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0. A. R. CONVENTION
ENDS IN HARMONY
Congress Adopts Resolutions
Aimed at Radicalism
and Pacifism.
Th? thirty-seventh Continental Con
|Hs of the D. A. R. adjourned yester
■day amid an avalanche of harmonious
Resolutions that drowned out discordant
echoes of the insurgent stonn against
»the society's policies on national defense
and "subversive influences,”
Not content with smothering the re
bellion led by Mrs Helen Tufts Bailie
of Boston and Mrs. St. Omer Roy of
Kansas, arch-critics of "black lists"’ and
defenders of " free speech.” the congress
.‘concluded its sessions by adopting nu
merous i e solutions reaffirming its
stand against radicalism of all kinds
and in favor #f adequate national de
fense. The resolutions were the battle
cry of victory voiced by those who had
met the •’rebels” and defeated them.
Although forced to admit defeat, Mrs.
•Bailie fired a parting shot after the j
convention, armed at "Mrs. King George
Brosseau and Mrs Lord North Walker."
otherwise the president general and
chairman of national defense of the
■society, respectively. She intimated
• that the rebellion was only beginning. 5
”Strain Eofier” Parley.
. "The congress has gone on record as
a sica in roller convention." said Mrs.
Bailie, as .- ;:e prepared to leave for Bos
ton. We hate* ’ played tire game
; strictly according to role, and what hare
;« e ercotmrered? Voinble abuse and j
.persistent evasion of the very serious
problems a: issue From the instant of !
‘their arrival m Washington delegates !
.have been showered with Mrs. Bros- j
.aeau’s manifestos denouncing the com- j
j-mittee of protest, who have been ;
threatened by htr with discipline and
libel suits;
"The present leaders of the D A. R
have gone on record that much has
been accomplished. Mrs King George
nßrossea* and Mrs. Lord North Walker i
1 qpd their loyalists have wou a mernen- !
! Ary victory. But. like the victory at :
i Bunker Hill it proves too costly. The
revolution fe well under way. and can
not be stayed. There are disagreeable
surprises in store for the autocrats of j
J the D. A. R."
j In addition to passing a number of j
; natrictic resolutions of their own. the 1
delegates voted indorsement to a set
01 19 resolutions adopted by the Wom
ens Patriotic Conference on National
Defense, at its meeting here last Feb
ruary. These resolutions excoriated ]
i pacifism. Socialism and ail other!
j * dangerous" doctrines, and indorsed a
j strong Navy and merchant marine, re- I
{Stnctica cf immigration, increase of j
• Army reserves, ciuaeas’ military train-1
* tag camps, creation of an adequate
} military air force. ctmOnuaoon of the
j Chemical Warfare Service, safeguarding
j of American history m textbooks, etc.
Raps Power Plan.
The society voted to protest any plan ;
for hydro-electric power development at !
Great Falls that would mar the be.vutv '
of the Potomac gorge or submerge -the 1
hail-ruined walls of the five locks of
1 ae old Potomac canal, conceived, pro- !
; moied and constructed by Gen. George
i Washington.” The resolution will be
j afrit to President Coohdge and bo each j
. member of Googresa - . - .
j Other resolutions approved during the j
♦ closing hours of the congress indorsed !
] of Fdm Wayne. Mien., as !
J a public park, publication of the War ,
3Pcparimpr,is l< a> . I |mianaey War rec-
Mitis. j^wjCOan\,ol a monument to 1
Geh. George Rogers Clark, creation of ’
a national psrk at Washington camp ■
Ground, N. J„ and extended thanks to !
President QodLdge and other speakers I
at the convention and to police and
firemen assigned to the empress.
Many j ether resolutions of routine ’■
character were adopted
The motions disposed of, the congress I
Installed tbs 4even new nee president} '
general which it elected Muring tnc j
week and confirmed the new regents
from *9 States and several other jurte
dicuons. 1
Oflk iaia Installed.
The vice presidents generaJ were to
stalled by Mrs. Matthew Brewster,
chaplain general They are: Mrs. Eu- j
gene Chubouck, Illinois; Mrs Waitemac '
Hkrrixun Conaway West#Virginia; Mrs.
James Lathrop Gavin. Indiana. Mrs
Brooke G. White, jr.. Florida; Mrs
Henry Bwne Joy, Michigan; Mrs
Charles B Jones, Texas, and Mrs. Rob- *
ert Howe Monger. lowa.
The new State regent from the Dis- i
trite of Columbia is Mrs. David p !
Caldwell. 234 2 M• auut Pleasant street. ]
and the new state vice regent is Miss !
Helen Hannan. 3524 Thirteenth street
Some ot tiie regents confirmed repre- I
sent the D A R. in foreign countries
id iuuiug China, Cuba, England auo
France.
The enure 11.000.000 neooed to;
finance Constitution Hall, the new au-1
ditorium of the D. A. R to be erected ;
ta the rear of Memorial Continental ]
Kail it now in hand. It was reported I
by Mis Russell William Magna, chair
man of the finance committee. Many ,
aodluonal pledges and contributions
Were received during the final session..
Plan* now' can he nun*- to start ton
str ictuon.
M, « T C Cochran, Mercer, Pa.,
pledged $lO in memory vs Calvin Cool
idge ;r, who, she said, "was an in
spiration to my boy* a lien he was at
Mereersburg Academy." Mrs. John
Trigg Mm gave SSKJ “in honor of the
press.” Little Randolph Coyle, 4th,
young son of Mai Randolph Coyle.
