Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers today, tomorrow unsettled and somewhat colder, probably rain; Temperature for 22 hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 50, at 4 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 39, at 8 p.m. yester- ‘day. ull report on page 7. No. 1,027.— o. 29,433, Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, PARIS RED REVOLT NIPPED BY ARREST OF 300 AGITATORS Armed Coup Against Capital Planned for Next Week, Documents Reveal. 70 WILL BE EXPELLED FOR FOMENTING UPRISING Sadoul Case Continues to Inflame Communists—Krassin Denies Part in Row. AR in p nist December 6 —Complete sue- ing a stop to the Com- agitation rev red the government to- Minister of Interior Chau- . supreme head the French was able to express entire with the manner In his men “nipped the action in bud Reticence headquarters. 1 T temps toward lution ght and of isfaction hich the is shown by Communist The Communists do t acknowledge defeat, but say the t has been merely postponed. 4l party organ published an tonight for Communists to themselves in readiness for any tuality 300 Under Arrest neutral obs government the up peal T er it appears scored heavily extremists, first, by than 300 Com- nationalities, more foreigners, will be sventing ation an gainst these Communistic as gathered organization such o point and polit at Linst unding nists more all whom, and mmunist a protest sts and expulsions. propaganda, however, h h headway and the has cted to hat of social conditions in Fra express that the government severe repressive ed been pe students nue hopes must measures the revolu to annihilate nt ts Commu 1 of Jacq . point to the re- doul from the rison to a jail at ) fear that the Paris rushed and Sadoul clal reason given war was that belonged to the 166th giment, whose headquar- Nievre, Department of court-martial retry Sadoul. original t which the r army captainessas convicted ult on a charge of treason in took place before a Paris court- martial s m ita would be in th Assault Planned. vaid the Soviet head- t Bobigny, the police claim d documents purporting that the Communists were Armed In the on quarters t gainst week The P in the course of next magnitude of the police oper: which not confined to and its suburbs, but extended oughout France, was shown when became known that 20 police com missioners at the head of betwee 700 men were engaged \em searched in distant suburbs hidden of arms and am ' the existence of which had been 1éa attention. Foreigners alone were held in Jjail tonight, the Frenchmen arrested be- allowed depart after their ddresses W registered thus far failed to Russian the present reported ¥ d for to the 1 mes catch Leonid tative, remier Soviet em onnection that in any affairs 4 sing K is Herriot this ssy with the carefully way iet repre- s creden- to have told in the course of a morning that the had absolutely no the present agita- assin ion vefrain France from in- mixin tern, in Paper Demands Action. The Par official 1blished the Soviet newspaper in s following appeal ssterday m password today is the same as wrench Sadoul away from y judges, open the fron- rs and jail doors to all victims of sentences whom the Senate is 1 pengl settlements or exlle. ngmen of Paris region must themselves ready to participate the demonstration in favor of st tholic movement to which Herriot referred in the Chamber of Deputies today when he pledged his government to fight Com unist violence is showing some evi- in Brittany, but from the ac- received s interpreted as ing more along defensive than of- ive lines. Gatherings in Brest and Lorient contented themselves with adopting resolutions calling for demonstrations in “defense of religious liberty.” In the found a the “Lenin Communist School.” There were 54 men and women gath- ered about a long table busily taking notes of a lecture which was being delivered by Prof. J. Marion. The subject of the lecture, according to the police, was “The New Geography of Burope and History of the Russian Revolution.” The police stated that one Communist member of Parliament was among the “students.” MAYOR IS SUSPENDED. it rad at Bobigny the. police Town Breathes Easy After Ouster of Red Official. Dy the Associated Press, DOUARNEZ, France, December 6. he fear-stricken population of this town began to breathe easier today i the news that Mayc/ La Flanchec had been suspended by the govern- ment and ordered tried for inciting a rebellion. The people had been living In_ter- ror for the past week since the Com- munist strike in the sardine factories spreading, practically tying up the town, while the mayor, wearing his sash of office, led the demonstratjons. The Communist leaders have been canvassing