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REPORT EXPECTED 10 SUSTAIN SHIPS Likely to Point to Example of Great Britain With Uni- fied Air Service. BY FREDERI WILLIAM WILE. Aviation matters will be brought to a head within a few hours by the report of the special N board which will be issued at the White House. For four months the board, at President Coolidge's instigatio has been going thoroughly into ever phase of the lon raging controvers; the relative value of submarines, warships and aircraft. The nized by Secretary Wilbur, res of witnesses. Gen. Mitchell, the assistant chief of the Army Air Service, was one of them. A voluminous mass of testimony ympiled, It has been in rlidge’s hands since Feb- in the sha carefully pared dig is this digest which presently will be made public. Its presentation is designed to con- tribute timely knowledge to the dis- ssion which latterly has attained tion-wide dimensions because of Gen. Mitchell's spectacular charges heard Example of Britain. Washington service quarters the ction is freely ventured that the Navy board will torpedo contention that American annot be properly devel- @ unified air service, irplane has rendered > warship obsolete. The Army air supporters probably will at no other sort of attitude could sensibly be expected from the Navy. But naval officers’ hostility to a unified air service, they claim, is not based on prejudice, but on the one experience on which the world is ble fo frame practical judgment, the experience of Great Brit- in. The British maintain an “air ministry,” such as Gen. Mitchell ad- for the United States, with sion over both military and viation. The bulk of opinion, not only in the United States . but in.the British nav Liritish experiment, now nearly seven n a succes n for the final sever- cet air arm from the 1 air force” is unabated. It is vected in London that when a suf- nt naval personnel has been built up to take over naval aviation, com- >ept in certain 1 take place. of a serv 0 per cent the Navy being directed partment of the British incessantly pointed to supply, w nned by another d ce of the fleet. Awnrded Gold Medal. ed Service Institu- warded its annual to an essay oppos- service. The win- uded: the whole matter may few words. In ways have been, > enemy’s towns; Towns nor- : attacked by land ships by sea forces. Hence, division throughout all history med forces of natioas into By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 14—The views of John D. Rockefeller on the evil of giving young people too much money are contalned in papers filed in the Supreme Court, in “connection with a proceeding brought by the Equitable Trust Co., as trustee under a dexd of trust established by him on July 3, 1917, for the benefit of his daughter,” Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick. The trust deed, which is a part of the court record gave Mrs. McCormick the power of appointment of the prin- cipal by will and gave her the power if she saw fit to leave the fund to charitable institutions instead of to her children. Warns of Danger. “I earnestly hope” Mr. Rocke- feller wrote in the deed of trust, “that my daughter, in exercising the above power of appointment, will bear in mind my belief that it would be prejudicial to the welfare of her chil- dren and thelr descendants for them to come into possession and enjoy- ment of large amounts of property before and unless they have attained sufficient wisdom and character to use it wisely, and in order to prevent such injury to them I am more con- cerned least they receive too much rather than too little.” SVITH IS AT RITES FOR SLAIN YOUTH New York Police Snare 1,000 Taxi Drivers as Result of Shooting. By the Associated Press. \EW YORK, February 14.—Dennis J. Kenny, 20-year old victim of a gun- toting taxicab driver, was buried to- day while the police wound up their drive against lawless taxi chauffeurs. As a_long cortege, including Gov. Alfred E. Smith and his military staff, followed the body of the youth from the Fifth avenue residence to a ceme- tery, the police continued their activi- ties, arresting 48 drivers and sum- moning 947 others for appearance in traffic court Monday. It was the shooting of Kenny that Induced Police Commissioner Enright to_ be- gin a surprise inspection of the 17,500 cabs in the city late yesterday. Kenny, a nephew of Edward J. Kenny, honorary deputy fire chief, died Thursday of revolver wounds inflicted by John Leventine, 24-year old ex- convict and taxicab chauffeur, early in the morning of January 29. Leven- tine, operating a cruising cab, had taken the youth and Miss Annabelle Flower, from a Greenwich Village cabaret to the young woman's Brook- 1yn home. A fare dispute arose, end- ing in the fatal shooting. Leventine, indicted for first degree murder, wi and armies. air provides a third way of oach to the two original objec- , but does not provide a third ob- Jective. “Lacking a third objectiv @etre for a third arm exists. “The elevation of the air force to the status of a third arm is therefore unso! ana persistence in so fun- damental an error in time of peace can only lead to disaster in time of war.” o raison Separate in maintains ir force France. separate army s the United tes do nd she is regarded to- as the “supreme air power” in Hurope. Italy has adopted a united air force, but not yet established a ry for aviation. Opinion as to s of the united scheme in