
by Clarence Tomlin. cOlored, % years
old. one of five prisoners who es-
capped from the Freehold, y. j., jail
Monday night. Attracted by noise
in the CELL police entered before he
had injured himself. He used his
shirt in the attempted hanging.
Tomlin, who was arrested here
Tuesday afternoon for an alleged
traffic violation at Fourteenth and
Church streets and gave his name as
Charles Williams, was returned to
Freehold this morning to face a
grand jury investigation on charges
of participating in a holdup. At
the time Of his arrest here by Po-
liceman S. !. Young of the second
precinct, Tomlin was accompanied
in an automobile by another colored
man. who disappeared from the car
when it was stopped near Thomas
Circle. The car bore a pasteboard
license tag.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Villages Show New Growth.

Villages and small towns are again
showing increase in popula ton, con-
trary to popular understanding. AS
a matter of fact the Institute of So
cial and Religious Research has
found from heretofore unpublished
census hgures that the rate of CITY
population increase in 1900 to 1920
fell from s4 per cent to SCI per cent
while the rural rate was pushed up
to 2O.7 per cent. This discrepancy is
due to government bookkeeping ac-
cordinS to Robert McCulluch who
made study for the survey. The
government automatically changes
town or WALLACE to a city when it
reaches $500 population.
Manila has water shortage
Evening star., 1926-06-17

dence, where he will make his head
quarters.
A huge civic reception. in which rep
resentatives of the city, State and Ma
tional governments are scheduled to
participate. has been arranged for to-
morrow night 1t will be held at the
Coliseum.
The welcoming party of clergy were
in their robes Of office, Cardinal Nun
delein in cardinal red, bishops in pur-
pie and others in official regalia.
Mayor William f. Dever and County
Clerk Robert NJ. Sweitzer stood beside
Cardinal Mundelein as the visiting
princes of the church were welcomed.
Cardinal O'Donnell, primate of all
Ireland, was the first to be escorted
from the station runway to the pro-
cession car Hats were doffed and
many dropped to their knees for the
cardinals blessing.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
ASYLUM ATTENDANTS
CLEARED IN DEATH
Fatal Injury to Colored Man Who
Objected to Hair Cut Acct
dent, Says Jury.

William r. Mcintyre and Irving r.
Sweeney. attendants at st. Elizabeth g
Hospital, were acquitted today by a
jury in Criminal Division before JUS
tice Bailey of a charge of manslaugh
ter In connection with the death of
William Green. colored. a patient at
the hospital, July Il, 1924. Green OBJ.
Jected TO having his hair cut and in
the struggle the three men fell against
settee on which Green struck his
head and sustained the injury result
ing in his death. The prosecution had
TO rely for much of it's testimony on
inmates of the insane asylum, while
the defendants told the jury they were
carrying out orders and that the death
Of the man was an accident
Attorneys Lucien RI. Nandoren and
James A. OShea represented the ac-
cused. while the prosecution was con.
Quoted by Assistant United States At
torneys Rover and Ffhelly.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
HISTORIC HOME BURNS.
Deer Park Cottage of John T. NC
Graw Is Destroyed.

CUMBERLAND. Md. June Il
The historic cottage built at Deer
Park in 1866 by former United States
Senator Henry G. Davis and later the
home of Col John II. McGraw, Demo
cratic national committeeman from
West Virginia, was destroyed by hre
late Yesterday. supposed to have orig
mated from defective fiue while
servants were burning trash in the
fireplace.
Col. McGraw bought the cottage
from Senator Davis and it was the
Summer home of his sister, Mrs.
Deberiz The house had been the
scene of important political confer
ences and elaborate entertainments of
notables in years gone by. Much Of
the furniture and contents were
saved from the flames.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
BY the Associated Press.