the merchants for sub- scriptions which usually were given n order to avoid hostile action by the daily paraders. Parties of Commun- i ts also have brought tack loads of (Continued on page 4, Column 2.) | around the ng to attempt an armed coup | oviet diplomatic mis- | gathering of what is known | Brings Paris Sensation. LEONID | Whoxe arrival in | widespread demonstration b | munists which resulted in pr | tion my the mover the mennce of a Commu; press it vevolt. GERMANS T0 PASS ON DAWES PLAN IN - TODAY'S ELECTION Liberals Expected to Defeat Monarchists in Fight to Vindicate Republic. By the Associated Press | BERLIN, Dece | general election banner the any iber Tom foug old n lors w's out on- of wil | archy and Inew Gerr mp an losing h the editorial calumny to the traditional I man politics. This d { liberals aver, is due to { efforts of the reactionary to make the issue of against republic | “The three liberal | ists, Clericals and | accepted the challenge and are merging their partisan disparities in | 2 common appeal to the voters to vin- { dicate the republic. Led by Chancel- { lor Marx, whose unequivocal support i of the republican colors and the | stitution has been the outstanding feature of his campaign utter- | ances, the Democrats and Socialis ! have joined the chancellor's party in a triple election alliance which has made the defense of democracy the | cardinal issue of the campaign Nationalists Divide Opposing them are the German Na- | tionalists, led dmiral Von Tir- { pitz and Count Westarp; Luden- | dorfr’s isti party and Stre i People’s party. The B entered the campaign | heavily handicapped because of their | division over the Dawes plan and the i squent disintegration in their { own ranks. | " Ludendorft's party, which held 34 seats in the last Reichstag, has ap- parently cut little figure in the pres- |ent campaign, because, according to |its opponents, it is without an issue jor funds. Political prognosticators assert that this party is due to lose ast half its seats serman People’s party, in its ! campaign has made concessions to the | followers of the old monarchy in re- | spect to the restoration of the old col- ors, and also has bid for votes from that portion of the electorate which | believes in supporting the present government's program of carrying out the Dawes reparations plan. replete with and unknown even vituperation personal of a severity at “die-hards he despe one monarchy part Social- Democrats—have sub- con- | | ! Communists May Lose. The Communists who captured 62 mandates last May, stand to lose at | least half this numt according to | Socialist campaigne who have | found the German “Reds” less mili- tant in the industrial sections owing to the general improvement of social conditions Augmenting their appeal defense of the republic all three of the liberal parties have made their | chiet campaign on a plea for support of Germany’s present program of for- cign policies as exemplified by her acceptance of the Dawes report as embodied in the agreement at Lon- don Pointing to the instantaneous ef- fects of the government's reparations program on German economies and in- sisting that its present courSe shall not be interfered with the liberal spellbinders have tried to impress upon fhe voters that the ascending curve of the German recovery must not be placed in jeopardy through the | election of a Reichstag which would fail to yield a coalition government deprived of a safe majority. Concurring r for the ampaign Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, December 6.—Dr. W. Z Kumler, 65-year-old retired nhysician, who, on November 26, began a fast of indefinite duration, today observed the 10th day of his abstention from food by walk- ing 24 miles. He reported that during the first five days of his fast he took no water or fluid of any kind. Since the first few days he has felt no hunger. He intends to continue the experiment, as an aid to health, until he feels a crav- ing for food, he said. “I never felt better, “Feel that pulse!” The pulse, a little rapid from the exertion of his walk, was the kind the doctors call full and strong. “The last two or three days” Dr. Kumler said. “I have had not only a sense of physical well-being, but my mind and all my sense percep- tions have become particularly | [ Doctor, 65, on Fast 10 Days, Walks 24 Miles, Declaring He Feels Fine POLICE DESCRIBED AS FEARING DEATH OF MAN THEY BEAT Victim, at Officers’ Trial, Avers He Was Slugged at Seventh Precinct. PATIENT_IN BAD SHAPE, PHYSICIANS DECLARE| A. A. Davis Says Assailants Sent Him to Hospital to Prevent Death in Cell. Vindictive beating of a prisoner at tTe seventh police precinct by police in the presence of Lieut. J. W