Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1925, Page 2

Land Flyers Dare | Ocean Death in Hunt for Plane| U. 5. RETIREMENT PAY IS PROTESTED Iféderal Employes’ Federa- tion Makes Appeal for More Liberal Law. By the Associated Prass, ABOARD U. 8. S. LANGLEY, { September 10.—Anothar tale of cou lage is told aboard the Langley in connection with the search for the ing seaplane PN-9, Na. 1. Two pilots of the squadron assisi- Ing in the search for the hig plane are chaerfully and willingly Aving |1and planes without pontoons aver the wide areas of the Pacific. They | know that if they encountar adverse weather, such as that which struek | the PN-9, Na. 1. and are forced down | their planes will =ink within a few minutes, probably hefore the lLang ley or some pontoon-equipped plane can reach them. Wr a Stafft Correapondent BOSTON, Mass.. Septemher 10. Resolutions calling for the liberaliza- tion of the presant retirement law and the giving of preference for new position to employes dropped without | | | | PAY HELD HANDICAP IN SOCIAL SERVICE { High Training Requirements Should Be Applied, Cath- olic Parley Is Told. That social that should rank in training requira | ments with law or medicine, but. which ie handicapped hadly by poor salaries and prejudice, was the concensus at a service is a profession prejudice from the service were adopted here at today’s session af the eighth convention of the Natior Federation of Federal Emploves. The National Executive Council of the or. zanization was instructed to continue | its efforts in behalf of a more liberal retirement law in accordance with the terms of the bill which failed of passage In the last session con gress. The new bill, however, in ti opinion of the delegates. shou " provision for optional retirein after 30 vears' service without regard to age. and for preferentitl consider tior for employes engaged in haz ardous occupations. Pension Too Smuar. At present pointed out of 70 on delezates was wholly eonditions ment of Federal smploy may bhe retired an annuity of contended that th inadequate nnder and they urzed the the act hy sum to $1.200 and lower limit 82 and 3 vea upon the kind of work In making permanent appointments to vacancies in the Federal service 1t should he obligatory upon employ ing officers. according te another resolution adopied. 1o give preference tn former employes who had done similar work. but who had heen sep. arated from the service without préju dice to their re.employment. It also was specified in the resolution that “upon the separation of any civil service emplove after one full vear of service. without prejudice as to his re-employment. his employing officer shall certify to the Civil Service Com mission his name. character of em.! ployment. length of service. and last efficiency rating previous to separ tion.” which facts. “shall he transmit ted to all employing offcers in the same civil service distriet which said emplove served Conditions on the horder patrols in which guards worked 12, 14 and 16 hours a dav, without overtima pay were described by delegats from the border States. A delegate from Maine said it was an exeeption when the horder patrols did not work more than eight hours. the extent of their avertime work depending upon their ! New England conscience.” in! Texas. according to a delegate from San Antonio. patrele on the horder there worked seven davs a waek and lonz hours without additional pav. | The session was addressed by John Manning of Washington. head of the label trades department of the American Federation of Labor, who urged members of the Federal em ployes’ unions to use their power of | purchase in hringing people gener- | ally to respect the union lahel He | described 2 motion picture film. now heing prepared under the auspices of the American Federation of Labor Aepicting the growth and develop- ment of the labor movement since its very beginnings. The convention will tomorrow. at which time officers for the énsuing term will be elacted. Tauth . Steward. national president for the la=t eight vears. it i= under. #tood. will bhe a ecandidate for re- election. i U. S. Employes Underfed. | Pleadinz for the passage of a reso. lution calling for & minimum wage of $1.500 a vear for all full-time Gov ernment emploves and having in mind particularly those emploves of the cus. todian service who do menial labor. | Miss Gertrude M. MeNallv. chairman of the legislative commitiee of the Na- tional Federation of Federal Emploves. vesterday deciared hefore the conven: fon that to her positive knowledze “there are many employes on the pay roll of this rich and powerful Nation wha do not get enough to eat.” This statement was the culmination of & discussion of a resolution calling for a general revision upward of the salaries of Government emploves in, keeping with the present high cost of lvine. Fighires were cited from the Rureau of Labor siatistics showinz that the purchasinz power of the Fed ral employe's dollar is less than that »f any other class of workers, as com- pared with the 1913 basis cost of liv ing fizures ineveasine he anending wrformed in i | | he concluded | Skilled Workers 11 Paid. Delegates described conditions of em- nloyes in the custodian service who vere required to work seven dave a veek at salaries less than half of those paid for similar work in private indus- try. Mentioning particularly employes wha, while second and third assistanis <till must have skilled knowledze for their duti Replying to the suggestion that Con crese probably would look with more favor upon a small increase in salary for these employes, Mizs MeNally brought the delegales to their fest in n round of applause in declaring that these * people ve suffersd long enoigh trying to huy the bare necessi ties of life.and an adequate incrgase in salry is due them without further de Following the discussion the danal organization was directed eoncentrate