The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 8, 1925, Page 1

. WEATHER FORECAST Thundershowers probable to- night; cloudy Wednesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1925 OPENS TODAY AT CHICAGO History-making Hearing Be- fore Interstate Commerce Body Convenes GRAIN Frank Milhollan, Chairman of State Rail Board, Attends Hearing , SEEK BOOSTS Frank Milhollan, cha'rman of the North Dakota railroad commission, and E. M. Hendricks, state rate ex- pert, are in attendance at the ses- sion of the Interstate Commerce Commission which opened today at Chicago. ; They will oppose pending grain rate increases proposed by four trunk line railroads operating in North Dakota and against an addi- tional five per cent flat increase de- manded by western roads. SESSION CONV! Chicago, Sept. 8.—(P)—~A making session of the interstate commerce commission is in prospect as Chairman Clyde B. Aitchison con- venes that body here today for a hearing expected to consider rail- road freight rates as a whole as well as a petition from western carriers for a five per cent increase. The commission is expected to hear and eventually to pass upon a proposal credited to Mark W. Potter, one of the receivers of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, for the pool- ing of the proceeds of a five per cent rate increase on western carriers for the benefit of those western roads whose earnings are less than 5.75 per cent. Questions of legality and constitutionality of the Potter plan are expected to be brought out. Seek Rate Boost Many of the western carriers, how- ever, seek a 5 per cent increase that would not upset the present rela- ship of rates. These western roads have estimated that on a basis of 1924 tonnage and revenue, a 5 per cent rate advance would mean only a 4.58 net return of the investment of western railways, The roads gen- ask for a net of 5.75, the fig- ure the transportation act placed as that which a railroad should be per- mitted to earn. The Hock-Smith, congressional resolution, calling for a general in- vestigation of railroad rates, is ex- pected to receive prelimina con- sideration by the commission at this hearing. Representatives of the corn belt committee, including delegates from various farmer organizations, will attend the hearing in the interest of agriculture. Shippers’ testimony is expected to be heard at the latter end of the hearing here, the length of which is uncertain, possibly ten days or more. When the luncheon recess came, Chairman Aitchison announced that a cooperative committee of state commissioners would sit with him, Those named as this committee in- cluded Frank Milhollan of the North Dakota railroad commission. Winona, Minn., Sept. 8—()—John E, Anderson, aged 30, died Sunday from injuries sustained Saturday eve- ning when he attempted to catch a ride on a freight train near Houston and fell under the wheels. Anderson, who has relatives in Minneapolis, was employed on a road crew near Houston, The train passed over both his legs. He was taken to a hospital and his legs were ampu- tated. When found fifteen or twenty minutes after the accident he had his knife out, preparing, it is believed, to take his life to relieve his suffer- ing. Dad Is Assistant to Boy Crew Coach New York, Sept. 8.—(4)—Richard Glendon, Sr., former head coach of the United States Naval Academy, crews, today was appointed assist- ant to his son, Richard Glendon, Jr., who starts his duties as head coach of the Columbia University crews next week at the opening of the.col- lege year. » ge ee | Weather Report | Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity Weather Forecast For North Dakota: Probably lo- cal thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight; Wednesday partly overcast. Not much change in temperature. General Weather Conditions The pressure is low from the low- er Mississippi Valley northwestward to the ‘western adian provinces, while a high pressure area is cen- tered over the north’ Pacific coast states. Showers occurred at most places throughout the northern states from the Great Lakes region westward to the Pacific coast. Dur- ing the past 72 hours considerable rain fell in the eastern part of the Daketas, but only light, widely scat- tered showers occurred in the wes ern part. Generally weather Prevails in the southern and central states. Temperatures are moderate in all sections. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in Charge JOHN L. LYONS JOHN F. The candidates for nomination of Republican and Democratic tickets. the Democratic nomination by Ss Republican nomination is sought by HYLAN Continue Search for Lost Plane Honolulu, Sept. 8. -(4)- Search for the naval seaplane, PN-9, No. 1, which disappeared a week ago, after nearly completing a non- stop flight from San Feanc! to Honolulu, contin’ unceas- ingly today. Despite the efforts put forw by the Uni States navy, there has been no trace of the plane, its command- er, John Rodgers, or crew of four other men. All naval vessels available are scouring that area of the Pacific wherein the plane is likely to have drifted. The operations continue in a huge sweeping cle, but have been unavail thus far. ; U.S. Veterans’ patient of the State Hospital for the Insane at Jamestown, North Dakota, | Security Pact | Meet Projected Paris, Sept. 8—(#)—The allied foreign ministers, it was said in of- ficial quarters today, have practical- ly decided to meet Foreign Minister , Stresemann of Germany, at Lau-| sanne about September 25, as a pre- liminary to the conference of. .méM- isters which will attempt to draft a Rhineland security pact. ' - — i Crookston Lad Wins Scholarship Omaha, Neb., Sept. 5.—()—Schol- | arship awards to the winners in the | | recent tests at the citize: military training camps at Fort Snelling, Fort Des Moines, Jowa, and Fort Leaven- worth, Kansas, announced by the Sev- | enth Army Corps area office here today, includes Fort Snelling, Rolland J. Spokely, Crookston, Minn., to the, Missouri Military Academy, Mexico,! Mo. | | Republicans Pessimistic | About Irish Treason Act Dublin, Sept. 5—(#)—The new} Treason Act of the Free State is be-{ ing actively administered, and the Republicans declare that it will pro-} voke a recrudescence of the old struggle. Prosecutions have been in- stituted against Republicans on the charge that they are members of an illegal military organization which, holds courts-martial. One man was; said to have been court martialled for recognizing a Free State Court. Another document captured at Kil-| kee, County Clare, deals with mem- bers of the Republican Army who! contemplate emigration. They must certify that they are forced to leave Treland by extreme economic dis- tress. They are then put on a “for- eign reserve list” for a period of; five years, and pledge themselves while abroad to increase their effi- ciency as soldiers. The emigrant un- dertakes to save up the price of a return passage and come back im- mediately when called. FAMOUS ITALIAN DOCTOR DIES » Sept. 8.—()—Professor Battista Grassi, the famous. bacteri- olegist and physician, died recently at Whe age ef 70, He was widely known in the international medical world as an investigator of malarial diseases, y Frank 9D. manufacturer, and Ex-Congressman John L. Lyons. {industrialist, why, in York City on the being opposed for * Walker. The Waterman, f 35 FISHERMEN BELIEVED LOST Manila, Sept. —()—Thirty-five fishermen are believed to have been drowned in a typhoon in the Sulu sea, near the Island of Palawan, con- stabulary reports from Occidental Negroes province in ‘An ac- count of the trage brought ashore by five survivors who came to safety after battling with a gale for several da: SEARCH FOR — LOST VETERAN Harold H. disabled service man and a beneficiary of the Burevu, who was a 9, 1925. He is 71 inches tall, weighs 147 ! pounds, has blue eyes and black hair. He enlisted at Delaware, Ohio, May 29, 1917, w private, 262nd Military Police Co. and was di charged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, 1919. His army serial num- 2 nyone knows of the present whereabouts of this man or has seen him since his town and might to what point he intended to go to, we would appreciate it if you would give that information to the U. S. Veterans’ Bureau at Fargo, N. Dak. Cannot Compete With America Berlin, Sept. 8.