jerson, was described before the| trial board vesterday, when | rson and five other policemen were Jut on trial for the alleged offense. | The prisoner was Arthur A. Davis, and | e policemen on trial and alleged to ‘have participated in the beating were | D. Milstead, R. G. Proctor, J. F. wd 3. Carroll and Clarence Robinson Davis office solice i be taken to the was had to Gallinger Hospital, it charged, | following the beating received, «nd there was testimony to the effect | that the police of the seventh precinet | believed him dead when they returned | to his cell Clash at Hearing. The hearing was enlivened by eral clashes between Attorney Ryan, for the prosecuting witness, | Davis, and Attorney William E. Leahy., | the defense, during which As- sistant Corporation Counsel Wahly, | president of the trial board, threaten- 1 to clear the ym, leveling his re-| marks princi at Attorney Ryan.| It appears that according to the| procedure un which this quasi-| judicial tribunal operates, the defense | can have counsel and the prosecuting witness cannot. Any attorney appear- | ing for a prosecuting witness can only | questions through the hoard| Attorney Ryan several times| re of Attorney Leahy,and| me the remarks of each be-| came most heated when Attorney | \v protested against what he sald Attorney Ryan's coaching of a he i him i sev- | P. J.| for Ty t t drew it one wi Only the two doctors who examined | Davis; Harry Dodson, colored, and Davis, were heard yesterday, and | dent Wahly said that he would | to resume the hearing sometime | during this week instead of waiting | )r Saturday, the usual day for trial board sittin | For the purpose of this case, Capg.! Brown of No. 1 precinct, relieved on the trial board Capt. Bean of No. 7, in. whose station the beating is al- leged to have occurred Tells of Man's Injuries. ‘ Milstead of the| sity Hospital staff, | the first witness. He testified that Davis was brought to the hos- pital on the morning of September 27, | between 2 and 4 o'clock by two po- | licemen, He amined the patient, «nd said he saw that he was in such | serious condition that he would have to be admitted to the hospital, and the policemen in charge of him | sald they could not leave him but| would have to take him to Gallinger | Hospital He testified that Davis’ chest was covered with red lines and | much swelling, d that some of the| lines crossed others. They could only | have been caused with a blunt instru- { ment applied with force, he testified The patient, he asserted, was in a weak condition, analogous to shock, | and leaned toward the affected side. | Cross-examination by Attorney | Leahy brought statements from the| doctor that the condition could have | boen caused either by a police baton | or a black jack. Questioned further | as to whether it could have been caused by one falling against a door, he said yes, if the fall was hard enough. He testified that they were livid red marks, and would arise im- | mediately on the application of force and said there was no discoloration. | Sayx Vietim Was in Pain. Dr. Ubaldo Zambarano of the/ Gallinger Hospital, testified that he amined Davis on the afternoon of September 27, and that his chest and abdomen were streaked with blue lines; that the patient was suffering from great pain, aggravated by the movement of the arms, coughing and deep breathing. President Wahly asked if the lines | indicated the application of physical force, to which the surgeon replied in the affirmative, and added they were caused by a blunt instrument. He also said there were several large bumps on Davis' head. On cross-examination, Dr. Zam- barano said that the blow from the instrument must have been very strong. He said the bumps on the head were about the size of walnuts, and that they could not have been caused by dragging but were caused by being Dodson, who was a prisoner in the adjoiging cell in which Davis was confined on the night the attack is alleged to have occurred, next was called. He said that Sergt. Bell and Lieut. Plerson went to Davis' cell on (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) getown i alert. 1 sleep well and awake refreshed. 