its efforts toward passage of legislation in the nex: Con- areas which would remedy these con ditions. The sentiment of ihe conven tlon was expressed in a resolution BEICH Soacnsa | With the exception service there has been na inerease in | pay of Government emploves com. ! mensurate with the increased price of commodities The continued high cost of living conpled with tha low purchasing pow of the dollar, is in effect a reduc tion In =alary, thereby lowering their standard of living s’ Pay Raised. “The Congress has recognized these facts hy increasing their own sala $2,500 and the salaries of the smployes approximately $300 num. “The classification act as now ministered has fajled to remedy sal- ary injustices in the Districi Co Inmbia. and field emploves may expeet no hetter treatment at the hands of the majority members of the person- nel classification hoard ustice demands that emploves of the general service be given as fair treatment in the matter of salaries as has been accorded members of Con- gress and postal employes.” The resolution concluded as follows: ‘Want Board Abolished. “Resolved by the National Federa tion of Federal Employves, in conven- tion assembled, That the principal fea- ture of the legislative program of the fadaration during the Sixty-ninth Con. zrese, and -until same i obtained; <hall be. the' sacuring of legislation na- to the of the postal ! Congr posts per an ad fon hy | transcontinental | classifi | sentativy Fach of the pilots, however, car- rles an extra life preserver and the land planes aré kept under constant abservation hy leokouts, D. G.FLORIDA AIR MAIL BIDS SOUGHT Will Advertise for Route to Everglades on Return of Irving Glover. Ry the Associated Press CHICAGO, September 10.—Fwo alr mail routes in addition to the nine new routes already proposed will he advertised for after the return to Washinzton Saturday of Irving Glov er, Second Assistant Postmaster Gen eral. They are Denver. Colo.. to Chey. enne. Wyo., and Washington 1o Jack sonville, ¥ Mr. Glover was in Chicago an route from Denver, where he conferred with the aviation committee of the Denv Chamber of Commerce and with Sen |ator Lawrence Cowle Phipps, a mem ber of the joint congressional commit tee on postal rates. The Jacksonville route will be ad vertised for in response to applica tions for service between New York and Miami. Fla. As the cities were considered too far apart to make a consecutive flight feasible and profita ble. it was decided that mail would be taken from New York to Washing ton by rail durinz the day and sent air mail. Rids for eight routes previously ad rtised for will he opened September and Henry Ford's ships are expect troit and Chicago within two week. Local air mail officials said that the | Pert social volume of air mail handled on overnight service hetween New and Chicago had nearly doubled since it was opened last July. and that Chi cago wax furnishing mere patronage than New York the York Plans Not Known Here, Chase (. Gove deputy second assist- ant postmaster general, in charge of the air mail service, said today he knew of no definite plan afoot to advertise for an air mail route between Wash ington and Jacksonville. Mr. Glover who is returning from an inspection of the system. informed him in a letter ntly, Mr. Gove said, there wax much enthusiasm in the West for a “feeder air mall route from Denver to conneet with line at Cheyenne. indication that Washing he connected with Souih by air mall came tn for a line to operate hetween New York and Mlami. There were views on the routé to be taken The only ton would other to include Washington. My. Gove said if a line were estab. lished hetween the Capital and Jack sonville, it would mean only a day's hop for mail to_go from one point to another ion act, which shall provide for the revision of existing compen- sation schedules for the District Columbia, and the establishment of compensation schedules for the field services which shall be hased upon the increased cost of living as shown by the Government itself in the figures of the labor statistics and upon a minimum rate of $1.500 per annum, as ilready established by law for unskill d laborers in the postal service for all full-time adults. The establishment of a definite and uniform annual sick leave thronghout the Government services was advo. cated in another resolution adopted, the convention pointing that at pres. ent leaves of absence and sick leaves were. cretion of department heads. olution wonld estahlish the ¢ abgence as A matter of right for Fed. eral emploves, in addiion to providing for “sick leav h pay at the rate of 10 davs per vear, unused leave to be indefinitely cumulative, provided that no more than 80 day sick leave mav be taken in any one ven Delegates from various sections of the country and in branches of the Federal civilian em ployment recited the sick and absence. leave practices in their various de. prrtments, Indicating & atriking lack of uniformity. One delegate from Chicsgo said In his department the emploves could get 15 davs’ leave of absence and 15 days’ sick leave, “if things were zoing along n Iy and If they stood in right. The present method of rating em- ployes and inequitable, and It was urged that the federation bring to the at tention of the proper officials the ad- visability of inaugurating a modern and jusc method of rating the effi- ciency-of employes. Josaph Wynn of Balboa Heights Panama Canal Zone, told the delegates the injustices under which the Ameriean ilian had work in that regi He pointed out that not only were the military “hog- Zing” the best jobs, but that the authorities were giving preference in many instances to foreigne such as West Indian negroes. over American citizens. Many of this foreign ele. ment. he sald. were allowed to take positions in the Zone without civil service examination and were usurp ing jobs which belonged rightfully to civilian Americans. The