Fra and navy 15 organized service on lin in the Ul cember, 1 its growing very similar ates. In De- formed an air board to consider the whole problem of a future air organization. There & a group that favored patterning ter the h unified system, but was the navy air ecided that in particular, is a ness, involving guch highly c! naval knowledge that ‘it must be admMistered ex. clusively by trained sea officers. This s th view that inspires American raval opposition to a unfied service. eparation of forces. The iat Stand of Coolidge. President Coolidge hitherto has mot encouraged the Mitchell idea of unit- & military and naval aviation under 1e distinet As to the general ility of aviat ially for the it is economy considerations t govern Mr. Coolidge almost ex- ively. He is hostile to the un- cessary expenditure of a single dol- ar on old-type war craft, like surface essels or even of submarines, if it demonstrated to him that air- 1y less costly than surface can supply as effective, or tive, e. warships Board, whose v is about to inspect, refle the i s known to pre in our naval high command, it will tell the President that what America needs at sea is neither an all-surface nor an all-submarine n all-aircraft Navy. It certainly will bomb the Mitchell the- ory irplane has rendered the Navy ally useless. It is al- together likely to report that the capital ship (battleship and battle cruiser) remains “the backbone of gea power,” but that, under modern nditions, that backbone needs to be pported by commensurate fleets of airp and particu- ai carriers. The Special Navy Board, in other words, is con- tidently expected to advocate a “three- plune fleet” of submarine, surface and a«ir units, but one acting Navy orders and Navy virt (Copyight, 192 LIBRARY BARS PUZZLE. London Institution Censors All Papers Placed in Files. LONDON, February 14.—Cross-word puzzles are barred from the Dulwich Public Library, where all the news- papers are ‘censored” before being piaced in the files. The puzzles are Dblotted out so as to prevent puzzle addicts from lingering too long over the black-and-white squared mys- teries, thus keeping the papers from legitimate r Would Remove Gates. The chief of engineers, U. A, ‘would be authorized in his discretion to remove the gates and gate posts n ed at the junction of West avenue and Pennsylvania avenue, under a bill introduced in the House yesterday by Representa- tive John W. Langley of Kentucky, which has been referred to the com- mittee on public buildings and &rounds, a i go to trial March 9. 5,000 I Clean-Up. Without warning, Commissioner En- right ordered a taxl clean-up late yes- terday, taking uniformed and plain clothes men, including clerical workers from the regular tasks and eending them upon the streets te stop every mo- tor hack they came cross. There were 5,000 of the officers, and they worked in the streets of the five boroughs simultaneously, permitting no cab to de- part after inspection until the driver's credentfals either had been found en- tirely within the law or he had been served with a summons to appear in court. The drive caused considerable con- sternation among the city's army of chauffeurs. Several of them were re- ported to have deserted their vehicles in the streets at the approach of the police, while a number of others hastily stabled their cars in garages. —_— MRS. INEZ S. MILTON GIVEN U. S. MEDAL Coast Guard Life-Saving Trophy Presented by Admiral Bil- lard for Rescue. Mrs. Inez Seymour Milton has re- ceived the life-saving medal provided by Congress in 1874, and awarded through the United States Coast Guard _yesterday morning, at the Coast Guard quarters. The presenta- tion was made by Admiral Billard, commandant of United States Coast Guard Service, in the presence of his entire official staff, Admiral Billard, in his address, stated that the medal was an un- usual and conspicuous award in that it was only bestowed in rare cases of bravery in saving life on the high seas, and only after the most careful inquiry into all the facts by an of- ficial "board of the Coast Guard ervice, Mrs. Milton was apprised of the honor awaiting her by the following notification: “Inez S. Milton, Madam: There is transmitted herewith a silver life- saving medal of honor awarded to you by the department in recognition of the gallant conduct displayed by you In rescuing a boy from drown- ing August 25, 1922. There is also transmitted herewith a letter ad- dressed to you by the department. You are requested to acknowledge receipt of the medal. “Respectfully, F. C. Billard, rear admiral, United States Coast Guard, commandant.” The letter mentioned states, in part: “It affords the department great pleasure to have this opportunity of commending the service rendered by you on the occasion mentioned.” Mrs. Milton has a summer home on Chesapeake Bay, and about a year ago was awarded a Red Cross medal for saving a life in the rough waters of the bay. During the World War she was cited for rescuing a young girl war worker from St. Louls, and during the war was awarded by the French High Commis- sion, the French bronze medal for conspicuous service. Mrs. Milton is the wife of Maj. Samuel Burleigh Milton, Organized Reserves, U. S. A, and a member of The Star staff. ' Will Follow 0ld Treasure Map. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash, February 14— Staking his faith on a map portray- ing the location of an Arctic bonanza James Townsend Fullerton, former mayor of Port Townsend, Wash., and the founder of a loganberry industry on the Olympic Peninsula of Wash- ington, is to make a search witd a friend in April for a rich mine in Alaska. The mine was discovered and mapped many years ago by a prospector who died suddenly after bringing out 282 pounds of nuggets. sald Mr, ¥ullerton, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., FEBRUARY 15, 1925—PART 1. JOHN D. WARNS LARGE ALLOWANCE FOR YOUNG IS SOURCE OF/DANGER Oil Magnate’s Views on Need for Limit on Pocket Money Revedled in Deed of Trust to His Daughter, Mrs. Edith McCormick. The charities suggested by Mr. Rockefeller are the Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and the General Education Board. The trust made by Mr. Rockefeller in 1917 was established with 1,200 shares of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, with a par value of $100 and a total value of $1,200,000. Fund Increases Fast. The payment of stock dividénds by that corporation since the establish ment of the fund has increased its value to such an extent that the Equitable Trust Co., as trustee, re- ports there stands to the credit of Mrs. McCormick 123,824 shares of Standard Oil of Indiana, which has a present value of between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000. Another feature of interest in the Rockefeller deed of trust is that it provides for an annual income of $30,000 for life for Harold F. Me- McCormick, who was at the time a son-in-law of Mr. Rockefeller, but ‘whose e has since divorced him. Mr. McCormick is now the husband of Ganna Walska, opera singer. His income from the trust continues, and the last payment was made to him on September 17, 1924. DENIES SOCIALIST ELEGTION CHARGES Porto Rican Commissioner Declares There Is No Abuse of Powers. Judge Felix Cordova Davila, resi- dent commissioner from Porto Rico, yesterday denied charges laid before the President Thursday by the leader of the Soclallst party of Porto Rico, Santiago Iglesias, to the effect that the insular department of justice is seeking to prevent the truth becom- ing known in connecion with the eleo- tion held in November, 1924, and was, even abusing its power to the extent of thwarting the decision of the court. “According to official information recoived by Judge Cordova Davila,” said the denial, “the matter in con- troversy grows out of the attempt by the Socialists to overturn the result of the election in the municipality of Fajaro. The returns of the last elec- tions showed that the Socialist party had been defeated. Mandamus pro- ceedings were instituted against the insular board of elections by the Socialist leader, Bolivar Pagan, re- questing an order of court directing that the board recount the ballots and have the tally sheets agree with the same, Government attorneys appeared for the board at its request and the elected candidates were also repre- sented by private attorneys to resist this demand. They raised several legal questions, and especlaily that mandamus was not the proper remedy; that under the law the board of elec- tions cannot go behind the returns, but that the right to recount the votes rests solely with the courts after certiorari or other proper proceedings have been instituted. Calls Steps Proper. “In this instance, the district judge decided against the insular board of elections and issued a writ of man- damus, as prayed for. But the attor- neys for the elected candidates have excepted to h ruling in a perfectly regular way and taken an appeal to the Supreme Court. Their avowed purpose is to secure an interpretation of the law of the highest court of the island to be used as a guide in future cases. “Judge Cordova Davila claims that the attorney general was consulted by the board of elections and after careful study of the cage decided that the legal question involved should be finally decided by the Supreme Court. Appeal proceedings are being per- fected without unnecessary delay 8o that the case may be promptly and finally decided. Pending the disposi- tion of an appeal from the lower court, its judgmeny is suspended and the attorney general cannot be crit- icized for recognizing that fact and so advising the parties in interest. The exercise of the right of appeal to the Supreme Court when authorized by statute, cannot be considered as opposing or disregarding an order of an inferior court. The attack upon the attorney general by the Socialiet Jeader, Iglesias, s therefore entirely uncallad for and a gross misrepresen- tation of the truth.” S e FAMOUS “FLOWER GIRLS” OF LONDON ARE BANISHED Weather-Beaten, Wrinkled Cock- ney Women Lose Stand at Statue of Eros. By the Associated Press. ? ych.vr)oy, Fébruary 14.