V H M C collected gi 47 from the
delegate, by passing Ills Marine cap
around Trie boy wore a complete
Marine uniform in miniature Scores
cf ot her gifts were made from the floor.
The final social event of the congress
was the annual banquet last night at
the Willard Hotel Mr» William May
hew Wilson of Ohio was toastmistrese.
Among those who tpoke were Mrs Ed
win C Gregory of Nor th Carolina. Mr*
Chari** Brand of Onto Mr* William
/. Becker State recent of New Jersey;
Mrs. Brooke Q White of Florida, Mr*
Henry B Joy of Michigan and Mn
P ll'/i/an of Ohio
The guests ot i.mior were Mrs. Bros
#e*u and the national officers of the
society More than seven hundred at
tended.
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ADMIRAL DENIES PLAYING
POKER WITH SINCLAIR
hauuitr, in Letter to Wilbur, At
tack* Oil Probe Testimony
of Capt, ftobhos,
, Admirai J L la*timer, Cornnmndant
Li tiae Philadelphia Wavy Vaid. denied
/yeatotday ttaa*. he pj»yed teAet at a
lOi nijxr with Hairy P HUuit.it, oil fuag
■ n au in 1522 a* U-aUfied by Capl J
lit Robison retired, in in* oil man’s
•trial in connection with the Teapot
■ /•«* leaft*
1 in a letter ho b»» re’aiy Wilbur intAt
mobile at tn* Navy fa-partment Ad
ftinai MUkitf said that la- itad nevei
I’tenced a dinner given by Sinclair
It otic at which Bin* itU was present
U ce jand he bed never ~a*yed leckei
gitii Sinclair or a gam* a* which Sin
te.tii was present
er j fi) admiral said it* iasd never met
# •.,*.< 1*» or u 4 aii> < verbal ion with
iforfi on on'- That was
Iwc the Fail of 1924 when tie wa* or-
T*«.d to Ctaryenn* Wyo a* a wiUmss
fmLn<- r l*-a|Joi Doim- Uiai UtM* in Ut*
fr- 1 ' ’ bf Ua Se'jetaav of the Wavy,
| RescuoP
! i nWB ' *
-s'Hi
< APT. r. J. SULLIVAN.
Commander of Truck Co. No. 3, who
hung out a window for 5 minutes last
night with a woman he had saved from
a fire, until members of bis company
rescued them.
Star Stiff Photo |
FOUR ARE RESCUED
IN BURNING ROUSE
Man. Woman and Two Chil
dren Taken to Hospital
After Blaze in Home.
-
Summoned by a woman who ran
screaming through D street .shortly
after 9 o'clock last night, firemen res
cued a man. woman and two children
from a burning house at 1309 D street
and seut them to Emergency Hospital,
where they were said, this morning, to
be in serious condition from bums and
suffocation.
The most seriously burned was Mary
Barnes, colored. $3 years old. The
others were her grandchildren. Bernard
, and Alouxo Matthews. $ and 4
years old. respectively: and their father,
Richard Matthews a chef in the South
ern Lunch. Thirteenth and D streets.
Capt. P. J. Sullivan of No. 3 Truck
Company was partially overcome by j
; smoke when he went into the hoiw
and rescued Richard Matthews He
■ created considerable excitement when
; he hung from the third-story window j
for about five minutes after the rescue
He later resumed his duties, refusing
treatment.
The first to enter the building was 1
Private M. R. Burnett, t.rmer Marine
and driver for Deputy Fire Chief E. R
Davis. After groping his way from
the first to the third floors he located
the Barnes woman and carried her to
j the street. The .’hildren were brought
out by Firemen J. W. Kay and H. F.
Rothery of No. 3 Truck Company.
C hildren Saved by Ladder*.
The knowledge of the predicant_iu
of the Matthews : amity was carried
to the fire house by Mrs. Jennie Wil
tamsou. part owu*r of the house. Upon
the arrival ot .he engine, an alarm
i was immediatelv turned ta and within
a few minutes the narrow rtreet was
j filled with fire .'ogtaes and spectator;
Reserves from first precinct held
the ertwd back on the sidewalk whj?
' firemen scaled ladders to the window
I and smashed it in. The children were
j brought down danders, -but their fat htr ;
was placid on •..he roof until the smeke ,
j had cleared enough to carry him
1 through the house
The blaze, of undetermined origin,
i started in a rear wall on the first floor
and ate fts way to the top. It caused
damage of approximately SSOO Alex
i mdrta cars were he’d up on the loop lor
l more than an hour
D. A. R. ADVANCES
| ACTIVITIES IN D. C.
Mrs. M. S. Willey, State Re
gent, Submits Yearly
Report.
i
Marked progress along Americamza
j tion. educational civic and patriotic
< lines featured activities bf the 60 D A
j R. chapters in the District of Columbia
’ during the past year, according to the
annual report of Mrs. Maud S. Willey.
: Stale regent for the District of Colum
bia.
The Americanization work has oeen
| earned on under direction of Mrs. W
W Husband, 'hate chairman and also
; national chairman, the report said
These activities have been launched in
connection with the Americanization
1 school of the public school system, it
was explained Women are brought to
i this school from outlying dis trie:.'- in
a Rotary Club bus, weekly 1 unchain* :
-j are given the alien girls and worn*:, at
' tending the school, silk flags are pre- !
sented to the new clllzena and other j
i is given those wishing to be- |
come Amerkian citizen*.
The report stated that there are now
13741 members ot the society in the]
* Di*t rict The Swu and Daughter* of
tlte Republic have four clubs with a
! membership of 145.
