Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1924, Page 2

ECONOMY IN ARMY DECLARED AT LIMIT Weeks Says Pressure Has Reached Point Where It * Stops Progress. Secretary Weeks advised President Ccolidge tn his anaual report made public today that conditions in the United States Army now have reach- el the g2 whero “a sound and continuing policy with regard to its nacessities must seriously 1 by the ce department Governme nection the War Secre- fury declared the Army's require- ments had been studied with care und fitted iuto a 10-year program which should he put into effect by Con- gress “In a mauner that wlill con- form mnot only to the military needs of the military service but also to the fnancial condition of the Gov- exnment. Preswure for Progress. another section of ent made for n < b con- at of ¢ 4 Jn this « n the the and than The re- Army it the to uftect ApDTO ress, and the r that state essary the Ly th in’ orde keep with ¥y Con ade ars id “With the funds allowed during the past fiscal year, however. it has not bewn possible either to carry out the full misslon of the defense forces practice true econom rtement to Congress made Coolldge In his first ing out that reductions the Army’s commissioned and en- ted strength had reduced its power to the “danger polut” and asserting that “further rcductions should not be was referred to by tha who declared the Chlef words now composed “an t of the necessities of Sceretary advanced the ovinion the time had come when the rtry should look further into the future when considering Army prob- 1 the year-to-vear method of treating such questions should give way 10 a continuing policy of relief end increascd provision for the three components the milltary service-— the Regular Army, the National Guard and the Organized Raserves. Plan for Ten Yearw. e this unfortunate situa- iike the business man arrang- his schedula of work and plans for the allotment of funds, and @ecide that relief is urgently needed and must be spread over a period of the Secretary said. “we are two determining factors can law and custom. The -d date when our process of rehabilitation must be complete, when the various treaties arising out of the Wasifington conference cease to be effective, and when the super- annuation of the veterans of the World War will have practically eliminated our reserve of citizeus of experience In the field, would seem require that our plang for re- tation and our expenditure for rpose can be spread over and ch an end at the expiration 10-yvear pertod, providing such a plan and such expenditures begin to be effective at this time.” After pointing to defects in the ent, caused by short- and enlisted men, and putting himself on record in of Increasing their numbers, from 12,000 to 13,000, 000 to 150,000, Secre- ary Weeks said Our entire effort since 1920 has been to apply the prineiples and pro- fons of the natio defenge act in Fuch a way that we shall have more han a mere paper Army, more than tmagi upon ited States has alway. depended for its =ecurit; major emergencies arlse. age of officer: again vh previously £hould Must Create Force. 1f future emergencies come to the Tnited tes, we shall have to create virtually our entire force er the declaration of war, which | be a tremendous task. however well concelved. Probably in no other army in the world, conse- Guently, is it so Important as in ours that organization, material, equip- Taent, training plans, and moblliza- tion projects should be as simple as possible “Practicalit does not thrive in 1mstances where shortage of offi- cers makes it necessary to detail as instructors with civilian components « who have not had sufficient i a unit of their own branch e. Practicality does not inuctive units, depleted Etrengths Imaginary maneuvers, paper plans, fictitious ~reserve stocks, &nd theoretical weapons, “Our greatest peril today is too great a dependence upon theory to the exclusion of fact. This Is the danger against which the Army must always strive. This is the one im- vortant fact underlying the general situation as well as the detailed ele- ments of our present military situ- #tion, a fact of which the legislative department of the Government should take ample cognizance in cousidering the practical projects which the Army deewms essential to the execu- tion of the mission assigned to it by law. Unless we are to live upon imigination the Army must have an income that bears a tangible rela- tlon to its nceds. Clothed From War Stocks. By way of illustrating some of the *“deleterious effects of our period of extraordinary cconomy.” the Secr tary cited u shortage of commissioned personuel whick <aid, had reduced the “quota of officers on duty with units of all components to less than 80 per cent of peace requirements.” Lack of funds, | added, had made it necessary to issue clothing to enlisted wen from war stocks, giving commands an unmilitary ap- pearance or compelling soldlers to ex- pend large proportions of their per- tonal funds to keep up proper ap- pearance in public “This Is not the road to efiiciency,” ke decla