Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (V. 8. Weather Buredu Forecast.) Clpudy tonight; lowest temperature abowt freezing: No. 29:508.-" Trrceh asacsd tomorrow, partly cigudy and slightly colder. Temperatures: Highest, 37 at noon today; lowest, 27 at 6 a.m. toda; Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y.'Stocks and Bonds, Pags 28 Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. = = = Madden Disavows Compromise Offered in Speakership Fight NEW TUNNEL FAILS TOREVEAL COLLINS; - DIEING RESUNED Exploration of Lateral Crev- ice Discloses It Does Not Enter Cave Trap. SHAFT MUST GO DOWN 70 FEET; NOW AT 50 Passageway to Entombed Man May Yet Be Discovered, Rescue Br the Associnted Press, | CAVE CITY, Ky.. T. Carmichael, in charge of operations, and officials who went down into the shaft being dug toward Sand | Cave, where Floyd Collins has been | tmprisoned for two weeks, came out of the shaft at 1 o'clock this after- noon and announced that the hope of rescuing Collins through a tunnel dis- covered in the shaft 50 feet down would have to be abandoned. The tunnel exploration failed to disclose a passageway Digzing was resumed tom of the shaft itself Carmichael said that it wou'd take two or three reach the 70-foot level, plan to begin lateral tunnels effort to strike Sand Cave. February 13.—H. | in the bot- and Mr. probably days to where _ they | in an Hundreds at Scene. Hopes day the rescue of Collins to- through the new tunnel attract- ed hundreds of persons to the cave. For a time the crowd, including newspapermen, were kept away from the operations, but when the crevice The House speakership fight took & new turn today with a proposal from the camp of Representative Madden of Illinois that Representa- tive Longworth of Ohlo “gracefully retire from the contest in Madden's favor, with positive assurance that he will receive the speakership mantle when Madden steps out.” - The proposition was made in a statement by Representative Britten of Illinols, campaign manager for Mr. Madden. The Britten proposition made by Mr. brought an immediate dis- avowal from Mr. Madden, who de- clared “nobody has authority” to say that he was contemplating only one term as Speaker or retirement from | Congress | Mr. tten's statement, said Mr. | | Madden desired the speakership “as | a capstone of his long and successful | political career and would in all prob- | ability retire from political activity | after one term as Speaker.” | Reiterating his predicton that Mr. | Madden would win on the fir ballot, Mr. Britten assailed Senator | Reed, Republican, Pennsytvania, for | POSON S BLANED INTIVLEY DEATH Samuel M. Jones Exonerated“ by Coroner’s Jury—Seek Source of Drug. failed to develop anything passable all were allowed to approach the shaft again. = e failure of the high hopes raised by finding of this tunnel noticeably discouraged the officials of the rescue | party, but “digging as usual” began | at once, in the hope of finding a more promising vavern. The drill hole in the center of the shaft has gone to 70 feet without penetrating the lime- stone rvof, but another more pene- trable cavern may be discovered in the sfde wall as was the one found| this morning. | { | i | Work Growing Harder, The hours of exploration were tense | ones for the miners and spectators, | and when hopes faded again the chances of extricating Collins alive ! were admittedly greatly reduced. The! -foot level, if no promising crevices are encountered on the way down, will not be reached until. Tuesday, Mr. Carmichael said, because of dm~ creasing difficulties being met. The depth of the shaft from the low side wa feet at 1 o'clock. Carmichael admitted he still clung to the hope that a cavern or tunnel | will be uncovered again in the side wall before the 70-foot level reached by the shaft. dio station 9BRK was installed during the night by the Louisville Post and Herald on the hill over- looking the rescue shaft. Its use was tendered to the military author- | ities, although representatives of the newspapers planned to use the radio as one of their methods of sending the news of Collins’ rescue to their papers. is Exploration Ix Begun. Mr. Carmichael and two miners, at 10 o'clock this morning, began ex- poration of the tunnel. The tunnel which the rescuers ex- pected to lead to the cavern behind Floyd Collins, was discovered on the left or northwest side of the rescue shaft early today. The new tunnel as the mouth of it} was further cleared away was easil large enough to accommodate a good | condition | phenot A sensation was sprung at the in- que into the death of Roger W. Tinsley