federation went on record as vigorously opposing the continuance of the practice. The res leave of Pay for Overtime. The convention unanimously favored a resolution which would give to meat | Animal | in the Bureau of Department of Agriculture, pay commensurate work performed. Repre- s from Chicago, St. Louls, ersey City and other large meat-pack- ing centers said inspectors now were forced to work many hours overtime without being adequately reimbursed. They said under a ruling of the De- partment of Agriculture some of them received an increase in salary of $5 a month in anticipation of overtime work, 1w spite of the fact that this sym was insufficlent to cover the inspectors Industr: avertime overtime Pof St, that | the ! proposals | two | one in i {favor of a direct airline route and the | basis of succe; N | Decause often religion gives to large extent, left to the dis. ' calendar | the different | was denounced as antiquated | with | aholishing the Personnel Classification | many extra hours spent ontheir jobs. Roard apd placing the administration | They said. also. that In not a few cases of classification in the hands of the ithe increazes were not applicable to Civil Service Comm.ssion, and fur- emploves who do much overtime work. ther, that the executive eouncil be |The Bureau of Animal Industry dele. directed ta usd all legitimate afforts gates favored a reversion of the over. zecuring the ensetment hy Con.|time pay by the meat-packing com- arese of an amendment to the existing panies. ound table discussion on training o | cial workers in the gvmnasium of | Catholic University this morning in | connectin with the annual Conference ! on Catholic Charities. | Rev. Francis P. Le Ruffe, 8. J.. head | of the Social Service Schaol of Ford. | {ham University. told the conference that such schools. both sactarian and ron-sectarian, now are in a vicious eir- cle. from which there will be only a gradual escape. If the schoole put | up their standards sufficiently, he said, to place the work on an expert pro. fessional hasis requiring a previous college degres they cannot get stu- dents because the financial future is | uncertain. If they lower the standards | graduates are put out with se poor a cultural background that they do not render really efficient service, Work Entails Sacrific Although the work requires special. | iist he said. only a real desire 10 de. | | vote one’s life 10 the service of the | unfortunate or intense sciantific in. 1erest in the problems afforded would [ Induce any one to enter A girl | he said. can get bett money by |teaching the first vear after she| leaves college than she ean expect | | for several vears in soclal service | { work requiring an extra two years of | achooling. H { Many parents. he said. are unwill- | | Ing to have their daughters enter thix | work because of the very immora! | conditions which are apt to be -en | conntered [ On the other hand. he said icial worker who does not understand her business is apt do more ‘harm than good. He likened | {her to & doctor who entered practice {at once after leaving school without |an_interneship. the so. thoroughly i i The solution will come, he believes, | through bread courses in sociology | and relizgion in college courses which | will awaken in some students an in | tense interest to go ahead with their studies in this field. regardless of the ! immediate payv they can expect. i Sees Profession Discredited. | Rev. . Hubert Le Blond of Cleve. | 11and protestad against allowing stu {dents who may have taken twa or ! ed 1o begin carrying mail hetween De. : {three courges dealing with social work in colleze t consider themselves ax workers and obtain johs as such. They nsnally are incompe. tent. he said. and by their blundars | throw discredit upon the whole fession. | Miss Rose J. McCue of Chicago, as- | sistant director of the Dapartment of Social Action, National Catholic Wel fare Council, reported on a study of | the courses of study in all the social service schools. in the country. There such & wide diversity in studies and | standards, she said, that it seems im- | possible (0 get any secure foundation upon which to stand in considering | graduates for posjtions. Sister Rose De Lima of the College | Elizabeth. Convent Station, N. J . { the great difeulty In obtaining | sirls willing to take advanced courses | in this work. In one case where a ! | told of ‘rv-e scholarship was offered, she sajld, —— the | the college was obliged to [other State to find a takar. " YT Study Woman's Activities. The committee on woman's activi- ties met this afternoon in the gym- nasium. Teaching immigranis English is the ssful soctal work ameng them.’ Mrs. Edward A. Skae, presi jdent of the League of Catholic Wom- en. Detroit, told the commitiee. This, | she pointed out. establishes a liaison between the subject and the new society into which he is thrown. Cath- olic women have an exceptional op. portunity in this respect. | she said, | hem a eady-made point of commun with the immigrant. Another important step, she was to reconcile the parents to Old World ideas of conduct, with the “jazz age” ideas which their chil dren ‘were certain to pick up in an | American environment—s step very | | essential to preserve the happiness of | | some families. Cha she sald. should not con- | stst_in blindly giving but rather in teaching unfortunate people to help themselves and thus making them ! self-rellant to meet the problems of life. One of the greatest problems | facing Catholic welfare agencies, she | #ald. is the increasing number of girls | in industry. Thesa come to the cities {from surrounding villages without much idea of the difficulties they will | encounter, she pointed out, and un- less they are taken in hand become the victims of unscrupulous explofters, | The speaker appealed for more super | vised boarding houses for Catholic zirls in industrial centars, v