The conservation and thrift commit-
I toe lias planted 1175 trees on farms
and in home gardens, 17 chapters have
signed tii* wild flower pledge, five
| efiaptor* had programs on forestry,
many birdhouses and bird baths have
beeu placed and many visits have been
| made to service hospitals, It was
i j/dnted out
The local Constitution Hail finance
committee has placed the District high
i up on the list of contributors to tiie
propped auditorium, it was said In
ail, 17.L32 wa* ratoid for tills project
] during the year under Mrs Davicf D
i Old well and htr committee, bringing
the total contribution to $17,957.
The Continental Hall and Revoiu-
J j lionary relies committee donated to the
onneum a coilecUon of 2d articles own*
1 1 d by Oil Gordon Hutchins, Revolu
| tionary soidier The gift < true from
j t};s George H. Barnes of Deborah
< Knapp Chapurr,
C'iotk fa I’ardiawd,
A valuable old clock was purchased
from Uie estate of Ui# lato Thomas
Pag*-, Ambassador to Italy, and placed
in urn Iristrict r»/om at society head
quarters Ihe local student toati fund
•omuii tto<- i* assisting a student at
tieorge Washington University to eom
' oteto tier oourw
rjthtr mmm ittoes which have done
good work it was slated, are the flag
committee the Ellis Island committee,
I fi*e foreign relations commlitoe, the
genealogical tewarch committee, na
tpioai defense commlitoe. patriotic edit
<atloo n-c t tai daughters rorn
nJttoe and Htato historic committet
Bupjnrt. was given to Friendship
House Children's H<«pital, the V W
i. C A Day Nursery, Vl,siting Nurses, lt*d
i Cka-k ttolvation Army, Boy and Girl
5 "snouts, etc
Titer* is now SIO,OOO In the i»a ai
i < haptor nouc* iusd. and SI,UOO is Irclng
liven toward thememorla) being erect
ed to founder* ol solely.
TTTK STTXD.VY ST AT?. WASHINGTON", T>. C„ A PUTT, 22, 1928-PART I.
oSmrd
Federation, After Debate,
Approves Plan for Edu
cational Body.
i
Tiie Federation of Citizens’ Assoeia
j .ions lari night Indorsed in principle the
Capper bill providing lor an elective
Board ot Education, and for the second
i time in recent months rejected a pro
posal designed to preclude it.s delegates
] from accepting positions with publn
. utility CTiiporations in the District.
Action on the Capper bill was pre
! ceded by an animated discussion during
| which opponents of the measure made a
j vain at tempt to prevent a vote on the
ground that a committee had not re
ported on tire measure and some of the
‘ delegates were unfamiliar with its pro
visions. As a copy of the bill was not
available. James G. Yaden, president of
the federation, and several others ex
plained briefly the major differences be
tween that measure and the Gasque
j elective school board bill. The latter
was indorsed in principle by the federa
| lion some time ago.
The vote of indorsement was 28 to 13.
Four delegates recorded themselves as
j ’not voting."
Discharges Committees.
Consic .’ration of the Capper bill fol
■ lowed tiie adoption of a motion of
j Charles I. Stengle discharging the com
j mit tee on local suffrage from further
; deliberations on the Gasque bill. The
! :ommittee had undertaken a survey of
j the federation's constituent bodies to
1 ascertain sentiment with respect to the
measure before making a report
j The principal plea for a delay in ao
j non <>n the Capper bill was made by B.
! A Bowles, delegate from the George-
I own Citizens' Association, who raised
ja point of order that the federation
could not indorse a measure without a
i ropy before it He was overruled.
The chief supporters of the bill were
Herbert Wilson of the Manor Park
Citizens' Association. A. H. Gregory of
the Stanton Park Citizens’ Association
and Hugh M Fr amp lon of the Cath
edral Heights Citizens' Association.
Wilson urged that the bill be indorsed
primarily to contradict the statement
of Commissioner Dougherty before a
‘ congressional committee, that there i
no real sentiment in the District Jor
an elective school board.
Report Is Submitted.
The retusal of the federation to forbid
its delegates to serve public utility
corporations in an official capacity was
in accord with the recommendations of
I a special committee headed by Harry
I N. Stull, to which had been referred
resolutions toward this end adopted by
' the Kenilworth and Trinidad Citizens
! Associations.
The adoption of Stull's report was
preceded by a protracted discussion, j
Louis Gelbman and G. M. Koockogey
w*re the chief opponent*.
Delegate Stull while discussing his
report paid tribute to the character and
integrity of President Yaden and Jesse
C. Suter former president. Mr. Yaden
» a member of the board of directors
of the Washington Rapid Transit Co.
Mr. Suter was m the employ ot the
law firm headed by William G. McAdoo,
who represented Harley P. Wilson, prin
cipal owner of the bus company dur
ing the transit merger negotiations.
The federation admitted to member
ship the Glover Park CUianis Asso
ciation. and at the request of Mr.
Suter authorized appointment of a com
mittee of five to co-operate with like
committees of the civic federation of
Arlington County, Vw * and Montgom
ery County. Md.. in arranging a gen
eral civie outing to be heM in June
RAILROAD PAfS D. C.
$30,000 IN CLAIM CASE
... ;•
Settlement of Pint #re*t Tunnel
Fight Leaves Only One
More Pending.
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r
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co * turn- ;
ed over to the District Commissioners
yesterday a check for $30,000 in full
settle man ol the municipal govern
ment's claim tor damages for restoring
the surface of First street cast from B
street southeast to C street northeast
caused by the settling of the roadway
jver the First street railroad tunnel.