--(P)—A number of reasons were expressed recently by Dr. Carl Reichstein, automobile his opinion, Germany never can compete with the United States an an automobile mar- ket. Explaining the necessity for a protective automobile duty, he point- | ill be in! ed out that Germany never a position of attaining anything like American prices because of the im- possibility of turning out the same jnumber of cars, and even if this were feasible there would be no means of disposing of them. An automobile in Germany is a much greater luxury than in America, Dr. Reichstein declared, and even in the event of a general increase in incomes no person with an annual income of 10,000 marks would dream of buying, a car for a price even as low as 2,000 marks. Germans, it is asserted, attach greater importance to housing, clothing intellectual en- joyments and the education of their children and spend far more for these items than do Americans. COLISEUM OF ANCIENT ROME TO BE REPRODUCED IN MOVIES Culver City, Cal. Sept. 5.—(@)—A reproduction of the great coliseum of the ancient Romans, said to be one-of the largest “sets” ever con- structed for a moving picture pro- duction, is being built on a 60-acre lot here at a cost of 300,000. Plans call for 10,000 actors to appear in the scenes. NEVER AGAIN New York—Theodore Isaacs was teaching a small boy to cast a fly, when the fish hook caught in his nose. It was so deeply imbedded that Isaacs was forced to go to tl hospital to. have it removed. Isaa says he will never again attempt to teach a boy to cast a fly, [IN NEW york Mavoraury race | KILLS BABY GIRL TO GET - $4,000 RANSOM [Demented Youth, Harvard Graduate, Is Expected to Be Given Life PERFECT CRIME SLAYER | | | \ | Killer Boastfully Admits Mur- der, Emulates Leopold | { i and Loeb 1 _ | Montela N. J. Sept, 8—()—- | Harrison Noel, 20 years old, |former Harvard student,and escaped linmate of an insane um, who ‘kidnaped and killed six r old {Mary Daly because of a craving for 1 $4,000; in ransom money, seems like- Hly'to be ordered confined for life as were the slayers of “Bobby” Franks, | in Chicage . { Noel pleaded guilty yesterday to |the kidnaping charge. He denied {he shot and killed the girl or Ray. mond Pierce, negro taxicab driver, \to get an automobile for the abduc- tion. He awaits arraignment on charges of murdering tie girl and John Handin, chauffeur, after the kidnaping. with boastful- ness to all of the crimes. Captain James A. Mason, head of issex county detectives, says Noel “hopelessly” insane. A committee enists is to he sought by the If found . he will be committed to the hospital. If he is found sane, plea of guilty of the kidnaping harge exposes him to a sentence of life imprisonment, There is no less- sentence for the crime in New wounding of state to examine the youth. I While “Jersey justice” has been meted as swift and sure, it is be- lieved that rather than go through ‘a murder trial with the probability {of a fight on insanity the officials {would be content with a kidnaping sentence. WATERWORKS EXPERT GOES TO GREEK CITY Thorne Dickinson Will Build Waterworks at Greek Capital Thorne Dickinson, former ass ant engineer employed by the Bi marck waterworks, left last week for | Athens, Greece, where he goes to aid in the work of installing a mod- ern water main system to replace the antiquated system of water supply used in the Greek capital since the middle ages. Dickinson worked in the local wi terworks department for two yea He became connected with the ci water department at the time the new plant was constructed. He is « Fargo man. | Through a series of articles writ- ten by Dickinson, published in a prominent engineering journal, his work came to the attention of of- ficials of the Greek government. Dickinson is nationally known as an authority on waterworks engineering. Two-Year Contract Earlier in the year, he signed a contract with the city of Athens to ‘supervise building an underground waterworks system in the capital His contract is for two years. The present water supply of Ath- ens is furnished from a natural re- servoir outside the city and distrib- uted by water-carriers bearing skin i bags. This system has been in vogue from the founding of the city. It is the prevailing water system of middle European and Asiatic cities. Dickinson will supervise construc- |tion of a network of pressure mains iin the heart of Athens which will supply water to homes within a re- stricted area, Other parts of the city will get supplies from water de- pots furnished by mains. Plays in Ancient Hebrew Successful in Moscow Moscow—(P)—Soviet Russia is probably the only country in the world that maintains a special He- brew theatre, where plays are pro- duced in the modern style, but by a special cast of