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Evening star., 1927-06-01
DEPUTY CONTROLLER
COLLINS TO RETIRE
Will Leave Government Service
and Resume Law Practice
Here July /.

Charles w. Collins. deputy controller
of the currency, will retire from the
Government service July l and re-
sumo his law practice here. Mr..
Collins has held Office since 1923.
Mr. Collins played leading role in
the enactment and putting into effect
war financial measures. the budget
and accounting act of 1921 ana the
Pepper McFadden bank act Of this
year. He interested the late Medin
Mccormick in the budget idea and
had him introduce the first bill in the
House and later in the Senate. When
the Bureau of the Budget came into
existence Mr.. Collins was appointed
by Gen. Dawes, then its head, as its
first counsel.
Mr. Collins was appointed deputy
controller and counsel for the con-
troller at time when there was great
need of constructive banking leGisla-
ton. Under the direction Of Controller
Dawes. he set to work to draft
banking bill. During the three-year
fight over the bill he was legal advisor
to both House and Senate committees,
and to him is due much of the credit
for its passage.
Before entering the Government
service he was constitutional lawyer.
During the last few years he has be-
come an authority on Government
procedure and banking law.
Evening star., 1927-06-01

or Horace Greeley's Tribune, it was
all new to the boy on the Wabash,
whose world was the frontier clearing;
it was recreation and not study. We
were better off with books that have
lived through the ages than we should
have been with many of the modern
best sellers. Don't waste any SYM
pathy on the boys who read by the
fire light 20 Years ago.
They devoured their books, re-
membering what they read, and that
was education. 1t was not a collegiate
course. but 1t was often better in that
the teachers at hand were the books
that had survived the centuries.
had to read the Bible through every
year from the time l was nine years
old until I was Is. The Bible has all
my life furnished me with texts and
illustrations, as useful in political dis
cussion as they are to clergymen.
Spirited Spelling Contest.
"A spelling school was a spirited
contest between rival day schools.
and the contests were almost as lively
as the college contests over foot ball
and base ball to the present genera
ton; but then we had no need for
athletic contests in school hours for
we had those at the log rollings. the
house raisings and harvest time. as
we'll as in SNOWFALL battles and the
games of shiny.
There was often great excitement
as the rival champion spoilers stood
on opposite sides of the schoolroom
and the teacher, exhausting the old
spelling book, took to the dictionary
and began to hurl unusual and diff
cult words at them, and when the con-
test was ended the champion who had
spelled down everybody else was d
hero as we'll as the acknowledged best
scholar i'll that neck of the woods. 1t
was not necessary to introduce re-
formed spelling in those days, because
we learned to spell according to the
best authority and we did not forget.
Evening star., 1927-06-01
HELD UNDER BIG BOND
ON ASSAULT CHARGES
Colored Man Said by Police to Ad-
nit Attacking Four
Women.

Louis Johnson. colored. 20 years
old. said by police to admit assaults
on four women. two of whom were
slugged with milk bottles. was held
under S45. .000 bond to await action of
the grand jury when he pleaded not
guilty to three charges of housebreak-
ing before Judge Schuldt in Police
Court this morning.
Johnson, who recently came here
from North Carolina. was arrested
Monday morning by Policemen +. J.
Frazier. II. NJ. Hilldrup and w. L.
Wingfeld,
Mrs. Mildred Hawkins of 1919 Ben
ming road and Mrs. Charles Dick, in,
of 1885 Benning road had been hit
in the face with milk bottles, Wielde d
by burglar who stole $40 from
Mrs. Hawkins. A burglary at the
home of Joseph Kline, 1901 MOnte!lo
avenue northeast, also is charged to
Johnson.
The youth is said to have admitted
assaulting Mrs. Mary Bertram, 643
Florida avenue northeast. and Mrs
Hattie Dinges, 235 South Capitol
street, May "a.
Evening star., 1927-06-01
MAJ. A. G. FRANKLIN DIES.
Medical officer Succumbs at Hos
pital After Long Illness.