at the District morgue this afternoon, when a coroner's jury ex- onerated Samuel M. Jones from blame in connection with his death, but re- turned a verdict finding the cause to be from ‘“phenol poisoning,” the source or sources being unknown. The result was that Jones was re- leased from custody, and police start- ed an investigation into the possible methods whereby the poison could have been procured. It was found that blows struck by Jones during an attack on the de- ceased were not sufficient to produce death. Deputy Coroner Martyn testi fied as to the results of an autopsy, and sald that there was a congested of the brain, lungs and stomach, and that from the latter organ there was obtained evidence of a_coal tar derivative poison, of which is a base, such as carbolic acid, cresol or lysol. Died Later at Home. Tinsley was struck by Jones at the home of Mrs. Eva Goodwin, 45 B street southwest, early yesterday afternoon during an altercation. He was taken to his home, 12 Prince Georges avenue, Takoma Park, Md., by Henry Iverson, a friend, who was present during the argument. He died at his home last night, medical assistance being fruitless. A search of the B street house made by Detective Murphy of police head- quarters immedfately after the in- quest revealed the presence in a medicine cabinet there of lysol and a throat gargle smelling of carbolic acid. Murphy turned the bottle over to Coronmer Nevitt. A thorough search of Tinsley's home last night revealed no evidence of poison there. Iverson on the stand testified that Tinsley and he had taken several drinks during the day, obtaining some alleged peach brandy at the B street house during the early afternoon yes- v, for which Iverson said they sized man. | The tunnel was discovered just un- | derneath a thick limestone ledge. ! The use of rope slings around the | ers, previously arranged for when the hoped-for tunnel was dis- | closed, was found unnecessary. since | the tunnel appeared in the side wall | of the shaft underneath a heavy lime- stone ledge. The workmen at the ! hottom of the shaft are standing on | a 10-foot ledge of limestone, so they | are in no danger of breaking through | into a cavern. Hole Found at Night. The hole was first discovered at| 1:30 am. and Carmichael, in charge of the shaft, and a doctor were | awakened. Meanwhile the diggers had uncovered a hole which seemed two or three feet high extending downward at a rather sharp slope. Their lamps were blown out by the downdraft when they looked down the hole. The discovery of the new tunnel was closely guarded, the miners re- fusing to talk about it. The down- draft had cleared out the thin fog which had filled the shaft since the cold snap, caused by the miners' breathing and the warmth of their| bodies. i The hole was found in the sidewall] at about the 50-foot mark, measuring | from the low side, or 55 feet, measur- | ing from the high side of the shaft| away from the mouth of Sand Cave. In the original exploration of the dia-| mond-core drill, a few feet distant| from the shaft, a soft spot was Indi- cated at 51 feet, and another such | soft spot was shown last night, fol-| lowed by at least 10 feet of fimestone. | The drill was boring further into this early this morning, when ,the top of the new tunnel was uncowered. Drill- ing was stopped to concentrate on clearing out this tunnel, RESCUED AFTER 9 DAYS. | Negro Miner Tgken From Tunnel in Semi-CorAeious Condition. LOGAN, W./ Va, February 13.— Lost in the Igwer levels of the Low ‘Ash coal miye at Crown City, with- out food foy nine days, John Robin- son, a negrd miner, was rescued this morning. fle was in a semi-conscious condition svhen found, Robinson went into the mine to re- pair a pump. His carbide lamp fell into a pool of water, and, being un- familiar with the mine, he wantered almlessly in the dark. Radio Programs—Page 34. said that as tfar as he knew Tinsley Mrs, Goodwin. Iverson, evi- enjoying the Dbest of health, d dently ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) FRANCE VOTES BUDGET OF 34 BILLION FRANCS Interest on American Debt Pro- vided For—Herriot Alarmed by Amount of Expenditures. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 13—The Chamber of Deputies, by sitting the greater part of the night, worked its way through 300-odd chapters of the ex- penditure section of the budget, call- ing for appropriations totaling 34, 187,000,000 francs, which were voted unanimously. Premier Herriot, who remarked that he did not contemplate without some alarm the prospect of a budget which would absorb 34,000,000,000 francs of a total bank note circulation of 40,000,~ 000,000, defended the national treasury against the demands of various depu- ties who wished appropriations. ‘Among the chapters adopted was one setting apart 190,000,000 francs for in‘prest on the debt contracted in Britten, His Manager, Proposes Long- worth Withdraw, With Pledge of Post When Madden “Steps Out.” the United States 1 Kellogg Views to Cause Resignation From Cabinet, London Rumor Says| BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON, February 13.—Reports from Washington that Ambassa- dor Kellogg will be forced to re- sign his prospective post as Secretary of State have created a considerable stir under the sur- face of London’s diplomatic cir- cles. Ever since the Paris conference the diplomats have repeatedly asised how America’s po.ccy of isolation could be squared with the agreement in which she ac- cepts her reparations payments along with the signatories of the League of Nations. The Senate opposition was taken for granted, but to connect Am- bassador Kellogg with an inter- ventionist policy appeared to his friends on this side of the water to approach the ridiculous. It anything, his experiences as Am- bassador to Great Britain during the past vear have hardened his conviction that America should re- WASHINGTO. his prediction that a majority of the | Pennsylvania delegation would go to Longworth, thereby clinching the speakership for him. “Mr. Madden’s first thought,” Mr. Britten declared, “is the protection of the Treasury and the speakership has always been secondary with him. He refuses to play politics, which would assure him the speakership, but would cost the Treasury a lot of money. 1 personally know of in- stances where he has flatly refused, as chairman of the appropriations committee, large appropriations re- quested by members of the Senats and cabinet officers, and this fact, which should be one of his greatest assets, Is being used by our oppo- nents whenever possible to their own benefit.” Mr Madden's formal statement, which followed immédiately, said “Nobody has my authority to say | that I want the speakership for only one term or that 1 iIntend to ve- tire from Congress. | “No one has ever heard me say | 1 was going to retire from Congress 1 can’t understand the purpose of the statement given out to the press.” SENATE APPROVES BAN ON SURCHARGE Adds Amendment to Appro- priation Bill to Prohibit Puliman Rate. The present Pullman car sur-| charges would be prohibited under an amendment to the independent offices appropriation bill approved today by the Senate. The amendment, offered by Senator Robinson, Arkansas, the Demncralu"fi leader, is the same as terms of the bill passed last session and now in the hands of the House. The Inter- state Commerce Commission r:cently refused to remove the surcharges. Seek to Force Action. In attaching the surcharge order to the appropriation bill, Senate leaders sought to force action on it by the House, which has not received the Senate bill yet from its interstate com- merce committee. “This Iv an unjust, unreasonable and unlawful tax,” said Senator Robinson. “It ‘s not a luxury but an absolute necessity.”" Senator Reed, Democrat, Missour], argued that farmers would benefit al- most as much as any other cluss by abolishment of the Pullman surcharge. Farmers to Benefit. | “It seems to be popular to pose as| a special champlon of the farmer,” he said, “but let us consider that farmers don't ride on the cow-catchers or in the cabooses of trafns.” Protesting against the surcharge | rate, Senator Robinson declared the recent report of the Interstate Com- mere Commission upholding the sur- charge “actually carried an implied apology for the surcharge.” 13 GO TO PRISON ON 13TH| DETROIT, Mich, February 13.— Richard Labelle, Federal deputy mar- shal, left Detroit today in charge of 13 prisoners destined to Fort Leaven- worth. Transportation arrangements were made before authorities noticed the date, or Mr. Labelle declares he | would not tempt fate to start with 13 on Friday the 13th. Ten of the prisoners violated the narcotic law, two robbed post offices, and the thirteenth, John Singstock, violated the prohibition enactment, for which the judge sentenced him to 13 months. 28 Inaugural Seats Awarded to Dawes; Has 300 Requests; By tho Associated Press. | CHICAGO, February 13.