—When the large numbers of American tourists who visit Europe every summer arrive in London this year, they will find one great change through the passing of “the flower girls” who as long as any- one can remember have sat day and night, in eunshine, rain and fog, under the statue of Eros in Picadilly circus. These weather-beaten and wrinkled, but cheerful cockney women—but al- ways called “flower girls” whatever thelr ages—were ordered . from their places this week. The statue of Eros is to be removed for 18 months, and the center.of the circus torn up to make a bigger and better subway sta- tion. Most of the half dozen flower girls who were left have eat under the bow or Eros for 20 or 30 years, and in some cases longer. Custom had made their “pitches” or selling places, their very own, and woe betide any outsider who tried to sell flowers in their midst. In some cases thelr business had been handed down from motHers and grand- mothers. There are few institutions in Lon- don that could be missed as greatly as the flower girls. Everybody knew them for their cheery calls and their friendly suggestions to potential pur- chasers. “Pretty vilets tuppence, sir, roses for the 1idy,” they would “say. And, to the yuong lady customer: ““Them will look mighty pretty on ye, dearle.” ————— Amphibian Plane Sets Record. DAYTON, Ohio, February 14.—What McCook Field officials said today was the longest flight to be made with an amphibian airplane was accomplished late Friday, when Lieut. W. H. Brook. ley, Dayton fiyer, landed at the Mec- Cook air port. He flew from New York, approximately 560 miles, with the new ship, which can land on either land or water. sEe i Fault-finders are .disgusted . when ihey bump up against nrh;flu. SEy LOST RIVERS CARVE KENTUCKY CAVERNS Mysterious - Torrents Under Hills Feature Region Where Collins Is Trapped. By Consolidated Press. CAVE CITY, Ky, February 14.— The vision of profits that lay in the prospect of Government purchase of caves in this digtrict for a new na- tional park was the incentive for much of the. spirited exploring that had been going on beneath thase fairyland hills until Floyd Collins got himself stuck{n Sand Cave. The thought that Congress might soon set aside part of Kentucky's contribution to the seven wonders of the world .had struck the imagination of hill men and set them to looking further into the mysteries of this lund of lost rivers and of under- ground jeweled castles, The natives wanted to find out what part of one of the earth's most as- tounding phenomena might be located under their hard, hilly tracts. What they trled to find by dangerous ex- ploring, aclentists could teill them trom deductive study. Story of Scientists. This sclentific story, explaining Kentucky's great, unequaled caves, was told to the writer today by the university scientists here to work on tae Floyd Collins case. This is what they say: “Millions of years ago, this part of Kentucky was the floor of the sea. Then, as the waters receded with the gradual upheaval of the earth, the streams that remained sought under- ground channels, eating away the soft rocks. Each time the land rose, the waters gradually worked their way to a lower level, leaving the beds they had had before to form the cavernous limestone area that has be- come such a remarkable phenomenon of this part of Kentucky. “The cavernous area extends from the western coml flelds of the State on the north to Tennessee River on the south, and from the ‘knobs’ on the east to the ‘purchase region’ on the west. The entire district is honey- combed with wonderful caves, includ- ing the world-famous Mammonth, Crystal and Onyx underground cham- bers, extending for miles beneath the surface. Passage Through Rock. “Floyd Collins was looking for another of these wonderful caverns with their stalactites and stalagmites when he was trapped. The so-called ‘Sand Cave' in which he was explor- ing is In reality nothing but a nar- row passage through fallen rock and not a cave. He thought it might lead to a cave of beauty not yet found. “The caves are usually capped by a sandstone roof, which has to be pierced before the lower passages made by water eating out the lime- stona can -be brought to light. The danger for cave explorers comes in trylng to find openings through this sandstone and muck, but once that is past the danger is over. Great Fall of Rock. “The topography of the now famous cave is characteristic. A low hill, covered with light second-growth timber, faces on the northeast a nar- row valley ending in a sink. The upper end of this valley contains a great fall of rock, the result of an anclent cavern. It is under this fall that Collins got himself buried. He had lost his bearings underground and doubled backward {nto treach- erous soft ground instead of getting Into the hillside as he supposed he was doing. The entrance he took goes in through an overhanging ledge of sandstone and then leads in a tortuous tunnel down under the sink hole caused by the natural cave-in. Region of Lost Rivers. “Here in this region are the ‘lost rivers’ the famous underground tor- rents that drain the countryside just as the above-ground streams do in other parts of the country. Action of these hidden rivers is the greatest factor in producing the caves out of the soluble limestone. “Strange, interesting animals and insects live in the subterranean Ken- tucky caverns. Blind fish swim in the streams, blind crickets, curious splders never seen in the outside world, peculiar lizards and an un- duplicated insect life never get out into the ligl: of day from generation to generation. “Ages ago Indians found the caves safe homes and in them they have left the story of their primitive ex- istence. Skeletons of these prehis- toric men and of prehistoric animals recently have been unearthed in this district, yielding valuable data about ancient cultures and modes of life of this country. ° Found Human Bones. “In fact one of the last finds of Floyd Collins, before he got trapped, was an Interesting collection of hu- man bones he uncovered in one of the caverns he