Tiie $30,000 represents a compromise
of the District government's original
claim for $60,000 which has been in
fispute since April. 1920
The settlement of the so-called tun- j
, nel rase leaves only <me of the many
suits against the railroad
and the Washington Terminal Co to be
! disposed of—a case Involving the Hal
; dm ore 4 Ohio Railroad in connection
with it* Brnning road viaduct. Involvma
*12.616
Bome of these cases had been pending
tor 18 years. The settlements thus far
have resulted In the recovery by the
District of $382,512
OPIUM IS SEIZED
BY LIQUOR RAIDERS
Two Held on Narcotic Charge.
J>rug-Bmoking Material
„ Is Confiscated.
I f ** , 1
j A quantity of opium and opium smok
ing materials were seized during a liquor
raid on the [/remises at 120 Virginia
avenue southwest, late yesterday after
noon, when members of the vice squad,
headed by Sergt O J Letterman, had
gone to the house with a warrant for
I the arrest of Charlie Crompton, colored,
j I**e King, 27 years old. 120 E street
! southwest and Olivia Spence, colored,
23 years old 914 First street southwest,
were arrested and charged with violating
the Harrison anti-narcotic act.
Entering a rear room on the second
floor members of the squad, police say,
caught the Chinese and the colored
woman In the act of smoking opium.
I As they approached, It was reported, the
two set fire to some bed clothing in an
effort to prevent detection of fumes on*
• anatlng from au opium lamp burning
\ nearby.
j The Chinese is said to have told po
j Bte when questioned that he had pur
(chased tiie opium from a Chinese wlio
i brings a quantity to Washintgon frran
New York »ach week. The man and
woman will be taken before the United
Btates commissioner Monday morning.
FIRE THREATENS TOWN.
Flames in Ban Miguel, Mexico,
Controlled With Great Difficulty.
MEXICO CITY, April 31 <Ah..-A
dispatch to Excelsior from Tampico
says the town ot Ban Migual in the
state of Man huts Potosl, was threatened
with complete destruction by a fire
which was only controlled after iiravy
damage had been canned
More than 30 house* were burned ot
(It* ground and tit* inhabitants, be
lieving that the entire town was doomed,
tied to the neighboring hills
•
Machado Ordered to Rent,
HAVANA April 31 <A*i President
Machado, iff with a cold for three days,
wee reported by physicians IMU-V as
greatly improved hut In need Jp com
plete lest until Monday. Z ,
VERDICT PLEASED BOTH OF THEM
jHEyjfefl MMfcv
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Harry F. Sinelai*. right, and his brother. Earl, photographed at the Dis
trtct Supreme Court after a jury yesterday had exonerated the oil magnate ot
[ j a charge ot conspiracy.
SINCLAIR. CLEARED OF FRAUD
CHARGE, GOES TO JERSEY FARM
j (Continued from First. Page )
that made an impression on us and
j that was no matter who the witness
| was for lie broke down under cross- i
1 1 exiimiimtion If Ire was a (tavern
| meat witness, he broke down under.
, defense cross examination and vice,
j versa.” j
! The juror was under the imp res- .
sion “three or four were for the Ctav- j
eminent” when they entered the :
mom for fine) deliberation. He said
a ballot was taken right way. but
it did not prove unanimous. Then )
they all stood up one at a time and
gave their views. Those who were
not inclined to agree with the ma
jority. "soon thought our way.” but,
the juror emphasized, "there was no j
persuasion—they came about their
decision Independently.”
Knew About Lease Derision.
There whs knowledge among the
jurors of the United States Hu pre me
Court's decision in the .Mammoth Oil
Company case, v liich declared the
lease given by Fall to Sinclair on
Teapot Dqtne was null and void and
ordered the property returned to the
Government. The jurors, however.,
were not influenced by this decision, j
recalling that part of Justice Jen- [
nings Hailey's charge which pointed
out the difference between a civil
suit and a criminal proceeding.
Critics of the jury's verdict, the mem
ber said heatedly, had referred to the
wealth of Sinclair. "Money didn’t
: make any difference." he declared cm- }
f phatkaliy. “It was a question as to
' whether a conspiracy had been proved
; by the Government beyond a reasonable
doubt, and we concluded it wasn't."
Another juror rejoiced over gaining
his ’liberty after having been "locked
up" since April 9. For the first time in
his life, he declared, he felt the mean
ing of the word "liberty." and he broad
ly intimated that a defendant would;
hare to be something ‘pretty big" be
fore he would deprive him of his free
dom This juror said he followed the
evidence with meticulous care, and drew
no assistance from the argument ol
counsel. "I made my decision on the
evidence alone, and I have done my
duty. My conscience doesn’t hurt me,”
he declared.
Carter, tn his story of the case an i
viewed from the jury box. said much
difficulty was experienced in following \
the evidence. "We would leave the j
courtroom in the evening with nead- j
aches from trying to remember the j
points that the lawyers had brought j
out." he explained. "Those people j
from New Mexico < bank officials testi- I
fviiig as to the deposit by Fall or for j
bis account of $90,000 of the Sinclair i
money) added to the confusion If the
case had been brought out In the order
tn tvhieh the events had happened, it |
would have been easier to follow.
"I believe we handled this case
! uniquely- When the judge told us at t
the ojiening tiiat we should not discuss
the cp.se among ourselves, we appointed i
a sergeant-at-arms. We elected L. j
Clark Brown, the investment broker i
juror, to that job. and I tell you whet* j
anybody started talking about the case j
he came down on them hard. There
wasn't any discussion until the case was
turned over jo us
Describes Ballots.