—Evan- ston, home of Charles G. Dawes, Vice Presldent-elect, is so en- thuslastic about the inauguration on March 4 that some 300 fellow townsmen have been discussing plans to go to Washington on spe- cial trains, fully expectaat that he would see that they nad front seats at all teremonles. But the Senate galleries have a certain capacity, and Mr. Dawes has only 18 tickets and only 10 re- viewing stand seats. The general's own family and relatives who desire to go to Washington number more than 15. | main aloof from all ‘political en- tanglements. He signed the Paris agreement in the bellef that his country was in no way compromised or in- volved as a guarantor of the rep rations payments. He still holds this view, undoubtedly, and will be able to present it forcefully after his arrival in Washington. So far as his signature to the Paris agreement is concerned, he holds/ that it commits the United States to financial arrangements only and in no way connects it with the League or with allied politics. Despite this view of the Ameri- can signator, British commenta- tors lay great stress upon the anomalous position in which America is placed, not only by the Paris agreement, but by Winston Churchill's policy toward the debts. They now declare that America will be the recipient of the largest share of the German reparations, despite the fact that she has steadfastly refused to a cept any reparations under the Versallles treaty. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Kentucky Member Introduces { not appear.” ¢ Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, HOBBY-HORSE POEN SREAD N HOLSE Composition Over Ob- jections of Others. President Coolidge's rode to undying fame gressional Record today. Representative Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky did not want an his- torical incldent to die through lack of being properly emblazoned on the official records of the Government and so got permission to speak out of order in the House. When he had read the title of his poem, “Cal's Hobby Horse,” Repre- sentative Luce of Massachusetts raised the point of order that no statement tending to cast ridicule on the President was in-ord Representative Tom Connally of Texas questioned, “How can the gen- tleman from Massachusetts know what these words are until they ire uttered? If they are out of ofder, that can be stricken from the Record and hobby in horse the Con- Opposed by Bilanton. Representative Luce made the point of order based on the title. Repre- sentative Connally defended the right of liberty, and Representative Luce said that the right of liberty must not be license. Representative Connally replied that statements from the White House and in the press have been made régarding this horse, and no gentleman had risen In wrath or offended dignity Representative Ramseyer called at- tention that there is no rule against criticizing. Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas said, “This might be an affront to the commonwealth of Massachusetts.” The objection was overruled. Before reading his poem, Repre- sentative Vinson said that he was ag- grieved that his position might be misunderstood. He expressed the thought that his poem would add lus- ter to the literature of the Nation. The poem follows: “Cal's Hobby Horse.” “The Prince of Wales, astride a steed, Is a picture of world renown When the horse bestrides as mood, The Crown Prince hits the ground. is its “Silent Cal is a more cautious chap Than t.e young prince, brave and &ood. He profited by the princely mishap, And bought a horse of wood.” “Electric currents fill its veins, Instead of thoroughbred blood; So it never gives its rider pains, r throws him in the mud. “The ‘hobby horse,’ 'tis easily seen, ‘Is as silent as its master. It trots and canters in one spot, The ‘jockey’ urging it faster.” “Cal's horse is without a name, As have Derby winners plucky, But soon it will have equal fame With the horses of Old Kentucky. “But, unlike the horses of Old Ken- tuck’, H Unexcelied for * their vim and vigor, The White House steed will never | buck And mar the President’s ‘figger. " “It might be well to.find a name; We would suggest, of course, One that would bring undying fame, Economy'—for Cal's hobby horse. “For Cal, upon an Autumn day, Essayed a splendid task, When he pitched his wondrous crop of hay, In the campaign that's just passed. “Summoned were the movie men, To ‘shoot’ this pastoral scene. But the President’s real exercise, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY The public has not seen. “In Homeric days we will recall, During the famous siege of Troy, "A wooden horse within the walls, That city did destroy. “"Twould not be very strange, indeed, If history should repeat, And discovery of the White House steed, Should encompass Cal's defeat. “Some may entertain regret To see their idol sway, ‘But we wonder—owning such a steed— “Why the President pitched hay. Woman’s Assailant Hanged. BALTIMORE, Md, February 13.