Diet Is Important. Miss May J. Spoor of Kansas (i told of the work done there with a | L &roup of Mexican immigrants. One "of the greatest advances, she said. | was in teachinz them to alter thelr | diet in keeping with the new climatic conditions, with the result that many of the diseases which can be traced to undernourishment have disap. peared. Another advance, she said, was in overcoming the Latin prej udice againkl girls working, so that now the daughters are able to help swell the family income and make more sanitary conditions possible, There wax a conference of nuns on | problems of service to children held |at the Carmelite Retreat House this {afternoon. Rev. Dr. John O'Grady of | Washington spoke on service to chil- | dren in their own homes. Miss Mar- ::RIF( A. Delahanty. Syracuse, spoke on_the work in that eity Sister M. Eileen of St Anne's Ma- ternity Hospital, Cleveland, told of the work In that city for the restora- {tion of broken homes and for the are of delinguent children. Typical Cases Cited. Miss Florence Hornback, super- | visor of the Bureau of Catholic | Charittes of Cincinnati. told of typica | cases which eame to the notice of the {bureau. in addressing a special luncheon meeting at the Burlington | Hotel this forenoon. The first general meeting of 'h!l conferénce will he held tonight. with ! an address of welcome by Commis-| sioner Fenning. J. Rogers Flannery | of Pittsburgh will preside. Right Rev. Thomas J. Shahan. rector of Catholic University, will give a review of 15 vears of Catholic social work. An address by Attorney General | sargent will follow. Rev, Robert F: Keegan of New York then will speak on “Justice and a Crime Problem.” | i | $6,000 Pay Roll Stolen. BUFFALO, N. Y. September 10 (). —The $6,000 pay roll of the Buf- falo plant of the Amerlcan Wire ‘Wheel Corporation was stolen today by thres men, who held up two em- ploves taking the money from a bank fo the plant. Mare than half of the world's an- lthe au | mittes | be made strictly milita | emphatically denied in hi: | passed | civilian WASHINGTON, D. ., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER .10. 'WILBUR DISCLAIMS ANY BLAME FOR NAVY AIRSHIP DISASTERS |Denies Shenandoah and Pacific Flight Comanders Protested Trips and Scouts Report of Politics Behind Dirig Criticism which has piled up against the Navy Department for the loss of the Shenandnah and the PN-0 No. 1| was answered vesterdav | evening hy Secretary Wilhur, who in seaplane | |2 formal statement declared “it seems | 1A wise, without waiting for the termina- | ton of the formal inquiry. to correct certain misieading statements that are being published." The statement was lssued after Mr. Wilbur had received reports from Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, on the Hawaiian seaplane flight. and Capt. George W. Steele. commandant of the naval alr station at Lakehurst, N. J on the Shenandoah disaster. The flight of the Shenandoah. he de- clared, was determined upon last June | | {and had no relation to the poiar flizht or the Hawaiian flight. | Mitchell in his recent attack the Army and Navy Services refer- red to the Shenandoah flight as an ef fort 1o offset failure of the two other ventures, Neither Flight Protested. | Neither Comdr. Lansdowne nor Comdr. Rodgers had ever protested against the flights, he asserted, but were, on the contrary, confident that they would be successful Chairman Rutler of the House naval ffairs committee announced vosterday after a call on Secretary Wilb A congressional investigation would he made of the Shenandoah disaster and ck of Col. Mitchell on the ad ministration of the air services Roth Col. Mitchell and Cap Heinen. dirigible construction neer. who said the number of valves in the airship had heen re duced to the polnt that hellum gas could not escape with the necessary | rapidity. will he called before the com to testify. the chairman sald It also will investigate statements at- | tributed to Mrs. Lansdowne, widow | of the commander, that her husband had taken the dirigible ont on the disastrons cruise after he had pro tested to the Navy Department. Mrs Lansdowne later said her statement had bheen misunderstood and had not criticized the Secretary Secret Wilbur, in his statement, replied also to the eriticism that re duction of the number of helium- escape valves was responsible for the crash, and xald he had directad selec. tion of “five of the most competent and learned officers in the Navy' io “ascertain the actual facts” of the disnster Col. William Anton engi gas Rodgers Anxious to Admiral Moffett who spent most of | the afternoon in conference with Mr Wilbur. declared Comdr. Rodgers and all members of his crew were anxious make the fight to Hawaii that no hesitancy was evinced by of them Failure of the flight and apparent loss of the men. the admiral said. have served to submerge the fact that the PN, No. 1. if it fell near Hawaii as supposed, esiablished a record for continuous flight over wate The iext of Secretary statement follows: “Capt. G. W. Steele, commandant of the Naval Air Statlon. Lakehurst N. 1., and Rear Admiral W. A. Mof feit, chief of the Bureau of Aeronan tics, reported (0. me today concerning the aceidents to' the Shenandoah and the PN-9. No. 1. It seems wise, with- ont walting for the termination of the formal inquiry. to correct certain mis- to any Wilbur's | of fight ible’s Crash. leading statements that are being pub- lished. “The orders issued for the Shenan- Adoah’s flight were issued by the de partmental officers, as are all aorders for ships' movements. as provided by w and by regulation. “There was nothing political what- ever in connection with theé flight of the Shenandeah. Determined On in June. “The Might was determined upon last June, and had no relation (o the Polar flight or the Hawalian fiight. “The details of the flight were ar- ranged during my absence on the Pa- cific Coast by