PEKING. June 17.-How an
American consul fearing that the
partition Of China was threatened
after the Boxer uprising in 1900,
Unanswered to save Annoy, It's finest
southern port, for China. has been
told here by Capt. TON" T. CO.
Hutchins, erstwhile naval attache to
Peking.
The intimate story, never before
published. discloses that American
silver dollars averted mutiny or
Chinese troops. caused the execution
Of some Chinese outlaws, erected the
evacuation by the Japanese OF the
island of kulangsu through a ruse IN
which the British consul participated
and. finally, brought into being the
present day international settlement
in South China's great harbor.
The account shows the practical ma
ture of Americas friendship for China
and reveals the reSourceful methods
employed by an American consul-A.
Burlingame Johnson-to befriend the
ancient empire at a critical time.
U. S. Declines Island.
China out of gratitude offered to
make America a gift Of the island of
Kulangsu, but the United States de-
the form of decorating Consul John
son with the order Double Dragon of
the Rising Sun" He now is a mem
Der Of the California State Senate,
having retired after nearly twenty
Capt. Hutchins said that in the
years in the consular service.
year of the Boxer uprising similar dis
utrbances were occurring in southern
China, but on a smaller scale. Serious
trouble threatened foreign commerce
In Annoy. The japanese. having
acquired the island of Formosa. landed
a detachment of marines and blue
Jackets on the mainland. Formal pro-
tests were made to the Japanese con.
officer that the landing was unneces-
sary and an infringement of China S
rights, but the Japanese stayed on.
Thereupon the British and American
consuls put their heads together.
johnson suggested to Rear Admiral
Henderson Of the British navy and
British Consul Mansfield that they
land marines on the Bund adjacent to
the Japanese, thus complicating the
International problem. johnson would
file protest similar to that he and
the British had made TO the Japanese
landing, then trust TO complications
arising which would render it advis.
able for both to withdraw.
British Land Troops.
The British landed marines. They
hoisted the Union Jack just across the
street from the Japanese and dragged
field pieces to points of vantage. Then
the American consul protested, re-
ceiving from the British the reply that
Japan had made. namely. that the
Chinese government had lost control;
there was no central government at
Peking; it was necessary to protect
nationals.
Neither Johnson nor the British be
Evening star., 1926-06-17
CARDINALS TRAIN AT TOLEDO
Large Crowd Greets Legate and Prel.
ates While Train Is Closely
Inspected.

TOLEDO. Ohio, June II R.-The
special train carrying the papal legate
and other dignitaries of the Catholic
Church from New York to Chicago for
the Eucharistic Congress, arrived here
at 1854 O'Clock this morning, Is
minutes ahead of schedule.
Picked crews of New York Central
employees inspected every wheel and
connection, a load of flowers was
placed aboard, engines changed. and
this divisions veteran trainmen con-
tinued the journey at 4:01 am. A
large floral piece also w& taken
aboard at Cleveland where the train
stopped at an East End depot and the
crew changed.
Despite the early hour a huge
crowd was at the station.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Finds Mother Dead.

Mrs. Mary V. Kidwell, IS years, 1920
W street, Anacostia, was found dead
in bed shortly after o'clock this
morning by her son, Policeman John
kidwell of the eleventh precinct,
With whom she had resided since
the death of her husband a number
OF years ago. Mrs. Kidwell, who re-
sided near Camp Springs, Md. prior
to the death OF her husband, had
recently been in poor health.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Army Land Sale Date Set.

Sale at public auction of abandoned
military reservations in La Fourche,
Jefferson and Plaquemnes parishes on
he Gulf Coast was announced today
by the Interior Department. The sale
will be held at Baton Rouge, La, ON
October H. The 3.464 acres in the
reservations will be disposed of at
not less than 81 $685., the valuation
placed upon the property.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
GROTTO TO MEET IN OHIO,

ST. LOUIS. June II R.-The 1927
Grotto convention will be in Cleve-
land. it was decided today at the
closing session of the thirtyseventh
annual convention Of the Supreme
Council. Mystic Order of Yelled
Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, a
Masonic social organization.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
$4,000 Asked for Frieze.

An appropriation of 100000 for
completing the historial frieze in the
rotunda of the Capitol and the resto-
ration of the frieze now in place Is
asked in a supplemental estimate sent
to Congress today by President Cool
idge.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Ancient Cobblers Famous.

AS long ago as 1915 there were cob
blers who grew rich in their trade
and gave credence to the old saying
that the cobbler should stick to his
last" One cobbler of that time was
found to have 100000 gold forms
Nathaniel Ward. an Englishman born
in 1870, was a scholar of high rank
and in his later years a cobbler OF
note. He graduated at Cambridge.
travelled the continent. became a
theologian and as a Puritan came to
Massachusetts and formed the first
code of laws in New England. He
was the author of the satiric work
The Simple Cobbler of Agawam."
The beaver, usually considered a
t,,cy a,,,y cla hp, lo,
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Women's Bureau Favored.

The bill legalizing the Women's Blu.
reau of the local police department
was favorably reported to the House
today for the committee on District
of Columbia by Representative Rath-
bone
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Hagerstown Postmaster Named.

President Coolidge today sent to the
Senate the nomination of Edward NJ
Tenney to be postmaster of Hagers'
town, Md.