Maj Albert G. Franklin, Medical
Corps. u. S. A. died today at Walter
Reed Hospital. after a long illness.
Maj. Franklin, a native Virgnian
had been patient at the hospital for
the past few months. coming here
from Fort sam Houston, Tex He was
born in Richmond in 1873 and entered
the Medical Reserve Corps as a cap.
tain in 1918. He was promoted to
major, Medical Corps, July /, 1920,
and elected TO serve with the Regular
Army.
Maj. Franklin graduated from the
University College of Medicine al
Richmond in 1897. He is survived by
his widow and two grown Children.
Mrs. Franklin was with him when he
died. Funeral arrangements have not
yet been announced.
Evening star., 1927-06-01
LAW GIVING WOMEN.
Jury DUTY UPHELD.
Justice HoehIing Makes RuI-
ing on Appeal From Muir
der Verdict.

Woman jurors have come to stay in
Washington.
Justice Hoehling of the District Su.
preme Court today decided that the
recent act of Congress making women
competent to serve on juries but leav-
ing such service optional with them
is valid. The court also held that
the wife of deputy United States
marshal is not disqualified for jury
service because her husband is in the
pay of the United States.
The questions formed the principal
basis of a motion for a new trial filed
by Attorney Abner Siegal on behalf
of Malcomb Howard. coIored. convict
ed of murder in the first degree in
connection with the death of Jessie
Nelson February d. The motion was
overruled and Howard will be SEN
fenced to the electric chair.
Court Goes Into Details.
Justice Hoehlng rendered a lengthy
opinion in which he first points out
that the evidence was sufficient 10 sup
port the verdict of the jury and then
considers the two questions of the
eligibility of the woman jurors. On
the question of the service of women
generally under the new act Justice
Hoehling says:
The theory of this objection is that
me legislation is discriminatory in
that while men who possess tbs
necessary qualifications are compelled
to serve, such service is optional with
women. AS to this, it is to be Oh.
served that the provision of the law
regard iC II
women who possess the necessary
qualifications as jurors, and also that
1t has equal application to all qualified
members of the class concerned"
Congress doubtless recognized :"
continues Justice Hoehling, "the fact
that certain reasons, both of conven-
fence and necessity, pertain to and
AFFECT women which do not equally
apply TO men. Indeed. that has always
been so, and it has been repeatedly so
recognized as reflected in legislative
enactments"
The court points out that counsel
for Howard knew OF the selection of
the two women to serve on the Jury
panel some time before his case was
called and should have raised the
question of their disqualification be-
fore the jury panel had been sworn.
Further Comment on Same Point.
The court also refers to the publici
ty given the innovation of woman
Jurors in the public press and to the
fact that tn" names and addresses of
the jurors were submitted to counsel
who accepted the panel without exam
NATION of the individual members.
No information was suppressed or
misstated by the juror whose service
is attacked and if counsel had seen
fit to examine her he could have
ELECTED the information that her hus-
band is a deputy L. S. marshal and
he could have excused her from
service.
Justice Hoehling reviews the law
as to the service of an incompetent
juror being discovered after trial and
cites the Bush case in the l.. s.
Supreme Court holding the objection
comes too late if raised after verdict.
Since the service of the husband
had he been on the jury. would not
have been basis for granting a new
trial. the court holds that the objec-
ton to the service of the wife is
even more untenable.
Evening star., 1927-06-01