1 am drinking small quantities of water now, but much less than the amount most people usually take.” He Is keeping a record of his bodily and mental state, but said he probably would have another physician observe him from day to day. He has undertaken brief fasts of two or three days’ dura- tion in the past, but this is his first protracted one. “I'm not out after any fasting record,” he sald. “I shall break the fast whenever my appetite re- turns, whether that is tomorrow or in a week or a fortnight. “In my éxperience as a physiclan I have seen many beneficial effects from periods of absolute fasting. Medical men are coming to realize that the physiological and func- tional rest which fasting brings is of great therapeutic value. I am hoping this test I am making on myself will afford data which will be useful in many cases.” | Djamgaroff, secretary of the Monday |Opera Club, through which the invi- unday Star WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION D. C, SUNDAY MOR NING, DECEMBER 7, 1924—120 PAGES. B MR Pz IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER THAN A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE GUARD 1S GIVEN 10 GRAND DUCHESS Royal Guest of New York Social Leaders Plans to Visit Capital. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 6.—Victoria Feodorovna, Grand Duchess of Rus- sia and kin to the members of vir- tually every ruling house in Europe, arrived {n the United States today, the police-guarded guest of the coun- try's wealthiest and most socially promigent families. Five minutes after the big liner Parls had dropped anchor at Quaran- tine three burly bomb squad de- tectives had clambored aboard and joined the royal party. They will re- main with the grand duchess through- out her American visit, guarding against a possible attempt to carry ! out anonymously written threats that she had come here at her own peril. To reporters, heels of the detectives, duchess hastily explained that her visit had no significance politically. and declined absolutely to discuss the recent action of her husband, the Grand Duke Cyril, in proclaiming himself heir to the thronc of the Romanoffs. She and members of her party insisted that her visit was in response to an invitation tendered ong before the grand duke had issued his proclamation at Coburg, where he now is, with their three children. Precautions Elaborate. Elaborate police precautions were observed as the Paris docked. Only those who could prove that they had business there were permitted on the pier, where three closed motor cars awaited the party. A motor cycle po- lice escort of 15 preceded, followed and surrounded the three speeding cars as they took the party to the ‘Waldorf-Astoria. The police &scort and guard were provided at the request of George who followed on the the grand tation to the duchess was extended. He had recelved several anonymous letters, he told the police, containing veiled threats against the visitor's life. With M. Djamgaroff, to greet the exile at the pler, was Mrs. Henry P. Loomis, president of the Colonial Dames of America. Others in the party, also exiled monarchists, were the widow of Gen. Orloff, who was assassinated several years ago; the widow of Admiral Makaroff, com- mander of the Black Sea fleet of the Russians during the World War, and Admiral Petroff of the Russian im- perial navy. Duchess Dressed Simply. A somewhat angular woman, tall and dressed simply to the point of severity, the grand duchess gracious- ly welcomed newspaper men who in- vaded her suite at quarantine. But she deftly turned aside all references to anything political, Russian or oth- erwise, and positively declined to dis- cuss whatever notions she might have regarding the return of the monarchy to Russia—an event which probably would place her on the throne as “the little mother of all the Russians. Her visit was purely a social mat- ter, she insisted. And with that, she added, was coupled a desire to ex- press in person her thanks to Amer- (Continued on Page 4, Column 5. FLYER FORCED INTO SEA IS SAVED BY STEAMER Naval Plane En B:x:; From Phil- adelphia to Hampton Roads Has Engine Trouble. | By the Assoctated Press. NORFOLK, Va., December 6.—Lieut. Bowman, naval aviator, landed at Baltimore today from the steamship Cireinus, which picked him up at sea last night after he had been in a perilous position several hours by being forced down by engine trouble in his flight from Philadelphia to the Hampton Roads Naval Air Station. Officers at the naval base here were advised that the plane also was sal- vaged, although badly damaged. Lieut. Bowman left the naval aircraft factory at Philadelphia yesterday to deliver the plane at the base here. He was forced down at 0 o'clock in the afternoon, and drifted helplessly for *several hours, until sighted by the steamer. , TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—62 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. Maryland and Virginia News—Pages 26 and 27. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 33. Veterans of the Great War—Page 34. Radio News and Programs—Pages 40 and 41. Schools and Colleges—Page 42. Current News Events—Page 43. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 46. Spanish War Veterans—Page 46. Girl Scouts—Page 46. Reviews of New Books—Page 49. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 49. News of the Community Centers— Page 50. Army and Navy News—Page 51. News of Clubs—Page 52. Boy Scouts—Page 53. ¢ Serial, “Captain Blood"—Page 54. D. A. R. Activities—Page 54. W. C. T. U. News—Page 54. Financial News—Pages 56 and 57. Fraternities—Page 58. The Civillan Army—Page 58. PART TWO—16 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 12. PART THREE—10 Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo Play. Music in Washington—Page Around the City—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 to 9. PART FOUR—1 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 Pages, Magazine Section—Fiction and Features. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—8 Pages. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 Pages. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—1 Pages. Mr. Striphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. WOMAN NOVELIST KILLED IN CRASH Gene Stratton Porter Dies After Her Auto Hits Street Car. Mr. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 6.—Gene Stratton Porter, novelist and short- story writer, died here tonight from injuries sustained when her automo- bile collided with a street car earlier in_the evening. Leaving her home and driving to- ward Hollywood with her chauffeur, Mrs. Potter's automobile was struck by a street car at a street intersec- tion. The chauffeur’s condition was reported serious by physicians at the Emergency Hospital. The writer's husband, Charles D. Porter, a banker of Rome City, Ind., whose arrival here for Christmas was expected by Mrs. Porter, has been noti- fied of his wife's death. Mrs. Porter. has been a resident of California for the last five year, during which time she continued her writing and reproduced some of her books in motion pictures, Was Born in Indiana. She was born on a farm in Indiana in 1868, the daughter of Mark and Mary Stratton. In 1886 she married Charles Darwin Porter at Wabash, Ind. Mrs. Porter was noted as an author and illustrator, her two most noted works being “The Girl of the Limber- lost,” and “Freckles.” She was the author of more than 15 books, among them being several on birds and bird life, on which subject she was a recog- nized authority. In March of this yvear Mrs. Porter moved from her 120-acre tract of land, a haven for birds and little animals of the forest, on Sylvan Lake, near Fort Wayne, Ind;, and came to Los Angeles. This was after more than a year spent in making film productions of a num- ber of her stories. In connection with these productions, Mrs. Porter organized the Gene Strat- ton Porter, Inc., a Delaware corpora- tion, to handle the motion picture mak- ing and exploitation of her novels. The accident in which the authoress was fatally injured happened a short distance from her home while she was on her way to call on her brother, Jerome Q. Stratton. Taken to the receiving hospital, the writer never regained consciousness. Physiclans at the time announced that her chances for recovery were slight. BORAH SIDETRACKS WORLD COURT TALK Wants Farm Relief Legisla- tion Ahead—Democrats May Oppose Policy. While anxious to bring the World Court proposal before Chairman Borah of the foreign rela- tions committee declared yesterday | that he was unwilling to put discus- | sion of that long-pending issue ahead of farm relief legislation. In the first formal statement issued since hig flevation to the post so long held by tus late Senator Lodge, the {1daho Senatos said shat to pass the { appropriation bills and then spend |the remainder of this short session | |in discussing the World Court and | kindred questions, adjourn and go {home for-a year without doing any- thing on domestic legislation “would be unfair and unjust to the people, | who sent us back here. | Senator Borah's personal judgment is that there can be no final action {on the court at this session, because of the press of other business. said that it would take .some time {to work out a program which would ! j divorce the court from the League of {Nations and that, speaking for him- self, it was vital that this be done. Democrats Want Action. | _Senator Swanson of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the foreign re- lations committee, and other propo- inents of American adherence to the | World Court are preparing to press for decisive action before this Con- gress expires by limitation next March 4. They believe President ;('oulh\gc's recommendation for a res- jertation under which the United | States would not be bound on ques- | tions of a domestic nature not volun- tarily presented to the court will op- erate to remove much of the objection | to