Admiral Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Adwiral Eberle, chief of operations, in accordance with the suggestions of Comdr. Lansdowne, who had fixed the time of the flight and who had power to change it or abandon the flight altogether if his judgment so dictated. as Capt. Steele did in h partially completed trip to £t. Paul in | the Los Angeles in June. omdr. Lanadowne never protested agalnst the flight in peraon or by com- munication to me, or any one in the department, and. on the contrary, ex- pressed his satisfaction with it to his superiors and assaciates. Capt. Steele, his immediate snperior, states Comdr. | that | Lansdowne was fully confident the flight would he successfully made “Had he ohjected the fight would have heen poaiponed or ahandoned, as was done when the trip was suggested for July. “It in manifest that the accident fo the Shenandoah was in no wise d o the change in the escape valves. The zas hage did not explode and were iIntact at the time the Shenan- |'doah hroke up “The Shenandoah unanticipated tornado struck a small or line squall, | which she could not avoid. “An experienced weather forecaster accompanied the Shenandoah. Time Was Propition: “With reference to the flight of the PN-9. No. 1. the Recretary of the Navy did not fix the time of the fiight or the place of departure. This was left to those in command of the flight project. Comdr. Rodgers recommend ed the place and the time of the fight from August 2§ to August 31. Admiral Moffeit reports that the time could not have been more propitious for the flight and that every man In the crew was eager to make the fight and that the PN-9, No. 1, was in saplendid condition. T met the members of the crew when In San Diego in July, conferred with Comdr. Rodgers, informed him that the question of place and time was ahsolutely in his hands. that we would not interf with his discretion. and he expressed ihe greatest confidence in his ability to reach Hawaii without mishap. “No man was forced to do anything in this flight or any other that In his judgment wa unwise. “1 have directed the chief of the Rureau of Navigation to select five of the most competent and learned officers in the Navy to conduct a full investigation of the loas of the Shenandoah and fo spare no pains and effort to ascertain the actual facts regarding the Shenandoah dis. aster. Witnesses will he placed under oath to tell the whole truth and it is| confidently expected that they will do 0. U. S. FLYERS DENY | AIR RACE CHARGES MADE BY CIVILIANS Fi | (Continued from Tage.) planes in excellent condition. So the | arrangement was made to restrict at least two of the events to “military only.” and the others were desiznated “eivilian only,” thus giving every one a chance to compete for prizes. The two races in question this vear—the Liberty Engine Builders’ Trophy and the Detroit News Trophy were marked “military only” by the National Aeronautic Association. it was explained. After the rules had been drawn up word came from France that the manufacturer. Bre | zuet, would send over two planes for the Liberiy engine race for observa- tion planes. | In the meantime the Army and Navy had agreed to restrict their| entries 15 straight De Havillands of | the service type without any special grooming. the ldea being that both services would be on a par. Bre it was understood, wanted to en slanes as civilian craft and this would siolate the conditions of the race. The | Army and Navy will offer no objec- | tion 1o their entrance, although they are reputed to he 20 miles an hour faster than the De Havilands. | Manufacturers Hurt. “zoat” then. It was sald. will| be the American aircraft manufac- turers, who all Summer have been | barred from entering their own ob- servation and heavy transport types in the two events. If the bare will he let down within a few days of the opening event, Oc- The | tober 8. there will be no time for them to prepare their craft for the compe- titlcn. As far as the Army or Navy defeat at the hands of the Fresch Breguets or the Sikorsky plan: that Col. Hartney wanis to ent« -, thiz was scouted today by the expl:nation that “we have some trick | stuff that can whip anything.” t Hugh W. Robertson, secretary and general manager of the New York, 1925, air race commitiee promoting the event, also declared in New York vesterday that Gen. Patrick had re- | quested the two events in question This was | office today | declaration was made that | or the Navy is not running | « and the buck ean't to us. We offer suggestions and co-operate at all times, but we are only participants in the contest. Publicity Criticized. Air officials here regard the annual | racing meets as of great value ln: aviation. It represents an opportunity o display their accomplishments in | fiving to the layman and is designed | to arouse more interest both in and military flving. But aeronautic men here are not satisfled with the conduct of a certain phase | of the preparations for the fortheom- | ing events. That phase concerns advanced pub- | licity and, it is said, no regard for ac: | curacy has been had in sending out advanced information. The actual promotion of the race is in the hands | of a group in New York who have in- corporated a ra. committee, financed | e project and hope to get a small | profit for their efforts. The Aeronautic Assoclation here has been presented with an advance an- | nouncement that states “a large list of European entries will command the | attention of the continent” and that an Army officer now is en route to Europe “to personally receive and for- and the “the Ar: the racy | the wearirg of spurs hy the men, Coli and Tarascon, who contem. plate a transatiantic flight, “will time | in order to land at | their departur Mitehel ield on the first dav of the race.”” In the oninion of aeronautic authorities here. ihis type of publicity | will do more harm than zeod. ATTACKS ARE SCORED. “Mental Aberration” of Col. Mitchell Cited by Flyer's Brother. HOUSTON. Tex.. September 10 (8, Calling a statement made last weel by Col. William Mitchell criticizing the conduct of the Air Service by the War and Navy Departmenis a ‘“mental aberration.” €. A. Rosendahl of Houston, brother of Lieut. Comdr. 