adding in the words of former President Harding that “there ate limits in reduction beyond which we cannot go, eveu in the pra worthy cause of economy, without de- stroyingk the excellent foundation row id for natiouul defense and forfeiting the accrued benefits of World War experience.” Reverting to needs of the Army alr serv the Secretary declared for *“increased production facilities” and &n “increase in our air service per- sannel in order to give us a peace force of 3.000 officers and 25,000 en- listed men In the National Guard and the Or- sanized Reserves increases, Mr. Woeeks said the growth noted during the last fiscal year had been en- couraging. “At the end of the fiscal year,” he maid, “the guard was already grow- ing beyond the limits set by current appropriationa” Referring to the Organized Re- serve, the Secretary asserted that “an increase in the training over that ‘now avallable for reserves is abso- lutely necessary to maintain popular interest and maintain eficiency in the reserve project. Modiflcation of the system of pro- motlom by seniority also was sug- Gested. In this connection the Sec- cer ¥ w of servic thrive in i Heads Trade Commission I JUDGE VERNON W. VAN FLEET Of Indiann becomes chatrman of the Federal Trade Commisalon, effective tomorrow. Judge Van Fleet, formerly Judge for n period of elght years of | the Superior Court of Indiama, wax #t the time of hix appointwent to the commlssion, in July. 1922, a speclal | $he United Statex. For the pant year !Judge Van Fleet hax bad charge of tlie legnl work of the commission. ARMY POSTS NEEDS ARE POINTED OUT Fort Myer, Fort Washington and Bolling Field Hard ! Hit by No Funds. The valry d Artillery Fort Myer, Va: the Infantry Fort Washington, Md, and the Army aviation station at Bolll Field, Anacostla, ara specifically mentioned by Secratary Weeks in his annual re- port as deserving of adequate appro- priations by Congress for necessary repairs and lmprovements Short quotations are n from reports made by Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Roch- enbach, commanding the district of Washington, on the subject to su tatn his point that every effort is be ing made redu amount of Army material which must be kept up and for which the funds available are not adequa ortage of aj post at post at funds for repairs, maintena and operations at the various stations.” says Gen. Rochen- bach, “'has greatly handicapped Quartermaster Corps activities. The curtailment of available funds is be- lleved to be especially detrimental at such stations as Fort Myer, Va. where valuable p nanent structures cannot be properly maintained * ¢ ¢ The shertage in appropriations was also keenly felt at Fort Washington, Md., where a valuable roadbed, lead ing to the wharf at the Potomac River, is rapidly disintegrating, ow- ing to the fact that sufficlent funds were lacking. to properly maintain it. ‘This road. which was built at a con- siderable cost, will require extensive repairs at heavy expense unless steps are taken at an early date to pre- vent it Regarding Bolling Field, 0. Rochenbach reported to the Secretary of War that the barras at that vost “are unsuitable and f temporary construction” and that the sick rate there was higher than at other sta- tions in the district of Washington. The Ligh sick rate at Bolling Field is due, he said, according to the sanitary reports of the station surgeon “to poor drainage and the type of build- ings used by the command.” Ie added that no action has yet Leen taken on the recommendations 10ok- ing toward permanent construction at Bolling Field, made by a military board of survey in May, 1922. Maj. Ge M. M. Patric! chief of Army Air Service, made the following cominents on the general subject, in a recent report to the Secvetary of War: ith the exception of a few isolat- ed permanent buildings, the entire Air Service outlay was initiated during the war, pushied to a hasty conclu- sion and designed to last from but two to four years. These accommo- datiens have now been in continuol use since 1917, and while the main- tenance e¢osts mount higher and higher with h succeeding vear, the living accommodations become more and more unsatisfactory. A com- plete reconstruction program is im- perative and nothing short of Imme- dlate and generous relief can be re- lied upon to mect the situation. It is hoped that a program may be ini- tiated without delay and prosecut in such a manner as to psrmit a tinued and progressive construc’ of permanent buildings at sel stations without {nterfering present accommodations.” with | PRESIDENT'S FATHER | BAFFLED BY LETTER ‘Gets Message Written in German, { But Can’t Find Any One to Translate It for Him. | Bz the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH. Vt, November 29.