artists in the ancient Hebrew tongue. This theatre which is partly sub- sidized by the state, has its own building, where performances are giv- en from'2 to 4 times a week. Dur- ing the last two years the Hebrew players have scored great successes and nearly the whole Moscow popu- lation, Jews and orthodox a flocked to see their art, despite their own inability to understand a single word. The Hebrew theatre, known under the name of “Habima” has become one of the Moscow's sight-seeing ob- jects and every foreigner, visiting | Moscow, who is at all interested in art, deems it necessary to visit the theatre. During last year two mys- tical plays—“Hadibuk” and “Golem” were performed, and two new plays {staged by Stanislavsky will be pro- duced the coming season. The com- pany will leave in’ the autumn for an extended tour of Europe and America, Spanish Troops Land Madrid, Sept. 8 —UP)— Spagiah troops have landed on the Moroc coast, in the bay of Alhucemas, it was officially announced today. MASSLEGAL | TALENT FOR N.D.BAR MEET Bismarck Barristers Will! Speak Before State Bar | Association i GOVERNOR ON PROGRAM Chief Justice Christianson! Will Read Paper on An- | drew Jackson ! ae, i Fargo, N. D., Sept. &-—Delegate: | from practically ever: in’ the! state, including prominent jurists | and state officials, are arriving in! Fargo today to attend the two da. annual convention of the North Da- kota bar association which will open here tomorrow. A special reception | is planned. Wednesday for Goveror| A. G. Sorlie and Royai S. Stone, jus of the Minnesota supreme court.| kers will include R marck, ; tic Prominent. spe Wenzel of Bi surer of the . R, Lovell, president of the Cass county bar association, who will ive 7 C21, Young | k, vice president of the state body, who will respond; L. KE. Birdzell, supreme court justice of North Dakota; District Judge A. G.! Burr; A. W. Cupler of Fargo, presi- dent of the state assoc Of special interest speech on “The Johnson” by A, M. Chri justice of the North I court. KE. tr of Bismare be akota suprem Discuss Codes Important topics to be discussed | include criminal law, uniform s vs, probate code, revision of cod internal affairs, and a code of ethi for members of the association. Governor Sorlie will speak on “The | lis, Lieu- rnor of Minnesota, will | S$. E. Ellsworth, Jamestown attor- ney, in connection with his discussion | of a code of ethics, will advocate the | immediate enactment into the state laws of the standards of the legal ed- ucation recommended by the Ameri- can bar ciation. Other speakers on the two day pro- gram include Horace Bagley, Sveinb- jorn Johnson, North Dakota supreme court justice; W. ¢ n, HA! Bronson, W. 'F. Burnett, John H Lewis, George F. Shafer, attorney; general of North Dakota; H. F. Hor-| ner, F. T. Cuthbert, . Adams, L. D. Nosdal and FE. B. Pick Fargo Man jp rgo, Sept. 8—-Aubrey Lawrence of Fargo, senior member of the firm of Lawrence, elected vice ‘president of the Ameri-! can Bar association for North Dako-| ta, at the convention of the assoc tion at Detroit, Mich., last week. Lee Combs of Valley City chosen general counsel, North kota’s representative on the nat a board of counsels, and five other at-| torneys of this slaty were named to prominent offices. Other state lawyers honored are: John Knauf, Jamestown; John Keo- | hene, Beach; Benton Baker, marck, and W. A. Melntyr : Forks, all chosen’ members of the district counsel board which recom: | mends admission to the bar. | Twenty-five hundred attorneys rep- | resenting practically every state in the union were in attendance at the convention, Mr. Lawrence said Mon- day on his return, He asserted the association favored that aliens about to become American citizens should be fully qualifiw! in the language of the constitution and its spirit. A. W. Cupler, president of the North Dakota Bar association, will return to Fargo tonight from De- troit. Sees Struggle as Peace Menace Philadelphia—Brains, more than| physical prowess, will be sought hereafter in recruits for the Philadcl- phia police department, under a. re- cent ruling of the Civil Service Com- mission. The decision, announced af- ter investigations by the commission and Director of Public Safety Smed-| ley D. Butler, will become effective with the next batch of candidates. Criminals are keen-witted, and quick thinking policemen are needed