Continued from First Page)
at 10 Downing street, that little house
from which SO big a slice of this
world Is being run. Mr.. Baldwin con-
graduated me on my success and
asked me to tell him the story of how
l flew from New York to Paris.
l told him the reception which Lon
don had given me, especially at Croy.
don, certainly showed the British were
far from being phlegmatic people.
The rest of their reception after Croy-
don had been quieter than that hectic
week 1 spent in Paris, but l am sure
it was none the less sincere.
Entertained by Astors.
Mr.. Baldwin took me out on the
balcony of his house, from which we
watched a rehearsing Of trooping the
colors. This is a magnificent sight.
and no one who has ever had the
privilege of seeing it can ever forget
it. 1t seemed to me to epitomize the
dignity and power of the British EN-
pire.
This afternoon went to have tea
at the invitation of Lord and Lady
Astor at the House of Commons. NV
host and hostess were very kind to
myself and my plans We took a
turn through the House of Commons,
and l listened to the debate for a
while. although l did not follow it
closely.
Now, 1t has all been arranged that /
will be back in New York on June IA.
Arrangements have been completed
today by which l shall return to
America on a destroyer, which the
Government of my country has done
me the honor to place at my disposal
As l promised when in Paris, / will
leave Europe from the country where
l landed. The British air force has
promised to give me an airplane on
Thursday, and / will fly back to the
French capital, leaving London around
3 O'Clock and arriving in Paris about
$50 O'Clock. Oh. Friday / shall
straighten out my affairs and pack up,
and on Saturday morning fly down to
Cherbourg. from which port / will
sail
This morning I few the Spirit of ST.
Louis down to Gosport. near Ports
mouth, where the Royal Air Force is
going to dismantle and box it for me.
Because of my many engagements it
had seemed difficult for me to fly it
down there. but | wished to make sure
it got boxed right.
SO ] got up at o'clock, motored
out to Croydon and flew the ship down
to GOsport, which took about so min.
utes. There ! gave full directions for
taking down the plane, and urged
especially taking care of the wing
which will need a box nearly so feet
long.
Then l flew back to Croydon on a
little single-seater Woodcock, an Eng
lish plane, which did the run from
Gosport to Croydon in As minutes.
Like the Spirit of st. Louis, this plane
is an air-cooled motor, and in many
respects resembles the American
fighters. Although had never seen
II before, found no trouble in hand
| ling it.
Regrets Tame Voyage.
1t has certainly filled me with no
little regret to consign my ship TO
such a tame voyage back home. 1t
seems a sort of wrong thing to do,
sort Of unfair to my ship, for the
Evening star., 1927-06-01

1t was a disgrace not to spell well,
and what a hubbub would have been
created by any effort on the part of
the Government to reform spelling by
making it easy!
The Singing Master.
'Then there was the singing master.
The country has lost through his de-
parture. He taught everybody to sing.
and where all could sing and did sing
there was not much use for church
choirs and no conscious loss in the
absence of the opera. The singing
master was a unique and picturesque
character. He belonged to the whole
community, more even than did the
schoolmaster or the circuit rider He
belonged to day that has gone by,
and the boys and girls of this genera
ton have missed nothing more at
tractive in the old life than the sing
ing school, and no more disinterested
friend or picturesque character than
the singing master.
Following the admonition of st.
Paul, he insisted on serving the Lord
with gladness and singing and MAX
ing melody in the heart. The singing
master Travelled about from one com
munity to another and orgaized classes
or subscription schools. He recognized
no exceptions, but insisted that every
one could sing and must sing. / have
not in recent years been able to inn
press my musical talent on either my
children or my friends and colleagues
in Congress. but l have never doubted
my ability to sing and have got con.
siderable comfort out of my efforts.
] sometimes think it is as good as a
faith cure, for no one can sing with
out feeling better for trying to make
melody with the lips which will also
make melody in the heart. 1t might
be good idea to reincarnate the
singing master and teach every man.
woman and child to sing in a time
of hysteria and confusion and con.
nict.'
tCopyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-06-01
BODY OF NAVAL OFFICER
TO BE BROUGHT TO U. S.

On board the cruiser Memphis, which
Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh will use
for his triumphal return to the United
States, is the body of Rear Admiral
A. " Wadhams, retired American
naval officer, who died recently In
France.
1t is the custom, ii was said today
at the Navy Department, to return TO
America on American warships naval
men who have died in foreign waters.
Admiral Wadhams had long career
in the Navy, having been graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1868. He
had served on the Pacific, Atlantic
and China stations. During the war
with Spain he was in command of the
eighth coast defense district. lie
was recalled to active duty in Wash.
ington during the World War, and
later was commander OF the naval
prison at Portsmouth, \. H. He was
born at Wadhams Mills, \. Y.
Evening star., 1927-06-01
Police Forbidden
To Drink Liquor
In Own Homes

Members of the Metropolitan
police force have lost the right to
drink Intoxicating liquors in their
own homes while off duty.
1t has been contrary to the po-
lice manual for any policeman to
become intoxicated 'in any public
place. since May, 1925, but an
amendment added by the District
Commissioners yesterday. on rec
ommendation of Mai. Edwin 3.
Hesse, superintendent of police.
eliminates the words ''in any
public place"
Evening star., 1927-06-01