— [ Col. Jokn C. Coolidge, father of the President, is looking for some one famillar with the German language and with German script. When he received in the mail today a letter form somewhere in Germany he sought a transiator, but could find none either in this village or in Lud- low, the nearest large town The postmark was o blurred that it was impossible to tell from what city the letter came and no one could decipher the name of the city as written in script inside or make out the eignature. An appeal to the Lud- low high schoal brought the informa- tion that German is not taught there. —_———— retary said he would alter existing laws to provide concrete rewards by way of advancement for consplcuous service. t present,” the Secretary added, “a junior officer who calculates his chances for promotion finds that he will perhaps have to wait 10 to 20 years before he reaches the field grades * * * A special oppor- tunity for more rupid promotion thus opened to those of signal ability would undoubtedly increaseé the effi- erency of all officers, and would make the military profession more attrgc- tive &8 a career to the young men of the country.” The Secretary admitted that the present promotion system provided competent officers, but said a more satisfactory scheme would result if speclal promotions could be handed out, one grade at a time, and not in excess of 2 per cent of those made under the seniority arrange- ment. A specific recommendation that Congress amend the national defense act to make such special promotions possible was included in the Secre- tary’s closing statements. nwsistant to the Attorney General of | BRITAIN DEFENDED INNAVAL PAGT ROW Sir Esme Howard Says No Signatory Power Has Filed Complaint to Date. Statements that the British govern- ment {s not carrying out its obliga- tions under the Washington treaty for the limitation of naval armament of 1921 were denled by Sir Esme How- ard, British Ambassador to the United States, at a reception given in his honor by the Southern Society last night at the Willard Hotel.. “I do not myself attach auy import- ance to these stutements and any crit- icisms that may have been based on them do not in any way upset my equapimity,” sald the ambassador. “I have a philosophy of my own about such matters, which has long stood stead. So long as our conscience la clear, 8o long as we know that we have done nothing to besmirch our honor, our honor Is safe. No Need to Move Inland. Nothing any one elss can say or do fcan touch it and therefore nothing that others can say or do need tro.ble us greatly, provided we really have a clear constie This belug the case as regards the matter, 1 feel that the British government need not mind ratly what is said. “But in order that you gentlemen who live near the seashore may not think it necessary for the safety of your families to purchase homes far inland, because perfidious Albion is secretly breaking har engagements and arming contrary to treaty obligations, I will just say this in order to calm any fears you may entertain on the wubject. Has Had No Pratests. “The Washington treaty was signed by the United States of America, France, Italy, Japan and Great Bri- taln. Up to date the British govern- ment has not received from any of the other signatories of the treaty any protest or observation whatever tending to show that they have the slightest notion that Great Britain is not carrving out her slde accord- ing to the letter and the spirit, I presume that all these governments can not have sunk into a condition of coma, nor that they are all com- pletely indifferent to the interests of the countries they govern, so that it was left to a private citizen to make these alarming disclosures. “For all<details with regard to the position, as regards relative numbers of the fieats. 1 would venture merely to refer any one interested in tha mat- ter to Senator Hale's admirably lucid statement, with as many statistical tables as are good for the digestion, which s contained in the Congres- sional Record. There vou will find tha whole position stated with utmost clearness. 1 do not need to go to any British source for a fair statement of the position—-1 am well content to leave the matter in the capable hands of Senator Hale.” Likes Repose of Somth. Ambassador Howard opened his ad- facetiously by pointing out that glishman'a knowledge of Amer- ica is “collosal” “Why, you can still find some people in England,” he sald, ‘Who do not know what the Gov- ernor of North Carolina to the Governor of South Carolina. The ambassador also paid a glowing tribute to the qualities of the South as typified by Washington and Mount Vernon, and voiced the hope that it will not altogether lose these quali- ties in “these strenuous days.” Among he South’s qualities he ranked high love of the home and of the very soil. and love of a due measure of I privacy and lelsure, coupled with a glorious and quixotic disdain for riches.” “The South is for us,” added Am- bassador Howard, “full of rich flavor of romance which stil] hangs about the old Southern homes. There is. in our imagination at any rate, about the South, a sort of repose and calm which appeals to us English. I have not, for instance, seen ons of the great hquses in the North that I would exchange for Mount Vernon, if it wers mine. Mount Vernon | rather remote, rather aloof, dignified yet without any undue display of