to keep abreast of them, the commis- sion said. A new code of tests for prospective blue-coats will be put into practice, designed, as far as practicable, to “predict the efficiency of _a policeman.” Under the oid system a candidate was given three points for physical qualification, three for training and experience, and one each for practi- cal questions, observation and per- sonal interview. The revised code will rank physical qualifications at two points; tr ing and experience, two and one-half; practical ques- tions, two; personal. interview two! and one-half. : Most important, the new code will measure the prospective policeman’s thinking ability. Hypothetical situa- tions will be sketched and the candi-) date asked to state his actions under; .each condition. He will be graded! accordingly, CATCH STRANGE FISH North Sydney, Nova Scotia.—The cold storage plant here has received | from fishermen a catch of five fish of unknown specie. The fish resem- ble the porpoise in general appear- ance, but are very much larger, weighing 250 pounds. | MEANEST THIEF West Chester, Pa.—Police here are attempting to catch the meanest! chicken thieves. The thieves enter- ed the chicken house of Norman Spencer while the family was away, and carried off two mother hens and 50 chickens. To add to the dis- comfiture of Spencer they took along a fine collie dog, which had been left to guard the chickens, i NEGRO FOUND }Grand Forks and Murphy and Niles, was|F | List Hearings Before TO LEAD PROHI A. C. ional nesota, Wisconsin been named re for Min-| western st.f pwasend has vibition director Dak headq Paul. pe vorth with “Ww... U. Leader * | a Murdered in Home as Vinton, Iowa, Sept. 8 —(A)— Mes. C. BL Cook, president of the Benton county W. C. T. was shot to dewh last night by an un sailant. Friend: she was th ger or rum been active in furnishing in mation leading to the arrest of many liquor law violators. 1 A bullet, fired through a | window on the first floor of her home as she sat wing about 11:30 o'clock, ended Mrs. Cook's lif : A unner, as she inquest ix being held this me . No official opinion as to the probable motive for. the shooting hax been expressed, Her husband ix manager of the! Waverly, lowa, gas company. B DEAD IN FIELD Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 8.) ust Grand Forks. lice are investigating the finding of the partly decomposed body of a negro in a corn field near East Grand Ne Monday afternoon. Workmen cutting corn found the | body and informed the officials, who | immediately took charge of the situ mn, The body wi taken to an! undertaken parlor he re it is | being held pending fu estisa tions. Police so far have been un-| able to advance any thec to how the negro came to his death. It is} believed he had been dead at least} two weeks. N. D. Railroad Board schedule of hearings on public! utility cases to come before the state railroad board within the next thre weeks was announced today as fol-| lo September 14 at Williston, appli-} cation of Blankerburg Brothers Glendive, Montana, for permission! to operate a motorbus passenger! service between Williston, N. D., and, Sidney, Mont September 15 at Tioga, petition by citizens to force Great Northern! Railway to install certain shipping facilities. September 15, at Grenora, petition by citizens to force Great Northern Railway to install a proper crossing at Hickman street September 16 at Lunds Valley, pe- tition of citizens for a new depot by} ¢, Great Northern Railway. September 16 at Stanley. by board of township supervisors to} abandon one road crossing and es- tablish another, September 17 at Minot, application by the Great Northern Railway for permission to close and remove the portable depot at Gassman and to} tear up and remove 603 feet of in- dustry track. September 17 at Coulee, y residents for elimination of grad crossing over Gr Northern Rail- way tracks two miles east of Coulee and for installation of underpass! under bridge No, 51. Setpember 18 tion by farmers for removal of line railroad. September 24 at Erie, petition by; citizens of Galesburg for re-estab- lishment of commercial telegraph service at that point; petition by Clifford Commercial club for re-es-| by = und. stockshippers stockyards by Soo! tablishment of telegraph service at) Clifford; petition by citizens Erie for re-establishment of commer- cial telegraphic servic Report Spread _ of Dread Malady Seven additional cases of in- fantile paralysis were reported to the state health department for the week ending Sept. 5, a checkup today showed. Nelson and Mountrail counties reported two cases each and Benson, Mer- cer sae Foster counties one case each, RUSSIA TO EXHIBIT AT DANZIG FAIR Danzig, Sept. 8.