was exploring. “Caves held for Collins, just as they do for others acquainted with their mysteries, a fascination which seems irresistible. The prospect of discov- ery of a crystalline grandeur never before seen by humans leads the ex- plorers on.” This strangely interesting section the natives want the Government to take over and make into a mammoth cave national park. What effect re- cent developments are to have on the proposal now before Congress is net known as yet. ART AMBITION BLOCKED, BOY, 13, TAKES OWN LIFE, Hangs Self When Mother Holds Out Little Hope Education Can Be Eked From Father’s Earnings. ~’ ial Dispatch to The Star. TNEW YORK, February 14— As Adolph Poalo, 13, ate a frugal lunch today with his mother in their two- room flat he confided to her his ambi- tion to become a great artist. He show- ¢d her some orude pencil sketches he had made, but he said: “I want to draw much better than that, mother. I want to paint'a fine ploture like the one -on the wall there. The boy painted to a cheap print of “The Crucifixion.” “But to paint & fine picture I must take lessons.” Mrs. Poalo shook her head sadl: The odd jobs Dominic Poalo, the boy father, was able to do around the Greenwich Village neighborhood hard- 1y paid for their living. “Yes, ves, yes, son,” she said. “Some day, maybe, Papa Dominic will have lots of money and you can take les- sons, but we must wait a while for that. : Mrs. Poalo went ‘out to buy gro- ceries. Dominic would be coming home soon. She bargained and chos: A little money left ower every day might eventually pay for Adolph's drawing lessons. She was thinking of this when she came back and glanced into the bedroom where she had left Adolph busy with pencil and paper. But Adolph Was not at the table. Instead, his body dangled from & rope tied to a gas pipe. She lifted him down ‘tenderly and rubbed'his chafed throat and called. his name, but Adolph _never opened his eyes. A medios] gxaminer prongunced him dead, WHERE INAUGURAL CHARITY BALL WILL BE HELD Ballroom of thé New CHARGE PROMOTION PROMISES MADE BY AIR MERGER FACTION Navy Officials Discover That These Are Made to Young Flyers in Attempt to Get Sup- port for Proselytizing members of the Na- val aviation service by supporters of the unified alr service with promises of greater reward by increased rank and other advantages has been un- earthed by the Navy Department, it was disclosed last night. Young flying officers have been fre- quently approached by what some Navy officers call “walking delegates” from advocates of the unified air service. These officers, It is pointed out, have been cajoled with promises of personal advantage in return for their support of the fight to bring about ‘a single air service with a cabinet officer at its head. It 18 pointed out that personal con- siderations are largely responsible for much of the support being given from various sources to the Curry bill which would bring about this unifica- tion of the United States’ air activi- tles. Officers in the two services now take their rank in the regular line with other officers, 6n various duties, and promotions at the present rate will be long apart and far between. How- ever, with the advent of a single air service, there immediately would be a new scheme of promotion, with the result that the voung officers now in the services would go up to high rank rapidly. This fact is being used to a great extent in getting supporters be- hind the movement, by the “walking delegates,” who are sald to be using it to advantage. Expected Results. In addition to the cost which would result from the addition of another department of the Government, there also would be the increased expense necessarily following the néw ranks all along the line, and, at thes same time, the services would be deprived of having their respective units work with them in solving their own pe- culiar problems, officers declare in meeting arguments of those favoring a unified air service. Those who are looking Into the matter of the advantages which would be derived from a single air service must go deeper than any desire for personal gain, and get into the point as to whether the national defense services would be hampered by hav- ing thelr alr arms cut off, it is gathered from Capt. Alfred R. John- son, chief of fthe Naval Bureau of Aeronautics. The sinking of the Ostfriesland could have been accomplished by a well directed 12-inch shell from a surface craft, Capt. Johnson points out, whereas the sinking was accom- plished by the Army only after the dropping of 84 bombs, weighing 26,000 pounds. Even then, the bombs had to be transported, and no airship could exist off the coast without having a naval vessel to supply the ammuni- tion, fuel, etc, to malintain it as a fighting unit, Capt. Johnson pointed out, declaring no plane has been built that can carry bombs great distances. Capt. Johnson declares no continen- tal air force can provide the protec- WEST VIRGINIA AiDS. Governor Sends Mine Bureau Chief to Assist Collins’ Rescuers. CHARLESTON, W. Va., February 14. —West Virginia offered aid to its neighbor State, Kentucky, today in its efforts to rescue Floyd Collins from Sand Cave, when R. M. Lamble, chief of the West Virginia depart- ment of mines, and expert on mine rescue and explorations, left for Cave City, Ky., under orders of Gov. E. F. Morgan to offer his aid to au- thorities engaged in the rescue work. Gov. Morgan, declared Mr. Lamble, “is a veteran in mine rescue work and his experience in the mines when life is imperiled suggests to me that he might offer practical suggestions to save the life of the imprisoned man."” SEEK LAURELS FOR BOOTH Admirers to Make Another Effort to Place Actor in Hall of Fame. Special Dispatch to The Sta: NEW YORK, February 14.