riches, ready indeed to extend hospitality to friends, but shrinking trom the very idea of making a !splash, is to me the ideal of the Southern home, and, I may say, the ideal of any home in any countr! The Ambassador was introduced by Wade H. Cooper, president of the so- clety. More than 500 persons attend- ed the reception, which was followed by dancing. STRUCTURE OF 3 APSES IN C. U. SHRINE COMPLETE Dr. Bernard A. McKenna, director of the National Shrine of the IMMacu- late Conception, under construction at Catholic University, returned yesterday from Philadelphla, where he attended the annual meeting of the bullding com- mittce, held in the residence of Cardinal Dougherty. Dr. McKenna reported that seven of the 15 chapels in the crypt have been donated, while altars and sev- eral individual marble columns have been presented. The ceramic work, to cost not less than $25,000, has been subscribed by Detroit Chapter, Salve Regina. He outlined the further work that was to be taken up, and was authorized to carry out the plans. The Gustavino work in the crypt was completed yesterday, and the scaffolding will be removed Monday or Tuesday. This completes the struc- tural work of the three apses, leav- ing nothing but the ornamentation: altars and floorings to be finished. The inside of the crypt now is 204 feet in length and will accommodate more than 1,800 persons. RIGGLES RITES TOMORROW Funeral services for J. Richard| Riggles, 87 years old, for many years prominent in Masonic, church and business circles in this city, and who died at his residence, 1328 Falrmont street, Friday, will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Frederick Brown Hatris, pastor of Foundry M. E. Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Riggles was well known as the organizer of the firm of J. Rich- ard Riggles & Bros, which handled paints, oils and art supplies. He w: also a member of Federal Lodge, N 1, F. A. A. M, for more than half a century and was a member of the bullding committee for the present edifice of the Foundry M. E. Church. The members of the Assoclation of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, of which Mr. Riggles was & member, have been ofiicially re- quested ta attend the funeral serv- ices. Masonic services are to be conducted at the grave by the lodge of which he was 3 member. Dean Here as Belasco Aid. Tunis F. Dean, a former Washing- tonfan, and now with David Belasco productions, {s the manager for Mr. Belasco in new play “Ladles of the Evening,” which will show here next week at the Natlonal Theater. The play is by Milton Herbert Crop- per. Mr. Dean has come to Wash- ington in advance of the play's op: mg here, 3 " 3 " of VIRGINIA LEADERS LAUNCH FIGHT TO BRING U, S. PARK TO STATE Official Notice That Only Blue Ridge Site Is Considered Unites AUl Interests in Intensive Campaign. BY HAROLD K. PHILIPS, RICHMOND, Va., November 30.— With authoritative sssurances from Washington that the Blue Rldge Mountains area is the only one in Virginia that is to be considered as & site for the proposed Southern Ap- palachian National Park, business and officlal interests ip every ction of the State have'combined In an in- tensive campalgn to have that sec- tion selected. Taking advantage of the great in- terest that has been aroused by the posaibility that the East's first na- tlonal park may be located in Vir- ginia, State business organizations see their long-sought opportunity to stamp sectionalism from the Old Do- minlon State forever, and they are going to make the most of this golden chance. Heretofore Virginians in the tide- water countles have been little in- terested in the progress and n. ot their fellow statesmen of the Western mountain and valley communities. The two sections have been as dis- tant toward each other as though they were separate States. But now Virgiula's pride has been awakened. Things ure different. Faverite Chord Struck. . In every county of the State a vigorous publicity campaign is under way and Virginians are responding with an enthusiasm that {s almost remarkable. The Old Dominion's favorite chord has been struck—his- tory. Virginia feels that not only are its Blue Ridge Mountains more beautiful and more famous in song and story than any others, but that their history alone, their anceatry, entitles them to the cholc When a matter of State bistory, Nation-making history is con- cerned, Virginia will fight to the last ditch to prove her claim to tha title —*"cradle of American history.” And these Virginians belleve the presence of 5o many spots sacred in the his- tory of America—Mount Vernon, Wakefleld, Appomattox, tha Spotts- wood Trail, Yorktown, Jamestown, Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry and a score of equally famous places— within or very close to the proposed area—make it worthy of becoming the mecca for American tourists that the East's first great natlonal park is to become. That is the reason Virginia has come out for the first time in d ades as a unit for something that is to be located in the western moun- talns. Several Sites