8, Rosendahl of the wrecked dirizible Shenandoah. has addressed an open letter to Col. Mitchell. Mr. Rosendahl. declaring that he has served in the Army. says he re- <ents attacks made by Col. Mitchell on the subject. The letter say Cites Mental Aberration. “Dear Col. Mitchell: Your most recent mental aberration reflected in vour statements on the Air Service published in the press in the last few days brings to my mind an old adage which one of the teachers in home town high school used quite frequentiy. makes the most noise.’ 1 am re- minded also of another thing which Wwag very amusing to me. This was officers of Air Service. “Having served -for a time in the Rexular Army, 1 resent your attacks' on the service. 1 feel doubly resentful for the reason that my brother is, or rather was, navigator of the Shenan- doah. While I am dubious as to the effect, 1 am writing you to give you | food for thought. “Every form of human endeavor is by its very nature faulty in its fune tioning. It is but natural that there is room for improvement in the Army, the Navy, Col. Mitchell, ete. That provement in Col. Mitchell as there is in the Air Service. Is this not right? P Should Have Learned Lesson. “Do you feel that you are working along constructive lines? Are you working for the good of all concerned and not for the good of Col. Mitchell alone? “In your years of experience in the Army have there not always been rules and regulations which did not be |.meet with the approval of individuals? | resenting t have not those which merited change been changed in due course of time? Were any front page tactics empioyed | to bring about the changes? It {s ou think you have a case you could, ery easily, tell your tale of woe to those in authority.” AIR DEPARTMENT ASKED. BY LEGION OF KANSAS | Resolution Adopted After Plea by Owsley Attacks Present Status of Aviation. By the Associated Press. CHANUTE, Kans., September 10. —A resolution asking that a separate department be created to administer the Nation's Alr Service was adepted here today by- the Kansas Depart- {ment of the American Legion.- Alvin Owsley of Dallas, Tex., past national commander, asserted in an address that the “Alr Service in the and | It is: ‘An empty wagon | ward the French, English, German and Itallan entries for the New York ;war was a disgrace to the Nation, 1925 alr races.” A= far as the Army, nn_ld_htodu lls"n co;:::mlnx 3:.‘1"“1 Nav; Aeronautic Association here e resolution ares * = evi. hava hean imformed. the French Rre |dent that lealousy and inefMciency guets are the only foreizn eraft which | have greatly hampered.the Air Serv- Zold output is produced in Prit- suth Afriea. o desire to ent 1 nlza iz stated In | resulting in_losz of life and the @nne S Eeanch alr atening its effickeney 1925 AT STL LEADS BANNOCKBURN LT Kellerman and Hufty Make Scores Under 80 in Today’s Golf. Two more scores under 80 turned in {today in the morning half ‘of the see- ond day's qualifying playing in the Bannockburn Gelf Club Faill tourna- ment made it appear certaln that a score of T8 or hetter would be re- auired to qualify in the first 16, The score of- 75 made by Harry G Pitt was still low at 1 o'clock today, | t ! |78 made by Karl F. Kellerman, J | brought the total of plavers under Up to 14, Twelve scores hetter than |80 were turned in yesterday and a number of the leading golfers of the clty started their qualifying round this afternoon. Other scores i ay | gate, jr., Chev .Rrumlb\', Jr.. Chevy Chase, | Prince, Bannockburn, 85; | Llewellyn, unattached, w | Carey Bailey Brown, Argyle. ine, Beaver Dam, 90; tts, unattached, 91: Arthur Carroll, Bannockburn, 93: R. J. Hoage, | nnattached. 93 S. F. Sherwood. Ar- |®yle, 95; W. H. White, Reaver Dam, 97, and J. W. Thacker, Bannockburn, turned in follow: H. Chase, 81; up to 1 M. South- eorge D). 82; 8. R George H Pitt Leads With 75. Harry G. Pitt. for two years one of )\\'u-hlflfivnn’l leading public links {kolfers. now a member of the Manor {Club, led & fleld of 80 plavers in the {first day's qualifying round vester day with a card of 75, two shots ahead of the pair of 778 scored by M. E Miller of the host club and Erwin Hair unattached Twelve plave broke 80 vesterday over the abhrevi- ted Bannockburn layout, notwith tanding protests sgainst the dif ulty of putting Pitt was out in 41 and back In 34, three over par, taking a 7 on the long 1fmn'w!mh hole, where his tee shot went out of bounds. The long second |an affair of more than 460 vards, al i most straight uphill, proved an enig- ! | ia |and had authority to postpone the Ma 1o Most of the players, only eight | | time of flight, and thix he actually did par 5x heing secured during the day on the hole. The mark of 75 set by pecied to he beaten today, for among [ the starters are George J. Voigt, win iner of the tournament last vear: Al- bert R. MacKenzie. winner two years {ago: Donald Woodward, Karl F. Kel lerman, jr and 1 ¥. Pendergast Match play rounds start tomorrow |with the semi-final and final rounds carded for Saturday. Yesterday's Scores. rday’s scores follow Pitt, Manor, 75 M. E. Rann. and Erwin Hair, unatt. Doyle. Bann. 1. A. Cox, tussell Jewell, Wash.. Maj. Pitt is ex H. | Miller. 