"When ihe judge told us to take the j
i rase we went into the jury room and ;
j started to elect a foreman. Each man ]
wrote hits name of his choice on a j
! piece of paprr and then we took the j
! two receiving the highest votes and i
; chose between them. We elected Ben
jamin F. Anderson, manager of the
Crane Co. foreman. He took charge j
Before .there was any discussion each
man was told to wTtte his opinion on
a pieco of paper 'Guilty, not guilty, or
uncertain ' On the first ballot there
were eight not guilty and four uncer
tain There were no guilty ones.
"Tire foreman then called the roll and
asked each juror to give his opinion of
the case. Each man stood up and said
what he thought. The uncertain ones
gave their reasons and the rest of us
discussed them On the second ballot
tl*e uncertain o mu had droppel. I be
lieve, to two. We did the same thing
, again and on the third ballot all of the
slips of paper had 'Not guilty' on them.
We then told the deputy marshal we
were ready and went down and gave
i our verdict
"Tlur uncertain jurors hesitated
• mostly for technical reasons. For in
stance they were not sure about the
But all people might not take
receipts when they have business trans
, actions but this certainly was not
enough to convict a man on."
. Praises Justice Bailey.
"Judge Bailey Impressed me as being
a mighty fine judge," he continued.
"He was as Impartial as he could lie.
1 served on a Jury once before and .» lot
of 'imes a person can read between the
lines of a judge's charge to the jury
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t Attention
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been infected with Tuberculosis the
quicker and surer can you be cured.
Delay in Finding Out Make* U Harder t« Cure You
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Do you tire easily? Have you a poor appetite?
Are you losing weight? Have you pains in the lungs
Do you cough persistently? -- front or back?
, If you have some of these symptoms go at once to
your doctor or have yourself examined at the free
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Health Department Clinic
Tnbprrulo*l# lio»p!t*l, Hill A li|««litir HD. N.W., Tuekday. Thursday
or Saturday at 2 1 ii'nlsck. Friday rvriiingk from I:3® » nthuk
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Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis
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KENNETH CARTER,
Sinclair Case Juror.
how the judge feels over tiie guiit or
innocence of the defendant. But in
Judge Bailey's charge I didn’t get any
idea of his personal feelings and 1
don't believe anybody knows how he
felt but himself."
• What did you do for diversion when j
you were locked up at night?” he was |
asked.
"There wasn't much we could do." j
he replied. "A music store loaned us !
a Victroia and we nearly wore tnat
out. We played it nearly all the tune
between the courtroom and bedtime. I
i think ve did wear out the "Golden
Slipper" record. That was the ta
: vorite and toward the end it was get
ting mighty feeble. AU of us slept in
one room. The beds were comfortable !
and we didn't even have one snorer.
j They fed us good, but I missed being ;
away from my family.
"i have got to get reacquainted with |
j them,” he declared as he grabbed up j
his 3-year-old baby girl, who had been j
; hangmg onto his knees. "I don’t want I
another experience like this. Just tell
the people that wc did oar best as :
j American citizens.”
j Tiie case haa been given to the jury i
i by Justice Bailey at 10:27 o’clock yes
| terday morning, and the announcement
i from the Jury room at 12:la o’clock
j brought surprise to the waiting inter
j ested parties. The corridor was filled
| with people when at 12:19 o'clock Chief
Deputy Marshal s. B. Callaghan ran 1
i down the steps leading into the lobby'
Irutn the floor above, ordering all per
sons Into the courtroom who wished i
I to enter.
Justice Bailey entered court and took j
i his place at ihe bench a minute later
and issued caution against any disturb
' nnee or demonstration on the part of
i the spectators, declaring he would pun-!
f ish any such expressions on tho iind
-1 tags of the jury. At 12:22 o'clpok the
jury filed In. and Clerk Wallace iitick
ney. turning to Anderson, who tad been
chosen as foreman, asked it a verdict!
had beeu reached. Anderson replied
in the affirmative. Sti.kney asked:
I Is it guilty or not guilty?”
There was a pause of a fraction of a
! second, and Anderson without any feel
ing or emotion replied, "Not guilty.”
| As the jury entered the courtroom,
; Sinclair arose voluntarily and held .mi
tightly to a chair in front of him. He
! appeared to tremble lrom head to foot
as the acquittal verdict was given.
Sinclair Discharged.
Justice Bailey excused the jury from
further duty until tomorrow morning
and as the jurors left the room Darnel
I'hew Wright of Sinclair counsel moved
that the defendant be discharged. Jus
tice Bailey granted the motion.
As the Jurist left the bench Sinclair
was confronted with congratulations,
and smilingly and at the same time
tearfully acknowledged them
His comment on the verdict was: "l
have felt from the inception of these
charges that l would be acquitted ot
everv suspicion of intention to defraud
the Government if the charges were
ever passed upon by a jury I am happy
at the outcome, of course, but it is onlv
what I have expected iMxiau.se I knew
that I had not acted corruptly or un
ethically m negotiating tiie lease.”
Mrs Sinclair, the defendant's wife,
was in a virtual state o; collapse and
was led slowly from th» court building
by Sinclair. Her fitcc was burled in a
handkerchief as she valked from the
building. Littleton and George P.
Hoover of this city. Sinclair's counsel,
were wreathed In smiles As the jury
left the courtroom and were about to
return to their quarters. Hoover stopped
DRURY, IN ANNULMENT SUIT,
LAYS MARRIAGE TO TRICKERY
Son of Banker Claims Bride j
Plied Him With Liquor
Before Wedding.
Wife Files Divorce Action,
Charging Husband With
Desertion.
I !