— Carroll Gibson, 19-year-old negro, was hanged early today at the Mary- land penitentiary for assaulting a white woman August 27 t in Tal- bot County. Gibson was tried and convicted November 22 at Trappe, Md e s | 13, NO. PREJUBDICE; ays White House Roof Should Have Steel Structure! The White House roof is unsafe apd should replaced with a steel structure, Maj. Oscar M. Sol- bert, assistant to Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill in the office of public buildings and grounds, told the House public bulldings committee today. He explained that the rea- son an appropriation for this work has not been submitted to Congress was because President Coolidge himself is against spend- ing money for this work Maj Solbert explained that the roof is of wood formation and has been in an unsafe condition for some time! 1t was recalled that a year ago Col. Sherrill told the appro- priations committee something about this situation at which time he declared that the attic of the White House is a fire trap. Maj. Solbert told the House com- mittee that on account of the high winds and the heavy snow recently it is feured that the fiimsy wooden roof will not last much longer. No action was taken by the com- mittee. SEEK ACTION NOW ON REOREANIZNG House and Senate Leaders Study Differences in Ef- fort to Obtain Vote. Efforts from two directions to ob- tain consideration of the Government reorganization measure were initiated today. The House rules commitiee and Senate leaders considered means of putting the measure on.the legisla- tive program for this Congress, and endeavored to iron out some of the controversial provisions of the meas- ure calculated to hold up its consid- eration. Administration leaders in the Sen- ate have agreed to eliminate from it the contested provision for a new Department of Education and Relief and to authorize retention of the Good Roads Bureau in the Depart- ment of Agriculture instead of trans- ferring it to the Interior Department. In its amended form the measure will be placed before a conference of Republican Senators tomorrow for decision as to whether it shall be pressed at this session. At the meeting of the House rules committee today a special rule for con- sideration of the reorganization bill was urged by Representative Henry Temple of Pennsylvania, a member of the ape- cial joint committee. Another resolution calling for an investigation looking toward de- centralization of the Government's machinery to do away with the growing number of bureaus and commissions, was urged by Repre- sentative Sumers of Texas. A special rule for action upon the resolution making substantive law for the annual appropriations for Howard University was pressed by Repre- sentative Louis C. Cramton of Michigan. Dr. Temple appeared for the joint committee on reorganization in place of Chairman Mapes of the House delegation, who is ill. The othér members of the joint committee are (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) FOILED BANDITS KILL" WATCHMAN AND ESCAPE Faithful Bank Employe Loses Life in Frustrating Robbery by Six Armed Men. By the Associated Press. PONTIAC, Mich, February 13.— After frustrating an attempt of sik men to rob the Oxford Savings Bank, at Oxford, near here, early today, Jay Gould, a watchman, was shot and killed by one of the bandits as the sextet escaped in an automobile. Early reports of the attempted rob- bery said that the six men appeared at the rear of the bank and were surprised by tge watchman, who cov- ered them witX a revolver. They fled to the front of the building, enter- ing a walting automobile, one of the men firing as the car sped away., One of the robbers' bullets struck® and instantly killed the watchman. An abandoned automobile was found by Sherift James S. Butler miles from the bank. 1925—FORTY-SIX PAGES. B HARTZTAKES LFE WITH RAZOR Merchant, Ill, Had Attempted to Drown Self in Bathtub Wednesday.. Iseman known B. Hartz. milliner, well business man here for 30 vears, committed suicide at Emer- zency Hospital this morning by drawing a safety-razor blade across his throat when left alone for a few minutes by a special nurse. He died within 10 minutes. Two days ago he was frustrated when he tried to drown himself in a bathtub at his home, 1233 Twelfth street. Mr. Hartz, according to relatives, had expressed fear of insanity as the result of sinus trouble. He had sold out his business last' week on advice of a physiclan ang last Wednesday had remained &t home, feeling ill and despondent, Early ih the afternoon he turned on the