78— E. unatt.: 1J. C. Alvord. Bann.; G. C. Gist. Argyle: J. B. Dulin.. unatt; W. E. | Baker, Columbia; Capt. K. J. Fielder, | Congressional. : | RO—E. W_Spicer. Braver Dam: Col. A Graer_ War Collece 30 B Murbhs. Fand Wy “Cox: vimait.. Lynn Hai 82— T. Harris, Bann.: C. T. Da | ! BN W, Robh - M ¥ Colladay. Congresic Green Country - W. Grifith, . Tucker, an. % 5—_F. E. Early. . &.: John Owens. Co- umpia, B W 'La " Duic. “Arevie: i Kngx ¢ M. Beaman. Baon.: Das Mar e Tub. Manor: € Larry E. C Baan.: h T P Joseph Daris « : J. Wright . Columbia. Graf. Manor S om Caniressional washington. W Slhrey. Beaver Dam Bann: ¥ K. Thompes P tumore. Congressional: B © co H. D 2. A Argzie Fuller, Gray. brire . Grove, aylor. D. L. Thompson. D. M. Dulin. Bann E. Warner, Bann stonal. clnerner. Bann.: P. D. Giamstord. War Coilége: R Menirin. NS _Hugh Beilly, Columbia: F. C. O:Con- nell. Bann. T, Schulze, unat.; P. C. Knox. 1. 8.0 €. G Peters, Bann 93 —Howard A R. Holmes. I | Stoddard. Beav WG | Bann_ Manog Maj. E. Ma M. Sevde: ngressional . unatt. Dr. 6. B 3 Billard. Basn.: Capt. O. A Phelps, Bapn : F. G. Kimbali, Baon. Y8—L. C. Leigh. unatt 29K, F. Kelierman. o ar Dam sr.. Bann.: 1. A le lvdA ci‘. Dannemiller, Congressional. U. S. MAY RELEASE | PARKS TO STATES ' UNDER WORK’S PLAN | (ontinued from F { Page.) tunity, or as an educational agency, easily available to 14,000,000 people. ! “The outdoor impulse, latent to | some degree in every normal person. | has found expression through vour commission In the last year, as never hefor Fostered by the President and stimulated in their own way by associations and journals devoted to it, the hope is very bright of conserv- ing wide open spaces, as they were ileft to us, for our descendant | “The Secretary of the Interior is committed to this movement. He is | considering a recommendation to Con- ‘gr!!l for the release to Statés of the 1less important national parks the Bureau of Parks, retalning for | Government support and centrol only those of outstanding features expen sive to mair in, but visited by people ! from every Siate, who logically should | contribute to their upkeep.” The national commitiee in charge of the campaign for funds is com- | | posed of Senator Mark Saq of | North Carolina, Col. D. C. Chapman, | Tennessee; Dr. J. H. Smith, Virginia: | H. J. Benchoff, Virginia, and Maj. | William A. Welch of New York, rep- Southera Appalachian Park Comnfssion, and the chairman of the national committae. The committee, in a telegram to Secretary of ' Agriculture Jardine, | | ! strange that you have not learned a (urged that Government aid be sent to |lesson from your own experlences. If |the Great Smoky Mountain area to |assist in checking forest fires, and an- | nounced that similar telegrams had been sent to the governors of North Carolina and Tennessee, suggesting that the National Guard of those States be employed to meet thé emer- gency. Serious damage is going on in the Gres Smokies by fire, the com- mittee said. FOURT)-IE IN CRASH. ! | Three Others Hurt Y1 n Coupe and Truck Collide. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. September 10 (A).—Four persons were killed and three seriously injured in a collision between a small coupe and a light de- livery truck on the Lake City road late yesterday. The collision occurred five miles west of MacClenny. The dead are Mark Scobe, 38: Urial Scobe, 13, his son: Laura Scobe, 10, Mrs. Fannie Scobe, wife of the dead man: Frank Wallman. 28, driver of the truck, and a man named Ken- drick, driving the coupe, are at 8t Luke's Hospital. i 1 Rob Roy in Battle; President Nearly Becomes Involved By the Associated Pre SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., September 10.—President and Mrs. Coolidge I nearly became invelved in a dog fight | vesterday when a large Newfoundiand jAttacked Rob Roy, the President’s pet white collte The skirmish accurred at Marhle. head as Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were ahout to hoard the Mavflower. Fd Sterling of the Secret Servie weized { the Newfoundland and James Haley almo of the Secrei Service, held Rob lnr-_\ Just ax the bhattle got nunder way The President chuckled over the inei | dent and Mrs. Coolidge proceeded to seold Rob Roy for his had manners. | SAYS FRANCE MUS PAY WITHIN ABILITY iPremier Painleve Sees Ca- | pacity to Fulfill Obligations | as Only Issue. Br the Associated Press MULHOUSE. France. Sepiember 10, We must pay within the measnure of our ability,” declared Paul Pain. leve, France's premier, in referring to the terrible question of interallied nd a i% made by Page Hufty and a E. | A. McAndrew. Army War College: | Tar- | T. Commings. | tion of the problem. his daughter, and Ralph Spievak, 11, | A playmate of the Scobe children. | Asbts” during a =peech delivered last night in the city hall at a reception tendered him by the municipality of Mulhouse “The impeccable probity of France is & guarantee of that,” the premier went “Our interesis, as as our moral dignity, constrain us 1o sat tle these we ot admit that, when Fr loxt 1,600,000 of her population capable of productive labo has been reduced by that much: when she, unaided, has made an admirahle effort to restore her devastated re | gions—we cannot admit, 1 say, that thix miracle she has worked shoid ced as a reason for being more ng toward her Obligated to Limit. We are obligated up to the limit capacity. But we must engagements herond can fulfill. It thing, because the ance have given proof of that many helieved impossible, that any one should insist on putfing a burden upon it shoulders which would make of it a slave succumbing under the load imposed upon him. Wa ask for an equitable and aceurate ap preciation of our capaciiy M. Painleve also laid siress upon the importance of the French zold loan in reducing the floating debt of the country. an operation which he said Was vital to the cradit of France, He observed that the difficulty about the loan was that it was rather subtle, If it were undersiood. he added, it would be oversubscribed many times. He was sure the loan ve the result the people had the right pect. Another condition essentis credit, the premier daclared balanced hudget. The hudger the ernment was introducing anced beyond any douht to obtain the tured to sav it was a and possibly | cratic methods—the most |find a clew that would lead to an methods present circumstances arrest in connection with the theory | mitted. {that a llquor Jaw violator killed Mrs. Cook Meantime County ichols has adjourned the session the grand jury until September to give his full time in the investiza tion, and Coroner Modlin announce a recess of the inquest until tomor row, in deference 1o the funeral serv fces for Mrs. Cook thix afternoon FIVE YOUTHS HELD INWOMAN'S DEATH | Authorities Hope to Get Clue in Murder of lowa Dry Leader From Boys. on. well irritating questions, hut By the Associated Press VINTON, Ohio, September 10.