Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1925, Page 10

10 HIGH SCHOOL CADET REGIMENTS DRIL Western’s 3d Battalion Keeps Cup Won for Second Consecutive Year. The annual regimental drill of the Washington high school cadets is being held this afternoon at the Cen- tral High Schoo! Stadfum. It w close at 4:30 o'clock with the annual brigade inspection and review Three regiments are competing in the regimental drill. A gold medal $vill be awarded to the colonel of the victorious regiment Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, as- #istant chief of the staff of the Army, Will review the cadet brigade at the close of the regim arill. He also will present prizes won by the ¢ in the regimental drill as wel battalion beld vest tral Sta Western Keeps Cup. The 3d_Battali ment of Western the battalion c for the second Western, therefore, posse: the lov by L Wallace ompetitive drill, which w; afternoon in the Cen- on of the 3d Re High School wor npetition yesterd secutive year. ar tics in Maj. Pearce , commander of the victorious battalion, will receive a gold m provided by the Board of Education. second place in the went to the 3d Battal Regiment, composed of companles at Central High School and one company of the Macfarland Junior High School Maj. Rae Edmonston was in command The st posed of Eastern High School com panies and one company from the Hine Junior High School, commanded by Maj. W. B. Burch, took third place. McKinley Band Best. A contest to determine the best cadet band, held in connection with the bat- talion drill, resulted in a victory for the McKinley High School musical or. ganization. It was given a rating of 95 per cent, 5 per cent ahead of its rival, the Central Band. Capt. H. E. Sangston is director of the winning band. He will get a gold medal, while the band will receive a_silver loving cup, donated by the high school mili tary instructor. et TERRIFIC EARTHQUAKE RECORDED IN CANADA Shocks Equal to Tokio Disaster Be- lieved to Have Had Center Under Distant Ocean. AWA, On ¥ earthquake, believed to b d somewhere at sea, wa cated in two series of tremor ed at the Dominion Observatory. Observatory officials have been un able to determine the distance to the | center, but they believe that if the| earthquake occurred in an inhabited | part of the globe, the damage would | be as great as that experienced at record. or was recorded at night, and the nd & half hou registered y morning. shocks The second quake 4:05 o'cl Needs Revenue, So Refuses to Low- er Rate on Earned Incomes. DUBLIN, May 7 (A ote of 31 to ke the same deduc iting the income tax on as proposed in the bud zet of Winston Spencer Churchill, the British chancellor of the exchequer. The vote was taken after the govern nient had explained that the deduc- tions i amount to i nually, 1 could not be afforded, as the government would then need to rajse a loan for the River Shannon by a vote of 25 to 13, ap-|| death penalty ~ PLEASE LEAVE THE | REMODELED [ moderate prices to satisfy. H. Zirkin & Son 821 14th St. S B SR S R S R S S +..eA new Costume Pump that so many fashionable feet are WeEAring « « o o oo ~% 3 ...%We have them in rich Brown and also in Soudan Blond. And notice the Stylish Zrotreur heel. ARTCRAFT FOOTWEARA 41311-F- STREETP JE NG NEI Vo battalion drill | attalion, 3d Regiment, com- [ \WEAKNESS OF By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, May 7.—The Army Vavy maneuvers centering around the ! battle of Oahu fulfilled their origina! | objects to test the existing plans of defense of Oahu, uncover defects and exercise the Army and Navy forces ir | the conduct of joint operations, in the opinfon of Admiral Robert E. Coontz {and Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, chief | umpires; as expressed in a final sum | mary. | The defects, disclosed in both the |island defenses and the fleet, have | been mude the basis of a special re- [ port retur | pires stated. Tt |the departments make the re r of Oahu the strongest possible acter, the umpires pointing out these s constituted the to the Despite the virtually unanimous un official opinion that the *“Biue” attack ing fleet won the war game, the state- | ment of the umpires failed to mention | the outcome or point out the par. ¥ | ticular weaknesses of the defense and the “Blue” fleet which were discovered ult of the action as understood unofficially, how that the principal weakness: | ayed were in the aircraft opera- | tion, which formed the most contro | versial phase of the operations It was believed unoffic that both the | “Blue” and “Black t | re 2 to function been expected and both | th 1 sea aviation forces need | ed considerable strengthening and en largement. Higher officers declined to be quoted on this question except to 1y, “We need more and larger air nes on Oab | ne suggestions have been made ithat the “Black” aircraft composed of A sirplanes from Luke and Wheel er Fields and Navy planes might have { operated more effectively had they | been under unified command. This | suggestion, however, referred only to | the Island of Oahu, where the main | Army and Navy aviation stations are located. The statement of the chief | umpires said: “It must be realized that it is im icable to fortify all of the Ha- walian Islands. Oahu only pos: the natural features required by a permanent main naval base, and all | defense forces and means for the pro. tection of our naval bases are con centrated on Oahu. Hence the neces: ity of making the resisting power of | o of the strongest possible char- as as | { The problem naturally brought out certain_deficlencies, not only in the | island defes but in the fleet itself | These various points, brought out by | the critique, have been made the sub. ject of a special report to the Secre- taries of War and Navy. It is pre THE EVENING OAHU DEFENSES IS BARED BY FLEET MANEUVERS| “Key to Pacific’’ Needs More and Larger Planes, Um- pires Say in Special Report to War and Navy Departments—No ¥V erdict on War Game. 1sumed when the report reaches Wash- ngton action will be taken by the ‘ecretaries and later it will be ap- sroved and form the basis of such cor- ective action as may be indicated. “The chief umplres were impressed with the great amount of painstaking work done in preparing for the exer- cise and the keen interest displayed in carrying it to a successtul conclusion. They have recommended that joint Army and Navy maneuvers be held lly, and in conclusion take this on to congratulate both services upon the skill and judgment of the officers and men.” Fleet Leaves Honolulu. Thousands of persons crowded on the slopes of the punch bowl and around the top of extinct volcanic cra- bled United States fleet as it o of the harbor in an impre al parade, departing on man which will continue until May 29. The departure gave residents of the jan Islands their first opportu- bled fleet un rival of the batt ne days ago was after the “of- against Oahu Island. To. day the ships were in inspiring forma- The maneuvers started wing will bring the ships to La- on Saturday after minor sham submarines, destroy- ¢ mponent auxiliary uft Attached to the fleet made up the —_— WILKINS BREAKFAST MEDIUM 00002t WaLiNg . 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With the sham battle lessons from the Island of Oahu attack completed, officers and men of the fleet, jaded by the extensive entertainment program furnished by Honolulu, welcomed the prospect of relief afforded by the crulse which began today. PEONA_GE CASES UPHELD. Court Refuses Plea to Quash In- dictments Against 11. PENSACOLA, Fla., May 7.—An at- tack on the validity of indlctments charging 11 Calhoun County men with peonage involving the working of negroes against their will in turpen- tine camps failed in United States court here yesterday when Judge W B. Shephard ruled against a plea to quash the c The trial was set for May 18. Among those indicted are three prominent turpentine operators, Al- d Charles Land and M. P erift C. D. Clark, Judge W . Chaffin, Attorney Henry McClelland and Deputy Sheriff Thomas E. Cason. ‘The indictments allege cruel and fn- human treatment B ain negro turpentine workers and abuse of the ses of St STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY MAN HUNT FOLLOWS BOMBING OF MINE Bloodhounds Put on Trail of Sus- pects After Blast of West Virginia Plant. By the Assoclated Press. FAIRMONT, W. Va., May 7.—A blast of dynamite last night blew away the transformers of the Con- solidated Coal Co., serving the com- pany’s Highland mine, but did not | break a high-tension power line serv- ing other properties. State police lieve it was an attempt to wreck the Francis mine of the Montfair Gas Coal Co. and the Victor mine of the Monogah Fuel Co., on the Killarm branch of the Baitimore and Ohio Rallroad. The scene of the explosion Is near Shineston. Bloodhounds have been taken to the scene, and police and county officers immediately began a search of the neighborhood. The Highland mine has not been in operation recently. Two large trans- formers stood near the mine opening. 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