water in the bathtub and made the drowning attempt. His uncle, Marx Kahn, with whom he lived, being “notified that Mr. Hartz failed to respond to calls of other members of the family, broke down the bathroom door and found him With head under the surface of water in the tub. Kahn carried him to his room. He was then resuscitated and taken to Emergency Hospital, where special nurses were placed on the cal arly today, during ‘the absence from the room of the nurse, who was making his breakfast tray ready, Mr. Hartz seized the opportunity to carry out his plans. Mr. Hartz is survived by three sisters, one living in South Carolina, one in New York and one in this city, and an aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Kahn. He entered business here in 1896 and remained continuously in the milli- nery trade until last week, when he =old his store on 14th between F and G streets. SMOOT WILL PUSH BUILDING MEASURE Will Urge That $5,000,000 Be Ex- yended Here in Next® Fiscal Year. The public buildings bill carrying $150,000,000, of which $50,000,000 is to be expended in the District, will be called up in the Senate as soon as possible, Senator Smoot, chairman of the Public Buildings Commission, said today. The bill is in charge of Sen- ator Fernald, chairman of the com- mittee on public buildings and grounds. Senator Smoot said that he would offer an amendment making a direct appropriation of $5,000,000 to be ex- pended in the District during the coming fiscal year. So far no opposition to the bill has developed in the Senate, it was said today, and its supporters hobe thae it will be passed. The bill has already passed the House. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” red to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s The Star’s carrier system covers 4 every city block and the regular edie ’ tion is delive Circulation, 103,304 Airplane Is Rated As Great Britain’s First Defense Line By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, February 13— Brig. Gen. Lord Thomson, former British minister of air in the L. bor cabinet of Ramsay MacDonald, declared in an interview published here today that England's first line of defense had moved from the sea to the air. “England appreciates the im»- portance of a strong air force’ | Lord Thomson was quoted, “and, even - when other appropriations were denied, the air service was granted £3,500,000 to continue its construction program to strength- en England's first line of defense.” Lord Thomson declared he was in favor of disarmament, which he characterized “as the only as- surance of peace CURLEY ASSAILS PUNCH-BOARD PLAN | Archbishop Says Carmelite Fathers Made Innocent Dupes of Graft. Charging that the Carmelite Fathers of Washington have been made the unknowing dupes of “a combination of graft, gambling and deception, cial Baltimore Catholic Review, raise money supposedly to pay for a national shrine here in honor of the Little Flower that the order does not even contemplate building. In the same statement Archbishop Curley declared many schemes are in progress in this archdiocese which obtaining money from the people under the pretense of representing re- ligfous authority. So bold have the authors of these movements become, he declared, that they have even mis- represented themselves to be priests and sisters, begging help for some missionary or religicus movement that never existad. | Use OMcials® By mail and by telephone, the statement continued, these fake priests and sisters have used the namos of duly ordained officials of the Catholic Church in ap,ealing to members af that faith for money. plot, he said, that in the name of the Carmelite Fathers of Washington. The schemers, Archbishop sald, are operating a punch card sup- posedly to pay a debt on the Car- melite Fathers’ property here, declared to have been contracted to raise money for the building of 2 shrine in honor of the Little Flower and to assist mis- sionary enterprises in Zuzuland. The Names. Curley nue northeast. The archbishop declared that the Carmelite Fathers are not going to build such a shrine, and added there is only one shrine in the course of of the Immaculate Conception. The archdfocesan head said he had no ob- jection to charitably minded persons contributing donations to- the Fa- thers. but objected to persons being Archbishop Curley, through the offi-| to- day exposed a commercial scheme to | It is such al has been used! monastery fs at 150 Rhode Island ave- | construction in this city—the Shrine | TWO CENTS. MITCHELL REMOVAL WOULD BE ‘DEADLY, (GREATEST ACE SAYS Rickenbacker Tells Aircraft Probers That