Urged. Virginia heretofora has been urg- ing several sites for the park. As a matter of fact, the very area that is likely to be selected by the Gov- ernment was the last one proferred. But the very fact that & number of sections within the State wers vieing for selection made it embarrassing for the State Government. Gov. Trinkle scarcely could see his way clear to show a choice and he was obliged to malutain silence, mak- ing it appear that Virginia was not not much interested that the com- mittes appointed by Secretary of the Interfor Work to select tha proper area will not consider any site in Virginia except the Blue Ridge Moun- tain section. beginning at Stony Man Mountan and end near Staunton. With this assurance it will be pos- sibla for Gov. Trinkle to enter the campalgn for the cholce there as wholeheartedly as have the business interests of the State. This fnforma- tion was conveved to him offictally only early this week and he has not yet been back in Richmond since his trip to Florida long euough to permit Bim to get the ball moving, so far as the State government Is concerned. It is believed, bowever, that ha will have something to say concerning th park late this week. Due {n Ofiice Tomorrow. The Governor wil be back in his of- fice Monday, after having spent s eral days attending to jmportant legal matters at Roanoke. The State Chamber of Commerce, with the full support of the Govern- ment, has been working for some time in conjunction with the Shenan- doah Valley, Inc., and the Northern Virginia Park Association. Not only is it directing its publicity campaign into every county in the State, but it is also broadcasting the merits of the Blus Ridge area throughout the country, The Chamber of Commerce feals that it will be almost as advantageous to the peapla of New York, Philadel- phia, Ealtimore, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, Detroit and most of the South to have the park located in the Stony Man section, rather than a thousand miles farther south in the Great Smoky Mountains, as it will be to the people of Virginia. A park in the Blue Ridge Mountains would be accessible to all of the people In those great cities; one so far south would not be, except to a very small and wealthy minority. False Reperts Started. False reports have been circulated stating that the Government expects the State of Virginia to buy the pro- posed area and present it to the na- tional park service. Those in a posi- tion to understand realize that such a proposition is preposterous and has never been considered. It fs such false rumors as these that a state- ment from Gov. Trinkle now would clear up, and that is why hig friends believe he will make his position clear. Those leading ’the campalgn to bring the national park to the Blue Ridge Mountaing realize that the res- ervation would prove one of the greatest boons in Virginia’s whole history. Not only would it open up that vast, beautiful, wild country, but | it would be the stepping stone to- ward making all of the State’s out- standing historical spots national shrines, The park would attract to the State millions of tourlsts every year, who would not be content to see it and pass by the scores of Interesting places that surrourtd it. From the park the tourists would hurry to Mount Vernon and Washington, York- town and Appomattox, rome via Richmond and some over the newly completed Lee highway. Othess would strike north to historic Getty: burg. Every section of Virginia would benefit by the boon. These aye he things those in charge of the drive are bringing home to the neople in y section of the State. The respo: jmultaneous and be- fore Congress has the matter of the park before it, all of Virginia, prob- ably supported by the States of the North and South allke, with the ex- ception of a very few around the Great Smoky reglon, will he united for establishing the Southern Appa- lachian Natlonal Park in the Blue Rldge Mountains. MURDER MYSTERY STIRS INDIANS IRE Former Chief’s Dismembered Body Found in North Country. By thie Assoclated Press. WARRAOD, Minn., November 29.— A story of another mysterlous death in the Northwest angle country was brought here today by travelers who told of the finding of the dismembered body of Joe Penasse, former chief of the Cyclone Ieland band of Indisns, near his home, just over the Canadian boundary line. Minnesota officlals are investigat- ing the death of Mrs. Dean Wheeler of Clearwater, Kans., who was found dead from a knife wound in & cabin on the Minnesota side of the line. A coroner’s jury held an accident was responsible for her death, but rela- tives expressed dissatisfaction, and the investigation was recpened. Thi story ot the Indian's death, the travelers say, involves enmity be- tween the former chief and his son, Tom, who, at the last tribal election, won the title of chief from his father. Shortly after the election the elder Indian disappeared. Tom Penaese sald his father had started out to trap muskrats, but when the old man failed to return by Midsummer, the Indians began 1o whisper that young Tom caused his father's disappearunce. The young chiet squelched the talk by declar- ing that he had heard from his father, who was then at Cass Lake. A fow days age the fury of the tribe was aroused when the former chlef's body, with arms and bead severed, was found near his home. The matter had been reported to the Canadian Ind agency, and an in- vestigation is being made. GUN MADE HER SAY “] DO,” WIFE ASSERTS Man Accused of Bigamy Poked Pistol in Side at Ceremony, Spouse Explains. Special Dispatch to The Star PHILADELPHIA, November 28.