-
Charging that his bride of six weelcs,
the former Baroness Anna Jean von
Hagen, designedly plied him with liquor
and took advantage of his intoxicated
condition to marry him for the pur
pose of attaining pecuniary advantages
from his parents. Peter A. Drury, jr.,
of this city, has filed suit for annul
ment at Reno, Nev., according to news
! received here yesterday by telegrapn.
This news was followed quickly by
i the filing of a suit for limited divorce
! in the District Supreme Court about
| noon yesterday by Mrs Drury, the for
■ mer baroness, who charges that her hus-
I band deserted her five days after their
romantic elopement to Rockville on the
night of March 3.
Mrs. Drury says in her declaration
that her husband called her on the
telephone March 5 and told her “there
was to pay,” and that his father
i was furious. She declares that later
1 the same day young Drury called her
' again on the telephone and said that
his father had telephoned from Jack
sonville. Fla., to his attorney in this
city and oi dcred his son's name stricken
from his will. Peter A. Drury. sr„ is th”
president of the Merchants' Bank &
Trust Co of this city.
Husband * Allegations.
The husband alleges that as soon as
he became sober he repudiated the
marriage. He has been in Reno since
March 28. Mrs. Drury is living in her
husband's apartment at' 1616 Sixteenth
street.
In his complaint filed at Reno young
Drury sets forth that he was in such
a state of intoxication that he did not
know what was going on. For several
days before the marriage, he alleges,
he had been in this condition, having
been plied with ardent spirits. He says
that his bride had been previously
married three times.
Mr Drury's iawyer. who filed the
mit, is E E Roberts, mayor of Reno
and a tormer member of Congress from
Nevada Mrs. Drury is represented by
Raymond Neudecker, an assistant
United States attorney.
*'l have obtained depositions," said
Mr. Neudecker yesterday, “showing that
at the time of the marriage Mr. Drury
i was as sober as a judge."
When Mrs. Drury was informed that
her husband had filed an annulment
suit she said: “That is very curious: I
wish you would tell my lawyer.”
The wife in her suit charges that
j them, shook hands with each, thanked
! them for thetr verdict on behalf of
i ‘-.'■Hlr and toid them what a pleasure
t had been to appear before them.
Littleton observed to the seemingly
""“'s of people who offered congratu
lations to him for his part in the case,
The persecution is ever,”
The verdict drew adverse ccrrment
from Senators Nye. chairman of the t il
•«: Edvards of New Jersey and
' " •* rs A'aowcua. Chairman Nye said
1 the jury’s decision was an “added evi
| fence that it is ipparently Impossible to
I convict 51.000,00 b in this country.”
Heflin characteriaed the verdict as
"astounding” in a brief speech in the
i Senate yesterday afternoon. When he
: arose to speak he said he wanted "to
i comment on a very shocking and
! startling thing that has just taken
place in the Capital.”
Edwards issued this statement last
night: “The ultimate aftermath of the
verdict of acquittal in the Sinclair trial
i will result in the defeat of the Republi
, can party in the coming presidential
elections.
Blames Party Leaders.
! "It was not a court jury who acquit -
i ted Sinclair, but the duplicity of Re
publican party leaders, cabinet officials
and trusted public servants in the
i Harding-Coolidge administration which
paved the way for iust such a travesty
j as was consummated at the Nation's
j Capital today ”
Senator Walsh, prosecutor of the
Senate oil committee, declined to make
, any statement at present. Senator
Borah who us endeavoring to collect
a fund to repay to Sinclair the 1160,000
he contributed to the Republican party
campaign deficit in 1920. made this
comment: “I'll have to re-read the Su
preme Court decision ” This reference
was to the court's decision in voiding
the Teapot Dome lease and describing
It as "tainted with fraud.”
The composition of the Hiry and the
order in which they sat in the jury box.
follows:
Harry W’ Brooks. 35, 834 Eleventh
s reet northeast, steamfitter.
William H Wrenn. 67. 1430 Rhode
Island avenue, groceryman.
Leou D. Vanderloo, 27.1728 Twentieth
street, real estate.
Niven F Ladd. 32. 2327 Q street
southeast, grocer.
Fred R Kocher. 28, 709 Kentucky
avenue southeast, grocer.
Howard A. Bradley. jr„ 22. 1940
Second street northeast, auto salesman.
William F Throop. 47. 1163 Third
street northeast, bicycle company official.
Edmund J. Lynch, 39. 416 Fourth
street northeast, clerk. Washington Gas
Light Co.
Benjamin F. Anderson, 58, 5300 1
Thirty-ninth street, manager Crane Co. j
L. Clark Brown. 35. broker. 2831 I
Twenty-eighth street.
Ray R Shockey, 26. 1402 Emerson j
street, clerk Capital Traction Co
Kenneth Carter. 28, 1341 Taylor ]
street, railroad agent.
The next court development growing I
out of the Senate oil committee's pro-1
ceedlngs will take place May 21, when !
Robert W Stewart, chairman of the
board ot the Standard Oil Co. of lndi- j
ana. will be placed on trial in the Dis
trict Supreme Court ou a charge ol ]
contempt of the Senate This was an
nounced yesterday afternoon by United j
States Attorney Leo A. Rover Stewart 1
refused to answer certain questions pro- !
pounded by the committee as to wliether 1
he knew any one who had handled Con
tinental Trading Co Liberty bonds or
whether he discussed the liberty bond
transactions with Sinclair
Wright's Statement.
Daniel Thew Wright of counsel for
Sinclair last night issued the follow
ing statement:
“There never was a finer, more up
standing. fearless and independent
group of American ciMaena ever gotten
together than that Jury. If Sinclair
had been guilty they would have con
victed him in five minutes.