the court proposal in the Senate. Even these Senators are convinced. however, that there will be a pressure of a determined character for domes- tic legislation, and In view of the | fact that the annual appropriation | bills have the right of way, they are | not oversanguine that the court issue can come to a vote at this session “I am quite willing as chairman to help.” Senator Borah said in discuss- ing the proposal to call up the court matter from the Senate calendar, where it was placed at the last ses- { sion. “Indeed, I am anxious to bring | before the Senafe the World Court | just as soon as the appropriation bills, | which have the right of way, and agricultural legislation have ' been disposed of. I am not willing per- sonally to put the World Court dis- cussion, which will be ahead of agricultural legislation. “To pass the appropriation bills and then spend the rest of the short ses- sion in discussing the World Court and kindred questions, adjourn and go home for a year without doing anything on domestic . legislation, would be unfair and unjust to the people who sent us back here and in violation of every pledge made by all the political parties in the last cam- paign. “It will take some time to work out a program which divorces the World Court from the make it an independent judicial body. And, speaking for myself, it is vital that we do that. T have favored for 20 years a World Court. But I would regard the effort to establish an ef- fective judicial tribunal as wholly fruitless“if such a tribunal were left 80 that it would inevitably be drawn into international politics. When I vote for a World Court 1 would like to feel that I have voted for some- thing that will be an aid to world peace.” RIDES DEER TO DEATH. Hunter Brings Down Buck With . Knife After Struggle. TAUNTON, Mass,, December 6.— Riding astride a 200-pound buck through underbrush and under tree limbs, J. Walter Champney of this city today brought to earth his prize with a hunting knife after he had wounded the deer with shots from a double-barreled shotgun. Champney had wounded the buck and found him lying in a little clear- ing. The hunter was standing across the body when suddenly the buck got to his feet,.and Champney, throwing his arms around the animal's neck, was rushed through the woods, his face getting scratched and his clothes torn. Leaning forward, Champney finally was able to kill the buck with his knife. “From Press to Home - Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to_Washington homes at the Senate, | He | prolonged, | league and| 60 cents Boy Loses His Life Rescuing Bird on Elevated Railroad By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, * December 6—Ed- ward Clark, 13 years old, was dead today, the result of his effort to free a pigeon entangled in a string, near the deadly third rail of the South Side elevated rail- road. The pigeon had made a nest under the charged rail. With a ball of string which the bird had attempted to weave into a nest, it had entangled one foot and trapped fitself. The boy climbed the structure and re- leased the pigeon while several boy friends looked on. Suddenly he plunged to the ground dead. The coroner’s jury decided he had grasped a Nigh tension cable afer performing his errand of mercy MITCHELL VISIONS b-HOUR AIRPLANE FLIGHTS O CHINA He Outlines Flying Progress Made Since the World War. Feasibility of afrplane fiights from | New York to Pekin, China, in 62 hours {over a 6,000-mile route along the 80th | parellel; attachment of an airplane in { flight to a dirigible also under way in | the air to bring out the future value of dirigibles as airplane carriers and | successful performance of aerial tor- were the high points of an last night Brig. chief of | trol !lustrated lecture given in | the University Club by | William Mitchell, assistant | the Army air service. | The flight to China, the general { explalned, was entirely possible as it could be made under ideal flying con- i | | | | ! | per month. “ Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. * FIVE CENTS. ABSOLUTE DIVORCE OF SHIP BOARD AND FLEET T0 BE ASKED Jones Drafting Bill to Trans- fer Vessel Opgration to Corporation. MEASURE TO EMBODY COOLIDGE PROPOSALS Sweeping Change in Methods Now Employed Will Be Pro- vided BY G. GOULD LINCOL'Y A LI transferring absolutely ‘rom the Shipping Board to the Emer; ency Fleet “Corporation the operatida of the vernment-owned merchant fleet has been drawn in tentative form by Senator Jones of Washing- ton, chairman of the Senate com- merce committee. He discussed the proposed provisions with President Coolldge at the White House yester- day Senator Jones has sought in his bill to carry out the recommendations of