—Re- newed attempts to bring about the election of Edwin Booth to a place in the Hall of Fame this Summer, when the quintennial elections will be held, will be made, admirers of the famous actor say, Booth was defeated by a margin of three votes five years ago. A nomination petition placing his name before the trustees of the Hall of Fame has been drawn up by Ran- dolph Somerville, director of the Washington Square Players of New York University. Playwrights, ac- tors and sctresses are supporting the ‘movement. CHILDREN, WIFE’S ALIBI. ‘Woman Accused of Infidelity Cites Household of 13. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, February 14—In a suit for divorce filed today John Reut of Brooklyn, charges infidelity. In reply his wife says her husband forced her to pay so much attention to household duties that she had no time to commit the acts he charges against her. Her 11 children, she says, testify in her defense. will Nearly 10,000 marten and fox fur skins are sold in Turkey in some moRtha, $,,_ Gl /nified Aviation. tfon necessary to prevent an invasion. If the fleet is adequate in all its branches—surface, sub-surface and air—not only could this country not be invaded, but its vital commerce on the high seas and all its intcrests abroad would be adequately protected. Upholds Navy. Discussing Gen. Mitchell's conten- tion that an invasion of America could be made by sea and air with an adequate air force, Capt. Johnson says: “This is the crux of the whole sub- ject. Is or is not America open to attack by air? America cannot be attacked b®a first-class power un- less it comes over the seas. It can- not come in force except in ships, and it would have to defeat our Navy to ds his. o firstclass power can invade our country If our Navy is efficient and adequate in all its branches. The Navy does not visualize national de- fence as a Chinese wall around our boundries, 200 miles beyond the lower water mark. We must defend our national intreests wherever threaten- ed, at home or abroad. Only the Navy can do this. If it can defend our national interests abroad, it cer- tainly can take care of them nearer home. All other schemes of national defense are but secondary defense. Without the Navy such a force could not take the offensive to defend our country. “Our foreign policies are no strong- er than our Navy—our Navy no stronger than its weakest link. If you weaken any one of its links— subsurface or aviation—you weaken all your foreign policies. The Navy must develop and control its own aviation to carry out its mission. Protection of Ship: “Nineteen hundred merchant ves- sels are flying the American flag in all parts of the world today. Does Gen. Mitchell propose to protect this trade by remalning within 200 miles of our shores? “Gen. Mitchell's theory is practi- cally the same as Thomas Jefferson's gunboat theory of over a hundred years ago, under which it was pro- posed to abandon the high seas, place an embargo on all our commerce, and bend all our energies to preventing a landing in the United States. This is the first tims since the war of 1812, when Washington was captured and burned, that a similar theory has been advances As far as development is concerned, Capt. Johnson pointed out that it was the Navy that developed the first plane to sail across the Atlantic Ocean, and added that the type of airplane used by the Army in its world flight was a type which the Navy had developed. The United States Navy, he ‘further sald, is the only service which is regularly and constantly employing aircraft with all types of vessels. Naval aviation, he said, is more thorqughly co-oper- afing with the major service in this case than the Army. DIRT FALLS DELAY COLLINS’ RESCUE BY 8 HOURS OR MORE (Continued from First Page.) opinion that Collins might not be in Sand Cave or might be crawling in and out, as a publicity hoax.” Corrugated Pipe Arrives, The rain which had slackened from a downpour to a drizzed at 10:30, had driven the handful of spectators and curlosity seekers to cover and at this hour the only persons to be seen were two sentries who paced their beats from the top of the cliff overlooking the shaft to the barbedwire fence. Numerous sections of 'corrugated pipe, large enough for a men to crawl through with ease, were dumped In the camp street at Sand Cave tonight. The material was ordered by the Red Cross and is the first of the corrugated material to arrive on the scene of operations. While no official statement was is- sued concerning its possible use, it was thought that it was to be used instead of the cribbing material in the lateral shaft being dug to hunt a passage way to Collins. It was pointed out that the workers could make much faster time supporting the roof of the caverns by using the new material, than in' the tedious work of being forced to spend hours in making cribs. Fitted to Short Ourves. The sections of the corrugated pipe varied in length from 4 inches to 12 feet. It was unofficially indicated that the reason for the very small sec- tions being sent here was that the