— The arrest of John Miiler, on charges of bigamy, brought to light the as- sertion that he compelled his second wife, Gertrude Miller, of Camden, to marry him at the polnt of & revolver. “Not only did he force me to g0 to the office of justice of the peace after threatening me with a gun,” sald Mrs. Miller, “but when I hesitated to respond to the familiar question, ‘do you take this man to be your law- ful wedded husband? he poked the muzzle of the gun against my slde through his coat. Of course, I didn't want to get shot, =o I finally sald ‘I do.’ " Miller was arrested in this clty yesterday and was taken to Doyles- town today for arraignment before Justice of the Peace James, who mar- rled the cauple September 17. At the time of the wedding, according to the charges, he was already the hus- band of Sybilla Miller, whom he m ried March 24, 1920. Mra Miller said: “We went to live with his mother. After llving with him about a month Ifound that he was already married. I called on his first wife, and she advised me to have him arrested However, he must have heard of my plans, for he disappeared, and it was not until yesterdsy that he was located.” Miller will have a hearing befare Justice of the Peace James, Monday. . It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are obtained through them. Christmas Seals ’ To Build Health for Washington 3,500,000. new Seals on sale from now until Christmas. Let Seals grace your Christmas gifts and letters. Surgeon General to Start Campaign De. H S. mming, head of the U. S. Public Health Service, will speak at the Annual Public Meet- ing of the Washington Tuberculosis Association t 8 P.M. Tomorrow, y, December 1, in the At 8 Niodical Society hfl 1718 M Street N.W. General Subject: Building Health Come and thus give encouragement and moral sugfior! to this Association in its health-building and disegse-prevent of work. ng program All Are Invited Tha advertisement is poid for by the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis 1022 11th St; N.W. Zegad Natice, Tel. Main 992 ' FAHY COLLA HEN SENTENCED Ex-Postal Inspector Given 25 Years for Part in Mail Robbery. Bpeeial Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, November $9.—The pro- moters of the $2, 000 Rondout mail robbery on a St. Paul train on June 12 collapsed under the heavy hand of justice in Federal District Court todey. Willlam J. Fahy, who, for 14 years hud run down malil robbers for the Department of Jus- tice, . who built up a reputation as the buildog of Post Office inspectors, but was found guilty last Monday of suggesting and conspiring to rob the treasure train, was sentenced by Judge Cliffe to 25 ars in Atlanta penitentiary. James Murray, a West Side ward politician, drew & similar sentence. The sentences wers given curtly. Judge Cliffe made no comment upon Fahy's position or Murray's prom- inence In local politics. He merely ed across the desk and slowly stated the prison terms. “Gentlemen.” he began, ‘“on the verdict of the jury in this case the court does not have much leeway. It Is the sentence and judgment of thc court that vou, James Murray, be confined in the Federal penitentlary for a term of 25 years." Faky Wiits Under Blow. Murray, who had been staring glassy-eyed at the judge, with a forced grin on his face, stiffened in his chair, but did not lose his set smil collapsed. He knew h celve at least as heavy a Murray had been given. In reality, the court imposed flve 25-year sen- tences, five 10-year terms and one term for two years on each of the men, but he decreed the wentences shall run concurrently. ‘The total time handed down by the judge was 177 years, but the concur- rent feature reduced the years to the longest sentence, which was 25 years. There were 11 counts in the indic! ment agalnst each man and they re- cefved punishment on every count. Uncle $am sustained his reputation for severity against mail and express robbers. These men took no active part in the robbery. They directed it and took part In diviston of the spoil. The four Newton brothers and Brent Glassock, who have confessed, and Willlam Holliday, who confessed but refused to testify for the Government, will be sentenced next week. The Newton brothers, noted taxi bandits, were largely responsible for recovery of $1,200,000 which the pros- ecution exhibited in court. It {s ad- mitted that almost $500,000 is still missing. The Government {s trailing this sum. Much of it was in mun pal bonds which could not be nego- tiated. ¥ Was Abeut $100,000. There was more than a million dol- lars in