Service Needs General’s Type. DECLARES AERIAL MAIL HOPE OF DEVELOPMENT Outlines Plan to Build Up Reserve of Planes Through Postal Department. The removal of Brig. Gen Mitchell from office of the Army Alr “the most deadly thing ever con- templated,” Capt. Edward V. Rick- enbacker, premier American ace, told | the House aircraft investigating com- mittee today at the conclusion of his stimony Capt. Rickenbacker vol- unteered the statement for the record declaring that he had just completed a tour of the country, where he had seen press reports and heard conver- sations over the possibility of Gen. Mitchell’s influence in Army aero- nautics being curtailed. “Gen. Miichell,” =aid the witness, | “acquired his present position through service to the public, and I as a tax- payer demand that he be retafned.” | The witness was atked by the com- j mittee if he had the closest asso- | ciation to Gen. Mitchell in the lat= war, and Capt. Rickenbacker replied | that his organization was relied upon |to serve valuable information and {keep up the morale. “‘Gen. Mitchell is the kind of officer | who will give you hell and make you {like it Capt. Rickenbacker, now a re- serve aviator, based his authority for answers on questions from the commi tee on his experiences in 300 aerial com- bats and 500 hours fiying time in enemy territorr. He declared the lack of knowledge on the part of those in a | thority had curtailed the development air power, and saw only one agency present which could increase American | position in the air—the air mail service. | Outlines Own Plan. Willlam assistant chief Service would be i Capt. Rickenbacker outlined a p for a thriving aircraft industry and supremacy of the air in peace and war, which would call for crisscros ing the United States with air mai lines. Permit airplanes to carry | freight, express and mail for one ar successfully, and the public will demand that it be transported lik wise, he said. To maintain such a network of air lines, the witness con- {tinued, would bufld up a force of | pilots 10,000 in number, and 100,000 groundmen. In time of war the groundmen would be 100 per cent useful for | military purposes, and the pilots j would be &5 per cent war trained, in- struction in gunnery. photograph: | and other forms of military aeronau- tics requiring only 15 per cént of the complets training. With this net- work of air lines, Capt. Rickenbacker declared, transportation about the United States in the matter of hours asked to take a chance on paving as much as $2.42 for a 10-cent shaving brush. schemes Archbishop Curley urges that he is not issuing any warning against the well known and proper Catholic charities. Archbishop’ The official statement of Arch- bishop Curley reads as follows: “The Catholic people of the arch- diocese have been imposed on many times in recent years by money-gef- ting schemes put into operation mostly by shrewd and dishonest lay agents, who make religion a cloak for graft. “We have had fake priests and make-believe sisters collecting from house to house. The magazine agent peddling his worthless sheet, talks prospective buyers into considering its perusal a sine qua non of salva- tion. There are a hundred and one Statement. are fleeced almost every day. Time and again we have called the atten- tion of readers of the Baltimore Catholic Review to the existence of such schemes in our midst, and we have reminded them that they are not to give money to any collecto nor to subscribe fo papers or maga zines unless the agent, male or fe- male, comes with two letters of per- mission and indorsement, one signed by the archbishop and the other by the pastor of the parish in which the agent is at work. If such letters are not produced by agents and collec- tors who state they are working for Catholic causes, then such agents or collectors are not to receive any con- sideration whatever, but should be turned away from the doors of Cath- olic homes. Worked Through Mail. “For the most part, however, the money-getting scheme s worked through the malls, and by this means frauds of all kinds are Perpetuated on the credulous and good-hearted public. We have In our city money- Ce . Column 2 (Continue Radio Fans Aroused as WCAP Fails WCAP's mail bag today con- tained a number of complaints from Washington's radio listeners over the failure of the .station to broadcast last night the concert by famous opera singers as pre- sented by the Victor Talking Co. WCAP suddenly decided a few days ago to break away from the chain of stations broadcasting the semi-monthly Victor presentations 50 as not to interfere with WRC's programs. The reaction from the radio audience, however, did not set in until last night, when some of the tube-set owners failed to get satisfactory reception of the Victor program broadcast by the out-of-town stations. Officials of both WRC and WCAP are somewhat reticent about the aituation brought about by the latter station’s action, but empha- size that it was not due to fric- tion. It was pointed out that WRC did not particularly relish the In- To Broadcast .Victor Program terruption of its program every olhe!’ Thursday nllhlsfrom efl e:zv 10 o'clock (the preferred hour of broadcasting), and that WCAP agreed that the imposition was unfair and canceled the Victor concerts. An effort was made to hav Victor Talking Machine lechell::: the nights for broadcasting its Pprograms to conform with WCAP's periods on the air, it was said, but . was unsuccessful - because ' the company desired Thursday nights as it preceded its record-release day. ‘Whether Washington's radio audfence will get direct through ‘WCAP any of the additional Vic- tor presentations is problematica! 1t is rumored that the Ches & Potomac Télephone Co. will ask the Departmént of Com- merce for a separate wave so it may broadcast simultaneously with WRC without interfering with its programs. At present the - two stations are using the 468.5- meter wave by broadcasting on alternating nights. | In a general condemnation of tha | ways in which unsuspecting people | | would be reduced to the size of Texas Disagrees With Drum. i | 1 The committee continued the in- quiry into the effectiveness of anti- laircraft guns against airplanes. Rep- i tative Perkins of New Jer- . the committee examiner, read the |statement by Brig. Gen. Drum, assist- | ant chief of staff, that if he were given 12 anti-aircraft guns of 3 caliber he could prevent bombing planes | within the range of the guns from doing damage “It is evident that he has no actual experience in war- { fare,” replied the witness, who de- ! tailed to the committee how he and officers of his squadron would for the want of something to do fly over the enemy and see how many “archies” would be wasted on them. “I ha: { been shot literally millions of time: declared Capt. Rickenbacker, “and neither 1 nor my ship were ever in- Jured.” ; The “bad” conditions of the air- craft industry today, continued the witness, cannot be remedied by com- mercial aviation without Government assistance. This would require muni- cipalities turning over landing fields maintenance to aerial transportation companies in which the Government {had interest and to the public would be pald dividends in better trans- portation, The committee reminded the witness. that if the industry is in such a deplorable state how can an accounting be made for the fact that the United States has held most of the aviation records. Due to Individuals. “This is due,” replied Capt. Ricken- backer, “to Gen. Mitchell's forcing the individual effort and genius of en- gineers in the industry. The committee is evidencing un- usual interest in the crash three weeks ago at the Naval Air Statlon, Anacostia, of Lieut. A. J. Williams, U. 8. N., who failed to bring out of a tail spin a new Boeing plane and nearly lost his life. The Navy had ordered 72 of this type plane for -training and instruction purposes and the committee is endeavoring to find out if the type possesses defects. Rear Admiral Willlam A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, today sent to Representative Perkins a list of every naval aviator on ac- tive duty in Washington, with the re- quest that any one be called. To show {no partiality Mr. Perkins announced the last six on the list were subpoe- naed. In this number is Lieut. Wil- liams, and he is scheduled to tell the committee the exact details concern- ing his purpose of spinning the plane and failure of it to come out. Record Holder Called. The first of the half dozen officers was Lieut. Ralph Ofstie of the Bu- reau of Aeronautics and holder of the 1,000-kilometer speed plane -record. Lieut. Ofstie told the committee he thought if a less experienced officer than Lieut. Williams had been in the out-of-control plan, he would have lost his life. He gave it as his opinion there was, perhaps, an error in the set-up of that particular ma- chine and admitted that ‘there is some question now of the type, al- though one of the Boeings had won out in competition inst five other seaplanes in exhaustive tests in Pensacola, Fla. The test plane, he said, had been spun many times and successfully. While declaring he was not qualified to discuss the question of a Weparate (Continued on Page %, Column