—Five yvouths were rested here last night charged with defacing a private resi dénce. as the result of a confession alleged to have heen made by Merlin Swarthaugh at the coroner’s inquest, in which he is quoted as saving these hovs were members of the gang which rotten-egged the home of Mrs. Myrtle Cook, W. C. T. U. president. slain Monday night. Besides Swartbaugh, th arested Louls Gilchrist Pete Tritten, Thomas and Walter Long. Coroner C. 1.. Modlin said that the vouths were not taken in connection with the slaying, but in the hope that they might supply information which would lead to a clue. Warrants were also issued for other youths in connection with egg-throwing incident. Have Slight Clew. We have a very slight clew in the murder,” Coroner Modlin said, adding that he “had nothing to make public Al present.” Officers said that in the vouths they hoped names of bootlezgers our into know strange a ve a we he A aple of were George two the to public was hal he rce hy demao. the arrest of and T democra England Is Example, SALT LAKE CITY. Utah ber 10 (). —France cannot A more favorable settlement of her war debt 1o America than wa ard- ed to England can her dehi com mission presume that the United States Debt Refunding Commission will accept any plan formuiated at tha recent Lendon conference of Finance Governor to Aid. Minister Churchill of Great RBritain That he is determined to put every 'and M. Caillaux of France. This resource of the State behind the declaration was made yesterday ! ment to stop bootlegging was Senator Reed S of Utah, chafr comment of Gov. John Hammill m&n of the American Debi Funding Des Moines today, in connection Cbmmission an address D of Septem- hope for Attorney J. nor in with a letter sent him vesterday by the slain woman and acting president of the Benton County W. C. T. U., who asked the governor's help to give TO PROMOTE AVIATION Mrs. Cook charged that city author- = PRI ities here had not helped her daugh- Business Concerns Contribute and ter-in-law in her activities for enforce. Mre. 8 W. Cook, motherinlaw of Typye RMS"NG MILLIONS the town “a g00d cleaning up.” ment of the prohibition and other House-to-House Canvass Is ¢ were lenient with mw break Planned. she sald Br the Associated Press The State W X c. 00 T. U reward today added offered for over development CHICAGO, September 10 (#).—Coal dealers from Middle States todav had under consideration a plan to sell heat instead of fuel. It is proposed to contract to heat a home for a certain sum selling the householder number of tons of coal. The dealers’ maintenance men would | have the coal delivered, kindle the | | fires, keep them going and Aauk away { the ashes, guaranteeing afl evem heat f 70 d . Scientifi on of | o egrees cientific nm(?;:;]::.} TURFM | the heating plant would be Erg s CONSTANTINOPLE, Septemher 10. \# her home writing an address to he de- | o viation. T'nder a committes com dent. The shot was fired through a | rajsing money to purchase airplanes has raised 2300000 Turkish pounds | Conl Dealers May Undertake Main- | Turkish pound s about $.40 mittee now will undertake a house- proportion to the income of each The plans of the commitiee com between Constantinople and Angora a type distinetly Turkish Mre. Cook’s slayer. “There is nation-wide enthusiasm in Mrs. Cook was shot as she sat in Turkev the of | livered before the Renton County o Iw. CoT. O 4 posed of deputies. army officers and Y- CAT. U, of whichh she was presi- | peofessional men, , the peapls ' are | inaqy wt Cloas xangs. for the government. During its five e o e o months of existence this committee PLAN TO SELL HEAT. 138 CUod o mavine siomohor " January. (The normal value of the | The first contributions came from tenance of Furnaces. large business concerns. The com to-house canvass of all the Turk Turkey and request a contribution familv. Balls and feies are heir given to swell the fund instead of | prise the establishmen: of a passen a certain |ger, commercial and mail service and the presentation to the zovern ment of war planea built in Turkey of Stephen P. Petit, Owner of Racer Mrs. Belasco Fined $1.488. NEW YORK. September 10 (). | Mrs. David Belasco, wife of the theat {rical producer. whe returned from |Europe on the liner Paris on Septem. ber 1. was assessed fines and for-(today at his home of heart disease feitures today totaling $1.488 for hav-| He owned valuahle real estate at Paim ling failed to make a complete declara-| Beach. and had heen accustomed to ition of purchases made abroad. In-| spending his Winters in Florida {vesatigation of her luggage revealed| Ar. Petit was the owner of Devasta- {undeclared apparel valued at $960.| tion. a race ho good |customs officials said. | winner some vears Devastation, Dies. FREEPORT. N. Y., September 10 (®).—Stephen P. Petit. millionaire real estate man and racehorse owner, died and | there is room for just &5 much im-| monuments now under supervision of | | Tax{s TOO For _the benefit of taxicab drivers, who may not be inclined to err on _the side of caution, let it be suggested that traffic regula- tions also apply to them—1007. It is time for everybody to co- operate to make the streets - for humanity. Published by The Star in co-operation with the Director of Traffic of the District of Columbia mui The Advertising Club of Washington