"The verdict is not merely a not
gutlty verdict; the verdict la a com*
K'ete exoneration The next move of
e Government will tie to aboliah the
jury system and to try all indictments
before Senator Walsh personally,”
JAPANESE DIET CLOSE.
TO KID, April 21 UP) The opening
of the new JaiuMiehe Diet yesterday
showed a victory for the Tanaka gov
ernment, but the margin was so close
that the tiuleu'udents are now in a
B Milton to swing future votes against
ir ministry
The Tanaka government elected its
candidate lor Speaker of the Diet, but
should the government meet defeat next
week on some of the problems before
(he Diet tt may mean dissolution and a
general election. ,
MRS. PETER A. DRURY, JR.,
Photographed yesterday as she left the
District Supreme Court, where she filed
suit for a limited divorce.
I i
young Drury willfully deserted her ■
March 8 and has since remained away
from her. She tells the court that her
husband gets $7,000 a year as manager
o! the Southern Building and earns
$7,000 additional by his real estate
work. She declares that her husband
is a member of a prominent and
wealthy family well able to support
him in idleness in case he should cease
gainful employment to avoid support
ing her. She is unemployed, she says,
and has no income and assets.
Asserting that from the date of their
marriage her husband has not con
tributed anything to her clothing,
maintenance or support other than
such necessities of life as she has been
j able to obtain on his credit, she charges
that he attempted to surrender the
lease of the apartment at 1616 Six
teenth street and ordered the gas and
electricity turned off.
She declares the grocer with whom
she was dealing was ordered not to sup
ply her any groceries on the credit of
her husband. Excepting a grocery bill
for goods purchaser by her up to that
time, she alleges tha t none of her credit
accounts has been paid.
Mrs. Drury claims that March 19 her
husband executed an alleged assign -
i ment by which he sought to transfer
: to Margaret S Drury, his former wife,
all money due him from the Southern
i Building Investment Company, and all
household furniture in the apartment
where she was residing.
( The engagement of the first Mrs
Drury to marry Charles Witte Waring
I of Charleston. S C., April 30 was an
: nounced yesterday by Mrs. C. C. Cal
houn. her mother.
11l mm
BUT NOT SURPRISED
Former Interior Secretary
Says He Anticipated Ver
dict—Feared Hung Jury.
| By the Associated Prcse.
i PASADENA. Calif.. April 21.—Albert
. B. Fall, former Secretary of the In
terior. said here today he was "grati
! fled but not surprised" by the acquittal
i in Washington of Harry P. Sinclair
i with whom he is charged with having
! conspired to defraud the Government
! j in the Teapot Dome oil lease.
Mr. Fall is a patient at a sanitarium
, I here.
I I "I have very little to say." Mr Fal'
continued, "for I had expected the ver
dict front the first The only tiling j
feared was tha possibility of a hunt
i Jury. Prejudice injected into the at
mosphere in Washington. I feared
; might perhaps cause one juror to hold
, j out for a verdict of guilty, but I am
! | vpr V gratified that such was not the
! f asp - The defense was based upon the
truth, and truth was recognised
"Throughout the trial the defense
presented the true story of the transac*
decided to let the Continental
oil deal about which I knew nothing,
alone. Conjectures and rumors of pri
vate deals made by cal men threatened
at first to cloud the real issues,
i "Stories of profits various gentlemen
jwere supposed to have t*k>i from oil
, fields adioining the Teapot Dome in- !
1 jected the poison and advents criti
! asm into public comment on the case j
1 which resulted in turning the Teapot
i Dome oil reserve over to exploitation
! b >' persons owning wells outside the i
j confines of the lease, who attempted j
to draw oil from wsthm the bourn- I
Aries of the reserve.
"The situation today is that within
72 hours after judges of the Supreme >
Court of the United States had decided
the civil case, a naval officer, having
charge of the Teapot Dome as it was
turned back to the NawTralled upon
operators in Salt Creek field adjoiumg
Teapot Dome to pay the Navv for oil!
which these private operators were said
to bs deriving through their own wells
from the Teapot Dome.
"They are still. I understand, en- i
raged in the effort to secure such pay- i
ment. despite the fact that the United i
States Supreme Court had decided that i
there had not been, and never would i
be. any real damage done to Teapot i
Dome itself."
Mr. Fall's condition is declared to be
materially improved since his arrival
here Under Physician's orders he had
denied himself to interviewers until to-;
day and declared he would have no!
further comments to make.
BARTHELMESS WEDS
NEW YORK DIVORCEE
»Motion Picture Star Hastily Mar
ried to Mrs. Jessica Sargent
at Reno.
H.V lh»
RKNO. Nev . April 21. ~ Richard
Bat theltuesa, well known motion picture
actor, and Mrs Jessica Haynes Sargent
of Reno, formerly of New York, were
married here last
night by Qiatrictfi" 1
Bartlett, it becamtf
IVarUirhncss
rived In Beno ear W
lyfe* JlI
wedding were kUw-MuSkPI
erne Vkter, motion . „ .
picture actress, anti , ' , * h * M * toarthehaww
Dallas F Hqulres. a college chum ul
Barthelmeas
Mrs, Sargent was divorced In Reno
(gat January from Harry Brook* Sat • i
gent, New York broker, «
BUREAU FURLOUGHS
| BEGIN TOMORROW
Engraving Layoff Will Last to
End of Fiscal Year,
i
June 30.