workmen expected to encounter many turns in the tunnels leading out from the main shaft in the off runs to Collins, and that larger sections could not convenlently be taken from the shaft or forced past the curves. At 11 o'clock it had been an hour since any dirt or rock had been brought up from the bottom of the shatt. However, no special signifi- cance was attached to this as it was thought that the workmen were en- deavoring to replace a small part of the shaft cribbing that gave way with the dirt. The rain tonight added desolation to the camp scene operations. It put out many of the soldiers’ camp fires and drove all -not on duty to their tents. Blinding flashes of lightning 1it up_the shaft and cavernous region A8 04 Sy NAYIONAL PrHOTO RETIREMENT LAW CHANGE IN SENATE Civil Service Bill Is Placed on Program and May Be Considered Soon. The bill liberalizing the civil serv- ice retirement act {s among those given place on the legislative program by the Republicans of the Senate, and Senator Stanfield of Oregon, chairman of the civil service committee, will} seek to have it considered during the coming week. The bill increases an- nuities and reduces, somewhat, the age of retirement. Thousands of civil service employes on the retired list are anxlously awaiting action on this bill. At pres- ent the maximum amuuity which they may receive is $720 a vear, $60 a month. A similar bill is on the House cal- endar, but so far no action has been taken on it, the House apparently waiting upon’ the Senate. Retired Persons in Want. It is asserted that many of the re- tired Government employes are in actual want because of the small amounts they receive in annuities. Senator Stanfield has received a let- ter, setting forth the experiences of one of them, as follows: “I had served our Government nearly 49 years continuously with an excellent record, and felt perfectly able to serve a few vears longer at the increased salary we had just been allowed a month before we were dropped. “I took my final papers to my wife with a heavy heart and a broken spirit and explained the situation to her. She burst into tears and said: ‘We cannot live on $60 a month—what in the world will we do? I told her we would simply have to sell our lit- tle home for what we could get, also our houschold goods of every de- scription, except bedding and clothes, give up all our old friends and neigh- bors of 40 years' standing and go to some Western State entirely out of reach of all our friends and neigh- bors, rent a couple of rooms or buy lot in some good town or city with the little money we get for our home and put up a cabin of two rooms and set out to housekeeping. “We realized what a hardship it would be for persons over 70 years ©old, but we sold in Illinols and start- ed West, landed in Kansas City en- tirely among strangers, found a lot in the extreme suburbs with a small two-room building on the rear in- tended for a garage. We bought it and moved in. So here we are on $60 a month, barely enough to feed wife and self, buy medicine, pay taxes, water, gas, coal, to say noth- ing of clothes. The fact Is, I have not bought a stitch of clothing for myself in four years, except one pair of $4 breeches, so you can imagine I look and feel pretty shabby. My wife's relatives clothe her, so you can see we are living partly on charity.” Saving to Government. ‘When the bill is brought before the Senate, it will be shown that the Government has promoted some 25,000 of 30,000 younger and more efficient employes; has reduced the total num- ber of employes, solely because of the retirement law, over 5,000, and in- troduced into the service, due to the same law, some 5,000 new employes. The salaries of the 10,530 upon the rotired list probably averaged about $1,500, while their annuities average about $550 per annum. The salaries of the new employes entering the service because of these retirements average probably about $1,100 per annum. This would give the following statement of cost and saving to the Government: Total former salaries of those re- tired, $15,825,000. Total annuities paid them, ACCEPTANGE SENT BY 15 GOVERNORS Committees Named to Enter- f tain Executives Here for Inauguration Ceremony. Governors from 15 States thus have signified their intention of be ing present at the | monies, according to Edw. ifford, chairman of the reception committea of the inaugural committee Mr. Clifford yesterday announced the names of the following who wiil serve as members of subcommitteey to_entertaln the governors Maine—Charles He chairman; Ma). Gist Bla Butler, and Harold New Hampshire—Jo chairman; John T. Frederick Young. Vermont—Justice Wendell ford, chairman; W. W. Husk Charles Downe: sachusetts—Eliot chairman; Elliot H Louis A. Frothingh: Rhod. n H. Bartlett, Lambert and P. Stafs nd and Wadsworth, Goodwin and Ham, chairman Eugene Morrie, New chairn Coy and Co! Wyoming: Orsdell, chai. Paul Hen Delaware—Joshua E man; Senator L. Thorpe. Penney cheirman; Kelly, T. I Charles E. Maryland — chairman J Arthur Peter. Virginia— Dr. Lewis, chairman; Charles P. Light. Colorado — Senator Phipps, chairman; and Guy U. Hardy. Kentucky—Thomas chairman: Senatc R! and McKenzie Mo: North Carolina- chairman; Robert Joseph P. Tumulty The committee appointed to a the Vice President consists of hair- man Clifford, Frederic A. Delano and James B. Reynolds. It is expected that other ors will be present, and as ceptances