Spirit of St. Louis is quite capable of
going anywhere itself.
1t could have flown back, either by
going west or on a long voyage east.
and / felt in a way that it deserved
to be taken back that way. But that
seems impracticable at this time, and
both my ship and myself are fitting
into the eXigencies of tho situation
Some other time it may be all diff
ferent.
You see, I have made this flight
across the Atlantic largely to show
that it was practicable, that an air
route across the ocean was entirely
practicable.
Now. in way, my ship and 1 seem
to be leaving room for people to say
that it was only a freak stunt; that If
it was really practicable l would go
back by air. as / came by air.
Well, | do not regard my task as
completed, and I shall keep on work
ing to help make air travel safer and
utijpl+pY-
Evening star., 1927-06-01
SneciaI Saturday Afternoon

train to Manassas and Warrenton, Va,
and way stations, beginning June 4th.
Leave Washington 2:05 pm. Southern
Railway, 1910 Fl St. NV. Tel. Main
56SS and 7O6a.-AdveNisement.
Evening star., 1927-06-01
Hopes to Further Air Travel.

There is no doubt in my mind that
The time will come III the not distant
future when flying across the Atlantic
will not be something to make noise
about If I can contribute in a small
way to that result, / will not be dis
appointed.
In addition to the attention to avia-
ton development which has resulted
from my flight, ! have noticed on all
sides on the part of officials and other
influential people mention that it has
had political influence. This was
not foreseen by me, and therefore
came as something of a surprise.
1t seems, however, that there was
a psychological factor involved in that
New YorEto.Paris flight which has
caused the United States to be men.
toned so often, and that in q pleasant
sort Of way
/ have been asked often today. now
that my return has been arranged,
what are my plans after reaching the
United States. 1t is entirely exact that
| have now no plans beyond my ar
rival.
Also I have to sift out various pro-
posals which have been made to me
and guide my actions by the one
thought of furthering aviation.
am llOI SOlllS 10 become IL moving
picture actor. That is one firm deci-
sion.
Feared Food During Trip.
Here in London they have patented
the expression that l flew across the
Atlantic on ham sandwich, and
there has been much talk about my
being an raordinary person be-
cause l could do without food
But 1t Is all a mistake to suppose
that | did not get hungry, and the
real reason that / did not eat the
food / had was that l feared it might
make me sleepy. and that would have
been fatal.
SO l stayed hungry in order better
to keep awake-and I did get sleepy.
AS a matter of fact, l have not COM
pletely caught up yet.
Now that L am practically bound
home, I have feeling of great happi.
ness, despite the sort of feeling of
shame at having to have boat take
me back.
After the receptions at lie Bourget
and Croydon, which were certainly re.
markable, / find myself wondering
what sort of reception / will get in
the United States. Perhaps my story
will be an old one by the time / get
back. But ] will be happy just the
same at the end of what l do not feel
entitled to call a round trip.
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Japan, Europe and the British Empire, by
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Evening star., 1927-06-01
MEMOIRS OF UNCLE JOE CANNON
WHITE BUSBEY His Secretary for Many Years
CHAPTER XXXI,

LIT must have been a life of con-
50 tinuous hard work." / remark
ed as Mr.. Cannon finished tell
ing how the Wabash imml-
alan rod tho forests in
Evening star., 1927-06-01
LINDBERGH ENJOYS
ROYAL CHAT-TAKES
SHIP TO BE PACKED

Continued from First Page)
Evening star., 1927-06-01

1t was disgrace not to spell well,
and what a hubbub would have been
created by any effort on the part of
the Government to reform spelling by
making it easy!
Evening star., 1927-06-01

1t has certainly filled me with no
little regret to consign my ship TO
such tame voyage back home. 1t
seems a sort of wrong thing to do,
sort Of unfair to my ship. for the
Evening star., 1927-06-01

tCopvright. 1927
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29
RESUME ACTIVITIES NOhnE- E-0U LvING SEC Tl(NS

reported the following
 ''The survey made in orthern Alaska during 1929 under the df- rection of sidney Page. indicates that there is an area of al least q thousand square miles underlain bs coal between Cape Lisburne coal fields. long known, and Meade Itiv- CT. to the northeast. According to William T. Foran dozen beds of this coal from 1 to 10 feet wide are well exposed within five or six miles of the sea. These coal fields are not faul,ed and dip from 20 to 40 degrees and could easily b. min ed"
 The deposits of excellent bitumin- ous and semi-anthracite coal at Cape Lisburne. according to gov ernment analysis is superior in quality to the various grades of British Columbia coal now used almost exclusively in Nome at cost of from S2S.5o in summer 10 s35 DO in winter. We believe the time is near at hand when the Cape Lishurne coal will be deliv- cred in Nome at d cost below SEQ 0n d ton.
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29