The furlough plan for operating di%i
--j sions of the Bureau of Engraving and
: Printing will become effective from to
j morrow morning until the end of this
i fiscal year, June 30. < *
i While there was some different.* of
; opinion among employe*, most of them.
having had a similar experience in the
I past, accepted the change as a mat
j ter of course. Many of them, it is known
j were not sorry to receive the furlough,
i which means only a few days off wtth
j out pay during the next two months
| A few objected.
The principle of the furlough, how
ever, which is to accommodate the
amount of work to be ‘done, and the
amount of money available, will en
| able the bureau to operate with its
' full force during the remainder of the
i fiscal year without the necessity of
j any dismissals. The furlough had not
! been used to any extent in the past
two years. Three years ago it was em
ployed on a wide scale.
Failure of the Federal reserve ban/.;
to order deliveries of paper money for
| May and June was one of the factors
I involved, which cut down both work
| and money available.
! Already 1,500 persons have been or.
« furlough of one day in every five, max
ing 300 persons off daily from the pla
j printing division. To these will b
added virtually all the remaining work-
I ers of the operating division Abotr
5 4,700 altogether will be on furlough.
! and about 618 or 620 will be off duty
! each day.
The largest divisions going on fur
! lough tomorrow and the number of da-.
, off duty for the next two months are
;as follows: Wetting, examining, num-
I bering and stamp divisions. 4 days;
I plate printing office, engraving and
j engineering and machine. 9 days: pres
1 register. 8 days: rag laundry. 24 days
j ink making. 3 days, and the remainder
i 2 days.
The orders for furlough were Iran--
j mitted to the various division heads for
communication to the workers.
FLOOD BILL CHANGE
MEETS OPPOSITION
House G. 0. P. Leaders Fail
to Win Support (or Presi
dent’s Revisions.
! B.v the Associated Preas
House Republican leaders failed §es
. terday to get supporters of the Senate
| Jones flood control bill to approve re-
I visions desired in the measure by
. President Coolidge.
The overtures were rejected by the
opposing group after a day of many
conferences and in the lace of predie
; tions by House Republican leadership
that the measure in its present fbrn
was headed toward a presidential veto.
. The failurej>f these J
• bring me flgfr' WRj ffjf open umdtto'*
’ on the House floor, where ter twq days,
consideration 0t The bill has beeti sus
i pended in order that Internal cor -
i Terences might not be hampered by
i proceedings in the Hofise chamber.
Reid May Head Group.
The impending fight to expected to
5 find Chairman Reid of the flood coi -
1 troi committee heading a group con>
‘ posed of many Western Republican
and virtually the solid Democratic
; membership against the administra
! tion forces supporting the position o!
' President Coolidge
Reid said after a committee meeting
1 late yesterday that he could muster su -
; Relent totes to pass the bill oy a "large
majority." while Representative Tilsca
of Connecticut. Republican floor lender,
said the administration camp had the
f strength to sustain the Preside*; t in the
svent he should veto the treasure.
In addition. Reid announced the com
mittee had decided to meet early to
morrow to determine the exact nature
of the bill they would support in the
House He said that two alternatives
were open—consideration o 4 the Senate
Jones bill as amended by the House
romminee. or a new measure drafted to
meet some of the President's objections.
Object ta Revisions.
The break between the two camps
j came when the House committee re
! fused to go with the President on three
| of several revisions whtch Mr Coolidge
outlined to Republican House leadens
.at a White House comerence Friday
night I—i proposals were regarded by
| both groups as embodying the crux of
vh* financial policy to be pursued bv
the Government in carrying out the
flood control program. Toe rejected
; changes were;
! Provision that States in the Missis
! sippi River basin area meet the cost, in
steao of the Government, of rights-c--
} way for levees on the proposed nood
j ways and spillways.
? Assumption of damages by New Or
leans for the proposed Bonnet C*r:o
* spillway and a similar assumption r
i local interests m southern Illinois and
southeastern Missouri of the pccgxvW.
s New Madrid River be.uk floodway
Instead of outright purchase of flow -
age rights by the Government in con
nection with the land falling wiUun Ih?
flood ways and spillway*. a proposal th«:
the property ow ners should be required
I to seek redress in Federal court*.
MARINE IS WOUNDED
IN NICARAGUA CLASH
Rebels Flee as Troops Return Fire.
Saudi no Believed Losing
Support.
j B* the Nm.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua. April 31 ta
Audio KUaui a Marine private from
; ladonia. Tex. was slightly wounded t\v
buekshot Thursday evening when rebels
fired on a Marin* patrol near Kt 3au<r
He was hit in the hands and one sic
but none of the hurt* is serious. I'he
rebels dispersed a* soon as the Mactm*
j returned the fire.
Marine brigade headquarter* said t*«
vtay tliat since the bombing of SI CM
iK'te January 14. there had been "8
! engagement* between the rebels aid
! ground troops, and ui 36 of them none
of the Marines was even hatched
The Marine commanders believe th.-t
Sardine was defeated so severely at
K 3 Chipote that he has been u«v*b«e m
re-esubhsh hat mes Ms.-. ere® in the
northern countrv Aullmrdative Ho>i
duran .wHUv'es have said that siaudi-»o
nas kv»t ground with his supporter* on
that side of tire burdn and is reevivma
i leas financial and rdher aid r e
N 'urces report that danduio rehwed to
listen to the advice of his Honduran *
friends and that thev have become d s
sHiraged.
Mas F T Crure. onUtary attacsw -t
San Joae, Owsta Met* arrive*! teoYv
horn Tegucigalpa by airplane Re said
i ail was quiet op the Honduras-Nk-w
--lagua border.