are received will be appointed to take them MODIFIED TRAFFIC BILL EXPECTED TO PASS SENATE S00 (Continued from First Page.) Hamilton, Covington and William Louis Hertle Mather and Lawrenos Rush L. Holland P Littlep ha-d P. mittees cars of N to the injured party and report the matter to the police within 24 hours A fine of $5.000 for a is_provided for this violation In introducing his amendments Senator McKellar believes t modified the drastic provisi original act so as to m the objec- tion raised against them. He is like« wise of the opinion that the law will cover adequately traflic sit if passed in a less drastic form In discussing his amendments ves- terday, he pointed out that that mors than 100 new policemen would be provided at this time even it were authorized, so that he had the figure at 100 to prevent any con- troversy on this section. Wil Keep Revenues $ Elimination of the ual o ators' permit fees will keep autor bile revenus collected by the District on the same level as that reached after the gasoline tax was imposed. It has been the contention of civic organisations in Washington that the new annual $2 charge for permits would increase still further the amount paid to drive a car in District and the Washington Au motive Trade Association has already petitioned for its removal from the bill In the original wording of the rec less-driving clause it placed the bur- den of proof upon the operator to show that he was mot driving in & reckless manner if he exceeded 20 miles per hour. The McKellar am ment presumes him innocent u proved guilty. Raising of the speed limit to 70 miles an hour was done, the Senator asserted, because if an absolute 2o mile limit was placed in the bill would make it impossible to creat express streets. Right of Appeal Given. While the original bill did not givs right to appeal from a decision of the traflic director for permit revocatlon, the McKellar amendment gives the individual the right to appeal to the Municipal Court. The most important of the M Kellar amendments is the one chang ing the wording of the clause relat- ing to hit-and-run drivers. It makes the damaging of property less of an offense than the injury of an indivi ual, and provides that while a mand, tory jail sentence shall be meted out to those who hit-and-run after str ing and injuring a person, if or an 695,000. i Total increase in salary of those promoted, $3,750,000 (25,000 at $150). Total salary of new employes, $5,- 500,000 (5,000 at $1,100). Net saving to Government, 1924, $880,000. Thus it fs evident that for the fiscal year 1924 the Government, had it paid directly from the Treasury the entire cost of all the annuities, would actually have saved some $880,000 in cash. Add to this the cash value of the iIncreased eficlency and improved morale of the service due to the numerous promotions and in- troduction of new blood due to the retirements and the Government will have had a gain of not $880,000, but of many times the total amount of annuities pald for that year. STATION WORKERS DANCE. Washington Terminal Employes property is damaged, the Jail ser tence is left to the discretion of the court. Senator McKellar was in conference late vesterday with Senator Bal Delaware, chairman of the Se District committee, who is in charse of the committee trafiic measure, and other Senators whose objections ar the night sesslon prevented act! being taken. it is understood that Senator Kellar and Senator Ball are p tically agreed on the amendments of fered by the Tennessee Senator, and that they will work together to push the bill through the Senate early nex: week. D. C. BILLS TO GET ACTION Special Session in Senate, How ever, Is Improbable. ‘While it is improbable that another Have Valentine Party. Employes of the Washington Ter- minal Co., their families and friends danced and made merry at a Valen- tine party given them by the com- pany in the gymnasium at Union Sta- tion last night. The hall was .attractively decorated for the occasion and musioc was fur- nished by the Irving Boernstein Or- chestra. “In addition to the employes and scores of thelr friends, the party was attended by officers of the terminal company and of the various rallroads using the terminal. Selec- tions were rendered by the Washing- ton Quartet. The musical features were broad- cast during the evening by WCAP of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- phone Co. et “To encourage continuation of irriga- tion, the government of Java will give $100,000 in subsidies to improve- ment of nt systems. special session for the consideration of District measures will be order by the Senate, Senator Curtis, Repub- lican leader of the Senate, and Ser ator Robinson, Democratic leader, dicated yesterday that efforts wo be made to have some of the portant District bills now on the endar considered as opportunity pr sented. Night sessions of the Senat are to begin tomorrow night and may be continued throughout the week 1t is likely, it was said, that Dist bills would be given some time du: ing these evening sessions Sugar Plant to Cost Million LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Februar 14.—The Utah-ldaho Sugar Co. n nounced today that it planned to 1 gin work immediately on a $1.000,000 beet-sugar factory at Raymond. ='x thousand acres of beets, with a pr duction of between 75,000 and 100.000 tons, have been contracted for with tarmers in southern Alberta,