the President in his annual message to Congress, deciaring for the whole operation of the Government fleet by the Fleet Corporation The Jones bill undertakes to turn over to the Fleet Corporation exclu- sive jurisdiction in operation, sale, reconditioning, insuring, chartering, { pedoes in flight under gyroscopic con- | repairing and disposal of the ships. I Transfer Sweeping. The first two sections of the bill, Gen. | which is still in tentative form, fol- all vessels now under the control of the United States Shipping Board be, and they are hereby, trans- ferred to and placed under the control | ditions and with land in sight virtually | o¢ the Emergency Fleet Corporation, faln | parts the wa in the North where the warm In areas at different| . ;g hereafter the power and author- ity of the United States Shipping jand cold currents do not meet, the|poarq to insure, recondition, repair, { weather is “as clear as a bell” in con- trast to the fox and rains found where | guon " UL CCr U be exe sell and dispose of cd ex- charter, operate, !a warm stream and arctic currentS| .ygively by the United States Bmer- Mitchell said. He did not er, whether there were in the i foin, Gen i indicate, howe {any plans afoot by The route favored Army air | oo service to take this short cut to China. | e L 0% Pl 1 Vessels by the the general|ynjreq States S would not be used once, but would be | S0 "0 4 Fleet Corporativ That all contructs vr agree- lawfully entered gency “Sec. 2. heretofore shail the ipping Board carried out by a regular airway with mail from the | 5000 R0 SO0 leet Cor- metropolis of the United States to the heart of the orient obviating weeks of travel by water and land. Will Try Dirigible Flight. Gen. Mitchell in discussing dirig bles, sald orders had gone Capt. Finkle to undertake a “I«h_dlnz with the semi-rigid dirigible RN-1 at Scott Field, Belleville, T11., this week. Capt. Finkle will fly a Sperry mes- senger plane, the smallest ship in commission used by the Army. _]f 'ul it will be the first time in the history of aviation that an air- {plane in fiight has attached itself to a dirigible. The maneuver will be |erty out for! carried out by means of & hook lo-| cated on the top wing of the plane which will be flown right up to an apparatus aboard the which it can be made fast and released himself from the air- ship. Prior to this a plane had flown up and by means of a stick touched a blimp in flight but was never secured. A dirigible four times as large as | the Los Angeles would be able to ac- commodate 25 fighting pursuit planes aboard in addition to harboring facili- tles for receiving them while both and releasing them for attack work This, in Gen. Mitchell's opinion. is about the most important work di- rigibles will serve in war times as they no longer will be able to hang sald, “because we have planes that can climb 20,000 feet tn 12 minutes. They also would serve to fight other huge dirigibles and perhaps could un- dertake bombing expeditions pro- vided they were accompanied by a large force of protecting planes. Progress With Aerial Torpedo. The aerial torpedo, the general re- vealed, has made rapid strides under the auspices of the Army Alr Service. He declared the maximum perform- ance of this death-dealing plane was 134 miles. In construction, he said, it resembles an ordinary airplane and with gyroscopic control will take off and climb to the specified altitude and level off on its mission. When over the desired point, it will plunge downward, crashing intd its objective. A bi-product of this war machine, Gen. Mitchell told his audience, is the gliding bomb—a regular aerial bomb with wings attached which will per- mit it to glide to its destination and | obviate the necessity of the bombing plane flyng directly overhead the place to be bombed. This winged bomb could be released as far as 10 miles away from the place desired desired spot. Airplanes could carry 12-inch guns if necessary, the general emphasized, in discussing the rapid strides made in weight-carrying. The formation ! of planes that dropped 32 tons of bombs in the Argonne during the war today could carry 3,400 tons under the knowledge now at hand. He said the Barling bomber was thought of first in 1919, and was designed spe- cifically to patrol a course 200 miles at sea from the shore and at the same time to carry two bombs that would be able to sink a battleship. Since the Barling has been flying, now more than a year, many valuable points have been learned from it. The general sald the ship was of the “old construction,” and there was ‘“too much head resistance,” but “we are learning from it day by day.” With the perfection of electric alti- (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) WIFE WINS $50,000. Sued Father-in-Law for Loss of Husband’s Love. CHICAGO, December 6.