Liberty bonds. A large part of these formed the court exhibit. The cash was about $100,060. There was another $100,000 In bills that were unsigned by bank officfals to whom they had been forwarded by the Federal Reserve Bank. Only a small amount of the good money was recovered. The unsigned bills were turned up by Willie Newton in a vase in a small Oklahoma town. The spo!l was dug up beside highways in Texas and in a garage in Ottawa, Ill. More than $200,000 in bonds were destroyed beeide the Desplaines River, near Jo- llet, as worthless from the bandits' view Brent Glassock s the confessed leader of the active gang that held up the train. He was arretsed in a sanitarfum, which be thought was a good place in which to cover up when bunted. He is the man who shot Willle Newton by mistake for a train- man during the robbery. The arrest of the men and the final running down of the “brains” is a strange story. e 3 ek e v e s 3 sk s e e sk sk vk ke ke e sk 3k sk ke ke sk ke sk ke ke sk vk ke sk vk ke e sk ek ek ok Find Wounded Man. Two men are glven credit for the unmasking of the gang. One is the dead gunman, Dlion O'Banion, and the other Post Office Inspector Clarahan of New York. O'Banion was arrested a few days after the robbery. He heard that a wounded man and taree men whom he suspected of the train robbery were in the home of Willlam Macomb on the West Side. He in- formed the police. They ralded the Macomb apartment and found Willie Newton shot, as they belleved, fatal- 1y. The brothers, Joseph and Wiilis, were with him. All were arrested. The police remained in the apart- ment for 24 hours and then Murray appeared. He was arrested. Macomb explained that he was a friend of Murray and that he knew nothing about the robbery. Murray had brought the men to his apartment and asked that they be given shelter. The other Newtons and Holliday were run down on confessions. Inspector Clara- han suspected Fahy when he learned that Murray was an old friend of his. The later was then working for the Government on the case. By a system of decoy letters and telephone messages he decided Fahy was & leader In the plot. Glasscock was the only one of the robbers who met Fahy before the robbery for the purpose of obtaining information about the train and the amount of money it was suppased to carry. The arrest of Fahy followed, but he denounced it as a “frame-up,” due to enemies he had made in the depart- ment. ILLNESS KEEPS MA FROM COURT'S GRASP North Carolina Governor Refuses to Honor Pinchot Requisition for Tuberculosis Patient. By the Assoclated Press. RALEIGH, N. C, November 29.— After he had seen the negatives show- ing the condition of the lungs of Frederick Foltz of Philadelphla Gov. Cameron Morrison this morning de- clined to honor the requisition of Gov. Pinchot for the return of Foltz to Pennsylvanla to stand trlal on a charge of non-support and abandon- ment of hig wife and family. Gov. Morrison sald the negatives and representations made (o him by physiclans convinced him that Foltz was suffering with tuberculosls In 3 virulent form. The executive said he thought it not only unjust o Folta to allow him to be r¢moved from the State in bie present condition, but that it would be unfair to the mem- bers of the man’s family in Pennsyl- vanis. In declining to honor the requisi- tion Goy. Morrison mailed the nega- tives to Gov. Pinchot. Foltz was arrested at Wilmington several days ago on request of Penu- sylvanis suthorities. ITALY GETS .RUSSIAN OIL. ROME, November 23.—A Rome news agency states that an important contract hag been concluded with Rus- sla to supply oll to Italy. According to the contract, it is sald, the Russian Naphtha Syndi 1925, must Qeliyer to Italy 1 9 of all, or uiclent for the needs of Itallan ndustry. = Two African Storks Of Rare Plumage Received at Zoo Copsternation reigned at the Zoo yesterday when the news was clrcu- lated among the inhabitants that an invaelon of storks had taken place. According to Supt. Wetmore, the new arriyal two In number, are extraordinary spacimens, just im- ported from tropical Africa and presented to the Zoo by a local patent attorpey, Victor J. Evans. Th bave yet to celebrate thelr first birthday. This kind of stork is much sought after by women, the superintendent declared, because of their rare tail plumage, or coverts, kmown as margbou feathers. Incidentally, thelr neck festhers also are rare— seldom, In fact, it ever. Supt. Wetmore says his new wards have long bills and legs, White breast feathers, black wings, and, most peculiar of all, a pouch on the neck. “I don't know what the pouch is for,” Dr. Wetmore as- serted. t's probably Jjust an ornament.” HOLT NOT CERTIFIED AS SENATE CANDIDATE By the Awsociated Pre HARTFORD, Conn., November 29.