are frequently called upon to ren- der. and do render most excellent service to the community in their line of work
 Dredging
 There are seven big gold dradges operating in the vicinity of Nome, with several others operating in the solomon, Candle. Casadepaga and Council districts. where good clean ups are had every year. The Geo logical Survey reports tell us that there is sufficient ground available to keep these dredges. with many added to their number. operating successfully for many years to come
 The eminent geologist, the late Dr. A. H. Brooks. in his outline of economic geology of Seward Penin- sula, U. s. G. s. Bulletin No. BPS. pages 111-13s, 1908, estimates the gold bearing gravel of Seward Pen insula at G50,i96 900 cubic yards using the basis of 50 cents per yard-a very conservative estimate bringing the total value of the gravels at that period to S325,- S.000.00. Since this estimate
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29

proximately S43.00o, o,ooo CD a year"
 1000. GOO carcassss at l5o pounds each makes 15O,0O0,ooo pounds, or 75,000 tons, the amount that eventually will have to be trans ported to the States.
 The magnificent showing made the Native owned herds and the Lomen Reindeer Corporation herds more than justify the above pro- phesy. The Lomen Reindeer Cor poration has installed this year a large canning factory for the can canning of reindeer meat at Golovin Bay, not far from Nome.
 Canning Factory
 tA the large canning factory of the Lomen Reindeer Corporation. the meat and other byproducts are being taken care of. The factory is said by the owners 10 De as yet in the experimental state, though certain success is assured. The canned meat is of excellent quality for food. The bone is being ground and shipped; the horns used in manufacturing: and he hoofs make glue stock second to none. The waste fat is being Hsed
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29

freight. service to Nome for their cleanups, and permitting them to reach Nome in time for the last sailing. without the loss of at least a months operations.
 Nome Government
 Nome is the seat of the United States District Court for the Second Judicial Division of Alaska, having d United States District Judge; a United States District Attorney; d United States Marshal; and the Cn- ited States District Clerk. with their respective office staffs. Two sessions of Court per year are held at Nome March and September at which times all actions for this Division are tried.
 Nome has an excellent City gov ernment, with mayor. common council. city attorney and city clerk. This city government maintains all excellent fire department. and police department
 The United States Commissioner, and eX-Officio Justice of the Peace, for the Nome Mining District, is al- so located at Nome. Under his di- rection are filed all mining locations
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29

was made. the amount of SSS.793.- 3s3 o0 in gold has been shipped out from Nome, as reported by the Collector of Customs, extracted from an estimated yardage of SS- Go6,000 cubic wards.
 Estimates of like nature in the Canadian Yukon and California fields show that the actual produ; t,o.l almost doubled the original es- inmates. Taking Dr. Brooks csti- mate. and subtracting the amount known to have been mined, We find that there is still some S250. .ooo.- Gd0.00 in gold as reserve vet to be mined. and if production exceeds these estimates as in other fields. there is yet surplus of over half a billion dollars yet to be extracted.
 Quartz
 In q, recent issue of the local newspaper. q story was carried pre- dieting that Nome would eventually become the greatest of all quartz camps. Quartz prospecting. as ill other camps, is slow here, but good lodes are known to exist at Snow Gulch, Anvil Mountain. Solomon. and in many sections of the Koug- arok and kugruk valleys. The Big Hurrah Lode Mic at Solomon ran for several years and was shut down suddenly-for what reason the public never knew-though it is known that the mine worked at a great profit. There is A quartz mine. now1 operating for several years profitably. at Bluff Almost every known metal is found to ex- ist in rock in place on Seward Pen insula. and once theee quartz prop critics get operating. Nome will hum with such industry and activity as hos been eGualled in few pnrticls of the earth.
 Considerable deposits of excellent coal are to be found on Seward Peninsula. In U. s. Geological Sur vey Bulletin No. 773-A, page 33, is