--)—For the first| time Soviet Russia was represented ed at the Danzig Autumn Fair, from September 24 to 27. Ie twelve se tions the Russians exhibited indus wial products of the country. petition! } petition | ; Kongsberg, peti-| \ of} there. | BITION BATTLE — The new prohi Washington, Or Roy C. Lyle, * NEW AGENCY FIGHTS RALL RATE BOOSTS Fruit and Vegetable Shipper: sociation Files Pro- test Another powerful agency has join- ed) othe agricultural organ which are protesting proposed f rate inc ses in Western state: cording to information received he by the North Dakota State Railtoa board, That is the Fruit and V table Shippers Association, which is vitally interested in the freight rate! question and handles approxin 600,000, loads of fresh fruits and vegetables annually, In a joint letter to the Interstate Commerce Commission protesting the proposed freight rate vegetable shippers and the Farm Bureau Federation say: Points Dependency “1, The prosperity of all cor I activities ave directly upon the prosperity of the tarmer The government's own agen- cies, such as the department of Agri- culture, Department of Comme Department of Labor and whose record are available the commission, nee of the gene the may be by contain ample al farming condition throughout tr Recause the present crop this in some sec promises prighter conditions do justify ignoring the situation which con- fronted oug growers and — shippers during the ‘two or three years imn diately prior thereto and the oblig: swith their resultant. burdens, ich that industry was and is carry: not ing. “4. That the territory Iving west of the M ippi_ river is largely gricultural, therefore an incr transportation ch tion which includes a modities would in at and y aimed direct blow to agriculture and would cause an unbalanced and unjust tax. Involved rates between the ctions of the Situation That many Western territory and country east thereof are based on the Missouri or Mi poi river, therefore the petition threatens ser- ations and may become aching as to involve through id from all other sections 1 further ywhere in all se would being ch would of our county general in- tions of about a react on the commerce and be re- F ‘ovides measures for perous lines earnings of certain limits to be used less fortunate neighbors ize that in our opin- and the rail- their and we empha on the commission roads should work out some plan of ¢ out this feature of the law without inflicting the public with further increases in rates. Other Investiments “3, That in past certain railroads have “earned substantial returns on common and preferred stocks which in some cases were re- linvested in other properties and as the public undoubtedly was a reckon- ing factor in contributing toward the highly successful years, that those substantial returns should also ‘be taken into consideration at this time in determining the propriety of | this petition, | “9. We do not express an opinion on matter of railroad consolidations but if the commission is of the view that there is economy through con- solidation then this feature would also become an important factor in this case in determining if the lines lin the western territory have been as active in this respect as railroads | in other districts. “10, The act also provides that efficiency is an. outstanding item lfor consideration of petitions for |increases in rates and while we are \expressing no opinion at this time on this feature, yet since the com- | mission has a department for inves- tigating this feature, that we urge that before placing an additional tax on our products that this item wil have been thoroughly investigated.” | termath | Missou tely jt THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [avon PRICE FIVE CENTS CONGRESS MAY PROBE DISASTER RATE SESSION FOUR CRASH VICTIMS ARE LAID TOREST Commander Lansdowne and Three Officers Are Buried in Arlington DEMAND INVESTIGATION Senator King, Utah, Will Press for Congressional Action Washington, Sept. 8.