—Mrs. Gladys Fox was awarded a $50,000 verdict against/ her wealthy father-in-law, Albert Fuchs, for alienation of the affections of her husband, Carleton Fox, before Judge James Baldwin, in eircuit court. It was the fourth trial and the sec- ond time she has won a $50.000 award. She was given a 35,000 ver- dict at the first trial, lost the sec- ond and received $50,000 in the third trial. During the war Fuchs' son changed his name to Fox. at high altitudes and bomb cities, he | for it and should sail directly to the dirigible to| In Octo- |~ ber at Wilbur Wright Field, Capt.|Vested in the board by this act * * ¢ Finkle took off attached to a dirigible | may | | | | | | poration The President in his recommenda tion to Congress included other prop- than the ships in the proposed transfer to the Fleet Corporation. This may be cared for in future amendments to the bill Sectlons 3 and 4 of the tentative draft would repeal certain sections of the merchant marine act. which place in the hands of the Shipping Board power over the sale, trensfer and mortgage of vessels owmed or formerly owned by the Goverament Section 3 repeals section # Jf tha shipping act of 1916 as amesded by section 1S of the merchant mariné act of 1920, and section 4 of the bill would repeal section 35 of the mer- chant marine act which provides: “That the power and authority be exercised directly board or by it through the gency Fleet Corporation by the Emer- To Be Presented Soon. As soon as the measure has been placed in final form it will be intro- duced by Senator Jones and referred to the commerce committee. Opposition to taking from the dirigible and planes were in flight P0ard and placing under the Fleet Corporation the what routes shall expected. It may be that as a com- promise proviston will be made in the proposed biil which will leave the decision of such questions to the President in the event that the board and the Fleet Corporation are not in agreement on them. The United States Shipping Board was created to foster American shipping, a naval auxillary and naval reserve, to see that American shipping had a square deal and to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and inter- state commerce of the United States. It was created before the United States owned a merchant vessel. Obviously, it i5 intended that the Shipping Board shall continue to function long after the United States Government has ceased to own any merchant ships, though that day may be far removed from the pres- ent. determination be maintained of Dauty Is Distinet. The duties of the Shipping Board, en- tirely outside of and unconnected with the operation of the merchant fleet, have sometimes been lost sight of in considering the merchant marine prob- lem. The operation of the huge fleet built by the United States during the war and the disposition of shipyards and material have been constantly to the forefront. President Coolidge, in his annual mes- sage to Congress deliwered Wednesday, has proposed that legislation be en- acted to “transfer into the Emergency Fleet Corporation the whole responi- bility of operation of the fleet and other prea-i;, weaving to the Shipping Board solely the duty of determining certaln major policies which require delibera- tive action.” Urges Reorganization. During the war, the President said, the board *‘was loaded with enormous administrative dutles. It has been dem- onstrated time and again that this form of organization results in indecision, di- vision of opinion’ and administrative functions, which make a wholly inade- quate foundation for the conduct of a great business enterpris: The President proposed that the “entiré functions of the board” be reorganized. Whether legislation de- signed to carry out these recommend- ations can be enacted at the present short session of Congress remains to be seen. There will be opposition*to giving the Fleet Corporation greater power than it already holds, on_the part of some members of Congres On the other hand, many Senators and Representatives are convinced with the President that the opera- tion of the fleet should be transferréd to the Fleet Corporation. The real effect of the proposdl to divorce the operation of the flast from the Shipping Board and to place it In the hands of the Fleet Corporation, is to put it more direct- ly under the President himself and Congress. The Fleet Corporation at present is subordinate to the Ship- ping Board, and dts important acts are passed upon by the board. But if the corporation Is to become dis- tinct from the board, its head will be (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.)