— Certificate of nomination by the Democratic ~ State convention of Hamilton Holt of Woodstock, as the Democratic nominee for United States Senator, to succeed the late Senator Brandeges has not been filed with the Secretary of State, in accord- ance with the stututes, it became known today. Friday at midnight was the final hour for the filing of certificates. So far as the State Secretary's office is concerned offi- cially, the Democrats have not nomi- pated a candidate for United States Senator, and unless some provision is made to meet the situation, Mr Holt's nams will not appear on the ballot. The absence of the certificate has caused considerable comment fn po- litical circles throughout the State. :*********** by it. our resources. of the advancing South. the world. questions. develop in the news. the world to America. tion from the soil. abiding place. what direction it takes. Editorial Page of 3 e 3k e e e e e e 3k 7 e 3k sk e sk sk e sk ke e ek sk vk sk sk ke sk sk sk sk ke sk ke ke ke ke ke Vital Themes A Daily Editorial Page Feature of The Chening Star Great questions of the day discussed by persons most competent to djscuss them. The list of contributors to this new Star feature is an imposing one, including: ELIHU ROQOT, Senator, Secretary of War, Secretary of State and acknowledged authority on international law, will write on America’s relation to the world. IDA M. TARBELL, famous historian of the Stand- ard Oil Co., will follow the dramatic story of oil all about the world and show how every one is affected GIFFORD PINCHOT, the “Fighting Governor” of Pennsylvania, close associate of Roosevelt, will keep readers informed on all phases of conservation of ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON, former Ambassador to Italy and long editor of the Century magazine, will write about Mussolini and the amaz- ing things he is doing in Italy. GEN. HENRY T. ALLEN, commander of our troops on the Rhine, will write about war and peace and conditions in Germany. GEORGE E. ROBERTS, former director of the Mint and the clearest writer on popular ecomomics, will make plain the trend of business and finance. EDWIN A. ALDERMAN, president of the Univer- sity of Virginia, will interpret the spirit and vision BRAND WHITLOCK, war-time Minister to Bel- gium, mayor of Toledo, novelist and deep student of affairs, will comment on the moving panorama of SAMUEL GOMPERS, president of the American Federation of Labor, and JOHN L. LEWIS, president of the United Mine Workers, will give the point of view of labor on industrial and public CYRUS E. WOODS, Ambassador to Japan during the earthquake and afterward, will keep an informed and friendly eye on the countries across the Pacific. DR. VERNON KELLOGG, director of the Na- tional Research Council, will throw the illuminating light of science on many so-called mysteries that RICHARD WASHBURN CHILD, writer, diplo- mat, traveler in many countries, will bring much of LUTHER BURBANK, the plant wizard, will give the views of an extraordinarily original mind on many questions that have to do with greater produc- NEWTON D. BAKER, War Secretary in the World War, but an ardent advocate of peace, will explain various efforts afoot for making the world a happier ARTHUR CAPPER, Senator from Kansas and pub- lisher of the Topeka Capital and several agricultural papers, will follow the furrow of the farmer and tell WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE, philosopher and edi- tor, will comment on all phases of human progress. Other writers, equally recognized as authorities in their respective lines, will contribute at regular intervals. If you wish to have the significance of events made clear in this rushing time of change and progress, make a daily habit of reading “VITAL THEMES"” on the The Chening Star 02 8.8 2.0.8.8. 2.0 0.0 8.80.8.8.2.0.8 8 ¢.¢2. GIRL SLAIN BY MAN WHO ENDS HIS LIFE Rejected Syitor Invites Vic- tim Into Auto and Fires Bullets Into Temple. By the Ausociated Presy. SHREVERORT, La., November 29 Rejected loye prampted Joe J. Bi 23, ofl field worker of Bethany, La., to kill Miss Myrtle Oden, daughter of Dr. I C. Oden, retired physicign of Shreveport, formerly of Bethany, 4nd then to commit suicide berg tofzr. The tragedy occurred in an autgmo- Ipite. For about a year Bass has unsuc- cessfully sought to win the love of the girl, repeatedly Imploring her to marry him, but she refused. Yester- day he telephoned her mother he was Boing to leave Shreveport at once and never return, but he remained in the city, and this morning met the girl as she was en route to her work in an oil company’'s offica. Girl Begs for Life. A few minutes after she entered hiy sedan he pulled a pisto), holding her in the seat, and fired twice, both bul- lets entering her temple, causing most instant death. She bpgged 1. her life, according to an eyewitness ’ Bass extracted the two shells, in serted fresh ones, and then, the car running wild, fired twice at himself, one bullet entering his head and an- other his heart. The machine ran into a yard, where it stopped. In order to escape annoyance from Bass, Miss Oden usually was accom- panied to work by her sister, but this morning the sister was not ready and she started alone, being admonished by her mother not to get into Bas.' car should he happen to meet her. 0. 2.8.8.0.8.0.8.8.0.¢0.C 1 NN NN NN N NN N NN NN NN X XN N N X N O AN X XN N N N YO XN NN N XN X X X X