—(#)—The af- of inquiry and criticism which has followed the loss of the Shenandoah held the attention of of- ficials today as Arlington cemetery offered honored repose for four vi tims of the dis Funeral services for Lieutenant Commander — Zachary Lansdowne, commander of the ill-fated ship, were arranged for the afternoon at Fort My Va., with a full military escort accompanying the body to the grave A morning hour was fixed for the arate services at the grave for utenant Commander Louis Han- utenant J, B. Lawrence and utenant E. W. Sheppard. him Rear Secret tod Wilbur n informal had before report by Admiral C. W. Dyson who made an independent investigation in which he held the failure of diagonal brac ing in the Shenandoah's frame largely responsible for her collapse His study showed that some of this bracing, which gives the ship’ it longitudinal strength, had — pulled loose from s supports, Note Mitchell Defi The loss of the Shenandoah was cited 1. William Mitchell, for mer of the army air service, as one instance to support his sensational charges pub d Sut- urday against the air service admi istration of both the war and navy departments. Colonel Mitchell's statement has drawn from Senator James Reed of the comment that while the ir service officer may be an extrem- list and probably is, he is “undoubt- edly a courageous | officer and his statement must lenge the atten on to air service development.” he senator welcomed a ation in the military w good thing, Will Demand Probe Reaction from another senatorial quarter came in the statement from King of Utah, a democratic member of the senate naval committee, that he intended to press immediately on convening of the fortheoming ses- sion of congress for an investigation of the Shenandoah disaster and the nd Navy aviation policies in 1. Utah senator, who has returned from a trip to Europe, he sympathizes with Col. Mitchell and that he prepared to defend he officer on the senate floor inst any disciplinary action the war department might take. Study Charges Colonel William. Mitchell's latest criticism of the administration's air policy was referred today to tor general of the army for 1 department will not be determined until this report has been received. Should grounds he found for disciplinary ac- tion, Acting Secretary Davis then will decide whether court-martial shall be initiated. Mitchell No Martyr Colonel William Mitchell is hardly a martyr to the powers that control the army and navy, according to Ma- jor General Hugh L. Scott, who with Mrs. Scott, arrived here this morn- ing. General Scott said he believes Colonel Mitchell's demotion from his former rank of Brigadier General to his present coloneley was not out of order or done in a spirit of revenge by army officials for the former air chief's activities in denouncing the present condition of the country's air forces, “The practice of demoting officers has been common for years,” said General Scott. “Personally, I have heen promoted backward twice, once from colonel to major and once from lieutenant colonel of volunteers to captain in the regular army Educational Authorities Study Tendencies of Japanese Youths Tokyo, Sept. 5.—()--While the rising generation of Japan appears to be little affected by “radical thoughts,” there is unmistakable evi- dence of general moral decadence brought on by the World War and aggravated by the 1923 earthquake disaster, is the conclusion recently reached by the Department of Edu- cation after studying papers collect- ed from the students of 190 middle schools and girls’ high schools throughout the country. The department started its inves- tigation last year with the view of obtaining the mental reactions of young Japan on various moral and ethical questions. The students, it was said, apparently were quite frank in answering the questions put te them. One of the officials, summing up his conclusion, said it’ was par- ticularly noticeable that many boys and girls seemed to lack the power of judging between right and wrong. OL’ PAL O’ MINE San Francisco—Several _bootleg- gers waiting trial here are develop- ing a friendly feeling toward the San Francisco wharf-rat. The rats have eaten the labels off bottles of confiscated liquor, seized by agents. Tf the agents can not prove a bottle of liquor, with an obliterated label, was seized from a certain boetlegger, his case may be dismissed, says the prosecutor.